“For Whom the Bell Tolls” Mexican Copper Bells from the Templo Mayor Offerings: Analysis of the Production Process and its Cultural Context

2007 ◽  
Vol 1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Schulze
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Copper Alloy ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
Tin Bronze ◽  
The Social ◽  
Late Postclassic

AbstractThe 3389 copper (alloy) bells from offerings included in successive building phases of Late Postclassic Templo Mayor (A.D. 1325 – 1520) of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) are the results of production processes influenced by social, economic, ideological and technological factors. The compositional and morphological variability of the bells in the earlier construction phases of the Templo Mayor suggests the presence of several workshops in or around Tenochtitlan, while the reduction of this spectrum on one bell type made of copper-tin bronze, points towards a standardization of the production process and a decrease in the number of workshops that supplied the Templo Mayor in later phases. The compositional and morphological information, as well as contextual analysis and comparison with other Mexican bells, give insights into the bells' symbolism, the mechanisms used to supply the Templo Mayor with offerings, the organization of metalwork and the rationale behind some of the technological choices of the artisans. The detected changes through time seem to point to important shifts in the social, technological, economic and ideological influences on the choices of the artisans in the latter half of Aztec rule.

Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives

2021 ◽  
pp. 182-202
Author(s):  
Melvin Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Gun Violence ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
Practice Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Economic

Urban gun violence knowledge is evolving and promises to gain steam as it garners more attention. Interventions will necessitate a grounding in the social sciences and the urban practice experience, positioning professions to advance the knowledge base on how best to address gun violence at a neighborhood and social network level. This chapter provides a broad social-economic-political-cultural context for understanding the origins and broad reach of gun violence in the nation and its cities and touches on aspects rarely the focus of attention yet playing a prominent role in helping understand how urban gun violence emerges. Four viewpoints are covered in this chapter (social, political, economic, and cultural), allowing coverage of usual and unusual aspects of urban gun violence. These perspectives are not ranked in order of importance and must be present in any analysis of urban gun violence and search for solutions, more so when seeking a nuanced and localized approach. These perspectives interact in a highly dynamic manner; when one is particularly impacted, the others react accordingly. Gun violence permeates society, with few urban segments escaping its grasp.

2. Contexts

2015 ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
R. B. Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Political Context ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
Founding Fathers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Landed Gentry

The founding fathers were born into a remarkable variety of families, occupations, religious loyalties, and geographic settings: from landed gentry destined to join the ruling elite, to middling or common sorts who chose the law or medicine as a professional path to distinction, or immigrants from other parts of the British Empire. They lived within and were shaped by three interlocking contexts—the intellectual world of the transatlantic Enlightenment; the political context within which Americans sought to preserve and improve the best of the Anglo-American constitutional heritage; and the social, economic, and cultural context formed as a result of their living on the Atlantic world’s periphery.

scholarly journals Perceived Support in the Shadow of Death: Near-Miss Mothers' Experience of Being Supported

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sedigheh Abdollahpour ◽  
Abbas Heydari ◽  
Hosein Ebrahimipour ◽  
Farhad Faridhoseini ◽  
Talat Khadivzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Near Miss ◽  
Perceived Support ◽  
Future Planning ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mother's Experience ◽  
Care Support

Abstract Background: A maternal near miss (MNM) is an event in which a pregnant woman comes close to maternal death, but does not die. The aim of this study was therefore to understanding meaning of NMM lived experiences of being supported on the social and cultural context of Iran. Methods: This qualitative study utilized a hermeneutic phenomenology study. The study was conducted in in multicenter hospitals, where usually handle the NMMs. The sampling was purposeful with maximum variation of eleven NMM. Data collection used unstructured in-depth interview that analyzed with Diekelmann, Allen, and Tanner analysis approach. Results: The two main themes emerging from the data were "Perceived Social Support" and "Perceived Care Support". 910 code, eleven sub sub-theme, six sub-themes emerged, and they were grouped into two themes that help us to understand the experience of MNM mothers from supporting. Conclusions: Findings demonstrate that mother's experience of supporting, can be effective in reducing the psychological-emotional, social, economic, and cultural burden of pregnancy and childbirth complications, and future planning should aim to reduce such complications based on mother’s support. Therefore, targeted training programs, especially for the spouse, family, and medical team can be of great help to millions of near-miss mothers.

scholarly journals The Education of an English Professor: The Biographical Narrative

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Heriberto Gonzalez Valencia ◽  
Jakeline Amparo Villota Enriquez ◽  
Lizeth Ramos Acosta
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
University Professor ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Training Path

This article is the result of a qualitative research following the characteristics of hermeneutical research aims to understand the training process of the English university professor, taking into account factors that affect and surround the social, economic, and cultural environment; in which the experience and the story of life, shape the professor. A historicity that allows the subject to be an actor of her own life, and from her experiences narrated, it is analyzed and a training path by which the subject under study obtained academic and life skills. All times and spaces in which the professor is exposed are interpreted to understand the whole process of training. Finally, it is evidenced how the professor’s training transcends beyond a simple classroom. The experience of life, lifestyle, family background, socio-cultural context are inseparable part of the training processes.

scholarly journals Stages of grief: Economic devastation and social oblivion

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Ildiko Erdei
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Beer Consumption ◽  
The Social ◽  
Industry Center ◽  
Beer Production ◽  
The Town

