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Ologies
No full textAlie Ward is an Emmy Award-winning science correspondent and humorist who has appeared on CBS's Innovation Nation, Netflix's Brainchild, and the Science Channel's How to Build Everything, to name a few. She is also the creator and host of Ologies, a fantastic podcast in which Ward interviews an expert "-ologist" in a different field of study for each episode. Recent examples include bufology, or the study of toads, with Priya Nanjappa; ludology, or the study of games, with Dr. Jane McGonigal; and etymology, or the study of word origins, with Helen Zaltzman. Ward's inexhaustible curiosity, zest for "ask[ing] smart people stupid questions," and rambunctious sense of humor make Ologies a delight that everyone can learn from, regardless of their academic background. For those wanting to share this podcast with younger audiences, "bleeped" versions, as well as transcripts of many episodes, are available at the Ologies Extras link at the bottom of the site. Episodes are generally an hour or more in length, and listeners can stream them at the link above or subscribe via their podcast platform of choice
Forget me not: group support for younger people with dementia
No full textJacqueline Parkes and Alison Ward report on the development of a tailor-made social group to support people with young onset dementia and their families in Northamptonshire
Repositioning the graphic designer as researcher
No full textIn academic terms, the discipline of graphic design is relatively young. Consequently the position of the discipline within academic territory, and the role of the designer, continue to be debated. In part, these debates have been a product of attempts to define and defend the discipline’s borders from within, in order to establish a sense of the role of graphic design and the graphic designer as commensurate with other disciplines both within and beyond art and design. In recent years graphic designers have variously been defined as ‘authors’, ‘producers’ and ‘readers’, yet none of these definitions seem to have provided any kind of productive or lasting impact within the academy. This paper suggests that rather than continue to seek territorial definitions and positions from within, it could be more productive to look beyond the confines of the discipline. Gaining a broader, interdisciplinary perspective on, and understanding of, qualitative research methods from other disciplines may enable the graphic designer to more fully position his or her practice within the wider academy. Such a perspective could help facilitate the repositioning and redefinition of the graphic designer as ‘researcher’ - a move that would be productive in relation to the future development of postgraduate research within the discipline
Negotiating the Culture of Resistance: A Critical Assessment of Protest Politics
No full textBoth for those within the movement and the public at large, the anti-globalization movement has become increasingly defined by large-scale protests such as those opposing the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in Quebec City. Such events successfully render visible the strength of the movement, expose an emerging global elite, politicize neoliberal restructuring, and capture the media and public's attention. Yet the privileging of large-scale protest for advancing anti-globalist politics is increasingly being questioned both by those involved in the movement and by the Left in general.Peer reviewe
Interview with Alison Frank, September 25, 2009
No full textInterview Themes: How Frank chooses research topics (00:50)
Aspects of her training as a historian Frank found useful (07:00)
Books that have inspired and informed Frank's work (11:11)
On the role of area studies for scholarship on East-Central Europe (14:00)
"Internationalizing" the history of East-Central Europe (19:30)
Advice to young historians/scholars working on the region (22:11)Interview with Alison Frank, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University. Interview conducted in Ithaca, NY on September 25, 2009. Professor Frank is the author of a number of articles and an excellent book on the oil industry in the Habsburg Monarchy entitled Oil Empire: Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia. She is now working on a project on the coastline of Austria-Hungary.1_9lz5ekh
Introduction: The Politics of Resilience and Recovery in Mental Health Care
No full textThe articles included in this special issue engage these themes across a number of national settings, institutional spaces, and empirical sites, from universities to mental health commissions, to national policy in an international context. They focus, especially, on Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom, where recent and significant changes in mental health governance have relied heavily on the notions of recovery and resilience, often to questionable effect. They deal, as we have said, with some of the most central themes in social justice studies. As a collection, the articles help us think through some of the pressing political questions about social justice that have arisen with the adoption of the mantras of resilience and recovery in mental health governance
TimeSlips™ storytelling within an acute dementia ward: the value of being creative
No full textTimeSlips is a method of creative storytelling developed by Anne Basting (1998). This approach is a person-centred model to support people with dementia to create imaginative stories using an image and open-ended questions. Two accredited facilitators in the TimeSlips method have been running weekly storytelling sessions at a purpose built acute dementia ward (Forest Centre) since May 2015. The ward provides treatment and person-centered care approaches for patients with early stage to complex dementia needs. Each session runs for 30 minutes and all contributions from the storytellers are included within the story. The TimeSlips methods of validating everyone’s responses, collaborative working with the storytellers and facilitating a space and time to be creative are employed in every session. A final read through of the story leads the storytellers to devise a title for the story and these are then typed and distributed to be shared with staff, patients and family members. The impact of the storytelling sessions has been noted through participant observations of the sessions and discussions with staff and patients. The storytellers have shown pride in their stories, showing these to their family and expressing their enjoyment at the end of sessions. Recall of the sessions has been observed with some storytellers, who remember the sessions week to week. For staff the sessions and stories are a way of seeing beyond the patient identity to the person living with the dementia, as a person’s humour, past experiences, wisdom and imagination become part of the story. Using TimeSlips has been a way of supporting the person-centred ethos of care at the Forest Centre, encouraging staff at all levels to engage in the sessions and to foster a creative and imaginative way of working with people with dementia
Do UK based weight management programmes cause weight loss maintenance in adults? A systematic review
No full textThe aim of this dissertation was to examine whether UK based weight management programmes promote weight loss maintenance (follow up of 12 months to assess effectiveness of intervention in weight loss) in adults through the process of a systematic review. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described obesity as a "global epidemic". Weight management comprises two phases; weight loss and weight loss maintenance. The latter phase is the true goal for obesity and the most difficult element of weight management to achieve. However much less is know about this as compared with the weight loss phase. There is little purpose in committing time and money to reducing obesity if the weight is regained. This is counter-productive and weight loss maintenance is essential to combat the obesity epidemic. Searches were made for relevant information from a variety of scientific online databases and journals,. Seven articles met the inclusion criteria and were analysed in the review. All studies incorporated a multi-component (diet, exercise, behaviur modification) intervention approach. All control and internvetion groups reported weight loss at 12 months when compared with baseline. All groups recieved an intervention. One study reported a significant difference (P<0.05) between groups. Four studies reported on at least one component (diet, physical activity, behaviour modification) however there was not enough information to conclude whether they complied with national guidelines (NICE CG43 and SIGN 115). High attrition rates and loss to follow up are problematic for each study except one. Analysis on an intention to treat basis was common however this is problematic and there are alternative methods which may be more suitable for dealing with missing data
Lifespan development: a topical approach, 1st Australasian Edition
No full textMichele Hoffnung, Robert Hoffnung, Kelvin L. Seifert, Rosanne Burton Smith, Alison Hine, Lynn Ward, Cat Pausé, Karen Swabe
SuperQueero: Alison Bechdel
No full textThis podcast is a biography of Alison Bechdel, an American author and cartoonist, known for her comic titled Dykes to Watch Out For. In 2006, Bechdel released her critically acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home that discussed her childhood, coming out as a lesbian, and the death of her closeted father who committed suicide.https://source.sheridancollege.ca/swfhass_projects_superqueero_podcast/1003/thumbnail.jp
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