scholarly journals Religious urbanism in Singapore: Competition, commercialism and compromise in the search for space

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orlando Woods
Keyword(s):  
Active Role ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Spatial Context ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
Religious Praxis

This article explores the recursive relationship between religious praxis and urban environments. It advances the concept of ‘religious urbanism’ to show how urban environments play an active role in shaping the praxis of religion, and how religious groups adopt secular logics in response to the pressures of urban environments. Such logics have given rise to new, more pragmatic forms of spatial reproduction that lead to the desecularisation of space. Desecularisation involves religious groups diminishing the secular properties of space, rather than attempting to achieve any lasting notion of sacredness. Drawing on the restrictive religio-spatial context of Singapore, I demonstrate how fast-growing religious groups are forced to compete, commercialise, and compromise in order to acquire space. Combined, these factors have come to define religious urbanism in Singapore, and highlight the gulf between the planning and praxis of religion in urban environments.

scholarly journals Forging alternatively sacred spaces in Singapore’s integrated religious marketplace

2020 ◽  
pp. 147447402095639
Author(s):  
Orlando Woods
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environments ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Spatial Politics ◽  
Sacred Spaces ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Independent Churches ◽  
Affective Value ◽  
Religious Praxis ◽  
Spatial Logics ◽  
Insight Into

This paper expands the notion of sacred space within the geographies of religion by arguing that spaces of religious praxis need to be understood in relation to the broader spatial logics within which they are embedded. Given that the spatial logics of urban environments tend to be secular and neoliberal in nature, it considers how religious groups respond to the realities of the marketplaces in which they operate by forging ‘alternatively sacred’ spaces. These spaces augment the appeal of religious groups in non-religious ways, thus making them more competitive players in a religious marketplace. Specifically, it explores how independent churches in Singapore create alternatively sacred spaces that are used for religious purposes, although their appeal and affective value do not accord with more traditional understandings of how sacred spaces should look, feel, or otherwise be engaged with. These spaces are designed to appeal to younger people, and to draw non-Christians to Christian spaces, and Christians to alternatively religious spaces. The extent to which they appeal to these groups provides insight into reimagination of religion under market conditions, spatial politics of value and ideological fissures between different Christian communities.

scholarly journals Porous Religious Economies and the Problem of Regulating Religious Marketplaces

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Orlando Woods
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
The State ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Religious Influence ◽  
Religious Influences ◽  
Religious Networks ◽  
Religious Praxis ◽  
Religious Economies ◽  
Religious Economy

This paper reframes the theory of religious economy by developing an understanding of the effects of transnational religious influence on religious marketplaces. In doing so, it highlights the need to rethink the role of regulation in shaping the ways in which religious marketplaces operate. By reinterpreting regulation as the ability of the state to control the extent to which religious groups are able to access resources, it argues that transnational religious networks can enable access to extraneous resources, which, in turn, can enable religious groups to subvert the regulatory prescriptions of the state. Transnational religious influences therefore highlight the porosity of religious economies and the problem of regulating religious marketplaces. Qualitative data are used to demonstrate how Singapore-based churches create and strengthen transnational religious networks with their counterparts in China. These networks enable religious groups to operate with a degree of independence and to overcome regulatory restrictions on (and other limitations to) religious praxis.

scholarly journals STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS OF RELIGION-BASED HATE SPEECH IN SOCIAL MEDIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE DIRECTORATE INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AT POLDA METRO JAYA

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilang Reno Prakoso ◽  
Arthur Josias Simon Runturambi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Intelligence Analysis ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Strategic Intelligence ◽  
Religious Intolerance

The development of communication technology continues to advance rapidly. Social media is able to present individual voices that have never been heard through mainstream media coverage before. In Indonesia, the changes in the world have become increasingly clear when the era of communication has flooded the lives of religious communities. Religious discourse in Indonesia in recent years has been colored by accusations of religious intolerance in the form of hate speech through social media. The prohibition on the construction of houses of worship, prohibition of book discussions, attacks on certain groups, heresy from certain religious groups, threatening expressions of hatred, and so on are a series of acts of religious intolerance so that the potential for social conflict appears clearly. The Police Intelligence and Security as an institution that has the obligation to carry out early detection of threats must play an active role in making prevention and anticipation efforts. This research examines the Strategic Intelligence Analysis of Religious-Based Hate Speech on Social Media by the Directorate of Intelligence and Security at Polda Metro Jaya.

scholarly journals The significance of the topographic element of hill in the modern urban context: Crkvina and Jablanica

Spatium ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
Isidora Karan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Spatial Context ◽  
Social Production ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Production Of Space ◽  
Urban Structures ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Town

The position of the first settlements was determined by geography, which defined their form and set the basis for building the identity of modern urban environments. Although the correlation between the natural and man-made components of towns was changing under the influence of cultural circumstances and the manner of social production of space, primarily in the 20th century, the natural elements still appear as primary urban elements. The paper analyses the significance of Crkvina hill in the socio-spatial context of the town of Trebinje, as well as the significance of Jablanica hill in the socio-spatial context of the town of Novi Grad. It examines the influence of the topography and hill element on the genesis of urban structures, as well as the ways in which the hill is incorporated into the urban tissues and activities of these towns today. It also analyses the symbolic character of the hill, its role in transmitting socio-cultural processes and in creating collective identity. It further determines the potentials of the element of the hill, which can help increase the quality of urban space and highlight the identity of Trebinje and Novi Grad.

