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2. Una reflexión sobre la Democracia Monitorizada: potencialidades y límites
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Feenstra, Ramón A.
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Monitory democracy ,monitoring ,Democracia monitorizada ,new media galaxy ,sociedad civil ,Keane ,nueva galaxia mediática ,civil society ,monitorización - Abstract
This paper seeks to critically examine John Keane’s monitory democracy proposal. The concept of democracy has recently become an indisputable trending topic, not only in the 2.0 space, but in the public sphere as a whole. In a period marked by an increased distance between citizens and the political class, resulting from citizen mobilisation and a climate of uncertainty, monitory democracy is put forward as a concept that can explain some of the transformations that are currently taking place. These changes are linked to the new and expanding dynamics of citizens’ political monitoring, due in part to the possibilities opened up by the new media galaxy. Hence the importance of reflecting on the possibilities and limits of this new model of democracy, within the context of political theory’s attempts to address questions about the current or future state of democracy. El objetivo del presente artículo consiste en examinar la propuesta de democracia monitorizada presentada por John Keane. El concepto de democracia se ha convertido en un verdadero trending topic en el espacio 2.0. Pero también el conjunto de la esfera pública y de la teoría política se pregunta por su situación actual, sus problemas y su futuro. Debido al creciente distanciamiento de la ciudadanía y la clase política, a las movilizaciones ciudadanas y a la sensación de incertidumbre, la democracia monitorizada se presenta como un concepto capaz de explicar algunas de sus transformaciones más recientes. En concreto, como un concepto válido para contextualizar nuevas dinámicas de monitorización ciudadana que se expanden gracias, entre otros aspectos, a las posibilidades ofrecidas por la nueva galaxia mediática. Es por ello que resulta importante reflexionar sobre las posibilidades y límites de este nuevo modelo de democracia.
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- 2013
3. Potentially Traumatic Events and Posttraumatic Stress Among North Sea Divers
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Lie, Øivind Kjelbergvik and Sande, Helene Charlotte
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IES-R ,PTSD scale ,Diving ,Litigation ,MMPI-2 ,PTSD ,Posttraumatic stress ,Keane ,PTE - Abstract
North Sea divers have worked in a high-risk environment for 45 years. Little is known about the psychological consequences of deep sea diving. One third of the entire population of 375 male North Sea divers was thoroughly assessed as part of a health examination requested by the Norwegian government. As many as 96% had experienced at least one potentially traumatic event (PTE). The pressurized environment causes PTEs to be particularly dangerous, increasing likelihood of diagnostic criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to be fulfilled. High rates of possible PTSD were found; 48% - 70% measured with the symptom measure Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R), and 8% - 35% measured with the Keane PTSD scale, a part of the personality measure Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). This indicates that North Sea divers are at severe risk for PTSD, and that this is probably due to the conditions they work under. The related litigation and economic compensation arrangement spurred suspicion of malingering, but we found no differences in symptoms or personality in those tested before or after the compensation arrangement was established. More research on the mental health of active North Sea divers, as well as properties of the PTEs are of interest and can be useful in developing better safety interventions. Nordsjødykkerne har arbeidet i et risikofylt yrke i 45 år. Det finnes lite forskning på psykologiske konsekvenser av dykk på store dyp. En tredjedel av hele populasjonen på 375 mannlige nordsjødykkere ble grundig undersøkt som en del av en helseundersøkelse utført på oppdrag fra Helse og Sosialdepartementet. Hele 96% hadde opplevd minst en potensielt traumatisk hendelse (PTE). I et trykksatt miljø blir PTE-ene spesielt farlige, og øker slik sannsynligheten for at de diagnostiske kravene til Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) blir oppfylt. Det ble funnet høye andeler av mulig PTSD, med 48% - 70% målt med symptommålet Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R), og 8% - 35% målt med Keane PTSD skala, en del av personlighetsmålet Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 (MMPI-2). Dette tyder på at nordsjødykkere har høy risiko for PTSD og at dette sannsynligvis er grunnet arbeidsforholdene deres. Søksmålene og den økonomiske erstatningsordningen bidro til mistanke om overrapportering, men vi fant ingen forskjeller verken i symptomer eller personlighet på dykkerne testet før og etter at erstatningsordningen trådte i kraft. Det er ønskelig med mer forskning på den mentale helsen hos aktive nordsjødykkere, samt egenskaper ved PTE-ene. Dette kan være nyttig i utviklingen av nødvendige sikkerhetstiltak. PSYK300 PRPSYK
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- 2009
4. Molly Keane y Kate O'Brien: nación, clase y género
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González Molano, Yolanda, Usandizaga Sáinz, Aránzazu, and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filologia Anglesa i de Germanística
