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S’il ne l’a pas inventée, Iceberg Slim a su pérenniser dans la culture populaire la figure du pimp en tant que figure héroïque, notamment grâce à la publication d’une œuvre à teneur autobiographique, Pimp (1967). Au vu des motivations de l’auteur, l’ironie qui caractérise la réception de l’œuvre apparait dans toute son importance: Iceberg Slim se donne l’objectif liminaire d’exploiter son capital biographique de façon à articuler une confession, voire une mise en garde. Qu’est-ce qui explique une si grande disparité entre les intentions de l’auteur et l’issue de son entreprise? Mon essai identifie et décrit, d’abord, les stratégies de représentation de soi par lesquelles Slim se constitue un ethos discursif puis une posture auctoriale l’autorisant à faire du récit de sa vie une tentative de rédemption. Ensuite, il est question de mesurer l’efficacité de cette tentative de rédemption. Mettant au jour la faillibilité de ses stratégies, les éléments qui parasitent le contrat de lecture établi dans l’avant-propos sont relevés, accordant au lectorat la possibilité d’une lecture «négative», voire didactique de l’œuvre. Informé par l’état des lieux qui le précèdera, le volet création de ce mémoire, une novella intitulée Libre maintenant, Tina, développe une réflexion parallèle sur les possibilités et les écueils de l’écriture réparatrice. Il correspond à un roman en fragments constitué des confessions d’une jeune Montréalaise obligée de renouer avec un monde criminel après la disparition d’une amie d’enfance. Cette enquête révèle l’aliénation morale et culturelle subie par la narratrice pour survivre socialement. Aussi son parcours la porte-t-elle à retrouver Tina, mais également à regagner son agentivité. / If Iceberg Slim didn’t invent it, he certainly perpetuated the figure of the pimp in popular culture as a heroic figure, notably through the publication of his autobiographical work, "Pimp" (1967). Given the author’s motivations, the irony characterizing the reception of the work becomes crucial: Iceberg Slim sets out with the primary objective of leveraging his biographical capital to articulate a confession or even a cautionary tale. What could explain such a stark disparity between the author’s intentions and the outcome of his endeavor? This essay analyzes the strategies Iceberg Slim employs to construct his narrative, portraying himself as a redeemed individual. It also evaluates the effectiveness of this redemption narrative. By revealing the flaws in Slim’s storytelling techniques, this essay demonstrates how the reading experience can deviate from the author’s intended goal, allowing for a "negative" or even didactic reading of the work. Informed by the groundwork preceding it, the creative component of my thesis, a novella titled "Libre maintenant, Tina" develops a parallel reflection on the possibilities and pitfalls of reparative writing. It takes the form of a short novel comprised of confessions from a young Montrealer forced to reconnect with a criminal world after the disappearance of a childhood friend. This investigation reveals the moral and cultural alienation experienced by the narrator in order to socially survive. Her journey leads her not only to rediscover Tina but also to regain her agency.

Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2010. / Title from screen (viewed on July 19, 2010). Department of English, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Robert Rebein, Jonathan Eller, William Touponce. Includes vitae. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-86).

