The Local Context and the Legacy of the Past

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-77
Author(s):  
K. E. Shaw ◽  
A. King
Keyword(s):  
Local Context ◽  
The Past

Displacement and ethnic reintegration in Ituri, DR Congo: challenges ahead

2008 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Pottier
Keyword(s):  
Local Context ◽  
Dr Congo ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Complex Emergency ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Contested Terrain

ABSTRACTThis article examines the ethnic character of Ituri's complex emergency. It considers the local context in which the IDP predicament has unfolded, asking questions about the prospect of, and responsibilities for, post-conflict reintegration. As militia disarmament and peace are linked but not coterminous, it is argued that militant ethnic agendas at the core of the conflict must be scrutinised for their ongoing significance. Revealing the past to be a contested terrain, these agendas call for an apartheid-style solution along lines of segregation first envisaged by Belgian colonialists. To move towards ethnic reintegration, Iturians face the challenge that they must create a common history freed from the stranglehold of extremist interpretations.

Ahead of the game: working with local communities in frontier resource basins

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 728
Author(s):  
Warwick Squire ◽  
Julie-Anne Braithwaite
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Unconventional Gas ◽  
North West ◽  
The Past ◽  
South West ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
Resource Exploration

From frontier gas basins in North West Queensland to potential unconventional gas reserves in the far south-west, several areas in Queensland have potential for new or expanded resource activity over the coming decade. Lessons of the past have highlighted the importance of early engagement, by industry and government, in building and maintaining constructive relationships with local communities and achieving successful coexistence. The way in which local communities are introduced to new resource activity, and their first impressions, contribute to future attitudes and expectations. In some cases, the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (DNRME) is taking a lead on early activities to facilitate resource exploration and development, such as pre-competitive exploration and release of tender areas for potential exploration. DNRME’s approach for engaging with resource communities involves developing robust relationships with local stakeholders, namely local government, landholders, Traditional Owners and local organisations, and a deep understanding of their interests and the local context. Second, it focuses on providing information to local communities about resource activity and ensuring that they have a channel for raising questions and concerns.

scholarly journals Bridging LGBT+ Content Gaps Across Wikipedia Language Editions

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 90-131
Author(s):  
Marc Miquel-Ribé ◽  
Andreas Kaltenbrunner ◽  
Jeffrey M. Keefer
Keyword(s):  
Computational Approach ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Considerable Part ◽  
Local Content ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sexual Orientations ◽  
And Gender

In the past several years, the Wikimedia Movement has become more aware of the lack of representation of specific communities, that is, content gaps. Next to geographical and gender-related initiatives, the LGBT+ Wikimedia community has organized to create LGBT+ content encompassing (among other topics) biographies, events, and culture. In this paper, we present a computational approach to collecting and analyzing LGBT+ articles. We selected 14 Wikipedia language editions to study the coverage of LGBT+ content in general, its visibility in the list of Featured Articles, and its overlap with the local content of the Wikipedia language editions. Results show that a considerable part of potentially LGBT+ related content exists across Wikipedia language editions; however, this relation is not evident in each language edition. In this sense, closing the LGBT+ content gap is about creating articles and making connection to the topic visible in already existing articles. We also analyze the frequency of biographies of persons with non-heterosexual sexual orientations. We find that even though they represent only a small share of all biographies, they are a bit more frequent among the Featured Articles. When taking into account all the LGBT+ biographies of the different languages, English context celebrities are the most visible. While part of the LGBT+ content is related to each language edition's local context, it tends to be less contextualized than the entire language editions. This indicates the possibility of growing LGBT+ content in each Wikipedia language edition by representing its most immediate LGBT+ local context.  We propose a dashboard tool to find relevant LGBT+ articles across language editions and start bridging the gaps. Finally, we conclude this study by presenting recommendations for the next steps amongst the Wikipedia communities to fill some of these gaps.

Wajah Bengis Hukum Islam dalam Tafsir Kaum Muslim Radikal

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-125
Author(s):  
M. Farid Zaini
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Law ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Literary Study ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Past ◽  
Islamic Faith ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Religious Understanding

This paper is a form of literary study of Islamic law related to the interpretation of truth from two groups, namely Radical Muslims and Moderate Muslims. Radical Muslims construct narratives of "imagined Islam", both as a mythology of the past and a future utopia. They are aggressive and speak out loud in expressing their religious understanding, so that the impact becomes acts of violence and terror. In contrast to moderate Muslims, with a narrative of harmony that Islam is compromised with the local context of society, with the aim of realizing God's mercy and compassion for all human beings. The nature of compassion and moderation which are the basic values ​​of Islamic law must always be fought for against other Muslim groups who have violent and fierce faces. Furthermore, this paper wants to reveal the point of issue which is the source of interpretation between moderates and radicals in defining the meaning of "the truth of the Islamic faith" in applying God's laws on earth.

scholarly journals Kyiv in the Global Biblical World: Reflections of KTA Professors From the Second Half of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergiy Golovashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Local Context ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Bible ◽  
European Experience ◽  
Potential Factor ◽  
Cultural Component ◽  
Moral Factor

