Modern and Contemporary Images of the Middle Ages-an Anachronism between Fairy Tale and Horror

The paper reviews modern and contemporary images of the Middle Ages with emphasis on popular culture in the form of selected cases from literature, cinematography and video games in the context of the notion of historical anac-hronism. Erroneous statements that antedate or misplace events, objects or people basically constitute an "innocent" anachronistic transgression, which can be easily rectified using verifiable data. However, faulty projection of a set of features or characteristics to an age which did not know them represents a far more dangerous fallacy because it opens the question of interpretation - and interpretations vary. To understand past realities it is necessary to uncover how past people understo-od their own reality and why did they what they did. Projecting contemporary meanings onto the past, in this case the Middle Ages, is a genuinely perilous anachronism which is very difficult or even impossible to rectify. One example of such a historical "mistreatment" is the notion of the "Dark Ages". Therefore, the paper traces the idea of the "Dark Ages" from the 14th century onward and considers the context in which it became quite widespread from the 18th and 19th centuries to the present day.However, the existence of a counter-myth in the form of the romantic idealization of the Middle Ages as a time of lost pre-modern innocence is also emphasized. The process of industrialization and modernization of (primarily English and Western) European societies in the 18th and 19th centuries and the enthronement of science and progress as leading social principles brought about an (only seemingly) unexpected consequence. Social change provoked nostalgia for an idealized and more simple pre-modern past which gave rise to the Gothic genre that introduced the (at that time socially subversive) element of "horror". However, at the same time it engendered a romantic and nostalgic depiction of "olden times" which attracted a serious (mostly female) literary public. Even more important is the fact that the elements of the Gothic genre still exist in popular culture to this day through transmission into other popular culture venues, such as literature, cinematic and television content or video games.The extreme dual understanding of the Middle Ages between, metaphori-cally speaking, fairy tales and horror initially seems confusing, but in reality these images represent two opposite sides of the same coin. Finally, the paper seeks to answer the question of why the Middle Ages are imagined in the ways they are imagined, while notions about the Middle Ages are understood as an integral part of modern (secular) mythical discourse that legitimizes (post)modernity through the construction of extreme medieval otherness. Like it or not, the real or imagined medieval past is a recurrent and in some aspects even dominant feature of the (post)modern popular imagination. It would appear that it will remain so in the future, especially in the dynamic and newly developing post-COVID-19 world order.

Exploring Racial Microaggressions Toward Chinese Immigrant Women in Greater Boston During Covid

This study was an initial qualitative exploration to (a) capture varied experiences of racial microaggressions directed at Chinese immigrant women before and during Covid and (b) investigate different forms and levels of microaggressions based on socioeconomic status, age, and other characteristics. Racial microaggressions were examined by interviewing 12 foreign‐born, Chinese immigrant women aged 23 to 80 years old, with most of the participants identified as middle class or above. Building upon previous scholarship on racial and gendered microaggressions, an analytical framework was developed using 12 major themes to identify and interpret discriminatory behaviors. Our main findings suggest that the research sample encountered more blatant hate incidents and expressed heightened concern over their physical safety in the post‐Covid period. Young women, compared to their older counterparts, were more inclined to report microaggres-sion episodes and distinguish more subtle forms of discrimination. These findings could serve as preliminary evidence for future research. © 2023 by the author(s).

World Health Organization myth busters and indigenous perceptions of COVID-19: Quechua and Shipibo communities.

When the COVID (SARS-V2) pandemic swept across the world, it impacted Indigenous communities more than others. This is due to a variety of reasons: socioeconomic injustice and racialization, lack of access to equitable healthcare, and linguistic discrimination. As a result, several communities and community types demonstrated this effect when perceptions of inferences or other COVID-related information were measured. This paper reports on a participatory collaborative study with two Indigenous communities in rural Peru-ten Quechua-speaking communities in Southern Cuzco and three Shipibo-speaking communities in Ucayali regions. We investigate the communities' level of preparedness for the crisis by eliciting answers based on the World Health Organization COVID 'MythBusters' in a form of a semi-structured interview. Interviews were transcribed, translated, and analyzed in search of the effect of three variables: gender (male/female), language group (Shipibo/Quechua), and proficiency in the Indigenous language (from 0 to 4). Data reveal that all three variables have some effect on the target comprehension of COVID-related messages. Additionally, we explore other possible explanations.

