The Public Philosophy Journal’s 2018 New Engaged Scholars Digital Pilot Program, which officially kicks off on February 7th, is designed for doctoral students seeking guided, collaborative opportunities to develop early drafts into publishable content. This is the program agenda.

This paper examines how ultra-orthodox women perceive the socio-economic reality of contemporary ultra- orthodox society in Israel. In practice most ultra-orthodox women work, and they play an important role in the financial support of their family. The ultra-orthodox press, a major socialization mechanism, has a dualistic approach to this…[Read more]

We analyze patterns of rejection and adoption of new technology in a closed and conservative community through the study of ultra-Orthodox Jewish women working in computerized environments, and their perceptions and uses of the Internet. These women stand in the intersection between orthodoxy and modernity. Their workplaces are populated by…[Read more]

החברה החרדית בישראל היא חברה מסורתית המנסה לשמור על גבולותיה ולהתנהל כתרבות מובלעת בקרב החברה הישראלית-חילונית. אחד האתגרים ש ִאתם עליה להתמודד הוא חדירתן של טכנולוגיות תקשורת חדשות. האינטרנט הוא מן הטכנולוגיות השנויות ביותר במחלוקת במגזר החרדי, והוא מציב בפניו אתגרים ייחודיים. בשל תכונותיו של המדיום החדש קיים חשש כבד מחשיפת הציבור…[Read more]

מאמר זה עוסק בדימויים ובייצוגים של נשים, כפי שהם משתקפים מטקסטים עיתונאיים שראו אור בישראל ונועדו לנשים חרדיות מאז קום המדינה.1 השאלות המרכזיות המוצגות כאן הן: כיצד משתקפת דמותה של האישה בעיתונות החרדית? האם היא נוכחת בה במרחב הפרטי ו/או הציבורי? כיצד כותבים העיתונים על נוכחותה במרחבים אלה? כדי לענות על שאלות אלה נבחן קורפוס רחב של מאות…[Read more]

We analyze patterns of rejection and adoption of new technology in a closed and conservative community through the study of ultra-Orthodox Jewish women working in computerized environments, and their perceptions and uses of the Internet. These women stand in the intersection between orthodoxy and modernity. Their workplaces are populated by…[Read more]

The paper studies attitudes towards and perceptions of the Internet by ultra–Orthodox women who are members of closed online forums. The forums constitute a unique environment for ultra–Orthodox women, where they can talk amongst themselves anonymously on issues that may be illegitimate in their community.

Findings show that the ult…[Read more]

This study shows how Old Order Amish and ultra-Orthodox women’s discourse about television can help develop a better understanding of the creation, construction, and strengthening of limits and boundaries separating enclave cultures from the world. Based on questionnaires containing both closed- and open-ended questions completed by 82 p…[Read more]

This study explores how women in two devout religious communities cope with the Internet and its apparent incompatibility with their communities’ values and practices. Questionnaires containing both closed and open-ended questions were completed by 82 participants, approximately half from each community. While their discourses included similar f…[Read more]

Reading is a complex and difficult skill. The main difficulty beginning readers face is learning which letters represent which sounds—and then getting used to those patterns by reading them, again and again, in different combinations and contexts. It takes practice to learn how to read. Research also shows that the easier reading is, the more l…[Read more]

Desde inicios del siglo XX el interés por la génesis de las Soledades ha ido aparejado con la preparación de nuevas ediciones del texto gongorino. Gracias a los pioneros trabajos de Dámaso Alonso se supo que el texto de la Soledad primera que se divulgó en 1613 entre unos pocos allegados de Góngora no era idéntico al texto que don Antonio Chacón…[Read more]

This occasional paper tries to analyze stylistically Cumming’s poem entitled “‘kitty’. sixteen, 5′ 11″, white, prostitute” in two aspects: the deviations in graphology and capitalization.

El presente trabajo versa en el diseño, implementación y evaluación de dos actividades de aprendizaje vinculadas con el contenido temático de asignaturas que se imparten en diferentes licenciaturas en instituciones de educación superior. El diseño de estas actividades se basa en las “Normas de competencia para el acceso y uso de la informa…[Read more]

This paper highlights the multiple modalities through which writer, activist, and educator June Jordan materialized a placemaking pedagogy, grounded in the art of structural critique and using language in the service of social change. In this paper, I show how Jordan “implicitly instructs” her students and young readers in cultivating a str…[Read more]

After the dissemination of Luis de Góngora’s Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea in 1613, a number of Spanish poets expanded the treatment of myths and established a dialogue with Ovid’s Metamorphoses. As a result of this process, a great amount of short epic poems was composed in the following years. This article aims to achieve three objectives: first…[Read more]

Originally published in Write 4 Children Vol IV issue II 81-8, no longer available online.

University of East London is based in London Borough of Newham, one of the most diverse boroughs in Britain, with one of the highest levels of child poverty (ONS 2012, Campaign to End Child Poverty 2012). Trainee teachers on the Primary with English route…[Read more]

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