This is the course blog for WRIT 1133, section 9, a first-year writing course at the University of Denver that focuses on rhetoric, research, and the cultures, histories, and geographies of the North American West.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Finding Sources for Your Mapping Project
Find one promising source for your mapping project and post it—formatted according to APA style—to our blog. Also, copy the abstract into your comment, too, and explain why you think this source will be useful for your study.
Doyle, M. (2002). A New Dimension for the Athletic Training Room: The spirit of the room. Athletic Therapy Today, 7(1), 34-34. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.bianca.penlib.du.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=6760429&site=ehost-live
Analyzes the quality of psychological atmosphere created in the athletic training room. Effectiveness of athletic training room in providing quality medical care; Need to develop effective interaction skills in the training room; Role of sports-medicine professionals in educating athletes and coaches.
This abstract conveys that the article will discuss the importance of community and how it evolves in urban parks and gardens. This paper examines the managerial implications of establishing and developing Friends groups as a form of community involvement in the management of urban parks.
Human responses to encounters with wildlife in urban parks (USA)
This article focuses on the relationship between humanity and wildlife. It discusses two different studies one done in Seattle, Washington and the other right here in Denver, Colorado. People were interviewed to determine human responses to wildlife encounters in five urban parks.
http://www.denver.com/washington-park/ (Not from Penrose Database) -article giving background on the history of Washington Park and how it was first developed
Blank, G., & Van Vooren, N. (2007). Camping out in the coffee shop world: A sociological analysis of coffee shop conventions. Conference Papers – American Sociological Association, 1( 21p). The 1990s saw a rapid expansion of coffee shops in the United States, with Starbucks leading the upswing. Through interviews with patrons in independently- and corporately-owned coffee shops in the District of Columbia, this research explores consumers’ perceptions of how coffee shops fit into their lives. Our particular interest is a group of coffee shop patrons we call Campers, who spend long periods of time in the coffee shop and are involved in a variety of solitary activities. This paper identifies the conventions that attract such patrons to the coffee shop and how these have come to shape its culture: the Coffee Shop World. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] This is important because it involves seeing customers perceptions of why they go to these coffee shops and why it is important in their lives. It goes into the time they spend there and what they do there.
Vivoni, F. (2009) Skateparks, skateplazas, and urban politics. Journal of Sport & Social Issues: Spots of Spatial Desire, 33(2), 130-147.
This article examines the intersection of alternative sport practices and spatial regulation ideologies in urban environments through an analysis of skateboarding terrains. It forwards skateboard spaces as contradictory sites for both practicing and contesting urban governance. These urban spaces span the gamut from do-it-yourself struggles for public space to public-private partnerships and corporate brand-building theme parks. Skatespots, skateparks, and skateplazas conform locations of exhilarating desire that frame skateboarding within a landscape of social control. The article surveys the found and purpose-built sites to demonstrate the political potential of skateboarding within variations on the themes of accommodation and resistance to spatial regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
this article will be good to compare and contrast. yet i do not know my focus, it will help me later on
Van, A. (2002). From museum to mass entertainment: The evolution of the role of museums in cities. European urban and regional studies, 9(3), 195-209.
Abstract In a relatively short period of time, the museum cluster has become a key element of the tourism sector and an important contributor to the urban economy. In their competition to attract visitors, residents, and businesses, more and more cities are profiling themselves as a Cultural City, an Entertainment City, or a Fantasy City. Meanwhile, museums have evolved from buildings devoted primarily to educational and cultural presentations into public spaces where the visitor reigns. This article examines the increased attention that cities are giving to investments in museum facilities and to the development of spatial concentrations of museums, known as museum clusters. Two case- studies – Amsterdam’s Museumplein and Berlin’s Museuminsel – are used as a backdrop for the description, illustration, and analysis of recent trends. KEY WORDS ★ Amsterdam ★ Berlin ★ museums ★ urban and cultural revitalizations ★ urban culture
This article discussed the importance of museums to tourism and urban revenue. They also help create status for city. Furthermore, they talk about the educational benefits that museums provide. Overall, it discusses cities attention and the need for these cultural centers.
