71 research outputs found
Refusal â opening otherwise forms of research
An increasing interest towards researching other forms of knowledges is taking place, expanding the boundaries of knowledge to include forms that have been historically marginalised, negated, and neglected by the Western academy. Parallel to this, we have identified a rising critique of how voices marginalized by colonial modes of academic knowledge production are included, through a single-sided focus on pain and suffering (Tuck & Yang 2014). Yet there are less discussions around the process of research itself and what it entails. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to challenge the concept of âdiscoveryâ and the unproblematic and inherent right of knowing granted to the Western academy, to argue for a kind of research that refuses. Interrogating instances of refusal in different contexts of Indigenous sovereignty and migration studies, this collective work creates a dialogue across different disciplines and reveals that refusal turns the gaze at colonial modalities of knowing. The empirical analysis of our work also demonstrates that refusal is a generative process that redirects the attention to ideas otherwise unacknowledged, thus making space for relationality, reciprocity, solidarity, community, and care
Covid-19 pandemin, berÀttelser frÄn Socialhögskolan
En dag kommer Covid-19 pandemin att vara en del av vÄr historia, en del av vÄr individuella och kollektiva historia. Denna samhÀllskatastrof förÀndrade förutsÀttningarna för det sociala livet, dÀribland förutsÀttningarna för att bedriva undervisning pÄ universitetet. I denna text Àr det studenternas röster som kommer fram. SÄ som alla andra högskoleutbildningar övergick Socialhögskolan till digital undervisning pÄ distans i mars 2020. Inom de snÀva ramar som virtuell undervisning ger försöker vi skapa rum för diskussion om hur pandemin pÄverkar sÄvÀl vardag som samhÀllet i stort. Under hösten 2020, samtidigt som pandemins andra vÄg pÄgick i Sverige, fick studenterna i brevform reflektera över deras erfarenheter av pandemin. I breven vÀnde sig studenten till en förestÀlld eller verklig vÀn eller till en farmor eller annan familjemedlem. Vi fÄr ta del av deras familjeliv, den rÀdsla och ovisshet som prÀglar deras och andras vardag och deras kunskaper och strategier för att möta dessa svÄrigheter. Det nyanserade landskap som vi fÄr ta del av i texterna fÄngar olika teman. Texterna lyfter funderingar över hur samhÀllet organiseras, vilka prioriteringar som finns pÄ den politiska agendan, vilka grupper som drabbas, och vÀcker Àven funderingar om hur denna pandemi kommer att pÄverka framtiden. Trots texternas personliga karaktÀr framstÄr dessa texter som ett fotografi över samhÀllet under pandemin. Vi har lÀst genom ca 150 texter och gjort ett urval av 16 brev som fÄngar denna mÄngfald. FrÄn början var inte vÄrt syfte att ge ut en publikation utan att skapa utrymme för att reflektera hur pandemin pÄverkar studenterna. De texter vi fick lÀsa vittnar om en mÄngfald av erfarenheter och kunskaper som gÄr utöver vad en enskild individ erfar. De generella och specifika processer som fÄngades i dessa korta brev gav oss inblick i vilken rikedom finns i klassrummet. Och det Àr detta perspektiv pÄ lÀrande som ger utrymme för olika erfarenheter som vi vill lyfta fram med denna publikation. Studenternas erfarenheter och kunskaper som framkommer i dessa brev kan ses som en inblick i de möjligheter och resurser som finns i vÄra klassrum
Refusal â opening otherwise forms of research
An increasing interest towards researching other forms of knowledges is taking place, expanding the boundaries of knowledge to include forms that have been historically marginalised, negated, and neglected by the Western academy. Parallel to this, we have identified a rising critique of how voices marginalized by colonial modes of academic knowledge production are included, through a single-sided focus on pain and suffering (Tuck & Yang 2014). Yet there are less discussions around the process of research itself and what it entails. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to challenge the concept of âdiscoveryâ and the unproblematic and inherent right of knowing granted to the Western academy, to argue for a kind of research that refuses. Interrogating instances of refusal in different contexts of Indigenous sovereignty and migration studies, this collective work creates a dialogue across different disciplines and reveals that refusal turns the gaze at colonial modalities of knowing. The empirical analysis of our work also demonstrates that refusal is a generative process that redirects the attention to ideas otherwise unacknowledged, thus making space for relationality, reciprocity, solidarity, community, and care
Postural sway in volleyball players
The aim of this work was to analyze the postural sway of volleyball players in bipedal quiet stance. The center of pressure (CoP) was measured in 46 athletes and 42 non-athlete controls. Each subject was tested in 10 different conditions, 5 with their eyes open and 5 with their eyes closed. Volleyball players showed greater CoP ellipses, suggesting a different model of sensory integration in their postural stability. A multivariate approach to data analysis demonstrated that the postural sway of the two groups was different when the subjects kept their eyes open, but it was not with visual deprivation. This could partially be explained by the better âdynamic' visual acuity of athletes, since possible (âstatic') refractive errors were corrected for both groups. Furthermore, we expected that national players, engaged in more intensive training programs, were more different from controls than regional ones, and that defensive players, whose role requires the quickest reaction times, were more different from controls than hitters. Our results confirmed these hypothesis. The protocol presented might be useful to assess the efficacy of intensive sport training programs and/or to select elite players with an aptitude for a specific playing positio
No Reliable Association between Runs of Homozygosity and Schizophrenia in a Well-Powered Replication Study
