scholarly journals Sacred Earth and African Women’s Theology

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Chirongoma ◽  
Sue Rakoczy
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
African Women ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Conference Call ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Pan African ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
The University ◽  
Mother Earth

This special issue is one of the nine academic publications emerging from the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians’ (the Circle) Fifth Pan-African Conference, held at the University of Botswana (Gaborone), July 2-5, 2019. The conference was also a commemoration of the Circle’s thirty years of existence. It featured papers on some aspects of the theme, “Mother Earth and Mother Africa in Theological/Religious/Cultural/Philosophical Imagination.” As was noted in the Conference Call for Papers:The land is often constructed as female gendered and the oppression of women is interlinked with the oppression of the Earth; and…it is widely acknowledged that we live in the era of global warming - which is humanly induced and of which many have also linked with anthropocentric religious/cultural/theological perspectives.

Mother Earth, Mother Africa and Mission

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
African Women ◽  
Biblical Exegesis ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Scriptural Interpretation ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Women Scholars ◽  
Mother Earth

The volume is significant in bringing together voices of African women theologians and their allies on the urgent topic of ecology. First, it decisively intervenes into scholarly discourses on ecofeminism by highlighting the reflections of African women scholars and African women as subjects. This function of the volume is very important both at local and global levels. Second, it contributes to contextualizing of scriptural interpretation around the issue of ecology. Biblical reflection occurs throughout the volume and is put into dialogue with African traditions, with ecofeminism, with Africa-based mission projects, and with the current crisis of sustainability and African women’s roles in protecting the earth. Third, the volume includes several concrete case studies based on interviews and grassroots qualitative research, as well as especially original articles that integrate biblical exegesis of Genesis with reflections on patriarchal legal systems in Botswana, and an original take on “male headship” in relation to ecofeminism.

Who Lives if Earth Dies

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Arun Bakshi
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Grass Root ◽  
Grass Root Level ◽  
Mother Earth

Change takes time to be first understood and accepted. Also, as we know necessity is the mother of invention thus the necessity to save our Mother Earth has started its role to draw the attention of us to invent some new ways to save it, if we and our coming generations have to survive with peace and happiness. Scientists and technologists are trying to invent new ways to save the natural resources available on the earth. The medical science is trying to invent medicines and methodologies to cure diseases, which are directly or indirectly emerged as a consequence of urbanization, modernization and industrialization. Being a teacher, generally I try to make my students understand that to find an optimal solution one must understand the problem in its entirety. Therefore if we give due consideration to understand and define the problem, it becomes easier to find and implement the best possible solutions. As an intelligent fool can make things more complex and difficulty to resolve, knowingly or unknowingly, we have also applied the same course of action to handle and deal with the century’s one of the biggest threats and a challenge, Global Warming. To save mother earth, we should take some initiatives at grass root level. As we are already trying to find the cure for the problems caused by the global warming and other environment related issues, let us try to work on some preventive measures against futuristic environment related problems.

Assimilate transport and partitioning. Integration of structure, physiology and molecular biology

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Christina E. Offler ◽  
Michael R. Thorpe ◽  
John W. Patrick
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Assimilate Transport ◽  
Scientific Program ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Founding Member ◽  
Tribal Lands ◽  
The University ◽  
Mother Earth

The papers in this Special Issue of AjPP were submitted by keynote speakers who participated in the International Conference on Assimilate Transport and Partitioning (ICATP�99) held at Newcastle Convention Centre, Newcastle, Australia during 15�20 August, 1999. ICATP�99 was co-convened by Tina Offler, The University of Newcastle and Michael Thorpe, HortResearch, New Zealand. It was the sixth in a series of International Conferences since 1974 and was attended by 220 delegates from 21 countries. ICATP�99 opened with a pre-conference dinner at which an aboriginal elder and custodian of the Mimaga Wajaar (Mother Earth) culture, Uncle Bill Smith, warmly welcomed delegates to the Awabakal tribal lands of local indigenous ancestors with a message to freely share knowledge. This point was further developed in an afterdinner speech by Don Geiger (Dayton, USA), a founding member of this series. Delegates transformed these sentiments into effect throughout the scientific program, rendering ICATP�99 a rewarding and valuable experience for all. The next conference will be convened in Germany during 2003.

