Articulating the threatened suffragette body: suffragette embroidered cloths worked in Holloway Prison, 1911–1912

ABSTRACT

In public archives there are a number of hand-embroidered cloths worked by suffragettes incarcerated in Holloway Prison between 1911 and 1912. Denied political status, some of the embroiderers used the hunger strike as a political tool and were forcibly fed. In this paper the embroideries are reframed as material and discursive evidence of suffragette prison experiences. The material narratives of the embroidered cloths are traced, drawing on a dialogue between critical theory, material object enquiry, practice as research and the work of contemporary textile practitioners. Embroidering by suffragettes is explored as an embodied and situated ‘thread act’ that materialised the making of networks, the need for protection of the body and mind, the powers and dangers of boundary crossing, and proto-political thinking.     

Fluorescence of a Natural Fluorophore as a Key to Improve Fingerprint Contrast Image

The optical and morphological properties of resveratrol were investigated. This nontoxic fluorescent natural material, emitting in the visible blue light, was used as an optical marker, enabling the enhancement of the image contrast coming from relief pictures marked on challenging surfaces. By applying appropriated imaging softwares, this marker was verified to be very useful in the latent fingerprint recognition deposited on different wood surface types, mainly those with high level of roughness, where conventional forensic materials do not allow effective fingerprint image visualization.     

一本感人至深的书--读《钱学森的情感世界》

<钱学森的情感世界>是一本结构新颖、内涵丰厚、感人至深的传记性著作.这本书从骨肉亲情、崇高的民族感情、高尚真诚的师生战友情三个方面展现了著名科学家钱学森院士的感情世界,以丰富、翔实的资料和具体生动的记叙,再现了这位科学家90年生涯中的辉煌业绩和崇高的精神品格.这是一本值得向广大读者,特别是青年读者推荐的好书.     

精神世界结构探析

建设和丰富人们的精神世界是一项具有深远战略意义的任务和目标。精神世界是人所特有的一个极其复杂的世界,当然是由物质世界决定的,但作为一个相对独立的世界,有其特殊的规律和建设方式。对此,要加强研究和认识,分析精神世界结构,掌握其形成、发展变化的规律和特点。本文把人们的精神世界相对区分为三个层面,并对这三个层面的相互关系作了初步分析和探讨,指出了问题所在及寻找解决问题的思路和途径。     

世界五大文化圈的互动

把世界文化简单地分为东、西两大板块的观念应当改变 ,东、西文化并非从来就是两股道上跑的车。世界文化之源在东方 ,地中海是历史文化的漩涡 ,在此基础上 ,逐渐形成了五大文化圈 ,即佛教文化圈、汉字文化圈、基督教文化圈、伊斯兰教文化圈和游牧文化圈。五大文化圈处于互动关系 ,相互接触、碰撞、渗透、交叉 ,甚至挤压、重叠     

建设社会主义政治文明——从“两个文明”到“三个文明”的发展

论文回顾了社会主义政治文明提出的历程 ,阐述了物质文明、精神文明和政治文明的划分与社会实践领域的一一对应关系 ,说明了其三位一体的关系实质 ,最后 ,就对新时期如何建设有中国特色社会主义政治文明作出了初步的思考。     

理想图景与正义问题——《中国法学向何处去》读后

通过对中国法学自1978年以来26年间的这一个时代的批判,邓正来提出了一种以社会秩序的建构及其正当性为核心问题的中国法律哲学观,其任务是建构一种"中国法律理想图景".以"中国法学向何处去"为主题的系列论文,不仅强调了世界结构是这种法律哲学观的历史性条件,还隐含着建构"中国法律理想图景"必须考虑的三类正义问题.     

深刻理解和努力践行科学发展观的世界观和方法论

科学发展观的世界观和方法论,既与马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论和＂三个代表＂重要思想一脉相承,又赋予其新的时代内涵和实践经验,形成了内涵丰富、形式独特的当代马克思主义哲学命题,突出地表现为以人为本的核心理念、科学发展的根本路径、实现和谐的社会目标、系统辩证的思维方式、求真务实的科学精神,为我们在当代条件下运用科学发展观武装头脑、指导实践、推动工作提供了科学的马克思主义立场观点方法。     

Coping with an unjust fate: The case of structural unemployment

Becoming a victim of structural unemployment means suffering an unjust fate. The present research examines the cognitive reactions subjects use to protect their belief in a just world and the related effects on their actual well-being within a sample of unemployed blue-collar workers in East Germany (all female). Results showed that the belief in a just world was positively correlated with attributing one’s unemployment to one’s own behavior and negatively with asking “why me?”, but uncorrelated with subjects’ readiness to change into another profession in order to get employed. Just world belief and depression were negatively related for those who either avoided the “why me?” question or who found an answer to it; but just world belief and depression was positively related for those women ruminating about an unanswered “why me?”. Results are consistent with the idea that the belief in a just world plays a significant role in the unemployed person’s coping process.     

马克思主义与时俱进的最新成果 --学习江泽民"5·31"重要讲话

江泽民同志“5·31”重要讲话.充分阐释了“三个代表”重要思想的时代价值、科学内涵和实践意义,是马克思主义与时俱进的最新理论成果。讲话深刻揭示了时代性和实践性的统一是马克思主义与时俱进的基本要素,“三个代表”是全球化和市场化背景中发展着的马克思主义,更是我们党完成执政兴国两大历史性任务的根本要求。贯彻“三个代表”重要思想.必将加速当代中国的文明——物质文明、精神文明和政治文明——的有机联系、协调发展、整体推进的历史进步趋势。