March 2011

Architectural background of Kerman

  This text is an effort to describe the Kerman architectural history since initialization till now, which refers to the placement of the city and its history since the architecture is affected by historical conditions. We describe the history of the city briefly and later classify the effective factors on the shape of ancient architecture and finally discuss the present condition and the kind of behavior with...

Author(s):   Leily Iranmanesh

March 2011

A nigger in the woodpile? A racist incident on a South African University campus

  This case study starts by providing a brief background description of the shock value of swearwords and derogatory terms before moving to a more focused discussion of the social and psycholinguistic features associated with their use. After a brief overview of the history of highly-charged taboo words referring to black African people in South Africa, the paper then discusses the repercussions of a recent and...

Author(s): Vivian Anne de Klerk