Gerhard U., & . (2001). Shopping and leisure: New patterns of consumer behaviour in Canada and Germany. Erde. 132(2), 205-220.
In the growing service society, shopping plays an increasing role in everyday life. It no longer serves as the daily chore but has become a way of life or a mode to express a certain lifestyle. Therefore, consumers use retail facilities quite differently to the way they did before. They also develop new tastes as well as habits that differ from pure economic purchase behaviour. Retailers react to this trend by either converting their stores into amusement centres of downscaling them into efficient economic shopping spaces. The changing retail landscape has a strong spatial impact on urban development. Therefore a spatial model for the location of leisure and shopping facilities has been developed that summarises these trends. By comparing North American and European conditions, especially those in Canada and Germany, some reflections have been made concerning different urban models. The typical image of the 'compact European town of the 19th century' is questioned by contrasting it with 'modern North American cities'. Can the image of the old European town compete with modern shopping malls? Changing consumer patterns are an important part of the answer to this question.
I think this would be a good source because it shows a comparison between malls and consumers in America and Europe. I think that this is interesting to examine because it shows how shopping and malls have evolved over the years and how they have been shaped in American.
The article presents a case study involving Gail Powers, a 46-year-old woman being treated by her primary neurologist for ongoing neck and back pain in the U.S. During the six-month period of her treatment, she was prescribed a minimum of six varieties of drugs, such as oxycodone, carisoprodol, and alprazolam. As a result, she had collapsed in her home and died the next day at the hospital. The article discusses the law suit filed by the patient's family as well as the outcome of the law suit. [abstract from the author]
I feel this would be a significant source because it explains the legal side to pharamcies and what they have to deal with if there was an incident such as death. Also, it also shows the progress that was made in order to protect patients when filling the medications. Finally, this will help my research because I can find what ways the pharamcies improved their system to make sure that patients are not getting too much of one drug.
Bizub, A, Joy, A, & Davidson, L. (2003). 'it's like being in another world': demonstrating the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding for individuals with psychiatric disability. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 26(4), 377-384.
Five adults with longstanding histories of psychiatric disabilities were recruited for a ten-week therapeutic horseback riding program. Individuals learned basic riding skills and bad the opportunity to bond with a horse. In addition, the riders participated in a post-riding process group that used artistic and creative exercises to promote individual expression. By the end often weeks, the riders reported success in learning basic horsemanship and, in doing so, also reported additional psychosocial benefits, including an augmented sense of self-efficacy and self-esteem. In sum, this adjunctive therapy can facilitate the recovery process.
Anastas, B. (2008, September 28). Malltown,U.S.A. New York Times Magazine, p. 94.
Abstract: The Americana at Brand rises from its 15.5-acre lot in downtown Glendale, Calif., like the setting for a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. From my seat aboard the vintage-style trolley that makes a circuit around this $400 million outdoor shopping mall and residential community, I glide down what reminds me of Rodeo Drive to Rush Street in Chicago, skirt the dancing fountain in Vegas, turn onto Newbury Street in Boston and end up in New Orleans, each stop announced by the cheerful ringing of the conductor's bell. The Americana, where I'm spending a weekend, is the newly minted brainchild of the California megadeveloper Rick Caruso, the force behind the Grove in Los Angeles and a family of other open-air retail developments that turn up the design volume on the dreary shopping mall experience, past theme-park kitsch, all the way to something sublime, say, a Diamond as Big as the Ritz. At the Grove, at Third and Fairfax, Caruso and his in-house team perfected their formula of marrying retail with entertainment, dining, a gently curving promenade for strolling and a world of other trademark touches like valet parking, piped-in music from the Rat Pack era and a concierge desk where shoppers can make dinner reservations or borrow an umbrella in the rare event of rain. More than just a builder with a dramatic flair and a nostalgia for small-town America, Caruso is a producer of alternative realities -- where Sinatra is still young, service employees all wear crisply tailored uniforms and the clock stops every 30 minutes, right in sync with a mesmerizing water-jet show at the fountain. And this fantasy strikes a chord with the public: more than 18 million visitors flock to the Grove every year, while sales per square foot, according to Caruso Affiliated, are 75 percent higher than the industry average.
