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De, du, jeg: Fiktionalitet og den aktuelle grønlandske selvmordsproblematik i Niviaq Korneliussens Blomsterdalen
Get PDFIn this article, I analyse Niviaq Korneliussen’s treatment of the current Greenlandic suicide situation in the novel Flower Valley (Blomsterdalen, 2020). The novel is – according to the author – «political», which raises several questions: Why write a novel instead of an opinion piece? What possibilities does fiction open? In what ways can a novel contribute to discussing and nuancing political, cultural, and human issues? Drawing on rhetorical fictionality theory, I focus on Korneliussen’s use of local fictionality, particularly in the form of death representations, composition, and pronominal shifts, demonstrating how she, trough the novel’s countdown structure, for instance, presents perspectives that seem inaccessible outside literature.I denne artikel analyserer jeg Niviaq Korneliussens behandling af den aktuelle grønlandske selvmordsproblematik i romanen Blomsterdalen (2020). Romanen er – efter forfatterens eget udsagn – «politisk», hvilket rejser en række spørgsmål: Hvorfor skrive en roman i stedet for et debatindlæg? Hvad er det for mulighedsrum, fiktionen åbner? Og på hvilke – og anderledes – måder kan en roman være med til at diskutere og nuancere politiske, kulturelle og menneskelige forhold? Med afsæt i retorisk fiktionalitetsteori fokuserer jeg på Korneliussens brug af lokal fiktionalitet i form af dødsrepræsentationer, komposition og pronominale skift og viser, hvordan hun, bl.a. gennem romanens nedtællingsspor, fremskriver perspektiver, der synes utilgængelige uden for litteraturens verden
Skräcklitteratur och självmord
Get PDFThe first part of this article discusses suicide as motif and theme in horror literature and the mythologizing of real suicides by horror authors from the medieval era onwards. The second part analyses suicides by gentlemen in «The Great God Pan» by Arthur Machen, with a particular focus on how these suicides by hanging (with noose) have an antique (Greek) connection and are femininely coded. Finally, part three presents a reading of a probable intertext on mysticism and (horror) literature from «The Poetic Principle» by E A Poe over H P Lovecraft and «The Night Ocean», written by Lovecraft\u27s literary executor R H Barlow.I artikelns första del diskuteras självmord som motiv och tema i skräcklitteratur, och mytologiseringen av skräckförfattares verkliga självmord, från medeltiden och framåt. I andra delen analyseras gentlemännens självmord i «The Great God Pan» av Arthur Machen med särskilt fokus på hur dessa självmord med hängning (löpsnara) har en antik (grekisk) koppling och är feminint kodade. Slutligen presenteras i del tre en läsning av en trolig intertext om mystik och (skräck)litteratur från «The Poetic Principle» av E A Poe över H P Lovecraft och «The Night Ocean», skriven av Lovecrafts litteräre exekutor R H Barlow.I artikelns första del diskuteras självmord som motiv och tema i skräcklitteratur sedan medeltiden och framåt och mytologiseringen av verkliga skräckförfattare tas upp. I dess andra del görs en analys av gentlemännens självmord i Machens The Great God Pan utifrån tolkningen att självmorden med snara har en (grekisk) antik koppling och är feminint kodade. Slutligen görs i del 3 en läsning av en trolig intertext kring mystik och (skräck)litterature från E.A. Poes idé i ”The Poetic Principle” om att sann poesi är ett uttryck för den odödliga själens längtan till, och reminiscenser av, livet efter döden, via skönhetsupplevelser i verkliga livet, över Lovecraft, som via snarlika formuleringar förbinder skönheten i bland annat skräcklitteratur med sina upplevelser av arkitektur och ett minne av att han har levt i en stad före universum skapades. Lovecrafts beskrivning återfinns snarlikt i novellen ”The Night Ocean” som skrevs av Lovecrafts litteräre exekutor R.H. Barlow, och jag läser det som att Barlow använder idén på ett nytt sätt, med mer fysiskt kroppslig inriktning och kanske ett homosexuellt självbiografiskt tema
El componente próximo en los adverbios aún y todavía: Una nueva clase de adverbios aproximativos: los temporales
No full textEl objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los adverbios aún y todavía como aproximativos mediante la descripción de su componente próximo. Debido a que los aproximativos se definen por la combinación de dos componentes: el próximo y el polar. La proximidad expresa el grado de cercanía de un evento con otro y la polaridad tiene que ver con la inversión de los valores de verdad que se da entre el vínculo p y ~p. Los miembros prototípicos de estos son: casi y apenas. Aún y todavía se describen por la gramática como adverbios temporales con significados aspectuales. Semánticamente formalizan un operador de tiempo pasado (Garrido Medina 1988) que presupone un punto de transición en el evento sobre el que tienen alcance. Por último, desde la pragmática infieren una implicatura temporal a partir de una expectativa de cambio (Garrido Medina 1992; Amaral y Del Prete 2010). Conceptos como expectativa de cambio o punto de transición serán la base para considerar que estos adverbios tienen un componente de proximidad. Gracias a esta descripción modular de la aproximación, será posible comparar cómo se relacionan aún y todavía con los aproximativos prototípicos y establecer las bases para que estos amplíen la nómina de aproximativos en una vertiente temporalEl objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los adverbios aún y todavía como aproximativos mediante la descripción de su componente próximo. Debido a que los aproximativos se definen por la combinación de dos componentes: el próximo y el polar. La proximidad expresa la cercanía de completar un evento y la polaridad tiene que ver con la inversión polar entre p o ~p. Los miembros prototípicos de estos son: casi y apenas.
