Contemporary Work Research Articles

Unravelling National Time: Chinese Voices and the Re-ordering of Australian History

Where are Chinese Australians in Australian history? Australia’s Chinese past is persistently framed as ‘forgotten’ in public debate, a perpetual newness which ignores forty years of scholarship in the field. Contemporary works on Sino-Australian relations proliferate, resurrecting Cold War mentalities but avoiding Australia’s colonial history of Chinese migration and settlement. This article accounts for this forgetfulness while also drawing attention to a spate of recently unearthed Chinese-language sources written by Chinese Australians. These sources, newly translated, invite us to see Australia’s past in a Chinese context, revealing a propensity in Australia to organise historical time along European lines, obscuring ties of causality between events in Asia and Australia. Multilingual archives challenge the primacy of English-language sources in the narration of Australia’s past, humanising Chinese Australians and destabilising China as the proxy for Australian security fears.

Solidarity is not a dirty word: exploring and locating solidarity as a theory and model for a radical community social work practice

Within this article we highlight that social work is both a political as well as a professional practice. Despite years of technical specialisation and a policy context that has focused social work on risk management and resource allocation, there remains a deep commitment to care, compassion, and solidarity within contemporary social work practice. The article and its analysis make the case for a more politically informed social work practice, one that is based on solidarity; in opposition to a system that isolates individuals and internalises complex social problems. We posit that the application of solidarity within social work delivers a practice that promotes social inclusion and is based on the provision of practical social support. It is from this perspective that we will present evidence from ethnographic research, drawn from community social work practice, to highlight the importance of social solidarity and provide an insight into different ways of working.

Institutionalization Of Children And Their Overall Development

The ideal environment for children's physical, psychological, and emotional development is within a family. All children should live in supportive, protective, and caring settings that enables them to achieve their full potential. Those with inadequate or no parental care are especially at risk of missing out on such nurturing environments. Many children in India lack a stable home and family. These include abandoned, surrendered, and orphaned children, as well as destitute children with families. These children are particularly vulnerable in terms of their right to survival, development, and protection. The State is accountable for protecting the rights pertaining to these children and ensuring appropriate alternative care through its competent authorities, such as nongovernmental organizations and civil society organizations. The Government also enacted the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015, which serves as the major legislative framework for child protection in India, ensuring the security, protection, education, welfare, and development of children in need. The paper attempts to explore the institutionalization of children, the shortcomings of such a process, and the felt needs of the children. It focuses on the concerns of institutionalization and the overall development of children, access to their rights, welfare provisions, and relevant legislations. It also looks at adoption as an alternative to institutionalization. The paper thus examines child care institutions from the perspective of the child and argues that institutional care should be the last resort. It also discusses contemporary social work and advocates for alternative care, along with comprehensive welfare measures to guarantee the protection and overall development of children in need

Review: Duo Precipice: Contemporary Works for Oboe and Percussion. Ann Fronckowiak, oboe, and Cristian Zavola, percussion. April 6, 2023. School of Music Performance Hall, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX.

Review: Duo Precipice: Contemporary Works for Oboe and Percussion. Ann Fronckowiak, oboe, and Cristian Zavola, percussion. April 6, 2023. School of Music Performance Hall, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX.

Duo Precipice: Contemporary Works for Oboe and Percussion. Ann Fronckowiak, oboe, and Cristian Zavola, percussion. April 6, 2023. School of Music Performance Hall, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX.

Duo Precipice: Contemporary Works for Oboe and Percussion. Ann Fronckowiak, oboe, and Cristian Zavola, percussion. April 6, 2023. School of Music Performance Hall, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX.

Transcriptomic landscape of mammalian ventral pallidum at single-cell resolution.

Genetic identity of ventral pallidum cell types is conserved across rodents and primates at the transcriptional level.

Enhancing team crafting through proactive motivation: An intervention study.

