‘Feel what I feel’: making da(r)ta with teen girls for creative activisms on how sexual violence matters

Abstract

Inspired by feminist new materialist and posthuman activist philosophy, this paper speculates on what happens when data entangles with arts-based methodologies in a school-based participatory activist project with six teen girls (age 15) on gender-based and sexual violence. Mapping the journey of how data become da(r)ta and how da(r)ta become d/artaphacts, the paper follows how the Runway of Disrespect, the Shame Chain, the Ruler-Skirt and the Tagged Heart ripple through peer cultures, school assemblies and national policy landscapes. Each journey provides a small glimpse into how bodies, space, objects, affects and discourse ‘intra-act’ in dynamic assemblages to produce d/artaphacts crafted from and carrying experience. The paper concludes to consider the ethical-political affordances of how participatory arts-based methodologies and the im/personal vitality of objects might support young people to safely and creatively communicate and potentially transform oppressive sexual cultures and practices.     

The Self-salvation of Capitalist Society——Giddens' Criticism of Historical Materialism and the Third Way

Giddens fully absorbs the Marx's capitalism critical theory of capital criticism as the core by including Marx in historical framework of late modernity. Based on fracture of modernity, Giddens criticizes historical materialism and develops structural theory of understanding of the developed capitalist society. Thereby, Giddens shows the current status of modernity: pluralistic structure and high risk of society dominated by the forces of globalization. According to the principle, Giddens proposes “the third way” as self-salvation of capitalist society: adhere to the ideals of socialism, beyond the traditional opposition of government and market, making full use of the balance between state and market to build a society of positive welfare. Laying aside political label of “the third way”, the exploration of the balance between government and market is of great practical significance for China to promote the balance between government and market, and to manage the challenge of globalization. However, the position of Postmodernism indicates that Giddens criticism of Marx's historical materialism is a failure undoubtedly.     

Hitler's Shadow: Historical Analogies and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait

Leaders often turn to history for guidance. Margaret Thatcher and George Bush were no exception when they responded to Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Bush and Thatcher used analogies to the 1930s, the Vietnam War and the Falklands War to frame the crisis, which significantly influenced their policies. They argued that Saddam Hussein was another Adolf Hitler and were determined not to repeat the mistakes of the Western response to the Axis in the 1930s or of the Vietnam War. There would be no 1930s-style appeasement of Iraq, and no slow escalation as had occurred in Vietnam. The prompt use of overwhelming force in the Gulf would succeed, Bush and Thatcher believed, just as the use of force had succeeded in the Falklands crisis, and just as such a policy, they believed, would have deterred the Axis in the early 1930s.     

实践科学发展观的唯物史观解析——以辽宁特色为例

科学发展观是发展中国特色社会主义的重要战略思想,辽宁在贯彻落实科学发展观的过程中结合历史和现实状况。以唯物史观基本原理为指导,形成了具有辽宁特色的科学发展之路,根据人的历史主体地位原理,以民生为突破口,深入贯彻以人为本理念;运用生产力和生产关系的基本原理,保增长促发展,实现辽宁全面振兴发展;运用矛盾普遍联系的基本原理,解难题促和谐,实现辽宁协调发展;运用人与自然辩证统一的原理,环保攻坚惠民,实现辽宁可持续发展;运用唯物主义系统方法论,坚持统筹兼顾。     

“读懂”马克思——“五种‘社会形态”’说对马克思“社会”、“经济的社会形态”和“社会形态”范畴的混淆

所谓“五种‘社会形态”’的“社会形态”,混淆马克思原著文本新唯物主义史观人类社会历史发展“社会”、“经济的社会形态”“社会形态”不同范畴的原意;是对马克思“社会”、“经济的社会形态”和“社会形态”三范畴与生产力原理不同关系混同。     

《清帝逊位诏书》的“中国观”探析

《清帝逊位诏书》的颁布虽意味着清朝统治的终结,但其中“仍合满、汉、蒙、回、藏五族完全领土为一大中华民国”一句所表述的“中国观”,不但继承了《大义觉迷录》的“中国”认同与“民族”认同,而且在维护清朝领土完整的同时,更从法理层面赋予了“中华民国”承继这一领土的合法性。这对此后中国人的“中国认同”以及“中华民族”认识产生了重要影响。唯此,所有中国版图内的人民对于自身“中国人”的定位,开始成为无须赘言的自明前提,《清帝逊位诏书》的重要历史意义由此凸显。     

Historischer Institutionalismus und Vergleichende Föderalismusforschung: Fragestellungen und Analyseperspektiven

Abstract: Abgesehen von wenigen Ausnahmen sind neuere theoretische Entwicklungen im Historischen Institutionalismus bislang kaum von der vergleichenden Föderalismusforschung aufgenommen worden. Der Beitrag diskutiert deshalb die Möglichkeiten, die eine historisch‐institutionalistische Perspektive für die Bearbeitung von zwei zentralen Fragestellungen der vergleichenden Föderalismusforschung bietet: die Frage nach den Entstehungsbedingungen föderativer Systeme sowie die nach deren Entwicklungsdynamik. Für alle zwei Fragestellungen, so die Grundüberlegung des Artikels, hält der Historische Institutionalismus gewinnbringende Analyseinstrumente bereit, die dazu beitragen können, zwischen den weitgehend isolierten Theoriesträngen der Föderalismusforschung zu vermitteln.     

法官阐明立法规定之历史沿革及启示--以德国、美国为中心的考察

法官阐明作为市场经济条件下民事诉讼的重要法律制度有其产生、发展和变化的过程。本文对以德、美为代表的世界两大法系主要国家有关法官阐明立法规定之历史沿革作了回顾性的论述 ,尤其把法官阐明理论引向普通法系国家找出与之对应的规定是富有价值的 ,改变了过去一些人关于法官阐明理论和实践仅仅属于大陆法系国家独有现象的传统认识。并在此基础上 ,分析提出了法官阐明基本内涵、理论基础及其变化等 ,启示并建议我们在构建这项制度时 ,应以当事人自主和法官职权之间的关系为核心 ,既要借鉴其基本内涵 ,又不必拘泥于它的原来模样 ,使其符合中国国情。