Akin Akinwumi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6060692 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akin Akinwumi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akin |
| FAMILY NAME | Akinwumi |
| SIGNATURE | AKINWUMI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Will to Transform
This paper proposes the neologism 'the will to transform' to explore the political rationalities of a state-sponsored national reconciliation project—specifically the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa (TRC). In this instance, the will to transform refers to the strategic impulse for nation-building that emerges from multiple agencies in society but is codified and directed by 'the state'. The will to transform not only implies a…
Powers of action
This article examines the redress-centred campaigning activities of the Khulumani Support Group, a South African victim advocacy organization that has cultivated a specific form of agency through its demands for victim reparations. The article explores the efforts of this organization in a manner that pays attention to specific understandings of the power to act enabled by a Foucauldian perspective. More specifically, the article follows in the s…
Powers of Reach
Scholars working in the legal geography tradition have consistently argued that there is an important, although often under-explored or even unarticulated, relationship between law and space. They have stressed that, even when the connections between both categories are not always immediately self-evident, space matters to law. In simple analytical terms, this article continues in this spatio-legal tradition by injecting the distinctively geograp…
Rapid HIV Testing in Large Urban Jails
HIV prevalence is higher in jails than in the community, yet many jails do not conduct HIV testing. Jails in Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the District of Columbia have implemented innovative rapid HIV testing programs. We have summarized the results of these programs, including the numbers of persons tested, rapid and confirmatory HIV test results, and numbers of persons newly diagnosed with HIV. We have described facilita…
The Will to Transform
This paper proposes the neologism 'the will to transform' to explore the political rationalities of a state-sponsored national reconciliation project—specifically the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa (TRC). In this instance, the will to transform refers to the strategic impulse for nation-building that emerges from multiple agencies in society but is codified and directed by 'the state'. The will to transform not only implies a…
Powers of Reach
Scholars working in the legal geography tradition have consistently argued that there is an important, although often under-explored or even unarticulated, relationship between law and space. They have stressed that, even when the connections between both categories are not always immediately self-evident, space matters to law. In simple analytical terms, this article continues in this spatio-legal tradition by injecting the distinctively geograp…
Rapid HIV Testing in Large Urban Jails
HIV prevalence is higher in jails than in the community, yet many jails do not conduct HIV testing. Jails in Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the District of Columbia have implemented innovative rapid HIV testing programs. We have summarized the results of these programs, including the numbers of persons tested, rapid and confirmatory HIV test results, and numbers of persons newly diagnosed with HIV. We have described facilita…
Powers of action
This article examines the redress-centred campaigning activities of the Khulumani Support Group, a South African victim advocacy organization that has cultivated a specific form of agency through its demands for victim reparations. The article explores the efforts of this organization in a manner that pays attention to specific understandings of the power to act enabled by a Foucauldian perspective. More specifically, the article follows in the s…
Powers of action
This article examines the redress-centred campaigning activities of the Khulumani Support Group, a South African victim advocacy organization that has cultivated a specific form of agency through its demands for victim reparations. The article explores the efforts of this organization in a manner that pays attention to specific understandings of the power to act enabled by a Foucauldian perspective. More specifically, the article follows in the s…
Powers of Reach
Scholars working in the legal geography tradition have consistently argued that there is an important, although often under-explored or even unarticulated, relationship between law and space. They have stressed that, even when the connections between both categories are not always immediately self-evident, space matters to law. In simple analytical terms, this article continues in this spatio-legal tradition by injecting the distinctively geograp…
Rapid HIV Testing in Large Urban Jails
HIV prevalence is higher in jails than in the community, yet many jails do not conduct HIV testing. Jails in Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the District of Columbia have implemented innovative rapid HIV testing programs. We have summarized the results of these programs, including the numbers of persons tested, rapid and confirmatory HIV test results, and numbers of persons newly diagnosed with HIV. We have described facilita…
The Will to Transform
This paper proposes the neologism 'the will to transform' to explore the political rationalities of a state-sponsored national reconciliation project—specifically the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa (TRC). In this instance, the will to transform refers to the strategic impulse for nation-building that emerges from multiple agencies in society but is codified and directed by 'the state'. The will to transform not only implies a…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Action (physics (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (2 works) · Foucault, Power, and Ethics (2 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)