scholarly journals Walking the Places of Exception: The Tule Lake National Monument

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathlin Goulding
Keyword(s):  
Judith Butler ◽  
Mass Murder ◽  
Concentration Camps ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Social Violence ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
National Monument ◽  
Detention Centers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tule Lake

In places of exception, human lives cease to be, as Judith Butler (2004) explains, “grievable” (p. 20). Places of exception take form in prisons, jails, concentration camps, immigration detention centers, Indigenous boarding schools, suspension rooms in schools, and the refugee camp. While their contexts and architectures vary, these places share a political logic and purpose, designed to exclude or contain persons and populations deemed security threats to the state (Agamben, 1998, 1999, 2005). Often located in remote areas, these sites permit persons to be stripped of certain rights and obligations. Their bodies are rendered vulnerable to harm and, in the most egregious cases, mass murder. Places of exception are part of the “cartographies of dispossession—the kind that rips away, distances, alienates” (Morrill & Tuck, 2016, p. 4). When such places fall out of use, their material structures are disassembled, relocated, and repurposed. Still, the vestiges of the camps remain: the foundation of a latrine, the ruins of a mess hall, the white shards of pottery. Walking these places of exception, we are haunted by the residue of the social violence that occurred in these sites (Gordon, 2008; Trigg, 2012).

Archaeology and the Letters of Paul

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Salah Nasrallah
Keyword(s):  
Judith Butler ◽  
First Century ◽  
Giorgio Agamben ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Feminist Historiography ◽  
The Many ◽  
Political Economic

Through case studies of archaeological materials from local contexts, Archaeology and the Letters of Paul illuminates the social, political, economic, and religious lives of those whom the apostle Paul addressed. Roman Ephesos, a likely setting for the household of Philemon, provides evidence of the slave trade. An inscription from Galatia seeks to restrain traveling Roman officials, illuminating how the travels of Paul, Cephas, and others may have disrupted communities. At Philippi, a donation list from a Silvanus cult provides evidence of abundant giving amid economic limitations, paralleling practices of local Christ followers. In Corinth, a landscape of grief includes monuments and bones, a context that illumines Corinthian practices of baptism on behalf of the dead and the provocative idea that one could live “as if not” mourning. Rome and the Letter to the Romans are the grounds to investigate ideas of time and race not only in the first century, when we find an Egyptian obelisk inserted as a timepiece into Augustus’s mausoleum complex, but also of Mussolini’s new Rome. Thessalonikē demonstrates how letters, legend, and cult are invented out of a love for Paul, after his death. The book articulates a method for bringing together biblical texts with archaeological remains in order to reconstruct the lives of the many adelphoi—brothers and sisters—whom Paul and his co-writers address. It is informed by feminist historiography and gains inspiration from thinkers like Claudia Rankine, Judith Butler, Giorgio Agamben, Wendy Brown, and Katie Lofton.

scholarly journals Pathology of Social Violence Phenomenon in Ardabil Province: A Qualitative Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Shahram Habibzadeh ◽  
Farhad Poufarzi ◽  
Mohammad Mehrtak ◽  
Saied Sadeghiyeh-Ahari ◽  
Mehdi Jafari-Oori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Expert Panel ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Physical Damage ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Social Violence ◽  
Targeted Sampling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Regional Factors

<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> In all human societies, domestic violence is known as a threat. Violence is imposing one's will on others through mental pressure and physical damage then can cause a feeling of anxiety and insecurity in them, especially for the weaker and more vulnerable groups such as women, children, elderly and minority groups who are the victims of oppression and socioeconomic inequalities. According to statistics, Ardabil, in comparison with other Iran’s provinces, has the most number of violent crimes. This qualitative research was conducted with the aim of exploring pathological phenomena of social violence in Ardabil province.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> this qualitative study was conducted with expert panel. Eighteen participants were selected with targeted sampling method from professors and the heads of the administrative offices who were linked to the phenomenon of social violence and have rich experiences with the social violence issues. After obtaining an informed consent from the participants, expert panel were conducted in two sessions of 150 minutes. At each session all discourse was recorded and after that, immediately transcribed verbatim. Then, the codes, sub-themes and the themes were obtained.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> The five main extracted themes included: social, historical and anthropological, cultural, economic and regional factors and 13 sub-themes were classified.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Social, economic, cultural and regional structure, which have been formed and institutionalized in the society over the years, can be influenced and changed by government policies and a variety of programs.</p>

