scholarly journals Where in the world can you find your ancestors?

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Larry Naukam
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
California State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
The World ◽  
Grass Roots Initiatives ◽  
Commercial Organizations

There is a rising awareness of the tools of Geospatial Information Systems on the part of both amateur and professional historians. Professionals (historians, political and social scientists, and even medical historians) are able to see and think about various trends in a more visual and useful way to them (think of seeing how various diseases spread and where and why), while amateurs seeking more information of their ancestors can also benefit by seeing migration patterns and places of origin, which could help them think about why their ancestors left a place to immigrate to a new country.Knowing who controlled what land and when can make the task of finding appropriate records, for any purpose, a bit easier. Also mentioned are grass roots initiatives, that is, not created by governments or commercial organizations, but by local genealogical and historical groups. This brief overview, done primarily from a layman's viewpoint, can engage the reader with an idea of how to get their work more appreciated and out "into the world". A study by a student at California State University at Fullerton mentions that such genealogy researchers tend to be generative (that is, concerned with passing information along to those following), and very aware of themselves and their ancestors in a time and place.Hopefully this will get more interaction between academics and people out in the world who can appreciate their work.

Training in Remote Database Server Administration

2003 ◽  
pp. 88-97
Author(s):  
Ludwig Slusky ◽  
Parviz Partow-Navid
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
California State University ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
State University ◽  
Wireless Technology ◽  
Database Server ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Plans

This chapter introduces the development of a Unix Lab at the Department of Information Systems at California State University, Los Angeles. It also describes the lab’s impact on our curriculum and the future plans for the inclusion of remote access and wireless technology.

From Reverse to Inverse to Omni-Nodal Dissenting Protestant Mission

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark P. Hutchinson
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
National Interest ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Foreign Missions ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
The World

This chapter traces the shift from unidirectional Protestant foreign missions at the beginning of the twentieth century to globalized missionary efforts at the end of the century, often fuelled by global migration patterns. These can originate in any country or culture, and end up (along relatively predicable paths dictated by rational markets in education, migration, business, and national interest) in almost any other country. The chapter compares the ‘World Missionary Conference 1910’ in Edinburgh with the 1989 ‘Global Consultation on World Evangelization’ held in Manila, as ‘bookends’ for a period of rapid change and indigenization of Christianity around the world. It points to four key vectors as determinative: the rise of short-term missional experientialism, the co-option of non-missionary globalized settings, diasporic mission, and conversion as resistance. The counter-logical global upsurge of grass-roots Christianity after Edinburgh 1910 demonstrates that people appropriating new futures start from where they are, and go to unpredictable places.

Youth waves in transboundary water diplomacy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliana Harrigan ◽  
◽  
Ellie McBurney
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Youth Empowerment ◽  
Transboundary Water ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Water Diplomacy ◽  
Multiplier Effects ◽  
Grass Roots Initiatives

Young people, aged between 18 and 29, have an untapped potential to generate effective transboundary water diplomacy. Two thirds of the 263 transboundary water bodies around the world have no cooperative agreement, and climate change is expected to exacerbate pre-existing challenges. There are three key rationales for involving youth in transboundary governance: doing so is a form of climate justice; youth have a recognised ability to aid peacebuilding and conflict resolution; and there are a number of positive multiplier effects of youth empowerment as reflected by the Sustainable Development Goals. Case studies are presented to highlight these points. In the Nile Basin, youth have been involved in grass-roots initiatives, including a workshop on transboundary diplomacy by the Water Youth Network, and the Nile Project, where cultural connection across borders is achieved through music and a university scholars’ programme.

The Paradox of Acting in the Traditional Chinese Theatre

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Sun
Keyword(s):  
Associate Professor ◽  
California State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Chinese Theatre ◽  
Li Yu ◽  
The World ◽  
Tang Xianzu ◽  
Macalester College

Traditional Chinese theatre seems to appeal to audiences across the world more for its exquisite acting than for its literary qualities. Yet Mei Lanfang, Tang Xianzu and Li Yu all assert that good acting must be firmly rooted in its literary base. What compelled these masters to go out of their way to emphasize the importance of the written text, argues William H. Sun, was precisely the failure of many traditional actors to take it seriously, preferring to rely on superficial virtuosities. From this constant struggle in traditional Chinese theatre between a theoretical respect for textual quality and practical emphasis on performance has emerged the peculiar paradox of acting here explored. The author, William H. Sun, is a Shanghai-born playwright, author, and associate professor of drama at Macalester College. A contributing editor of TDR, he has taught at Tufts University, California State University, Northridge, and the Shanghai Theatre

Geospatial Information Systems and Enterprise Collaboration

2011 ◽  
pp. 1646-1651
Author(s):  
Donald R. Morris-Jones ◽  
Dedric A. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Distributed Information ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Data Archives ◽  
The World ◽  
Engineering Designs ◽  
Enterprise Collaboration ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

