scholarly journals Faith as Authenticity: Kyoto’s Gion Festival in 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Teeuwen
Keyword(s):  
Public Events ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
True Meaning ◽  
Media Narratives ◽  
The City

In 2020, the covid-19 pandemic necessitated the cancellation of public events throughout Japan. Kyoto’s Gion Festival was no exception. In an attempt to preserve what they regarded as the festival’s “true meaning,” different groups of actors involved in the Gion Festival came up with alternative ways of bringing the gods to the city. In this article, I trace the tensions that surfaced during the process of composing an alternative festival format. I also analyze media narratives that ex post presented the modified 2020 Gion Festival as a sincere expression of faith and prayer and as uniquely authentic to its “true meaning.” The alternative festival offers a striking example of ways that authenticity can be successfully constructed and projected in a time of crisis that challenges or otherwise alters the continuity of established practices and traditions.

Analysis of the Urban Environment Needs Based on the Residents’ Perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 2766-2769
Author(s):  
Yong Chun Wu ◽  
Xin Kui Liu ◽  
Lian Feng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
City Environment ◽  
The People ◽  
True Meaning ◽  
The City

Create a good city environment is an eternal theme of human development. The urbanization has brought not only economic and social development, but also urban sprawl and environmental damage, which make the city become a tool to complete various functions and no longer suitable for residents to live. A strange phenomenon appears that the more development of the city, the lower residents’ satisfaction to the urban environment. This article argues that meeting the needs of the people is the true meaning of urban development, and discusses the needs of the residents to the urban environment.

scholarly journals Multi-risk assessment in a historical city

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Arrighi ◽  
M. Tanganelli ◽  
M. T. Cristofaro ◽  
V. Cardinali ◽  
A. Marra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Probability Distribution ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Seismic Vulnerability ◽  
Joint Probability ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Average Annual Loss ◽  
The City

AbstractNatural hazards pose a significant threat to historical cities which have an authentic and universal value for mankind. This study aims at codifying a multi-risk workflow for seismic and flood hazards, for site-scale applications in historical cities, which provides the Average Annual Loss for buildings within a coherent multi-exposure and multi-vulnerability framework. The proposed methodology includes a multi-risk correlation and joint probability analysis to identify the role of urban development in re-shaping risk components in historical contexts. The workflow is unified by exposure modelling which adopts the same assumptions and parameters. Seismic vulnerability is modelled through an empirical approach by assigning to each building a vulnerability value depending on the European Macroseismic Scale (EMS-98) and modifiers available in literature. Flood vulnerability is modelled by means of stage-damage curves developed for the study area and validated against ex-post damage claims. The method is applied to the city centre of Florence (Italy) listed as UNESCO World Heritage site since 1982. Direct multi-hazard, multi-vulnerability losses are modelled for four probabilistic scenarios. A multi-risk of 3.15 M€/year is estimated for the current situation. In case of adoption of local mitigation measures like floodproofing of basements and installation of steel tie rods, multi-risk reduces to 1.55 M€/yr. The analysis of multi-risk correlation and joint probability distribution shows that the historical evolution of the city centre, from the roman castrum followed by rebuilding in the Middle Ages, the late XIX century and the post WWII, has significantly affected multi-risk in the area. Three identified portions of the study area with a different multi-risk spatial probability distribution highlight that the urban development of the historical city influenced the flood hazard and the seismic vulnerability. The presented multi-risk workflow could be applied to other historical cities and further extended to other natural hazards.

scholarly journals The Influence of Individual Caring and Organizational Trust on Organizational Commitment of Private LPTK Lecturers in Medan City

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1537-1550
Author(s):  
Khairtati Purnama Nasution ◽  
Zainuddin Zainuddin ◽  
Arif Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Organizational Trust ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Inferential Analysis ◽  
The City

This study aims to reveal the influence of individual caring and organizational trust on organizational commitment of private LPTK lecturers in Medan city. This research design is classified as ex post facto research which has a causal relationship using a quantitative approThis research was conducted at private LPTKs throughout the city of Medan. This study was planned for 6 months. The population of this research is all lecturers who work in LPTK in Medan City. Based on data from each LPTK in Medan City, it was found that an overall population of 489 lecturersach. This research design uses a survey method. The data obtained from the measurement results were analyzed descriptively and inferentially. The stages in data analysis to be carried out in this study are descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. The results reveal that: 1. there is a significant effect of individual Carring variance on organizational trust. 2. there is a significant effect of Organizational Trust on Organizational Commitment.

