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Writing from the shadowlands: how cross-cultural literature negotiates the legacy of Edward Said
Full text linkThis thesis examines the impact of Edward Said's influential work Orientalism and its legacy in respect of contemporary reading and writing across cultures. It also questions the legitimacy of Said's retrospective stereotyping of early examples of cross-cultural representation in literature as uncompromisingly 'orientalist'.
It is well known that the release of Edward Said's Orientalism in 1978 was responsible for the rise of a range of cultural and critical theories from multiculturalism to postcolonialism. It was a study that not only polarized critics and forced scholars to re-examine orientalist archives, but persuaded creative writers to re-think their ethnographic positions when it came to the literary representations of cultures other than their own. Without detracting from the enormous impact of Said, this thesis isolates gaps and silences in Said that need correcting. Furthermore, there is an element of intransigence, an uncompromising refusal to fine-tune what is essentially a binary discourse of the West and its other in Said's work, that encourages the continued interrogation of power relations but which, because of its very boldness, paradoxically disallows the extent to which the conflict of cultures indeed produced new, hybrid social and cultural formations.
In an attempt to challenge the severity of Said's claim that 'every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was consequently a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric', the thesis examines a number of different discursive contexts in which such a presumption is challenged. Thus while the second chapter discusses the 'traditional' profession-based orientalism of nineteenth-century E. G. Browne, the third considers the anti-imperialism of colonial administrator Leonard Woolf. The fourth chapter provides a reflection on the difficulties of diasporic 'orientalism' through the works of Michael Ondaatje while chapter five demonstrates the effects of the dialogism used by Amitav Ghosh as a defence against 'orientalism'. The thesis concludes with an examination of contemporary writing by Andrea Levy that appositely illustrates the legacy of Said's influence.
While the restrictive parameters of Said's work make it difficult to mount a thorough-going critique of Said, this thesis shows that, indeed, it is within the restraints of these parameters and in the very discourse that Said employs that he traps himself. This study claims that even Said is susceptible to 'orientalist' criticism in that he is as much an 'orientalist' as those at whom he directs his polemic
Synthesis and Characterization of (4-Fluorophenyl)amino-Based Amino- and Iminometallanes of Group 13. Crystal Structures of (MeAlNR f ) 4 , (MeMNR f ) 6 ?? n THF (M = Al, n = 2; M = Ga, n = 7), and (MeIn(THF)NR f ) 4 (R f = 4-C 6 H 4 F)
No full textThe novel amino- and iminometallanes (MeAlNR(f))(n) (1) (n = 4, 1a; n = 6, 1b), (Me(2)GaN(H)R(f))(2) (2), (MeGaNR(f))(6) (3), (Me(2)InN(H)R(f))(2) (4), and (MeIn(THF)NR(f))(4) (5) (R(f) = 4-C6(5)H(4)F) have been prepared in high yield by the reaction of AlMe(3), GaMe(3), and InMes(3), respectively, with 4-fluoroaniline. All of the products have been fully characterized by elemental analysis, IR, NMR, and mass spectroscopy. The crystal structures of 1a, 1b . 2THF, 3 . 7THF, and 5 have been determined. For the degree of oligomerization of compound 1 a solvent- and temperature-dependent influence is assumed. (MeGaNR(f))(6) (3) is the first hexameric iminogallane and (MeIn(THF)NR(f))(4) (5) is the second iminoindane described in the literature
What said the economic theory about Portugal. Another approach
Full text linkWith this work we try to analyse the agglomeration process in the Portuguese regions, using the New Economic Geography models. This work aims to test, also, the Verdoorn Law, with the alternative specifications of (1)Kaldor (1966), for the 28 NUTS III Portuguese in the period 1995 to 1999. It is intended to test the alternative interpretation of (2)Rowthorn (1975). With this study we want, also, to test the Verdoorn´s Law at a regional and a sectoral levels (NUTs II) for the period 1995-1999. The importance of some additional variables in the original specification of Verdoorn´s Law is yet tested, such as, trade flows, capital accumulation and labour concentration. This study analyses, also, through cross-section estimation methods, the influence of spatial effects in productivity in the NUTs III economic sectors of mainland Portugal from 1995 to 1999, considering the Verdoorn relationship. The aim of this paper is, yet, to present a contribution, with panel data, to the analysis of absolute convergence and conditional of the sectoral productivity at regional level (from 1995 to 1999). The structural variables used in the analysis of conditional convergence is the ratio of capital/output, the flow of goods/output and location ratio.new economic geography; Verdoorn law; convergence; cross-section and panel data; Portuguese regions
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Said Halim Paşa neşriyatının tarihçesi ve sorunları -bir giriş denemesi-
Full text linkBu çalışmada 5 Aralık 1921’de Roma’da suikast nedeniyle vefat eden Said Halim Paşa’nın (öl. 1921) metinlerinin (eserlerinin) neşredilme süreci ve neşirlerdeki bazı sorunlar ele alınacaktır. Bazı kaynaklarda zikredilen ama gerek zikredenler tarafından gerekse tarafımızdan görülemeyen, temin edilemeyen İslam’da Teşkilat-ı Siyasiye’nin birkaç İngilizce tercümesi araştırmamıza dâhil edilmemiştir. İlk eserinin yayımlandığı 1910 tarihinden günümüze dek yayımlanan eserlerinin neşir süreci ele alınırken ilgili eserin basım yılı esas alınmış ve her bir eserin her baskısı -toplu hâlde basılan neşirlerde yayımlananlar dâhil- müstakil olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Bunun öncesinde Paşa’nın eserlerinin neşrinde tespit ettiğimiz sorunlara belli başlıklarla temas edilmiş ve çalışmanın en sonunda Paşa’nın hayatındayken basılan eserlerinin (1910-1921 arasında) tek tek basım tarihine göre kronolojisi verilmiştir. Bu da bize eserlerinin neşir sırasını takip etme imkânı vermektedir..
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Resolución Rectoral N° 604/2020. Aprobar la implementación del Sistema de Administración de Información Digital (SAID)
No full textFil: Rector (R). Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Río Negro, ArgentinaResolución Rectoral N° 604/2020. Aprobar la implementación del Sistema de Administración de Información Digital (SAID).tru
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
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The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
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