Public Halls Research Articles

Kinerja Institusi DP3APPKB dalam Pelaksanaan Program Pelayanan Pusat Pembelajaran Keluarga Surabaya

Research related to the performance of the Department of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection as well as Population Control and Family Planning (DP3APPKB) in implementing the PUSPAGA Surabaya service program is an important thing to carry out considering that there are still high cases of child violence in Surabaya and the government of Surabaya must maintain its achievements as a Child Friendly City at a high level six times in a row. This research was conducted at DP3APPKB Surabaya. The purpose of this research is to determine, describe and analyze the level of organizational performance at the DP3APPKB Service in implementing the PUSPAGA Surabaya service program. The research method used is qualitative with a case study approach. The theory used is the theory of organizational performance according to Soesilo in Tangkilisan (2005) which includes organizational structure, management policies, human resources, management information systems and facilities and infrastructure. This research is related to the performance of the organization at DP3APPKB in implementing the PUSPAGA Surabaya service program. The results of this research indicate that the performance of DP3APPKB Surabaya in implementing the PUSPAGA Surabaya service program has been carried out quite well, because there are still several obstacles such as, PUSPAGA public halls not carrying out tasks or job desks in accordance with the division of the organizational structure, unequal distribution of human resources in providing services PUSPAGA Surabaya, especially for public halls that do not receive volunteer assistance from DP3APPKB Surabaya. Furthermore, most Surabaya residents do not know the use of the SIAP PPAK application which is used as a tool to measure the success of online consultation services and database management in implementing the PUSPAGA Surabaya service program. The facilities and infrastructure of PUSPAGA Surabaya are quite good and have followed the guidelines from the Ministry of PPA, but this does not apply to PUSPAGA public halls.

Energy performance of relatively small sports halls used as public warming shelters

To provide a warm place for the most vulnerable citizens during the 2022/2023 energy crisis, some municipalities have set up public halls as warming shelters. Thus, the present study analyzes the energy performance of a gymnasium in South?eastern Europe that is repurposed to be used as public warming hall. The study conducted 15 EnergyPlus simulations, covering five states of gymnasium occupancy and three heating, ventilation and air conditioning scenarios. Two scenarios were designed to reduce the possibility of viral disease transmission, in the case public health emergency occurs. The study indicates that gymnasiums with natural ventilation consume more energy than they would with more advanced HVAC systems. This way, when occupancy increases, building energy consumption decreases (from 171-102 kWh per m2). Contrary to that, in more advanced heating, ventilation and air conditioning scenarios, energy consumption slowly increases with the increase of occupancy. Due to the utilization of heat recovery and air re-circulation systems, these scenarios require approximately 60-80% less energy compared to the base scenario. The complex simulations performed in this study provided relatively simple formulas that can be extrapolated to determine hall energy performance for any hall occupancy. These formulas can be used by non-experts and applied to similar buildings in other locations.

제주4·3 진압과 ‘냉전공간’으로서의 수용소

This article aims to illuminate ‘Camps in Jeju April 3rd Incident’ which was born newly as contested space between national power and ‘injured’ subjects. Camps in Jeju April 3rd Incident not only worked as oppression, control, surveillance and punishment against Jeju people but also aected formation of anti-communism subject. Research in these camps is a portion of the studies on Jeju April 3rd incident at that point.BRFrom the early period of Jeju April 3rd incident, the army and police set up and operated the camps. As scorched earth operation was reinforced in accordance with the oppression aer the May 10 general election, and the decree, martial law and evacuation order aer establishment of the ROK government, the need for expansion of the camp was increased. The camps were enlarged from 1949 January to reelection of May 10, when many people continued to surrender particularly because of reinforced pacification.BRThe Jeju Agricultural school camp and Jeju industrial alcohol factory camp were established, which were regarded as the symbol of the camp during Jeju April 3rd Incident. Public halls, schools, rice mills, Agriculture Association warehouses, personal houses and dugout huts were operated as camps across the Jeju island. But the camps’ limited capacity meant inmates of the camps suffered greatly from the situation.

