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Digital Exclusion, Gender Oppression, and How Social Workers can Advocate for Digital Feminism in China
No full textFor the past decade, the pace of China’s digital and technological development has been rapidly increasing. While this growth creates economic opportunities, it has negative impacts for Chinese women who are marginalized at the intersections of gender, class, and geographic location. This paper adopts an intersectional feminist lens to examine how Chinese women experience digital exclusion and gender oppression in the digital era. To do so, it discusses (1) existing technologies that reflect and perpetuate gender stereotypes through gendered technology design, (2) digital spaces and media censorship that disenfranchise women, and (3) AI surveillance and unfair labor practices that oppress women.This paper calls for social work practices in digital feminism at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels, specifically in promoting gender equality in training and design, leading feminist initiatives, and promoting digital accessibility and data protection
The Impact of English Extracurricular Activities on Pre-Service Teachers at the Higher Institute of Social Sciences and Education of Gafsa
Get PDFThis exploratory practice study examined the impact of English extracurricular activities on pre-service teachers at the Higher Institute of Social Sciences and Education of Gafsa (HISSEG). In particular, it explored pre-service teachers’ experiences in extracurricular activities that involve the use of English and how these extracurriculars impacted pre-service teachers vis-à-vis their English language. Qualitative and quantitative data from 19 pre-service teachers at the HISSEG were collected via an online questionnaire and self-recorded videos. Results showed that participants’ experiences in extracurriculars were positive and beneficial for their motivation towards using the language, as well as for their English language development. Not only did extracurricular activities seem to enhance participants’ overall English language proficiency, but they also helped foster specific skills such as pronunciation and vocabulary building. 
Towards More Effective Feedback Strategies to Enhance Microteaching for Pre-service Teachers at ISEAH Mahdia
Get PDFThis exploratory practice study examined the effectiveness of the feedback strategies currently in use at the Higher Institute of Applied Studies in the Humanities of Mahdia in relation to the practice of microteaching for Tunisian pre-service teachers. Qualitative and quantitative data from third-year students majoring in Education and Teaching were collected: 30 videotaped microteaching lessons, two in-class discussions, and teacher trainees’ responses to a survey designed to track their progress in light of the feedback they had received from their trainer and peers. The analyses revealed traceable improvement in the trainees’ understanding and performance, thereby establishing the efficacy of the current feedback strategies for enhancing the quality of students’ microteaching. 
Digitization and the Value of Intermediaries in the Market for News
Get PDFThis short paper presents an economic perspective on factors that shape the market for news in the digital age. Using standard economic concepts of supply, demand, and competition, I offer ways of thinking about the value and impact of search, aggregation, and social networks in the market. I extend these ideas to discuss how royalty payments from platforms to publishers can alter incentives for market participants, with the potential for unintended consequences. The paper synthesizes ideas presented at the 2022 Symposium of the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts
Kings, Treasures, and Looting: The Evolution of Sovereign Immunity and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
No full textLast year witnessed the conclusion of a long-fought dispute between a private party and a foreign government over an art collection with significant cultural value. It involved a treasure of ecclesiastical objects dating back to Medieval Germany that had once belonged to the royal House of Guelph and housed in the muralled medieval Brunswick Cathedral in Braunschweig, Germany. Ultimately, after over a decade of fighting, the controversy’s resolution did not involve an ownership determination by a U.S. court. Rather, the high court abstained from making a determination and instead declined to exercise jurisdiction over Germany. The lack of decision was not surprising, particularly in light of delicate foreign policy issues at play and the importance of keeping the judiciary out of international political disputes. The court’s unanimous decision was consistent with prior holdings, and so perhaps it was foreseeable that the court did not examine the merits of the ownership claims. However, a line of cases against Greece, Switzerland, and Italy did come as a shock, because they involved claims against foreign countries for asserting ownership interests in antiquities that were suspected of having been looted. Never before had governments been sued for their actions regulating the antiquities market and working to protect cultural artifacts
Europe Can Succeed Where America Failed: A Comparative Approach to Gender-Based Violence
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Day 2 Lunchtime Speaker: Spotlight on Justice Initiatives: Judge Edwina Mendelson
No full textDay 2 – October 14, 2022 Lunchtime Speaker: Spotlight on Justice Initiatives: Judge Edwina Mendelso
Taking Innovation Seriously: A Dynamic Competition Model for Antitrust Law
Get PDFAlthough innovation is often portrayed as a byproduct of competition, innovation and related dynamic aspects of competition are also, and perhaps more so, drivers of competition. The current antitrust framework, as illustrated by merger law and the agency guidelines that bear on that law, emphasizes static, demand-side conditions in defining markets and assessing likely anticompetitive effects. Only after the market has been defined and competitive effects assessed are innovation and dynamic, supply-side developments considered, and then in the context of rebutting anticompetitive findings already made on the basis of the static assessment. In addition, the burden of demonstrating and quantifying the supply-side developments is placed on the merging parties despite their relatively limited access to competitor capabilities, strategies, and plans. The following article suggests a new framework that places the burden of addressing dynamic considerations primarily on the enforcement agencies that must be met before the agencies can establish a presumption of illegality against a proposed transaction or a prime facie case against a competitive practice. It also suggests a more qualitative assessment of innovation and likely supply responses that is elaborated in the accompanying article by Professor David J. Teece