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51	Prosthetic Adaptation: Disability in/of Richard III in Manga and Film Hudrlik, Mikhel L. 01 September 2018 (has links) This thesis analyzes the representation of disability in adaptations of Shakespeare’s Richard III in order to propose a theory of Prosthetic Adaptation. Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine’s film adaptation, and Patrick Warren’s manga adaptation, are closely read through the lenses of Adaptation Theory and Critical Disability Studies. Prosthetic Adaptation is the use and incorporation of disability in adapted texts in such a way that both the text and the portrayal/reading of the disability are mutually transformed. Close reading analysis is conducted with both Critical Disability Studies and Adaptation Studies lenses. The transformation of the texts and disability work together to push the boundaries of their genre/medium that they have been transformed into, using those broken boundaries to comment on disability itself. McKellen and Loncraine’s film uses archetypes of war films and shifts in tone to comment on the dangers of the disability stereotype and spectacle in film; Warren uses color and form to create a strong visual metaphor of the invisibility of disability to the able-bodied eye, commenting how disability is erased and removed from sociocultural context. It is through these commentaries that both the concept of disability and the texts themselves experience a broadening of potential meanings and a reshaping of boundaries. Critical Disability Studies Adaptation Studies Richard III Shakespeare Prosthesis Arts and Humanities Film and Media Studies Literature in English, British Isles Other Arts and Humanities Other Film and Media Studies Performance Studies Theatre and Performance Studies
52	Echoes of Home Traynham, Hanna 01 May 2022 (has links) The artist discusses her Master of Fine Arts exhibition, Echoes of Home, held at the Tipton Gallery in Johnson City, Tennessee on display March 15 through April 8, 2022. The author provides insight into concepts and influences relating to the creation of the exhibition with perspective on her intimate connection with place and memory. The exhibit features five installations addressing home, elusive memory, and the change and continuity of cultural traditions over time. The works consist of a series of large-scale wild clay vessels, gestural clay bookends, a wall installation of cups with a line drawing, suspended porcelain slabs, and video projection of clay materials “being breathed”. All works explore how the passage of time and the elusiveness of memory affect psychological connection to place. This exhibit is the culmination of iterative exploration of materiality inspired by exchange among the artist, the landscape, and Appalachian culture. place home landscape Appalachia mountains ceramics local material iteration impermanence imperfection archive tradition culture continuity change expression gesture process geology geography memory materiality Appalachian Studies Art and Materials Conservation Art Practice Ceramic Arts Ethnomusicology Fine Arts Other Arts and Humanities Sculpture
53	You Don't Have to Be Good Panzeca, Andrea 15 May 2015 (has links) You Don't Have to be Good, is a nonfiction collection of prose, poetry and graphic memoir set in New Orleans, central Florida, and points in between. In this coming-of-age memoir, I recall the abrupt end of my dad's life, the 24 years of my life in which he was alive, and the years after his death—remembering him while living without him in his hometown of New Orleans. Along the way there are meditations on language, race, gender, dreams, addiction, and ecology. My family and I encounter Hurricane Katrina and Mardi Gras, and at least one shuttle launch. These are the stories I find myself telling at parties, and also those I've never voiced until now. memoir lyric essays poetry graphic memoir new orleans florida American Literature American Popular Culture Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Literature in English, North America Modern Languages Modern Literature Nonfiction Other Arts and Humanities Other Film and Media Studies Other Italian Language and Literature Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Other Music Poetry Reading and Language Television Visual Studies Women's Studies
54	Love On - The Life of a Suicide Survivor: A Performance Autoethnographic Study Wheeler, Patricia R 01 May 2016 (has links) Suicide touches the lives of millions of people each year in this country alone, yet conversations about suicide loss and survival after a loss remain taboo and often do not happen. The story I performed for this performance autoethnographic study centers on my life as a survivor of suicide. It provides a starting point for dialog regarding trauma, grief, and suicide loss. The narrative was constructed directly following the sudden death of my father, which had a direct effect on my ability to produce artistic work. The development, staging and performance of the story were altered to account for the situational depression I experienced during my creative process. I received feedback from the audience on what aspects of my telling were well developed, and what needed further development. I was able to experience the importance of balance in an autoethnographers personal life when writing about trauma and experiencing it directly. storytelling narrative autoethnography performance suicide grief Critical and Cultural Studies Family, Life Course, and Society Gender and Sexuality Other Arts and Humanities Other Communication Other Psychology Other Theatre and Performance Studies Performance Studies Personality and Social Contexts Women's Studies
55	Childhood Development: How the Fine and Performing Arts Enhance Neurological, Social, and Academic Traits Rowe, Katherine 01 May 2018 (has links) Abstract Childhood development has always been a major topic when studying psychology and biology. This makes sense because the brain develops from the time a child is conceived to the time that child has reached around the age of twenty-seven. Doctors, psychologists, and sociologists look at numerous things when studying childhood development. However, how common is it for researchers to study how the fine and performing arts affect childhood development? Sociologists tend to be extremely open and mindful of all aspects of things such as culture, sexuality, religion, and even age. By taking a sociological standpoint when studying the arts and studying childhood development, society is able to make connections between the two that leads to better understanding of a child's development socially, mentally, and academically. Childhood Development Arts Therapy Cognitive Functions Emotion Asperger's Art Education Art Practice Child Psychology Cognition and Perception Cognitive Psychology Dance Developmental Psychology Disability and Equity in Education Early Childhood Education Educational Psychology Experimental Analysis of Behavior Fine Arts Music Music Therapy Other Arts and Humanities Other Theatre and Performance Studies Personality and Social Contexts Social Psychology Sociology Theatre and Performance Studies
