Marcia J. Bates: Past -- >Present -- >Future

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Hartel ◽  
Marcia Bates
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Panel Session ◽  
Information Scientist

This panel session explores, critiques, and celebrates the work of canonical information scientist, Marcia J. Bates. To begin, Dr. Jenna Hartel will survey her oeuvre. Then, three of Hartel’s graduate students will report on their semester-long explorations of a singular conceptby Bates. Each student’s talk will feature a summary and critical examination of the seminal idea in its original historical context. Then, the same concept will be considered in the light of this Information Age. Following each talk, Marcia J. Bates will share her reflections. Ample time will be provided for discussion among Dr. Bates, the panelists, and attendees.

scholarly journals Forgotten memories: the notion of sacrum in artistic expression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radek Pacanowskj
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Artistic Expression ◽  
Skeletal Structure ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Personal Story ◽  
Artistic Process ◽  
Art Installation

This paper is a critical examination of the artistic process undertaken to complete a mixed media art installation, exploring the concept of "sacrum" as the nucleus of the peasant culture of XIX century Poland. As demonstrated by the prevalence of sacred inclinations embedded in the moral consciousness of Polish peasant history, sacrum is the innate orientation towards realities that transcend time and matter - the active and passive reflection of that which lies outside the realm of human sensory experience. At its core, this project explores sacred elements embedded in Polish culture - these elements are not merely reflected upon, but are also reacted to and acted upon by the artist, thus revealing the forgotten sacredness of the most mundane objects and practices of human life. As such, this creative process functions as a research tool, which, by using interdisciplinary illuminations, now acts as a stimulus for the creation of new knowledge. Utilizing the notion of praxis, this project determines whether artistic expression facilitates the communication and sharing of undiluted knowledge. The ultimate aim of this endeavour is to understand the extent to which the artistic process is capable of sustaining the pure essence of expression, and of mediating the transcendent elements inherent in human culture. The approach taken is based on the richness of signals emanating from the artist's own personal history. It includes not only that which is utterly personal, but also that which is culturally determined, offering insight into the various social forces shaping the content of one's own self-identity. The process of tracing the lineage of a personal story is the chosen means used to deconstruct the complexity of cultural tectonics. Through a series of ritualistic actions, embedded with both personal and cultural significance, a transformation takes place, in that, the resulting disarray of energies, now freed from the skeletal structure of self-reality, reveal a sharper, more enlightened view of the spirit that permeates the artist's enveloping culture. The conclusions derived, highlight the inherent complexity of the artistic cycle and the various ways in which the intended message is distorted and/or misinterpreted. However, as suggested by the study's findings, this unavoidable, resulting distortion need not detract in any way from the inherent value of artistic expression and the artistic process. The creative journey taken was truly successful in the realization of a fuller, broader understanding of personal identity within a larger cultural, historical context. In addition, the commitment to praxis, as opposed to passive reflection, successfully revealed evidence of sacrum's inherent, interwoven existence within a greater personal and cultural ontology.

scholarly journals Army Forces and epidemic diseases: A travel through the XIXth century International Sanitary Conferences

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1(16)) ◽  
pp. 138-150
Author(s):  
Enrique Wulff
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
International Health ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
The Road ◽  
Military Forces ◽  
Prophylactic Measures ◽  
Xixth Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Epidemic Diseases

This article involves a critical examination of XIXth century military interventions, as the basic cause of the international contagion. Challenges arising and choices made in a critical reading of the International Sanitary Conferences (ISC) proceedings, reveal case histories and early statistical techniques at use with epidemiological purposes. These episodes in the history of the diseases suggest that relevant military information was circulated among health professionals through the ISCs. Although the evolution of the epidemic process during the latter half of the XIXth century made the Conferences fail to cure the diseases that the Western medicine own expansion engendered. By discussing the ways that prophylactic measures and international interventions were used by medical scientists and diplomats alike, from the detailed records of troop mortality to such ubiquitous terms as "contagion" and "quarantine", the article seriously reflect on what happened when action taken by military forces was a mass phenomenon. As evidenced from the study of the proceedings when comparing different populations, in the pathologies associated with the mass-transport era the rationale of interaction outlined the challenges involved in the train transport of troops. Also, the existence of an environmental risk factor can answer the question on the action taken by military forces as a mass phenomenon with huge impacts on hospitals, harbors and prisons. Materials intended for these international epidemics studies and commissions were prepared by experimented military and civil medical doctors who believed that evidence and common sense proved epidemic diseases capable of being prevented, treated, and controlled by a military approach. This essay demonstrates that Army forces' capability to take control over their host governing apparatus, emphasizes the importance of their aim to follow and accompany the control of the disease in the imperialist competition for land. It grows out of its specific historical context, which due to its origin could become uniform and international, but constituted the principal obstacle on the road to an international health office.