Conducting member checking within a qualitative case study on health-related behaviours in a large European city: Appraising interpretations and co-constructing findings.

Although member checking is a well-established strategy for appraising credibility, there is a lack of research reporting procedures and outcomes when using this strategy. In recent years, scholars have implemented new member checking strategies along with several epistemological stances. In this work, researchers conducted member checking in three neighbourhoods with different socioeconomic status in Madrid, Spain. Attendance at member checking meetings was lower than expected. Member checking meetings were conducted in public halls within each neighbourhood and lasted approximately 2 hours. During the first hour, researchers introduced the aim of the meetings and shared summarized research findings with attendees using a slideshow. During the second hour, attendees had the opportunity to comment on any aspect of the research. Researchers used grounded theory coding strategies and a constructivist approach informed the analysis of the transcribed member checking meetings. One core category emerged, and it was named 'Co-constructing findings and side effects of the interaction between researchers and participants in member checking'. Member checking attendees contributed to co-constructing findings by means of underscore and disagreement. It is possible that these meetings might have caused side effects such as unintended comparisons between neighbourhoods and negative health-related behaviours. Attendees wondered how the findings could improve their neighbourhoods. The meetings allowed interaction between participants and researchers and resulted in appraising and co-constructing qualitative research findings. More research is needed to advance knowledge about member checking.

Kainar: A Late 18th to Early 20th Century Ritual and Housing Complex in the Northern Ustyurt

This is the fi rst description of a key Kazakh recent permanent settlement at Donyztau, in the northern Ustyurt. Such sites, evidencing major historical processes during the transition of nomadic pastoralists to a semi-sedentary lifestyle (mid-19th to early 20th century), are known as “ritual and housing complexes” (RHC). Kainar, a highly representative site, is viewed as a socio-cultural phenomenon and an integral architectural and landscape ensemble. The excavation history of RHCs in the Donyztau area and their evolution are discussed, and the role of ascetics such as Doszhan-Ishan Kashakuly is described. We highlight separate parts of the complex (the settlement and cemetery) and their elements. The architecture of the RHC is reconstructed with regard to structure, function, and continuity with the landscape. The layout of the site as a whole and of the madrasah with its typical elements are compared with those of similar sites in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. A reconstruction of the complex is proposed and the function of public halls is interpreted. The role of the cemetery and of its parts in the structure of the RHC is evaluated; the evolution of its spatial organization is traced. Types of memorial complexes are listed in terms of harmony with the landscape, archaic beliefs, architecture, and style, specifi cally stone carving. The historical and cultural signifi cance of Kainar as a source of knowledge about the transition to a semi-sedentary way of life and the Islamization of the steppe is discussed.

Outcome and Impact Assessment Study Development of Community Internet Centre in Kampung Batu Embun Jerantut, Pahang

The outcome and impact assessment study for developing a community internet centre was conducted in Kampung Batu Embun Jerantut, Pahang. Researchers set out to figure out how local communion in internet networks relates to other parameters. This study aims to achieve the objectives listed by researchers on assessing outcomes and impacts of developing a community internet centre in Kampung Batu Embun Jerantut, Pahang. To conduct this study, a total of 30 participants were chosen. A quantitative analysis was carried out using a questionnaire that has become a standard study instrument for researchers' studies. The findings showed that the association between the factors led to internet centre services in the local community. Nevertheless, the proposal for improvement in the use of internet access is to strengthen the use of ICT among rural communities, including the addition of Wifi hotspot locations in rural schools, public halls, health clinics, hospitals and essential locations suitable to enable the community to access the Internet regardless of age. Finally, is anticipated that this study will have a positive impact. On the local community as well as improve a more efficient lifestyle.

