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1	Challenging the hegemony of english in post-independence Africa : an evolutionist approach Charamba, Tyanai 02 1900 (has links) This study discusses the evolutionist approach to African history as an action plan for challenging the hegemony of English in university education and in the teaching and writing of literature in post-independence Africa. The researcher selected Zimbabwe’s university education and literary practice as the microcosm case studies whilst Africa’s university education and literary practice in general, were used as macrocosmic case studies for the study. Some two universities: the Midlands State University and the Great Zimbabwe State University and some six academic departments from the two universities were on target. The researcher used questionnaires to access data from university students and lecturers and he used interviews to gather data from university departmental Chairpersons, scholars, fiction writers and stakeholders in organizations that deal with language growth and development in Zimbabwe. Data from questionnaires was analysed on the basis of numerical scores and percentage of responses. By virtue of its not being easily quantified, data from interviews was presented through capturing what each of the thirteen key informants said and was then analysed on the basis of the hegemonic theory that is proposed in this study. The research findings were discussed using: the evolutionist approach to the history of Africa; data from document analysis; information gathered through the use of the participant and observer technique and using examples from what happened and/or is still happening in the different African countries. The study established that the approaches which have so far been used to challenge the hegemony of English in post-independence Africa are not effective. The approaches are six in total. They are the essentialist, the assimilationist, the developmentalist, the code-switch, the multilingualist and the syncretic. They are ineffective since they are used in a wrong era: That era, is the era of Neocolonialism (Americanization of the world). Therefore, the researcher has recommended the use of the evolutionist approach to African history as a strategy for challenging the hegemony in question. The approach lobbies that, for Africa to successfully challenge that hegemony, she should first of all move her history from the era of Neocolonialism as she enters the era of Nationalism. / African Languages / (D.Litt. et Phil. (African Languages)) Hegemonic theory Evolutionist Essentialist approach Multilingualist approach Developmentalist approach Postnationalism Transnationalism Internationalism Globalization
2	Approche évolutionniste pour la détection des collisions au sein d'environnements virtuels denses Joussemet, Lionnel 14 December 2006 (has links) (PDF) Au travers de cette thèse, nous nous intéressons à la problématique de la détection des collisions au sein d'environnements virtuels, notamment dans le cadre de simulations interactives consistant en la manipulation de scènes complexes. Nos recherches se sont particulièrement orientées vers la mise en oeuvre de techniques d'optimisation dans ce contexte. Aussi, la principale contribution issue des travaux réalisés dans le cadre de cette thèse réside dans l'élaboration d'un algorithme fondé sur une approche évolutionniste. Baptisé ESPIONS, cet algorithme peut se voir utilisé de différentes manières. On peut cependant le définir comme un processus visant à identifier des champs de distances minimum locales entre des objets virtuels de natures diverses. Nous proposons également une étude expérimentale visant à caractériser l'influence des paramètres d'ESPIONS sur son comportement général, ceci dans le but d'identifier différents critères destinés à faciliter l'établissement de jeux de paramètres pertinents en fonction des problèmes considérés. Enfin, plusieurs implémentations de l'algorithme sont présentées en vu d'illustrer les différents modes opératoires introduits et d'évaluer les apports et limites de l'approche proposée. Détection des collisions Retour haptique Approches évolutionnistes feedback Evolutionist approaches
3	Une perspective philosophique sur la douleur Guo, Feng 12 1900 (has links) No description available. Philosophie Nature de la douleur Système de la douleur Matérialisme Qualia Dualisme Représentationalisme Évolutioniste Philosophy Nature of pain System of pain Materialism Dualism Representationalism Evolutionist Philosophy / Philosophie (UMI : 0422)
4	Challenging the hegemony of English in post-independence Africa : an evolutionist approach Charamba, Tyanai 02 1900 (has links) This study discusses the evolutionist approach to African history as an action plan for challenging the hegemony of English in university education and in the teaching and writing of literature in post-independence Africa. The researcher selected Zimbabwe’s university education and literary practice as the microcosm case studies whilst Africa’s university education and literary practice in general, were used as macrocosmic case studies for the study. Some two universities: the Midlands State University and the Great Zimbabwe State University and some six academic departments from the two universities were on target. The researcher used questionnaires to access data from university students and lecturers and he used interviews to gather data from university departmental Chairpersons, scholars, fiction writers and stakeholders in organizations that deal with language growth and development in Zimbabwe. Data from questionnaires was analysed on the basis of numerical scores and percentage of responses. By virtue of its not being easily quantified, data from interviews was presented through capturing what each of the thirteen key informants said and was then analysed on the basis of the hegemonic theory that is proposed in this study. The research findings were discussed using: the evolutionist approach to the history of Africa; data from document analysis; information gathered through the use of the participant and observer technique and using examples from what happened and/or is still happening in the different African countries. The study established that the approaches which have so far been used to challenge the hegemony of English in post-independence Africa are not effective. The approaches are six in total. They are the essentialist, the assimilationist, the developmentalist, the code-switch, the multilingualist and the syncretic. They are ineffective since they are used in a wrong era: That era, is the era of Neocolonialism (Americanization of the world). Therefore, the researcher has recommended the use of the evolutionist approach to African history as a strategy for challenging the hegemony in question. The approach lobbies that, for Africa to successfully challenge that hegemony, she should first of all move her history from the era of Neocolonialism as she enters the era of Nationalism. / African Languages / D. Lit. et Phil. (African Languages) Hegemonic theory Essentialist approach Multilingualist approach Developmentalist approach Postnationalism Hegemony of English Superpower Superpower politics Medium of instruction Medium of academic essay writing Standard English Non-standard forms of English Code-switching Code-mixing Indigenous Zimbabwean languages Assimilationist approach The code-switch/switch-code approach Syncretist approach Pre-national/pre-colonial era Colonial era Neocolonial era Era of Nationalism Era of Postnationalism Transnationalism Internationalism Globalization 808.04207116891 Authorship Hegemony Scholarly publishing College students -- Zimbabwe -- Language Multilingualism -- Zimbabwe

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