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What does the other look like? A critical multimodal analysis of the representation of otherness in British television programmes about Ukrainian Displaced People
No full textAs of June 2023, 179,500 Ukrainian refugees had arrived in the UK on government visa schemes following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 (UK Government, 2023). Unlike with previous, non-European conflicts, the UK government provided three different visa schemes which, although not completely unproblematic in their set up and implementation (Tomlinson, 2022; Miller et al., 2022), provided a more positive treatment of refugees by the UK government than it had been offered to other refugees up that point, for example Afghani ones (Bejan et al., 2023).
Amongst the reasons for the novel, positive institutional outlook to Ukrainian Displaced People (UDP), scholars have highlighted identitarian factors, i.e. a ‘closeness’ in ethnic, religious, cultural and national values between Western countries and UDP, as well as geopolitical justifications, i.e. the threat of Russian imperialism (Esposito, 2022; Parusel and Varfolomieieva, 2022; Ramji-Nogales, 2022). In the British media reports of the Ukrainian conflict, some television programmes focussed on UDP, their journeys through Europe and their lives once in the UK. Based on the factors highlighted in the literature cited, two others can be postulated to exist in the media-constructed relationship between the UK and the social actors in the Ukrainian conflict: the UDP as refugees and Russia as the invading force.
This paper aims to explore how these two others are constructed multimodally by analysing programmes broadcast on British television that focussed on the Ukrainian diaspora, and by exploring the discourses and narratives used to discuss the phenomenon. A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis lens (e.g. Kress and van Leeuwen 2001; Machin and Mayr, 2012) applied to documentary films (Castaldi, 2021, forthcoming), is employed for this purpose. Approaching UDP and Russia as social actors (van Leeuwen, 1996) the preliminary results of this on-going project suggest how, on the one hand, the UDP other is represented as akin to the in-group (i.e. the British) while, on the other hand, the Russian other is represented as alien to the in-group.
The aim of the analysis is not to highlight a difference in treatment between the representation of UDP and other refugees, but to show how the refugee/other can be multimodally constructed in a positive way. The goal of the project is, therefore, to support the design of a media semiotics blueprint for the positive representation of refugees and migrants more broadly
Review of: Inclusive Education Theory and Policy: Moving from Special Educational Needs to Equity. By Sue Soan and Jeremy Monsen. Pp 280. Maidenhead: McGraw Hill. 2023. £29.99 (pbk), £23.99 (ebk), ISBN-13 978-0-3352-5039-4 (pbk), ISBN-10 0-3352-5039-4 (ebk).
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Improving mentalizing deficits in older age with region-specific transcranial direct current stimulation.
Get PDFOlder adults have difficulties to detect the intentions, thoughts, and feelings of others, indicating an age-associated decline of socio-cognitive abilities that are known as "mentalizing". These deficits in mental state recognition are driven by neurofunctional alterations in brain regions that are implicated in mentalizing, such as the right temporo-parietal junction (rTPJ) and the dorso-medial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC). We tested whether focal transcranial current stimulation (tDCS) of the rTPJ and dmPFC has the potential to eliminate mentalizing deficits in older adults. Mentalizing deficits were assessed with a novel mindreading task that required the recognition of mental states in child faces. Older adults (n = 60) performed worse than younger adults (n = 30) on the mindreading task, indicating age-dependent deficits in mental state recognition. These mentalizing deficits were ameliorated in older adults who received sham-controlled andodal tDCS over the rTPJ (n = 30) but remained unchanged in older adults who received sham-controlled andodal tDCS over the dmPFC (n = 30). We, thus, showed for the first time that anodal tDCS over the rTPJ has the potential to remediate age-dependent mentalizing deficits in a region-specific way. This provides a rationale for exploring stimulation-based interventions targeting mentalizing deficits in older age. [Abstract copyright: © 2024. The Author(s).