Aún y todavía se describen por la gramática como adverbios temporales con significados aspectuales. Semánticamente formalizan un operador de tiempo pasado (Garrido Medina 1988) que presupone un punto de transición en el evento sobre el que tienen alcance. Por último, desde la pragmática infieren una implicatura temporal a partir de una expectativa de cambio (Garrido Medina 1992; Amaral y Del Prete 2010).
Conceptos como expectativa de cambio o punto de transición serán la base para considerar que estos adverbios tienen un componente de proximidad. Gracias a esta descripción modular de la aproximación, será posible comparar cómo se relacionan aún y todavía con los aproximativos prototípicos y establecer las bases para que estos amplíen la nómina de aproximativos en una vertiente temporal
Insights into Spanish metrical structure through language games
No full textSome Spanish language games involve reordering the syllables of the words. However, the stressed syllable of the game word does not always match the stressed syllable in the original Spanish word and/or the position of the stress in the original Spanish word. Using game words found in different sources, a corpus of 261 words from different Spanish games was created to account for the games’ stress patterns. The metrical structure of the language games (e.g., Vesre, which is a game in Argentina and Uruguay) was analyzed. The results of the analysis suggest that the game words’ metrical structures are composed of quantity-sensitive, right-aligned trochee, in which the stress falls in penultimate position in vowel-final words, and consonant-final words generally have final stress, confirming previous proposals about the default metrical structure of Spanish (Harris, 1983; Núñez-Cedeño and Morales-Front, 1999). Overall, these Spanish language games illustrate The Emergence of The Unmarked (TETU) in metrical structure, providing evidence of Spanish stress assignment, whereby the unmarked stress pattern is a right-aligned quantity-sensitive trochee.Algunos juegos léxicos en el español implican reordenar las sílabas de las palabras. Sin embargo, la sílaba acentuada de la palabra de los juegos no siempre coincide con la sílaba acentuada de la palabra original en español y/o la posición del acento en la palabra original en español. Utilizando palabras encontradas en diferentes fuentes, se creó un corpus de 261 palabras de diferentes juegos en español para analizar los patrones del acento de los juegos. Se analizó la estructura métrica de los juegos de lenguaje (por ejemplo, Vesre, que es un juego en Argentina y Uruguay). Los resultados del análisis sugieren que las estructuras métricas de las palabras del juego se componen de troqueos alineados a la derecha, sensibles a la cantidad, en los que el acento cae en la penúltima posición en las palabras que finalizan en vocal, y las palabras que finalizan en consonante generalmente tienen acento final, lo que confirma propuestas previas sobre la estructura métrica productiva del español (Harris, 1983; Núñez-Cedeño y Morales-Front, 1999). En general, estos juegos en español ilustran El surgimiento de lo no marcado en estructura métrica, proporcionando evidencia de la asignación de acentos en español, en el cual el patrón de acento no marcado es un troqueo sensible a la cantidad alineado a la derecha
Broken promises of marriage in early eighteenth-century Norway: The case of Madam Bull vs Lieutenant Rosencrantz
No full textIn early modern Norway, the engagement was by law binding and many people were in this period subjected to prosecution for breaking a promise of marriage. This article sheds light on the agency of women seeking justice for broken promises of marriage in early eighteenth-century Norway – a period in which the legislation and judicial practice in such cases was at its strictest – exemplified with a specific case-study from Northern Trøndelag. The case concerned two people from the upper echelon of society, Margrete Bull and Christian Rosenkrantz, and is in some ways a typical example of how such matters could be handled in court in this period. According to Margrete, Christian had given her a promise of marriage and made her pregnant, but Christian denied both the engagement and the fatherhood and moreover married another woman of higher standing. In a period of four years, from 1707 to 1711, the case was addressed multiple times in the local court, the Chapter Court (Kapittelrett) and finally in the Supreme Court of Denmark-Norway. In the end, Margrete Bull was the victorious party and was awarded with a sizable compensation. In line with previous research on the topic, this case demonstrates the importance of honor and local support, but moreover indicates that only those in possession of sufficient resources could take a trial to the level presented here
