The gender of coffee

Focaal ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 (57) ◽  
pp. 17-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elissa Helms
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Ethnic Cleansing ◽  
Displaced People ◽  
Gender Patterns ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Post War

This article explores the gendering of reconciliation initiatives from the perspective of Bosniac women active in women's NGOs in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. I illustrate how established patriarchal gender relations and socialistera models of women's community involvement framed the ways in which some women's NGO participants constructed essential ethno-national and gender differences, in contrast to dominant donor discourses. This leads to exploration of how gender patterns embedded in the institution of komšiluk (good-neighborliness), particularly women's coffee visits, provided both obstacle and opportunity for renewed life together among ethnic others separated by wartime ethnic cleansing. Distinguishing between the two concepts, I show how, from the perspective of women's roles and experiences, “life together” may be all that displaced women want or expect out of “reconciliation” initiatives, and that even this may be beyond the capacity of many displaced people to forego talk about injustices and guilt stemming from the war.

The (Lack of) Impact of the ICTY on the Public Memory of the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2020 ◽  
pp. 559-570
Author(s):  
Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Public Memory ◽  
International Criminal Tribunal ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
Ethnic Cleansing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Post War

This chapter tackles relations between facts established at the Tribunal and acknowledgement of these in the public domain of post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), where three ethnically defined and mutually contesting interpretations dominate the public forum. Examining how this problem unfolds, this chapter follows the development of the public memory about the war. It intersects with the relevant International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) jurisprudence, aiming to detect potential changes in the dominant narrative. It analyses public debates whether the war was a product of Serbian aggression or a civil war within Bosnia; whether ‘ethnic cleansing’ was pre-planned by the Serbian side or an inevitable consequence of the war (examined through the Prijedor case); whether genocide was the overall aim of the Serbian side or whether it took place only in Srebrenica; and whether the Croatian side was a defender of, or aggressor in BiH (examined through the Ahmići case).

False Specialization and the Purdah of Scholarship—A Review Article

1984 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Papanek
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Hindu Tradition ◽  
The Face ◽  
Women Scholars ◽  
And Gender ◽  
New Research

Within the last decade, many publications have appeared in South Asia (especially India) and North America on subjects relating to women. Scholars concerned with the study of South Asia have generally neglected these publications instead of integrating them into research and teaching on South Asia. This neglect results from a “false specialization” on both subject matter and scholars interested in research on women, which has led to a “purdah of scholarship” or segregation of the new scholarship on women. The reasons for this segregation include prejudice, the absence of an emphasis on family and kinship in current South Asia studies, neglect of research on Muslim populations, the complexities of gender in the Hindu tradition, and the nature of institutional support for research on women. Advocacy for women's equality is characteristic of the new research on women in South Asia, both by North American and South Asian writers. The core of the substantive argument presented in the article is as follows: Gender differences are among the fault lines along which the effects of major social, economic, political changes are distributed within populations. Gender relations are proving to be vulnerable in the face of rapid change. The increased consciousness of women's issues in South Asia is the result of accelerated changes within these societies which have affected gender differences and gender relations. Gender is increasingly understood to be a factor in accelerating class differentiation and in other processes of change.New contributions to the research literature on women and gender in South Asia are reviewed under three headings: (1) “complementary” studies that highlight forgotten sectors of the population; (2) stocktaking assessments that summarize data about women and government activities; (3) “integrative” studies that aim to develop social theory and methodology. The final section of the review suggests new lines for future scholarship, particularly with regard to control over female labor deployment.

Women in Transition

2017 ◽  
pp. 1501-1517
Author(s):  
Anna Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
The State ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Impact

The chapter describes institutional and gender relations in the society and the economy, the influence of institutions and the state that may lead to the institutional change, which is understood as an adaptation of habits of thought to changing circumstances. The situation of women in Poland has been chosen to illustrate this phenomenon. Poland, as a country, has gone through major social, political and economic transformations in the last 25 years, and they have had important impacts on people's lives. The analysis of the impact of major transformations in Poland's post-war political economy enables the distinguishing factors (policies, institutions) that guarantee certain continuity in a society, and the ones that lead to institutional changes. Knowledge about the mechanisms of institutional change in the context of gender relations is helpful in designing policies aiming at promoting gender equality in societies as well as economies.

Alcoholism and Gender: Patterns of Diagnosis and Response

1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Course Of Illness ◽  
Recovering Alcoholics ◽  
Female Self ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Gender Patterns ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Depth Interviews

Through in-depth interviews with 10(ten) male and 10(ten) female self-identified recovering alcoholics, this study examines the gender-related differences in pathways to alcoholism diagnosis and treatment. Respondents' stories suggest that while denial of the diagnosis delays appropriate treatment for both men and women, gender-related differences in the nature of the denial systems, such as who makes the diagnosis, who responds to it and how, keep women from such treatment more often than men. This applies irrespective of other gender differences in actual drinking behavior or rationale, symptoms (including psychopathology), time of onset or course of illness.

Women in Transition

2015 ◽  
pp. 212-229
Author(s):  
Anna Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
The State ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Impact

The chapter describes institutional and gender relations in the society and the economy, the influence of institutions and the state that may lead to the institutional change, which is understood as an adaptation of habits of thought to changing circumstances. The situation of women in Poland has been chosen to illustrate this phenomenon. Poland, as a country, has gone through major social, political and economic transformations in the last 25 years, and they have had important impacts on people's lives. The analysis of the impact of major transformations in Poland's post-war political economy enables the distinguishing factors (policies, institutions) that guarantee certain continuity in a society, and the ones that lead to institutional changes. Knowledge about the mechanisms of institutional change in the context of gender relations is helpful in designing policies aiming at promoting gender equality in societies as well as economies.

Mass Property Claim Resolution in a Post-War Society: The Commission for Real Property Claims in Bosnia and Herzegovina

1999 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Van Houtte
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Ethnic Cleansing ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Mass Property ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
Post War ◽  
Systematic Practice

The restoration of the pre-war property fights of displaced persons and refugees is critical to restore the peace.This is particularly true for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The devastating impact of the war which ravaged Bosnia from 1992 until 1995 has left a third of the housing stock destroyed or otherwise uninhabitable. The systematic practice of ethnic cleansing forced Bosniacs, Croats and Serbs to seek shelter in areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina where their ethnic group was in the majority or to seek refuge abroad.1 More than half the 4.5 million the pre-war population of Bosnia and Herzegovina fled their homes in search of safety during the course of the war. According to recent estimates from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, over 800,000 refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina are still abroad today.2 Within Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than 800,000 people remain displaced from their pre-conflict homes.3

scholarly journals Assessing scientific literacy through computer-based tests – consequences related to content and gender

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-282
Author(s):  
Eva Davidsson ◽  
Helene Sørensen ◽  
Peter Allerup
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Test Mode ◽  
Science Tests ◽  
Rich Description ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Gender Patterns ◽  
And Gender

Large-scale studies are now common tools for assessing students’ knowledge in science, and there is an increased interest in conducting evaluations using computers. However, several studies indicate that students’ achievements on computer-based science tests often involve significant gender differences: boys outperform girls. This paper explores how students’ performances are affected by the content and the context of the test, Computer-Based Assessment in Science (CBAS), from a gender perspective. The framework of curriculum emphases is used to describe and analyze the CBAS items and to accomplish a rich description of what science may be. The results indicate different gender patterns depending on the items’ content and context. Furthermore, the analysis reveals that the portrayal of scientific literacy tends to be dependent on the test mode.

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