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Native Narratives and Settler-Colonia Contention with Stacy Wells
No full textIn the eighth episode of In the MIDst, Jennifer Slagus and Josh Palange interview Choctaw author Stacy Wells about her experiences. Together, they discuss critical issues, including the growing trend of book banning in schools and libraries, particularly targeting works by and about marginalized communities. They stress the importance of promoting diversity and inclusivity in children\u27s literature, challenging historical narratives, and questioning authority to combat censorship and foster a more inclusive environment. Stacy Wells emphasizes the value of accurate representation and authentic storytelling of Indigenous cultures in media, highlighting the need for diverse, joyful narratives in children\u27s literature and the significance of preserving traditional elements in modern fashion design
Ep. #039 - Stacy Alaimo
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of podcasts conducted by the Cultures of Energy at Rice University. Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy transition. But we also try to confront seemingly huge and insurmountable problems with insight, creativity and laughter.Cymene and Dominic say hello from Copenhagen and muse about the humanities’ expanding color spectrum. We then welcome (12:12) to the podcast the fabulous Stacy Alaimo, Professor of English at the University of Texas-Arlington and author of the celebrated Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self (Indiana U, 2010). We discuss her new book, Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times (U Minnesota 2016), in light of her thinking about trans-corporeality and ethics in the Anthropocene. Stacy shares her concerns that an abstract sense of species identity and pride is too often smuggled into the Anthropocene concept and explains why she thinks material feminism and feminist science studies have become such important resources for understanding our present condition. We discuss why the turn toward materiality and material agency demands that we engage science in new ways. We talk about the unruly agency of xenobiotic chemicals, deep sea creatures, epigenetics, and how to remake human sprawl to take other creaturely interests into account. Stacy explains that she is not in the hope business but that she does support ecodelics—the mind altering exercise of trying to imagine and feel the Anthropocene from nonhuman perspectives. Stacy’s German Shepherd, Felix, kindly helps us grasp this last point and he shares his thoughts on squirrel metonymy and his unease when the postman cometh. The lesson of the Anthropocene? There is no someplace else. So be present for all the species in your ecology, dear friends
Portland author and activist Stacy Mitchell focuses on big-box chain retailers i
No full textPortland author and activist Stacy Mitchell focuses on big-box chain retailers in her second book, Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America\u27s Independent Businesses, published by Beacon Press. Mitchell examines the influence of the big-box retailers on domestic and global economies, as well as the grassroots efforts to fight them. With an excerpt from Big-Box Swindle, and a map showing chain stores in Maine. Stacy Mitchell reads from Big-Box Swindle at the Market House in Portland, on November 18
Mythical creatures: the gothic/romantic evolution of the pained female rape victim
No full textRape myths have almost always had a place in literature. Yet, Gothic/Romantic works depicted new and shocking images of the female rape victim, with a particular emphasis on pain. Works like Matthew Lewis’ The Monk and Percy Shelley’s The Cenci break the stereotypical myths written about rape victims in works like Henry Fielding’s Rape upon Rape and Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa. The transition from 18th century literature into Gothic/Romantic literature marked an evolution in sensibility, which led the reader to feel a stronger sense of sympathy for women and the rape victim by focusing on pain. Works that represented rape as humorous or harmless may have been provoked by socioeconomic changes, while works that showed the myths about rape to be fallacious advanced those same socioeconomic changes.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Stacy Afflec
Transcorporeality: an interview with Stacy Alaimo
No full textThe interview was mainly conducted at Tallinn University in January 2019, when Stacy Alaimo visited the Graduate Winter School “The Humanities and Posthumanities: New Ways of Being Human” and gave a plenary lecture titled “Onto-epistemologies for the Anthropocene, or Who will be the Subject of the Posthumanities?”, and completed in spring 2020, to address immediately unfolding issues.
Alaimo is an internationally recognized scholar of American literature, ecocultural theory, environmental humanities, science studies, gender theory, and new materialism. She is the author of three monographs on environmental theory and ecocultural studies: “Undomesticated Ground: Recasting Nature as Feminist Space” (Cornell University Press, 2000); “Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self” (Indiana University Press, 2010); and “Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times” (University of Minnesota Press, 2016). Alaimo has edited and co-edited essay collections, including “Science Studies and the Blue Humanities” (essay cluster for SLSA journal, “Configurations”. Fall 2019); Matter (MacMillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks, 2017); “Material Feminisms” (with Susan Hekman, Indiana University Press, 2008), and is the author of a significant number of essays and book chapters. She co-edits a book series, “Elements,” at Duke University Press. Her current work focuses on oceans and marine life: she is currently finishing a book tentatively titled, Composing “Blue Ecologies: Science, Aesthetics, and the Creatures of the Abyss”. Alaimo served as co-President of ASLE (The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment), and created and directed the cross-disciplinary minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies at the University of Texas and Arlington. She joined the faculty of the University of Oregon in 2019, where she is Professor of English and core faculty member in environmental studies.