Rediscovering the City with UrbanRemix

Leonardo ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 478-479
Author(s):  
Jason Freeman ◽  
Carl DiSalvo ◽  
Michael Nitsche ◽  
Stephen Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Project Participants ◽  
The City

UrbanRemix is a collaborative and locative sound project. Participants record geo-tagged sounds on their mobile devices, explore and remix them through a web-based interface, and share them with professional DJs for live performances. This article discusses the background and goals of the project, its design and implementation, and its realization at several workshops and public events.

scholarly journals In July 2019 the Portuguese Society of Myology was officially born: the first message from the founders

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Tavares ◽  
Carlos Fontes Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
International Collaboration ◽  
Muscle Physiology ◽  
System Call ◽  
Muscle System ◽  
Adaptation Capacity ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Portuguese Society ◽  
Scientific Meetings ◽  
The City

The amazing behaviour and adaptation capacity of the skeletal muscle system call the attention of several scientists, including us. Thus, we have the pleasure to announce that it was born in the city of Coimbra, Portugal, the Portuguese Society of Myology (SPMyo), a society which the main aim is to spread skeletal muscle knowledge in the areas of muscle physiology, physiopathology and pharmacology in a multidisciplinary organization that reflects the different areas of the skeletal muscle study. The commitment of SPMyo is the progress of skeletal muscle awareness as well as its investigation, encouraging interdisciplinary, national and international collaboration. These goals will be achieved by organization of scientific meetings, formation courses, publications of books and other scientific and didactic materials. It is also a goal of the SPMyo to organize public events allowing general public to understand skeletal muscle system.

scholarly journals Identifikasi Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Matematika

2018 ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Ni Komang Vonie Dwianjani ◽  
I Made Candiasa
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Problem ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Look Back ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
The City ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

This research aimed for 1) analyzing the factors which contributed the ability to solve mathematical problems and (2) identifying the domination of the aforementioned factors. This research was conducted to grade 8 in all state junior high schools in the city of Singaraja, academic year of 2017/2018 with 377 participating students which were taken with stratified cluster random sampling technique. This research method was an quantitative ex-post facto research. The data of this research were taken using story math problem about SPLDV, Pythagoras, Lingkaran and were analyzed with factor analysis. The research has found that the factors which contributed the ability to solve mathematical problem are identify problem (identify), define goal (define), explore possible strategies (explore), act on strategies (act) and look back (look). These five factors could be categorized into two components, namely: analytical ability component which consists of identify problem and define goal , and systematical ability component which consists of explore possible strategies, act on strategies and look back. Furthermore, it was also found that the factors which dominated the ability to solve mathematical problem was executing the act on strategies and followed by explore possible strategies, identify problem, define goal, and look back.

scholarly journals Diesel Emissions Increase Air Pollution during the Carnival Festival in Salvador, Bahia-Brazil

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelzair A. Vianna ◽  
Priscila Novaes ◽  
Nelson Gnoatto ◽  
Simone Miraglia ◽  
Paulo H. Saldiva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Atmospheric Pollution ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Public Events ◽  
The City

Atmospheric pollution arising from diesel-powered engines can result in acute and chronic diseases of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. The annual carnival festival that takes place in the city of Salvador, Bahia-Brazil, is a large-scale event that gathers approximately 2 m revelers and 170,000 workers who accompany dozens of sound-trucks, or trios elétricos, for a period of seven days. These slow-moving sound-trucks run on diesel fuel, constantly exposing those around them to exhaust fumes. The present study aimed to evaluate air quality along the approximately 10km-long carnival parade circuit and determine possible impacts on human health. We applied a three-phase risk analysis strategy from 2007–2009: 1) hazard identification, 2) risk characterization and 3) risk management. Our quantification of atmospheric particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations revealed variable levels of PM2.5 ranging from 19 µg/m3 to 580 µg/m3, with peaks of up to 800 μg/m3 at sound-truck concentration areas. We then assessed the effects of air pollution on human health using ophthalmologic parameters obtained from 28 carnival volunteers, who often presented symptoms of eye irritation. Finally, we established strategies to communicate the study’s objectives and obtained results to the population through media outlets and open discussions with government agencies. According to our risk analysis, carnival sound-trucks represent the main source of atmospheric PM2.5 and NO2 pollution during the annual 7-day carnival festival. As a consequence of our research, the municipal government of Salvador issued an addendum to its carnival legislation mandating organizers to monitor atmospheric pollution, and, subsequently, all large-scale public events. Municipal government authorities have also promoted a shift from petroleum-based diesel fuel to biodiesel, a less-polluting fuel, for all adapted carnival sound-trucks. Our approach, which employed easily accessible and inexpensive methodology, provided substantial scientific evidence to support improvements in the regulation of air quality during large-scale public events held in the city of Salvador.Keywords: environmental

scholarly journals Esportes de raquete, divulgação e infraestrutura: influências sobre a prática

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-183
Author(s):  
Mateus Augusto De Oliveira Machado ◽  
Rodney Rodrigo de Souza ◽  
Siomara Aparecida da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Olympic Games ◽  
State School ◽  
Racket Sports ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ping Pong ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Fantastic ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

