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Parental joblessness, financial disadvantage and the wellbeing of parents and children
No full textThis paper used Longitudinal Study of Australian Children data to analyse links between parental employment and the wellbeing of families.The study found that jobless families and families with short part-time hours (fewer than 21 hours) were at considerable financial disadvantage compared to families with full-time or long part-time hours of employment.Of the children in the study, 5 per cent were living in a family with short part-time hours, and 11 per cent lived in a jobless family – this figure includes half of the children of single parents. Developmental outcomes for these children were lower than those for children in families working more than 21 hours. Joblessness and short part-time hours contributed to these poor outcomes for children through the effect of financial stress on parents.Authored by Jennifer Baxter, Matthew Gray, Kelly Hand, and Alan Hayes
Cult: A Composite Novel
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The first component of the thesis is a composite novel called Cult which falls into two parts with seven narratives in each. Part 1 tracks the protagonist, Ellen, from her first involvement with the cult through to her eventually leaving it. Although fiction, the first half of the book answers the kinds of questions the author is asked when people discover that she was once a sannyasin (a follower of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). While the experiences of meditation, group therapy and communal living are all faithfully rendered within the stories, the need for strong characters, narrative drive and a lightness of touch takes precedence.
Part 2 picks up Ellen’s story some twenty or so years later and explores what becomes of her in middle age. It also looks at other groups in society, such as academia, the law and the internet dating community which each have their own jargon, hierarchies, rituals and rules but are not considered to be cults.
The book examines the question raised in the Epigraph, ‘how do we be together when we feel so alone’ with a focus on relationships other than the familial and the romantic.
Collisions, Chasms and Connections: a Performative Exploration of the Composite Novel Form
The second part of the thesis is both a critical and creative response to three contemporary American books: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; and Legend of a Suicide by David Vann. The critical element comprises a close reading of the three books; a chronological reconstruction of their overarching storylines; and a consideration of what their authors have said about writing the books. It concludes that, in the composite novel, the simultaneous presentation of multiple views and storylines operate much like a 3D image to give the impression of depth to the characters and situations rendered. The creative element of the essay is a playful and personal response to the texts
Ep. #073 - Jennifer Wenzel
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of podcasts conducted by the Cultures of Energy at Rice University. Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy transition. But we also try to confront seemingly huge and insurmountable problems with insight, creativity and laughter.Dominic and Cymene talk about the carbon footprint of war, the best paper airplane design and map out an adventure to the center of climate change. Then (15:13) Jennifer Wenzel from Columbia University’s Department of English and Comparative Literature joins us to talk about her long and varied career in energy humanities. We start off with the ties between ecofeminism and energy humanities and her interest in oil’s place in society, bodies and literature. We talk about how to disenchant petromagic, the unrepeatable feat of cheap and easy energy, what Jennifer calls the “politics of the pedestrian,” how the Fueling Culture volume came together, and the importance of short form public writing for the humanities. Jennifer explains why she thinks we need to start popularizing “energy transition” as a concept alongside “climate change” and “global warming” to counteract public fatalism that there is no alternative to the status quo. Then we circle back to how Jennifer first became interested in energy through her work on West African novels and her frustration that literary criticism didn’t give her adequate tools to analyze what was happening in place like the Niger Delta. Jennifer emphasizes the need to think critically and comparatively about sites of extraction and our attachments to energy. And she shares her sense that an “energy unconscious” haunts cultural production in many parts of the world. Can energy humanities be a revitalizing engine for the humanities as a whole? Listen on
The Afterworld: Long COVID and International Relations
No full textCOVID-19 sparked the largest global crisis of the 21st century, extending well beyond public health. For some, the impact was swift and dramatic, with the pandemic pushing tens of millions into poverty and creating extreme food insecurity; for others, the transformations are still bubbling under the surface. Efforts to arrest the spread of COVID-19 entailed far-reaching forms of government intervention and the extensive use of new technologies. Questions thus remain as to whether the societal changes brought about by COVID-19 will endure in the post-pandemic period. The return of geopolitics, along with the war in Ukraine and tensions in Asia, have further complexified an already complex global situation.
Since March 2020, there has been an explosion of analyses about the short-term impacts and future global consequences of COVID-19. Parallels to the 1930s collapse of Europe have been made, as recounted by Stefan Zweig in his famous memoir, The World of Yesterday. While most commentators are pessimistic, some are looking for positive change. Faced with this unprecedented crisis, we have been propelled to think about how, in the “next world,” we can strengthen economic prosperity, social justice, the environment, gender relations, public health, and political institutions—or at least ensure that these features of our world do not continue to deteriorate.
