The Perseverance of Archaeology: New Data from a Rescue Investigation at Triq Fejġel in Rabat and its Contribution to the Punic and Roman Maltese Funerary Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-154
Author(s):  
Kevin Borda ◽  
Bernardette Mercieca-Spiteri ◽  
Paolo Spadaro ◽  
Carlo Veca
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Skeletal Remains ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
New Research ◽  
Time Frames

Abstract The Maltese funerary context during the Punic and Roman times is documented from discoveries and archaeological reports primarily from the twentieth century. Notwithstanding, documentation standards in the first half of the last century were such as to provide limited archaeological data to properly understand the context, phasing and ritual. The combination of robust policy-driven archaeological monitoring procedures together with a scientific excavation of reported discoveries is essential to provide fresh archaeological data which must necessarily be published within adequate time frames. This will by no small means contribute to the formulation of a proper national research agenda by identifying lacunae as well as giving rise to new research questions. This study draws attention to the survival of archaeology seen as limited stratigraphic contexts that have persevered through the centuries and the continuous exploitation of the site. It is a case study of the application of a stratigraphic scientific approach to a recent archaeological discovery during archaeological monitoring, providing ample data with regard to funerary reuse and associated practices and rituals together with an in-depth osteological observation of skeletal remains therein discovered.

Systemic Unsustainability as a Threat to Democracy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Felicetti
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Sustainability Transition ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
Illustrative Case Study ◽  
New Research

Resilient socioeconomic unsustainability poses a threat to democracy whose importance has yet to be fully acknowledged. As the prospect of sustainability transition wanes, so does perceived legitimacy of institutions. This further limits representative institutions’ ability to take action, making democratic deepening all the more urgent. I investigate this argument through an illustrative case study, the 2017 People’s Climate March. In a context of resilient unsustainability, protesters have little expectation that institutions might address the ecological crisis and this view is likely to spread. New ways of thinking about this problem and a new research agenda are needed.

scholarly journals Aporte Teórico-Metodologico para o Estudo da Pluviosidade em Ambientes Urbanos Vulneráveis: Estudo de Caso do Clima Urbano de Duque de Caxias/RJ (Theoretical and Methodological Rain for the Study of Vulnerable in Urban Environments: a Case Study of ...)

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 476
Author(s):  
Antonio Carlos Da Silva Oscar Júnior ◽  
Ana Maria De Paiva Macedo Brandão
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Weather And Climate ◽  
New Space ◽  
New Research

Hodiernamente as ciências do tempo e do clima assumem protagonismo no meio cientifico devido às questões e polêmicas atuais acerca das mudanças climáticas. Tendo em vista esse novo espaço, esse trabalho tem como objetivo trazer uma contribuição teórico-metodologica para aqueles que desejam se debruçar sobre essas novas questões que afligem o mundo moderno. Para aprofundar as discussões deste artigo, abordaremos o caso de Duque de Caxias, localizado na Baixada Fluminense do Rio de Janeiro, usando a também como caso exemplo para explicar como as dinâmicas socioeconômicas, deixando suas marcas no território intensificam os riscos naturais e aprofundam as vulnerabilidades sociais. No aflorar dessa nova agenda de pesquisas é papel dos Geógrafos aprofundarem suas análises em prol de um ordenamento territorial, e gestão do espaço condizente com as novas necessidades da sociedade. Palavras-Chave: Clima Urbano, Mudanças Climáticas, Planejamento Urbano.  Theoretical and Methodological Rain for the Study of Vulnerable in Urban Environments: a Case Study of Urban Climate Duque de Caxias-RJ  ABSTRACT Today the sciences of weather and climate took center stage in the middle due to scientific issues and controversies about the current climate. In light of this new space, this work aims to bring a theoretical and methodological contributions for those Who wish to dwell on these new issues that plague the modern world. For further discussion of this article, we discuss the case of Duque de Caxias, located in the Baixada Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro, also using as a case example to explain how socio-economic dynamics, leaving it’s mark in the territory of natural hazards intensify and deepen the vulnerabilities social. Flourishin this new research agenda is the role of geographers deepen their analysis in favor of a use and land management consistent with the changing needs of society.  Keywords: Urban Climate, Climate Change, Runoff, Urban Management

scholarly journals Conducting Research from the Ground Up

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-429
Author(s):  
Lisa H. Weasel
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
New Research ◽  
Global Food

Research in the natural sciences has tended to uncritically focus on providing technoscientific solutions to the problem of global food security, often in the form of genetically modified seeds. Yet the intended recipients of these seeds, often lower-caste women, have in some cases been vehement in their rejection of these solutions. Qualitative participatory approaches informed by feminist principles, as applied in this case study in Andhra Pradesh, India, can elucidate both the reasons for this rejection, and help to chart a more appropriate epistemological orientation for developing solutions based in community members' lives and needs. Such an approach can in turn give rise to new research questions and orientations to be taken up by technoscientific researchers wishing to approach collaborative solutions to global food security.

scholarly journals From Coopetition to Hyper-Coopetition: Focusing on a New Paradigm of Heterogeneous Organizational Relationship in the High-Tech Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 440
Author(s):  
Seungyeon Moon ◽  
Changhee Yoon ◽  
Changhyun Park
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
High Tech ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Organizational Relationships ◽  
High Tech Industry ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
New Research