This thesis embarks on a profound exploration of Toni Morrison's, The Bluest Eye and Home, to grapple with the question of the significance of being black in an antagonistic society. I investigate how trauma manifests differently within these two novels, examining its impacts on individual psychological development and its far-reaching repercussions on both the self and society. To refine this inquiry, this thesis employs two critical frameworks: W.E.B. Du Bois's concept of double-consciousness and the notion of the alien gaze. This thesis unfolds across two meticulously crafted chapters. The first chapter unearths the role of society in shaping the traumas experienced by characters such as Pecola Breedlove, Pauline, and Cholly Breedlove in The Bluest Eye. This chapter masterfully dissects how societal factors—ranging from cultural norms to racial biases and systemic inequalities—have intricately woven the traumatic experiences of these characters. In the second chapter, the focus shifts to Home and the character of Frank Money, whose life is marred by racial violence, leaving indelible marks on his psyche. I explore the link between violence and masculinity, contextualizing his experiences in the Korean War and their haunting aftermath. The portrayal of Frank's return to Georgia becomes a microcosm of his internal conflict, depicting the tension between his yearning for home and the alienation inflicted by a racist society. I also examine the trauma faced by Ycidra and the interplay of suffering and resilience. Importantly, this thesis dissects themes of accountability, guilt, and redemption as pathways to healing. / Ce mémoire explore de manière approfondie The Bluest Eye et Home de Toni Morrison en abordant l'importance d'être noir dans une société antagoniste. Je démontre comment le traumatisme se manifeste différemment dans ces deux romans en examinant les impacts sur le développement psychologique individuel et les répercussions sur soi et sur la société. Pour affiner cette enquête, deux cadres critiques sont utilisés: le concept de double-conscience de W.E.B. Du Bois et le regard étranger. Le mémoire est divisé en deux chapitres méticuleusement rédigés. Le premier chapitre dévoile le rôle de la société dans la formation des traumatismes vécus par des personnages tels que Pecola Breedlove, Pauline et Cholly Breedlove dans The Bluest Eye. J’analyse comment les facteurs sociétaux – allant des normes culturelles aux préjugés raciaux et aux inégalités systémiques – ont tissé les expériences traumatisantes des personnages. Dans le deuxième chapitre, l'accent est mis sur Home et le personnage de Frank Money, dont la vie est marquée par la violence raciale, laissant des marques indélébiles sur son psychisme. J’explore le lien entre la violence et la masculinité, en contextualisant ses expériences pendant la guerre de Corée et les conséquences de celle-ci. Le retour de Frank en Géorgie devient un microcosme de son conflit interne, décrivant la tension entre son désir de rentrer chez lui et l'aliénation infligée par une société raciste. J’examine également le traumatisme subi par Ycidra et l’interaction entre la souffrance et la résilience. Ce mémoire analyse les thèmes de la responsabilité, de la culpabilité et de la rédemption en tant que voies vers la guérison.

Open-world videogames inherently allow players a significant amount of freedomwhen traversing the in-game world. Due to this fact, level designers for such games are taskedwith the challenge of maintaining engagement and motivating exploration without drasticallyinfringing on their player agency. With this study, the authors analyzed three popular open-world games via a comparative formal analysis to determine the presence and validity of thePOI Diversity Rule, a conceptual rule for effective open-world level design proposed bySkobelev (2023), which recommends having at least three points of interests on the player’sline of horizon, offering different gameplay experiences. The authors performed this study byplotting out a route known as a “critical path”, taking panoramic screenshots within 30 secondintervals and analyzing them. The results showed that the rule is largely prevalent in all threegames. However, the conditions of fulfillment differ in terms of what categories are mostcommon, and whether static or dynamic POI are most prevalent. / Open world-datorspel ger spelare en hög grad av frihet att resa runt i spelvärlden. Pågrund av detta står leveldesigners för sådana spel inför utmaningen att upprätthållaengagemang och motivera utforskning inom spelvärlden utan att allvarligt begränsa spelarnashandlingsfrihet. I denna studie analyserades tre populära open world-spel via en jämförandeformell analys för att avgöra närvaron och giltigheten av POI Diversity Rule, en konceptuellregel för effektiv open world-leveldesign föreslagen av Skobelev (2023). Regelnrekommenderar att det bör finnas minst tre intressepunkter inom spelarens synligahorisontlinje, som erbjuder olika spelupplevelser. Författarna genomförde denna studiegenom att plotta in en rutt kallad "critical path", ta panoramabilder med 30 sekundersintervaller och analysera dem. Resultaten visade att regeln är till stor del närvarande i alla trespel. Men de specifika villkoren gällande dess uppfyllelse skiljer sig åt när det kommer tillvilka kategorier som är vanligast, och huruvida statiska eller dynamiska intressepunkter ärmest framträdande. / <p></p><p></p>

