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Counterhegemonic aesthetic practices beyond speculation: art and activism toward the imagined real
(2023-08) Flores, Andie; Gutierrez, Laura G., 1968-
Guided by counterhegemonic aesthetic strategies like prefiguration and stereoscopic aesthetics as revolutionary tools, this report critically examines and identifies opportunities within speculative art and activism, specifically comparing the art of Iván Argote with different artistic interventions.
Nae Ionescu's Philosophy of Religion: a translation and commentary
(2023-08) Glajar, David Sergio; Arens, Katherine, 1953-; Roberts, Jason Edward
This thesis is a full translation of one of Romanian philosopher Nae Ionescu’s earliest university courses, The Philosophy of Religion (1925), along with preliminary critical commentaries on the first four chapters (or lecture days), which form the groundwork for the rest of Ionescu’s course. The translation has been performed without the aid of any kind of translation software, AI or otherwise. The four critical commentaries that precede the translation argue that Ionescu is idiosyncratically employing a highly theologized, crypto-ontological Platonic phenomenology in his ostensible philosophy of religion, thereby manipulating a version of phenomenology to his own dubious ends. As such, this piece is meant to help begin a meaningful conversation about Nae Ionescu’s direct and highly problematic influence on the thought of his most famous disciple, Mircea Eliade.
A tale of two realities: gendered workspace at home during the pandemic in Taipei
(2023-12) Tsai, Chyi-Rong; Williams, Christine L., 1959-; Glass, Jennifer
Remote work has been viewed as facilitating work-family balance and promoting gender equality. While work-family scholars provide evidence to show that women still carry more responsibility at home compared to their husbands, this study adds to the debate from the spatial aspect of remote work by asking whether there is a gendered pattern of space allocation and use when couples work from home together. This study examines how heterosexual couples in Taiwan use space when both are working from home. I interviewed 29 people in 19 households how they arranged working space at home, and how these spatial arrangements influenced their working experiences and career development. I found that space is gendered: men tend to work in a preferable space at home compared to their partners. However, a preferable space is not always an independent physical space, such as a room. Interviews reveal that women are more interrupted regardless of the physical setting of the space. Their experiences reveal that women’s family roles, such as mother, daughter, and wife, are prioritized at home, resulting in constant interruptions. On the contrary, men’s roles as a worker are protected when they worked from home. Gender transcends and transforms the physical space to reproduce gender inequality at work for people who work from home, suggesting the need to reconsider treating remote work as a pro-work-family policy.
Development of an NMR force microscopy probe for thin film studies
(2023-08) Paster, Jeremy W.; Markert, John T.
Presented here are efforts to reconfigure a nuclear magnetic resonance force microscopy (NMRFM) probe to explore thin-film samples. The motivation for this experiment, which would enlist the non-invasive and subsurface capabilities of NMRFM, was to study the conducting interface between LaAIO₃ and SrTiO₃ (LAO/STO), materials which are insulating in bulk. We propose NMRFM as a tool to detect whether there is diffusion across the interface which could explain the conducting region. We adopted the Interrupted OScillating Cyclic Adiabatic Reversal (iOSCAR) protocol to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. This thesis provides background information on nuclear magnetic resonance, NMRFM, and LAO/STO before detailing key probe transformations towards thin-film exploration with iOSCAR.
In and beyond the gate of pesantren: Islamic feminism and female ulama contributions to Islamic discourse in Indonesia
(2023-08) Azizah, Dewi Rosfalianti; Sowards, Stacey K.; Ganesh, Shiv
This project investigates the competing narratives within the discourses of Islam in Indonesia, notably in the study of gender and women's positions within Islam, by using one pesantren based in Yogyakarta as a case study to better understand such larger discourses. By implementing Saba Mahmood’s concept of religious sociability, and pesantren values in Islamic teachings, I conduct a rhetorical analysis of pesantren communities and Islamic feminist organizations to shed light on existing narratives and how they influence larger aspects of Indonesian Islamic society. I argue that religious sociability practiced by female ulama in pesantren enables the intimate space that allows Islamic feminism to thrive, both within the constrained space of male-dominated fields and the larger society as a part of Islamic discourse. I also argue that Islamic feminist organizations and figures existing within and complying with pesantren values help build the narrative of moderate Islam and dismantle patriarchal interpretations of Islamic teachings. This thesis is divided into four chapters: First, I provide the contextual background of the interrelated and sometimes contesting narratives within the Islamic discourse in Indonesia. Then, I explore the concept of Islamic education, pesantren, and how religion has become a site of knowledge production to produce discursive realities. Second, I will explain the history of women’s organizations in Indonesia, and how Muslim women organizations in Indonesia have long paved the opportunities for the construction of Islamic feminism. Third, I will engage with Saba Mahmood’s concept of religious sociability to analyze a speech of a female ulama in Pesantren Krapyak Ali Maksum, Yogyakarta to find out how the rhetorical style of familiarity and sensibility are expressed in her persona, and how the figures of Ibu Nyai become rhetorical agents that inspires students. Lastly, I will discuss the social and digital activism of Islamic feminist organizations such as Mubadalah Indonesia and the Congress of Indonesian Female Ulama (Kongres Ulama Perempuan Indonesia/KUPI) as the contributions of Islamic feminism and pesantren values in shaping Islamic discourse in Indonesia.