Social Justice and Work in Art Institutions

Even though social justice struggles are often thematized in curatorial practice and discourse, their demands are rarely implemented in art-institutional policies and infrastructure. In investigating the anatomy of this conundrum, politically incisive redefinitions of institutional usership and participation, and analysis of their close relation to (issues of) work, would benefit strategies around diversity in the context of art-institutional participation. The theory of ‘instituent praxis’ and its insistence on inventive and cooperative rule-making can contribute to addressing curatorially absent/unjust regulation and its ensuing ethical/affective gaps in relation to under-represented or non-represented subjectivities or constituencies, such as ethnic minorities and displaced asylum seekers.

Evaluation of periodontal condition in individuals with down syndrome: a case-control study

Ogival palate, macroglossia, anodontia, cleft tongue, delayed tooth eruption, low prevalence of caries and high prevalence of periodontal disease are the main oral manifestations of Down syndrome. The aim of the present observational study was to evaluate the periodontal condition in individuals with Down syndrome. The study included 30 individuals who were selected according to the age group to be studied, between 17 and 25 years old, in a local institution for the care of Down syndrome (DG) patients and 30 individuals who made up the control group and who did not have Down syndrome (CG), periodontal parameters were observed in both groups that were adjusted for habits. The results showed for the Plaque Index 41.2% of the individuals in the DS group while in the CG group in 45.5% without statistical difference. For the Gingival Index, it was observed that 39.7% in the DS group and in the CG group 44.2% without statistical difference between the groups (p <0.05). Family and institutional participation collaborates in the daily control of dental biofilm. In the present study, individuals in the DG group presented periodontal clinical parameters compatible with periodontal health and when compared to healthy individuals, they did not present clinical differences.

The Effects of Institutional Measures: Geographical Indication in Mercosur and the EU

As agri-food markets become increasingly specialized, governments are provoked to provide these products legal support to protect their supply and trade sources. After several treaties, the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement was signed in 1995 as the broadest ever reached. The agreement allowed Geographical Indication (GI) of agri-food products to be targeted. The GIs of Mercosur and the European Union are very different in absolute and relative numbers, showing evidence of significant institutional participation difference. Thus, this work aims to compare the effects of institutional mechanisms promoted by Mercosur and the EU on this market by establishing an analysis framework based on the respective laws and agreements against demographic data. The results show that adherence to TRIPS is a necessary condition but not sufficient for its development. Adherence to the Lisbon Agreement also strengthens the capacity to sustain a substantial GI market. Additionally, the standardization of regulatory treatment and interventionist action helps stabilize and promote institutions in the GI market. Finally, this study concludes from the EU and Mercosur cases that a more robust, promotive and uniform system through its legal basis and dedicated structures results in more trustable institutions and potentially a more abundant market for GI products.

Unpacking implementation capacity and contexts for degree reclamation strategies: What factors move the equity needle?

This paper used data from a multi-institutional study of community colleges developing and implementing degree reclamation strategies (adult reengagement and reverse credit transfer) to understand and unpack the factors that influence implementation and capacity development. The data come from seven colleges that are implementing equity-focused degree reclamation strategies aimed to reduce the population of “some college, no degree.” The research team used an interdisciplinary lens to identify these factors drawing from literature on capacity-building. Prior to the start of implementation, researchers surveyed institutions and institutional stakeholders to assess baseline capacity, and they tracked institutional participation and engagement in the strategy development and implementation process. This paper highlights findings from this research to identify which factors are most related to implementation variation and strategy outcomes.

Combating Antimicrobial Resistance Through Student-Driven Research and Environmental Surveillance

Emerging resistance to all classes of antimicrobials is one of the defining crises of the 21st century. Many advances in modern medicine, such as routine surgeries, are predicated on sustaining patients with antimicrobials during a period when their immune systems alone cannot clear infection. The development of new antimicrobials has not kept pace with the antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat. AR bacteria have been documented in various environments, such as drinking and surface water, food, sewage, and soil, yet surveillance and sampling has largely been from infected patients. The prevalence and diversity of AR bacteria in the environment, and the risks they pose to humans are not well understood. There is consensus that environmental surveillance is an important first step in forecasting and targeting efforts to prevent spread and transmission of AR microbes. However, efforts to date have been limited. The Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment (PARE) is a classroom-based project that engages students around the globe in systematic environmental AR surveillance with the goal of identifying areas where prevalence is high. The format of PARE, designed as short classroom research modules, lowers common barriers for institutional participation in course-based research. PARE brings real-world microbiology into the classroom by educating students about the pressing public health issue of AR, while empowering them to be partners in the solution. In turn, the PARE project provides impactful data to inform our understanding of the spread of AR in the environment through global real-time surveillance.

