Intimate Japan: Ethnographies of Closeness and Conflict

“ Ethnographies of heritage and power ”

Ethnographies of Code workshop

This position paper seeks to outline concepts of values in design and how they may be usefully employed in everyday contexts of programming. The paper will first introduce significant contributions and works by Nissenbaum on values in design and Taylor on reverse engineering. Drawing on the peekabooty project, this paper will outline how particular values in design may be introduced and embodie...

Civil Conflict, Sex Ratio and Intimate Partner Violence in Rwanda

This paper examines the long-term impact of civil conflict on intimate partner violence and women’s decision-making power using post-genocide data from Rwanda. Household survey data collected 11 years after the genocide show that women who became married after the genocide experienced significantly increased intimate partner violence and decreased decision-making power relative to women who bec...

Mothers’ and Fathers’ Perceptions of Conflict and Closeness in Parent-Child Relationships during Early Childhood

Parent-child interaction during adolescence, and the adolescent's sexual experience: control, closeness, and conflict.

This study examined the role of family environment in determining early or later adolescent sexual behavior. Data were obtained from a 2-wave panel survey during 1989-1990, in the Brighton and Hove areas of Sussex, England. Interviews were conducted among 302 mother-adolescent pairs in the first wave and 255 pairs in the second follow-up wave. The study explored the links between intrafamily...