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Handsworth Revolution:Reggae Theomusicology, Gospel Borderlands and Delinking Black British Contemporary Gospel Music from Colonial Christianity
No full textThis chapter contours the disconnect between black liberation theologyand Caribbean diaspora contemporary gospel music and proffers a solu-tion, that is, a new practice for contemporary gospel music inspired byreggae music’s decoloniality
Decommissioning normal: COVID-19 as a disruptor of school norms for young people with learning disabilities
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced everyone to live at a social distance from other people. This has changed the way people live and are included socially. This paper focuses on the unexpected ways schools have altered and deepened social inclusion for children with learning disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. We interviewed six people: two people who work for a Local Authority, one Headteacher of a special school, one Special Educational Needs and Disability Consultant, one young person with a learning disability and her mother. The findings and conclusions show the “new normal” caused by COVID-19 can help to deepen social inclusion for children with learning disabilities. For example, it can help children communicate in alternative ways with their teachers and friends. It can help families to understand more about their son/daughter's educational abilities; this means they can advocate better for them. It can help professionals to meet the needs of children with learning disabilities more quickly. We do not enjoy living at a social distance from everyone else, but we do want to make sure that lessons can be learnt from this moment in time. Abstract: Background: To slow the spread of COVID-19, on 20 March 2020, nurseries, schools and colleges across England were closed to all learners, apart from those who were children of key workers or were considered “vulnerable.” As young people with learning disabilities, families, professionals and schools become acquainted with the Erfahrung of the new horizon brought about by COVID-19, the negativity of altered social inclusion is becoming the “new normal.” Capturing this transitory moment in time, this paper reflexively analyses the curiously productive variables of altered ecological pathways to social inclusion for people with learning disabilities. Methods: Taking a hermeneutic stance, this paper draws on Gadamer's construction of the nature of new experiences. Focussed on the experience of social inclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six key stakeholders. As the phenomenon in question was new, an inductive approach to thematic analysis was applied. Findings: The critical tenet of this paper is that the Erfahrung of COVID-19 has created the conditions for a “new normal” which have afforded children with learning disabilities altered opportunities for social inclusion, whether that be through increased power/agency for them and their families and/or new modes of connectedness leading to enhanced relationships. Conclusion: Whilst the impact of COVID-19 has been a negative one for many aspects of society, application of Simplican and Gadamer's theories on social inclusion and the nature of new experiences has permitted the surfacing of new possibilities for the social inclusion of children with learning disabilities.</p
‘The Quinta Waddington’
No full textResearch-based interpretation of a photograph of the palace-style property built under the name of Quinta Waddington in honour of Joshua Waddington who made a fortune after arriving in Chile in 1817. The image forms part of the collection of Chile´s Museo Histórico Nacional
Mock Juror Perceptions of Intoxicated Eyewitness Credibility.
Get PDFTo ascertain whether intoxication at the time of a crime affects a witness’s credibility with mock jurors, 240 jury eligible individuals completed an online questionnaire rating the convincingness, confidence, competence, honesty, believability, consistency, credibility, accuracy, and completeness of one of six witness testimonies. Although sober when interviewed, witnesses were either sober, moderately, or severely intoxicated (BAC under/over .08%) during the crime, with half of jurors being provided with this information. Within each condition, the testimony was either long or short, with the former being more complete. From the credibility ratings, a single Principal Component Analysis factor was extracted. Subsequent ANOVA analyses indicated that knowledge of the witness’s intoxication and a less complete account led to lower credibility ratings. With no main effect of intoxication, the testimony of an intoxicated witness itself was not perceived as less credible. Findings are discussed in relation to the criminal justice system and future research
Exploring Gay Men’s Threesomes: Normalisation, Concerns, and Sexual Opportunities.
No full textAlthough there is abundant research regarding group sex between men, much of the current literature constructs group sex as homogenous and overlooks the nuance of how and why men engage in particular sexual behaviors. Accordingly, this research expands our understanding of group sex by focusing on a specific type of sex: the threesome. The results demonstrate how perspectives on threesomes may develop over time; at first appearing exciting before becoming relatively normalized and indistinct from dyadic sex. Encounters and exposure are fostered through the sexual opportunities available, in particular, geo-social networking apps. Despite their normalization, threesomes are not necessarily viewed as risk free. Thus, this research offers insight and understanding into how gay men engage in group sex and the contextual factors which make it possible
Life Finds a Way
No full textThe distant past is not often illustrated with plentiful descriptions of everyday life. Instead, the picture has to be put together from different sources, piece by piece, like a jigsaw. But there are often still gaps, which can be filled with historically informed creativity
The Land between God and the Devil
Get PDFThe prehistoric barrows of England were places of fear, dread and suspicion in early medieval times. Holding the bodies of the pagan dead, medieval people – who were Christian – saw the barrows dotting the landscape as liminal, shadowy in-between places: between living and dead, life and afterlife, good and evil, God and the devil. Witches, the great tenth-century writer Aelfric of Eynsham said, met at these barrows to summon the devil, who would appear to them disguised as the dead buried in these mounds. Calling back to the Torah’s tale of the Witch of Endor, who called the spirit of the prophet Samuel for Saul to consult in his war against the Philistines, Aelfric believed the Witch of Endor had instead summoned a demon in the shape of the prophet: ideas later echoed by Martin Luther and John Calvin. To Aelfric, this story echoed what he feared in the world around him – and what witches attempted to do at barrows and landscapes in his own time.The landscape and the dead it concealed conducted evil visions from the devil. Exploring these places and ideas, ‘Land between God and the Devil’ will connect the reader to this unease in the past wrought by the summoning of demons, and the experiences of encountering the barrows of England as places neither living nor dead