In The Afterworld, 50 professors from four Montreal universities, among the foremost experts in their fields, propose progressive, pragmatic, and social science-based ideas with the potential to improve international cooperation, security, human rights, and sustainable prosperity beyond the pandemic.FOREWORD
Louise Fréchette
FOREWORD
Preparing for the Post‑COVID World
Stéphane Dion
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
The Afterworld
Frédéric Mérand and Jennifer Welsh
CHAPTER 1
Global Governance in the Wake of COVID-19
Jennifer Welsh, Frédéric Mérand, T.V. Paul, Vincent Pouliot, and Jean‑Philippe Thérien
CHAPTER 2
Global Health
Laurence Monnais, Ryoa Chung, Pierre Marie David, and Thomas Druetz
CHAPTER 3
The Global Economy
Peter Dietsch, Vincent Arel-Bundock, Mark R. Brawley, Allison Christians, Juliet Johnson, Krzysztof Pelc, and Ari Van Assche
CHAPTER 4
Information Technology
Karim Benyekhlef, Anthony Amicelle, Nicholas King, and Samuel Tanner
CHAPTER 5
Environment and Climate Change
Pierre-Olivier Pineau, Maya Jegen, Erick Lachapelle, Justin Leroux, and Hamish van der Ven
CHAPTER 6
Peace and Security
Theodore McLauchlin, Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé, María Martín de Almagro Iniesta, Lee Seymour, and Marie-Joëlle Zahar
CHAPTER 7
Canada-U.S. Relations
Daniel Béland, Philippe Fournier, François Furstenberg, and Pierre Martin
CHAPTER 8
Human Rights
Cynthia Milton, Pearl Eliadis, Pablo Gilabert, Frédéric Mégret, and René Provost
CHAPTER 9
COVID-19 and Inequality in the Developing World
Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dominique Caouette, Timothy Hodges, Christian Novak, and Maïka Sondarjee, with the collaboration of Sonia Laszlo
CHAPTER 10
Migration and Citizenship
Magdalena Dembińska, Valérie Amiraux, François Crépeau, Alain Gagnon, Mireille Paquet, Thomas Soehl, and Luna Vives
CONCLUSION
Jennifer Welsh and Frédéric Mérand
List of Contributor
Calling: Earth #011 - Jennifer Collins, Meteorologist
No full textJennifer Collins, a Professor in the USF School of Geosciences, discusses her research into human behavior relating to hurricane evacuations and her interest in supporting teaching and research for graduate and undergraduate students.
Based on our research it is very important to consider your plans now. If you are to stay, consider getting supplies sooner rather than later (as the stores will run out and have long lines before they do). Consider if you evacuate where you know people who may help. In a time of need, even those relationships you have which are weaker and more distant can be those you may want to consider if you don’t have a large network of friends and family outside your immediate area. Evacuate to your nearest safest place if you can.
More about Jennifer can be found here:
https://works.bepress.com/jennifercollins/
For more information on the 2020 Symposium on Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate:
http://www.aag.org/cs/events/event_detail?eventId=1446
For official information on hurricanes:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
A great resource for hurricane readiness:
https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes
Dr. Collins also recommends you check with your local county emergency management web pages. Here is a link for one county which could be at risk because of Dorian:
https://www.brevardfl.gov//emergencymanagement/home
Mississippi after Katrina: disaster recovery and reconstruction on the Gulf Coast/ Jennifer Trivedi.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."In Mississippi After Katrina, Jennifer Trivedi takes an holistic anthropological lens to the city of Biloxi, Mississippi, and illustrates how Hurricane Katrina revealed the cultural, political, and economic issues that shaped the community's history, the storm's impact, and Biloxi's long-term recovery from Katrina"--Introduction: Hurricane Katrina, Biloxi, and the past -- Setting the scene -- Hurricane history -- Hurricane Katrina -- Trying to go home -- Recovering over the long haul.1 online resourc
Moms and Kids at Swan Creek, Toledo, Ohio [approximately 1980]
No full textA portrait of two young mothers and their young children at Swan Creek Preserve Metropark. Identified are Jennifer Brinkman, 5, Debbie Landers, Christopher Landers, 15 months, Melissa Brinkman, 4, and Heather Brinkman, 8. Terms associated with the photograph are: mother and child | urban parks | Swan Creek Preserve Metropark (Toledo, Ohio) | Brinkman, Jennifer | Brinkman, Melissa | Brinkman, Heather | Landers, Debbie | Landers, Christopher | group portrait
Frankfurt book fair: cancelled prize ceremony for Palestinian author is part of a long history of political zigzagging
No full textFirst paragraph: The Frankfurt Buchmesse, or book fair, is the world’s largest publishing industry gathering, attracting thousands of exhibitors every October. On one level, it’s a business event focused on creating buzz for forthcoming bestsellers, trading rights and discussing industry developments. On another, it’s a public celebration of books and the values associated with them.https://theconversation.com/frankfurt-book-fair-cancelled-prize-ceremony-for-palestinian-author-is-part-of-a-long-history-of-political-zigzagging-21574
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
The Ugly Duckling: A Truthful Journey of Self Discovery under Musical Circumstances - Produced, Directed and Designed by Jennifer Richardson
No full textThe Ugly Duckling, a musical fable produced, directed and designed by Jennifer Richardson, layered a contemporary journey of emerging realization of sexual identity over a traditional fairy tale journey of self-discovery, utilizing the unique story-telling of the theatre art form without changing the underlying narrative of the fable. The staging created a visual story that was easily trackable. The director achieved this by focusing on relationships, by highlighting the ugly duckling’s difference through behavior and design elements, and by clarifying obstacles through action. If one can gauge effectiveness by audience response, the medium of the fairy tale seemed to be an effective one for reaching a spectrum of audience members - young to old, and from different socio-economic backgrounds. And finally, the process provided a transformative experience for the cast by encouraging meaningful and personal discussions about a range of “ugly duckling” issues, and by exploring the sense of personal strength that comes with being in one’s truth while playing action as a character on stage
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