‘Better Than A Great Many Good Works’: Jenny Erpenbeck’s Go, Went, Gone and the Primacy of Attention in Human Rights Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 406-421
Author(s):  
Brian Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
General Public ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Good Works ◽  
Human Rights Practice ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
Better Than

Abstract Beginning with Simone Weil’s writing on the subject of attention, this article reflects on the place of attention in contemporary human rights practice—specifically in relation to the challenges posed by the multiple patterns of migration that have so defined our era. Through the lens of Jenny Erpenbeck’s remarkable novel, Go, Went, Gone, the article explores what attentiveness may mean today with regard to research and advocacy concerning migration issues. The article also asks how we secure and maintain the interest of the general public in the so-called global migration ‘crisis’ at a historical moment characterized by mass distraction?

The Global Migration Crisis: Challenges to States and Human Rights

1995 ◽  
Vol 110 (4) ◽  
pp. 651
Author(s):  
Yossi Shain ◽  
Myron Weiner
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Migration Crisis

scholarly journals Theoretical Tools for Studying the Phenomenon of the Influence of the European Court of Human Rights Practice on Legal Activities in Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (85) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
В. А. Завгородній
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Scientific Intelligence ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Human Rights Practice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of

In this article, the existing approaches to general theoretical jurisprudence have been studied to understand the concept of «methodology» and its structure, on the basis of which the methodology of the European Court of Human Rights practice research and its influence on legal activity in Ukraine is determined. In the opinion of the owner, the most suitable for solving our research tasks is an approach in which the methodology of legal knowledge includes methodological tools and other designs, logically distributed by the conceptual and instrumental levels.As a result, the study found that the theoretical toolkit for the study of the phenomenon of influencing the practice of the European Court of Human Rights on legal activity in Ukraine are: a) universal epistemological principles (comprehensiveness, completeness, historicism, objectivity), which are the imperative requirements that guided the researcher; b) human-centered and sociological methodological paradigms that are interconnected, do not contradict and complement each other, as well as the provisions of the theories of legal influence, legal regulation, legal practice, law-making, legal interpretation, enforcement, legal relations, which became the basis for the formulation of research problems; c) anthropological, complex, dialectical, synergetic, axiological approaches, by which the strategy of scientific intelligence is determined, its specific perspective, selection of investigated facts and interpretation of research results are carried out; d) general scientific and special methods of cognition that ensure the receipt of true scientifically sound knowledge about the subject of research.

The Global Migration Crisis: Challenge to States and to Human Rights.

1996 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 569
Author(s):  
Demetrois G. Papademetriou ◽  
Myron Weiner
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Migration Crisis

scholarly journals The nordic saga of citizenship

2020 ◽  
pp. 108-119
Author(s):  
Sofinska Iryna
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Dual Nationality ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Gradual Transformation ◽  
Very High

The modern concept of citizenship is undergoing a gradual transformation under the influence of significant geopolitical changes, permanent civilizational, globalization, and migration challenges. No longer is citizenship an exclusive legal sign indicating that an individual is a part (subject) of a particular State because a meaningful and understandable paradigm is changing. An individual as a citizen becomes increasingly essential, valuable for every democratic State. The country of his/her birth might not be the same as the country of origin or country of citizenship.He/she can claim rights or privileges inside and outside the country (extra-territorial) in a reciprocal way. As the primary motivation of this article is to explore the peculiarities of citizenship in Nordic countries after the global migration crisis in Europe during 2015–2016. All of them are shortlisted in few important indexes globally in 2017 (World Happiness Index, Visa Restriction Index, etc.). All of them have a very high GDP nominal per capita, which demonstrates a practical application of homo-centric concept, guaranteeing human rights, prosperity, and stability. The article highlights the achievements of those scholars (R. Bellamy, G.-R. De Groot, Ch. Joppke, W. Kymlicka, L. Orgad, P. Spiro, P. Shuck, P. Veil and others) who earlier explored the value paradigm of citizenship and the legal identity of an individual in the context of globalization, migration, and human rights. Relevant analytical and statistical expert reports and forecasts provide clear guidance for further modernization of intelligent segmentation of citizenship models and elements. The trajectory of a traditional vision of citizenship in Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden) changed from 'undeserved right' to 'earned privilege'. This transformation can be viewed in gender-biased nationality laws, dual nationality clauses, specific features of filiation, preconditions of naturalization, requirements of citizenship termination, etc.