scholarly journals Corpos subversivos e o princípio pluralista: uma análise antropológica | Subversive bodies and the pluralist principle: an anthropological analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Luis Fernando Carvalho Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Theological Anthropology ◽  
Judith Butler ◽  
The Social ◽  
Normative Standards

O presente artigo trata da questão antropológica dos corpos subversivos (que não se enquadram nos padrões normativos) a partir da proposta teológica do princípio pluralista, tendo como eixo articulador o pensamento de Cláudio de Oliveira Ribeiro em diálogo com as correntes sociais que se dedicam a estudar a existência e expressão dessas novas corporeidades. As propostas de autores (as) como Judith Butler, Nadia Pino e Lorenzo Bernini são contrapostas ao princípio pluralista para sinalizar novas possibilidades no que diz respeito à antropologia teológica e a novas possibilidades do fazer teológico. Abstract This article deals with the anthropological issue of subversive bodies (which do not fit the normative standards) based on the theological proposal of the pluralist principle, having Cláudio de Oliveira Ribeiro's thought as an articulating axis in dialogue with the social currents that are dedicated to studying the existence and expression of these new corporealities. The proposals of authors like Judith Butler; Nadia Pino and Lorenzo Bernini are opposed to the pluralist principle to signal new possibilities with regard to theological anthropology and to new possibilities of theological doing.

scholarly journals Mohajer (camp-e-forsat)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (02) ◽  
pp. e2697
Author(s):  
Anna Knappe ◽  
Amir Jan ◽  
Laura Böök
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seeker ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Detention Centers ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Loan Word ◽  
Umbilical Cords ◽  
Asylum Seekers And Refugees

Mohajer (camp-e-forsat) was filmed in Forssa asylum seeker reception center in Finland, together with a recently arrived group of Hazara asylum seekers from Afghanistan. In Mohajer (camp-e-forsat) the people who are labeled as asylum seekers and refugees, redefine themselves with the word mohajer. Mohajer is a loan word from Arabic, and in Persian it means anyone or anything migrating from one place to another.  A camp is a place where mohajers live in a state of waiting. Mohajers are asylum seekers, refugees, and other migrants in precarious situations and their camps are reception centers, detention centers, and temporary shelters. Camps are often located in remote areas, effectively isolating the individuals living in them. They are facilities for storing humans, full of invisible walls, and windows to remind people that the world they can see through them is out of their reach. Cobra: “When someone asks me where I’m from, I say I’m from Afghanistan, but I’ve never been there. Mohajer means not belonging anywhere, not where you are and not where you’re from or your parents are from. My husband says that we’re born mohajers. There is no other name for us. When they ask your name, you should say your name is mohajer. Our umbilical cords are cut with the word mohajer. Even in hospitals, when a new Afghan child is born, they say a new mohajer was born. They don’t say this woman’s child was born, they say one Afghan mohajer was born. Those two words, Afghan and mohajer, are attached together, it’s always Afghan mohajer. Then many who have migrated, try to detach themselves from the word mohajer. But in a new country, you’re still a mohajer.”

Experience, Culture, and a Future Project

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-62
Author(s):  
Diego Silva Balerio ◽  
Paola Pastore
Keyword(s):  
Driving Force ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Transformative Power ◽  
Social Violence ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Future Project

Many young people in South America experience repeated conditions of economic, social, and cultural exclusion, with low rates of secondary school completion and high unemployment exposing them to social violence. Yet, they are also the driving force for change in the region; their creativity is a transformative power. This chapter proposes a pedagogical reflection on the learning process and on social and educational participation. Each young person’s individual experiences and the knowledge they acquire in institutions and diverse social contexts are a platform to develop cultural promotion opportunities that produce the conditions to build a future project. Social educators practice one of the social tie professions that help generate bonds with culture, institutions, and other people, whereas educational action relates each young person to common cultural heritage. Social pedagogy faces the challenge and responsibility of creating strategies and cultural transmission methods for all youth, becoming a political action that fosters equality.

