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Foreign bodies: a conversation between Yasmin Gunaratnam and Ali Eisa
Get PDFThis text is the result of several online conversations and an a-synchronous shared file. A process taking nearly two years. The incremental pace and long stretches of silence were invariably shaped by our struggles with workload, while joining industrial actions taken by the UK’s University and College Union over equitable pay, working conditions and pensions. Despite the runaway marketisation of university life, our exchanges were something of a shelter, holding those lovely moments that mark scholarly camaraderie – energising, provocative, dimly lit. As we are both interested in drawing political commitments into formats, we have opted for a conversation rather an interview, which feels like a more democratising form.
Yasmin Gunaratnam is a sociologist and yoga teacher. She is author of Researching Race and Ethnicity: Methods, Knowledge and Power and Death and the Migrant: Bodies, Borders, Care (Gunaratnam, 2013) and co-author of Go Home? The Politics of Immigration Controversies (Jones et al., 2017). She has edited numerous collections and journal issues. Yasmin is Chair in Social Justice at the School of Education, Community and Society, King’s College, London.
Ali Eisa is an artist and educator based in London. He is a Learning and Participation Manager at Autograph1 a visual arts charity supporting photography and film exploring identity, representation, rights and social justice. Ali is a lecturer in Fine Art at Goldsmiths and has a long-term collaborative artistic practice called Lloyd Corporation2, working with sculpture, installation, performance and participation, often taking inspiration from informal and local economies
Does local democratization improve societal outcomes? Effects of mayoral direct elections in Indonesia
Get PDFLocal democratization aims to improve the decentralized capacity of governance regimes to generate meaningful municipal spending geared towards realizing societal outcomes. In the late 1990s, following the Asian financial crisis, Indonesia initiated a significant institutional transition from centralistic and authoritarian rule towards decentralized and more democratic governance through the introduction of direct mayoral elections. Extant research analyzed the effects of the introduction of these elections on local public spending and local societal outcomes separately. This paper offers an integrated analysis of the impact of the introduction of direct mayoral elections on both local public spending and local societal outcomes in 456 Indonesian municipalities between 2002 and 2012. Analyses of growth models, using panel data on three domains (education, health, and infrastructure) provided by Indonesian Ministry of Finance, Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs, and Statistics Indonesia, show that the introduction of direct mayoral elections in Indonesia resulted in an increased growth in educational expenditures. It also improved outcomes in health and infrastructure domains. However, the introduction of direct mayoral elections reversed a positive association between public spending and the attainment of societal outcomes or worsened a negative association between them. These results would support a view on local democratization in Indonesia asserting that the introduction of direct mayoral elections stimulated local clientelist practices rather than local accountability and policy responsiveness.</p
Democratic transition:Political accountability and policy responsiveness of directly elected mayors in Indonesia
Get PDFThis study explores the transformative impact of democratization and decentralization reforms on local governance in Indonesia, emphasizing the significance of direct mayoral elections introduced in 2005. Historically governed by an authoritarian regime for over three decades, Indonesia's shift toward democratic decentralization involved devolving responsibilities and budgets to local municipalities and reforming mayoral selection processes—from presidential appointment to direct election by local councils, and eventually, to direct voting by constituents. Central to these reforms was the requirement for mayoral candidates to present a development plan, fostering transparency, accountability, and policy coherence, thereby empowering local leaders to better address community needs. The research defines political accountability in terms of mayors’ responsibility to the populace and public spending, and policy responsiveness as tailoring actions to societal needs and improving outcomes. It seeks to assess how the move to direct elections influences mayoral accountability and responsiveness, addressing four core questions about institutional development, effects on public spending and societal well-being, the moderation of these effects by political competition and elite influence, and the fulfillment of election pledges—particularly