Although the literature on individual job crafting has proliferated over the past decade, research on the collaborative crafting efforts of organizational teams has lagged behind, which is surprising given the prominence of team-based arrangements in contemporary work and the importance of team proactivity in today's business environment. Drawing on proactive motivation theory and the literature on proactive performance in teams, this article presents a large-scale intervention study aimed at increasing team proactive motivation, including a pretest/posttest control group with 96 teams and 1,077 employees. We study the extent to which a team proactive motivation intervention is associated with changes in three dimensions of team crafting (task team crafting, relational team crafting, and cognitive team crafting) at both 6 months and 1 year after the intervention. We also examine the mediating role of change in the three team-level crafting dimensions in explaining the association between the intervention and change in team performance over time. Our results show that the intervention is positively associated with change in all three forms of team crafting. Furthermore, change in team crafting positively associates with change in team performance 6 months and 1 year after the intervention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Care robot literacy: integrating AI ethics and technological literacy in contemporary healthcare

AbstractHealthcare work is guided by care ethics, and any technological changes, including the use of robots and artificial intelligence (AI), must comply with existing norms, values and work practices. By bridging technological literacy and AI ethics, this study provides a nuanced definition and an integrative conceptualization of care robot literacy (CRL) for contemporary care work. Robotized care tasks require new orientation and qualifications on the part of employees. CRL is considered as one of these new demands, which requires practitioners to have the resources, skills and understanding necessary to work with robots. This study builds on sociotechnical approach of literacy by highlighting a dynamic relationship of care robotization in which successful human–technology interaction relies on exchanges between the technological and the social. Our findings from directed content analysis and theoretical synthesis of in-demand technological literacy and AI ethics in care work emphasize competencies and situational awareness regarding both using the robot and communicating about the care robot. The initial conceptualization of CRL provides a conceptual framework for future studies, implementation and product development of care robots, drastically differing from studying, implementing and developing robots in general. In searching for technologically sound and ethically compliant solutions, the study advocates for the future significance of context-specific CRL as valuable addition to the terminology of ethical AI in healthcare.

La pertinencia del Ensayo sobre el don de Marcel Mauss

2022 marked the 150th anniversary of Marcel Mauss's birth. Along with him, his work is recognized as a source and inspiration for countless contemporary anthropological works. His writings favored multiple theoretical currents and influenced dozens of anthropologists: from the structuralism of Levi Strauss to Marcel Griaule, Maurice Leenhardt, Louis Dumont and Roger Bastide, among others. In a modern world characterized by the economic logic of the market, interest, consumption and profit, a revision of Mauss' work, such as the one carried out by Alain Caillé's Movement Anti-utilitarianism in Social Sciences (MAUSS) (2000), can mean significant rediscoveries in contemporary societies of other hidden logics involving reciprocities driven by the symbolic.

Passing through skin: technology, physicality and art

ABSTRACT Our present technological environment has removed a substantial degree of physicality from common functions. This condition had already been investigated around a century ago by Walter Benjamin, who had an ambivalent attitude toward the ‘aura’ associated with outmoded technologies. The Benjaminian discourse, which continues among academics, contains hidden insights into the psychological effect of the increasing loss of tactile experience as mechanical operations are replaced by electronic ones. The evolution of dials and switches is paradigmatic of the technological changes that parallel those in psychosomatic perception. Modern and contemporary works of art have reflected sensitivity to this socio-cultural situation and address it by linking visual experience to tactile experience. Claes Oldenburg's sculptural representation of toggle switches serves as an exemplary case.

Freire, Critical Pedagogy, and Culture Circles

In celebration of our 20th Anniversary as a journal, the InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies editorial team opted to put forth a call on the work of Paulo Freire, critical pedagogy, and culture circles. It’s hard not to continue to see why critical pedagogy, a praxis of nurturing critical consciousness toward humanization and society towards justice, continues to be an essential aspect of education in P-20 settings in a healthy democracy. This issue was an opportunity to showcase contemporary work and research inspired by the legacy of Paulo Freire. Humanizing education is a collective practice in partnership with students and communities, redresses structures that maintain social inequalities and hierarchies of human life, and repairs the harm they have inflicted (Freire, 1970; Paris & Alim, 2017). The call to humanize education is especially urgent given our ongoing crises in education: unceasing youth gun violence and school shootings (Schildkraut & Muschert, 2019); the defunding divestment of public instruction and closures of public schools (George, 2024); the varied emergences COVID-19 variants and other looming pandemics (Pokhrel & Chhetri, 2021); corresponding deterioration of working conditions and livable wages for those working for our nation’s education systems (Schmitt & deCourcy, 2022; Souto-Manning & Melvin, 2021); book bans and bans misconstruing interpretations of Critical Race Theory, and acceptance and kindness towards LGBTQIA students, teachers, and their families (Morgan, 2022); proposed and implemented legislation to dehumanize queer, trans, nonbinary, and intersex children and parents (Goldberg & Abreu, 2024); and ongoing racialized hate and terror harming Black, Asian, and other nonwhite students, teachers, and their families, among others (Gillborn, 2006; Gover et al., 2020 ; Tuchinda, 2023; Wun, 2014). The urgency of critical pedagogy remains as relevant as ever.

