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Reading acts of narrative appropriation: four instances of fraudulent memoir
No full textPhDThis thesis examines acts of narrative appropriation, the telling of purportedly‘authentic’ life stories by those for whom the stories are not theirs to tell. This
misuse or subversion of genre - the discipline of historical writing and the category
of autobiography - becomes a means for cultural, social and political dissimulation,
and the analysis focuses both on the act: the event, trespass, or ‘theft’ of another’s
life story, and on the cultural meaning that this event reveals. These narrative acts
are approached theoretically through discussions of what it means to be an author, a
reader, and through the consideration of literary and social genre, category and form.
In exploring identities at particular risk of appropriation, this thesis shows how
fraudulent appropriated narratives affect our reading of the world, and in turn
influence our perception of already marginalized social groups. My primary
examples include prostitution ‘narratives’, Native North American ‘memoir,’ and
fraudulent Holocaust survivor ‘testimony,’ with each text providing decoded
evidence of ‘genre-bending’ exhibiting a social and political intent. These works
seek to be read as authentic personal narratives, as autobiography, and that is how
they have been presented to the reader. However, they are imposters – fictional tales
desiring the elevated status of historical authenticity and willing to bend the rules
and contracts of genre to achieve their end. Here the appearance of authenticity is
achieved through the use of cultural and social ‘myth,’ or perceptions of cultural
identity, and as such its fraudulent construction is first and foremost a social act,
with a social and economic motivation. As this thesis concludes, these texts are
most successful when their own political and social ideologies echo and confirm that
of the readership; when their subjects, the fraudulent ‘I’ at the center of the text is
also a performative elaboration of cultural belief
Truth, Lies and Gossip
Get PDFThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from SAGE Publications via the DOI in this recordIt is widely assumed that people will share inaccurate gossip for their own selfish
purposes. This assumption, if true, presents a challenge to the growing body of work that
argues that gossip is a ready source of accurate reputational information and therefore is
welfare improving. We test this inaccuracy assumption by examining the frequency and
form of spontaneous lies shared between gossiping members of networks playing a series
of one-shot trust games (N=320). We manipulate whether gossipers are or are not
competing with each other. We show that lies make up a sizeable minority of messages,
and are twice as frequent under gossiper competition. However, this has no discernible
effect on trust levels. We attribute this to the finding that, one, gossip targets are
insensitive to lies, and two, some lies are welfare enhancing. These findings suggest that
lies need not prevent — and may help — gossip to serve reputational functions
Comments on language of lies
Get PDFAutor opisuje najbardziej radykalny typ manipulacji językowej w polityce tzw. język kłamstwa, w którym opisuje się wykreowany świat tak, jakby był światem rzeczywistym.The author shows the most radical type of language manipulation in politics described in the article is the so-called language of lies, i.e. using such words to describe the word, that instead of describing reality one is in fact creating it
Lies I\u27ve Told Myself
No full text“Lies I’ve Told Myself” is a collection of essays that interrogate ideas of trauma, identity and memory. What happens when a middle-aged, Black woman leaves her frenetic job and slows down enough to hear the messages that she’s been too busy to notice? “Lies I’ve Told Myself” explores and illuminates the messiness that ensues when one challenges long-held ways of viewing the world and one’s place in it. “Lies” in the title refers to the narratives created to serve the self and the collection ponders the impact of this behavior. Through interiority, readers are brought into the personal struggles of the author as she wrestles with these concepts and considers how each has and should define her. These essays are in dialogue with memoirists, cultural commentators and the essay form itself. Through careful reflection and brutal honesty, these essays and selected poems document and celebrate the process that leads to life-changing epiphanies. One through-line is how vulnerability leads to meaningful connection with others. So what happens in the end? The author finds her humanity
Wave excitations in adjacent vortex filaments
No full textThe interactions of the nearest neighbour vortices are argued to play a significant role in the crossover range of scales that lies between the Kolmogorov-Richardson cascade and the Kelvin wave driven cascade in superfluid turbulence. In this work, we study how a wave excitation (a Kelvin wave or a soliton) on a vortex affects a nearby straight vortex. Our numerical simulations reveal that coherent excitations can hop from one vortex filament to another whilst retaining their coherent properties
Digitization of indigenous materials : problems and solutions in the Context of Kerala University
Get PDFThe paper evaluates the ICT infrastructure available at Kerala University (KU) in India. KU has automated its library system and has powerful ICT infrastructures for more than a decade. But they are found to be lacking information relevant to KU, which exist only in traditional media at various sources under it. Information generated by the research in KU is also not digitized and added to the system. The study reveals that archives, libraries and other document collections as they exist now in KU limit mainly to collection, preservation and services using original exhibits, printed documents, manuscripts and non?print materials like microforms. Even a decade after having required ICT infrastructures KU has not cared to digitise its content and make it accessible online. Identifies the institutions under KU where unique content not otherwise available exists and the different media in which they are recorded. Various projects that have transformed content like that existing in KU are examined. The solutions used in such projects are discussed. The problem of local scripts to be dealt by KU and the projects, which handled scripts relevant to KU, are examined. Make suggestions in selecting relevant DL solutions and for ensuring the conservation of the unique knowledge content available at KU
Deception and Britain's road to war in Iraq
Get PDFEver since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, there has been a widely shared public perception in the UK and beyond that the British government lied in making the case for war. One major theme has been the view that the Blair government lied about the strength of the intelligence about alleged Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and the extent of the WMD capabilities claimed by that intelligence. A second theme that has received less attention has been the view that the Blair government lied in claiming that its actions at the United Nations (UN) were aimed at securing peaceful Iraqi compliance with its disarmament obligations. Instead, most think that the UK was actually committed to a policy of regime change by force and did not want the ‘UN route’ to produce a peaceful outcome. The article argues that the conceptual focus of the discussion needs to be broadened from lying to also considering deception by omission and deception by distortion as part of a campaign of organized political persuasion. It argues that, on the WMD intelligence, it is now apparent that a campaign of deceptive organized political persuasion was conducted by UK officials. With respect to the UN route, there is mounting evidence that the Blair government ran a campaign of deception on this issue as well to pave Britain’s road to war in Iraq
Government Lies and the Press Clause
Get PDFThis essay considers a particular universe of potentially dangerous governmental falsehoods: the government\u27s lies and misrepresentations about and to the press.