The interview addresses the evolution of her views as represented in “Undomesticated Ground” (2000), as well as the connections and tensions of feminism and environmentalism; it moves on to “Bodily Natures” (2010), in which she develops her seminal concept of transcorporeality; and looks into her ongoing interest in the deep sea and its representation in culture, the focus of her current book project, “Composing Blue Ecologies”.
The interview discusses the importance of transcorporeality in the Anthropocene, as an alternative to “self-aggrandizing” accounts “in which some transhistorical ‘Man’ acts upon the inert, external matter of the world.” Examples from both science and culture illustrate the concepts discussed, reaching out into important political concerns of the day, such as climate refugees, sustainability as a labour and power issue, divisive dichotomies and understanding difference. The theme of water as an example of transcorporeality and a burning ecological issue is taken up, touching upon the current vulnerability of the Baltic Sea and elaborating on the material and ideas developed in the new book that Stacy Alaimo is working on. The final part of the interview addresses the environmental implications of the COVID-19 crisis.“Las Humanidades y las Posthumanidades: Nuevas Maneras de Ser Humano” de su Escuela de Invierno para Doctorandos, donde impartió una conferencia plenaria titulada “Onto-epistemologías para el Antropoceno, o ¿quién será el Sujeto de las Posthumanidades?”, y se completó durante la primavera de 2020, con el objetivo de abordar los acontecimientos que estaban desarrollándose en ese momento.
Alaimo es una académica reconocida internacionalmente que está especializada en los campos de literatura estadounidense, teoría ecocultural, humanidades ambientales, estudios de ciencias, teoría de género y nuevo materialismo. Es la autora de tres monografías dedicadas a la teoría medioambiental y a los estudios ecoculturales: “Undomesticated Ground: Recasting Nature as Feminist Space” (Cornell University Press, 2000); “Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self” (Indiana University Press, 2010); y Exposed: “Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times” (University of Minnesota Press, 2016). Además, coedita “Elements”, una colección de libros de la Duke University Press. Su trabajo actual se centra en los océanos y en la vida marina: está terminando un libro provisionalmente titulado “Composing Blue Ecologies: Science, Aesthetics, and the Creatures of the Abyss”. Alaimo ejerció como co-presidente de ASLE (The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment), y creó y dirigió la carrera interdisciplinar en Estudios Medioambientales y de Sostenibilidad en la Universidad de Texas y Arlington. Se incorporó al claustro de la Universidad de Oregón en 2019, donde ejerce de Catedrática de Estudios Ingleses y es una parte central de la plantilla docente dedicada a los estudios medioambientales.
La entrevista aborda la evolución de las teorías propuestas en “Undomesticated Ground” (2000), así como las conexiones y las tensiones entre el feminismo y el ecologismo; continúa con “Bodily Natures” (2010), en el que la autora desarrolla su influyente concepto de transcorporealidad, y finalmente termina con una mirada a su actual interés en el mar profundo y sus representaciones culturales, que conforma el núcleo de su actual proyecto literario: “Composing Blue Ecologies”.
La entrevista examina la importancia de la transcorporealidad en el Antropoceno como una alternativa a los relatos de “enaltecimiento propio”, “en los que “un supuesto ‘Hombre’ transhistórico actúa sobre la materia del mundo, que es inerte y externa a él”. Para ilustrar los conceptos tratados se emplean ejemplos provenientes de la ciencia y la cultura, abarcando preocupaciones políticas actuales como los refugiados ambientales, la sostenibilidad como trabajo y como estructura de poder, y las dicotomías divisivas y el entendimiento de la diferencia. Además, se trata el concepto del agua como ejemplo de transcorporealidad y de problema ecológico urgente, mencionando la vulnerabilidad actual del Mar Báltico y detallando el material y las ideas desarrolladas en el nuevo libro en el que Stacy Alaimo está trabajando actualmente. La parte final de la entrevista se entra en la trascendencia medioambiental de la crisis del COVID-19
Transcorporealidad: Una entrevista a Stacy Alaimo
No full text The interview was mainly conducted at Tallinn University in January 2019, when Stacy Alaimo visited the Graduate Winter School “The Humanities and Posthumanities: New Ways of Being Human” and gave a plenary lecture titled “Onto-epistemologies for the Anthropocene, or Who will be the Subject of the Posthumanities?”, and completed in spring 2020, to address immediately unfolding issues.
