In this paper, we examine the multiple significations of the “frontline” metaphor
in the UK during the first ten months of COVID-19. We argue that the term
“frontline” has operated as a performative frame, which has helped to
produce the very notion and the materialization of the
“COVID-19 frontline” and keyworkers. Showing how the UK government has
repeatedly cited this metaphor, we outline the contradictory effects it has
generated through an interplay of hyper-visibility and opaqueness. The frontline
metaphor has been used to justify the government's injection of massive amounts
of public money into the economy, render hyper-visible workers who had
previously been invisible, whilst generating a sense of civic responsibility.
Simultaneously, however, the metaphor has created a smokescreen for corrupt
practices, deflecting attention away from resource-starved health and social
care infrastructures and intensifying forms of “everyday bordering” and
“everyday racism” that deepen structural injustices in the UK.
As Supply Chain Management has evolved, doctoral programs have struggled to produce enough new people with doctorate degrees to keep up with demand and to replace tenure-track faculty who leave for various reasons. Accurate salary data is required by both potential candidates and recruiting institutions. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International conducts an annual survey of faculty and administrative salaries for member schools. Each school self-reports salary figures. This reporting is subjective to how each reporting university defines faculty residency. Many reported salaries for Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management (SCM) are co-mingled with “Management,” “Marketing,” or “Operations” faculty and are not included under the correct classification. To address the limitations of the AACSB salary report, the authors developed a survey to collect data on SCM/Logistics and Transportation. Faculty salaries focused on the US-based faculty for public, private, AACSB-accredited and non–AACSB-accredited institutions. This article examines the impact of factors such as faculty rank, primary field of practice, years in the present rank, work allocation, and accreditation on academic salaries in the fields of SCM/Logistics and Transportation. This information is of immense use for both career and hiring decisions.
While the slumber party itself is a significant preadolescent ritual, this article examines, in particular, how the import of belief is heightened by conditions of liminality during three specific slumber party rituals that involve the occult: “Cat Scratch,” “Concentrate,” and “Sandman.” After contextualizing the study within children's folklore and examinations of ritual and belief specifically, the author discusses how the slumber party space, as a liminal environment, is conducive to these belief-oriented rituals. The latter portion of the article analyzes interview material, collected by the author, in light of specific contextual information—such as the informants' religious, educational, and political backgrounds. Ultimately, the author concludes that within these three rituals that involve the occult (and thus a whole host of beliefs), the liminal environment allows participants, who might in other circumstances feel less permitted to engage in these activities, to experience a measure of freedom.
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