Border control and blurred responsibilities at the airport

Based on fieldwork with the border police unit in Copenhagen Airport, the chapter describes the blurs that arise when, for one, facial recognition technology takes over the work of sorting travelers and, secondly, individual officers decide whom to inspect during random checks on intra-European flights. In both cases, the chapter argues, the processes of decision-making and the allocation of responsibilities for border security are blurred and rendered uncontrollable by delocalizing and individuating the border, respectively into the machine and into the individual border guard

Radiocarbon Dating Caribou Antler and Bone : Are They Different?

Old archaeological radiocarbon dating lore has it that caribou antler and bone give different dating results, and that for some fundamental reason antler is unreliable as a dating material. We tested this idea by measuring radiocarbon concentrations in the bone and antler of two caribou (one recent, one ancient) for which the antler was still attached to the cranium. No significant differences were found. Thus, it seems that this old myth is groundless.Selon de vieux dires, la radiodatation archéologique des bois et des os du renne donnerait des résultats différents et, pour une raison fondamentale, les bois ne représenteraient pas un matériau fiable pour la radiodatation. On a testé cette idée en mesurant les concentrations de radiocarbone dans les os et les bois de deux rennes (l'un mort récemment, l'autre il y a longtemps), où les bois étaient encore rattachés au crâne. On n'a pas trouvé de différence notable, ce qui semblerait signifier que l'ancien mythe est sans fondement

Forførelsens element. Når vi ser etnografiske film

Nar en rulle celloluid med kemiske monstre og et magnetisk band med polariserede atomer sattes i en filmprojektor, sa fremstar der pa larredet og i rummet et spil af former, farver, kontraster og lyde, som barer en vis lighed med den fysiske verden. Disse sensoriske indtryk registreres af vores ojne og orer, og stimulerer nerveimpulser til hjernen. Impulserne ordnes til monstre, som behaftes med mening ved at de sammenholdes med kulturelt bestemte meningskoder, som vi hver isar rader over og genkender i de nye informationer. Sadan kunne man kort resumere perceptionsprocessen hos en biografganger. Hvis man havder, at i vores dagligdags perception af den fysiske verden, er det, vi ser, ikke er verden selv, men et kulturelt kodificeret billede af den, sa er der egentlig ikke nogen stor perceptiv forskel pa at se den fysiske verden og dens filmiske reprasentation. Nar man sa tilfojer, at det, antropologer gor, nar de indvinder viden, netop er at opleve, at se og lytte til den fysiske verden omkring dem - i overensstemmelse med en positivistisk ide om, at hvis man ser/horer noget, sa eksisterer det - sa forstar man, at de kan have en noget ambivalent holdning til filmmediet. Pa den ene side forekommer film lige sa lydligt og visuelt virkelige som den fysiske verden de reprasenterer, og pa den anden side er de kun reprasentationer af den. &nbsp

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Indirect Self-Harm Among Danish High School Students

Background: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and indirect self-harm are prevalent among adolescents, but it is rare to see them described as related topics.Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is a correlation between the frequencies of NSSI and indirect self-harm (e.g., eating problems, alcohol and drug use) and how this may be influenced by gender.Method: Questionnaires about NSSI (e.g., cutting, burning, scratching, hitting oneself) and indirect self-harm were distri­buted to high school students in theCopenhagen area (N = 5650; response rate 53%; females 60.8%).Results: A total of 21.5% of the survey respondents had engaged in NSSI (lifetime prevalence), and 16.2% had practiced NSSI within the previous year. Gender differences in NSSI methods were identified. A total of 53.9% of the students had engaged in one or more types of indirect self-harm. The correlation between NSSI and indirect self-harm is twice as high for males (0.44; P < .001) as compared with females (0.20; P < .001).Conclusions: Clinicians must be aware of both NSSI and indirect self-harm. A positive correlation is seen, especially among young males. Males often perform other kinds of NSSI as compared with females, and clinicians must look for gender-specific signs of NSSI. It is argued that NSSI can be perceived as a “social pathology,” but it is also indicated that NSSI and indirect self-harm can be evaluated as an expression of ordinary behavior among modern high school students that must not be medicalized

AT SKÆRE SMERTEN BORT - om cutting som drug

I de senere år er forekomsten af selvmutilerende adfærd og særligt cutting – det at skære sig selv med barberblad, kniv, glasskår eller lignende – steget meget. Specielt blandt yngre kvinder ses en udvikling, der starter med en impulsiv selvmutilerende handling, der gentages, og efterhånden bliver cutting den anvendte metode til at dulme en indre smerte. Nogle patienter udvikler en massiv afhængighed med craving, toleranceøgning, abstinenssymptomer ved hurtig seponering, samt recidivrisiko i et forløb, der ligner afhængighedssyndromer, som vi kender fra alkohol- og medicinmisbrug. Artiklen beskriver indledningsvis selvmutilerende adfærd som kulturel praksis og som psykopatologisk fænomen. Herefter gennemgås prevalensundersøgelser, og derefter undersøges den psykiske funktion af cutting. Endelig slutter artiklen med en gennemgang af henholdsvis psykologiske og biologiske teorier om udvikling af cutting-afhængighed

SEKSUEL ACTING OUT HOS PROFESSIONELLE BEHANDLERE: om seksuelle forhold i det terapeutiske rum.

In the past 20 years a great tabu has been broken: sexual relationships among patients and the helping professionals. In the history of psychoanalysis we find a lot of examples of sexual relating in the therapeutic setting. Psychoanalysis has a tradition of reflecting upon the relationship between patient and therapist, and this might be the reason that sex in the analytic setting has been discussed so openly. In traditional medicin sex among doctors and patients has probably occured frequently, but has not been discussed. Surveys show that up to 10% of doctors have had sexual relationships with patients. In this article the reactions of the patients are discussed. The symptoms are much like PTSD-symptoms: ambivalence, guilt, lability ofmood, shame, flashbacks, sexual dysfunctions, inability to trust, anxiety and anger. The psychodynamics of the offending therapist are discussed. Often sex in the therapeutic setting is an acting out of narcissistic and oedipal conflicts. Finally the princip les of treatment are outlined.I de sidste 20 år han man fået indblik i endnu et tabu område: seksuelle forhold mellem patienter og deres behandlere. I psykoanalysens historie har dette tidligere været tematiseret – der er her tradition for at reflektere over overførings-/modoverføringsrelationen. Undersøgelser viser, at op imod 10% af professionelle hjælpere har haft seksuelle kontakter til deres patienter/klienter. I artiklen beskrives patienternes reaktioner, der kan ligne PTSD- eller borderlinesymptomer: ambivalens, svingende selvfølelse, skyld, skam, letvakt vrede og angst, seksuelle problemer samt vanskeligheder i interpersonelle relationer. Dynamikken hos behandleren, der foretager den seksuelle grænseoverskridelse gennemgås. Der ses ofte acting out af narcissistiske og ødipale konflikter. Endelig gennemgår artiklen en række centrale temaer i den psykoterapeutiske behandling af patienter; der har været involveret i seksuelle forhold til tidligere behandlere