Epilogue

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Graber
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Marginal Populations

The epilogue traces Kiowa history from 1903 to the present, focusing on communal efforts to stay connected to land and kin. It also follows Protestant and Catholic “friends of the Indian,” who eventually lost interest in Indian missions and turned their attention to marginal populations in sites of American overseas activity, such as the Philippines and Afghanistan. The epilogue ends with Kiowa efforts to carry on their cultural practices, including their religious practices, through their tribal museum, churches, and in celebrations such as those sponsored by the Kiowa Black Leggings Society. This work involves Kiowa elders passing on these practices to children.

scholarly journals Framing Pesan Dakwah di Media Sosial

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-86
Author(s):  
Winda Primasari ◽  
Yudha Asmara Dwi Aksa
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Framing Analysis ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Communication And Information Technology

The development of communication and information technology is not only changing the economic, social, political, and cultural practices, but it is also changing the religious practices, including for da’wah activities called as E-da’wah (Electronic da’wah). This study attempts to investigate the construction of da’wah message used by Ustadz Felix Y. Siaw dan Ustadz Yusuf Mansur in his facebook fanpage. Using Pan and Kosicki’s framing analysis and in doing so utilizing in-depth-interview in collecting the data, this research has revealed that the most da’wah messages shared on both ustadz’s facebook fanpages are carefully constructed to encourage religious discussion amongst followers, and to increase their critical thinking and their piety.

Variability in temperature-dependent germination in eastern black nightshade (Solanum ptycanthum)

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 1463-1470 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Hermanutz ◽  
S. E. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variability ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Germination Rate ◽  
Base Temperature ◽  
Range Limit ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Marginal Populations ◽  
Solanum Ptycanthum ◽  
Temperature Regimes ◽  
Response To Temperature

The colonization potential of the northwardly migrating weed Solanum ptycanthum was evaluated by comparing germination profiles of southern agrestal populations with northern marginal populations sampled from both ruderal and agrestal habitats. Under laboratory conditions, the seed from five maternal families from each population was subjected to six light:dark temperature regimes from 18:8 to 40:30 °C and germination rate (time to 50% germination) and final percent germination were monitored. The base temperature and thermal time (degree-days) required for 50% germination were calculated. Seeds from southern agrestal populations germinated over a broader temperature range than northern agrestal populations but had similar rates of germination, base temperatures, and thermal times. At the northern range limit, ruderal populations germinated faster and had smaller thermal times than agrestal populations but had similar base temperatures. Delayed emergence in agrestal habitats may be a response to cultural practices. Seeds from northern populations were heavier than southern populations. Plasticity of germination response to temperature did not differ between populations. The observed levels of genetic variability in all germination parameters suggest that future range expansion would be possible. Key words: temperature-dependent germination, agrestal, ruderal, marginal populations, genetic variability, plasticity.

Building Dignity’s Diaspora through Rapumentary Film: Learning from Ngātahi

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethnic Affiliation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Many ◽  
Rapid City

Through an exploration of Ngātahi: Know the Links, a six-part docu/rapumentary film by Maori filmmaker, rapper, musician, and activist Dean Hapeta, I propose that Hapeta, the folks in his films, and the many they identify with are part of a diaspora, one based on interlinked struggles for dignity rather than any particular place or ethnic affiliation. The film uncovers and encourages a diaspora made up of the many local spaces and small politics that seek to make dominant neoliberal, race, or power relations unworkable on the ground, even if only for a moment at a festival, spontaneous musical or poetic performance, or house party. The project both documents and cultivates dignity’s diaspora, showing how people make sense of and strike back against the forces of globalization. They reveal connections between a range of movements for autonomy and freedom. In the larger-than-life murals of pre-Columbian history in Los Angeles and revolutionary struggle in Belfast, the poetic verses thrown on streets in Rapid City and Cape Town or the public marches for the return of indigenous land and against police brutality in San Francisco and the Philippines, Ngātahi illumines dignity’s diaspora. Hapeta and the many new friends he makes along the Ngātahi trail show us that the small politics of cultural work and performance may not be so small after all. More than just imaginary solutions to real problems, the cultural practices evident in Ngātahi enable people to speak back against their own erasure by making a record of events, injustices, and calls for change that might be otherwise ignored or forgotten. Hapeta’s films suggest that “revolution” in the neoliberal, postmodern, postcolonial era may be more plausible with a small “r” and an “s” at the end. The artists and activists in Ngātahi ultimately practice a politics of the possible, demonstrating that utopian hopes for a better future can emerge from the dystopian and almost apocalyptic misery left in the wake of global capitalism and imperialism.

