Appropriation, translation and transformation of institutionalised development discourses: the case of faith-based organisations doing development work in the Philippines

This study looks into the experiences of five Evangelical faith-based organisations which are doing development work in Metro Manila, Philippines. Using an analytical framework informed by discourse theory and institutionalism, this study provides a description on each of four dimensions of the development work of FBOs: the first dimension is practices/actions, which relates to the program activities of FBOs; the second is community/actor, which refers to the actor’s network and his or her role in translating or transforming institutionalised discourses (e.g. models) that are put into practice/action; the third is discourse, which identifies teachings or ideas that may frame the understanding of actors; and the fourth is institutions, which identifies models and innovations adopted by actors. This study also explains how and why actors appropriate or contest, and translate or transform development models or innovations that they encounter through their interactions with other actors

A six-part collisional model of the main asteroid belt

In this work, we construct a new model for the collisional evolution of the main asteroid belt. Our goals are to test the scaling law of Benz and Asphaug (1999) and ascertain if it can be used for the whole belt. We want to find initial size-frequency distributions (SFDs) for the considered six parts of the belt (inner, middle, 'pristine', outer, Cybele zone, high-inclination region) and to verify if the number of synthetic asteroid families created during the simulation matches the number of observed families as well. We used new observational data from the WISE satellite (Masiero et al., 2011) to construct the observed SFDs. We simulate mutual collisions of asteroids with a modified version of the Boulder code (Morbidelli et al., 2009), where the results of hydrodynamic (SPH) simulations of Durda et al. (2007) and Benavidez et al. (2012) are included. Because material characteristics can significantly affect breakups, we created two models - for monolithic asteroids and for rubble-piles. To explain the observed SFDs in the size range D = 1 to 10 km we have to also account for dynamical depletion due to the Yarkovsky effect. The assumption of (purely) rubble-pile asteroids leads to a significantly worse fit to the observed data, so that we can conclude that majority of main-belt asteroids are rather monolithic. Our work may also serve as a motivation for further SPH simulations of disruptions of smaller targets (with a parent body size of the order of 1 km).Comment: Accepted for publication in Icaru

Defending the Heart of Aztlan

Located just south of Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, the historic community of Barelas is a revered place of culture, tradition, and identity, described as a one-of-a-kind Heart of Aztlan, by authors like Rodolfo Anaya. Throughout its history, the neighborhood has undergone significant periods of development, investment, disinvestment, distress, revitalization, strengthening and uncertainty. Though one of Albuquerques poorest neighborhoods in average income, Baraleños love the neighborhood\u27s many long-time families, vibrant cultural festivities like the Christmas Posadas, and places of the heart. Those places include the Barelas Community Center with its murals, the Barelas Senior Center and its weekly dances, 4th Street and its many small local businesses, the Barelas Coffee House as a regional attraction, Sacred Heart Church and its annual fiestas, the formerly vacant and now revived Coronado Elementary, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center with its aim of celebrating and preserving the area\u27s culture. The neighborhood has a long history of community activism and many of the positive results of that mobilization remain today. The development of the Barelas Community Center, for example, resulted from organizing among Barelas residents, the League of United Latin American Citizens and the National Youth Administration Center during the 1940s. Many streetscape improvements and business façade improvements were made possible by local business organizations during the 1990s. During the first decade of the millennium, the neighborhood has also played successful defense against blights on the neighborhood, including a fight to close the former A&P Bar on 3rd Street and an effort to prevent the gas station at 8th and Avenida Cesar Chavez from expanding its liquor sales. In 2010, the neighborhood successfully achieved the removal of a long-abandoned and dilapidated apartment complex at 7th and Iron that had served as a magnet for criminal activity and a nuisance for surrounding neighbors (Rodriguez, 2010). The property is now being developed as a site of permanently affordable housing with the Sawmill Community Land Trust. However, today and in light of many aligning external pressures, the community stands at a crossroads. \u27Gentrification,\u27 has begun to become visible in the neighborhood and this paper will provide insight on how that trend is occurring. Barelas neighbors are working hard to defend the neighborhood\u27s extraordinary sense of place and desirability for long-time Barelas families. This paper will both highlight those efforts and provide technical support to the neighborhood\u27s strategies. To better understand gentrification and to identify how its dynamics are impacting Barelas, I begin with a study of peer-reviewed literature on the topic to provide a definition of the gentrification trend. I then examine several case studies of communities in other cities said to be \u27gentrified,\u27 followed by an assessment of how economic indicators have changed in Barelas over recent years. With mostly anecdotal information suggesting gentrification is happening in Barelas, this paper provides data to verify whether those suggestions are accurate. With neighborhood activists striving to prepare the neighborhood for significant changes to come, it also provides recommendations for how they can most effectively address the consequences tied to the trend of gentrification. The paper provides two matrices to help with this understanding. One identifies the symptoms of gentrification in the neighborhood according to traits identified by literature and data in Barelas from the United States Census Bureau and other research. The other provides a template Kellogg Logic Model which, given the Kellogg Foundation\u27s significant support of Barelas\u27 community organizations, provides neighborhood leaders with one methodology in which to measure, evaluate and fortify their hard work to defend the Heart of Aztlan

