The Will of Abraham and Elizabeth September: the Struggle for Land in Gordonia, 1898–1995

1996 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Legassick
Keyword(s):  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Land Loss ◽  
Irrigate Land ◽  
Official Record ◽  
The Will ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Accurate Reflection

This article is concerned with the loss of their land to the whites by the September family and their struggle to regain it. Abraham (‘Holbors’) September, an exslave, was a member of the Baster community of the Gordonia settlement (1880–89) where he was the first person to lead water from the Orange River to irrigate land. The article traces the estabishment of the Gordonia settlement and the granting of land in it, and its government as part of British Bechuanaland (1889–95) and the Cape Colony (1895–). It discusses the historiography of the loss of land by Basters to whites, testing explanations of land loss by subsequent historians against written records and oral tradition, with attention to the role of ‘land lawyers’. Abraham September died in 1898. The remainder of the article focuses on the September family as a case-study of land loss. It deals with the administration of his estate – in the course of which his land was ‘sold’ to whites – from the different points of view of the official record and of oral tradition. It then outlines correspondence in the archives from 1920 through to the 1960s protesting against this land alienation as a failure to implement the will of Abraham September and his wife Elizabeth. It concludes with some comments on sources. Is the official record or oral tradition a more accurate reflection of what happened to the land of the September family?

The role of maintenance in improving company's competitiveness and profitability

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damjan Maletič ◽  
Matjaž Maletič ◽  
Basim Al-Najjar ◽  
Boštjan Gomišček
Keyword(s):  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Maintenance Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Potential Improvement ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of maintenance in improving company's competitiveness and profitability. In the first part the paper aims to discuss the potential improvement areas from the company perspective. Second part of this paper examines maintenance impact on company's business. Design/methodology/approach – An empirical case study was utilized aiming to provide an understanding of the role of maintenance in improving company's business. The empirical data for this study were collected from a Slovenian textile company. A gap analysis was used in order to address the research problem and to identify potential improvement areas. Findings – Based on the gap analysis, the results suggest that from respondents’ points of view, maintenance practices related to condition-based maintenance approach represent the highest opportunity for improvement. The most notable empirical results of the case study showed that around 3 per cent of additional profit could be generated at weaving machine, especially if all unplanned stoppages and loss of quality due to decrease in the productivity would be prevented. Practical implications – This paper demonstrates to managers the potential benefits of maintenance policy in terms of productivity, quality and profitability. In this regard, this paper builds on a premise that company can gain higher performance benefits using more effective maintenance policy. Originality/value – The proposed conceptual model contributes to the existing literature by showing the interactions between maintenance and company's competitiveness and profitability. Empirical findings of this study therefore, acknowledge maintenance's potential of increasing the overall profit. In addition this study advances prior studies by utilizing a gap analysis which is rare in this type of research.

scholarly journals THE LESSONS OF ABADAN AND SUEZ FOR BRITISH FOREIGN POLICYMAKERS IN THE 1960s

2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 525-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER J. BECK
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Change Of Direction ◽  
British Foreign Policy ◽  
Foreign Office ◽  
The 1960S

Responding positively to the 1957 ‘funding experience’ initiative encouraging Whitehall departments to use history more systematically in their everyday work, the Foreign Office commissioned a pilot project centred upon the 1951 Anglo-Iranian Abadan crisis. The resulting study, completed by Rohan Butler in 1962, included a lengthy section drawing lessons from the historical narrative. During the early 1960s Butler's Abadan history, attracting interest and comment from both ministers and officials, fed into ongoing reviews of British foreign policy and methods stimulated by the 1956 Suez debacle and Britain's initial failure to join the Common Market (1963). Confronting policymakers with the contemporary realities affecting Britain's role in the world, the history prompted serious thinking about the case for a radical change of direction in both foreign policy and methods. Generally speaking, the Foreign Office has made little use of history in the actual policymaking process. From this perspective, this episode, centred upon Butler's Abadan history, offers a useful case study illuminating any appraisal of history's potential as a policy input, most notably concerning the role of historical analogies in the formulation, conduct, and presentation of British foreign policy.

scholarly journals Notary Role in Issuing Bonding Guarantee of Bilyets Deposits as Collateral Credit on Loan Agreement Process (Case Study in Kanca BRI Blora)

Jurnal Akta ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongky Pratama ◽  
Achmad Sulchan
Keyword(s):  
Research Results ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Detailed Explanation ◽  
Credit Guarantees ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
The Will

The purpose of this study was to: 1) Determine the implementation of binding guarantee term deposit certificate as collateral credit on the loan agreement. 2) The role of the notary in binding guarantee term deposit certificate as collateral on the loan agreement. 3) Analyze the challenges and solutions for binding guarantee term deposit certificate as collateral credit on the loan agreement (case study in Kanca BRI Blora). The method is a juridical sociological approach to the specification of descriptive analytical research. Sources of data obtained through interviews and literature.Based on the research results implementation binding guarantee slip deposits as collateral on the loan agreement in BRI Blora starting from the stage of the loan application, the stage of the agreement and the making of the loan agreement, the stage of a deed binding guarantee deposit slip, the submission phase objects assurance, the stage of the authorization, and blocking stage or in the event of default. In binding guarantee term deposit certificate as collateral on the loan agreement in Kanca BRI Blora, Notary make a letter of agreement and binding guarantee deposit slips. Barriers just a lack of understanding about people who do the will of credit, so the solution the Bank must give a detailed explanation before binding treaty process.Keywords : Collateral Credit; Guarantees Binding; Temporary Bilyet Deposits.

