VictorJuiz/thesis huggingface dataset:
Antonia Pulci and the practice of convent performance in Renaissance Italy
Keywords: Convents, Italy
Nuns, Italy
Italian drama, History and criticism
Religious drama, Italian, History and criticism
Italian drama, Women authors

Theatre performance endemic to Italy during the Renaissance is typically thought to include such forms as the elaborate church feste, the comedia erudita, and the commedia dell'arte. While some women, such as the famous Isabella Andreini, achieved great acclaim for their highly skilled improvisation as commedia dell'arte actors from as early as the mid-sixteenth century, women did not generally appear elsewhere on stage until somewhat later, when the erudita reached the pinnacle of its popularity. A strong and vibrant tradition of performance within the context of female convents marks, however, a critical exception to this practice of exclusion. Within the intimate space of the fifteenth and sixteenth-century convent, women participated in all facets of theatre production. They functioned as what would now be termed playwrights, producers, directors, designers, actors, stage managers, wardrobe and properties personnel, technicians, crew, front of house, and audience. Not only were female characters now conceived within the realm of women's, rather than men's imaginations, but these characters were represented on stage using female, rather than male bodies. Furthermore, dressed, or perhaps only performing, ‘in drag,’ these women staged their versions of the speech, attitude, physicality, behaviour, and beliefs of men. For the first time in this history of western European theatre practice, the female body was one which never really ‘went away’. Although the role of women and the nature of their writing and religious experience during the efflorescence of the female religious movement has become a major concern to feminist historical research focusing upon the medieval and early-modern eras, the texts of these early-modern women playwrights and the staging of their plays within all-female religious communities are objects of study which have, until recently, remained almost entirely neglected. The virgin martyr plays of Antonia Pulci, a fifteenth-century Florentine woman who lived first a secular, and subsequently, a cloistered life, provide a point of access for an examination of convent drama and performance. Viewed within the context of contemporary staging conventions, aesthetic ideals, and religious values, these plays point to a complex understanding of female virginity and a heightened responsiveness to the exigencies of convent performance. By examining the historical specificity of Pulci's conceptual universe, and by exploring the ‘inherent theatricality’ of her virgin martyr plays, this study seeks to identify the basic features and functions of convent performance, while attending to questions concerning the emancipatory implications of this unique, all-female performance tradition.
An unintended haven: the Jews of Trinidad, 1937 to 2003
Keywords: Jews, History
Jews, Trinidad and Tobago

This is a study of the Jewish community of Trinidad. While Trinidad had brushing contacts with Jews throughout its long history, there were almost no practicing Jews in twentieth century Trinidad until the mid-1930s. At that time anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe and Nazism in Germany drove many of Europe's Jews to seek shelter in any corner of the world willing to take them. Often the search was in vain; around the world doors were closing to Jews. In an atmosphere of increasingly panicked migration, about a thousand Jewish refugees found asylum in Trinidad. ...
If memory serves: Constructing the democratic project in Chile
Keywords: Human rights, Chile
Disappeared persons, Chile
Democracy, Chile
Memory, Chile
State-sponsored terrorism, Chile

Under the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, human rights groups and victims of the regime, inside the country and in diaspora, embodied the counterpoint to institutional lies and violence from their position as a marginalized and persecuted constituency. As a significant byproduct to the human rights agenda, this sector retained memory and refused to relinquish truth to official state stories. In pursuing their own program for (re)democratization and the pursuit of justice and truth they preserved elements of material culture and created new evidentiary records which have the capacity to affect the composition of the national narrative. History, the story of the received past, and the ongoing (re)democratization project in Chile remain a site under construction. Many countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America have been engaged in democratic transitions following periods of dictatorship and war. Frequently, these transition governments have been the result of pacted agreements between divided constituencies in newly emergent, but unreconciled, civil societies. Prolonged exposure to repression, organized violence and war produced cultures of fear and consequent psychosocial obstacles to the construction of historical pasts. Remembrance and representation of massive human rights crimes present considerable challenges in any circumstance. In fragile transition societies, the social impact of cultures of fear can continue to affect collective memory and the recording of a historical past. Social psychologist Ignacio Martin Baro examined societies affected by dictatorship and war and explained that psychosocial trauma is composed of three constituent elements: organized violence, institutional lies, and social polarization. All three elements, and their legacies, influence the composition of an historical record.
Studies of Ndt80, a meiosis-specific transcription factor and a target of the meiotic recombination checkpoint in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Keywords: Molecular biology
Biochemistry

