On transience and other hatreds

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-191
Author(s):  
Lita Crociani-Windland
Keyword(s):  
Western Culture ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Hermeneutic Approach ◽  
The Many ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Extended Reflection

This article originates in a free associative extended reflection on what the author sees as the many faces of our relationship to transience in Western culture. It begins with the image of plastic flowers in graveyards, wild flowers pushed to verges and marginal spaces, women, migrants and transient communities. Our relation to life, death and their relation to movement and limitation are key aspects being reflected on and taken up for further analysis. The result of the free associative experiment is to invite reflections on the Freudian concepts of Eros and Thanatos and revisit the highly controversial question of whether these should be viewed in terms of a dualist or a monistic understanding. What is being presented here is a way of working with free associations outside the consulting room and group processes, using free associations as a reflexive research tool within a psychosocial hermeneutic approach.

Organizing women migrants: The Filipino and Cape Verdean women’s associations in Rome

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
Wendy Pojmann
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Women ◽  
Cape Verdean ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Women's Associations ◽  
Women's Organizing ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Female Migrant ◽  
Migrant Groups

Migrant women’s associations in Italy did not simply emerge from informal networks. The Filipino and Cape Verdean women’s associations in Rome are examples of the results of multiple factors that contributed to the strategy of self-organization established by migrant women with the intention of empowering themselves. An awareness of their unique position as women from mostly-female migrant groups, a lack of institutional bodies prepared to assist them, and the leadership of individual women were key aspects in the formation of the first migrant women’s associations in Rome. Gender and nationality were the main components of migrant women’s organizing in the first mostly-female migrant groups. 

Adventures in “Wisdom-Land”

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-36
Author(s):  
Christopher Partridge
Keyword(s):  
Western Culture ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Christian Missions ◽  
The Many ◽  
Indian Religion

This chapter analyzes the early Theosophical Society through the lens of postcolonial analysis and argues that although the Theosophical Society represents an affirmative Romantic form of Orientalism as it promoted Indian religion and culture and opposed colonial rule and the Christian missions, the Theosophical Society is in fact also rooted in classical Orientalist discourses of power. Analyzing early Theosophical conceptualizations of wisdom, masters, and locations, the chapter argues that the Theosophical Society subdued the East to its own preconceived notions based in Western culture and esotericism. The wisdom found in the East was the esoteric wisdom of Theosophy. This chapter thereby brings attention to the many nuances of Orientalism and the often-overlooked facets of Theosophical approaches to the East.

The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Current State ◽  
Egyptian Culture ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Current Characteristics ◽  
The Many ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Egyptian History

The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology presents a series of articles by colleagues working across the many archaeological, philological and cultural subdisciplines within the study of ancient Egypt from prehistory through to the end of the Roman Period. The volume seeks to place Egyptology within its theoretical, methodological, and historical contexts, both indicating how the subject has evolved and discussing its distinctive contemporary problems, issues and potential. Transcending conventional boundaries between archaeological and ancient textual analysis, it stresses the need for Egyptology to seek multidisciplinary methods and broader collaborations if it is to remain contemporary and relevant. It therefore serves as a reference work not only for those working within the discipline, but also as a gateway into Egyptology for archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists and linguists. The book is organized into ten parts, the first of which examines the many different historical and geographical perspectives that have influenced the development and current characteristics of the discipline. Part II addresses the various environmental aspects of the subject: landscapes, climate, flora, fauna and the mineral world. Part III considers a variety of practical aspects of the ways in which Egyptologists survey, characterize and manage landscapes. Part IV discusses materials and technology, from domestic architecture and artefacts through to religious and funerary items. Part V deals with Egypt’s relations with neighbouring regions and peoples, while Part VI explores the sources and interpretive frameworks that characterize different phases of ancient Egyptian history. Part VII is concerned with textual and iconographic approaches to Egyptian culture, and Part VIII comprises discussions of the key aspects of ancient Egyptian scripts and philology. Part IX presents summaries of the current state of the subject in relation to a variety of textual genres, from letters and autobiographies to socio-economic, magical and mathematical texts. The final section covers different aspects of museology and conservation.

A Life Recovered: Mary Hamilton 1756-1816

2014 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Crawley
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Women's History ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Intellectual Elite ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Many ◽  
Significant Figures ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Women’S History

Through her own words, Mary Hamilton demonstrates the rich resources available for the study of an elite womans life during the latter part of the eighteenth-century and allows us to resurrect more fully the life of a member of an elite circle of women during this period. Her diaries reveal the many opportunities that she had to meet with a number of the significant figures of her day, and shed light on how her academic efforts were perceived by those around her. This article shows how her writings offer researchers an insight into eighteenth-century society as viewed and lived by a woman who was close not only to the centre of high society but also to the intellectual elite of the day. It considers how valuable a resource the diaries and papers are as a potential research tool not only for the study of women‘s history but as a rich resource for the period.

scholarly journals Media Discourse of Healthy Lifestyle in Provicial Media: an Effort of a Content Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-497
Author(s):  
Tatiana Frolova ◽  
Elizaveta Striga
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Promotion ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Many ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Demographic Policy

The article presents the results of a study of healthy lifestyle promotion in Russian provincial media. The topicality of the research is explained by the new content of the media space determined by the necessity to reflect the many-sidedness and acuteness of the problem of public and personal health. Besides, the importance of a healthy lifestyle and its values is predetermined by the national aims of increasing life expectancy, as well as by particular objectives of the demographic policy. The study object is the practices of Russian provincial print media in the field of presenting health care components as compared to the results of surveying the journalists employed by the media. The research covers 2,044 newspaper articles on healthy lifestyle published in nine geographically remote Russian provinces in the period 2016/01–2019/12. A content analysis by 4 key aspects (tasks, content, structure, and personalization) has helped to study the purpose of the publications and areas of public life that they focus on, their topic, news hook, health care components, practices of providing expert views, people and their activities, author(s)' attitude and argumentation methods. Basing on the results of the research, the authors make inferences that include both positive and, mostly, critical assessments, and give special and general recommendations.

