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Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
Scartz on U.S v. Rahimi: Domestic violence victims deserve to be protected
No full textClinical Associate Professor & Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic Director Christine M. Scartz offers insight on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case U.S. v. Rahimi: “The prohibition on firearms possession by those subject to civil protective orders filled an important gap for victims of domestic violence. Persons convicted of felonies and misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence are prohibited from the possession of firearms; however, for many victims, civil protective orders are the only court recognition of the dangerousness of their abusers. Victims deserve to be protected regardless of whether the criminal justice system is involved in and responsive to the violence in their lives.”
Scartz added: “As the U.S. Supreme Court is changing the processes by which our nation determines constitutionality, history is gaining an outsized influence over who we can protect with our laws even as society continues to change and evolve. The government must have the ability to protect people from newly-recognized threats and cannot limit itself only to regulations that could have been in place when violence against women, Black people, indigenous peoples and others was not against the law.”
University of Georgia School of Law Clinical Associate Professor Christine M. Scartz, who also directs the Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic, is available for further commentary at [email protected].
Additional information regarding U.S. v. Rahimi provided by Scartz.Note: The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in this case on 11/7/23.
Please describe the case.In 2020, a domestic violence protective order was issued against Zackey Rahimi by a Texas state court to protect his former girlfriend after Rahimi physically assaulted her in public and threatened to shoot her if she reported the incident. He subsequently threatened a second woman with a gun and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Between December 2020 and January 2021, Rahimi was involved in five shootings in and around Arlington, Texas. On December 1, after selling narcotics to an individual, he fired multiple shots into that individual’s residence. The following day, Rahimi was involved in a car accident. He exited his vehicle, shot at the other driver and fled the scene. He returned to the scene in a different vehicle and shot at the other driver’s car. On December 22, Rahimi shot at a constable’s vehicle. On January 7, Rahimi fired multiple shots in the air after his friend’s credit card was declined at a Whataburger restaurant. Officers in the Arlington Police Department identified Rahimi as a suspect in the shootings and obtained a warrant to search his home. Rahimi admitted to possessing a rifle and a pistol after the same were found at his home. Rahimi was convicted in federal district court of unlawful firearm possession while subject to a domestic violence protective order under 18 USC 922(g). The U.S. District Court upheld the constitutionality of the statute and it was affirmed by a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit panel. While Rahimi’s petition for rehearing was pending, N.Y. Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and, using its holding, the 5th Circuit vacated Rahimi’s conviction.
What are the primary issues in U.S. v. Rahimi?There is only one question in this case: whether a federal law that prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8)) violates the Second Amendment on its face.
How have the decisions of U.S. v. McGinnis and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen impacted U.S. v. Rahimi?After the McGinnis decision upheld the constitutionality of the firearms proscription for those subject to civil protective orders, the Bruen case opened the door for demonstrably violent persons to once again challenge the proscriptions on their possession of their chosen tools of violence. As the U.S. Supreme Court is changing the processes by which our nation determines constitutionality, history is gaining an outsized influence over who we can protect with our laws even as society continues to change and evolve.
What key arguments do you expect to be made from each side?
For the U.S.: Prohibiting domestic abusers from possessing firearms continues our nation’s historical tradition of disarming persons deemed to pose a danger to others. Second Amendment rights are properly limited to law-abiding, responsible citizens. The government must have the ability to protect people from newly-recognized threats and cannot limit itself only to regulations that could have been in place when violence against women, Black people, indigenous peoples, and others was not against the law.
For Rahimi: There were no laws explicit or even sufficiently analogous to 18 U.S.C. 922(g) in the early history of the United States; therefore, it is unconstitutional.
What are the possible impacts of the case?Academically, the decision could clarify how courts should apply the Bruen standard to gun laws going forward. Legislators would have clear guidance when they are making important decisions on whether to support or oppose proposed firearms regulation legislation.
Practically speaking, it is neither hysterical nor hyperbolic to say that if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Rahimi, more victims of domestic violence will die at the hands of their abusers than when we prioritized public safety over gun ownership rights. Common accepted statistics show that about 70 women in America are shot and killed each month by a current or former intimate partner. The presence of a firearm in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of a homicide by as much as 500%. Studies also show that there is a 16% reduction in domestic violence homicides when firearm relinquishment procedures are implemented in protective order cases.
Not only will victims of domestic violence die, but their children, families, and friends will die as secondary victims in many intimate partner homicides. Not only will those connected to victims die, but law enforcement officers and innocent bystanders will also die in greater numbers than they have in the past several decades when 18 USC 922(g)(8) was in effect.
