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Racially Minoritised Young People’s Experiences of Navigating COVID-19 Challenges: A Community Cultural Wealth Perspective
Get PDFThis article explores the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on racially minoritised children and young people. It draws on a study that investigated the factors that impacted the well-being and resilience of Black and Asian children and young people in the UK during the pandemic. The study employed a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews and focus groups with Black and Asian children aged twelve to nineteen years, to explore their perspectives of the contributing factors that impacted the health, well-being and the coping strategies and support they were able to draw upon to navigate challenges. The thematic analysis highlighted themes of: (1) Support and well-being and (2) coping strategies and resilience to understand the layered elements of multiple intersecting identities and inequities. The findings revealed insights into the intersection of multiple disadvantages, namely economic stressors, food poverty, digital inequality, disrupted education and disproportionate losses that impacted family functioning, peer-to-peer support, friendships and social connection. Through the lens of community cultural wealth, this article seeks to examine key factors that need to be foregrounded when lived experiences are rooted in the cumulative effects of multiple intersecting inequalities. The findings provide insights into the challenges exacerbated by structural inequalities and racial disparities that disproportionately impacted youth experiences
Tragedy and the Gender of Sacrifice: On "The Difference between Poetry and Rhetoric"
No full textIn dialogue with Piotr Gruszczynski, the dramaturg of Warsaw's Nowy Teatr, this chapter explores the present resonances of the legacy of ancient genre categories, bringing together reflections on Aeschylus and Audre Lorde in the context of contemporary European theater-making by addressing a specific production, (A)pollonia. This work is still in the Nowy Teatr's repertoire more than a decade after its premiere and has been seen at festivals throughout the world. At the heart of the discussion is the question of how representations of self-sacrifice in both mythical and historical frames of reference are gendered, which provides a lens for thinking about the conditions of and for “tragedy” today. As the cultural memory of genocide in Europe takes on renewed significance with the passing of its living memory, the example of (A)pollonia allows for reflection on how theater engages with its own means, not least in the dramaturgy of its participation in the very culture of memory itself
Was Marx right? Development and exploitation in 43 countries, 2000–2014
Get PDFWe assess Marx's hypotheses about capitalist development on a global scale by constructing a new dataset of Marxist variables (profit rates, exploitation rates, composition of capital, and shares of productive activity) for 43 major economies, derived from world input-output data and national accounts in the 2000–2014 period. Consistent with Marx's hypotheses, the average profit rate declines at the world level, between countries, and within countries. The global rate of exploitation increases until 2008 but stagnates after the financial crisis, while capital intensity continued to increase. At the cross-country level, rich countries became increasingly dominated by unproductive activity. China absorbed much of the world's productive activity and kept the labor share of value added roughly constant at the world level
Seaton Snook and the building of a parafictional seaside town
Get PDFWhat Happened to Seaton Snook? is an online archive of sounds and music dedicated to uncovering the history of an abandoned town on the coast of County Durham, UK. Run by Dr Peter Falconer, the archive contains classical pieces for piano and harpsichord, pedagogic works, folk tunes for voice and Northumbrian Smallpipes, brass band music, Krautrock, psychedelic rock, and tape pieces. There are biographies and photographs of people key to the history of the town, and interviews with experts in matters pertaining to the artefacts. But Seaton Snook, as described in the archive, is not entirely real. It is a parafictional artwork, in which real events are paired with fake artefacts, and fictional events are bolstered by genuine historical records. This article describes a methodology of parafictional art creation, and demonstrates the power of parafiction to explore real issues in a fictional setting
Paving the Way: Cameron Mackintosh and the Development and Impact of the Global Musical
Get PDFThis chapter seeks to establish the significance of Cameron Mackintosh in the development of the global musical; it draws extensively from interviews conducted by the author with key figures. The chapter proposes that Cats was a breakthrough production, setting a template for developing large-scale musicals which could be reproduced globally. It goes on to analyse the elements of this template, including marketing, the importance of the show logo, and developing as well as protecting a brand. Examining in detail the various different types of reproduced shows that Mackintosh oversees and the importance of accurate translation and responding to local conditions, the case is made that Mackintosh has established the importance of an interventionist producer, and that other key global producers such as Disney and Little Star have consciously followed his business methods. The chapter concludes that Mackintosh did set the framework for the proliferation of the global musical; his productions are not simply commodified replications, but rather works designed to ensure that the highest aesthetic standards are maintained, no matter where the show is staged
Mindful-Gratitude Practice Reduces Prejudice at High Levels of Collective Narcissism
