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Primary identities in the lower Omo valley: migration, cataclysm, conflict and amalgamation, 1750–1910
2011
This article applies the notion of primary identity to explore the emergence of ethnic identities in the southern-most tract of the lower Omo valley. Current identities here are the result of two correlated patterns of movement that have occurred over the past 150 years: migration to the valley by organised pastoralists and scattered groups, and a general movement down the river and into the Omo delta, where the ecological niche generated by the regular flooding of the Omo River provided a rich variety of livelihood alternatives. The major migrations reported here were connected to great population movements that occurred in East Africa from the nineteenth century, often provoked by catacly…
Politics of solidarity in the context of European heritage : The cases of the European Solidarity Centre and Hambach Castle
2019
This article explores the politics of solidarity in the framework of constructing a common cultural heritage of the European Union. The politics of solidarity stems from the notion of solidarity embedded to European heritage. We use critical heritage studies as a theoretical approach that understands heritage as an inherently dissonant social construct, produced by various actors according to political, economic and social interests. The study analyses empirical data from the European Heritage Label (EHL), a flagship heritage action of the EU that communicates shared values and a sense of identification to European citizens. Our empirical data includes ethnographic observation as well as in…
Multimodal accomplishment of alignment and affiliation in the local space of distant meetings
2017
Technology-mediated (i.e. distant) meetings are complex settings that involve distributed participation frameworks and the coordination of actions in multiple interactional spaces. This paper examines how problems with hearing, speaking, or understanding in the overall meeting space enable the negotiation of alignment and affiliation by co-present participants in the same local meeting space. Conversation analysis is used to investigate the local accomplishment of alignment and affiliation achieved through the sequential and temporal organization of verbal, embodied, and material resources of interaction in three types of situations: during technological trouble, silences, and disagreements…
Identity and War in Michael Ondaatje’s
2012
Abstract This paper addresses the issue of identity in relation to war through a close reading of Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient. It investigates the connections between war and the construction of identity, focusing on aspects such as violence and death. In his novel Ondaatje uncovers private histories alongside the framing events of World War Two. Kip’s perception of war and his way of living through it suggest that the engagement on the world’s battlefield is riddled with inner conflicts separating people or bringing them together. In The English Patient what is at issue is the quest for a redefinition of the self: Hanna, Kirpal Singh and Almásy attempt to liberate the self throu…
Temporality in cosmopolitan solidarity : Archival activism and participatory documentary film as mediated witnessing of suffering at Europe’s borders
2019
This article develops and extends the idea of cosmopolitan solidarity to temporality through a case study of archival activism and participatory film-making. It examines mediated witnessing within the Italian online audiovisual archive Archivio delle memorie migranti, which documents and archives the experiences of contemporary migrants in Italy. The moral basis of Archivio delle memorie migranti is cosmopolitan solidarity, which is usually understood as a practice that crosses spatial and communal boundaries. However, the ethics of solidarity also bridges past, present and future generations. Through the case of Archivio delle memorie migranti, this article demonstrates the significance o…
‘We hugged each other during the cold nights’: the role of affect in an anti-deportation protest network in Finland
2021
This article analyses the role of affect and emotions in Finland’s first large-scale anti-deportation protest, the 2017 Right to Live protest in Helsinki. Despite deportation protests having recently gained scholarly attention, their emotional dimensions have not been sufficiently studied, especially as concerns the emotions of protestors with vulnerable legal status. This article is based on in-depth interviews with key activists in the anti-deportation protest network in Finland, including asylum seekers, refugees and Finnish citizens. The article argues that in order for the protest of asylum seekers facing the threat of deportation to become public and visible, it was important that cit…
Ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir, with or without dasabuvir, plus ribavirin for patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 or 4 infection with…
2017
Summary Background We ran a compassionate use nationwide programme (ABACUS) to provide access to ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir, with dasabuvir, plus ribavirin for hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection and ombitasvir, paritaprevir, and ritonavir, plus ribavirin for HCV genotype 4 infection in patients with cirrhosis at high risk of decompensation while approval of these regimens was pending in Italy. Methods In this prospective observational study, we collected data from a compassionate use nationwide programme from March 17, 2014, to May 28, 2015. Patients with HCV genotype 1 infection and cirrhosis at high risk of decompensation were given coformulated ombitasvir (25 mg), …
Anna hyvät eväät : visuaalinen ja kielellinen analyysi elintarvikkeiden televisiomainoksista
2016
Elämme jatkuvasti medioituvassa maailmassa, jossa yksi televisiomainos voi tavoittaa jopa yli miljoona katsojaa. Mainosten tehtävänä on aina vaikuttaa katsojaan, ja tästä syystä ne ovatkin tärkeä tutkimuskohde. Mainokset eivät ainoastaan peilaa meidän maailmaamme, vaan myös rakentavat merkityksiä ja nostavat tietyt arvot esiin toisten kustannuksella. Näitä arvoja ja merkityksiä on syytä tarkastella kriittisesti jopa kaikkein tutuimmista arkemme teksteistä. Tutkielmassani syvennyn mainonnan keinoihin tutkiessani, millaisia arvoja ja asenteita Valio Oy:n ja Arla Oy:n mainoksissa nousee esiin, ja millaista todellisuuskuvaa niissä representoidaan. Tutkimukseni tarkoituksena onkin selvittää, mil…
Failed Modernization of the Ethiopian State: Oromo Perspectives on Ethiopian Political Culture
2008
This article presents part of the qualitative data generated by the research "Ethnic relations in major towns around Addis Ababa: A comparative Study of the Dynamics of Social Solidarity", based in Addis Ababa University, College of Sociology and Social Administration, funded by the the Ethio-Italian University Co-operation Programme.
Valsts apmaksātās bezinterferona terapijas efektivitātes reālo datu novērtējums pacientiem ar hronisku C vīrushepatītu Latvijā
2018
Hepatīts C tā norises un izplatības dēļ ir globāla mēroga problēma. Jaunās, interferonu nesaturošās terapijas priekšrocības ir augsta klīniskā efektivitāte, lietošanas vienkāršums un laba terapijas panesamība. No 2016. gada Latvijā valsts kompensējamo zāļu sarakstā ir iekļautas tiešas darbības pretvīrusu līdzekļi, kas pieder pie jaunas terapijas veida - bezinterferona terapijas. Pacientiem ar hroniska vīrushepatīta C diagnozi valsts kompensē terapijas izmaksu 100 % apmērā. Dotā pētījuma mērķis bija izpētīt bezinterferona terapijas reālo efektivitāti zāļu iegādes kompensācijas sistēmas ietvaros. Lai sasniegtu izvirzīto mērķi, tika veikta datus analīze par laika periodu no 2016. gada janvāra …