scholarly journals Music as a non-arbitrary avenue for exploration of the social

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 86-107
Author(s):  
Juha Ojala
Keyword(s):  
Social Process ◽  
Music Analysis ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Soft Or ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

The article examines how music affords exploration of social aspects of semiosis: how music signifies the social, beyond the fact that music is an inherently participatory social process. Pentti Määttänen extends Peirce’s notion of ‘hard fact’ to ‘soft facts’ to which we accommodate our behaviour in order to get along in society. As mutual beliefs, soft facts are continuously tested and updated in inquiry. Representation of oneself is also continuously correlated, thrown together, with that of the rest of the world, yielding positioning of self in ways we call emotions. In music, com-positions of sound constitute hard facts that stand for other facts, soft or hard, by being their metaphors. Shaping and reshaping music allows for safe playing and testing of acts and events, anticipating upcoming situations and changes through virtual situations of the world, social and non-social. Music analysis examines how features of sound offer complex ways of constructing and interpreting metaphors, and how the narratives in music unfold through presentation of metaphors of subjects’ existence, identity and relations, evoking dialogue, drama, tension, even crises to be resolved.

scholarly journals Social Aspects in the Assessment of Biobased Value Chains

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 9843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirvana Angela Marting Vidaurre ◽  
Ricardo Vargas-Carpintero ◽  
Moritz Wagner ◽  
Jan Lask ◽  
Iris Lewandowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Social Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Family Farm ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Good Coverage

Social Life-Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) is under continuous development. The Methodological Sheets for Subcategories in S-LCA are a set of guidelines commonly used for the performance of such assessments. They cover a variety of stakeholders and subcategories for the social assessment of products in general. However, they may not necessarily be appropriate for the assessment of biobased value chains of agricultural and forestry origin. The aim of this study is the identification of social aspects relevant for the assessment of biobased value chains across various regions of the world, including those aspects possibly overlooked in the Methodological Sheets for Subcategories in S-LCA. For this purpose, a literature review of empirical studies was performed using the sheets as a reference. The results show that the Methodological Sheets for Subcategories in S-LCA provide good coverage of social topics relevant for biobased value chains, but that the stakeholders “smallholder” and “family farm” are not adequately addressed. Drawing on the empirical literature reviewed, the study emphasizes the relevance of these stakeholders in the analysis of biobased value chains of agricultural and forestry origin, and proposes criteria for consideration in the assessment of this stakeholder.

scholarly journals Transgression of Concepts of Natural Knowledge in Social Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-210
Author(s):  
Zhanna V. Chashina
Keyword(s):  
Natural Science ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Evolutionary Model ◽  
Natural Order ◽  
Human Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Quantum Approach

Introduction. The problem of the search for the ways of understanding of the picture of the world and, as a consequence, the development of an approach to the social management is relevant for all times of the existence of mankind. A human is basically a biological phenomenon, therefore, the natural order should be regarded as the basis of the social order. Having in mind this formulation of the question, it becomes necessary to analyze modern concepts of natural science in understanding not only ontological vision of human society, but also developing new ways of its understanding. Materials and Methods. The theoretical and methodological approach was based on the concepts of natural science including the theories of evolutionism, quantum mechanics and synergetics. Using the model transfer of these theories to the idea of social development, the author proposes the methodology based on the principle of interdependence of the theories analyzed in the article. Results. An analysis within the framework of the described theories has shown that according to the evolutionary model, progress is assumed to be taken for granted. Linear scenarios are useful only at the stage of forecasting and provoke a passivity of existence, which leads to deadlocks in development. In the synergetic model, society is represented as a complex open system characterized by opposite trends: destruction, manifesting itself as entropy, and creation, or negentropy. Progress depends on changes that help to survive. If the synergistic picture of the world appears in the form of an order that is formed from chaos, then in a quantum one – society is chaos in the originally existing order. Consequently, the presence of a goal-oriented vector compels a person to move towards the restoration of the system, in particular society, to its initial or even higher level of organization. Discussion and Conclusion. A progressive evolutionary model is manifested in the form of successful adaptation, synergetic combines the idea of evolutionism with the idea of multivariance of the historical process. The quantum approach continues the idea of multivariance, but unlike classical synergetics, it assumes a goal-oriented nature of development. In fact, these approaches do not express contradiction, but the disclosure of the multidimensional development of being, therefore, it is necessary to take into account their interdependence, which allows a more productive cognition of reality in order to manage it.