Introdução: A prática dos esportes em Ouro Preto (MG) está centrada no “quarteto fantástico” que se caracterizam pelos esportes coletivos mais praticados deixando uma lacuna nas experiências motoras advindas de outras modalidades. Objetivo: Descrever as características relacionadas aos esportes de raquete e assim identificar as características que motivam sua prática esportiva após a fase escolar. Métodos: Este estudo apresenta-se sobre o caráter qualitativo descritivo. Utilizando de um corte ex-post-facto. Entrevistas utilizando um roteiro desenvolvido para este trabalho foram feitas em uma escola estadual e em um clube da cidade, com áudio captado. Resultados: Das respostas dos entrevistados emergiram as categorias de análise: “Quase nada, pela televisão com jogos olímpicos a gente consegue ver os esportes com raquete”. “Ping-pong, tênis, tem aquele com a peteca (badminton)”. Categoria (1) conhecimento. Conclusão: Foi visto com esta pesquisa que a prática dos esportes de raquete sofre influência de vários fatores como a falta de conhecimento das modalidades, motivação, divulgação das modalidades, entre outras, porém apesar disto foi visto que a cidade oferece suporte para o trabalho de algumas das modalidades de raquete e que existe uma população que apresenta interesse de praticar essas modalidades. ABSTRACT. Racket sports, motivation, spreading and infrastructure: influences on practice. Background: The practice of sports in Ouro Preto (MG) is centered in the "fantastic quartet" that are characterized by the most practiced collective sports leaving a gap in the motor experiences coming from other modalities. Objective: To describe the characteristics related to racket sports and thus identify the characteristics that motivate their sports practice after the school stage. Methods: This study presents the qualitative descriptive character. Using an ex-post-facto cut. In a state school and a city club interviews were made using a script developed for this work, with audio captured. Results: From the interviewees' answers came the categories of analysis: "Almost nothing, by television with Olympic games we can see sports with racket." "Ping-pong, tennis, there's the one with the shuttlecock (badminton). "Category (1) knowledge. Conclusion: It was seen with this research that the practice of racket sports is influenced by several factors such as lack of knowledge of the modalities, motivation, dissemination of modalities, among others, however despite this it was seen that the city supports the work of some of the and that there is a population that shows an interest in practicing these modalities.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Supervisi Akademik Kepala Sekolah Terhadap Kinerja Guru SMA Negeri Di Kota Mataram

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yayuk Yayuk ◽  
Agus Ramdani ◽  
Syafruddin Syafruddin
Keyword(s):  
School Principals ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Study Population ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Academic supervision is all efforts made on an ongoing basis to assist teachers and school principals in developing teacher abilities and performance in managing learning. This study aims to determine the effect of principal academic supervision on teacher performance. The research was conducted in all public high schools in the city of Mataram. This research uses a quantitative approach with an ex post facto design. The study population was all permanent teachers in SMA Negeri in Mataram City. The research sample was taken using proportionate random sampling technique. Data collection techniques with questionnaires and simple linear correlation to test the hypothesis of the strength of the relationship between two independent variables together with one dependent variable. The results showed that the principal's academic supervision had an effect on teacher performance (P <0.03). The success of academic supervision carried out by the principal has an important effect on the performance of teachers in SMA Negeri in Mataram City.

scholarly journals The Wheel and the Cloister in the Rule of Seclusion: Architectural Elements or Elements of a Communication System?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Alice Palmieri
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Sacred Architecture ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
Structure And Dynamics ◽  
Religious Architecture ◽  
The City ◽  
Santa Maria

When Walter Benjamin describes Naples, he defines its architecture ’porous like this stone’ assimilating the structural characteristic of the tuff to an architectural model, characterized by voids and openings that create an interpenetration between interior and exterior. These continuous breakthroughs also characterize the life of Neapolitans who are used to living the street as part of social life. Right in the historical centre, where these dynamics are deeply present, there are some cloistered convents that by definition are closed to the city. This paper investigates sacred architecture not as a celebrative space, but as a place of living for religious communities. The focus is on the monasteries: peculiar structures deeply marked in the architecture by the need for confidentiality and therefore to create filters, physical and visual, with the rest of the urban area. The convents of Naples, through the wheels (intended for the passage of offerings) and through the cloisters, establish a relationship with the city that over the centuries has changed with a progressive opening to the inhabitants who are now allowed to get closer to these realities. The research finally deepens the architecture of the convent of Santa Maria in Gerusalemme, commonly known as the monastery of ‘the Thirty-three’, adjacent to the historical hospital of the Incurabili with which it shares its origins since both were founded by the Venerable Maria Lorenza Longo. Despite the closure and the high fence wall, the presence of the monastery is very strong: it is a reference and a listening point, where the ancient wooden wheel still represents a way of communication between the residents of the district and the nuns. In the same way, the cloister and the refectory have transformed their function over the centuries, becoming spaces for public events, while remaining in line with the rules of the Order.The study of the structure and dynamics of communication from/to the convent proposes a reflection on the transformations of religious architecture in the urban context and on the changes in language and meaning of the architectural elements characterizing the monastery.

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