Dark tourism scholarship: a critical review Philip Stone Philip Stone is Executive Director: Institute for Dark Tourism Research (iDTR)‚ School of Sport‚ Tourism and The Outdoors‚ University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)‚ Preston‚ UK. Abstract Purpose – Commonly referred to as dark tourism or thanatourism‚ the act of touristic travel to sites of or sites associated with death and disaster has gained significant attention with media imaginations and academic scholarship. However‚ despite
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# 0703 Firm Growth: A Survey by Alexander Coad The Papers on Economics and Evolution are edited by the Evolutionary Economics Group‚ MPI Jena. For editorial correspondence‚ please contact: evopapers@econ.mpg.de ISSN 1430-4716 © by the author Max Planck Institute of Economics Evolutionary Economics Group Kahlaische Str. 10 07745 Jena‚ Germany Fax: ++49-3641-686868 #0703 Firm Growth: A Survey∗ Alex Coad a b c† a Max Planck Institute of Economics‚ Jena‚ Germany b Centre
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Chapter 1: Ergodic Literature http://www.hf.uib.no/cybertext/Ergodic.html Sample Chapter from Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature by Espen J. Aarseth Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press in 1997. Introduction: Ergodic Literature The Book and the Labyrinth Wiener‚ Norbert (1894-1964) A few words on the two neoteric terms‚ cybertext and ergodic‚ are in order. Cybertext is a neologism derived from Norbert Wiener’s book (and discipline) called Cybernetics
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Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses 13 (2000): 67-88 Text World Creation in Advertising Discourse Laura Hidalgo Downing Universidad Autónoma‚ Madrid lhidalgo@bosque.sdi.uam.es ABSTRACT This article explores the way in which text worlds are created in advertising discourse by analysing linguistic choices and features of context which are crucial in the determination of specific relations between sender(s) and target audience(s)‚ in particular‚ deixis and frame knowledge. The argument
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The Female Body in Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman and Lady Oracle By Sofia Sanchez-Grant1 Abstract This essay examines scholarly discourses about embodiment‚ and their increasing scholarly currency‚ in relation to two novels by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. Like many of Atwood’s other works‚ The Edible Woman (1969) and Lady Oracle (1976) are explicitly concerned with the complexities of body image. More specifically‚ however‚ these novels usefully exemplify her attempt to demystify the
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McMaster University DigitalCommons@McMaster Open Access Dissertations and Theses Open Dissertations and Theses 10-1-2011 Bertrand Russell On Perception and Knowledge (1927 - 59) Dustin Z. Olson McMaster University‚ olsondz@mcmaster.ca Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations Part of the Epistemology Commons‚ Metaphysics Commons‚ and the Philosophy of Science Commons Recommended Citation Olson‚ Dustin Z.‚ "Bertrand Russell On Perception
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Humanistic Theories of Learning: I. Introduction Humanism‚ a paradigm that emerged in the 1960s‚ focuses on the human freedom‚ dignity‚ and potential. A central assumption of humanism is that people act with intentionality and values. Humanism would concentrate upon the development of the child ’s self-concept. If the child feels good about him or herself then that is a positive start. Feeling good about oneself would involve an understanding of ones ’ strengths and weaknesses‚ and a
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Sociology and Social Work: Kaleidoscopic Perspectives of Social Reality. Towards an integrated and complex model of analysis Cristina Albuquerque Clara Cruz Santos Helena Neves Almeida University of Coimbra Abstract: In this article we will try to discuss the specificities and connexions between Social Work and Sociology‚ conceiving the possibility to surpass sterile oppositions and to compose an analytical and practical integrated model by the articulation‚ without assimilation‚ of the
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Factors Governing Development THIS WILL TALK ABOUT THE EDUCATION AND CULTURE WHICH ARE THE FACTORS THAT GOVERNS DEVELOPMENT What is Child Development? Child development is a process every child goes through. This process involves learning and mastering skills like sitting‚ walking‚ talking‚ skipping‚ and tying shoes. There are 5 main areas of development: Cognitive Development Speech and Language Development Social and Emotional Development Gross Motor Skill Development Fine Motor Skill Development
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Rhythm and Rhetoric: A Linguistic Analysis of Obama’s Inaugural Address Liilia Batluk Supervisor: Stuart Foster School of Humanities Halmstad University Bachelor’s thesis in English Acknowledgment My appreciations to my supervisor Stuart Foster for very helpful advice during the research. Abstract In this essay I shall analyze Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address‚ January‚ 2009 from the perspective of various linguistic techniques. More specifically‚ I shall propose and focus on the idea that the
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