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Immigrant youth, hip-hop, and feminist pedagogy: outlines of an alternative integration policy in Vienna, Austria / Franz, Barbara

Franz, Barbara	Journal Article
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2012.

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This article describes a local social work project currently operating in the Viennese suburbs of Austria with second-generation migrant teenagers (who come mostly from working class guestworker families of Turkish and Yugoslav origin). This project which applies feminist pedagogy is successfully providing a platform for underprivileged teens to express themselves through Rap music and hip-hop (by enabling access to the Internet and music studios), thereby offering an alternative to violence and drug use. The project promotes equal access opportunities for young women to articulate their adolescent feelings and angst in creative and often remarkable ways. This study raises the importance of feminist perspectives in applied local politics and the effectiveness of art practices as a powerful tool for transforming integration conflicts. Despite national xenophobic policies, some urban, often small-scale alternative integration programs empower immigrant youth through creative projects and the caring relationships that develop between teenagers and their mentors.

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Integration ; Social Work ; Immigrant Youth ; Feminist Pedagogy ; Hip ; Hop

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Sol freeze dry nd: yag nanopowder synthesis and sinterability studies / Mann, Rekha; Laishram, Kiranmala ; Ahmed, Sheikh Ashfaq ; Malhan, Neelam

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Citrate nitrate sol freeze dry synthesis of 2 atomic % neodymium ion doped Yttrium Aluminium Oxide (Nd:YAG) nanopowders was explored for the first time. Sol was prepared by dissolving nitrates of Al3+, Y3+ and Nd3+ keeping molar ratio to be 5: 2.94: 0.06. Total metal ion to citric acid ratio was optimised at 1 is to 0.25. Sol was freeze dried at -80 °C for 48 h. Dried mass thus obtained was calcined at 1000 °C for 2 h to give phase pure Nd:YAG as characterised by FTIR and XRD. Particles were in the size range of 35 nm - 50 nm with close to spherical morphology as observed by TEM. Nanopowder was compacted and sintered at 1700 °C for 5 h under 10-6 mbar followed by hot isostatic press at 1750 °C for 4 h under 200 MPa, to give 71 per cent transmission at 1064 nm indicating synthesis of well sinterable Nd:YAG nanopowders.

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Hip ; Freeze Dry ; Nd ; Yag ; Transparent Ceramic ; Vacuum Sintering ;
Yag Nanopowder ; Sinterability

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