Emergency Cinema and the Dignified Image: Cell Phone Activism and Filmmaking in Syria

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad Elias
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Digital Documents ◽  
Human Rights Practice ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Recent Attention

While the proliferation of digital technology has expanded the capacity to document human rights violations and publicize them via cell phone, cloud, and social networks, raw footage of state-sponsored violence is often the subject of competing interpretations that multiply through their viral circulation. Accordingly, much recent attention has been placed on the evidentiary uncertainty that attends digital documents coming out of Syria. This article offers an alternative framework through which to think about the efficacy of images that circulate outside of state institutions and corporate media outlets. Focusing on works by Rabih Mroué, Ossama Mohammed, and the filmmaking collective Abounaddara, this article examines how the videos produced during the Syrian uprisings and war give rise to a critical reflection on cinematic truth and the medium's long-standing correlation with violence and death. The affective force of images that operate at the threshold of visibility unsettles the terms of both human rights practice and documentary filmmaking.

Handwriting Analysis and Personality Assessment

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Greasley
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Handwriting Analysis ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Personnel Recruitment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Better Than

It has been estimated that graphology is used by over 80% of European companies as part of their personnel recruitment process. And yet, after over three decades of research into the validity of graphology as a means of assessing personality, we are left with a legacy of equivocal results. For every experiment that has provided evidence to show that graphologists are able to identify personality traits from features of handwriting, there are just as many to show that, under rigorously controlled conditions, graphologists perform no better than chance expectations. In light of this confusion, this paper takes a different approach to the subject by focusing on the rationale and modus operandi of graphology. When we take a closer look at the academic literature, we note that there is no discussion of the actual rules by which graphologists make their assessments of personality from handwriting samples. Examination of these rules reveals a practice founded upon analogy, symbolism, and metaphor in the absence of empirical studies that have established the associations between particular features of handwriting and personality traits proposed by graphologists. These rules guide both popular graphology and that practiced by professional graphologists in personnel selection.

“The heart above the ruins”: Miriam Waddington’s Poetry, the Spanish Civil War, and Jewish Canadian Literature

1969 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Robins Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Spanish Civil War ◽  
World War ◽  
Canadian Literature ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The Subject ◽  
War Consequences

The Jewish Canadian writer Miriam Waddington returned repeatedly to the subject of the Spanish Civil War, searching for hope amid the ruins of Spanish democracy. The conflict, a prelude to World War II, inspired an outpouring of literature and volunteerism. My paper argues for Waddington’s unique poetic perspective, in which she represents the Holocaust as the Spanish Civil War’s outgrowth while highlighting the deeply personal repercussions of the war – consequences for women, for the earth, and for community. Waddington’s poetry connects women’s rights to human rights, Canadian peace to European war, and Jewish persecution to Spanish carnage.

Need of Human Rights as a Better Way of Life

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-83
Author(s):  
Tushar Kadian
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Labour Unions ◽  
The People ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Made In

Actually, basic needs postulates securing of the elementary conditions of existence to every human being. Despite of the practical and theoretical importance of the subject the greatest irony is non- availability of any universal preliminary definition of the concept of basic needs. Moreover, this becomes the reason for unpredictability of various political programmes aiming at providing basic needs to the people. The shift is necessary for development of this or any other conception. No labour reforms could be made in history till labours were treated as objects. Its only after they were started being treating as subjects, labour unions were allowed to represent themselves in strategy formulations that labour reforms could become a reality. The present research paper highlights the basic needs of Human Rights in life.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document