Eric W. Linton Introduction In the summer of 2009 indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon headed a major grassroots movement against the national government in an effort to protect their lands and lifestyles. The protests brought due international attention to issues of human rights and land ownership that had previously been a local matter. Several […]
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The Speakers (Voice Box)
Chris Purdie and Professor Brian Christensen, Visual Arts, Sculpture The Speakers (Voice Box) is a six-foot cube made of two hundred-twelve black speakers. The point of departure for this sculpture is found in an art historical dialog between Minimalist art and the criticism of Michael Fried. In this piece I examined the phenomenology of perception as […]
D-E-A-F Images of a Visual Culture
Whitney Hardie and Professor John Telford, Photography My goal this year was to go above and beyond my education and truly put the skills I’ve learned at BYU to use. I actually graduated in April but moved the date to August so that I could finish this project. I took three years of sign-language classes in addition […]
The Lives and Works of Bernard and Jan Stiastny: Creating a Modern Performance Edition
Seth Castleton and Professor Julie Bevan, Cello Professor-School of Music The violoncello emerged as a vehicle of virtuosity starting in the latter half of the 17th Century and continued to gain prestige as a capable solo instrument throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Modern cellists are aware of the plethora of excellent romantic and modern/post-modern solo […]
Follicular Dendritic Cells, HIV and Haart Treatment
Jason Meyer and Dr. Gregory Burton, Microbiology The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for HIV-infected patients can result in the reduction of plasma viral RNA levels to nearly undetectable levels. However, the existence of replication competent virus from chronically infected CD4+ T cells despite apparently successful HAART treatment suggests the existence of protective […]
The Experiences of Siblings Living with a Child with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
McKenzie Miller and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, Nursing Background and Significance Up to 40% of children in the United States require health related services above those needed by other children due to a chronic condition or illness, and as the majority of these children live at home, their presence greatly affects family members living with them […]
The Problem with Chicago’s Possessives
Betsy Snider and Professor Doris Dant, Linguistics and English Language Main text American English has no official language rules; rather, it has guidelines of what is acceptable and what is not. These guidelines, or prescriptions, are found in grammar books such as usage books, dictionaries, and style guides. Grammar books are created and maintained by editors […]
Implications of the Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Alyssa Brown and Dr. Jenet Erickson Main Text The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a United Nations treaty declaring the government’s duty to protect children and to provide for their material and immaterial needs, essentially seeking to protect children’s rights. On a worldwide scale this treaty has been greeted with open arms […]
Modern Cartoons
John Herzog and Professor Kelly Loosli, Department of Visual Arts My grant from the BYU Office of Research & Creative Activities afforded me the opportunity to study and research the limited animation style pioneered by UPA in the 1940s and 1950s, and to use my research to design a UPA-style character. UPA, or United Productions of […]
The Video Essay: Introducing an Increasingly Relevant Sub-genre
Jacob Cutler and Dr. Patrick Madden, Department of English Teaming up with Inscape (BYU’s journal of literature and art) has proven to be fundamental for my ORCA project. In addition to publishing two of my video essays, Inscape has published my short essay explaining and introducing the concept of the video essay. I have included that essay below […]
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