Women in higher education: exclusion, inclusion and seclusion

This literature review is conceptually rooted in intersectional feminism and Harding's (2004) standpoint theory. I assert and affirm my positionality as a black woman from the Global South as I unpack the literature on women in higher education. I use the concepts of inclusion and exclusion to illustrate that while women are unequivocally in higher education, they remain largely out of positions of power. The concept of seclusion is used to describe women's and institutions' obscured and hidden behaviors that reinforce gendered patterns of women's subsistence in higher education. The review also highlights two key persistent challenges, namely, that of the impossibility of work life balance, especially, but not only, for academic mothers;and of being a black woman in academia. I offer insight into the devastating impacts of covid-19 on women academics and academic mothers. The review also identifies strategies used to make qualitative shifts in women's occupation of higher education spaces. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Covid-19 Pandemic and Human Rights – Myth or Reality?

Aim. During the pandemic situation of Covid-19, various true or false information about the spread, treatment, prevention, and vaccination against Covid-19 began to spread in the media, as well as in the real world. It is necessary to fight against various hoaxes on the basis of modern and especially scientifically docu-mented information. Method. This study addresses human rights and change in society before and during the Covid-19 pandemic situation. The authors of the study worked with specific texts and with the help of literary and textual analysis, as well as analytical and synthetic methods. Basic human rights and freedoms during the pandemic were pointed out, together with various myths which circulate among non-professional individuals Results. The results of the study confirm that the pandemic situation of Covid-19 requires constant explanation, exploration, and confirmation of professional and scientific studies by experts in the media as well as within the social life of people, just to reject various hypotheses of people who are not experts in the field and who disseminate false and scientifically and technically unsubstantiated information. © 2022, Pro Scientia Publica Foundation. All rights reserved.

Internalization of the model minority myth and sociodemographic factors shaping Asians/Asian Americans' experiences of discrimination during COVID-19.

Despite appearing positive, the model minority myth (MMM), or the perception that Asian Americans are "problem-free" minorities, maintains unfair racial hierarchies and discredits the pervasiveness of systemic racism faced by Asian Americans and other Black, Indigenous, and people of Color. This study investigated the role of internalized MMM in Asian/Asian Americans' (A/AA) experiences during the syndemic of COVID-19 and our society's racial reckoning. Using a mixed methods approach, we analyzed A/AA college students' open-ended responses to a query about their experiences as A/AA during COVID-19, which resulted in qualitative themes of Personal and Vicarious Discrimination, Vigilance, Safety due to Ethnicity, Safety due to Environment, and No Difference during COVID-19. We then conducted a series of logistic and linear regression models to examine how internalized MMM and sociodemographic factors (i.e., ethnic group, gender, and generational status) were associated with qualitative themes and quantitative measures of COVID-related discrimination. Overall, findings demonstrated that greater internalized MMM, as well as identifying as South Asian, male, and an international/first-generation immigrant student, were linked to fewer qualitative and quantitative reports of vicarious discrimination. We conclude with implications for research and practice in community psychology that further examine the racialized experiences among A/AA college students and ultimately seek to challenge the MMM and racial hierarchies perpetuating systems of oppression.

East Asian Population.

This article explores the ways East Asian American (EAA) children and adolescents have experienced disparities in the United States throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The history of racism toward Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and the complexities of acculturation are reflected through this contemporary lens. Traditional East Asian (EA) values were disrupted during this period. Implications for children and families are discussed. Persistent underlying xenophobia and racism, such as the model minority myth or perpetual foreigner stereotype, rose to new prominence, furthering emotional distress in EA and EAA youths beyond those already experienced universally by AAPI families during the pandemic.

Sacred Sex or Purely Prostitution? Women's Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Roro Kembang Sore Tomb, Tulungagung, East Java, Indonesia