Get PDFThis research tested the hypothesis that mindful-gratitude practice attenuates the robust association between collective narcissism and prejudice. In between-subjects Study 1 (nationally representative sample of 569 Polish adults, 313 women), 10 minutes of mindful-gratitude practice—compared to mindful-attention practice and control—did not decrease prejudice (anti-Semitism), but weakened the positive link between collective narcissism and prejudice. In preregistered randomized-controlled-trial Study 2 (convenience sample of 219 Polish adults, 168 women), a 6-week mobile-app supported training in daily mindful-gratitude practice decreased prejudice (anti-Semitism, sexism, homophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment) and its link with collective narcissism, compared to a wait-list control. The hypothesis-consistent results emphasize the social relevance of mindful-gratitude practice, a time- and cost-effective intervention
Institutional Psychotherapy from Saint-Alban to La Borde by Jean Oury, translated by Anthony Faramelli and Marlon Miguel
Get PDFIn this newly translated text the founder of La Borde, Jean Oury, explains the workings of institutional psychotherapy and the way in which this radical and politically informed type of psychotherapy transformed both the patients' treatment and the French psychiatric community
“Utterly Overwhelming” – A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Sensory Processing Differences and Mental Health Experiences in Middle-aged and Older Autistic Adults
Get PDFBackground: Sensory processing differences (SPDs) and mental health symptoms are not limited to young autistic people but continue to occur into adulthood. However, existing quantitative research has predominantly focused on younger autistic people. Less work has been done to investigate SPDs and relationships with mental health conditions in older autistic adults (i.e., aged 40 and above) across their midlife and older adulthood.
Methods: 432 participants (autistic n=265; non-autistic n=167) aged 40-93 years completed online questionnaires related to SPDs and mental health (i.e., anxiety and depression symptoms). Neurotype and gender differences, age associations, and associations between SPDs and mental health were examined. Participants’ contextualization of their lived experiences of SPDs was analyzed qualitatively.
Results: Overall, SPDs and mental health symptoms were more apparent in the autistic group than the non-autistic group, with autistic women showing higher levels of SPDs and poorer mental health than autistic men. SPDs were more often reported to worsen across adulthood by those in the autistic group than those in the non-autistic group, with older autistic people more often reporting worse coping abilities. Furthermore, positive associations between SPDs and anxiety/depression symptoms were observed in the autistic group, with the strength of associations increasing with age. From the qualitative data, we developed six topics reflecting participants’ lived experience of SPDs.
Conclusion: Quantitative and qualitative evidence suggest that autistic adults in older age may be more likely to have a heightened risk of SPDs and associated poorer mental health. This study extends previous understanding of SPDs with mainly younger autism populations and highlights the necessity of exploring sensory difficulties in autistic adults in midlife and older adulthood
Edward Gordon Craig as Teacher-Dictator
Get PDFEdward Gordon Craig was a controversial and iconoclastic figure in the early twentieth-century British theatre. Underpinning his work as a director, designer and essayist was a desire to secure obedience and loyalty from the people with whom he worked and to ensure that he was the unquestioned authority. Nowhere was this ambition clearer than in his School for the Art of the Theatre, which he ran in Florence from 1913 to 1914. This article draws on extensive archival research, providing a detailed examination of the School’s structure, organisation, and curriculum and demonstrating the importance that Craig placed on discipline, which became the School’s governing principle. It contextualises the School’s practice, discussing Craig’s work in and outside the theatre and his political views so as to consider why he prized discipline above all else. In particular, the article reveals, for the first time, his intense misogyny and celebration of fascism in the 1920s and 1930s and shows how this informed his school scheme and was informed by it
Lepanto or Little Algiers? Public history and the cultural politics of commemoration in modern Greece
Get PDFWhat can the Battle of Lepanto (1571) reveal about the interconnected politics of nationalism and racism in contemporary Europe? Linking memory studies, critical heritage and the history of European-Ottoman wars, this article uses the 450th anniversary of the historic battle as an entry point for rethinking the politics of commemoration in modern Greece. It takes a multi-scalar perspective which charts memory-making across different spatial and temporal scales and examines the role of mnemonic practices as articulations of Greek nationalism blended with dependence on Greece’s Euro-Atlantic patrons. The article situates the 450th anniversary of Lepanto within a larger commemorative tradition and long-term development of civic rituals and representational conventions. In doing so, it highlights the dynamics of voicing and silencing that shapes public history in ways that sanitise the past and obfuscate complex historical processes. Specifically, the article shows how the erasure of the Black history of Nafpaktos (the Greek town associated with Lepanto) and portrayals of the Greeks as an anti-Islamic nation have reinforced eurocentric civilisational narratives, occluding histories of colonialism and empire that continue to cast their shadows today