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The beatbox, the rumble / of mud kin and island flowers
No full textAn article on the works of multimedia artist Chikako Yamashiro commissioned by M+ Museum for its 2025 Asian Avant-garde Film Festival
How incarcerating children affects their labour market outcomes
Get PDFWe investigate the labour market effects of incarcerating children. Using linked administrative data to track outcomes for English schoolchildren, we estimate an econometric model of transitions between education, custody, employment and NEET (not in employment, education or training), along with earnings for those starting work. We allow outcomes to vary according the individual’s state in the preceding spell and, by controlling for personal characteristics and unobserved heterogeneity, interpret such variation as capturing causal impacts. For males, the main effect of incarceration is a reduction of more than 10% in the probability of employment. For females, there is no overall impact on employment but, for those entering work, wages are reduced by 25%. These negative impacts suggest roles for policy in deterring delinquency, finding alternatives to custody, rehabilitating those incarcerated and supporting resettlement on release. Appropriate labour market policy may differ by gender, with males needing help to overcome employer discrimination and females needing encouragement to achieve better-paid work
Race in the Anthropocene: Coloniality, Disavowal and the Black Horizon
No full textRace in the Anthropocene provides a radical new perspective on the importance of race and coloniality in the Anthropocene. It forwards the Black Horizon as a critical lens which places at its heart the importance of ontological concerns fundamental to problematising the violences and exclusions of the antiblack world.
At present, multiple new approaches are emerging through the shared problem field of Anthropocene thought and policy, offering to save not just the world, but the practice of governance, the business of Big Data, the progress of development, and the dream of peace. It is against this backdrop that Race in the Anthropocene unsettles not just the already shaky foundations of modernity but also the affirmative visions of its critics, by directing our gaze to how race and coloniality are baked into the grounding concepts of international thought.
This book is essential reading for students of International Relations, particularly those interested in international politics, security, and development. It is also of relevance for those interested in contemporary social, political, and environmental debates and policy practices
The effects of identity (subordinate vs. superordinate) salience on intergroup attitudes, anxiety, and contact intentions in North Cyprus
No full textSocial identity theory suggests that strength of identification with the ingroup will increase negative attitudes toward the outgroup. The common ingroup identity model builds on this assumption by arguing that when a
person is categorized as an ingroup rather than an outgroup member, evaluations of that person will become more positive and group-based biases will reduce. The present research (N = 280) tests these assumptions of social identity theory and common ingroup identity model in the context of an ongoing political conflict, that of Cyprus, while using a range of different outcome measures. According to findings, priming superordinate identity reduces intergroup anxiety and increases future contact intentions compared to subgroup priming condition. Further analyses revealed that intergroup anxiety mediated the effects of identity priming on
outgroup evaluation and future contact intentions. These findings contribute to theoretical explanations and
ongoing debates around the causal relationship between social identity and intergroup relations
The role of governance in the effect of the internet on financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa
No full textFinancial inclusion is a necessary condition for the population to get access to credit. Despite the efforts made by governments and policy makers, the rate of financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries remains low. The internet can be one of the options to increase the rate of financial inclusion in SSA. But the use of internet in SSA remains low due to the poor quality of the internet and to its high cost. So, good governance quality can consolidate internet infrastructure in order to promote the internet. This paper analyses the role of governance quality in the relationship between internet and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan African countries. The study utilises data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) database for indicators of financial inclusion, World Development Indicators (WDI) for internet users and World Governance Indicators (WGI) for governance indicators over the period 2004 to 2020. Analysing the data using the System Generalized Method of Moments (SGMM), the results show that the internet can be effectively complemented with the quality of governance to improve financial inclusion. Thresholds of governance that are needed for the internet to promote financial inclusion are provided. Policies aimed at reinforcing the quality of governance in SSA countries could help consolidate internet infrastructure to promote internet usage and in turn improve financial inclusion. Other policy implications are discussed
The Photobook as Shape Shifter in the Expanded Realm of Contemporary Photography: Examples from South Korea
No full text“Photobook as Shape Shifter in the Expanded Realm of Contemporary Photography: Examples from South Korea,” examines the Korean photobook scene amid the vortex of digital transition. The chapter begins by closely examining the innovative changes in photography driven by the accelerated growth of digital technology since the 2000s. It delves deeper into the photographic oscillations and its expanded practices in the contemporary art scene in South Korea. Through specific examples of three artists of different ages, the chapter discusses how they perceive the changing nature of photography and either amplify or offset certain aspects in their works, particularly through the medium of photobooks. They enthusiastically embrace or express disapproval toward the mobility, fragmentation, and flexibility that photographs have gained in the digital age. The photobook serves as the clearest embodiment of an artist’s vision. Therefore, the struggles and reactions to the tumultuous situation are often explicitly reflected in their creations. By presenting the case studies, this chapter aims to define the contemporary photobook as a compilation of attitudes and actions toward the medium of today, intuitively shifting the form and content, rather than merely a showcase of artworks