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Slon'ovska, Olha. "Yevhen Malaniuk as a founder of the Ukrainian literary myth of the XX century." Vìsnik Marìupolʹsʹkogo deržavnogo unìversitetu. Serìâ: Fìlologìâ 13, no. 22 (2020): 85–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.34079/2226-3055-2020-13-22-85-91.
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Myths are regarded as the metaphysical engines of the national progress, a specific code-program for the state development, as a vector of the individual mission of an individual nation. In general, the ideological and political myths of national states are metaphorically derived primarily from their national anthems. The anthem is a kind of vaccine against assimilation and is effectively delivered to educate the younger generation in the spirit of civic consciousness. Decadent (frustration) myths destroy the national idea, vitaistic and consolidating myths inspire, compact and unite any nation. The National Anthem, as the primary literary formulation of the national idea, gives impetus to the constant creation by the writers of the myth of the state and the nation as a specific phenomenon at the artistic level. The literary myths of stateless peoples are always preceded by the emergence of their own ideological and political myths as well. Among the most talented passionaries of every «incomplete» nation, there must be a talented philosopher or politician who will be able to verbally formulate the idea of a new ideological-political myth, which will be based on a national idea. Similarly, in the nineteenth century the ideological-political myth for Ukrainians was «Law of God (Book of Being of the Ukrainian People)» by M. Kostomarov. It is natural that this philosophical and propaganda work had a great influence on Kobzar and led to the creation of the literary myth of Ukraine by our national poet-genius, T. Shevchenko. The beginning of the twentieth century for the Ukrainians was marked by the tragic fall of the young state of the UNR. The nation had to start all over again in order to endure. There was a need for a new ideological and political myth of Ukraine of the twentieth century. It was created by Ye. Malaniuk with his own essays about the most talented Ukrainian politicians, including B. Khmelnitskyi and I. Mazepa, as well as M. Hrushevskyi and S. Petliura. In his essays on the past of Ukraine Ye. Malaniuk not only wrote about biographies of bright historical figures, but above all analyzed Ukrainian national victories and tragedies, logically argued mistakes and losses of our nation’s leaders, considered the issues of «his» and «alien», determined a peculiar «doctrine», submitted in a wide typre of «enemy face» of the Ukrainian statehood. Ye. Malaniuk also analyzed the positive and negative features of the Ukrainian mentality, aptly raised the question of passion, foresighted the stages of becoming the future of Ukraine as a sovereign nation-state at the end of the twentieth century. On the basis of his own ideological and political myth, the poet started to create the literary consolidating myth of Ukraine. His initiative was taken by contemporaries of the artist – the most talented writers-modernists of the Ukrainian diaspora of the twentieth century. The concept of the literary myth of Ukraine has been considered by the researcher Olha Slon’ovska; the significant role played by Ye. Malaniuk as a poet and essay writer in creating the literary myth has been revealed.
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Foster, Margaret. "Hagesias as Sunoikistêr." Classical Antiquity 32, no. 2 (2013): 283–321. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ca.2013.32.2.283.
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In positioning his laudandus Hagesias as the co-founder of Syracuse, Pindar considers the larger ideological implications of including a seer in a colonial foundation. The poet begins Olympian 6 by praising Hagesias as an athletic victor, seer, and sunoikistêr (co-founder) and therefore as a figure of enormous ritual power. This portrayal, however, introduces an element of competition into Hagesias' relationship with his patron Hieron, the founder of Aitna. In response, the ode's subsequent mythic portions circumscribe Hagesias' status so as to mitigate any challenge the seer might present to Hieron's own political authority. An intertextual reading of Olympian 6's myth with the myth of Pelops in Olympian 1 highlights Pindar's careful negotiation of Hagesias' position in this colonial context. Despite the resulting need to affirm Hagesias' subordination to Hieron, Pindar joins together the seemingly incompatible roles of seer and co-founder because, as an intertextual reading of Nemean 1 helps to illustrate, Hagesias embodies and symbolically enacts in the ode Hieron's synoikism of Aitna.
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Bruggeman, S. C. "Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory." Journal of American History 98, no. 3 (2011): 819. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jar404.
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Mazurkiewicz, Michał. "The Types, Interpretations and Functions of Myth." Respectus Philologicus 22, no. 27 (2012): 45–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/respectus.2012.27.15336.
