Recent exhibition at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Postmodernism in the 30's. Go to Masters of Photography to see Alvarez Bravo's work. Manuel Alvarez Bravo saw and captured in his photographs the crazy juxtaposition of the prosperity and joy of capitalist consumerism juxtaposed against the poverty and despair of Mexico City in the 30's. He captured this in this photo of hangers of smiling young women, typical of the happy consumerist markets of the U.S., juxtaposed against this outdoor stall in the markets of Mexico City. The perspective of one world meets the perspective of the other. Alvarez Bravo captured the voice of the Other in his photographs. The Other, our neighbor, Mexico.

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Latest Update: February 26, 2002
Faculty:
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Table of Contents

Reference Links:

Site Index - Topics Index - Concept Index - Vocabulary Index
Archives - Site Map - Site Stats - Syllabi - Recommending Teachers - Links
Left/Right Perspectives - PSN - ZNet - TR Young's Site - Virtual Faculty
Art and Poem Gallery - Transcend Art and Peace - The Justice Studies Association

Weekly Features:

Healing after September 11
Teaching Essays
In Other Languages
Art and the Imaginary
Conflicts Around the World
Scholastic Resources
Lagniappe! You Gotta Read This!
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
Gallery
Resource Pages
Calls for Proposals: Conference and Article Plans
Presentations and Publications
Kids' Site
What people are saying about Dear Habermas
Who To Take

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Search:

Study and Writing Workshops:

• Graduate Study for Comprehensives:
  • Alienation
  • Krista Scott's comprehensive exams study materials. Good example of solid, disciplined preparation for qualifying exams. Far more detailed than M.A. comprehensives, but will give you a good idea of what thorough preparation would look like.

• Collaborative Writing Projects:

  Index of Thesis Projects

  • Thesis, Yes. Soap Opera, No. Entry by jeanne. February 22, 2002.
  • Women and AIDS and Africa: Index by Jolie Gibbs. A Thesis. Link uploaded January 31, 2002.
    • Jolie's Review of Literature Link added February 26, 2002.
    • Jolie's Correspondence = Data Link added February 26, 2002.
  • Berthena's project on community action and social justice up soon.
  • Building Community on the Site A Collaborative Writing Article. ACJS paper for presentation.. Link updated February 9, 2002.

• Moot Court, Spring 2002:
  • Moot Court Page
  • Readings: Week 5
  • Readings: Week 4

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Healing
The NOW is cracking.

• Healing Thoughts:

  • Explode Spiritual Bomb of Compassion By Dr. Daisaku Ikeda. The Times of India Link posted to TAP list by Tina Ebey of Stanford. Link added February 26, 2002.
  • Fighting for Press Freedom in a Dangerous World By Joyce Wadler. New York Times. February 27, 2002. backup. Article based on organization that tries to help families and colleagues when journalist are hurt or killed. I felt terrible about Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal. This article helped me feel like there is something we can do. And that's a good feeling. Link added February 27, 2002.
  • CPR on Yourself Instructions in what to do if you suffer a heart attack when alone. I didn't have time to check this out with the American Heart Association, but it sounds reasonable and purports to be from a hospital, all of which can be easily checked. Link added February 27, 2002.

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Teaching Essays

New Topics Index

Discussing Theory:

• Theory Overview: A Race Perspective from Steve Rosenthal's theory course outline. Link added February 24, 2002.
• Theory Review: Women's Studies Perspective Ph.D. Comprehensive Review by Krista Scott at McMasters University, Canada.
• Grounded Theory Evolving susan (UWP), mac (UWP), and jeanne (CSUDH) Link added February 27, 2002.
• Lauren Langman post. Find.

Social Theory Concepts:

• adversarialism and competition:
  • Figure Skating: Competition and Adversarialism Link added February 23, 2002.
  • The Adversarial Compulsion Link added February 26, 2002.
• discourse
  • The Trouble with Discourse Affect and the arguments on PSN. Link added February 26, 2002.
• race:
  • Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search for Justice Krista Scott's review of Patricia Collin's book.

