Spoken Word Poetry: Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Indigenous Experiences

Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Biology

The work of historians and philosophers of science has long benefited from conversations with practicing scientists, but to many scientific researchers—perhaps especially to those engaged in laboratory work—the value that such dialogue might have for their own endeavor is not nearly so obvious. There are of course exceptions— evolutionary biology, for one. Over the last several decades, a tradi...

Historical perspectives on indigenous health in Australia.

In spite of much effort over the past 25 years, the life expectancy of the indigenous people remains nearly 20 years behind the non-Aboriginal white population of Australia. These figures compare unfavourably with the improved life expectancy over the past 25 years of other indigenous peoples, such as the New Zealand Maori and the American Indian populations. By 1990-94, the average Australian ...

Christianity and Freedom: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Louis Raphaël I Sako (Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon and Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church): What Will Middle Eastern Societies Lose if Christians Flee? Louis Raphaël I Sako is the newly elevated Patriarch of the Chaldean Church and has a doctorate in history from the Sorbonne. In his keynote address, he demonstrates that Christianity is integral to the Middle East and played a pivot...

Musical Motion: Some Historical and Contemporary Perspectives*

The idea that music "moves" has a long and varied history. Some aspects of this notion are metaphorical (e.g., the "motions" between pitches, harmonies, or keys), whereas others are more literal. The latter derive from the performer's actions that bring the music to life. This gestural information is encoded in the expressive microstructure of the performance at several hierarchically nested le...

Contemporary social historical perspectives on mental health reform.