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literature and film. Special attention will be given to recent developments and cultural shifts within the Francophone context. The course aims to deepen students’ understanding of the dynamic nature of popular culture and its significance in shaping identities, communities, and global perspectives. It is an elective for the Global Studies major (Development and Social Justice concentration) and can count for the major in Gender, Sexuality, & Race Studies and the minor in Critical Race Studies. French
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Contact: Nonie Xue at nonie.xue@spl.orgBeginner Chinese for university faculty & staffEach quarter, CIWA offers the beginner Chinese course for UW faculty and staff who are interested in learning basic Chinese language to engage in the communication with their students, scholars and colleagues from China, the course will also enhance the participants’ understanding of Chinese culture. The 2019 classes have been concluded. Level 1 (12:00 – 12:55 PM) In course Level One you will learn phonetics, Chinese
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colonization. Professor Bob is leading an intentional movement to reform the language so that it is once again a spoken language. This movement also seeks to preserve the parts of the culture left embedded in the Southern Lushootseed written language while restoring the oral stories once told in Southern Lushootseed.The language has its origins in the area that is now part of British Columbia in Canada and the Pacific Northwest in the United State — linguists cannot pinpoint its origins more closely than
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Literature AnalysisLiterature analysis is the cornerstone of many college classes, in subjects ranging from English literature to history. Literature analysis papers as you to consider how and why a literary text was written and conveys some kind of message. The ability to take apart a text and break it down into its separate parts enables you to judge how effective an author’s argument is, what symbols or motifs are important throughout the novel, poem or other text, and ultimately, to
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, and with a copy of “Pride and Prejudice” ready for class discussion. I welcomed Kathryn’s enthusiasm for the course, especially given that each year fewer students seem to be aware of the influence that this British literary celebrity has on the popular culture that they watch,” Ramos said “I soon learned that she was taking the course out of an already well-established love for Austen, a love that I have benefitted from not only as Kathryn’s teacher, but as a collaborator. Her intelligence is
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Clover Creek became a prominent system in Parkland’s early neighborhoods, captivating locals, and providing adequate water supplies. “Even when we came here in 1925, it was an adequate swimming place for neighborhood children.” (Emma Ramstad). Many other Parkland settlers acknowledge the creek system as their main water supply.
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By Damian Alessandro, ’19 At Pacific Lutheran University, we’re pretty excited about innovation. Over the past few months, my colleague Sarah Cornell-Maier and I have been writing about several types of innovation that we see in the workplace and in our curriculum. This week, I…
invent something new to be innovative. Instead they can modify products or processes that already exist, or create new business models that other organizations are not trying. Starbucks and Coffee Culture For example, Howard Schultz, executive chairman of Starbucks, built his company up from virtually nothing to the success it is today by implementing a personal approach to consuming coffee, like he witnessed in the of espresso bars of Milan, Italy. Schultz did not invent coffee, nor did he invent
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Respect the Makah Culture and the whalesIn the op-ed piece “it’s time to give up whaling” (TNT – 9/16), is Bergman writing to support the special nature of whales, or is he writing to attack Makah Culture? We’d like to make it clear from the outset that we are not writing to attack those who believe that whales are special, but we do feel that it is urgent to express support and respect for Makah Culture. All humans view things through the lens of culture, and no one has a monopoly on the
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PLU Hispanic and Latino Studies students learn to think critically in a complex world through the study of the Spanish language, linguistics, literature, film, and a vast array of cultural
Parker Brocker-Knapp ’23 grew up in Portland, but Puget Sound never seemed far—thanks to close family ties to PLU. We sat down with Brocker-Knapp to learn more about how this senior made the most of his time at PLU. Read More Language, Literature, Film, and Cultural Studies Arte callejero en Oaxaca, México Engaging Learning Communities Spanish for Heritage Speakers, Class of 2020: Ashley Carreño-Millan, Brenda Ochoa, Valeria Pinedo Chipana, Dr. Emily Davidson, Omar Miranda, Óscar Cantú, Sandra
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According to the American Nurses Association (2010), principles of Just Culture were borrowed from the aviation industry and seek to “create an environment that encourages individuals to report mistakes so that the precursors to errors can be better understood in order to fix the system issues” (p.1). The School of Nursing is committed to applying the principles of Just Culture to find a balance between blamelessness and corrective interventions for students and faculty practicing in nursing
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