Communicating technology risk to the public: the year 2000 example

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.R. Seesing ◽  
M.P. Haselkorn
Keyword(s):  
The Public ◽  
Year 2000

The Banning of Samoa’s Repatriated Mau Songs

2018 ◽  
pp. 490-502
Author(s):  
Richard Moyle
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Cultural Artifacts ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Arena ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Traditional Leadership ◽  
Year 2000

The Samoan Mau nationalistic movement of the 1920s, which led eventually to Independence in 1962, was characterized by group songs many of which were fervent in their support for traditional leadership and scathing in their condemnation of the then New Zealand administration. In the year 2000 copies of Mau songs recorded some fifty years earlier were among musical items repatriated to Samoa to public acclaim and national radio playback, but within a few weeks they were banned from further broadcast. The ban acknowledged singing as a socially powerful tool for local politics, since the broadcasts transformed songs as cultural artifacts to singing as social assertion, returning into the public arena a range of political views that many Samoans had preferred to keep private.

NUMO’s Open Solicitation of Volunteer Municipalities for a Potential Disposal Site

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazumi Kitayama
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
Nuclear Waste Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Construction Operation ◽  
High Level ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Selection Of

In the year 2000, the Japanese geological disposal program for high-level radioactive waste (HLW) moved from the phase of generic research and development into the phase of implementation. Following legislation entitled the “Specified Radioactive Waste Final Disposal Act” (hereafter “the Act”), the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) was established as the implementing organization in October 2000. The assigned activities of NUMO include repository site selection, developing relevant license applications and construction, operation and closure of the repository. To initiate the first stage, NUMO has chosen an “open solicitation” approach for finding candidate sites in the belief that the support of local communities is essential to the success of this highly public, long-term project extending over more than a century. Based on this concept, NUMO announced the start of open solication for volunteer municipalities for selection of Preliminary Investigation Areas to the public on December 19, 2002. This paper describes NUMO’s open solicitation of volunteer municipalities for a potential disposal site.

scholarly journals La dinámica demográfica y la desigualdad educativa en México / Demographic Dynamics and Educational Inequality in Mexico

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia E. Giorguli Saucedo ◽  
Eunice D. Vargas Valle ◽  
Viviana Salinas Ulloa ◽  
Celia Hubert ◽  
Joseph E. Potter
Keyword(s):  
Educational Inequality ◽  
The Public ◽  
Demographic Dynamics ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Capital Humano ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Municipal Level ◽  
Teenage Fertility

En este trabajo se presenta una investigación sobre el vínculo entre los procesos educativos y la dinámica demográfica en México. La tradición del pensamiento sobre población y desarrollo ha partido de la hipótesis de que el ritmo de crecimiento poblacional, el tamaño de las familias y la migración influyen sobre la acumulación de capital humano entre la población en edades escolares. Se explora aquí la relación del desempeño educativo de los jóvenes entre 14 y 23 años y la razón de dependencia juvenil, la fecundidad adolescente y la migración interna e internacional; para ello se utilizan datos agregados a escala municipal del año 2000. El análisis incluye indicadores de la oferta educativa municipal basados en estadísticas administrativas de la SEP. AbstractThis paper seeks to explore the link between educational processes and Mexico’s demo­graphic dynamic. In the tradition of thought on population and development, it has been hypothesized that the population growth rate, family size and migration influence the accumulation of human capital among the school-age population. This study explo­res the link between the academic performance of youth between the age of 14 and 23 and the youth dependency ratio, teenage fertility and internal and international migration, using data aggregated at the municipal level for the year 2000. The analysis uses indicators on the educational supply at the municipal level based on the administrative statistics of the Public Education Secretariat (SEP).

The monumentalization of the Portuguese Colonial War: Commemorating the soldier’s efforts amid the persistence of imperial imaginaries

2021 ◽  
pp. 175069802110539
Author(s):  
André Caiado
Keyword(s):  
Public Memory ◽  
Visual Narratives ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Year 2000

This article presents an analysis of the monumentalization of the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974) and explores the dynamics that sustain its growth recently, while other symbols and forms of public memorialization associated with the colonial past have increasingly been called into question and contested, nationally and internationally. Through the semiotic and epigraphic analysis of monuments, observational visits and interviews with some of the people who put them up, the main representational dynamics of the approximately 415 monuments in Portugal are identified. The article examines the (under)-representation in black troops of the Portuguese Army, the boom in monument construction (over 350) from the year 2000 onward and the maintenance (and reinforcement from 2010 onward) of messages and visual narratives projecting a sort of imperial imaginary. This work shows how the vernacular remembering and the public memory of the conflict and the colonial past are reflected on the monuments’ representations and images.

