Death in literature : different approaches , from simplicity to obscurity

This study looks briefly at a range of ways in which writers have approached the concept of death, from expressions of personal grief, through to the ways in which attitudes to death represented in a culture are also picked up and used by writers from the culture concerned. Writers considered are mostly (but not all) from the English and Spanish language traditions, and in particular Seamus Heaney, Thomas Hardy, Miguel de Cervantes and Federico García Lorca. The point is made that not all writing about death is centred on death as a source of personal grief, though a great deal is. Also considered is the way in which some writing about death is transparent, and in a sense overtly simple, while other writing is less so, and may even seem obscure

Jazz Faculty and Percussion Ensemble A Joint Venture

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Jazz Faculty and Percussion Ensemble.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1889/thumbnail.jp

Global perspectives on the absent presence of marginalised children and young people in the public realm

10.1111/tesg.12510TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ECONOMISCHE EN SOCIALE GEOGRAFIE1132113-11

2015 Kennesaw State Festival of New Music

KSU School of Music presents 2015 Kennesaw State Festival of New Music.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1206/thumbnail.jp

Lost conversations: finding new ways for black and white Australians to lead together

It\u27s time for a game-changer in how black and white Australians relate.   The difficulties we have in coming together—to talk, to work, to lead change—are core to our challenge to reconcile, as a country. But if we want to shift the status quo, if we want to lead change on entrenched Indigenous disadvantage, we don\u27t need another program, initiative or money to try and \u27fix\u27 the problem. We need to start having a different conversation.  The result of two years experience working together as part of a Social Leadership Australia initiative, Lost Conversations brings together the diverse perspectives and personal stories of five Aboriginal and four non-Indigenous authors, all with first-hand knowledge of what happens when black and white Australians come together to try and work on change.  Lost Conversations asks the questions and starts the conversations that we daren\u27t have in Australia ... until now:  What is \u27black\u27 power? What is \u27white\u27 power?  What qualifies someone to lead in this cross-cultural space?  Why is this so hard to talk about?  Can we start to name these things and try to shift the status quo?  Can we change?  Should we?  &nbsp

Celebrating the Year of Russia: To Russia with Love Choral Concert

KSU Chamber Singers, Men\u27s Ensemble, and University Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Leslie Blackwell, present To Russia wih Love in celebration of KSU\u27s Year of Russia.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1913/thumbnail.jp

Knowledge, skills and beetles: respecting the privacy of private experiences in medical education

In medical education, we assess knowledge, skills, and a third category usually called values or attitudes. While knowledge and skills can be assessed, this third category consists of ‘beetles’, after the philosopher Wittgenstein’s beetle-in-a-box analogy. The analogy demonstrates that private experiences such as pain and hunger are inaccessible to the public, and that we cannot know whether we all experience them in the same way. In this paper, we claim that unlike knowledge and skills, private experiences of medical learners cannot be objectively measured, assessed, or directly accessed in any way. If we try to do this anyway, we risk reducing them to knowledge and skills—thereby making curriculum design choices based on what can be measured rather than what is valuable education, and rewarding zombie-like student behaviour rather than authentic development. We conclude that we should no longer use the model of representation to assess attitudes, emotions, empathy, and other beetles. This amounts to, first of all, shutting the

Lift Every Voice: Celebrating Black History Month

Enjoy an evening of performances from KSU percussion ensemble, Gospel Choir, Jazz I, Chamber Signers, and more! Join us (virtually) to celebrate Black History Month.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2376/thumbnail.jp