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African Agency in a Changing Security Environment: Sources, Opportunities and Challenges
Get PDFThis special issue contributes to the growing debate on the nature and limits of African
agency. It does so by focusing on the possibilities of and constraints on agency in the
security sphere. This is a sphere traditionally characterised as dominated by existential
threats and the imperative of survival. Hence it is often considered to present an especially
restrictive environment for agency, particularly of the transformative kind.We do not take
this traditional understanding of security for granted, but adopt a constructivist
viewpoint. The articles included in this special issue have in common that they all aim to
critically explore the way in which security threats and appropriate responses are
perceived, defined and pursued by African actors, whether multilateral institutions, states,
communities or individuals.
We argue in favour of an understanding of agency which is relational and
contextualised, where structures and agency are continuously reproduced over time and
co-constitutive, a theme reflected across the studies presented. Through this approach we
aim to challenge narrow, structure-dominated and overly restrictive approaches to
understanding the responses of African actors to contemporary security challenges.
We define security in a broad manner. Some studies are concerned with traditional
security threats to states and regions, while others focus on the human security needs of
individuals to not just survive on the margins of existence but to exercise their agency to
improve, or at least attempt to improve, their lives
Peer Interview Script, Danielle Mitchell, Spring 2020
Get PDFDanielle Mitchell is a rising senior from Compton, California majoring in anthropology and sociology. She is a gifted writer who conducted very special interviews in SIS Seminar
In the Garden, Danielle Mitchell, Spring 2020
No full textDanielle Mitchell is a rising senior from Compton, California majoring in anthropology and sociology. She is a gifted writer who conducted very special interviews in SIS Seminar
Hall Street, Danielle Mitchell, Spring 2020
No full textDanielle Mitchell is a rising senior from Compton, California majoring in anthropology and sociology. She is a gifted writer who conducted very special interviews in SIS Seminar
Excerpts of Interviews with Peers, Danielle Mitchell, Spring 2020
Get PDFDanielle Mitchell is a rising senior from Compton, California majoring in anthropology and sociology. She is a gifted writer who conducted very special interviews in SIS Seminar
International development NGOs, representations in fundraising appeals and public attitudes in UK–Africa relations
No full textThis chapter examines how the images and representations used in fundraising appeals by international development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have shaped UK public attitudes towards Africa, Africans and UK–Africa relations. Despite efforts at change, many charity appeals make widespread use of shocking images of African children, devoid of any broader context, in order to induce the viewer to donate. In doing so, they have helped produce a narrative around UK–Africa relations in which the UK public is cast as the ‘powerful giver’ and Africans are portrayed as ‘grateful receivers’. NGOs face a dilemma: negative representations allow organisations to raise funds that enable them to support vulnerable people in Africa and around the world; but they also negatively influence and shape attitudes of the British public towards poverty in Africa more generally. Through an analysis of a recent Oxfam campaign and reporting on new research using survey experiments, the chapter shows that by appealing to more positive emotions, such as hope and solidarity, NGOs can both raise funds for development work, and help to change the narrative around UK–Africa relations
How to write a novel - four fiction writers on Danielle Steel's insane working day
Get PDFFirst paragraph: She might be the world’s most famous romance writer, nay the highest selling living author bar none, but there’s little room for flowers and chocolates in Danielle Steel’s writing regime. In a recent interview she laughed at the idea of young people insisting on a work-life balance, and has claimed she regularly writes for 20 to 22 hours a day, and sometimes 24. The result: 179 books in under 50 years, selling about 800m copies.https://theconversation.com/how-to-write-a-novel-four-fiction-writers-on-danielle-steels-insane-working-day-11715
Conversations with Danielle Cronin, Philip Howard and Julian Thomas
No full textThis chapter focuses on the expanding civic role and challenges for investigative journalists using digital and social media. The chapter includes conversations with Danielle Cronin (national deputy editor of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), as well as Professor Philip Howard (director of the Oxford Internet Institute), along with Distinguished Professor Julian Thomas (director of the ARC Centre of Excellence at RMIT University). They share their insights into setting an agenda of priorities for research and practice about public interest journalism. This chapter is an edited transcription of their conversations with the author, Dr Caryn Coatney, for a panel session sponsored by the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association.
- This chapter provides new material about the impact of social media, online audiences and automation on investigative journalism
Adding Spice to the Slog: Humanities in Medical Training.
No full textWriting from personal experience, physician and author Danielle Ofri asks what evidence is needed to justify trying to humanize medical training via the power of literature
2009 Open Access Week: Copyright and Author Rights
No full textA talk about copyright by Danielle M. Conway
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