The prohibition on firearms possession by those subject to civil protective orders filled an important gap for victims of domestic violence. Persons convicted of felonies and misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence are prohibited from the possession of firearms; however, for many victims, civil protective orders are the only court recognition of the dangerousness of their abusers. It is a long road from a 911 call to a conviction, and that road has many off-ramps that can preclude a qualifying conviction. Victims deserve to be protected regardless of whether the criminal justice system is involved in and responsive to the violence in their lives.
This case matters not only to victims, but it matters to society and its continuing loss of support for the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. A bradyunited.org survey shows that 78% of Americans, including 75% of Republicans, support laws that prohibit gun possession by those convicted of domestic violence crimes. A decision in favor of Rahimi would further erode the confidence Americans have in the highest tribunal in the country to understand and reflect our values.
Anticipated ruling/outcome.I am not optimistic that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the 5th Circuit as this Supreme Court has shown its willingness to elevate its interpretation of jurisprudence over supporting people’s lived experiences and elected officials’ thoughtfully crafted legislation. If I am happily proven wrong, however, it will probably be because Justices Gorsuch and Coney Barrett join with the liberal minority
Scartz on U.S v. Rahimi: Domestic violence victims deserve to be protected
No full textClinical Associate Professor & Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic Director Christine M. Scartz offers insight on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case U.S. v. Rahimi: “The prohibition on firearms possession by those subject to civil protective orders filled an important gap for victims of domestic violence. Persons convicted of felonies and misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence are prohibited from the possession of firearms; however, for many victims, civil protective orders are the only court recognition of the dangerousness of their abusers. Victims deserve to be protected regardless of whether the criminal justice system is involved in and responsive to the violence in their lives.”
Scartz added: “As the U.S. Supreme Court is changing the processes by which our nation determines constitutionality, history is gaining an outsized influence over who we can protect with our laws even as society continues to change and evolve. The government must have the ability to protect people from newly-recognized threats and cannot limit itself only to regulations that could have been in place when violence against women, Black people, indigenous peoples and others was not against the law.”
University of Georgia School of Law Clinical Associate Professor Christine M. Scartz, who also directs the Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic, is available for further commentary at [email protected].
Additional information regarding U.S. v. Rahimi provided by Scartz.Note: The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in this case on 11/7/23.
Please describe the case.In 2020, a domestic violence protective order was issued against Zackey Rahimi by a Texas state court to protect his former girlfriend after Rahimi physically assaulted her in public and threatened to shoot her if she reported the incident. He subsequently threatened a second woman with a gun and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Between December 2020 and January 2021, Rahimi was involved in five shootings in and around Arlington, Texas. On December 1, after selling narcotics to an individual, he fired multiple shots into that individual’s residence. The following day, Rahimi was involved in a car accident. He exited his vehicle, shot at the other driver and fled the scene. He returned to the scene in a different vehicle and shot at the other driver’s car. On December 22, Rahimi shot at a constable’s vehicle. On January 7, Rahimi fired multiple shots in the air after his friend’s credit card was declined at a Whataburger restaurant. Officers in the Arlington Police Department identified Rahimi as a suspect in the shootings and obtained a warrant to search his home. Rahimi admitted to possessing a rifle and a pistol after the same were found at his home. Rahimi was convicted in federal district court of unlawful firearm possession while subject to a domestic violence protective order under 18 USC 922(g). The U.S. District Court upheld the constitutionality of the statute and it was affirmed by a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit panel. While Rahimi’s petition for rehearing was pending, N.Y. Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and, using its holding, the 5th Circuit vacated Rahimi’s conviction.
What are the primary issues in U.S. v. Rahimi?There is only one question in this case: whether a federal law that prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders (18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8)) violates the Second Amendment on its face.
How have the decisions of U.S. v. McGinnis and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen impacted U.S. v. Rahimi?After the McGinnis decision upheld the constitutionality of the firearms proscription for those subject to civil protective orders, the Bruen case opened the door for demonstrably violent persons to once again challenge the proscriptions on their possession of their chosen tools of violence. As the U.S. Supreme Court is changing the processes by which our nation determines constitutionality, history is gaining an outsized influence over who we can protect with our laws even as society continues to change and evolve.
What key arguments do you expect to be made from each side?
For the U.S.: Prohibiting domestic abusers from possessing firearms continues our nation’s historical tradition of disarming persons deemed to pose a danger to others. Second Amendment rights are properly limited to law-abiding, responsible citizens. The government must have the ability to protect people from newly-recognized threats and cannot limit itself only to regulations that could have been in place when violence against women, Black people, indigenous peoples, and others was not against the law.