scholarly journals Dampak PandemiCovid 19 Terhadap Spiritual Dan Sosial Mahasiswa Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Toraja

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yokhebed Palinoan
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Sunday School ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject

Abstract: COVID-19 is an outbreak of chinese disease that is spreading rapidly around the world. COVID-19 spread in Indonesia in early March 2020. The spread of this virus causes losses for many countries especially in the field of economics. In addition to education, COVID-19 also has an impact on religion in various ways, including the cancellation of religious worship and sunday school closures, as well as the cancellation of pilgrimages, ceremonies and festivals. Many churches, synagogues, mosques and temples are worshipping online. This is certainly very influential on the aspects of student and student affairs, especially the spiritual and social aspects especially for students of the Toraja State Christian Institute. This research is a qualitatively scripted study that describes how the corona virus impacts the spiritual and social students of the Toraja State Christian Institute. The subject consists of 4 students. Data collection using interviews. The data in this study is in the form of online interviews through WhatsApp which is the answer to the subject of the covid-19 impact on students. Based on the results of the interview, that in the spiritual aspect there are certainly good and bad as well as the social aspect there are good and bad as well.Keywords: Impact, COVID, spiritual, social.Abstrak: COVID-19 merupakan wabah penyakit yang berasal dari Tiongkok yang menyebar dengan cepat ke seluruh dunia. COVID-19 menyebar di Indonesia pada awal Maret 2020. Penyebaran virus ini menyebabkan kerugian untuk banyak negara terutama dalam bidang ekonomi. Selain dalam bidang pendidikan, COVID-19 jugaberdampak pada agama dalam berbagai hal, termasuk pembatalan ibadat berbagai agama dan penutupan sekolah minggu, serta pembatalan ziarah, upacara dan festival. Banyak gereja, sinagog, masjid dan kuil mwlakukakan ibadah melalui daring. Hal ini tentunya sangat berpengaruh pada aspek-aspek kehiduupan pelajar dan mahasiswa terutama aspek spiritual dan sosial terkhusus bagi mahasiswa Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Toraja. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian diskriptif kualitatif yang mendeskripsikanbagaimana dampak virus Corona terhadap spiritual dan sosial mahasiswa Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Toraja. Subjek terdiri dari 4 mahasiswa. Pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara. Data dalam penelitian ini berupa wawancara online melalui WhatsApp yang merupakan jawaban dari subjek meruppakan deskripsi dari penggaruh COVID-19 terhadap mahasiswa. Berdasarkan hasil wawancara, bahwa pada aspek spiritual tentu ada baik dan buruknya begitu juga dengan aspek sosial ada baik dan buruknya juga.Kata Kunci: Dampak, COVID, spiritual, sosial.

scholarly journals ROLE OF CHINESE HIEROGLYPHICS IN THE WORLD SOCIOCULTURAL SPACE

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
S.H. Apaeva
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
Chinese Translation ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Points Of View

The article analyzes the history of the Chinese translation development from Ancient China to the present. Translation is the key to communication between two or more peoples, the key to connect the cultural, historical, political and social aspects of two or more countries. The interpreters recognized in China as an ancient profession, and later a translation science arose, which spread in many areas of the social sphere. The texts of the Buddhist sutras were the very first large-scale translations into Chinese, while Chinese interpreters, in the process, developed criteria and principles for translation from different points of view.

