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The asylum process and possibilities for a transformative pedagogy : exploring the case of Sub-Saharan African female asylum seekers in Malta
Whilst EU legislation and policy has focused on the importance of the asylum process, and the need for asylum seekers to understand the process, academic literature has, to date, failed to recognize this procedure as a learning process. In this paper I interrogate the asylum process as a contested site representing different gendered and racialised practices, grounded in specific gendered and historical sociopolitical contexts. Moving beyond the ‘banking’ notion of education, the asylum process is positioned as a potentially transformative pedagogical site wherein the lawyer - as educator - can engage in a dialogical relationship with the asylum seeker. I posit that the proposed educational journey, which is grounded in dialogue, mutual learning, and developing trust, can provide the possibility for developing self determination, working towards protection and social justice. This paper explores asylum in Malta, more specifically, the conditions and processes experienced by sub-Saharan African female asylum seekers.peer-reviewe
"We are going to fix your vagina, just the way we like it." Some reflections on the construction of [Sub-Suharan] African female asylum seekers in Malta and their efforts to speak back
This paper will draw attention to the way by which social relations structure knowledge to privilege particular ways of knowing and silences and subjugates others, namely that of asylum seekers. It is intended to illustrate how such epistemic violence, to echo Spivak, can result in surgical interventions that violate the rights, and dignity, of female asylum seekers, and reproduce the docile body.peer-reviewe
Addressing the ‘citizenship assumption’ in critical pedagogy : exploring the case of rejected female sub-Saharan African asylum seekers in Malta
The degree to which an individual can or cannot confront domination is determined by
his or her place within the social relations of production, the hegemony of ideological beliefs, including
patriarchy and other cultural constructions, and institutional rules, regulations, and practices. These
interactions are also shaped by the ways in which members of specific social groups understand,
perceive, and act in, through, and on, their reality. This article considers the Maltese context, and the
case of sub-Saharan African (SSA) female asylum seekers whose request for asylum has been rejected.
The article aims to provoke a critical re-evaluation of the adult education and critical pedagogy
literature, and calls for an epistemological shift in the way we theorise the non-citizen within the nation
state. The article argues that the ‘rejected’ status limits the possibilities to speak unto power and to
mobilise for transformative change. It concludes that a ‘statist’ hegemony is ubiquitous within critical
pedagogy literature, wherein ‘citizenship’ is assumed.peer-reviewe
Migrating borders, bordering lives : everyday geographies of ontological security and insecurity in Malta
In this article, we seek to challenge some of these ways in which the ‘2015 Mediterranean migration crisis’ has been scripted by elites. Situated within – and contributing to – a flourishing research agenda on everyday geographies and ontologies of personal (in)security, we aim to bring non-elite knowledge and experience to the foreground. We do so by examining the diverse grounded perspectives of those on the move who are arguably the key dramatis personae in the so-called ‘crisis’ and yet whose voices are often absent in dominant representations of it. Specifically, we take as our analytical focus the dynamic interplay between contemporary EU border security apparatuses and mobile subjects who encounter, negotiate, and challenge these apparatuses. Drawing upon 37 in-depth qualitative interviews with recent arrivals as part of a multi-sited research project across the Mediterranean region, we offer a historicised and geographically situated analysis of the contested politics of ‘irregularity’ on the island of Malta. A geopolitically significant site along the central Mediterranean route, the changes in migratory dynamics witnessed in Malta over the past two decades offers an instructive lens through which the ‘crisis’ narrative can be usefully problematized and disaggregated
Early Days of Brutalist Architecture in São Paulo: Vila Madalena Church
[EN] This paper explores the path of Saint Maria Madalena Church, in Vila Madalena, a district in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The church was one of the city’s first reinforced concrete brutalist buildings and the paper analyses the preliminary drawings, the way it was materialized, some aspects of the interventions it underwent during its lifetime, and its current situation. The methodological procedures were implemented either simultaneously or successively. They included bibliographic and field surveys, iconographic listings, and researches in two collections – the church’s and architect Joaquim Guedes’s, designer of the church. The stages that culminated in the building of this church – innovative in terms of shape and distribution of spaces and entirely built-in reinforced concrete – are presented, and the main changes the building underwent are pointed out. The results can help preserve the memory of modern architecture in São Paulo and enhance future studies about the design and construction of this unique and precious example of exposed reinforced concrete construction.[ES] Este artículo explora el proceso de la Iglesia de Santa
María Magdalena, en Vila Madalena, un barrio de la ciudad de
São Paulo, Brasil. La iglesia es importante porque fue uno de los
primeros edificios brutalistas de hormigón armado de la ciudad;
es por ello que el texto analiza los planos preliminares, cómo se
materializó y algunos aspectos de las intervenciones que sufrió
durante su vida y su situación actual.
Los procedimientos metodológicos se implementaron o de
forma simultánea o sucesiva. Incluyeron estudios bibliográficos
y de campo, listados iconográficos e la investigación en
dos archivos: el de la iglesia y el del arquitecto Joaquim
Guedes, proyectista de la iglesia. Se presentan las etapas que
culminaron en la construcción de esta iglesia, innovadora en
cuanto a forma y distribución de los espacios, y construida
íntegramente en hormigón armado, y se señalan los principales
cambios que sufrió el edificio.
