 | | | | The Eye at War: American Eye Prosthetics During the World Wars This article surveys American eye prosthetics during the World Wars beginning with the shortage of glass eyes during the First World War. It also looks at attempts to address prosthetic eye needs in the Second World War through the acrylic eye program, the use of contact lenses, and a group of Americans seeking to show their patriotism by donating their own eyeballs to blinded veterans. |
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| Catching up with wonderful women: The women-are-wonderful effect is smaller in more gender egalitarian societies Inequalities between men and women are common and well-documented. Objective indexes show that men are better positioned than women in societal hierarchies—there is no single country in the world without a gender gap. In contrast, researchers have found that the women-are-wonderful effect—that women are evaluated more positively than men overall—is also common. Cross-cultural studies on gender equality reveal that the more gender egalitarian the society is, the less prevalent explicit gender stereotypes are. Yet, because self-reported gender stereotypes may differ from implicit attitudes... |
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| Commoning Education in Contemporary Greece Yannis Pechtelidis explores an alternative option in education, pedagogy, and children's participation in public life in contemporary crisis-ridden Greece. He describes the everyday life of a public elementary school and a pedagogical community run by its members. In light of the new commons theory, he argues that both schools are underpinned by the commons heteropolitical ethics and logic, despite their differences. Particularly, they share a common resource, education. The 'common' is interpreted here as a heteropolitical process of 'commoning' education. The author critically discusses... |
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