The practice of seeking pesugihan (a Javanese term for fortune or wealth, usually achieved by visiting a sacred burial ground of a historic prominent figure or mythical beings) through free-sex rituals is one of the factors that has increased the prevalence of HIV and AIDS, especially in the Tulungagung region of East Java, Indonesia. Often under the guise of tradition, this practice is maintained without proper supervision from governing agencies. To assess this problem, this study focuses on mapping the origin and distribution of free-sex myths in the pesugihan ritual, especially at the burial site of Nyi Roro Kembang Sore, Tulungagung. Data from 2019 to 2021 were collected from interviews with the burial site caretaker as well as the pilgrims or visitors to the site. Through the methods of multiple or mixed discourse analysis and intertextual readings, the study finds that the burial site of Nyi Roro Kembang Sore witnessed a shift from a spiritually oriented pilgrimage to a myth-reinforced sex ritual. Why people visit the site might be driven by various motives, although there is a frequent denial that free sex plays a part in the motivation. Such denial seems to be dangerous, especially for women, as sexually transmitted diseases that women are vulnerable to are not recognized by the local government or society. This shows that women's health is still at the periphery of society, never at the center, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this challenging time, when the COVID-19 disease is prioritized, women's sexual health seems to be forgotten. Women are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases but their health is never perceived as a serious problem. This finding indicates that women's health is at stake as it seems to be put aside and considered unimportant © 2022,Journal of International Women''s Studies. All Rights Reserved.

Myth and Misinformation on COVID-19 Vaccine: The Possible Impact on Vaccination Refusal Among People of Northeast Ethiopia: A Community-Based Research.

Background: To prevent the spread of COVID-19 and carry out a successful vaccination program especially in low-income countries, people must have faith on scientists and health experts. The most significant challenge to vaccination programs' efficacy is now regarded to be a lack of information and trust in immunization due to myths and misinformation spread in the community. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the myth and misconceptions that are propagated about the COVID-19 vaccine, the refusal rate of the vaccine and determine the factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine refusal. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from December 7 to January 25, 2022. Face-to-face interviews with a standardized questionnaire were used to collect data on the variables. Data were entered into the statistical tool Epi data version 3.1 and then exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. Binary logistic regression, both bivariable and multivariable, was conducted. In the multivariable binary logistic regression model, the adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was used to declare statistically significant factors based on a p value less than 0.05. Results: Out of the total 574 respondents, 60.3% [95% CI (55.5, 64.2)] of them refused to take COVID-19 vaccine. In this study, respondent's age [AOR = 2.1 at 95% CI: (1.8, 4.9)], perception on COVID-19 vaccine [AOR = 3.0 at 95 CI: (1.9, 4.6)], eHealth literacy [AOR = 2.7 at 95% CI: (1.7, 4.1)], source of information about the vaccine [AOR = 2.9 at 95% CI: (1.9, 4.4)], computer literacy [AOR = 2.8 at 95 CI: (1.8, 4.2)] and frequency of internet use [AOR = 2.2 at 95 CI: (1.8, 5.3)] were identified as determinant factors for COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Conclusion: Factors like eHealth literacy, source of information about the vaccine, frequency of internet use, respondent's perception about the vaccine and computer literacy were found to be determinant factors for COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.

The Concepts of Nausea and Absurdity Revisited during the Coronavirus Pandemic

The year 2020 began with the world being controlled by a then -unknown force. This unknown force would later be called a coronavirus or Covid-19. Not a single country would be free from infection by this virus. We are petrified with astonishment when confronted with this disease. Initially, after admitting the reality, we started struggling with and revolting against this virus. Time has led us to the consideration of our existence. This pandemic inclines us to revisit the major themes in existential philosophy discussed by Sartre in the Nausea and the philosophy of the absurd by Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague, and The Stranger. The study addresses the concepts of anxiety, suffering, freedom, self-deception, absurdity, and choices. When confronted with the reality of the disease, we are shocked by an odd sensation like what Roquentin felt in his experience of nausea. This bizarre feeling brought an initial rejection, a self-deception followed by suffering, and a reflection of one's freedom. The concept of freedom leads us to certain decisions we make and the choices we are offered. The absurdity brought about by the pandemic is a reality that we must accept as it is. How would Sisyphus feel if he were living in the present? The struggle by Sisyphus can be our struggle now against a coronavirus. We feel condemned to roll a rock to the top of a mountain, a punishment that seems like 'futile and hopeless labor.' However, we are stronger than our rock. The paper presents a parallelism between our suffering during the pandemic and the sufferings of Sisyphus and Roquentin.

