Before writing gained currency in the African society, important societal traditions were perpetrated, perpetuated and memorized through popular oral genres and subgenres like sayings, proverbs, songs and/or folk narratives. These genre types, apart from providing entertainment, formed a core element of socialization of a child into the society. In their enjoyment of folk narratives in particular, children also drew moral lessons from the stories. Through the stories, children learn’t the do’s and don’ts of their people. Today, like in the past, though to a lesser extent, oral performances and in particular folk narratives still elicit enormous interest and still draw important lessons. This paper argues that many African societies, the majority of which are patriarchal in their social setups, use these popular genres, more so folk narratives to depersonalize and/or re-personalize girl children. The process of depersonalization and re-personalization of girl children involves training them to belong in second place to boy children. Girl children are unconsciously but systematically, through the stories told to them, urged to surrender their personal interests, claims and rights, and instead, redefine their personalities in terms of the society’s prescription of roles and expectations, more often than not based on gender.
Gendered Memory in Oral Narratives and the Socialization of the Girl Child in...inventionjournals
Before writing gained currency in the African society, important societal traditions were perpetrated, perpetuated and memorized through popular oral genres and subgenres like sayings, proverbs, songs and/or folk narratives. These genre types, apart from providing entertainment, formed a core element of socialization of a child into the society. In their enjoyment of folk narratives in particular, children also drew moral lessons from the stories. Through the stories, children learn’t the do’s and don’ts of their people. Today, like in the past, though to a lesser extent, oral performances and in particular folk narratives still elicit enormous interest and still draw important lessons. This paper argues that many African societies, the majority of which are patriarchal in their social setups, use these popular genres, more so folk narratives to depersonalize and/or re-personalize girl children. The process of depersonalization and re-personalization of girl children involves training them to belong in second place to boy children. Girl children are unconsciously but systematically, through the stories told to them, urged to surrender their personal interests, claims and rights, and instead, redefine their personalities in terms of the society’s prescription of roles and expectations, more often than not based on gender
~!PDF Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales Annie Zaidiguyotuntoru
Known Turf is a collection of essays that slides between genres, moving from reportage to travel to memoir and back. The author recounts her experiences as a reporter covering stories as diverse as the decline of the dacoit in Chambal, hunger, female foeticide, and the seeming resurgence of Sufism in Punjab. She goes on to explore starvation, particularly amongst a primitive tribal community in Madhya Pradesh and weavers in Uttar Pradesh, and the ugly failures that permit such extremes of hunger in a nation that is more than able to feed itself. The discovery of desperate poverty in Punjab comes pegged to an explosive caste dynamic that has caused much religious controversy in recent times. The book is unflinching as it makes the connections between economic, crippling social disempowerment and the moral pressures that make for a society where millions of girls are killed at, or before, birth. However it is the stories of humble folk tortured by hunger, discriminated against for
The Wisconsin State Reading Association Children's Literature Committee creates a master recommendation list of some of the best of the newest picture books published each year.
Gendered Memory in Oral Narratives and the Socialization of the Girl Child in...inventionjournals
Before writing gained currency in the African society, important societal traditions were perpetrated, perpetuated and memorized through popular oral genres and subgenres like sayings, proverbs, songs and/or folk narratives. These genre types, apart from providing entertainment, formed a core element of socialization of a child into the society. In their enjoyment of folk narratives in particular, children also drew moral lessons from the stories. Through the stories, children learn’t the do’s and don’ts of their people. Today, like in the past, though to a lesser extent, oral performances and in particular folk narratives still elicit enormous interest and still draw important lessons. This paper argues that many African societies, the majority of which are patriarchal in their social setups, use these popular genres, more so folk narratives to depersonalize and/or re-personalize girl children. The process of depersonalization and re-personalization of girl children involves training them to belong in second place to boy children. Girl children are unconsciously but systematically, through the stories told to them, urged to surrender their personal interests, claims and rights, and instead, redefine their personalities in terms of the society’s prescription of roles and expectations, more often than not based on gender
~!PDF Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales Annie Zaidiguyotuntoru
Known Turf is a collection of essays that slides between genres, moving from reportage to travel to memoir and back. The author recounts her experiences as a reporter covering stories as diverse as the decline of the dacoit in Chambal, hunger, female foeticide, and the seeming resurgence of Sufism in Punjab. She goes on to explore starvation, particularly amongst a primitive tribal community in Madhya Pradesh and weavers in Uttar Pradesh, and the ugly failures that permit such extremes of hunger in a nation that is more than able to feed itself. The discovery of desperate poverty in Punjab comes pegged to an explosive caste dynamic that has caused much religious controversy in recent times. The book is unflinching as it makes the connections between economic, crippling social disempowerment and the moral pressures that make for a society where millions of girls are killed at, or before, birth. However it is the stories of humble folk tortured by hunger, discriminated against for
The Wisconsin State Reading Association Children's Literature Committee creates a master recommendation list of some of the best of the newest picture books published each year.
Fairy Oak: A dazzling world of fantasy and adventure.Alberto Crippa
Fairy Oak it's a narrative work in 7 volumes.
The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent twins Vanilla and Lavender. To save their people, menaced by a cruel enemy, they go on a long journey deep into the labyrinths of their powers. Since the girls are very young, at first lots of things go wrong. Some are frightening. In short, it’s not going to be easy at all!
Widely published in Europe and Latin America each of the seven novel has become a bestseller.
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Short stories for kids are a precious great resource in the world of literature. In a short story, authors share a well developed story of significance, often leaving its indelible mark on those who read them.
From fable and fairy tale to myth, mystery, and everything in-between, there should always be a collection of short stories for kids ready to read.
Here are 10 of our favorite short stories for kids:
THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD AS A CRITIQUE OF IGBO TRADITION: DISCUSSION OF AREAS T...John Musongole
This is my comment about the oppressive view of patriarchy in Buchi Emecheta's novel called 'The Joys of Motherhood". The novel contains acts of oppression in the Igbo society. According to Sabanpan-Yu, “in traditional African society, women were certainly oppressed” (278). As such, there are many areas of the tradition that are of concern to the author that cause the oppression. The paper discusses only four areas which include, polygamy, belief in the afterlife, problem of childless wife and the issue of bride price.
