The Intergrated Museum: A Meaningful Role in Society?

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan R. Emery
Keyword(s):  
Meaningful Role

scholarly journals Art-based events for conflicted communities: Engaging and educating through art

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Huhmarniemi
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Cultural Resilience ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Art Educators ◽  
Finnish Lapland ◽  
Artistic Interventions ◽  
Meaningful Role

In the Arctic, environmental conflicts over land use and the exploitation of natural resources cast shadows over communities. Artists’ and art educators’ responses can play a meaningful role in resisting harmful developments. Emerging artistic and pedagogical interventions follow principles of socially and environmentally engaged art and art education. This visual essay describes a contemporary art event that opposed plans for an iron ore mine next to Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park in Finnish Lapland. An art-based action-research strategy was used to develop resources for communities in conflict. It focuses on describing the cyclical nature of art interventions. Analyses of activities show that art-based resources in environmental battles can foster cultural resilience, impact values, enhance hope and allow for campaigning that uses art to communicate environmental concerns. Further research into artistic interventions that open dialogue between parties in conflict is required.

scholarly journals Craftsmanship: in the pursuit of things well–made

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Andrew Biersteker
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Culture ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
Manual Labour ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
Meaningful Role

As a commonly misunderstood topic, craftsmanship is often seen as a primarily anachronistic act that fails to play a meaningful role in contemporary culture. However, as many critics have recognized, craftsmanship suggests a way of working that extends beyond manual labour as an attitude towards work. As an attitude, craftsmanship can be reevaluated as a process which results in the pursuit of things well-made. To investigate this position, different viewpoints towards the process of craftsmanship are discussed from which a set of strategies are anticipated. These strategies have then been applied to an existing building in order verify which methods can be generalized and which remain specific. Through four unique design interventions an expressive, material based architecture is developed that appropriately responds to the buildings’ original craftsmanship. Through this new perspective craftsmanship can be brought to life as both a valid and valuable way of working in contemporary architecture.

When a Little May Be Just Enough? Caring for People With Swallowing Difficulties at the End of Life, and Their Caregivers

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (13) ◽  
pp. 89-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Roe ◽  
Rob George
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Specialist Palliative Care ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Dying Patients ◽  
Present Information ◽  
Swallowing Difficulties ◽  
Nutritional Needs ◽  
Nutrition And Hydration ◽  
Meaningful Role

Nutrition and hydration are emotive topics in many fields of health care. This can present particular challenges towards the end of life where reduced hydration and nutritional needs are a natural part of dying. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are increasingly involved in the care of dying patients. It is essential that they work as part of a dedicated, multidisciplinary team delivering a comprehensive package of specialist palliative care. In this paper, we will review the role of the SLP at the end of life and present information that will support the SLP to recognise and understand dying, and how medical and SLP interventions may compound rather than relieve symptoms. It is paramount that interventions are ethically sound and decision making is shared, respecting the autonomy of patients. In the event patients lack capacity, any advance directives/decisions and statements should be considered in consultation with caregivers. At the end of life, the focus of our intervention may shift from the patient to the caregiver, ensuring that they have a meaningful role in the care of their loved one in the final stages of dying.

Because She Matters: Ensuring women’s meaningful participation in peacebuilding in Afghanistan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorrit Kamminga ◽  
Lotje Boswinkel ◽  
Tamara Göth
Keyword(s):  
Research Paper ◽  
Afghan Women ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
Meaningful Participation ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Broadening Participation ◽  
Meaningful Role ◽  
Local Levels ◽  
The Way

While intra-Afghan talks have started, sustainable peace is still a distant reality in Afghanistan. Ongoing peace efforts ignore women’s meaningful participation: women are included in only one in every five meetings. Evidence shows that when women have a meaningful role in peace negotiations, peace is more sustainable. Afghan and international actors must stress the importance of including women in all stages of formal and informal talks at national and local levels. This research paper uses the seven modalities of the Broadening Participation framework to identify practical ways to include Afghan women meaningfully and pave the way for inclusive peacebuilding.

On the March

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Cecilia Gaposchkin
Keyword(s):  
Holy War ◽  
First Crusade ◽  
Meaningful Role ◽  
The Way

This chapter looks at the liturgy of crusade in an attempt to appreciate the devotional and religious texture that the rites of prayer and intercession brought to the crusading experience. Unlike most of the rest of this book, which is organized around the evidence found in the liturgical volumes themselves, the chapter draws primarily on narrative accounts of crusading, paying particular attention to the role of liturgy, prayer, and ecclesiastical ritual in underwriting the goals and sacrality of the First Crusade and crusading in general. It is clear from the sources themselves that liturgical rituals were more frequently performed in the First Crusade than in other campaigns in a way that suggests that the rites played a heightened role—that is, a more frequent or at least more meaningful role—on the campaign. However, their performances were also strategic, and the way in which the devotional and strategic aspects of liturgical intervention intertwined is central to the quality of crusade as holy war.