scholarly journals The Influence of Organizational Culture on Planning as Perceived by Employees in The Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1030-1043
Author(s):  
Evangelis Pardede ◽  
WILLIAMS KWASI PEPRAH ◽  
Patience Boatemaa Antwi-Yamoah
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Very High

Introduction: Planning is essential to healthcare institutions.  The first important factor that indicates the effectiveness and efficiency of an organization is planning and the realization of how the vision and mission that have been set up are implemented. However, organizational culture plays a key role in setting a plan for hospitals. It is upon this premises that this study seeks to find the impact of organizational culture on planning as professed by employees in the hospital and the significant difference between sex and age when planning was considered.    Method: This was quantitative research which was designed as descriptive-correlational. The self-constructed instrument was conveniently administered to 108 hospital employees within Laguna in the Philippines to measure their hospital organizational culture and planning. The statistical study treatment was based on SPSS version 23, where Mean and Standard Deviation and Pearson Correlation and t-test were used to analyze the data.    Result: The results revealed that hospital planning was very high, and they strongly agree with the influence of their organizational culture. Furthermore, the study resulted that there is a high correlation between organizational culture and planning. There was a significant difference in sex, however, there was no significant difference in age. The implication is that hospitals must make sure that their firms’ culture supports planning so that they can meet their objectives.  Discussion: The study recommends that hospitals must make sure that their cultural practices support planning. This is among the various ways to achieve hospitals success and make them effective and efficient. 

Association Between Religious Index and Risky Sexual Behaviours among Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-100
Author(s):  
Janice Aurora B. Tirol – Namoc ◽  
Gloria T. Casabal
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Premarital Sex ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
The University

“Adolescence” is a transition period where individuals experience various physiological changes, such as pubertal changes, brain structure changes, and sexual interest. The research intended to ascertain the association between the religious index and risky sexual behaviors among adolescents of the University of Bohol in School Year 2018-2019. The study utilized the descriptive normative survey method. There were 378 respondents included in this study within the age range of 18-21, taking a 95% confidence interval with 4.88 degrees of error. The research study used a tool modified from the national survey on the University of the Philippines Population Institute’s (U.P.P.I.) research on Young Adult Fertility Study (Y.A.F.S.). The researchers ensured the utmost confidentiality of the data. The overall religious index of the respondents is relatively high (3.06). Results revealed that the age and sex of the respondents are directly proportional to premarital sex. Premarital sex also increases with age. In particular, results showed an inverse association between the sex of the respondents and premarital sex, sex of the respondents and unprotected sex, sex of the respondents, and multiple sexual partnerships. It also showed that the overall religiosity index was not significantly correlated with premarital sex, unprotected sex, multiple sex partners. There is a need to establish a concrete connection between religious beliefs and religious practices in coming up with the respondents’ sound decisions on their sexual behaviors. Still, sound decision-making needs to be anchored on firmed-up distillation between religious beliefs and religious practices.