Farewell to antiquarianism. A new ‘grand narrative’ for German-speaking prehistoric archaeology?

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Ulrich Veit
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Prehistoric Archaeology ◽  
Cooperative Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Long Time ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Year 2000

I would first like to thank the editors of Archaeological dialogues for inviting me to comment on Kerstin P. Hofmann and Philipp W. Stockhammer's paper on the present situation of archaeological theory in German-speaking prehistoric archaeology (GSA). The message the authors wish to communicate to an international audience is relatively simple and straightforward. GSA, which for a long time seemed ‘generally uninterested in theoretical debates’ (p. 1), has since about the year 2000 radically changed its outlook. This change is seen reflected in a large corpus of theoretically oriented case studies (represented in a list of some four hundred titles added to the paper), that in the eyes of the authors deserves the attention of the international scientific community. This positive development is interpreted as a result both of a growing interest in overarching research questions of cultural studies and of the public funding of large-scale cooperative research projects.

Entrepreneur’s political involvement and inter-organizational conflict resolution in China’s transition economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-371
Author(s):  
Aiqi Wu ◽  
Xiaotong Zhong ◽  
Di Song
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Transition Economy ◽  
Organizational Conflict ◽  
Political Involvement ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Conflict Resolutions

Purpose This paper aims to explore the influence of entrepreneur’s political involvement on private-own enterprises’ (POEs’) selection of two inter-organizational conflict resolutions approaches (private approach and public approach), in the context of China’s transition economy. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on a sample of POEs operating in China’s transition economy in the year 2000, this study investigates the possible association between the entrepreneur’s political involvement and the approach chosen to resolve inter-organizational conflicts. A further step is taken to look into the implications of such a choice. Findings The empirical study reveals that those POEs with greater entrepreneurial political involvement have the propensity to rely on public approach. In general, POEs are more satisfied with the private approach than the public approach when managing conflicts. Besides, the study shows that the positive effects derived from the entrepreneur’s satisfaction on private approach will be weakened in more established institutions. Originality/value This paper has its unique contribution in highlighting the significance of how entrepreneurs’ political involvement interferes with inter-organizational conflict resolution.

scholarly journals The Design and Identity of Batik Tulis Product Selected of Batik Manufacturers in Klang Valley

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-16
Author(s):  
Ahmad Hakim Abdullah ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Pattern Design ◽  
Analytical Design ◽  
The Public ◽  
Photo Documentation ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Design Aspect ◽  
Selection Of

Batik Tulis in the Klang Valley has motif and pattern design that identified its own identity. The purpose of this study is to find out the development of the Batik tulis industry in the Klang valley from year 2000 until 2018. Next, it also to study the design and identity of the Batik tulis motif and pattern in the Klang valley from year 2000 until 2018. This study used several methods and approach for data collection consist of interviews, observations and photo documentation. Three Batik tulis manufacturers in Klang Valley have been identified in carrying out this study. The data were then analysed using analytical design approach. The findings showed that, each product of Batik tulis has a uniqueness in terms of subject matters as well as assertions in pattern and designs used. The development of the Batik tulis industry has been changed in terms of design according to the demand of batik users themselves who want differentiation in the design concept of batik products. Most of the batik products in this Klang valley are more focused on the concept of modern and contemporary design. It involves the use of colours, the type of fabrics and the selection of motifs characterized by flora and fauna in modern style. In conclusion, Batik tulis designs and identity in the Klang Valley from year 2000 until 2018 are still retain the originality of the flora and fauna motifs themselves but have made the design of the traditional style to a more modern and contemporary design. However, the design aspect of Hand drawn Batik products in the Klang Valley today needs to be disclosed to the public so that, it can maintain the textile arts, especially the Batik tulis as a Malay textile heritage.