A Study on Worker’s Perceptions of Psychological Capital on their Earnings

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-42
Author(s):  
Amrit Thapa
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Worker's Perceptions ◽  
Meaningful Role

This study explores the perceptions of workers on the influence of psychological capital on their earnings using qualitative data analysis. Workers from diverse socio-economic groups, cultures and occupations in New York City were interviewed using both individual interviews as well as focused groups to find out their viewpoints on psychological capital and its impact on their earnings. The analysis of this paper suggests that workers perceive psychological capital to play a meaningful role in influencing their earnings. In particular, the results indicate that psychological capital workers perceive to be important for their earnings are self-confidence, motivation, positive attitude, ambition and perseverance.

scholarly journals Money, Banking, and Financial Markets

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 2049-2086 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Andolfatto ◽  
Aleksander Berentsen ◽  
Fernando M Martin
Keyword(s):  
Central Bank ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Free Banking ◽  
Lender Of Last Resort ◽  
Fractional Reserve ◽  
Deposit Contracts ◽  
Liquidity Insurance ◽  
Meaningful Role

Abstract The fact that money, banking, and financial markets interact in important ways seems self-evident. The theoretical nature of this interaction, however, has not been fully explored. To this end, we integrate the Diamond (1997, Journal of Political Economy105, 928–956) model of banking and financial markets with the Lagos and Wright (2005, Journal of Political Economy113, 463–484) dynamic model of monetary exchange—a union that bears a framework in which fractional reserve banks emerge in equilibrium, where bank assets are funded with liabilities made demandable in government money, where the terms of bank deposit contracts are affected by the liquidity insurance available in financial markets, where banks are subject to runs, and where a central bank has a meaningful role to play, both in terms of inflation policy and as a lender of last resort. Among other things, the model provides a rationale for nominal deposit contracts combined with a central bank lender-of-last-resort facility to promote efficient liquidity insurance and a panic-free banking system.

Fluid Intelligence Moderates the Link Between Psychopathy and Aggression Differently for Men and Women

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052094371
Author(s):  
Nicholas D. Thomson ◽  
Salpi Kevorkian ◽  
Kiril Bozgunov ◽  
Elena Psederska ◽  
Michel Aboutanos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Fluid Intelligence ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Indirect Aggression ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Psychopathy Checklist ◽  
Aggression Questionnaire ◽  
Raven's Progressive Matrices ◽  
Lower Intelligence ◽  
Meaningful Role

Research on sex differences in the association of psychopathy with fluid intelligence is limited, and it remains unknown if fluid intelligence plays a meaningful role in explaining the psychopathy–aggression link for men and women. The present study aimed to test for sex differences in the relation between the four-facet model of psychopathy and intelligence, and to assess whether fluid intelligence moderates the link between psychopathy and aggression. In a community sample of men ( n = 356) and women ( n = 196), we assessed psychopathy using the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV), fluid intelligence using the Raven’s Progressive Matrices, and types of aggression using the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ). Hierarchical regressions showed that the psychopathy lifestyle facet was negatively associated with intelligence and there were no sex differences. Our analyses for types of aggression revealed sex differences and similarities. For both men and women, total AQ scores were predicted by higher antisocial facet scores. Lower intelligence moderated the link between higher antisocial facet scores and aggression in men, but not for women. Physical aggression in women was associated with higher interpersonal, affective, and antisocial facet scores, whereas for men, it was only associated with higher antisocial facet scores. Verbal and indirect aggression were associated with higher intelligence in both men and women. For men only, higher antisocial facet scores were associated with verbal and indirect aggression. Higher intelligence moderated the link between the lifestyle facet and indirect aggression for women, whereas for men, it moderated the link between the affective facet and indirect aggression. This study further highlights sex differences in mechanisms of psychopathy-related aggression, which need to be considered in the development of violence interventions and risk assessment.

Generational Peers and Alcohol Misuse

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Niño ◽  
Tianji Cai ◽  
Gabe Ignatow ◽  
Philip Yang
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Misuse ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Immigrant Generation ◽  
Peer Network ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
Meaningful Role ◽  
Health And Well Being

This study investigates the influence of generational peers on alcohol misuse among immigrant youth. We derive hypotheses from sociological theories of generations regarding race/ethnicity, gender, and immigrant generation and test these hypotheses using a measure that accounts for the proportion of peers within a given peer network that are of the same immigrant generation. Results show that generational ties decreased the odds of alcohol misuse for immigrants and that these effects depend partly on race/ethnicity and gender. We conclude that generational ties play a meaningful role in the health and well-being of immigrant youth, and discuss possible future avenues for research on immigrant generational peers.

The democratisation of indigenous languages

AILA Review ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 26-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Themba Moyo
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Languages ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Clear Vision ◽  
The Face ◽  
Meaningful Role

This article attempts to explore issues of language marginalisation in Malawi. It argues that the policies pursued from independence 1964 todate have not been democratic. They have essentially favoured a small ruling English-Chichewa elite, that has emerged and entrenched itself, regardless of which government has come into power. Viable indigenous languages, which could equally play a meaningful role in the socioeconomic political life of the country, have been largely marginalised, in market places and in other national functions. In the face of this situation, the argument advanced is one of an immediate review of of such incoherent and fragementary policies for more accommodating ones, with a clear vision and an agenda for implementation for all the citizenry.

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