scholarly journals Islamic Finance and Halal Tourism: An Unexplored Bridge for Smart Specialization

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5736
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Martín ◽  
Carmen Orden-Cruz ◽  
Slimane Zergane
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
Likert Scales ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
The 1960S

Since the 1960s, Halal industry and Islamic Finance have grown in parallel without implementing adequate synergies. Halal tourism is a fast-growing sector of Halal industry, and the connection with Islamic Finance has hardly been researched. The aim of this paper is to analyse whether Islamic Finance can play an active role in developing Halal Tourism. This topic has not been empirically researched in the literature. The methodology is based on a fuzzy hybrid multi-criteria method that satisfactorily handles the imprecise nature associated with the information provided by Likert scales. Our results show how culture has a direct moderating effect on the degree of agreement that respondents have over the active role that IF can play, finding that English respondents agree more than Spanish and Arabs respondents. Similarly, our results also show that the knowledge of the Halal concept makes respondents agree more with the active role of Islamic finance. This study provides insights to the main stakeholders, and it can be strategically used to foster adequate synergy between Islamic Finance and the development of Halal tourist products as a way to specialize in a more sustainable tourism.

scholarly journals Medical advertising and trust in late Georgian England

Urban History ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
HANNAH BARKER
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
Social Elite ◽  
The Social ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
Georgian England

ABSTRACT:This article explores the nature of trust in the fast growing and rapidly changing urban environments of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England through an examination of medical advertisements published in newspapers in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield between 1760 and 1820. The ways in which medicines were promoted suggest not just a belief that the market in medicines operated both rationally and fairly, but also a conception that a trustworthy ‘public’ existed that was not limited to the social elite but was instead constituted of a more socially diverse range of individuals.

scholarly journals Allocation of Residential Areas in Smart Insular Communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-60
Author(s):  
Chrysaida-Aliki Papadopoulou ◽  
Thomas Hatzichristos
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Spatial Decision Support System ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Main Components

Smart cities and communities constitute urban environments where cities' potential, ICTs, and human capital are intelligently interconnected under the framework of sustainability. Citizens form a city's identity while ICTs support the smart management of citizens' needs. ‘Smart people' is among the main dimensions of a smart city, something that entails the active role of citizens during the development of infrastructures and decision-making processes. This paper focuses on the smart exploration of possible residential areas in the island of Mykonos (Greece). Emphasis is placed on the effective management of land, the protection of natural resources, and the establishment of a sustainable pattern of housing development. The problem is analysed with the support of a methodological approach that incorporates crowdsourcing, living labs, and participatory evaluation as the main components of its backbone. Geographical Information Systems and multi-criteria decision analysis are also utilized as an integrated Spatial Decision Support System.

scholarly journals Intoleransi dan Radikalisme Agama: Konstruk LSM tentang Program Deradikalisasi

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-72
Author(s):  
Endang Supriadi ◽  
Ghufron Ajib ◽  
Sugiarso Sugiarso
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Freedom ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social

Reformation-era opened the opportunities for political freedom and the development of religious life among the Islamic community in Indonesia. It can be seen in the strengthening of the identity and the movements of religious groups outside the mainstream religious groups, namely radicalism. Acceptance of different narratives based on religious sentiments is shown in the public space by building a distinction between "us" and "them". There is a need for an antidote toward radical understanding that resulted in acts of terror naming the deradicalization. By qualitative methods, this study indicated that during the nine years of the establishment of the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) the programs are still static because the program has not been able to minimize or even eliminate radical understanding that led to acts of terror. All elements of civil society must strengthen the deradicalization program of BNPT. Both NGOs (Wahid Institute and SETARA Institute) stated that the process of deradicalization was not only on individual problems, but the social environment also played an active role. It is the state that has the ability in the process of deradicalization, but the state must involve civil society.

Role of spectrin in membrane fusion and in shape change of human erythrocyte ghost

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-329
Author(s):  
Hideo Hayashi ◽  
Yoshikazu Hirai ◽  
John T. Penniston
Keyword(s):  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Shape Change ◽  
Membrane Surface ◽  
Slight Modification ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Bank Blood ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Ghost

Spectrin is a membrane associated protein most of which properties have been tentatively elucidated. A main role of the protein has been assumed to give a supporting structure to inside of the membrane. As reported previously, however, the isolated spectrin molecule underwent self assemble to form such as fibrous, meshwork, dispersed or aggregated arrangements depending upon the buffer suspended and was suggested to play an active role in the membrane conformational changes. In this study, the role of spectrin and actin was examined in terms of the molecular arrangements on the erythrocyte membrane surface with correlation to the functional states of the ghosts.Human erythrocyte ghosts were prepared from either freshly drawn or stocked bank blood by the method of Dodge et al with a slight modification as described before. Anti-spectrin antibody was raised against rabbit by injection of purified spectrin and partially purified.

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