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In this article, the author analyses the phenomenon of myth—a significant element of culture—by presenting miscellaneous types of myths that have accompanied human beings from the dawn of time to the present, interpreting them from the point of view of (for example) philosophy or psychoanalysis, the functions of myths, and their ways of influencing human beings in the contemporary world. Myths are complex cultural phenomena, difficult to assess unambiguously. One of the main reasons is the fact that they are not only holy tales having some religious background; we can also talk about secular myths, for example in art or in sport. As far as our contemporary world—brazenly hi-tech and filled with the spirit of logos—is concerned, it is an interesting fact that myths do not surface but remain hidden, as it were; they are in many cases a subconscious way of seeing things. It depends on the individual whether he or she somehow notices those wisdoms existing somewhere under the mask of the world, industrialized and permeated by unemotional technology as it is. Without a shadow of a doubt, myths fulfil many important functions—they are a wonderful source of wisdom, teach people humility, and give hope and strength in difficult periods. Undoubtedly, they are not—as some people would probably prefer—mere relics of a distant past. The forms of myths may, however, evolve. Looking closely into this phenomenon, one can notice that myths may occur (in different realms of life) in somewhat changed, modernized forms. The author of this article has based his analysis on numerous works of a group of illustrious researchers who specialize in exploring the phenomenon of myth, e.g., among others: Bronisław Malinowski (a Polish anthropologist, one of the most important anthropologists of the 20th century), Mircea Eliade (a Romanian historian of religion, one of the leading interpreters of religious experience), and Sigmund Freud (an Austrian neurologist, founder of the discipline of psychoanalysis).
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Rubenson, George C., and Anil K. Gupta. "Replacing the Founder: Exploding the myth of the entrepreneur's disease." Business Horizons 35, no. 6 (1992): 53–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0007-6813(92)90100-n.
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Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur. "The Myth of the Founder: The Janamsākhīs and Sikh Tradition." History of Religions 31, no. 4 (1992): 329–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/463291.
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Masduqi, Irwan. "Questioning of Authentication and Epistemology in Tafsir al-Jilani." Analisa 19, no. 1 (2012): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.18784/analisa.v19i1.157.
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<p><em>In this research, the author critically analyzes a biography of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani containing sacred myths. The analyst of sacred myth about ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani is based on the approach of applied anthropology to distinguish between the myths that have positive and negative values for Muslim society. This research then analyzes the authenticity of Tafsir al-Jilani and the epistemology of his inter- pretation. ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani is the founder of Qadiriyah. Qadiriyah doctrines has been widely accepted by traditional Muslim groups in Muslim world, so that the study of Tafsir al-Jilani is very meaningful for the followers of Qadiriyah in particu- lar and the lovers of Quranic studies in general to increase their knowledge about the teachings of ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani.</em></p>
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Kulich, Jindra. "Christen Kold, founder of the Danish folk high school: myth and reality." International Journal of Lifelong Education 16, no. 5 (1997): 439–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0260137970160507.
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Harvey, Kathryn. "Location, Location, Location: David Ross McCord and the Makings of Canadian History." Journal of the Canadian Historical Association 19, no. 1 (2009): 57–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/037426ar.
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Abstract This study of the McCord National Museum in Montreal examines the role of place in the creation of personal and public memory. The founder, David Ross McCord, sought to promote a version of Canadian history in which family and personal myth were conflated with that of nation. McCord’s highly personal narrative of Canadian origins was conceived in the private space of the home and was made manifest through the repetitive act of remembering.
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Lewis, James R. "Technological Exorcism, Body Thetans, and Scientology’s Secret Mythology." Numen 63, no. 1 (2016): 33–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341407.
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When applying the category of “mythology” to a contemporary new religious group like the Church of Scientology (CoS), one has to choose from among several different categories of narratives which could be regarded as mythological. If we set aside the body of tales surrounding L. Ron Hubbard, CoS’s founder (which could arguably be classified as mythology), one of Scientology’s key stories is the so-called Xenu narrative (also referred to as the ot-iii teachings). Although this story is only revealed after one has tread the “Bridge” for some time, it is arguably a foundational myth, which sets the Scientology enterprise into a cosmological framework. While the present article will focus on the Xenu story, it also discusses Hubbard’s self-mythologizing, including his “discovery” of Incident Two (the Xenu narrative) as a hero myth.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Founder myth"
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Quarenta, Ednilson Aparecido. "O apóstolo pregresso e as alegorias da fundação - Anchieta, um mito fundador no IV centenário da cidade de São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8138/tde-09122009-115053/.