İSTANBUL HALKEVLERİ GÜZEL SANATLAR VE TEMSİL ŞUBELERİNİN FAALİYETLERİ (1939-1951)

Kurtuluş Savaşı’ndan sonra gerçekleşen inkılâp hareketlerinin ortak amacı, Türk toplumunu her alanda çağdaş ve akılcı bir yöntemle modern bir toplum haline getirmekti. Bu amaçla 19 Şubat 1932 tarihinde “kültür kurumu” olarak adlandırılan halkevleri açıldı. 1932-1951 döneminde halkevleri; güzel sanatlar, temsil, dil ve edebiyat, spor, sosyal yardım, halk dershaneleri ve kurslar, kütüphane ve yayın, köycülük ile tarih ve müze şubesi olmak üzere toplam 9 şube ve bu şubelere bağlı birçok kol aracılığıyla faaliyet gösterdi. Güzel sanatlar şubesinin amacı; müzik, resim, heykel, mimari ve süsleme sanatları alanında amatör ve profesyonel unsurları bir araya toplamak, genç kabiliyetleri korumak ve bunların yetişmelerini sağlamaktı. Temsil şubesinin amacı da temsil sanatına istekli ve kabiliyetli üyelerden oluşan bir temsil grubu oluşturmaktı.
 İstanbul halkevlerinin güzel sanatlar şubeleri müzik faaliyetleri içinde daha çok Türk müziğine yönelik koro faaliyetleri ve konserler üzerinde durmaktaydı. Eminönü, Kadıköy, Şişli ve Beyoğlu halkevlerinin kendilerine ait orkestraları vardı. Sergi faaliyetleri resim ve fotoğraf ağırlıklı olup ülkenin ilk “diyaroma sergisi” nin açılışı bu dönemde Eminönü Halkevi tarafından yapıldı. Temsil şubelerinin faaliyetleri de piyes, bale, opera, revü, kanto, kukla-karagöz, meddah, hokkabaz, orta oyunu, sinema ve film gösterilerinden oluşmaktaydı.
 İstanbul’da 1932-1935 tarihleri arasında sadece İstanbul Halkevi faaliyet gösterdi ve 1935 yılında yeniden yapılandırmaya gidilerek halkevinin faaliyetlerine son verildi. Aynı yıl İstanbul’da Eminönü, Şehremini, Beyoğlu, Beşiktaş, Kadıköy, Üsküdar ve Şişli halkevleri açıldı. Bu halkevlerini 1938 yılında Fatih, Bakırköy ve Eyüp halkevleri, 1939 yılında Şile, 1940’da Sarıyer halkevlerinin açılması izledi. 1945 yılında Kartal, Yalova ve 1946 yılında da Çatalca, Beykoz ve Yeşilköy halkodaları halkevlerine dönüştürüldü.
 Bu çalışmada 1939-1951 döneminde İstanbul’da faaliyet gösteren 17 halkevine bağlı güzel sanatlar ve temsil şubelerinin faaliyetleri; “müzik, sergi ve temsil” alt başlıkları altında incelendi.

PEMASANGAN PANEL SOLAR BAGI MENAMPUNG BEKALAN ELEKTRIK TAMBAHAN UNTUK INSTITUSI PENDIDIKAN AGAMA PERSENDIRIAN DI LUAR BANDAR: MELALUI PENDEKATAN PROGRAM KEMASYARAKATAN KOMUNITI

The installation of solar panels in rural community Malaysia are still preliminarily explored due to the excessive cost and limited access to the technology. This limitation has also led to dissemination delays especially in public-funded buildings such as mosques, public halls, hospitals and schools. Meanwhile, the existing subsidy of electricity supply rate to the society has led the community to become highly dependent and demanded on the power supply from Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). Therefore, the increase of electricity tariff since 2014, has subsequently resulted in the increasing charge of monthly electricity bills. Without awareness, the electricity usage and charges will keep on increasing and may affect the monthly expenses especially to the public and private institutions. This situation may become worst to the self-funded institutions in rural areas including the ‘tahfiz’, international and conventional religious schools. The concern of this excessive charges on electricity tariff may influence these institutions to outsource funds such as through collecting donations from the community in which are not sustainably sufficient. Therefore, this research investigates an alternative supply of electricity that may reduce the cost and will benefit the institutions through bill-savings. The objective is to determine whether solar panel installation through a community-service programme can help the institutions to not only becoming electricity-sufficient but could also save the energy by generating power from solar energy. A case study was conducted at the ‘tahfiz’ school in Perak Tengah to determine the effectiveness of how this institution could reduce electricity bills besides establishing the green energy initiative. Remarkably, through the installation of a 2 kW solar power system, this research has discovered that the institutions have successfully saved 70% of the existing monthly electricity expenses. Therefore, this finding acknowledged solar energy through community-service as sufficient green initiative programme towards achieving sustainable living.

