Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of History, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p.58-60).

Titel: "Kvinnliga akter drar inte lika mycket publik" - En studie om bokares roll som beslutsfattare i klubbscenen. Examensarbete, Musik & Event Management, HT 2014 Ekonomihögskolan vid Linnéuniversitetet i Kalmar, Organisation, 2FE74E Författare: Patric Sigvardson & Sara Zeggai Handledare: Kjell Arvidsson, Examinator: Mikael Lundgren   Syftet med vår studie är att belysa klubbscenen ur ett jämställdhetsperspektiv. Det har vi gjort genom att studera ett antal bokare och hur de fattar sina beslut och se till vilken påverkan sociala nätverk, intressen och värderingar spelar in vid beslutsfattande. Syftet är även att belysa vikten av bokarens roll som beslutsfattare och att hålla igång debatten om jämställdhet för att kunna bidra till en mer jämställd klubbscen.   Vi har använt oss av en induktiv ansats för att bäst kunna besvara forskningsfrågorna. Empirin samlade vi in genom primärdata i form av intervjuer som vi sedan kompletterade med sekundärdata i form av artiklar, litteratur, webbsidor samt dokumentärer. Sedan tolkade vi empirin och utvecklade möjliga samband och mönster från den insamlade data och formulerade teorier utifrån dessa. Vi har även använt oss av en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi för att kunna förstå och beskriva bokares verklighet vid beslutsfattande i relation till jämställdhet.   Materialet har vi fått in genom att studera ett antal bokare och deras klubbar. Utifrån en intervjuguide uppdelat på olika ämnen har vi samlat in data för att kunna besvara studiens forskningsfrågor. Studien är menad att bidra till att upprätthålla jämställdhet som ett aktuellt ämne inom klubbscenen. De viktigaste slutsatserna är bl.a. att lönsamheten står i fokus som det mest betydande intresset hos bokare. Samtidigt har vi sett genom den här studien att bokare värnar om att förbättra klubbens varumärke och att akterna de bokar genererar besökare. Vi anser att det är dessa intressen som en bokare resonerar kring vid beslutfattande och bidrar till att ett beslut tas utifrån det alternativet som har störst chans att ge klubben högst effektivitet. Den viktigaste slutsatsen är också att bokare har en enorm makt till att påverka en mer jämställd klubbscen och även hur de ska kunna göra det. / Title: "Female acts does not attract as much audience" - A study of bookers role as decision-makers in the club scene. Bachelor Thesis, Music & Event Management, Fall 2014 School of Economics at Linnaeus University of Kalmar, Organization, 2FE74E Authors: Patric Sigvardson & Sara Zeggai Supervisor: Kjell Arvidsson, Examinator: Mikael Lundgren   The purpose of our study is to elucidate the club scene from a gender perspective. We have done this by studying a number of bookers and how they make their decisions. The purpose is also to explore how the impact of social networks, interests and values influences the decision-making. Furthermore, our study seeks to highlight the importance of a bookers role as a decision maker and to contribute to a more equitable club scene by discussing gender equality.   We have used an inductive approach to answer the research questions in the best way possible. The empirical data was collected through primary data in form of interviews, which we then supplemented with secondary data consisting of articles, literature, websites and documentaries. Finally we interpret the empirical material, developed possible relationships and patterns from the collected data and formulated theories based on them. Moreover, in this study we used a qualitative research strategy for understanding and describing a bookers reality when making decisions in relation to gender equality.   The material was collected by studying a number of bookers and their clubs. Based on an interview guide divided into different topics, data was collected in order to answer the study's research questions. Additionally, this study is also meant to help maintain gender equality as a current topic in the club scene. The most significant conclusion is that profitability is in focus as the most significant interest among bookers. At the same time, we have seen through this study that bookers are committed to improving the club's brand and that the acts they book generates visitors. We believe that it's these interests a booker reason about when making decisions in order to make a decision that is based on the option that has the greatest chance to give the club maximum efficiency. The most significant conclusion is also that bookers have an enormous power to obtain a more gender equal club scene but also in which way how to do so.