From Hagiography to History: A Critical Re-examination of the First Forty Years of the Life’ of Mother Margaret Hallahan and of its Manuscript Sources

1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-371
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Hancock
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Critical Examination

The Life of Mother Margaret Mary Hallahan by Francis Raphael Drane O.S.D., was published in 1869 to foster the reputation for sanctity of the foundress of the Dominican Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena. Though it remains a masterpiece of nineteenth century English hagiographical literature, upon which all later biographical notices of Margaret Hallahan are based, its treatment of her life from 1802 to 1842 is chronologically inaccurate, uncritically anecdotal and narrowly defined. Although Margaret Hallahan lived until she was sixty-six the first forty years of her life occupy scarcely fifty pages of a biography which runs to almost five hundred and forty pages. The Life rarely connects these years with any wider historical context nor does it investigate closely the background of those with whom Margaret Hallahan was personally associated. Consequently a critical examination of the Life's treatment of these first forty years and its overt comparison with the manuscript sources upon which it is based is a much needed and long overdue exercise.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Lillian Hoddeson ◽  
Peter Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Phase Change Memory ◽  
Switching Effect ◽  
Thought Processes ◽  
Amorphous Thin Films ◽  
Threshold Switch ◽  
Development Laboratory ◽  
Change Memory

This introduction offers a brief account of Ovshinsky’s career. It outlines his development from machinist and toolmaker to independent inventor and notes how his work on automation, including his study of cybernetics and neurophysiology, led to his most important discovery of the “Ovshinsky effect,” using amorphous thin films. This switching effect was used to create semiconductor devices like his threshold switch and phase-change memory. After sketching Ovshinsky’s later career as the director of his own research and development laboratory, ECD, the introduction considers the source of Ovshinsky’s scientific and technological creativity in the thought processes of his self-educated, intuitive mind, which relied heavily on the use of analogies and visualization. It concludes by briefly considering how Ovshinsky’s work is related to his social-historical context, in particular, how his inventive career spans the transition from the industrial to the information age, making distinctive contributions to both.

scholarly journals The Santiago de Compostela Pilgrim Routes: The Development of European Cultural Heritage Policy and Practice from a Critical Perspective

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Grabow
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Santiago De Compostela ◽  
Specific Implementation ◽  
Cultural Routes ◽  
Heritage Policy

Using the case study of the Council of Europe's European Cultural Routes Project, this article examines if and how far supra-national rhetorics of cultural openness, inclusivity, and diversity become reality in terms of actual cultural heritage projects. Against this background, it conducts a critical examination of what is considered one of the flagships of European supranational cultural heritage projects, the Council of Europe's Santiago de Compostela Pilgrim Routes. It focuses on the specific implementation of the Council of Europe's supra-national message of cultural heritage in this project and in its accompanying guidebook. By placing the project in its historical context and comparing it to later additions to the European Cultural Routes Project, this article reflects on the development of a pan-European cultural identity paradigm over the last two decades.

scholarly journals «Historia är något som konstrueras, det här är ett val» – om kritisk granskning i danshistorieundervisning

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-29
Author(s):  
Saga Samuelson
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Dance History ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Critical Perspectives

Abstract This article examines and discusses how teachers at upper secondary school relate to teaching dance history within the course Dance Theory, focusing on the aim that students critically examine various dance history writings. The study uses interviews and open-ended questionnaires, and the material has been analysed qualitatively and discussed in relation to historiographical and norm-critical perspectives. The study shows that a historiographic perspective is important to teachers when they describe their teaching but less important when describing what they think students should gain from their studies. Instead, a general knowledge of dance history and an ability to connect one’s dancing to a historical context are central. The norm-critical perspective is manifested mainly in the teachers’ positioning of themselves, but as I understand it, the critical examination primarily lies within the norm rather than providing a means of looking outside the Western box. The next challenge is therefore to not only review the conditions in which history is created but also question and change the structures that create knowledge.

scholarly journals Entering a Community of Writers: The Writing Center, Doctoral Students, and Going Public with Scholarly Writing

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Fry ◽  
Melissa Keith ◽  
Jennifer Gardner ◽  
Amanda Bremner Gilbert ◽  
Amanda Carmona ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Writing Center ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Going Public ◽  
Doctoral Level ◽  
Systematic Effort

In addition to taking advanced courses, graduate students navigate a potentially challenging transition of learning to write for publication. We, the authors, explored solutions to this transition with a study designed to explore the research questions: How does a systematic effort to help doctoral students enter a community of writers via writing center collaboration influence doctoral students’: (1) proficiency with academic writing, (2) writing apprehension, (3) self-efficacy as writers, and (4) comfort with “going public” with their writing? We used a collaborative, multi-layered self-study research approach because it allowed us to focus on critical examination of teaching practices that are of interest to the practitioner/researcher and to the greater educational community. Authors/participants include the co-director of a university Writing Center; two professors of a doctoral-level qualitative research methods course; four doctoral students who participated in a series of writing center collaborations; and one master’s student who served as a writing center consultant. These four perspectives provide unique insights into how writing center collaborations supported graduate students in developing their writing proficiency and efficacy, helping to initiate them into a community of writers who “go public” with their scholarship.

Change without Difference: School Restructuring in Historical Perspective

1995 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Goodman
Keyword(s):  
School Reform ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
School Restructuring ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
School Practices ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
Social Functionalism ◽  
Efficiency And Productivity

In this article, Jesse Goodman examines the current "third wave" school restructuring movement and its attempt to reform U.S. schools based on the perceived needs of the information age. Goodman places this school reform movement in historical context and explores the way it emerged from the interrelated fields of educational technology, instructional design, and systems theory. Goodman argues that four core principles that underlie the third wave school restructuring movement — social functionalism, efficiency and productivity, individualism, and expertism — will likely reinforce existing school practices and values instead of substantively transforming teaching and learning in U.S. classrooms.

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