Conversion of Virus into Eschatology Myth: Coronavirus

Myths include stories about the beginning, creation and the end and destruction of the world and the universe. The narrative types about the beginning constitute the myths of cosmogony, while the narratives about the end of the world constitute various eschatological myths. The general acceptance about eschatology myths is that these myths take place in oral or written products and beliefs that contain traces of the archaic period. For this reason, the beliefs of distant past communities are seen as the source of eschatology myths. However, in recent years, some beliefs about the end of the world and humanity show that eschatology myths have been produced among modern societies as well. Therefore, it is possible to say that myths continue their existence in different ways today. These myths can be encountered in communities, beliefs, daily practices, ritualistic actions, and verbal narrative types. These myths can also be encountered in recent social events, which are highly sought after by the society, or in the case of doomsday scenarios spread over social media. These scenarios have included the coronavirus since the beginning of 2020. When coronavirus first emerged, it did not cause fear in human communities. However, with the subsequent deaths from the virus and the declaration of the contagiousness of the virus, the virus has put the world into a transformation that will leave deep traces in the history of the world. The fact that the virus has such a social impact has brought along many discussions on the source of the virus, the reason for its emergence, its effects on the human body and its consequences. The lack of information about the virus and the characterization of the virus as an invisible enemy made it easier to evaluate the virus as a doomsday scenario. Particularly, the posts on social media platforms that have no scientific basis about the virus provided content for the negative scenarios of the epidemic. Based on the beliefs about the virus in social media, this study aims to determine the emergence of a new element of the eschatology myth. In order to make this determination, first of all, an analysis is carried out regarding the formation of beliefs about the end of the world and humanity around the virus. The rapidly changing scientific views about the virus, the negative epidemic process such as the variant of the virus, caused the acceleration of the fear and panic process based on false information called infodemic. The mystery of the virus, the increasing fear and panic, and the negative thoughts about the virus that spread rapidly on social media fed the process of turning the epidemic into an eschatology myth. The fact that people have recently increased ideas about the abuse of nature during the epidemic has made the virus compatible with the traditional content of eschatology myths. In the findings obtained in the study, it is seen that a context has emerged that will enable the virus to become a current element of eschatology myths. Finally, there are two important outputs about the relationship between myth and virus. The first is that eschatology myths have been revived in modern societies through coronavirus, making the virus a new element of eschatology. The second is that the virus turns into a mythical element and regains its influence and sanction power on the community with the holiness of coronavirus. As a result of this, it is possible to say that the beliefs formed around the virus and the effect of these beliefs are a current example for the continuity of the myth, the con-text of the performance of the myth and the function of the myth.

Women in higher education: exclusion, inclusion and seclusion

This literature review is conceptually rooted in intersectional feminism and Harding's (2004) standpoint theory. I assert and affirm my positionality as a black woman from the Global South as I unpack the literature on women in higher education. I use the concepts of inclusion and exclusion to illustrate that while women are unequivocally in higher education, they remain largely out of positions of power. The concept of seclusion is used to describe women's and institutions' obscured and hidden behaviors that reinforce gendered patterns of women's subsistence in higher education. The review also highlights two key persistent challenges, namely, that of the impossibility of work life balance, especially, but not only, for academic mothers;and of being a black woman in academia. I offer insight into the devastating impacts of covid-19 on women academics and academic mothers. The review also identifies strategies used to make qualitative shifts in women's occupation of higher education spaces.

Covid-19 Pandemic and Human Rights Myth or Reality?

Aim. During the pandemic situation of Covid-19, various true or false information about the spread, treatment, prevention, and vaccination against Covid-19 began to spread in the media, as well as in the real world. It is necessary to fight against various hoaxes on the basis of modern and especially scientifically documented information. Method. This study addresses human rights and change in society before and during the Covid-19 pandemic situation. The authors of the study worked with specific texts and with the help of literary and textual analysis, as well as analytical and synthetic methods. Basic human rights and freedoms during the pandemic were pointed out, together with various myths which circulate among non-professional individuals Results. The results of the study confirm that the pandemic situation of Covid-19 requires constant explanation, exploration, and confirmation of professional and scientific studies by experts in the media as well as within the social life of people, just to reject various hypotheses of people who are not experts in the field and who disseminate false and scientifically and technically unsubstantiated information.

The Advantages of Chaos: Myth-Making and Covid-19 in Hungary

The COVID-19 pandemic has created new opportunities and challenges for populist regimes. A growing body of work has explored the formation of populist and nationalist political reactions in the wake of a global health crisis. This article explores myth-making and the Covid 19 pandemic in populist Hungary. We identify pandemic 'mythogenic' narratives that reconfigure and replay older ethno-nationalist myths, those of the 'polluting' alien Other, Hungarian exceptionalism, and treachery and betrayal. Thus, the power of global crisis is drawn into extant myths to support local political ends and the interests of Hungary's governing party. The article cites examples of mythologising practice from Hungary's hybrid media landscape, suggesting Hungarian politics is as much contested within the mythic and symbolic as in other domains. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2022.