For Rahimi: There were no laws explicit or even sufficiently analogous to 18 U.S.C. 922(g) in the early history of the United States; therefore, it is unconstitutional.
What are the possible impacts of the case?Academically, the decision could clarify how courts should apply the Bruen standard to gun laws going forward. Legislators would have clear guidance when they are making important decisions on whether to support or oppose proposed firearms regulation legislation.
Practically speaking, it is neither hysterical nor hyperbolic to say that if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Rahimi, more victims of domestic violence will die at the hands of their abusers than when we prioritized public safety over gun ownership rights. Common accepted statistics show that about 70 women in America are shot and killed each month by a current or former intimate partner. The presence of a firearm in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of a homicide by as much as 500%. Studies also show that there is a 16% reduction in domestic violence homicides when firearm relinquishment procedures are implemented in protective order cases.
Not only will victims of domestic violence die, but their children, families, and friends will die as secondary victims in many intimate partner homicides. Not only will those connected to victims die, but law enforcement officers and innocent bystanders will also die in greater numbers than they have in the past several decades when 18 USC 922(g)(8) was in effect.
The prohibition on firearms possession by those subject to civil protective orders filled an important gap for victims of domestic violence. Persons convicted of felonies and misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence are prohibited from the possession of firearms; however, for many victims, civil protective orders are the only court recognition of the dangerousness of their abusers. It is a long road from a 911 call to a conviction, and that road has many off-ramps that can preclude a qualifying conviction. Victims deserve to be protected regardless of whether the criminal justice system is involved in and responsive to the violence in their lives.
This case matters not only to victims, but it matters to society and its continuing loss of support for the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. A bradyunited.org survey shows that 78% of Americans, including 75% of Republicans, support laws that prohibit gun possession by those convicted of domestic violence crimes. A decision in favor of Rahimi would further erode the confidence Americans have in the highest tribunal in the country to understand and reflect our values.
Anticipated ruling/outcome.I am not optimistic that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the 5th Circuit as this Supreme Court has shown its willingness to elevate its interpretation of jurisprudence over supporting people’s lived experiences and elected officials’ thoughtfully crafted legislation. If I am happily proven wrong, however, it will probably be because Justices Gorsuch and Coney Barrett join with the liberal minority
I Think I Am Philip K. Dick
No full textFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Intro -- Contents -- Introjection -- Part I -- Endopsychic Allegories -- Schreber Guardian -- Belief System Surveillance -- Part II -- Deeper Problems -- Veil of Tears -- Go West -- Dick Manfred -- Timing -- Glimmung -- Part III -- Spiritualism Analogy -- Imitating the Dead -- Indexical Layer -- Ilse -- Hammers and Things -- Crucifictions -- Over There -- Martyrology -- Can't Live, Can't Live -- Lola -- Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt -- Outer Race -- The German Introject -- Part IV -- Materialism, Idealism, and Cybernetics -- Startling Stories -- A Couple of Years -- Android Empathy -- Homunculus and Robot -- ALL OF YOU ARE DEAD. I AM ALIVE. -- Go with the Flow -- Part V -- Room for Thought -- Caduceus -- Jump -- Still -- A Wake -- Spätwerk -- Let the Dead Be -- Play Bally -- Das Hund -- Notes -- BibliographyFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
تأثير کوررنگي در سوانح ترافيکي
No full textBackground and Objectives: Generally driver, vehicle and road are three important factors of accidents causes. Driver’s physical health should be considered because 5.according to the statistics drivers are ninety percent of accidents reason. Vision is one of the senses which is absolutely necessary for safe driving. This study was aimed to investigate the effect of colorblindness in Road Traffic Accidents.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was done in 2012-2015 on 2089 drivers selected from center of occupational medicine “Arta salamat Ardabil”. Sample comprised 65 patients with colorblind and 130 control subjects with normal vision. Driver’s accidents were reported by police over the 5 past years. Studied samples were interred with informed consent in the study. Independent samples T- test was used to analysis of data.
Results: Among 2089 cases, 65 drivers (3.1%) were identified with impaired color vision. Types of color blindness were respectively green color blindness (67.69%), red-green colorblindness (23.07%), red colorblindness (7.69%) and total colorblindness (1.55%). The mean age of colorblind drivers was 45.27 years with standard deviation of 11.027 and mean age of normal vision subjects was 42.67 years with standard deviation of 9.354. During the 5-year period 7 (10.7%) of colorblind drivers and 26 (20%) of control subjects were involved in any motor vehicle accidents.
Conclusion: Drivers who have disorder in eyesight are more involved in traffic accidents in comparison with normal drivers. Paying more attention to identify these drivers such as colorblind during the certification driving licenses can be helpful to decrease traffic accidents.
