University/Organization
English Literature & Language Department
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio, Texas
Title
Dystopian and Utopian Worlds from a Postmodern Eye
Synopsis
Postmodern writers tend to give a dystopian image only when a greater power takes control. Conversely, to create a utopian world, writers are more likely to imagine a world free from the rules of the real world. In other words, this would be a world where there is no power and where authority figures are always absent. This paper shows the relationship between authority and dystopian worlds by analyzing the methods and the postmodern characteristics that writers used to create dystopian and utopian worlds in three postmodern works, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four as well as Julio Cortázar’s The Southern Thruway and The Other Heaven according to Linda Hutcheon in her book A Poetics of Postmodernism: History, Theory, Fiction.
University/Organization
Arts Education Department
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada
Title
Learning How to Listen to Dance – A Phenomenological Analysis of Inclusive Methodologies
Synopsis
In this article, I will analyze my experience as a dancer involved in the collaborative inclusive performance project Translation. This project is based on questions of accessibility, inclusion and the potential of the dancing body to move us. By building on Merleau-Ponty’s notion of incorporation, I will argue for the possibility of incorporating other people in our phenomenal field.
University/Organization
HIS 390: Senior Capstone
History Department
Cedar Crest College
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Title
“Patriotutes” of Hotel Street: The Untold Story of Jean O’Hara, The Honolulu Harlot
Synopsis
This paper delves into the life of a brothel prostitute in Honolulu, Hawaii during World War Two. Their story outside of the brothel was a life of patriotic sacrificing to volunteer their time, mind, and body for our country. In turn, the women were abused and treated inhumanly as their basic rights were taken from them. This paper follows the story of Jean O’Hara as she courageously stood up against the brutal police vice squad.
University/Organization
Writing Department
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York
Title
The Ultimate Goal: Reflections on the Philosophy and Science of the Pursuit of Happiness
Synopsis
This essay synthesizes some contemporary cognitive studies on the topic, liberally referencing what classical philosophers have said about it. I also sprinkle the scholarship with personal reflections. Schematically, the essay discusses social factors of happiness, such as money, marriage, and children, and then psychological factors, such as personal values and religious beliefs. Then it explores more philosophical issues, such as how best to define and measure happiness; should we conflate it with virtue (as classical philosophers do); what is its relationship to melancholy and to the perception of beauty; and is it something we should even attempt to pursue–that is, is there any value in thinking of it as a goal, especially given that our cognitive habits make it so elusive.
University/Organization
College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Title
Development of a Large Solar-shading Structure that Provides Human Thermal Comfort While Achieves Net-zero Status at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, USA
Synopsis
The Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, USA, is transforming its campus to become the first Net-Zero operating park in the U.S.A. The House Energy Doctor Master of Science program’s faculty and graduate students at the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture have been working on that project for the last three years. To achieve the Net-Zero goal, the existing four built areas of the park have been redesigned through Studio 601 faculty and students. These four areas are 1) the visitor center, 2) the one-mile residential loop, 3) the Maintenance Yard, and 4) the law enforcement and the research center complex. This paper demonstrates how the four built areas of the park were studied and how the maintenance yard energy consumption and operating cost was redesigned and redeveloped to include large solar-shading structures that provided human thermal comfort and achieve the goal of net-zero operation campus. 470 modules producing 345 watts distributed over 3 arrays on one of the maintenance yard scheme produced 1.1 GW capacity while acted as a water catchment and harvesting device for the research center.
University/Organization
Research Division
National Museum of History
Taipei, Taiwan
Title
National Consciousness and Knowledge Production in Museums: A Case Study of the Five-Thousand-Year History and Culture of China Exhibition held by the National Museum of History, Taipei, in 1956
Synopsis
The National Museum of History was established in Taipei in 1955 on the orders of the KMT government, and after the Second World War and produced the exhibition The Five-Thousand-Year History and Culture of China. This article aims to take the exhibition as an example to show how the Museum created displays through the methods of knowledge production and was able to inform and influence the Taiwanese people in the 1950s.
University/Organization
Division of Natural Science and Mathematics
Chaminade University
Honolulu, Hawaii
Title
Teaching Social, Political, and Economic Topics to Student Data Scientists: The Case of a Data Science Course
Synopsis
There is a calling to teach social, political, and economic topics in STEM-oriented curriculum. This paper used a case study approach to discuss the integration of the topics in a introductory data science course that is one of six courses of a certificate that will be offered by Chaminade University. The integration approach was to use the topics as subtexts with two subtopic areas of surveying data science, and during the interpretation and evaluation of the results.
University/Organization
Arts Education Department
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada
Title
A Better Tool for Language Acquisition: Intrinsic or Extrinsic Motivation?
Synopsis
The purpose of the present research is to determine the most efficient type of motivation, either intrinsic or extrinsic need that drives students to learn a language.
University/Organization
Department of Theology
University of Murcia
Murcia, 30003
Spain
Title
The Evolution of Christian Theology in The Four Gospels
Synopsis
The purpose of the present research is to analyze the linguistic evolution of The Four Gospels by their chronological order of composition in favor of deifying Jesus Christ.
University/Organization
Nutrition Department
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Title
Using Kahoot in the Classroom
Synopsis
Using Kahoot in the Classroom