Zakir Naik and His Audiences: A Case Study of Srinagar, Kashmir

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-222
Author(s):  
Raoof Mir
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Religious Worldviews

Most literature on Mumbai-based Muslim tele-Islamicist Zakir Naik offers an organizational, biographical and ideological profile. This approach has concealed the symbolic significance attached to Naik by his audiences. This paper attempts to explore not only who and what Naik is, but how and where he is located. By incorporating ethnographic and cultural studies approaches, this paper offers fresh insight into Naik and his methods of communicating religion. Taking Srinagar, a city in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, as an ethnographic site, this paper explores how Muslim individuals or groups interpret Naik in relation to their religious worldviews. The articulation of Islam by Zakir Naik through media platforms such as television and social media has contributed to a religious trend in Kashmir, in which people have discovered new ways to think about themselves and to participate in discourses about religion that would have been unthinkable a few decades ago.

A Fresh Insight into Film Morphology Measurement Techniques for Advanced Ulsi Manufacturing

1993 ◽  
Vol 309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seshadri Ramaswami
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Film Morphology ◽  
Integrated Circuit Fabrication ◽  
Circuit Fabrication ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractA laser based non-destructive technique has been used to study the morphology of sputterdeposited aluminum alloy films. The data emanating from the Therma-wave Imager that makes use of this principle, has been correlated with reflectivity, grain size and micro-roughness of the film. In addition, through the use of a case study, this paper demonstrates the utility of this application as an in-line monitor in an integrated circuit fabrication line.

The Limits of Internalism: A Case Study

Dialogue ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karyn L. Freedman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Belief Formation ◽  
First Person ◽  
Knowledge Communities ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Psychological Dimensions ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Insight Into

ABSTRACT: Looking at specific populations of knowers reveals that the presumption of sameness within knowledge communities can lead to a number of epistemological oversights. A good example of this is found in the case of survivors of sexual violence. In this paper I argue that this case study offers a new perspective on the debate between the epistemic internalist and externalist by providing us with a fresh insight into the complicated psychological dimensions of belief formation and the implications that this has for an epistemology that demands reasons that are first-person accessible.

scholarly journals Other Types of Meaning: Relationships between Round Barrows and Landscapes from 1500 bc–ac 1086

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 665-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anwen Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Extended Time ◽  
Generic Group ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Human Practices ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Extended Time Period

This paper is about Bronze Age round barrows and the ways in which they became caught up in human practices over an extended time period. At one level it belongs to a flourishing body of work that examines the ‘re-use’ or ‘biography’ of prehistoric monuments. Rather than treating the latter as a generic group, however, this study focuses on chronologies of one specific monument type—round barrows—over a 2600-year period from 1500 bc–ac 1086. By bringing together evidence and interpretations generated mainly within period specialisms, significant homogeneities are revealed in terms of how activities at prehistoric monuments have previously been understood. The possibilities for seeking out different interpretative ground are duly explored. Using a case study from the east of England and drawing on evidence and ideas from much more broadly, the approach taken places particular emphasis on examining relationships between round barrows and other aspects of landscape. The findings offer fresh insight into the temporality of activities undertaken at round barrows, question existing characterizations of past people's historical understandings, and explore the long-term coherence of ‘round barrows’ as a category.

Making Memories, Making Monuments: Changing Understandings of Henges in Prehistory and the Present

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca K. Younger
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Social Memory ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Study Sites ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Insight Into

This paper offers a fresh insight into three of Scotland’s most complex henge monuments, based on a critical analysis of the term henge. The late Neolithic circular earthwork enclosures have undergone re-evaluation in Scotland as Early Bronze Age dates for some sites have emerged since the 1990s, and the author draws on the long-term nature of these monuments to explore what came before the earthworks. Case-study sites are Cairnpapple Hill, North Mains and Forteviot henge 1. Each is explored in terms of the centuries of re-use of the space for activities such as ceremony, deposition, fire-setting and monument construction, and viewed through a framework of social memory and commemoration,

Modelling the subjective experience of fun at work

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 520-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maeve Clancy ◽  
Carol Linehan
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Psychological Contracts ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explain some divergent findings on experiences of fun at work. It explains conflicting findings by moving from a focus on classifying the activity (as, e.g. task/managed/organic) to foregrounding the dynamics of the experience, adding to the growing conceptualisation of fun at work as a multi-dimensional construct.Design/methodology/approachThis research draws on empirical data obtained through case study and interviews with 13 participants from two organisations. These interviews were subjected to intense thematic analysis.FindingsIt was found that an individual’s underlying beliefs about the organisation; the perceived drivers of the fun practice; and the level of control exerted over a fun practice significantly shape the experience. The paper draws on the concept of the psychological contract to frame the relationship between these three key interacting elements.Practical implicationsThis paper provides a greater understanding of the dynamics of fun experiences, enabling management to better recognise and contextualise the impact of fun practices.Originality/valueGiven conflicting findings on both the experience and outcomes of fun at work, this study elucidates the dynamics underpinning the experience of fun at work. It is novel to consider experiences of fun through the lens of psychological contracts, which offers fresh insight into the understanding of individual experiences of fun.

scholarly journals Marvel of Technology Social Media: An Insight into the Honeycomb Framework of Social Media