This source is perfect for the kind of research I'm doing considering my project is observing the atmosphere of the training room. Through this article I can compare what I see as the atmosphere of this specific room to what other researches have found.
Goldman, T. (2009, May/June). American Gardener, 88(3), p. 40-41.
Abstract: An interview with Panayoti Kelaidis, senior curator and director of outreach at Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado is presented. Kelaidis imparts that the broad range of growing conditions is the best attribute of gardening in the Rocky Mountain region. He states that leaving the soils in unaltered condition, appreciation of natural condition and growing climatic fit plants are the best planting concepts in Colorado. He notes that his first official collecting travel was during his 20s.
Hurley, J., & Liebman, B. (2010, April). What's Brewing?. Nutrition Action HEalth Letter, 37(3), p. 12-15
Abstract: The article discusses the latest trends in coffee houses including Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, and McDonalds. It suggests that the best way to drink coffee while staying in control of calorie consumption is to go with unsweetened coffee or tea, a latte, or a cappucinno as long as it contains nonfat milk. The article also discusses healthy snack items available at the stores including oatmeal, the Deluxe Fruit Blend, and Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon with Egg White English Muffin Sandwich.
This source will allow me to compare the chains in the coffee house industry to one of a kind coffee houses like Stellas and how they differ.I believe that this is very important to my research because I will be able to find out how Stella's is able to compete with the main coffee companies in Colorado.
Doyle, M. (2002). A New Dimension for the Athletic Training Room: The spirit of the room. Athletic Therapy Today, 7(1), 34-34. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.bianca.penlib.du.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=6760429&site=ehost-live
ReplyDeleteAnalyzes the quality of psychological atmosphere created in the athletic training room. Effectiveness of athletic training room in providing quality medical care; Need to develop effective interaction skills in the training room; Role of sports-medicine professionals in educating athletes and coaches.
Spirou, C., & Bennett, L. (2005). Revamped stadium... new neighborhood?. Urban Affairs Review, (1078-0874)
ReplyDeleteThis source analyzes stadiums in new neighborhoods and how they effect the people.
Partnerships in action: strategies for the development of voluntary community groups in urban parks
ReplyDeletehttp://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSFETCH?fetchtype=fullrecord:sessionid=fsapp5-60026-g94f7yli-ipwb95:entitypagenum=5:0:recno=1:resultset=2:format=FI:next=html/record.html:bad=error/badfetch.html:entitytoprecno=1:entitycurrecno=1:numrecs=1
This abstract conveys that the article will discuss the importance of community and how it evolves in urban parks and gardens. This paper examines the managerial implications of establishing and developing Friends groups as a form of community involvement in the management of urban parks.
Human responses to encounters with wildlife in urban parks (USA)
http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSFETCH?fetchtype=fullrecord:sessionid=fsapp5-60026-g94f7yli-ipwb95:entitypagenum=8:0:recno=4:resultset=3:format=FI:next=html/record.html:bad=error/badfetch.html:entitytoprecno=4:entitycurrecno=4:numrecs=1
This article focuses on the relationship between humanity and wildlife. It discusses two different studies one done in Seattle, Washington and the other right here in Denver, Colorado. People were interviewed to determine human responses to wildlife encounters in five urban parks.
http://www.denver.com/washington-park/
(Not from Penrose Database)
-article giving background on the history of Washington Park and how it was first developed
Blank, G., & Van Vooren, N. (2007). Camping out in the coffee shop world: A sociological analysis of coffee shop conventions. Conference Papers – American Sociological Association, 1( 21p).
ReplyDeleteThe 1990s saw a rapid expansion of coffee shops in the United States, with Starbucks leading the upswing. Through interviews with patrons in independently- and corporately-owned coffee shops in the District of Columbia, this research explores consumers’ perceptions of how coffee shops fit into their lives. Our particular interest is a group of coffee shop patrons we call Campers, who spend long periods of time in the coffee shop and are involved in a variety of solitary activities. This paper identifies the conventions that attract such patrons to the coffee shop and how these have come to shape its culture: the Coffee Shop World. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
This is important because it involves seeing customers perceptions of why they go to these coffee shops and why it is important in their lives. It goes into the time they spend there and what they do there.
