Power

List of publications

by Ulrike Hoeppner

This is a list of my publications as of May 2012.

A Matriz do Poder. Uma visão analítica da Globalização e da Anti-Globalização no Mundo Contemporâneo

by Sandra Rodrigues Balão

Published by MGI Ed.

Empowerment and Resistance Strategies of Working Women in Turkey

by sule toktas

Molteplicità di sensi nell'uso del colore nero: alcune ipotesi in margine ad un passo di al-Jahshiyārī

by Maria Giovanna Stasolla

Youth sense of community: Voice and power in community contexts

by Scotney Evans

Published 2007 in Journal of Community Psychology, 35 (6), 693-709

Sense of Community theory suggests that people feel more attracted to groups and settings in which they feel... more Sense of Community theory suggests that people feel more attracted to groups and settings in which they feel influential or powerful. Unfortunately, young people have no voice or influence in many of the contexts in which they find themselves. Furthermore, teenagers are often unequipped and undersupported to participate fully and feel like they are making meaningful contributions to society. This is especially the case for young people who are disadvantaged or members of a minority groups. A two-part study was undertaken to explore sense of community in adolescents. The first phase utilized existing tools to measure adolescent sense of community in school, neighborhood, and city contexts. The second phase of the study relied on in-depth interviews with teenagers to better understand how they construct their sense of community. This article reports findings from the second phase and looks closely at the sense of community domain of “influence” as it applies to adolescents. Interviews with young people suggest that they feel a stronger self-described sense of community in contexts where they experience voice and resonance, some power and influence, and adequate adult support and challenge.

A fórmula do poder: élite, partidos, democracia e corrupção política no pensamento de Moisei Ostrogorski

by Sandra Rodrigues Balão

ALFARERÍA, TEXTILES, Y LA INTEGRACIÓN DEL NORTE GRANDE DE CHILE A TIWANAKU

by Carolina Aguero

Mauricio Uribe & Carolina Agüero

2001. In Huari y Tiwanaku: Modelos vs. Evidencias (Segunda parte) Peter Kaulicke y William H. Isbell (Eds.). Boletín de Arqueología PUCP 5: 397-426, Lima, Perú.

En este trabajo exploramos la iconografía del poder en Tiwanaku y su rol en la integración de zonas de frontera del... more En este trabajo exploramos la iconografía del poder en Tiwanaku y su rol en la integración de zonas de frontera del área centro-sur andina, como lo son el valle de Azapa y San Pedro de Atacama, en el norte de Chile. Se asume que en el proceso expansivo de Tiwanaku, las sanciones que apoyaron la jerarquía central y las estrategias empleadas para integrar las zonas periféricas y ultraperiféricas al centro fueron de naturaleza ideológica y política, lo que se manifestaría materialmente en la iconografía que reproduce las imágenes de la litoescultura del lago, y que se distribuyó en objetos portátiles que integraron o generaron su esfera de interacción. Esta idea motivó la revisión de colecciones arqueológicas de las zonas nucleares y marginales de la esfera de influencia Tiwanaku, comprendidas entre el extremo sur del Perú, centro-sur de Bolivia, y norte de Chile. Aquí, en particular, nos referiremos a los textiles y a la alfarería del valle de Azapa y de San Pedro de Atacama, para a través de las relaciones iconográficas y artefactuales, intentar determinar el grado de integración centro-periferia, ya sea en términos hegemónicos o territoriales.

Hanging out with "Trouble-Causers": Planning and Governance in Urban Zimbabwe

by Amin Y. Kamete

Published in Urban Studies

Taking the relational nature of participatory governance as a point of departure, this paper interrogates the... more Taking the relational nature of participatory governance as a point of departure, this paper interrogates the attitude, behaviour and thinking of planners in urban Zimbabwe. Particular emphasis is placed on the planners' interaction with the public. The discussion analyses one city's planning system as it implements an ambitious “governance outreach programme” which involves interacting with youths who are using public space illegally. The central argument of the paper is that it is difficult to operationalise participatory governance in planning mainly because the relational nature of governance requires planners to act in ways that conflict with their preferred role as technical experts. The discussion exposes how pointless it can be for bureaucrats to interact with the public, when the participants' attitude, means, behaviour and style express no confidence in the institutional framework. The paper suggests that the transformation from government to governance is not merely procedural, and requires a deep cultural change on the part of planners.

