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Desert Islands
Desert Islands Geographers say there are two kinds of islands. This is valuable information for the imagination because it confirms what the imagination already knew. Nor is it the only case where science makes mythology more concrete, and mythol ogy makes science more vivid. Continental islands are accidental, derived islands. They are separated from a continent, born of disarticulation, erosion, fracture; they survive the absorption of what once contained them. Oceanic islands are originary, essential islands. Some are formed from coral reefs and display a genuine organism. Others emerge from underwater eruptions, bring ing to the light of day a movement from the lowest depths. Some rise slowly; some disappear and then return, leaving us no time to annex them. These two kinds of islands, continental and originary, reveal a profound opposition between ocean and land. Continental islands serve as a reminder that the sea is on top of the earth, taking advantage of the slightest sagging in the highest structures; oceanic islands, that the earth is still there, under the sea, gathering its strength to punch through to the surface. We can assume that these ele ments are in constant strife, displaying a repulsion for one another. In this we find nothing to reassure us. Also, that an island is deserted must appear philo sophically normal to us. Humans cannot live, nor live in security, unless they assume that the active struggle between earth and wateLis over, or at least con tained. People like to call these cwo elements mother and father, assigning them gender roles according to the whim of their fancy. -
Abubakr Bin Ṭufayl's Ḥayy Bin Yaqzān and Its Reception in Early Modern
Abubakr bin Ṭufayl’s Ḥayy bin Yaqzān and its Reception in Early Modern England by Muhammad I.U. Sid-Ahmad Ismail A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy submitted to the Graduate Department of English University of Toronto © Copyright by Muhammad I.U. Sid-Ahmad (2014) Abubakr bin Ṭufayl’s Ḥayy bin Yaqzān and its Reception in Early Modern England Muhammad I.U. Sid-Ahmad Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Department of English University of Toronto 2014 Abstract This study of Abubakr bin Ṭufayl’s Ḥayy bin Yaqzān and its reception in early modern England aims to determine the extent and nature of John Milton’s, John Locke’s and Daniel Defoe’s engagement of Ḥayy. I begin with historical research that offers the interpretative contexts upon which my comparative analyses rely. The dissertation begins with a study of seventeenth-century England where Ḥayy was received and twelfth-century Morocco where it was written, correcting misunderstandings in recent studies of the meaning and role of Ḥayy. In Chapter Two, I argue that Milton’s representation of Adam’s awakening in Book VIII of Milton’s Paradise Lost may have been influenced by Ḥayy. I further suggest considering whether Milton had access to other medieval Islamic sources, particularly Islamic stories of ascent. The shared elements suggest considering these stories part of a common cycle. As for John Locke, my analysis corrects earlier suggestions that his Essay Concerning Humane Understanding and Ḥayy are in agreement. I show that Locke in fact disagreed with the claims made in Ḥayy. -
IO0083-Castaway1.Pdf
Inside Out Castaway WORKSHEET A 1. Quickly read through the story narrated by Alexander Selkirk. Then answer the questions on Worksheet B. I was born in Largo, Scotland, in 1676. My father was a tanner – he made clothes and other items from leather – and a cobbler (a shoemaker). Many people said that I was a “difficult person. Maybe they were right, I never had much patience with fools. In 1695 I became a sailor. I was a good seaman and worked my way up to the position of sailing master quickly. In 1705, I was appointed Master of the ship Cinque Ports, one of two vessels under the overall command of William Dampier. We were privateers, pirates who had the blessing of our government to attack Spanish ships off the South American coast and steal gold, silk and jewels. We weren’t paid a wage - whatever we stole, we kept. Although Dampier was a good navigator and mapmaker, he clearly had no idea how to run a privateering expedition. By the time we had crossed the Atlantic and reached Brazil, many men were hungry and sick. Worse still, we already had cases of scurvy (the fatal illness caused by lack of vitamins) aboard. Despite the condition of the men, we were ordered to make our way around Cape Horn, a most treacherous stretch of water, south of Chile. We finally made it, although the ship was badly damaged. When we put in at Mas a Tierra, an island in the Juan Fernandez chain, four hundred miles off the coast of Chile, I had a big argument with the captain of my ship, Thomas Stradling. -
On a Desert Island
