Mission/Church Tensions in Africa as a Function of Goal Discrepancy

1971 ◽  
Vol os-18 (6) ◽  
pp. 269-278
Author(s):  
Gerald E. Bates
Keyword(s):  
Western Culture ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Third Culture ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
True Shape ◽  
Indigenous Church ◽  
Mission Church ◽  
The Relationship

Many problems arising in the relationship between Christian mission and indigenous church stem from differences in the conceptualization of goals, the mission emphasizing evangelization and the churches emphasizing education. These differences arise from differing assessments of the priority of needs in the situation. An approach to such problems is outlined in terms of Malinowski's concept of a “third culture” arising from the interaction of an aggressive Western culture and a tenacious traditional culture. Missionaries should take a more positive view of the transformation of the institutions they found as they find their true shape in this third culture. Suggestions for the management and dissipation of tensions in this area are presented.

scholarly journals Interpretations of Emanuel Swedenborg’s image of the afterlife in the novel Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiina Mahlamäki ◽  
Tomas Mansikka
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Late Eighteenth Century ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Postmodern Novel ◽  
Western Esotericism ◽  
The Relationship

This article discusses the relationship between Western esotericism and literature. As an example of a secular author who uses and benefits from esoteric texts, ideas and thoughts as resources in creating a literary artwork, the article analyses Laura Lindstedt’s novel Oneiron. A Fantasy About the Seconds After Death (2015). It contextualises the novel within the frames of Western esotericism and literature, focusing on Emanuel Swedenborg’s impact on discourses of the afterlife in literature. Laura Lindstedt’s postmodern novel indicates various ways that esoteric ideas, themes, and texts can work as resources for authors of fiction in twenty-first century Finland. Since the late eighteenth century Swedenborg’s influence has been evident in literature and among artists, especially in providing resources for other-worldly imagery. Oneiron proves that the ideas of Swedenborg are still part of the memory of Western culture and literature.

Analyst and Programmer Stereotypes: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Brooke
Keyword(s):  
Career Paths ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Methodological Basis ◽  
Technical Staff ◽  
Career Structure ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research into the profiles of analysts and programmers has tended to present their attributes as virtually mutually exclusive and, in particular, has established a stereotype which favours the analyst for development as a manager. This view, historically reified through the division of labour between analysts and programmers and reinforced by the dual-track career paths of many organizations, intensifies the problems which technical staff experience when attempting to develop their potential. Using information from a case study conducted during 1989–1990 this paper proposes that the research profiles have become legitimized and reproduced at organizational level despite evidence of their inappropriateness. The relationship between management practice and documented theory has conspired to produce a self-fulfilling prophecy. However, the methodological basis of previous research is questionable and by recognizing these short-comings (compounded over a period of over 20 years) it becomes possible to critically re-evaluate beliefs about analysts and programmers. The paper argues for a more positive view of programmers and a more appropriate career structure for technical staff.

Redesign of Liangzhu Pottery Based on Form Style Recognition

2012 ◽  
Vol 268-270 ◽  
pp. 1970-1973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shang Shang Zhu ◽  
Shao Hong Li
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Form Factors ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Type I ◽  
Cultural Artifacts ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Essential Form ◽  
Form Features ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Kj Method

Take the Liangzhu pottery as examples, an approach of form style recognition was proposed to further exploring the redesign of cultural artifacts from industrial design. Firstly, six major images of Liangzhu pottery was investigated by using KJ method and Factor Analysis; Then the relationship between the essential form factors and the major images were analyzed through Quantification Type I; Finally, the perceptual image knowledge base of Liangzhu cultural artifacts and a computer-aided form redesign system was built. Based on this system, the particular images conveyed by the cultural artifacts and the corresponding form features can be obtained, the traditional culture can be expanded. Thus the theory of form style recognition in the redesign of cultural artifacts is tested.

Modern Urban Ecological Waterscape Planning and Design

2013 ◽  
Vol 689 ◽  
pp. 505-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Pan
Keyword(s):  
Water Environment ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Ecological Planning ◽  
Correct Judgment ◽  
Chinese City ◽  
The Past ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Different Levels

Modern urban ecological waterscape is essentially about planning waterfront construction as well as ecology solicitude in a rapidly changing environment in Chinese city. The primary goal of this research is attempting to reconnect the relationship between waterscape and environment, which has been broken up in the past urbanization. The method used in this study is known as the ecological planning and design, and the author suggests that the ecological waterscape planning should include the aspects of water environment restoring, old buildings reusing, different levels water purifying system and traditional culture exploring, etc. It is concluded that the correct judgment and optional operation of these factors will enhance the function of urban waterscape as well as improve city living environment in general.

scholarly journals THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN MINANGKABAU SOCIAL STRUCTURE AT TENGGELAMNYA KAPAL VAN DER WIJCK FILM

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Andri Maijar ◽  
Novi Budiman ◽  
Marhen Marhen
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Descriptive Method

This article aims to assess how women in the Minangkabau social structure are represented in the film Tengelamnya Kapal Vanderwijck. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method using a scientific approach to cinematography, body language, and culture to analyze the relationship between elements including setting/attributes, ceremonial costumes. This research is dissected by the theory of social structure and feminism in Minangkabau traditional culture. The analysis of this film finds that the film Tenggelammnya Kapal Vanderwijck criticizes the position of women in the form of customary rules in Minangkabau in the decision to choose a life partner, which is determined by Uncle (mamak).

scholarly journals Opera and the anthropologist: An odd couple?

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-70
Author(s):  
Vlado Kotnik
Keyword(s):  
Western Culture ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Michel Leiris ◽  
The Social ◽  
Biographical Account ◽  
The Relationship

The discussion starts with a mere statement of fact which also denotes the relationship between opera and anthropology: on one hand opera is a quite new and " exotic" topic for anthropologists, on the other anthropology is still perceived as a very strange and unusual approach to opera. The author establishes many reasons and endeavors which suggest that opera and anthropology no longer need to be alien to each other. If social or cultural anthropologists did not go to the opera very often in the past, this has certainly changed. The article thus introduces the work of six anthropologists whose personal and professional affinity for opera has been undoubtedly explicated in their academic and biographical account: Claude Lévi-Strauss, Michel Leiris, William O. Beeman, Denis Laborde, Paul Atkinson, and author’s opera research. The primary aim of this article is to show that anthropology can say something about the social and cultural phenomenon that throughout the last four hundred years significantly influenced and reflected the identity of Western culture.

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