How to cite this article: Rahimi-kolur A, Rahimi AM. Investigation of the Effect of Colorblindness in Road Traffic Accidents.Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat (Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention). 2016; 4(3): 167-174.سابقه و هدف: عوامل بروز تصادفات به سه عامل انسان، وسيله نقليه و محيط يا جاده تقسيمبندي ميشود. بر اساس مطالعات سهم انسان در بروز تصادفات بيش از نود درصد ميباشد. بينايي يکي از حواسي است که بهطور مطلق براي رانندگي ايمن لازم است. هدف مطالعه، بررسي تأثير کوررنگي رانندگان در سوانح ترافيکي بود.
روش بررسي: مطالعه بهصورت مقطعي و طي سالهاي 94- 1391 بر روي 2089 راننده متقاضي کارت سلامت رانندگان مراجعهکننده به مرکز تخصصي طب کار «آرتا سلامت اردبيل» صورت گرفت. تعداد 65 نفر راننده کور رنگ با 130 نفر از رانندگان با ديد سالم همان مرکز ازنظر سوابق سوانح ترافيکي ثبتشده توسط پليس راهنمايي و رانندگي طي 5 سال گذشته موردبررسي و مقايسه قرار گرفت. نمونهها با رضايت آگاهانه در مطالعه شرکت نمودند. براي تجزيهوتحليل دادهها از آزمون آماري تي مستقل استفاده گرديد.
يافتهها: از مجموع 2089 راننده، 65 نفر (1/3%) با اختلال ديد رنگي شناسايي شدند. بيشترين نوع کوررنگي به ترتيب شامل کوررنگي سبز (69/67%)، کوررنگي سبز-قرمز (07/23%)، کوررنگي قرمز (69/7%) و کوررنگي کامل (55/1%) بود. ميانگين سني رانندگان کور رنگ 25/45 با انحراف معيار استاندارد 027/11 و ميانگين سني رانندگان با ديد سالم 67/42 با انحراف استاندارد 354/9 بود. تعداد 7 نفر (7/10%) از رانندگان کور رنگ و 26 نفر (20%) از رانندگان با ديد سالم، حداقل يکبار طي 5 سال گذشته درگير تصادف بودند.
نتيجهگيري: رانندگان داراي بيماريهاي چشمي بيش از رانندگان سالم درگير سوانح ترافيکي ميشوند. شناسايي بيماريهاي چشمي رانندگان ازجمله کوررنگي هنگام صدور گواهينامه رانندگي ميتواند در کاهش ميزان تصادفات مرتبط با اين بيماريها مؤثر باشد.
واژگان کلیدی : بيماريهاي چشمي؛ کوررنگي؛ رانندگان؛ سوانح ترافيکي
How to cite this article: Rahimi-kolur A, Rahimi AM. Investigation of the Effect of Colorblindness in Road Traffic Accidents. J Saf Promot Inj Prev. 2016; 4(3): 167-74.
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Liftings for noncomplete probability spaces
No full textThe current state of knowledge concerning liftings for noncomplete probability spaces is discussed. This is a somewhat expanded version of the author's talk given at the 1991 Summer Conference on General Topology and Applications in Honor of Mary Ellen Rudin and Her Work.PT: S; CR: BURKE MR, IN PRESS P AM MATH S BURKE MR, 1991, ISRAEL J MATH, V73, P33 BURKE MR, 1992, ISRAEL J MATH, V79, P289 CARLSON T, THEOREM LIFTING CHRISTENSEN JPR, 1974, TOPOLOGY BOREL STRUC FREMLIN DH, 1989, HDB BOOLEAN ALGEBRAS, P877 INOESCUTULCEA A, 1966, 5TH P BERK S MATH ST, V2 IONESCUTULCEA A, 1967, CONTRIBUTIONS PROB 1, P63 IONESCUTULCEA A, 1969, TOPICS THEORY LIFTIN JECH TJ, 1978, SET THEORY JOHNSON RA, 1980, P AM MATH SOC, V80, P234 JUST W, IN PRESS T AM MATH S KUPKA J, 1983, INDIANA U MATH J, V32, P717 LOSERT V, 1983, LNM, V1080, P95 MAHARAM D, 1958, P AM MATH SOC, V9, P987 SHELAH S, 1983, ISRAEL J MATH, V45, P90 TALAGRAND M, 1982, P AM MATH SOC, V84, P379 VONNEUMANN J, 1931, CRELLES J MATH, V165, P109; NR: 18; TC: 0; J9: ANN N Y ACAD SCI; PG: 4; GA: BZ86BSource type: Electronic(1
Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation : Forugh Farrokhzad and Sylvia Plath / Leila Rahimi Bahmany
No full textIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration, Dates and Translation of Persian Poetry -- Introduction: Women and Their Mirrors -- Chapter 1. Mirroring in Mythology and Psychology -- "I am That!": Doubling in the Myth of Narcissus and Echo -- The Petrifying Look: The Myth of Medusa -- From Narcissus to Narcissism: Freud's Psychological Exegesis of the Myth -- The Subject as an Alienated Construct: Lacan's Theory of the Mirror Stage -- A Spatiotemporal Site of Psychological Interiority: Memory as a Mirror -- Mother-Daughter: The Mutual Mirroring -- Mirroring in Text -- Chapter 2. Mirror Imagery in the Works of Forugh Farrokhzad -- A Herstory of a Subject-in-Process -- Captive to the Male Gaze -- The Mirror as an Eye -- The Mirror of the Heart -- The Otherness of the Self-image -- The Mirror of the Memory and of the Imagination -- The Grotesquery of the Mirror Image -- The Mirror and the Window -- Mother-Daughter Reciprocity in the