385 research outputs found
'The ceasing from the sorrow of divided life: may Sinclair’s women, texts and contexts (1910-1923)
No full textThis thesis explores May Sinclair's female protagonists in her Modernist texts, 1910-1923. 1 look at how Sinclair's work bears witness to her scene of writing and offer an analysis that places Sinclair, most centrally, in a dialogue with contemporary literary, psychoanalytical, and cultural influences.1 draw upon a wealth of unpublished material, medical archives and journals, newspapers, propaganda, novels of fellow female writers, and other artefacts of the day. By appraising these works together, the critical distinction between Modernism and the topical issues of early twentieth century Britain is seen to dissolve, and Sinclair’s writing emerges as an important oeuvre for reading the life of the modem woman. Women’s fiction of the period typically searches for autonomy and agency. However, as 1 show, the desire for radical social change is problematic and often in conflict with the prescribed code of an idealised, fixed female identity. Through an exploration and development of her own concept of sublimation, Sinclair confronts these complex ideological structures in her engagement with the position of women in her fiction. She places her women in a variety of situations—from the tightly knit, domestic home to the unfettered, open terrain of wild landscapes—and analyses the forces that hold women back or set them free. In my study of Sinclair's Modernist texts, 1 argue that Sinclair urges for psychic freedom for women from their cramped, repressive conditions; this is achieved through sublimation
Reading Curriculum in the Age of Spectacle: Reclaiming Experience and Dialogue in Reading
No full textUsing Fahrenheit 451 as a model for reading in the age of spectacle, this paper offers a critique of reading curriculum driven by Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (CCSS-ELA), which divorces reading from dialogue and lived experience. Drawing on Debord’s (1967/1983) notion of spectacle, the author considers how our current cultural moment may be shaping and shaped by an alienated and alienating curriculum of reading. By embracing the political implications of reading curriculum, we can reclaim reading as a dialogic activity grounded in the world
Construction of an event. Coverage of Ireland by Agence France Presse
No full textSummary: This paper, based on the Irish example, reports on the role of a news agency, Agence France Presse, in the construction of an event. The author shows how the agency, under constraints of time and thematic production, selects and classifies subjects. It thus reduces situations to events by highlighting the themes likely to have news value. In the final instance it is, however, the agency's clients, the media, which re-cast the news in relation to the context in which it is to be received.Kingston Meredith, Libbrecht Liz. Construction of an event. Coverage of Ireland by Agence France Presse. In: Réseaux. The French journal of communication, volume 5, n°1, 1997. pp. 27-48
Crucial contributors? Re-examining labour market impact and workplace-training intensity in Canadian trades apprenticeship
No full textCanadian apprenticeship policy has recently turned to direct subsidies for participants, including a federal tax incentive for employers. Some assumptions underlying the employer subsidy are: that apprenticeship training is a principal contributor to the skilled trades labour supply; that employers of apprentices typically incur high training cost and risks; and that in the absence of offsetting incentives, these would deter their participation. These assumptions are tested, using an analysis of 2006 census data and a series of 33 employer interviews. The census data reveal that, in 74 “skilled trades†occupations (NOC-S group H), the proportion of the labour force reporting an apprenticeship credential is 37%. When certificates granted to “trade qualifiers†are excluded from the total, registered apprenticeship certification is found to contribute roughly 25% of the skilled trades labour supply. A closer examination of the census data reveals strong inter-occupational differences in the certification rate and in the ratio of certified to less-than-certified workers, suggesting a de facto hierarchy of trades occupations. The interviews reveal sharp variations in employers’ workplace training efforts, challenging the twin suppositions that employers of apprentices are uniformly high contributors to skill formation, and that high training-related costs risks generally deter their participation. Differences in training behaviour are attributed to high-skill versus low-skill business strategies that in turn reflect differing product markets and regulatory constraints. Whatever the level of their training effort, all of the participating employers are able to minimize the training-related risks that have been cited as the principal rationale for employer subsidies. The paper argues for a more nuanced approach to skills policy and research in Canada, with greater attention to the diversity of actors’ strategic interactions with the training system.Apprenticeship, Skill, Trades, Training, Labour Supply, Canada
Initial results of 234U-230Th dating of tufa within Wadi Dabsa to reconstruct palaeoenvironments and interpret the Palaeolithic Landscape in southwest Saudi Arabia.
