Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 230: Ways of Spouse Support in Garment Workers’ Workplace Resistance: A Qualitative Study Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci13050230 Authors: Md. Mynul Islam Kyoko Kusakabe This qualitative study aimed to explore the different ways of spouse support for garment workers in Dhaka city. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with male and female workers and their spouses and key informant interviews with relevant stakeholders to explore the different ways of support. The results highlight that male and female workers receive different ways of su ..read more

Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 229: Structures of Oppression or Inclusion: What Systemic Factors Impact Inclusion in Disability and Rehabilitation Research? Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci13050229 Authors: Natasha Layton Rachelle A. Martin John A. Bourke Nicola M. Kayes This manuscript considers the drivers towards inclusive research in the field of disability and rehabilitation; including some of the tools and frameworks that may support its realisation. We, a group of researchers engaged in rehabilitation research from lived experience and ‘conventional’ (non ..read more

Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 228: Abuse in Chilean Trans and Non-Binary Health Care: Results from a Nationwide Survey Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci13040228 Authors: Miguel Roselló-Peñaloza Lukas Julio Izaskun Álvarez-Aguado Maryam Farhang Abuse in health care (AHC) is an emerging concept used to describe healthcare practices and conduct that health services users find belittling and degrading. Such experiences, whose causes are not always voluntary but systematic and structural, have been described as one of the main barriers to the trans and non-binary population’s acce ..read more

Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 227: Theorising Digital Afterlife as Techno-Affective Assemblage: On Relationality, Materiality, and the Affective Potential of Data Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci13040227 Authors: Anu A. Harju In the ongoing academic discussion regarding what happens to our data after we die, how our data are utilised for commercial profit-making purposes, and what kinds of death-related practices our posthumous data figure in, the notion of digital afterlife is attracting increasing attention. While the concept of digital afterlife has been approached in different ways, t ..read more

Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 225: The Teachability of Global Citizenship to Children through Empirical Environmental Education: Reflections from a Horticultural Project in a Spanish School Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci13040225 Authors: Pérez-Ortega González-Fuente In a context defined by the internationalisation of educational policies and the supranational nature of school programmes, we highlight the desirability of promoting local strategies for teaching environmental sustainability in order to contribute to the formation of global citizenship in children. Based on the experience o ..read more

Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 226: Rethinking Sporting Mystification in the Present Tense: Disneylimpics, Affective Neoliberalism, and the Greatest Transformation Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci13040226 Authors: Junbin Yang While questioning the universalization, naturalization, neutralization, and idealization of sport and physical culture, this paper examines the ultimate mystification process of sport and physical culture by expanding upon two conceptual frameworks: Jules Boykoff’s celebration capitalism and Lawrence Grossberg’s affective landscape. It firs ..read more

Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 218: Protecting Protection Programmes or Engaging with People? Conditional Inclusion and Evolving Relational Dynamics in Anti-Trafficking Programmes Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci13040218 Authors: Michela Semprebon Anti-trafficking programmes in Italy have been implemented for more than two decades. Yet, little empirical evidence is available regarding their functioning. This paper draws on 56 semi-structured interviews carried out in the period of 2019–2021 with practitioners and beneficiaries of the N.A.Ve anti-trafficking programme. The int ..read more

Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 220: “Making Sure the Path Is Safe”: A Case Study of the Influence of Aboriginal Elders on Non-Aboriginal Organisational Leadership Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci13040220 Authors: Tiana Culbong Uncle Albert McNamara Aunty Irene McNamara Uncle Peter Wilkes Aunty Sandra Wilkes Adrian Munro Anne-Marie Eades Margaret O’Connell John Fielder Michael Wright The question of how Aboriginal Elders influence the leadership of non-Aboriginal led service organisations when working biddiya to biddiya (boss to boss) emerged while conducting a qualitati ..read more

Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 222: Effectiveness of School Violence Prevention Programs in Elementary Schools in the United States: A Systematic Review Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci13040222 Authors: Ie May Freeman Jenny Tellez Anissa Jones School violence remains a major concern for scholars, policymakers, and the public in the United States. Despite the implementation of various school violence prevention programs, information regarding their effectiveness in the United States is outdated and limited. This systematic review identified current elementary school programs that effectivel ..read more

Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Pages 223: Migrant Organisations on the Rise after 2015/2016? Between “Projectitis” and the Formation of New Structures and Types Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci13040223 Authors: Kirsten Hoesch The paper departs from the observation that the role of migrant organisations (MOs) in Germany has changed significantly since the strong influx of refugees in 2015/16. As a result of this specific historical situation, it seems that MOs were able to strengthen their position as important civil society and integration policy actors and reduce reservation ..read more