Vivoni, F. (2009) Skateparks, skateplazas, and urban politics. Journal of Sport & Social Issues: Spots of Spatial Desire, 33(2), 130-147.
ReplyDeleteThis article examines the intersection of alternative sport practices and spatial regulation ideologies in urban environments through an analysis of skateboarding terrains. It forwards skateboard spaces as contradictory sites for both practicing and contesting urban governance. These urban spaces span the gamut from do-it-yourself struggles for public space to public-private partnerships and corporate brand-building theme parks. Skatespots, skateparks, and skateplazas conform locations of exhilarating desire that frame skateboarding within a landscape of social control. The article surveys the found and purpose-built sites to demonstrate the political potential of skateboarding within variations on the themes of accommodation and resistance to spatial regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
this article will be good to compare and contrast. yet i do not know my focus, it will help me later on
Van, A. (2002). From museum to mass entertainment: The evolution of the role of museums in cities. European urban and regional studies, 9(3), 195-209.
ReplyDeleteAbstract
In a relatively short period of time, the museum cluster has become a key element of the tourism sector and an important contributor to the urban economy. In their competition to attract visitors, residents, and businesses, more and more cities are profiling themselves as a Cultural City, an Entertainment City, or a Fantasy City. Meanwhile, museums have evolved from buildings devoted primarily to educational and cultural presentations into public spaces where the visitor reigns.
This article examines the increased attention that cities are giving to investments in museum facilities and to the development of spatial concentrations of museums, known as museum clusters. Two case- studies – Amsterdam’s Museumplein and Berlin’s Museuminsel – are used as a backdrop for the description, illustration, and analysis of recent trends.
KEY WORDS ★ Amsterdam ★ Berlin ★ museums ★ urban and cultural revitalizations ★ urban culture
This article discussed the importance of museums to tourism and urban revenue. They also help create status for city. Furthermore, they talk about the educational benefits that museums provide. Overall, it discusses cities attention and the need for these cultural centers.
Gerhard U., & . (2001). Shopping and leisure: New patterns of consumer behaviour in Canada and Germany. Erde. 132(2), 205-220.
ReplyDeleteIn the growing service society, shopping plays an increasing role in everyday life. It no longer serves as the daily chore but has become a way of life or a mode to express a certain lifestyle. Therefore, consumers use retail facilities quite differently to the way they did before. They also develop new tastes as well as habits that differ from pure economic purchase behaviour. Retailers react to this trend by either converting their stores into amusement centres of downscaling them into efficient economic shopping spaces. The changing retail landscape has a strong spatial impact on urban development. Therefore a spatial model for the location of leisure and shopping facilities has been developed that summarises these trends. By comparing North American and European conditions, especially those in Canada and Germany, some reflections have been made concerning different urban models. The typical image of the 'compact European town of the 19th century' is questioned by contrasting it with 'modern North American cities'. Can the image of the old European town compete with modern shopping malls? Changing consumer patterns are an important part of the answer to this question.
I think this would be a good source because it shows a comparison between malls and consumers in America and Europe. I think that this is interesting to examine because it shows how shopping and malls have evolved over the years and how they have been shaped in American.
Spies, A. R. (2008). Patient fatality as a result of opioid-related overdose. University of Tennessee Advanced Studies in Pharmacy, 5(8), 256-257
ReplyDeletehttp://0-web.ebscohost.com.bianca.penlib.du.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=7&hid=7&sid=807daae1-2f5c-4809-9232-b4aed9df5293%40sessionmgr4
The article presents a case study involving Gail Powers, a 46-year-old woman being treated by her primary neurologist for ongoing neck and back pain in the U.S. During the six-month period of her treatment, she was prescribed a minimum of six varieties of drugs, such as oxycodone, carisoprodol, and alprazolam. As a result, she had collapsed in her home and died the next day at the hospital. The article discusses the law suit filed by the patient's family as well as the outcome of the law suit. [abstract from the author]
I feel this would be a significant source because it explains the legal side to pharamcies and what they have to deal with if there was an incident such as death. Also, it also shows the progress that was made in order to protect patients when filling the medications. Finally, this will help my research because I can find what ways the pharamcies improved their system to make sure that patients are not getting too much of one drug.
