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The article examines the relationship between poverty and subjective agency. It argues that experiences of disregard play a crucial role in this. People in poverty often undergo humiliations that undermine their self-conception and worldview. They begin to devalue their own situation and develop a sense of shameful self-contempt. This shame leads to resignation, demoralization, and passivity. The article elucidates the theoretical underpinnings of this argument and connects them with empirical cases. It is demonstrated that poverty not only leaves the impression of a blocked future but also brings with it a sense of social exclusion and detachment. In this context, the significance of social recognition and its influence on the constitution of the experiencing subject is emphasized. At the same time, the results also highlight that experiences of shame in poverty do not necessarily lead to self-contempt but can also lead to rebellion and resistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Children help create and shape their social worlds, including that of worship. This article explores how children negotiate and appropriate worship practices and incorporate their own values, understandings and creative ideas into their worship. This analysis of children's agency relies on qualitative data drawn from direct observation of Dutch Protestant worship services designed for and/or attended by children. Recognising that children have agency in worship encourages practitioners and practical theologians to identify how children already help shape the worship they take part in and enhance opportunities to strengthen their agency and influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper compares presentations of disorders of the sense of body ownership and agency from psychoanalytic and neurological perspectives to demonstrate similarities in symptomatology proposing these similarities arise from adjustments in Friston's generative model of self-organization and selfhood. The implications for the analytic model of the Self, for clinical practice and for neuroscience research are considered. Patients with narcissistic disorders use projective defences resulting in a disordered sense of what belongs to whom. This applies to mind and body of self and other and is central to understanding transference and countertransference. Clinical observations of this disordered sense of ownership and agency mirror findings in neurological disorders. This paper proposes that in both neurological and psychological disorders Friston's 'internal generative model' of selfhood is adjusted. Further to this whilst this adjustment may be either neurogenic or psychogenic, the final neural mechanism and symptomatic outcome are similar. On the basis of these observations the paper compares the concept of the Self from Jungian and psychoanalytic perspectives. Finally, the implications for the concept of the death instinct and Britton's concept of Xenophobia are explored along with the implications of these observations for clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The past year in Luxembourg was characterized by elections at various levels, which showed a positive attitude towards the European Union. In the 2024 European elections, the LSAP gained votes, while the Greens and the Liberals suffered losses. The ADR won a mandate for the first time and advocated for the abolition of the unanimity principle in foreign policy matters. The nomination of Nicolas Schmit as the lead candidate for the Commission posed challenges for the Luxembourgish government. [Extracted from the article]

Objective: The aim of the Medical Academy Waldbreitbach is to connect individual and organisational requirements in order to promote an appropriate and multi-locational development of medical competency in the face of the continuously evolving challenges of clinical practice. Integral processes in this are the reduction of organisational learning barriers and thesuccessive integration of competency-oriented learning events in the structures of personnel and organisational development. The modularsystem for the further development of doctors' skills serves here as a supplementary and recommendation system for both existing curricula and those defined by regulatory organisations and professional associations. Methods: The Medical Academy's modularsystem has a two-dimensional structure. In addition to the axis of biography orientation, the model orients itself around issues relatingto the needs of a doctor in any individual professional position, as well as with whom he comes into contact and where his primary challenges lie. In order to achieve better integration in day-to-day routine and a needs-specific orientation of content, the modular system provides a combination of "one, two or three day and two- three- or four-hour training units" depending upon the topic. The transfer of experiential knowledge with the aid of practical exercises is a central element of the didactic model. Results: Through the combined use of summative and formative assessment, the significance of a dialogue-orientated approach in both planning and in the organisational process was highlighted. In feedback discussions and quantitative evaluation sheets, participants identified in particular cross-generational knowledge sharing as a central element for the development of personal values alongside the interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge. The combination of specialist and interdisciplinary topics, for example on team processes or communication, is frequently emphasised, indicatingthatthis had been taught insufficiently and impractically duringmedical school. Longitudinal evaluations of continuous course units support this, sothatthe reinforcement of informal learning processes through feedback and exchange of experience is established as an effective and integral learning pattern within the modularsystem. Conclusion: The of the modularsystem of the Medical Academy Waldbreitbach - as an institution of the Marienhaus Hospitals Ltd. - is to develop the knowledge, ability and motivation of doctors both individually and professionally. Here, an equally high demand is placed upon the advancement of individual dispositions, attitudes and values, as well as on specialised topics, in order to promote/develop solutions-based and overall medical activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several regions in Britain saw the construction of large, linear earthworks of banks and ditches during the later Bronze Age and in the Iron Age, often extending for many kilometres. In the light of recent theoretical discussions of materiality and relational agency within archaeology and other social sciences, and through an avowedly discursive poetics of place, examples of these earthworks are re-assessed as actants, capable of affecting and directing the lives of people, animals, and plants. These linear earthworks were not static monuments, but were active assemblages or meshworks of materiality, movement, and memory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The amount of elderly persons among arrested persons is increasing. This fact poses new challenges for penitentiary institutions since their structure and medical care capacity is not designed for elderly prisoners. The objectives of this literature review were to describe the possibilities and difficulties of elderly persons in prison in their daily life task performance and to provide an overview of potential occupational therapy interventions. Method: A systematic literature search was performed in different therapeutical, medical and psychological databases. Then, literature was critically appraised and findings were summarised in relation to the Biel model. Results: Elderly prisoners have impairments in body-functions that impact their ability to perform tasks in the areas of leisure/play, activities of daily living and work. Furthermore, the physical, social and cultural environment of the prison mainly restricts and only partly supports their ability to perform daily life tasks. Their performance problems are observable in form of posture/mobility, use of tools and social interaction. Literature from different occupational therapy fields implies possible occupational therapy interventions for elderly persons in prison. Conclusion: Occupational therapy interventions could enable, support and sustain daily life performance of elderly persons in prison. However, feasibility and effectiveness of such interventions need to be evaluated. Furthermore, general requirements for and assumptions of costs of occupational therapy in prisons need to be clarified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]