Phantom Music: radio, memory, and narratives from auditory life

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRANDON LABELLE
Keyword(s):  
Social Aspects ◽  
Radical Coupling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Musical Cultures ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual

Radio and memory form a radical coupling, stitching together musical cultures with personal psychologies. I pursue such relations in Phantom Music by focusing on, and unpacking a project I developed for exhibition in 2005. The project, Phantom Radio, is based on forming a library of radio memory. Collecting stories from 105 individuals from around the world, the library consists of written statements and CDs of all the songs mentioned. Through the project, questions of broadcast technology, and the work of memory, are brought forward. To pursue such questions, the following article maps out the territory explored in the project. Reflecting on various threads, from habits of listening to the effects of music on individual lives, leads to a tracing out of the ‘phantasmic’ and the ‘social’ aspects of radio. And further, how music supplies a form of shared ground to the individual instances of unexpected experiences.

Multiple Levels of Analysis and Time Scales

2021 ◽  
pp. 151-172
Author(s):  
Matt Grossmann
Keyword(s):  
Time Scales ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Methodological Individualism ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Individual Interaction ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Different Time Scales

Explanations for human behavior often involve factors operating at multiple levels of analysis (from individuals to organizations to nations) and across different time scales (immediate, developmental, and evolutionary). Continuing debates over methodological individualism within the social sciences ignore the growing consensus within philosophy of social science that influences on social life are present across individual and collective units, each with influential histories. Even if models of individual interaction offer useful templates, they do not imply that any social process started anew at any particular point in time or that individuals created social structures without being influenced by prior institutions. Using a comparison of traffic and weather, I find that these difficulties are no worse for social than natural science, once we welcome both simple patterns and complex multilevel processes. In both cases, much progress is made simply through observational generalization and many complaints involve our ability to change the world, not understand it.

The Future of the Social Sciences: Between Empiricism and Normativity

2016 ◽  
Vol 71 (03) ◽  
pp. 343-360
Author(s):  
Andrew Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Social World ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Many

This article takes a processualist position to identify the current forces conducive to rapid change in the social sciences, of which the most important is the divergence between their empirical and normative dimensions. It argues that this gap between the many and various empirical ontologies we typically use and the much more restricted normative ontology on which we base our moral judgments is problematic. In fact, the majority of social science depends on a “normative contractarianism.” While this ontology is the most widely used basis for normative judgments in the social sciences, it is not really effective when it comes to capturing the normative problems raised by the particularity and historicity of the social process, nor the astonishing diversity of values in the world. The article closes with a call to establish a truly processual foundation for our analysis of the social world, which must move away from contractualism and imagine new ways of founding the human normative project.

scholarly journals Câncer de próstata: preconceitos, masculinidade e a qualidade de vida

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Luiz Faustino dos Santos Maia
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Specific Antigen ◽  
Tumor Stage ◽  
Common Type ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Cáncer De Próstata ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

