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Children's folklore: a source book
No full textEdited by Brian Sutton-Smith, Jay Mechling, Thomas W. Johnson, Felicia R. McMahon.Includes bibliographical references and index.A collection of original essays by scholars from a variety of fields--including American studies, folklore, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and education--Children's Folklore: A Source Book moves beyond traditional social-science views of child development. It reveals the complexity and artistry of interactions among children, challenging stereotypes of simple childhood innocence and conventional explanations of development that privilege sober and sensible adult outcomes. Instead, the play and lore of children is shown to be often disruptive, wayward, and irrational. The contributors variably consider and demonstrate contextual and "textual" ways of studying the folklore of children. Avoiding a narrow definition of the subject, they examine a variety of resources and approaches for studying, researching, and teaching it. These range from surveys of the history and literature of children's folklore to methods of field research, studies of genres of lore, and attempts to capture children's play and games".--Provided by publisher.Introduction: What Is Children's Folklore? / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Who Are the Folklorists of Childhood? / Sylvia Ann Grider -- Overview: History of Children's Folklore / Brian Sutton-Smith -- The Complexity of Children's Folklore / Rosemary Levy Zumwalt -- The Transmission of Children's Folklore / John H. McDowell -- Overview: Methods in Children's Folklore / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Double Dutch and Double Cameras: Studying the Transmission of Culture in an Urban School Yard / Ann Richman Beresin -- Children's Games and Gaming / Linda A. Hughes -- Methodological Problems of Collecting Folklore from Children / Gary Alan Fine -- Overview: Children's Folklore Concerns / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Songs, Poems, and Rhymes / C.W. Sullivan III -- Riddles / Danielle M. Roemer -- Tales and Legends / Elizabeth Tucker -- Teases and Pranks / Marilyn Jorgensen -- Overview: Settings and Activities / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Children's Lore in School and Playgrounds / Bernard Mergen -- Material Folk Culture of Children / Simon J. Bronner -- Children's Folklore in Residential Institutions: Summer Camps, Boarding Schools, Hospitals, and Custodial Facilities / Jay Mechling -- Conclusion: The Past in the Present: Theoretical Directions for Children's Folklore / Felicia R. McMahon, Brian Sutton-Smith -- Bibliography of Children's Folklore / Thomas W. Johnson, Felicia R. McMahon
Interview with Brian Alleyne, Sociologist Studying KDE
No full textA few months ago, the British journal Sociology published an article titled "Challenging Code: A Sociological Reading of the KDE Free Software Project". Eager to find out what a 'sociological reading' of KDE entails, Dot editor Oriol Mirosa rushed to contact the article's author, sociologist Brian Alleyne, who graciously and patiently agreed to be the subject of an interview
Brian Turner, 46th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textBrian Turner is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently: The Wild Delight of Wild Things (2023), The Goodbye World Poem (2023), and The Dead Peasant’s Handbook (2023), all forthcoming with Alice James Books. His other collections include Here, Bullet to Phantom Noise, and the memoir My Life as a Foreign Country. He is the editor of The Kiss and co-editor of The Strangest of Theatres anthologies. A musician, he has also written and recorded several albums with The Interplanetary Acoustic Team, including 11 11 (Me Smiling) and The Retro Legion’s American Undertow. His poems and essays have been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Harper’s, among other fine journals, and he was featured in the documentary film Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, which was nominated for an Academy Award. A Guggenheim Fellow, he has received a USA Hillcrest Fellowship in Literature, the Amy Lowell Traveling Fellowship, the Poets’ Prize, and a Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Orlando, Florida, with his dog, Dene, the world’s sweetest golden retriever
Letter to the Editor: Ancient DNA Methodology: Thoughts from Brian M. Kemp and David Glenn Smith on “Mitochondrial DNA of Protohistoric Remains of an Arikara Population from South Dakota”
No full textThis is an article accepted for publication in Human Biology, volume 82, 2010, following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available from Wayne State University Press.Our paper “Mitochondrial DNA of Protohistoric Remains of an Arikara Population from South Dakota: Implications for the Macro-Siouan Language Hypothesis” [Lawrence et al. 2010 (this issue)] has been reviewed by two scholars, and although we agree with the comments of the second reviewer, we object to the first reviewer’s statement that "the Authors do not use currently accepted methods in ancient DNA studies. the Authors have not followed the now classical stringent standards for the authentications of ancient DNA. Unfortunately, Authors did not do [the following]: (i) test to quantify the preservations of macromolecules (amino acid or collagen), (ii) quantifications of macromolecules, (iii) detections of long amplificates, (iv) amplifications of associated remains (if any), (v) cloning, (vi) independent replications. Further, in this study there is another fundamental question: the impossibility to track down modern DNA human contaminations (see Sampietro et al. 2006) so the results, even though interesting, are not supported by a strong scientific methodology." We believe that the review was unfair and reflects viewpoints that are potentially stifling to future discoveries and progression of the ancient DNA (aDNA) field as a whole.2010 Kemp BM and Smith DG. Letter to the Edito. Acient DNA Methodology: Thoughts from Brian M. Kemp and David Glenn Smith on "Mitochondrial DNA of Protohistoric Remains of an Arikara Population from South Dakota. Human Biology 82:227-238. Available at: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol82/iss2/7
