Emotions, finances and independence. Uranium as a “happy object” in the Greenlandic debate on secession from Denmark

Polar Record ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Thisted
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Uranium Mining ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current Discussion ◽  
Economic Progress

Abstract Analysing the Danish-Greenlandic debate on Greenland’s plans to extract and export uranium, the article advocates bringing the fields of extraction studies and cultural studies into dialogue. Drawing on discourse analysis, critical theory and the “emotional turn” in social sciences, the article demonstrates how the current discussion about secession is linked to a Danish-Greenlandic affective economy instituted during the colonial era. Conceived as the antithesis to the unhappy condition of present postcoloniality, independence has become the ultimate political goal for the Greenlandic nation. The reasoning is that history has made the Greenlanders citizens in a foreign nation, which has left them in a state of alienation. In order to lock colonialism away firmly in the past and attain future happiness, the Greenlanders must attain statehood. Uranium is supposed to promote this goal and is thus circulated as a “happy object”, positioning opponents of uranium mining as “affect aliens” or “killjoys” in the independence discourse. In Denmark, the Greenlandic detachment has led to “postcolonial melancholia” – and to a greater receptiveness to the Greenland desire for equality. In Greenland, disappointed expectations of rapid economic progress and growing distrust of large-scale projects have sparked a discussion about the significations of the concept of “independence”.

scholarly journals The Relevance of Inequality Research in Sociology for Inequality Reduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237802312110201
Author(s):  
Thomas A. DiPrete ◽  
Brittany N. Fox-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Large Scale Change ◽  
The Subject

Social inequality is a central topic of research in the social sciences. Decades of research have deepened our understanding of the characteristics and causes of social inequality. At the same time, social inequality has markedly increased during the past 40 years, and progress on reducing poverty and improving the life chances of Americans in the bottom half of the distribution has been frustratingly slow. How useful has sociological research been to the task of reducing inequality? The authors analyze the stance taken by sociological research on the subject of reducing inequality. They identify an imbalance in the literature between the discipline’s continual efforts to motivate the plausibility of large-scale change and its lesser efforts to identify feasible strategies of change either through social policy or by enhancing individual and local agency with the potential to cumulate into meaningful progress on inequality reduction.

Racial Relations Theories and Sport: Suggestions for a More Critical Analysis

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Birrell
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Sport Sociology ◽  
Racial Relations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Deprivation ◽  
Bias And Discrimination

This paper suggests that sport sociology may be ready to move from a generally atheoretical approach to “race and sport“ to a critical analysis of racial relations and sport. Four theoretical groups are identified from the writing of racial relations scholars: bias and discrimination theories, assimilation and cultural deprivation theories, materialist and class-based theories, and culturalist or colonial theories. In the past, studies of race and sport have fit within the former two theories. A cultural studies approach that blends the latter theories is advocated in order to move toward the goal of critical theory and develop a comprehensive model for analyzing the complex of relations of dominance and subordination simultaneously structured along racial, gender, and class lines.

The work of the British School at Athens, 2014–2015

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 34-48
Author(s):  
Catherine Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
The Past ◽  
British School ◽  
The Social ◽  
Funded Project

Over the past year the School has delivered a rich and varied research programme combining a range of projects in antiquity, spanning the Palaeolithic to Byzantine periods, science-based archaeology to epigraphy (including the work of the Fitch Laboratory and the Knossos Research Centre), with research in sectors from the fine arts to history and the social sciences (see Map 2).At Knossos, new investigation in the suburb of Gypsadhes, directed by Ioanna Serpetsedaki (23rd EPCA), Eleni Hatzaki (Cincinnati), Amy Bogaard (Oxford) and Gianna Ayala (Sheffield), forms part of Oxford University's ERC-funded project Agricultural Origins of Urban Civilisation. The Gypsadhes excavation features large-scale bioarchaeological research, aimed at providing the fine-grained information necessary to reconstruct the Knossian economy through time.

scholarly journals Cultural Studies, Critical Theory and Critical Discourse Analysis: Histories, Remembering and Futures

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Threadgold
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Politics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Global And Local

In this paper I have explored some of the histories which inevitably connect, but also differentiate, critical discourse analysis and cultural studies. I have argued that both are strongly influenced by the versions of critical theory which have been characterised as 'postmodernism' and 'poststructuralism' and that both could benefit not only from some serious engagement with the several disciplines from which their interdisciplinarity is derived but also from some further in depth exploration of the critical theory which informs them and which they have often 'translated' or 'co-opted' in reductionist ways. I have also argued that the claims sometimes made for critical discourse analysis are inflated and that without serious ethnographies and attention to the theorisation as well as research of contexts those claims cannot really be sustained. On the other hand 'resignification' or the cultural politics of CDA are important agendas and we need to do much more work on establishing exactly how social change can be effected through the kinds of work CDA could do. My conclusion is that we need to reframe and recontextualise the ways in which we define and perform CDA and that that will involve bringing cultural studies and critical discourse analysis together in productive new ways with other disciplinary and theoretical formations and with proper attention to the new and different global and local contexts in which we work.

scholarly journals A CLOSER LOOK ON CULTURAL STUDIES IN CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
mikeyulfa
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
The Right ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
Deep Exploration

This study explored several histories in cultural studies and critical discourse analysis. This research has argued that both are strongly influenced by the critical theory versions that are characterized as "postmodernism" and "poststructuralism" and both can benefit not only from some serious involvement with some of the disciplines from which their lipliner interactions originate but also from some deep exploration of critical theory that tells them and them are often "translated" or "co-opted " "by reductionist means. Later, the article also argues that claims that are sometimes made for critical discourse analysis are increased and without ethnography and focus on the theorem as well as research on the context, the claim cannot be seriously defended. On the other hand, the "resignation" or cultural politics of Critical Discourse Analysis (therefore: CDA) is an important agenda and we need to do more work to determine exactly how social change can be done through the type of work CDA can do. This paper argues that we need to reprint and re-contemplate the ways in which we define and do the CDA and will ultimately link cultural studies and critical studies and critical discourse analyzes together in a productive new way with other disciplinary and theoretical formations and with the right attention to the new and different global and local context in which we work.

