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Annette Harvey Diary, 1906-1910
No full textAnnette Harvey, of Arkansas, West Virginia, and Ohio, recounts events of her daily life in this 'Line a Day' diary. She was the daughter of William Hope Harvey, aka 'Coin' Harvey, a well-known businessman, politician, author and founder of the resort of Monte Ne and the Ozark Association. Annette's brief entries record visits, housework, dances, parties, a train trip to New York, weather, church services and socials over a 5 year period, 1906-1910. Addresses and miscellaneous thoughts, quotations, poems, are recorded at the end of the volume. A photograph of her home made in 1906 is tipped in at the front of the diary
Interview with Annette Lareau
No full textAnnette Lareau is the Stanley I. Sheerr Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life (University of California Press). Unequal Childhoods won the best book award from three sections of the American Sociological Association: Sociology of the Family, Sociology of Children and Youth, and Sociology of Culture (co-winner)
Blick, macht und geschlecht in annette von droste-hulshoffs verserzahlungen
No full textIn my thesis I examine the significance of the gaze in Annette von Droste-Hülshoff's epic poems. Whereas previous research has regarded these texts as mere moralistic tales about the struggle between 'good' and 'evil' forces, my analysis shows how Droste uses her poetic personas to express her awareness of the correlations between power, gender and the gaze. The thesis is written in German. I differentiate between two types of gaze; gazing at nature and gazing at people and analyse each of these with reference to its 19th-century context. Thereby the gaze at nature is investigated in relation to advances in contemporary natural sciences, in particular how the gaze was used to come to terms with, unify and control the large amount of new scientific findings. For the gaze at people I refer to Michel Foucault's work on power, especially his concept of the 'panopticon' and its impact on disciplinary practices. In the epic poem Das Hospiz auf dem grossen St. Bernhard I analyse the motif of the gaze with relation to early 19th-century geological findings and theories that call the biblical account of genesis into question. The poem's protagonist Benoit gets lost in the Alps and feels at the mercy of natural phenomena that can longer be interpreted as symbolic of the presence of God in his creation. In order to combat this loss Benoit searches desperately of the light of the hospice as a sign of safety and salvation. Benoit uses his gaze selectively so as to endow his surroundings with religious significance. In doing so he tries to control a situation that threatens his life and his belief. In the second epic poem Des Arztes Vermächtnis Droste draws on the romantic stereotype of femininity and deconstructs it by employing a male persona - a doctor who is kidnapped by a band of robbers - who changes his gender identity depending on his ability to see. Being deprived of the power of the gaze the doctor loses the control over his body, his power to heal and takes on feminine gender characteristics.</p
Hallmarks of Environmental Insults
No full textEnvironmental insults impair human health around the world. Contaminated air, water, soil and food, occupational and household settings expose humans of all ages to a plethora of chemicals and environmental stressors. We propose eight hallmarks of environmental insults which jointly underpin the damaging impact of environmental exposures during the life-span. Specifically, they include oxidative stress and inflammation, genomic alterations and mutations, epigenetic alterations, mitochondrial dysfunction, endocrine disruption, altered intercellular communication, altered microbiome communities, and impaired nervous system function. They provide a framework to understand why complex mixtures of environmental exposures induce severe health effects even at relatively modest concentrations
Interview with Annette J. Smith
No full textInterview in seven sessions, December 2010 to January 2011 with Annette J. Smith, visiting professor of French at Caltech from 1970 to 1982, appointed associate professor with tenure in 1982, promoted to professor of French in 1985, and Professor of Literature emeritus since 1993.
Family history, childhood and education in Algiers, Algeria. Family history and background of late husband, Caltech Professor of Literature David R. Smith (1960-1990). Bachelor’s degree in Classics (1948) from Sorbonne in Paris. Attended the School of Professors of French Abroad at the Sorbonne and taught at the University of Wales in Swansea. Master’s degree in English. Marriage to D. Smith and move to the United States.
Teaches at Scripps College and Claremont Men’s College [now Claremont McKenna College], where she had tenure position. Caltech hires D. Smith as professor and A. Smith as lecturer in French language. D. Smith as Joseph Conrad scholar. Doctorate degree (1964) and dissertation on author Nicole Védrès. D. Smith made Master of Student Houses (1969-1975); life in Virginia Steele Scott house. Descriptions of faculty and atmosphere within Division of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), beginning when Hallett Smith was chair. Friendship with Max and Manny Delbrück. Cultural life at Caltech; D. Smith brings poets, actors, directors and musicians to campus. Life as professor’s spouse and efforts to improve working conditions and salaries for female staff. Sexual discrimination in HSS and support for Jenijoy La Belle. History and founding of Baxter Art Gallery (1970), significant exhibitions organized by D. Smith, closing of Baxter Art Gallery (1985). Important relationships with Caltech professors, postdocs and staff: R. Sperry, R. Feynman, A. Hibbs, J. and F. Audouze, D. and C. Cesarsky, J.-P. Bibring, and N. and C. Corngold.
Elevated to associate professor (1982). Literature courses she taught and impressions of students. Two books accepted for publication: one on Arthur de Gobineau and translation of poems by Aimé Césaire. Explanation of racial theories of Gobineau and discussion of his fiction; impact of Gobineau’s racist writings and theories, including appropriation by Nazis. Discussion of Darwinism. Comments about translating poetry and working with poet Clayton Eshleman on four books of Césaire’s poetry. Description of Césaire’s life and politics and his importance as a leader and author. Reads her translations of Césaire’s poems.
