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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Performance of the self"”.
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Storying Our Experiences: Caribbean Students at U.S. Universities
In this qualitative research project, I explore the daily lived experiences of five Caribbean students studying at a rural university in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I investigate the personal challenges encountered by young adult Caribbean students and focus on their perspectives and coping …
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Going to the well for water: traditional oral/aural aesthetics and the performance of the modern self in contemporary Irish traditional music
… in which participating members both play the music and discuss questions about what defines the tradition and what the tradition can become. Exploration of these questions through informal talks between musicians, musical explorations, and formal discussion of musical changes in academic …
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Development and experimental investigation of new self-can cooling systems
In this thesis, two conceptual self-cooling beverage can designs are proposed. The methods of cooling are validated experimentally and certain parameters of interested are obtained for an analytical and numerical study of the conceptual designs. Optimization of the can geometry for heat transfer …
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Simulations of a self propelled autonomous underwater vehicle
The missions being proposed for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), by both marine scientists and industry, are becoming increasingly complex and challenging. In order to meet these demands the next generation of AUVs will need to be faster, operate for longer and be more manoeuvrable than …
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"NEET" or left out?, disadvantaged young people, everyday experiences of marginalisation and "accelerated" transitions in urban Scotland
… lives and transitions. A considerable body of research has linked socio-economic inequalities with experiences of a group of young people often described as being 'Not in Education, Employment or Training' (NEET). Yet, comparatively little is known about the everyday lives and transitions of …
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State personhood and world politics: a personology of the South African state
… and political commentators alike. A malady of the human brain, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines “schizophrenia” as “a severe mental disorder, characterized by profound disruptions in thinking, affecting language, perception, and the sense of self [that] can impair functioning …