scholarly journals Pained publics

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Donovan Conley ◽  
Benjamin Burroughs
Keyword(s):  
Quarterly Journal ◽  
Collective Modes ◽  
Civic Life ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Modes Of Engagement ◽  
Opening Up

In her contribution to the Quarterly Journal of Speech’s centennial issue, “Pathologia,” Jenny Rice suggests, “pathology does not only or always reveal something broken. Rather, the experience of pathology also reminds us that rhetoric’s sensorium is working—really working” (p. 35). Yes, and in a time of pandemic turbulence, we are reminded that the sensorium of civic life works in ways that shape, even threaten, our collective modes of engagement and relationality. Rice offers “the wound” as a response to pathological publicness, noting, “I propose that we begin to theorize the wound itself as the beginning of dialogue. Only the wound can stand as pathology’s counterpart” (p. 40). Wounds focalize and materialize the pathogenic, opening up possibilities for redress while also remediating their own contaminants. Accordingly, our special issue aims to grapple with the ways contemporary publicness affects, and is affected by, civic wounds: how they are discursively produced, and productively discursive. What emergent forms of expression or composition do wounds make possible or foreclose? And, how might critical communication scholarship ad/dress the pathogenic constitution of civic wounds? Each of the essays in “Ad/Dressing Civic Wounds” thus situates particular ways in which wounds are “really working” to produce the conditions that open or foreclose possibilities in the never-finished work of finding shared grounds of togetherness we might call civic life.

scholarly journals Problematizing the Global: An Introduction to Global Culture Revisited

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 157-167
Author(s):  
Mike Featherstone
Keyword(s):  
Turning Point ◽  
Special Section ◽  
World Order ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Opening Up

This paper serves as an introduction to the special section on Global Culture Revisited which commemorates the 30th anniversary of the publication of the 1990 Global Culture special issue. It examines the development of interest in the various strands of globalization and the question of whether there can be a global culture. The paper discusses the emergence of alternative global histories and the problematization of global knowledge. It examines the view that the current Covid-19 pandemic signals a turning point, or change of epoch, that marks the end of peak globalization (Gray, Mignolo). The paper also discusses the view that global was always a limited cartographic term which failed to adequately grasp our terrestrial location on the earth (Latour). Currently, there is considerable speculation about the emergent politics of a new world order, with civilizational states set alongside nation-states, opening up an epoch of greater pluriversality, and at the same time greater uncertainty.

scholarly journals The changing face of homicide research: the shift in empirical focus and emerging research trends

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Ioannou ◽  
Laura Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Criminal Psychology ◽  
School Shootings ◽  
Child Homicide ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Juvenile Homicide ◽  
Opening Up

Purpose – Homicidal behaviour is influenced by a complex interaction of behavioural, situational and environmental factors that raise many challenging psychological questions. A large and continually growing body of research has explored the crime of homicide, its epidemiology, victims and perpetrators. The area is developing rapidly, opening up new avenues of study. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This special issue of the Journal of Criminal Psychology brings together an exciting array of papers on homicidal behaviour, examining a wide range of issues including juvenile homicide perpetrators, school shootings, child homicide, homicide-suicide and differences in offence behaviours and victim characteristics between hard-to-solve one-off homicides and serial homicides. Findings – The range of papers included in this special edition cover a wide range of aspects of homicidal behaviour, reflecting the importance of – and the need for – applied research moving away from examining general homicide to specialised research focusing on subtypes of homicide and subgroups of homicide offenders. A research agenda is proposed. Originality/value – This editorial gives an introduction to the themes explored in this special issue and provides an overview of the selected papers.

scholarly journals Creating Restorative and Intergenerational Cultures for Youth: Insights From Northern Ireland and the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shepherd Zeldin ◽  
Derick Wilson ◽  
Jessica Collura
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mental Models ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
The United States ◽  
Civic Life ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Sensitive Issues

In conflicted societies and in societies that have glossed over major historical abuses, civic cultures often become characterised by sensitive issues being conscientiously avoided. This avoidance contributes to separations and inequalities among residents and communities, and prevents the establishment of policies that build trust and promote integration across lines of separation. In such societies young people are seen as problems, not assets, in public discourse. Such mental models disable a reconstructive, future oriented policy climate where young people experience being of value. This special issue argues for policies and practices that challenge this pessimistic common sense about what young people can contribute. It stresses the importance of restorative and intergenerational practices in the building of just societies. The articles further emphasize the importance of adopting principles of respect and inclusivity as cornerstones of policy, promoting youth-adult partnership and other devolved models of leadership in civic life, all within the larger context of explicitly working to secure more open, shared and interdependent societies.

scholarly journals An Unoccupied Place: Theoretical Emulations of the Subject

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-48
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Transcendental Method ◽  
Conditions Of Possibility ◽  
Opening Up