Check out some of these new books at your local public library or
bookstore this summer! I created this list with a variety of
readers in mind, thinking about our school community,
and including some of my favorites from the year. Happy reading!
-Natalie, Lower School Librarian
In this writing, the writer tries to analyze the characterization of Adjoa, the protagonist of “The Girl Who Can” by Ama Ata Aidoo. The purpose of this analysis is to understand the characterization of Adjoa with regard to her psychological state.
This was the first essay I turned in for the semester in my English 100 class. There are numerous errors regarding citations - but there is ZERO plagiarism! I thought about cleaning it up and maybe some day I will, but I left it like this to show my progression throughout the semester.
The Princess Narrative and the Girl Child in the CaribbeanTaitu Heron
This presentation examines the Princess Narrative and Disney films against the backdrop of parenting styles in the Caribbean and focuses on the impact on the girl child, self-image, violence and growing up in a digital world.
Over the centuries, the common law has seen increasing restrictions on the use of lethal force, and the boundaries with respect to what is considered lawful self-defence have increasingly narrowed. At the same time, over the centuries, the right of a householder to defend in his or her home has been a value (and policy consideration) that has remained important to society, dating back to the seminal „Semayne‟s case‟ of 1603 in which the English courts recognised that: “the house of everyone is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury or violence as for his repose”. The purpose of the current report is to assess the current position with respect to the defence of residential dwellings at law with a particular focus on Australia, positioned within the global context.
A Study on Consumer Behaviour towards Branded Garments am ong Male Shoppersinventionjournals
In the age of identity crisis and need for differentiation, everyone is after uniqueness; particularly h ow one wishes to appear. India is a global market for fashion garments and there is a cut throat competition exi sting among brands. Companies are rigorously working on identifying consumer buying behaviour, preferences, creating awareness, and a positive attitude towards their brands in order to grab larger portion of the market. Therefore, it is become necessary to study the consumer behaviour towards various branded men`s garments. T he study emphasis on how consumer evaluate branded garments on the basis of style, texture, price, colour, adv ertisement and celebrity endorsements, preferences towards branded garments and reasons for purchasing bran ded garments. The researcher has used descriptive research design, conducted study only with 150 respondents from two Engineering college, Bangalore. Statistical tools like measurement of central tendency, Chi-Square ar e used to test and analyse the collected data. Finally, it is revealed that irrespective of age and education levels respondents are buying branded garments to enhance their style, ant to protect their self-respect.
Enhancement of Student Preparation for Global Serviceinventionjournals
University students are expected to acquire proficiency in skills used in the profession and to serve globally as they graduate. Efficacy of this has been supported in studies in which skill mastery was enhanced through provision of experiential assignments. Service learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience. Problem-based learning provides active, hands-on learning that is centered on real-world problems or issues. A qualitative study was conducted by the researchers with five online courses in graduate counselor education and a total of 536 students over a 2.5 year period to assess student application of course concepts in a realworld environment with cultural diversity. Student projects focused on identification of needs and individual work to serve those needs, such as volunteering with a cultural group other than their own and development of websites to address collective population issues of need. This paper shares reflections and benefits found in student projects with these courses. Results of the study supported efficacy of Service Learning and ProblemBased Learning to enhance student mastery of course content and preparation for global service after degree completion.
The Relationship between Socio-Economic and Socio-Cultural Structures of High...inventionjournals
The purpose of this study is to put forth attitudes of students to English class within the scope of socio-cultural structure. Scanning method was used in the study.5 point likert scale was used as a data collection tool. Questionnaire scale was composed of two parts. In the first part, demographical question items providing general information about students were included and in the second part, 5-point attitude items aiming at determining students' attitudes to English class were included. The questionnaire was prepared by scanning the relevant literature and scope and face validity of the questionnaire was tried to be fulfilled through opinions and suggestions provided by English teachers and expert Pedagogues. The items ranked in the questionnaire as "Strongly Disagree", "Disagree", "Neither Agree nor Disagree", "Agree", "Strongly Agree" were scored with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. High schools at the center of Siirt were chosen as population of the research. While determining the sample, easily accessible and random sampling methods were utilized. In this regard, students in Anatolian High School (Public High School), High School of Social Sciences, Vocational High School, High School of Athletics and High School of Fine Arts which are located in different socioeconomical environments in Siirt was chosen. After removing questionnaires responded by students in an uninterested and wrong way, resting 849 questionnaires were analyzed for data. In analyzing, SPSS 21 Package program was utilized and kruskall wallis analysis was used for descriptive statistics, frequency, crosstabs, independent groups t test, one-way variance and non-parametric tests. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was found 0.96. As a result, it was determined that students had a view of "undecided" for 38 items regarding attitudes to English class and although not being a very high average, "Agree" for 16 items in the questionnaire. It was determined there was a significant difference in favor of males between attitudes of students in High schools as to English classes in line with the independent variable 'gender'; on the other hand, there was not any significant difference between their attitudes in terms of independent variables 'Number of Family Members', 'Self-Expression' and 'Field of Teacher'
Fairy Oak: A dazzling world of fantasy and adventure.Alberto Crippa
Fairy Oak it's a narrative work in 7 volumes.
The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent twins Vanilla and Lavender. To save their people, menaced by a cruel enemy, they go on a long journey deep into the labyrinths of their powers. Since the girls are very young, at first lots of things go wrong. Some are frightening. In short, it’s not going to be easy at all!
Widely published in Europe and Latin America each of the seven novel has become a bestseller.
Tempo August 2013
Cover Story: Discover UAE >Photography Winners
Check out our website: http://tempoplanet.com/
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Short stories for kids are a precious great resource in the world of literature. In a short story, authors share a well developed story of significance, often leaving its indelible mark on those who read them.
From fable and fairy tale to myth, mystery, and everything in-between, there should always be a collection of short stories for kids ready to read.