KARAKTERISTIK PETANI DAN KELAYAKAN USAHATANI JAHE DI SUMATERA UTARA (Farmer Characteristics and Farming Feasibility of Gingers in North Sumatera)

The success of agricultural efforts depends on the competency of farmers as primary organizers. Characteristics related to competencies such as farmer education level, farmer age, financing, and institutional participation. The purposes of this research were to identify the characteristics of ginger farmer and to analyze the feasibility of ginger farming in North Sumatera. This research used secondary data. Descriptive analysis was a method of analysis used in research. The results of identifying show that characteristics of ginger farmers in North Sumatera were as much as 61.76% being at the age of 25 to 54 years, 55.24% of ginger farmers completed education until junior level, 96.79% of ginger farmers financed their own farming activities, 95.06% of farmers sold their products to the collector merchants, and the involvement of farmers in agricultural institutions were very small. Revenue Cost Ratio (R/C Ratio) of ginger in North Sumatera is 1.97, meaning that each expenditure of IDR1,00 then the ginger farmer will get a receipt of IDR1.97. This shows that ginger farming is viable and beneficial to be cultivated. Maximizing agricultural extension role as one of the efforts to increase the income and welfare of ginger farmers in North Sumatera.

RESILIÊNCIA INSTITUCIONAL: para onde vai a participação nos Conselhos Nacionais de Saúde e dos Direitos da Mulher?

<p>O presente artigo se propõe a compreender as mudanças na participação política que afetaram a relação entre Estado e sociedade civil nos processos decisórios de políticas públicas desde o impeachment presidencial de 2016 no Brasil. Para isso, o artigo propõe o conceito de resiliência institucional, a partir da combinação de quatro literaturas: estudos sobre resiliência, mudança institucional, participação institucional e repertórios de ação coletiva e interação entre Estado e movimentos sociais. Aponta ainda quais seriam os fatores que contribuem para a resiliência de algumas instituições participativas. O trabalho é baseado em estudo de caso dos Conselhos Nacionais de Saúde e Direitos da Mulher, e no uso de técnicas de pesquisa qualitativas, a saber, entrevistas semiestruturadas, observação participante e análise documental, examinando as mudanças nas estratégias e repertórios de interação com o Estado, internamente e para além dos Conselhos, e levantando questões sobre o futuro da participação institucional no país.</p><p> </p><p>INSTITUTIONAL RESILIENCE: WHERE DOES PARTICIPATION GO IN THE NATIONAL COUNCILS OF HEALTH AND WOMENS’S RIGHTS?</p><p>This article aims to understand the changes in political participation that have affected the relationship between the State and civil society in the public policies decision-making since the 2016 presidential impeachment in Brazil. For this, the article proposes the concept of institutional resilience, based on the combination of four types of literatures: studies dealing with resilience, institutional change, institutional participation and repertoires of collective action and interaction between state and social movements. Furthermore, it points out what are the factors that contribute to the resilience of some participatory institutions, based on the case study of the National Councils of Health and Women’s Rights, and the use of qualitative research techniques, namely, semi-structured interviews, participant observation and content analysis, examining the changes in strategies and repertoires of interaction with the State, inside and beyond the councils, and raising questions about the future of institutional participation in the country.</p><p>Keywords: Intitucional resilience, Institutional participation, National councils, Health, Women’s rights.</p><p> </p><p>RÉSILIENCE INSTITUTIONNELLE : OÙ VA LA PARTICIPATION DANS LES CONSEILS NATIONAUX DE LA SANTÉ ET DES DROITS DES FEMMES?</p><p>Cet article vise à comprendre les changements dans la participation politique qui ont influencié la relation entre l’État et la société civile dans la prise de décision des politiques publiques depuis la destitution présidentielle de 2016 au Brésil. À cette effect, l’article propose le concept de résilience institutionnelle, basé sur la combinaison de quatre objets littéraires: les études sur la résilience, le changement institutionnel, la participation institutionnelle et les répertoires d’action collective et d’interaction entre l’État et les mouvements sociaux. L’article souligne également quels sont les facteurs qui contribuent à la résilience de certaines institutions participatives, basé sur l’étude de cas des conseils nationaux pour la santé et les droits des femmes, et l’utilisation de techniques de recherche qualitative, à savoir, entretiens semi-structurés, l’observation participante et des données secondaires, examinant les changements des stratégies et des répertoires d’interaction avec l’État au sein et au-delà des conseils, et posant des questions sur l’avenir de la participation institutionnelle au Brésil.</p><p>Mots clés: Résilience institutionnelle, Participation institutionnelle, Conseils nationaux, Santé, Droits des femmes.</p>

