The 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage

This article explores the significance of the 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage. More than 6,200 Canadian veterans and their families voyaged to France for the unveiling of Walter Allward’s Vimy Memorial on 26 July 1936 by King Edward VIII. The symbolism of the pilgrimage, along with the messages presented during the unveiling ceremony, played a key role in establishing the importance of the Vimy Ridge memorial to Canadians

Experiencing memory museums in Berlin. The Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind Museum and the Jewish Museum Berlin

This article explores memory studies from the audience’s perspective, focusing on the perception of Holocaust narratives in two museums in Berlin. This research builds on and contributes to a number of emerging issues in memory studies, tourism perception and museum design: the debate on experiential authenticity, Dark Tourism, and the analysis of memory studies from the perspective of the user. The main data facilitating the analysis is based on responses shared on TripAdvisor; the case studies being the Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind Museum and the Jewish Museum Berlin. The analysis of these museums, focusing on their narratives, design features and comments from visitors, will highlight a potential shift from the traditional object-focused museum, to a phenomenological subject focused one. It will be argued, then, that the understanding and consumption of authenticity encompasses a very flexible definition, not only based on the nature of the objects exhibited, but on the production of authentic experiences

Out of the Box: Homegrown in Greater Lafayette: Green Spaces in Greater Lafayette [full paper]

Students from the Honors 299 course, “Homegrown,” researched local Hispanic culture, sound, green spaces, and coffee shops, among other areas of study, as well as the role of each in establishing a sense of place

The Grizzly, September 27, 2012

Ursinus Partners With Columbia • Family Day Coming Soon • Berman Search • Bi-Textual Poetry Series Kicked Off Sept. 18 • Big Brothers, Sisters Program • Internship Event • Services at Wellness • Opinion: Ursinus Should Disclose Annual Budget; Changes in Dining Services are Justified • UC Recap: Field Hockey Falls to F&M • Behind the Scenes: Kip and Sean Lacyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1864/thumbnail.jp

An Intensive ESL Camp Curriculum and Excursion Activities for International High School Graduated / College Students

There are many factors for students’ poor command of English among international students in the native language institutions. One of the factors is the students’ negative attitude and low motivation in English learning. Another aspect to lower students’ English learning motivation is the inappropriate use of the learning materials. Moreover, learners still lack a chance to immerse in the real language environment and the authentic cultural background to improve their comprehensively intercultural and communicative competence. For the sake that the second language instruction provided in regular schools is limited in time, many students even do not have enough time to learn and interact in the language. In addition, the students still learn English with the outdated teaching and learning strategies so that they are very afraid of opening their mouths and hearts to communicate with their peers and ask for help from the tutors. This field project took advantage of the sources and theories from the study and practical applications of the intensive ESL camp programs to build a set of curricula and excursion activities which include the cultural assets of learners on a daily basis in the authentic and intercultural environments. International students have the demand for immersive and short-term language programs and this field project contributes to be compatible with their needs. Intercultural communicative competence is an important facilitating factor in the acquisition of second language. The materials, curriculum, exercises and excursion activities in the project can help international ESL students develop their English proficiency and intercultural communicative abilities. This project can also fill the scarce knowledge currently on the topic of ESL extensive classroom and activities. The teachers and curriculum developers can utilize this project as a kind of reference to organize their language teaching in ESL camp and guide their camp activities’ design and curriculum development

The New Hampshire, Vol. 107, No. 09 (Oct. 26, 2017)

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire

\u27AS VIVID AS BLOOD IN A SINK\u27: (RE)READING QUEERNESS AND REPRESSION IN TEJU COLE\u27S OPEN CITY

Teju Cole’s Open City (2011) is an exemplar work of contemporary fiction. For its complex representation of subjectivity, hypnotic narrative tone, and global political scope, the novel has been praised by readers and critics alike. Julius, the text’s first-person narrator, guides us along seemingly innocent wanderings throughout New York City, ruminating on history, art, and politics while presenting himself as the enlightened, cosmopolitan ideal. However, the shocking penultimate revelation that Julius raped a young woman from his past alters our encounter with the text and its narrator. We come to realize that this meandering novel is, in reality, a carefully curated attempt to repress a violent past. Many scholars, and Teju Cole himself, have explored the benefits of rereading Open City with the revelation of Julius’s rape in mind, noting the various hidden signs that become more obvious indicators of his problematic character. However, no critic has paid adequate attention to Julius’s sexuality. By adopting a psychoanalytic lens invested in Julius’s memories, dreams, familial dynamics, and psychic aversions, this project uncovers a complex network of signs indicating that Julius is, in fact, a queer character. Once identified as queer, I argue that the intense intersections of Julius’s emerging sexuality, uncomfortable family dynamics, and learned toxically masculine traits from military school converge to produce his violent actions and the subsequent repression of his victim intertwined with more subtle aversions to queerness, sexuality, and intersubjectivity

Lynn University Alumni Magazine - Fall/Winter 2003

Fall/Winter 2003 Lynn University Alumni Magazine. Volume 2, Number 1.https://spiral.lynn.edu/lynnalumnimag/1002/thumbnail.jp

The Montana Vacation Experience: Part 1

The Montana Vacation Experience is the analysis of in-depth interviews of 53 Montana vacationers. Part 1 provides direct quotes from vacationers in Montana related to their vacation experience. Five themes related to the vacation emerged: trip planning, experiences and activities, motivations, relationship to the environment, and impressions of Montana