A Biologist’s View of Individual Cultural Identity for the Study of Cities

The behaviour of urban populations is compared with the systems directing behaviour in individuals. This is both a metaphor and a mechanistic parallel. The biological model draws upon recent developments in brain research and psychological and cultural anthropology. The development and operation of the personal value-system are seen as constituting Identity in an individual, and Culture in a community. A mechanism is proposed by which social attachments between individuals lead to the adoption of new values into the system. The ability to differentiate own group from other is seen as intrinsic and socially necessary, made peaceful by specific values and adversarial by others. Identity development is such a complex process that it cannot be predicted in detail, but explicated in retrospect. A model may be useful in understanding conflicts of values, and how some are modifiable and others not.Identity, Cultural meaning system, Values, Attachment, Social identity theory

The Spinnaker Vol. 21 No. 18

Student newspaper for the UNF community

Evaluating learnability in a 3D heritage tour

The implementation of 3D virtual reality (VR) environments to represent human culture and heritage has been growing during the last two decades as a result of information and communication technologies (ICT) development. Precisely, regarding virtual heritage development, some weaknesses have been detected such as ‘‘lifeless’’ environments lacking interaction, and research still under development on learning assessment. In this article, a VR environment is presented, through users taking a virtual tour visiting some elements of cultural heritage of the island of San Andrés, Colombia. In the tour, users participate in a 3D VR environment, answering questions and learning about the cultural heritage of the island. Also, the usability of the VR environment is assessed through SUMI (Software Usability Measurement Inventory) standard ISO9241-11 evaluating aspects such as usefulness and learnability. The results demonstrate that with the implementation of a VR environment about heritage, the users achieved optimum performance with an 80% average of correct answers and a high correlation between learning and the usability of the 3D VR environment

A Conversation With Charles Robert Carner: A Columbia Graduate Leaves Chicago to Work as a Screenwriter in L.A.

During May, Charles Robert Carner, a Columbia College Chicago 1978 graduate, returned to campus to talk with students about a career in screenwriting while in town for a screening of Seduced, a film he wrote for television. The discussion was moderated by Anthony Loeb, chair of the Film and Video Department. Photographer: Jack Rodriguez. 32 pages.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/conversations/1006/thumbnail.jp

Spartan Daily, March 12, 1984

Volume 82, Issue 29https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/7147/thumbnail.jp

No funny business: precarious work and emotional labour in stand-up comedy

Freelance creative work is a labour of love where opportunities for self-expression are combined with exploitative working conditions. This article explores this dynamic by showing how a group of freelance creative labourers navigate employment while coping with the pressures associated with economic precarity. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, we argue that full-time stand-up comedians engage in ‘pecuniary’ forms of emotion management in an occupational field where social networks and professional relationships play a prominent role. First, comedians project an image of positivity to demonstrate a willingness to work for little or no pay in order to curry favour with comedy club promoters. Second, comedians suppress feelings of anxiety and frustration that arise from financial insecurity in order to keep their relationships with promoters on an even keel – even when the rate of pay and promptness of remuneration fall below acceptable standards. Our study thus has implications for other creative sectors in which precarity is the norm, since it suggests that emotional labour is a resource not only for engaging with customers and clients but also for engaging with multiple employers, negotiating pay and dealing with conditions of insecurity in freelance settings – often with unintended, paradoxical, results

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1992-03-05

This edition of the College of Wooster student run newspaper was published on March 5 of 1992 and it is twelve pages long. A guest lecturer spoke on the issues concerning the breakup of the Soviet Union. The Voice placed a piece asking for members of the campus community to calm down and stop pointing fingers at each other. A committee was formed to address any issues with the Voice. Many of the articles within this copy of the paper are highly hostile toward the Voice and how it has been handling its journalism and ethics. The Viewpoint articles on the third page are in response to Ian Limbach\u27s piece from last week regarding premarital sex. Athletic updates for the past week are highlighted on pages five to twelve. The men\u27s basketball team became the 1992 NCAC champions.https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1991-2000/1034/thumbnail.jp

The Cowl - v.30 - n. 5 - Feb 23, 1977

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 30, Number 5 - February 23, 1977. 12 pages. Note: The volume number printed on the banner page of this issue (XXX) duplicates the volume number for the 1967-68 academic year

Whalesong

Survival: the key is your desire to live -- O'Dowd speaks out: University needs to become more unified -- Eaglecrest on an uphill glide -- Diet critical for maintaining health -- Watergate: Then and now -- Editorial page -- Bruce Cockburn: The new age comes back to earth -- The Juneau body: what are the positive aspects? -- Whale b-ball schedule released -- Anders returns from six-week China journey -- Saturday night alive performers at Smith Hall -- U.S.A., Japan team up for summer of researc

Framed in Death: The Historical Memory of Galeazzo Ciano

My thesis examines the Italian Foreign Minister, Galeazzo Ciano. Using his extensive diaries, which he kept from 1936 to 1942, as the basis of my research, I explore the political weaknesses and failures of fascist Italy that contributed to her collapse. Mussolini maintained that Italy and Germany shared a common destiny united by the wrongdoings each suffered at the end of World War One. In reality, the Axis alliance was mired in competition and distrust. Although Ciano initially supported the partnership, after a series of events- Hitler’s dismissal of the 1938 Munich Pact, the signing of the Pact of Steel in May 1939, and Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939- Ciano recognized the dangers in uniting with Hitler and became increasingly anti-German. Despite his concerns, Ciano did not actively oppose Mussolini and his decision to partner with Nazi Germany. It was not until July 24, 1943, when Ciano partook in the Grand Council meeting and voted in favor of the Grandi Resolution, a decree that stripped Mussolini of military power, that Ciano took an active stand against the Duce. This event led to Ciano’s downfall. He was labeled a traitor and killed. In the moment right before his death, a photograph was taken of Ciano turning his head to face his executioners. In doing so, Ciano defied his label as traitor. This essay traces Ciano’s political break from Mussolini in the years up to the war, and his eventual role in trying to remove Mussolini from power in order to save Italy’s disastrous position in the war. My thesis ends with Ciano’s execution, and explores how the photograph became a metonymy for Italy and the fascist regime at this time, and has helped shape Ciano’s legacy in the years after his death