Los resultados pueden ayudar a preservar la memoria de
la arquitectura moderna en São Paulo y mejorar los estudios
futuros sobre el diseño y la construcción de este ejemplo único y
precioso de construcción de hormigón armado visto.Perrone, R.; Pisani, M.; Schimidt, R. (2022). Early Days of Brutalist Architecture in São Paulo: Vila Madalena Church. En CIAB 10. X Congreso internacional arquitectura blanca. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 362-369. https://doi.org/10.4995/CIAB10.2022.13938OCS36236
The Oca Building: Structural Design and Architecture - Designs by Oscar Niemeyer and Figueiredo Ferraz
[EN] This article establishes associations between the
structure and the architecture designs of the Oca building (Arts
Pavilion) located at Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, and considered
one of the most significant works carried out by architect Oscar
Niemeyer.
Designed in the early 1950s by Oscar Niemeyer and his team, with
structural calculations done by engineer José Carlos de Figueiredo
Ferraz, the shell of the building was the first designed by the architect
and became a widely used reference in Niemeyer’s later works.
This research salvaged part of the design drawings that made it
possible to relate architecture and structure. The method used
several parallel and hybrid phases: a search for iconographic
material and documents in public and private archives, recognizing
that the designs presented here have never before been published
in the historiography of the subject; a field verification, analysis of
documents, and re-drawings that represent a dissection of the
structure of this case study.
The technical and scientific contributions of the various branches
of engineering constitute the solid foundations for building cities,
edifices, and the relations that shape human life. The results obtained
reveal knowledge of construction techniques and the associations
between the intention of the architectural design and its materiality.
This article will focus on the work of these professionals and their
experience in the 1950s, also helping to understand advances in
modern Brazilian architecture.[ES] Este artículo establece relaciones entre el proyecto de
arquitectura y el de estructura del edificio Oca, situado en el Parque
Ibirapuera de São Paulo, una de las obras más importantes del
arquitecto Oscar Niemeyer.
Proyectado a principios de la década de 1950 por Niemeyer y
su equipo, con cálculo estructural del ingeniero José Carlos de
Figueiredo Ferraz, el casquete del edificio fue el primer domo – de
los construidos en el conjunto de obras del arquitecto – a convertir
en referencia por él utilizada en obras posteriores.
Esta investigación rescató algunas de las plantas diseñadas que
permitieron compreender la relación entre arquitectura y estructura.
Considerando que los proyectos presentados son inéditos en la
historiografía sobre el tema, el método empleó pasos paralelos e
híbridos, incluyendo la búsqueda iconográfica y de documentación,
verificación y análisis, documentos y rediseños que exponen una
disección de la estructura del objeto de estudio
Las contribuciones del conocimiento técnico y científico de la
ingeniería constituyen los cimientos sólidos sobre los que se erigen
los espacios que habitamos, construyendo edificios y las ciudades
por las cuales se forma la vida humana. Los resultados obtenidos
revelan el conocimiento de las técnicas constructivas y las relaciones
entre la intención del proyecto arquitectónico y su materialidad,
comprendiendo los avances que la arquitectura moderna brasileña
registró de estos dos reconocidos profesionales.Perrone, R.; Schimidt, R.; Pisani, MA. (2020). El edificio Oca – Concepción estructural y arquitectura – Proyecto de Oscar Niemeyer y José Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz. En IX Congreso Internacional Arquitectura Blanca. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 01-13. https://doi.org/10.4995/CIAB9.2020.10608011
Modelling of electrochemistry and mass transport in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, PEMFC
In this paper we present a modified version of the well know model of Bernardi and Verbrugge which was developed to simulate the behavior of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell. The modified version is based on a different treatment of the electrokinetic model equations, the Butler-Volmer equations. Such equations are analytically integrated in the reactive regions of the electrodes, eliminating the main non-linear terms in the full mathematical model. It is shown that the modified Bernardi-Verbrugge is as accurate as the original model, that it allows an extension of the cell current density over which it is possible to find solutions, that the full numerical procedure is very stable, and that the simulations are up to three order of magnitude faster than those performed with the original model
Sviluppo di un codice per la previsione delle proprietà di fouling e slagging di carboni: parte seconda
Questo documento descrive il secondo modulo del codice per la predizione delle proprietà di
Fouling di carboni. Le polveri di carbone "virtuale" ottenute con il primo modulo del codice, vengono "virtualmente" bruciate per ottenere ceneri "virtuali". Queste saranno utilizzate dal modulo
successivo del codice all’interno di un modello di impatto delle ceneri sui tubi scambiatori e di
accrescimento dei depositi per valutare la tendenza al fouling/slagging del carbone.
In questo documento viene inizialmente descritto il modello fisico-matematico su cui è basato
l’algoritmo per la descrizione delle caratteristiche delle ceneri volatili ottenute dalla combustione
di particelle di una data specie di carbone.
Nella seconda parte del documento viene presentata una descrizione dettagliata del codice numerico, delle strutture dei dati di input e output, e del suo utilizzo. Di ogni Subroutine viene data un’esplicita descrizione del suo ruolo con frequenti richiami alla parte modellistica, e del suo flusso di dati in input/output.
Nella sezione dei risultati sono presentati alcuni degli output che è possibile ottenere dall’esecuzione del codice CARBCO. Sono riportati esempi di risultati ottenuti a partire da input sperimentali caratterizzanti il carbone Ashland. Un’interpretazione critica dei risultati è anch’essa presentata.
Nella sezione finale sono riportate le conclusioni e un breve sommario
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