Survival of a Perverse Nation: Sexuality and Kinship in Post-Soviet Armenia

Survival of a Perverse Nation traces the ways in which contemporary Armenian anxieties are congealing into the figure of the “homosexual.” As in other post-Soviet republics, homosexuality has increasingly become defined as the crisis of the times, and is understood by many as a destructive force linked to European encroachment. In Armenia, a growing right-wing nationalist movement since 2012 has been targeting LGBT and feminist activists. I suggest that this movement has arisen out of Armenia’s concerns regarding proper social and biological reproduction in the face of high rates of emigration of especially men in search of work. Many in the country blame this emigration on a post-Soviet oligarchy, with close ties to the government. This oligarchy, having quickly and massively privatized and liquidated industry and land during the war over the region of Nagorno-Karabagh (1990-1994) with Azerbaijan, created widespread un(der)employment. A national narrative attributing the nation’s survival of the 1915 Genocide and dispersion of its populations to strong morality preserved by institutions such as the Church and the family has now, in the post-Soviet era, ruptured into one of moral “perversion.” This dissertation is based on 15 months of ethnographic research, during which I participated in the work of two local non-governmental organizations: Public Information and Need for Knowledge, an LGBT rights organization and Women’s Resource Center, a feminist organization. I also conducted interviews with 150 households across Yerevan, the capital city, and did in-depth interviews with other activists, right-wing nationalists and journalists. Through psychoanalytic frameworks, as well as studies of kinship, I show how sovereignty – the longed for dream for Armenians over the last century – is felt to have failed because of the moral corruption of the illegitimate figures that fill Armenian seats of authority. I, thus, examine the ways in which a missing father of the household is discursively linked to the lack of strong leadership by a corrupt government, producing a prevalent feeling of moral disintegration that nationalists displace onto the “homosexual.”

Curriculum development in a heritage language community-based school: A Qualitative inquiry regarding a Brazilian-Portuguese program in South Florida

This research aimed to describe, understand, and discuss the curriculum development process of a Brazilian-Portuguese heritage language community-based school in South Florida. This study was guided by the following research questions: (a) What roles does this HL community-based school aim to play for its students? This investigation was also related to the subsidiary question: (b) How does this HL community-based school organize its curriculum development process? In order to explore these research questions, I observed and interviewed teachers and coordinators based on a qualitative research approach. I analyzed the interviews’ transcripts, and the program’s website with a central focus of describing and understanding their curriculum development process. Hopefully, the findings will help Brazilian and other HL community schools toward discussing and elaborating their own curriculum development, as well as to look for specific teacher training courses.

EXHAUSTING AFFECTS: THE NEGOTIATION OF AFFECTIVE LABOUR, NEOLIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY, AND FEMINIST POLITICS AMONG ANTI-VIOLENCE WORKERS

This thesis explores the affective and political life of anti-violence labour, with particular attention to the ways that neoliberalism comes to bear on subjectivity, embodiment, and relationality among women responding to violence. In fall of 2015, I conducted qualitative interviews with six women engaged in the work of responding to violence. The participants in this project articulated rich descriptions of the affective life of neoliberalism and the demands of neoliberal subjectivity, drawing particular attention to the affective labour involved in navigating the political complexities of anti-violence organizations, negotiating burnout, and affectively self-managing in order to meet norms of professionalism. Bringing participant narratives into conversations with feminist theories of affect, I argue for an account affective labour that centers the specific, materially embodied experiences of that work and for an account of neoliberalism as a system of embodied and affective pressures.

Sobre la medalla a Godoy de la Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Valencia acuñada en 1807. Documentos inéditos

Entre los documentos del archivo de la Real Sociedad Econó-mica de Amigos del País de Valencia (RSEAPV)1, se encuentra un con-junto muy interesante concerniente a la realización de una medalla por parte de esta sociedad en honor de Manuel Godoy, Príncipe de la Paz. Es en enero de 1807 cuando la RSEAPV decide nombrarlo miembro protector de esa Real Sociedad y, en agradecimiento a su aceptación y su reciente nombramiento al Grande Almirantazgo de España e Yndias, acuña la medalla sobre la cual presento este trabajo. El estudio detallado de los citados documentos nos permitirá ir más allá de las imágenes re-presentadas en el reverso de la misma, proporcionándonos su correcta interpretación dentro del contexto histórico del momento.