Sporulation is triggered in MATa/α cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in response to starvation for nitrogen and a fermentable carbon source. This process consists of meiosis followed by spore formation and depends on the sequential expression of sets of sporulation-specific genes. Ndt80, a meiosis-specific transcription factor, upregulates its own expression and activates expression of middle sporulation-specific genes that are required for entry into the meiotic divisions. In response to accumulation of recombination intermediates, such as double-strand breaks, a surveillance mechanism referred to as the meiotic recombination checkpoint is triggered, which leads to reduced expression and reduced phosphorylation of Ndt80. This prevents expression of middle genes and entry into the meiotic divisions. My thesis research addresses regulation of Ndt80 by this checkpoint. In Chapter 2, I describe my characterization of functional regions of Ndt80 and the role of phosphorylation of Ndt80 in regulation of its activity. I found that the region from residue 36-330 of Ndt80 sufficed for its DNA-binding activity. Carboxyl-terminal deletion analysis revealed that Ndt801-517 was compromised in some, but not all, Ndt80-dependent functions, whereas Ndt801-450 had no activity. Full activity could be restored to Ndt801-517 by increasing its level of expression. I resolved three distinct phosphoforms of Ndt80 and found that increased phosphorylation of Ndt80 correlated with increased activity of this transcription factor. However, a hypophosphorylated form of Ndt80 present in cells lacking Ime2 and Cdc5, two kinases that have been implicated in regulation of Ndt80 phosphorylation, was active. In Chapter 3, I present studies that address how the checkpoint prevents upregulation of expression of NDT80. I found that cells that generated a checkpoint signal but were engineered to express NDT80 either before or after the checkpoint was triggered were able to enter the meiotic divisions efficiently. This indicates that the checkpoint acts at least in part by preventing high-level expression of the NDT80 gene. I also investigated the role of Mek1 kinase, a putative effector of the checkpoint, in regulation of NDT80 expression. Deletion of MEK1 allows cells that would otherwise arrest at pachytene to repair double-strand breaks by the mitotic recombination machinery. By analyzing meiotic progression in cells that are unable to repair double-strand breaks by either the mitotic or meiotic recombination pathways, I found that Mek1 plays independent roles in downregulating NDT80 expression and in preventing mitotic-like recombination in meiotic cells.
The feasibility of a global sovereign restructuring regime
Keywords: Debts, External
International finance, Law and legislation

The author presents a proposal for a statutory mechanism for restructuring the debt of sovereign states by surveying the possible solutions for dealing with such debt and focusing on the principles and features of the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As a result of globalization and the multitude of economic stakeholders, the traditional course adopted by the international community to address financial crises is now unworkable. This paper explores the legal and practical issues surrounding the proposals for reforming the international financial architecture and their implementation into international and domestic law, focusing on the debate regarding the IMF's role in the mechanism. The author concludes by recognizing the SDRM as the most workable mechanism available to deal with sovereign debt. However the implementation of the SDRM must be subject to substantive modifications so as to achieve an equitable process.
Criminal prohibition of sex selection: a solution or a problem? : a critical analysis of the criminal law model as the means to address sex selection in India
Keywords: Sex preselection, Law and legislation
Sex preselection, India
Criminal law, India

In India the use of reproductive technologies for the purpose of male preference sex selection is a manifestation strong patriarchal norms that perpetuate son preference. Under the confluence of 'son preference' and 'population control policies', sex selection has come to be viewed as the most appropriate method of family balancing. In the context of widespread social acceptance for sex selection, this paper argues that the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 criminalizing sex selection, does not provide an effective remedy to root out sex selection. Criminal prohibition just amounts to suppressing the symptom without addressing the underlying problem. The underlying problem remaining there, the symptom will persist. The paper explores the ineffectiveness of the criminal law based legislative approach to curb sex selection on the basis of social anthropological and criminal law theory that explains patterns of non-compliance with laws that are considered antagonistic to prevailing social norms.
The role of American libraries post-September 11th: Respecting cultural diversity, guarding civil liberties, and advocating dissent
Keywords: Library surveillance, United States
Library users, Legal status, laws, etc
Library users, United States
Librarians, Attitudes
Librarians, United States
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Social aspects
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Political aspects