Informed Strategies Based on Education Research to Enhance the Learning Ecosystem.

Educational institutions must change to create a learning ecosystem that prioritizes skills crucial for the 21st-century learners in the current global context that is quickly evolving. With an emphasis on evidence-based education, global citizenship, the integration of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), translatory practice, active learning strategies, improved clinical placement experiences, and peer learning, this paper explores the strategies for enhancing theefficacy of learning ecosystems. These elements are essential for encouraging continuous education in students and preparing them to meet their personal and professional needs. Through the integration of these components into instructional strategies, teachers can cultivate an atmosphere that readies students for the intricacies of contemporary work environments and global citizenship.

Translating scientific Latin texts with artificial intelligence: the works of Euler and contemporaries

Translating scientific Latin texts with artificial intelligence: the works of Euler and contemporaries

Was ist also Loben? Nietzsche on the Ethics of Praise

Abstract This paper explores the ethics of praise as discussed in the works of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche’s occasional remarks on praise are shown to be mainly critical, with his remarks falling into three broad categories, namely: i) metaphysical, ii) psychological, and iii) ethical. During the course of the paper, Nietzsche’s approach is located in the wider theoretical context of contemporary work on the ethics of praise and moral philosophy more generally.

Integrating error correction and detection techniques in RISC-V processor microarchitecture for enhanced reliability

An essential consideration in processor design is ensuring reliability, particularly in demanding environments such as outer space and nuclear plants. To mitigate the effects of errors and enable error recovery, processors need to incorporate fault tolerance techniques. One common type of error is SEU (Single Event Upset), which affects various microelectronic devices including microprocessors, microcontrollers, and semiconductor memory devices. While error mitigation techniques have been developed for processors based on architectures like ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) and MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second), there is a gap in research for open-source ISAs (Instruction Set Architecture) like RISC-V, which this paper aims to address. This paper focuses on designing a fault-tolerant microarchitecture for a RISC-V processor that can correct one-bit errors, detect up to two-bit errors, and integrate lockstep and pipeline rollback features at a lower LUTs (Look Up Tables) consumption by re-using the same hardware pipeline for error mitigation and recovery through instruction mimicking. By incorporating these features, the proposed approach enhances the system’s fault tolerance by detecting and correcting errors caused by transient events and achieves a lower effective die size upon realization compared to contemporary works. The proposed microarchitecture design was simulated and synthesized using the Vivado Design Suite 2023.1 and implemented on a Zynq 7000 SoC ZC702 Evaluation Kit.

Kajian Intertekstualitas dalam Karya Sastra Indonesia Kontemporer

Contemporary Indonesian literature shows development through intertextuality, namely the influence and adaptation of old works in a modern context. This study explores how contemporary writers use intertextuality to create new meanings and convey social and cultural criticism. This study uses a literature study method with a qualitative approach. The research process involves the selection and in-depth analysis of literary works published in the last two decades, identifying intertextual elements such as quotations, allusions, and parodies. Data are analyzed to identify dominant intertextual patterns, and how these elements function in social, cultural, and political contexts. A descriptive-analytical approach is used to present the findings systematically. The study shows that intertextuality in contemporary Indonesian literature not only enriches the narrative but also functions as a tool for social and philosophical criticism. The use of references from classical and religious texts, as well as the integration of local and cultural values, provide additional depth to modern narratives. Contemporary writers utilize intertextuality to create a dialogue between the past and the present, as well as to critique current social and political conditions. Intertextuality plays an important role in contemporary Indonesian literary works, enriching the meaning of narratives and providing tools for social criticism and philosophical reflection. This study provides new insights into the use of intertextuality in the development of modern literature.

