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Dr. Elisabeth Gruner - Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Elisabeth Gruner, Associate Professor of English, discusses her new book, Constructing the Adolescent Reader in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction, published recently by Palgrave Macmillan. The book considers a range of contemporary titles in order to explore the types of reading sparked through various forms of adolescent fiction
Inter-generational family support provided by older people in Indonesia
No full textMost social research on ageing in Asia has focused on the support provided by adult children to their parents, and thereby suggests that as a matter of course older people are in need of support. This paper offers a different perspective. Drawing on ethnographic and quantitative data from a village in East Java, it examines the extent of older people's dependence on others and highlights the material and practical contributions that they make to their families. It is shown that only a minority of older people are reliant on children or grandchildren for their daily survival. In the majority of cases, the net flow of inter-generational support is either downwards – from old to young – or balanced. Far from merely assisting with childcare and domestic tasks, older people are often the economic pillars of multi-generational families. Pension and agricultural incomes serve to secure the livelihoods of whole family networks, and the accumulated wealth of older parents is crucial for launching children into economic independence and underwriting their risks. Parental generosity does not generally elicit commensurate reciprocal support when it is needed, leaving many people vulnerable towards the end of their lives
Ambiguity of Scale:Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain — an Anthropocene Novel?
No full textThomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain is obsessed with questions of scale. Whether in its incessant reflection on days, weeks, months, years, minutes, or depths of fathoms and meters of altitude, the novel is driven by questions of the measurability of time and space. At the same time, one would hardly want to speak of measurability with regard to The Magic Mountain, either in terms of time or space. What, then, is this obsession with scale? The Magic Mountain, Strowick will argue, generates literary scales beyond measurability that address what the novel calls the ‘dual nature’ [Zwienatur] of time and space. The talk will explore this ambiguity of scale and its consequences for the question of narrative and the form of the novel. About 100 years after the publication of Thomas Mann’s novel, questions of scale are often discussed in theories of the Anthropocene. In fact, ‘scale critique’ is one of the most promising ways to analyse the Anthropocene. Is The Magic Mountain a setting for ‘scale critique’, an Anthropocene novel avant la lettre? Elisabeth Strowick is a Professor of German in the Department of German at New York University. Before joining NYU, she was Professor of German and Humanities, Chair of the Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures, and Co-Director of the Max Kade Center for Modern German Thought at Johns Hopkins University. Elisabeth Strowick has held numerous academic positions, including visiting professorships, at universities in the United States, Germany (FU Berlin, Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin, University of Hamburg), and Switzerland (University of Zurich, University of Basel). She was awarded a Feodor Lynen Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Yale, Johns Hopkins, 2004-2006). Her areas of expertise are German literature, culture, and thought from the 19th century to the present, with special emphasis on literary theory, psychoanalysis, aesthetics, the poetics of knowledge, and ecocriticism. She is the author of Passagen der Wiederholung: Kierkegaard — Lacan — Freud (Metzler, 1999), Sprechende Körper — Poetik der Ansteckung (Fink, 2009), Gespenster des Realismus. Zur literarischen Wahrnehmung von Wirklichkeit (Fink, 2019) and has (co-)edited numerous volumes and special issues of peer-reviewed journals. Elisabeth Strowick is currently working on a book on ‘Literary Scale Critique: The Anthropocene as Deep War Time’.00:00 Introduction by Claudia Peppel07:29 Talk by Elisabeth Strowick1:09:48 Discussio
St. Elisabeth Heritage Garden: Refurbish of St. Elisabeth complex
No full textSt. Elisabeth complex is located at the edge of Nieuwstad. The site includes valuable heritages such as Berkelpoort, city wall and tower from the 14th century. However St. Elisabeth building has separated these monuments from the public since 1993, and these cultural assets are not being properly maintained. Is cultural property justified by means of private use?Heritages are a national asset. Everyone has the right to learn history through heritage. Therefore, when the circumstances allow it, heritage must be shared in public. The historical elements in this complex can provide great future opportunities to Nieuwstad. In this project, I suggest a ‘Heritage garden’ as a cultural hub of the Nieuwstad. Architecture, Urbanism and Building Science
