The Reaction of a Civil - Religious Hierarchy to a Factory in Guatemala

1954 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manning Nash
Keyword(s):  
Indian Population ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
The Political ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Endogamous Population ◽  
And Function ◽  
Textile Factory

In the Western Highlands of Guatemala is a series of local Indian communities, each with its own typical costume, its particular economic specialty, its nearly endogamous population, and its position in the rotating market system. The distinctive feature of these Indian social systems is a hierarchy of interrelated civil and religious offices that regulate the public and religious life of the community. The Quichespeaking village of Cantel in the Southwest Highlands, about six miles from Quezaltenango, has a 97 percent Indian population. The villagers still wear distinctive costumes and have a civil-religious hierarchy similar in form and function to that described by Wagley in Chimaltenango and by Tax for Panajachel. For more than 50 years, they have lived in peaceful coexistence with a modern textile factory that has continuously employed about one-fourth of the adult population. But in the last decade the hierarchy has undergone major changes as a result of the local factory workers' union acting as funnel to the community for the national political program of the 1944 revolution. In this article, the writer intends to describe how the factory adjusted to the civil-religious hierarchy for more than half a century, and how, over a period of 10 years, the political revolution as focused in Cantel through the union undermined the hierarchy.

scholarly journals Litteratur og politik

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (104) ◽  
pp. 148-165
Author(s):  
Frederik Tygstrup ◽  
Isak Winkel Holm
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Symbolic Forms ◽  
Representational Practices ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Poetics ◽  
The Common ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Way

Literature and PoliticsLiterature is political by representing the world. The production of literature is a contribution to a general cultural poetics where images of reality are constructed and circulated. At the same time, the practice of literature is institutionalized in such a way that the form and function of the images of reality it produces are conceived and used in a distinctive way. In this article, we suggest distinguishing between a general cultural poetics and a specific literary poetics by using Ernst Cassirer’s neo-Kantian concept of »symbolic forms«. We argue that according to this view, the political significance of literary representational practices resides in the way they activate a common cultural repertoire of historical symbolic forms while at the same time deviating from the common ways of treating these forms.

Theorizing Religion and the Public Sphere: Affect, Technology, Valuation

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 1008-1049
Author(s):  
M Gail Hamner
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Social Forms ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
And Function

Abstract Religion scholars require a theory of public encounter that is evental, technological, and affective. Instead of a spatial public sphere, today’s encounters occur through technological mediations that are affective and image-laden. This essay examines the latter “publicness” and illustrates its roles as an affective technology of whiteness as that which frames and distributes the persevering powers of, and reluctantly tracks resistances to, white supremacy. Film is a fruitful cultural site for examining the whiteness of publicness. The essay turns to Moonlight (Jenkins, 2016) to demonstrate how film can resist and interrupt normative whiteness and to show how this transvaluative cultural labor can be seen as religious. The essay conceptualizes religion as a hinged form and function through which subjects and publics co-emerge and by which social and sedimented valuations are (re)bound. Grappling with religion as social forms and functions of valuation opens it to algorithmic variability that mandates attention to circulations of power as both capacity and intensity.

scholarly journals What the Australian Public Knows About the High Court

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-63
Author(s):  
Ingrid Nielsen ◽  
Russell Smyth
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
High Court ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Role ◽  
High Court Of Australia

Existing studies for the United States examine the extent to which the public is knowledgeable about US courts, arguing that knowledge of the courts is linked to public support for their role. We know little, though, about the Australian public’s awareness of the High Court of Australia. We report the results of a survey of a representative sample of the Australian adult population, administered in November 2017. We find that few Australians know the names of the Justices, the number of Justices on the Court, how the Justices are appointed or for how long they serve. Awareness of recent cases decided by the Court is mixed. We find that age and education are better predictors of awareness levels than is gender. Our findings are important because in the absence of awareness of the High Court, the potential exists for the public to see the Court as having a more overt political role than it has, which may lower esteem for the Court. The potential for this to occur is exacerbated if, and when, politicians attempt to drag the High Court into the political fray, by attributing political motives to it that it does not have.

