“History and the Challenge of Photography in Bertolt Brecht’s Kreigsfibel.”

Imbrigotta, Kristopher. “History and the Challenge of Photography in Bertolt Brecht’s Kreigsfibel.” Radical History Review. Issue 106 (2010): pg. 27-45. Print.

In his article, “History and the Challenge of Photography in Bertolt Brecht’s Kreigsfibel,” Kristopher Imbrigotta uses Bertolt Brecht’s “photogram”, to explain how photos and words are dependent on each other. Imbrigotta observes how “we as media and information users have come to depend on the narrative power of the image to grapple with the ever-changing complexities of life” (28). Throughout his essay, Imbrigotta repeats the fact that photographs show us what things do, not what things are. In chapter three of his book “Criticizing Photographs”, Terry Barret explains similarly to Imbrigotta’s ideas about how photographs can’t say a lot on their own, how they require more in order to understand them. As Imbrigotta feels that photos require words, Barret feels that photos require many kinds of deep interpretation. Barret explains how photos will lack connotation, and will just denote objects, unless they are interpreted by the viewer. In contrast, Imbrigotta is talking about bringing out the truth in photos, while Barret questions whether photos carry any truth at all, explaining how good interpretation doesn’t necessarily equal truth. Both Barret and Imbrigotta believe that photos need more than just presence to mean something, but Imbrigotta describes the formula for portraying the “truth” in photographs, while Barret describes how to find meaning (connotation) in photographs. This source relates to my research question of finding the relationship between photographs and “the truth”, because Imbrigotta explains how photos cannot display truth on their own. Imbrigotta’s article helps me understand the fraud meaning photographs can carry, without full explanation. Imbrigotta observes, “Photographs question truth while simultaneously suggesting verisimilitude” (29). I will use this source to help my reader understand the concept of how images can appear to mean one thing, but actually mean something totally different; that photographs do not always portray “the truth” on their own.

YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Earth-Science Issues at a Geologic Repository for High-Level Nuclear Waste.

Long J, Ewing R. YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Earth-Science Issues at a Geologic Repository for High-Level Nuclear Waste. Annual Review Of Earth & Planetary Sciences [serial online]. May 2004;32(1):363-401. Academic Search Premier. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

One of the sources I’ve found called “Yucca Mountain: Nuclear Waste” by Jane Long and Rodney Ewing talks about facts involving nuclear waste but also specifically talks about the Yucca Mountain dispute. This article also goes in to detail about the transportation of this nuclear waste and the dangers we could face. In “Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste to a Repository-Factsheet”, the authors focus mainly on the transportation of nuclear waste, making these two articles very similar. One thing that separates these articles from one another is how the Long and Ewing article focuses mainly on Yucca and transportation while the other one goes into detail about the government involvement and people being affected by this transfer. I believe this one will be a good source because it touches all the bases I need to write my research paper, including Yucca Mountain, nuclear waste and the environment. Making this source a very valid option to use while baking up my own thoughts and theories included in this issue.

"Future of Language."

Masci, David. "Future of Language." CQ Researcher 17 Nov. 2000: 929-52. Web. 11 Apr. 2012

“International Political Economy And The Environment: Back to The Basics?.”

Clapp, Jennifer and Eric Helleiner. “International Political Economy And The

            Environment: Back to The Basics?.” International Affairs 88.3 (2012): 485-501.

            Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Apr. 2012.

"Suicide Attempts: Prevention Of Repetition."

Brian Mishara, et al. "Suicide Attempts: Prevention Of Repetition." Canadian Journal Of Psychiatry 56.10                               (2011): 621-629. Academic Search Premier. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

“Internet Monitoring of Suicide Risk in the Population”

“Internet Monitoring of Suicide Risk in the Population” by McCarthy M, it states that “Google internet

search engine activity for suicide-related terms from the years 2004–2009 was measured and correlated to available suicide and intentional self-injury data from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC)”.

 

"Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste to a Repository."

State of Nevada. "Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive          Waste to a Repository." State of Nevada. 20 May 1999. Web. 16 Apr. 2012.      http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/trans/trfact03.htm

 

"The Old West in Modern Splendor': Frontier Folklore and the Selling of Las Vegas."

Jones, Karen. ""The Old West in Modern Splendor': Frontier Folklore and the Selling of Las Vegas." European Journal of American Culture 29 (2010): 93-110. Print.