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 8313-8321
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Correlation Matrix ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Honeycomb Structure ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Functional Blocks ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

We live in a technological jungle where virtuality is present in a form of social media but, still at a complex stage. That complexity can be decoded with the use of honeycomb structure of social media given by J.H. Kietzmann et al. Social media can be called as a marvel of technology because it offers an impressive quantity of information on users and their interactions with society by providing many fresh possibilities for study exploration to researchers, economists and statisticians and many others and we tried to find out the possibility by using the social media model of Kietzmann et al The model reflects the strategies adopted by different social networks to help them out to engage with customers. The purpose of this research is to address the different characteristics or functional construction blocks of social media (i.e., identity, conversations, sharing, presence, relationships, reputation or groups) of a social media honeycomb model is helpful in developing brand awareness and engaging with customers. A survey based empirical study with N=191 social media users was conducted by using a structured questionnaire. Correlation matrix was used to find the connection between the different functional blocks of the model of social media. The results of the correlation matrix show that out of seven building blocks, five building blocks i.e., identity, conversations, presence, relationships and groups are having a strong connection, whereas the two blocks i.e., sharing and reputation are having a weak connection.

scholarly journals Towards a methodology for analysing nineteenth-century collecting journeys of science and empire, with Charles Darwin's activities in Tierra del Fuego as a case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-420
Author(s):  
Janet Owen
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Historical Geography ◽  
Tierra Del Fuego ◽  
Alfred Russel Wallace ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Insight Into

The interests of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in natural history and evolution took them to remote parts of the globe on hazardous, multi-sensory journeys that were ultimately about collecting. This paper introduces a methodology for exploring these complex experiences in more detail, informed by historical geography, anthropology, textual analysis and the geo-humanities. It involves looking for evidence of the richly stimulating and often challenging sensory dynamics within which they collected and connected data, observations, images, specimens, memories and ideas. Darwin's exploits in Tierra del Fuego are examined as a case study, with a particular focus on the collection of ‘Fuegian’ body paints in 1833. This type of analysis provides a fresh insight into the multi-sensory entanglement of encounter with people and place involved in the collecting process. It helps us to understand better the experiences that shaped what was collected and brought back to Britain, and the personal observations associated with these collections that sowed the seeds for Darwin's work on the origin of species.

scholarly journals Young Women’s Mental Illness and (In-)visible Social Media Practices of Control and Emotional Recognition

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 205630512096383
Author(s):  
Natalie Ann Hendry
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Service ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
Insight Into

What “counts” as a mental illness–related image matters. Most research attention has focused on distressing or recognizable mental illness–related visual practices, yet this offers partial insight into youth mental health. Using visibility and practice theories, I share an in-depth case study exploring the social media practices of four young women, aged 14–17 years, engaged with an Australian adolescent psychiatric service. They describe how being visible to others on social media potentially produces anxiety and burdens them to respond to others’ questions or unhelpful support. In response, they engage in practices of control to manage the vulnerability of mental illness and burdensome sociality. Their mental illness–related media practices are often invisible; they rework mental illness through ambiguous, supportive or humorous practices or, through imagined intimacy, engage with images that feel relatable to them even if the images do not depict recognizable mental illness content or employ recognizable hashtags or titles. These insights complicate “what counts” as mental illness–related content or practices on social media and challenge researchers and practitioners to consider the sociotechnical contexts that shape young people’s mental health.

Heritage Listing as a Tool for Advocacy: The Possibilities for Dissent, Contestation, and Emancipation in International Law Through International Cultural Heritage Law

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas LIXINSKI
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
International Law ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
Territorial State ◽  
Cultural Minorities ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Social Agendas

This paper discusses the possible uses of heritage listing under UNESCO for the promotion of broader political and social agendas by minority groups. The paper uses as a case-study the “Buddhist Chanting of Ladakh: recitation of sacred Buddhist texts in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India”. This heritage showcases issues of Tibetan autonomy (both within India and more broadly), relationships between Tibetan and Muslim cultures, and regional autonomy and accommodation of cultural minorities in the Indian state. There are many uses of listing Ladakhi heritage, ranging from listing as a means for autonomy of the Ladakhi, to listing as an instrument of domination, or even geographical control. I argue that heritage listing is not as “apolitical” as normally thought of, and it can be used as a mechanism to both benefit or harm minority groups and the advocacy of their claims within or against the territorial state.

Service, Openness and Engagement as Digitally-Based Enablers of Public Value?

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey P Roy
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Public Value ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Fresh Insight ◽  
Governance Innovation ◽  
Insight Into

Public value creation is increasingly viewed as a central pivot of a government's digital transformation. The objective of this article is twofold: to better understand some of the major inhibitors of public value creation within a context of digital government, and to offer some fresh insight into how such inhibitors may be overcome in order to strengthen public value creation by leveraging digital governance innovation. In pursuing this objective, the author adopts the Government of Canada as a broad, qualitative and exploratory case study of digital government's capacities to generate public value. These findings reveal many structural and cultural inhibitors within the Government of Canada to innovation and public value creation across the inter-related realms of service, openness and engagement. How inhibitors can be addressed and eventually overcome is also discussed as a basis for future public sector reform and academic and applied research.

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