Cwbr Author Interview: Empty Sleeves: Amputation In The Civil War South
No full textInterview with Brian Craig Miller, Associate Professor of History at Emporia State University Interviewed by Zach Isenhower
Civil War Book Review (CWBR): Today the Civil War Book Review is happy to speak with Brian Craig Miller, Associate Professor of History at Emporia State University. Professor Miller previously authored John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory, and is Editor of the journal Civil War History. Today we get to discuss his most recent book, Empty Sleeves: Amputation in the Civil War South. Professor Miller, thank you for joining us today. Brian Craig Miller (BCM) : Thank you very much for having me
Cyril Brian Courville, MD
No full textCyril Brian Courville graduated from Cedar Lake Academy and took premedical training at Emmanuel Missionary College. He completed medical training at the College of Medical Evangelists, took a three-year course in neuropathology, neurology, and neurosurgery, and returned to teach at his alma mater. He was the author of a scope of books, one of which became a standard textbook on neuropathology. In 1934, he founded the Cajal Laboratory of Neuropathology. He served his Alumni Association as its president, and at the time of his death he was an associate editor of the Alumni Journal. This picture appeared in University Magazine, Spring 196510 x 12.5 c
Applicability of evolutionary algorithms for orbit optimization in the strongly perturbed environment of the 2001 SN263 triple asteroid system
No full textThe ASTER mission under study by the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research would be the first to explore a triple asteroid system. To find orbits stable in such a perturbed environment, an orbit propagation and optimization programme has been written, which makes use of Evolutionary evolution algorithms. The programme written proves sufficient to identify suitable solutions for several use cases based on various mission phases and scenarios. The solar radiation pressure has been identified as a critical perturbation that prevents the existence of solutions in some scenarios, and often drives existing solutions towards terminator orbits.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Astrodynamics & Space Mission
The structure and functions of the English magistrates' court : a study in historical sociology
No full textThis thesis starts with a critique of existing sociological
and criminological studies. The major argument here is that,
although interactionist studies are an improvement upon their
positivist counterparts, they suffer from the inherent weaknesses
contained in their astructural bias. Thus, although
observational studies have been able to describe the effects
of the process of interaction within the courtroom, they have
been unable to explain why magistrates' justice is characterised
by a relative lack of due process. In the main body of
the thesis, we offer a structural analysis of the functions of
magistrates' courts through an examination of the historical
development of the magistracy culminating in its transformation
in the middle of the nineteenth century. We show that
the magistracy was created in its modern form as a lower court
of summary justice specifically to act as an efficient method
of punishing petty offenders with a conscious disregard for
rights of due process. This did not simply reflect the
interests of the industrial bourgeoisie but rather it was a
product of the class struggle resulting from the particular
formation of British capitalism, in which the gentry retained
a powerful position. The central argument is that the
particular form of justice that is administered in the lower
courts of England and Wales reflects the compromise that was
reached between these two sections of the ruling class in the
period in which the modern magistracy was forged
Upon Daedalian Wings of Paper Money: Adam Smith and the Crisis of 1772
No full textAdam Smith advocated laissez faire for most sectors of the economy, but he believed that banking and finance required several forms of regulation including usury laws and the prohibition of small-denomination bank notes. Smith’s support for banking regulation appears to have been a response to the shocks that hit the Scottish banking system during the time that he was composing the Wealth of Nations. The most important was the Crisis of 1772, which has been described as the first modern banking crisis faced by the Bank of England. It resembles the Crisis of 2008 in a number of striking ways. This paper describes the Crisis of 1772, the other shocks that hit the Scottish banking system, and the evolution of Smith’s views on the regulation of banking. It is based on Smith’s writings, the secondary sources, and a quantification of the new issues of Scottish bank notes during Smith’s era.
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