scholarly journals Side by Side: Reflections on Two Lifetimes of Dance

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Kipling Brown ◽  
Anne Penniston Gray
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Arts Engagement ◽  
Key Aspects

Telling stories about our experiences in dance brings to light unconscious knowledge and memories of the past and helps us understand our own decisions and practices. Reflexivity and story telling is central in the process of remembering and embodies some of the key aspects of autoethnography as a research tool. We are directed to examine and reflect on our experiences, analyzing goals and intentions, making connections between happenings and recounting each single experience. Dance has the potential for positive impact on both physical and mental health among professional dancers as well as among dance students and has the power to connect them to culture and community in unique and important ways. Research has provided evidence that arts engagement provides positive forms of social inclusion, opportunities to share arts, culture, language, and values and points to the value of the arts in the prevention and amelioration of health problems. Together with those benefits of a dance experience there is clear evidence of what can be learned in, through and about dance. In this time of the Covid-19 pandemic it seemed more relevant and poignant to examine our own experiences in dance as well as those experiences of others that have influenced our lives.

scholarly journals The pure relationship and below replacement fertility

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Family Formation ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Low Fertility ◽  
Union Formation ◽  
Anthony Giddens ◽  
Modern Family ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
The Many ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Below Replacement Fertility

Of the many changes which have characterized the second demographic transition, shifts in fertility and union formation have attracted a great deal of interest from demographers. Despite the fact that researchers have extensively modeled recent demographic changes such as skyrocketing divorce rates, rising common-law union formation, delayed childbearing, and the decline to belowreplacement fertility levels, our understanding of the causes of these trends, and the possible connections between them remains theoretically fragmented and incomplete. The goal of this paper is to advance our understanding in this area by exploring the insights on modern family formation of prominent sociologist Anthony Giddens. Specifically, this study examines whether Giddens’ “pure relationship” concept can shed light on the trend toward very low fertility. The results of this inquiry suggest that couples in both marriages and common-law unions who conform to key aspects of Giddens pure relationship are more likely to have uncertain or below-replacement fertility intentions, and less likely to embrace above-replacement fertility goals.

scholarly journals Public behaviour in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: understanding the role of group processes

BJPsych Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Drury ◽  
Holly Carter ◽  
Evangelos Ntontis ◽  
Selin Tekin Guven
Keyword(s):  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
The Public ◽  
Identity Processes ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Many

Background In the absence of a vaccine, behaviour by the public is key to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, as with other types of crises and emergencies, there have been doubts about the extent to which the public are able to engage effectively with the required behaviour. These doubts are based on outdated models of group psychology. Aims and argument We analyse the role of group processes in the COVID-19 pandemic in three domains: recognition of threat, adherence by the public to the required public health behaviours (and the factors that increase such adherence) and actions of the many community mutual aid groups that arose during lockdown. In each case, we draw upon the accumulated research on behaviour in emergencies and disasters, as well as the latest findings in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, to show that explanations in terms of social identity processes make better sense of the patterns of evidence than alternative explanations. Conclusions If behaviour in the pandemic is a function of mutable group processes rather than fixed tendencies, then behavioural change is possible. There was evidence of significant change in behaviour from the public, particularly in the early days of the pandemic. Understanding the role of group processes means we can help design more effective interventions to support collective resilience in the public in the face of the pandemic and other threats. We draw out from the evidence a set of recommendations on facilitating the public response to COVID-19 by harnessing group processes.

CIRCULAR ECONOMY: INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY

2021 ◽  
Vol 296 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
Olga Garafonova ◽  
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Daria Vietrova ◽  
Olha Marhasova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Radical Innovations ◽  
Sustainability Strategies ◽  
New Business ◽  
Sustainable Fashion ◽  
The Many ◽  
Key Aspects

Promoting sustainable fashion within the circular economy is an important contemporary topic. Experts in design, consumption, business and industry explain how to approach circularity in fashion production and consumption in different ways. Increasingly, new and existing companies are looking for ways to thrive in a competitive environment through innovative business models, taking into account public opinion and avoiding actions that harm the planet. Trends such as the circular economy, fair trade, and sharing policies are among the many new approaches to business that address these issues, but there is still a gap between the theory that argues for levels of environmental and social sustainability and the implementation of these strategies in practice. That is why the study of the current state of the circular economy is relevant. This article presents the principles of the circular economy in terms of fashion. The key aspects of the integration of sustainable development in the fashion industry are considered. Different approaches of new business models for the circularity of the economy are highlighted. The main directions of implementation of sustainability strategies due to business transformation are identified, which requires the construction of a new level of the system and radical innovations.

The Internet and the Large Group: Technological Possibilities in a New Age

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldon Hynes
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
New Age ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Large Group ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Many ◽  
New Millennium

There is little doubt that the Internet will continue to have an increasing effect on social interaction in the new millennium. Yet it remains widely misunderstood, seen by many as merely a new technology of communication. However; it is many different types of media, offering a rich array of enhancements to the forms our communication can take, and about which considerable research has already been done. This research is useful for the group analyst in preparing for the technical possibilities of the new millennium. This article will define the uses of the Internet, including the benefits, challenges to overcome and issues involved, then discuss some of the specific applications that can be made from a fuller understanding of group processes on the Internet, with the aim of focusing on the many new opportunities for growth in all aspects of group-analytic psychotherapy.

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