Dave Brubeck's Time Out

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Crist
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Central Group ◽  
Time Out ◽  
History Of ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Vital Element

This book is the first full-length study of Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, one of the most commercially successful albums in the history of jazz. Although the music of Time Out is exceedingly well known, and it remains a vital element of the American soundscape, it has received very little scholarly investigation until now. A central group of chapters examines the project’s seven cuts from several different points of view. The Quartet’s creative process is charted, from Brubeck’s earliest compositional sketches and drafts through multiple takes of the recording sessions in 1959. Other topics that receive attention include Brubeck’s ability to meld jazz with classical and world musics, the album’s recorded legacy, the role of lyrics in later recordings of this repertoire, and Brubeck’s contributions to metrical experimentation in jazz. These chapters are preceded by several others that trace the path leading to Time Out, from Brubeck’s student days and the Quartet’s rise to fame in the early 1950s. The book concludes with consideration of its resonances in four additional “time” albums in the 1960s. Informed by a wealth of documentary evidence from several major archives, this study reveals many aspects of Time Out that previously have been hidden from view. It also attempts to articulate a judicious view of this album’s role in jazz of the 1950s and 1960s.

scholarly journals Values, Memory, and the Role of Exploratory Methods for Policy-Design Processes and the Sustainable Redevelopment of Waterfront Contexts: The Case of Officine Piaggio (Italy)

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 2989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Coscia ◽  
Giulia Lazzari ◽  
Irene Rubino
Keyword(s):  
Policy Design ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Residential Units ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Fundamental Value

In the last few decades the renewal of waterfront contexts has been especially inspired by neoliberal approaches favoring the creation of residential units and entertainment facilities. However, sustainability frameworks suggest that the economic dimension should be interpreted in a way that goes beyond the profitability of the interventions and that takes into account non-monetary values as well. In light of the complex social value (CSV) theory—which considers as a fundamental value component the intrinsic values attributed by communities to environmental and cultural heritage resources—this article proposes the adoption of exploratory methods to firstly map and then integrate citizens’ points of view into the evaluation and design of redevelopment scenarios, selecting the ex-industrial complex of Officine Piaggio (Italy) as a case study. Survey results highlighted that discrepancies between the new functions advanced by official redevelopment proposals and citizens’ opinions were present, and that values such as memory and collective meaning need to be considered if multidimensional sustainability represents a goal. Coherent with these results, a new project scenario is then envisioned and implications related to the application of exploratory methods in the decision-making and policy-design processes are finally advanced.

scholarly journals Opening out and closing down: the treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Lyons ◽  
Greg Marsden
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Sensitivity Testing ◽  
The Future ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Illustrative Case Study ◽  
Adaptation Scenarios

AbstractSince the 1960s, development of the transport system has been framed by the notion of forecasting future demand. Yet the past decade or more appears to signal some significant changes to the role of travel in society which are having a material impact on how much people travel (and may travel in the future). Coupled with the potential for major technological changes and a range of climate adaptation scenarios, the future of mobility presents today’s decision making on transport strategy and investment with a broader set of uncertainties than has previously been considered. This paper examines current mainstream practice for incorporating uncertainty into decision-making, through an illustrative case study of the highly codified approaches of the Department for Transport in England. It deconstructs the issue by first focussing on different ways in which there is an opening out or acceptance of new uncertainties and how this creates a (wider) set of potential futures. It then turns to consider how this set of futures is used, or not, in decision-making, i.e. the process of closing down uncertainty to arrive at or at least inform a decision. We demonstrate that, because the range of uncertainties has broadened in scope and scale, the traditional technocratic approach of closing down decisions through sensitivity testing is at odds with the greater breadth now being called for at the opening out stage. We conclude that transport decision-making would benefit from a rebalancing of technical depth with analytical breadth. The paper outlines a plausible new approach to opening out and closing down that is starting to be applied in practice. This approach must be accompanied by an opening up of the processes by which technical advice for decisions are reached and how uncertainties are understood and negotiated.

scholarly journals A Virtual Space Built on a Canvas Painting for an “Augmented” Experience to Catch the Artist’s Message

