‘The past should not affect the children’:intergenerational hauntings in the homes of Indo-European families

This article examines how the traumatic experiences of pre- vious Indo-European or Indische generations shape future generations’ intergenerational family dynamics and practices within home environments. By analysing life story interviews with Indo-Europeans from the first, second and third gen- eration within twenty-one families, we illustrate how inter- generational hauntings are embodied, expressed and negotiated among various generations within home envi- ronments. The Indo-European diaspora has multi-generational ‘mixed’ Dutch-Indonesian ancestry and collective memories of the colonial Dutch East Indies, the Japanese occupation of Indonesia during the Second World War, the Indonesian National Revolution, and families’ subsequent repatriation to the Netherlands. Shaped by their alleged success in hav- ing silently assimilated in the Netherlands, public narratives often neglect Indo-Europeans’ daily realities and histories. We argue that personal and collective histories of war vio- lence, racialized violence and displacement are deeply ingrained in Indo-European intergenerational and gendered family dynamics and practices in home environments. These intergenerational hauntings are imbued in both presence and absence in the various atmospheres and social and physical spaces of home

Beyond Bali : expanding postcolonial visions of intimacy and performance in the contemporary Netherlands

This thesis is an ethnography of Balinese individuals living in the Netherlands and their non-Balinese partners. It examines Balinese peoples’ cultural identification beyond Bali in relation to gender and class and the socio-economic and political circumstances of migration. I argue that Balinese culture is historically changing in a creative interplay with foreign influences, specifically Dutch colonialism, the Indonesian state and tourism. Acknowledging significant differences in how Balinese men and women invest in and relate to Balinese culture, the thesis explores the processes of identification in both the domestic sphere of conjugal intimacies and the public performance of dance, feasts and rituals. It further examines several nodes of transnational interactions between Bali and the Netherlands, exploring how histories of empire have shaped and reshaped contemporary imaginations of Oriental and Occidental places. I focus on how contemporary cross-cultural exchanges create fluid spaces of ambivalence, struggle and negotiations based on the interaction of bodies historically inscribed with particular meanings of gender, race and economy. I suggest that novel categorisations and policies towards non-Western foreigners in the Netherlands are producing a new racism and influence the subjectivity of those so labelled. State polices inflect race, class and gender through powerful discourses that shape personal expectations and subjectivities in everyday life

Tracing silences: towards an anthropology of the unspoken and unspeakable

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Workstation Design for Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratories

Abstract In a workstation laboratory design all of the experiments are carried out at the same time. At the beginning of the semester at least one workstation is set up for each experiment. One of the students is assigned Experiment 1, the next student is assigned Experiment 2 and so on. The following week each student moves to the next experiment in the sequence. Exercises which may require expensive equipment can be carried out on a rather limited budget as one needs only one or two set ups for each experiment. There are also additional savings as considerably less reserve and replacement glassware and equipment is needed

A conservative coupling algorithm between a compressible flow and a rigid body using an Embedded Boundary method

This paper deals with a new solid-fluid coupling algorithm between a rigid body and an unsteady compressible fluid flow, using an Embedded Boundary method. The coupling with a rigid body is a first step towards the coupling with a Discrete Element method. The flow is computed using a Finite Volume approach on a Cartesian grid. The expression of numerical fluxes does not affect the general coupling algorithm and we use a one-step high-order scheme proposed by Daru and Tenaud [Daru V,Tenaud C., J. Comput. Phys. 2004]. The Embedded Boundary method is used to integrate the presence of a solid boundary in the fluid. The coupling algorithm is totally explicit and ensures exact mass conservation and a balance of momentum and energy between the fluid and the solid. It is shown that the scheme preserves uniform movement of both fluid and solid and introduces no numerical boundary roughness. The effciency of the method is demonstrated on challenging one- and two-dimensional benchmarks

Social identity and relations : implications for home energy demand and the peak load reduction in the UK

This paper explores how social relations and social identities shape home energy management practices at individual and collective levels. While emerging research has signalled the importance of social relations in shaping energy demand, there have been no empirical accounts to date. In addition, there have been few theoretical advances in the study of interconnected phenomena involved between social context and energy demand and between scales of the home and neighbourhood, with a dominant focus placed on individual homes and descriptive approaches. Social identities and relations shape both individual and collective actions, decisions, and experiences. Identities manifest in diverse routines, habits, and daily rhythms in and beyond the home. A deeper understanding of the ways they manifest could have significant implications for developing electrification and distributed energy transitions and understanding residents' roles within future interventions in energy demand and use, adoption, and peak load reduction. The approach of this study draws on novel conceptual grounds combining social identity theory, social practice theory and rhythm analysis to examine the characterisation of social relations and identities, alongside household energy demand practices. The methods include ethno-visual surveys involving 617 participants and 11 interviews with residents living in the Glasgow and Bristol regions in the UK. The findings enable new understandings of how social relations and identities can shape energy demand practices and the socio-spatial and technical implications this has on future peak load reduction and smart grids. The implications of the findings are twofold. First, the study shows how focusing on social relations and identities can lead to new forms of interventions in smart grid and energy systems transitions and the roles energy customers, the community and neighbourhoods may play. Second, there are policy implications for the planning of future automated demand management, through new socio-spatial insights into how different social identities and relations can contribute to just transitions and equitable energy futures in the UK