Here are 10 of our favorite short stories for kids:
THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD AS A CRITIQUE OF IGBO TRADITION: DISCUSSION OF AREAS T...John Musongole
This is my comment about the oppressive view of patriarchy in Buchi Emecheta's novel called 'The Joys of Motherhood". The novel contains acts of oppression in the Igbo society. According to Sabanpan-Yu, “in traditional African society, women were certainly oppressed” (278). As such, there are many areas of the tradition that are of concern to the author that cause the oppression. The paper discusses only four areas which include, polygamy, belief in the afterlife, problem of childless wife and the issue of bride price.
Check out some of these new books at your local public library or
bookstore this summer! I created this list with a variety of
readers in mind, thinking about our school community,
and including some of my favorites from the year. Happy reading!
-Natalie, Lower School Librarian
In this writing, the writer tries to analyze the characterization of Adjoa, the protagonist of “The Girl Who Can” by Ama Ata Aidoo. The purpose of this analysis is to understand the characterization of Adjoa with regard to her psychological state.
This was the first essay I turned in for the semester in my English 100 class. There are numerous errors regarding citations - but there is ZERO plagiarism! I thought about cleaning it up and maybe some day I will, but I left it like this to show my progression throughout the semester.
The Princess Narrative and the Girl Child in the CaribbeanTaitu Heron
This presentation examines the Princess Narrative and Disney films against the backdrop of parenting styles in the Caribbean and focuses on the impact on the girl child, self-image, violence and growing up in a digital world.
Over the centuries, the common law has seen increasing restrictions on the use of lethal force, and the boundaries with respect to what is considered lawful self-defence have increasingly narrowed. At the same time, over the centuries, the right of a householder to defend in his or her home has been a value (and policy consideration) that has remained important to society, dating back to the seminal „Semayne‟s case‟ of 1603 in which the English courts recognised that: “the house of everyone is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury or violence as for his repose”. The purpose of the current report is to assess the current position with respect to the defence of residential dwellings at law with a particular focus on Australia, positioned within the global context.
A Study on Consumer Behaviour towards Branded Garments am ong Male Shoppersinventionjournals
In the age of identity crisis and need for differentiation, everyone is after uniqueness; particularly h ow one wishes to appear. India is a global market for fashion garments and there is a cut throat competition exi sting among brands. Companies are rigorously working on identifying consumer buying behaviour, preferences, creating awareness, and a positive attitude towards their brands in order to grab larger portion of the market. Therefore, it is become necessary to study the consumer behaviour towards various branded men`s garments. T he study emphasis on how consumer evaluate branded garments on the basis of style, texture, price, colour, adv ertisement and celebrity endorsements, preferences towards branded garments and reasons for purchasing bran ded garments. The researcher has used descriptive research design, conducted study only with 150 respondents from two Engineering college, Bangalore. Statistical tools like measurement of central tendency, Chi-Square ar e used to test and analyse the collected data. Finally, it is revealed that irrespective of age and education levels respondents are buying branded garments to enhance their style, ant to protect their self-respect.
Enhancement of Student Preparation for Global Serviceinventionjournals
University students are expected to acquire proficiency in skills used in the profession and to serve globally as they graduate. Efficacy of this has been supported in studies in which skill mastery was enhanced through provision of experiential assignments. Service learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience. Problem-based learning provides active, hands-on learning that is centered on real-world problems or issues. A qualitative study was conducted by the researchers with five online courses in graduate counselor education and a total of 536 students over a 2.5 year period to assess student application of course concepts in a realworld environment with cultural diversity. Student projects focused on identification of needs and individual work to serve those needs, such as volunteering with a cultural group other than their own and development of websites to address collective population issues of need. This paper shares reflections and benefits found in student projects with these courses. Results of the study supported efficacy of Service Learning and ProblemBased Learning to enhance student mastery of course content and preparation for global service after degree completion.
The Relationship between Socio-Economic and Socio-Cultural Structures of High...inventionjournals
The purpose of this study is to put forth attitudes of students to English class within the scope of socio-cultural structure. Scanning method was used in the study.5 point likert scale was used as a data collection tool. Questionnaire scale was composed of two parts. In the first part, demographical question items providing general information about students were included and in the second part, 5-point attitude items aiming at determining students' attitudes to English class were included. The questionnaire was prepared by scanning the relevant literature and scope and face validity of the questionnaire was tried to be fulfilled through opinions and suggestions provided by English teachers and expert Pedagogues. The items ranked in the questionnaire as "Strongly Disagree", "Disagree", "Neither Agree nor Disagree", "Agree", "Strongly Agree" were scored with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. High schools at the center of Siirt were chosen as population of the research. While determining the sample, easily accessible and random sampling methods were utilized. In this regard, students in Anatolian High School (Public High School), High School of Social Sciences, Vocational High School, High School of Athletics and High School of Fine Arts which are located in different socioeconomical environments in Siirt was chosen. After removing questionnaires responded by students in an uninterested and wrong way, resting 849 questionnaires were analyzed for data. In analyzing, SPSS 21 Package program was utilized and kruskall wallis analysis was used for descriptive statistics, frequency, crosstabs, independent groups t test, one-way variance and non-parametric tests. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was found 0.96. As a result, it was determined that students had a view of "undecided" for 38 items regarding attitudes to English class and although not being a very high average, "Agree" for 16 items in the questionnaire. It was determined there was a significant difference in favor of males between attitudes of students in High schools as to English classes in line with the independent variable 'gender'; on the other hand, there was not any significant difference between their attitudes in terms of independent variables 'Number of Family Members', 'Self-Expression' and 'Field of Teacher'
Using Granger Causality to Examine the Relationship Between Economic Growth a...inventionjournals
This study refers to Okun's Law on the economy in North Sumatera Province. Difference with previous studies, in this study the data used is not aggregate data but the data of each economic sector. In addition, the unemployment variable is proxy with the absorption of labor rate. The data analysis was tested by Granger Causality to determine the direction of the relationship between variables for growth of each economic sectors and absorption of labor. By using the Granger Causality Test analysis we concluded that the agricultural sector has a two-way direction relationship between economic growth and absorption of labor. Mining and Quarrying sector, construction sector, transport and communication sector and services sector only have one-way direction relationship from absorption of labor to economic growth. Electricity, gas and water supply have one-way direction relationship from economic growth to absorption of labor. Three other sectors are sectors manufacturing industry sector; trade, hotel and restaurant sector and finance, real estate and business service have no relationship at all between economic growth and absorption of labor.
