Subject subjected - Sexualised coercion, agency and the reorganisation and reformulation of life strategies

When not acting in ways that are recognised as physicalself-defence, women are often – in psychology and inother dominant discourses – generalised as inherentlypassive during subjection to sexualised coercion (rapeand attempted rape). Likewise, in the aftermaths, their(in)actions are frequently pathologised as ‘maladaptivecoping strategies’.We present theoretically and empirically based argumentsfor an agency-oriented approach to women’sperspectives on sexualised coercion. Agency is understoodas intentional, situated and strategic. Sexualisedcoercion is not generalised as a single “traumatic”event, but conceptualised as life events. Meanings ofcoercion are embedded in social activities connectedto discourses on ‘rape’ and ‘trauma’. Thus personalmeanings of subjection are understood as developed inand through participation in trajectories across diversecontexts.Adopted in our study, this approach points to thegreat diversity of personal meanings of sexualised coercion.Moreover, it reveals intimate connections betweensituated, personal and dominant discursive meanings ofcoercion, and women’s strategies of (in)actions duringand in the aftermaths of the events.Our analysis of participants’ perspectives also indicatesan imperative need for reinterpreting conceptssuch as ‘victim’ and ‘passivity’. In a reinterpretationwomen, although subjected to sexualised coercion,emerge as subjects both during subjection and in theaftermaths. Furthermore their seemingly pathologicalbehaviour may be re-conceptualised as personally sense-making strategies of action in reflected attemptsat (re)formulating and (re)organising their lifestrategies

Effects of culivation conditions for apples on growth rates of fruit fly larvae and contents of phenolics

The different cultivation treatments significantly and systematically affected both rate of development of fruit fly larvae and contents of phenolic compounds, but not the total number of flies produced. This is in accordance with the hypothesis that cultivation methods can give large enough changes in composition of plant foods to affect physiological aspects important for health of consumers. It indicates that further stusies should be made of the links between plant cultivation, plant composition and health, for example regarding the question of the nutritional value of organic versus conventional food

Interpretation of Rayleigh-Wave Ellipticity Observed with Multicomponent Passive Seismic Interferometry at Hekla Volcano, Iceland

The 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull has drawn increased attention to Iceland’s Eastern Volcanic Zone (EVZ) due to the threat it poses to the heavily used air-traffic corridors of the northern Atlantic Ocean. Within the EVZ, Hekla is historically one of the most active volcanoes and has exhibited a decadal eruption pattern for the past 40 years. Hekla most recently erupted in 2000 and is thus ripe for another decadal eruption. Because Hekla is generally aseismic, except for a brief time period (hours) leading up to an eruption, monitoring has previously depended on precursory deformation signals (Linde et al., 1993). As a result, seismic tomography of the internal structure of the volcano using phase arrivals of local earthquakes is not possible. Motivated by Hekla’s practically aseismic behavior in inter-eruptive periods, we installed a temporary network of four broadband seismometers around the volcanic edifice in late August 2010 with the intention of investigating the applicability of passive seismic interferometry (PSI) for imaging and monitoring the volcano

Subject subjected - Sexualised coercion, agency and the reorganisation and reformulation of life strategies

When not acting in ways that are recognised as physicalself-defence, women are often – in psychology and inother dominant discourses – generalised as inherentlypassive during subjection to sexualised coercion (rapeand attempted rape). Likewise, in the aftermaths, their(in)actions are frequently pathologised as ‘maladaptivecoping strategies’.We present theoretically and empirically based argumentsfor an agency-oriented approach to women’sperspectives on sexualised coercion. Agency is understoodas intentional, situated and strategic. Sexualisedcoercion is not generalised as a single “traumatic”event, but conceptualised as life events. Meanings ofcoercion are embedded in social activities connectedto discourses on ‘rape’ and ‘trauma’. Thus personalmeanings of subjection are understood as developed inand through participation in trajectories across diversecontexts.Adopted in our study, this approach points to thegreat diversity of personal meanings of sexualised coercion.Moreover, it reveals intimate connections betweensituated, personal and dominant discursive meanings ofcoercion, and women’s strategies of (in)actions duringand in the aftermaths of the events.Our analysis of participants’ perspectives also indicatesan imperative need for reinterpreting conceptssuch as ‘victim’ and ‘passivity’. In a reinterpretationwomen, although subjected to sexualised coercion,emerge as subjects both during subjection and in theaftermaths. Furthermore their seemingly pathologicalbehaviour may be re-conceptualised as personally sense-making strategies of action in reflected attemptsat (re)formulating and (re)organising their lifestrategies.</span