“1983; New York, Cure For An Addiction”

Vonnegut, Kurt. “1983; New York, Cure For An Addiction” Other Words: A Writer’s             

Reader. Ed. David Fleming. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. 2009. 

297-299.

"Nuclear Power and the Public"

Ramana, M. V. "Nuclear Power and the Public." EBSCOhost. July 2011. Web.

“Suicidal behaviour and suicide from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol and surrounding area in the UK: 1994–2003.”

Bennewith, Olive/Nowers, Mike/ Gunnell, David ,“Suicidal behaviour and suicide from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol and surrounding area in the UK: 1994–2003.”, European Journal of Public Health; Apr2011, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p204-208, 5p

"Human Restoration"

McKibben, Bill. “Human Restoration” Other Words: A Writer’s Reader. Ed. David Fleming. Dubuque, IA:Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. 2009. 165 – 177.

“Culture And Self- Deception: A Theoretical Perspective .”

Triandis, Harry C. “Culture And Self- Deception: A Theoretical Perspective .” Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal 39.1 (2012): 3-13. Print.

"Moderators of the Relationship between Exercise and Mood Changes: Gender, Exertion Level, and Workout Duration."

Rocheleau, Courtney A., Gregory D. Webster, Angela Bryan, and Jacquelyn Frazier. "Moderators of the Relationship between Exercise and Mood Changes: Gender, Exertion Level, and Workout Duration." Psychology & Health 19.4 (2004): 491-506. Print.

"Hotel room suicide: Las Vegas and Clark County."

Avery, David. Gemar, Kjersti. Zarkowski, Paul. "Hotel room suicide: Las Vegas and Clark County." Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology; Jan2008 Vol. 43 Issue 1: p25-27.

"Understanding Suicide Risk: Identification Of High-Risk Groups During High-Risk Times."

Overholser, James C., Abby Braden, and Lesa Dieter. "Understanding Suicide      Risk:  Identification Of High-Risk Groups During High-Risk Times." Journal Of Clinical Psychology 68.3 (2012): 349-361. Academic Search Premier. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

 My source, Understanding Suicide Risk: Identification of High-Risks Groups During High-Risks Times, is about trying to understand suicide risk factors and more specifically identifying high-risk groups of people that may commit suicide. It looks into situations, factors and variables that trigger suicide. The source also suggests that in order to prevent suicide we may have to focus more on those whom actually die when attempting suicide rather than “repeat attempters”. My source is very relatable to About a Mountain by John D’Agata. In About a Mountain the author explores what the government and public think and feel about suicide in the United States. Both sources go into which people are more likely to commit and at what times. They differ in regards to who is responsible for our societies lack of interest, care when it comes to suicide, but they both agreed that it is a relevant, serious issue that needs to be looked into. I plan to use my source to show how we can prevent suicide by knowing who is at risk. I believe that the author of my source would another my question of how to prevent suicide by looking at past suicide committer and focusing on reaching out to target groups in there time of need. The author wrote, “The prediction of suicide remains a complex and difficult task.” I could not agree more and think he would agree with me in saying that it is not easy to prevent suicide, but we must try.

“Why Bother?”

Pollan, Michael. “Why Bother?” Other Words: A Writer’s Reader. Ed. David Fleming. Dubuque, IA:Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. 2009. 211-216

Why bother? talks about the environment and how people are trying to reduce there carbon footprint by biking to work, lowering the thermostat, and doing other various things to use less power. If most people don’t try to change and make there carbon footprint smaller then why even bother trying. It is the same thing with Yucca Mountain, if the world is going to become much worse then why would it matter if nuclear waste is in Yucca. “Why Bother?” most people would say, But John D’Agata would say people should do whatever they can to prevent harm to the environment. This relates to my research question of how dangerous is nuclear waste to the environment? because if there is no point in trying to help the environment then nuclear waste is harmless in the fact that it doesn’t matter where we store it. Pollan would say that it doesn’t matter how harmful nuclear waste is to the environment because it doesn’t matter do to the fact that the environment is already to destroyed to come back from.

"Understanding Suicide Risk: Identification Of High- Risk Groups During High-Risk Times."

