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Collective Memory Work with Older Men<em> </em><em></em><em></em> : Feminism, Experience and Reflection
No full textDoing memory work with older men: the practicalities, the process, the potential
No full textThis article describes the process of setting up and participating in a collective memory work group of older men, with a focus on the making and unmaking of older men and masculinities through age, ageing, gender, gendering, and other intersections. Memory work is located in relation to related but different forms of writing and group work, emphasizing how in this method everyone becomes a writer, an author, a listener, a reader, a discussant, and a commentator. The potential of memory work, both for working with older men, and more generally is outlined. Key issues are: genuine and collective commitment to substantive change, not just at a personal level, but also at wider social/political/cultural levels; willingness to trust in the other members of the group, an issue that may be difficult for some men; and commitment for caring for one another especially in their moments of greatest vulnerability
Ageing, Gender Politics and Masculinities: Reflections on Collective Memory Work with Older Men
No full textPurpose:
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the process of participating in a long-term collective memory work group of older men, focusing on the making/unmaking of older men and masculinities, and the potential of memory work with older men.
Design/methodology/approach:
Participant review and reflection on collective memory work with a group of older men.
Findings:
Collective memory work provides a novel way to explore ageing, gendering, men, and masculinities. Its potential for working with older men is examined critically in relation to gender politics, power and (in)equalities, interconnections and contradictions of men’s ageing and gendering, the personal and the political, as well as working with older men more generally, including those in transition and crisis.
Originality/value:
There is little previous writing on this approach to ageing, men, and masculinities. The paper aims to stimulate wider applications of this approach
Czesko-polskie stosunki językowe w zakresie słownictwa kultury duchowej (przeszłość i stan obecny)
No full textThis paper discusses the role of the Czech language in forming Polish vocabulary. The question is presented on the basis of one of the thematic groups of vocabulary, beliefs and religion, classified as Bohemianisms, including such words as Old Polish anioł, diabeł, and tatrman, as well as the Polish dialectal antyjasz, b’inek, cwerg, czechman, dias, fajermon, Fontana, hastrman, jaroszek, korfanty, kuźlak, mužík, Pustecki, raraszek, sotona, szatan, waserman, wiestnica and zazrak. The classification of Czech borrowings in Polish includes three groups. The main groups are: borrowings from Old Czech, borrowings from literary Czech from the 14th to the beginning of the 16th centuries, and borrowings from common Czech dialects (especially from a transitional group of dialects). The first and second group contains many international words (borrowings from Greek, Latin and German), while the third appear chiefly in the Polish dialects of Silesia and the Małopolska province. The author notes that the early Old Czech brought Latin borrowings from Christian terminology and demonological nomenclature. The 14th and 15th and also 20th centuries brought words related to witchcraft and traditional demonology, such as the names of wizards and witches, the devil, ghosts, etc. The author ascertains that, first of all, such loan names concern beings of the lowest demonic ranks and, in general euphemistic determination, present “evil ghosts.” Linguistic geographical analysis indicates that Czech loans of demoniac names occur mainly in the south-west and repeatedly exhibit a strictly regional (sometimes individual) character. The Czech language has also fulfilled an intermediary role in adapting borrowings from other languages (German, Greek and Latin); it has thus had a significant effect on modern disparity and Polish mythological vocabulary. This article aims at the ethnic and chronological classification of fragments of Slavic mythological vocabulary, and analyzes the problem of language influence between