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Showing 1 to 20 of 629 for “"Appropriation"”.
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Appropriation and counter-appropriation: the case of Roquentin
Typescript (photocopy). Thesis (Ph. D.) - Cornell University, Aug., 1984. Bibliography: leaves 250-253. Thesis PQ38 1984 L445+
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Supporting user appropriation of public displays
… choosing. We describe this process as viewer appropriation of public displays. This thesis aims to provide the foundations for appropriation support in future ‘open’ pervasive display networks. Our architecture combines three components: Yarely, a scheduler and media player; Tacita, a system …
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Teacher Education ICT Appropriation Model TEAM: A Model for ICT Appropriation in Early Childhood Initial Teacher Education
… is the development of the Teacher Education ICT Appropriation Model (TEAM). This is a theoretical model for what is needed to support student teacher and teacher use of ICT. The model is underpinned by a sociocultural view of learning and acknowledges and responds to the social nature of teaching …
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Game Appropriation: Where does the gamer fit?
… concern of this thesis, to understand game appropriation and the intrinsically motivating nature of gaming. Game appropriation is defined as the broad incorporation of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) into gamers’ daily practices, including the nature of their …
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Appropriation and resistance in Philippine Marian devotion
… devotion may also therefore be seen as a site of appropriation and resistance. Although the methods of appropriation, resistance and subversion are quite subtle, they may in fact be seen in the ambivalent attitudes to Mary that can be found among Filipinos in general: while people seemingly …
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Plato's Orpheus: The Philosophical Appropriation of Orphic Formulae
In this project I explore Platos deployment and transposition of Orphic eschatological ideas through his incorporation of Orphic formulae, based on the Olbian Tablets and Orphic Gold Tablets, into his philosophical settings throughout his dialogues. I show how Plato deploys Orphic formulae …
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Appropriation of privacy management within social networking sites
… of Adaptive Structuration Theory, the Fit Appropriation Model and socio-technical systems theory. Adaptive Structuration Theory attempts to explain appropriation, defined as the process by which people integrate technology into their daily tasks and activities. A central premise of this …
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Communal Appropriation: Considerations of Heritage and Cultural Preservation
<p>While cultural appropriation is widely taken as a negative phenomenon that should be avoided, aspects of cultural appropriation are desirable for cultural preservation and heritage. These aspects can expand upon a museum's function by fostering an authentic connection to the community that would …
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Media Effects: Cultural Appropriation And Attitudes Towards Cosmetic Surgery
… played a significant role in the cultural appropriation process. Results also indicated that Caucasian women culturally appropriate at the same level, whether media use content and media exposure to cosmetic surgery media messages was high or low. Older age was also a factor in cultural …
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Feminizing Grief: Victorian Women and the Appropriation of Mourning
The Victorians didn’t invent the culture of mourning. But they certainly codified how the culture of grief should be one largely shouldered and sustained by women. Mourning rules for women were characterized by restraint and reserve; subject to critique and control. How to mourn, for how long, and …
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Of symposiarchs and doorkeepers: theorizing cultural appropriation and authenticity
… to the politics of representation, cultural appropriation (the depiction of the members of one socially defined group by the members of another), interpretation and authenticity with a focus upon the example provided by the public controversy that surrounded Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum …
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The nature of appropriation: Eric Linklater's 'Juan in America'
… homage to Byron's 'Don Juan' (1819-1824) through appropriation, intertextuality and allusion, and Linklater's interpretation of Byron and his work will be a focus of this investigation. The early twentieth century Byron scholar, Frederick Beaty, suggests in 'Byron the Satirist' (1985) that …
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Adoration, Appropriation, or Approximation? Rethinking the Exotic in Western Music
Throughout the history of European art music, the desire to portray “Other” cultures has been given voice by composers by way of exoticism. The ability to depict the exotic has, for centuries, held the fascination of listeners and composers alike. In spite of this, the identification and study of …
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Ressources numériques pour l’éducation mathématique. Conception, évaluation, qualité et appropriation
… des ressources de géométrie dynamique et celle d’appropriation de ressources numériques par des enseignants appuyée sur la perspective instrumentale (Rabardel, 1995).
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Land Matters : Agrofuels, Unequal Exchange, and Appropriation of Ecological Space
… the combination of fossil fuels (coal, oil) and appropriation of space overseas (colonialism, trade). Today we are entering a period of peak oil, and this restraint on growth is accompanied by the recognition that mitigating climate change requires a veto on the use of other fossil fuels as well …
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An analysis of cultural appropriation in fashion and popular media.
… Previous media studies looked at cultural appropriation and found its place in fashion through traditional media outlets such as television and magazines. This study used a two-pronged analysis of tweets and newspaper articles. Findings indicate overall that the tone of tweets emphasizing …
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Cultural Appropriation: The Continued Phenomena Of American Indian High School Mascots
… culture, views of American Indians, and cultural appropriation. Critical race theory offered a positional framework to contextualize the phenomena as experienced by each participant. Understanding the influence of an American Indian mascot has on administration is important because it adds insight …
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Understanding students' technology appropriation and learning perceptions in online learning environments
… a measurable Unified Model of Technology Appropriation (UMTA) integrating the identified factors so as to best overcome the limitations of each model. The study investigated a distance education program providing both a physical and virtual place to support enrolled students in a Midwest …
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