Alaimo is an internationally recognized scholar of American literature, ecocultural theory, environmental humanities, science studies, gender theory, and new materialism. She is the author of three monographs on environmental theory and ecocultural studies: Undomesticated Ground: Recasting Nature as Feminist Space (Cornell University Press, 2000); Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self (Indiana University Press, 2010); and Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times (University of Minnesota Press, 2016). Alaimo has edited and co-edited essay collections, including Science Studies and the Blue Humanities (essay cluster for SLSA journal, Configurations. Fall 2019); Matter (MacMillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks, 2017); Material Feminisms (with Susan Hekman, Indiana University Press, 2008), and is the author of a significant number of essays and book chapters. She co-edits a book series, “Elements,” at Duke University Press. Her current work focuses on oceans and marine life: she is currently finishing a book tentatively titled, Composing Blue Ecologies: Science, Aesthetics, and the Creatures of the Abyss. Alaimo served as co-President of ASLE (The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment), and created and directed the cross-disciplinary minor in Environmental and Sustainability Studies at the University of Texas and Arlington. She joined the faculty of the University of Oregon in 2019, where she is Professor of English and core faculty member in environmental studies.
The interview addresses the evolution of her views as represented in Undomesticated Ground (2000), as well as the connections and tensions of feminism and environmentalism; it moves on to Bodily Natures (2010), in which she develops her seminal concept of transcorporeality; and looks into her ongoing interest in the deep sea and its representation in culture, the focus of her current book project, Composing Blue Ecologies.
The interview discusses the importance of transcorporeality in the Anthropocene, as an alternative to “self-aggrandizing” accounts “in which some transhistorical ‘Man’ acts upon the inert, external matter of the world.” Examples from both science and culture illustrate the concepts discussed, reaching out into important political concerns of the day, such as climate refugees, sustainability as a labour and power issue, divisive dichotomies and understanding difference. The theme of water as an example of transcorporeality and a burning ecological issue is taken up, touching upon the current vulnerability of the Baltic Sea and elaborating on the material and ideas developed in the new book that Stacy Alaimo is working on. The final part of the interview addresses the environmental implications of the COVID-19 crisis.Esta entrevista tuvo lugar, principalmente, en la Universidad de Tallín en enero de 2019, coincidiendo con la visita de Stacy Alaimo al módulo “Las Humanidades y las Posthumanidades: Nuevas Maneras de Ser Humano” de su Escuela de Invierno para Doctorandos, donde impartió una conferencia plenaria titulada “Onto-epistemologías para el Antropoceno, o ¿quién será el Sujeto de las Posthumanidades?”, y se completó durante la primavera de 2020, con el objetivo de abordar los acontecimientos que estaban desarrollándose en ese momento.
Alaimo es una académica reconocida internacionalmente que está especializada en los campos de literatura estadounidense, teoría ecocultural, humanidades ambientales, estudios de ciencias, teoría de género y nuevo materialismo. Es la autora de tres monografías dedicadas a la teoría medioambiental y a los estudios ecoculturales: Undomesticated Ground: Recasting Nature as Feminist Space (Cornell University Press, 2000); Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self (Indiana University Press, 2010); y Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times (University of Minnesota Press, 2016). Además, coedita “Elements”, una colección de libros de la Duke University Press. Su trabajo actual se centra en los océanos y en la vida marina: está terminando un libro provisionalmente titulado Composing Blue Ecologies: Science, Aesthetics, and the Creatures of the Abyss. Alaimo ejerció como co-presidente de ASLE (The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment), y creó y dirigió la carrera interdisciplinar en Estudios Medioambientales y de Sostenibilidad en la Universidad de Texas y Arlington. Se incorporó al claustro de la Universidad de Oregón en 2019, donde ejerce de profesora titular de Estudios Ingleses y es una parte central de la plantilla docente dedicada a los estudios medioambientales.
La entrevista aborda la evolución de las teorías propuestas en Undomesticated Ground (2000), así como las conexiones y las tensiones entre el feminismo y el ecologismo; continúa con Bodily Natures (2010), en el que la autora desarrolla su influyente concepto de transcorporealidad, y finalmente termina con una mirada a su actual interés en el mar profundo y sus representaciones culturales, que conforma el núcleo de su actual proyecto literario: Composing Blue Ecologies.
