A Brief History of Living Together

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-46
Author(s):  
Jan Doering
Keyword(s):  
Community Organizations ◽  
Early History ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gang Activity ◽  
Living Together ◽  
History Of

Chapter 2 establishes the urban context in which the dynamics described in subsequent chapters unfolded. The chapter begins with a description of the prevalence and quality of crime, gang activity, and violence in Rogers Park and Uptown. It then offers a historical overview of urban change from the neighborhoods’ early history through racial integration and up to the arrival of gentrification and the present moment. The chapter ends by describing the neighborhoods’ contemporary political fields, including the main actors and community organizations that formed the public safety and antigentrification camps.

‘The Stuff of Slow Constitution’: Reading Down Syndrome for Race, Disability, and the Timing that Makes Them So

Somatechnics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mel Y. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Trisomy 21 ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Early History ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Living Being

In this paper I would like to bring into historical perspective the interrelation of several notions such as race and disability, which at the present moment seem to risk, especially in the fixing language of diversity, being institutionalised as orthogonal in nature to one another rather than co-constitutive. I bring these notions into historical clarity primarily through the early history of what is today known as Down Syndrome or Trisomy 21, but in 1866 was given the name ‘mongoloid idiocy’ by English physician John Langdon Down. In order to examine the complexity of these notions, I explore the idea of ‘slow’ populations in development, the idea of a material(ist) constitution of a living being, the ‘fit’ or aptness of environmental biochemistries broadly construed, and, finally, the germinal interarticulation of race and disability – an ensemble that continues to commutatively enflesh each of these notions in their turn.

The Gospel as Manuscript

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Keith
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Literary Tradition ◽  
Reception History ◽  
Early History ◽  
First Century ◽  
Interdisciplinary Work ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Material ◽  
Material History

This book offers a new material history of the Jesus tradition. It shows that the introduction of manuscripts to the transmission of the Jesus tradition played an underappreciated but crucial role in the reception history of the tradition that eventuated. It focuses particularly on the competitive textualization of the Jesus tradition, whereby Gospel authors drew attention to the written nature of their tradition, sometimes in attempts to assert superiority to predecessors, and the public reading of the Jesus tradition. Both these processes reveal efforts on the part of early followers of Jesus to place the gospel-as-manuscript on display, whether in the literary tradition or in the assembly. Building upon interdisciplinary work on ancient book cultures, this book traces an early history of the gospel as artifact from the textualization of Mark in the first century until the eventual usage of liturgical reading as a marker of authoritative status in the second and third centuries and beyond. Overall, it reveals a vibrant period of the development of the Jesus tradition, wherein the material status of the tradition frequently played as important a role as the ideas about Jesus that it contained.

scholarly journals The Societal Relevance of the “Rheinischer Merkur”

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-199
Author(s):  
Regina M. Frey
Keyword(s):  
Decisive Role ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
World War ◽  
The Public ◽  
Societal Relevance ◽  
Christian Worldview ◽  
History Of ◽  
Second World

At present, there is no societally relevant political newspaper in Germany that is based on a Christian worldview. The Rheinischer Merkur, founded in 1946 shortly after the end of the Second World War and shut down by the German Bishops’ Conference in 2010, was a newspaper of this kind. It went beyond the Christian milieu in the fulfilment of its mission in the public arena. The closure of the Rheinischer Merkur obscures even today the decisive role it played in the elaboration of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany and the substantial quality of the paper. This essay sketches the history of the Rheinischer Merkur and its self-understanding, as well as its decline, locating these in the context of the journalistic autonomies and media-ethical tensions to which every journalistic medium is subject.

