Making a Difference for Whom?

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-164
Author(s):  
Johnanna Ganz
Keyword(s):  
Vicarious Trauma ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Victim Advocacy ◽  
Racial Privilege ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Methodological Ground

Scholarship on victim advocacy—working with victims of violence—has received little attention outside issues of burnout and vicarious trauma. Conceptually, few studies examine the complex relationship between social identities of workers and clients even though these identities frame all interactions, both consciously and unconsciously. Methodologically, the majority of studies rely upon quantitative data collection. My research breaks new conceptual and methodological ground by using autoethnography to examine the subtle ways racial privilege and oppression frame the relationships workers and clients hold with one another. This work blends the experiential with the critical through problematizing the author's complicity in replicating structures of racial power while working with a client in crisis. The study concludes by calling for a critical examination of social identities in advocacy work.

Interpreting for Victims of Violence

2020 ◽  
pp. 227-259
Author(s):  
Lois M. Feuerle
Keyword(s):  
Vicarious Trauma ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Victim Services ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Forms Of Violence

Victims of violence and interpreters share one trait: they are susceptible to trauma-related sequelae. Direct victims may develop PTSD while interpreters may develop vicarious trauma. This chapter sets out the legal basis for language access in healthcare, noting the important quality dimension added by the ACA. It then reviews the statistics for various forms of violence and presents some of its enormous societal costs. It also highlights the similarity of some of the symptoms observed in persons suffering from vicarious trauma, PTSD and burnout, but notes the difference in the genesis of these three conditions. This is followed by an introduction to trauma-informed approaches in delivering victim services. Finally, it lays the basis for identifying VT symptoms, mentions two online instruments that might be useful in assessing the likelihood of vicarious trauma, and reviews types of self-care techniques for creating a personal self-care plan.

scholarly journals Researches on plant respiration. I .— The course of respiration of lathyrus odoratus during germination of the seed and the early development of the seedling

1932 ◽  
Vol 111 (772) ◽  
pp. 338-355 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Function ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Primary Object ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Lathyrus Odoratus ◽  
Real Value ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Plant Respiration ◽  
Experimental Researches

There is no necessity at the present time to emphasise the fundamental importance of respiration in the life of the plant, since it has been realised for a very long time that this process continues in every actively living cell. Although it is recognised that respiration in its widest sense is to be regarded as a release of energy which is in part utilised in other plant processes, yet the respiratory function is in fact not at all clearly understood, and its mechanism, in spite of plausible theories, remains to a great extent obscure. This obscurity can only be cleared away by the accumulation of quantitative data bearing on the respiratory process. Although a considerable amount of work has been published embodying the results of experimental researches on respiration, only a small proportion of these, when subjected to critical examination, are sufficiently exact to be of real value. The primary object of the researches to be recorded in this series of papers is therefore the accumulation of quantitative data concerning the respiratory function. At the moment the schemes of Neuberg, Meyerhof and Blackman afford a satisfactory and, on the whole, adequate working hypothesis of the stages of the respiratory process. They rest, however, on a slender basis of experimental evidence albeit of a very satisfactory kind, and a great deal of work is needed either firmly to establish them or to indicate where, and in what respects, they require modification and amplification.

scholarly journals Racializing the Religious during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 341
Author(s):  
Stephanie C. Boddie ◽  
Jerry Z. Park
Keyword(s):  
Access To Care ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Racial Minorities ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Turbulent Times

In this article, we propose more research attention to an important dimension of social life that bears considerably on the racial patterns of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic: religion. Drawing from recent insights into the complex relationship between religious affiliation and other intersecting social identities (namely race, gender and class), we argue that understanding the racial inequities of COVID-19 requires consideration of the religious beliefs, participation and the collective resources of racial minorities. We suggest that religion can simultaneously offer a salve for vulnerable communities during this outbreak and can exacerbate the spread of the disease without solving the problem of insufficient access to care. We describe how religion helps and hurts during these turbulent times.

scholarly journals Reading Dress: Fashion And Friendship In A Little Princess And Anne Of Green Gables

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaclyn Marcus
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Literature ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Girl Culture ◽  
Frances Hodgson Burnett ◽  
Anne Of Green Gables ◽  
The Social

This Major Research Project (MRP) argues that fashion is a key tool for the critical examination of textual and visual works. Specifically, this research illustrates fashion’s impact on the social identities of young female protagonists in early-twentieth-century adolescent literature, through a comparative literary study of A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. Engaging theories of fashion, literature, and girl culture, as well as theories of semiotics and fashion diffusion, dress is shown to be instrumental in developing episodes of closeness and friendship for the protagonists in these novels, along with moments that may isolate them. This MRP examines the illustrations and accompanying textual descriptions found in the 1905 (London) and 1908 (Boston) editions of each work in order to expose fashion’s mirroring and shaping of social identity; ultimately, this study reveals the tension between fashion’s ability to both cement and subvert dominant cultural norms and ideals at the turn of the century.