The focus of this article is the global and European experience of the reception, assimilation, and social application of the Bible, reproduced in the works of a number of prominent Kyiv Theological Academy (KTA) representatives from the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The analysis specifically covers the works of professors Stefan Solskyi, Kharysym Orda, Nikolai Drozdov, Afanasii Bulgakov, Mykola Makkaveiskyi, Vasylii Pevnytskyi, Arsenii Tsarevskyi, Volodymyr Rybinskyi, Dmytro Bohdashevskyi, and Aleksandr Glagolev. The author uses the metaphor of the Biblical world to describe the historically developed spiritual and cultural component of the European world, for which the Bible played the role of a normative and symbolic core. Affiliation with the Biblical world — as a way of broad social application of the Bible and assimilation of the norms and public behaviors sanctioned by this text — was and still is a stable symbolic marker as well as a cultural and ideological factor of integration with European civilization. The historical panorama of the reception of Biblical knowledge and the inculturation of Biblical morality by Christianized nations, reproduced in the writings of Kyiv academics, is presented as a field of centuries-old intercultural contacts and active inter-confessional interaction, and as an important ideological and moral factor of the socio-political integration and development of civil society. The issues addressed by Biblical studies in Europe and the rest of the world and considerations and solutions prompted by these issues proved to be fruitful for both the academic research and public practices in which academics of the Kyiv Theological Academy were engaged. The past and modern foreign experience related to the inculturation of the Bible was interpreted by the Kyiv researchers in the local context, more specifically, in the modernization attempts of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Therefore, the reflection of European and worldwide experience, though not fully implemented, was productive and was a potential factor that could have contributed to the European modernization of Kyiv cultural and religious life of the time and its integration into the global Biblical World. GOLOVASHCHENKO, Sergiy. Kyiv in the Global Biblical World: Reflections of KTA Professors From the Second Half of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries. Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal, n. 5, p. 37-59, 2018. ISSN 2313-4895. Available at: . doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.18523/kmhj150384.2018-5.37-59.

scholarly journals PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT TERHADAP PENYIARAN DAKWAH ISLAMIYAH MELALUI TELEVISI SWASTA DI KOTA BANJARMASIN

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Supriyadi Hadi Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Sample Distribution ◽  
The Past ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
The City

This research is a field research which is sampling study. The sample is taken from by using porpusive sampling technique as many as 50 people with sample distribution as many as 10 people from 5 districts in Banjarmasin. Data collection technique is done by conducting interviews to the respondents, which then analysis is done qualitatively. From the results of the study note that from 50 respondents who are the authors carefully, then their perceptions can be categorized in two groups of opinions. The first group consists of 38 respondents who argue that broadcasting Islamic da'wah through private television in the city of Banjarmasin is a new pattern in Islamic da'wah. Because most da'wah in the past done only by using simple media, ie through direct meeting or assembly taklim. So someone who wants to follow an Islamic da'wah activities should come to the place of da'wah. This second group consists of 12 respondents who argue that broadcasting Islamic da'wah through private television in Banjarmasin City is a new pattern in da'wah Islamiyah, in the local context. But not enough, and need to be upgraded in the packaging or form of lecture, which is more compressed on the interactive form. The reason of the first group that the da'wah through media tekevisi broadcast by private television in the city of Banjarmasin, shows dakwah in Banjarmasin is a significant increase. According to this first group, private television programs broadcasting propagation programs such as TV Ambassador and Banjar TV are good enough, because the material of dakwah is quite varied, such as ketauhidan, Islamic law, and morals. Then there is also a commentary of the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. but according to this second group, the da'wah broadcast by private television in Banjarmasin city is good enough, but still need to be improved again its dakwah program. Like more interactive dialogue compared to da'wah in the form of non-interactive religious lectures.

scholarly journals Using Human Rights for Development: a Fiji Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Mary Llewellyn-Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Local Context ◽  
The Past ◽  
Development Institutions ◽  
Legal Accountability ◽  
Donor Agencies ◽  
The Impact

<p>Over the past decade there has been a marked shift towards human rights in the policy of multilateral development institutions, international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and government donor agencies. 'Rights-based' development - in which development and poverty alleviation is viewed through a human rights lens - has become the language of choice among the international development community. As their proponents argue, rights-based approaches to development bring a degree of legal accountability to the alleviation of poverty, turning it from an act of charity to one of social justice. While this shift towards human rights is well documented at the global level, less is known about the understanding and use of human rights for development by NGOs at the local level. By focusing on a particular local context - Fiji - this research investigates how local NGOs understand and use human rights for development, and aims to identify the main challenges surrounding the use of human rights at this level. The findings from interviews with representatives of Fijian NGOs suggest that while human rights are being successfully applied to development in Fiji, they also face some challenges. Two of the most significant challenges are the politicised gap between human rights and development organisations and resistance to human rights on cultural grounds. These challenges demonstrate the impact local social, political and cultural contexts can have on the implementation of global ideas, and have numerous implications for the successful application of rights-based approaches to development at the local level.</p>

scholarly journals The study of history based on local antiquity: A case study of existence of Kampar River in analyzing the past maritime in teaching history

