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Power and the Disruption of Sacred Space in the Middle Ages
No full textThis edited volume seeks to explore disruptions of sacred spaces in the Middle Ages. Consisting of ten chapters from scholars across the disciplines of medieval studies, the volume will examine the political, religious, and personal motivations and meanings behind disrupting or interrupting sacred places and practices, from the physical structures endowed with sacred practices to the literary and mental constructs of the same. The view of the past through the spatial turn is a current and increasingly valid approach to medieval history and culture; this volume, rather than focusing on continuities in spatial practice explores the discontinuities and disruptions of space in the de Certeauan idea of space as a ‘practiced place’ to understand what these disruptions and interruptions meant for the exercise of authority and power in the Middle Ages
ESC in the Anthropocene:Education for Sustainability and Communism
No full textInsofar as Education for Sustainable Development still represents a redemptive intervention, one according to the demands of a monolithic improvement agenda, its chances are greatly enhanced by the restoration of Grand Narrative initiated by the epochal turning. The much vaunted Anthropocene returns to the agents of change the opportunity to redirect the unified ‘geostory’ of ‘biohistory’ towards a steadier state. That is to say, the Anthropocene collapse of the ‘human’ and ‘natural’ spheres into each other’s orbits restores to ESD its promise to heal the planetary condition. This paper proposes, though, that such a re-fertilisation of ESD can bear fruit only if its premises are radicalised, indeed revolutionised. Employing a red biocentric approach – a praxis which advocates communism without anthropocentrism – it is argued that education for sustainability under current conditions equates to teaching and learning towards collectivism, class-, species- and world-consciousness. Furthermore, it is suggested, such consciousness is meaningless without vehicles for its articulation and actualisation. This means organisation, activism, disobedience, and the emergence of the possibility of the mass Earth Strike. Education for Sustainability and Communism (ESC) is unsurprisingly an activity unconfined by classroom walls: the condition of its possibility is the real, material site of resistance and of spectacle. It is argued that in order to break the impasse between critique and transformation, ESC affords the only viable possibility for the evolution of education for development that is fit for the Anthropocen
Development of a Quality of Life Questionnaire for Patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours (the PANNET module)
No full textPancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (panNET) are heterogeneous neoplasms usually characterised by slow growth and secretion of hormones, which often cause symptoms. The effect of these symptoms on quality of life (QoL) has not previously been examined in detail. EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) guidelines were followed in phases 1-3 to produce a potential module of questions usable for trials in panNET, focusing on three common types of panNET. For two less common types, a list of symptoms was constructed. Following an extensive literature search and phase 1a interviews with patients and healthcare workers, a long list of potential issues (169) was obtained. This list was shown to 12 patients from three countries in phase 1b interviews to check that no items were missed. The list was reduced to 57 issues. The list of issues was converted to questions, mainly from existing validated questions within the EORTC item library. The list of questions was then used in a phase 3 international study in eight countries using seven languages. A provisional module of 24 items is presented for use in nonfunctioning panNET, gastrinoma and insulinoma. This module increases knowledge concerning QoL in this condition and may be a useful adjunct in clinical trials. A phase 4 trial is being considered for validation of this questionnaire.</p
Data Science in the Business Environment: Architecture, Process and Tools
No full textData science involves the collection, management, processing, analysis, visualisation and interpretation of huge amounts of data. It is a multi-disciplinary field that integrates systematic thinking, methodology, process and technology to develop intelligence with respect to real-world problems. This paper focuses on the business environment and identifies the components of data science forming a conceptual architecture before proposing a composite data-driven process model. Representative tools and techniques are applied to relevant case studies demonstrating innovation in undergraduate programme design, customer analytics and the marketing of insurance
Memory and/in the Mirror: FESPACO, a platform for a Global Africa?
Get PDFThe cinema as a medium and an art form has been a major consideration in Africa’s struggles against colonialism. These struggles, which encompass aspirations to establish Africa’s cultural and political autonomy in the postcolonial era, are ongoing. Marking the 26th edition of the Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television (FESPACO) therefore was considered as an important opportunity for reflection. More so, the occasion was taken as a call to re-engage with the challenge of shaping and transforming ‘the Continent’s greatest cultural event’ for the future. The 2019 festival was launched around the colloquium theme: ‘Confronting our memory and shaping the future of a Pan-African cinema in its essence, economy and diversity’. This article begins with an account of the colloquium and reflects on the knowledge production dimension of the festival, which has been a core component of FESPACO’s identity and existence. It also seeks to situate the event of the 50th anniversary in a continuum of critical discussions about the festival, its past, present and future, and in relation to the seminal aspirations of African filmmakers for an African cinema, its challenges and opportunities
From Stage Door to Cyberspace:The Digital Evolution of Musical Theatre Fandom
No full textThis chapter explores how the abundance of new digital platforms in the twenty-first century has empowered musical theatre fans and provided scope for interactions that were limited both physically and communicatively prior to the internet. We trace how the success of productions is increasingly impacted by fans and how fandom is manifested across physical and digital spaces, from the stage door and ticket lotteries (Rent [1996]) to social media (Hamilton [2015]) and advertising (The Book of Mormon [2011] and Dear Evan Hansen [2016]). Beyond US American-created musicals, the chapter considers contemporary musical theatre fandom in a global context through British and South Korean examples. Technology has altered fans’ agency and their ability to interact with performers and productions, yet this agency may also lead to a false sense of connection, interaction, and friendship. Fans are, in many cases, exploited through such active communication, whereby producers and marketing teams manipulate fans’ creativity and generosity. This chapter thus focuses on fans actively assuming three roles: pilgrim, friend (or foe), and marketing assistant
The UK must ban farrowing crates
Get PDFSteven McCulloch, head of research at the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation, argues that the UK should ban the use of farrowing crates for pigs and the veterinary profession must provide its full support
‘Review of Réveiller l'archive d'une guerre coloniale. Gaston Chérau, correspondant de guerre, 1911-1912 by Pierre Schill (ed.)'
No full text'Bear Ye One Another's Burdens': inculcating Christian Values Through caring Practice in the Anglican Girls' friendly Society 1875-1914
No full textThe latter half of the nineteenth century is notable for the amount of philanthropic activity undertaken by women and for the prominence of religion as a mediator of their horizons of possibility. The Girls’ Friendly Society, which began in 1875, was the first organisation run by and for women to be officially endorsed by the Anglican Church. It continues today as a smaller organisation dedicated to raising the self-esteem of girls and vulnerable young women. As a large, durable organisation that provided a wide range of social and work related support for its members the GFS has attracted the attention of several scholars. The GFS also produced its own histories, periodicals and ephemera through which it celebrated its achievements, disseminated its message and reached out to its membership. This article sees the GFS as an organisation with an educative as well as philanthropic and religious mission. It focusses on the GFS’s use of participatory caring practice in the period prior to the 1914 -18 war to foster the Christian values it sought to inculcate in its members. The article also notes the exploitation of publicity by the society to promote its work and justify its moral stance