PRESENTACION DE TALLER DE OBRAS 2012
INDETERMINACION:CONSTRUIR SIN EDIFICAR
Prof: Blanca Zúñiga
Estudiantes:
katherine valenzuela
belen verdugo
hugo bravo
karen
yordana andaur
felipe figueroa
ma jesus molina
yorka parra
paz orellana
carolina olave
laura carrasco
angela zuñiga
solange gaete
juan carlos orellana
jose valladares
jose miguel rivera
yuvitza mora
claudia aviles
carolina orellana
carolina valenzuela
carolina guerra
nathalie hyde
The Gorkhas migration into Assam is not new. Before the arrival of the British into Assam, there had been Gorkha migration into Assam. With the arrival of the British and after the independence the migration of Gorkhas became more intensive. With the growth of numerical strength and spread of education there emerged educated elite among the Gorkhas. This elite group of Gorkhas realised that they must be organised in order to remove their backwardness on the basis of socio-cultural identity. As a result different socio-cultural organisations formed such as the Assam Provincial Gorkha League (1944), the Assam Gorkha Sammelon (1966), the Navadhwani Sangthan (1969), the Nepali Sahitya Parishad,Assam (1974), All Assam Nepali Students‟ Union (1976), the Nepali Janasangrham Parishad (1993), Nepali Suraksha Parishad (1993), etc. These different organisations of Gorkhas placed a plethora of demands before the government in order to safeguard.
Quality Management System in Operations of Companies: A Case Study of North B...inventionjournals
The study was exploratory in nature and was conducted on the companies with ISO 9001 standard certification, situated at different parts of North Bengal (northern part of West Bengal, India). The study is aimed to assess ISO 9001 Quality Management System's (QMS) awareness level, types of companies opting it, causes for seeking certification, understanding the roles and responsibilities of the management of the companies, certifying bodies, consultants, employees of the companies, customers requirements, recognize difficulties, challenges and issues in implementation, advantages received and future prospects. The study illustrates that ISO 9001 Quality Management System is helpful in enhancing organizational performance. The companies experience benefits after its implementation. It helps in improvement of customer needs, satisfaction and demands, better documentation and improvement in the efficiency of the quality system. The study further shows that the effective implementation of QMS is facing difficulties due to some barriers like no serious involvement of top management in the process, lack of participant’s positive perception and lack of skilled personnel. It also appears from the study that significance of QMS is diminishing slowly due to its paperobsessed practice.
Contemporary Theory of Management: A Comparative Study on Quantitative Approa...inventionjournals
This study inspects the contemporary theories of management contextually quantitative approach, system approach and contingency approach since the comparison mode of the study, quantitative approach treaties with mathematical tools and methods use for managerial decision, system approach divulged the interaction and interrelationship from the contemplation of whole as a system and contingency designate not the specification or particular issues of management or organizationally but the basis on situation or contingent. This study is formulated on the historical data of the contemporary issues of management that find three streaming based on findings of the Management modern theories. By the descriptive type study of the theories, it has been tried to acquaint with the distinctive and related focuses on these theories.
The Influence of Service Quality, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) ...inventionjournals
Indonesian National Army Hospitals (RS TNIs) is one of hospitals that servicing the Indonesian National Army (TNI) member, their family, civil servant and public community. In the competitive business situation like today, RS TNIs have to manage the change due to the new policy of health services in hospital. In 2014, the fundamental change of health services were occurred in correlation to National Health Insurance (JKN) for all of Indonesian people. This change concerned to financial management, funding, membership, treatment procedures, types of services, referral system, pattern rates, claim, supervision and evaluation. The number of regulatory changes in the newera of health care in Indonesia have triggered other changes, particularly hospital customer behavior. Population in this research were patient in 17 TNI level two hospitals all over Indonesia, who have been treated twice or more in TNI level two hospitals, at class 1, class 2 and class 3 rooms. Analyzing data using Generalized Least Square Estimation (GLS), Analysis Structural Equation (SEM) model, the proportional random sampling method and applying software Amos 22, on 246 respondents. The model testing (fit) of research data may viewed from GFI, AGFI, TLI, CFI, RMSEA and CMIN/DF values, which respectively were 0.922,0.914, 0.962, 0.973, 0.062 and 1.636 that all of those in the expected value range thus the model can be accepted. Results of this research indicated that: 1). Service quality is influencing patient satisfaction. 2). Service quality is influencing brand image. 3). Service quality is influencing trust. 4). Service quality is influencing patient loyalty. 5). Customer relationship management (CRM) is influencing patient satisfaction. 6). Customer relationship management (CRM) is influencing brand image. 7). Customer relationship management (CRM) is influencing trust. 8). Customer relationship management (CRM) is insignificantly influence patient loyalty. 9). Patient satisfaction is influencing patient loyalty. 10). Patient satisfaction is insignificantly influence brand image. 11). Brand image is influencing trust. 12). Brand image is influencing patient loyalty. 13). Trust is influencing on patient loyalty
To Investigate the Impact of Cultural Practice and Beliefs Affecting Schools ...inventionjournals
Cultural practice such as pastoralist has hindered education for children in both early childhood development education and primary school in Darwed ward which is their legitimate right like all learners in part of world. Education nurture the children to be meaningful people of the society and regardless of their physical, intellectual social, emotional, linguistics, spiritual, economic or any other conditions including learners from arid and semi-arid land in pastoral communities. Many interventions have been made to draw attention for education for all to achieve universal education millennium development goal. The child act 2002 emphasized that every child has a fundamental right to education must be given an opportunity to achieve and maintain an acceptable level of education. School going children from all levels in pastoral communities move together with their parents from one place to another following rainfall distribution patterns and security reasons. The pastoral way of life subjected to school children affects school enrolments in both levels. This pastoral ways of life promote cultural practice which has slow down education progress and they are gender bias
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): An Emerging Technology for Logisticsinventionjournals
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UVAs), commonly known as drones have extensively been utilized in military operations during the last decade for surveillance, monitoring enemy activities, collecting information, and even attacking military targets and terrorist hideouts. They are also increasingly finding uses in civil applications, such as policing and firefighting and nonmilitary work, such as inspection of power lines and pipelines. Furthermore, corporations utilized them in commercial applications, such as agriculture, logistics, delivering small packages to rough terrain locations, and medication to emergency locations. UAVs are often preferred for missions that are too ―dull, dirty or dangerous‖ for manned aircraft. This paper is exploratory in nature and describes the past and current usage in logistics and military. It further explores design and development considerations of UAVs. This is an emerging technology that will change the landscape of logistics and supply chain management. This research article provides a basic foundation to academicians, researchers, and commercial companies.