Overholser, James C., Abby Braden, and Lesa Dieter. "Understanding Suicide Risk: Identification Of High-             Risk Groups During High-Risk Times." Journal of Clinical Psychology 68.3 (2012): 349-361.         Academic Search Premier. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

 

In “Understanding Suicide Risk: Identification of High-Risk Groups during High-Risk Times” the authors talk about the tasks of assessing whether someone is a suicide risk. It touches on the personal demographic groups that are most common in people that are suicide risks and have completed suicide. These personal demographics include males, divorced adults, and Caucasians. It also talks about how these arent the only things that can make someone a suicide risk. There are other factors that play in and can even negate the personal demographics. It all links together and plays a part in the bigger picture. If you have a psychiatric diagnosis and life events also make someone a risk for suicide. The article in a whole is a study that compares the psychological autopsy (which is an autopsy of the brain) of 148 people that died of suicide to 257 adults that died from accidents and health issues. This source adds scientific fact to the topic in which I’m researching. It brings light to real issues and how even something that seems so simple can add to whether someone is considered a risk for suicide. This compliments the article “The Acquired Capability for Suicide: A Comparison of Suicide Attempters, Suicide Ideators, and Non-suicidal Controls” it talks about the chemical imbalance that someone experiences when they’re about to commit suicide. This article helps me to understand the things that bring someone to want to commit suicide and feel that it is the only option. I plan to use this source as a scientific guideline to understand what people go through. I feel that this article will be very helpful in pulling all of my research together.

"The Reasons for Suicide: An Analysis of the Diary of Arthur Inman."

Lester, David. "The Reasons for Suicide: An Analysis of the Diary of Arthur Inman." Diss. The

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey, 2008. Print.

I found this article extremely useful in my research for reasons and prevention of suicide and the way the information is portrayed in this article is that of uniqueness.  “This article is a qualitative analysis of suicide.  Qualitative analyses can provide an in-depth understanding of the pathways leading to suicide, especially by providing a casual ordering of events in the individual’s life.” (Lester, p.56)  Much different than the other articles I found this article uses a diary to provide psycho dynamics of people’s lives and although they’re inspecting an individual’s life, they include scientific information and scholarly knowledge to explain why the diary entries were written the way they were.  The comparison between this article written by David Lester and John D’Agata’s book astonishes me. Also, the way the information is portrayed in Lester’s article almost reads the same way that D’Agata presents his information in, About a Mountain.  I believe D’Agata and Lester would have a friendly conversation, solely based on the way the two authors present their information and the passion the show for their research.  However, I believe that if David Lester read About a Mountain, he would recommend D’Agata to include more proven evidence on why suicide occurs along with his experiences that are already provided in his book.  This article will help me tremendously in my essay because it provides the exact information I was looking for while it could present a good argument at the same time.  Also, the way the information is proposed in this article may allow my style of writing to be different and unique throughout this essay.

"Child and Adolescent Suicide."

Pelkonen, Mirjami. "Child and Adolescent Suicide." Academis Search Premier. 2003. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

"Why we Still Need Nuclear Power: Making Clean Energy Safe and Affordable."

Moniz, Ernest. "Why we Still Need Nuclear Power: Making Clean Energy Safe and Affordable." Foreign Affairs 90.6 (2011): 83-94. ProQuest Biology Journals; ProQuest Central; ProQuest Computing; ProQuest Education Journals; ProQuest Health Management; ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source; ProQuest Psychology Journals; ProQuest Science Journals; ProQuest Social Science Journals. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

 

"When Should You Worry?"

Bostic, Jeff Q., and Michael C. Miller. "When Should You Worry?" Academic Search Premier. Newswork, 25 Apr. 2005. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. Web

“When Should You Worry?” focuses on why teenagers are suicidal by exploring possible reasons that drive these teens to do such a thing. Their main reasons are depression. They believe that one out of 12 teens suffer from depression before of the age 18 because of puberty and this makes them more prone to suicide. They suggest medication for teenagers that present symptoms like sudden withdraw from family, friends and school. (Bostic & Miller)  In “About a Mountain”, John D’Agata briefly discusses suicide when he discovers that a teenage boy has jumped from the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. The causes for him to commit suicide are unknown but Jeff Bostic and Michael Miller would argue that the main causes that lead this young boy to jump would be depression due to his age. Bostic and Miller would tell D’Agata that Levi, the suicidal boy, jumped because he was struggling with a sexual problem, a painful breakup or a humiliating disagreement with an adult that lead him to become suicidal. This article supports my argument in why do teens commit suicide. It makes the assumption of one of the main reasons this occurs. I think that D’Agata would agree that Levi’s unfamiliar behavior was because of depression.

 

"Nuclear Energy"

"Nuclear Energy." Earth Sciences for Students. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2012. Gale Science In Context. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

 

"Nuclear Chemistry - Nuclear and Chemical Waste."

