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EXPLORATION OF MARITAL RELATIONSHIP PROJECTS AMONG PARENTS OF A CHILD WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
No full textParental stress in parents of a child with an intellectual disability may have an impact on their marital relationship. Achievement of marital projects is considered an important factor that sustains marital satisfaction and fulfils the need for relatedness essential to well-being. In this study, which explores marital relationship projects (MRPs) of these parents, 34 couples participated individually in semi-structured interviews using the personal projects analysis grid. In their 5 most important projects, 17 mothers and 17 fathers prioritized at least 1 MRP: mothers in particular reported that they wanted to spend more time with their partners, while fathers wished for opportunities to travel as a couple. The thematic analysis of parents’ appraisals of their MRPs gave rise to 4 categories: “determined optimists”, “determined sceptics”, “postponing optimists”, and “postponing sceptics”. Furthermore, 4 types of conjugal dynamic emerged: “continuity”, “when the time is right”, “it’s getting necessary”, and “it’s complicated”. Gaining knowledge about these parents’ MRPs and how they are appraised will make it possible to offer support and resources that will allow them to pursue their MRPs, leading to more fulfilled relationships
ALONE, LOST, AND UNPREPARED BY THE SYSTEM: INDIGENOUS CARE LEAVERS’ EXPERIENCES OF AGING OUT OF CHILD WELFARE CARE IN MANITOBA
No full textLimited research has been carried out on Indigenous young people transitioning out of care in Canada. This article provides a coherent and meaningful account of the journey of aging out of care in the province of Manitoba, as presented by 17 Indigenous care leavers. Using a qualitative multilevel approach grounded in first-person narratives, this study focused on incorporating and elevating the voices of Indigenous care leavers. Participants detailed their experiences of planning for the transition and aging out of care, and described their life post-care. The care leavers expressed that the Child and Family Services-led process of planning for and transitioning out of care was unclear and failed to engage them as partners, and as a result left them ill-prepared for life post-care. Additionally, participants’ experiences serve as evidence of enduring gaps in transition supports, namely in mental health and interpersonal supports. These supports were often unavailable or inaccessible, challenges that were amplified during participants’ transition out of care and in the post-care period. The experiential knowledge from this study contributes valuable information to inform responsive child welfare transition policies and practices that are reflective of the experiences and needs of the population it intends to serve
Children’s Voices on the COVID-19 Pandemic as Presented in Swedish Junior and Daily Newspapers
No full textThis study focuses on children’s voices as they were presented in Swedish newspapers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the ways in which journalists featured children’s experiences of everyday life during a time of crisis. A descriptive, thematic text analysis of 83 articles resulted in four prominent themes: children’s voices as a mouthpiece for or against school closure, children as cocreators of a new normal daily life, children as responsible and caring citizens, and COVID-19 as a magnifying glass for existing vulnerabilities in everyday life. The selection and representation of children’s viewpoints was adult led and limited, and the study thus calls for further research on media constructions of children/childhood and related consequences
The Destabilizing Impacts of the Portuguese Colonial War
No full textThe Portuguese Colonial War was a prolonged conflict that lasted from 1961 to 1974. It was fought between the Portuguese government attempting to retain control over its overseas imperial colonies and the nascent independence movements in Angola, Mozambique, and Portuguese Guinea. The conflict ended in 1974 with the Carnation Revolution, which brought an end to the far-right Estado Novo dictatorship in Portugal. This article reflects on the many disruptive impacts of the Portuguese Colonial War that destabilized the country and led to the Carnation Revolution. It places these impacts into three categories: international factors, domestic factors, and military factors. The international factors included the diplomatic pressure from the American and Soviet alliances against Portugal\u27s imperialist war and the 1973 oil crisis that caused mass inflation in Portugal. The domestic factors included a metropole that was experiencing mass emigration as waves of young men fled the country to escape conscription, while the social safety net in the metropole was simultaneously overwhelmed with injured veterans returning from the front. Additionally, Portugal was industrialising its economy over the course of the war at an extreme clip, which disrupted the social cohesion built on its agricultural economy. The military also played a crucial role as relations between the civilian government and military leaders became increasingly tense over the course of the war, especially following the death of António de Oliveira Salazar. This article argues that these three sets of factors combined to destabilize the country thereby priming Portugal for the Carnation Revolution
Rails to Ruin: The E&N and Settler Views of Vancouver Island
No full textThe construction and operation of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway (E&N) on Vancouver Island is a relatively understudied area of British Columbia history. This is despite the place of the E&N in effectively creating the current systems of industrial exploitation and recreational use on Vancouver Island. The E&N and its land grant shaped the legal, political, military, ecological, and geographic history of the region. Legally and politically, the construction of the E&N was the impetus for mass land seizure by the Provincial government. Militarily, the railroad was important in securing the British Empire’s operations in the Pacific, supplying an important coaling station. Ecologically, the E&N opened much of the island to exploitation in the form of mining and logging, as well as settlement. Geographically, the E&N connected the island to Victoria by land, transforming the relationship of people to the island both temporally (it was faster to travel than on steamship) and conceptually (new stops along the line participated in placemaking for settlers and visitors). I examine the place of the E&N in these historical areas and contextualize the seizure of aboriginal title on Vancouver Island in terms of three competing views of landscape: pastoral, industrial, and recreational. These three views provide an excellent lens for understanding the transformation of Vancouver Island throughout the 20th century, including the displacement of Indigenous peoples, the development of industry, recreational uses, and even early conservationist views
The Dutch Patriotic Revolution: Prussians, Patriots, Orangists, and Frogs
