6,372 research outputs found
Interview: Karen Stevens on characterisation, class and ‘Brilliant Blue'
No full textJoe Bedford interview series 'Writers on Research'. Author Karen Stevens discusses the research process behind her short story collection Brilliant Blue (Barbican Press, 2025)
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
Oral history interview with Kelly Kerr
No full textKelly Kerr, a 1989 graduate of Oklahoma State University (OSU) with a bachelor's degree in business administration, recalls his time as a student working for the O'Colly newspaper, covering sporting events, taking photographs, and being photography editor. He talks about his photography career within the newspaper business, publishing a book of photographs featuring Oklahoma, and moving into the role of instructor. Kerr also shares memories of Richard Dermer and the OSU campus community in the 1980s.The O-STATE Stories Oral History collection is comprised of interviews which chronicle the rich history, heritage, and traditions of Oklahoma State University
Portable constant obsession: Book art of Karen Guancione
No full textExhibition catalog for A Constant, Portable Obsession, an exhibit of the works of visual artist Karen Guancione, March 1, 2012 through August 31, 2012 at the Alexander Library, Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick, NJ
Dr. Karen Kochel – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Karen Kochel, Assistant Professor of Psychology, discusses a special issue of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, entitled Applying symptoms-driven models of depression to the investigation of peer relationship adversity: Mediating and moderating mechanisms. Dr. Kochel served as the guest editor for the special issue as well as the author for one of the articles. Her research interests span multiple domains of childhood and adolescent social development and emphasize the interplay between peer relationships, psychological adaptation, and gender as it applies to adjustment in school
Interview with Karen Bender
No full textKaren Bender, author of the Washington Post Best Book of the Year award-winning novel Like Normal People and editor of the anthology Choice, discusses her literary career, her writing life, and the path that led her to persue writing
Characterisation of the apparent reflectance of a concrete calibration surface over different time scales
No full textThis paper describes results from a detailed field spectral measurement campaign, designed to assess the temporal stability of calibration surface reflectance factors. The results have wider implications for those using field measurements of reflectance in stand-alone studies, or in a calibration/validation context. A dual-field-of-view VNIR spectroradiometer system measured temporal changes in nadir surface reflectance factors at a concrete calibration surface. Reflectance factor variations were assessed in relation to the solar zenith angle (SZA), using the modified Walthall et al. (1985) model. Superimposed on low-magnitude variations in surface reflectance factors with SZA, were larger differences caused by environmental effects. Seasonal changes were caused by activation of a vegetative bloom which caused surface reflectance factors to vary by up to 16% (670nm). A smaller amount of variation was associated with changes in total solar radiation (kWm-2). This was an ‘apparent’ effect, caused by the directional anisotropy of the surface response, in relation to changing distributions of irradiance. A quantitative surface response model was derived empirically, and successfully used to predict concrete surface reflectance factors. The results highlight fundamental differences between inherent and apparent reflectance, and demonstrate that the reflectance factor response of a weathered concrete calibration surface was predictable over a range of timescales
Transnationalism and the Karen wrist-tying ceremony: An ethnographic account of Karen settlement practice in Brisbane
No full textWhen settling, people often use cultural schema from their original homeland to build familiarity in unfamiliar surrounds. This paper draws on ethnographic fieldwork conducted by the first author in Brisbane, with the Karen community from Burma, during which participant observation and interview methods were used. We present an ethnographic account of the Brisbane Karen wrist-tying ceremony. The ceremony acts as an insight into the challenges for Karen whilst settling into Australia. It reflects multiple accounts of history and tradition, but simultaneously speaks to emerging, contemporary Karen contexts. This research contributes to richer understandings of settlement: it frames transnational cultural practice as a flexible mode of integration, rather than an exclusionary mode of othering. We propose that the integrative discourse of the ceremony creates familiarity and social connection in local and diasporic spaces. This acts as a counter to the challenges of Karen settlement including the negotiations of local/global identity politics
The Olasky Interview: Karen Swallow Prior on abolitionist Hannah More
No full textKaren Swallow Prior, a professor of English at Liberty University, is the author of Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More -- Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist (Thomas Nelson, 2014)
Fierce Convictions with Karen Swallow Prior
No full textThe StoryMen welcome author and professor Karen Swallow Pryor to introduce us to Hannah More, history’s forgotten abolitionist. We learn how Hannah’s passion for justice transformed 17th century England, why she was forgotten, and why we need to remember her today
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