We here try to apply the concept of Possible/Parallel Worlds from Logic, which came to our knowledge through the hands of Graham Priest, and through a French movie, to Psychiatry. We think this concept is ideal because we can make use of mathematical elements to draw theories of control, and diagnosis, and therefore also therapeutic theories. We will make use of the new model of psyche proposed by us to expand on a few items. Perhaps the best use of this paper is empowering the professionals of Psychiatry, and Psychology by providing new tools for their studies, and work. The main focus is the human psyche. In order to explain the World of God, Inner Reality, and Outer Reality, which are divisions that are obtained from applying the concept of parallel worlds to the studies on the human psyche, we end up paying a light, and perhaps, an enlightening, visit to the concepts of schizophrenia, autism, Down Syndrome, and psychopathy.
Changing Pattern of Rural-Urban Fringe Life of Tamluk Town, W.B., India (A Ca...inventionjournals
Before the formation of the peripheral Ward No.- 20 in Tamluk Municipality, most of the land use was-agricultural land, fallow land, water bodies etc. But now the picture of the land use is changing rapidly. Ward no.-20 lies between 22º17’07’’N to 22º16’28’’N and 87º54’15’’E to 87º55’21’’E latitude and longitude respectively. Objectives: i) To study migration and occupation of Ward No.-20. ii) To study decadal change of urban life of Ward No.-20. Primary data have been collected by schedule survey of households. Out of 771 households 10% (i.e. 78) households of Ward No.-20 have been randomly selected for the study. Secondary data have been collected from Tamluk Municipality office. Cadastral map is collected from DLRO. Urban life is measured with some indicators. Findings: i) At present 73.08% of the total sample houses are CCC in nature. ii) Public Transport and market facility are poor. Iii) 98.72% of family depends upon water supply as a source of drinking water. 87.18% of family depends upon water supply as a source of bathing water. 73.08% of family depends upon water supply as a source of washing water. Suggestion: Water Supply will create crisis in future. Pond may be used for bathing and washing. Attention should be given to provide tertiary economic activities (market and public transport).
Since rural tourism is one of most competitive industries, so it seems necessary to find possibilities for competitive advantage. One of the ways to achieve competitive advantages is implementation new business models into business activity. Nowadays innovations in business models become more interesting for the managers rather than innovations in products or the technologies. Therefore, this study is conducted to provide managers, who are engaged rural tourism industry, a comprehensive framework illustrating guidelines and steps for innovating the business and helping them to benefit from a competitive advantage. Hence, it is tried, first of all, to propose a business model framework which is suitable with rural tourism industry. As the components of this model are value proposition, target Customer, customer interface, Partnership network, cost structure, and finally revenue model. After that, it is tried to be provided a comprehensive framework for rural tourism business model innovation. This model consists of two parts. The first part presents steps for entrepreneurs are going to run businesses in rural tourism industry. And the second part provides steps should be taken in rural tourism business model innovation for an existence organization and an incumbent business model.
A Study on Impact of Designation & Employment Role Consumption of Multi-Funct...inventionjournals
MFP leaders have been busy aggressively working on various strategies in order to retain leadership positions and break through the clustering in the leadership zone. MFP leaders need to focus on certain important characteristics that appeals to customers. This article is a maiden attempt to study some certain usage characteristics of individual customers in view of their working properties like designation level and vertical they belongs to. The study was done on 80 employees who belongs to supervisory level in their respective organizations. The data so collected through market survey analyzed through chi-square analysis and the study found that the study characteristics are independent of workplace characteristics in the companies.
Immunizing Image Classifiers Against Localized Adversary Attacksgerogepatton
This paper addresses the vulnerability of deep learning models, particularly convolutional neural networks
(CNN)s, to adversarial attacks and presents a proactive training technique designed to counter them. We
introduce a novel volumization algorithm, which transforms 2D images into 3D volumetric representations.
When combined with 3D convolution and deep curriculum learning optimization (CLO), itsignificantly improves
the immunity of models against localized universal attacks by up to 40%. We evaluate our proposed approach
using contemporary CNN architectures and the modified Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR-10
and CIFAR-100) and ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge (ILSVRC12) datasets, showcasing
accuracy improvements over previous techniques. The results indicate that the combination of the volumetric
input and curriculum learning holds significant promise for mitigating adversarial attacks without necessitating
adversary training.
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Gendered Memory in Oral Narratives and the Socialization of the Girl Child in the African Society
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Gendered Memory in Oral Narratives and the Socialization of the
Girl Child in the African Society
By Joseph Muleka
University of Nairobi – Kenya
ABSTRACT: Before writing gained currency in the African society, important societal traditions were
perpetrated, perpetuated and memorized through popular oral genres and subgenres like sayings, proverbs,
songs and/or folk narratives. These genre types, apart from providing entertainment, formed a core element of
socialization of a child into the society. In their enjoyment of folk narratives in particular, children also drew
moral lessons from the stories. Through the stories, children learn’t the do’s and don’ts of their people. Today,
like in the past, though to a lesser extent, oral performances and in particular folk narratives still elicit
enormous interest and still draw important lessons. This paper argues that many African societies, the majority
of which are patriarchal in their social setups, use these popular genres, more so folk narratives to
depersonalize and/or re-personalize girl children. The process of depersonalization and re-personalization of
girl children involves training them to belong in second place to boy children. Girl children are unconsciously
but systematically, through the stories told to them, urged to surrender their personal interests, claims and
rights, and instead, redefine their personalities in terms of the society’s prescription of roles and expectations,
more often than not based on gender.
