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No full textAu printemps 2021, lors du Congrès des sciences humaines à l’Université d’Alberta, nous avons réuni plusieurs chercheurs pour un atelier intitulé « La femme insulaire : du nord au sud, histoire de permanence et de renouvellement » afin d’étudier comment l’héritage colonialiste et/ou esclavagiste des îles a contribué à perpétuer l’image dévalorisante de la femme îlienne, qu’elle soit d’origine autochtone, déplacée ou migrante. Dans le sillage de cette conférence, nous avons recueilli quatre articles traitant l’affranchissement des auteur.e.s insulaires qui cherchent dans l’exploitation de « leur espace littéraire propre » (Paré) un moyen de créer un lieu propice pour renouveler l’image de la femme, questionner les relations politiques, économiques et sociales entre le nord et le sud, le local et le global.Au printemps 2021, lors du Congrès des sciences humaines à l’Université d’Alberta, nous avons réuni plusieurs chercheurs pour un atelier intitulé « La femme insulaire : du nord au sud, histoire de permanence et de renouvellement » afin d’étudier comment l’héritage colonialiste et/ou esclavagiste des îles a contribué à perpétuer l’image dévalorisante de la femme îlienne, qu’elle soit d’origine autochtone, déplacée ou migrante. Dans le sillage de cette conférence, nous avons recueilli quatre articles traitant l’affranchissement des auteur.e.s insulaires qui cherchent dans l’exploitation de « leur espace littéraire propre » (Paré) un moyen de créer un lieu propice pour renouveler l’image de la femme, questionner les relations politiques, économiques et sociales entre le nord et le sud, le local et le global
L\u27 identité ambiguë de Dai Sijie et la réception de Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise en France et en Chine
No full textEn raison de la popularisation de la langue française dans le monde, il y a aujourd’hui de plus en plus d’écrivains d’origine chinoise d’expression française. Certains d’entre eux ont connu un grand succès dans l’Hexagone, tels que François Cheng, Gao Xingjian, Shan Sa, et Dai Sijie. Dans une certaine mesure, ils mettent au premier plan les attentes des lecteurs français en tenant compte de leurs goûts et en sélectionnant les sujets qui les intéressent pour concevoir des œuvres, et le succès qu’ils ont connu est considérablement dû à la saveur exotique de leurs œuvres. Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise de Dai Sijie reflète cette caractéristique. Ce roman a reçu un accueil des plus chaleureux en France ; par contre, nombre de chercheurs chinois critiquent le fait que ce roman est écrit pour plaire au lecteur français. Ce contraste en matière de réception est lié à l’identité ambiguë de l’auteur lui-même. Pour jouir d’une plus grande liberté de création, Dai décide de quitter la Chine et réside en France, mais le lien avec son pays natal ne se rompt jamais.En raison de la popularisation de la langue française dans le monde, il y a aujourd’hui de plus en plus d’écrivains d’origine chinoise d’expression française. Certains d’entre eux ont connu un grand succès dans l’Hexagone, tels que François Cheng, Gao Xingjian, Shan Sa, et Dai Sijie. Dans une certaine mesure, ils mettent au premier plan les attentes des lecteurs français en tenant compte de leurs goûts et en sélectionnant les sujets qui les intéressent pour concevoir des œuvres, et le succès qu’ils ont connu est considérablement dû à la saveur exotique de leurs œuvres. Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise de Dai Sijie reflète cette caractéristique. Ce roman a reçu un accueil des plus chaleureux en France ; par contre, nombre de chercheurs chinois critiquent le fait que ce roman est écrit pour plaire au lecteur français. Ce contraste en matière de réception est lié à l’identité ambiguë de l’auteur lui-même. Pour jouir d’une plus grande liberté de création, Dai décide de quitter la Chine et réside en France, mais le lien avec son pays natal ne se rompt jamais
Polygamy, State Racism, and the Return of Barbarism: The Coloniality of Evolutionary Psychology
No full textThis article examines the race-thinking and colonial reasoning circulating in two recent developments in Canadian law with respect to polygamous marriage: the Polygamy Reference (2011) that upheld the Criminal Code provision on polygamy and the Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act (2015). This legislation introduced changes to Canada’s immigration regulations, which include the practice of polygamy as a basis for refusing foreign applicants and deporting foreign nationals. I address how insights from the field of evolutionary psychology were applied in the Polygamy Reference and what discursive and material resonances they had in the Zero Tolerance Act. Drawing on the work of Sylvia Wynter, I situate these judicial and legal developments in relation to violence, within colonial formations of state power, and as forces supporting white supremacy through the continuing valorization of monogamy as a foundational aspect of social and sexual citizenship in Canada
Accounting for Justice: Citizen Public Debt Audits and the Case of Puerto Rico
No full textA Citizen Public Debt Audit (CPDA) is an emancipatory praxis that can mobilize citizens to make legible public debt that has been accrued in their name. Ideally, it should hold creditors accountable for debt that is determined to be odious. This study examines the public debt crisis in Puerto Rico to illustrate the historically unjust circumstances under which public debt was accumulated on the island in the context of US federal taxation and economic policies. It explains how citizens are mobilizing via a CPDA to make these circumstances legible and argues that citizens should not be obliged to service debt that was accrued contrary to their own welfare, especially if conditions of repayment threaten their current and future well-being
