Imagining a Sacramental Method: Divine Presence in the Lives of the Crucified Peoples

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-25
Author(s):  
Ashley Theuring
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Divine Presence ◽  
Critical Dialogue ◽  
Ethical Imperative ◽  
Presence Of God ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Preferential Option ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology ◽  
Domestic Violence Survivors

Abstract This article argues that an ethnographic method informed by a sacramental worldview and guided by the ethical imperative of the preferential option for the poor can give theologians a fundamental tool to access revelation found in our everyday lives. This article begins with a case study investigating the presence of God in the midst of suffering among a community of domestic violence survivors. Then, this article argues that the Divine presence found through this case study can be theologically investigated through an ethnographic methodology informed by a sacramental worldview and the preferential option for the poor. Finally, to embody this proposed methodology and its radical potential, this article brings the narratives of the domestic violence survivors into critical dialogue with the Markan ‘Empty Tomb’ tradition, to uncover a renewed sense of God’s presence in the ‘Empty Tomb.’

Private security companies and domestic violence: A welcome new development?

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diarmaid Harkin ◽  
Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Private Security ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Security Industry ◽  
Private Security Companies ◽  
The Poor ◽  
New Development ◽  
Private Security Industry

Due to the poor reputation of the private security industry and the multiple lines of concerns raised by scholars over the potentially corrosive costs of commercial security provision, it is important to consider whether for-profit companies are a welcome addition to the network of actors who respond to the needs of domestic violence victims. Using the case study of ‘Protective Services’ in Victoria, Australia, who appear to be one of the first known instances of a private security company offering services to victims of domestic violence, we argue that there may be advantages for victims engaging with commercial providers and reasons for optimism that commercial outfits can improve feelings of safety for a particularly vulnerable and under-protected population.

Domestic Violence and Torture

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebru Şalcıoğlu ◽  
Metin Başoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
International Law ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Domestic Violence Survivors ◽  
Contextual Characteristic

Although gender-based violations, including rape and domestic violence, are already recognized as torture in international law, their commonalities with torture have not been adequately investigated. This chapter is intended as a “case study” to demonstrate the conceptual, contextual, and definitional commonalities between torture and domestic violence from a psychological perspective. A direct comparison of 228 domestic violence survivors with 109 tortured women showed that domestic violence was not distinguishable from torture in the nature and severity of trauma, its mental effects, and the psychological processes that lead to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Loss of control over life through deprivation of liberty contributed to PTSD and depression independently of acts of violence. These findings suggest that both torture and domestic violence share the same contextual characteristic: helplessness under the control of others. As such, they support recognition of domestic violence as torture by international law.

Domestic Violence. Case Study: Romania

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 203-204
Author(s):  
Cristina Otovescu Frasie ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence

scholarly journals Forging Political Cadres for Re-Peasantization: Escuela de Acción Campesina (Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 4061
Author(s):  
David Gallar-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Ethnographic Interviews ◽  
Participatory Workshop ◽  
Global North ◽  
Training Schools ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology ◽  
La Via Campesina

Bolstering the political formation of agrarian organizations has become a priority for La Vía Campesina and the Food Sovereignty Movement. This paper addresses the Spanish case study of the Escuela de Acción Campesina (EAC)—(Peasant Action School), which is a tool for political formation in the Global North in which the philosophical and pedagogical principles of the “peasant pedagogies” of the Training Schools proposed by La Vía Campesina are put into practice within an agrarian organization in Spain and in alliance with the rest of the Spanish Food Sovereignty Movement. The study was carried out over the course of the 10 years of activist research, spanning the entire process for the construction and development of the EAC. Employing an ethnographic methodology, information was collected through participant observation, ethnographic interviews, a participatory workshop, and reviews of internal documents. The paper presents the context in which the EAC arose, its pedagogical dynamics, the structure and the ideological contents implemented for the training of new cadres, and how there are three key areas in the training process: (1) the strengthening of collective union and peasant identity, (2) training in the “peasant” ideological proposal, and (3) the integration of students as new cadres into the organizations’ structures. It is concluded that the EAC is a useful tool in the ideological re-peasantization process of these organizations.

Slow scholarship for social work: A praxis of resistance and creativity

2021 ◽  
pp. 147332502199086
Author(s):  
Stéphanie Wahab ◽  
Gita R Mehrotra ◽  
Kelly E Myers
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Relational Ontology ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Useful Knowledge ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Rapid Production ◽  
Time Frames

Expediency, efficiency, and rapid production within compressed time frames represent markers for research and scholarship within the neoliberal academe. Scholars who wish to resist these practices of knowledge production have articulated the need for Slow scholarship—a slower pace to make room for thinking, creativity, and useful knowledge. While these calls are important for drawing attention to the costs and problems of the neoliberal academy, many scholars have moved beyond “slow” as being uniquely referencing pace and duration, by calling for the different conceptualizations of time, space, and knowing. Guided by post-structural feminisms, we engaged in a research project that moved at the pace of trust in the integrity of our ideas and relationships. Our case study aimed to better understand the ways macro forces such as neoliberalism, criminalization and professionalization shape domestic violence work. This article discusses our praxis of Slow scholarship by showcasing four specific key markers of Slow scholarship in our research; time reimagined, a relational ontology, moving inside and towards complexity, and embodiment. We discuss how Slow scholarship complicates how we understand constructs of productivity and knowledge production, as well as map the ways Slow scholarship offers a praxis of resistance for generating power from the epistemic margins within social work and the neoliberal academy.

scholarly journals Governmental human rights focal points in federal contexts: The implementation of the Istanbul convention in Switzerland as a case study

2021 ◽  
pp. 092405192110169
Author(s):  
Matthieu Niederhauser
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Federal States ◽  
International Human

The implementation of international human rights law in federal States is an underexplored process. Subnational entities regularly enjoy a degree of sovereignty, which raises questions such as whether they implement obligations of international law and how the federal level may ensure that implementation takes place at the subnational level. This article aims to answer these questions, using the implementation of the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Convention) in Switzerland as a case study. To implement the Convention at the cantonal level, federal actors decided to use networks of civil servants in charge of domestic violence issues, who act as governmental human rights focal points (GHRFPs). This article is based on original empirical data, on 25 interviews with State officials who participate in this implementation. The findings show how complex GHRFPs networks work in practice to implement the Convention and highlight the role played by numerous non-legal State actors in this process. As a result, the article argues that international human rights law implementation becomes more diversified both within and across federal States.

Culture, Identity and Actor Training: Indigeneity in New Zealand's National Drama School

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-88
Author(s):  
PETER ZAZZALI
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Actor Training ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Fulbright Scholar ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology

How can indigeneity be understood through training actors in a colonial context? Do ‘Western’ acting schools misrepresent and exploit indigenous practices and cultural traditions towards reinforcing the settler state? Or does a given school's integration of such praxis and customs demonstrate inclusivity, equity and progressivism? At what point does incorporating indigeneity in actor training become a tokenistic appropriation of marginalized cultures? Drawn from fieldwork as a 2019 Fulbright scholar at Toi Whakaari, New Zealand's National Drama School, I intersect training with culture and society. Using the Acting Program as a case study, I deploy an ethnographic methodology to address the aforementioned questions by investigating Toi Whakaari's bicultural pedagogy while positioning it as a reflection of New Zealand's national identity. I especially explore the school's implementation of Tikanga Māori, the practices and beliefs of the country's indigenous peoples. I argue that while some questions remain, Toi Whakaari integrates Māori forms in a manner that is culturally responsible and pedagogically effective, thereby providing a model from which other drama schools can learn.

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