Pub Date : 2018-01-08DOI: 10.1080/09737189.2017.1420389
B. Grabher
ABSTRACT The research project ‘Gendering Cities of Culture’ investigates culture-led, urban mega-events in their potential to produce socio-cultural values through the programming of cultural activities. Specifically, I examine the production of gender equality in the celebration of the title UK City of Culture in 2017 in the northern English city of Hull. Citizens’ perceptions of produced values in the mega-events are a key source of and basis for my analysis. In this study, I collaborate with a team of ‘observing participants,’ who are ten citizens selected in regards to gender, age, location of residence. The individuals support the investigation as they experience, explore and observe selected cultural activities on behalf of the research project. In this article, I discuss the potential and characteristics of this method informed and inspired by feminist methodologies, field-specific requirements of event research and citizen science approach.
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Pub Date : 2018-01-08DOI: 10.1080/09737189.2017.1420391
Eleanor Drage
ABSTRACT This paper explores the way in which women of colour writers are changing the face of science fiction (sf), both by their mere presence within the genre and through the hybridisation of ‘hard science’ fiction with spirituality, mythology and indigenous scientific literacies from Africa and the Caribbean. The methodology adopted in this paper is a textual analysis of literary and visual media, with specific focus on the geographical, historical and cultural contexts of these texts and of the narrative traditions from which they emerge. Focusing on Jamaican-born Canadian writer Nalo Hopkinson’s Brown Girl in the Ring (1998), British-Jamaican author Jennifer Marie Brissett’s ‘Kamanti’s Child’ (2016), and Kenyan writer and director Wanuri Kahiu’s short-film Pumzi (2009), I will argue that global variations on the genre are correcting myopic understandings of what sf looks like, both as a ‘science’-forward branch of speculative fiction and as a traditionally white/male discipline. The result is a healthy genre re-brand, in which mythology and spirituality is set against a backdrop of technology to specifically stress the relevance of women of colour in the future.
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Pub Date : 2018-01-08DOI: 10.1080/09737189.2017.1420399
Alejandra Benitez Silva
ABSTRACT Sport is a mirror of society and vice versa. From this perspective, this article highlights the continued existence and impact of biologist and essentialist discourses, hegemonic masculinity, and formal rules based on socially constructed gender differences in sport. Based on a literature review of gender and sport and through utilising a feminist analysis, I conclude that as long as sport remains an arena where gender inequalities are naturalized and normalized, as well as a sphere dominated by masculine structures of power, actions towards equality may have little impact. In this way, the article addresses some of the challenges for considering sport as a site for gender equality. This gains importance due to the importance of sport nowadays and to the existing expectations that it can deliver positive social outputs.
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Pub Date : 2018-01-08DOI: 10.1080/09737189.2017.1420407
Jimmy Turner
ABSTRACT This article poses the question of whether a ‘Culture of Equality’ might emerge through a progression of moves which bring greater equality to existing structures of gender inequality, or if something altogether more radical is necessary? Considering machismo in the south of Brazil, it moves beyond an analysis of women’s resistance to machismo and towards a focus on the ways in which women use machismo productively, even turning it to their advantage. In this formulation machismo becomes a productive site within which women who understand the rules of this folk model of patriarchy are able to not only play its games successfully, but also construct their own gendered, and in their view ‘modern’, lives. This however leaves us with the unanswered question of whether this is sufficient, or just a beginning?
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Pub Date : 2018-01-08DOI: 10.1080/09737189.2017.1420404
T. Trillò
ABSTRACT Defining contemporary social movements as ‘Twitter revolutions’ has become increasingly common. A wide array of studies, however, suggest that social media and political participation have a complex relationship that cannot be reduced to easily intelligible causal links. Based on Gerbaudo’s choreography of assembly and Butler’s performative theory of assembly, this paper will firstly explore the case in favor of an understanding of Twitter as a place where people can perform their political claims and enact resistance. Based on Fuchs’ asymmetrical political attention economy of capitalism, this paper will then put forward the argument that inequality in access to visibility substantially hinders Twitter’s potential as a space for political engagement. Based on this framework, this paper will finally offer a short review of two recent cases of Twitter activism, and namely the Ni Una Menos feminist movement in Argentina and the Rhodes Must Fall/Fees Must Fall student movement in South Africa.
