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"Narratime": Postmodern Temporality and Narrative

Winders, James A. (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1993)

The default mode for too many historians is a discredited view of time. Uncomfortable with disciplinary uncertainty and distrustful of disorder, historians resort to linear chronology and a conception of a neutral temporal ...

Narrating Enlightenment: Oral History and Civil Society after Hitler

Bergerson, Andrew Stuart (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1998)

Does oral history promote liberal values? civic virtues? This paper will explore the contemporary role of narrative interviews, a core method within the everyday life history movement in Central Europe (Alltagsgeschichte). ...

Narrative and Social Science: A Response to Gregory Reck

Nixon II, Howard L. (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1993)

While his appeal for open narratives arising from dialogic encounters between scientist and subject has much to commend it. Reck appears to be abandoning the search for causal explanation and useful generalization. Further, ...

Narrative and Social Science: Reclaiming the Existential

Reck, Gregory G. (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1993)

From the model developed by Malinowski, ethnographic writing has assumed a standard form. Implicit genre conventions include the unobtrusive presence of the ethnographer; the aim of representing "the native's point of ...

Narrative and the Physical Sciences

Mackey, J. Linn (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1993)

A fable is presented that depicts a view of the situation of science in a postmodern world. This is followed by a brief account of how a foundationalist interpretation of scientific epistemology emerged. The attack on ...

A Narrative Literature Review of the Psychological Hindrances Affecting Return to Sport After Injuries

Sweeney, Ashley

After different sport injuries, athletes may express different psychological emotions that lead to stress. These emotions include anger, fear, frustration, anxiety and depression which may lead to lack of confidence and/or ...

Natives: Ambrotypes from the Digital Frontier

Evans, Susan E. (Oakland University, 2010-10-01)

Navigating Complex Trade-offs in Conservation and Development: An Integrative Framework

Hirsch, Paul D.; Brosius, J. Peter (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013)

We present a framework that makes space for multiple perspectives and ways of thinking about complex trade-off problems in conservation and development. At the core of the framework are three “integrative lenses” designed ...

"Navigating the Disciplinary Fault Lines" in Science and in the Classroom: Undergraduate Neuroscience Classroom in Mind, Brain and Behavior at Harvard

Nikitina, Svetlana (Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2002)

This paper explores the key elements of success in the interdisciplinary teaching of neuroscience, using the example of two undergraduate seminars offered by the Mind, Brain, and Behavior (MBB) program at Harvard University. ...

Needy and Greedy and Black Inside

Cole, Natalie B. (Oakland University, 2007-01-01)

Neighborhood scene with children and wagon

Unknown author

Two boys with a younger child in a wagon on an unpaved street in Rochester, Michigan.

The New Academic Year

Russi, Gary (2002-09-24)

New Day in a Troubled Land: Cambodia Rising

Rapin, Ronald (Oakland University, 2011-01-01)

New Generation Detroit : in celebration of the Detroit tercentennial : an exhibition of new art from the metropolitan area

Goody, Dick; Schimmelman, Janice G. (Oakland University, 2001)

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Meadow Brook Art Gallery September 7 - October 7, 2001. Includes bibliographical references. Includes essays on the history of art in Detroit and emerging Detroit artists.

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