Comparative effectiveness of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for new-onset gastric cancer and gastric diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a population-based cohort study
Get PDFTo compare the risks of gastric cancer and other gastric diseases in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) exposed to sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2I), dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4I) or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1a). This was a population-based cohort study of prospectively collected data on patients with T2DM prescribed SGLT2I, DPP4I or GLP1a between January 1st 2015 and December 31st 2020 from Hong Kong. The outcomes were new-onset gastric cancer, peptic ulcer (PU), acute gastritis, non-acute gastritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Propensity score matching (1:1) using the nearest neighbour search was performed, and multivariable Cox regression was applied. A three-arm comparison between SGLT2I, DPP4I and GLP1a was conducted using propensity scores with inverse probability of treatment weighting. A total of 62,858 patients (median age: 62.2 years old [SD: 12.8]; 55.93% males; SGLT2I: n = 23,442; DPP4I: n = 39,416) were included. In the matched cohort, the incidence of gastric cancer was lower in SGLT2I (Incidence rate per 1000 person-year, IR: 0.32; 95% confidence interval, CI 0.23-0.43) than in DPP4I (IR per 1000 person-year: 1.22; CI 1.03-1.42) users. Multivariable Cox regression found that SGLT2I use was associated with lower risks of gastric cancer (HR 0.30; 95% CI 0.19-0.48), PU, acute gastritis, non-acute gastritis, and GERD (p < 0.05) compared to DPP4I use. In the three-arm analysis, GLP1a use was associated with higher risks of gastric cancer and GERD compared to SGLT2I use. The use of SGLT2I was associated with lower risks of new-onset gastric cancer, PU, acute gastritis, non-acute gastritis, and GERD after matching and adjustments compared to DPP4I use. SGLT2I use was associated with lower risks of GERD and gastric cancer compared to GLP1a use. [Abstract copyright: © 2024. The Author(s).
A qualitative review of educational robots for STEM: Technical features and impacts
No full textEducational robots have played a vital role in enhancing science and engineering education for children worldwide. There are several educational robots available to boost students’ mindsets in STEM fields through a variety of activities. The robots are equipped with sensors, actuators, and programming platforms to improve students’ technical and professional skills, but most are not affordable and accessible to school students, especially those from lower and middle-income countries. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance and significance of robots in STEM education through a qualitative review of a wide range of educational robots including their sensors, actuators, outputs, and embedded systems. The use of these robots in educational activities has proven to be intriguing, and research is thriving to make them more affordable and accessible while keeping educational objectives at forefront. Humanoid social robots with emotional attributes have been found appealing to improve student learning in a school setting by enhancing their engagement in the environment. This paper also discusses how education robots impact students’ technical and professional experience
‘Swallowing a world’: Reflections on education for sustainable development in higher education
No full textThis chapter offers a critique of the current state of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Higher Education. It argues that ESD today is too de-politicised, too de-radicalised, and too disconnected from the social, political, economic, and other drivers that shape the world, for it to be able to contribute significantly to the ongoing and urgent debates and actions involving environmental and social injustices globally. The chapter presents brief sketches of four areas where gaps or failures in ESD are observed. One, a failure to critique the conventional narratives of international development that inform our understanding of sustainable development, and consequently our approaches to ESD. Two, a failure to think beyond the narratives of neoliberal capitalism when analysing the current political economy of the architecture of global decision-making. Three, a failure to look at the world through lenses other than the Western, and to give due respect and consideration to other systems of thought, thereby narrowing the range of lenses or perspectives to view the world through to arrive at multiple, richer understandings. And four, a failure to ‘tell the truth’, about environmental and social justice issues
Whistles and sirens: The chilling debate around academic freedom revisited
No full textIn a recent article about academic freedom, The Ghost of Joe McCarthy, American sociologist Carol Tavris links today’s debate around freedom of speech and the McCarthyist witch-hunts in early 1950s America. But if the parallels between the crass illiberalism of the “Red Scare” and recent debates in academia around antisemitism, gender theory and “cancel culture” spring to mind, so does Marx’s claim that history tends to repeat itself: first as tragedy, then as farce
Visibility - Black transgender photo series
No full textBlack and white phoetry (photo poetry) 2/5 exhibiting at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.
The exhibition is called:'Black Joy' and is a 'Playing The Race Card' project
Immersive sound workshop for Screen South
Get PDF"Learn how to create and exhibit an immersive soundscape with access to Screen South’s Digital Hub, complete with studio space and XR sound facilities to capture foley, narrative, interviews, music, and more. This exciting XR Lab, supported by expert guidance with the help of the Screen South team, takes participants on an innovative learning journey and includes an exciting opportunity to exhibit of your work at the UCA’s Brewery Tap, a modern gallery & exhibition space in the heart of Folkestone’s creative community, in March of 2024.