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O presente trabalho analisa os debates sobre a escolha do fundador da Cidade de São Paulo, entre os anos de 1953 e 1954, quando ocorreram, na capital paulista, as festividades de comemorações de seu IV Centenário de fundação. Pulularam pela imprensa da época jornais e revistas que naquele momento já circulavam com relativa periodicidade pela Cidade as discussões sobre o mito fundador paulistano e os atributos que davam sentido e significado à paulistanidade. Tais manifestações realçavam os inúmeros símbolos nomeados como ícones da memória social paulistana e da sua identidade. Através da análise de amplo material midiático, chega-se à hipótese nuclear do trabalho: a configuração, nesse momento, de José de Anchieta como mito fundador da Cidade de São Paulo.<br>This paper analysis the debates about the choice of the founder of the City of São Paulo, between 1953 and 1954, when it was celebrated its IV Century Foundation Anniversary. There were many discussions in the media of that time newspapers and magazines that were published with relative frequency in the city - about the myth of the founder of the City of São Paulo and the attributes that gave sense and meaning to the paulistanidade. These manifestations highlighted the countless symbols nominated as the icons of the paulistana social memory and its identity. Through the analysis of large media material, we get to the core hypothesis of this paper: the configuration, in this moment, of José de Anchieta as the myth of the founder of the City of São Paulo.
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Silva, Nivaldo Pereira da. "Deus morto no Pampa : a religiosidade gaúcha no mito fundador proposto por Erico Verissimo." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2006. https://repositorio.ucs.br/handle/11338/123.
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Este estudo toma como base uma obra literária para levantar considerações sobre aspectos característicos da cultura do Rio Grande do Sul em relação ao Brasil. A partir da leitura do romance histórico O Continente, de Erico Verissimo, surge a hipótese de trabalho de que a religião teve um papel diferenciado na formação dessa peculiar região brasileira. Isso repercute na estrutura de valores que caracteriza a sociedade gaúcha, destacando o livrearbítrio e a ação política. Busca-se estabelecer não um perfil religioso atual do Estado, mas um panorama qualitativo do quanto uma fraca religiosidade influenciou na construção de um etos gaúcho e do quanto este se diferencia do etos brasileiro pelo viés mítico. A pesquisa tem caráter interdisciplinar e está apoiada em dados e teorias da antropologia, da história, da sociologia, da filosofia e da psicologia, além da teologia cristã.<br>Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-05-05T18:19:25Z
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Dissertacao Nivaldo.pdf: 974425 bytes, checksum: 65fc315933efaf12a015deb6548a64b8 (MD5)<br>This study was based on a literary work so as to raise considerations about peculiar aspects of the culture of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in relation to Brazil. From reading on the historical novel O Continente, written by Erico Verissimo, arises the work hypothesis that religion had a different role in the development of this specific Brazilian province. It has reflections on the structure of the values that characterize this society, with emphasis on free will and political action. This research aims at giving not a present religious outline of the province, but a qualitative panorama of how such thin religiosity influenced the construction of a gaucho ethos and how much this mythic view has made it distinguished from the Brazilian ethos. The research, which has interdisciplinary character, is supported by the data and theories of Anthropology, History, Sociology, Philosophy and Psychology, besides the Christian theology.
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Bakley, Annette McMenamin. "Laura Carnell: The Woman Behind the Founder's Myth at Temple University." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/255535.
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Educational Administration<br>Ed.D.<br>Using archival materials from the early years of Temple University's history at the Special Collections Research Center, Templana Collection, at Samuel Paley Library of Temple University as well as historical periodicals, this project established a biographical sketch of Associate President Laura Carnell and examined her influence on the advancement and expansion of Temple University at the turn of the 20th century, as well as her broader impact on women's leadership roles in higher education, and to a lesser extent, her contribution to various civic causes in Philadelphia. Laura Carnell held various leadership positions at Temple University during her 43 year career at a time when few women even attended college. In addition to her important role at Temple and in the public education movement, Laura Carnell was also involved in several other social causes in Philadelphia including healthcare, human services, and several civic groups. This study examined how her role changed over time, and utilized the Kouzes and Posner (2006) Leadership Practice Inventory to analyze how her leadership of Temple University was demonstrated in her writings. Carnell used traditional gender roles, including masking her gender when necessary, to move the university agenda forward.<br>Temple University--Theses
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Bielecki, Anton Gallegos. "The found footage narrative : reflexive mythology of survivor memory." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-found-footage-narrative-reflexive-mythology-of-survivor-memory(808152e8-26cb-49c6-881f-b59ab64285d8).html.