It is well known that inbreeding increases the risk of recessive monogenic diseases, but it is less certain whether it contributes to the etiology of complex diseases such as schizophrenia. One way to estimate the effects of inbreeding is to examine the association between disease diagnosis and genome-wide autozygosity estimated using runs of homozygosity (ROH) in genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism arrays. Using data for schizophrenia from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (n = 21,868), Keller et al. (2012) estimated that the odds of developing schizophrenia increased by approximately 17% for every additional percent of the genome that is autozygous (ÎČ = 16.1, CI(ÎČ) = [6.93, 25.7], Z = 3.44, p = 0.0006). Here we describe replication results from 22 independent schizophrenia case-control datasets from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (n = 39,830). Using the same ROH calling thresholds and procedures as Keller et al. (2012), we were unable to replicate the significant association between ROH burden and schizophrenia in the independent PGC phase II data, although the effect was in the predicted direction, and the combined (original + replication) dataset yielded an attenuated but significant relationship between Froh and schizophrenia (ÎČ = 4.86,CI(ÎČ) = [0.90,8.83],Z = 2.40,p = 0.02). Since Keller et al. (2012), several studies reported inconsistent association of ROH burden with complex traits, particularly in case-control data. These conflicting results might suggest that the effects of autozygosity are confounded by various factors, such as socioeconomic status, education, urbanicity, and religiosity, which may be associated with both real inbreeding and the outcome measures of interest
Barnets bÀsta ur ett intersektionellt perspektiv - en jÀmförande studie av socialtjÀnstlagen och lagen om mottagande av asylsökande
Sammanfattning
I föreliggande undersökning granskas vilka likheter och skillnader som finns mellan hur socialtjÀnstlagen (SoL) och lagen om mottagande av asylsökande m.fl. (LMA) tar hÀnsyn till barnets bÀsta. Uppsatsen utgÄr frÄn ett feministiskt intersektionellt perspektiv vilket Àr av stor vikt för val av frÄgestÀllning, syfte och diskussion. Vidare har uppsatsen en jÀmförande karaktÀr genom att respektive lags förarbeten, lagtext och rÀttstillÀmpning sÀtts i relation till varandra. JÀmförelsen utgÄr frÄn tre kriterier; dagligt bidrag (försörjningsstöd), sÀrskilt bidrag (höjt försörjningsstöd) samt vilka skyldigheter som Àr förknippade med försörjningsstödet. Vidare görs Àven en mer övergripande jÀmförelse av respektive lags syfte, historia och grundlÀggande principer.
Undersökningen visar att barn som söker asyl inte tillförsÀkras en skÀlig levnadsstandard dÄ det i propositionen till LMA anses rimligt att ge mÀnniskor en lÀgre levnadsstandard Àn vad som enligt SoL tillkommer en person som Àr permanent boende i Sverige. En hypotetisk barnfamilj som söker asyl fÄr 7000 kronor mindre i mÄnanden Àn en hypotetisk familj som erhÄller bistÄnd frÄn socialtjÀnsten. Uppsatsen visar att de skillnader som finns i hur barnets bÀsta införlivats SoL och LMA leder till att barn som söker asyl diskrimineras.
Skillnaderna och likheterna mellan hur SoL och LMA beaktar barnets bÀsta analyseras utifrÄn det feministiska intersektionella perspektivet. Undersökningen synliggör att bÄde barn som fÄr bistÄnd enligt SoL och barn som söker asyl tillhör underordnade grupper i samhÀllet. Dock pÄvisar undersökningen att barn som söker asyl Àr utsatta för en formell diskriminering gentemot barn som fÄr bistÄnd enligt SoL. Detta innebÀr att den svenska lagstiftningen inte lever upp till principen om barns lika vÀrde, artikel 2 i FN:s barnkonvention. Slutsatsen blir sÄledes att ett litet steg mot ett mer likvÀrdigt samhÀlle vore att inkludera barn som söker asyl i SoL och pÄ sÄ sÀtt tillförsÀkra dem en skÀlig levnadsstandard.Abstract
The objective of this investigation is to review similarities and differences in how the best interest of the child is recognised in the Social Service Act (SocialtjÀnstlagen (SoL) and Refugee Protection Act (Lagen om mottagande av asylsökande m.fl. (LMA). The framework of the essay is based on a feministic intersectional perspective which is of significant importance to the questions at issue, objectives and discussions. In addition, the essay compares the legislative history, legal context and application of the respective law. This comparison is founded on three criteria, i.e. financial benefit (dagligt bidrag), special support (sÀrskilt bidrag) and the liabilities associated with such support. Finally, the essay compares the general objectives, history and fundamental principles of the aforementioned laws.
The result of the investigation indicates that children who apply for asylum are not guaranteed a reasonable standard of living as the bill relating to the Refugee Protection Act (LMA) suggests that it is acceptable for asylum seekers to have a lower standard of living than those who according to the Social Service Act (SoL) are permanent residents of Sweden. An imaginary asylum seeking family with children is given SEK 7,000 less a month than an imaginary family with children on financial benefit under the Social Service Act. The essay shows that the differences between the Social Service Act (SoL) and Refugee Protection Act (LMA) lead to discrimination of children seeking asylum.
The differences and similarities between the Social Service Act (SoL) and Refugee Protection Act (LMA) have been analysed from a feministic intersectional perspective. The result of the analysis indicate that children receiving financial benefit under the Social Service Act (SoL) and asylum seeking children originate from subordinate groups in the society. However, it is also evident from the investigation that asylum seeking children are formally discriminated in relation to children receiving financial benefit under the Social Service Act (SoL). As a result, the Swedish law does not comply with Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which specifies that there should be no discrimination between children on the basis of the status of their parents. In conclusion, a small step towards an equal society would be to include asylum seeking children in the Social Service Act (SoL) and thus, guarantee them a reasonable standard of living
Creating knowledge through community theatre : No Border Musical and the making of representations
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