Forgetting To Forget: On Rosi Braidotti’s Affirmative Critique

In this article we exemplify Braidotti’s critical theory by drawing out her conceptual figuration, ‘forgetting to forget’, a formulation with no fixed or certain meaning that appears differently at different points in her work. A changeable component functioning enigmatically within Braidotti’s complex oeuvre, the phrase may appear obscure. Yet, given Braidotti’s demand to free critical thinking from its dialectical scheme of thought, and the notion of relational ontology on which her thought is grounded, this conceptual figuration may function as a methodological key that opens up a more accurate understanding of the critical subject in the present times. Alongside the transformational force that this conceptual figuration bears, we suggest reading it also as a key to critical evaluation of Braidotti’s own configuration of the critical practice. We will argue that working with this conceptual figuration brings great clarity to the methods that Braidotti demonstrates and elaborates on throughout her work

A Day Which Will Live in Infamy: An Analysis of Post-Pearl Harbour Censorship and its Applicability to Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda Model

This research paper attempts to apply Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky\u27s propaganda model to the censorship practices implemented in the United States directly following the December 7th, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbour. Herman and Chomsky\u27s model, as outlined in their 1988 work, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, outlines the five filters that raw materials of the press must proceed through before disseminating to the public. With this in mind, this paper argues that while the model\u27s core filters are evident in post-Pearl Harbour media, they require adaptions to fit the unique wartime circumstances. Censorship during this period was a flexible and strategically crafted tool and effort that reflected the United States government priorities, as demonstrated by Byron Price and the Office of Censorship, the cooperation between the government and mass media, the use of propaganda to rally support from the American public, and the demonization of the Japanese people.

Marie-Thé Morin. Départs

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Peer Work and Stigma Reduction in Australian Mental Health Policy: Tackling Sanism or Reinforcing the Status Quo?

Peer workers are increasingly included as part of mental health policy approaches to stigma, reflecting ongoing imperatives to include lived experience within mental health policy and practice. Using a post-structural analysis of Australian mental health policy, we critically examine the effects of such inclusion on dominant enactments of peer work and stigma. We find that mental health policy predominantly produces stigma as a problem of individual lack of capacity and responsibility, reinforcing neoliberal and psychiatric logic that locate individuals as the site for intervention and mental health practitioners as the experts to undertake such interventions. The inclusion of peer workers, predominantly enacted as role models, promotes the appearance of progressive governance whilst distracting from the socio-material conditions and processes that mark individuals as other, and leads to significant harm when individuals seek support. Dominant enactments of stigma thus remain undisturbed by the inclusion of peer work within mental health policy. Our findings challenge the notion of inclusion of lived experience via the peer workforce as universally progressive, calling for a more nuanced examination of the effects of inclusion. We propose sanism as an alternative problematisation that aligns more closely with peer work and social justice. We conclude with practice and research recommendations

Sensoryscapes in Swiss Ice Hockey Arenas: Enhancing the Spectator Experience at HC Ambrì-Piotta Games

This study explores the impact of the sensoryscape on spectator experiences and intentions to revisit HC Ambrì-Piotta games at the Gottardo Arena. Data was gathered from 1,566 participants through a self-administered online questionnaire and was analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, along with structural equation modeling. The findings reveal that aesthetics and comfort, fan-made entertainment, and arena smell significantly influence spectators\u27 interactions, emotions, and loyalties, while club-made entertainment and food and beverages have varied impacts. These insights are crucial for enhancing spectator experiences and fostering team loyalty. Practical implications include focusing on the holistic sensory environment to create engaging and satisfying arena experiences, thereby attracting and retaining spectators.&nbsp

Céleste Godin. Bouée

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Preservice Mathematics Teachers’ Discourse on Proof-Based Teaching in an Online Discussion Forum

Proof and proving play a fundamental role in mathematics education and have the potential to serve as a vehicle for developing a deeper conceptual understanding. However, engaging students in proving activities presents challenges, and mathematics teacher educators thus are responsible for supporting preservice teachers, providing opportunities to learn what is needed. This study employs an exploratory case study design, investigating preservice teachers\u27 discourse on proof-based teaching within a Norwegian university mathematics course preparing them to teach algebra and number theory (grades 5–10). Data were collected from weekly instructor-initiated online discussions, where preservice teachers reflected on their experiences with proof-based teaching. Through content analysis of data, characteristics of the preservice teachers\u27 discourse on proof-based teaching were explored, revealing dynamic interactions centred around key themes related to proof-based teaching. Interactive patterns emerging in the online discussion forum indicate how these preservice teachers are gradually developing into reflective practitioners

Understanding Temporary Labour Migration through a Settler Colonial Lens: A Critical Analysis of Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and International Education Strategy

The relationship between differential inclusion of workers migrating for employment internationally and the dispossession and assimilation of Indigenous people and lands is a growing area of study within critical migration studies. Less attention has been paid, however, to how (im)migration policies that foster migrant worker precariousness also extend settler colonial practices. Scholars situated in the transdisciplinary fields of Black Studies and Indigenous Studies have long theorized nation-state building as exclusionary to Black and Indigenous life, and reliant on limited mobilities and dispossession of Black and Indigenous peoples. Bridging this scholarship with critical migration studies, in this article we explore how policies regulating international migration for employment to Canada on temporary bases reflect and sustain the settler-colonial context in which they operate. We outline three logics of settler colonialism that underpin policies governing temporary migration for employment to Canada: (1) the racialized hierarchization of life and knowledge; (2) the reliance on technologies of governing, which foster unequal administrative burdens; and (3) the disruption of people’s relationships to land and livelihoods. Analyzing Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and International Education Strategy, we illustrate how migration policies reinforce and replicate settler colonial practices.