Keywords: gendered memory, socialization, girl child, oral narratives, patriarchy, depersonalization, re-
personalization.
I. INTRODUCTION
Gender identity and its exclusionary potentials for the female are deeply rooted in the fabric of both the
traditional and modern African societies, (Uwakweh, 1998:9). From the very onset, ideological war is waged
against the girl child in an African social setup, through the oral performances she is exposed to and through the
day to day conversations by members of the community. These interactions it appears – targets to influence the
girl‟s memory and perceptions as to who she is and where she belongs. To start with, her birth is a mistake since
society prefers boy children, (Muleka, 2007). This fact is emphasized by rewarding women who bear boy
children. Men on the other hand are expected and encouraged to marry other wives if their current ones do not
bear sons.s
Gender choice in narratives
Preference for boy children often comes out through narratives in which the father is unhappy with „a
daughters only‟ mother and concerned that without a son, people will look at him with scorn. This is, for
instance, captured in narratives from some communities in Africa. In the narrative “Wanakhatandi” of the
Bukusu from Kenya, the protagonist Wanakhatandi, is regarded as being cursed or having bad luck because he
has daughters only. Wanakhatandi‟s situation is made worse by the fact even his very first child is a girl.
Meanwhile, in the Kikuyu myth of creation, Gikuyu the founder of the community got nine beautiful daughters
but no son. This disturbed him a great deal. He had to appeal to Ngai the creator for a son to be his heir,
(Akivaga and Odaga, 1982). Even with nine children, Gikuyu saw himself as having no children as there was
nobody to carry him into posterity. In fact, it is as if to say that a father with daughters only is virtually childless.
This is because the African patriarchal system does not bestow status on women, (Odhonji, 1994). Traditionally,
a girl child cannot carry the family lineage.
Many of the folk narratives told to children, thus, advertently or inadvertently emphasize the less
privileged position of the girl child. Instead the narratives endeavour to extol the myth of male superiority and
female inferiority. This is in keeping with the patriarchal ideology which operates on the premise that men are
naturally superior to women. Conversely, women are weak and have to depend on men for survival, (Masinjila,
1994). Owing to their „natural inferiority‟, women have to be trained into subservient positions. They are trained
to believe wholly in their weakness and their expected dependence on the men. As is the case among the Luo,
women and girls are regarded as frail and weak parties who need constant masculine care and protection
(Odhonji, ibid). Among the Luhya, the frailty of the girl is expressed in one song that compares her with a reed.
Indeed the fragility and breakable nature of the reed is in this case obvious.
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One perceives that without men around to protect them, women would perish. Indeed this view is
brought out quite well through the popular narratives like Cutting a middle finger of the Luo, or, Nasio and her
brother of the Luhya, both from Kenya. In both narratives, the boys are worried about the safety of their sisters.
They fear that „Hono,‟ the monster and „Okunani,‟ the ogre respectively will harm their sisters if left alone. And
indeed, in both cases, the man-eaters on learning that the boys have left, creep in and trick the girls,
subsequently eating them. It takes the boys to fight the monsters, to conquer them and to have the subdued
creatures surrender all the humans they have eaten. The boys in both narratives, thus, come out not only as the
saviours of their sisters, but of mankind. It would be argued that the really intention of such portrayal of the boy
is to intimidate the girl into revering the former; to have know realize that her safety depends on the presence of
her brother.
Apparently the hideous and ravenous man-eaters pose a danger to girls alone. The boys on the other
hand, come out as immortals that make these fearful creatures panic. In the Nasio story, for instance, when
Nasio‟s brother comes back and finds that his sister has been eaten, he single-handedly invades the land
inhabited by the ogres. Making inquiries from door to door; he is able to trace the ogre who ate his „helpless‟
sister Nasio:
He challenged the ogre to tell him where Nasio was, but the ogre denied any knowledge of her. “I will
kill you if you don‟t vomit out my sister!” he threatened. The ogre panicked saying, “Please, please, please,
don‟t kill me! Just cut this little finger and your sister will come out”. Thus subdued, ogre vomited all the people
he had eaten (1976:10).
It is sheer commonsense that in a scenario such as this, the girl Nasio, a perpetual victim of the ogre,
must surely revere her brother‟s courage and envy his apparent immunity against this terror. “I wish I were a
boy like my brother,” Nasio must be saying. “I would be able to fight against this monster.” Of course what
Nasio may not know is that her brother‟s extreme bravery and success could perhaps just be a patriarchal man-
made attribute aimed at intimidating her into adoring the stature of the male.
Almost all ogre narratives, present the possibility of the girl being eaten in the absence of the boy, only
to be saved later by the latter. At other times, the boy will be presented fighting with the monstrous ogre, to
protect the girl who is actually present witnessing the fight but doing nothing to help. If the ogre defeats the boy,
the girl will be eaten. If the boy wins he will take away the girl and marry her. Thus, either way, the girl will be
possessed – as food or as a wife. On the other hand, the boy, regardless of his size or his circumstances, will be
enabled to destroy the monster and save the community, (Akivaga and Odaga, ibid).” Through such narrations,
the girl (perpetual victim) is contrasted with the boy (defender, liberator and hero).
