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Yūrei and puppetry in Japanese ghost stories: (mis)perception and ambiguous bodies in kaidan
No full textKaidan, Japanese spirit or ghost stories, have long been performed using puppets and performing objects. Yūrei (spirits) in these stories manipulate perceptions of human and spirit bodies in order to resolve the unfinished business that keeps them trapped in the kono-yo, the world of the living. These perceptual manipulations echo (mis)perceptions of animacy in puppetry, in which the puppet body reads simultaneously as self-animated and as animated by the puppeteer. By examining two twenty-first-century kaidan theatrical productions that use puppetry alongside theatrical and filmic kaidan drawn from the Edo period through the present, I trace layers of misperception around human, puppet, and spirit bodies in kaidan performances. I examine resonances between these misperceptions and confusion around bodies that frequently occurs in kaidan, in which spirits often disguise themselves as living humans, raising questions and stoking uncertainties over what is a living human body and what is a spirit body
Editorial - Social movements and lifelong learning – learning for change or learning for democracy?
No full text‘Against the odds’: a study into the nature of protective factors that support and facilitate a sample of individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds into the teaching profession
Get PDFThis paper reports on a small-scale, qualitative study, located in England and Wales, with the goal of advancing fairer teacher representation. Deploying a positive lens, the research shines a light on the lived experiences of 12 individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, all of whom successfully entered the teaching profession for a period of up to 5 years before the study. Against the current backdrop of unfair teacher representation, the achievements of these individuals in becoming teachers are deconstructed and analysed, to determine whether there are any commonalities in their circumstances. Drawing on the theoretical frames of capital and critical race theory, the study aims to establish whether a set of protective factors exists that may have supported and facilitated their journey into teaching. The study finds that the achievements of these individuals in joining the teaching profession can be attributed, in part, to the nature of the cultural wealth each possesses. It concludes that these teachers, acting as critical pedagogues, are not the sole benefactors of their cultural wealth, with benefits afforded both the minority and majority population. In spite of intentions to frame the teachers’ narratives positively, the study reveals troubling evidence of embedded racial processes, which serve to threaten the teachers’ sense of belonging in the profession and inhibit others from joining. Recommendations to further boost teacher representation for minority groups are offered
The bad seeds
No full textSweetpea is coming home at last…
Newly married, with a loving family surrounding her, everything’s coming up roses for ex-serial killer Rhiannon Lewis, right?
Wrong.
Her husband has just been shot, and the daughter she left behind in the UK is desperately ill. She’s got no choice but to flee the States and return home, back to her roots, where she’s in danger of being recognised and arrested at any moment.
Only nothing is quite as it seems…
With a series of bad choices in front of her, and the authorities right behind, Rhiannon’s in a hell of a hole and she needs to dig herself out of it pronto. But help can come from the most unlikely places. And even more unlikely people
The effects of financial education on the adoption of financial technology (FinTech) services in the Buea Silicon Mountain community of Cameroon
Get PDFThis paper sought to assess the effects of financial education on the adoption of financial technology (FinTech) services within the Buea Silicon Mountain community of the south region of Cameroon. A total of three hundred individuals were purposively sampled and data was collected through the use of structured questionnaires guided by parameters as observed in the Technology Adoption Model (TAM). Hypotheses were tested using the CB-SEM technique with analytical packages including SPSS 24 and AMOS 23. The findings revealed limited utilization of online banking and peer-to-peer lending platforms, with cryptocurrency exchanges and crowd-funding platforms ranking as the least utilized instruments. Additionally, the study establishes a significant influence of both financial knowledge and financial behaviour on the adoption of FinTech services. Individuals who comprehend the financial benefits of FinTech and perceive these services as innovative solutions are more likely to adopt them. This positive attitude is driven by the perceived ease of use, transaction tracking, and the potential to generate income through FinTech solutions. However, this paper did not find any statistically significant effect of financial skills on the adoption of FinTech services. Therefore, financial knowledge and a positive attitude toward FinTech services emerged as pivotal factors positively influencing financial services adoption in the Buea Silicon Mountain community of Cameroon
30 years / 30 works
No full textThis book represents Cristin Tierney Gallery's latest project with John Wood and Paul Harrison. Wood and Harrison did the heavy lifting, of course, but it’s nice for the gallery to bask in their reflected glory. Most of their works you're familiar with are included, as well as many more. The individual pieces and accompanying texts are presented in no particular order. Thirty artworks in total; one for each year John and Paul have collaborated as artists. Video, performance, painting, sculpture, drawing, and prints. They have left no stone unturned in their artistic explorations. Thirty works, summing up two people working together over the course of thirty years
Infrastructures for sovereignty: digital platforms in everyday life
No full textThis chapter demonstrates how digital platforms can be utilised as a critical terrain to examine practices of digital sovereignty in China. The rapid development of digital platforms has led to their deep integration into our everyday life. As platform companies’ influence grows, governments concern over sovereign control has grown. China has been an active champion of digital sovereignty in the sense that the state should wield supreme authority over its digital territories. Previous scholarly attention has predominantly framed practices of digital sovereignty in China as a form of top-down oppression. Using Giddens’ insights on ontological security, this chapter proposes two complementary viewpoints that may diversify our comprehension of sovereignty practices in the era of platformisation. First, the platform industry has been leveraged to facilitate the state to realise its responsibilities to citizens, for example, improving public services. This way, the state gains ontological security as a supreme power. Second, with the capabilities of digital platforms and a domestically engineered platform ecosystem, territorialisation can be achieved through users co-configuring a national habitus with platforms, bordering a national space through everyday practices. Therefore, the practices of digital sovereignty emerge from dynamic interactions among the state, the platform industry, and citizens
Education in Palestine
No full textThe history of the Palestinian education sector is geographically and institutionally fragmented and politically charged. This chapter will look at Palestinian school education in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, through the lens of Amartya Sen’s capability approach. It will explore how and to what extent the education sector builds Palestinian children’s capabilities, how their environment limits their learning process, the governance of the education sector and the quality of the educational services available. The Palestinian education sector is functioning under occupation, so it is limited with its ability to expand its infrastructure, its curriculums are scrutinised and censored and its cadres face restrictions on movement. The current state of the education sector reveals several deficiencies, which affects the capability building of Palestinian children
Alone together: experiences of Palestinian East Jerusalem students studying at an Israeli university
No full textIn this study, we aimed to better understand the experiences of ethnic minorities within institutions of higher education, especially in areas of conflict. We focused on the case of Palestinian students from East Jerusalem who study in one of Israel’s major universities. We conducted a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with nineteen students. The study found that Palestinian Jerusalemite’s students face various linguistic, cultural, and academic barriers as an involuntary ethnic minority in a settler colonial context. We also highlight how the programs offered to integrate them cater to individual needs rather than addressing students’ group identities. Furthermore, those who survived their initial cultural and linguistic barriers and opted to stay at the institution tend to develop an academic identity that compensates for the lack of space for their group affiliation