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‘The Internet Is Magic’: Technology, Intimacy And Transnational Families, Valerie Francisco
‘The Internet Is Magic’: Technology, Intimacy And Transnational Families, Valerie Francisco
Faculty Publications, Sociology
Drawing on multi-sited ethnography and qualitative research, I argue that the visual register in particular modes of communication technology like Skype and Facebook ushers in a different quality of relationships for transnational families. Most participants in this study are undocumented immigrants unable to return to their families for long periods of time because of legal consequences that will ban them from coming back and working in the USA. On the other hand, their families in the Philippines cannot visit the USA without proper documentation. The economic necessity of working abroad and legal conditions deter family reunification. Consequently, since these families …
“From Where I Sit”: Filipino Youth, Sexuality And Immigration In Participatory Action Research, Valerie Francisco
“From Where I Sit”: Filipino Youth, Sexuality And Immigration In Participatory Action Research, Valerie Francisco
Faculty Publications, Sociology
Studies of young people's experiences of sexuality rarely discuss how immigration and settlement impact youths' understanding of their bodies, sexual identities, and knowledge. In this paper, Filipino youth in collaboration with adult allies, conducted a New York City-based participatory action research project and found that young people's experiences and understanding of sexuality are narrated by silences, solidarity and paradoxical spaces. This study explores the contradictory experiences of passivity and subjectivity in the sexual lives of young people. Lastly, as an adult collaborator on the project I assess how “participation” as a logic of inquiry allows for youth and adult collaborators …
Behavioral Sciences Training Applications Of A Computerized Student-Patient Encounter Log System, Stephen J. Morewitz, G. Shaw
Behavioral Sciences Training Applications Of A Computerized Student-Patient Encounter Log System, Stephen J. Morewitz, G. Shaw
Faculty Publications, Sociology
No abstract provided.
Four Approaches To Using Patients To Teach And Evaluate Clinical Skills Of Residents, Interns, And Students, F. Medio, Stephen J. Morewitz
Four Approaches To Using Patients To Teach And Evaluate Clinical Skills Of Residents, Interns, And Students, F. Medio, Stephen J. Morewitz
Faculty Publications, Sociology
No abstract provided.