Funciones de la metáfora en la formulación de la metapsicología freudiana

La metapsicología freudiana comprende un conjunto de modelos conceptuales, entre estos la "ficción" de un "aparato psíquico" dividido en subestructuras y sus dimensiones tópica, dinámica, económica. Freud la definió como la tentativa científica de rectificar las "construcciones metafísicas" que constituían proyecciones hacia fuerzas exteriores, como realidad suprasensible, de aquello que es propio del inconsciente. Assoun destaca que la metapsicología como "descripción" es fundamentalmente "puesta en forma" (gestaltung) en sus tres dimensiones, ese anteojo que permite encuadrar, dar relieve a elementos en desplazamiento constante, en las condiciones de posibilidad de la subjetividad reside la "objetividad inconsciente", el sentido epistemológico, rastrear la huella del sujeto en el objeto

Cuerpo y Práctica : Abordaje de sus relaciones desde el Basquetbol como Practica Corporal

Conceptualizar el Basquetbol como una práctica corporal, entendiendo estas como formas de hacer, decir y pensar que tienen por objeto las acciones del cuerpo no equivale a actividades físicas o movimiento humano, sino que indica las prácticas históricas, por ende políticas, que toman por objeto al cuerpo. No significa que desestime los efectos que las distintas prácticas corporales tienen sobre el organismo, sino que en lugar de configurarse a partir de éstos los subordina a los requisitos de los usos del cuerpo que define como su objeto. Analizar el Basquetbol y su transmisión como una práctica en su sentido más foucaultiano nos permite pensar una alternativa para su abordaje, problematizando así su concepción tradicional, la cual está apoyada sobre una idea de aprendizaje motor en la que subyace una concepción de individuo/cuerpo orgánico, producto de un proceso biopolítica que construye la figura de un sujeto universal. La lógica de la práctica en cuestión es aquella que orienta su análisis y su transmisión a partir de una universalización del contenido, en tanto parte de una racionalidad que no piensa un sujeto practicante, sino un sujeto practicado que construye un cuerpo como materialización de un discurso a partir de la prácticaFil: Benavidez, Ariel Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina

Expanding the predictor and criterion space to reduce adverse impact in a public sector environment.

This study is an attempt to reduce sub-group differences, while maintaining validity, by using alternative selection devices commonly seen in the public sector and expanding the criterion space by incorporating service-oriented behaviors. Participants were correctional security officers hired between 1999 and 2000 in a Midwestern state. Logistic regression results indicated that it is possible to significantly reduce sub-group differences and have greater validity for a composite of alternative predictors (i.e., Job Knowledge, Interpersonal Skills, Training and Experience) than a composite made up of specific job-related cognitive skills (i.e., Basic Math, Reading Comprehension, Attention to Detail, Memory Recall, Logic, Best English Usage, and Report Writing). Overall, this study provides encouraging results and information for selection system decision-makers in the public sector