Mask requirements in the face of uncertain disability rights law

As schools resume on‐campus instruction, many may require students, faculty, and staff to wear masks or face coverings in public areas, classrooms, and residence halls to help limit the spread of COVID‐19. Inevitably, some students will object to wearing a mask on disability‐related grounds, whether because of respiratory impairments or other physical or psychological impairments. Other students with hearing impairments who rely on lip reading or interpreters may object to instructors and interpreters wearing masks that conceal their faces. Schools must decide how to respond and, as of press time, will have to do so without specific guidance from the Department of Justice or the Office for Civil Rights. Should schools exempt students with disabilities from mask requirements? Should schools obtain clear masks for instructors regardless of cost or availability? Can schools remove students who refuse to wear masks? Without clear guidance, what legal issues are likely to arise?

Transformation of the performing places of Nohgaku in the modern era (before 1945) - the influence of public halls and Umewaka-ryu (Umewaka school)

Transformation of the performing places of Nohgaku in the modern era (before 1945) - the influence of public halls and Umewaka-ryu (Umewaka school)

Airport security: Trying to prevent the worst from occurring while protecting from its deadly consequences

Designing airport facilities and systems, from greenfield or for renovation or extension purposes, requires a perfect knowledge and understanding of airport operations, regulations and business models. It also needs to anticipate operational, technological and regulatory evolutions, to design sustainable facilities and optimise in the long run CAPEX (capital expenditures) and OPEX (operation expenditures) perspectives. Many standards apply in airport engineering, but paradoxically, one sensitive field of airport design and management has been underestimated in the past decades and is now under great focus since the occurrence of recent terrorist attacks, that is the building’s passive security. In fact, terrorist modus operandi became more and more resolute and aim, through powerful blast and ballistic vectors, at performing maximum devastation. They incidentally produce structural damage to buildings and consequently increase injury and fatality tolls in confined areas such as landside public halls. This reality, that became a permanent and complex parameter of the airport security equation, is now dealt through the ‘security by design’ reflections driven by civil aviation international regulators. This paper gives an overview on the subject and proposes directions for reflection when considering the passive security of buildings and ‘security optimised’ designs as a core element of airport security.

Traditional retailing versus modern retailing in a port city: Barcelona, 1859–1936

ABSTRACTSpain trailed behind more advanced European countries when it came to the emergence of modern retailing and its subsequent effect on urban life and consumer behaviour. In Barcelona, public food market halls and private department stores both appeared in the second half of the nineteenth century, but they had differing location strategies based on their different promoters and consumers. In 1859, Ildefons Cerdà’s Barcelona Expansion Project was approved and the new modern city began to expand into the surrounding territory. This article assesses to what extent the city spreading out across the plains around Barcelona strengthened, rather than compromised, the role of the city’s original nucleus as a commercial centre. The 1850s through to the mid-1930s was a period during which traditional urban retailers and the newcomers – passages and department stores – were both located mostly in the centre of the city; they consolidated their coexistence and reinforced the role of the old part of Barcelona as the city’s commercial heart. However, the construction of a sizable system of public markets in the same period provides some insight into the fundamental aim of Cerdà’s project: a more even distribution of public and private services throughout the city.