in health sectors.The thesis contributes novel insights through four key aspects: firstly, an integrated analysis of how direct mayoral elections influence public spending and social outcomes, considering the persistence of clientelist practices; secondly, a conditional model that incorporates political competition, elite veto power, and local state capacity to explain variations in redistributive policies; thirdly, an examination of mayoral pledge fulfillment and its relation to accountability, revealing pragmatic and institutional factors influencing responsiveness; and finally, the application of mixed qualitative and quantitative methods—ranging from legal analysis to statistical modeling—providing a comprehensive assessment of Indonesia’s decentralization trajectory.Structured across five chapters, the research traces the evolution of legal frameworks, examines the effects of democratization on governance quality, develops a conditional redistribution model, analyzes pledge fulfillment, and discusses policy implications. Collectively, the findings highlight the complex relationship of formal institutions, informal practices, contextual factors, and political incentives shaping local governance in Indonesia’s transitioning democracy. This work offers valuable theoretical and practical insights for promoting accountable, responsive governance in decentralizing democracies worldwide
Molecular characterization of novel soybean-associated viruses identified by high-throughput sequencing
Get PDFHigh-throughput sequencing of mRNA from soybean leaf samples collected from North Dakota and Illinois soybean fields revealed the presence of two novel soybean-associated viruses. The first virus has a single-stranded positive-sense RNA genome consisting of 8,693 nt that contains two large open reading frames (ORFs). The predicted amino acid sequence of the first ORF showed similarity to structural proteins, of members of the invertebrate-infecting Dicistroviridae and the sequence of the second ORF which is a nonstructural proteins lack affinity to other virus sequences available in GenBank. The presence of separate ORFs for the structural and nonstructural proteins was similar to members of the family Dicistroviridae, but the order of the two ORFs in the new virus was opposite to that of the family Dicistroviridae. Because of the virus' unique genome organization and the lack of strong phylogenetic association with previously described virus families, the soybean-associated virus may represent a novel virus family. The second virus also has a single stranded positive sense RNA genome, but has two genomic segments. The larger segment (RNA1), which is 8,208 nt long, encodes the replication-related proteins while the smaller segment (RNA2), which is 5,806 nt long, encodes the structural and movement proteins. Both the segments have a very long 3' untranslated regions with lengths of more than 1,550 nt. The predicted amino acid sequences for both the segments were closely related to members of subgroup C of the genus Nepovirus.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2018-05-01The student, Tuba Yasmin, accepted the attached license on 2016-04-13 at 22:10.The student, Tuba Yasmin, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2016-04-13 at 22:26.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2016-04-21 at 16:03.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9217 on 2016-07-07 at 14:16:42Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-07T21:14:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Girl power and the pill: Unpacking web-based marketing for Alesse and Yasmin
No full textThe chapter, "Girl power and the pill: Unpacking web-based marketing for Alesse and Yasmin" was written by Alison M. Thomas (Douglas College Faculty). Interrogating and integrating the various aspects of women's reproductive lives to expose the political dimensions of reproduction.
Ideas of choice and rights traditionally dominate discussions concerning reproduction and gender politics. Fertile Ground argues that the current political climate in Canada necessitates a broader understanding of the links between the politics of reproduction, the state, and gender relations.
Three major themes are developed in the book: women's lived experiences, the role of the state in reproductive politics, and discourses around reproduction. Contributors examine unequal access to in vitro fertilization treatments depending upon class, race, age, disability, and health status; critique Health Canada's adherence to a medical model of breastfeeding; analyze marketing campaigns for birth-control products; and recount the Aamjiwnaang First Nation's experience of seeking recognition for reproductive health concerns. Fertile Ground links reproduction to marginalization, contestation, and the state in order to illuminate the continuity of reproductive moments and their implications for identity, activism, policy formation, and further scholarship.