Czech and Polish.Dynamiczne przemiany w zakresie leksyki kulturowej zachodziły zarówno w dialektach w obrębie prasłowiańszczyzny, jak i starszych kontaktów wewnątrzsłowiańskich już na gruncie poszczególnych języków narodowych. Przykładem drugiego typu są niejednokrotnie złożone drogi wędrówki nazw mitologicznych, jakich obraz wyłania się z badań wewnątrzsłowiańskich zapożyczeń. Tematem artykułu jest rola języka czeskiego w kształtowaniu się polskiego słownictwa religijnego i demonologicznego. Autor omawia to zagadnienie na podstawie analizy leksyki z grupy tematycznej ‘wierzenia i religia’, zaklasyfikowanej jako bohemizmy, w tym: staropolskich – anjoł, diabeł; oraz polskich dialektalnych: antyjasz, cwerg, czechman, dias, fajermon, jaroszek, korfanty, raraszek, sotona, waserman i zazrak. Zapożyczenia te dotyczą przede wszystkim nazw istot demonicznych niższego rzędu i stanowią na ogół eufemistyczne określenia ‘złego ducha’. Ich analiza pod kątem geografii lingwistycznej wskazuje na głównie południowo-zachodni zasięg występowania zapożyczeń z czeskiego w obrębie nazw demonicznych (powiaty katowicki, opolski, nowosądecki) oraz ich niejednokrotnie ściśle regionalny (czasami nawet jednostkowy) charakter. Język czeski pełnił tu rolę języka-pośrednika w adaptowaniu zapożyczeń z innych języków (w tym z niemieckiego, greki i łaciny), przez co znacząco wpływał na współczesne zróżnicowanie polskiej ludowej leksyki mitologicznej. Tematyka referatu wiąże się z etniczną klasyfikacją słowiańskiego słownictwa mitologicznego oraz z problematyką wzajemnych wpływów słowiańsko-słowiańskich w obrębie tej samej grupy językowej.
Lingvistiniai čekų ir lenkų kalbų santykiai dvasinės kultūros (praeities ir dabarties) žodyne Straipsnyje aptariamas čekų kalbos vaidmuo lenkų kalbos žodyne. Autorius šį klausimą analizuoja per „įsitikinimų ir religijos“ teminę žodyno grupę, įvardijamą kaip bohemizmai. Taip pat nagrinėjami senosios lenkų kalbos žodžiai anioł, diabeł, tatrman, lenkų dialektizmai antyjasz, b’inek, cwerg, czechman, dias, fajermon, Fontana, hastrman, jaroszek, korfanty, kuźlak, mužík, Pustecki, raraszek, sotona, szatan, waserman, wiestnica, zazrak. Lenkų kalbos skoliniai čekų kalboje klasifikuojami į tris grupes. Tai skoliniai iš: senosios čekų kalbos, literatūrinės kalbos nuo XIV iki XVI a. pr., iš bendrų Čekijos dialektų (ypač iš tarpinių dialektų grupės). Pirmoje ir antroje grupėje yra daug tarptautinių žodžių (skolinių iš graikų, lotynų ir vokiečių), trečioji gausiausia Lenkijos Silezijos ir Małopolskos provincijų tarmėse.Autorius pažymi, kad ankstyvoji senoji čekų kalba iš lotynų kalbos perėmė krikščioniškosios terminijos ir demonologijos terminologijos skolinius; XIV ir XV, taip pat XX amžių žodžiai susiję su raganavimu ir tradicine demonologija (burtininkų ir raganų, velnių, vaiduoklių vardai ir pan.). Nustatyta, kad, visų pirma, tai susiję su žemiausiojo sluoksnio demoniškų būtybių skolinių vardais ir bendrais šiuolaikiniais eufemistiniais „blogio šmėklų“ apibūdinimais.Analizė parodė, kad atsižvelgus į lingvistinę geografiją, pietvakarių srityje daugiausia demoninių skolinių pavadinimų atsirado iš čekų kalbos, jie pasižymi regioniniu (kartais individualiu) pobūdžiu. Čekų kalba atliko kalbos-tarpininkės vaidmenį pritaikant lenkų kalboje skolinius iš kitų kalbų (vokiečių, graikų ir lotynų). Tai nulėmė šiuolaikinius lenkų kalbos mitologinio žodyno bruožus ir išteklius. Straipsnio tikslas – pateikti etninę ir chronologinę slavų mitologinio žodyno fragmento klasifikaciją ir išanalizuoti čekų ir lenkų kalbų santykio problematiką.REIKŠMINIAI ŽODŽIAI: onomastika, skoliniai, religinis žodynas, lenkų kalba
Collective memory work with older men [Elektronisk resurs] : Ageing, gender politics and masculinities