Screening test for radioactivity of self-consumption products in Fukushima after the Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP accident in Japan

A food inspection service system for home grown products or wild plants collected by individual consumers for self-consumption was implemented in Fukushima in Nov. 2012. About 500 NaI(Tl) scintillation spectrometers were distributed to 300 or more temporary testing laboratories which were set up in public halls or meeting places of the municipalities. The screening method for radiocaesium was adapted to the present inspection service system. The performance of the equipment under field conditions was evaluated using sampled data obtained by temporary testing laboratories. From the present results of evaluation the confidence of these inspections was confirmed. Totally about 550,000 food samples have been tested with a pass rate of 90% or more.

Examination on Brain Training Method: Effects of n-back task and dual-task

Background: Alzheimer's dementia (AD) is the most common dementia, accounting for more than 60% of all dementia cases. For adults aged >65 years, the incidence rate doubles for every 5 years of increased age; therefore, preserving cognitive function is a pressing issue. Thus, our team screens for AD in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, at 11 public halls in Kashihara City, Japan, and offers follow-up to those with cognitive difficulties. The purpose of this research was to measure the effects of two interventions, a dual-task (requiring the participant to perform two tasks at the same time) and an n-back task (test of memory retention, requiring the participant to identify the item occupying the nth-back position in a sequence of items). A comparison group performed a single learning task in place of the dual-task. Moreover, the majority of non-drug therapies for the maintenance of cognitive function help promote a positive mood, activating reward systems in the brain and motivating the individual to continue the task. Therefore, the correlation between cognitive function, and positive and negative mood was investigated. Methods: Dual and n- back task (n = 304) and single-task (n = 78) groups were compared in a 6-month intervention. Salivary α-amylase concentration was measured, which reflects positive and negative mood, and correlations with cognitive function were analyzed. Results: Cognitive function improved in both the dual-task and the single-task groups, and many cognitive domains had improved in the dual-task group. A correlation between salivary α-amylase and cognitive function was found, indicating that a greater positive mood was associated with greater cognitive function. Conclusion: The results of this research show that functional decline can be improved by a cognitive intervention. Positive mood and cognitive function were correlated, suggesting that encouraging comfort in the participant can increase the effectiveness of the intervention.

Earthquake and hypertension—from acute to chronic phase after the Great East Japan Earthquake

On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the northeast part of Japan (the Tohoku region) with a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale, which was one of the largest ocean-trench earthquakes ever recorded in Japan. The Earthquake caused huge damage, including 9,512 dead and 1,581 missing persons and 400,851 destroyed houses (as of 20 October 2016). It also forced many people (~400,000) to be evacuated to the temporary accommodations, such as public halls, gymnastic halls and scholastic institutions in disaster-stricken area. Especially in the seacoast area, the damage was significantly amplified by the Tsunami (The report on damage from the East Japan Earthquake. In: Fire and Disaster Mnagement Agency; 2016). Furthermore, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant struck by the Tsunami got out of order, and hydrogen explosion occurred subsequently. Consequently, many residents living around the nuclear power plant were also forced to evacuate from their houses to the temporary accommodations, such as public halls, gymnastic halls and scholastic institutions in the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster.

Marble Busts and Fish Fossils. The Catalog of the Museum of naturalia and artificialia at the University of Padua (1797).

The historical catalogs of the museum collections contain a wealth of information for historians seeking to reconstruct their contents, how they were displayed and the ways in which they were used. This paper will present the complete transcription of a draft catalog that was prepared in 1797 for the Museum of Natural History and Antiquities of the University of Padua. Conserved in the university's Museum of Geology and Paleontology, the catalog was the first to be compiled of the museum, which was established in 1733 thanks to the donation by Antonio Vallisneri Jr. of his father Antonio Vallisneri Sr.'s collection of antiquities and natural history. The catalog was compiled by the custodian of the museum, the herbalist and amateur naturalist Bartolomeo Fabris. It is of great interest because it provides a record of the number and nature of the pieces conserved in the museum at a time when natural history and archeology collections were still undivided. It also provides indications as to how such collections were arranged for display in the public halls of a university at the end of the eighteenth century. Based on this catalog, with additional information drawn from other manuscript and published sources and museum catalogs from the 1830s conserved in various institutes at the University of Padua, it is possible to reconstruct the contents and layout of a significant late 18th-century natural history collection.