Måleegenskaper ved den norske versjonen av Parenting Stress Index (PSI), 2. utgave
No full textDescription: The Parenting Stress Index (PSI) is an inventory designed to measure parenting stress in the parent-child relationship and is available in a full and short form version. The inventory was developed by Richard R. Abidin in 1995 and translated into Norwegian by John A. Rønning in 2006. The PSI consists of a child domain with six subscales and a parent domain with seven subscales, which together form a total stress score. Additionally, the inventory includes a scale for life stress. The short-form version of the PSI (PSI-SF) consists of three subscales, which together form a total stress score. The questionnaire is intended to be answered by parents with children aged from one month to 12 years. PSI is designed for both research and clinical purposes. Both forms require a license and approval from the copyright holder PAR, Inc. to be used.
Literature search: A systematic literature search was conducted for Scandinavian publications reporting measurement properties of the PSI and PSI-SF. Out of 444 identified studies, 26 Norwegian publications were included; four studies used PSI-SF, and 22 used PSI. No Swedish or Danish studies met the inclusion criteria.
Psychometrics: Adequate to excellent internal consistency was found on all scales. Most studies reported means and standard deviations for various subgroups, with scores for both PSI and PSI-SF indicating good construct validity. Correlations with other measurement instruments varied from inadequate to good for the PSI. Sensitivity to change suggests that full version of the PSI may be responsive to changes over time. No Scandinavian norms for either PSI or PSI-SF were identified.
Conclusion: The Norwegian version of PSI demonstrates good internal consistency and construct validity. The full version of the PSI has been more extensively utilized in recent years compared to the PSI-SF. The psychometric properties of PSI have mainly been documented through studies involving parents of infants and toddlers. Therefore, there is a need to document the psychometric properties of PSI among parents with children aged 9 years to 12 years. Additionally, there is a need to develop Scandinavian norms.Beskrivelse: Parenting Stress Index (PSI) er et kartleggingsverktøy for å måle foreldrestress i foreldre-barn-relasjonen, og er tilgjengelig både i fullversjon og kortversjon. Måleinstrumentet ble utviklet av Richard R. Abidin i 1995, og oversatt til norsk av John A. Rønning i 2006. PSI-fullversjon består av et barnedomene på seks delskalaer og et foreldredomene på syv delskalaer som til sammen danner en total stresskåre. I tillegg inneholder måleinstrumentet en skala for livsstress. PSI-kortversjon består av tre delskalaer som til sammen danner en total stresskåre. Spørreskjemaet besvares av foreldre med barn i alder fra en måned til 12 år. PSI er beregnet til både forskning og kliniske formål. For å kunne benyttes krever begge versjonene lisens og godkjenning fra rettighetshaver PAR, Inc.
Litteratursøk: Det ble gjennomført systematisk litteratursøk etter skandinaviske publikasjoner som rapporterte måleegenskaper ved PSI. Av 444 treff, ble 26 norske publikasjoner inkludert hvorav fire benyttet PSI-kortversjon og 22 PSI-fullversjon. Ingen svenske eller danske publikasjoner oppfylte inklusjonskriteriene.
Psykometri: Det ble funnet tilfredsstillende til utmerket indre konsistens for alle skalaer. De fleste studiene rapporterte middelverdier og standardavvik for ulike undergrupper. Resultater fra faktoranalyser viser at PSI-fullversjon indikerer god begrepsvaliditet. Korrelasjon med andre måleinstrumenter varierte fra utilstrekkelig til god for PSI-fullversjon. Endringssensitivitet indikerer at PSI-fullversjon kan være følsom for endringer over tid. Det ble ikke identifisert skandinaviske normer for hverken PSI-fullversjon eller PSI-kortversjon.