Carl Schmitt and Modernity

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedrich Balke
Keyword(s):  
Judith Butler ◽  
Carl Schmitt ◽  
The Political ◽  
Sovereign Power ◽  
Giorgio Agamben ◽  
Specific Diagnosis ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Constitutional State ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Function

Carl Schmitt’s political and juridical thought is anchored in a specific diagnosis of modernity. He develops the concept of the political because of how the location and address of the political become fundamentally questionable under modern conditions. Romanticism disempowers the state, the government, indeed all political-public structures and processes, turning them into mere “scenery” or simulacrums that hide an actual or substantial reality. This chapter traces the continued effects of Schmitt’s thought on various diagnoses of a political dialectic of modernity. Each has the changing form and function of sovereign power at its center. The work of Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, Judith Butler, and Zygmunt Bauman shows that Schmitt’s thought is applicable to the paradox by which sovereign power of decision continues to have a latent effect under the conditions of a constitutional state.

scholarly journals Kajian Tipologi Bangunan pada Pusat Rehabilitasi Mental Disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-67
Author(s):  
Karlina Rahadatul Aisy ◽  
Anisa Anisa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Stable Condition ◽  
Physical Aspect ◽  
Rehabilitation Center ◽  
Unstable Condition ◽  
The Public ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Rehabilitation Centers ◽  
Building Typology ◽  
And Function

This study is aimed to describe typologies in building mental rehabilitation rehabilitation centers. Building typology is obtained through analysis based on form and function. Typological analysis is useful as input in the design of buildings, and rehabilitation center. The research method used is descriptive interpretative qualitative, to get the typology after identifying the activities, functions, and shapes of buildings. As a first step of the patient's activity and space are identified first. The conclusions obtained from the typology study of mental disorder rehabilitation center are the physical arrangement of the rehabilitation center mass: (1) multi-mass and scattered; (2) the zone is divided into several, namely the public in the outermost, semi-public for patient activities, and private for therapy and patient rest. From the physical aspect, it refers to the forms of simple facades, openings that are given a trellis or passive, as well as simple rooms and furniture that do not endangering the patient. In the unstable condition of the patient, an isolation room is controlled by the nurse. In a stable condition, patients can learn a variety of plans which are carried out inside or outside the room.

scholarly journals Identification of Atrial Fibrillation Risk Variant RS2200733 In Indian Young Adult Population

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aarthi Manoharan ◽  
Ravikumar Sambandam ◽  
Vithiavathi Sathish ◽  
Vishnu Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Indian Population ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Cardiac Structure ◽  
Risk Variant ◽  
Pitx2 Gene ◽  
Young Adult Population ◽  
Cardiac Structure And Function ◽  
And Function

Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia that affects millions of people. a substantial genetic contribution to AF has been identified by number of studies over the years. The SNP that is often linked with genetic predisposition to AF is rs2200733 located in the intergenic region close to PITX2 gene which is implicated in cardiac structure and function. rs2200733 is commonly observed in major global populations. Our study aimed to establish the prevalence of this important SNP among young healthy adults in order to assess the risk of genetic susceptibility which could culminate into AF later in life. The study identified a substantial frequency of rs2200733 in Indian population at 21%.

The Public Sphere and Journalism

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthea Garman
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Position Statement ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
The Public ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
The People ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
And Function

The public sphere is a social entity with an important function and powerful effects in modern, democratic societies. The idea of the public sphere rests on the conviction that people living in a society, regardless of their age, gender, religion, economic or social status, professional position, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, or nationality, should be able to publicly express their thoughts, ideas, and opinions about issues that matter to them and impact their lives. This expression should be as free as possible in form and function and should operate through means and methods that people themselves deem suitable, so not via channels that are official or state-sanctioned. The classic Habermasian idea of the public sphere is that it is used by private individuals (not officials or politicians) who should be able to converse with each other in a public-spirited way to develop opinions that impact state or public-body decisions and policies. Also contained within this classic idea is the conviction that public sphere conversations should be rational (i.e., logical, evidence-based, and properly motivated and argued using an acceptable set of rhetorical devices) in order to convince others of the usefulness of a position, statement, or opinion. In commonsensical, political, and journalistic understandings, the public sphere is a critical component of a democracy that enables ordinary citizens to act as interlocutors to those who hold power and thereby hold them to account. As such it is one of the elements whereby democracy as a system is able to claim legitimacy as the “rule of the people.” Journalism’s imbrication in the social imaginary of the public sphere dates back to 17th- and 18th-century Europe when venues like coffee houses, clubs, and private homes, and media like newspapers and newsletters were being used by a mixture of gentry, nobility, and an emerging middle class of traders and merchants and other educated thinkers to disseminate information and express ideas. The conviction that journalism was the key vehicle for the conveyance of information and ideas of public import was then imbedded in the foundations of the practice of modern journalism and in the form exported from Western Europe to the rest of the world. Journalism’s role as a key institution within and vehicle of the public sphere was thus born. Allied to this was the conviction that journalism, via this public sphere role and working on behalf of the public interest (roughly understood as the consensus of opinions formed in the public sphere), should hold political, social, and economic powers to account. Journalists are therefore understood to be crucial proxies for the millions of people in a democracy who cannot easily wield on their own the collective voices that journalism with its institutional bases can produce.

