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Constructions of race when gay men search for intimacy using location-based dating applications
Full text linkConstructions of race and racism are grounded in historical oppressions that are strongly linked to the question of spaces. Location-based dating applications have arguably contributed to a shift in the relationship between searches for and establishment of intimacy, and they are thereby also influencing contemporary ideologies about race, as well as desirability and belonging (to a delineated ‘nation-state’).
This study is part of larger project about how, why and when gay men use location-based media applications. In total, 26 men were recruited and interviewed using open-ended questions in three major cities in Sweden. In this study, we our attention lies in the instances where gay men themselves discuss the question of race in their accounts. We scrutinize the role that race plays in relational dynamics among gay men in Northern societies when they search for intimacy using dating applications. More specifically, we are exploring how they negotiate and form constructions of race when they themselves lift the topic. Drawing on Racial Formation Theory, this presentation presents some preliminary findings from these interviews.Constructions of race and racism are grounded in historical oppressions that are strongly linked to the question of spaces. Location-based dating applications have arguably contributed to a shift in the relationship between searches for and establishment of intimacy, and they are thereby also influencing contemporary ideologies about race, as well as desirability and belonging (to a delineated ‘nation-state’).
This study is part of larger project about how, why and when gay men use location-based media applications. In total, 26 men were recruited and interviewed using open-ended questions in three major cities in Sweden. In this study, we our attention lies in the instances where gay men themselves discuss the question of race in their accounts. We scrutinize the role that race plays in relational dynamics among gay men in Northern societies when they search for intimacy using dating applications. More specifically, we are exploring how they negotiate and form constructions of race when they themselves lift the topic. Drawing on Racial Formation Theory, this presentation presents some preliminary findings from these interviews
Strategic silence and circular consciousness among LGBTQ migrants
Full text linkPrevious research has shown how the credibility of young asylum seekers at the Migration board are based on different stereotypes, gender dichotomy and heteronormativity, and the public debate, opinions and discussions regarding young newcomers are often based on these prejudices and perceptions. The asylum seekers themselves tend to end up questioning and navigating in their own sexuality and identity when they already are in a vulnerable situation. This could create a feeling of exclusion for LGBTQ individuals right from the start in the new country.
The study is based on individual interviews with 18 participants, 20-30 years old, identifying as LGBTQ persons with a migration experience, residing in Sweden. By using intersectional analyses, different factors which affects queer migrants in a western context will be highlighted, and how a queer sexuality and identity affects the quality of life. The results show the importance of creating a new safe space of belonging. Such space facilitates the ability to be open with one’s own sexual- and gender identity, and to create feelings of safety. The study reveals feelings of coming from oppression to freedom, and how it affects a person, but also the complexity of negotiating revealing their sexuality or staying in the closet, in a country were the concept of coming out is clearly a norm. An LGBTQ migrant have strategies of disclosure and silence around their sexuality or gender identity. They navigate around “the closet” between hetero- and homo normative moralities for respect of their family, society, diasporan and queer communities and other expectation. Their subjective positionings are in constant motion redefining identities, which can be a strategic tool for daily survival and daily living.
The study underlines the intersection between gender, sexuality and ethnicity and the specific features of these power asymmetries.Previous research has shown how the credibility of young asylum seekers at the Migration board are based on different stereotypes, gender dichotomy and heteronormativity, and the public debate, opinions and discussions regarding young newcomers are often based on these prejudices and perceptions. The asylum seekers themselves tend to end up questioning and navigating in their own sexuality and identity when they already are in a vulnerable situation. This could create a feeling of exclusion for LGBTQ individuals right from the start in the new country.
The study is based on individual interviews with 18 participants, 20-30 years old, identifying as LGBTQ persons with a migration experience, residing in Sweden. By using intersectional analyses, different factors which affects queer migrants in a western context will be highlighted, and how a queer sexuality and identity affects the quality of life. The results show the importance of creating a new safe space of belonging. Such space facilitates the ability to be open with one’s own sexual- and gender identity, and to create feelings of safety. The study reveals feelings of coming from oppression to freedom, and how it affects a person, but also the complexity of negotiating revealing their sexuality or staying in the closet, in a country were the concept of coming out is clearly a norm. An LGBTQ migrant have strategies of disclosure and silence around their sexuality or gender identity. They navigate around “the closet” between hetero- and homo normative moralities for respect of their family, society, diasporan and queer communities and other expectation. Their subjective positionings are in constant motion redefining identities, which can be a strategic tool for daily survival and daily living.