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In 2014, as the number of survivors dwindles, the representation of their memory and testimony after they have gone becomes increasingly important. Although it is critical to discuss the historical facts of the atrocities of World War II, those facts often do not reach the personal experiences of many survivors, who can only express many of the details of their experiences through an expression of their memories through testimony. One such testimony is that of Wanda Bielecka, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. This practice-based research (consisting of a film and accompanying thesis) explores her memories as they are expressed through her own testimony, and the testimony of her testimony of eleven members of her family. The practice element of the PhD consists of a 73-minute film called Wanda. Wanda is a found footage narrative, a new form of film developed to answer the following research question: how is survivor experience represented in the collective memory of a survivor’s family, and how can the form of the found footage narrative be used as a way of understanding the construction of that memory? This research will explore the collective memory of the Bielecka family around the events of Wanda’s life during World War II from her incarceration in Auschwitz to her eventual liberation and journey to Paris. This collective memory will be explored as a mythology around Wanda’s experience. The film itself will then reflexively reveal its’ own place in the construction of that mythology. A formal conception of the dialectical image is fundamental to the film’s form. This form has been developed through research into essayistic modes in literature and film. It will be shown that the found footage narrative is a form of film that can be used to research, not just the collective memory around Wanda’s experience, but also other instances of collective memory.
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Wu, Shumei, and 吳淑梅. "Researching Mythological Images found in Taiwanese Aboriginal Paintings---- Using the Hundred-pacer Viper Myth of the Paiwan Tribe as an Example." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75694375837848817127.
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碩士<br>長榮大學<br>視覺藝術研究所<br>94<br>Over the last century, many master artists in Taiwan have chosen subjects or artistic patterns from the societies and cultures of Taiwanese aborigines. Although the content of their works has been rich, and has created a great deal of both inspiration and contributions, their recognition and depth of understanding of the native cultures were still viewed by modern artists as insufficient due to the artistic concepts and constraints of the social environment at the time. The oversimplification of their artworks is a major shortcoming in their role of developing a new category of art.
With this view in mind, the author takes the common mythology matrix and traditional symbols from the Northern Paiwan and Rukai Tribe in Kaohsiung and Pingtong counties as the subject matter. The scope of this research involves both literature reviews and fieldwork as the method for developing and collecting information. The focus of this research starts with the exploration of heterogeneous culture and primitive thinking patterns, and continues onto the deeper meanings of primitive images and symbols. In terms of the research of artworks, the author attempted to see the nature of the artworks through the concept of the original mythology. With the penetration of the existing culture, the author will then try to analyze how the artists have used symbolism to actively create images, and how the artists have replaced real images with simple forms and rich implication. The artists have focused on creating a visual representation and atmosphere to fully express the primitive feeling of the cultures, further indicting the life force of the aboriginal arts. This style has shown that the images of aboriginal mythology in paintings have become a style of individual artists.
The first chapter of this research includes the introduction. Chapter Two presents a review of how modern art in the 20th century has been influenced by primitive art. The paintings of many important artists will be used as examples for further illustration. Chapter Three explores the mythological images and primitive thought patterns of the aborigines. This chapter will explain many primitive concepts, such as the definition of beauty, the value of beauty, the concept of a mythological matrix, and the various meanings they symbolize. In addition, the author will choose the origin of the Hundred-pacer Viper myth of the Paiwan Tribe as the focus for conducting fieldwork on the natural environment, social culture and myth and legends, with the goal of seeking the visual connection between myths and artistic creation. The fourth chapter focuses on the philosophy of artistic creation, emphasizing the introduction of interpretation for individual artworks. The romantic framework of mythology will be constructed to form a path of visual exploration, with the goal of experimental artistic creation. Chapter Five consists of the explanation of artworks. Finally, the author will review this project and offer future recommendations.
The aboriginals in Taiwan possess their own unique lifestyles. Their primitive arts further reveal an original beauty based on instinct and sensibility. In the analysis of the artworks found in this project, it is clear that the artists created a limitless space for the imagination within viewers’ subconscious through the mythological approach. These artworks encourage viewers to experience the greatness of Mother Nature through honest and caring hearts. Although the process of artistic creation inevitably includes the artists’ own culture and influence from Western aesthetics, these elements make their artworks display more heterogeneous contents, as well as their individual artistic philosophies. Such a multicultural approach has opened up new ways to view art, and has brought a great deal of attention to the development of the aboriginal arts.