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Novela irlandesa XX ,Ciències Humanes ,Estudios de género ,Keane ,M/O'brien - Abstract
En esta tesis se estudia el tratamiento de la identidad en las novelas de Molly Keane (1904-1996) y Kate O'Brien (1897-1974), cuyas obras se publicaron con posterioridad a la proclamación del Irish Free State en 1922. Mediante un triple enfoque que analiza la interrelación de los aspectos de nacionalidad, clase y construcción genérica, se defiende que ambas autoras coinciden en la presentación de una identidad conflictiva y ambigua que debe conciliar la pertenencia a una clase privilegiada, ya sea la angloirlandesa protestante o la católica de clase media, con un sentimiento de subalternidad como mujeres, cuya identidad femenina responde a una construcción cultural acorde con los discursos de la época. El uso de un marco teórico que combina las ideas de Bajtín del cronotopo, la polifonía y el carnaval con los conceptos de feminidad acentuada y masculinidad hegemónica de los estudios de género (Connell y Rich principalmente) permite el análisis de los discursos de las novelas, caracterizados por un dialogismo débil en el que el que los discursos de género cobran predominancia frente a los de clase y nacionalidad. Tanto los primeros como estos últimos se apoyan en lo que Bajtín ha llamado carnaval, otorgando a lo marginal, lo grotesco, lo humorístico un valor de protesta cuyo alcance enriquece la representación de las construcciones genéricas pero que, sin embargo, estereotipa las relaciones entre clases y nacionalidades. En otras palabras, la protesta que realizan como mujeres se neutraliza por la aceptación y repetición de los mismos discursos de clase y nacionalidad que intentan cuestionar. Partiendo del contexto socio-histórico, la construcción del estado independiente irlandés, se estudian las contradicciones de la nueva Irlanda, cuyos discursos dominantes, (familismo, nacionalismo) se reflejan en un registro temático que arranca con la omnipresencia y opresión de la institución familiar para adentrarse en el mundo individual femenino. El cronotopo de la casa familiar revela los motivos literarios comunes en ambas autoras, la Big House y las grandes casas de los comerciantes católicos; permite el análisis de los géneros literarios utilizados novela familiar y generacional para expresar un punto de vista femenino que se resiste a encasillarse en estereotipos: predominancia del asunto amoroso, finales felices, matrimonios perfectos. Así mismo, el cronotopo desvela los discursos de clase y nacionalidad ocultos entre los hechos de los protagonistas, las acotaciones de los narradores y las intervenciones de aquellos que no forman parte de las clases dominantes. Los discursos de clase y nacionalidad también cobran importancia en la presentación de las diferentes feminidades y masculinidades que habitan las casas irlandesas y que responden a los discursos del good behaviour en las novelas de Keane y la pudeur et la politesse en las de O'Brien. Se constata que ambos son igualmente ejemplos de feminidad acentuada, construcción genérica que obedece a las necesidades políticas y culturales de la época, cuyos pilares son la aceptación de un ideal de belleza, la internalización de un falso romanticismo a través de la lectura y el ejercicio de la maternidad. Por su íntima relación con la feminidad, se analiza la masculinidad hegemónica a través de la preponderancia de lo público sobre lo privado, de la paternidad como medio de afirmación y de la violencia como ejemplo de la hipermasculinidad. Finalmente, se discuten las alternativas a estos discursos, denominadas sex and snobbery en Keane y protesting conscience en O'Brien. Frente al ideal de belleza, se intenta el juego de la mascarada y la ironía, así como el esbozo de una mirada lesbiana que cuestione el deseo heterosexual masculino. Frente al falso romanticismo, una educación que rechace el matrimonio. Frente al ideal masculino, se esbozan identidades homosexuales que cuestionan tanto la masculinidad hegemónica como el concepto de identidad., This thesis analyses identity in Molly Keane and Kate O'Brien's novels, which were published after the proclamation of the Irish Free State (1922). By using a perspective which encompasses three aspects nationality, class and gender it is argued that both writers depict a conflictive and ambiguous identity that cannot harmonise its privileged class features (Anglo-Irish or middle class) with its subaltern female nature, which agrees to the cultural construction of femininity imposed by the current ideological discourses. The theoretical framework that informs the thesis relies on Bakhtin's ideas on the chronotope, polyglossia/heteroglossia and carnival, as well as on the concepts of emphasised femininity and hegemonic masculinity developed in gender studies (Connell). The thesis makes the case for the existence of a weak dialogism in the novels, since gender discourses preclude class and nationality ones from surfacing. Class, nation and gender discourses are all couched in the scope of the carnival. This conveys the possibility to interrogate the cultural construction of identity by enhancing its grotesque, humorous and marginal representations. However, it is suggested that carnival favours the dismantling of gender identities but at the same time it may enable the stereotyping of nation and class identities. That is, O'Brien and Keane's protest against the cultural construction of gender is counteracted by the acceptance of the nation and class discourses they try to avoid. Departing from a socio-historical