In the spring of 2008, after Heineken bought the major stake in “Pančevačka pivara” (Pančevo brewery) from Efes, and thus became its owner, the corporation shut down production in the Pančevo factory, fired all remaining workers save for a few managers, and soon after halted production of the only remaining brand of “Pančevačka pivara” which was named after the brewery’s mid-nineteenth century founder – Weifert. Thus, after more than 150 years of beer production in Weifert’s brewery, and more than 280 years after beer first started to be produced in Pančevo, the town is left without a significant industrial capacity and one of its key cultural and identity symbols. What should be cause for concern for researchers is the huge discrepancy between the decades-long endeavor to traditionalize the brewery and the culture of beer consumption and utilize them in the representation of the town as an industry center as well as a multicultural environment with an urban sensibility and significant Habsburg heritage, and the complete silence which followed the closing of the brewery and is still there, four years after the factory shut down. The paper examines how the deep, uncomfortable silence which has enveloped these events, the absence of any kind of public debate on the issue as well as the lack of any kind of articulated unofficial discourse about this loss can be interpreted. Starting from the assumption that any way of speaking is simultaneously a way of not speaking, I will examine the social dynamics of the reverse process in a specific social, economic, political and cultural context. In other words, what is the role of social non-remembrance and what can be gleaned from this non-speaking, repressing, intentional oblivion?

scholarly journals Using Daily Nighttime Lights to Monitor Spatiotemporal Patterns of Human Lifestyle under COVID-19: The Case of Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 4633
Author(s):  
Mohammed Alahmadi ◽  
Shawky Mansour ◽  
Nataraj Dasgupta ◽  
Ammar Abulibdeh ◽  
Peter M. Atkinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Nighttime Lights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Nighttime Light ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Islamic Society

A novel coronavirus, COVID-19, appeared at the beginning of 2020 and within a few months spread worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic had some of its greatest impacts on social, economic and religious activities. This study focused on the application of daily nighttime light (NTL) data (VNP46A2) to measure the spatiotemporal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the human lifestyle in Saudi Arabia at the national, province and governorate levels as well as on selected cities and sites. The results show that NTL brightness was reduced in all the pandemic periods in 2020 compared with a pre-pandemic period in 2019, and this was consistent with the socioeconomic results. An early pandemic period showed the greatest effects on the human lifestyle due to the closure of mosques and the implementation of a curfew. A slight improvement in the NTL intensity was observed in later pandemic periods, which represented Ramadan and Eid Alfiter days when Muslims usually increase the light of their houses. Closures of the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah affected the human lifestyle in these holy cities as well as that of Umrah pilgrims inside Saudi Arabia and abroad. The findings of this study confirm that the social and cultural context of each country must be taken into account when interpreting COVID-19 impacts, and that analysis of difference in nighttime lights is sensitive to these factors. In Saudi Arabia, the origin of Islam and one of the main sources of global energy, the preventive measures taken not only affected Saudi society; impacts spread further and reached the entire Islamic society and other societies, too.

scholarly journals A Contextual Analysis of the Late Roman Pewsey and Wilcot Vessel Hoards, Wiltshire

Britannia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 149-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Henry ◽  
David Roberts ◽  
Michael J. Grant ◽  
Ruth Pelling ◽  
Peter Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Pollen Analysis ◽  
Copper Alloy ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Plant Macrofossils ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Roman Coins ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Character ◽  
Late Roman

AbstractIn late summer, sometime between cala.d. 340–405, a hoard of tightly packed, stacked copper-alloy vessels was deposited in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire. The corrosion of the vessels allowed for the preservation of delicate plant macrofossils and pollen. Analysis of this material has provided insights into the date, season and context of this act of structured deposition. A second hoard of similar vessels was deposited in the fourth or fifth century only a few miles away at Wilcot. The hoards and their deposition relate to Romano-British lifeways, at a time when the region was on the cusp of a dramatic period of change. The distribution of late Roman coins and belt fittings offers further insights into the social and economic character of Wiltshire at their times of deposition.

scholarly journals Academic Failure in Higher Education: Socio-Cultural Analysis from the Perspectives of Students and Teachers in Mexico

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (21) ◽  
pp. 1348
Author(s):  
Leticia Nayeli Ramírez-Ramírez ◽  
Santiago Gallur-Santorun ◽  
Jorge Garcia-Villanueva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Academic Failure ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Academic Cultures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Sociocultural Approach

This research is part of an inter-institutional project interested in analyzing the perceptions of students and teachers about the factors that affect academic failure. In this paper, academic failure is seen, form the sociocultural approach as a complex phenomenon in which different educational actors take place and are related to personal, social, economic and institutional factors. Socio-cultural studies have paid attention to the understanding of educational problems by pointing out as an important mediator the social and cultural context from which students come and the divergences between home/social and academic cultures that are played within the microsocial contexts of the schools and classrooms. Thus, in this work, academic failure is seen as the interplay between personal, social, economic and institutional factors that enable or not the student to integrate into the academic community, build a sense of belonging/commitment to it and perform with success in their university studies.

Multiple-source Record Linkage in a Rural Industrial Community, 1680–1820

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve King
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Multiple Source ◽  
Demographic Analysis ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Industrial Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Broad Outline

Re-creating the social, economic and demographic life-cycles of ordinary people is one way in which historians might engage with the complex continuities and changes which underlay the development of early modern communities. Little, however, has been written on the ways in which historians might deploy computers, rather than card indexes, to the task of identifying such life cycles from the jumble of the sources generated by local and national administration. This article suggests that multiple-source linkage is central to historical and demographic analysis, and reviews, in broad outline, some of the procedures adopted in a study which aims at large scale life cycle reconstruction.

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