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Book review: El Sistema: orchestrating Venezuela’s youth, by Geoffrey Baker
No full textBook review of: El Sistema: orchestrating Venezuela’s youth, by Geoffrey Baker.
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2014; ISBN: 9780199341559
($35.00)Publisher PD
Portrait of Geoffrey Williams
No full textPortrait of Geoffrey Williams, Economics student at Murdoch University.
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The Works of Sir Roger Williams, Edited by Evans (John X.)
No full textParker Geoffrey. The Works of Sir Roger Williams, Edited by Evans (John X.). In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 51, fasc. 1, 1973. Antiquité — Oudheid. pp. 129-130
Differently rational: essays on criminal behavior
No full textThis dissertation uses a range of economic tools to analyze and understand criminal behavior, particularly theft. The first chapter outlines a number of key issues and stylized facts observed in criminal behavior, and provides an outline of the chapters that follow. The second chapter proposes a simple threshold model of theft, and develops a number of structural estimators based on this model. It then tests the model against data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, 1997 Cohort. The evidence suggests that the key determinant of theft behavior is the costs of theft to the thief, and in particular the thief's perception of future costs. There does not seem to be significant variation in the benefits of theft; that is, there is no sign that some individuals are more capable of theft than others. The data also shows that theft behavior is usually very short-lived, with the vast majority of thieves showing activity for less than one year in adolescence. The third chapter looks at the temporal pattern of criminal behavior (frequently termed a ``criminal career'' or ``trajectory'') in individuals' lives, up to the age of 25-30. It uses three different data sets, based on several methods of observation, and finds a number of similarities. In contrast to earlier work describing criminal careers, the data suggest that the two measures of age-specific inclination and individual-specific intensity are the key to describing patterns in criminal behavior. Specifically, there is significant evidence that an individual A committing a single crime at age 14 has more in common with individual B who commits only one crime, at age 24, than C who commits three crimes at age 14. The fourth chapter looks at the decision to steal in the context of a simple model of human capital accumulation, as a way to tease out the relative role of labor substitution and impatience in individuals' decision to steal. The data support the role of impatience a significant driver. First, individuals who report stealing show a wage and labor market participation pattern strongly consistent with a low discount rate. Second, individuals who report stealing show significant underinvestment in education, with lower enrollment rates and higher grade repetition than comparable non-thieves. Finally, individuals who report stealing show a larger number of employers, suggesting underinvestment in long-term career success.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Geoffrey Fain William
Geoffrey Robertson on the History of Human Rights
No full textQueen\u27s Counsel, broadcaster and author Geoffrey Robertson has achieved international fame by defending high-profile cases, often representing victims of alleged human rights abuses. Here, at an event organised by Amnesty Australia, he gives a short history of human rights, from the Magna Carta to the present
Miscellaneous personal letters of Alex Lachlan Williams, 1894-1897
No full textMiscellaneous personal letters from Geoffrey J. Judge of Zeehan in regard to repairs to T. Gibbins' shop, lack of mining jobs and mines "commencing to look up" dated 1 July and 19 August 1894. From James Duncan regarding the tenancy of Williams' property at Zeehan dated 12 September 1896. From Ada Proctor of Sandy Bay on hearing
ALW was about to leave Hobart to thank him for all he did for her Aunt dated 29 August 1897. From E.A Lorkin of North Lyell regarding the lease, amalgamation, and section not complying with labour clause written on 18 October 1897. From J. McDonald of Strahan, correspondence regarding mill timber and accompanying list of measurements of logs dated 6 September 1897. These personal letters of Alex Lachlan Williams 1894-1897 are from the papers of Oscar Jones, solicitor of Murdoch & Jones Queenstown branch and his predecessor Alex Lachlan Williams, apparently found at Strathelie at Broadmarsh formerly the Jones family home.
The Queenstown practice was established by Alex Lachlan Williams in 1896. Later Charles Page became a partner and established an office at Zeehan. George Murdoch of the Stone Buildings, Hobart, later Murdoch and Jones, acted as Hobart agent and early in 1898 the two firms merged as Williams and Page of Hobart, Queenstown and Zeehan. In April 1899, however, Williams sold out to Murdoch and Jones, Oscar Jones managed the Queenstown branch and by July the firm's name was changed to Murdoch & Jones. Williams & Page remained in Zeehan, under C.S. Page.