The study underlines the intersection between gender, sexuality and ethnicity and the specific features of these power asymmetries
Locating Pagkatao: Self-Reflexivity in Philippine LGBTQI History-Writing
Full text linkAt a time when a global pandemic has disrupted lives to a large extent across the globe, doing research has become ever more complex, challenging and uncertain. Such unexpected shifts in the dynamics of research, resulting in unpredictable consequences, have prompted the author to further reflect on her positionality as a researcher writing LGBTQI history. In this paper, the author joins scholars who propose self-reflexivity as both an analytical and ethical tool in understanding volatile research contexts. In gender and sexuality studies much has been written about the importance of self-reflexivity in understanding the impact of researchers’ social and epistemic locations in knowledge production. The paper argues that self-reflexive practice is especially important in studying the histories of gender and sexual identities in a multiply colonised society such as the Philippines. The author reflects on her own identity and its continuing impact on her research process. Through a decolonial lens, she uses the Filipino psychological concept of pagkatao and unpacks its multi-layered meanings as selfhood, humanness and human dignity – three crucial elements in writing the history of identities.At a time when a global pandemic has disrupted lives to a large extent across the globe, doing research has become ever more complex, challenging and uncertain. Such unexpected shifts in the dynamics of research, resulting in unpredictable consequences, have prompted the author to further reflect on her positionality as a researcher writing LGBTQI history. In this paper, the author joins scholars who propose self-reflexivity as both an analytical and ethical tool in understanding volatile research contexts. In gender and sexuality studies much has been written about the importance of self-reflexivity in understanding the impact of researchers’ social and epistemic locations in knowledge production. The paper argues that self-reflexive practice is especially important in studying the histories of gender and sexual identities in a multiply colonised society such as the Philippines. The author reflects on her own identity and its continuing impact on her research process. Through a decolonial lens, she uses the Filipino psychological concept of pagkatao and unpacks its multi-layered meanings as selfhood, humanness and human dignity – three crucial elements in writing the history of identities
How Close to the Mark Might Published Heritability Estimates Be?
No full textThe behavioural scientist who requires an estimate of narrow heritability, h2, will conduct a twin study, and input the resulting estimated covariance matrices into a particular mode of estimation, the latter derived under supposition of the standard biometric model (SBM). It is known that the standard biometric model can be expected to misrepresent the phenotypic (genetic) architecture of human traits. The impact of this misrepresentation on the accuracy of h2 estimation is unknown. We aimed to shed some light on this general issue, by undertaking three simulation studies. In each, we investigated the parameter recovery performance of five modes- Falconer’s coefficient and the SEM models, ACDE, ADE, ACE, and AE- when they encountered a constructed, non-SBM, architecture, under a particular informational input. In study 1, the architecture was single-locus with dominance effects and genetic-environment covariance, and the input was a set of population covariance matrices yielded under the four twin designs, monozygotic-reared together, monozygotic-reared apart, dizygotic-reared together, and dizygotic-reared apart; in study 2, the architecture was identical to that of study 1, but the informational input was monozygotic-reared together and dizygotic-reared together; and in study 3, the architecture was multi-locus with dominance effects, genetic-environment covariance, and epistatic interactions. The informational input was the same as in study 1. The results suggest that conclusions regarding the coverage of h2 must be drawn conditional on a) the general class of generating architecture in play; b) specifics of the architecture’s parametric instantiations; c) the informational input into a mode of estimation; and d) the particular mode of estimationemployed. The results showed that the more complicated the generating architecture, the poorer a mode’s h2 recovery performance. Random forest analyses furthermore revealed that, depending on the genetic architecture, h2, the dominance and locus additive parameter, and proportions of alleles were involved in complex interaction effects impacting on h2 parameter recovery performance of a mode of estimation. Data and materials: https://osf.io/aq9sx
Responsible assessment of what research? Beware of epistemic diversity!
No full textSchönbrodt et al. (2022) and Gärtner et al. (2022) aim to outline in the target articles why and how research assessment could be improved in psychological science in accordance with DORA, resulting in a focus on abandoning the impact factor as an indicator for research quality and aligning assessment with methodological rigor and open science practices. However, I argue that their attempt is guided by a rather narrow statistical and quantitative understanding of knowledge production in psychological science. Consequently, the authors neglect the epistemic diversity within psychological science, leading to the potential danger of committing epistemic injustice. Hence, the criteria they introduce for research assessment might be appropriate for some approaches to knowledge production; it could, however, neglect or systematically disadvantage others. Furthermore, I claim that the authors lack some epistemic (intellectual) humility about their proposal. Further information is required regarding when and for which approaches their proposal is appropriate and, maybe even more importantly, when and where it is not. Similarly, a lot of the proposed improvements of the reform movement, like the one introduced in the target articles, are probably nothing more than trial and error due to a lack of investigation of their epistemic usefulness and understanding of underlying mechanisms and theories. Finally, I argue that with more awareness about epistemic diversity in psychological science in combination with more epistemic (intellectual) humility, the danger of epistemic injustice could be attenuated
Revisiting Lady Macbeth - prologue and epilogue: An audio essay on playing, listening, reading and talking our way to a reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s character
Full text linkValidation of the Norwegian International Reading Speed Texts (IReST) in adult readers with normal vision
Full text linkThere is a lack of standardised reading tests in Norwegian suitable for adults and persons with visual impairment (VI). The International Reading Speed Texts (IReST) measure reading performance of longer paragraphs. The aim of this project was to translate and validate the IReST in Norwegian. Each of the German, English and Swedish IReST were translated into Norwegian. The translations were matched for length, linguistic difficulty, and structure, and piloted in five adults. Reading speed was assessed in 25 readers (41 years, SD = 10) with normal vision and the readings were recorded. Reading speeds were analysed for variability between texts and participants. There were no statistically significant differences between the ten texts (135 words, 765 characters [SD=18], word variation index 91.8% [SD = 0.9%]). Reading speed in adult readers was 204 (SD=31) words/min. There was no difference across texts for any of the participants (p>0.05). Reading speed variance was 77.4% between subjects and 22.6% between texts. The Norwegian IReST is standardised and comparable to the international IReST tests. Reading speed falls within normative values in adult readers. The Norwegian IReST will be a valuable tool in assessing reading in clinical health care, rehabilitation and educational practice of adult and visually impaired readers and in reading research
