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Alterity, literary form and the transnational Irish imagination in the work of Colum McCann
No full textThis thesis explores selected texts by the contemporary author Colum McCann
(b.1965), situating his work within a larger transnational Irish canon. The project
traces how notions of Irish identity interact with experiences of diaspora, migration
and race; throughout the thesis, close attention is paid to the role and function of
literary form. After an introduction which maps out the material covered in the thesis,
the project opens with a contextual chapter entitled ‘Deoraí: Exile, Wanderer,
Stranger: (Post)colonial Ireland and making sense of place’. This chapter sets up the
methodological frameworks that guide the thesis through a meditation on exile in an
Irish and postcolonial context. My second chapter, ‘Deterritorialised novels:
McCann’s short stories as Minor Literature in an (Northern) Irish Mode’, focuses on
McCann’s short stories, paying particular attention to those set in the North of Ireland.
Invoking Thomas MacDonagh’s notion of an Irish Mode and Deleuze and Guattari’s
concept of Minor Literature, I argue that the rejection of the novel in favour of the
short story is a form of literary politics inflected with anti-colonial sentiment.
Continuing my examination of literary form, my third chapter, ‘Nomadism and
Storytelling in Zoli: oral culture, embodiment and travelling tales’, highlights the
ambivalence of orality within McCann’s novel Zoli and works towards establishing
what a textual practice of storytelling might be, in addition to probing at the
representation of nomadic peoples across McCann’s work. The next chapter is
entitled ‘Topography of Violence’: race, belonging and the underbelly of the
cosmopolitan city in This Side of Brightness’. This discusses the cosmopolitan ethics
that underpin McCann’s novel and how these are grounded by the close attention
McCann pays to the experiential realities of America’s (often racialised) underclass
through McCann’s depiction of interracial love. My final chapter ‘TransAtlantic:
Frederick Douglass, the Irish Famine and the Troubles with the black and green
Atlantics’, maps out the overlapping histories of the black and green Atlantics, tests
the validity of the ostensible affinity between the two groups and asks how useful
conventional chronological narratives are in the representation of their histories.
Finally, I finish with ‘Minor Voices, race and rooted cosmopolitanism’, which
concludes that McCann’s fiction articulates a need for rooted cosmopolitan and
critically engaged nomadic thought which embraces Minor Voices and rejects
exclusionary politics
Repositioning the graphic designer as researcher
No full textIn academic terms, the discipline of graphic design is relatively young. Consequently the position of the discipline within academic territory, and the role of the designer, continue to be debated. In part, these debates have been a product of attempts to define and defend the discipline’s borders from within, in order to establish a sense of the role of graphic design and the graphic designer as commensurate with other disciplines both within and beyond art and design. In recent years graphic designers have variously been defined as ‘authors’, ‘producers’ and ‘readers’, yet none of these definitions seem to have provided any kind of productive or lasting impact within the academy. This paper suggests that rather than continue to seek territorial definitions and positions from within, it could be more productive to look beyond the confines of the discipline. Gaining a broader, interdisciplinary perspective on, and understanding of, qualitative research methods from other disciplines may enable the graphic designer to more fully position his or her practice within the wider academy. Such a perspective could help facilitate the repositioning and redefinition of the graphic designer as ‘researcher’ - a move that would be productive in relation to the future development of postgraduate research within the discipline
Revolutionizing care: unleashing the potential of digital health technology in physiotherapy management for people with cystic fibrosis
No full textThis viewpoint paper explores the dynamic intersection of physiotherapy and digital health technologies (DHTs) in enhancing the care of people with cystic fibrosis (CF), in the context of advancements such as highly effective modulator therapies that are enhancing life expectancy and altering physiotherapy needs. The role of DHTs, including telehealth, surveillance, home monitoring, and activity promotion, has expanded, becoming crucial in overcoming geographical barriers and accelerated by the recent pandemic. Physiotherapy, integral to CF care since 1946, has shifted toward patient-centered approaches, emphasizing exercise training and a physically active lifestyle. The reduction in inpatient admissions due to highly effective modulator therapies has led to increased home care and online or electronic consultations, and DHTs have revolutionized service delivery, offering flexibility, self-management, and personalized care options; however, there is a need to comprehensively understand user experiences from both