Master of Agribusiness / Department of Agricultural Economics / David G. Barton / The goal of this thesis was to help Farmers Cooperative Equity Company (FCE) remain a firm, stable cooperative while increasing wealth of their patron owners. This thesis evaluated alternative equity redemption strategies to help FCE decide what decisions need to be made for proper use of equity for financing assets and increasing patronage returns. To develop an understanding of FCE and their current financial structures, we looked at the history of FCE and cooperatives in general. Then we gave a brief background of financial performance measures that were used to evaluate the profitability, solvency, liquidity, and efficiency of FCE. A cooperative performance profile was then run on FCE, by using a financial analysis program called PERFORM, to compare it to other agriculture cooperatives. The results for FCE were very strong in that they were performing at or above the 50th percentile range for many of the measures examined. FCE appears to be a very profitable, liquid, solvent, and efficient cooperative. We then used the results provided by the financial analysis program called PERFORM to make financial projections for the future to evaluate alternative equity redemption strategies for FCE. A computer program called FINPLAN was used to make the financial projections and evaluate the alternative equity redemption strategies. Five different strategies were evaluated and compared to the status quo, “strategy S0,” business as usual. The results showed that if the projections made for the future are correct, FCE would be able to return larger redemptions to patron owners by implementing an alternative equity redemption strategy that adheres to strict balance sheet management. Balance sheet management requires a cooperative to meet predetermined solvency and liquidity goals and then distributes the residual equity over and above that needed to finance assets, in combination with debt, as the equity redemption budget for that year. FCE could return larger redemptions while financing their operations through the use of patron equity and then return excess equity to patrons based upon cooperative usage. FCE’s general manager and board of directors have been provided with this thesis and the full project report. This thesis and project provide FCE with valuable information for them to make critical decisions on cooperative finance, including income distribution and equity management decisions.

This dissertation focuses on the 'theo-political' core of US Christian Zionism and Jewish Religious Zionism. The political militancy characterizing two Millenarian/Messianic movements such as Christian Zionism and Jewish Religious Zionism constitutes a still under-researched and under-theorized aspect that, at present, is paramount to address for its immediate and long terms implications in the highly sensitive and volatile Israeli-Palestinian issue, in the US and Israeli domestic domain, and in the wider international community. Although processes of the 'sacralisation of politics' and 'politicisation of religions' have already manifested themselves in countless forms over past centuries, Christian Zionism and Jewish Religious Zionism are unprecedented phenomena given their unique hybridized nature, political prominence and outreach, mobilizing appeal amongst believers, organizational-communicational skills and degree of institutionalization.

This thesis, called The Relationship between Redemption and Emancipation in the Political Theology of J. B. Metz, concerns the political theology of J. B. Metz. The first part summarizes the influences, which shaped his theological thinking and it presents his concept of political theology. The next part asks a question about the relationship between the ideas of redemption and emancipation in Metz's theology. This is based on the interpretation of a chapter from his book, Glaube in Geschichte und Gesellschaft, which concerns the topic. But before the interpretation of Metz's text, the problems of relationship between the two terms and of their origin are described. The extent of the field of meaning of the term "emancipation" is illustrated by the examples of the thinking of Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx and Jürgen Habermas. A large part is dedicated to the figures of the Frankfurt school, Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, and their specific approach to the idea of emancipation and the Enlightenment tradition. The final thesis rejects the opinion, that the ideas of emancipation and redemption in Metz's theology coincide too much and it puts stress on the importance of the term "history of suffering" for solving this problem of Metz's theology. Keywords political theology, J. B. Metz, emancipation,...

This thesis will explore a theology of place and placemaking that is focused on the participatory role of humans in both creation and redemption, while suggesting the central and paradigmatic role of artistry in our construction of and identification with place. Building on the most recent theological and philosophical engagement with place, this thesis will argue for a theology of place that takes seriously the doctrines of creation and incarnation, focusing on a particularly redemptive understanding of placemaking in the material world. In its study of scripture and theology, it will focus on God's blessing of people to participate in the making of places, along with the role this human making has in relationship to divine presence and the divine plan for creation and redemption. After developing a theology of place and placemaking more generally, the second half of this thesis will consider the practical, constructive, and transformative capabilities of placemaking as witnessed through the arts. Relying on theological engagement with the arts, it will argue that artistic making of all kinds and attention to place go hand in hand. Exploring a selection of artistic genres, including the photography of Marlene Creates, the quilts of Gee's Bend, and the literature of Wendell Berry, this thesis will suggest that imaginative and “artistic” placemaking practices can give us a deeper understanding of the creative, redemptive, and transformative work of Christ in Creation, while also elucidating our calling to participate in it.

Fingers should demonstrate my filmmaking ability and encourage future employers to hire me to direct a project. This paper will explore in details what methods were used during the production with focus on working within the means of the budget. In the following chapters, I will discuss Fingers, including the writing, preproduction, directing, cinematography, editing, and the final product.