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Curriculum from the Margins: Experience of Building a Dalit-Feminist Business English Programme as an Untrained Facilitator
Full text linkIn September 2024, while working as a part-time Business English facilitator at a grassroots NGO in India, I was entrusted with a unique but revolutionary task- to design an English curriculum for Business and Job-readiness from a Dalit-Feminist standpoint. As a post-graduate student of Cultural Studies with no formal training in teaching, language education, or material development, I undertook the project with equal measure of self-doubt and ambition, and a need for steady income- a perfect specimen of a GTA. This paper offers a critical reflective account of my journey as a GTA over the course of two years of working with the NGO. Unlike a conventional academic setting, the NGO foregrounded socio-political sensitivity and learner autonomy. It forced me to draw upon and question my own past experiences as a student, which I unconsciously began to replicate as a facilitator. Working with young Dalit, Bahujan, and Adivasi women learners (ages 18-40), I found myself developing creative ways to translate critical theories like intersectional theory, critical pedagogy, and Dalit and feminist scholarship into accessible and context-sensitive content. These experiences highlighted how significant the role of a GTA can be, precisely because of our liminal positionality as both in and out of the rigid frameworks of academia. GTAs occupy a space of possibility and probabilities, not weighed down by institutionalised teacher training, where pedagogic methodologies can be reimagined in real time. This in-betweenness allows for experimentation that is messy, imperfect, but also deeply generative, and holds the power to lead us to a social justice-oriented pedagogy in praxis
Awareness, Knowledge and Practice of Female Zayed University Students Regarding Folate and Folic Acid
No full textAdequate and timely folic acid intake can prevent the development of most Neural Tube Defects (NTDs) during pregnancy. However, up-to-date information on how much childbearing-age women are informed regarding this is limited in the United Arab Emirates. This study evaluated awareness and knowledge level of folate and folic acid (FA), along with FA supplement intake among female university students. It also assessed major demographic factors associated with knowledge of folate and with FA supplement usage, as well as examining participants’ risk level of inadequate folate intake. Of 239 female Zayed university students who completed the questionnaire, 63.2 per cent were aware of folate, and 44.8 per cent had good knowledge, but most (77 per cent) never took FA supplements consistently although the majority of the participants (38.5 per cent) were at higher risk of inadequate folate intake. Health science specialisation, history of folate deficiency or anaemia, and married or divorced marital status were associated with knowledge of folate/FA. Married/divorced marital status and history of folate deficiency or anaemia were also strongly correlated with FA supplement intake. However, pregnancy experience was not correlated with any of them. These results indicate a substantial gap in young women’s knowledge and FA supplementation. Therefore, effective education programmes are required to increase knowledge and promote folate-rich food consumption and FA intake
Introduction: Interrogating the Resurgence of Latin American Dependency Theory
Full text linkAs 2025 draws to a close, we are witnessing a fundamental transformation of the global economy and political order established in the 1970s and \u2780s. The rise of China to become by some measures the largest economy in the world, and the formation of the BRICS as an influential grouping of non-Western states, shows a profound shift in the geography of capital accumulation since the 1980s. But the growing significance of China, India, and the constellation of other high-growth economies, has not led to the worldwide convergence promised by advocates of neoliberal globalization. Rather, the emerging world order once again raises the prospect of transformation without convergence that is fundamental to Dependency Theory. Viewed from Latin America, the parallels between the current era and the original formative period of Dependency Theory are striking. Latin America faces de-industrialization, a return to \u27extractivism\u27 based on natural resource exports, combined with persistent poverty and rising inequality, mirroring its position in the early to mid-20th century. The political, social, and economic transformations outlined above have coincided with a renewed interest in Latin American Dependency Theory, both within the continent and beyond. This Special Issue of Alternautas explores the ongoing significance of this \u27view from the periphery\u27 in terms of its historical roots and its novel contemporary transformations
Celebrating Student Research at BCUR 2025: Reflections from the host institution, Newcastle University
No full textModelling wellbeing during public health interventions for respiratory epidemics
No full textThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), including lockdown measures, by governments around the world has been informed by mathematical modelling. Broadly, these models look to gauge how well NPIs control disease transmission. Here we present a model that not only forecasts the effectiveness of NPIs in restricting contacts but also assesses their influence on the mental wellbeing of affected populations. Our model is informed by data from the United Kingdom Time Use Survey, 2014-2015. This survey recorded the time participants spent in different social settings as well as self-reported enjoyment in these settings, allowing us to augment a quantitative model of social contact behaviour with associated wellbeing estimates. We use this model to assess the effectiveness of NPIs aimed at reducing social contacts in different settings and estimate their impact on population-level wellbeing. Our findings indicate that workplace closures represent the most effective intervention for slowing disease spread, while NPIs targeting other contact locations have comparatively limited impacts on transmission. Our model suggests that workplace closures not only effectively reduce infections but also have a relatively modest effect on population wellbeing levels
Age and Racial Disparities Persist for Gonorrhoea and Chlamydia in the United States
No full textSexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are primarily spread through sexual activity. In recent years, STIs have been on the rise globally. In the United States, chlamydia and gonorrhoea are the most prevalent bacterial STIs and have been for the past decade. Both these infections infect the same tissues, have similar modes of transmission, clinical presentations, and can be treated by the same antibiotics. Yet, the epidemiologies and forecasts appear to be different. This paper identifies vulnerable populations specific to gonorrhoea and chlamydia and assesses factors that are likely driving these disparities. Publicly available surveillance data from The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was examined to identify vulnerable populations for both diseases. These findings show that there are sex-specific differences in risk of gonorrhoea and chlamydia, and that young females carry an increased risk of both. Also, there is an increased risk of both infections among the Black/African American population. Understanding risk and risk-drivers is essential to targeting these vulnerable populations for the interest of public health
Bodies in Multiple Worlds: Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
Full text linkThis article explores the links between Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro\u27s ideas on corporeality and intersubjectivity, inspired by an Amerindian account of the encounter with Europeans. Merleau-Ponty approaches intersubjectivity from the point of view of one\u27s own body, recognizing others as human immediately through bodily similarity. Viveiros de Castro introduces a multinaturalism in which culture and humanity are universal, but nature and material reality vary according to perspective. The text emphasizes that relationships, for Amerindians, are actively created rather than inherited from a common origin. This perspective contrasts with Merleau-Ponty\u27s embodied ontology, where relationships derive from a common flesh, yet are maintained by difference. In conclusion, the article suggests that Viveiros de Castro\u27s approach can enrich Merleau-Ponty\u27s by emphasizing the active creation of relationships and alliances, rather than supposedly innate characteristics. Viveiros de Castro\u27s political project aims to redefine Western society as a case among others, calling into question its role as guarantor of universality
Modernity between Immunity and Community
Full text linkThis paper presents a review of the book: Common Immunity: Biopolitics in the Age of Pandemic by Roberto Esposito. The work was initially published in Italian in 2020 and was translated into English in 2023
LADIES IN ARMS: Women, Guns, and Feminisms in Contemporary Popular Culture
Full text linkLadies in Arms: Women, Guns, and Feminisms in Contemporary Popular Culture. Edited by Teresa Hiergeist and Stefanie Schäfer. Published by transcript 2024. Pages: 322. Language: English.