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Showing 1 to 20 of 150 for “"Historical Narratives"”.
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Ghumar: Historical Narratives and Gendered Practices of Dholis in Modern Rajasthan.
… Rajasthan. I argue that, in the performance and historical narratives of Ghumar, Dholi communities in both Jaipur and Jasol claim professional, ritual, and personal ties with Rajputs in order to legitimate their hereditary authority over the history and practice of Ghumar dance and music. …
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Interrogating Music-Historical Narratives Through Ralph Vaughan Williams's Five Mystical Songs
<p>Although Ralph Vaughan Williams has remained an influential and well-liked composer throughout most decades since his death, the amount and specificity of scholarly writing about his work has been meager, and only during recent decades has it increased. One reason that Vaughan Williams has …
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The Scholarship and Praxis of Communication Ethics: Rhetorical Interruptions in Historical Narratives
… important in Postmodernity, as a multiplicity of narratives requires knowledgeable life-long learners who are willing to understand historicity and one's place within traditions. This study relies on Alasdair MacIntyre's seminal work, A Short History of Ethics, as it provides an historical lineage …
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Primary materials and historical narratives : a case study of the Ball State Writing Center
… specifically, studies that analyze the complex historical narratives that are created by individual writing centers. This project has explored the primary materials created over a period of four decades at the Ball State Writing Center, located in Muncie, Indiana. The primary goal of this …
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Agents of History: Women and Royal Politics in Early Modern Historical Narratives and Plays
… 1630s. Unlike previous literary critics who view historical narratives primarily as source texts for history plays, I treat the narratives and plays as intertexts whose disjunctions have real effects on audiences and readers. I analyze Richard III, The True Tragedy of Richard III, Edward IV, Henry …
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Art education shaping historical narratives in the Mississippi Delta: A polyptych study of CARE
… this dissertation’s inquiry. By placing a microhistorical focus on the cultural-historical geography contexts of CARE, this study answers the central research question: How does art education shape historical narrative? Three supporting questions guide the research: (1) What are the conditions …
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Texts and contexts: a study of aristocratic influence on Latin and vernacular historical narratives in twelfth century England
… vernacular Anglo-Norman as part of one corpus of historical narratives, due to their linguistic differences. Historians often perceive Latin histories to be scholarly and religious, seeing vernacular histories as more influenced by lay aristocratic culture. This study investigates if this …
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The first Islamic conquest of Aelia (Islamic Jerusalem): a critical analytical study of the early Islamic historical narratives
… is an attempt to find some concerte scientific historical explanation and interpretation of the many questions which have arisen concerning the reasons behind the inaccuracies and contradictions in the early Islamic narratives and sources with regard to the first Islamic conquest of Aelia …
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Memories of the Struggle: Representations of Political Violence in the Highlands of Scotland and the Pacific Northwest of the United States
… of traumatic memories can be included within historical narratives. I also examine which narratives are dominant within an organisation’s collective memory, and how to connect narratives of political violence across time and location. I consider how practice-based research can be used to …
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So That All Shall Know: Memory Activism & Epistemic Authority in Guatemala
<p>This dissertation examines historical memory and the politics of knowledge in Guatemala. Memory activists and Maya intellectuals demand recognition of the truth of their historical narratives. Their practices of knowledge production are rooted in uncovering perspectives that were previously …
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"Between Illusion and Reality": Presentations of the Past in Canadian Streetscape Exhibits
… visitors have immersed themselves in partial historical narratives. Built up with half-sized façades inspired by historical buildings and staged with historical artifacts to make the settings appear lived-in, streetscape exhibits offered visitors the chance to step back in time and experience …
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Students As Historians: The Historical Narrative Inquiry Model's Impact on Historical Thinking and Historical Empathy
… middle-school students' abilities to engage in historical thinking. I dispute the Hallam-Piaget model, which discourages analytical thinking through the assumption that children lack skills to think critically about history. My historical narrative inquiry model (1) teaches procedural knowledge …
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Rimarishpa Kausanchik: Dialogical Encounters. Festive Ritual Practices and the Making of the Otavalan Moral and Mythic Community
… and continuing expression that challenges linear historical narratives of representation and the processes behind their production.
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A foundational approach to high school introductory chemistry
… the study of chemistry against its larger historical, social, cultural, and scientific background, using strategic integration of subject matter from other academic disciplines. The text is designed to provide an extensive introduction to the science of chemistry by means of historical …
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'The names we give' : narratives of identity and positioning of the 'helpers' in Pofadder
… the subjective constructions of identity in the narratives of 'helpers' in the small town of Pofadder in the Northern Cape. It focuses on the impact of historical narratives on their intersectional positioning. This was part of a broader, national, Small Towns and Rural Transformation Research …
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EXPATRIATES OF "GOOD" MOTHERHOOD: BEARING WITNESS, GUILT, AND BURDENS OF TRANSGRESSIVE MOTHERHOOD
… essays and poetry; the critical inquiry explores historical narratives, critical theory, feminist theory, and literary narratives. By braiding these different forms, the work aims to create a collage of cultural artifacts, whose composition can better illuminate the darkest corners of elusive …
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"Teaching ""Europe"" in Turkey: An Analysis of Secondary History Textbooks, 1956--2005"
… teaching students about their national identity. Historical narratives presented in the textbooks incorporate conceptions of who people are and how they are linked to particular locations. However, these narratives are never static. They are constantly changing to take into account shifting …
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Contagious History: Affect and Identification in Queer Public History Exhibitions
… contagious public history questions dominant historical narratives, demonstrates the construction of historical narratives and public history exhibitions, and questions traditional forms of expertise. This work highlights three factors that enable this form of public history: the encouragement …
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CONTESTED HISTORIES AND IDENTITIES: ROMANI REFUGEES IN TORONTO
… coverage, I propose that “identities” invoke historical narratives, whether individual or collective, and are used in diverse ways. This research on the Roma is also useful in understanding the experiences of other refugees and minorities when examining state policies and is intended to fill …
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Ethiopia in Focus: Photography, Nationalism, Diaspora, and Modernization
… African diaspora in conjunction with opposing historical narratives adopted by Black nationalists, and alternatively, white imperialists in the early twentieth century.</p>
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