scholarly journals Development of a dynamics-based model for analyzing strategic water–environmental conflicts: systems thinking instead of linear thinking

Water Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Shahbaznezhadfard ◽  
Saied Yousefi
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conventional Paradigm

Abstract A new evolvement in graph model for conflict resolution (GMCR), a robust methodology for conflict resolution, is presented in this research effort to incorporate the systems thinking concept into the conventional paradigm of GMCR so that the dynamic nature of water–environmental conflicts can be modeled, and better outcomes obtained. To achieve this objective, a methodology is developed in three phases: static, dynamic, and outcome-based analyses. To develop the methodology, the Tigris–Euphrates basin conflict in the Middle East over the past 30 years, as a real-life case study, is used to show the robustness and capabilities of the proposed approach. Finally, a sustainable resolution to the current conflict is proposed, and the results are discussed. The proposed methodology benefits from improving the existing and often static-based conflict resolution developments by considering the dynamic nature so that the true root causes of complex conflicts are addressed, better strategic insights achieved, and comprehensive resolution provided.

scholarly journals Integrating Systems Thinking and Storytelling

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggie Ollove ◽  
Diala Lteif
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Collective Narrative

This paper explores the role of design in conflict resolution when doing so means balancing burdened pasts with present uncertainties. To prove its relevance in today’s complex problem spaces, design cannot remain stagnant; it must evolve alongside the pace of development. Designing within complexity is unprecedented. Yet, design can define structures that guide an understanding of this complexity. The methodology and case study described in this paper explore how systems thinking, storytelling and grounded theory can contribute to this understanding. The methodology aims to combine subjective perspectives with systemic analyses to create a collective narrative that reveals the multitude of individual understandings of conflicts. Ultimately, this methodology does not attempt to resolve conflict; instead, it  aims to provide an in-depth diagnosis of a wicked problem and question the role of design therein.

scholarly journals Crowding the library: How and why libraries are using crowdsourcing to engage the public

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Severson ◽  
Jean-Sébastien Sauve
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Noticeable Increase ◽  
The Past

Over the past 10 years, there has been a noticeable increase of crowdsourcing projects in cultural heritage institutions, where digital technologies are being used to open up their collections and encourage the public to engage with them in a very direct way. Libraries, archives and museums have long had a history and mandate of outreach and public engagement but crowdsourcing marks a move towards a more participatory and inclusive model of engagement. If a library wants to start a crowdsourcing project, what do they need to know?  This article is written from a Canadian University library perspective with the goal to help the reader engage with the current crowdsourcing landscape. This article’s contribution includes a literature review and a survey of popular projects and platforms; followed by a case study of a crowdsourcing pilot completed at the McGill Library. The article pulls these two threads of theory and practice together—with a discussion of some of the best practices learned through the literature and real-life experience, giving the reader practical tools to help a library evaluate if crowdsourcing is right for them, and how to get a desired project off the ground.

Optimal waste load allocation using graph model for conflict resolution

2017 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 1512-1522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Saberi ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Niksokhan
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Waste Load Allocation ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Penalty Costs ◽  
Waste Load ◽  
Total Treatment ◽  
Stability Definitions

In this paper, a new methodology is proposed for waste load allocation in river systems using the decision support system (DSS) for the graph model for conflict resolution II (GMCRII), multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) analysis and the Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (MOPSO) algorithm. Minimization of total treatment and penalty costs and minimization of biological oxygen demand violation of standards at the check point are considered as the main objectives of this study. At first, the water quality along the river was simulated using the Streeter-Phelps (S-P) equation coupled with the MOPSO model. Thereby a trade-off curve between the objectives is obtained and a set of non-dominated solutions is selected. In the next step, the best alternative is chosen using MCDM techniques and the GMCRII DSS package and non-cooperative stability definitions. The applicability and efficiency of the methodology are examined in a real-world case study of the Sefidrud River in the northern part of Iran.

Session Eight: Gratitude

2018 ◽  
pp. 63-67
Author(s):  
Tayyab Rashid ◽  
Martin Seligman
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Positive Psychotherapy ◽  
The Past

Session Eight expands the concept of gratitude—which was first introduced in Session One in the form of the Gratitude Journal. Session Eight facilitates the client recalling and writing to someone who is alive now and who in the past did something positive but who the client has never fully thanked. The positive psychotherapy practices covered in this session are the Gratitude Letter and Gratitude Visit. The chapter provides a list of readings, videos, and websites that relate to gratitude and offers a worksheet to practice the concepts learned in the chapter. The chapter also includes a real-life case study that illustrates how to practice gratitude.

