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Voluntary repatriation for Rohingya refugees may be the ultimate solution, but until an agreement is reached, relocation from the congested border must be explored. As Bangladesh explores Bhasan Char relocation, what might have happened to Rohingya identity in the interim? This chapter discusses refugeehood amid the unfolding political ploys. Using Rohingyan public narratives, voices, and experiences drawn upon the historical baggage encapsulated in Rakhine memories and experiences, suggesting any ultimate solution will only be possible when Rohingyan refugees speak for themselves and their voices echo across the broader world. Both vernacular and political acts emerge as fundamental forces shaping a Rohingya Muslim future, presently visible only too murkily, but in Rohingyan minds much firmer than any other solutions.

Failure of managing NCDs (non-communicable diseases) worldwide is a serious concern for public health. For the persistence of health scenario, this paper asks why even after awareness programs and health interventions, NCDs e.g. diabetes and heart disease are still a threat to the population. To reveal this answer, the settlement of Bangladeshis in  Birmingham, UK, drew our  attention because they share a unique set of cultural settings where the first generation was brought up in a certain cultural setup and the second generation was exposed to  both their indigenous culture as well as the  cultural setup of their current environment.Therefore, understanding how kinship, age, and cultural environment formed the health beliefs of two generations, also referred as lay knowledge, which public health might have overlooked, may help to unveil potential factors of  management failure of NCDs. The formation of individuals’ knowledge, beliefs and practices are not homogeneous rather cultur...

Failure of managing NCDs (non-communicable diseases) worldwide is a serious concern for public health. For the persistence of health scenario, this paper asks why even after awareness programs and health interventions, NCDs e.g. diabetes and heart disease are still a threat to the population. To reveal this answer, the settlement of Bangladeshis in  Birmingham, UK, drew our attention because they share a unique set of cultural settings where the first generation was brought up in a certain cultural setup and the second generation was exposed to  both their indigenous culture as well as the cultural setup of their current environment. Therefore, understanding how kinship, age, and cultural environment formed the health beliefs of two generations, also referred as lay knowledge, which public health might have overlooked, may help to unveil potential factors of management failure of NCDs. The formation of individuals’ knowledge, beliefs and practices are not homogeneous rather culturally diverse. In many cases, public discourses have resulted different health ideas for the mass.  This paper offers both quantitative and qualitative analyses of public opinions. A mixed method of quantitative and qualitative research points out the health constructs that explains the overlooked socio-cultural factors of individual viewpoints.  Medical anthropology may challenge this measurement process by using its methodological and conceptual approach to identify what laypeople think and understand about diabetes and heart disease and offer the possibility of managing NCD based health interventions effectively with culturally tailored health programs.

The question of why more qualified women are not entering
higher-level executive roles in Canada is a complex one. This report
summarizes findings of a research project that explored the extent
to which social categories, such as gender, race, ethnicity, class,
sexual orientation, and age, intersect as influences on women's
abilities and opportunities to advance into executive positions in
Canada's top companies. The current context of the COVID-19
pandemic is also considered as it affects several aspects of
women’s work and personal lives. The aim of this research is to
identify some of the factors that facilitate and limit women’s
advancement so that steps can be taken to move toward more
diverse and women-inclusive boards. The research was conducted by seven graduate students from
the Research Methods in Sociocultural Anthropology course at
Western University, in collaboration with Garry Atkinson, an
employee of WXN, and Erin Crerar, a member of WXN. The
collaboration was facilitated by the Community Engaged Learning
team at Western University. Dr. Karen Pennesi was the project
supervisor and the course instructor. Participants gave informed
consent prior to participating in the research and their identifying
information was kept confidential, following the protocols
established by Western University’s Non-Medical Research Ethics
Board.

Body can be the means of expressing cultural and political edifice. Road accidents are prevalent incidents to a Bangladeshi citizen, mostly everywhere in the world. Almost every day, people encounter such news. In the past few years, some protests are demanding a safe road for all, particularly in Bangladesh. The rage of losing someone close fosters protests, but not every death generates social movements. This research tries to explore how protests generate, why not every death is causing protests, and how politicization of the protest is producing a centered body as a weapon. Findings suggest that sovereignty and governmentality in biopolitical lens play essential roles to understand such events, where the division sheds light on both biopolitics and necropolitics. Direct observation and personal experiences of public movements in Bangladesh were used to conduct this research. The medical anthropological approach brings out a unique perspective of crowd movements of Bangladesh focusing body as a weapon where sacrifice of individual body (death) elevates collective bodies (as protests).

Voluntary repatriation for Rohingya refugees may be the ultimate solution, but until an agreement is reached, relocation from the congested border must be explored. As Bangladesh explores Bhasan Char relocation, what might have happened to Rohingya identity in the interim? This chapter discusses refugeehood amid the unfolding political ploys. Using Rohingyan public narratives, voices, and experiences drawn upon the historical baggage encapsulated in Rakhine memories and experiences, suggesting any ultimate solution will only be possible when Rohingyan refugees speak for themselves and their voices echo across the broader world. Both vernacular and political acts emerge as fundamental forces shaping a Rohingya Muslim future, presently visible only too murkily, but in Rohingyan minds much firmer than any other solutions.