scholarly journals Who are the Explainers? A case study at the House of Experiments

2005 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. C05
Author(s):  
Miha Kos
Keyword(s):  
Student Services ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
The State ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Science Centers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
Small Science ◽  
Year 2000

Hiša Eksperimentov (The House of Experiments) is a very small science centre. We are situated in the centre of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The gross area of the centre is only 500 square meters and we meet around 25,000 visitors per year. We were opened for the public in the year 2000. In the Hiša Eksperimentov there are four full-time employees and around 10 persons working and paid by fees. There are specific institutions present in Slovenia so called Student services. They help students in finding paid job on daily basis. The state still encourages students to work by lowering the taxes for their job. There are around 25 students working as explainers in Hiša. Here are some facts about Slovenia. The population is around 2 million in the area of 20,256 square kilometers. There are 18 students per 1000 inhabitants. One can play a game with numbers – taking into account the area of Hiša and the population and area of Slovenia one can calculate that there is one person expected in an area of the size of 20 science centers. And there are even much fewer students present in the same area. But the number of visitors and students working in the center proves the density is larger. Therefore science centers do concentrate the population!

scholarly journals CONSTRUÇÕES IMAGINÁRIAS SOBRE A CATEGORIA “GÊNERO” NO CONTEXTO DO CONSERVADORISMO POLÍTICO RELIGIOSO NO BRASIL DOS ANOS 2010

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Magali Do Nascimento Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Public Policies ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
The Political ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Political Field ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gender Category ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Year 2000

RESUMO: As transformações no campo político, com a presença mais ativa de grupos religiosos atuantes em reação a pautas que ampliam direitos de mulheres e da população LGBTI, são marcas do Brasil nos anos 2000. Um dos mais expres­sivos casos relacionados a esta dinâmica é a construção imaginária dos grupos religiosos conservadores em torno da categoria “gênero”, resultante na criação da noção de “ideologia de gênero”, como inimiga a ser combatida no campo político, e é o objeto deste estudo. Para isto, será desenvolvida inicialmente uma revisão da compreensão de “gênero” como categoria científica analítica e das políticas públicas que provocaram a emergência de movimentos religiosos reacionários. Em um segundo momento se discutirá a criação da noção de “ideologia de gênero” e sua propagação, com base no conceito de construção do imaginário coletivo pela linguagem. ABSTRACT: The transformations in the political field, with the more active pres­ence of religious groups acting in response to projects that expand the rights of women and the LGBTI population, are highlights in the Brazilian context in the year 2000. One of the most expressive cases related to this dynamic is the con­struction of the imaginary of conservative religious groups around the “gender” category, resulting in the creation of the notion of “gender ideology”, as an enemy to be fought in the political field, and is the object of this study. For this, a review of the understanding of “gender” as an analytical scientific category and of the public policies that provoked the emergence of reactionary religious movements will be developed initially. In a second moment the article will discuss the creation of the notion of “gender ideology” and its propagation, based on the concept of collective imaginary construction by language. 

scholarly journals Using the Stars to Indigenize the Public Sphere: Matariki over New Zealand

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Hardy ◽  
Hēmi Whaanga
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Christian Identity ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
The Public ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Year 2000

As the rate of affiliation to Christian identity continues to decline in Aotearoa New Zealand (only 49 percent of the population said they were Christian in the last census), public space has become more receptive to other forms of religiosity. In particular, community rituals around the winter movements of the Matariki (Pleiades) constellation have gained support since the year 2000. For instance, the capital city, Wellington, has replaced a centuries’ old British fireworks festival, Guy Fawkes, with an enlarged version of its Matariki celebrations: an action seen as a tipping point in the incorporation of Māori spiritual values into public life. Interactions between European colonisers and Māori have been characterised for more than 250 years by tensions between the relational thinking of Māori who see human beings as both participating in and constrained by an environment resonant with divine energies, and the quantitative, hierarchical, ‘Great Chain of Being’ model that had long been dominant among Europeans. Now, when the natural environment worldwide is under strain from population and economic pressures, it seems to some both appropriate and vital to look to epistemological and spiritual models that are intimately responsive to the specificities of location.

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