Modernism and Middlebrow through the Eyes of Object Studies

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-54
Author(s):  
Celia Marshik
Keyword(s):  
James Joyce ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Three Guineas ◽  
The People ◽  
Object Studies ◽  
American Authors

This chapter argues that an object-orientated approach puts texts from a range of cultural registers into dialogue with one another and fruitfully reconfigures how a high modernist work like Virginia Woolf’s Three Guineas might be read on its own. After providing examples of how a range of British and American authors and illustrators (including Rachel Ferguson, Winifred Kirkland, James Joyce, Bert Thomas, and Woolf) represent second-hand attire, the chapter examines the new tools and resources available to scholars that make a research project organized around objects possible. The chapter concludes by examining challenges to object-oriented study, including the difficulty of determining the range and scope of a project and the resistant qualities of things themselves. A gown designed by Sarah Fullerton Monteith Young, a court dressmaker who produced the garments worn by Virginia and Vanessa Stephen when they made their society debut, serves as an example of what we can and cannot know about objects and the people who possessed them.

scholarly journals Organization of Rural Microbusinesses Under Specific Family Owners Conditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maylis Sposito
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
The Self ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The People ◽  
The Family ◽  
Swiss Jura ◽  
The Common ◽  
Professional Independence ◽  
Socioeconomic Consequences

Abstract The Interreg IV-A research project aims at analysing the socioeconomic consequences of disruptive situations in microbusinesses of the rural French-Swiss Jura region. Several researchers are focusing on this topic within the various institutions involved in the project2. I will rather focus on the common characteristics of microbusinesses on either side of the border. These similarities pertain to the overlapping of the family and business spheres, which often involves an overlapping of statuses, and to the gender relations induced by this overlapping, as well as to the precarious economic situation of these small structures. This article aims at putting into perspective the typology originated by all the biographical interviews collected. This typology compares the figure of the family business heir to that of the self-taught entrepreneur. Such a difference in achieving professional independence brings about strategic patterns of separation/fusion between private and professional lives, patterns which are specific to each above-mentioned ideal type. This typology is yet to be refined, but it already draws attention to the strategies developed by players to separate - or not - family and business spheres. Thus, by tackling the issue of disruption through this typology of company managers, the article will show various influential elements in the event of a disruption, both on the viability of the company and on the personal itinerary of the people involved.

A Few Missing Words

PMLA ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Bruccoli
Keyword(s):  
Ernest Hemingway ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The People ◽  
American Authors

Ernest Hemingway said it:—“A country, finally, erodes and the dust blows away, the people all die and none of them were of any importance permanently, except those who practised the arts. ... A thousand years makes economics silly and a work of art endures forever.” But works of literature endure in printed texts that become cumulatively corrupt. The definitive editions of the Center for Editions of American Authors restore and preserve the purity of the author's work.

scholarly journals A Review of Rufus Stone: The Promise of Arts-Based Research

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Leavy
Keyword(s):  
Short Film ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Arts Based Research ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Public Scholarship ◽  
The People ◽  
Village People ◽  
Rural England ◽  
Funded Research Project

In this essay I review the research-informed short film Rufus Stone. Rufus Stone is the result of a 3-year funded research project led by Kip Jones. The film tells the story of a young man in rural England who, while developing an attraction to another young man, is viciously outed by small-minded village people. He flees to London and returns home 50 years later and is forced confront the people from his past and larger issues of identity and time. This essay considers Rufus Stone as both a film and as a work of arts-based research. I suggest Rufus Stone is not only a terrific film but it also represents the best of arts-based research and public scholarship more broadly.

scholarly journals ‘The time where the British took the lead is over’: ethical aspects of writing in complex research partnerships

2020 ◽  
pp. 174701612091525
Author(s):  
Kristina Pelikan ◽  
Roger Jeffery ◽  
Thorsten Roelcke
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Written Communication ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
The People ◽  
Project Phases ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
Ethics Guidelines

Writing reflects some of the different characteristics of the language being used and of the people who are communicating. The present paper focusses on the internal written communication in international and inter-disciplinary research projects. Using a case study of an international public health research project, it argues that the authorship and the languages used in internal project communication are not neutral but help to generate or reinforce power hierarchies. Within research partnerships, language thus raises ethical issues that have so far been neglected. Current ethics guidelines often focus on interactions between scientists and participants of social research and clinical trials, with less attention paid to the interactions among the scientists themselves. Describing all the different project phases based on writing within a research project, the paper distinguishes different influences on the distribution of power that emerge through a focus on written communication. The focus of the present paper is to illuminate the issues of ethics, power and the dimensions of hierarchy, physical location and native versus non-native English speakers that arise from paying attention to such communications.

scholarly journals Consumer engagement critical to success in an Australian research project: reflections from those involved