Divided Communities and Absent Voices: The Search for Autistic BIPOC Parent Blogs
No full textBoth autistic adults and families of autistic children rely heavily on blogs and other digital platforms to create community and gain experiential knowledge about autism, but research on autism blogs has failed to distinguish between the perspectives of autistic adults and neurotypical parent bloggers. Furthermore, intersections in the experiences of BIPOC autistics are rarely examined. Using a content analysis with a feminist Critical Disability Studies lens, I explore six autism parent blogs from diverse demographics: a white neurotypical father, a white autistic mother in an interracial relationship, a white neurotypical mother, an Indigenous autistic trans father, a Black autistic nonbinary mother, and a Black neurotypical mother. I examine the attitudes of these bloggers to get a sampling of their opinions on autism, how they parent autistic children, and how their social location, specifically race, impacts their experiences. More intersectional research needs to be done to boost the perspectives of BIPOC autistics and the expertise of autistic parents
The \u27Invasion of the Yellow Race\u27: Anti-Asian Discourse in Early Twentieth Century Niagara
No full textIn the early twentieth century, Chinese entrepreneurs in Niagara were subjected to racist attacks in the media, experienced discriminatory treatment from local authorities, and even became the targets of mob violence in downtown St. Catharines. Using newspaper accounts from the period, this essay illustrates how late Victorian moral reform ideologies influenced anti-Asian discourse and behaviour. ‘Foreigners’ were seen to threaten the virtue of the nation’s women and girls, and by extension, the purity of the Anglo-Saxon race. In March 1918, an inflammatory front-page editorial in Grimsby’s weekly newspaper urged citizens to stop a Chinese restaurant from opening in their community, using provocative rhetoric to incite moral panic about Asians. Nativist government measures such as the federal head tax and provincial legislation prohibiting white women from working in Chinese restaurants, attempted to shield white Canadians from Chinese entrepreneurs by curbing their economic viability. Despite the xenophobia, Chinese immigrants embraced western culture and melded into community life through everyday encounters with Niagara residents in public spaces like restaurants, laundries, and grocers, contradicting a narrative positioning them as undesirable malfeasants.
 
Reading Anthropocene Science:: Literary Templates and the Anthropocene Working Group
No full textThe discourse surrounding the Anthropocene is rich in references to literary genres, tropes and plotlines. In this article, we examine the way in which these references surface in the interviews with leading Anthropocene Working Group scientists featured in Steve Bradshaw’s 2015 documentary Anthropocene. Thinking about the Anthropocene as a “tragedy” or a “fable” (to name two genres mentioned by the interviewees) is more than a rhetorical device: these literary templates enable scientists to conceptualise the Anthropocene, determine its ethical relevance, and create an affective trajectory. Put otherwise, the literary form of the Anthropocene matters. Our article discusses the limitations of tragedy and fable, with regard to human agency and environmental futures. We turn to contemporary experimentation with narrative, concluding that experimental practices are better suited than established genres to represent the complexity of the Anthropocene, and that science communication would benefit from closer engagement with creative uses of storytelling
Invitational Leadership: Teacher Perceptions of Inviting Principal Practices
No full textThe quality of adult relationships within a school has more to do withthe quality and character of the school and with the accomplishmentsof students than any other factor. (Barth, 1990, p.163)This study focused on invitational practices of principals and thecorrelation between a principal’s inviting behaviors and teachers’ perceptions.It was hypothesized that there was a positive correlation betweena principal’s actions and teacher affective outcomes such as feelingsof trust, respect, job satisfaction, and perceived principaleffectiveness. The principal-teacher relationship was studied in an effortto elucidate the importance of positive human interaction in educationalsettings.A thorough review of the literature on the subject of InvitationalEducation from 1970 through 1991 revealed that little had been writtenon the application of Invitational Theory to administrative practices.Although Purkey and Warters (1986), Common (1983, 1984, 1985),Chambers (1983), and Cogar (1987) addressed the subject and offeredsuggestions for the application of Invitational Theory to the administrationof schools, Invitational Leadership was not a primary focus of thefounders and followers of Invitational Education
Inviting Self-Efficacy Revisited: The Role of Invitations in the Lives of Women with Mathematics-Related Careers
No full textThe purpose of this study was to explore the personal stories of women who selected careers in mathematics, science, and technology to examine whether the verbal persuasions and invitations they received influenced their academic paths. Results revealed that self-beliefs were nurtured by familial, academic, and work-related influences. The selfbeliefs, in turn, nurtured the effort, persistence, and resilience required to overcome obstacles. Three interrelated themes emerged: (a) invitations and verbal persuasions were instrumental sources for the development and maintenance of confidence: (b) self-efficacy beliefs, nourished by invitations, fostered resilience to academic and social obstacles: and (c) invitations from others reemerged at critical points as self-invitations that the women used to buttress themselves against challenges