Government\u27s efforts to regulate private speakers\u27 lies clearly implicate the First Amendment, as many (but not all) of our own lies are protected by the Free Speech Clause. But because the government does not have First Amendment rights of its own when it speaks, the constitutional limits, if any, on the government\u27s own lies are considerably less clear.
In earlier work I have explored in some detail the Free Speech and Due Process Clauses as possible constraints on certain government lies that inflict economic and reputational harm, that punish or silence individuals\u27 speech, or that imprison or deny other protected liberties. In this paper I focus instead on the ways in which some of the government\u27s press-related lies and misrepresentations can frustrate the two values most commonly identified as underlying the First Amendment\u27s Press Clause: exposing (and thus checking) government misconduct, and informing public opinion about a wide range of matters.
Part I identifies a number of these falsehoods and the ways in which they can frustrate the press’s effectiveness in performing its watchdog and educator functions. For example, the government\u27s misappropriation of the press\u27s identity (i.e., the government\u27s lies that it is the press) and the government\u27s obfuscation of its role as author of material it has produced for publication (i.e., the government\u27s lies that it is not the press) undermine the press\u27s independence and credibility. The public needs to see and understand the press and the government as distinct entities with very different roles if the press is to offer a meaningful check on the government; the government\u27s lies about being (or not being) the press thus threaten to blur the line between the two in damaging ways. Relatedly, the government\u27s lies to the press about its own behavior -- coupled with its lies about the press intended to discredit the press -- directly interfere with the press\u27s ability to hold the government accountable to the public through accurate and credible reporting. Part II then considers potential legal, structural, political, and expressive responses to such governmental falsehoods and their harms. Possibilities include a more muscular Press Clause doctrine that would prohibit governmental lies and misrepresentations that interfere with Press Clause functions, as well as engaged counterspeech and oversight by other government actors, the press, and the public more generally
The problem of lies and pragmatic movement in education. Analysis of Boleslaw Kaprocki’s books, „School’s lies”
No full textBolesław Kaprocki was teacher in the 1930s and after II World War. In 1938, he wrote „School’s lies”. This book was never reprinted. His academic achievement are almost unknown.
In „School’s lies” Kaprocki describes the problem of lies committed by students. He studies the social and biological origins of lies. He distinguish 2 types lies: unthruth and lie of will. The child’s false statements under the influence of animism are of an „untruth” type. „Lie of will” is commited consciously and accompanied by specific goal. A lie must be considered individually and socially. The most common source of lies is fear of the consequences.
The author of the article analizes the problem of lie and Kaprocki’s pedagogical program from a pragmatic perspective, pedagogical trend and philosophical position represented by John Dewey.
In pragmatic philosophy, the approach to thuth is flexible. Generally, utility is the measure of truth. This flexibility has its limits. Dewey analysed objective historical and social processes. According to Dewey, when social system change, the awareness of society changes. Magical thinking in primitive people helps them explain natural processes. In the course of social and economic development, magical thinking is replaced by science. A similar evolution concerns the development of the child’s cousciousness.
Kaprocki was much inspired by Dewey’s pragmatism and idea of experimental teaching. He postulated an individual approach to the student. He took into account the student’s interests, imagination and his intellectual, moral and biological development. A similar method should detect lies.
Kaprocki proposes solutions to counteract lies. He examines the impact of different types of punishment. He rejects corporal and natural punishment. He proposes „a moral punishment”. Punishment should appeal to conscience and stimulate moral development. Enforcing this punishment requires consistent bahavior of the educator. Teacher must possess authority.
Kaprocki also touched upon the problem of racial segregation. According to Kaprocki, the course of intellectual development is different in representatives of various races. This creates conflicts among the students. This problem is moral if we accept Herbart’s assumption that the development of intelligence determines morality
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