Embodied Philology

A collaboration between actors and musicians of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Almaty, Kazakhstan, and local electronic musician and community activist Brother El of Chicago highlights the difficulties of translating embodied performances of race and ethnicity in a transnational post–Cold War context. In a comparative reading taking up a play by the Ilkhom Theatre of Tashkent alongside its citation in the Chicago collaboration, the framework of “embodied philology” exposes the limits of post–Cold War international political alignment.

PENGUATAN LITERASI PEREMPUAN PADA KADER MASYARAKAT KOTA MOJOKERTO MELALUI PENERBITAN TABLOID SUHITA

Strengthening women's literacy through the publishing of the Suhita tabloid was carried out for community activist in the Mojokerto city. Literacy strengthening is done to support their duties as community activist. The name Suhita is taken from the name of Dyah Suhita who is the queen of the Majapahit Kingdom. In strengthening this literacy the participants were equipped with various journalistic and writing techniques to support their oral competence. Learning activities carried out with the jigsaw adaptation strategy. Participants were divided into groups according to the type of writing and the writing assignments were changed at each meeting. Such learning makes the atmosphere of life learning because learners are treated as adults who are full of initiative and independence. The results of activities in the form of writings that are ready to be published because editing is also done together in each lesson. Editing was done in a new group. The new group is formed by the way the original group divides itself into new groups. Learning outcomes are published in a 16-page tabloid. Keywords: women's literacy, community cadres, Suhita

Determining a refugee's identity by means of categorical principles : the role of evidence in the refugee determination process : a case study of the Immigration & Refugee Board Documentation Centre

This project considers the role that evidence plays in determining a refugee's identity within Canada's refugee adjudication process. Its main contention is that Canada's refugee determination system works within a framework that values legalistic and categorical principles, which ignore the complexity of a refugee's identity. Since Canada's refugee system excludes claimants who do not fit designated categories, it encourages them to modify their identity in order to meet the strict criteria for qualification. This project is based on interviews with individuals involved in the refugee process, including refugee decision-maker(s), community activist(s) and refugee lawyer(s). Using important historical and contextual analysis, this paper demonstrates the restrictive nature of refugee definitions and policies that act as barriers that exclude claimants. Moreover, the role of institutions within the Immigration and Refugee Board also operate to restrict claimants. A case study on the IRB Documentation Centre illustrates how evidence, as the determining factor of identity, is one specific method of restricting claimants.

Determining a refugee's identity by means of categorical principles : the role of evidence in the refugee determination process : a case study of the Immigration & Refugee Board Documentation Centre

This project considers the role that evidence plays in determining a refugee's identity within Canada's refugee adjudication process. Its main contention is that Canada's refugee determination system works within a framework that values legalistic and categorical principles, which ignore the complexity of a refugee's identity. Since Canada's refugee system excludes claimants who do not fit designated categories, it encourages them to modify their identity in order to meet the strict criteria for qualification. This project is based on interviews with individuals involved in the refugee process, including refugee decision-maker(s), community activist(s) and refugee lawyer(s). Using important historical and contextual analysis, this paper demonstrates the restrictive nature of refugee definitions and policies that act as barriers that exclude claimants. Moreover, the role of institutions within the Immigration and Refugee Board also operate to restrict claimants. A case study on the IRB Documentation Centre illustrates how evidence, as the determining factor of identity, is one specific method of restricting claimants.

Animals, Community, and Justice Matters in Critical Times

In this essay, I explore my story as an activist and my current critical community engagement project, Animal Advocates of Greater Lafayette. Animal Advocates merges my activism and my scholarship. I begin by providing stories of my experience as a student and community activist in Boston in the 1980s. I then discuss my more recent volunteer experiences, which led to the formation of Animal Advocates of Greater Lafayette. I share stories of the early challenges and my experiences with this group and how my activism and my scholarship now simultaneously shape and move each other. Through this discussion, I hope to expand the possibilities for being and acting in the world outside of the academy to engage with the communities where we live, thinking about the multiple ways in which justice matters in critical times.