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Ian Willis deposited Memorial plaque to Jennifer Eggins, a founder of local tourism in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThis blog post explores the story of a memorial plaque to Jennifer Eggins in Camden, NSW.
Outside John Oxley Cottage, Camden Visitor Information Centre at 46 Camden Valley Way Elderslie, is a memorial plaque with a story to tell of local identity, Jennifer Eggins, and her legacy that still echoes across the district. She was one of the founders…[Read more] -
Cagdas Dedeoglu deposited Posthuman citizenship in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoCitizenship and the posthuman have not been often theorized together. In this paper, I want to think about their coalition both as a new episode in the efforts of politics for citizenship, including knowledge politics, and as a source of rebalancing power against governmental and corporate interests in citizenship politics. Here, I seek to address…[Read more]
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Reuven Chaim (Rudolph) Klein deposited The Passover Seder as an Exercise in Piagetian Education Theory in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoThis paper focuses on two elements of the Passover Seder ritual and their connection to Piagetian education theory. After outlining Piaget’s theory of genetic epistemology and its implications for education theory, it focuses on Sigel’s distancing theory, which touts question asking as a tool for presenting information to students. This paper arg…[Read more]
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James Louis Smith deposited “Too Much Loose Sand:” Narrating Coastal Erosion in Southeast Ireland in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoComprised of soft glacial cliffs and sandy beaches, the southeastern coastline of Ireland is dominated by unconsolidated Quaternary-aged sediments with fewer rock exposures than Ireland’s other coasts. Facing Britain across a rough sea, County Wexford has been prone to incursions from both political and environmental forces throughout history. T…[Read more]
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James Louis Smith deposited “Too Much Loose Sand:” Narrating Coastal Erosion in Southeast Ireland in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoComprised of soft glacial cliffs and sandy beaches, the southeastern coastline of Ireland is dominated by unconsolidated Quaternary-aged sediments with fewer rock exposures than Ireland’s other coasts. Facing Britain across a rough sea, County Wexford has been prone to incursions from both political and environmental forces throughout history. T…[Read more]
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Rita Singer deposited DIEDERICH WESSEL LINDEN (fl.1745-1768; d.1769), medical doctor and minerologist in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThis biography of the German medical doctor and minerologist Diederich Wessel Linden (fl.1745-1768; d.1769) is the unabridged, pre-publication version of an accepted and revised article for publication in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. This version is also available as an online blog post:…[Read more]
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Rita Singer deposited DIEDERICH WESSEL LINDEN (fl.1745-1768; d.1769), medical doctor and minerologist in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThis biography of the German medical doctor and minerologist Diederich Wessel Linden (fl.1745-1768; d.1769) is the unabridged, pre-publication version of an accepted and revised article for publication in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. This version is also available as an online blog post:…[Read more]
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Rita Singer deposited DIEDERICH WESSEL LINDEN (fl.1745-1768; d.1769), medical doctor and minerologist in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThis biography of the German medical doctor and minerologist Diederich Wessel Linden (fl.1745-1768; d.1769) is the unabridged, pre-publication version of an accepted and revised article for publication in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. This version is also available as an online blog post:…[Read more]
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Rafael Neis deposited In Comics: When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoIn comics: how ancient rabbis upend “traditional” ideas of reproduction, gender, and humanity. A blog post commissioned by UC Press Blog about the book When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species.
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Rafael Neis deposited In Comics: When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoIn comics: how ancient rabbis upend “traditional” ideas of reproduction, gender, and humanity. A blog post commissioned by UC Press Blog about the book When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species.
Link: htt…[Read more]
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Victor Nnadozie deposited Divergence and the use of digital technology in learning: Undergraduate students’ experiences of email feedback in a South African university in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoSouth African universities’ use of digital technologies in learning has increased in recent years. Given that
social exposure, the context and pedagogic uses of technology influence learning expectations and
learner involvement, it is important to understand students’ experiences of the use of different
technological tools. This article emp…[Read more] -
Victor Nnadozie deposited Self-agency and Academically High-performing Students’ Success: Towards a Praxis for Academic Support in one South African University in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoGlobally, student support mechanisms focus almost exclusively on academically ‘under-performing’
students, especially as insofar as academic development practices are concerned. This article makes a
case for a shift in approach. Using the context of one country, South Africa, we sought to better
understand the strengths that academically…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited Camden’s Purple Haze is a Sight to See in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoIn Camden, NSW, every November, the streets are ablaze with shades of purple. Walking around the town’s streets, you will see the current flush of purples, mauves, lilac and lavender along Argyle Street, Broughton Street, John Street and Macarthur Park. People are entranced by the magic of the town’s ‘sea of lavender’ as Peter Butler from…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Camden’s Purple Haze is a Sight to See in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoIn Camden, NSW, every November, the streets are ablaze with shades of purple. Walking around the town’s streets, you will see the current flush of purples, mauves, lilac and lavender along Argyle Street, Broughton Street, John Street and Macarthur Park. People are entranced by the magic of the town’s ‘sea of lavender’ as Peter Butler from…[Read more]
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James Louis Smith deposited Net-work: Irish Sea Crossings with and beyond Infrastructure in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThis article explores the co-constitution of networks and infrastructure in the context of late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century culture. We consider Maria Edgeworth’s conceptualization of the term network with and alongside infrastructure in her Harry and Lucy stories (1801–25) and offer an analysis of a manuscript tour by Mary Anne Eade fro…[Read more]
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James Louis Smith deposited Net-work: Irish Sea Crossings with and beyond Infrastructure in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThis article explores the co-constitution of networks and infrastructure in the context of late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century culture. We consider Maria Edgeworth’s conceptualization of the term network with and alongside infrastructure in her Harry and Lucy stories (1801–25) and offer an analysis of a manuscript tour by Mary Anne Eade fro…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Aristotelian Scientific Method & Categorization Applied to Spirituality: Spiritual compassion, musical & artistic spiritu8ality, healing spiritual experiences in grief, Arctic humna relations, T’boli dream weaving, Medical research meta-analyses in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoFrom 40 years of experience it is clear that spirituality has become entangled in abstractions: powers, perfection, supernatural, unreal, limitless knowledge, crystal ball perceptions, etc.
Dr Stephen Farra agreed with that – and went one better. Dr Farra stated “Our models are out reality. But our models are not reality. That coincides with the…[Read more] -
Mike Phillips deposited Through a Tube, Darkly: Critical Remediation in High and Low (1963) in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoAkira Kurosawa’s 1963 police procedural is, as its title suggests, intensely interested in the socioeconomic valences of spatial relationships, literalized in Yokohama’s affluent hills and its low-lying slums. The central conflict between inhabitants of these two spaces articulates this local topography into a global framework, in which con…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Camden Library and Museum public art in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThe 2007 Camden Library and Camden Museum redevelopment project resulted in a community collaboration to create a mix of public artworks.
Camden Council Cultural Development Coordinator Angela Pasqua led the collaboration process. Participants included school children, TAFE students, artists and sculptors.
Camden Council commissioned the…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited Camden Library and Museum public art in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThe 2007 Camden Library and Camden Museum redevelopment project resulted in a community collaboration to create a mix of public artworks.
Camden Council Cultural Development Coordinator Angela Pasqua led the collaboration process. Participants included school children, TAFE students, artists and sculptors.
Camden Council commissioned the…[Read more] - Load More