Mirror -- The Emancipated and Emancipating Mirror -- Self-Mirroring in the Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad -- Chapter 3. Mirror Imagery in the Works of Sylvia Plath -- The Mirror as the Intersection of Academic and Artistic Talent -- The Mirror as a Weapon of the Femme Fatale -- The Childless Woman: A Narcissist -- The Gigolo: Male Narcissism -- Woman as a Mirror of Male Ego -- Mother in the Mirror -- The Monstrous Degeneration Lurking in the Mirror -- The Promising Mirror -- Child as a Mirror -- The Mirror Image Being Identical with the Self -- The Appalling Otherness of the Specular Self -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Farrokhzad's Poems Discussed in the Text with Their English Translation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
The AM Canum Venaticorum binary SDSS J173047.59+554518.5
No full textThe AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) binaries are a rare group of hydrogen-deficient, ultrashort period, mass-transferring white dwarf binaries and are possible progenitors of Type Ia supernovae. We present time-resolved spectroscopy of the recently discovered AM CVn binary SDSS J173047.59+554518.5. The average spectrum shows strong double-peaked helium emission lines, as well as a variety of metal lines, including neon; this is the second detection of neon in an AM CVn binary, after the much brighter system GP Com. We detect no calcium in the accretion disc, a puzzling feature that has been noted in many of the longer period AM CVn binaries. We measure an orbital period, from the radial velocities of the emission lines, of 35.2 ± 0.2 min, confirming the ultracompact binary nature of the system. The emission lines seen in SDSS J1730 are very narrow, although double-peaked, implying a low-inclination, face-on accretion disc; using the measured velocities of the line peaks, we estimate i ≤ 11°. This low inclination makes SDSS J1730 an excellent system for the identification of emission lines
Freedom of choice or force of circumstance? : Eastern European sex-workers in the Republic of Cyprus ; paper for the conference 'Alltag der Globalisierung. Perspektiven einer transnationalen Anthropologie', January 16-18, 2003, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
No full textThis paper focuses on Eastern European migrants who, since the beginning of the 1990s, are entering the Republic Cyprus as “artistes”. This is a visa permit status as well as an euphemism for short-term work permits in the local sex industry. In addition to exploring the migrational experiences of these women and their living and working conditions in the Republic of Cyprus, the paper reconstructs, empirically and analyt ically, the connection between immigration and the local sex industry. Here, several categories of social actors and institutions in Cyprus are actively involved. The rhetoric of government representatives, entrepreneurs and clients in the sex business on the one hand is contrasted with the discourse of local NGO representatives concerned with immigrants’ rights on the other hand. The paper comes to the conclusion that all of these discursive positions ultimately do not do justice to the complex process of decisionmaking that women undergo who migrate into the sex industry. Either, freedom of choice is emphasized – such as by entrepreneurs and the government – or the domination of women – as in the public statements of the NGO. In order to analyze the ambivalent tension between freedom of choice and submission to force by which the women’s decision is characterized, the author employs Michel Foucault’s concept of governmentality, which describes forms of political regulation that use the individual’s freedom of action as an instrument to exercise power
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget
No full textANLEITUNG ZU DER FRANTZÖSISCHEN SPRACH/ BEGREIFFEND WAS ANFÄNGLICH/ DIESE SPRACH ZUERLERNEN/ AM ALLERNÖHTIGSTEN SEY: DER JUGEND TEUTSCHER NATION: ZU BESTEN VERFERTIGET
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget (Theil 2) ([1]r)
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget (Forts.) ([1]r
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