A timely and multidisciplinary account of reproduction and gender politics in Canada, Fertile Ground will interest academics, activists, and professionals involved in the areas of women’s studies, politics, sociology, and public health. -- From publisher description.book chapterPublished
IMR 665: Management of Audio Visual Records & Archives. Individual assignment: Article summary / Yasmin Shukri
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Article 1 - “Thematic description of audio-visual information on television”
Article 2 - “The production and distribution of audiovisual works via new media in the light of European media policy: constraints and opportunities”
There are two articles that being chosen and being reviewed for the article summary. The first article is title as “Thematic description of audio-visual information on television” whereby the author of this article is Jorge Caldera-Serrano. Besides, this article is being produced and released on 2010 and the overall article has 8 pages. Meanwhile, the second article that being used is ‘The production and distribution of audiovisual works via new media in the light of European media policy: constraints and opportunities. There are two authors for this second article which is Evi Werkers and also Peggy Valcke. This article had been produced on 2012 and has 18 pages. On the other hand, these two articles are research paper and had be found and view in Emerald Insight online database
Anna Bondestam som arbetarförfattare. En marknadsförings- och receptionsanalys
No full textYasmin Nyqvist, Department of Comparative Literature, Åbo Akademi University Anna Bondestam as a Working-Class Writer. A Marketing and Reception Analysis (Anna Bondestam som arbetarförfattare. En marknadsförings- och receptionsanalys) In the contemporary history of literature, the Finland-Swedish author, historian, and social democratic activist Anna Bondestam (1907–1995) is considered one of the few and foremost depicters of the Finland-Swedish working class. Even though this position might have seemed undisputable at the end of Bondestam’s career, with her having written several novels from a working-class perspective and five historic books about the Finland-Swedish working-class movement, this article addresses and analyzes the quite different official images of the author in the Finland-Swedish, Finnish-speaking and Swedish public spheres in the first half of her career in the 1940s and 50s. Through a study of publishing house marketing for her novel Lågt i tak (1944) along with analyses of the critical reception of three of her novels set in a working-class environment — Lågt i tak, Klyftan (1947) and Vägen till staden (1957) — the article shows the ways in which Bondestam, when it comes to the working-class perspective and the political message of her work, was marketed and perceived quite differently at the time, depending on cultural and national contexts. On the one hand, the article sheds light on how Bondestam was constructed as a working-class author over time and, on the other, shows the different ways the topic was handled by the cultural establishments in Sweden and among the Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking Finns respectively
Anna Bondestam som arbetarförfattare. En marknadsförings- och receptionsanalys [Elektronisk resurs]
No full textYasmin Nyqvist, Department of Comparative Literature, Åbo Akademi UniversityAnna Bondestam as a Working-Class Writer. A Marketing and Reception Analysis (Anna Bondestam som arbetarförfattare. En marknadsförings- och receptionsanalys)In the contemporary history of literature, the Finland-Swedish author, historian, and social democratic activist Anna Bondestam (1907–1995) is considered one of the few and foremost depicters of the Finland-Swedish working class. Even though this position might have seemed undisputable at the end of Bondestam’s career, with her having written several novels from a working-class perspective and five historic books about the Finland-Swedish working-class movement, this article addresses and analyzes the quite different official images of the author in the Finland-Swedish, Finnish-speaking and Swedish public spheres in the first half of her career in the 1940s and 50s. Through a study of publishing house marketing for her novel Lågt i tak (1944) along with analyses of the critical reception of three of her novels set in a working-class environment — Lågt i tak, Klyftan (1947) and Vägen till staden (1957) — the article shows the ways in which Bondestam, when it comes to the working-class perspective and the political message of her work, was marketed and perceived quite differently at the time, depending on cultural and national contexts. On the one hand, the article sheds light on how Bondestam was constructed as a working-class author over time and, on the other, shows the different ways the topic was handled by the cultural establishments in Sweden and among the Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking Finns respectively.</p
Building Bridges from the Decoding Interview to Teaching Practice
Get PDFThis chapter describes a multidisciplinary faculty self-study about reciprocity in service-learning. The study began with each co-author participating in a Decoding interview. We describe how Decoding combined with collaborative self-study had a positive impact on our teaching practice.Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and Learnin
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