The Use of Factice in Rubber Manufacture

1936 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Hurlston
Keyword(s):  
Early History ◽  
Intrinsic Properties ◽  
Rubber Content ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Rubber Industry ◽  
History Of

Abstract The two main classes of vulcanized oil substitute or factice are heat-cured brown factice and cold-cured white factice. They were both introduced into the rubber industry at about the same time (1846–1847), the former variety by Anderson and the latter by Parkes. It has been stated (Twiss, Trans. Inst. Rubber Ind., 7, 234 (1931)) that Parkes first opened a proofing factory at Birmingham but that the business was shortly afterwards absorbed by Chas. Macintosh & Co. and transferred to Manchester. This probably dates the commencement of the use of white factice in proofings. The early history of the development of the use of brown factice on a works scale is more obscure. As the name implies, these vulcanized oils were used in the first place as ingredients which could economically substitute part of the crude rubber content of mixings, but as time went on it became apparent to compounders that these materials possessed intrinsic properties which made them almost indispensable in certain mixings, both for ease of manufacture and for high quality of the resultant article. The utility of factices in the general rubber trade is therefore in many respects analogous to that of reclaimed rubbers.

scholarly journals Art. XIV.—Notes on the Early History of Northern India. Part VI On the Historical Value, Origin, and Growth of Early Methods of Record anterior to Alphabets, including Ideographic Signs, Sacred Numbers, and Myths

1890 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 697-758
Author(s):  
J. F. Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Early History ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
Northern India ◽  
History Of ◽  
Combined Work

As botanists and zoologists trace the successive stages of existence traversed by living plants and animals through species and genera to families, so the historian of human progress finds himself obliged to extend his generalizations through tribes and nations to races. Research proves that it is these larger units who, through the combined work of the several component parts of the race, are the authors of the underlying ideas which are acted out in its achievements. It also seems to show that there are two races who have most materially aided in the development of civilization— one, quiet, silent, hard-working and practical, whose members have always looked on the public benefit of the tribe or nation to which they belonged as their best incentive to action: the other, impulsive, sensitive, generous, and eloquent, who have looked on personal glory and the aggrandizement of their families and personal adherents as the object of their ambition.

Religion and Spirituality in Surgery

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Tarpley ◽  
Margaret Tarpley
Keyword(s):  
Coping Skills ◽  
Early History ◽  
Intercessory Prayer ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Faith Leaders ◽  
History Of ◽  
Treatment Plans

The influence of religion and spirituality (R/S) on surgeons dates back to the early history of modern surgery and continues into the 21st century. Research topics include intercessory prayer (IP), social cohesion, coping strategies, the role of chaplains and other clergy or faith leaders, and communal activities such as worship. While evidence for benefits of practices such as IP are inconclusive, patients involved in R/S activities or who hold R/S beliefs appear to have improved coping skills and quality of life (QOL). Although R/S has proven value for patients and surgeons, lack of R/S training is a barrier to surgeon involvement in addressing R/S issues such as operative procedures, treatment plans, organ donation, and end-of-life (EOL) situations. Increased training at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate medical levels concerning R/S would provide surgeons and physician colleagues with skills and greater comfort in discussing these issues with patients and families. .

scholarly journals ENSAIO: Rio de Janeiro paradigma da beleza e do caos

Revista Prumo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 156-160
Author(s):  
Luiz Fernando Janot
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Public Power ◽  
The Public ◽  
Basic Sanitation ◽  
The City

Throughout history, cities have incorporated into their urban context a significant influence of migratory currents. Among Brazilian cities, Rio best reflected racial and cultural miscegenation in welcoming foreign migrants from other states in search of work. The lack of working-class resources led her to occupy hills, river banks, and other vacant areas of the city to raise her dwelling. Living in communities without urbanization and basic sanitation reveals the contempt of the public power towards the poorest sections of the population. This article aims to reflect on this and other issues related to urban development in Rio to level the quality of life in the city.

scholarly journals From Practices to Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities of Public Administration in the Arab World

2019 ◽  
pp. 74-98
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Public ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Governmental Institutions

