Predicting Attitudes Toward Lesbian and Gay Parent Families Among Portuguese Students from Helping Professions

The authors' goal was to characterize predictors of attitudes toward lesbian and gay parent families (LGPF), held by students enrolled in psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, elementary, and preschool education programs in Portugal. The authors examined the predictive value of students' (n = 600) sociodemographic characteristics when assessing their attitudes toward LGPF. Participant's gender, interpersonal contact with lesbians and gay men, gender role attitudes had indirect effects on attitudes toward LGPF, through attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. Understanding characteristics associated with attitudes toward LGPF may inform decisions in terms of the education and training of helping professionals.     

The Impact of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use on the Sexual Health of Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Qualitative Study in Seattle,WA

This study explores the impacts of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use on the sexual health of men who have sex with men (MSM). The authors conducted in-depth interviews with MSM who use PrEP (n = 14). Data was analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. PrEP use reduced fear and shame associated with sex and facilitated greater sexual satisfaction and intimacy. Although participants generally viewed PrEP as empowering and beneficial, they also experienced PrEP-related stigma. The authors’ analysis emphasizes the importance of understanding the reasons MSM use PrEP and highlights opportunities for reducing harm and fostering sexual health among MSM who are using or considering PrEP.     

Personal reflection and experience of a Fulbright Scholar: teaching a mental health course in Vietnam’s changing culture

This paper documents the experience of developing and teaching a course on mental health for undergraduate social worker students during a semester in Vietnam. Social work is a profession at the early stages of development in Vietnam, requiring much curriculum development. There are over 40 universities with undergraduate social work education programs, but few of the faculty have had training or experience in practicing social work. The paper will summarize the main reasons for developing such a course given the current state of mental health need and services in a changing culture, as well as the current state of professional social work education and the newly established profession of social work. The author describes the contexts underlying the course—the status of social work and social work education in Vietnam, the context of mental health and mental illness in Vietnam, and curriculum adaptation to the cultural context. From this experience, the lessons learned about the role of cross-cultural critical thinking, cultural knowledge, and other strategies will be discussed about teaching a subject like mental health internationally.     

Unruly bodies at conference

Academic conferences embody a set of prescribed regulative practices. This article considers some of the tensions that arise when these normative expectations are disrupted by unruly bodies. As scholars of disability studies we lament the lack of understanding within an ableist society that is resistant to change. In this article, however, I invite us to explore closer to home to consider how unruly bodies might enable reflection on how disability is created even within our own ‘expert’ environments. It is argued here that new ways of conceptualising and accommodating behaviour at conference are required if these are to exemplify the inclusive and welcoming spaces desired by us all.     

The ideology of neuroscience and intellectual disability: reconstituting the ‘disordered’ brain

During the last two or three decades, neuroscience has changed how we understand brain functioning. This shift, which is re-conceptualizing the relationship between the materiality of the brain and consciousness, is bound to have implications for intellectual disability, which is commonly seen as a condition of the brain. At present, examinations of intellectual disability that deploy techniques and concepts from neuroscience constitute a growing research field that has been welcomed in some quarters of the disability research community. The purpose of this article is to urge for caution as regards this development. I argue that the neuroscience of intellectual disability is embodying ideological propositions that need to be problematized. By theorizing the relationship between biology and politics and examining neuroscientific publications on intellectual disability, I argue that this strand of research is underpinned by a discursive division between normal and pathological, that it therefore constitutes a continuation of understanding intellectual disability as a ‘disorder’ and that any firm separation between the ‘nature’ of intellectual disability and processes of power is inherently problematic. To be able to critically approach the neuroscience of intellectual disability, it is vital that disability researchers problematize the relationship between biology and politics.     

西方女性主义翻译理论述评

西方女性主义与翻译研究的结合在上世纪 70年代开始便给传统翻译理论和实践观念带来了强烈的冲击 ,产生了丰硕的理论成果。然而与国内文艺理论界对女性主义理论的广泛介绍和深入研究相比 ,女性主义翻译理论的介绍明显滞后 ,与当前国内深入讨论的后殖民翻译研究的情形也无法相提并论 ,实质性的深入研究更是罕见。尝试对西方女性主义翻译研究进行全面地介绍 ,以便能引起国内译学界的重视 ,促进这一方面的深入研究     

翻译研究动静观

翻译是过程也是结果。从翻译过程来看,翻译是"语境重构"的跨文化跨语言交际过程,从翻译结果来看,翻译是产生同原文等效的译文。翻译过程研究催生以译者为中心的翻译动态研究,从狭义角度看,是翻译语境研究,即从译者视角考察翻译过程中的"语境重构",以及由此产生的宏观翻译策略及微观翻译方法的研究;从广义角度看,是从研究者视角进行包括翻译语境在内的源语语境、原文语境和译语语境、译文语境的翻译语境化研究。翻译结果研究产生以译文为中心,重视译文批评的翻译质量评估的静态研究,涉及翻译质量评估模式的建立和翻译质量评估参数的设定等。两种翻译途径殊途同归,从不同角度研究翻译本质。     

亚裔美国文学批评中的美国民族主义思想

在反叛欧洲文学价值的基础上兴起和发展起来的美国传统文学批评,把研究美国文学作为对美国理念的阐释、对美国文化的构建,与作为现实国家和一种思想概念的美国相互依存,成为美国民族主义思想的重要载体。以反叛具有深刻种族主义内涵的美国传统文学批评为起点和目标的亚裔美国文学批评,从表面上看,与前者势不两立。但是,亚裔美国文学批评坚信,亚裔美国人的族裔认同是美国民族认同的一部分,把对亚裔族裔认同的诠释,作为对美国民族认同和美国理念的再诠释和再完善,结果,相当一批亚裔作品,因与美国主题无缘,被拒之于亚裔美国文学大门之外,其批评理念的民族主义实质暴露无遗。从本质上看,无论是以文化民族主义还是以全球主义为主导的亚裔美国文学批评,都是对传统文学批评的一种承继。美国文学批评的大语境,亚裔移民后代在亚裔美国文学批评中的主导地位,学术为国家权力服务的现实,以及当今为学术而学术的风气等等,是造成这一局面的主要原因。     

百年学术名家留给我们的精神财富

《世纪学人 ,百年影像》共收录当代对社会科学做出突出贡献的老一辈科学家 2 62人 ,分析他们的研究领域和籍贯 ,能够发现 2 0世纪学术发展的领头羊以及学术中心之所在。而他们对各自学科的精辟认识和表述 ,尤其在做人、治学方面的真知灼见 ,则为我们留下了巨大的精神财富。他们强调做人是第一位的 ,认为真诚是沟通做人与治学的桥梁 ,是实现做人与治学两位一体的契合点。甘于寂寞、处心一志、好学深思、勤于耕耘、谦虚向上 ,是他们事业成功的主要因素 ,同时又是做人治学的重要体现。他们在耄耋之年 ,不辞辛劳 ,勤奋工作 ,甘为人梯 ,不知老之将至 ,表现了作为优秀知识分子特有的爱国奉献、奋发向上的精神     

技术学的学科结构和科学定位

技术学作为以技术为研究对象的一系列学科的统称,在19世纪进入草创时期。技术学目前已经建立和有望建立的分支学科,可以区分为普通技术学、理论技术学、专门技术学、应用技术学四个学科群组。在科学知识体系中,技术学是介于数学科学、自然科学与哲学科学、社会科学之间的交叉学科门类,同技术哲学、技术史、工程学、工程技术学等学科门类均有密切的联系。