将当代社会运动定义为“推特革命”已经变得越来越普遍。然而，大量的研究表明，社交媒体和政治参与有着复杂的关系，不能简化为容易理解的因果关系。基于Gerbaudo的集会编排和Butler的集会表演理论，本文将首先探讨Twitter作为人们可以执行其政治主张和制定抵抗的地方的案例。基于Fuchs的资本主义的不对称政治注意力经济，本文将提出这样的论点:获得可见性的不平等实质上阻碍了Twitter作为政治参与空间的潜力。基于这个框架，本文最后将简要回顾最近的两个Twitter激进主义案例，即阿根廷的Ni Una Menos女权运动和南非的Rhodes Must Fall/Fees Must Fall学生运动。
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Pub Date : 2017-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09737189.2017.1351512
Diksha, S. Kaushik
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to assess awareness and utilization of various provisions under Public Distribution System (PDS) and Food Security Bill (FSB) in Hisar district of Haryana state. Three urban and three rural Fair Price Shops were selected randomly and from each selected FPS, 25 beneficiaries were selected randomly, thus making a total sample of 150 beneficiaries. Data was collected personally by the researchers through a well-structured interview schedule. Findings revealed that majority of respondents had medium awareness regarding objectives, commodities available and mandatory display information while majority of respondents had low awareness regarding eligibility criteria of Public Distribution System (PDS)/Food Security Bill (FSB).
{"title":"Awareness of Beneficiaries Regarding Public Distribution System/Food Security Bill","authors":"Diksha, S. Kaushik","doi":"10.1080/09737189.2017.1351512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09737189.2017.1351512","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The study was conducted to assess awareness and utilization of various provisions under Public Distribution System (PDS) and Food Security Bill (FSB) in Hisar district of Haryana state. Three urban and three rural Fair Price Shops were selected randomly and from each selected FPS, 25 beneficiaries were selected randomly, thus making a total sample of 150 beneficiaries. Data was collected personally by the researchers through a well-structured interview schedule. Findings revealed that majority of respondents had medium awareness regarding objectives, commodities available and mandatory display information while majority of respondents had low awareness regarding eligibility criteria of Public Distribution System (PDS)/Food Security Bill (FSB).","PeriodicalId":415880,"journal":{"name":"Studies on Home and Community Science","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124865346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09737189.2017.1335680
Anubha Mehra, U. Singh
ABSTRACT Namakparas was prepared by substituting refined flour with bajra flour. Different samples prepared were Type A, Type B, Type C, Type D and Type E in the ratios of (Refined flour: Bajra flour) 100, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75, 100 respectively. Highest energy, protein, carbohydrate, fibre and iron content were observed in Type E that is, 541 Kcal, 11.6 g, 72.2 g, 1.2 g and 8 mg respectively and in Type B highest Fat (25 g) and calcium content (42 mg). Namakparas prepared with twenty-five percent of bajra flour (Type B) was most acceptable and analysed for proximate content and mineral content along with standard namakparas (Type A). Result showed that namakparas prepared with bajra flour (Type B) was high in protein (14.6±0.5 g), fat (14.6±0.5 g), fibre (0.8±0.3 g), calcium (28.7±0.3 mg) and iron (3.2±0.3 mg) than standard namakparas (Type A).
