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Politics and spontaneity: reflections on the politics of Aikido and deep ecology
Get PDFExamining the relations between the martial arts, nationalism, and security has been the main framework for thinking about the politics of the martial arts in recent historical and cultural studies. However, the mechanisms of power implied in tying the martial arts to the activities of the state or state actors are not always clear. By applying insights from Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Giorgio Agamben to the phenomenon of the practice of the traditional martial arts as a practice of the self, the relationship between politics and spontaneity can be explored. The argument is made that martial arts can become a form-of-life that deactivates sovereign and biopolitical relations of power
‘Taking the green pill’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experiences of climate distress
Get PDFIntroduction: Climate distress (CD) is an emerging psychological response to the climate crisis, encompassing anxiety, grief, shame, and helplessness. While empirical research has begun to explore its prevalence and emotional impacts, little is known about the lived experience of CD. This study qualitatively explored how CD is experienced, maintained, and managed. Methods: Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 10 participants experiencing CD, recruited via social media. Data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), allowing for an in‐depth exploration of participants' experiences. Results: Three superordinate themes were identified: (1) moral selves in crisis; (2) climate distress is all‐consuming; and (3) finding relief. CD was closely tied to participants' moral identity, often resembling features of moral injury and perfectionistic striving. Distress was intensified by perceived powerlessness, unmet ethical standards, and concern that relief from distress would signal moral disengagement. Value‐driven actions provided meaning and relief but were frequently accompanied by shame, burnout and emotional exhaustion. Psychological support was sometimes experienced as invalidating when moral and contextual dimensions of CD were not acknowledged. Conclusions: CD is a morally grounded response to an ongoing and existential global threat, shaped by identity, values and wider socio‐political contexts. Supportive responses should avoid individualising or pathologising distress, instead attending to how responsibility is understood and internalised, and to how individuals relate to their distress in ways that allow for sustainable moral engagement. Therapeutic approaches that support individuals to hold responsibility with self‐compassion and within realistic limits of individual agency, alongside collective forms of support, may be particularly valuable
Co‐development of a digital animated video on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with children and parents/carers
Get PDFBackground: When receiving an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis, children and families/carers need clear and accurate information about the condition in a suitable format. However, many of the available resources are complex or provide content that is not evidence‐based. Furthermore, there are limited studies that co‐develop digital resources with and for children, particularly those with ADHD. This study describes a co‐production approach with an under‐represented group, children with ADHD (aged 7–11), and their families/carers, to develop an animated video that provides support and improves understanding of ADHD. Methods: The iterative co‐design process involved a series of focus groups with children and families/carers at different stages of video animation development. The views of healthcare professionals were also obtained via online questionnaires and interviews. Key themes were identified through thematic analysis before more detailed discussions of content and a review of the animation storyboard. Results: Eleven families (12 children, 11 parents/carers) were involved in focus groups and 23 health professionals responded to online questionnaires. The study resulted in the creation of a widely accessible evidence‐based bilingual (English, Welsh) animated video for children aged 7–11, newly diagnosed with ADHD, and their families/carers. Preliminary feedback and evaluation from participants at the animation launch event showed that the animation has been well received. Conclusion: This study provides background around the development of a well‐received digital resource for children with ADHD. It also outlines a framework for the co‐production of further resources, especially as those involved agreed that a wider range of resources is needed for children and young people with ADHD
'Shove that. There’s always hope': Young people’s lived experience of child criminal exploitation
Get PDFCriminally exploited young people are often found with tangible evidence of criminality, challenging traditional notions of the victim offender dichotomy. This paper presents criminally exploited young people’s narratives regarding their lived experiences in Wales. It offers a nuanced perspective of victimhood by drawing on their personal accounts of how they were offered a false sense of hope by individuals who manipulated their unmet needs and limited resources to garner their trust. Young people appeared resigned to exploitative relationships and violence because of their powerlessness and lack of opportunities but rationalised their involvement rather than acknowledging themselves as victims
What does the future hold for equity, diversity, and inclusion leadership in higher education in the United Kingdom?
