Information precarity and the agentic practices of marginalized communities: Puerto Rican activists addressing the crisis before, during, and after Hurricane Maria
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DOI: 10.1002/asi.24742
Abstract: In this study, we propose that information precarity leads to and perpetuates information marginalization; communities then engage with marginalization with various types of proactive information practices. For this project, we explore how Puerto Ricans activists… read more here.
Keywords: information; information precarity; hurricane maria; precarity ... See more keywords
Performing excess: urban ceremony and the semiotics of precarity in Guinea-Conakry
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DOI: 10.1017/s0001972019000871
Abstract: Abstract In Conakry, the capital city of the Republic of Guinea, dance ceremonies called sabars, derived from a Senegalese genre of the same name, have become extremely popular for wedding celebrations. Sabar's rise in Guinea… read more here.
Keywords: guinea; semiotics; performing excess; excess urban ... See more keywords
Beyond translingual playfulness: Translingual precarity
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DOI: 10.1017/s0047404524000708
Abstract: Abstract Translingual knowledge allows sociolinguists to appreciate more ‘playful’ negotiation and the assemblages of linguistic, cultural, and semiotic resources for meaning-making. Yet, this very idea of ‘translingual playfulness’ should never lose sight of the subversive… read more here.
Keywords: playfulness; beyond translingual; playfulness translingual; precarity ... See more keywords
Understanding older worker precarity: the intersecting domains of jobs, households and the welfare state
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DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x18001253
Abstract: Abstract In policy debates it is commonly claimed that older workers are entering a period of choice and control. In contrast, Guy Standing's book The Precariat: The Dangerous New Class, published in 2011, argues that… read more here.
Keywords: worker precarity; state; older worker; understanding older ... See more keywords
"Like a tsunami coming in fast": A critical qualitative study of precarity and resistance during the pandemic.
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DOI: 10.1037/cou0000615
Abstract: This study explores the nature of precarity via the lens of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Precarity refers to uncertainty, loss, disruption, and anxiety, which differentially impact people across contexts. We sought to (a) identify… read more here.
Keywords: precarity; like tsunami; resistance; psychology ... See more keywords
Vulnerability, precarity and the people in debates over immigration in local newspapers
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DOI: 10.1057/s41276-019-00208-9
Abstract: Mexican immigrants to the United States increasingly migrate to relatively new places such as Washington state, which now places in the top eight destination states. States wield increasing power to manage migration and negotiate residency… read more here.
Keywords: vulnerability precarity; local newspapers; precarity people; language newspapers ... See more keywords
Networks of Reciprocity: Precarity and Community Social Organisations in Rural Myanmar
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DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2018.1542450
Abstract: ABSTRACT Growing precarity amongst rural households in Myanmar is characterised by increasingly debt-fuelled agriculture, decreasing sufficiency and sustainability of rural livelihoods and an absence of social safety nets. This constrains the capacity for viable livelihoods,… read more here.
Keywords: rural myanmar; community; social organisations; networks reciprocity ... See more keywords
COVID-19 and decreased asylum access: mother work, precarity and preocupación among Central American asylum-seekers in Los Angeles
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DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2022.2079382
Abstract: ABSTRACT In 2020, the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S. government’s increased legal restrictions on asylum-seekers acted together to increase social, economic and legal precarity in the lives of Central American… read more here.
Keywords: asylum seekers; american asylum; precarity; mother work ... See more keywords
Sexual misconduct in UK higher education and the precarity of institutional knowledge
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DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2022.2057924
Abstract: Abstract This article draws upon the 2020 review commissioned by the University of Strathclyde in the UK into the sexual misconduct of an academic staff member, Kevin O’Gorman, to examine competing and multi-varied forms of… read more here.
Keywords: sexual misconduct; knowledge; higher education; precarity ... See more keywords
The empire strikes back: the financialization of rental housing – a new frontier of accumulation and precarity
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DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2024.2355061
Abstract: ABSTRACT The financialization of rental housing, driven by post-GFC financial contexts, sees assets concentrated in the hands of corporate landlords aided by technological innovations and state support. Foreclosures and evictions, especially in GFC-affected areas, enable… read more here.
Keywords: housing; financialization rental; precarity; rental housing ... See more keywords
Banal Precarity: Performing Queer of Color Lives in Contemporary Times
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DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2024.2329119
Abstract: Abstract Queer of color lives are always lived in close proximity to violence and death. Said differently, minoritarian subjects are constantly navigating positions of precarity in order to continue living. Precarity, then, is banal. This… read more here.
Keywords: color lives; queer; precarity; minoritarian subjects ... See more keywords