Did Women Listen to News? A Critical Examination of Landmark Radio Audience Research (1935–1948)

2005 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy Spaulding
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Early Research ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Audience Research ◽  
Current Events

This paper critically analyzes the generalizations researchers made about women's program preferences and the quantitative data used to support these statements. This study suggests that researchers drew on pre-conceived notions of what programs women preferred listening to, even as their research suggested otherwise. In particular, early research published in 1935 in The Psychology of Radio failed to see significant overlaps in men's and women's program tastes. Later research by Paul Lazarsfeld perpetuated the myth that women were not interested in news or current events.

scholarly journals Views on the Issue of Accountability in Non-Profit Organizations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Basri ◽  
Siti Nabiha Abdul Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conflicting Demands ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
Unique Nature ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
Relationship Of

Over the past few decades, concerns have been raised about the accountability of non-profit organizations, especially on the adequacy of the current reporting and oversight mechanisms. Non-profit organizations are now increasingly demanded to become more accountable and demonstrate that they are making a difference and delivering results. However, the issues of non-profit accountability are problematic and more complex as compared to business organisations. As such, in this paper, pertinent issues of accountability in NPO are discussed. This is done by discussing the unique nature of non-profit organisations and their conflicting demands for accountability. The paper also elaborates the complex relationship of trust and its consequences and influences on the informal and also formal forms of accountability, specifically on the use of financial reporting.  

scholarly journals Reading Dress: Fashion And Friendship In A Little Princess And Anne Of Green Gables

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaclyn Marcus
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Literature ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Girl Culture ◽  
Frances Hodgson Burnett ◽  
Anne Of Green Gables ◽  
The Social

This Major Research Project (MRP) argues that fashion is a key tool for the critical examination of textual and visual works. Specifically, this research illustrates fashion’s impact on the social identities of young female protagonists in early-twentieth-century adolescent literature, through a comparative literary study of A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. Engaging theories of fashion, literature, and girl culture, as well as theories of semiotics and fashion diffusion, dress is shown to be instrumental in developing episodes of closeness and friendship for the protagonists in these novels, along with moments that may isolate them. This MRP examines the illustrations and accompanying textual descriptions found in the 1905 (London) and 1908 (Boston) editions of each work in order to expose fashion’s mirroring and shaping of social identity; ultimately, this study reveals the tension between fashion’s ability to both cement and subvert dominant cultural norms and ideals at the turn of the century.

The whiteness of ‘safe’ spaces: Developing a conceptual framework to critically examine the well-being of racialized 2SLGBTQ+ people within 2SLGBTQ+ leisure spaces

2021 ◽  
pp. e20210016
Author(s):  
Tin D. Vo
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Stress Theory ◽  
Safe Spaces ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Multi Level

2SLGBTQ+ leisure spaces (e.g., 2SLGBTQ+ community centres and recreation groups) offer opportunities to form identities and augment 2SLGBTQ+ people’s overall well-being. These spaces are considered ‘safe’ for 2SLGBTQ+ people to escape heterosexism, while being able to openly express themselves and develop community. However, these might be sites of discrimination for 2SLGBTQ+ people with other minoritized identities (e.g., racialized people), given the whiteness of these spaces. Racialized 2SLGBTQ+ individuals’ experiences of discrimination, generally and within 2SLGBTQ+ leisure spaces, can threaten their well-being, thus highlighting the value of 2SLGBTQ+ spaces, but how do racialized 2SLGBTQ+ people negotiate these often-problematic spaces? This paper presents a conceptual framework that bridges theories and research across social work and leisure studies. The conceptual framework extends the minority stress theory with theories of intersectionality, whiteness, and resilience using a socioecological lens to interrogate experiences and outcomes along multiple dimensions of social identities created by racism and other oppressive systems (e.g., sexism, cisgenderism, classism, ableism) within queer leisure spaces. This paper also describes how the framework can be implemented as an analytic tool and can facilitate investigations of systems of oppression and resilience within queer leisure spaces from the perspective of racialized 2SLGBTQ+ people through critical examination of power relations, relationality, complexity, social justice, and whiteness. Understanding how discrimination occurs and the multi-level resilience-promoting factors that exist in 2SLGBTQ+ leisure spaces will provide an avenue to address the effects of discrimination and foster racialized 2SLGBTQ+ people’s social well-being and inclusion.

Reading texts, reading people: Cognitive literary science and pedagogy

2021 ◽  
pp. 147402222110137
Author(s):  
Amanda Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Literary Reading ◽  
Teaching Literature ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Cognitive Literary Studies

Cognitive literary science has explored the the complex relationship between literary reading and social cognition. However, this insightful work about reading literature is frequently distanced from discussions about teaching literature. This essay discusses the results and ramifications of a pedagogical study conducted in two sections of an introductory literature course that was redesigned around cognitive literary studies. Qualitative and quantitative data is collected and analyzed in order to see if a pedagogy rooted in cognitive literary science affects students’ perspective-taking. The essay also illustrates how such a teaching practice might be incorporated into any undergraduate literature curriculum.

Metallurgical Effects of Grain Boundary Ledges

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 126-129
Author(s):  
L.E. Murr
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Mechanical Treatment ◽  
Unit Length ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Properties Of Materials ◽  
Thermo Mechanical Treatment ◽  
Ledge Density

Ledges in grain boundaries can be identified by their characteristic contrast features (straight, black-white lines) distinct from those of lattice dislocations, for example1,2 [see Fig. 1(a) and (b)]. Simple contrast rules as pointed out by Murr and Venkatesh2, can be established so that ledges may be recognized with come confidence, and the number of ledges per unit length of grain boundary (referred to as the ledge density, m) measured by direct observations in the transmission electron microscope. Such measurements can then give rise to quantitative data which can be used to provide evidence for the influence of ledges on the physical and mechanical properties of materials.It has been shown that ledge density can be systematically altered in some metals by thermo-mechanical treatment3,4.

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