I'm an IB full diploma student who is taking IB Math Studies SL, and for my Internal Assessment I'm doing it on whether management positions are independent of gender. In my data for my simple processes, it shows that there is a gender bias in that men seem to have more positions in management than women, but my Chi-Squared test states that they are independent. How do I explain that? I'm rlly confused bc i dont understand why it is independent if there is a bias.
Thank you so much! I'm doing an Extended Essay for the IB program on contrasting how females in LoTR and ASOIAF exert power using/manipulating their femininity, and for that I think I would need at least 5-10 sources from academic professors, but I'm not quite sure on the exact amount.
In addition to the other things I recommended to you, you might look at what I’ve listed below, though note I haven’t read all these.
Expelling a monstrous matriarchy: Casting Cersei Lannister as abject in A Song of Ice and Fire
Power and Women: An Examination of Daenerys Targaryen
A Song of Fantasy Traditions: How A Song of Ice and Fire Subverts Traditions of Women in Tolkienesque Fantasy
Maiden, Mother, and Crone: Motherhood in the World of Ice and Fire
Representation of Women in Tolkien’s and Martin’s Epic Fantasy
Fantasy as Politics: George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire
This is not a formally published article, but I strongly recommend the essay, “Can I be lord of a holdfast?” discussing gender politics. I also have a tag for #gender in asoiaf, which, again while not formally published, might still be useful; you might cite such works as “personal interviews” if they are permitted for your research. (I mean, I’ve talked about this topic a lot, for six years, idk why you couldn’t interview me or other people like @nobodysuspectsthebutterfly or @racefortheironthrone or others.)
I am much less familiar with critical works exploring LOTR. You could try @askmiddlearth, who has a tag for #sex and gender. Once @mahidevrans kindly supplied me with some pertinent LOTR info, so they might be another person to ask about women in LOTR. Perhaps other people could reblog with recommendations on this topic?
Where can I find academic articles based on a song of ice and fire? I've checked google scholar and jostor but i'm not so sure i can use those because I'm not positive they are from professors with degrees.
There isn’t a single website or resource I can point you toward and be like, “Here’s all the good peer-reviewed articles on ASOIAF.” And it’s hard to recommend academic articles without knowing the specific topic or purpose of your research. Are you writing about the economic impact of Robert’s Rebellion and how it parallels the English economy during the Middle Ages? Or are you exploring the question of whether ASOIAF better mirrors medieval Europe or 20th century America? Or are you more interested in character analysis? These are all very different research topics. Whatever your topic, the articles you find through google scholar and @jstor‘s search engine are all considered scholarly literature, written by people in academia about all sorts of ASOIAF minutia.
But anyways I like making lists so below are some published academic books and journals on ASOIAF on a wide range of topics. Most of them are essay anthologies. (Note that Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire are often used synonymously in many of these works, even when the author is focusing on the books.)
Mastering the Game of Thrones: Essays on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire - I own this book and I highly recommend it. I have some quotes from it in this tag, including when the book mentions my sideblog.
Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, From A Game of Thrones to A Dance with Dragons - iirc some of the views expressed in this book represent a school of thought very different from my own, but it might be useful.
Law and Law Breaking In Game of Thrones - a collection of academic articles on legal issues in ASOIAF
Women in Game of Thrones: Power, Conformity and Resistance - discussion of this book here
A Hymn for Spring and A Flight of Sorrows
Hands, Kings, and City-States: Analyzing A World of Ice and Fire (I designed that cover for Steven)
Race for the Iron Throne: Political and Historical Analysis of A Game of Thrones
Women of Ice and Fire: Gender, Game of Thrones, and Multiple Media Engagements
Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones
There are actually quite a lot of professors around tumblr.
For example, Steven Attewell aka @racefortheironthrone is a PhD; he authored several of the above books and his tumblr and wordpress are great resources. Depending on what you’re researching, his blog might be useful.
@madeinmyr is run by a group of professors and they do excellent analysis.
If I was researching something related to what people like @poorquentyn or @nobodysuspectsthebutterfly talk about, honestly I would quote their blog post in my paper, they’re amazing, they write better stuff than some of the anthologies I listed above. You might contact these bloggers and ask them if they felt comfortable sharing their contact info/official affiliations with you for the purposes of your research.
I follow other bloggers who are also professors, but I don’t think they’re comfortable revealing their RL identities on tumblr, so idk, if anybody reading this is a professor with an academic article on ASOIAF and you’re comfortable sharing, maybe reply to this post? (I’m greedy for articles on ASOIAF, plz link me to your articles.)
These are two of my favorite articles on ASOIAF, I can’t publish this post without them:
All Men Must Die: Medievalism, Feminism, and Realism in Game of Thrones
Down and Out in Westeros, or:Economy and Society in George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire
I’ve read lots of other articles over the years, but they’re scattered all over my blog.
You might use @asoiafuniversity the way you should be using wikipedia in academic writing - don’t use it as a source in and of itself, but use it as a jumping off point for other sources/ideas you want to explore.
PS - if anyone knows of any cool ASOIAF articles or books they wanna share, gimme the links! I want them!
Damn that suckssss at least u have all the ppl on tumblr that appreciate your existence and your blog!!
I’d like to think that my followers care about me, but sadly even though I have over 7k followers maybe like 4 of them know I exist :/// But thanks pal ❤️❤️
I"m doing the full IB Program and I'm taking Math Studies SL, Bio HL, English HL, HOTA HL, Spanish SL, Pysch SL and TOK. If I'm bringing a laptop to school, what classes would you recommend using the laptop for, excluding math and spanish?
At my school we use computers for everything pretty much. It depends on the kind of notes you’ll be taking and whether there are any programs your teacher wants you to use. I recommend you bring it all classes for the first few weeks and you’ll probably figure out yourself where it’s helpful and where it’s unnecessary.