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Kamaruddin Kamaruddin ◽  
Ahmal Ahmal
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Real World ◽  
Local History ◽  
Maritime History ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
The Past ◽  
Teaching History ◽  
Learning Concept

This paper describes the history-based learning local history, which takes the case of the existence of the Kampar River as local aspects in the learning of the maritime history in Indonesia. The data obtained through the triangulation by collecting interviews, observation, documentation study and  refered to articles, journals, textbooks and data other documents in the library that supported the teaching of history based on local history in the analyzing of maritime history in Indonesia, then it was investigated and drawn as a conclusion that the Kampar River was able to be used as the study of history in the local context in understanding of the teaching history in Indonesia related to maritime history. The results in this study show that first, Kampar River is a river that is loaded with historical events of the Kingdom of Sriwijaya, The Kingdom of Islamic until the independence of Indonesia. Second, the existence of Kampar River as a aspect of  emergence of history / local aspect which is able to be used as information about the maritime historyto the learners. For learning process, it involves local aspects of learners to connect, internalize and develop cooperation in analyzing of the concept aspects practicely in teaching maritime history. The concept of local history-based teaching history is contextually-learning learning concept that emphasizes the relevance of teaching materials with real world of learners. The existence of Kampar River is a means emergence of history / local aspect can be used as information about the maritime history to assist in the understanding of teaching maritime history on the learner, for learning involving local aspects for learners to connect, internalize and develop cooperation in analyzing aspects of the concept to praxis in teaching maritime history. The concept of local history-based teaching history is contextually-learning learning concept that emphasizes the relevance of teaching materials with real world of learners. The existence of Kampar River is a means emergence of history / local aspect can be used as information about the maritime history to assist in the understanding of teaching maritime history on the learner, for learning involving local aspects for learners to connect, internalize and develop cooperation in analyzing aspects of the concept practically in learning the maritime history. The concept of local history-based learning is contextually-learning that emphasizes the relevance of teaching materials with real world of learners.

scholarly journals A Critical Regionalism in the Golf Architecture: Masdar’s ‘Eco-city Project’

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazem Abuorf ◽  
Suliman Wafi
Keyword(s):  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Architecture Design ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Realistic Approach ◽  
Critical Regionalism ◽  
Regional Architecture

This article investigates how architecture design of the present adopts the values of the past and echoes Kenneth Frampton’s critical regionalism to address this question. For Frampton, architecture design is regionally influenced because it essentially deals with “specificity and locality”, however, remains sceptic to “universal technology”. Masdar City’s design represents a valuable case for this article due to this case casting light on the complexity embedded in intertwining the modernist technologies and the regional architecture. The case study’s analyses suggest that the design of the present evolves from this complexity witnessing a deviation from a “universal technology” and a local architecture. Interpretation for this deviation in Masdar City’s design points to the vernacular architecture that stitches the “globe” and the “local”. A universal technology has been witnessed in Masdar City’s design to yield support for the vernacular approaches while a local architecture holds on the vernacular’s concepts of the traditional architecture. What Frampton’s critical regionalism appears to overlook are the vernacular approaches that in analysis of this article embrace a model of the design principles for the “tectonics” to be realised. The key argument brought forward in this article concerns Frampton’s critical regionalism that yet lacks a realistic approach to produce a sense within a local context, thereby needing to neatly twist the vernacular approaches with its critical regionalism’s synthesis.        

Glocalization of the Television Format in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Local Context ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
The Past ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Dialectical Relationship ◽  
Global Television ◽  
Relational Interactions ◽  
Cultural Homogenization ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Television Formats

For the past two decades, global television formats have received more attention in academia. Being theorized as mass-produced transnational cultural products, global TV formats have been articulated as dynamic junctures of cultural imperialism, media imperialism, and cultural homogenization in the realms of media and popular culture. These theoretical approaches, however, adopt a dualistic understanding of globality and locality, ignoring the multi-relational interactions between discourses of the global format and the local context constrained by specificities of global TV formats’ importing countries. Compared to the notion of globalization, glocalization attends more to the dialectical relationship between the global and the local, with its emphasis on postmodern understanding of local contents’ reproduction or repackaging within the framework delineated by global TV formats. With global TV formats’ transnational flow, these cultural commodities have gone through complex reproduction or adaptation in order to fit importing countries’ specific cultural, social, and even political milieus. Besides adaptation, global TV formats are inevitably subject to incompatible constraints in importing countries and thus exposed to disputes that may bring damages to their sustainability outside of their countries of origin. In order to present a comprehensive review of cross-border transaction and glocalization of global TV formats, it is necessary to examine this phenomenon’s origin and global expansion and explore its entrance into China. This can be done by analyzing the rise and fall of The Voice as a representative case and as one of the most successful global TV formats in the Chinese context within the framework of glocalization.

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