O câncer de próstata é uma das principais causas de doença e morte no mundo, o tratamento é controverso, uma vez que muitas variáveis o influenciam: idade do paciente, níveis do antígeno prostático específico, estágio do tumor e o desconhecimento. O objetivo deste artigo é enfatizar sobre o câncer de próstata, o diagnóstico precoce, a masculinidade e preconceitos, considerando os aspectos sociais nos quais o homem atravessa ou está inserido na sociedade. Realizou-se uma revisão da literatura bibliográfica utilizando livros e periódicos nas bases de dados eletrônicos como SciELO e LILACS. No Brasil, o câncer de próstata é o segundo mais comum entre os homens. Em valores absolutos, é o sexto tipo mais comum no mundo e o mais prevalente em homens, representando cerca de 10% do total de cânceres. A educação em saúde colabora para que as pessoas possam conviver da forma mais proveitosa possível.Descritores: Câncer de Próstata, Masculinidade, Preconceitos. Prostate cancer: prejudices, masculinity and quality of lifeAbstract: Prostate cancer is a leading cause of illness and death worldwide, the treatment is controversial, since many variables the influence: patient age, prostate-specific antigen levels, tumor stage and ignorance. The purpose of this article is to emphasize on prostate cancer, early diagnosis, masculinity and preconceptions, considering the social aspects in which man crosses or is embedded in society. We performed a literature review using literature books and journals in electronic databases such as LILACS and SciELO. In Brazil, prostate cancer is the second most common among men. In absolute terms, it is the sixth most common type in the world and more prevalent in men, accounting for about 10% of all cancers. Health education helps that people can live in the most profitable possible.Descriptors: Prostate Cancer, Masculinity, Prejudices. El Cáncer de próstata: los prejuicios, la masculinidad y la calidad de vidaResumen: El cáncer de próstata es una de las principales causas de enfermedad y muerte en todo el mundo, el tratamiento es controversial, ya que muchas variables de la influencia: edad del paciente, específico de la próstata los niveles de antígeno, el estadio tumoral y la ignorancia. El propósito de este artículo es hacer hincapié en el cáncer de próstata, el diagnóstico precoz masculinidad y prejuicios, teniendo en cuenta los aspectos sociales en los que el hombre atraviesa o se incrusta en la sociedad. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica en libros de literatura y revistas en bases de datos electrónicas como LILACS y SciELO. En Brasil, el cáncer de próstata es el segundo más común entre los hombres. En términos absolutos, es el sexto tipo más común en el mundo y más prevalente en los hombres, que representa aproximadamente el 10% de todos los cánceres. Educación para la salud ayuda a que la gente pueda vivir en la más rentable posible.Descriptores: Cáncer de Próstata, masculinidade, Prejuicios.

scholarly journals Creativity is Always a Social Process

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romina Elisondo
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Biographical Research ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Everyday Creativity

AbstractThe article explores the social essence of creativity. Two studies where interactions with others shape the development of creative processes are presented; first, theoretical perspectives on creativity as social process are discussed. The first study analyzes social aspects of creative processes developed during leisure activities. Men and women (N=150) living in Córdoba (Argentina) were interviewed in the research. The second study is a form of biographical research. The sample includes 22 Argentine personalities prominent in the scientific and artistic fields. As a main result, in the two studies we observed that links with family, teachers, peers, colleagues, mentors, tutors and disciples shape the possibilities of developing everyday creativity as well as Big-C creativity. Finally, considerations and suggestions for future research on creativity as a social process are presented. Creativity emerges from dialogues, interactions and practices with others. It is not a solitary process: it involves languages, knowledge and actions that are socially constructed.

scholarly journals Music’s Stubborn Enchantments (and Music Theory’s)

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Rings
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Music Theory ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Music Analysis ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Theorist ◽  
The Aesthetic

In 1917, Max Weber (paraphrasing Schiller) famously proclaimed modernity’s “disenchantment of the world.” Weber was speaking specifically about the waning of belief in the cold light of science, secularism, and rationalized, bureaucratic capitalism, but his dictum has proven remarkably resonant beyond the social science quad. Indeed, disenchantment in various forms arguably pervades the postmodern humanities, as both diagnosis and method: the critical theorist disenchants, unmasks, demystifies. Most music theorists, it need hardly be said, do something quite different. As the SMT celebrates its 40th year, music theory—with its wide-eyed enthusiasms and unapologetic close readings, its loving attention to the sonic and the aesthetic, its frequent aloofness from the social and political—remains a discipline apart, a sort of blissed-out, sylvan glade within the Left-melancholic academy.Depending on one’s intellectual commitments this may be cause for celebration or withering critique. But before we exult or condemn, we should try, once again, to understandwhy, as music theorists, many of us are so prone to enchantment (despite frequent admonishments from our academic neighbors), and what this might mean for our discipline’s future, its place in the academic ecology, and its ethical commitments. This paper considers these questions in connection with the song “Poor Places” by the band Wilco, using it as a case study to stage a fictive encounter between (unabashedly enchanted) music analysis and more critically wary perspectives. I end with broader ethical considerations about enchantment’s potential to effect social change, drawing on the work of political theorist Jane Bennett.

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