Conversion of Virus into Eschatology Myth: Coronavirüs.

Myths include stories about the beginning, creation and the end and destruction of the world and the universe. The narrative types about the beginning constitute the myths of cosmogony, while the narratives about the end of the world constitute various eschatological myths. The general acceptance about eschatology myths is that these myths take place in oral or written products and beliefs that contain traces of the archaic period. For this reason, the beliefs of distant past communities are seen as the source of eschatology myths. However, in recent years, some beliefs about the end of the world and humanity show that eschatology myths have been produced among modern societies as well. Therefore, it is possible to say that myths continue their existence in different ways today. These myths can be encountered in communities, beliefs, daily practices, ritualistic actions, and verbal narrative types. These myths can also be encountered in recent social events, which are highly sought after by the society, or in the case of doomsday scenarios spread over social media. These scenarios have included the coronavirus since the beginning of 2020. When coronavirus first emerged, it did not cause fear in human communities. However, with the subsequent deaths from the virus and the declaration of the contagiousness of the virus, the virus has put the world into a transformation that will leave deep traces in the history of the world. The fact that the virus has such a social impact has brought along many discussions on the source of the virus, the reason for its emergence, its effects on the human body and its consequences. The lack of information about the virus and the characterization of the virus as an invisible enemy made it easier to evaluate the virus as a doomsday scenario. Particularly, the posts on social media platforms that have no scientific basis about the virus provided content for the negative scenarios of the epidemic. Based on the beliefs about the virus in social media, this study aims to determine the emergence of a new element of the eschatology myth. In order to make this determination, first of all, an analysis is carried out regarding the formation of beliefs about the end of the world and humanity around the virus. The rapidly changing scientific views about the virus, the negative epidemic process such as the variant of the virus, caused the acceleration of the fear and panic process based on false information called infodemic. The mystery of the virus, the increasing fear and panic, and the negative thoughts about the virus that spread rapidly on social media fed the process of turning the epidemic into an eschatology myth. The fact that people have recently increased ideas about the abuse of nature during the epidemic has made the virus compatible with the traditional content of eschatology myths. In the findings obtained in the study, it is seen that a context has emerged that will enable the virus to become a current element of eschatology myths. Finally, there are two important outputs about the relationship between myth and virus. The first is that eschatology myths have been revived in modern societies through coronavirüs, making the virus a new element of eschatology. The second is that the virus turns into a mythical element and regains its influence and sanction power on the community with the holiness of coronavirüs. As a result of this, it is possible to say that the beliefs formed around the virus and the effect of these beliefs are a current example for the continuity of the myth, the context of the performance of the myth and the function of the myth. (English) [ FROM AUTHOR] Mitler başlangıcı, yaratılışı esasa