INSTITUIÇÕES PARTICIPATIVAS SOB A ÉGIDE DO LULISMO

<p class="Corpo">A tese do lulismo (Singer, 2012) se baseia no argumento da alteração da composição das bases eleitorais dos ex-presidentes brasileiros Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula) e Dilma Rousseff (Dilma), da classe média razoávelmente ilustrada para eleitores com renda média de até dois salários mínimos. No entanto, é mais do que isso: a referida tese propõe que o lulismo atualiza a conciliação entre a melhoria das condições de vida dos mais pobres, sem prejudicar os setores conservadores. “Reformismo fraco” é o termo proposto por Singer. Nossa proposta consiste em analisar as ações do período Lula-Dilma sob esse enfoque teórico. Elemento fundamental do projeto político petista de democracia participativa para o Brasil, as instituições participativas (IPs) proporcionaram mobilização de atores sociopolíticos de sua base mais tradicional de apoio. No entanto, de maneira coerente com os marcos do lulismo, as IPs mantiveram padrões de efetividade política fraca e de carência de legitimidade face às instituições da democracia representativa.</p><p class="Corpo"> </p><p class="Corpo">PARTICIPATORY INSTITUTIONS UNDER LULISMO</p><p class="Corpo">The Lulismo thesis (Singer, 2012) is based on the idea that both Lula and Dilma’s electoral bases moved from the middle class to voters with an median average income of up to two minimum salaries. However, lulismo is more than that: it suggests that Lulismo allows for na improvement of living conditions of the poor without harming conservative sectors. The concept of weak reformism best captures this phenomenon, according to Singer. Our paper proposes an analysis of the Lula-Dilma period’s participatory policies from this theoretical standpoint. A central element of the PT’s participatory democracy project for Brazil, the so-called participatory institutions (PIs), mobilized new progressive sociopolitical actors coming from their traditional support bases. However, PIs remained quite limited in terms of their political effectiveness and lacked legitimacy against representative democratic institutions, which is coherent with lulismo.</p><p class="Corpo">Keywords: Intitucional resilience, Institutional participation, National councils, Health, Women’s rights.</p><p class="Corpo"> </p><p class="Corpo">LES INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPATIVES SOUS L’ÉGIDE DU LULISME</p><p class="Corpo">La thèse du « lulisme » (Singer, 2012) repose sur l’idée que les bases électorales de Lula et de Dilma Rousseff sont passées de la classe moyenne à des électeurs dont le revenu moyen médian est inférieur ou égal à deux salaires minimums. Cependant, le lulisme est plus que cela : en effet, il permet une amélioration des conditions de vie des populations pauvres sans nuire aux secteurs conservateurs. Selon Singer, c’est le concept de réformisme faible qui rend le mieux compte de ce phénomène. Notre article propose une analyse des politiques participatives de la période Lula-Dilma à partir de ce point de vue théorique. Elément fondamental du projet politique de démocratie participative porté par le Parti des travailleurs au Brésil, les institutions participatives (IP) ont mobilisé des acteurs sociopolitiques faisant partie de sa base d’appui traditionnelle. Cependant, en raison des caractéristiques mêmes du lulisme, leur efficacité demeure limitée du point de vue politique et ces IP font état d’un déficit de légitimité par rapport aux institutions de démocratie représentative</p><p class="Corpo">Mots clés: Institutions participatives, Lulisme, Pétisme, Mouvements sociaux, Gouvernement.</p>