Microaggression and Moral Cultures

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 692-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley Campbell ◽  
Jason Manning
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
Moral Change ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conflict Tactics

Campus activists and others might refer to slights of one’s ethnicity or other cultural characteristics as “microaggressions,” and they might use various forums to publicize them. Here we examine this phenomenon by drawing from Donald Black’s theories of conflict and from cross-cultural studies of conflict and morality. We argue that this behavior resembles other conflict tactics in which the aggrieved actively seek the support of third parties as well as those that focus on oppression. We identify the social conditions associated with each feature, and we discuss how the rise of these conditions has led to large-scale moral change such as the emergence of a victimhood culture that is distinct from the honor cultures and dignity cultures of the past.

scholarly journals Connecting Cultural Studies, Critical Theory and Critical Discourse Analysis: Past, Present, Future

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elfrida Kartika Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Critical Discourses ◽  
Global And Local

In this journal the researcher have explored some of the inexorably connected histories , but also distinguishes , analyzes critical discourses and cultural studies . I argue that both are strongly influenced by the version of critical theory which has been characterized as 'postmodernism ' and 'poststructuralism ' and both can benefit not only from some serious engagements with some of the disciplines with which they are interdisciplinary , but also from some further in exploration depth of critical theory that informs them and that they are often 'translated ' or 'co-opted ' by reductionist means . I also argue that the claims that are sometimes made for critical discourse analysis are increased and without ethnography and serious attention to the theory and research on the context , such claims can not be sustained . On the other hand 'resignation ' or CDA cultural politics is an important agenda and we need to do more work to determine exactly how social change can be done through the kind of work CDA can do . My conclusion is that we need to reframe and contemplate the ways in which we define and do the CDA and it will involve the taking of cultural studies and critical discourse analysis together in a productive new way with other disciplinary and theoretical formations and with the attention that true to the new and different global and local contexts in which we work .

scholarly journals Connecting Cultural Studies, Critical Theory and Critical Discourse Analysis: Past, Present, Future

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elfrida Kartika Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Critical Discourses ◽  
Global And Local

In this journal the researcher have explored some of the inexorably connected histories , but also distinguishes , analyzes critical discourses and cultural studies . I argue that both are strongly influenced by the version of critical theory which has been characterized as 'postmodernism ' and 'poststructuralism ' and both can benefit not only from some serious engagements with some of the disciplines with which they are interdisciplinary , but also from some further in exploration depth of critical theory that informs them and that they are often 'translated ' or 'co-opted ' by reductionist means . I also argue that the claims that are sometimes made for critical discourse analysis are increased and without ethnography and serious attention to the theory and research on the context , such claims can not be sustained . On the other hand 'resignation ' or CDA cultural politics is an important agenda and we need to do more work to determine exactly how social change can be done through the kind of work CDA can do . My conclusion is that we need to reframe and contemplate the ways in which we define and do the CDA and it will involve the taking of cultural studies and critical discourse analysis together in a productive new way with other disciplinary and theoretical formations and with the attention that true to the new and different global and local contexts in which we work .

Are Borders the Reflection of International Relations? Southeast Asian Borders in Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. M. Ahsan Ullah ◽  
Asiyah Az-Zahra Ahmad Kumpoh
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Border Studies ◽  
Population Mobility ◽  
The Past ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
And Migration

Over the past decade, the concepts of border have gained resonance in several disciplines within social sciences. While critical theory of borders has made tremendous advancements, scarcity of the scholarship in border studies is still evident. Borders are, in general, cultural, social, territorial, geographical, political, sexual and racial separators. This article deals with geographical borders in the Southeast Asian (SEA) region. Most countries in SEA share borders with each other. Under a range of circumstances and relationships such as trade, security and migration flows take place. Southeast Asia’s heterogeneity—politically, ethnically, religiously, economically, demographically and spatially—has crucial implications for neighbourly relationships, trade, border constructions, migration and refugee flows for all the countries. This article delves into the interplay between borders and heterogeneity in SEA and their outcomes. We argue that borders type determine the level of relationship between neighbouring countries and security outcome, trade and population mobility.

scholarly journals A CLOSER LOOK ON CULTURAL STUDIES IN CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
mikeyulfa
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
The Right ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
Deep Exploration

This study explored several histories in cultural studies and critical discourse analysis. This research has argued that both are strongly influenced by the critical theory versions that are characterized as "postmodernism" and "poststructuralism" and both can benefit not only from some serious involvement with some of the disciplines from which their lipliner interactions originate but also from some deep exploration of critical theory that tells them and them are often "translated" or "co-opted " "by reductionist means. Later, the article also argues that claims that are sometimes made for critical discourse analysis are increased and without ethnography and focus on the theorem as well as research on the context, the claim cannot be seriously defended. On the other hand, the "resignation" or cultural politics of Critical Discourse Analysis (therefore: CDA) is an important agenda and we need to do more work to determine exactly how social change can be done through the type of work CDA can do. This paper argues that we need to reprint and re-contemplate the ways in which we define and do the CDA and will ultimately link cultural studies and critical studies and critical discourse analyzes together in a productive new way with other disciplinary and theoretical formations and with the right attention to the new and different global and local context in which we work.

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