Konklusjon: Den norske versjonen av PSI viser god indre konsistens og begrepsvaliditet. PSI-fullversjon er benyttet mer i de siste årene sammenlignet med PSI-kortversjon. De psykometriske egenskapene til PSI er hovedsakelig dokumentert gjennom studier med foreldre til sped- og småbarn. Det er derfor et behov for å dokumentere måleegenskaper ved PSI blant foreldre med barn i alderen 9 år til 12 år. I tillegg er det behov for å utvikle skandinaviske normer
Måleegenskaper ved norsk kort- og fullversjon av Revised Children´s Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS)
No full textDescription: The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) is a self-report questionnaire developed by Chorpita and colleagues and translated to Norwegian by Marianne A. Villabø and Hanne Kristensen. The instrument has 47 or 25 items and is designed to assess clinical symptoms of anxiety and depression. There are four versions of RCADS, a short and long version for both parents and children. The test is available free of charge at rcads.ucla.edu.
Literature search: Our systematic literature search identified 691 records after de-duplication. Of these, 14 articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria (2 Norwegian and 12 Swedish or Danish studies). The number of participants varied from 92 til 667. The children’s age was between 1 to 22 years. Five of the studies included their parents. Six studies concerned the general population, while two studies had a clinical group and a control group. Six studies focused mainly on clinical populations.
Psychometrics: For the child version reliability was documented as internal consistency in nine studies for RCADS-47, and in two studies for RCADS-25. Three publications reported internal consistency for the parent version of RCADS-47. The scales vary from satisfying to excellent internal consistency in all publications. Several publications reported findings that supports RCADS´ construct validity. Mean scores were reported in 10 studies, but we did not find Scandinavian norm data. Criterion validity, Test-re-test-reliability or sensitivity to change was not documented in any publications.
Conclusion: The psychometric properties for the Scandinavian full and short version of RCADS is adequate, and in line with findings from international studies. There is good evidence for psychometrics of both the short and long Child versions, however, there are not Scandinavian norms for either version. The Parent versions, however, need further research; there are no studies that detail psychometrics nor norms in a Scandinavian context.Beskrivelse: The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) er et spørreskjema utviklet av Bruce F. Chorpita og kollegaer. Spørreskjemaet er oversatt til norsk av Marianne A. Villabø og Hanne Kristensen. Instrumentet er tilgjengelig i en fullversjon med 47 ledd og i en kortversjon med 25 ledd. Begge versjonene kartlegger kliniske symptomer på både angst og depresjon. RCADS er tilgjengelig i barne- og foreldreversjon. RCADS er gratis tilgjengelig på rcads.ucla.edu, men bruk av testen i en tjeneste eller til forskning krever skriftlig avtale.
Litteratursøk: Litteratursøket ga 691 treff etter dublettsjekk. Fjorten publikasjoner oppfylte kriteriene og ble inkluderte (2 norske og 12 svenske eller danske studier). Antall deltakere i studiene varierte fra 92 til 667. Barnas alder varierte fra 1 til 22 år, og fem av studiene inkluderte foreldre. Seks av studiene hadde utvalg fra den generelle populasjonen, mens to studier hadde utvalg med både en klinisk gruppe og en kontrollgruppe. Seks studier undersøkte kun kliniske populasjoner.
Psykometri: For barneversjonen var reliabilitet dokumentert i form av indre konsistens i ni studier for RCADS-47, og i to publikasjoner for RCADS-25. For foreldreversjonen av RCADS-47 rapporterte tre publikasjoner indre konsistens. Skalaene hadde tilfredsstillende til utmerket indre konsistens i alle publikasjoner. Flere publikasjoner rapporterte også funn som støttet opp om RCADS´ begrepsvaliditet. Middelverdier var rapportert i 10 publikasjoner, men vi fant ingen skandinaviske normer. Ingen publikasjoner rapporterte kriterievaliditet, test-retest reliabilitet eller mål på endringssensitivitet.