aldığı gibi dünyanın ve evrenin sonu ve yok oluşuyla ilgili hikâyeleri de içermektedir. Başlangıç hakkındaki anlatı türleri kozmogoni mitlerini, dünyanın sonuyla ilgili anlatılar ise çeşitli eskatoloji mitlerini oluşturmaktadır. Eskatoloji mitleri ile ilgili genel kabul, bu mitlerin arkaik dönem izlerinin bulunduğu sözel ya da yazılı ürünlerde ve inanışlarda yer aldığıdır. Bu nedenle eskotoloji mitleri dünyanın sonuna ilişkin olsa da bu mitlerin kaynağı olarak uzak geçmiş toplulukların inanışları görülmektedir. Oysa son yıllarda dünyanın ve insanlığın sonu ile ilgili yayılan bazı inanışlar, modern topluluklar arasında da eskatoloji miti üretildiğini göstermektedir. Dolayısıyla mitlerin günümüzde de varlığını ve etkisini farklı şekillerde sürdürdüğünü söyleyebilmek mümkündür. Bu mitler ile toplulukların inanışlarında, gündelik pratiklerinde, ritüelistik eylemlerinde, sözel anlatı türlerinde karşılaşıldığı gibi bazen de toplumun önemle rağbet gösterdiği sosyal medya üzerinden yayılan kıyamet senaryoları hâlinde de karşılaşılabilmektedir. Bu senaryolara 2020 yılının başlarından itibaren koronavirüs de dâhil olmuştur. Koronavirüs ilk ortaya çıktığı anda insan toplulukları üzerinde bir korku meydana getirmemişken ilerleyen zamanlarda virüsten kaynaklı ölümlerin meydana gelmesi ve virüsün bulaşıcılığının açıklanmasıyla dünyayı insanlık tarihinde derin izler bırakacak bir dönüşümün içerisine sokmuştur. Virüsün bu denli toplumsal bir etki oluşturması virüsün kaynağı, ortaya çıkış nedeni, insan vücudu üzerindeki etkileri ve sonuçları üzerine birçok tartışmayı da beraberinde getirmiştir. Virüs hakkındaki bilgilerin az olması ve virüsün görünmeyen bir düşman olarak nitelendirilmesi virüsün kıyamet senaryosu olarak değerlendirilmesini kolaylaştırmıştır. Özellikle sosyal medya platformlarındaki virüsle ilgili bilimsel dayanağı olmayan paylaşımlar salgının olumsuz senaryolarına içerik sunmuştur. Halk arasında yayılan dolayısıyla sosyal medyada yer alan virüsle ilgili inanışlardan hareketle bu çalışma eskatoloji mitlerinin bugünkü icrasına ve yeni bir unsurunun ortaya çıkışına yönelik bir tespiti amaçlamaktadır. Bu tespiti yapmak için öncelikle virüsün etrafında dünyanın ve insanlığın sonuna ilişkin gelişen inanışların oluşma sürecine yönelik bir çözümleme gerçekleştirilmektedir. Virüsle ilgili hızla değişen bilimsel görüşler, virüsün varyantlaşması gibi olumsuz seyreden salgın süreci infodemi olarak adlandırılan yanlış bilgiye dayalı korku ve panik sürecinin hızlanmasına neden olmuştur. Virüsün gizemi, gittikçe artan korku ve panik, virüse dair sosyal medyada hızlıca yayılan olumsuz düşünceler salgının bir eskatoloji mitine dönüşme sürecini beslemiştir. Ínsanların son dönemlerde doğanın kötüye kullanımına yönelik artan fikirlerinin salgın sürecinde cereyan etmesi ise virüsün eskatoloji mitlerinin geleneksel içeriğiyle uyum göstermesini sağlamıştır. Çalışmada elde edilen bulgularda virüsün eskatoloji mitlerinin güncel bir unsuru hâline dönüşmesini sağlayacak bir bağlam oluştuğu görülmektedir. Nihayetinde mit ve virüs ilişkisine dair elde edilen önemli iki çıktı bulunmaktadır. Birincisi eskatoloji mitlerinin modern topluluklar üzerinde koronavirüs aracılığıyla yeniden canlanarak virüsün eskotolojinin yeni bir unsuru olması, ikincisi virüsün mitik bir unsura dönüşüp koronavirüsün kutsiyet kazanmasıyla mitin topluluk üzerinde etkisinin ve yaptırım gücünü yeniden kazanmasıdır. Bunun neticesinde virüs etrafında oluşan inanışların ve bu inanışların etkisinin mitin sürekliliği, mitin icra bağlamı ve mitin işlevine yönelik güncel bir örnek niteliğinde olduğunu söylemek mümkündür. 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Honi the Circle-Maker: an ancient narrative for creating temenos in challenging times