The girl as the irredeemable victim
Interestingly, in spite of the men‟s „naturally‟ duty bound „benefaction‟ and „benignity,‟ girls still
always find themselves in trouble. All this – it seems – not because the men have absconded their duty, but due
to the girls‟ own „foolishness‟ and „gullibility‟, or perhaps their „inherent stupid unhearing.‟ What comes out is
that girls or women in general are difficult to help. They are always guilty of the Proppian functions of
„interdiction‟ and „violation.‟ They constantly facilitate „villainy‟ against themselves through their own
complicity. For instance, Obong‟o in the narrative, Cutting a middle finger, strongly warns Aloo, his sister not
to open the door to strangers, while Nasio, in Nasio is forbidden by her brother, to talk to strangers and the girl
in Nandagaywa is severely instructed to always feed the dogs first before she herself eating. However, in all the
cases, the girls violate the interdictions and end up being harmed. Apparently, the only way the girls in the three
narratives would have avoided harm was to have their brothers around. In effect, the lesson here is clear – girls
are not able to take care of themselves. Left alone, they will always „violate‟ „interdictions‟ through their
inherent „complicity and facilitate „villainy‟, thus, coming to harm.
The place of girls
Owing to the apparent vulnerability imposed on girl children by society, it must be impressed upon
them on the imprudence of wandering away from designated safe precincts. Girls are, thus, to stay indoors to
avoid the dangers outside: the ogres, the dark forests, strange lands and the strangers who inhabit such places.
Often it is perhaps simply to avoid being caught between the might of the men who could be engaged in battle
out there. Conversely, the only safe place for girls is indoors. They have to live indoors and work indoors. The
virtuous girls, thus, are the ones who are completely tamed. Those who venture out like Simbi in the popular
Bukusu narrative Simbi and Namakanda are eaten by the ogre. Contrary to the norm and expected practice,
Simbi refuses the young men from her country, recommended by her parents, choosing to be married far away
in a strange land. Perhaps as a way of teaching her adventurous spirit a lesson, Simbi finds herself faced with
death at the hands of the ogres. Having escaped death by sheer luck, Simbi comes back to her parents a humbled
girl.
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It is observable that Simbi‟s encounter in the narrative is a big lesson to prospective Simbis, who should learn
that for them to be safe, they better live indoors and get married next door, to men chosen for them. Indeed those
who insist on making their own choices like Nsalala in Nsalala, the Beautiful Girl narrative from the Soga of
Uganda, are made to regret. After escaping death in the home of the suitor she herself had chosen:
Nsalala returned to her home and apologized to her parents… She became a less conceited girl and her
parents selected a nice young man from her village for her to marry, (1969: p. 106-108).
Arguably, confining the Simbis and Nsalalas, serves a great purpose in the culture of training girls into
submission and subservience. While the boys who work outdoors become exposed and learn survival tactics and
self dependence, the girls who remain tamed indoors learn nothing beyond domestic chores. They consequently
remain to depend on the men to hunt for them, provide for them and to protect them. They, thus, become
helpless without the men‟s support. In effect, they have been trained into dependence and subservience.
The narratives further train the girls to understand that household duties are naturally theirs and that
they risk rejection if they can‟t display expertise in this area. As demonstrated in the narrative, Njabala from the
Ganda community in Uganda:
Njabala would not have got married, if her suitor was to know beforehand that she had not trained to
perform domestic chores. Indeed, when he discovered that Njabala had deceived him, he sent her packing.
And so Njabala returned to her father‟s house in great shame, (1969: p.102).
Otherwise, it seems like the necessity for men to protect women is apparently crucial, even imperative,
if the latter are to avoid the numerous accidents to which they are susceptible, presumably being the “weaker
sex.”
Women as their own enemies
Other instances of the presentation of Girls and women in general, appear to suggest that they even
need to be protected against each other, lest they harm one another. As depicted in most jealousy inspired
narratives, females are inherently jealous of each other. They are always trying to kill one another out of
jealousy. Often one is more beautiful than the other and the less beautiful one wants to get rid of her rival for
fear that she will lose a prospective husband to the more beautiful one. In one popular Luo narrative, In search
of husbands, the more beautiful girl is changed into a smoking pipe, then into a pot and subsequently into a dog
by her companions, to conceal her beauty; for fear that her presence might distract their prospective suitors.
In other instances, if the girls are not destroying their competitors, they are busy trying to outdo one
another. They appear concerned with trivial issues such as, who will be decorated more beautifully.
Occasionally, their jealousies often lead to self destruction, for instance, in the story Mwambu and Sera of the
Gishu in Uganda, the girls who fail to be married by the handsome Mwambu, out of jealousy, end up
committing suicide. However, in A cut navel, another popular narrative among the Luo of Kenya, it is Awiti‟s
mother, Akelo who tries to kill her daughter‟s rival for her, though in the event she kills her own daughter by
mistake. Meanwhile in the story Nambi and Nvuma of the Ganda, Nambi‟s mother would smear her with oils to
make her beautiful and in the meantime, smear the face of her step-daughter, Nvuma with soot to make her less
attractive than Nambi, her daughter.
The ultimate success
Having painted women as jealous, society then apparently attempts to minimize the anticipated harmful
outcomes of this supposed jealousy by putting a man amidst the women, perhaps so as to control them. And, to
ensure that every woman is under a man, society expects every woman to get married. Society then puts in place
taboos that ridicule and more-or-less outlaw spinsterhood. An unmarried woman is thus viewed with suspicion.
She is dangerous. Narratives told to young people, thus, emphasize the issue of marrying and living happily ever
after. The girls are snatched from the jaws of the ogre or hyena or gorilla, to enable them get married and live
happily ever after. Men go for girls or girls are rewarded to male heroes so as to have them married and live
happily ever after. Where initially there was no girl, one is created in a mysterious manner and contrived into
marrying and living happily ever after. All the stories, thus, end in marriage. Girls are described in marriageable
terms. The good girls marry good husbands and live happily ever after. The bad girls and those who refuse
suitors like Simbi and Nsalala, subsequently get bad or ugly husbands who mistreat them, or even kill them, or
have them eaten.
