in Africa. In the novel‚ Achebe seeks to use such richness so as to eradicate the illusion portrayed in Western literature - of African culture and its people as primitive and ‘unearthly’ ‘cannibals’: as stated in the novel ‘ Heart of Darkness’ by Joseph Conrad (1899). Through his novel‚ Achebe seeks to educate the literary world of the truths behind pre-colonial African culture and society; thus‚ Achebe presents Igbo culture in all its complexities and intricacies. In doing so‚ Achebe presents the
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Dr. Mervat El-Shafie Dr. Mervat El-Shafie‚ Assistant Professor of Architecture‚ is the Chair of the Architecture Department in the College of Engineering‚ Effat University. Dr El-Shafie received her Ph.D. in Built-Environment from Lincoln University‚ New Zealand in 1999. Her thesis entitled “Phenomenology of Built-Environment” deals with the interrelationships between people and their land‚ houses and places and how this is being affected by the processes of Modernization and Globalization. Dr
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In this day and age‚ time is moving ever so quickly. The places we knew‚ may not be places anymore‚ things that are were made three years ago‚ are considered “old”‚ and we as human beings have been faced with a whole new world called cyberspace. In a way‚ this can all be very daunting and scary at times however‚ I believe that there is also a beauty to it‚ a hidden tint of silver lining to this grey cloud we call the 21st century world. In the up coming pages‚ a “place”‚ a “non-place”‚ and “cyberspace”
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22 The Icfai Journal of Business Strategy‚ Vol. IV‚ No. 4‚ 2007 © 2007 The Icfai University Press. All Rights Reserved. Organization Structure and Inter-Organizational Dependency: The Environmental Imperative Contingency theory and Systems theory are the two dominant theories that bring out the link between organization structure and the environment. Systems theory has evolved over time and undergone several transitions. This study tries to provide a more meaningful understanding about
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information that Woolf provides. Thus‚ the complexity of the characters may add to the frustration‚ because Woolf makes it difficult to receive any single dominant impression of any of the characters. No character leaves any distinct predominant impression upon the reader. She displays her characters in one of the two methods discussed above to show that no human being can be denoted by a few words or phrases because of his/her several sides. To demonstrate this complexity‚ she consistently contrasts and compares
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books‚ disassociated from one another‚ humanity would be unable to discern the fundamental truths that appear in literature. According to Mario Vargas Llosa‚ “Nothing teaches us better than literature to see‚ in ethnic and cultural differences‚ the richness of human patrimony‚ and to prize those differences as a manifestation of humanity’s multifaceted creativity” (Llosa‚ 2002‚ 297). In a society without literature — or a society with only books — people could relate only to each other through insignificant
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resources. Resilience is the ability of a living system fo repair damage after an external disturbance. Complexity refers to the number of species in a community at each trophic
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1 EXPLORATORY RESEARCH TECHNIQUES EXPLORATORY RESEARCH Definition: Initial research conducted to clarify and define the nature of a problem. • Useful when there is limited amount of knowledge about or experience with the research issue • It provides greater understanding of a concept or crystallizes a problem rather than providing precise measurement or quantification (1) Diagnosing a situation‚ (2) Screening alternatives‚ (3) Discovering new ideas 2 • Researchers conduct
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graphic design‚ theatre and film‚ textiles‚ and literature were all acceptable mediums for The Futurists. Two of the more notorious Futurists were Filippo Marinetti‚ and Umberto Boccioni. Marinetti’s Manifesto of Futurism and Boccioni’s plastic dynamism and sculpture‚ Unique Forms of Continuity in Space are two very well known pieces of art which played an important role in the popularity of Futurism. The works of the two futurists inspired many artists of their time and are still well known amongst
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many cultural issues had come into play with the negotiations between the United States and Indonesian firm. Even though Jake Campbell‚ who is a U.S. project manager for BWA‚ has experience in managing other projects similar to the size and complexity of the National Electric Company in Indonesia project‚ this was his first international assignment. In preparing for his assignment‚ Jared talked with other experienced BWA project managers who had already completed complex foreign assignments
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