The Praxis

Comparative Analysis Masculinity, violence and tradition are three themes that flow between Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story, shaping each series of events and the character’s experience via actions and roles. Violence is a component central to both West Side Story and Romeo & Juliet’s narrative and in a way encapsulates many other textual elements as well. By nature of conflict, violence can arise with duality, as solution to a problem and as catalyst for further action. And because violent…

INTRODUCTION India, a collaboration of 29 states and 7 union territories and is known for its great unity in diversity. But that unity bears certain loop holes in maintaining the same in reality. Each state in India has a uniqueness of its own whether it is in culture, geographic pattern, community settlements, economic or natural resources. There is indeed a wide disparity in development which makes rich more rich & poor becomes poorer. As such, people living in rural part (poor regions) of…

Develop craft Technique: learning to use arts language, conventions, styles. Working respectfully with props, instruments and other equipment. Making: To complete my storying journey I needed to use computer and video recording and editing software to be able to record and edit my Arts Making piece of work. As I recorded my video (many times!), I would watch the video afterward and take note of areas where I could improve, such as voice projection, better eye contact, telling my story succinctly…

Often times dementia is thought to be an interchangeable term for Alzheimer’s disease. However, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are two similar yet different terminologies that should not be used in exchange for the other. Dementia is a broad term that is frequently used to describe people with underlying brain disorders who experience memory, communication and cognitive deficits. Neurodegenerative disease is usually the underlying factor that causes dementia. People who have dementia are…

Ways of Knowing All professions endeavor to develop a body of knowledge that guides and defines their particular profession, nursing as a profession is no exception. Florence Nightingale is seen as the founder of modern nursing, in that she developed high standards for the care of her patients, including their environment. Nightingale initiated formal education for nurses and advocated for social reform. Knowledge in nursing may have changed over time; Nevertheless, the central tenets and…

“The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery I relate to this thought in my quest to find sustainable technologies because the work of an engineer is to “enable the future” not merely to “foresee” it. As a mechanical engineer and a founder & head for a sustainable technology based start-up I realized the importance of technology enabled sustainability for a healthier…

Challenging the Inclusion of Intersectionality in the Academy Introduction With this paper, I will explore the inclusion of intersectionality in the academy. To do so, I will provide a genealogical analysis of the ways in which intersectionality has been taken up and implemented by the neo-liberal academy and feminist scholars. The purpose of this paper, then, is to trace the history of intersectionality in relation to the academy in order to consider a future that is beyond inclusion. My…

the expense of people of color” and marginalized communities, it does not negate the fact that everyone plays a part in the hazardous waste landfills. Environmentally sustainable health and practices must be part of our anti racist and anti poverty praxis in our fight against the continued colonization of our ecosystem. Bioregionalism is based on “local control and decentralization; nonviolence; sustainable lifestyles; and on a revaluing…

4.1 RUMAH REMPAHKARYA & RUMAH TURI (PAULUS MINTARGA)-EMBEDENESS Rumah Rempah Karya and Rumah Turi are two connected project designed by Paulus Mintarga as the architect and also the owner. Rumah Rempah Karya is meant to be a place where creative design community can meet and hold various activities including their work exhibitions, while Rumah Turi is commercial hotel building. The basic architectural concept of the architect was to promote and showcase local expertise and works to the world.…

“A play is a blueprint of an event: a way of creating and rewriting history through the medium of literature.” – Suzan-Lori Parks The medium of literature allows authors, writers, and dramatists to recreate history and tell the stories of those who have been often overlooked. Suzan-Lori Parks does this by using certain people and events throughout history, including her own life, to retell the black experience in an unconventional manner. Parks is an important figure in American theatre…