Frauds, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience: a course in argumentation.
Abstract Lowar-division science students may have a naive view of science and a limited understanding of the role of argumentation in science. To make scientific arguments more visible, Patton designed a course, Frauds, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, that required students to read "bad" scientific arguments, to critique those...

Understanding placemaking: economics, politics and everyday life in the Culture of Cities.
This brings to the forefront the vexing question of just what makes a place a place like no other place. Phrased differently, what about a place persists and what changes over time. And this is precisely what power struggles over 'place-making' are all about; namely who changes what in...

Giving humanities the go by?
Byline: DEEPIKA SAHU If you manage to secure admission for a Bachelor's programme in Economics, English or History in New Delhi's St Stephen's or Hindu College, it's usually reason enough to throw a party. But if you are in Gujarat, you'd probably have to look...

Kimberley friction: complex attachments to water-places in Northern Australia.
This article explores water as central to defining complex attachments to place, an approach that is concerned to contribute to discussion beyond water's conceptualisation as a vital and natural resource in need of environmental management. The value of an active discourse and practice that emphasises water as a resource...

The obligation to protect: the legal context for diplomatic protection of Canadians abroad.
INTRODUCTION Repeated instances of detention, torture and, in one case, murder of Canadian citizens by foreign governments have rocked Canada's foreign policy establishment. In October 2003, Maher Arar arrived in Canada after being detained in Syrian military prison for more than a year on unsupported terrorism suspicions....

Voices and implementation of information technology in an elementary school classroom : a Hong Kong case study.
When confronting the new millennium and the era of information technology, schools around the world tend to jump on the bandwagon of computer-aided and Web-netted learning. As the social and economic environment has changed, so, too, have schools in Hong Kong. In exploring the real picture of how such...

Religion; beyond a concept.
9780823227259 Religion; beyond a concept. Ed. by Hent de Vries. Fordham University Press 2008 1006 pages $30.00 Paperback BL48 Western scholars not only of religion and related fields, but also a...

From the liberal to the practical arts in American colleges and universities: organizational analysis and curricular change.
One of the most important changes in American higher education over the last 30 years has been the gradual shrinking of the old arts and sciences core of undergraduate education and the expansion of occupational and professional programs. Occupational fields have accounted for approximately 60% of bachelors' degrees in...

Bridging the Two Cultures: the case of science and natural history filmmaking.
Abstract At Montana State University's Master of Fine Arts program in Science and Natural History Filmmaking, our goal is to re-invent these areas of documentary by admitting students with undergraduate science degrees and teaching them both production and film studies in an intensive three-year curriculum. In the...

Speaking only to ourselves? Citation analysis of 'Journal of Leisure Research' and 'Leisure Sciences.'.
Introduction There have been several attempts to analyze the content of articles published in the leisure studies journals. These include examination of the substantive content of articles (Burdge, 1989; Crandall & Lewko, 1976) and review of the methodological perspectives used in data analysis (Bedini & Wu, 1994;...