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anneliese J. Synnot ◽  
Catherine L. Cherry ◽  
Michael P. Summers ◽  
Rwth Stuckey ◽  
Catherine A. Milne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Direction ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Consumer Engagement ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The People ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Group Engagement

This paper describes the people, activities and methods of consumer engagement in a complex research project, and reflects on the influence this had on the research and people involved, and enablers and challenges of engagement. The 2.5-year Integrating and Deriving Evidence Experiences and Preferences (IN-DEEP) study was conducted to develop online consumer summaries of multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment evidence in partnership with a three-member consumer advisory group. Engagement methods included 6-monthly face-to-face meetings and email contact. Advisory group members were active in planning, conduct and dissemination and translational phases of the research. Engaging consumers in this way improved the quality of the research process and outputs by: being more responsive to, and reflective of, the experiences of Australians with MS; expanding the research reach and depth; and improving the researchers’ capacity to manage study challenges. Advisory group members found contributing their expertise to MS research satisfying and empowering, whereas researchers gained confidence in the research direction. Managing the unpredictability of MS was a substantive challenge; the key enabler was the ‘brokering role’ of the researcher based at an MS organisation. Meaningfully engaging consumers with a range of skills, experiences and networks can make important and unforeseen contributions to research success.

Redressing the Rebel Indian Stereotype: Anthropology and Media Policy

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Lambertus
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
News Story ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Media ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Media Event

I have recently completed a research project that examined the media coverage of the 1995 Gustafsen Lake standoff in British Columbia. This standoff marked the largest Royal Canadain Mounted Police (RCMP) operation in the history of Canada—and the top national news story for nearly a month. The resolution of the conflict did not alter the British Columbia treaty process, or result in changes of ownership of contested land. However, the media coverage was extreme in its misinformation about the conflict and the characterizations of the people involved. In order to make policy recommendations I had to get "insider knowledge" of the media event. I did this by tracing the media processes and their relations with their most important source of information during the event, the RCMP.

Community Participation for Schistosomiasis Control: A Participatory Research Project in Egypt

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samiha El Katsha ◽  
Susan Watts ◽  
Amal Khairy ◽  
Olfat El-Sebaie
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Schistosomiasis Control ◽  
Local Staff ◽  
The People ◽  
Tv Media ◽  
Local Residents

Schistosomiasis remains one of the major public health problems in rural Egypt. Many rural people continue to be exposed to the disease as they enter irrigation canals during agricultural, domestic and recreational activities. Current control strategies focus on testing and treatment of cases in rural health units; apart from a TV media campaign, health education plays a small role. This article reports on an on-going participatory research project involving all the people and institutions in two villages who have an interest in schistosomiasis control at the village level. The project is studying human behavior and the transmission of schistosomiasis, with the ultimate aim of recommending appropriate control strategies. The research team worked with local staff at the clinic to improve testing and treatment for villagers, especially school children. It also trained local residents in social research techniques, so that they work with local villagers to understand why exposure to canal water persists and what can be done to minimize this contact.

Religion and Spirituality

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz Streib ◽  
Constantin Klein
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Study ◽  
Scientific Concept ◽  
Lived Religion ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The People ◽  
Psychology Of Spirituality

An enormous change in the semantic field of religion has occurred, by which ‘spirituality’ has emerged as a serious competitor for ‘religion.’ This chapter presents selected results of a recently completed research project about the semantics and psychology of spirituality. Regarding the semantics of spirituality, this research has identified ten components of ‘spirituality’ that characterize a variety of rather contradictory meanings: While ‘spirituality’ can be associated with a theistic worldview for some, it is associated with a non-theistic worldview by others; some understand ‘spirituality’ as lived religion, while others associate it with opposition to religion. The chapter concludes with a discussion of whether spirituality should be a concept in the scientific study of religion. While spirituality should not be established as a scientific concept (to compete with or replace ‘religion’), spirituality as self-attribution of the people on the street needs to be studied.

Simulation and Object Oriented Approach: A SNCF Research Project

1994 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 203-208
Author(s):  
Y. Larroche ◽  
R. Moulin ◽  
M. Chardonnal
Keyword(s):  
Object Oriented ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Object Oriented Approach ◽  
Oriented Approach

Spirituality and Hope in Africa: A Study in Five Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-346
Author(s):  
Anthony Balcomb ◽  
Sophie Chirongoma ◽  
Ini Dorcas Dah ◽  
Seblewengel Daniel Woldegiorgis ◽  
Paul Deouyo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Tolerance ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Everyday Experience ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The People ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
African Spirituality ◽  
The Everyday

This article documents a research project in five African countries related to African spirituality and hope. The methodology of the research was based on the need to recognize that spirituality could not be separated from the everyday experience of ordinary people and that the people should be given maximum opportunity to express their experiences and beliefs without outside interference. Over seven thousand pieces of data were gathered concerning a wide range of issues that informants raised as being important. Five of these are discussed: marriage, divination, the sacred environment, work and business, and religious tolerance.

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