scholarly journals Norwegian policy on sami language learning and preservation

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-194
Author(s):  
Olga Shchukina ◽  
Maksim Zadorin ◽  
Ivan Savelev ◽  
Irina Ershova ◽  
Tatiana Konopleva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Current Status ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
International Conventions ◽  
Inequality Of Educational Opportunities

AbstractThe article discusses the government policy of Norway, one of the countries that has significantly succeeded in solving ethnocultural problem. It introduces the main stages of the Norwegian government policy towards the Sami people. Special atten­tion is given to the problem of preserving the cultural identity of the Sami and the status of the Sami language in Norwegian society. The article presents the problem of learning and preserving the Sami language through the analysis of Norwegian official state legislation which constitutes the methodological basis of the article. It also considers a number of local and international conventions and acts that are designed to protect Sami rights, as well as the effects these conventions and acts have on the status and situation of the Sami language in Norway. The current status of the Sami language and educational perspectives are considered in a comparative and historical framework. The results presented in the article are intended to raise awareness of cultural identity and inequality of educational opportunities based on ethnic minority background.

Current status of fur farming in the Irkutsk region and measures to improve its effectiveness

10.12737/6487 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Алексеева ◽  
O. Alekseeva ◽  
Кириленко ◽  
Aleksandr Kirilenko
Keyword(s):  
Investment Project ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Irkutsk Region ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
Farming Industry ◽  
Agricultural Integration

This article examines the status of agriculture in the Irkutsk region in the dynamics. It identifies the main reasons for the decline of major products production. The paper considers the current status of fur farming industry in the region. It may be noted, that due to the reduction of livestock and pigs, the production of milk and meat was significantly reduced. Only the production of eggs looks good, thanks to the timely conduct of agricultural integration in the Agricultural Producers Cooperative “Okinckiy” and Agricultural JSC “Belorechenskoe”. Presently, among of 4 fur farms of Priangarya, there is only one, JSC “Bolsherechensky” is functioning. Currently, this company protected in the government commission an investment project for the development of fur farming in 2011-2015 and has begun to implement it. As one of the effective tools for the development of the industry, they offer a scheme of relationships, based on a franchising agreement, where as the franchisor will perform JSC “Bolsherechensky”, and as a franchisee - slaughter area.

The social identity of Welsh learners

1986 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol S. Trosset
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Minority Language ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Welsh Language ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Linguistic Groups

ABSTRACTThe process of the attempted acquisition of spoken Welsh by English speakers in Wales is examined ethnographically in relation to the native association of Welsh-language speech with a Welsh cultural identity. Perceptions of Welsh learners by members of other linguistic groups reveal the symbolic significance of the learning of a minority language. The status of learners as verbal performers is investigated, together with the psychological impact of that status and of the ambiguity of the learners' identity on the learning process. (Bilingualism, language learning, Wales/Welsh)

A landscape of nanomedicine innovations in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pooja Bhatia ◽  
Suhas Vasaikar ◽  
Anil Wali
Keyword(s):  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Research Translation ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
Bibliographic Data ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Active Research ◽  
The Government

AbstractNanomedicine is one of the emerging technologies and a branch of nanotechnology finding applications in healthcare. Many countries, including India, are pursuing active research programs in nanomedicine to explore novel healthcare solutions to address specific healthcare needs of the society. At present, the government of India, through its various agencies, is funding nanomedicine research in India. It is anticipated that in the next 5 years or so, several nanomedicine-based products shall reach the market. Thereby, it becomes pertinent to evaluate the extent of India’s involvement in activities related to innovation in nanomedicine. However, a comprehensive landscape of nanomedicine innovation in India is currently lacking. This paper attempts to profile the status of research and innovation in the field of nanomedicine in India. The current study evaluates the innovation on the basis of five indicators: financial ecosystem, technology source, research translation, bibliographic data (patents and publications), and regulation. Public-private partnerships and international collaborations are also discussed in the paper. The landscape elucidates current status of nanomedicine in India and may be relevant for policy-related matters.