Crowdfunding our health: economic risks and benefits

Crowdfunding is an expanding form of alternative financing that is gaining traction in the health sector. This article presents a typology for crowdfunded health projects and a review of the main economic benefits and risks of crowdfunding in the health market. We use evidence from a literature review, complimented by expert interviews, to extend the fundamental principles and established theories of crowdfunding to a health market context. Crowdfunded health projects can be classified into four types according to the venture's purpose and funding method. These are projects covering health expenses, fundraising health initiatives, supporting health research, or financing commercial health innovation. Crowdfunding could economically benefit the health sector by expanding market participation, drawing money and awareness to neglected health issues, improving access to funding, and fostering project accountability and social engagement. However, the economic risks of health-related crowdfunding include inefficient priority setting, heightened financial risk, inconsistent regulatory policies, intellectual property rights concerns, and fraud. Theorized crowdfunding behaviours such as signalling and herding can be observed in the market for health-related crowdfunding. Broader threats of market failure stemming from adverse selection and moral hazard also apply. Many of the discussed economic benefits and risks of crowdfunding health campaigns are shared more broadly with those of crowdfunding projects in other sectors. Where crowdfunding health care appears to diverge from theory is the negative externality inefficient priority setting may have towards achieving broader public health goals. Therefore, the market for crowdfunding health care must be economically stable, as well as designed to optimally and equitably improve public health

What's in a name:Are cultured red blood cells 'natural'?

The case of cultured red blood cells currently being grown in a laboratory for future use in human transfusion raises questions about the ontological status of such products of modern biotechnology. This paper presents results from a six-year ethnographic study involving interviews, focus groups and other forms of engagement with the scientific research team and other stakeholders, including public groups, which sought to understand respondents’ reactions to cultured red blood cells. These cells, derived from stem cell technology, have the potential to address the global shortage of donated blood. How these blood cells are situated within the spectrum of ‘natural’ to ‘synthetic’ will shape expectations and acceptance of this product, both within the scientific community and by wider publics: these blood cells are both novel and yet, at the same time, very familiar. Drawing on discussions related to classification and ‘anchoring’, we examine the contrasting discourses offered by our respondents on whether these blood cells are ‘natural’ or not and consider the impact that naming might have on both their future regulation and the eventual uptake of cultured red blood cells by society. [183 words]Output Status: Forthcoming/Available Onlin

Challenge clusters facing LCA in environmental decision-making—what we can learn from biofuels

Purpose Bioenergy is increasingly used to help meet greenhouse gas (GHG) and renewable energy targets. However, bioenergy’s sustainability has been questioned, resulting in increasing use of life cycle assessment (LCA). Bioenergy systems are global and complex, and market forces can result in significant changes, relevant to LCA and policy. The goal of this paper is to illustrate the complexities associated with LCA, with particular focus on bioenergy and associated policy development, so that its use can more effectively inform policymakers. Methods The review is based on the results from a series of workshops focused on bioenergy life cycle assessment. Expert submissions were compiled and categorized within the first two workshops. Over 100 issues emerged. Accounting for redundancies and close similarities in the list, this reduced to around 60 challenges, many of which are deeply interrelated. Some of these issues were then explored further at a policyfacing workshop in London, UK. The authors applied a rigorous approach to categorize the challenges identified to be at the intersection of biofuels/bioenergy LCA and policy. Results and discussion The credibility of LCA is core to its use in policy. Even LCAs that comply with ISO standards and policy and regulatory instruments leave a great deal of scope for interpretation and flexibility. Within the bioenergy sector, this has led to frustration and at times a lack of obvious direction. This paper identifies the main challenge clusters: overarching issues, application and practice and value and ethical judgments. Many of these are reflective of the transition from application of LCA to assess individual products or systems to the wider approach that is becoming more common. Uncertainty in impact assessment strongly influences planning and compliance due to challenges in assigning accountability, and communicating the inherent complexity and uncertainty within bioenergy is becoming of greater importance. Conclusions The emergence of LCA in bioenergy governance is particularly significant because other sectors are likely to transition to similar governance models. LCA is being stretched to accommodate complex and broad policy-relevant questions, seeking to incorporate externalities that have major implications for long-term sustainability. As policy increasingly relies on LCA, the strains placed on the methodology are becoming both clearer and impedimentary. The implications for energy policy, and in particular bioenergy, are large