Books on the topic "Founder myth"
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The genealogy of Greek mythology: An illustrated family tree of Greek myth from the first gods to the founders of Rome. Gotham Books, 2003.
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The Myth Of Separation: What is the correct relationship between Church and State? : A revealing look at what the Founders and early Courts really said. 3rd ed. WallBuilder Press, 1992.
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Street, Karen. BA Film and Video thesis 1988: Looking at the Big Picture : Connections between the Powerful Female Found in Myth, Jungian Psychology and the 'New Film Noir'. LCP, 1988.
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Lewis, A. David. Some new kind of slaughter, or, Lost in the flood (and how we found home again): Diluvian myths from around the world. Archaia Entertainment, 2009.
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Finocchiaro, Maurice A. "Prison and Torture as False but Well-Founded Myths." In Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77147-8_12.
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Michener, Ronald T. "Post-Kantian to Postmodern Considerations of (Theological) Hope." In Historical and Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Hope. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46489-9_5.
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Abstract Hope found in the rational, empirical, epistemological optimism of Enlightenment-based modernism attempted to detach itself from its religious, Christian roots. This chapter will focus on post-Kantian and postmodern sensibilities that reject the modernist “myth of neutrality” and return to the theological roots of hope, even when for some, particular theological or Christian beliefs are renounced. To consider this, the chapter will highlight themes of hope found in precursors to postmodern thought: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Marcel. Next, it will turn to the postmodern Derridean hope of John D. Caputo and offer a glimpse of the pragmatic hope of Richard Rorty. This will be followed by a consideration of James K.A. Smith’s critique of Caputo and Rorty, and his proposal for a phenomenological, determined hope.
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Boguszewicz-Kreft, Monika, Jan Kreft, and Piotr Żurek. "Myth and Storytelling." In Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9100-9.ch002.
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Myth and mythologization have been accompanying organizations, their leaders, and even their products. Considering management, the history of an organization, its models, and underlying values undergo the process of mythologization. Myths are conveyed via storytelling. Considering the case of the Walt Disney Company, which has become a “narrative company,” the myth used to accompany its founder, who carefully developed it. Applied by the company and always present, storytelling has contributed to the corporate hegemony, strengthening a new marketing paradigm – “mythocracy,” a belief that an organization that has something to sell cannot do so without storytelling. At the same time, while the cultural heritage of Disney is fully commodified, storytelling becomes closer to propaganda. In the environment of digital media, a lot of our knowledge about an organization comes as a result of storytelling marketing, and the marketing-ization of an organization identity takes place. It usually occurs when the boundary between an organization and its receivers (producers) becomes blurred.
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"In Search of the Founder of Singapore: Between Myth and Reality." In Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munshi. World Scientific, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789811206177_0011.
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Cornell, Saul. "Beyond the Myth of Consensus." In Beyond the Founders. University of North Carolina Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/9780807898833_pasley.13.
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Brown, Iris. "At the Centre of Two Revolutions." In Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 33. Liverpool University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781906764753.003.0016.
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This chapter talks about the Beit Ya’akov (Bais Yaakov), the extensive network of haredi educational institutions for girls that ranged from kindergartens to vocational teacher-training seminaries. It mentions the founder of Beit Ya’akov, Sarah Schenirer, who was labelled the ’mother’ of all haredi women and became an iconic figure as she was the only woman in haredi society to have inspired a foundation myth. It also refers to Dr Leo Deutschländer, who set Beit Ya’akov on a sound financial and pedagogical basis that spearheaded its rapid expansion. The chapter recounts the foundation of Beit Ya’akov in 1918 and the appointment of Rabbi Judah Leib Orlean as its director in 1935, which marked a conservative turn in the development of the institution. It identifies the most influential factors and figures that shaped the development of the Beit Ya’akov network prior to the Holocaust.
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Boehm, Ryan. "Consensus, Community, and Discourses of Power." In City and Empire in the Age of the Successors. University of California Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520296923.003.0005.
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The final chapter explores the ways in which competing interests and social groups of the polis potentially threatened the unity of the synoikized city. It first discusses potential causes for disunity (competing founder cults and claims to religious and social prerogatives, the challenges of social organization). It then focuses on the ways in which these challenges were addressed and negotiated. The chapter stresses the functional role of ritual activity and symbolism in binding together communities of disparate backgrounds while simultaneously accommodating distinctiveness within a unified political community. In this context, religious and civic traditions could constitute a challenge to the authority of the Hellenistic kings, but the potential for using religious symbolism and ritual to forge a collective political identity also represented an opportunity for building consensus. The chapter engages sociological and anthropological perspectives on ritual and ritual activity, myth, symbolism, and memory to address issues of consensus, legitimacy, dialogue, and social response.