scholarly journals The Revival of Chineseness as a Cultural Identity in Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 56-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saiful Anwar Matondang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Cultural Productions ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
The Government

The revival of ethnic culture in the current globalizing world challenges the anthropologists and sociologists to study the multicultural societies. This phenomenon appears in urban areas of multicultural cities and it makes the ethnic background awareness lead to be a cultural identity remaking. With an ethnohistory approach and ethnographic fieldwork in 2014, this paper provides the cultural identity making and remaking process of Chineseness in Malaysia since 1970. Chineseness has contextualized the cultural process of cultural plurality to a complexity of the multiculturalism in Malaysian society. This research paper presents a history of social process that resulted in the Chinese culture identity revived in Malaysia after the May 13, 1969 riots, and analyzes two important factors; they are Government Policy and Transnational Linkage of Chinese, shaped and illuminated the Chinese cultural identity in Malaysia. The government policy upholds the Ketuanan Melayu (Supremacy of Malay culture with affirmative action) and the Chinese descendants or Peranakan in adapting national situation, then they sought their shared traditions and memories as well as link them to transnational of Chinese culture in Asia Pacific region. The fieldwork data of 2014 show that multicultural society in Malaysia allows the Malaysia Chinese to enact their rituals, festivals, culinary shows and cultural attractions in public spaces and social media with a revival mode in which the reconstruction of ethnic identity represented as cultural productions of multicultural society.

scholarly journals Pediatric surgical services in Bangladesh during the COVID 19 pandemic: How they are affected and how to overcome the backlog, keeping healthcare professionals safe.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Jafrul Hannan ◽  
Mosammat Kohinoor Parveen ◽  
Md Samiul Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Procedures ◽  
Pediatric Surgery ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
World Health ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Elective Surgical Procedures ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government

Background: Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which originated in Wuhan, China, has turned into a pandemic. All countries have implemented multiple strategies to try mitigating the losses caused by this virus. To stop the rapid spread of the disease and in compliance with the World Health Organizations social distancing policy, the government of Bangladesh has implemented a number of strategies, one of which is to limit the spread of the virus in hospitals by postponing elective procedures and providing only emergency services in the hospitals. The objective of this survey was to assess the current status of pediatric surgical procedures in different hospitals in Bangladesh and assess the effects of the current restrictions along with their implications in the long run. Materials and Methods: A survey was performed among doctors from public and private hospitals in Bangladesh to evaluate the status on pediatric surgery. Results: The results clearly revealed the lack of a significant reduction in doctors exposure to SARS-CoV-2 by postponing elective procedures. Conclusion: Keeping in mind the socioeconomic and health care conditions of the country, the author recommend resuming elective surgical procedures. Keywords: COVID 19, Pediatric surgery, Surgery during pandemic, Pediatric surgery in Bangladesh, COVID 19 and pediatric surgery.

New Algerian family law reveals resurgent Islamists

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
Social Instability ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government

Subject The women's rights' debate. Significance The National Assembly on March 5 voted a new law setting out harsher sentencing for perpetrators of violence against women. The law does not introduce any major legal innovations, but appears to be a concession to the long-neglected progressives. The bill provoked virulent opposition among Islamist deputies, who declared it contrary to Muslim law and a threat to family stability. The debate around the bill has revealed a resurgence in public acceptance of Islamist political language. In an authoritarian political system that is neither autocratic nor democratic, social and cultural policy provides the main outlet for political debate. Impacts The new law is unlikely significantly to improve the protection of women from violence. Other laws touching on cultural identity will follow, eg new legislation on the status of the Amazigh (Berbers). Such debates are likely to increase as the government seeks to distract from concerns over low oil prices and constitutional reform. A mismanaged cultural identity debate, coupled with limits on the regime's ability to buy social peace, could lead to social instability.