On: “Phase‐field imaging: The electromagnetic equivalent of seismic migration” by S. Lee, G. A. McMechan, and C. L. V. Aiken (GEOPHYSICS, 52, 678–693, May 1987)

Geophysics ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 863-863
Author(s):  
Seunghee Lee ◽  
George McMechan ◽  
Carlos Aiken
Keyword(s):  
Phase Field ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Seismic Migration ◽  
Electromagnetic Data ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Em Induction ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Field Imaging

We were very happy to see the paper by Lee et al. which contains many interesting applications of electromagnetic migration to the solution of geoelectric problems. However, we were very suprised the authors were unaware of our previous papers published in both Eastern and Western international journals concerning the same subject (cf., bibliography). We proposed the generalization of seismic migration for electromagnetic data for the first time in 1982 during the Sixth Workship on EM-induction in the Earth and Moon (Zhdanov and Frenkel, 1982). Dr. John Booker from The University of Washington was the first to suggest calling our method “electromagnetic migration”; a detailed description of our method was given in Zhdanov and Frenkel (1983a and b). Work on electromagnetic migration was published by Zhdanov and Frenkel (1983c) in a special issue of the Proceedings of Oulu University. In 1985 we presented an invited paper (Velikhov et al., 1987) on this topic at the Prague General Assembly of IAGA.

Book Reviews

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1145-1146
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Group Index ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
English Edition ◽  
Green Paradox ◽  
The Earth ◽  
University Of Munich ◽  
The University

Tao Wang of Environmental Defense Fund and Swarthmore College reviews, “The Green Paradox: A Supply-Side Approach to Global Warming” by Hans-Werner Sinn. The EconLit Abstract of this book begins: “Updated English edition of Das grüne Paradoxon presents an approach to combating global warming based on regulating the supply of fossil fuels instead of the demand. Discusses why the Earth is getting warmer; reshaping the world's energy matrix; table or tank; the neglected supply side; and fighting the green paradox. Sinn is Professor of Economics and Public Finance at the University of Munich and President of the CESifo Group. Index.”

scholarly journals Editorial

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abel Olaleye ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
African Women ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Real Estate Markets ◽  
Advanced Stages ◽  
Real Estate Research ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University

Welcome to volume five, issue two of the Journal of African Real Estate Research (JARER). As noted in the editorial of the first issue this year, JARER continues to be a significant medium through which research on African real estate markets is disseminated. We are witnessing an increasing trend in the rate of submissions and the review turnover timing is becoming more encouraging. Our appreciation goes to our reviewers and editorial board who have, despite the unforeseen challenges this year has brough, have dedicated their time and efforts to make this issue possible. We thank the board members of the African Real Estate Society, the Library services at the University of Cape Town, and Managing Editor, Luke Boyle from the Urban Real Estate Research, who has been working diligently in managing the publication process. In addition, we appreciate the support provided by IRES, ERES and Prof. Karl-Werner Schulte and his team from the IREBS at Regensburg University. The special issue focussing on showcasing real estate related research spearheaded by African women is progressing nicely. The special issue has attracted a number of submissions, mostly from new authors, and we are encouraged by the broadening support of the journal that this has demonstrated. Guest editors, Karen Gibler and Geci Karuri-Sebina, have worked tirelessly in coordinating the special issue and providing mentorship to the authors. Most of the articles are in their advanced stages and the issue is on track for publication before June 2021.