공공 홀의 설계 프로세스 향상을 위한 시스템 엔지니어링 적용

Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio Universit yAbstract : The major challenge of designing public halls or performing arts centers in Japan is meeting the expectations of the regional community; greater stakeholder inv olvement is required in order to solve this problem. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether stakeh olders can become more involved in public hall design by using systems engineering (SE), which has never before been applied when designing public halls. As such, this study redesigned an actual public hall (Iw aki Alios) using an SE approach. The results revealed that applying SE was effective in the creation of a pu blic hall concept.Key Words : Public Hall; Public Theater; Design Process; Concept Design; Social System* 교신저자 : Saki Yoshihara, yoshihara.saki@keio.jp* This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which pe rmits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

The Balcony by Jean Genet (review)

Reviewed by: The Balcony by Jean Genet Kimberly Jannarone The Balcony. By Jean Genet. Directed by Michael Hunter and Jamie Lyons. Collected Works, Old Mint Building, San Francisco. 7 February 2015. The Old Mint building in San Francisco is, in the words of directors Michael Hunter and Jamie Lyons, a “dead building.” Erected in 1874 to print extra money during the Gold Rush, it was decommissioned as a mint in 1937, allegedly transformed into a CIA spy hub during the Cold War, and then fell into disuse. It is a hulking, neglected monument to the city’s fluctuating fortunes: “Google buses” drive past during the day, homeless people sleep on its steps at night, and everyone sees the facade though almost no one goes inside. The building thus provides an ideal site for a drama about the hidden mechanics of power and the role of fantasy in constructing history. Collected Works, a San Francisco–based production company, tapped this potential by staging Jean Genet’s The Balcony in the vaults, corridors, public chambers, and private meeting rooms of this sandstone-and-granite building decaying in the midst of a city undergoing another epochal shift in power. Click for larger view View full resolution Nathalie Brilliant (Beggar’s Girl) and Florentina Mocanu-Schendel (Beggar) in The Balcony. (Photo: Jamie Lyons.) When spectators entered the imposing edifice we were invited to explore exhibitions in several ground-floor antechambers. Installations by textile artist Latifa Medjdoub (who also designed the costumes) established an atmosphere of erotic and menacing [End Page 729] trompe l’oeil. Her hybrid fabric constructions combined sculpture, costume, and conceptual art: images of iconic figures of power overlaid complex woven garments, materializing Genet’s metatheatrical threads of role-playing and the entanglements of authority. Madame Irma (Val Sinckler), the brothel-keeper, and her principal employee, Carmen (Ryan Tacata), addressed us as valued clients before ushering us down to the basement level. Here, the first scenes unfolded simultaneously in dimly lit granite rooms in which actors played actors playing roles of institutional power and sensual fantasy. Click for larger view View full resolution Lauren Dunagan (Judge) and Amy Munz (Thief) in The Balcony. (Photo: Jamie Lyons.) The choice to set us loose in the shadowy underground of a politically charged public building paid dividends with this play in two ways. For one, as it was impossible to see each of the simultaneous scenes from beginning to end, the staging forced spectators to make viewing decisions, and creeping in and out of intimate scenes of sexualized role-playing heightened our sense of voyeurism. For another, these brothel scenes in cramped, unfamiliar spaces had a concrete reality impossible to experience on a proscenium stage—we leaned against cold stone walls, overheard yelling from nearby rooms, and walked among performers whose faces were often obliterated by masks and fabric. The second half unfolded upstairs in spacious public halls and foyers. Madame Irma, Carmen, and the Police Chief (played by Scott Baker) dominated, plotting their transfer of power from the interior illusionistic world to the real politics of the government under siege outside their walls. When the fantasy-world employees and clients finally assumed their new roles they held court on a literal balcony while paparazzi ran among the spectators and snapped photos from below. The goal of integrating the site with the play was particularly successful here, as most audience members had never been inside before and had only imagined the building as a site of representations of political influence. Now we were watching representations of such representations within its columned halls. Lyons—who also works with San Francisco’s We Players, a production company committed to “site-integrated” performances that take place in public parks (for example, Ondine at Sutro Baths; Macbeth at Fort Point; Hamlet on Alcatraz)—advocates for performance that uses the site as another creative participant in the work: it should be character and designer, and it should shape the development and understanding of the piece. One scene in this Balcony illustrated the payoff of letting the space inform the text: the revolutionaries met in a cafeteria-style hall where lights and sirens from downtown filtered through the barred windows, the...