panorama of the independent Ireland, the thesis targets the relation between the dominant discourses and the main topics of the novels. The chronotope of the family house illustrates the predominance of literary motives: the house (the Big House and the catholic middle class house); it also discloses a feminine perspective which inverts the rules of the so-called feminine literary genres by rejecting happy endings, the prominence of love and perfect marriages. At the same time, the chronotope exposes nationality and class discourses concealed in the narrator's comments and the acts performed by both the privileged and unprivileged characters. Class and nationality discourses are also part and parcel of the depiction of the masculinities and femininities in the house. Femininities respond to the discourses of good behaviour and la pudeur et la politesse, in Keane's and O'Brien's novels respectively, which are an examples of emphasised femininity. This is a cultural construction of femininity based on the acceptance of a beauty ideal, the reproduction of mothering and internalisation of romance through reading. Similarly, hegemonic masculinity is defined on terms of its public, rather than private, scope, its fathering role and its violence, especially when masculinity becomes hypermasculinity. Alternatives to emphasised femininity and hegemonic masculinities are also explored by decoding the discourses of sex and snobbery in Keane's works and protesting conscience in O'Brien's. These attempt to question the ideal of beauty by emphasising the performance of the female masquerade and its ironic and grotesque effects. They also account for a female gaze which does not correspond to male desire, as well as vindicate the need to educate women instead of preparing them for marriage. An appraisal of hegemonic masculinity is also traced by depicting homosexual masculine identities which do not only confront hegemonic masculinity but also blur the very concept of identity.
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- 2004
5. Keane singer resurfaces.
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Aidin Vaziri
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Tom Chaplin's life spun out of control after Keane split up four years ago. Having battled addictions to alcohol and drugs throughout the British pop trio's career - which yielded hits like "Somewhere Only We Know" and "Everybody's Changing" before coming to a halt in 2013 - the 37-year-old singer remembers one four-day cocaine bender where he was certain his heart was going to give out. Afraid he would lose his wife, daughter and career, Chaplin once again checked himself into rehab last year - and this time he promises it's for real. Now he's back on the road with his first solo album, "The Wave," and spoke to us from his home in London. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
6. THE REAL STORY OF "BIG EYES".
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ROBACH, AMY
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AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Well, it is one of the biggest art frauds ever. Those '60s paintings of children with the big, big eyes. They were everywhere, only they weren't painted by the man who claimed to paint them. And now Amy Adams is up for a Golden Globe in "Big Eyes," playing the person who actually did, his wife. The woman artist now having a second brush with greatness. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
7. AMY ADAMS.
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ROBACH, AMY
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AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Five-time academy award nominee Amy Adams has recently been nominated for a Golden Globe for her portrayal of artist Margaret Keane in the movie "Big Eyes." The film, based on true events, tells the gripping story of one of the biggest deceptions in artistic history and the shocking secret of the Keane empire. Take a look. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
8. Tony Hadley, 'The Christmas Album'.
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Aidin Vaziri
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RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
9. REVELATIONS.
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MARTIN, RACHEL
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DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Major battles among senior Bush administration officials, a spying program aimed at the Iraqi president. Those are some of the revelations in a new book coming out tomorrow from investigative reporter Bob Woodward, his fourth and final look at the Bush administration at war. ABC's Rachel Martin has the story. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2008
10. THE NEWS YOU MISSED.
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WEIR, BILL
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BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Well, police in Northwestern England arrested 24-year-old Emma Thompson this week after she allegedly packed all of her fiancé's belongings into his van and drove it into the harbor. No word on whether they're going ahead with the wedding. Here is the rest of 'The News You Missed." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2007
11. CD REVIEWS: KEANE - Rock.
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Aidin Vaziri
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RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2008
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