No full textOver a thirteen-year period, between 2002 and 2015, we were part of what we now call the Older Men’s Memory Work Group (hereafter the group). During our final three years together, we also collaboratively produced and edited a collective book, Men’s Stories for a Change: Ageing Men Remember (Barber et al., 2016; also Blake et al., 2016, 2018) – though it should be said, at the outset, that this was not at all part of our agenda until late in the initial process.Memory work is work on memories, usually though not necessarily collective, and usually also focused on and about some agreed issue(s) of concern. In our case, these memories were about the making and unmaking of older men and masculinities through age, ageing, gender, gendering, and other intersections. Indeed, from the very beginning the group was part of a personal-political project of changing older men and masculinities against patriarchal and sexist ways and relations, and towards feminist and profeminist ways and relations. Here, in this contribution, we first describe the practicalities and the process of our memory work before placing the method itself in its broader framework, and considering its potential for working with older people, and specifically with older men, and with certain implications for practice.</p
Men's Stories for a Change: Ageing Men Remember
No full textMen’s Stories for a Change records and analyses stories written by a group of older men who met over thirteen years to share memories about ageing and masculinity. So here there are stories of love and sex, bodily change, crisis and disturbance, politics and power, struggles with violent feelings and action, work, sport, clothes, peeing, hair, and hairlessness. These men share a view of manhood, gender, and ageing that, while critical of dominant frames and inspired by feminist politics, is optimistic without underestimating the challenges of older age and old age, including the approach to the end of life. They see ageing as an opportunity for personal and social and, indeed, political change, for dealing with longstanding issues, especially around gender and power, and as a time of innovating too. This project aims to help, if only in some small way, in opening up these issues, freeing up in a profeminist direction the voices of other men individually or collectively, ageing or otherwise
Collective memory work with older men : Ageing, gender politics and masculinities
No full textOver a thirteen-year period, between 2002 and 2015, we were part of what we now call the Older Men’s Memory Work Group (hereafter the group). During our final three years together, we also collaboratively produced and edited a collective book, Men’s Stories for a Change: Ageing Men Remember (Barber et al., 2016; also Blake et al., 2016, 2018) – though it should be said, at the outset, that this was not at all part of our agenda until late in the initial process.Memory work is work on memories, usually though not necessarily collective, and usually also focused on and about some agreed issue(s) of concern. In our case, these memories were about the making and unmaking of older men and masculinities through age, ageing, gender, gendering, and other intersections. Indeed, from the very beginning the group was part of a personal-political project of changing older men and masculinities against patriarchal and sexist ways and relations, and towards feminist and profeminist ways and relations. Here, in this contribution, we first describe the practicalities and the process of our memory work before placing the method itself in its broader framework, and considering its potential for working with older people, and specifically with older men, and with certain implications for practice
Dual Targeting of PDGFRα and FGFR1 Displays Synergistic Efficacy in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors
No full textSummarySubunits of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex are mutated in a significant proportion of human cancers. Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTs) are lethal pediatric cancers characterized by a deficiency in the SWI/SNF subunit SMARCB1. Here, we employ an integrated molecular profiling and chemical biology approach to demonstrate that the receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) PDGFRα and FGFR1 are coactivated in MRT cells and that dual blockade of these receptors has synergistic efficacy. Inhibitor combinations targeting both receptors and the dual inhibitor ponatinib suppress the AKT and ERK1/2 pathways leading to apoptosis. MRT cells that have acquired resistance to the PDGFRα inhibitor pazopanib are susceptible to FGFR inhibitors. We show that PDGFRα levels are regulated by SMARCB1 expression, and assessment of clinical specimens documents the expression of both PDGFRα and FGFR1 in rhabdoid tumor patients. Our findings support a therapeutic approach in cancers with SWI/SNF deficiencies by exploiting RTK coactivation dependencies