This paper examines the challenges facing PA education, considering the colonial heritage of the region. Over the past decade, researchers have paid attention to Public Administration (PA) and its education in the Middle East. Many explored the history of the PA in the region and the quality of PA programs within high education institutes. In the context of the developmental challenges that face the current generation in the region, and under the current political circumstances which have negative consequences on PA, many voices call for a reliable and high-quality PA education and good governance, which includes accountability, transparency, democracy, and other concepts related to bureaucratic machinery within the public institutions. There is therefore a need to examine what governmental institutions, together with academic institutions in the Arab States, are doing to make significant progress in this field. The paper examines the main challenges facing PA education in Arab countries.

scholarly journals Artificial Landscape: in search of publicness through urban spectacle in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Leung ◽  
Andy Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Constitutive Relationship ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Dynamic Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
A Site

Screen technologies increasingly permeate the experience of public space in Hong Kong. Large media walls have occupied the façades of many buildings, rendering a cityscape with dynamic information visible as a new urban skin. This article is a case study on Artificial Landscape, a site-specific media art project located on Asia Pacific’s largest LED outdoor screen. The case sets an example of how a public screen can serve as a mediating agent. It provides an opportunity for artists to provoke absent ideas in the public space and explore subversive potential, including critical reflection on issues surrounding surveillance, consumerism and rapid urban growth. The case also exemplifies how a public screen can mediate the public to experience an alternative context through artistic intervention, where negotiations of perceptions and subjectivities are made possible. This article provides insights into a public screen’s mode of spectatorship, quality of public space and curatorial strategies in an urban context. This is achieved by illustrating how various artworks extend the notion of publicness and remediate the mutually constitutive relationship among the built environment, media technologies, artists, public and everyday encounters.

scholarly journals Da fragmentação à articulação: a política nacional de saneamento e seu legado histórico

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Lucia Nogueira de Paiva Britto ◽  
Sonaly Cristina Rezende Borges de Lima ◽  
Léo Heller ◽  
Berenice De Souza Cordeiro
Keyword(s):  
Policy Reform ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Negotiation Processes ◽  
Politica Publica ◽  
Basic Sanitation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Intersectoral Linkages

O setor de saneamento no Brasil tem sido palco hegemônico de abordagens tecnocêntricas, restringindo visões globalizantes que vislumbrem a multidimensionalidade do tema e a necessidade de articulações intersetoriais. Parte-se da premissa de que essas dificuldades encontram raízes na história do setor, que impõe seu legado por meio da sua inércia e resiliência. Para desenvolver o argumento, é conceituada a multidimensionalidade do saneamento, como área de conhecimento e setor das políticas públicas. Em seguida, analisa-se o processo de construção da política pública de saneamento do período Lula (2003-2010), buscando uma visão histórica de estruturas e instituições, com base nos processos de negociação relacionados a essa política setorial. Analisa-se o Plano Nacional de Saneamento Básico, como oportunidade para um novo patamar da política setorial, a partir da perspectiva da intersetorialidade. O artigo conclui-se com a tentativa de identificar os principais desafios para uma nova política, em que a intersetorialidade seja seu marco referencial. Palavras-chave: saneamento; intersetorialidade; plano nacional; água; esgotos; política pública. Abstract: Hegemonic techno-centric approaches dominate the water and sanitation sector in Brazil, restricting globalizing visions, the understanding of it multidimensionality and the need for intersectoral links. The premise that these difficulties are rooted in the history of the sector, imposing a legacy through inertia and resilience, guides the analysis performed in the article. To develop the argument, we conceptualize the multidimensionality of water and sanitation subject as an area of knowledge and a sector of the public policies. Then, we analyze the policy reform in the Lula period (2003-2010), based on a historical overview of structures and institutions as well as on negotiation processes related to the sector´s policies. We analyze the Plano Nacional de Saneamento Básico (National Plan of Basic Sanitation) as an opportunity for a higher standard of water and sanitation policy, from the perspective of intersectoral articulations. The article concludes with an attempt to identify the main challenges for a new policy, in which intersectoral articulations would be the main framework. Keywords: intersectoral linkages; national plan; water; sanitation; public policy.

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