Thematic map

In other words, far from being neutral, maps are rhetorical texts used to negotiate power relations and maintain hegemonic systems. Both literally and metaphorically, maps were largely deployed to disseminate certain conceptualizations about space, particularly the idea of ‘Africa’ or ‘India’ as bounded, exotic, peripheral, archaic, and timeless. In “Beyond…

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) was founded in 1805 by painter and scientist Charles Wilson Peale, sculptor William Rush, and other artists and business leaders. They sought to "promote the cultivation of the Fine Arts, in the United States of America, by… exciting the efforts of artists, gradually to unfold, enlighten, and invigorate the talents of our Countrymen.” As a museum and school, PAFA’s mission is to promote the transformative power of art and art making, and inspire…

Canadian poet, Raymond Souster, explores the thematic implications of the individual’s urban experience, representing the Canadian city center as a place of isolating corruption that maps an unchanging Toronto. Drawing on the modernist impulse to criticize the industrialization of society, Souster moves away from the Canadian tradition of writing naturalistic visions into the sphere of the cityscape. In his poems, “Robinson Street”, and “The Coldest Winter”, Souster uses images of isolated…

The critique of formalist philosophical methods as well as experimental science runs as a thematic undercurrent of all Merleau-Ponty’s work. Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception attempts to answer the mind/body debate by providing us an alternative to rationalism or empiricism. The work is structured as a critique of empiricism and intellectualism…

Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, is a bleak parable chronicling the journey of a father and son across a desolate, post-apocalyptic America. McCarthy’s work typically focuses on themes such as human nature, theodicy and the evil within society, with an overriding nihilistic worldview. The Road follows through on this, with McCarthy prophesying our destruction as a consequence of these societal flaws, and reminding modern readers of how much we have to lose if we remain on this path of…

compare patterns they created digital burn severity map layers for 11 large fires that burned more than 10,500 ha and 11 small fires that burned less than 3300 ha. The findings were not significant as they found that high severity fires averaged 25% of a burned area and 19% for small fires. However, they found that large fires have larger patches that are more regular in shape and small fires have more edge. In their study they used Landsat TM (Thematic Mapper), which creates satellite images to…

Learning energizes me. I feel empowered gaining new knowledge, better understanding, and acquiring skills. This is something that radiates from me. My students and colleagues are aware of this. I am always talking about this workshop or that presentation; I share what I have heard about with those around me. This past year in particular, I have immersed myself in Aboriginal Education. I have attended numerous workshops put on by the First Nations Education Steering Committee and the Surrey…

By using a thematic approach this paper will cover the roles that parents/guardians, drugs, and alcohol, childhood trauma and even victim statements play in shaping sexual deviants. Childhood Trauma Childhood trauma…

The Santa Fe Trail was an 800 mile Trail from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, in New Mexico. The travel along this trail began in 1821 and continued until 1860 where the railroad took over control of the trade; under the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. It traversed what was called the Great American Desert. This was named as such because of the expanse of dry, arid terrain viewed as inhospitable to the nineteenth century contemporaries, and unsuitable for settlement and expansion.…

This week’s session centred on the characteristics focus group discussions, when it is used and the skills needed by the interviewer during informal discussions. Khan & Manderson (1992) described focus group discussions as a qualitative method in which the facilitator or moderator uses a pre-tested line of questioning to stimulate discussion among the participants on the subject of inquiry. The aim is to understand perceptions and beliefs of a selected population to gain understanding of a…