people with CF and physiotherapists. This paper highlights the essential exploration of user experiences to facilitate clinician adaptation to the digital requirements of modern clinical management, ensuring equitable care in the “future hospitals” arena. Identifying research gaps, this paper emphasizes the need for a thorough evaluation of DHT use in CF physiotherapy education, training, and self-monitoring, as well as the experiences of people with CF with online or electronic consultations, self-monitoring, and remote interventions. Online group exercise platforms address historical challenges relating to infection control but necessitate comprehensive evaluations of user experiences and preferences. Future-proofing DHTs within the physiotherapy management of CF demands a shift toward full integration, considering stakeholder opinions and addressing barriers. While DHTs have the potential to extend physiotherapy beyond the hospital, this paper stresses the importance of understanding user experiences, addressing digital poverty, and working toward more equitable health care access. A flexible approach in the “future hospital” is advocated, emphasizing the need for a nuanced understanding of user preferences and experiences to optimize the integration of DHTs in CF care
Interview with Alison Frank, September 25, 2009
No full textInterview Themes: How Frank chooses research topics (00:50)
Aspects of her training as a historian Frank found useful (07:00)
Books that have inspired and informed Frank's work (11:11)
On the role of area studies for scholarship on East-Central Europe (14:00)
"Internationalizing" the history of East-Central Europe (19:30)
Advice to young historians/scholars working on the region (22:11)Interview with Alison Frank, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University. Interview conducted in Ithaca, NY on September 25, 2009. Professor Frank is the author of a number of articles and an excellent book on the oil industry in the Habsburg Monarchy entitled Oil Empire: Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia. She is now working on a project on the coastline of Austria-Hungary.1_9lz5ekh
Veteran Law Students: Institutional Initiatives To Transform Their Law School Experiences
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Introduction: The Politics of Resilience and Recovery in Mental Health Care
No full textThe articles included in this special issue engage these themes across a number of national settings, institutional spaces, and empirical sites, from universities to mental health commissions, to national policy in an international context. They focus, especially, on Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom, where recent and significant changes in mental health governance have relied heavily on the notions of recovery and resilience, often to questionable effect. They deal, as we have said, with some of the most central themes in social justice studies. As a collection, the articles help us think through some of the pressing political questions about social justice that have arisen with the adoption of the mantras of resilience and recovery in mental health governance
Negotiating the Culture of Resistance: A Critical Assessment of Protest Politics
No full textBoth for those within the movement and the public at large, the anti-globalization movement has become increasingly defined by large-scale protests such as those opposing the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in Quebec City. Such events successfully render visible the strength of the movement, expose an emerging global elite, politicize neoliberal restructuring, and capture the media and public's attention. Yet the privileging of large-scale protest for advancing anti-globalist politics is increasingly being questioned both by those involved in the movement and by the Left in general.Peer reviewe
Portrait of Alison Dolling, author and historian, Adelaide, 1978 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from accompanying information.; "Dolling, Alison. Writes under Mary Broughton, Hazel de Berg collection. From Adelaide Festival, South Australia"--Compactus card.; Condition: Scratched.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4764650; Conversation with Alison Dolling (Mary Broughton); located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC1/1067
Podcast: Alison Whittaker’s process
No full text“The logics of law and poetry boil meaning and power down to their barest components.”We’re delighted to be able to bring you an interview with Alison Whittaker, a Gomeroi poet and author of the collections Lemons in the Chicken Wire and Blakwork, shortlisted in the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry 2019
SuperQueero: Alison Bechdel
No full textThis podcast is a biography of Alison Bechdel, an American author and cartoonist, known for her comic titled Dykes to Watch Out For. In 2006, Bechdel released her critically acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home that discussed her childhood, coming out as a lesbian, and the death of her closeted father who committed suicide.https://source.sheridancollege.ca/swfhass_projects_superqueero_podcast/1003/thumbnail.jp
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