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Ian Willis deposited The Sydney Harbour Bridge, an engineering marvel in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe Sydney Harbour Bridge is an icon on the Sydney urban landscape. The bridge is an engineering marvel of modernism and the early 20th hope of a new nation.
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Charles Peck Jr deposited “McDougall’s Mente grupal: la “impulsividad irrazonable” de los grupos es muy relevante – Encuesta: los estadounidenses negros temen más ataques racistas después del tiroteo en Buffalo” (Washington Post) – con una comparación con Durkheim, Geertz, in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoComo observaron los autores del artículo “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual-Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” que se publicó en Psychological Bulletin, se estima que solo en la última década del siglo XX, las guerras mortales de lugares como Ruanda, Bosnia y Etiopía cobraron la vida de 30 millones de personas y co…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited McDougall’s Group Mind – the “Unreasoning Impulsiveness” of groups are Very Relevant .”Poll: Black Americans fear more racist attacks after Buffalo shooting” the Washington Post (published 6-9-22) – w/ comparison to Durkheim, Geertz, + Bargh’s recent res in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAs the authors of the article “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual–Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” which was published in Psychological Bulletin, observed, It is estimated that just in the final decade of the twentieth century, the deadly wars of places like Rwanda, Bosnia, and Ethiopia claimed the lives of 30 m…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Menangle arts hall concerts that helped war efforts – is being rebuilt in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoIn 2023 there is a vacant lot in central Menangle with a security fence. The reconstructed hall is proposed to open in 2024. On the security fence is an information sign with the hall’s history, what is happening, funding and building timeline. The information signage on the site security fence states: The existing hall is unusable due to…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Historical Power, Historical Trauma and the Gothic Historical Drama in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThis paper proposes that there are a number of historical television dramas which make use of the aesthetics of the Gothic in order to signal their focus on historical traumas which still have contemporary resonance. This is part of a wider use of a Gothic mode in these dramas in presenting and considering these traumas, not just as the individual…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited Bringing Imperial Trauma Home: Taboo as Gothic Historical Drama in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoTelevision historical dramas take on a number of different modes, which inflect how they are interpreted. The Gothic mode, signalled in part by aesthetics and a focus on trauma, encourages audiences to engage with the past as a place of horror and darkness. Through intentional anachronism and the presentation of contemporary parallels, these…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Thunder Gods, – nearly fifty storm gods including: Zeus, Thor, Indra, story of Zeus + Greek goddess Hera harass Heracles + Jane Goodall’s Apes’ response w/ Challenge Displays to a Violent Thunder Storm! – What We Can Learn From Myths about Human Mind in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoHammering, loud peals of thunder had startled me into consciousness. As a young child of six, the storm had roused me from the comfortable oblivion of my deep sleep. The booming rolls of thunder had woken my father as well. His head peered from behind the door. Finding me awake, we went onto the porch of our summer cottage, which was perched high…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Different Theories on Various Functions of Religions: Predisposition to Religious Beliefs – 1. Fear of the Unknown (and death). 2. Anthropomorphism – Theory of MInd – Xenophanes to Hume, 3. Social Functionalism -meaning system for/of social relationshiips in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoFunctions of Religion
1. Fear of the unknown Fear of the unknown is a popular theory. The philosopher David Hume, the anthropologist Malinowski, and Einstein all emphasize the role of anxiety – or fear.
2. Anthropomorphism, the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object, is another favorite theory. Xenophanes (…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited ‘Fibro Majestic’, a new exhibition at the Campbelltown Arts Centre, a review in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe Campbelltown Arts Centre is holding the Fibro Majestic Exhibition from 8 July to 13 August 2023 with free entry. The exhibition celebrates the heritage of the fibro house in Australia.
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Body-Mind-Spirit Paradigm – Genetic Emotion-Charged Unconscious Spiritual Symbols!: Tukudika Native Americans, Hawaiian Ho’omana religion, Filipino Kapwa (shared-identity)-Ginhawa, Modern Medicine – Dr. Koenig + Prism Paradigm Symbolic Energy-Filter model in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAs a theoretical paradigm is a very natural and common-sense, idea-model – an idea or paradigm of a human being that is easily grasped model-idea. It is not surprisingly, then, that the Body-Mind-Spirit Paradigm appeared very early in human history.
The Ho’omana religion actually recognizes three different types or levels of “spirit,” which…[Read more]
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