Электронные ресурсы по проблемам детей с ограниченными возможностями (Electronic resources on issues of children with limited abilities)

by Ekaterina (Katya) Pechenkina

'Electronic resources on issues of children with limited abilities' published in the collection of articles presented during the conference 'Gender, Power, Culture: Socio-Anthropological approach', Saratov State Technical University, 2000. ISBN: 5-7433-0793-6

The advocacy of educators: Perspectives from early childhood

by Zinnia Mevawalla

Mevawalla, Z., & Hadley, F. (2012). The advocacy of educators: Perspectives from early childhood. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 37(1), 74-80.

This article investigates early childhood educators’ perceptions of advocacy in raising the professional status with... more This article investigates early childhood educators’ perceptions of advocacy in raising the professional status with multiple stakeholders in diverse contexts. The article reports on findings from a phenomenological study investigating the perceptions of 12 educators working full time in long-day-care settings across Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Findings revealed that participants were ambivalent towards power, as they perceived themselves to be influential within internal workplace settings yet felt raising the professional status to be the responsibility of senior stakeholders in wider socio-political contexts. Recommendations for the prospective utilisation of advocacy, and implications for supplementary research are relayed.

Gravity and Power

by Carolyn Dougherty

given at the BSHS Postgraduate Conference at Warwick, January 2012

In his Principia Mathematica Isaac Newton described a force he labelled 'gravity', the magnitude of which depended on... more In his Principia Mathematica Isaac Newton described a force he labelled 'gravity', the magnitude of which depended on the masses of the objects involved and the distance between them. Although they were able to precisely calculate its effects, neither Newton nor later physicists proposed any explanation for such 'influence at a distance'. Newton's conception of gravity remained virtually unchanged until the early 20th century, when Albert Einstein developed new understanding of it as the observed effects of a space-time matrix shaped by the masses within it.

The 17th century idea of gravity resembles the traditional description of political power, in that power resides within entities, only the strongest of these entities exert measurable power, and the magnitude of power exerted depends on the size or strength of the entities involved and the distance (physical or social) between them. A generation after Einstein, philosophers began to redefine our understanding of power, from a property that entities possess to a matrix of influence within which multiple stakeholders act.

This paper describes this change in the understanding of gravity, compares it with changes in ideas about power, and sets the interaction between these concepts within the broader context of the interaction between prevailing scientific and cultural ideas in the 20th century.

El poder desnudo ENDI 09-may-26

by Erika Fontanez-Torres

Liminality as Linguistic Process. Immigrant Youths and Experiences of Language in Germany and the United States

by Julia Eksner

(2005). Co-authored with Marjorie F. Orellana, . In J. Knoerre (Ed.), Childhood and Migration (pp. 175-206)

The Talk Goes outside: Argument, Privacy and Power in Mambila Society towards a Sociology of Embedded Praxis

by David Zeitlyn

Modeling of Cantilever Based Power Harvester as an Innovative Power Source for RFID Tag

by umesh akare

Media, technology, and anthropology: An Interview with Adam Fish

by Adam Fish

Earlier this month I had the chance to do a short interview with Adam Fish.  Adam is an anthropologist and... more Earlier this month I had the chance to do a short interview with Adam Fish.  Adam is an anthropologist and filmmaker based in Southern California.  He runs the site Media Cultures, and also writes for Savage Minds.  Since the goal of this site is to explore some of the different ways in which people think about and practice anthropology, I took this opportunity to ask Adam not only about his research, but also his views of some of the strengths--and weaknesses--of the discipline as  whole.  I chose Adam specifically because of the kind of research he does (media and power), as well as some of the methods that he uses (film and video).  In an issue that focuses on the purpose of anthropology and its future potential, Adam provides a unique perspective about the present state of the field, as well as where it may head in the future.

Review: The Greed Merchants: How the Investment Banks Played the Free Market Game, by Philip Augar

by Sandy Brian Hager

Journal of Economic Issues, 2009

The commodification of location: Dynamics of power in location-based systems

by Irina Shklovski

Mittelpunkte der Herrschft

by David Kalhous

Are students obedient or responsible in the classroom? Part 2

by Prerna Goel