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Value, satisfaction and behavioral intentions in an adventure tourism context
No full textThe growth in demand for adventure tourism has been significant in recent years. This study applied an existing marketing framework and empirically examined the relationships between value, satisfaction, and behavioural intentions in an adventure tourism context. Four hundred and two respondents provided their perceptions of the value for an adventure tour in Australia. Customer value was conceptualised as a multidimensional construct and indeed three value dimensions had strong, positive influences on customer satisfaction and behavioural intentions in an adventure tourism setting. Value-for-money was prominent, but also emotional value and novelty value were also significant predictors of satisfaction and future intentions. The present study suggests that researchers should take a broader, holistic view of value in a tourism context
The aesthetics of history in the modern English long poem: David Jones’s the anathemata. Basil bunting's briggflatts, Geoffrey Hill's Mercian hymns and Roy fisher's a furnace
No full textDavid Jones, Basil Bunting, Geoffrey Hill and Roy Fisher are major poets in the modernist tradition who have written long poems which incorporate and interrogate history. The Anathemata. Briggflatts. Mercian Hvmns and A Furnace all explore the poet's sense of identity and his relationship to the present by attempting to give order to the past. This thesis examines how this attempt, and the various ideologies, philosophies and aesthetics that have accompanied it, are given form in these poems. It relates detailed readings of the poems to their intellectual and historical contexts. The Introduction outlines the typical features of die modernist long poem and suggests that they are peculiarly suited to expressions of both history and nationalism. Chapter I is a critical assessment of the aesthetics of Wilhelm Worringer and Herbert Read. Chapter II shows how David Jones endeavours to give form to the various histories of The Anathemata by using these aesthetics in conjunction with the historical philosophy of Oswald Spengler, the analysis of myth and ritual of J.G. Frazer and Jessie Weston, and his own nationalism and Roman Catholicism. This chapter accounts for the poem's obscurity by investigating its conflicting ideas of form, and locating it in die context of the Second World War. Chapter III, on Briggflatts. argues that Basil Bunting combines the ideas of Worringer and Read with an autobiographical narrative and a structure derived from music, in order to give die poem a form mirroring both his melancholia and the harmony he perceived in nature. It contends that the histories in the poem are best read as relating to autobiography and not Northumbrian nationalism. Chapter IV shows how Geoffrey Hill refashions the English long poem in a manner close to that of the lyric sequence. It explores notions of empathy and historical continuity in Mercian Hymns. and analyses Hill's ambiguous evocation of his Anglo-Saxon roots in the context of contemporary political discourse. Chapter V discusses the ways in which Roy Fisher enacts different apprehensions of time and history in the dialectical structure of A Furnace, and relates them to the thought of John Cowper Powys. The Conclusion draws together the recurrent themes of the thesis: change and continuity, history and identity, time and timelessness
Paraliturgicalism in the vespers sequence of Ivan Moody
No full textIvan Moody (b. 1964) is an Orthodox priest, composer, editor, and critic who deserves better recognition as a composer. He is primarily known through his scholarly writings and performing editions. Moody’s own compositions are influenced by and maintain a stream of continuity with the school of sacred minimalist composers like Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, and Henryck Gorecki. His vocal compositions often exhibit “paraliturgicalism” –a term he uses and in part created to describe repertoire with roots in music of liturgical rites repurposed for concert use. Choirs and small vocal ensembles from amateur to professional have used repertoire from sacred music traditions to program concerts since the advent of concerted music. Specialist vocal ensembles such as the Hilliard Ensemble, Trio Mediaeval, Cappella Romana and New York Polyphony are current champions of his work. However, quantifying the use of essentially liturgical music in a concert setting has had little exploration or explanation. This project serves to open the veil, break down some of the potential barriers, and open doors to make the methodology of programming liturgical sacred music at a concert context a less ambiguous or reckless affair. Through Moody’s music, particularly his Vespers Sequence, we see a contemporary composer deliberately placing the idioms and styles of liturgical music into the traditional venues and parameters of concert performance. Their symbiosis is defined as “paraliturgicalism” and this thesis offers situations and suggestions for its use in concert programming.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2021-05-01The student, Geoffrey Williams, accepted the attached license on 2019-04-10 at 13:42.The student, Geoffrey Williams, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2019-04-10 at 13:45.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2019-04-12 at 07:53.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #13547 on 2019-08-22 at 15:05:43Made available in DSpace on 2019-08-23T20:35:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Raymond Williams and the limits of cultural materialism
No full textCultural materialism has become an influential discipline in recent
years, particularly so in 'Renaissance' studies, but also more generally in
'English', as well as departments defined as practising 'cultural' or
'communications' studies. The phrase is usually linked with the name of
Raymond Williams, but a cursory examination of Williams's own work
quickly establishes that it is a phrase he rarely uses, and only schematically
attempts to define. The thesis therefore takes the form of an investigation into
the way cultural materialism has come to be understood, by examining in
detail the trajectory of Raymond Williams's theoretical development, and how
his own engagement with various theoretical positions has helped to set
'limits' on the meaning of cultural materialism.
Chapters 1 and 2 deal with some of Williams's earliest work,
particularly Reading and Criticism, as a way of investigating how reasonable
it is to tag him as a 'Left-Leavisite', arguing that Leavis's undoubted
influence is resisted (though not entirely rejected) from a very early stage. The
first chapter considers in detail Leavis's work at Cambridge, the influence of
Eliot, and the significance of the 'Organic Community'. Chapter 2, which is
based around a comparative analysis of Williams's and Leavis's readings of
Dickens, argues that Williams rejects the 'organic community' in favour of his
'knowable community'. Chapters 4 and 5 deal with specific 'theoretical'
issues: the first, based around a reading of Terry Eagleton's critique of
Williams's use of the Marxist metaphor of 'base and superstructure', shows
some of the problems which arise from Williams's cultural model, as well as
suggesting refinements; the second deals with the influence of Volosinov's
theories on Williams. Chapter 6 comes out of Williams's readings of the
'Country-House' poems in The Country and the City, showing how his
practice of literary criticism relies on an acceptance of 'ideology' apparently
denied in his more 'theoretical' writings. This analysis is extended as a result
of investigations into the 'De L'Isle' manuscripts relating to the Penshurst
estate. Chapter 7 argues that it is possible to see the work of Fredric Jameson
as developing Williams's cultural materialism into Jameson's debates on
postmodernism.
In the Introduction and Conclusion, I have taken the opportunity to
look briefly at the activity of cultural materialism as it has developed since
Raymond Williams's death in 1988. The Introduction emphasizes what I see
to be important methodological differences between 'cultural materialism'
and 'new historicism'; the Conclusion deals with the continuing debate over
the value of a cultural materialist approach by considering the 'appropriation'
of Shakespeare
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