Jacques Lacan's Registers of the Psychoanalytic Field, Applied using Geometric Data Analysis to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Purloined Letter"
In a first investigation, a Lacan-motivated template of the Poe story is fitted to the data. A segmentation of the storyline is used in order to map out the diachrony. Based on this, it will be shown how synchronous aspects, potentially related to Lacanian registers, can be sought. This demonstrates the effectiveness of an approach based on a model template of the storyline narrative. In a second and more comprehensive investigation, we develop an approach for revealing, that is, uncovering, Lacanian register relationships. Objectives of this work include the wide and general application of our methodology. This methodology is strongly based on the "letting the data speak" Correspondence Analysis analytics platform of Jean-Paul Benz\'ecri, that is also the geometric data analysis, both qualitative and quantitative analytics, developed by Pierre Bourdieu.
L'AVENIR DE L'ANALYSE DES DONNEES
Quand le Professeur Chikio HAYASHI m’a propose d’ecrire un article pour la revue de la Societe aux destinees de laquelle il preside, j’ai immediatement compris que l’immense honneur qui m’etait fait m’imposait d’accepter une telle offre. Mais grand a ete mon embarras: les lecteurs de cette revue connaissent les travaux que le Professeur HAYASHI, a realises lui-meme ou a diriges: et je ne crois pas avoir rien a enseigner aux eleves d’un tel Maitre! J’ai donc pris le parti de traiter non des methodes scientifiques que je cultive apres lui, mais des esperances; qui n’appartiennent a personne, et auxquelles pourtant chacun confere des couleurs certes incommunicables, et cependant parfois dignes d’etre reproduites par la peinture des mots, pour etre exposees aux yeux de tous.
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography Exploring Women’s Views of Why It Exists and Persists
Abstract Objectives: Despite well-documented negative consequences, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) continues to be widely practised. In this systematic review, we investigated women's views of why FGM/C exists and persists. Methods: A meta-ethnographic approach was used in this systematic review of qualitative research. Results: Twenty-seven studies were included in this review and they represented the views and experiences of 823 women. FGM/C was considered a ‘rite of passage’ which was enforced to curb the expression of their sexuality and maintain social and gender norms within its communities. Nevertheless, attitudes towards FGM/C were changing among migrant populations. Conclusions: Creating community awareness projects, enforcing strict laws coupled with increasing health professional involvement may reduce the incidence of FGM/C.