More than thirty years ago, Jean-Luc Nancy was urged by his American and Italian colleagues to invite several French philosophers to address “post-subjectivity” in a special issue of the journal Topoi entitled “Who comes after the subject? ” What Nancy’s colleagues provided was not in the end so much a deconstruction of the subject, but more a critique and, of course, a reflection on the conditions that make the question itself possible. The question as stated was ambiguous: it could be read in the spirit of deconstruction, and the answers made to it would then be various options for a non-subjective reconfiguration; or it could be interpreted as a forecast or even a hidden threat. In any case, “Who comes after the subject? ” is to be read as relevant to the future, an invitation to prognosticate and an opening up of perspective. What conceptual movement are we making when we think about “conditions of possibility,” that is, when we produce a critique in accordance with the precepts of the Kantian transcendental method? The “condition of possibility” is a principle of seriality, a movement in search of the conditions of conditions; hence, the critical maneuver can be performed indefinitely. But there is a logically possible alternative to a “condition of possibility” if we change the terms of the search from conditions of conditions to the possibility of possibility. To think of the “unoccupied place” of a subject means that the attempt is not working with the category itself, but instead with its conceptual context because the category itself can be interpreted as a presence. The thinking in the issue of Logos introduced by this article represents a slice of modern speculative, theoretical, hermeneutic work neither in the tradition of transcendentalism nor explicitly outside it, but alongside it. At the same time, some of the efforts being proposed are devoted to classical topics and problems of the conceptual field in question (the historical subject, capabilities, action), and some others demonstrate how the problems of the transcendental tradition are projected onto political theory, sociology and cybernetics.

Special Issue on Cutting Edge of Drone Research and Development, and its Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-321
Author(s):  
Kenzo Nonami ◽  
Satoshi Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Aerial Photography ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Social Contribution ◽  
Infrastructure Inspection ◽  
And Control ◽  
Opening Up

Currently, drones have reached the stage of practical application, business, and social contribution from the stage of research and development. In fact, drones are now opening up a new market not only in the field of aerial photography and agricultural chemical spraying, which had traditionally been on the market, but also in the field of surveying. Furthermore, new markets are expected to be formed within several years in the field of infrastructure inspection and logistics. Under these circumstances, research on drone application is becoming significant, along with research on drone design and control, which have been done conventionally. However, there are still only a few studies and journals focusing not only on drone development and design but also drone application. Therefore, in this special issue, we invited papers with comprehensive contents, including research focusing on drone application, and created a space to present cutting-edge research results. By reading this special issue, we hope that readers will understand the latest information about the applications of drones and their cutting-edge technology. Furthermore, we also hope that readers will be able to proactively promote the use of drones in their own research and work, based on the information obtained from this special issue.

scholarly journals Introduction: Viewing Animals

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Fudge
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
New World ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Opening Up

AbstractThe introduction to this special issue of Worldviews goes back to the first European encounters with the New World as a way of opening up a discussion about the nature of viewing animals. I argue that, just as the Europeans transformed this New World into a recognisable one in the sixteenth century, so too do we constantly transform the natural world that we view. The process of comprehension is offered as classification followed by observation, then representation, and all of these elements of our engagements with animals take place, I argue, in particular contexts: historical, geographical, cultural, intellectual. The critic "reading" animals, and reading human observations of animals must take these factors into consideration when thinking about the act of engagement.

scholarly journals Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Based Therapy: New Perspectives and Challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Najar ◽  
Fatima Bouhtit ◽  
Rahma Melki ◽  
Hassan Afif ◽  
Abdellah Hamal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stromal Cells ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Immune Disease ◽  
Cell Based Therapy ◽  
Immunological Profile ◽  
Multipotent Cells ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Opening Up

Stem cells have been the focus of intense research opening up new possibilities for the treatment of various diseases. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells with relevant immunomodulatory properties and are thus considered as a promising new strategy for immune disease management. To enhance their efficiency, several issues related to both MSC biology and functions are needed to be identified and, most importantly, well clarified. The sources from which MSCs are isolated are diverse and might affect their properties. Both clinicians and scientists need to handle a phenotypic-characterized population of MSCs, particularly regarding their immunological profile. Moreover, it is now recognized that the tissue-reparative effects of MSCs are based on their immunomodulatory functions that are activated following a priming/licensing step. Thus, finding the best ways to pre-conditionate MSCs before their injection will strengthen their activity potential. Finally, soluble elements derived from MSC-secretome, including extracellular vesicles (EVs), have been proposed as a cell-free alternative tool for therapeutic medicine. Collectively, these features have to be considered and developed to ensure the efficiency and safety of MSC-based therapy. By participating to this Special Issue “Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells in Immunity and Disease”, your valuable contribution will certainly enrich the content and discussion related to the thematic of MSCs.

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