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Myisha Cherry: Failures of Forgiveness. What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better
No full textRezension von: Cherry, Myisha: Failures of Forgiveness. What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better. Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press 2023. 240 Seiten. [978-0-691-22319-3
Weisheit und Älter-Werden (zu: Mooren, Nadine: Leben im Alter)
No full textRezension als Beitrag zum Buchsymposium zu: Mooren, Nadine: Leben im Alter. Eine philosophische Untersuchung zur Frage nach dem guten Leben. Frankfurt a. M.: Klostermann, 2023
Gender- and sex-based discrimination in Google images: A comparative multimodal critical discourse analysis on the representation of same-sex couples
No full textWhile it is undeniable that over-reliance on AI-powered digital media has created a shift in epistemological understandings of how communication shapes, and is shaped by, the affordances of AI processes and power relations, it is equally true that the latest technologies function as multimodal resources for meaning-making with the danger of offering fertile ground for new forms of discrimination. The present study argues that AI-coded search engines function as semiotic resources where the interaction of the verbal and the visual communicates corporate interests and human bias that ultimately lead to structural gender- and sex-based discrimination. The aim of this study is to advance awareness on algorithmic discrimination by investigating asymmetric power relations and discriminatory frameworks in the combined visual/verbal representation of same-sex couples in Google Images from the vantage point of Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis. The comparative analysis concerns the Italian and the British digital landscape of Google Images, where same-sex couples are intended as a socio-culturally stigmatized group. The examination uncovers different levels of structural gender- and sex-based discrimination in Google Images computations of verbal and visual resources, whose final output are thumbnail captioned images. The latter are intended as multimodal ensembles representing how same-sex couples epitomize gender- and sex-based discrimination in Google Images digital landscape. Since the results of the queries are highly context-dependent, the comparison of the Italian and the British digital landscapes encodes different discriminatory frameworks and power asymmetries that should prompt effective measures to contrast the perils of heteronormative bias in AI-based search engines.
Adaptation and psychometric properties of the Disgust Scale-Revised in a Peruvian sample
No full textObjective: Adapt and validate the psychometric properties of the Disgust Scale-Revised in Peruvian Adults. Method: A non-probabilistic, snowball sample of 335 Peruvian adults was taken. For content validity, the clarity of the items was evaluated using Aiken\u27s V. For internal structure validity, the fit indices of a series of CFAs were evaluated for the one, two, and three-factor models. For external validity, the DS-R constructs were correlated with the purity subconstruct of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire. For reliability, the ordinal alpha and the omega coefficient were used. Results: Acceptable fit indices were obtained for the two and three-factor models. Acceptable reliability indices for the core disgust and animal reminder scales were obtained. And small, significant positive correlations were obtained between the contamination and animal reminder factors with the purity scale of the MFQ. In conclusion, the DS-R is an instrument with acceptable psychometric properties for research contexts, although some adjustments could be made to increase the reliability of the contamination scale
Personality, geography, and socio-demography: A Danish survey among adult men
No full textPersonality may vary with geography and with socio-demographical determinants. Research is, however, limited to a few countries and often involves only selected groups of the population, like students. At the same time, electronic survey methods using authorities’ web platforms for communicating with citizens constitute an attractive new way of achieving data on a general population level. In this survey, we used the Danish authorities’ electronic mailbox solution, in order to investigate the variation of personality with geographical and socio-demographical characteristics. This is a secondary analysis of data from a web-based survey among Danish men aged 45-70 years in the general population. In total, 6,755 completed the survey (response rate of 30 percent), which included the ten item Big Five Inventory (BFI-10) as a measure of personality. The survey responses were connected to municipality-level register data. Among the five traits, openness showed the strongest geographical variation. Differences in personality scores--particularly in agreeableness and openness--were observed across regions and between the western and eastern parts of the country. However, these differences could be largely explained by sociodemographic variables such as age, marital status, and education. In conclusion, in this national web-platform based survey using a self-report personality measure in men, we found regional differences in personality. However, in agreement with previous research findings, personality also was found to be associated with a variety of socio-demographic characteristics.