You Didn’tSurvival Know Guides You Needed URVIVING SSUSRERVT ISLAND ON A DE IVING Thomas Kingsley Troupe Hi Jinx is published by Black Rabbit Books P.O. Box 3263, Mankato, Minnesota, 56002. www.blackrabbitbooks.com Copyright © 2018 Black Rabbit Books NTTEENNTTS Marysa Storm, editor; Michael Sellner, designer; CCOON S Catherine Cates, production designer; Omay Ayres, photo researcher CHAPTER 1 All rights reserved. No part of this book may A Vacation be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Gone Wrong. .5 Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available at the CHAPTER 2 Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-68072-342-7 (library binding) ISBN 978-1-68072-372-4 (e-book) Your New Home. .9 Printed in China. 9/17 CHAPTER 3 Feeling Hungry Yet?. .13 CHAPTER 4 Ditch Your Private Island. .17 Image Credits Dreamstime: Regissercom, 8 (right crab); iStock: drmakkoy, Cover (island, CHAPTER 5 bkgd); ValeriyaRedina, 12 (sand); Shutterstock: Alhovik, 21 (gecko); anfisa focusova, 3 (bkgd), 12 (bkgd); Angeliki Vel, 8 (sun); Arcady, 3 (note), 6 Get in on the Hi Jinx. .20 (note); articular, 2–3 (tree); Artisticco, 4 (exhaust); Art Painter, 18–19 (sand); Big Boy, 11 (top left bird); Daniel Wiedemann, 1, 23 (fish); Danilo Sanino, 11 (top r bird); dedMazay, 4 (shark); Dreamcreation, Cover (piranha); Other Resources. .22 Dualororua, 11 (tree), 16; ekler, 13; frescomovie, Back Cover (bkgd); 11 (bkgd); GraphicsRF, 4 (island, plane, water), 14–15 (whale, bkgd), 18–19 (branches); Ilya Chalyuk, 5, 9, 13 (marker strokes), 17, 20 (marker strokes); John Langton, 8 (left crab), 20 (crab); John T Takai, 6 (fin); Memo Angeles, Dear Reader, 4 (shark), 11 (boy, leaves), 12 (boy), 15 (fish); MintoGrina, 21 (footprints); Mjosedesign, 7 (island); Moriz, Cover (child), 7 (child); Muhammad Desta To be honest, the author’s Laksana, 18 (turtle), 19 (lizard); Nyamol Ds, 11 (bottom bird); opicobello, 8 manuscript wasn’t supposed to (marker), 10; Pasko Maksim, Back Cover (top); 9 (bottom), 23 (top); Pitju, 21 (curled corner); Regissercom, 8 (center crab); Ron Leishman, Cover become a book. -
A Draft for the Assignment
THE MISSIONARY WOMEN IN THE INLAND OF AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALIAN INLAND MISSION AS REPRESENTED IN BETH BECKETT’S LIFE MEMOIR Evi Eliyanah ([email protected]) Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia Abstract: This article looks at the gender dimension of religious missions adminis- tered by the Presbyterian Church in the inland Australia as represented in Beth Beck- ett’s life memoir written in 1947-1955. It is aimed at obtaining general ideas on the involvement of women, as the wives of missionaries, Focusing on the experience of Beth Beckett, it argues that her position as a wife of a missionary is problematic: on the one hand she did transgress the traditional idea of staying-home wife by choosing to travel along with her husband, but at the same time, she was still bound by the domestic side of the job. Key words: Australian Inland Mission, Beth Beckett, Memoir, Gender This article critically examines the gender dimension of the missions ad- ministered by the Presbyterian Church in the inland of Australia, known as the Australian Inland Mission (AIM). Looking at the role of women, especially the missionary wives in the missionary process: the roles they took up and their agency in being involved in the mission, the essay focuses on the experience of Beth Becket, an ex-AIM-nurse married to a patrol padre. Critically analyzing her memoirs, written in 1947-1955, the article offers general ideas on the in- volvement of women, as the wives of missionaries, in the mission field during the mid twentieth century. Bringing together the thoughts and ideas poured in the writings on women and the mission enterprise in the British colonies, the 107 108 TEFLIN Journal, Volume 21, Number 2, August 2010 memoirs will be scrutinized in terms of women agency and women’s specific roles on the mission. -
Westerly Magazine
latest release DECADE QUARRY a selection of a selection of contemporary contemporary western australian western australian short fiction poetry edited by edited by B.R. COFFEY . FAY ZWICKY Twenty-one writers, including Peter Cowan, Twenty-six poets, includes Alan Alexander, Elizabeth Jolley, Fay Zwicky, Margot Luke, Nicholas Hasluck, Wendy Jenkins, Fay Zwicky, James Legasse, Brian Dibble and Robin Sheiner. Ian Templeman and Philip Salom. ' ... it challenges the reader precisely because it 'The range and quality of the work being done offers such lively, varied and inventive stories. is most impressive' - David Brooks. No question here of recipe, even for reading, ' ... a community of voices working within a much less for writing, but rather a testimony to range of registers, showing us how we are the liveliness and questioning' - Veronica Brady. same but different in our private responses . .' recommended retail price: $9.95 - James Legasse. recommended retail price: $6.00 SCARPDANCER DESERT MOTHER poems by poems by ALAN PHIUP COLliER ALEXANDER Sazrpdoncer consolidates Alan Alexander's Desert Mother introduces a new poet with a reputation as one of Australia's finest lyric fme wit and a marvellously exact ear for the poets. He is a poet of great flexibility and tone, style and idiosyncrasies of language. fmesse whose origins are clearly with the Irish Philip Collier is a poet who has developed tradition of post-Yeatsean lyricism. himself a lively and refreshingly original voice. West Coast Writing 14 West Coast Writing 15 recommended -
From Aristocratic to Ordinary