No full textOften overshadowed, and sometimes forgotten, the Dutch Patriot Revolution in 1787 is seen by modern historians today as an influential and important step towards democracy in Europe. The United Dutch Provinces, a rare republic in eighteenth-century Europe, began a slow revolution in 1781 after a pamphlet was published and distributed – Aan het Volk van Nederlands (An Address to the People of the Netherlands) – which lit the (already built) fire of revolution. The revolution climaxed in 1787 after a 10-day siege of Amsterdam and the invasion of a 26,000-strong Prussian army. This paper examines how the attitudes and concerns of the Dutch people allowed the Address to mobilise the Republic into action. This work also surveys the major developments of the revolution during its six-year span with a focus on two specific issues identified in the Address – repeated alliances with England and a dysfunctional military. By examining a set of four contemporary prints, this paper attempts to determine whether or not the revolutionaries were successful in meeting the goals diagnosed in the Address
Support for Napoleon’s Empire: Maneuvering, Manipulating, and Managing Public Opinion
No full textWhen Napoleon I crowned himself the Emperor of France, he had seemingly brought an end to the First French Republic under the auspices of public support. In his ascendency from Consul, he had employed plebiscites, invoked his military victories, and appealed to French Catholics. However, the public opinion of Napoleon I was not always as positive as it seemed, requiring political manoeuvring for the purpose of maintaining a visage of popular support. “Support for Napoleon’s Empire: Manoeuvring, Manipulating and Managing Public Opinion” is an analysis of the sources and mechanisms of support that allowed Napoleon I to rise from Consul to Emperor of France. Focusing primarily on the period of 1799 to 1804, this essay takes a textual analysis approach, examining secondary sources for two purposes. The first purpose is to determine where public support for Napoleon was legitimate, and where public opinion was managed, while the second purpose is to understand what mechanisms were employed in order to manage this public opinion. The essay begins with an analysis of the negative perception of the Directory among the French population, particularly its economic and democratic instability, to understand why support for a new regime arose. In the next section, the essay examines the plebiscites of 1800, 1802, and 1804, to identify and analyse the mechanisms that created the image of widespread support for Napoleon I, such as the simple design of the plebiscites and the public nature in which they were carried out. Finally, the essay concludes with an analysis of the organic and inorganic support that Napoleon I could draw on from within the French populace, focusing on that which was derived from Napoleon I’s military record, the Concordat with the Catholic Church, and a significant propaganda campaign
La autonomía corporal en las pinturas de Leonora Carrington: 2021/2022 Submission
No full textThe aim of this short essay was to first analyze the masculine gaze as a Surrealist artistic method and secondly to determine how and to what extent the works of British-Mexican artist Leonora Carrington intentionally defied this default view. Using three specific paintings as examples, it looks at representations of binary gender, specifically the embodiment of femininity, to determine the feminine characters’ levels of inherent agency versus their fate of resting as the “complementary feminine” muse to the masculine artist.The aim of this short essay was to first analyze the masculine gaze as a Surrealist artistic method and secondly to determine how and to what extent the works of British-Mexican artist Leonora Carrington intentionally defied this default view. Using three specific paintings as examples, it looks at representations of binary gender, specifically the embodiment of femininity, to determine the feminine characters’ levels of inherent agency versus their fate of resting as the “complementary feminine” muse to the masculine artist.The aim of this short essay was to first analyze the masculine gaze as a Surrealist artistic method and secondly to determine how and to what extent the works of British-Mexican artist Leonora Carrington intentionally defied this default view. Using three specific paintings as examples, it looks at representations of binary gender, specifically the embodiment of femininity, to determine the feminine characters’ levels of inherent agency versus their fate of resting as the “complementary feminine” muse to the masculine artist
The sub.Media Collective: Propagating Tactical Media in Anarchist Movement Cultures
No full textIn online communities driven by social media, ‘sharing,’ ‘liking,’ and ‘following’ are the nomenclature used to describe the shaping of opinions, popularity, and even identity. However, within a media ecosystem dominated by profitability algorithms, where can activists find politically critical resources online? In answering this question, I demonstrate how the sub.Media anarchist video collective successfully propagates radical video content, independently distributed across multiple online platforms, to foster communities of resistance and transformation.
The explosion of anarchist media began in the anti-globalisation era (mid 1990s) with the rise of support for the revolutionary Zapatista Movement. Organising under the slogan ‘The Revolution Will be Digitised,’ anarchists and activists across the globe took direct inspiration from the Zapatistas. Media is not something that is ‘out there;’ rather, it produces effects on its viewers so as to literally move them to action. Today, over 25 years later, with instantaneous access available by computer, tablet, and cell phone, we are faced with a variety of new media and digital technologies that have led to the proliferation and fragmentation of information networks and possibilities for social exchange.
In this article, I discuss the working methods, activist content, and aesthetic subversions of the anarchist video collective sub.Media. Media activism, exemplified by sub.Media’s video and podcast feeds, is rooted in discourse networks that influence creators and viewers alike in culturally meaningful ways. Sub.Media’s activities proceed tactically as a simultaneous disengagement from and attack on the edifices of hegemonic dominant culture. In this manner, they cultivate relationships with communities in resistance, and gain trust for sharing accurate knowledge and analysis with viewers sympathetic to their calls to action.
Not satisfied with the limitations of capitalist monomedia social media platforms, sub.Media actively participates in developing alternative communications portals. They are closely affiliated with the Kolektiva.Social Mastadon server and Kolektiva.Media independent video streaming service, which they use to spread dissident information. Although they simultaneously maximise content on mainstream platforms, sub.Media is part of a growing movement of socially conscious, anarchist, and radical individuals transferring their collective discourses into the Mastadon Fediverse. sub.Media’s participation in this virtual discursive environment propagates engagement as part of a digital movement culture of resistance and transformation