Hermes, Matthew. Settle, Frank. "Nuclear Chemistry - Nuclear and Chemical Waste." Chemistry

and Decision Making.2009. Web. 12 Apr. 2012. <http://chemcases.com/nuclear/nc

11.html>.

"Future of Language"

Masci, David. "The CQ Researcher Online." CQ Researcher by CQ Press. CQ Press, 17 Nov.       2000. Web. 18 Apr. 2012.<http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=c

            qresrre2000111700>.

K. Durkin, G. Conti-Ramsdent, A.J. Walker; “Txt Lang: Texting, textism use and literacy abilities in adolescents with and without specific language im

K. Durkin, G. Conti-Ramsdent, A.J. Walker; “Txt Lang: Texting, textism use and literacy

abilities in adolescents with and without specific language impairment”. Journal of

Computer Assisted Learning, 49-57, 2011, print

This study Txt Lang: Texting, textism use and literacy abilities in adolescents with and without specific language impairment talks a lot about what my essay is going to be on. That is that this study is about young people texting and how it affects them. That is how the language in text messaging is effecting how young people write and speak now a day. This study also fully explains text messaging in more formal terms so it is easier to explain. This source is completely different then all of my other sources so far. That is because it has to do with current language. But it shows that young adults are losing formal writing skills. This would make it much harder for them to understand previous languages such as Old English. This is when About A Mountain would come in handy because in this essay he shows how much we can lose the translation of a language in just few years. This could help my essay because it would give a great example to how it has happened and how text messaging would do this to young people even quicker. This source brings up the idea that “young people prefer texting over talking”. This will help with the argument that text messaging is hurting young people because it is also hurting their social skills.

"The Suicide Capital of America"

Goldman, Adam. "The Suicide Capital Of America." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 11 Feb.

2009. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. .

In "The Suicide Capital of America", CBS news writer Adam Goldman investigates what the reasons are for Vegas to become the spot to kill yourself. After talking to multiple family members of victims, he comes to the conclusion that maybe Las Vegas is an attraction because one can literally disappear and not be found. The ideal vacation spot attracts those who can anonymously walk around, gamble, drink, have a great time; no questions asked. The mystery remains as to why a place so unassociated with death, is stricken with a suicidal plague. While this report doesn't focus on the nuclear waste aspects of D'Agata's novel, what they do share is the mysterious aspect of why people choose Vegas. D'Agata chooses to use Levi Presly and his story to illustrate to us perhaps how easy it is to become your own mystery in Vegas. As he climbs the Stratosphere, he is unaffected by every shopper, vendor, and tourist that he passes. No one asks questions, and finally when someone does notice Levi jumps. Perhaps D'Agata and Goldman had something in common with pointing out the strikingly obvious title that comes with Vegas. Goldman chooses to use a eerily observant suicide note in his report "Here there are no answers". Exactly the point D'Agata was trying to make in his book. Overall I think this will relate possibly the best to my research question. There is no clear-cut answer but there is evidence that something draws people in, and maybe this answer is the care free "Sin City" Vegas attitude. There is no clear-cut answer as to what possessive entity Vegas holds, but I think I can use some of Goldman's research of these victims to help further my own question. It seems there may be a possibility that the answer is in fact in the suicide stories themselves.

"Deep-Sixing Yucca Mountain"

Kriz, Margaret. "Deep-Sixing Yucca Mountain." National Journal (2009). Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 12 Apr. 2012.

In Kriz’s essay, “Deep-Sixing Yucca Mountain” she points out some of the political and economic issues surrounding nuclear waste and the cutting of the Yucca Mountain project. The process is of approving a place for the waste is taking a very long time because the solutions are constantly being viewed and review by the administration and congress. Other than the obvious dangers of nuclear waste, the cost is also a big issue. Just as in John D’Agata’s About A Mountain, Kriz article highlights the time, money, and effort going into Yucca Mountain. However, D’Agata seems to focus mostly on Sen. Reid from Nevada and Kriz writes about everyone from Obama to many members of congress. Kriz also writes about how the two political parties have different views on the issue. D’Agata’s book is all about Yucca, as Kriz also writes about other solutions, such as reusing the nuclear radioactive rods and about the costs of letting waste continue to build up. I think this source will be very useful. I can use it to find out who is behind the politics of Yucca and nuclear waste. I also will have information on why someone supports what they do. The essay also touches on some of the influence that the energy companies have on politics, like how the more waste they build up, the more money the government owes them.