Theorists You Should Know:

• Patricia Hill Collins
  • Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search for Justice Krista Scott's review of Patricia Collin's book.
• Jurgen Habermas
  • Habermas Neither Pomo nor Passionate
    Issues in theory, as brought up by Lauren Langman on PSN. Link added February 22, 2002.
• Niklas Luhmann
  • Niklas Luhmann Index Link added February 26, 2002.

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In Other Languages

• ZNet en Espanol.
• La Opinion
• La Jornada Mexico. En espanol. Link added January 2, 2001.
• Hactivist News Service In French. Link added January 10, 2002.

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Art

Index of Artists Featured on This Site

• Art You Should Know

  • The Art of Central Africa

• Poets We Share

  • Alfred De Vigny
    • Poemes Antiques et Modernes : Moise (1822) I am still working on a translation of this into English. Will upload shortly. Updated February 21, 2002. I am very slow. jeanne

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Conflicts Around the World:

Present Danger

• Up soon.

Long-Term Effects

• The Tragedy of Denial and the Need to Mourn Psychiatrists discuss the effects on the families of "disappeared" persons. Link added February 27, 2002.
• Disappeared in the USA Students for International Peace and Justice and La Resistencia speak of "disappearances" of Arab and Muslim students. Link added February 27, 2002.

History

• A Greek Perspective on the Enron Collapse Link added February 27, 2002.

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Scholastic Resources:

• Curricular and Scholarly Resources:
  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The United Nations. Link added February 22, 2002.
  • Steve Rosenthal's New Web Page Steve is a professor of sociology at Hampton University, in Hampton, Virginia, and a frequent contributor to PSN.
  • City & Community "A new journal for urban and community sociology: . . . a joint creation of the American Sociological Association and its section on Community and Urban Sociology, is the first ASA section journal, thus a landmark event for the Association."

• The Writing Tutor:

  Basic:

  • Connecting and Staying Connected Link added February 22, 2002.

    Advanced:

  • Habermas Neither Pomo nor Passionate by Lauren Langman. The teaching essay isn't finished yet, but you can begin to work with it. The point of this file is to recognize how professional theorists work. Much more exciting picture than a text book. Yes? Link added February 22, 2002.

• The Methods and Statistics Tutor:

  Basic:

  • Methods of Locating and Evaluating Academic Sources Link added February 27, 2002.

    Advanced:

  • Tricks of the Trade by Howard Becker.
    • First Chapter available online for you to read. backup Link added February 27, 2002.
  • Alan C. Acock's lecture notes in advanced statistics for human development Link added February 25, 2002.
    • A Gentle Introduction to Latent Growth Curves One of Alan Acock's lectures. Advanced. Link added February 27, 2002.

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Lagniappe!

You Gotta Read This

• M104 - The Sombrero Galaxy A doctoral student at McMasters University in Canada took these pictures of the spiral galaxy he is studying for his dissertation. Link added February 25, 2002.

• How To Have Warm Buns at a Cold Eyepiece Link added February 25, 2002.

  

  Link on image to read larger version. From Mac at UWP. Link added February 26, 2002.

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Jobs and Job-Training:

• What would I have to know to do that? Teaching essay on what to study for a job interview.

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Kids' Site

• What is a galaxy? An interactive lesson to share with young people. Link added February 25, 2002.

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What people are saying about Dear Habermas

• On February 25, 2002, Brian Donovan, of Teachers Without Borders, wrote: "That was a very nice message and I love your site. When I've got more time, I'll look at the Kids' Page. I'm very, very curious."

  "Gulp! Now I'll have to get the Kids' Page caught up!" jeanne

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Who To Take

• Who To Take Site Look up professors that others have recommended. Make recommendations yourself.
• Transforming Campus Discourse:The Importance of Sharing the Good Stuff

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