Cuidar do adolescente com anorexia nervosa

Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de licenciada em Enfermagem

WOMEN, CYCLING, AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE: HOW DISCURSIVE AND COMMUNITY PRACTICES AFFECT ENGAGEMENT

This thesis considers the impact that discursive and community practices have on women’s access to the public sphere by examining female cyclists and a cycling community in Miami, Florida via interviews and observation. In the interviews, female cyclists frequently reported fears for their safety, including concern over harassment, when riding in public space. I interviewed participants of the cycling community and observed Emerge Miami’s meetings and events, where publicly organized cycling excursions were a major component. Using the theoretical and methodological lenses of Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis and Communities of Practice, I examined the interviews to understand how participants discursively framed and contextualized gender-based harassment. I found two meta-discourse frames in operation: a normative frame (that essentially accepted the status quo) and a feminist frame (that challenged the “naturalness” of women’s harassment as just what one had to live with). The feminist frame offered a pathway for women to exert control over their experiences and alter the cultural understanding of harassment’s meaning and effect. The local community practices of Emerge Miami also challenged the normative frames that often silence women, employing explicitly invitational practices, which demonstrates how local discursive and social activity can impact and increase women’s involvement by creating a more accessible space for women to engage with their local cycling community.

Discurs de presentació del senyor Miquel Roca Junyent, a càrrec del Dr. Xavier Arbós

Miquel Roca Junyent (Cauderan, Francia, 1940) es va llicenciar en Dret el 1961 i va iniciar la seva activitat com a advocat i com a profesor a la Universitat de Barcelona. Diputat des de 1977, va ser designat membre de la Ponència Constitucional i posteriorment membre de la comissió redactora de l'Estatut de Catalunya

Un Retrat de la vida d'un poble [Ressenya del llibre La gent de Palafrugell: població i migracio del segle XV al segle XX, de Miquel Solana Solana]

Ressenya del llibre La gent de Palafrugell de la col·lecció Quaderns de Palafrugell, que analitza els trets principals de l'evolució de la població palafrugellenca i la seva relació amb les transformacions econòmiques i laborals

Una Lliçó de numismàtica [Ressenya del llibre Història de la moneda de la Guerra dels Segadors (Primera República Catalana), 1640-1652, de Miquel Crusafont i Sabater]

Ressenya del llibre Història de la moneda de la Guerra dels Segadors (Primera República Catalana), 1640-1652. La Catalunya de la guerra dels Segadors mai no va esdevenir una república, però sí que va actuar com si ho fos en matèria monetària. L’obra tracta el paper, no sols de caire econòmic, que va jugar la moneda en aquell temps

Records i treball de Júlia Serra, mestra exiliada

El dia 25 d'octubre de 2007 el doctor Salomó Marquès va poder fer una entrevista, a Tolosa de Llenguadoc, a la Júlia Serra (a França Júlia Martí), mestra que es va exiliar junt amb el seu marit Miquel Martí i Bofill. La Júlia té 93 anys, però manté una memòria excel·lent i el cap ben clar. De l'entrevista, i com a resum, destaquem els relats més importants

La poesia de Costa i Alcover a l'educació primària : proposta d'activitats. 'La poesía de Costa y Alcover en la educación primaria : propuesta de actividades'.

Incluido en el número dedicado a los escritores Joan Alcover, Miquel Costa i Llobera y Pere Capellà

Pere Capellà Roca : la lluita incansable per la llibertat. 'Pere Capellà Roca : la lucha incansable por la libertad '.

Incluido en el número dedicado a los escritores Joan Alcover, Miquel Costa i Llobera y Pere Capellà

D. Miquel Porcel Riera i els inicis de l'activisme escolar a Mallorca. 'D. Miquel Porcel Riera y los inicios del activismo escolar en Mallorca'.

D. Miquel Porcel Riera ha sido posiblemente el enseñante más significativo de las Baleares. Cumplimentando su deber como maestro en una escuela pública de Palma, el maestro Porcel llenó, por si mismo, una de las páginas más apasionantes y renovadoras de nuestra historia educativa con sus aportaciones pedagógicas fundamentales, integradas en el marco de una nueva pedagogía -el activismo de la Escola Nova- que con el tiempo transformarán la práctica escolar y, lo que es más importante, el papel social que debe jugar la escuela. Se divide en cuatro partes: en el primer capítulo se analizan los contextos pedagógicos y científicos y los determinantes sociales de la obra educativa de Miquel Porcel. En segundo lugar se aborda, a nivel teórico, el activismo en Mallorca. El tercer apartado ahonda en su vida y obra -institucionalismo, trabajos manuales, colonias escolares, graduación de la enseñanza, método cíclico- y se concluye con el tratamiento de la problemática de la lengua. Un apéndice recoge la bibliografía de este prolífico pedagogo.

En la mort de Miquel Porter i Moix. 'En la muerte de Miquel Porter i Moix'.

Se recuerda a Miquel Porter i Moix investigador y historiador del cine en catalán, maestro y pionero en el cineclub y en la introducción del cine en la escuela.

Any Alcover : de ruta literària amb Joan Alcover i Miquel Costa i Llobera. 'Año Alcover : de ruta literaria con Joan Alcover y Miquel Costa i Llobera'.

Este artículo forma parte de la monografía 'Editar avui' (Editar hoy)