Efektifitas Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Round Table terhadap Keterampilan Reading Comprehension pada TOEFL Ditinjau dari Motivasi Belajar Mahasiswa Politeknik Negeri Balikpapan
No full textBagian reading comprehension menjadi bagian tersulit pada TOEFL berdasarkan hasil pengamatan peneliti . Meskipun sudah diberikan strategi – strategi pada reading comprehension, namun masih banyak mahasiswa yang merasa kesulitan ketika menyelesaikan soal tersebut. Salah satu penyebab faktor eksternal rendahnya keterampilan reading comprehension mahasiswa yakni dapat dipengaruhi oleh model pembelajaran di kelas dan motivasi belajar siswa sebagai faktor internal.Penelitian ini menggunaan penelitian eksperimental semu untuk mengetahui perbedaan dan efek dari model pembelajaran langsung (Direct Instruction) dan model pembelajaran kooperatif Roundtable. Data dalam penelitian ini dianalisis menggunakan uji statistik ANOVA dua jalur dan uji Tukey sebagai uji lanjutan. Hasil analisa menunjukan bahwa model pembelajaran Kooperatif Roundtable signifikan berbeda dengan model pembelajaran langsung . Kemampuan reading comprehension mahasiswa yang memiliki motivasi belajar tinggi signifikan berbeda dengan yang memiliki motivasi belajar rendah. Model pembelajaran kooperatif Roundtable lebih efektif diterapkan bagi mahasiswa yang memiliki motivasi belajar tinggi sedangkan model pembelajaran langsung ( Direct Instruction ) lebih efektif diterapkan bagi mahasiswa yang memiliki motivasi belajar rendah. Oleh karena itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat interaksi antara model pembelajaran dan motivasi belajar siswa untuk mengajar reading comprehension pada TOEFL. Keefektifan model pembelajaran tergantung pada tingkat motivasi belajar siswa. Kata kunci : model pembelajaran , pemahaman mambaca, motivasi belajar
A Comparative Study on Teaching ESP Writing Using Inductive and Deductive Method in Balikpapan State Polytechnic
No full textThe objectives of this research are to know whether there is any significant difference in students’ writing achievement in Balikpapan State Polytechnic between the students who taught using inductive method and those taught using deductive method and to know which group has higher achievement, the group taught using inductive method or the one taught using deductive method. The research methodology used experimental method. The population of this research is the third semester students of mechanical engineering in Balikpapan State Polytechnic. The sampling technique used cluster random sampling and in collecting the data used a test. In analyzing the data used t-test formula. The result of the research shows that there is a significant difference in the achievement of students’ writing skill between the students taught using inductive method and those taught using deductive method. The mean of the experimental group taught using inductive method is 83 while the mean of the control group taught using deductive method is 70. It shows that the mean score of experimental group is higher than the control group. Therefore, it can be concluded that the students taught using inductive method have higher achievement than those taught using deductive. Key word: comparative, deductive method , inductive method, teaching writing
Detection of rare mutations using bead emulsion amplification : optimization of water-in-oil emulsion stability for simultaneous detection of rare mutations
No full textAuthor Elisabeth Palzenberger, B.Sc.Abstract in deutscher und englischer SpracheMasterarbeit Universität Linz 201
"Harmonious coexistence" - St. Elisabeth nursing home renovation project
No full textThe renovation project of St. Elisabeth in Zutphen is guided by the concept of "sustainable city". Meanwhile as a graduation project in the studio of heritage and architecture, how to deal with the relation between historic relics and modern architectures is important. During the whole process of my project, I started my design assignment with previous analysis and research.Architecture, Urbanism and Building Science
Zagłada, ofiara i zwierzęta w myśli Elisabeth de Fontenay
No full textThe Shoah, the Sacrifice, and the Animal in Elisabeth de Fontenay’s ThoughtThe article aims at presenting the views of a French philosopher Elisabeth de Fontanay on the issue of proximity between the Shoah and the inhuman, industrial treatment of animals.The author not only explains the history of such a contextualisation of the problem, but also tackles the question of the meaning of a sacrifice, which is a term often used to define both the extermination of the Jews and the mass animal slaughter.
Key words: Elisabeth de Fontenay, Shoah, sacrifice, animals, mass slaughte
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