E-work self-efficacy and innovative behaviour: a moderated mediation analysis

PurposeBased on self-determination theory, the paper examines the employee’s innovative behaviour in a remote-working context. It explores the relationship between e-skill self-efficacy (ESSE) in developing innovative behaviour (IB) to stay up with the rising rate of change through the mediating mechanism of employee resilience (ER) and considering organisational support (OS) as a potential moderator in these relationships.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted empirical research tested on 298 remote workers from the Indian IT and Education industry. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) via Partial Least Squares (PLS) is the statistical methodology used.FindingsThe results identified that ER partially mediates the relationship between ESSE and IB. Further, for the direct effects, it was found that ESSE directly impacts ER and IB. Intriguingly, the moderating role adds depth to our understanding of predicting nuanced conditions under which ESSE and ER influence IB.Originality/valueDue to organisational significance, IB is gaining increasing attention from scholars. There is a dearth of knowledge on how innovative behaviour can be stimulated at the individual level, despite the rising interest of academicians. Hence, this study bridges the gap and intends to analyse the theoretical model linking ESSE and IB mediated by ER and moderated by OS conducive to the future of remote work. Further, the findings add knowledge to the literature on contemporary remote working. It aids in designing, adopting and implementing policies and practices for the organisations that have (or will move) to remote and hybrid work settings.

How employees’ motivated needs relate to employees’ personal and workplace spirituality

PurposeThe aim of this paper was to examine the interrelationships between Maslow’s motivated needs in relation to employees’ personal and workplace spirituality experiences.Design/methodology/approachRegression analysis using a cross-sectional, convenience sampling approach of 158 US employees responding to survey questions using a Qualtrics survey related to their demographics, motivated needs, daily spirituality experiences, workplace spirituality, work spirituality experiences and work-related flow.FindingsCorrelation analyses provided support for Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in relation to employees’ daily spiritual experiences, workplace spirituality, work spirituality experiences and work-related flow. Regression analyses also identified the specific Maslow needs that served as predictive factors in relation to employees’ personal and workplace spirituality. Findings and conclusions are also discussed in relation to employees and organizations.Practical implicationsCurrently, there are no correlation studies that have examined workplace spirituality as an ethical behavior in the workplace and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This correlation gap is notable because further examination of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as a theoretical framework in relation to employees’ spirituality can be particularly valuable for contemporary work settings. Consider that today’s work environment is faced with dynamic and unique factors, and each of these factors not only changes the work environment but also they significantly drive or minimize employee motivation. Three such factors include new generations of employees with unique values entering the workforce and the great resignation and quiet quitting.Social implicationsThe study identifies that Maslow’s belonging, esteem and self-transcendence are related positively to employees’ spiritual experiences in the workplace. When these needs are fulfilled in the work environment, employees may be more likely to engage in spiritual practices at work, such as participating in yoga, prayer and meditation and in fulfilling one’s motivated needs and spirituality, employees are able to pursue their true purpose in the workplace.Originality/valueThis study extends the literature regarding understanding the value of workplace spirituality as a positive outcome for the employees and organizations.

“THE ACTUAL SCALE OF BREATHING”

Contemporary work in Black Studies reflects the urgency of integrating lived experience into scholarly work. Scholars such as Saidiya Hartman and Christina Sharpe employ autobiographical frames and anecdotes in their writing in order to legitimate historically undervalued forms of knowledge production, and, as Hartman writes, to “counter the violence of abstraction.” Despite the efficacy of this methodology, however, the move itself remains under-theorized, even as scholars advocate for the necessity of taking seriously the intellectual labor and output of Black female academics. “The Actual Scale of Breathing” examines the genealogy of Black feminist writers from slave narratives to the contemporary who find themselves in the impossible position of wanting to speak from experience but find the work of self-disclosure harmful. I argue that these writers innovate form to both refuse unearned access to interiority – specifically to white readers – while at the same time cultivating community through the incorporation of a polyphonic authority.

Digital Printing in Art: Enhancing Narrative and Expression on Contemporary Works

This study explores the utilization of digital printing technologies in contemporary art, specifically examining how these technologies influence narrative depth and artistic expression. Using a case study approach, this research adapts findings from previous study to demonstrate that digital technologies significantly enhance artistic expression and narrative complexity. These findings highlight the capability of digital tools to innovate artistic practices and enrich the interpretation and appreciation of art in contemporary society. The implications of this study are valuable for artists, and educators in understanding and leveraging the interplay between technology and art.