A First-Hand Narrative Account on Tibet’s Paper Parks: How China’s Greenwashing in Tibet Flies Under the Radar

2020 ◽  
pp. 197-212
Author(s):  
Michael Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Account

The fāṣila in the Qur'an: Word, Context and Meaning

1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 264-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mukhtar Omar
Keyword(s):  
Rhythmic Structure ◽  
Word Context ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Apparent Similarity ◽  
Narrative Account

Fāsila is a termed used to denote the last word in each Qur'anic āya. In this article, we explore this Qur'anic usage, examining in particular the connection between the choice of word, its semantic and rhythmic role in its immediate context, and its wider signification in the narrative. Previous writers on the subject drew attention to the apparent similarity between the fāṣila and the rhythmic schemes of poetry and rhyming prose. We argue that tire fāṣila, while certainly playing a role in the rhythmic structure of the text, has a wider significance, and that an examination of each occurrence underlines the organic connection between the ‘content’ of each sentence and its fāṣila. In a number of instances, it can be shown that the fāṣila and the rhythmic and semantic demands of the narrative account for differences between standard usage and the Qur'anic text. We discuss a number of specific instances of fāṣila, and, examine these in the light of the views of classical exegetes on this feature of the Qur'an.

Early Patrons and Favours

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Forrestal
Keyword(s):  
Material Stability ◽  
French School ◽  
Spiritual Director ◽  
Narrative Account

Chapter 2 provides a narrative account of Vincent de Paul’s activities between 1612 and 1617. It concentrates on new connections with prominent dévots in Paris, whose sponsorship provided him with opportunities for material stability and for the expansion of his rather limited pastoral experience. These included his patron employers, the high noble Gondi family, and Pierre de Bérulle, founder of the French Oratory, and founding figure of the French School of Spirituality. The appointments that resulted from these contacts were a preceptorship in the Gondi household, followed by a role as spiritual director to Madame de Gondi, and two sojourns as curé of the parishes of Clichy and Châtillon-lès-Dombes.

The Musicality of Canadian Cinema

2019 ◽  
pp. 390-408
Author(s):  
Michael Brendan Baker
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
National Cinema ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Institutional Forces ◽  
History Of ◽  
Narrative Account

This chapter offers a narrative account of music in Canadian cinema that highlights the contributions of its pioneers. Case studies spanning the critically acclaimed, the curious, and the marginalized allow for an effort to flesh out the place of music, particularly popular music, in this national cinema. While the esthetics and dollars-and-cents of music in film may be similar in Canada as elsewhere, the expectations of filmmakers and audiences are perhaps uniquely Canadian as a result of industrial and institutional forces. Animation, the avant-garde, and documentary are particularly vibrant spaces for the innovative use of music and differentiate the history of music in Canadian cinema from other more commercially oriented contexts.

Is hackathon in oncology a plausible way to foster innovation? An experiential narrative account of conducting Hacking Cancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-174
Author(s):  
Shirley Lewis ◽  
Chythra R Rao ◽  
Padmaja Ananth Shenoy ◽  
Naveen Salins ◽  
Rangan Viveganandan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Care ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Seed Funding ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Technology Domain ◽  
Narrative Account

BackgroundHackathons are a popular trend in the technology domain and is considered a powerful tool to spur creativity and innovation. In a health hackathon, an interdisciplinary team of health, technology and management experts work collaboratively to solve a common problem. Health hackathon can be one of the quickest means to derive technology or process-based solutions to the challenges faced by clinicians.MethodsA 2-day hackathon: Hacking Cancer was conducted at a tertiary cancer centre in India to develop quick, cost-effective solutions in cancer care. Twelve oncology-related problem statements were explored. Undergraduate and postgraduate students of health and dental sciences, pharmacy, nursing, engineering and business management were the participants.OutcomesOne hundred and fifty-seven participants expressed interest, and 90 participated in the event. The participants did a time-bound exploration of 12 challenges in oncology elucidated problem statements. The oncology specialists mentored the participants during the hackathon. Seventeen teams presented their solutions. Judges reviewed the solutions and scored the teams based on feasibility, relevance and applicability. The top-scoring three projects were acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) better-improving adherence to treatment in ALL patients, Donate Life—application for voluntary blood donation and Lumiflex—a novel illuminated flexible abdominal retractor. They received seed funding to develop prototypes and implement their ideas.ConclusionHacking Cancer was an effective way of developing quick, cost-effective solutions to the common problems faced in cancer care. The pool of local participants developed solutions that were relevant and applicable to the practice setting. This one was the first oncology themed hackathon in the country.

Towards a Model of Playful Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 263-280
Author(s):  
Raphael Raphael
Keyword(s):  
Middle School Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Community Schools ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
School Students ◽  
Game Mechanics ◽  
Narrative Account

What is the role of play in learning? What ways can we as educators leverage our students' extracurricular digital lives in meaningful ways in our digital and physical learning environments? What roles can the elements of game mechanics and game thinking serve towards these ends, especially in a blended learning environment? These are some of the initial questions that guided my action research at the American Community Schools, Athens (ACS). My project considers the efficacy of employing gamification strategies within a blended learning environment. This chapter in turn provides a brief narrative account of my research experience, focusing on an entrepreneur simulation in the ACS Academy (High School), and a series of gamified interventions done with ACS middle school students. It closes with a brief gamification toolset, a series of practical considerations drawn from this field experience and relevant research that may be helpful for teachers and administrators interested in exploring ways to gamify their own digital and physical learning communities or spaces.

‘Ruth Davidson’s Conservatives’, 2011–19

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
David Torrance
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Scottish Independence ◽  
Narrative Account

This chapter provides a narrative account of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party between 2011-19, during which it was led by Ruth Davidson. Drawing on academic articles, contemporary media coverage and new interviews, it draws out the key themes of the period. The chapter looks at the party’s electoral fortunes during that period, its strategies, rhetoric and branding, particularly during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. It argues that far from immediately transforming the party’s fortunes – the impression given by some alternative accounts – it actually took Davidson several years to have a positive impact on her party and its polling. It also argues that this ‘Davidson bounce’ was rather short-lived and began to diminish long before her resignation as leader in the autumn of 2019.

Freedom and the French Revolution

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-65
Author(s):  
John Skorupski
Keyword(s):  
French Revolution ◽  
Radical Democracy ◽  
Political Conflicts ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Catholic Ethic ◽  
Late Modern ◽  
Narrative Account ◽  
The French Revolution ◽  
The Revolution

Two great revolutions set the stage for late modern ethics: the French Revolution and the philosophical revolution of Kant. This chapter studies the events and conflicts of ideas in the French Revolution and its aftermath in France. It gives a narrative account of the Revolution from 1789 to 1804. Three broad ethical stances are distinguished: the feudal-Catholic ethic of the monarch and his allies, the impartial individualism of the Enlightenment, and the Rousseauian radical-democracy of the Jacobins. Under the violent political conflicts between these views lies a resilient philosophical conflict: between impartial individualism and a generic stance which this study identifies as ‘eudaimonistic holism’. The feudal-Catholic ethic and radical-democracy are two very different forms of it. Hegelian ethics will turn out to be a third.

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