In this study, we proposed the concept of hyper-coopetition based on an investigation of the inter-organizational relationships of chipmakers. Hyper-coopetition is distinguished from traditional coopetition by having companies in heterogeneous industries as participants, whereas traditional coopetition is a relationship between competitors in the same industry. To investigate antecedents and processes of hyper-coopetition, we established the conceptual framework of hyper-coopetition through a literature review. We conducted a case study on leading chipmakers, including Intel, Samsung, and Nvidia, to investigate antecedents and processes of the chipmakers’ hyper-coopetition. By examining hyper-coopetition, we contributed to the relevant academic field by introducing hyper-coopetition, its typology, and a new research agenda. The analysis result also brought managerial implications for companies in a rapidly changing environment.

A Giant Fast Asleep? Party Incentives and the Politicisation of European Integration

2011 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoffer Green-Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
New Research ◽  
Do So

Hooghe and Marks recently introduced a new research agenda for the study of European integration focusing on politicisation, that is, the inclusion of mass public attitudes in the politics of European integration. The overall aim of this article is to respond to this new research agenda. Unlike the existing literature, which focuses on Euro-sceptical extreme left or right-wing parties, the article argues that the explanation for politicisation or the lack of it should be found in the incentives the issue offers for mainstream political parties. Denmark serves as a crucial case study to show the limitations of the existing literature and the need to focus on the incentives of mainstream political parties. Empirically, the article argues that expectations about the impending politicisation of European integration are misplaced. The giant is fast asleep because those who could wake it up generally have no incentive to do so and those who have an incentive cannot.

scholarly journals Women Thinkers and the Canon of International Thought: Recovery, Rejection, and Reconstitution

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
KIMBERLY HUTCHINGS ◽  
PATRICIA OWENS
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
New Research ◽  
International Thought

Abstract Canons of intellectual “greats” anchor the history and scope of academic disciplines. Within international relations (IR), such a canon emerged in the mid-twentieth century and is almost entirely male. Why are women thinkers absent from IR’s canon? We show that it is not due to a lack of international thought, or that this thought fell outside established IR theories. Rather it is due to the gendered and racialized selection and reception of work that is deemed to be canonical. In contrast, we show what can be gained by reclaiming women’s international thought through analyses of three intellectuals whose work was authoritative and influential in its own time or today. Our findings question several of the basic premises underpinning IR’s existing canon and suggest the need for a new research agenda on women international thinkers as part of a fundamental rethinking of the history and scope of the discipline.

scholarly journals Towards a new image archive for the built environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 239980832110114
Author(s):  
Kartikeya Date ◽  
Yael Allweil
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Computer Vision ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Tel Aviv ◽  
New Type ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
New Research

The ever-growing online corpus of images of the built environment, on social media and mapping platforms, offers a new kind of archive of the built environment. Recent advances in computer vision, specifically convolutional neural networks, offer new ways of querying and analyzing large image corpuses. In this paper, we propose a new method by which historians of the built environment can use these vast image corpuses in their study, enabling new research questions. To demonstrate proof of need, we report on an ongoing case study in Tel Aviv that attempts to show the feasibility of our proposed method for enabling a Historic Urban Landscapes (HUL)-based approach to the study of the built environment. In so doing, we show how such image corpuses could potentially form a new type of archive for architectural and urban history.

The Organization of the Executive Branch in Latin America: What We Know and What We Need to Know

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (01) ◽  
pp. 144-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Bonvecchi ◽  
Carlos Scartascini
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Study Strategies ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The U.S

AbstractThis article proposes a research agenda for the organization of the executive branch in Latin America by reviewing the literature on the U.S. and Latin American presidencies and outlining the research gap between them. The study finds that while strong, regionwide patterns have been established about cabinets in Latin America, research is lagging behind on the presidential center, presidential advisory networks, and their effects in policymaking. The article sets forth a series of research questions and suggests a combination of quantitative, social network, and case study strategies to address them.

Suburbs in transition: new approaches to suburban history

Urban History ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUTH MCMANUS ◽  
PHILIP J. ETHINGTON
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Suburban History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
New Research ◽  
Late Twentieth Century ◽  
Scholarly Attention

The history of suburbs has received so much scholarly attention in recent decades that it is time to take stock of what has been established, in order to discern aspects of suburbs that are still unknown. To date, the main lines of inquiry have been dedicated to the origins, growth, diverse typologies, culture and politics of suburbs, as well as to newer topics such as the gendered nature of suburban space. The vast majority of these studies have been about particular times and places. The authors propose a new perspective on the study of suburbs, one which will begin to investigate the transformations of suburbs after they have been established. Taking the entire era from the mid-nineteenth century through to the late twentieth century as a whole, it is argued that suburbs should be subjected to a longitudinal analysis, examining their development in the context of metropolises that usually enveloped them within a generation or two of their founding. It is proposed that investigation of these ‘transitions’ should be undertaken in parallel with the changes that occur in the life-cycles of their residents. It is suggested that an exploration of the interaction of these factors will open a broad new research agenda for suburban history as a subfield of urban history.

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