{"title":"Sensory Evaluation and Nutrient Content of Namakparas Prepared by Incorporating Pearl Millet","authors":"Anubha Mehra, U. Singh","doi":"10.1080/09737189.2017.1335680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09737189.2017.1335680","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Namakparas was prepared by substituting refined flour with bajra flour. Different samples prepared were Type A, Type B, Type C, Type D and Type E in the ratios of (Refined flour: Bajra flour) 100, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75, 100 respectively. Highest energy, protein, carbohydrate, fibre and iron content were observed in Type E that is, 541 Kcal, 11.6 g, 72.2 g, 1.2 g and 8 mg respectively and in Type B highest Fat (25 g) and calcium content (42 mg). Namakparas prepared with twenty-five percent of bajra flour (Type B) was most acceptable and analysed for proximate content and mineral content along with standard namakparas (Type A). Result showed that namakparas prepared with bajra flour (Type B) was high in protein (14.6±0.5 g), fat (14.6±0.5 g), fibre (0.8±0.3 g), calcium (28.7±0.3 mg) and iron (3.2±0.3 mg) than standard namakparas (Type A).","PeriodicalId":415880,"journal":{"name":"Studies on Home and Community Science","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129226551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09737189.2017.1336307
Sunita Chouhan, B. Bhatnagar, Madhuri Sharma, Ghewar Kanwar
ABSTRACT To grow up, the period of transition from childhood to adulthood or dependence on adult direction and protection to self-direction and self-determination is referred as adolescence. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to assess selected areas of School Satisfaction of adolescents studying in private senior secondary schools (co-educational and non-coeducational) of Bikaner city. The total sample for the present study consisted of randomly selected 320 adolescents (13-17 years) of Bikaner city. Data was collected through a standardized tool, that is, the Sharma Adolescent School Satisfaction Inventory. Percentage values were assessing each of the four areas of School Satisfaction. The results revealed that the adolescents had average School Satisfaction. Boys had better School Satisfaction than the girls, whereas, there was no significant difference between School Satisfaction of boys and girls among all the four areas of School Satisfaction. The girls were better than boys in the areas of student themselves and teacher and teaching while for school related curriculum and text books and school plant - organization and administration, the School Satisfaction was better in boys as compared to the girls. School Satisfaction of the girls (coeducational school) was better than the boys and the School Satisfaction of the boys (non co-educational schools) was better than the girls. Thus, it can be concluded that the gender and type of school (co-educational and non co-educational) influence the School Satisfaction of adolescents.
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Pub Date : 2017-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09737189.2017.1351073
Raj Pathania, G. Chopra
ABSTRACT The present study was undertaken with the objective to find out the impact of intervention on life skills of the adolescents. The data were collected from three randomly selected blocks (Baijnath, Bhawarna and Panchrukhi) of Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India. A total of 155 adolescent girls in the age group of 14-18 years were selected from these blocks. To collect the required data from the respondents, an interview schedule as well as scales on critical thinking, problem solving, decision-making, interpersonal relationships, stress and anxiety management, effective communication, self-esteem, empathy and creative thinking were administered on the respondents. The data were collected before intervention and the intervention was provided in the form of module on life skills as well as lectures, flash cards, handouts and puppets. The data were analyzed statistically using mean and SD values. The results of the study revealed that after providing intervention there was increase in the mean scores on all the life skills except on decision-making, empathy, communication and stress management.
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Pub Date : 2017-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09737189.2017.1336309
Simple Jain
ABSTRACT Gram Sabha is the institutionalized foundation for a decentralized participatory democracy. However, Gram Sabhas are not yet functional enough to accomplish their role in the making of a vibrant Indian democracy. The main reasons seem to be the lack of people’s participation, lack of awareness amongst the elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions, ritualistic conduct of the Gram Sabha meetings, poor information communication, sparse attendance in the Gram Sabha meetings, and a lack of clear understanding amongst the people about the importance and the functions of the Gram Sabha. Thus, there is a need to strengthen the Gram Sabha by increasing the participation of members in the meetings so that they can directly participate in governance. This paper highlights the present scenario of Gram Sabha and ways for increasing people’s participation in this Constitutional body.
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