March 2020. Forthcoming in American Sociological Review. F A O: S M E D* Sam Friedman† and Aaron Reeves‡ March 13, 2020 Abstract: How do elites signal their superior social position via the consumption of culture? We address this question by drawing on 120 years of “recreations” data (N = 71,393) con- tained within Who’s Who, a unique catalogue of the British elite. Our results reveal three historical phases of elite cultural distinction: first, a mode of aristocratic practice forged around the leisure possibilities afforded by landed estates, which waned significantly in the late-nineteenth century; second, a highbrow mode dominated by the fine arts, which increased sharply in the early-twentieth century before gently receding in the most re- cent birth cohorts; and, third, a contemporary mode characterized by the blending of highbrow pursuits with everyday forms of cultural participation, such as spending time with family, friends, and pets. These shifts reveal changes not only in the contents of elite culture but also in the nature of elite distinction, in particular, (1) how the applicability of emulation and (mis)recognition theories has changed over time, and (2) the emergence of a contemporary mode that publicly emphasizes everyday cultural practice (to accentu- ate ordinariness, authenticity, and cultural connection) while retaining many tastes that continue to be misrecognized as legitimate. I How do elites signal their superior social position via consumption of, and participation in, particular types of culture? This question has long been central to sociological thought (Elias 1939; Goffman 1959; Simmel 1957; Weber 1915). Two perspectives dominate: (1) social em- ulation models posit that elites achieve distinction by continually developing ever-more ex- pensive and elaborate tastes to guard against the imitation strategies of aspirational outsiders (Simmel 1957; Veblen 1899), whilst (2) (mis)recognition models posit that distinction pivots on *Sam Friedman and Aaron Reeves are joint lead authors of this article, and both contributed equally. -
Bludgers in Grass Castles
Bludgers in Grass Castles Native Title & the Unpaid Debts of the Pastoral Industry Martin Taylor 2 BLUDGERS IN GRASS CASTLES Contents Introduction ..........................................................................................3 Kings in grass castles — 3 l The ‘threat’ of native title — 3 l The powers behind the pastoralists — 5 l Politicians help themselves — 6 l Reconciliation: all talk, no action? — 6 l The aim of this essay — 7 Pastoralism in Queensland: A (Brief) History ................................8 Marauding nomads invade — 8 l Resistance to invasion — 8 l Aboriginal labour pool — 9 l The pool dries up — 11 l Pastoral colonialiism around the world — 12 l The balance sheet — 13 Crimes Ignored ..................................................................................16 Stolen land — 16 l Destruction of Aboriginal heritage — 17 l Genocide and racism — 18 l Lands laid waste — 19 l Poison — 20 l Anti-environmentalism — 21 Bills Overdue .....................................................................................23 Back pay — 23 l Aboriginal pastures — 23 l Direct public subsidies — 24 l Indirect subsidies: infrastructure and token rents — 25 The Future of the Pastoral Industry ..............................................27 Leaner and meaner — 27 l Is the pastoral zone relevant? — 28 l A new pastoral economy? — 29 l Conclusion — 29 Notes ...................................................................................................31 First printed 1997; reprinted 1998 (twice), 2009, 2017 ISBN 978-0-909196-72-1 -
Spring 2008 Volume 13 No
Spring 2008 Volume 13 No. 1 A Magazine about Acadia National Park and Surrounding Communities Purchase Your Park Pass! Whether walking, bicycling, driving, or riding the fare-free Island Explorer through the park, all must pay the entrance fee. The Acadia National Park $20 weekly pass ($10 in the shoulder seasons) and $40 annual pass are available at the following locations in Maine: Open Year-Round • ACADIA NATIONAL PARK HEADQUARTERS (on the Eagle Lake Road/Rte. 233 in Bar Harbor) Open May – November • HULLS COVE VISITOR CENTER • THOMPSON ISLAND INFORMATION STATION • SAND BEACH ENTRANCE STATION • BLACKWOODS CAMPGROUND • SEAWALL CAMPGROUND • JORDAN POND AND CADILLAC MTN. GIFT SHOPS • MOUNT DESERT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE • VILLAGE GREEN BUS CENTER Your park pass purchase makes possible vital maintenance projects in Acadia. Rich Johnson President’s Column AN ECO-RESORT AT SCHOODIC nyone who has traveled Downeast to the Schoodic Peninsula knows “No matter how ecologically- Awhat a rare pleasure is in store at the sound the construction, a end of land. After passing through the com- munities of Gouldsboro or Winter Harbor, the development of this scale road weaves through a forested landscape would forever change the until vistas begin to open onto the ocean. The Schoodic Peninsula offers a rocky coastline, character of the communities, winding trails, summit views from Schoodic the region, and the quiet Head, and, most especially, the opportunity experience of visiting Acadia for quiet discovery and experience. Schoodic is a beautiful area for humans at Schoodic.” to live and visit. Winter Harbor and Gouldsboro, with their several villages, A formal development proposal has not share the peninsula. -