La caverne dans l’île : un parcours dans les profondeurs des Éthiopiques d’Héliodore (1, 28, 2-2,18 ; 5, 4-6)
No full textAssez longuement décrite, la caverne des Éthiopiques d’Héliodore impose dès le début du roman, l’image d’un labyrinthe artificiel, ce qui la distingue dans le corpus des romans grecs et latins. En revanche, son aspect labyrinthique la rapproche de certaines constructions souterraines d’Égypte et des fourmilières. Le livre II d’Hérodote, la Description 1 de Callistrate et Élien seraient des modèles possibles. La caverne invite à une lecture en profondeur de l’œuvre, elle aussi structure complexe. Héliodore dépasse le topos romanesque de la caverne de brigands pour signifier que son œuvre est bien une création où la caverne est un espace en soi, fantasmatique.
Described at length, the cave in the Aithiopica of Heliodorus imposes from the beginning of the novel the image of an artificial labyrinth, which distinguishes it in the corpus of Greek and Latin novels. On the other hand, its labyrinthine appearance brings it closer to certain underground constructions in Egypt and to anthills. Book II of Herodotus, the Description 1 of Callistratus and Aelianus would be possible models. The cave invites to an in-depth- reading of the work, which is also a complex structure. Heliodorus subverts the novelistic topos of the brigands’cave to signify that his work is indeed a creation in which the cave is a phantasmatic space in itself
Fueling Flesh: Ecological Commitments of Fannie Lou Hamer’s Homiletic
No full textThis essay examines Fannie Lou Hamer’s work as a model for sustainable, communal eco-futures, focusing on her leadership of the Freedom Farm Cooperative (FFC) as a form of proclamation. By situating Hamer as both exemplar and methodological resource, the essay explores how her vision of collective land ownership, food sovereignty, and economic justice offers a framework for preachers engaging eco-justice and climate change in their sermons. Centering the FFC, the paper asks what ethical and practical commitments are required of those preaching eco-justice, and what must be considered to faithfully address the expansive impact of environmental justice from the pulpit
Editorial Introduction: Exile and (Neo)Nationalism
No full textIn today’s political landscape, few tensions feel more urgent than the one between migration and nationalism. On one side are the human stories of displacement: individuals forced to leave behind homes, identities, and nations. On the other are the entrenched structures of power—borders, laws, ideologies—that seek to contain, deny, or erase these stories. This special issue of the European Journal of Theatre and Performance (EJTP) takes this conflict as its point of departure, asking: How are migrants, exiles, and stateless individuals being represented, governed, and resisted today? And what role can theatre and performance play in responding to this global crisis
Migratory Haunting and Ghostly Mobility: On The Voice of Fingers, by Thomas Bellinck and Said Reza Adib
No full textThe Voice of Fingers (2023) is a performance directed by Thomas Bellinck in collaboration with Said Reza Adib that critically engages with the colonial origins of fingerprinting and its ongoing use in European border policies. I will analyse the performance using a theoretical framework around the notion of migratory haunting developed by Professor Nermin Saybaşılı and other hauntology scholars, along with my observations as a directing intern during the production’s creation. This framework positions migrants as ghost citizens who disrupt traditional notions of borders and belonging. By analysing key scenes, this article illuminates the spectral traces of the systematisation of fingerprinting by British scientist Sir Francis Galton, and how these historical practices continue to shape the lived experiences of migrants and refugees navigating the EU’s border regimes. 
An Archival Novelty: Theatre Habima’s Telegram to Joseph Goebbels
No full textThis article examines the history of the Jewish (later Israeli) Habima Theatre and its European transcultural experience between 1926 and 1938. The research, based on a variety of largely unknown archival materials (correspondence, administrative documents, posters, and photographs), is organised into four archival novellas that may serve as a model for the study of archives. The central novella focuses on the telegram sent by Habima to Dr. Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, in 1937. Analysing the telegram and its cultural and historical context provides insights into the phenomenon of artistic migration and its relationship with the politics and cultural milieu of the period