A strategic conflict analysis in IT outsourcing using the graph model for conflict resolution

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1581-1598
Author(s):  
Maisa Mendonça Silva ◽  
Thiago Poleto ◽  
Ana Paula Henriques de Gusmão ◽  
Ana Paula Cabral Seixas Costa
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Conflict Analysis ◽  
Relational Governance ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Conflict

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose a strategic conflict analysis, based on the graph model for conflict resolution (GMCR), that is applied to information technology outsourcing (ITO) in a real-world software development and implementation process in Brazil.Design/methodology/approachBecause the idea of this study is to answer “why” the ITO conflicts occur and “how” they can be avoided, the case study methodology was adopted. The software GMCR II was used to analyze the interactions between an IT vendor and an IT client.FindingsThe results suggest that a lack of relational governance is a critical issue that could be handled to improve the interaction between those involved.Research limitations/implicationsThe main results are restricted to the case study and cannot be generalized. Moreover, a specific limitation of this paper pertains to the use of the GMCR and the consequent difficulty for IT vendors and IT clients to work with a large number of actions and to set preferences for several states of conflict.Practical implicationsThe strategic analysis of outsourcing conflicts provides a holistic view of the current situation that may assist the client and vendor in future decisions and identify guidelines to ensure successful ITO. Therefore, this paper provides an effective guide for clients and vendors to better manage conflicts and establish a contingency vision to avoid such disputes.Originality/valueThe ITO conflict is analyzed using the GMCR, considering both perspectives of the outsourcing process (vendors and clients).

scholarly journals A Two-Stage Decision Framework for Resolving Brownfield Conflicts

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingye Han ◽  
Yuming Zhu ◽  
Ginger Ke ◽  
Hongli Lin
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Decision Framework ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Third Party Intervention ◽  
The Third ◽  
Desirable Outcome

Based on the Graph Model of Conflict Resolution (GMCR), a two-stage decision framework is developed to reveal the essence of brownfield incidents and facilitate the resolution of brownfield conflicts caused by the incidents. More particularly, the forward GMCR is utilized in Stage I, the negotiation stage, to simulate the evolution of a Brownfield Conflict (BC) and predict its potential resolution via stability analysis. If no acceptable equilibrium can be obtained, the BC progresses into Stage II, the third-party-intervention stage, where the inverse GMCR is used to assist a third party in intervening the conflict to achieve a desirable outcome. To illustrate the practicality of this framework, a recent BC that occurred in Changzhou, China, is taken as a case study. Invaluable insights are provided through the computation and investigation of the corresponding preference relationships.

scholarly journals Of bees, birds, trees, and women: iconography, superstition and victimization of female characters in Yugoslav New Film

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (37) ◽  
pp. 285-307
Author(s):  
Vesi Vuković
Keyword(s):  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
The Past ◽  
Birch Tree ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigates how the directors of two selected case study films criticise the real-life remnants of patriarchy in the family sphere, in nominally gender-equal Yugoslavia. I argue that they do this by transposing their stories from socialist Yugoslavia to the pre-socialist times: during Ottoman rule and monarchist Yugoslavia. The selected period films Breza/The Birch Tree (Ante Babaja, 1967, Yugoslavia) and Roj/The Beehive aka The Swarm (Miodrag ‘Mića’ Popović, 1966, Yugoslavia), both belonging to the Yugoslav novi film (New Film) movement (1961-1972), refract the workings of the vestiges of patriarchy in a family domain of Yugoslav socialist society. In these two costume dramas, patriarchy is portrayed to its fullest extent, due to their stories being set in the past, ostensibly unrelated to contemporary Yugoslav society and thus uninhibited by the drive to cater to the official discourse of female emancipation. Applying a critical film feminist perspective, by formal analysis via close readings of these two selected films, this article examines the iconography linked to fictional depictions of heroines and delves into the representation of victimisation of women. I investigate whether the depiction of the female sorceress(es) embody the primitiveness, ignorance, and/or poverty of economically disadvantaged and historically oppressed pre-socialist village. In order to peruse not only the individual portrayal of female protagonists but the dynamics of their interaction, the Bechdel test is applied and complemented with concepts such as the ‘reversed masquerade’ and ‘cryptomatriarchy’, which sheds light on the relationship between women and the presence or absence of female solidarity.

scholarly journals A Two-Stage Decision Framework for Resolving Brownfield Conflicts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingye Han ◽  
Ginger Y. Ke ◽  
Yuming Zhu ◽  
Hongli Lin
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Decision Framework ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Third Party Intervention ◽  
The Third ◽  
Desirable Outcome

Based on the Graph Model of Conflict Resolution (GMCR), a two-stage decision framework is developed to reveal the essence of brownfield incidents and facilitate the resolution of brownfield conflicts caused by the incidents. More particularly, the forward GMCR is utilized in Stage I, the negotiation stage, to simulate the evolution of a brownfield conflict (BC) and predict its potential resolution via stability analysis. If no acceptable equilibrium can be obtained, the BC progresses into Stage II, the third-party-intervention stage, where the inverse GMCR is used to assist a third party in intervening the conflict to achieve a desirable outcome. To illustrate the practicality of this framework, a recent BC occurred in Changzhou, China, is taken as a case study. Invaluable insights are provided through the computation and investigation of the corresponding preference relationships.

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