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En 1903, paraît le magnum opus de William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk. Ce dernier écrit cet ouvrage en poursuivant trois objectifs. Primo, il souhaite démontrer que Booker T. Washington et ses supporters font fausse route en défendant l’idée selon laquelle les Afro-américains pourront accéder à un avenir meilleur en échangeant leurs droits politiques contre des opportunités économiques. Secundo, Du Bois cherche à faire la lumière sur les talents distinctifs et les grandes réalisations de son peuple afin de convaincre les Blancs que les Noirs ne leur sont pas biologiquement ou moralement inférieurs et, par conséquent, que l’égalité raciale doit être totale et immédiate. Tertio, il veut persuader les Américains de devenir de meilleurs citoyens, en renouant avec les idéaux de leur République et en vivant en fonction de principes moraux élevés. L’écriture de Souls marque un tournant majeur dans la vie intellectuelle de son auteur, car il renonce à cette époque au discours conciliatoire qu’il avait tenu dans sa jeunesse. Les idées qu’il défend dans son livre ont germé quelques années plus tôt, au contact de certains de ses professeurs de l’Université de Berlin, d’Alexander Crummell et surtout, en effectuant une étude de terrain sur la communauté noire de Philadelphie. Du Bois réalise alors l’ampleur des injustices dont sont victimes les Noirs et contre lesquelles la bonne volonté et le travail acharné ne peuvent rien. / William Edward Burghardt Du Bois published The Souls of Black Folk in 1903. Du Bois pursued three different goals when he wrote his masterpiece. First, he argued that Booker T. Washington’s strategy of trading political rights for economic opportunities was not the best way to improve the condition of African Americans. Second, Du Bois highlighted the accomplishments and distinctive abilities of his people in order to undermine the pretended biological and moral superiority of Whites that often justified the pushback against equal rights for all. Third, Du Bois wished to inspire Americans to become better citizens by compelling his fellow countrymen to embrace the Founding Fathers’ ideals and higher moral standards. The writing of The Souls of Black Folk marks an important shift in Du Bois’ intellectual life because he recants the accommodationist rhetoric of his youth during this period. Some of the ideas introduced in The Souls of Black Folk can be traced back to the influence of Alexander Crummell and of Du Bois’ teachers at the University of Berlin. However, it is Du Bois’s field work in the black community of Philadelphia that made him realize both the degree of the inequalities faced by African Americans and the fact that hard work and enthusiasm are not enough to overcome such significant disparities.

I examined the effects of potential predators in relation to habitat selection in Peromyscus leucopus. I also examined habitat selection in three other sympatric species (Blarina brevicauda, Blarina carolinensis, Sorex longirostris). I utilized data fiom 49 sampling sites on National Park Service land; Petersburg National Battlefield Eastern Front Unit (15), Five-Forks Unit (17), Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (15) and Booker T. Washington National Monument (12). Sites were categorized by location (park unit) and habitat type (i.e. bottom-land hardwood), and the microhabitat within each sampling site was characterized by four variables (% cover of grasses, herbs, shrubs, and volume of downed wood). Importance values of tree species within each sampling site were also measured. Peromyscus leucopus, B. brevicauda, B. carolinensis, and S. longirostris were captured in all habitat types. Low capture rates for shrew species and high variability in the abundance of shrew species among all sampling sites were likely responsible for the lack of differences in abundance among habitats (p > 0.05). Peromyscus leucopus represented 76% of the captures among prey species and was the only species to demonstrate differences in relative abundance among habitat types. The relative abundance of P. leucopus was higher in bottom-land hardwood habitat when compared to pine forest plantation habitat (ANOVA, p P. leucopus among these habitat types may be explained by differences in understory structural diversity. Furthermore, the corresponding increase in the relative abundance of Procyon lotor (the most abundant predator during the study) in structurally heterogeneous habitat (bottom-land hardwood) suggests the importance of anti-predator behaviors within these habitat types. Ultimately, this may suggest that prey cannot escape the presence or calculate the abundance of predators and instead simply avoid dangerous habitats. Although the relative abundance of the most abundant predator (P. lotor) and prey (P. leucopus) species were positively associated within certain habitat types, a negative association between predator and prey species abundance was evident within parks. In the Eastern Front unit the relative abundance of prey (P. leucopus, S. longirostris) was lower in comparison to the Five-Forks unit while the abundance of P. lotor was higher (ANOVA, p P. lotor, Didelphis virginiana, and Urocyon cinereoargenteus were higher in the Eastern Front unit when compared to the Five-Forks unit. It appeared that the lethal effects of predators are evident at larger scales (within parks) despite the anti-predator behaviors of prey at smaller scales (within microhabitats). My results indicate that at larger scales (within parks) the lethal effects (removal of prey) of abundant predators may overwhelm the non-lethal effects (anti-predator behavior) exhibited by prey at smaller scales, especially in areas where structurally heterogenous habitats are lacking.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, 2006. / Computer printout. Advisor: Estelle R. Jorgensen. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 330-341), abstract, and vita.