Bizub, A, Joy, A, & Davidson, L. (2003). 'it's like being in another world': demonstrating the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding for individuals with psychiatric disability. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 26(4), 377-384.
ReplyDeleteFive adults with longstanding histories of psychiatric disabilities were recruited for a ten-week therapeutic horseback riding program. Individuals learned basic riding skills and bad the opportunity to bond with a horse. In addition, the riders participated in a post-riding process group that used artistic and creative exercises to promote individual expression. By the end often weeks, the riders reported success in learning basic horsemanship and, in doing so, also reported additional psychosocial benefits, including an augmented sense of self-efficacy and self-esteem. In sum, this adjunctive therapy can facilitate the recovery process.
Anastas, B. (2008, September 28). Malltown,U.S.A.
ReplyDeleteNew York Times Magazine, p. 94.
Abstract:
The Americana at Brand rises from its 15.5-acre lot in downtown Glendale, Calif., like the setting for a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. From my seat aboard the vintage-style trolley that makes a circuit around this $400 million outdoor shopping mall and residential community, I glide down what reminds me of Rodeo Drive to Rush Street in Chicago, skirt the dancing fountain in Vegas, turn onto Newbury Street in Boston and end up in New Orleans, each stop announced by the cheerful ringing of the conductor's bell. The Americana, where I'm spending a weekend, is the newly minted brainchild of the California megadeveloper Rick Caruso, the force behind the Grove in Los Angeles and a family of other open-air retail developments that turn up the design volume on the dreary shopping mall experience, past theme-park kitsch, all the way to something sublime, say, a Diamond as Big as the Ritz. At the Grove, at Third and Fairfax, Caruso and his in-house team perfected their formula of marrying retail with entertainment, dining, a gently curving promenade for strolling and a world of other trademark touches like valet parking, piped-in music from the Rat Pack era and a concierge desk where shoppers can make dinner reservations or borrow an umbrella in the rare event of rain. More than just a builder with a dramatic flair and a nostalgia for small-town America, Caruso is a producer of alternative realities -- where Sinatra is still young, service employees all wear crisply tailored uniforms and the clock stops every 30 minutes, right in sync with a mesmerizing water-jet show at the fountain. And this fantasy strikes a chord with the public: more than 18 million visitors flock to the Grove every year, while sales per square foot, according to Caruso Affiliated, are 75 percent higher than the industry average.
This source is perfect for the kind of research I'm doing considering my project is observing the atmosphere of the training room. Through this article I can compare what I see as the atmosphere of this specific room to what other researches have found.
ReplyDeleteGoldman, T. (2009, May/June). American Gardener, 88(3), p. 40-41.
ReplyDeleteAbstract: An interview with Panayoti Kelaidis, senior curator and director of outreach at Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado is presented. Kelaidis imparts that the broad range of growing conditions is the best attribute of gardening in the Rocky Mountain region. He states that leaving the soils in unaltered condition, appreciation of natural condition and growing climatic fit plants are the best planting concepts in Colorado. He notes that his first official collecting travel was during his 20s.
Hurley, J., & Liebman, B. (2010, April). What's Brewing?. Nutrition Action HEalth Letter, 37(3), p. 12-15
ReplyDeleteAbstract:
The article discusses the latest trends in coffee houses including Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, and McDonalds. It suggests that the best way to drink coffee while staying in control of calorie consumption is to go with unsweetened coffee or tea, a latte, or a cappucinno as long as it contains nonfat milk. The article also discusses healthy snack items available at the stores including oatmeal, the Deluxe Fruit Blend, and Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon with Egg White English Muffin Sandwich.
This source will allow me to compare the chains in the coffee house industry to one of a kind coffee houses like Stellas and how they differ.I believe that this is very important to my research because I will be able to find out how Stella's is able to compete with the main coffee companies in Colorado.
ReplyDelete