Impressions of foreign language study at Caltech and further descriptions of HSS, including some unfortunate hires and tension in the division. D. Smith’s illness and death. Teaching in Papeete, Tahiti, 1990-1991. Circular nature of her life and work. Purchase of land and building of second home in Point Dume, Malibu, (1980-1981) and celebratory party there. Expressions of gratitude for Caltech and its brilliant scientists and community
The censor without, the censor within: the resistance of Johnstone’s improv to the social and political pressures of 1950s Britain
No full textKeith Johnstone's improv, popularly known through the Theatresports format, was forged in the cultural and historical context of 1950s Britain. In this paper I will argue that Johnstone's incarnation of theatrical improvisation was defined by its reaction to the normalising forces exerted by the social elite upon the broader population and by civilised society upon the individual.
Johnstone's improv was a reaction against the Lord Chamberlain’s power to censor the British stage and a challenge to the internalised 'censor' British society of the time implanted in the minds of his students, stunting their creative imaginations. Johnstone borrowed elements of professional wrestling to break down the regimented conventions of the theatre space and enliven the spectator-performer relationship. As well as echoing Roland Barthes’ idealistic analysis of professional wrestling (Barthes, 1984: n.p.), Johnstone’s improv shares Barthes’ critique of the authority of the author and allows meaning to be generated out of the encounter between performers and spectators in the instant of the performance’s emergence. Through these processes, Johnstone’s improv defies the censor without (The Lord Chamberlain) by rooting out the censor within (the socially learnt inhibitions to the creative imagination).
By delineating the political and social pressures at play in the historical context of 1950s Britain and the ways that the stylistic conventions of Johnstone's improv resist and subvert these forces, I will demonstrate the emancipatory power latent in this mode of popular performance. This is a particularly timely analysis given the increasing authority of free market economics to dictate what appears on contemporary British stages, and the internalised censor that panoptical CCTV and social media is implanting within the minds of British citizens today
Feinstaub macht krank.
No full textFeinstaub ist nicht sichtbar. Gelangt er in den Körper, kann er sich
negativ auf die Gesundheit auswirken. In der Lunge beispielsweise
fördert er das Risiko für Herzinfarkte und Krebs. Kinder und Menschen
mit bestimmten Vorerkrankungen sind in der Großstadt besonders
gefährdet. Außerdem erhöht fettes Essen die Wirkung von
Umweltschadstoffen im Körper. Die Münchner Forscherin Prof. Annette
Peters fordert daher für Europa strengere Grenzwerte. Vorreiter sind die
USA und die Schweiz
Cathy Peters: Sonata No. 5 'a Climate Of Violence'
No full textThese sonatas come from a series of five works commissioned in 1996 by The Listening Room for broadcast on ABC Classic FM. They explore ways of using the sampler as a single compositional tool - a digital 'wonderbox' that could be the late 20th century's most significant instrument in that it can be any and all instruments. Sonata no. 2, 'AntiMatter', and Sonata no. 3 for Shakuhachi both use instrumental timbres taken primarily from the Central and South East Asian musical landscape. These instrumental samples have been located in new compositional contexts and reshaped and transformed until, in some cases, they no longer bear any resemblance to the original sound. Sonata no. 5, 'A Climate of Violence' is text-based and uses a range of archival sources and vocal improvisations as the primary compositional elements. Cathy Peters composed and produced the sonatas, with Andrei Shabunov as sound engineer. This is a highly evocative lament on the theme of violence towards women and girls which uses fragments from news reports and personal histories intertwined with vocal and textural improvisations from Annette Tesoriero, a Sydney-based performance artist. As with the previous works, many elements have been transferred to a sampler, allowing them to be 'performed' in real time on a MIDI keyboard, which in this case provided a core soundtrack to which was added some of the complete vocal improvisations and archival material. The work focuses on three Australians - Anita Cobby, Ebony Simpson and Jean Lennon - who were murdered by known and unknown killers; but it is more generally a lament on the climate of violence in which many women today still live
Integrative Differentielle Relaxation (IDR) in der Psychotherapie – Möglichkeiten und Grenzen im dyadischen Setting
No full textIn der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Ansatz der Integrativen Differentiellen Relaxation (IDR) unter Einbezug spezifischer Konzepte der Integrativen Therapie und aktueller stresstheoretischer Aspekte vorgestellt. Es erfolgt eine Standortbestimmung des IDR-Ansatzes bezüglich der allgemein üblichen Entspannungsverfahren wie bspw. Autogenes Training und Progressive Muskel-Relaxation. Die Spezifika des Ansatzes werden dargestellt und es wird der Frage von Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Einbettung in das dyadische psychotherapeutische Setting nachgegangen. Hierbei wird insbesondere auf die Übertragungs- und Gegenübertragungsaspekte fokussiert, die es zu beachten gilt, wenn „übende Elemente“ in das psychotherapeutische Setting einbezogen werden. Die theoretischen Ausführungen werden durch ein Fallbeispiel aus der Praxis der Autorin ergänzt.This text discusses Integrative Differential Relaxation (IDR) in relation to specific Integrative Therapy and stress-theoretical aspects. It follows a localization of the IDR approach within traditional relaxation techniques such as autogenic training and Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR). The discussion outlines the specifics of IDR and addresses its options and limits within the dyadic psychotherapeutic settings. In particular it focuses on conceptual questions of transference and countertransference relative to exercising elements as part of psychotherapy.In conclusion the author applies the theory to a case study.https://www.fpi-publikation.de/polyloge/10-2008-frankenstein-anft-annette-integrative-differentielle-relaxation-in-der-psychotherapie/peerReviewedpublishedVersio
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