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Church, Jennifer. "Myths, projections, and overextensions: The conceptual landscape of Thomas Szasz." In Thomas Szasz, edited by C. V. Haldipur, James L. Knoll, and Eric v. d. Luft. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198813491.003.0011.
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This chapter distinguishes among myths, projections, and overextensions as they occur within the practice of psychiatry—adding to the conceptual complexity of Szasz’s own analyses and reflecting on how his focal concept of autonomy may itself fall prey to myth, projection, or overextension. Szasz offers detailed explications of his use of the term “myth,” yet many questions remain regarding his application of that term and its relevance to psychiatry. How is a metaphor “literalized,” and when is this problematic? What terms, in addition to the term “mental illness,” serve to support the myths of psychiatry? How do myths relate to the projections and overextensions that can also be found in the language and practice of psychiatry? With these distinctions in mind, it is appropriate to ask whether Szasz’s own reliance on the notion of autonomous agency might itself qualify as a myth, a projection, or an overextension.
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Lewis, Virginia M. "Locating Aitnaian Identity in Pindar’s Pythian 1." In Myth, Locality, and Identity in Pindar's Sicilian Odes. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190910310.003.0004.
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Chapter 3 proposes that in Pythian 1 Pindar uses two myths to map out and reinforce a sense of civic identity for the newly founded city of Aitna. Building upon other work that shows that Typho’s prison celebrates Hieron’s recent military and political victories, the chapter argues that this myth creates a significant place for Aitna within a Panhellenic mythical context. According to Hesiod, Typho is the final foe Zeus faces before becoming uncontested king of the Olympians (Theog. 821–80). Typho’s placement under Aitna thus transforms the landscape into an important site for stability of the cosmic order and elevates the new city to a place of Panhellenic significance. Second, it demonstrates that the myth of the Dorian migration supplies a myth of continuity for the new citizens of Aitna. While these citizens originate from different cities—half from Syracuse, half from the Peloponnese, according to Diodorus—the myth of the Dorian migration offers a shared narrative that unites them as an ethnic group. Taken together these two myths offer Aitna both a sense of place within a wider Greek narrative and a celebration of their ethnic heritage through their performances in Aitna, in Sicily more broadly, and throughout the Greek world.
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McConnell, Justine. "Myth and the Fantastic in the Work of Junot Díaz." In Classicisms in the Black Atlantic. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198814122.003.0010.
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This chapter explores the ways in which Junot Díaz draws on ancient Greek myth in two of his works, Drown (1996) and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007). Placing Greek myth alongside the stories from other fantastical worlds, such as those found in the works of Tolkien and Marvel Comics, Díaz offers a pathway to realms seemingly not affected by transatlantic slavery, racism, or modern dictatorship and diaspora. Yet, as much work on magical realism has shown, a turn to the fantastic can be deeply political. Díaz’s evocation of Greek myth (most prominently, those of Homer’s Odyssey and the House of Atreus) is given only as much space as the myths of other times and places, thereby stripping the classical canon of the aura of superiority which it gained during the colonial period. In doing so, Díaz works to creates a new epic for the Dominican diaspora.
Conference papers on the topic "Founder myth"
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Gonzalez-Cuevas, Gustavo, Marcos Alonso Rodriguez, and Valeria Nogales Cuellar. "Critical thinking in college students: evaluation of their beliefs in popular psychological myths." In HEAd'16 - International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universitat Politècnica València, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head16.2016.2850.
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree of acceptance of psychological myths in undergraduate students in Health Sciences. Our results showed that first-year Psychology students believed more myths than did the other first-year Health Sciences students (Medicine, Dentistry, and Optics and Optometry). Third-year Psychology students drastically reduced their beliefs in myths in comparison with first-year Psychology students (Cohen’s d=1.7). Overall, we found a gender effect, being women less gullible than men in believing in myths. Age did not account for differences in myth acceptance. All in all, these results suggest that beginning Psychology students seem to accept more myths than other first-year Health Sciences students regarding psychological misconceptions. However, college exposure in Psychology students may favor critical thinking by diminishing myth beliefs.
