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Rose Hogan scrapbook
No full textThis collection contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles and special event programs collected by Margaret Rose Hogan
General Benjamin Butler Letter Regarding the naming of Newport News, Virginia
No full textDigital images of an original letter written by Former Union Major-General Benjamin Butler in reply to a query by author, Edwin Everett Hale on how Newport News, Virginia had received it's name. both sides of the original letter are included along with a typed transcription of the letter
Speculative Literature in Modern Society: Octavia Butler and the Tragedy of the Commons
No full textWhat leads to peaceful prosperity and what leads to destructive collapse in any society? While it may seem daunting or overwhelming to dissect the success or collapse of a multi-faceted society, there are lenses and tools through which we are able to do so, such as political theory and speculative dystopian fiction. By using lenses to analyze the society in which we live, we are able to recognize the seeds of both prosperity and destruction in our society that may otherwise be overlooked or ignored. The speculative dystopian fiction of Octavia Butler may be considered as building upon the political theory of the tragedy of the commons. Butler provides her American audience an analysis of the root causes of this tragedy, as well as some possible preventative measures or solutions. We are able to read her novel, The Parable of the Sower, as a warning against ignoring current trends in our society which could lead to our tragedy of the commons. Octavia Butler was an American author of speculative dystopian fiction, and was the first science fiction novelist to be awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in 1955. She was born in California on June 22, 1947 and died in Washington on January 24, 2006. Butler was well-known for critiquing social hierarchies and inequalities as well as for exploring what forms healthy, sustainable communities. Her first novel in her Parable Series, The Parable of the Sower, introduces Butler’s reader to a broken community in a divided society after an environmental apocalypse. Through her protagonist, Lauren Olamina, Butler shows her reader the flaws and failures in society that lead to the community’s collapse as well as how a community can be rebuilt
Michel Foucault and Judith Butler: troubling Butler's appropriation of Foucault's work
No full textOne of the main influences on Judith Butler‘s thinking has been the work of Michel Foucault. Although this relationship is often commented on, it is rarely discussed in any detail. My thesis makes a contribution in this area. It presents an analysis of Foucault‘s work with the aim of countering Butler‘s representation of his thinking. In the first part of the thesis, I show how Butler initially interprets Foucault‘s project through Nietzschean genealogy, psychoanalysis and Derridean discourse, and how she later develops this interpretation in line with the progress of her own project. In the main part of the thesis, I present an analysis of Foucault‘s thinking in the period from The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969) to The History of Sexuality volume 1 (1976). This analysis focuses on the aspect of his work which has most influenced Butler‘s thinking: namely the notion of a relationship between knowledge, discourse and power. The other issues in his work which Butler addresses—genealogy, the subject, the body, abnormality, and sexuality—are discussed within this framework. I show how, in the early 1970s, Foucault develops the notion of power-knowledge, and sets out a relationship between power-knowledge and discourse which is overlooked by Butler. I argue that Butler interprets Foucaultian power through the notions of repression and social norms, and ignores the concepts of technology and strategy which form a key part of Foucault‘s thinking. I show how, from The Archaeology of Knowledge on, Foucault develops a socio-historical ontology and a genealogy of the subject, both of which are at variance with Butler‘s interpretation of his thinking
Indiana Football Clippings Scrapbook, 1910
No full textMSS 110: Indiana Football Clippings Scrapbook is from 1910 and includes news and yearbook clippings covering Butler University (Butler College), Wabash College, Indiana University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Rose-Poly), University of Evansville, (Moores Hill College), DePauw University, University of Notre Dame, Franklin College, Earlham College, Hanover College, Purdue University and various Indiana high schools. The high school clippings segment includes Brownsburg, Brazil, Culver Military Academy, Huntington, Sullivan, Washington, Greenfield, Logansport, Franklin, Winamac, Rensselaer, Linton, Worthington, Princeton, Lafayette, East Chicago, Evansville, Jeffersonville, New Albany, Lebanon, Martinsville and others
Rose Macaulay: Satirist
No full textDame Rose Macaulay possessed two qualities, a comic spirit and an intellectual pessimism, which made her one of England\u27s finest modern satirists. Her satire has limitations. First, because of rapid and rather prolific productivity, some of the satire is repetitious. Second, the reader who enjoys satire is already aware of many of the flaws and incongruities of society. He has probably ridiculed them himself, so he may not find the satire as fresh and original as the author hoped it would be. Much of Miss Macaulay\u27s satire is delightful and keen but occasionally she stoops to the trivial. In spite of these shortcomings and the fact that sometimes the humor seems so broad as to be almost forced, the presence of the comic spirit and the intellectual pessimism--her insight into both the comedy and the tragedy of life--gives much of her satire great appeal and universality
Butler (D.E.), Rose (Richard) - The British general election of 1959
No full textCharlot Monica, Charlot Jean. Butler (D.E.), Rose (Richard) - The British general election of 1959. In: Revue française de science politique, 11ᵉ année, n°3, 1961. pp. 731-733
Applique-Rose quilt, by Annie Augusta Bier Pannier
No full textImage of Applique-Rose quilt created in 1930s by Annie Augusta Bier Pannier. Also includes questionnaires describing the quilt completed by Anne Pannier Butler as part of the Utah Quilt Guild\u27s documentation days held from 1988-1994. Anne inherited the quilt from her grandmother in 195
Come & Go
No full textCome & Go was exhibited at The Lowry Jan 2016 as a prototype dual-screen, interactive video installation. It was installed in the Studio Theatre and ran alongside the first digital exhibition in The Lowry Galleries: Right here Right Now (Thompson and Craighead, Timo Arnall and Eva and Franco Mattes).
This installation was the first stage of production, technical development and interactive testing. It was curated for exhibition as part of Everything Flows, Museums of Sheffield (June - August 2017) by Jeanine Griffin.
The work references Edison’s early films of The Serpentine Dance made in the 1920s. Its subject matter and execution alludes to analogue technique, now reworked for new media. Filmed from above in high resolution slow motion, the image presents a contemporary image and point of view.
The audience is detected by surveillance on gaming cameras, and through their movement, alter the speed of image playback from slow motion to real time. This creates a play of move and counter-move, enabling the audience to switch between that of viewer to viewed. The technique and aesthetics of the artwork considers the shift between physical and digital media and the edges of spaces. It presents imagery which references drones, flight, entrapment, states of limbo and prompts questions surrounding location, dialogue or combat.
A collaborative artists print publication with artist-writer Emma Cocker (NTU) accompanies this work.
The catalogue publication is available with review by Oliver Basciano (Art Review). The work was reviewed in Art Monthly (July 2017).
The work received an honorary award as part of the Surveilllance Studies inaugural arts prize and was presented at the Surveillance Studies Biennale (2018)
Special Operations
No full textSpecial Operations is an exhibition of a body of work bought together and worked through as part of doctoral research: 'Special Operations: Deploying artists' methods to investigate surveillance'. The photography, sound and video works comprise of photographic work captured in the UK Houses of Parliament with video footage and imagery selected from the Stasi Records Agency, Berlin, film and video archive.
The exhibition presented an opportunity to work through footage, files and photographs from the Stasi Records agency, to unpack work previously exhibited in Berlin, to try and test audio and images captured at the Houses of Parliament, to rework, review and reflect
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