The Railway Line to Broken Hill
RAILS TO THE BARRIER Broken Hill as seen from the top of the line of Lode. The 1957 station is in the right foreground. Image: Gary Hughes ESSAYS TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE NSW RAILWAY SERVING BROKEN HILL. Australian Railway Historical Society NSW Division. July 2019. 1 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION........................................................................................ 3 HISTORY OF BROKEN HILL......................................................................... 5 THE MINES................................................................................................ 7 PLACE NAMES........................................................................................... 9 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE....................................................................... 12 CULTURE IN THE BUILDINGS...................................................................... 20 THE 1919 BROKEN HILL STATION............................................................... 31 MT GIPPS STATION.................................................................................... 77 MENINDEE STATION.................................................................................. 85 THE 1957 BROKEN HILL STATION................................................................ 98 SULPHIDE STREET STATION........................................................................ 125 TARRAWINGEE TRAMWAY......................................................................... 133 BIBLIOGRAPHY.......................................................................................... -
The Continued Struggle in Western
American University International Law Review Volume 13 | Issue 3 Article 5 1998 In the Wake of Reno v. ACLU: The onC tinued Struggle in Western Constitutional Democracies with Internet Censorship and Freedom of Speech Online Kim L. Rappaport Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/auilr Part of the International Law Commons Recommended Citation Rappaport, Kim L. "In the Wake of Reno v. ACLU: The onC tinued Struggle in Western Constitutional Democracies with Internet Censorship and Freedom of Speech Online." American University International Law Review 13, no. 3 (1998): 765-814. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in American University International Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TPJHUE 'IM OR GAP 'TREATY AS A MODEL FOR JOINT IDEVELOPMENT IN THE SPRATLY ISLANDS LIAN A. MITO Introduction .................................................... 728 I. The International Law Standard ............................. 730 A. Judicial Decisions ....................................... 730 B. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea .. 733 II. The Spratly Islands ......................................... 734 A. Background and History of the Dispute ................. 734 B. Claimant Countries -
Wartime Political Ambition Behind One Image of a Dam In
WARTIME POLITICAL AMBITION BEHIND ONE IMAGE OF A DAM IN AUSTRALIA IS DEVELOPING A DUST BOWL (1943): US/AUSTRALIAN FILM IMAGERY, ENVIRONMENT, AND NATIONALIST STORYTELLING 12JANETTE-SUSAN BAILEY Abstract This paper introduces Australia is Developing a Dust Bowl, an Australian film made by Ken G. Hall for the national filmmaker Cinesound Productions during World War II.1 It also introduces an image of a scaled-down reproduction of Australia’s Woronora Dam, which featured in several films of the period. The dam, this article argues, represents a broad set of ideas, many of them influenced by US conservation projects, that were being promoted in the print, film, and broadcast media of the time, and the postwar political visions driving these ideas. To identify then examine the meaning of the US ideas located in Hall’s film, this paper takes a cultural and transnational approach in order to develop new insights into political and environmental history. Using this approach demonstrates that Hall’s film fuses aspects of US and Australian national myth, traces of US Depression-era and wartime hopes and fears, irrigation mythology, and technological optimism. It shows that Australia’s wartime politicians were determined to use this set of ideas to drive debate, gain traction, and bolster their credentials in pursuit of a nation- building, postwar water conservation scheme. I argue that Hall’s image of a dam in Australia is Developing a Dust Bowl represents the determination of the Australian state of New South Wales to dominate the nation’s major postwar development scheme by diverting the waters of the Snowy River westward and expand the capacity of Burrinjuck Dam and develop the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.2 1 Drought Grips Riverina is the first title on the reel and features opening credits.Australia is Developing a Dust Bowl is the second title on the reel, and although there is no second set of opening credits, because it has its own opening title and presents a new narrative, I treat the two as separate films for the purposes of discussion.