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Tavoletta, Concetta. "Luigi Cosenza, Bernard Rudofsky and Gio Ponti and the Secret of the Mediterranean Sea." In 4th International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism – Full book proceedings of ICCAUA2020, 20-21 May 2021. Alanya Hamdullah Emin Paşa University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.38027/iccaua2021186n6.
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Landscape, cavity, courtyard, skin, pergola are some of the elements of the Mediterranean abacus that architecture tries to transfigure into a single substance but also as a derivation of a great mother, the Mediterranean Sea. However, we can suppose that all these elements come from an idea that acts as a trait d'union, an intuition that made the domestic space of the Mare Nostrum the place of the myth of living: the innovative idea of horizon summarized as the ability of the gaze to observe outward. Gio Ponti, Bernard Rudofsky and Luigi Cosenza are the architects of the materialization of this idea where the horizon is not only found in the relationship with the landscape but is present within the domestic space. In this space full of symbolism and origin, three houses are a body to be vivisected and rediscovered. Casa per Positano... and other shores, Hotel San Michele in Capri, Casa a Procida become autoptic and utopian spaces from which to steal the secret of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Calisi, Daniele. "PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SURVEY AND 3D MODELING OF THE FUNERARY URN DEPICTING THE MYTH OF OENOMAUS, FOUND INSIDE THE TOMB OF THE ETRUSCAN FAMILY OF CACNI IN PERUGIA (III-I CENTURY BC)." In ARQUEOLÓGICA 2.0 - 8th International Congress on Archaeology, Computer Graphics, Cultural Heritage and Innovation. Universitat Politècnica València, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/arqueologica8.2016.3318.
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The urn, recovered in 2013 by the Cultural Heritage's Police Command along with other 21 and with the funeral set of the tomb of the Cacni family at Perugia, was exhibited at the Quirinale and then moved to Perugia, at the National Archaeological Museum of Umbria. 2014. After a first attempt to survey the laser scanner, the survey, aimed at the graphic documentation and implementation of a virtual model for the study and dissemination, has been performed with photographic processed with software modeling structure from motion.3D model in mesh made with the appropriate software has been cleaned of all its impurities: holes, tips, noise and rough surfaces. To conclude the process, the mapping from photography, with high resolution textures, giving the mesh the appearance next to the real funerary urn. The survey work on the urn of Oenomaus is a case in point, both for research of best practices in the surveys of archaeological objects, both in the ultimate goal of the relief: not only cataloging and knowledge, but also of divulging to a wider public.
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King, Ronald L. "The Power of Insulation in the Citrus Industry." In ASME 2007 Citrus Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/cec2007-5301.
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Insulation is a forgotten technology that can provide an unrivaled return on investment. The Citrus Industry is not an exception. Insulation is the ‘Rodney Dangerfield’ of the construction industry: It receives very little respect and is taken for granted. Insulation is a powerful resource when designed, applied, and maintained properly. Yet, this technology is often forgotten or put on the bottom of the list and ignored. A recent survey conducted by the National Insulation Association of more than 160 industrial plants, manufacturing, engineering, and architectural firms found that: • Most had no idea of the payback period, rate of return, with the use of insulation, nor a method to quantify costs versus savings • Many acknowledged that numerous areas of insulation were in serious need of repair • The majority did not understand that insulation had any real environmental “tie in” • Some did not consider additional insulation necessary: “the plant is working fine” • Many could not relate corrosion under insulation to having anything to do with the insulation • Most acknowledged their specifications were outdated • Many confirmed they did not have a dedicated job function to address insulation specifications or anyone who was the “insulation champion” • Many did not think of insulation as a system or requiring any special design review or technical consideration That survey confirmed the ‘Rodney Dangerfield’ characterization and formed the basis for the foundation of a major industry educational and awareness initiative. The benefits of insulation are in many cases invisible and long lasting. This technology is not some mysterious myth. Possibly it is misunderstood and under appreciated due to lack of knowledge. Calculating the operational benefits and the return on investment can be relatively simple. However, an insulation system does not have any moving parts, computer chips, or fancy gauges, and it is certainly not sexy. Maybe that is why in many circles insulation is not an exciting topic of discussion, even though it is a time tested and proven technology that can often provide an annual return on investment greater than 100%. There has not been a more important time in recent history than now to think about insulation differently. The Citrus Industry is not immune to that thought process. Paper published with permission.
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Gupta, Subodh. "Issue with Stone-II Three Phase Permeability Model, and A Novel Robust Fundamentals-Based Alternative to It." In SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/205883-ms.
