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2019 ARCHIVE

“WHAT'S A BODY TO DO? THE ROLE OF 'BODY STUDIES' IN THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM”

Are we human beings just a chunk of flesh, a piece of meat staggering about on the face of the planet until death strikes us and drags us into the grave? Are we spiritual beings who long for eternity, suffering now in this worldly muck and mire, merely awaiting the freedom of another world? Is it necessary that the human person be one of these or the other? Is it not possible for both the flesh and the longing for something eternal to meet within us, a constant interplay of the body, the world, and the spirit?

IDENTITY AND THE FEMALE BODY: CARSON MCCULLERS'S FRANKIE ADDAMS

Through the character of Frankie Addams, the 12-year-old protagonist in the 1946 novel, The Member of the Wedding, American Modernist author Carson McCullers (1917-1967) appraises the limited options for women in the twentieth century.

MOVED TO LEARN: CAPOEIRA AND THE ARTS OF EMBODIED EMPOWERMENT

Many educators today long for pedagogies that embrace diverse learning styles, address the need for differentiated instruction, and recognize the possibilities for universal design. 

THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS: MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO’S REFLECTIONS OF/ON THE BODY

The intent of this paper is to explore the theme
of body and corporeality in Michelangelo
experienced from 1950s to date. 

"KEELAH SE’LAI": EMBODYING MINDFUL GAMING WITHIN THE MASS EFFECT WORLD

“After time adrift among open stars,
among tides of light and to shoals of dust,
I will return to where I began”