Cyprus

2019 ◽  
pp. 99-102
Author(s):  
Michael J. Bazyler ◽  
Kathryn Lee Boyd ◽  
Kristen L. Nelson ◽  
Rajika L. Shah
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Concentration Camps ◽  
World War ◽  
British Mandate ◽  
Detention Centers ◽  
Nazi Persecution ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Property Restitution

Cyprus was a British Crown colony during World War II. Cyprus was a haven to refugees escaping Nazi persecution during World War II, and after concentration camps in Europe were liberated, detention centers were set up on the island by the British in an effort to curtail survivors from entering British Mandate Palestine. No immovable property—private, communal, or heirless—was confiscated from Jews or other targeted groups in Cyprus during the war. As a result, no immovable property restitution laws were required. Cyprus endorsed the Terezin Declaration in 2009 and the Guidelines and Best Practices in 2010.

The Social Side of Security

2011 ◽  
pp. 140-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Issue ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Security ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Current Information ◽  
New Methods ◽  
The Social ◽  
Organizational Information ◽  
Social Side

The introduction of new technologies to accumulate large amounts of data has resulted in the need for new methods to secure organizational information. Current information security strategies tend to focus on a technology-based approach to securing information. However, this technology-based approach can leave an organization vulnerable to information security threats. Organizations must realize that information security is not necessarily a technology issue, but rather a social issue. Humans operate, maintain, and use information systems. Their actions, whether intentional or accidental, are the real threat to organizations. Information security strategies must be developed to address the social issue.

Privacy-Sensitive Tracking of Behavior with Public Information Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 95-109
Author(s):  
Chris C. Demchak ◽  
Kurt D. Fenstermacher
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Information Systems ◽  
And Control ◽  
Identity Knowledge

This chapter explores the roles of names and name equivalents in social tracking and control, reviews the amount of privacy-sensitive databases accumulating today in U.S. legacy federal systems, and proposes an alternative that reduces the likelihood of new security policies violating privacy. We focus on the continuing public-authority reliance on unique identifiers, for example, names or national identity numbers, for services and security instead of dissecting a better indicator of security threats found in behavior data. We conclude with a proposed conceptual change to focusing the social-order mission on the behavior of individuals rather than their identities (behavior-identity knowledge model, BIK). It is particularly urgent to consider a different path now as increased interest in biometrics offers an insidious expansion of unique identifiers of highly personal data. E-government can be wonderful for central government’s effectiveness and efficiency in delivering services while also being a disaster for both privacy and security if not regulated legally, institutionally, and technically (with validation and appeal processes) from the outset.

Insubordinate Plasticity: Judith Butler and Catherine Malabou

Hypatia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-606
Author(s):  
Natalie Helberg
Keyword(s):  
Judith Butler ◽  
Social Constructivist ◽  
The Social ◽  
Capacity For Change ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn this article, I explore the relationship between performativity, as it appears in Judith Butler's work, and plasticity, as it appears in the work of Catherine Malabou. I argue that these concepts are isomorphic. Butler and Malabou both hold that resistance to contemporary forms of power, or “insubordination,” is contingent on a subject's ability to become other than what it is; Butler articulates this ability in terms of performativity, and Malabou articulates it in terms of plasticity. I reveal the social-constructivist dimension of Malabou's work while also making apparent the extent to which Butler's work, contrary to her own way of conceptualizing it, and hence surprisingly and uneasily, presupposes a biologically basic capacity for change. Plasticity is this biologically basic capacity. Both thinkers affirm the idea that insubordinate forms of transformation can be impeded by the discourse that conditions what a subject can think. I suggest that this is an insight that must be heeded, even as I seek to affirm a form of plasticity beyond discourse.

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