Organizations and teams are becoming increasingly more distributed as groups work to expand their global presence while rationalizing team members across skill sets and areas of expertise instead of geographies. With this expansion comes the need for a robust and comprehensive language for pinpointing locations of globally distributed information systems and knowledge workers. Geospatial information systems (GISs) provide a common framework for jointly visualizing the world. This shared understanding of the world provides a powerful mechanism for collaborative dialogue in describing an environment, its assets, and procedures. The collaborative framework that GIS provides can help facilitate productive dialogue while constraining impulses of extreme positions. Collaboration and GIS intersections take many forms. Under a collaborative work-flow model, individuals use GIS to perform their job and post data back to the central database (e.g., engineering designs and as-built construction). This article addresses the increasing role of GIS in emerging architectures and information systems in a number of applications (e.g., land planning, military command and control, homeland security, utility-facilities management, etc.). Real-time applications, mobile access to data, GPS (global positioning satellite) tracking of assets, and other recent developments all play a role in extending the scope and utility of the GIS-enabled enterprise. The impact of new GIS Web services standards and open geospatial-data archives are also addressed as areas of increased potential for remote GIS collaboration in global organizations. The expansion of enterprise GIS within organizations increases the opportunity and necessity of using GIS collaboratively to improve business processes and efficiency, make better decisions, respond more quickly to customers and events, and so forth.

scholarly journals Automated Storage & Retrieval System

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 114-124
Author(s):  
Justin Kovalcik ◽  
Mike Villalobos
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Retrieval System ◽  
California State University ◽  
Added Value ◽  
State University ◽  
Space Management ◽  
Storage And Retrieval ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Strategy ◽  
Automated Storage

The California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Oviatt Library was the first library in the world to integrate an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) into its operations. The AS/RS continues to provide efficient space management for the library. However, added value has been identified in materials security and inventory as well as customer service. The concept of library as space, paired with improved services and efficiencies, has resulted in the AS/RS becoming a critical component of library operations and future strategy. Staffing, service, and security opportunities paired with support and maintenance challenges, enable the library to provide a unique critique and assessment of an AS/RS.

Geospatial Information Systems and Enterprise Collaboration

2005 ◽  
pp. 1278-1283
Author(s):  
Donald R. Morris-Jones ◽  
Dedric A. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Distributed Information ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Team Members ◽  
The World ◽  
Engineering Designs ◽  
Enterprise Collaboration ◽  
Geospatial Information Systems

Organizations and teams are becoming increasingly more distributed as groups work to expand their global presence while rationalizing team members across skill sets and areas of expertise instead of geographies. With this expansion comes the need for a robust and comprehensive language for pinpointing locations of globally distributed information systems and knowledge workers. Geospatial information systems (GISs) provide a common framework for jointly visualizing the world. This shared understanding of the world provides a powerful mechanism for collaborative dialogue in describing an environment, its assets, and procedures. The collaborative framework that GIS provides can help facilitate productive dialogue while constraining impulses of extreme positions. Collaboration and GIS intersections take many forms. Under a collaborative work-flow model, individuals use GIS to perform their job and post data back to the central database (e.g., engineering designs and as-built construction).

Making the COVID-19 pandemic visible: Grass-roots mapping initiates in Rio de Janeiro

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana de Souza e Silva
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Mobile Platforms ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Digital Maps ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
The World ◽  
Government Data ◽  
Grass Roots Initiatives

During this past year, digital maps have been used around the world to spatially display COVID-19 cases and deaths. Some of these maps aggregate official government data, and others are built with user-generated content. Particularly in low-income communities, where residents do not have proper access to tests, user-generated maps help people understand the scope of the pandemic. Two examples of grass-roots initiatives that use maps to make the pandemic visible are Conexão Saúde and Painel Unificador de Favelas. Both emerged in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), one of the countries mostly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper describes the implementation of these initiatives, considering how networked grass-roots approaches can be effective in locally mapping a pandemic. The findings reveal that the interconnection among mobile platforms, community leaders and NGOs are critical socio-technical assemblages that help visualize a public health crisis that would otherwise remain invisible to the world.

scholarly journals Book Review: Tweeting to Freedom: An Encyclopedia of Citizen Protests and Uprisings Around the World

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 230
Author(s):  
Shannon Pritting
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
California State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Us Presidential Election ◽  
Major Consideration

Professors Jim Willis (Azusa Pacific University) and Anthony R. Fellow (California State University at Fullerton) edited the affordable and relevant single-volume Tweeting to Freedom: An Encyclopedia of Citizen Protests and Uprisings Around the World. The extensive teaching and research experience of Willis and Fellow is evident in the instructive and informative writing throughout. A major consideration with a reference work on a topic as quickly evolving as social media is how quickly the text will become outdated. The focus on providing context for social media movements will serve to keep the content in Tweeting to Freedom relevant, especially as the memory of the reasons for protests gets shorter and shorter. The analysis will be useful even when the examples are inevitably no longer current; however, there are many timely examples, such as references to the 2016 US presidential election.

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