Julianknxx considers breath and Black bodies in Black Corporeal (Between This Air)
“A critical examination of the relationship between materiality and the Black psyche.”
When we think about what it means to breathe in 2021, the shadows of the trauma of the global pandemic and the brutal violence of a relentless procession of contemporary manifestations of structural racism loom large. The effects of COVID-19 are inextricably linked with the act of breathing in the present day, just as is the memory of George Floyd, who was murdered by a white police officer with a knee on his neck. We might also think of Eric Garner, Javier Ambler, Manuel Ellis and Elijah McClain, all of whom repeated the phrase “I can’t breathe” before their breath was also stopped by the hands of police. In 2013 a nine-year-old girl, Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, became the first person in Britain to officially have air pollution listed as a cause of death. Living with her family next to South Circular Roa
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Open Science
Opinion
Catriona MacCallum, Hindawi’s Director of Open Science, discusses a historic milestone for scientific publishing.
The Royal Society, who created the very first and now longest running scientific journal, has announced its intention to flip four of their key hybrid research journals to Open Access, including their flagship biology journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. They will do this when the proportion of each journal reaches 75% open access, whether this is through transformative read and publish deals or by other means.
Moreover, Stuart Taylor, the Royal Society’s Publishing Director, has committed the Society to publicly report the rate of conversion towards this target for each journal on an annual basis. The full transition of these journals to Open Access may take several years but the public commitment, transparent target and roadmap will ensure the Society is held accountable to its commitment. It is this promise of public accountability t