No full textThe Red Sea coast of region of southwest Saudi Arabia has a rich record of Early and Middle Stone Age archaeology (e.g. Bailey et al., 2015). The Wadi Dabsa basin, within the volcanic landscapes of the Harrat al Birk, contains a major concentration of artefacts (> 3000) making it one of the richest Palaeolithic assemblages so far recorded in southwest Saudi Arabia (Foulds et al., 2015; Inglis et al., 2017). In order to fully understand the artefacts and their implications for hominin activity their palaeoenvironmental and chronological context needs to be constrained. The widespread tufa carbonate deposits in this basin, associated with the archaeology, indicate that this basin has been perennially wet at certain periods of time. The tufa deposits represent an underexploited palaeoenvironmental record that will improve our understanding of the environments and landscapes occupied by Palaeolithic populations in the Saharo-Arabian belt. This poster presents the initial findings from the analysis of 13 tufa samples using 234U-230Th dating, to date the timing of wetter conditions in this basin. Samples have also been taken for stable isotope analysis to provide an insight into source water composition and palaeotemperature. This is part of a wider multi-method approach to reconstruct landscape development at this site, which also involves geomorphological mapping and 40Ar/39Ar dating of the basalt flows in this landscape that have influenced the hydrogeology and surface hydrology of the basin. Thin sections of each tufa sample have been used to guide sampling locations for 234U-230Th dating and isotopic analysis. Bailey, G.N., Dev�S., M.H., Inglis, R.H., Meredith-Williams, M.G., Momber, G., Sakellariou, D., Sinclair, A., Rousakis, G., Al Ghamdi, S., Alsharekh, A. (2015). Blue Arabia: Palaeolithic and underwater survey in SW Saudi Arabia and the role of coasts in Pleistocene dispersals, Quaternary International, 382, 42-57. Foulds, F., A. Shuttleworth, A. Sinclair, A. M. Alsharekh, S. Al Ghamdi, R. H. Inglis, G.N. Bailey (2017) A large handaxe from Wadi Dabsa and early hominin adaptations within the Arabian Peninsula. Antiquity. 91:1421–1434. Inglis, R. H., Sinclair, A. G., Robson, H. K., Barfod, D. N., Fanning, P. A., Stone, A., Shuttleworth, A., Alsharekh, A. M., Bailey, G. N. (2017) Preliminary Report on UK-Saudi 2017 fieldwork at Wadi Dabsa, Asir Province, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage
Cancer care and occupational therapy: A scoping review
No full textMeredith, PJ ORCiD: 0000-0002-2981-9189INTRODUCTION: Cancer can disrupt participation in everyday activities, suggesting a place for occupational therapy; however, there is a need to articulate the nature, scope and available evidence supporting the occupational therapy role within cancer care. In this scoping review, we identify the breadth of practice and evidence for occupational therapy in cancer care, across all stages of the disease trajectory (diagnosis to palliation/survivorship) throughout the lifespan. METHODS: Five electronic databases were searched in June 2018, for English language articles. Key words were: cancer care, OR oncolog*, OR oncologic care, OR neoplasms, OR cancer survivors, OR terminal cancer, OR cancer rehabilitation, AND occupational therap*. No date restrictions were imposed. Included were: all styles of literature including grey literature, all types of cancers and all age brackets. There were no restrictions on place of origin of papers. Following the Arksey and O'Malley (2006; International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8: 19-32) framework for scoping reviews, the first author screened titles and abstracts, and all three authors reviewed sets of the included articles. Conflicts were discussed until consensus was reached. RESULTS: After evaluating 305 titles and abstracts and 111 full-text articles, 89 papers were retained. Articles included research studies (n = 43), reviews (n = 15), grey literature (n = 16), practice analyses (n = 14) and an editorial (n = 1). The occupational therapy roles described were diverse, but largely descriptive in nature, with little evidence of outcomes from treatment. Furthermore, the majority of papers addressed adult populations, with few considering children, adolescents or young adults. Most papers focused on specific stages of the disease, and none addressed the disease along its full trajectory. CONCLUSION: Despite identifying a diverse range of occupational therapy roles in cancer care throughout the disease trajectory and across the lifespan, the need for professional discourse and research within our profession was highlighted. This was particularly evident for adolescents and young adults with cancer
Function of autophagy in lace plant programmed cell death
No full textKillam TrustsNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Counci
Motion and mobility in the realist novels of Philip K Dick
No full textThis essay explores the ways that ideas of motion and mobility support readings of Philip K Dick's early novels that take full account of the changing geographical context. They are set during a period of rapid suburban expansion, the building of the interstate and the spread of automobility through car ownership, and their characters frequently exist in a state between continuity through conformity and the potential for change. The open ended forms of the novels reflect a world around Dick that was still under construction, and where alternative realities can be glimpsed between incomplete materialities
Becoming Allies Accomplices: Problematizing the Intersection of Reflection and Action through Pre-Service Teachers’ Autoethnographies as Praxis
No full textAllies would be in strikethrough in the title.This paper explores the phenomenon of pre-service teachers becoming accomplices for racial justice. Using hermeneutic phenomenology, we examine the experiences of three white, female pre-service teachers navigating this terrain.A framework we are naming autoethnography as praxis emerged from this inquiry.Our research interrogates the notion of white allies and the intersection of critical dialogue and action in pre-service teacher education. Building off of perspectives in critical race and critical whiteness studies, this work is grounded in the reality of the material permanence of white supremacy that white teachers must acknowledge and develop tools to dismantle.Autoethnography as praxis moves students from simply analyzing and reporting their experiences (including their emerging understanding of white privilege) through autoethnography to examining how their experiences have shaped and will continue to shape their identities and practices as teachers. By reframing autoethnography as a dialogue between researcher and her texts, we hope to push beyond reflection to action.Autoethnography as praxis also addresses the flaw of white teachers acting as benevolent allies who set their own agenda and position people of color as “needing their assistance.” It pushes participants to engage their action in reflection, moving them past their own experiences
Copyright and Creativity: Authors and Photographers
No full textThe history of the occupations “author” and “photographer” provides an insightful perspective on copyright and creativity. The concept of the romantic author, associated with personal creative genius, gained prominence in the eighteenth century. However, in the U.S. in 1900 only about three thousand persons professed their occupation to be “author.” Self-professed “photographers” were then about ten times as numerous as authors. Being a photographer was associated with manufacturing and depended only on mastering technical skills and making a living. Being an author, in contrast, was an elite status associated with science and literature. Across the twentieth century, the number of writers and authors grew much more rapidly than the number of photographers. The relative success of writers and authors in creating jobs seems to have depended not on differences in copyright or possibilities for self- production, but on greater occupational innovation. Creativity in organizing daily work is an important form of creativity.occupations, authors, photographers, copyright law, economic history
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