scholarly journals Kritik Abdul Karim Soroush Atas Sistem Al-Faqih: Teks Agama, Interpretasi dan Demokrasi

FIKRAH ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Cahya Edi Setyawan
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
The Government ◽  
State Case

<span>Soroush criticized the concept of "al-faqih territory" embodied in the system of religious democracy in Iran. The concept gives Mullah and Ulama a sole authority. Al-faqih territory which means the leadership of a jihad is a form of Syiah politics that takes place in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The government policy in the name of "God's Voice" to punish a State case. According to Soroush, this is a misconception because the government just prioritizes the interests of the State and denies the public inspirations. On this basis, Soroush wants to give Iranians an understanding of religion more truthfully, so that the people are aware that Religion (text / revelation) and knowledge of theology is different. Soroush attempts at giving reconsideration of the status of "religious ideology" to the public in order to be able to criticize the concept of government in Iran that is "al-faqih territory".</span>

ICT and Building a Knowledge-Based Society in Egypt

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagla Rizk ◽  
Sherif Kamel
Keyword(s):  
Turning Point ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Shared Knowledge ◽  
The Road ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Content Development ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
On The Road

This article aims to evaluate Egypt’s progress on the road towards a knowledge society. The paper discusses the evolution and assesses the outcomes of ICT initiatives in place in Egypt. Equally, the paper analyzes the status and potential of factors that are necessary for the realization of such a society at this turning point in the country’s history. The paper pinpoints the progress achieved on many fronts and identifies necessary steps to match leading knowledge and digital societies. The paper suggests some useful strategies for the government to expand access and contribution to knowledge – promoting a shared knowledge society in co-operation with the private sector in order to bridge the gaps. Efforts should not only be focused on expanding and enhancing connectivity and technology, but should also promote content development, provide educational opportunities and foster a comprehensive enabling environment.

scholarly journals How the Government Can ‘Come and Take It’

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-146
Author(s):  
Sean M. Grove
Keyword(s):  
State Legislation ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Property Owners ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Asset Forfeiture

As a model of review, this Comment will use Texas’s laws—juxtaposed against state laws that are providing more protections—to compare what Texas is doing wrong in light of what other states are doing right. First, this Comment will give a brief history of asset forfeiture in general and provide the status of civil asset forfeiture in the twentyfirst century. Part II will discuss the benefits of some asset forfeiture programs while highlighting the shortcomings and burdens that civil asset forfeiture brings. Part III will show state legislation aimed at curtailing civil asset forfeiture and the factors that make Texas’s laws (arguably) among the worst in the country. Finally, Part IV will discuss what Texas and similar states should do to improve the protections afforded to property owners and also improve the use of forfeiture overall.

scholarly journals PELESTARIAN BAHASA MELAYU SEBAGAI BAHASA IBUNDA DI SINGAPURA

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-56
Author(s):  
Aishah Mohamad Kassim
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Education System ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
Early Years ◽  
National Language ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Vernacular Language ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government

The latest statistics from the Department of Statistics in Singapore (2020) shows that more Malay families speak English at home. However, this trend is common across all ethnic groups in Singapore. Over the five decades of independence and enforcement of the bilingualism policy, the Malay language, which is the National Language and language commonly spoken in Malay households, is gradually being replaced with English. Other statistics reveal that the Malay language, which is the mother tongue of the majority of the Malays, is used less frequently, even from the early years of socialisation in a Malay household and the exposure of Malay only begins at the preschool level (Maliki, 2020). There is an assumption that, as long as the government maintains the Malay language in the education system through language learning in Singaporean schools, the bilingual policy will continue to maintain the usage of vernacular language. This development is likely to create more issues towards learning and teaching the Malay language as a mother tongue. Hence, this study utilises the approach of the sociology of language to discuss the reasons and impact of the language shift in efforts to preserve the status of the Malay language among the Singapore Malays.

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