Imagery as a therapy for an institution

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1988.Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-167).This thesis is both text and illustration to describe the process of transforming a state mental institution from an outdated, outmoded, conventional hospital into a living community. The goal of the project is to develop an institution not restricted by rigid forms or designs - a flexible, responsive environment of the type required by rehabilitation therapies and medical practices that are constantly evolving. Emphasis is placed on environmental factors that impact the personal daily life on campus, including facilities for work, communication, learning, recreation, and enjoyment of the wider landscape environment The project is to transform Metropolitan State Hospital in Belmont, a Boston suburb, into a therapeutic transitional and educational community. This work is a diary from a journey of discovery through moral, political, and economic territory. It is a guidebook to help in the process of architectural form making. The images are suggestions and questions.by Sterling James McMurrin.M.Arch

History of Sexism in Advertising in 1950’s

Advertisements are considered influential forms of public media for consumers. During the 1950s, sexist advertisements had an impact on the American family. Whether promoting a household brand and/or car, women were stereotyped as inferior to men. Throughout this paper, the history of sexism in advertising will be explained with a few examples of sexist ads from the 1950s. Topics discussed will shed light on ads that promoted women in an appropriate manner. There will be an abstract explanation of an artist who had recreated 1950s sexist ads. Following will be thoughts on the future of sexist advertising as the conclusion

Seeking Mutual Understanding. A Discourse Theoretical Analysis of the WTO Dispute Settlement System.

The Dispute Settlement System (DSS) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is a mechanism to settle international trade controversies by means of adversarial procedures. In this paper we aim to address the following question: why is the DSS adversarial in kind and articulated through such sophisticated procedures? We shall combine studies in the fields of politics, law and economics through philosophical analysis to look for a systemic answer to this question in the inherent qualities of the procedures through which the DSS is articulated. Specifically, we shall resort to Jürgen Habermas’s discourse theory, as a hermeneutic device to disentangle the different kinds of “action orientations” DS procedures may have (compromise, consensus and understanding). We shall identify the reasons of the specific characterisation given to the DSS in the purposeful connections between its procedural features, the general aims pursued by the WTO and the disputes emerging within it

Patterns of our religious faiths, The

Eighteenth Annual Frederick William Reynolds Lecture

No.142-1, Sterling M. McMurrin, March 3, 1983

Transcript (32 pages) of the first interview by Robert Miller with Sterling M. McMurrin on March 3, 1986. This interview is no. 142-1 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape no. U-115McMurrin discusses Henry Eyring in great detail--his work, religion, and also in a personal context. He also discusses early seminary teaching, anthropomorphism, BYU, and perspectives on evolution. Interviewer: Robert Mille

No.142-2 and 142-3, Sterling M. McMurrin, interview by Robert Miller, June 3 and 11, 1986

Transcript (125 pages) of the second and third interviews by Robert Miller with Sterling M. McMurrin on June 3 and 11, 1986. This interview is no. 142-2 and 142-3 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape nos. U-476, U-477, U-478, and U-479McMurrin discusses Henry Eyring in great detail--his work, religion, and also in a personal context. He also discusses early seminary teaching, anthropomorphism, BYU, and perspectives on evolution. Interviewer: Robert Mille

Pioneer personal history, Mrs. Janet E. McMurrin

Typescript of answers by Janet E. McMurrin for a questionnaire filled out for Utah Works Progress Administration's "Pioneer personal history" survey. She married Joseph McMurrin and immigrated to Utah in 1869. Transcribed July 28, 1938, by Harry Taylo