A content analysis of a five-year period (October 2001 to December 2006) of American Libraries, the flagship journal of the American Library Association, shows that the events of September 11th, 2001, had a significant impact on the way in which librarians conceptualized their role as information providers and advocates in their communities. Libraries defended civil liberties, advocated respect for cultural diversity, and resisted many of the anti-terrorism efforts in the "war against terror." Using the analytical frameworks present in Stuart Hall's Representation (1997) and Edward Said's Orientalism (1978), the representation of Arab Americans and Muslim Americans is assessed in the post-September 11th political climate and compared to the representation of other "enemy aliens" during other times of conflict in American history, especially World War I and World War II. The study concludes by analyzing how American Libraries framed the debate on the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 between libraries and government officials.
Growing up brown: negotiating identity as a second generation South Asian in Toronto
Keywords: South Asians, Ontario
Children of immigrants, Ontario
Minority women, Ontario
Identity (Philosophical concept)

This study seeks to understand the development of cultural identities of second generation South Asians in Toronto. Voices of twelve interviewees are woven into the author's narrative and discussed with reference to academic literature. What emerges is a picture of a dynamic group of young people who have established complex, multifaceted personalities that enable them to achieve success in a variety of domains. This picture stands in stark contrast to literature on this group that positions them as embroiled in culture conflicts and clashes. This thesis suggests that a new approach is needed that takes into account the ways in which such youth occupy multiple selves calling upon appropriate cultural personas for given situations with grace and fluidity. This new approach must do more than simply polarize notions of Indian and Canadian but rather account for the changing and complex nature of cultures.
A comparison of manual indexing and automatic indexing in the Humanities
Keywords: Humanities, Abstracting and indexing
Automatic indexing

There have been substantial studies comparing automatic indexing and manual indexing; however the results have been unclear as to whether automatic indexing systems can simulate what human indexers do. Some studies have claimed that an automatic indexing system is comparable to or even better than a manual indexing system, while others show that automatic indexing systems do not work as well as human indexers do. To address this contradiction further the present research focused on two primary questions. First, to what extent are sets of document content indicators generated by automatic indexing the same as those assigned by human indexers? Second, which of the two indexing methods captures the document content more accurately as assessed by independent judges?Results from the study suggest that automatic indexing terms are statistically significantly different (p
Master of fine arts: the construction of the artist in academe
Keywords: Arts, Study and teaching (Higher)
Artists

Increasing numbers of universities offer graduate programs in studio art practice, culminating in a degree most often called Master of Fine Arts. This, arguably, represents a move towards professional status of the artist. The Master of Fine Arts degree has a relatively short history in North American universities. Programs vary widely from university to university in Canada, with a diversity of program expectations. The research site for this study, a Master of Fine Arts program in a large Canadian university, displays a mixture of academic, theoretical, and practical requirements. The research explores these questions: What role does graduate education play in the development of an artist? How do institutional practices influence the constitution of the artist? What is the place of art practice within an academic program? How do the art student's experiences, as a student, with her peers, through her own art practice, contribute to the formation of her identity as artist? This study uses interviews with students and faculty, field observations, institutional documents, written and artistic production of the students. From localized practices, narratives, and observations, there emerges a picture of institutional practices in a Master of Fine Arts program with implications for how those practices contribute to a particular formulation of the identity of the artist. This study found that the goal of the MFA program is to produce professional artists. The graduate student sees herself, and is seen by the faculty, as being inducted into a community where art work is produced and read within a discourse of critical art theory. Academic achievement is measured by both the production of art and the production of written texts that conform to institutional practices. The student's unique art practice develops within and is reframed by the aesthetic, theoretical and institutional practices of the graduate program, but retains the signature concerns of the artist. The identity of the artist is described, by both faculty and students, as an ongoing project of personal transformation and intellectual engagement through continuous artistic production.
Black scholars and their scholarship on race
Keywords: Authors, Black, Attitudes
Racism

I have been disappointed with the invisibility of Black scholars' work on race and anti-racism throughout my schooling years. As a Black male, I am committed to issues of race, anti-racism and equity studies in education. I view anti-racism as an attempt to rectify inequities and discriminatory practices and policies in the educational system. Most definitely, I view race as a marker of identification that exacts punitive damages from the bearer. In this work the discourse of race is examined through a textual analysis. The thesis places strong emphasis on the discrimination that is experienced as a result of race and through the process of “othering” raced individuals. Additionally, the pedagogical implications of not debating race in the academy and in broader-community institutions will be considered. One of the salient features of our time is that race has been consciously ignored in published works. In this study, one will see the passion brought forward in the Black scholarship that gives voice to the bodies that experience oppression and marginalization as a result of race. I have taken on this project in an attempt to bring this to the forefront.
When nurse-teachers become ill: a narrative inquiry into the personal illness experience of three nurse-teachers
Keywords: Nursing, Study and teaching
Diseases
Nurses
Sick