Ritual act, technology, and the efficacy of traditional tattooing among the Igorots of north Luzon, Philippines

2021 ◽  
pp. 135918352110397
Author(s):  
Analyn Salvador-Amores
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Anthropological Fieldwork ◽  
And Function

What are the social dimensions involved in the technology of traditional tattooing among the Igorots of north Luzon, the Philippines? Based on a long-term anthropological fieldwork among the Igorots, an examination of the varying traditional tattooing practices of these ethnic groups demonstrates that the significance of batok (traditional tattoos) does not only lie in their symbolic and aesthetic qualities, but also in the rituals performed, the taboos observed, and the technology employed in the production of tattoos. The tattoo's appearance on skin is also dependent on the method or technique employed in the production of designs; the varying pigments used to produce a blackish, greenish, or bluish color in tattoos that mark the identity of a group; and the symmetry and arrangement of tattoos. More importantly, this paper explores the social and cultural practices involved in the production of batok for these to achieve the efficacy of purpose and function . This paper examines how the technology of tattoos, along with rituals and their associated taboos, contributes to the production of what is classified among the Butbut of Kalinga as: whayyu or maphod (“beautiful”), rather than lagwing (“unpleasant”); unfinished versus finished; and “thin or thick” tattoos. Traditional tattooing was formerly practiced in the confines of collective and place-based rituals among the people of the Philippine Cordillera. However, the rarity, rawness, and the particularity of the technology used in the production of these tattoos render them more “authentic,” as such, traditional tattooing has entered contemporary tattoo practices in the Philippines as a form of revival.

scholarly journals Plutarch’s Essay on Superstition as a Socio-Religious Perspective on Street Begging

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
G. O. Adekannbi
Keyword(s):  
Social Reform ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
First Century ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Religious Perspective ◽  
Religious Attitudes ◽  
Religious Background ◽  
The World

Plutarch (c.46AD), in his work, Peri Deisidaimonia (On Superstition), presents a striking portrayal of superstition in the First Century. The Philosopher who also served for decades as a priest of Apollo portrays the pernicious effects of some supposed religious practices as worse than the outcome of atheism. His position constitutes a forceful explanation to ostensibly controversial socio-religious behaviours. This article discusses some of the priest’s concerns as well as his rebuff of religious attitudes that are borne out of what he describes as misrepresentation of the gods or superstition. Plutarch’s essay is seen as illustrating a reason for a socio-religious situation in Africa, a continent that shares a similar religious background with the world of the writer. Specifically, with the example of the hard fight against street begging in some parts of Nigeria, the article shows how social reform programmes could fail when effects of traditional African beliefs and cultural practices remain potent. 

scholarly journals Housing the dead in a no vacancy city: an analysis of best practices in pursuit of Toronto's cemetery design and planning framework

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sybil Tong
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Physical Geography ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
The Dead

As Toronto runs out of burial space, there currently lacks a set of guidelines to direct the cemetery planning process. This paper explores the barriers in the cemetery planning process that have manifested in Toronto and the planning ramifications of alternatives to casket burials, such as cremation, green burials, and grave reuse. This analysis aims to examine the specific solutions taken by various cities considering their physical geography and the population’s cultural and religious practices. The purpose of these analyses is to identify which methods of cemetery design and alternative interment, if any, would be feasible in Toronto’s context with regards to environmental sustainability, cultural practices, and affordability. Keywords: cemeteries; Toronto; sustainability; land use

scholarly journals Heritage of the Past: Addressing Philippines Ecological Footprint and Local Wisdom Through Copra-Making Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Roel V Avila
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Ecological Footprints ◽  
Pedagogical Strategy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Historical Accounts

This article emerged from the author’s apprehension regarding the lack of social sensitivity caused by the failure to connect the environment to the school lessons. Furthermore, creating balance and harmony within society and environment seemed impossible to realize in this sense. As in the Philippines in this case, schools often negated the significance to connect the environment to schools. From author point of view, the fact that the Philippines has strong ecological footprints and the local wisdom which can be traced through copra-making industry should not be discharged. The author examined this ecological intelligence which manifested inherently among the kinfolk of copra-makers by elaborating the indigenous cultural practices of the rural folks in the Philippines and making sense of those practices with metaphorization to advocate and conduct more connection in the classroom. As a result the highlighted indigenous processes that provided as a model in contextualizing sociological, cultural, and historical accounts as an ethno-pedagogical strategy of integrating nationalism in social sciences teaching.

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