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 641
Author(s):  
Salvatore Capotorto ◽  
Maria Lepore ◽  
Antonietta Varasano
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Space ◽  
Linear Perspective ◽  
Last Supper ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Sense Of Presence ◽  
Aesthetic Pleasure ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The Aesthetic

“Entering” a canvas to examine and learn about the work from unexplored points of view is an experiential “journey” in an environment reconstructed through the use and integration of innovative technologies, such as descriptive geometry and digital photogrammetry, solid modeling and immersive photography. Generating a “sense of presence” in the viewer means connecting it with immediacy to the artist’s message and grasping even the most subtle elements of the painting that are difficult to understand, such as architectural inconsistencies or the play of perspectives that, very often, bring out the situations scripted, characterized by discoveries that prelude to the aesthetic pleasure as the multiplicity of meanings and the “stylistic overcoding” of the work is revealed. The research hypotheses were applied to a case study, or to the splendid “Last Supper” by the Flemish artist Gaspar Hovic, a canvas painted in oil (late 15th century AD) and kept in the Matrice SM Veterana Church di Triggiano (BA), where the representation of the suggestive moment of Jesus with the Apostles is carried out through numerous symbols, in an evocative architectural context rich in details. The pictorial subject provides a series of very interesting ideas suitable for research of the role of perspective. The inverse method of linear perspective was used to reveal the plants and sections corresponding to the perspective space of the painting, used as the basis for the reconstruction of the 3D model of the entire scenic composition. Although the painting represents the apparently rigorous application of the perspective technique, by “entering” the canvas it is possible to observe some exceptions to the geometric rules deliberately introduced by the artist, thus making the perspective restitution process an effective interpretative act of the work.

Nature Trails: The Production of Instructive Landscapes in Britain, 1960–72

Rural History ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID MATLESS ◽  
CHARLES WATKINS ◽  
PAUL MERCHANT
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nature Trails ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Second World ◽  
Modern Form ◽  
Powerful Group

AbstractThis paper examines the introduction of a novel and modern form of natural history education in Britain in the 1960s, the nature trail. The rise in the number of nature reserves owned by county conservation trusts and the Nature Conservancy after the Second World War raised the issue of how they might best be used by members of the public. Reserves were initially seen by many as places from which the public should be excluded. The American concept of Nature Trails was introduced by a powerful group of nature conservationists to raise the profile of nature conservation and educate people. The role of the two National Nature Weeks of 1963 and 1966 is examined. The paper concludes with a detailed case study of the planning and management of the nature trail at East Wretham Heath, Norfolk.

An examination of female exceptionalism in early leisure placemaking activities.

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Amanda Belarmino
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Culinary Arts ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Historical Viewpoint ◽  
The 1960S

Abstract Placemaking is defined as the intentional design of public space to benefit the health and happiness of the citizens. While this concept is generally considered to have originated in the 1960s with the work of Jones and Whyte, there is evidence that the basics of placemaking were present in the late 19th and early 20th century. The role of female pioneers in hospitality and leisure placemaking has remained relatively unexplored. These women who made industry-changing contributions to catering and culinary arts, food safety, hospitality architecture, and hotel operations helped to create both public and private spaces for leisure that promoted the basic tenets of placemaking. Their narratives will be examined in the context of historical benchmarking for leisure placemaking in this chapter, which details the lives, accomplishments, and lasting legacies of the foremothers of the hospitality industry. Provided in a case study format, this chapter provides leisure educators with materials for the classroom while examining the concept of placemaking from a historical viewpoint. This chapter provides insight for future research into the role of women in placemaking, both historically and in contemporary times.

Inaugurating the “White Passage”: Art ‘76

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Hera
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Modern Art ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Exhibition Space ◽  
The 1960S

Abstract Within an art exhibition, the disposition of space is fundamental in experiencing artworks. A study of the exhibition space as discourse enmeshes art within a framework of relationship and processes instead of viewing art as an isolated and autonomous object. This paper features the case study of Art ‘76, the inaugural exhibition of Singapore's first large-scale institution of art, the National Museum Art Gallery (NMAG). The NMAG's opening in 1976 had been much anticipated by artists and the art audience since the 1960s, it was also an important milestone in the National Museum of Singapore's process of modernisation and revitalisation. During Singapore's post-independent period, the National Museum began to redefine itself as a civic museum focussing on Singapore's history and culture, shifting away from its previous incarnation of a research-focused colonial institution, the Raffles Library and Museum. Singapore was not alone in exploring the role of modern art in nation-building, as neighbouring Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand also began to moot for their own institution of modern art around the same period of time. Art ‘76 and the NMAG represent a case of distinct spatial typology that arose out of unique institutional and socio-political dynamic in post-independent Singapore. In analysing the legacy as well as the relationships and contentions that shaped the spatial articulation of Art ‘76, this paper studies existing visual and oral archive, as well as critically evaluating the concepts of space as a subject of historical study.

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