Book Review: From the Dance Hall to Facebook: Teen Girls, Mass Media, and Moral Panic in the United States, 1905-2010, by Shayla Thiel-Stern

From the Dance Hall to Facebook: Teen Girls, Mass Media, and Moral Panic in the United States, 1905-2010. Shayla Thiel-Stern. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, 2014. 203 pp. $80 hbk. $22.95 pbk.Shayla Thiel-Stern analyzes media coverage of teenage girls over more than a century in the United States to build a convincing case for the way in which journalists mitigate the power of young women as a public, social force. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book provides a wealth of evidence from phenomenon ranging from dance halls to social-networking sites to demonstrate how teen girls are systemically constrained from empowered participation in the public sphere. Thiel-Stern, an associate professor in journalism and mass communications at the University of Minnesota, contrasts the lived experience of the young women-finding many sources to give their authentic voices-with the moral panic manufactured by the media. Through careful historical study, she demonstrates convincingly how the media work to keep young women within defined hegemonic roles that do not threaten a capitalistic, maledominated society.There are two key factors in this book that make it particularly valuable: the way in which it convincingly demonstrates an ongoing media campaign to disempower young women as well as the way that this historical force can explain much of the media hysteria surrounding teen girls online today. This is particularly useful as researchers often struggle to articulate how media norms and social history affect the online sphere. With her historical approach, Thiel-Stern is able to build a convincing narrative that shows how teen girls represent a particular threat to society when they challenge narrow roles laid down for them. Over more than a century, teen girls have continued to struggle with being framed by the media as either sluts or sexual victims. This framing existed with their visits to public dance halls, participation in sports, being fans of Elvis Presley, being punk rock fans, as well as in the digital sphere. By quoting contemporary media accounts and tracing the narrative of moral panic, ThielStern convincingly demonstrates how media simultaneously silence the nuanced, authentic experience of women as they participate in these windows of public life. At the same time, the media exaggerates or fabricates narratives or events to show how participation threatened women's morality or physical well-being-particularly their ability to be wives and mothers.In each case study, the book discusses the current state of the U.S. media and how changes in the media environment contribute to coverage and consumption. Much of this is very useful and helpful in understanding the shape of the coverage, although it might have been helpful to consider in more depth the rise of images in popular media after the spread of television. In addition, although the discussion of popular television series (such as CHiPs and Quincy) was useful in terms of defining popular metanarratives about punk girls, it was difficult to compare this information with that in the other case studies that was related to the news media. …

Localism and the paradox of devolution: delegated citizen committees in Victoria, Australia

A central ideal in community localism is the notion of participatory devolution; that citizens ought to be engaged, supported and included in local decision-making. Community localism views participatory engagement as a vital ingredient in the quest to empower communities and enliven local democracy. Yet, critics argue that, in practice, many participatory initiatives inspired by community localism fail to empower citizens because they represent one-off consultation exercises with limited devolution of responsibility or control. This paper contributes to this debate by examining how participatory devolution is enacted in the messy world of local governance. It focuses on the use of a participatory mechanism that has received little attention in localism debates, the delegated citizen committee. These are committees composed of volunteer citizens who have formal devolved power to manage local assets, such as public halls or sporting fields, and, in some cases, to make decisions on broader policy issues. Drawing on the experiences of a local government in Victoria, Australia, the article asks what work do delegated citizen committees do?; who participates?; what issues do they affect?; and how are they supported? The study finds that, in practice, many delegated citizen committees have devolved responsibility to perform managerial and administrative services, but, paradoxically, they have limited influence on the broader functioning of local democracy.