In this inquiry I explore how a personal serious illness of three nurse-teachers impacts their teaching and nursing practice. My interest in illness stories emerges in response to my own experience of becoming a patient thirteen years ago. As a result of this circumstance I became curious to learn how other nurse-teachers may experience personal illness events. To help me think about my puzzle I chose Connelly and Clandinin's narrative inquiry, where narrative is both the method and the phenomenon of study. In this research my two co-participants and I talk about what it is like for a person, who is also a nurse-teacher, to walk on the other side of being. Throughout the five meetings, which took place over the course of eight months, we shared conversations, drawings and creative writing with the intent to gain a deeper insight into the significance of our own illness encounters. Based on the told stories I crafted two main storylines and juxtaposed my own, in the shape of three journal entries, along with those of my co-participants. I wrote a response letter to each illness narrative followed by my own reflection on these. Two important notions come to light as a result of my exploration. I find that the personal and the professional not only intersect within sick nurse-teachers, patientnurses, but continue to co-exist within them for the duration of the illness. Even though these nurse-teachers become ill they seem to never fully leave their caregiver role behind. They watch and monitor their care providers and thus become simultaneously both, the caregivers and the carereceivers. Another significant narrative thread that emerges speaks to the quality of nurse-patient relationships. It appears that some caregivers connect with their patients only at the logical level of the mind and the physical treatment of the disease with little attention given to the human response to the illness event. Hence, what I find lacking in the caregiver-carereceiver relationships is the human connectedness, the spiritual component of ourselves. In this fashion, my thesis serves to illuminate this insufficiently developed aspect of patient care.
The principles of the rule of law and Charkaoui v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
Keywords: Rule of law, Canada
Emigration and immigration law, Canada

This thesis attempts a detailed analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision in 'Charkaoui v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), ' looking specifically at how unwritten constitutional principles can make a difference in cases that address the tension between constitutional norms and the exceptional demands of counter-terrorism law. I attempt to demonstrate how unwritten constitutional principles of the rule of law can inform our understanding of the flexibility of procedural rights and the substantive values that must be preserved, while giving courts a framework for responding to government attempts at subverting these norms in the name of national security. Nevertheless, I argue that the legitimacy of unwritten constitutional principles depends on a relatively restrained approach that seeks to elicit the content of these principles from within the legal tradition itself, eschewing freestanding or transcendental moral argument. (p.2).
The healing flow: Artistic expression in therapy (creative arts and the process of healing: An image /word approach inquiry)
Keywords: Art therapy
Healing
Psychotherapy
Creative ability

This inquiry was intended to explicate and describe the process of art towards healing within a psychotherapy context. The phenomena of the process of art towards healing were explored within different art therapy groups within an inpatient psychiatric setting. A dialogical image/word approach to psychotherapy and research was developed. This methodology was constructed from a phenomenological, hermeneutical, and interpretive approach to inquiry that was grounded in the practice of art. The phenomena were explored through the researcher/artist/therapist's lived experience of the process of art towards healing and these experiences were interwoven with the voices and images of the patients to create what has been called an Interpretative Quilt. The relationships between therapist, patients, and the art materials, and the dialogical flow between internal world, external images, and words were explored through the metaphor of the Healing-Flow Model. It was observed that the process of art towards healing provided an opportunity for creative energy to be channeled in a more integrated manner to restore wholeness and connectedness. Within the symbolic realm of the image-making process, painful, dissociated, or split-off aspects of each patient's being were reintegrated and transformed. The flow of creative energies was restored to re-establish internal and external balance within the many dimensions of being (biological, emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual). Creativity, in its various forms, was explored through experiential evidence in the "self" in relation to the "other". Energy, form, and matter appeared to be related to change and to the development of being. The following themes have emerged through this inquiry. This research revealed that the process of art towards healing is multilayered, dynamic, and complex. Healing appears to be related to the recovery of meaningful patterns and the making of connections with oneself and the world in a more integrated manner. These connections allow the creative energy to unfold through a dialogical process that helps to restore the part/whole relationships of being within a social context. The Interpretative Quilt provides a window into the process of art towards healing through fictionalized text and imagistic pauses where the different functions of images can be understood. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)