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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Uppsala Universitet, 1926. / "Arbeten av Jean Cavalier (katalog)": p. [113]-114. "Litteratur och källor": p. [161]-164. Includes index.

In this poetry collection, I explore the intersections between reality, dream, myth, and memory. It begins with “The Accident,” a narrative poem recounting the event that throws the speaker into an anxiety-filled dream-world. The speaker is haunted by the image of the deer that killed her father, an image that takes several forms and personae throughout, but occurs mostly in the fallible landscape of dream. The tones of these dreams penetrate the speaker’s waking life, and she finds herself more and more incapable of separating the dreams from reality. The speaker begins to search elsewhere for answers—divination, history, art, myth—but the landscapes are always off, always de-familiarized by dream. In the conclusion of the manuscript, the speaker loses all sense of self and becomes the symbol with which she has been so obsessed, unable to wake from the final dream.

The thesis analyses the British attempt to settle and develop the Pailon region of Esmeraldas province, Ecuador, between 1860 and 1896. Set against the background of Ecuador's nineteenth-century struggle to achieve political stability and economic development in the forging of an independent nation-state, the study accounts for the Ecuadorian government's agreement in the treaties of 1854 and 1857 to cede territory for European colonisation to British bondholders in order to cancel unpaid back interest on Ecuador's portion of Gran Colombia's 'Independence' debt. Through the extensive use of settlers' first-hand accounts and of the primary documents contained in the British Foreign Office archives, a framework established from the personal experiences of the leading protagonists of four successive groups of British Pailon settlers enables the thesis to argue that the attempts to colonise and develop the Pailon not only failed through conflictive issues over sovereignty and development related to Britain's position as the world's hegemonic imperial, commercial and financial power, but also as a result of local conditions and disputes that can be broadly categorised as cultural conflicts between settlers and the native population in the frontier territory of an emerging, newly independent nineteenth-century Ecuadorian republic. In the final analysis, the thesis uses the case study to highlight the factors that conspired against successful settlement and offers the results as empirical evidence for the proposal of a more holistic 'cultural' model to explain the high incidence of failure among British colonisation attempts in nineteenth-century Latin America, as well as developing a more general six-stage model for determining the extent to which a colonisation attempt succeeds or fails.

MAAS / Department of Development Studies / See the attached abstract below

<p>Humans’ hunting for ivory has had a serious impact of the African elephant population. Ivory has throughout history been a symbol of manhood and status. As the market of ivory expanded to the rest of the world, the market demand for ivory became higher than what the elephants could manage to provide. In the 1980’s, the African elephant population was threatened by extension and it was reduced with 50 percent in ten years. For this reason, CITES placed the African elephant population under a ban, which made it an illegal act to trade ivory and other elephant parts.</p>

In major museums around the world there are twenty-nine saddles of carved stag horn (usually referred to as "ivory") dated roughly to the fifteenth century that are, at best, sporadically discussed in art historical literature. Of these, ten currently reside in museums and private collections in English speaking countries, yet no significant studies on them exist in English. The goal of this thesis is to introduce this group of rare and extraordinary saddles and to provide a basis for further research on the topic in English. The thesis begins with an introduction to the saddles themselves and the literature on the subject. The first chapter focuses on the iconographical programs of the most elaborate saddles. The second chapter involves in depth examination of each saddle's provenance and if possible, the identification of a likely patron. The third chapter focuses on the production process of the saddles and explores the different hypotheses put forth by past scholars concerning the places of production. In addition to the specific focus on the stag horn saddles, it is hoped that this thesis will contribute to the broader study of the Renaissances of East-Central Europe in the English-speaking world.

Thesis (M.Tech.: Homoeopathy)-Durban University of Technology, 2008. xiv, 222 leaves / A proving of ivory from the male African elephant (Loxodonta africana) 30CH was conducted. The proving symptoms were then analysed according to the doctrine of signatures, and compared to the proving symptoms of Lac Loxodonta africana. Aims and Objectives of the study The aim of this study was to identify the effects of ivory from male African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in a 30CH dilution, on healthy provers, and to record the clearly observable signs and symptoms produced by the provers, so as to determine the material medica of the proven substance. The objective of the study was to analyze the symptoms obtained from the proving according to the doctrine of signatures, and to establish any correlation that may exist between the homoeopathic drug picture produced and this doctrine. Methodology The remedy was derived from the tusk of a male african elephant (Loxodonta africana) and was prepared in accordance to the German Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (Drishien, 2003:36-38). The remedy was dispensed in the form of six lactose powders. The research was conducted as a randomised, double blind placebo controlled study. A group of provers (26) that were carefully selected from the general public (Appendix A) were divided into two groups. Recruitment commenced by obtaining suitable provers through speaking to fellow homoeopathic students, as ii well as members of the general public. The researchers conducted interviews with potential provers, excluding those that did not meet the inclusion criteria (Appendix A). The provers were randomly divided into two groups, and instructed to begin recording in their journals a week before starting the remedy, and a week after taking the remedy. The provers continued to record all symptoms until the symptoms abated and continued recording after this time for another two weeks. Once the proving had been completed another full case history and physical exam was performed. Results After the results were collaborated the proving symptoms were then analysed according to the doctrine of signatures. The results of this proving indicated that Loxodonta africana has the potential to be a valuable remedy in homoeopathic practice. Proving signs and symptoms revealed that the remedy could be indicated for mental and emotional conditions as well as a variety of physical diseases. The results of this research confirmed the hypothesis that the proving of Loxodonta africana 30CH would produce clear observable signs and symptoms when administered to healthy individuals. The results of this research also confirmed the second hypothesis that a comparison would exist between the proving symptoms and a doctrine of signatures analysis. Conclusion Thus the proving of Loxodonta africana and the subsequent comparison to the doctrine of signatures has the potential to become a well utilised homoeopathic remedy.

Computer technology has advanced to the point where it has invaded our lives and become embedded in our environment. The problem with this is that not everyone has it, can use it, understands it or finds value in it. This requires an innovative solution that couples technology use in a communal and public space that provides both free access to technology and technology that is meaningful. Interactive architecture suggest new modes of interacting and interfacing between users and their environments offering the potential for richer and more intuitive dialogues between users, each other and our wider environments. Harnessed in a sustainable platform like a supermarket, it can become a manageable grassroots solution that serves the civic, cultural and social needs of a community. If developed in line with the goals of facilitating public information exchange and discourse in the built environment the application of interactive environments to its context seems well suited to contribute towards encouraging active user participation, social interaction and personal empowerment.