The importance bestowed on marriage in the African view, was and still is urgent and crucial. The
African society views marriage as the ultimate goal for a woman, (Uwakweh, ibid). The narratives told to
children extol marriage as the natural course for girls. The success of a girl is, therefore, explained in terms of
her ability to secure a husband. That girls should be so preoccupied with personal beauty and rivalry against
each other, is a matter that seeks and indeed earns justification in this status accorded marriage. With marriage
that celebrated and institutionalized, society hits two birds with one stone. Firstly, women are made available to
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serve the men; a role they are perhaps most valued for. Secondly, thus married and confined in their houses, the
men can subordinate them and exercise total control over them.
‘Commodification’ of women
We are coining the word „commodication‟ for our purposes of explaining the tendency in African
setups to treat women like a commodity, or property, in other words. Apart from projecting marriage as the
highest achievement for girls, narratives also objectify them. Indeed, in Igbo- Nigeria, the word nwanyibuego is
a popular term meaning „woman is wealth‟. In Emecheta (1978), the main character is named „Aku-nna‟ at
birth, meaning literally „father‟s wealth‟. On the other hand, she is described in some communities as a flier, a
stranger or a passerby implying that she is never permanent in a place, including her parents‟ home. So her
parents value her primarily for the bride wealth she will fetch upon her marriage, (Uwakweh, ibid). Similarly,
stories abound in Africa where a father or a chief will offer his daughter or/and a sizeable portion of his wealth
to whichever man will perform a set goal to satisfaction. The men in these narratives often have to choose
between the girl and wealth. Many times, the suitor earns both the girl and a herd of cattle. Hardly is the value of
the girl differentiated from the alternative option of wealth such as animals.
The view of women as some kind of commodity is entrenched in many African cultures. For instance,
among the Baganda, a man who committed adultery “would be fined two women… In case of accidental
homicide… the fine for homicide was generally 20 cows, 20 goats, 20 backcloths and 20 women,” (Roscoe,
1965:261).
It would appear prudent to argue that this treatment of girls and women in the narratives is only natural
and does not mean any harm. But the weight against such an argument is the fact that the narratives play a role
in socializing the girl child into the society. Indeed, as Plato once observed, the influence of literature on society
cannot be gainsaid. It goes without saying that folk narratives in Africa advertently or inadvertently aim to map
out a course of subservience for the girl child, this by carefully emphasizing particular aspects of life; aspects
that extol male superiority and female inferiority while the latter are conditioned to look up to and depend on
men. These aspects are idealized as virtue in a woman, thus, a measure of female dignity and integrity, to which
every „normal‟ woman has to conform. The end product of this effort is then a woman whose inferiority, fraility,
weakness and dependence have been caused and internalized as the girl tries to conform to gain society‟s
acceptance.
What motivates the narratives?
In view of all the preceding facts, pertinent questions come to mind. Why does everybody tell these
narratives? Why do women tell these narratives? Why do girls tell these narratives in spite of their glaring bias
or imbalance? Why should the narratives be told anyway, despite their obvious negation of girls and the entire
women folk?
In attempting to answer these questions, we may need to foreground two underlying possibilities.
Firstly, subordination of women to men is something institutionalized by the society and internalized and
accepted by the very victims of the said subordination. The mother of the girl child found her mother serving
this system, which the mother of her mother and the mother of her mother‟s mother had all served in the same
capacity. To the members of this lineage, subservience is the norm. The existence of alternative options has
never and does not occur in their memory. Happiness and contentedness are sought within this framework. In
fact even the very attempt to draw attention to the injustices of the framework may be viewed with suspicion by
the very women themselves. What could one be up to? What the women are familiar with is this status. And
anyway, if life can still continue with everything the way it is, why not maintain the status quo! In other words,
it may be like a situation where it is the outsider feeling the pinch of the shoe and not the wearer herself.
Secondly, the pressure exerted on the mother of an African girl child is immense. She is held
responsible for what her daughter grows into. Society has trained her to feel guilty if her daughter fails to adhere
to the society‟s prescriptions and expectations. During story telling sessions, the mother of the girl child feels
duty bound to emphasize those aspects of the narratives that will help her mould her daughter into the society‟s
ideal woman – the faithful servant of her husband and virtuous mother of her children. Alkali (1987), describes
what the African society considers a virtuous woman to be: a quiet and good-natured girl, who sees the man as
superior: she is not aggressive but coy; not boisterous but quiet; not assertive but compromising… These lessons
are packaged in the arratives, and without stopping to think and without any sense of guilt, they are
administered raw and full doze, to the unsuspecting girls by women or fellow girls, who on their part intend no
malice. However, the power of this innocent gesture is like a smolder that keeps alive without ever bursting into
umbers, but which effectively cooks the potato buried in the ash at the hearth, into edible state.
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What has changed?
This question can only amount to a rhetoric. Other than the fact that the sessions for oral narrative
performance have reduced, the ideology and expectations on women and girls remain more or less constant. An
utterly aggressive woman is always viewed with suspicion while a woman who does not get married raises
eyebrows. On the other hand, women who become very visible, whether politically, economically or otherwise
invite a number of questions. A significant question here is likely to be: Who is the man behind her? As they
say, old habits die hard; the woman and girl child in Africa still require some effort to wriggle themselves out of
the shadows of men and, so to say, live in some space of their own.
II. CONCLUSION
African societies use the power of oral literature to train the girl into the type of woman they want in
society, specifically a subservient and compromising woman. Narratives packaged with the type of woman
character preferred are told to the unsuspecting girl children who, in thier enjoyment of the stories internalize
the lessons propagated in the stories. Consequently, the girl child‟s character is moulded along the lessons in the
stories to become society‟s virtuous woman: not aggressive but coy; not boisterous but quiet; not assertive but
compromising.
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Narratives Cited
A cut navel, (Luo-Kenya); Cutting a middle finger, (Luo-Kenya); In search of husbands, (Luo-Kenya);
Mwambu and Sera, (Gishu-Uganda); Nandagaywa, (Bukusu-Kenya); Nasio and Her Brother, (Buskusu-Kenya);
Nsalala the Beautiful Girl, (Soga-Uganda); Njabala (Ganda, Uganda); and Origin of the Gikuyu, (Kikuyu-
Kenya).