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Abstract The objective of this paper is to present a fundamentals-based, consistent with observation, three-phase flow model that avoids the pitfalls of conventional models such as Stone-II or Baker's three-phase permeability models. While investigating the myth of residual oil saturation in SAGD with comparing model generated results against field data, Gupta et al. (2020) highlighted the difficulty in matching observed residual oil saturation in steamed reservoir with Stone-II and Baker's linear models. Though the use of Stone-II model is very popular for three-phase flow across the industry, one issue in the context of gravity drainage is how it appears to counter-intuitively limit the flow of oil when water is present near its irreducible saturation. The current work begins with describing the problem with existing combinatorial methods such as Stone-II, which in turn combine the water-oil, and gas-oil relative permeability curves to yield the oil relative permeability curve in presence of water and gas. Then starting with the fundamentals of laminar flow in capillaries and with successive analogical formulations, it develops expressions that directly yield the relative permeabilities for all three phases. In this it assumes a pore size distribution approximated by functions used earlier in the literature for deriving two-phase relative permeability curves. The outlined approach by-passes the need for having combinatorial functions such as prescribed by Stone or Baker. The model so developed is simple to use, and it avoids the unnatural phenomenon or discrepancy due to a mathematical artefact described in the context of Stone-II above. The model also explains why in the past some researchers have found relative permeability to be a function of temperature. The new model is also amenable to be determined experimentally, instead of being based on an assumed pore-size distribution. In that context it serves as a set of skeletal functions of known dependencies on various saturations, leaving constants to be determined experimentally. The novelty of the work is in development of a three-phase relative permeability model that is based on fundamentals of flow in fine channels and which explains the observed results in the context of flow in porous media better. The significance of the work includes, aside from predicting results more in line with expectations and an explanation of temperature dependent relative permeabilities of oil, a more reliable time dependent residual oleic-phase saturation in the context of gravity-based oil recovery methods.
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A. McLaughlin, Laura, and James McLaughlin. "Framing the Innovation Mindset." In InSITE 2021: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences. Informing Science Institute, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4771.
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Aim/Purpose: To build the skills of innovation, we must first establish a framework for the belief system that surrounds effective innovation practice. In building any belief system, sometimes outdated beliefs need to be replaced with better, more carefully researched ideas. One such belief, discovered in our research and elsewhere, is that creativity is innate and that great ideas arise through chance or happenstance. Background: One belief regarding innovation and creativity, discovered in our research and elsewhere, is the belief that creativity is innate. History has repeatedly shown this to be untrue, yet people still believe it. We have found within our research another belief is that innovation happens through random, unstructured processes -- that great ideas arise through chance or happenstance. However, participants also believed that innovation is a skill. If someone believes innovation is a skill but also believes innovation is innate, random, and unstructured, this disconnect presents obstacles for the training and development of innovation skills. Methodology: This research is based on a combination of background research and direct survey of innovators, educators, scientists, and engineers, in addition to the general public. The survey is used to illuminate the nature of significant beliefs related to creativity and innovation practice. Contribution: We examine the myths and truths behind creativity as well as the false beliefs behind innovation as we present a closed model for innovation and the key framing elements needed to build a successful, trainable, developable system that is the innovation mindset. And like any skill, creativity and innovation can be taught and learned using tools and processes that can be followed, tracked, and documented. If innovation is a skill, creativity should not re-quire magic or the production of ideas out of thin air. Findings: This paper identifies the historic nature of creativity as well as the general strategies used by innovators in implementing innovation practices and pro-poses a framework that supports the effective development of the innovation mindset. Recommendations for Practitioners: Apply the framework and encourage ideation and innovation participants to appreciate that they can learn to be creative and innovative. Start as early as possible in the education process, as all of these skills can be instructed at early ages. Recommendations for Researchers: Continue to gather survey data to support a refined understanding of the motivations behind the disconnect between innovation as a methodical skill and the beliefs in the use of random ideation techniques. Impact on Society: Transforming the understanding of creativity and innovation from one of mythical belief to one of methodical skill application will dramatically alter the lifelong impact of knowledge gained in support of global economic and environmental challenges. Future Research: A continuation of the recommended research paths and collaboration with other creativity researchers leading to improved methods for dissuading mythical beliefs toward formalized, systematic ideation and innovation practices. *** NOTE: This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 18, 83-102. Click DOWNLOAD PDF to download the published paper. ***