No full textAs academics with senior leadership roles in equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) within our respective institutions, in this article we reflect on what our roles mean, the impact we have within these roles, and how they may look in the future in higher education institutions (HEIs) across the United Kingdom
Quality of life measurement in autoimmune blistering diseases: mutual position statement of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology task forces on quality of life and patient oriented outcomes and autoimmune blistering diseases
No full textThe European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Task Forces (TFs) on Quality of Life (QoL) and Patient Oriented Outcomes and on Autoimmune Bullous Diseases (AIBD) collaborated on a position statement regarding the QoL instruments that could better evaluate the health-related (HR)QoL in different phases of the course of these chronic diseases. Position statements were formed and accepted by voting of all authors. The ability to use a measure that has a validated system to interpret scores and has a known minimal clinical important difference (MCID), such as the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), is an important aspect when choosing which HRQoL instrument to use. The EADV TFs encourage the use of the DLQI as a dermatology-specific instrument and Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of Life (ABQOL) and Treatment of Autoimmune Bullous Disease Quality of Life (TABQOL) as AIBD-specific instruments for HRQoL assessment in AIBDs. The EADV TFs encourage the use of the oral health-specific instruments Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) or Chronic Oral Mucosal Disease Questionnaire (COMDQ) in AIBD patients with severe oral involvement. OHIP-14 has fewer items and that may influence the choice for practical use. The EADV TFs encourage the study, where appropriate, of family QoL of AIBD patients by using dermatology-specific family QoL instruments, such as the Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI) or general measures such as the Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16). The EADV TFs recommend that HRQoL instruments be used in randomized controlled studies of new therapeutic approaches. The EADV TFs encourage researchers and clinicians to validate and use HRQoL instruments in patients with AIBDs
Foreward: The normalization and maturation of research on emotion in journalism
No full textThis chapter is a foreword to the edited volume, Handbook of Journalism and Emotions: Theory, Production, Content, and Responses.
The chapter makes the case that ever since the proclamation of an “emotional turn in journalism studies” (Wahl-Jorgensen, 2020), we have seen a proliferation of research on emotion in journalism.
As a result of this development, scholarship on the role of emotion in journalism has matured and increased not only in quantity but also in breadth, diversity, and methodological and conceptual sophistication.
As a result of the process of maturation associated with growth over time, we have also seen the normalization of the role of emotion in journalism. Normalization here means, first, “to start to consider something as normal, or to make something start to be considered as normal” (Cambridge Dictionary, n.d.). That is, it has become “normal” to study emotion in journalism. Second, “normalization” refers to the emergence or reassertion of norms of practice.
The concept of normalization has been used among journalism scholars to analyze the impact of technological change on journalistic practice, allowing for an examination of how journalistic norms have responded to the emergence of technologies and platforms like blogs and Twitter (Lasorsa et al., 2012; Singer, 2005). Here, I use the term to suggest that the study of emotion and journalism has been normalized, insofar as it is taken for granted as a worthwhile area of inquiry.
What this means, in turn, is that shared norms have emerged among scholars in the area, in relation to elements of inquiry including the objects of study, and conceptual, methodological, and normative frameworks.
Over time, we have seen the following trends in research on journalism and emotion: (1) increasing theoretical sophistication; (2) diversification of the objects of study; and (3) growing attention to the role of emotion in coverage of conflict, disasters, and trauma
Might tidal range schemes change the local economic impact dial on renewable electricity generation?
Get PDFThis paper argues that potential future tidal range schemes (TRS) across the UK could change the local economic development dial. Previous renewable electricity generation developments in less economically advantaged parts of the UK have had limited local economic development effects. However, the characteristics of tidal range schemes in terms of technology and construction needs could make for more significant local economy impacts. We structure the review around the potential connections between the development of TRS and local economic development and then framing the dynamic impacts of TRS construction/operations activity in terms of the development of a UK/local supply chain and associated trade development. We finally consider how public interventions might work to improve the economic development prospects of TRS. An identified concern is that the leverage of socio-economic returns from TRS will not be automatic. There has to date been limited progression in the UK to explicitly link the availability of subsidies to socio-economic outcomes in areas surrounding the electricity generation infrastructure. The review reveals that to lever the socio-economic outcomes from future TRS that closer public private partnerships will be needed during the development of the infrastructure