Occupy Wall Street: From Representation to Post-Representation

Trying to assess something as recent and dynamic as Occupy Wall Street (OWS) presents problems for political analysts. There is always a danger that by the time one has written in judgement the event-movement will have morphed into something quite different. For this reason alone we need to be careful about offering too definitive a judgment on what it represents, about what we think is new in the phenomenon as well as what we think presents linkages to the past. On the one hand, OWS is still in the process of becoming-something . On the other hand, though, we can see the outline of more or less familiar characteristics that might help orientate us towards something that is being greeted as a new departure

Ideas, Politics, Movements

Chamsy el-Ojeili interviews Simon Tormey, political theorist from the University of Sydney. &nbsp

Adopted with Diagnosis: A Literature Review

The following literature review was composed to push for further research in the utilization of family art therapy in the homes of adopted individuals diagnosed with childhood post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attention deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD). In this paper, the term family is used to reflect the adoptive constellation in the home of which services were provided. This paper begins with a look at the adoption experience, highlighting the trauma of separation for adoptees. In a table, observed behaviors and symptoms of ADHD and PTSD presented by clients are documented and compared. As symptoms overlap, this paper then addresses the therapeutic properties of art creating for the observed behaviors as well as underlying thoughts, emotions and attachment issues of which behaviors may be rooted. To aid these children and their adoptive parent(s), a deeper understanding of the intergenerational influences in the home is investigated. Examples of family art therapy are discussed, as well as limitations in the literature. The paper will conclude with a discussion of the author’s journey of entering adoptive homes

Disadvantage or Disadvantaging: Conceptualising Class Differences in Education as a Disease or as a Process?

Much of the writing on differences in educational attainment by different social classes in Ireland has started by accepting the use of the tenn \u27educational disadvantage\u27 and trying to define it afterwards (Kellaghan et at., 1995; Boldt and Devine, 1998). Others, like Drudy and Lynch have simply dismissed the use of the tenns out of hand, preferring instead to write about social class differences in education (1993, p 52). Far from discouraging the use of the term, this latter sort of intervention seems to have had no effect and the use of the tenn has continued to proliferate in this decade. The tenn is now widely used by agencies from the Conference of Religious in Ireland (CORl) to the Combat Poverty Agency (CPA) to the Government of Ireland. It is used by researchers, teachers, policy makers and those who fund research. It appears that the tenn is here to stay. Despite a recent comprehensive review of research in the area (Boldt and Devine, 1998), it is still far from clear what is meant by educational disadvantage. In this paper I will look at the different definitions of educational disadvantage proposed. I will argue that the use of the tenn in Ireland has many similarities with the use of the tenn at-risk in the US and has similar problems. The at-risk model understands educational disadvantage as akin to a disease or a condition - it is something the individual has. I will argue that educational disadvantage should be seen as a series of active processes, rather than a condition. Such an approach to educational disadvantage has serious consequences for our attempts to research and to measure the phenomenon

Comparison of written recall of silent reading with multiple choice recall in grades IV, V, and VI

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

The creep characteristics of polyvinylidene chloride

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1943.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 55).by John F. Tormey.M.S