The aim of this study is to study the construction of literary values. I have been looking at how literature awarded with sponsored literary prizes has been reviewed in four major English and American newspapers. I have been studying the reception of literature by Ian McEwan, Hilary Mantel, Colm Tóibín and Zadie Smith between 2000 and 2012. The prizes in focus are the Man Booker Prize, the Orange prize for fiction and the Costa Awards. There seems to be an increasing number of articles related to each author after they have been awarded a prize, however with little change in the content of the reviews. The non critical articles seems to move towards a more personal angle. I have also found that critics tend to position the authors’ works in comparision to canonised authorships rather than discussing the literature as awarded.

<i> History Will Be My Judge: A Cultural Examination of America's Racial Tensions Presented Through the Symbolization of Booker T. Washington</i> is an interdisciplinary study about the emergence of Booker T. Washington as a black cultural hero. By the turn of the twentieth century, Washington had become the most prominent African American educator, economic reformer, entrepreneur, and race leader in the United States. He is most recognized as the founder of Tuskegee Institute (now University) and his highly acclaimed autobiography, <i>Up From Slavery</i>, which recounts his life growing up enslaved to becoming an international icon. Since his death in 1915, several monuments, memorials, landmarks, and commemorative tributes have been established in his honor. During the 1940s, Washington became the first African American pictured on the United States postage stamp and minted silver half-dollar. Additionally, he was spotlighted in a series of media campaigns called "Famous American Firsts," and was the first African American inducted into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Moreover, amidst the presidential transition between Barack Obama and Donald Trump, black popular media has alluded to Washington's economic philosophy through music videos, documentaries, and television programs. I argue that each of these posthumous commemorations belong to larger social justice movements, namely, the Civil Rights movement and Black Lives Matter movement. Throughout these eras, Washington's legacy has served to counter white supremacy and symbolize the rise of integration, the black middle class, economic justice, black self-made, black education, and the legacy of slavery.<div> The purpose of this study is to examine how during periods of racial unrest, African Americans leverage Booker T. Washington's image to counter racist stereotypes and reaffirm black citizenship. The primary framework applied in this study is William L. Van Deburg's theory of the <i>black cultural hero. </i>Two emergent theories from this research are my developing frameworks called <i>Black Hustle Theory</i> and <i>nostalgic tension</i>. Using literary and visual analysis, I assess historical archives from popular press, black literature, American memorabilia, and black popular culture to examine Washington's commemorative legacy through a black radical lens. Specifically, I explore how the following four people have connected Washington's legacy to the Civil Rights movement and Black Lives Matter movement: Major Richard Robert Wright, Sr., founder of Savannah State University; Langston Hughes, famed Harlem Renaissance poet and author; Stanley Nelson, award-winning producer; and, Beyonce Knowles-Carter, singer and pop mogul. I put Washington's legacy in conversation with each of these cultural producers to simulate a call-and-response between his lifework and the generations after him.<br><div><br></div></div>