Our current world pandemic and the ensuing turmoil have challenged us to find new narratives of radical change. Poet Antonio Machado speaks of ‘listening on the vast rim of silence’. The author opens with reflections on the importance of soul-work that is grounded in the ephemeral, reverie and other non-verbal experiences in creating new narratives. She invites the reader to engage in active imagination with an ancient myth from the Jewish Talmud dealing with death and destruction. Honi the Circle-Maker, a known miracle-worker draws a circle around himself and with chutzpah (daring) challenges God to send the right type of rain to end a devastating drought. Using the theoretical concepts of Carl Jung, Erich Neumann and other contemporary Jungian analysts (Hillman, Kalsched, Winborn, Stein and Tuley), the author discusses the power of archetypal imagery of circle-making and the Great Round. To the background of the myth, she emphasizes the power of the individual to make a difference in the world. Finally, she concludes with reflections on the importance of the other in the face of a pandemic. © 2022 The European Association for the Advancement of the Social Sciences.

Myths and Misconceptions of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation: Getting Past the Noise and on to the Signal.

In the pursuit of science, competitive ideas and debate are necessary means to attain knowledge and expose our ignorance. To quote Murray Gell-Mann (1969 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics): "Scientific orthodoxy kills truth". In mechanical ventilation, the goal is to provide the best approach to support patients with respiratory failure until the underlying disease resolves, while minimizing iatrogenic damage. This compromise characterizes the philosophy behind the concept of "lung protective" ventilation. Unfortunately, inadequacies of the current conceptual model-that focuses exclusively on a nominal value of low tidal volume and promotes shrinking of the "baby lung" - is reflected in the high mortality rate of patients with moderate and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. These data call for exploration and investigation of competitive models evaluated thoroughly through a scientific process. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) is one of the most studied yet controversial modes of mechanical ventilation that shows promise in experimental and clinical data. Over the last 3 decades APRV has evolved from a rescue strategy to a preemptive lung injury prevention approach with potential to stabilize the lung and restore alveolar homogeneity. However, several obstacles have so far impeded the evaluation of APRV's clinical efficacy in large, randomized trials. For instance, there is no universally accepted standardized method of setting APRV and thus, it is not established whether its effects on clinical outcomes are due to the ventilator mode per se or the method applied. In addition, one distinctive issue that hinders proper scientific evaluation of APRV is the ubiquitous presence of myths and misconceptions repeatedly presented in the literature. In this review we discuss some of these misleading notions and present data to advance scientific discourse around the uses and misuses of APRV in the current literature.

The Bucolic in the Age of Pandemic. Updating the “Village Myth” on the Example of Instagram Accounts Dedicated to Life in the Village

The covid epidemic, already coined the “pandemic era”, has changed many of our ideas about the world, pushed us to reassess the notions of mobility and space, as well as the ratio of attractive and repulsive aspects of urban and rural life. Perhaps for the first time in many years of the Russian history, a significant part of the population began to perceive the village as a place more suitable for life than the city. The resulting massive relocation of citizens to the countryside gave rise to new ideas about the advantages of rural life, which were reflected in social networks. The article gives both qualitative and quantitative analysis of three Instagram* accounts dedicated to village life. The study of the accounts’ content with the system of images reproduced there, as well as statistical data related to the traffic dynamics and the rise in subscribers, suggests that the pandemic has revived and mainstreamed a mix of ideas dubbed in the article “the village myth”. © 2022, Russian Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Rediscovering the conflict zone: Can the subaltern redefine the theory?

By utilizing autoethnography as a research method of a reflective self-examination set within the author's cultural context and experiential world, this essay elucidates the nuanced positionality of Asians/Asian Americans at the intersection of the model minority myth discourse, colonial narratives, and the black–white binary paradigm of race relations by the employment of Critical Whiteness Studies (CWS). While the recent global movement toward racial awareness pushes us to consider the use of CWS, probing into the positionality of Asians/Asian Americans from the perspective of the aforementioned intersection helps us understand the carefully constructed racial paradigm that sets up the complex of the racial status quo. The paradigm has not only created the precarious space for those whose racial identities do not fit in the binary—inclusive of but not limited to Indigenous people, Asians, Latinx, and multiracial people—but has also polarized whites under the white supremacist system. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE) is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Pseudoscience and fraudulent products for COVID-19 management.

As of now, the COVID-19 pandemic has become uncontrolled and is spreading widely throughout the world. Additionally, new variants of the mutated viral variants have been found in some countries that are more dangerous than the original strain. Even vaccines cannot produce complete protective immunity against the newer strains of SARS-CoV-2. Due to such a dreadful situation, lots of fear and depression have been created among the public. People are looking for the treatment of the disease at any cost and there is a race in the market to provide treatment and make money, whether it is effective or not! In such a condition, many fraud products, remedies, and myths have come into the market, which is falsely claimed to be effective for the disease and can harm the patients. Hence, FDA has banned such products and remedies. In this review, we have compiled all such fraudulent and pseudosciences identified for COVID-19. Currently, in the pandemic time, health agencies are approving the repurposed medicines based on the small-scale clinical data for emergency uses that become ineffective (most of the cases) after large randomized clinical studies. Proper vigilance strategies need to be defined by the regulatory agencies of the nation and routine awareness programs shall be arranged for educating the people and healthcare workers on routine updates.