In this opening article, we explore how the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement challenges traditional norms and conduct of bourgeois public sphere. Ahmed argues White male body is abstracted in order to achieve a universal status (Ahmed) his ‘invisibility’ power; socially constructed whiteness forces those people considered be colour ‘marked highly visible’ (Purwar). We assert that abstracting w...

This paper demonstrates the ability of Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) analysis based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) to model the scale effects of discontinuity networks on the stability and failure mechanisms of slopes in blocky rock masses. Through three examples, it shows how these mechanisms depend on joint network geometry and change with increasing slope height. Introduction Scale Effe...