Konklusjon: Måleegenskaper for skandinaviske full- og kort barneversjoner av RCADS var gode, og samsvarte med funn fra internasjonale studier. Men klinikere bør benytte den norske versjonen med forsiktighet ettersom skandinaviske normer ikke foreligger. Kunnskapsgrunnlaget for måleegenskapene ved den norske foreldreversjonen av RCADS-47 og RCADS-25 er foreløpig mangelfullt og det er et behov for studier som undersøker disse
Is open publishing really open to the public? Co-designing public facing materials to accompany published research, using a case study on health data research
No full textOften journal articles and other common scholarly outputs are inaccessible or incomprehensible to readers who do not work in the field, even when made openly available. Exploring alternative mechanisms around science communication is an important issue in addressing equity and diversity issues in open research.
Routinely collected health and administrative data is used in research across the globe to address the critical health challenges of our age, including mental health crises, health inequalities and response to pandemics. Few members of the public know that their anonymised data is lawfully used in research. This makes it especially important that the outputs of such research communicate openly and accessibly about the work that is going on. Embedding participatory methods throughout projects can improve their legitimacy and impact. Using co-design to produce research outputs improves the diversity of patients and members of the public who can engage with the research in a meaningful way.
In this presentation, we will describe a participatory co-design method for producing communication materials about science which are accessible and transparent for a wide audience. We present a collaborative UK project between Brighton and Sussex Medical School, and Akrivia Health Ltd, a company which curates mental health data for NHS, academic and industry research purposes, in particular by developing clinically-informed AI to derive medically-relevant information from unstructured clinical notes.
Objective: Akrivia Health wanted to make patient facing information material about their data curation and research services, so that patients would know how their data were being used.
Method: We recruited six patient representatives across Southeast England, and held online and face-to-face sessions, working to achieve accessibility for participants with diverse needs. We hosted one session of information giving (online) and a day-long in-person session of deliberation and design, using the nominal group technique. Suggestions were generated about what information should be contained in the infographic, which graphics should be used, how it should be worded, and where the infographic should be publicised. Suggestions were grouped by facilitators, and then prioritised by participants. A mock-up infographic was created, and additional feedback offered. A later iteration of the infographic was sent to participants and email feedback received. Participants were paid £190 for their full participation and reimbursed for travel expenses.
Results and Conclusions: Workshops provided detailed design of the infographic in terms of the graphics, layout, quantity of words and content. There was high engagement from PPI members who mentioned they felt listened to and felt they had contributed to something concrete, particularly since they saw the infographic created in real time. The final infographic was very different to that which the Akrivia team had envisaged prior to the consultation. We learned: “what you think people want is often very different to what they do want”.
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Open Science in Policy and Practice - Lessons Learned from the National Contributions to EOSC and Open Science 2023 Survey
No full textThe European OS Cloud (EOSC) is central to Europe’s mission to advance Open Science (OS), fostering a collaborative and inclusive research environment across the continent. However, the implementation and monitoring of OS practices differ significantly among European countries, each facing unique challenges, priorities, and levels of adoption.
This poster presents the key findings from the "National Contributions to EOSC and OS 2023" survey, conducted as part of the EOSC Future and EOSC Track projects. This comprehensive survey is designed to monitor policies and practices related to EOSC and OS at the national (and where applicable, regional) levels across Europe.
The survey results provide key insights into policies and practices among eight key areas of OS: Publications, Data, Software, Services, Infrastructure, Skills/Training, Assessment, and Engagement. The poster will present the results of the survey, identifying the key enablers of OS, as well as the best practices and successful strategies that have been effective in the adoption of OS across different European countries. These findings offer valuable insights into what drives success in OS and how these strategies can be replicated or adapted in different contexts.
This poster will also introduce the EOSC Track project, which aims to further develop the EOSC OS Observatory into a comprehensive, one-stop-shop policy intelligence tool. Building on the foundation laid by the EOSC Future project, EOSC Track seeks to enhance the usability, adoption, and impact of the Observatory by streamlining data ingestion, harmonizing monitoring frameworks, and improving the dissemination of policy best practices. The project emphasizes a formative approach that values iterative feedback, co-creation, and community engagement, all while upholding the principles of OS.
Through a comparative analysis of the survey results, this poster will showcase key insights into the status of OS across Europe. It will explore how these findings are being used to refine and enhance the European OS Observatory, ensuring that it becomes an indispensable tool for policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders in the OS community. By presenting these insights, the poster aims to foster a deeper understanding of the complex and varied landscape of OS in Europe and stimulate discussion on how to address the challenges identified. Ultimately, it seeks to contribute to the broader goal of creating a more cohesive and effective European OS ecosystem that benefits all stakeholders