Health and Medical Informatics Education

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (03) ◽  
pp. 246-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Haux ◽  
F. J. Leven ◽  
J. R. Moehr ◽  
D. J. Protti
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
The University

Abstract:Health and medical informatics education has meanwhile gained considerable importance for medicine and for health care. Specialized programs in health/medical informatics have therefore been established within the last decades.This special issue of Methods of Information in Medicine contains papers on health and medical informatics education. It is mainly based on selected papers from the 5th Working Conference on Health/Medical Informatics Education of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), which was held in September 1992 at the University of Heidelberg/Technical School Heilbronn, Germany, as part of the 20 years’ celebration of medical informatics education at Heidelberg/Heilbronn. Some papers were presented on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the health information science program of the School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Within this issue, programs in health/medical informatics are presented and analyzed: the medical informatics program at the University of Utah, the medical informatics program of the University of Heidelberg/School of Technology Heilbronn, the health information science program at the University of Victoria, the health informatics program at the University of Minnesota, the health informatics management program at the University of Manchester, and the health information management program at the University of Alabama. They all have in common that they are dedicated curricula in health/medical informatics which are university-based, leading to an academic degree in this field. In addition, views and recommendations for health/medical informatics education are presented. Finally, the question is discussed, whether health and medical informatics can be regarded as a separate discipline with the necessity for specialized curricula in this field.In accordance with the aims of IMIA, the intention of this special issue is to promote the further development of health and medical informatics education in order to contribute to high quality health care and medical research.

Integration of Digital Preservation Knowledge, Skills and Competencies in the Teaching Curricula of Library and Information Studies at the University of Botswana

Mousaion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thatayaone Segaetsho ◽  
Julie Moloi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
University Of Botswana ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Teaching Content ◽  
Library And Information Studies ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
The University

In the past few decades, digital technology has found a place in the acquisition, arrangement, description, preservation, and dissemination of information. However, heritage institutions are perturbed by the challenges of digital preservation strategies particularly for education. Despite continuous investment in digital preservation, there are limited skilled professionals to equip learners with the knowledge, skills and competencies required to drive digital preservation in Botswana. Therefore, this paper investigated the knowledge, skills and competencies related to digital preservation in the teaching curricula of the Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS) at the University of Botswana. Data collection was done through intensive structured interviews with specific educators who teach courses on digital preservation in the archives and records management stream. The study revealed that despite the fact that the educators in preservation courses are aware of current trends in digital preservation, most of them have not obtained formal degree certification specific to digital preservation. The findings further revealed that minimal digital preservation competencies are observed in the teaching curricula. A significant number of challenges observed illustrated mainly a lack of resources and limited skills in terms of practical demonstrations by educators. The curricula mostly lacked clarity on long-term and short-term digital preservation. The study recommends that DLIS and other institutions should conduct surveys or curriculum auditing on digital preservation in order to improve the teaching content. A significant number of shortcomings regarding digital preservation that could motivate further studies are also discussed under the conclusion and recommendations section of this study.

Global Warming and Its Multiple Causes

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Romdhane Ben Slama
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Greenhouse Effect ◽  
Infrared Radiation ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The One ◽  
Heat Released ◽  
Emission Of Greenhouse Gases

The global warming which preoccupies humanity, is still considered to be linked to a single cause which is the emission of greenhouse gases, CO2 in particular. In this article, we try to show that, on the one hand, the greenhouse effect (the radiative imprisonment to use the scientific term) took place in conjunction with the infrared radiation emitted by the earth. The surplus of CO2 due to the combustion of fossil fuels, but also the surplus of infrared emissions from artificialized soils contribute together or each separately,  to the imbalance of the natural greenhouse effect and the trend of global warming. In addition, another actor acting directly and instantaneously on the warming of the ambient air is the heat released by fossil fuels estimated at 17415.1010 kWh / year inducing a rise in temperature of 0.122 ° C, or 12.2 ° C / century.

The Church on the World's Turf

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Bramadat
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Sexual Ethics ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Conservative Protestant ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Christian Fellowship ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church

Is it possible for conservative Protestant groups to survive in secular institutional settings? Here, Bramadat offers an ethnographic study of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at McMaster University, a group that espouses fundamentalist interpretations of the Bible, women's roles, the age of the earth, alcohol consumption, and sexual ethics. In examining this group, Bramadat demonstrates how this tiny minority thrives within the overwhelmingly secular context of the University.

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