The Amalgamation of Public Art and Public Constructions under the View of Urban Renewal

2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 1835-1838
Author(s):  
Feng Qiao
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Public Art ◽  
The Public ◽  
Regional Characteristics ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
And Function ◽  
Social Circumstance

By the comprehension of development and change of the public art’s form and function in modern urban, this paper points out the requirement of public art has not been an adornment of public constructions, but an art-oriented construction tendency in accordance with different site regional characteristics, project type restriction and public requirements. By means of the interactive with social circumstance development, the public art will blend positively in the community conditions and everyday life.

scholarly journals TELL KHAIBER: AN ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE OF THE SEALAND PERIOD

Iraq ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 21-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Campbell ◽  
Jane Moon ◽  
Robert Killick ◽  
Daniel Calderbank ◽  
Eleanor Robson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Public Building ◽  
The Public ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Function ◽  
Southern Iraq

Excavations at Tell Khaiber in southern Iraq by the Ur Region Archaeological Project have revealed a substantial building (hereafter the Public Building) dating to the mid-second millennium b.c. The results are significant for the light they shed on Babylonian provincial administration, particularly of food production, for revealing a previously unknown type of fortified monumental building, and for producing a dated archive, in context, of the little-understood Sealand Dynasty. The project also represents a return of British field archaeology to long-neglected Babylonia, in collaboration with Iraq's State Board for Antiquities and Heritage. Comments on the historical background and physical location of Tell Khaiber are followed by discussion of the form and function of the Public Building. Preliminary analysis of the associated archive provides insights into the social milieu of the time. Aspects of the material culture, including pottery, are also discussed.

scholarly journals PERUBAHAN DAN PERKEMBANGAN PANAKAWAN DALAM PEWAYANGAN

CORAK ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Nurhadi Siswanto
Keyword(s):  
Strong Influence ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
The Political ◽  
Islamic Period ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
12Th Century ◽  
The World ◽  
And Function ◽  
Number Form

The Panakawan figure in puppet is the original creativity of Indonesian people. Its existence is recognized as having existed before Islam emerged as the political power in the archipelago (Demak). Since the 12th century the figure of Panakawan has been mentioned in Javanese literature and developed in the walls of the temple's reliefs. Even the presence of Panakawan still exists today, with Semar, Gareng, Petruk and Bagong as the characters. Of course there were many different things between Panakawan pre-Islamic times when compared to the Islamic period. These differences were certainly very interesting to study, so they can show the influence of Islam in the world of Wayang. This paper tries to examine the history, changes and development of Panakawan figures in pre-Islamic times and the Islamic period.Using Alvin Boskoff's theory of change, and the theory of the principle of acculturation to Koentjaraningrat's culture, the author tries to examine various changes, and the development of Panakawan figures in wayang. The results of the study show that changes in the pre-Islamic Panamanian era and the Islamic period were changes due to external factors, namely the domination factor of Islamic teachings in Puppet. The strong influence of Islam has caused many changes to occur in the naming, number, form and function of the Panakawan figures.KeyWord: Punakawan, Puppet, changes and Development Tokoh Panakawan dalam pewayangan adalah asli kreatifitas manusia Indonesia. Keberadaanya diakui telah ada sebelum Islam muncul sebagai kekuatan politik di bumi Nusantara (Demak). Sejak abad 12 tokoh Panakawan telah disebutkan dalam kesusastraan Jawa dan berkembang pada relief dinding-dingding Candi. Panakawanpun keberadaannya masih eksis sampai saat ini, dengan Semar, Gareng, Petruk dan Bagong sebagai tokohnya. Tentunya banyak hal yang berbeda antara Panakawan masa pra Islam bila dibandingkan dengan masa Islam. Berbagai perbedaan tersebut tentulah sangat menarik untuk dikaji, sehingga bisa menunjukkan pengaruh Islam dalam dunia Wayang. Tulisan ini mencoba mengkaji sejarah, perubahan dan perkembangan tokoh Panakawan pada masa pra Islam dan masa Islam.Menggunakan teori Perubahan Alvin Boskoff, dan teori prinsip akulturasi budaya Koentjaraningrat, penulis mencoba mengkaji berbagai perubahan, dan perkembangan tokoh Panakawan dalam pewayangan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa perubahan Panakawan masa pra Islam dan masa Islam merupakan perubahan karena faktor eksternal, yaitu faktor dominasi ajaran Islam dalam Pewayangan. Kuatnya pengaruh Islam ini telah menyebabkab banyak terjadi perubahan baik pada penamaan, jumlah, bentuk dan fungsi tokoh Panakawan.Kata Kunci: Punakawan, Wayang, Peruabahn dan Perkembangan

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