Artist identity is a vital part of fitness to practice for dramatherapists

Embracing the dual identity of artist with therapist is valuable for dramatherapists, particularly when addressing the issue of fitness to practice.

Blatant Dehumanization is Not Influenced by Dual Identity Labels: Evidence from the Canadian Context

Blatant dehumanization has been shown to be prevalent in modern society. However, little work has explored the possible ways in which blatant dehumanization may be attenuated. The current study addresses this gap in the literature by exploring if activating a dual identity attenuates (or even erases) blatant dehumanization. To investigate these issues, Canadian participants completed the “Ascent of Man” scale, rating various groups in terms of their perceived evolutionary qualities. Half of our participants saw labels with the qualifier “-Canadians” attached, while the other half saw no such qualifier. Results showed that, regardless of whether the “-Canadians” label was provided, participants rated Filipinos, Christians, Arabs, Muslims, and Indigenous groups as significantly lower than Whites on the evolution scale. As such, provision of the additional group label “-Canadians” did not influence the manifestation of blatant dehumanization. We also found that ratings on the evolution scale significantly correlated with both Social Dominance Orientation and Empathic Concern levels, such that stronger adherence to current power structures and social hierarchies showed stronger blatant dehumanization, while those with a high pre-disposition for altruistic behaviours and emotions showed weaker blatant dehumanization. We discuss our results in the light of other research on blatant dehumanization and intergroup processes.  

Psychological Contract Breach and Union Commitment Revisited: Evidence from Chinese Employees

From the social exchange theory, this study examines the relationship between psychological contract breach, organizational cynicism, and union commitment, as well as the interaction effect of perceived union dual identity on the relationship between organizational cynicism and union commitment. We argue that contract breach has a positive impact on union commitment, and this relationship is mediated by organizational cynicism. Moreover, we suggest that the perceived union dual identity moderates the relationship between the two. To examine this, we sampled 371 employees of Chinese non-state-owned firms in 2019. The results show that, in the Chinese context, the psychological contract breach has a positive impact on organizational cynicism and union commitment. This relationship is weaker when the perceived union identity (state-oriented) is higher; it is stronger when the perceived union identity (labor-oriented) is higher.

NEW MANIFESTATION OF DUAL IDENTITY IN MONTENEGRO: A CHALLENGE TO THE SERBIAN IDENTITY

The paper shows how during the Cross Processions’ Movement in 2020 (litijaški pokret) and immediately after the triumph of the Serb political parties over the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) in the Montenegrin election of 30 August 2020, the certain part of clergy of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, in cooperation with the Vijesti Publishing Company, launched a surprising wave promoting a dual Montenegrin-Serbian identity to damage the Serbian identity, what was consistent with the idea of the dioceses in Montenegro being independent of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Is the glass ceiling inaccessible? The educational situation of Roma youth in Hungary

After the turn of the millennium, European studies unanimously noted that there are significant differences between Roma and non-Roma students at all levels of education. In the last two decades of educational policy in Hungary, elements aimed at inclusion and maintaining selectivity have been mixed together. In our cross-sectional study, we present the situation of young Roma people in the educational system of Hungary in 2016. In addition to outlining the overall picture (employment and education), we also look at softer indicators, such as the educational plans and motivations of Roma youth. We use the Hungarian Youth Research 2016 database (respondents aged between 15 and 29), including Roma or dual identity youth (N=328). The probability sample of 8000 persons is representative for age, district and type of settlement (N=8000). Our results have shown that inequalities are climbing upwards. While inclusion and catching-up with non-Roma students can be detected in primary and secondary vocational education (i.e., without the baccalaureate), there is a significant gap in terms of obtaining a baccalaureate and entering tertiary education. Studying attitudes related to learning points to the fact that young Roma people have begun to see education as a value in Hungary, but at the same time they are confronted with a lack of opportunities.

Pelatihan perkoperasian bagi calon anggota koperasi mahasiswa pendidikan ekonomi (KOPMA PEKON)

Koperasi merupakan suatu badan usaha yang beranggotakan orang atau badan hukum koperasi. Sebagai badan usaha yang anggotanya adalah orang sudah sebaiknya jika orang-orang tersebut memiliki pengetahuan yang cukup mengenai badan usaha yang hendak mereka masuki. Harapannya adalah ketika anggota koperasi memiliki pengetahuan dan pemahaman tentang koperasi yang baik akan berdampak pada partisipasi anggota tersebut dalam organisasi koperasi baik itu partisipasi kontributif maupun partisipasi insentif (Dual Identity of Members). Untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan perkoperasian calon anggota koperasi mahasiswa dilakukan edukasi menggunakan metode ceramah dan diskusi serta dilakukan pre test dan post test untuk mengukur peningkatan pengetahuan calon anggota sebelum dan setelah kegiatan pengabdian. Hasil dari pengabdian ini terlihat adanya peningkatan pengetahuan calon anggota terkait perkoperasian, sehingga itu akan menjadi bekal mereka untuk berpartisipasi aktif dalam koperasi nantinya.

Jack Monroe and the cultural politics of the austerity celebrity

This article conceptualises home cook Jack Monroe as an ‘austerity celebrity’, a mediated figure who forged her public persona directly through articulations with austerity culture. Drawing on an intertextual analysis of her blogs, cookbooks, interviews, speeches and representations across the media, I argue that Monroe demonstrates the paradox of anti-austerity celebrity in becoming economically successful as the face of modern poverty. Monroe’s navigation of a dual identity of celebrity and activist manifests in her critique of the government, her middle-class precarity, her status as a mother and her queer identity which requires consistent ‘authenticity labour’. In Monroe’s case, this labour is visible as a constant and politicised struggle over the terms of her ‘authenticity’. While unable to manage her more complex middle-class, queer identity, which confronts the established grounds of ‘feckless mothers’, the UK tabloid media attempts to frame Monroe’s success as a rags-to-riches style narrative reinforcing hegemonic rhetorics of resilience and creativity as routes to overcoming adversity. This analysis of the struggles at work in Monroe’s mediated presence demonstrates how the moral imperatives for women to offer to resourcefully manage the ‘challenges’ of austerity cuts, arguably draws attention away from austerity as structurally and politically motivated.

Fuga e ritorno: Italian-Canadian Narratives

Many Italian-Canadian authors have been stimulated to explore their dual identity after a return trip to Italy. They confront the myth of nostalgia as an emotional blind-spot to the harsh realities of past miseria and present-day conflicts in Italian society. Women writers such as Mary di Michele, Caterina Edwards, Licia Canton and Rina Cralli are particularly critical of the position of women in Italy and the whole nostalgia sentimentality promoted by Italian popular culture and music. Pasquale Verdicchio’s whole writing career has been a systematic rejection of the thematics of nostalgia.