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Showing 1 to 20 of 243 for “"communication and the arts"”.
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The Triptych Tetrad: Marshall McLuhan's Neo-Medieval Communication Theory
The work of Marshall McLuhan has often been reduced to the form of catchphrases and "McLuhanisms," such as the "global village" and "the medium is the message" in the field of communication. Though these phrases capture an aspect of his thought, the scholarly understanding of McLuhan's vision …
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Floating: An infrastructural response to disaster
The bleak aftermath following recent catastrophes, natural and otherwise, owes as much to the failure of agencies, in the case of hurricane Katrina, as it does to the lack of any speedy apparatus capable of responding to, and commensurate with, the scale of the disaster, in the case of the 2004 …
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Borderwall: Peace and the future of the Korean Demilitarized Zone
The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has divided the Korean Peninsula for over fifty years, and during this time, it has transformed into an accidental wildlife refuge. The Borderwall project preserves the DMZ as a wildlife refuge but allows for exchange and development to occur along a recently rebuilt …
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Leonide Massine: Choreographic genius with a collaborative spirit
As a leading figure in the development of dance in the twentieth century, Leonide Massine was an artist who foresaw and created an idiom of dance that transcend stylistic boundaries. The ballets which Massine produced had a profound effect upon choreographic approaches to dance movement. Massine's …
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The Way South Vietnamese Pronounce English
Chapter 1 describes the subjects and the investigation procedure including the recorded interviews and equipment used. It also outlines the ten pronunciation lessons that were given. Chapter 2 is a short account of the phonemes of Australian English. Chapter 3 is an account of the phonemes of …
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Media as a catalyst for civic engagement and change in North Texas: The Barnett Shale case
Studies have indicated that the media no longer upholds its watchdog responsibilities by failing to report on issues within a timely manner. Preemptive notification would allow citizens to discuss and react before harm is done in order to prevent potential crisis. Because of its value in watchdog …
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Dancing and ranting in the chat room: synthesizing orality and literacy
In the last decade, the technological development of real time online communication via a personal computer and a modern has created a discourse environment that is witnessing rapid changes and mutations in language usage. Synchronous conversation spaces such as Internet relay chat rooms and MOOs …
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Knowing in the body: A dancer's emergent epistemology
The purpose of this study was to explore how knowing in the body develops when dancers translate and integrate detail and sensory information about the structure and function of their bodies, both through movement exploration, and in their dancing. In this research I asked how the body both can be …
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Representation of marriage in selected Harold Pinter plays
This thesis explores the institution of marriage as it is depicted in six plays by Harold Pinter. The married couples in Pinter's plays struggle to maintain the balance between normalcy—the socially accepted behaviors expected of married individuals—and the sexual infidelity that they commit. …
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Pixel; Ghost
<p>Pixel; Ghost is an exhibition of video and sound installations that explore the creation, change, and degradation of memory, transitional states of mind, and family. The pieces are structured around cinematic clichés such as dream sequences, flashbacks and establishing shots, using them as a …
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Coverage of skin cancer prevention in professional journals and the popular press
The purpose of this study was to review skin cancer prevention and suntan articles in professional health education journals and in the popular press as a means to compare coverage of skin cancer prevention, ozone layer depletion, and suntanning norms. Articles were also reviewed for coverage of …
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Marxist theories of imperialism : evolution of a concept
Over the course of the twentieth century and into the new millennium, critical analysis of imperialism has been a feature of Marxist thought. One of the salient concerns of Marxist theorising of imperialism has been the uncovering of the connections between the capitalist accumulation process and …
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The arcane and the ordinary: an exploration of patriarchy and the postcolonial in the writing of Beth Yahp, Catherine Lim and Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
This thesis critically examines the work of Beth Yahp, Catherine Lim and Shirley Geok-lin Lim. Particular emphasis is given to four texts. The first is Beth Yahp's The Crocodile Fury, the second is Catherine Lim's The Bondmaid, the third is Catherine Lim's The Teardrop Story Woman, and the final …
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The anonymous portrait: a creative and critical investigation of diaspora, portraiture, subjectivity
This thesis proposes a viewing of portraiture through the conceptualisation and consciousness of diaspora. The thesis is divided into two sections: a creative body of original artwork and a supporting exegesis. The practice-based part of the thesis presents collective, non-essentialised portraits …
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A knowledge of spirit and flesh: a novel and exegesis exploring the numinous feminine, the interior journey and sites of resistance within a patriarchal world
The thesis comprises the novel 'A Knowledge of Spirit and Flesh', and an exegesis that locates the novel within three major theoretical strands - female spirituality, the 'interior journey' and ecriture feminine - and shows their relevance to the novel. Knowledge of Spirit and Flesh is set in …
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The evolution of music therapy and its parallels to the published articles of Donald E. Michel
The purposes of this study were: (1) to provide an analysis of the published articles of Donald E. Michel written between 1951 and 1995 and (2) to provide a comparison of observed trends in his writings with those in the music therapy profession. Several published content analyses of journals were …
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Making of nationalistic dance: Agrippina Vaganova and Choi Seung-Hee
<p>This thesis applies nationalism theories from Eric Hobsbawm's <em>Inventing Tradition</em> and Benedict Anderson's <em>Imagined Communities </em>to show how Agrippina Vaganova and Choi Seung-hee's dances became their nation's representative dance forms. Agrippina Vaganova's Modern Russian Ballet …
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