56	SYNERGY: GAME DESIGN + QUR'AN MEMORIZATION Moulana, Sultana Jesmine 01 January 2017 (has links) The rise of digital technology has transformed nearly every part of our daily lives, including the way we learn and memorize. Such transformations raise interesting questions for one of the most long-standing and demanding memorization tasks in the world: the memorization of the Islamic holy book, The Qur’an. For Muslims, The Qur’an is a timeless, sacred text, cradling within its covers many profound images, stories, and parables. Despite rigorous research in the fields of game design and memorization techniques, very little work has been done in combining these two areas of research to create a game-based memorization experience of The Quran. This thesis synthesizes game design elements with existing memorization techniques to foster a more engaging, enriching, and inspiring Qur’an memorization experience. Memorization Game-based learning Game Design the Qur’an Qur’an Memorization Digital Natives Digital Immigrants Art Education Curriculum and Instruction Educational Methods Fine Arts Game Design Instructional Media Design Interactive Arts Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Islamic Studies Other Arts and Humanities Other Education
57	Laminated PAINT Austin, Travis R 01 January 2018 (has links) Though we may not perceive it, we are surrounded by material-in-flux. Inert materials degrade and the events that comprise our natural and social environments causally thread into a duration that unifies us in our incomprehension. Sounds reveal ever-present vibrations of the landscape: expressions of the flexuous ground on which we stand. Postminimalism Sound Materialism Phenomenology Sculpture American Art and Architecture American Film Studies Ancient Philosophy Art and Design Art Practice Arts and Humanities Audio Arts and Acoustics Composition Contemporary Art Esthetics Film and Media Studies Fine Arts Interactive Arts Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Metaphysics Modern Art and Architecture Music Other Arts and Humanities Other Film and Media Studies Other Music Painting Philosophy Poetry Sculpture Theory and Criticism Visual Studies
58	The Hegemony of English in South African Education Figone, Kelsey E. 20 April 2012 (has links) The South African Constitution recognizes 11 official languages and protects an individual’s right to use their mother-tongue freely. Despite this recognition, the majority of South African schools use English as the language of learning and teaching (LOLT). Learning in English is a struggle for many students who speak indigenous African languages, rather than English, as a mother-tongue, and the educational system is failing its students. This perpetuates inequality between different South African communities in a way that has roots in the divisions of South Africa’s past. An examination of the power of language and South Africa’s experience with colonialism and apartheid provides a context for these events, and helps clarify why inequality and division persist in the new “rainbow nation.” Mending these divisions and protecting human dignity will require a reevaluation of the purpose of education and the capabilities of South African citizens. language South Africa education human rights African History African Languages and Societies African Studies Cultural History Education Policy First and Second Language Acquisition Human Rights Law Inequality and Stratification Linguistic Anthropology Other Arts and Humanities Other English Language and Literature Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Social and Cultural Anthropology
59	Life in the Penit: Framing and Performing Miami's Graffiti Subculture Merida, Victor M 28 March 2014 (has links) In the tradition of the Birmingham School of cultural studies, this thesis focuses on Miami’s graffiti subculture and the conflicts between market economies and economies of social meaning. As a reference point, I consider Miami’s “Penits”: the name given to the seemingly abandoned buildings where graffiti is performed. Short for penitentiary, the term derives from the 1980s after a large building rumored to be a prison was defunded midway through its construction. After this first reclamation, every other graffiti heterotopia in Miami has been similarly recoded as spaces that mock structures of discipline and industry. Through Michel Foucault’s biopolitical framework I argue that the sovereign state and marketplace conspire to dually criminalize and commoditize the subculture’s performative defiance. I conclude by illustrating how the market itself reinforces the carceral archipelago by framing the subculture’s vandal aesthetic through the normalized, self-interested boundaries of conduct that the market itself deems il/legal. Miami Miami Graffiti Penit Biopolitics Wynwood Reefa street art cultural studies Michel Foucault graffiti delinquency carceral archipelago heterotopia penitentiary American Popular Culture Other Arts and Humanities Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Regional Sociology Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance Sociology of Culture Theory and Criticism
60	DISSONANT FORMS: LANDSCAPE, NATURE-LOVE, and ART Benoit, Taylor F 01 July 2021 (has links) As artists continue the long and storied lineage of Landscape, are there aesthetic responsibilities that come with representing the forces that afford you the capacity to do so? As we delineate spaces into places, endless interconnectivity into knowable “systems”, and living matter into thing based taxonomies, who do these delineations serve and with what intentions do we proceed? My studio art practice explores what it means to give form to our Former—the Former being that from which we came, the here and now, our explicit ecological reality, the stuff of what we call nature. In this way, the Former consists of all the powers at play that unthinkingly formed the vital life-forces that afford us our perceptive and creative capacities, and in doing so, precede us chronologically. The primary questions my creative practice posits are therefore: what does it mean to give form to our Former through creative applications? In doing so, is it appropriate to assume that we are returning the favor? nature natural culture cultural disassociation dissonance sculpture landscape language pastoralism minimalism art semiotics Aesthetics Art and Design Art Practice Environmental Health Environmental Studies Epistemology Fine Arts Other Arts and Humanities Other Social and Behavioral Sciences Painting Philosophy of Language Photography Printmaking Sculpture Social Justice

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