La entrevista examina la importancia de la transcorporealidad en el Antropoceno como una alternativa a los relatos de “enaltecimiento propio”, “en los que “un supuesto ‘Hombre’ transhistórico actúa sobre la materia del mundo, que es inerte y externa a él”. Para ilustrar los conceptos tratados se emplean ejemplos provenientes de la ciencia y la cultura, abarcando preocupaciones políticas actuales como los refugiados ambientales, la sostenibilidad como trabajo y como estructura de poder, y las dicotomías divisivas y el entendimiento de la diferencia. Además, se trata el concepto del agua como ejemplo de transcorporealidad y de problema ecológico urgente, mencionando la vulnerabilidad actual del Mar Báltico y detallando el material y las ideas desarrolladas en el nuevo libro en el que Stacy Alaimo está trabajando actualmente. La parte final de la entrevista se entra en la trascendencia medioambiental de la crisis del COVID-19
Chapter 8. Access through Universal Design and Technology
No full textChapter 8 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 54, no. 4), “Accessibility, Technology, and Librarianship,” Heather Moorefield Lang, EditorChapter 8 is titled “Access through Universal Design and Technology,” by Stacy Hammer. In this chapter the author shares examples of using technology to enhance student learning for students of all abilities, along with ways to differentiate lessons. Anecdotes on wht made the learning experience more interactive, engaging, and exciting will also be explored
Reply to Stacy Lockerbie (Review of \u3cem\u3eConception Diary: Thinking About Pregnancy and Motherhood\u3c/em\u3e by Susan Hogan)
No full textReply by the author regarding the following book review: Stacy Lockerbie, JIWS, Vol. 9. No. 1. November 2007. pp. 319-321. Review of Conception Diary: Thinking About Pregnancy and Motherhood. Susan Hogan
Stacy Ann Muniz graduate studies recital document
No full textThis item is available only to currently enrolled UTSA students, faculty or staff. To download, navigate to Log In in the top right-hand corner of this screen, then select Log in with my UTSA ID.The purpose of this recital document is to explore the content to be sung at the author's master's recital. Chapter one, Sea Pictures Op. 37 by Edward Elgar provides some biographical information, on the composer, then switches focus towards a better understanding of the theoretical aspects concerning the song cycle. Chapter two is an in depth biographical sketch of Francesco Cavalli, a very important and sometimes overlooked composer of Venetian opera. In chapter three, the author discusses the rise and fall of the da capo aria, exploring the question from a historical perspective rather than the theoretical viewpoint which is typically used. Finally, in chapter four, The Transfer of Castrati Roles to Mezzo-Soprano, the social issues surrounding the casting of and writing music for women opera performers is discussed.Musi
A functional analysis of enterocyte fatty acid-binding proteins:
No full textIntestinal- and liver- fatty acid-binding proteins (IFABP and LFABP, respectively) are expressed at high levels in mammalian small intestinal enterocytes and bind the major products of dietary triacylglycerol (TG) digestion. The precise role of FABPs in processing these diet-derived lipids is unknown. We investigated the acute metabolism of fatty acids and monoacylglycerol in fasted WT and FABP-/- in small intestinal mucosa in vivo. Two minutes after intraduodenal administration of [14C]oleate or [3H]monoolein, mucosal radioactivity was recovered primarily in TG. Recovery of [14C]oleate in TG relative to phospholipids (PL) was significantly reduced in IFABP-/- mice. No changes were found in the expression of lipid synthetic genes, suggesting a non-transcriptional, trafficking defect. Recovery of [14C]oleate in lipid fractions was unaffected by LFABP ablation, although significantly less was oxidized. Oxidative capacity was unchanged in LFABP-/- intestinal mucosa homogenates, suggesting LFABP may target fatty acids toward catabolic fates. Incorporation of [3H]monoolein into TG relative to PL was markedly reduced in LFABP-/- despite no changes in the expression of lipid synthetic genes. While those results suggest a trafficking defect, reports on the binding of monoacylglycerol by LFABP are mixed. Therefore, the monoacylglycerol -binding capability of liver cytosol from wild-type and LFABP-/- mice was assessed by gel filtration chromatography. The [14C]oleate associated with ~14kDa proteins was absent in LFABP-/- liver cytosol. Interestingly, [3H]monoolein was present in the ~14kDa fractions from WT but not LFABP-/- cytosol. Immunoblotting confirmed the presence of LFABP in the ~14kDa fractions from WT, but not LFABP-/-. These results suggest that LFABP is a monoacylglycerol-binding protein in a physiological setting.
The systemic effects of enterocyte FABP deletion were examined by comparing body composition via dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and energy metabolism via indirect calorimetry. During food deprivation, IFABP-/- mice lost more fat mass and, accordingly, had a lower respiratory quotient than WT. LFABP-/- mice lost less fat-free mass and maintained a higher level of energy expenditure relative to WT. These findings suggest that ablation of enterocyte FABPs manifest specific cellular effects in their native tissues due to lipid trafficking defects, as well as systemic effects.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-161)by William Stacy Lagako
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