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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA started the topic Science Fiction Films in the discussion
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoI mean this in the sense of classic science fiction, excluding sword and sorcery fantasies and other well-established generic fantasies…. Eg. I, Robot: ¡Ay, robot! https://www.academia.edu/40832609/
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Sérgio Dias Branco deposited Building Cars and Destroying Men: Working Class Representation as Christian Allegory in “Blue Collar” (1978) in the group
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months ago“The company builds cars and destroys men” was the promotional tagline of one of the posters for “Blue Collar” (1978). Shot in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Michigan, the film stars Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, and Yaphet Kotto playing three Detroit auto workers in financial despair who break into and rob the offices of their own union. “Blue Collar”…[Read more]
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Ali Shehzad Zaidi deposited The Ghalib Translations of Daud Kamal: ‘The Nightingale of a Garden Which is Yet to Come Into Existence’ in the group
Postcolonial Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoEssay on Daud Kamal’s Ghalib translations.
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Luis Ernesto Paz Enrique deposited Participación comunitaria en los medios de comunicación. Perspectivas para el desarrollo local in the group
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoLa producción de los medios de comunicación constituye una expresión de la sociedad que los gesta. Los grupos sociales que intervienen en la producción televisiva actualmente son herederos de la práctica funcionalista y trasmisiva de los medios tradicionales de comunicación (prensa plana, radio y televisión). En esa lógica los temas que se represe…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Evolutionary Adaptive Traits: “religions, spirituality are… meaning systems.. acquired through social relationships + Neuroscience: “selectivity…. as a design feature” in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months ago1. Gergen argues that situations which human beings didn’t understand or deal with appropriately would inflict painful lessons – providing a conditioning or predisposition for learning. “In the Darwinian sense, the ability to conceptualize has survival value. To be more specific, concepts are valuable tools in problem solving.” (p.23) “In ess…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Evolutionary Adaptive Traits: “religions, spirituality are… meaning systems.. acquired through social relationships + Neuroscience: “selectivity…. as a design feature” in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months ago1. Gergen argues that situations which human beings didn’t understand or deal with appropriately would inflict painful lessons – providing a conditioning or predisposition for learning. “In the Darwinian sense, the ability to conceptualize has survival value. To be more specific, concepts are valuable tools in problem solving.” (p.23) “In ess…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited A Sketch of Emotions: Goal striving, Directing attention & selectivity, meaning and making sense in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThere is no doubt whatsoever that emotions are very important and highly significant in the processing of data and information, as well as in the day-to day functioning of the human being. Eric Klinger, whose expertise is in personality psychology and motivation theory, focuses on the influences of motivation and emotion on cognition. Klinger…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited A Sketch of Emotions: Goal striving, Directing attention & selectivity, meaning and making sense in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThere is no doubt whatsoever that emotions are very important and highly significant in the processing of data and information, as well as in the day-to day functioning of the human being. Eric Klinger, whose expertise is in personality psychology and motivation theory, focuses on the influences of motivation and emotion on cognition. Klinger…[Read more]
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Liz Sparg deposited Generation to Generation in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThis book brings together thirteen contributors from diverse backgrounds – mean and women born in Cameroon, England, Scotland, South Africa, Zambia. What they all have in common is years of service within their respective communities, working individually and within projects and programmes, with both young people and adults to build social c…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Cultural and heritage tourism adds $6.4 million a year to the local economy in the group
Place Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoNew research shows that cultural and heritage tourism is worth around $6.4 million per year to the Camden Local Government Area.
Destination NSW (2019) defines cultural and heritage tourism as ‘a tool of economic development that achieves economic growth through attracting visitors from outside a host community, who are motivated wholly or in p…[Read more] - Load More