The “Myths” about Challenges of the Modern Culture in the Researches on Cultural Theory of Education

Observatory of Culture ◽

10.25281/2072-3156-2015-0-5-78-82 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 78-82

Author(s):

Olga A. Yanutsh

Keyword(s):

Cultural Theory ◽

Cultural Development ◽

Modern Culture ◽

Methodological Basis ◽

Theory Of Education ◽

The Impact

Cultural theory of education is a relatively new branch of science, and the formation of its theoretical and methodological basis is not yet completed. The article examines several theses that can be found as basic axioms in the majority of scientific works on this direction. Revealing their hidden contradictions, the author proves the illegitimacy of such an approach. There is an extensive problem field requiring deep investigation behind each of the theses. Only after the investigation, it will be possible to estimate the complexity and comprehensiveness of the impact of these trends and phenomena of education on the cultural development in the long-term outlook.

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The role of Medieval road operation on cultural landscape transformation

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-00090-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Michał Słowiński ◽

Achim Brauer ◽

Piotr Guzowski ◽

Tomasz Związek ◽

Milena Obremska ◽

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Keyword(s):

Environmental Impacts ◽

Cultural Landscape ◽

Cultural Development ◽

Laminated Sediments ◽

Annually Laminated Sediments ◽

Trade Route ◽

High Resolution Reconstruction ◽

The Impact

AbstractConnecting pathways are essential for cultural and economic exchange. Commonly, historians investigate the role of routes for cultural development, whereas the environmental impacts of historical routes attract less attention. Here, we present a high-resolution reconstruction of the impact of the major trade route via Marchionis in the southern Baltic lowlands on landscape evolution since more than 800 years. We combine precisely dated annually laminated sediments from Lake Czechowskie alongside via Marchionis and pollen data at 5-year resolution together with historical data. The transformation from a quasi-natural to a cultural landscape occurred in three phases (1) an early phase until the mid-fourteenth century with slowly increasing human impact. (2) an intensification of environmental disturbance until (3) the mid-nineteenth century when via Marchionis became a modern traffic route with strong environmental impacts. Superimposed on the long-term development were repeated interruptions by short-term downturns related to societal crisis and political decisions.

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Surviving Death-Anxieties in Liquid Modern Times: Examining Zygmunt Bauman'S Cultural Theory of Death and Dying

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.2190/om.65.3.e ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 65 (3) ◽

pp. 221-238 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Masa Higo

Keyword(s):

Social History ◽

Cultural Theory ◽

Death And Dying ◽

The United States ◽

Individual Responsibility ◽

Theoretical Argument ◽

Modern Culture ◽

Modern Times ◽

Social Theorist

Despite his prominence as a leading contemporary social theorist, Zygmunt Bauman's long-term writing on the cultural theory of death and dying has largely been overlooked in the sociological literature of death and dying, particularly in the United States. Bauman uniquely theorizes how we survive death-anxieties today: Contemporary, liquid modern culture has engaged us in ceaseless pursuit of the unattainable consumer sensation of bodily fitness as a way to suppress and thus survive our death-anxieties. Bauman also argues that the prevalence of this cultural formula to survive death-anxieties has simultaneously increased, more than ever before in social history, the volume of individual responsibility for restlessly coping with existential anxieties in the societies of consumers. While unique and insightful, his theoretical argument has a limitation; largely succeeding Freud's classic view of mortality, Bauman's contemporary theory may lead us to neglect potentially important social, cultural, and historical variations in how mortality has been understood.

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The role of Medieval road operation on cultural landscape transformation

10.21203/rs.3.rs-495894/v2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Michał Słowiński ◽

Achim Brauer ◽

Piotr Guzowski ◽

Tomasz Związek ◽

Milena Obremska ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cultural Landscape ◽

Human Life ◽

Cultural Development ◽

Environmental Consequences ◽

Trade Route ◽

High Resolution Reconstruction ◽

The Impact ◽

First Time

Abstract Connecting pathways are essential for cultural and economic exchange and play an important role in human life. Commonly, historians investigate the role of routes for cultural development, whereas the environmental consequences of historical route construction attract less attention. Here we present, for the first time, a high-resolution reconstruction of the impact of the major trade route via Marchionis in the southern Baltic lowlands on landscape evolution since its construction more than 800 years ago. We utilize precisely dated annually laminated lake sediments from Lake Czechowskie located alongside Via Marchionis to establish multiproxy data at 5-year resolution for an integrated interpretation with historical data. The transformation from a quasi-natural to a cultural landscape was promoted by the operation of Via Marchionis and occurred in three main phases. Superimposed on the long-term development were repeated interruptions by short-term downturns related to societal crisis caused by wars and partly overlapping with climatic deterioration.

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The curious reaction to an auditor’s adverse opinion: a case study from 1976

Pacific Accounting Review ◽

10.1108/par-01-2018-0006 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 500-516

Author(s):

Stephen A. Zeff ◽

Rachel F. Baskerville

Keyword(s):

Cultural Theory ◽

Accounting Standard ◽

Content Type ◽

Audit Opinion ◽

Financial Report ◽

Share Prices ◽

Contextual Understanding ◽

Before And After ◽

The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the circumstances that gave rise to an adverse audit opinion by a New Zealand (Christchurch) accounting firm, Hicks and Ainger, on the annual financial report of the local firm, T.J. Edmonds Ltd, in 1976. In so doing, this study revealed not only previously undocumented issues surrounding major asset purchases but also the impact of key personalities before and after the adverse opinion decision. Design/methodology/approach The study is located within the Cultural Theory of History, to theorize the narratives within the wider contextual perspective. The issues surrounding the use of memory from such interviews are also considered. The key material offered in this study is sourced from a 2015 interview with the two key audit partners in this audit engagement. Findings The accounting standard on depreciation at that time, SSAP 3, had not been applied properly to the accounting treatment of four helicopters for wild deer operations, purchased a week before balance date. Neither the artificial suppression of profits by this purchase decision and accounting choice nor the fall in profits nor the adverse opinion, influenced share prices or shareholder perceptions long term. Originality/value The significance of this project is that it informs the appreciation of the importance of contextual understanding of a singular adverse audit opinion.

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L’éducation pilier du développement économique et humain au Maroc

The Journal of Quality in Education - The improvement of Quality in Education ◽

10.37870/joqie.v10i16.233 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (16) ◽

pp. 184-206

Author(s):

Hassan Marhnine ◽

Chafika Zarhouti

Keyword(s):

Human Capital ◽

Statistical Study ◽

Education And Training ◽

Cultural Development ◽

Key Factors ◽

Short Term ◽

Développement Économique ◽

The Impact ◽

And Training

This research is part of a perspective of highlighting the impact of education and training on the qualification and promotion of professional human resources skills. It also helps to highlight the dialectical and substantial correlation between the expansion of human capital and the economic, social and cultural development of different nations. Moreover, it is commonly accepted among the various political or economic actors that education and training is of major importance in the progress made by nations in the various sectors and even an essential vector of their rebirth. It shows that the governments of various countries are sparing no effort in investing heavily in this education sector. They do not care at all about the colossal budgets that this requires, and the immediate repercussions that they should imperatively generate on the economic and social aspects, as long as they are convinced that the good performance of the education system inevitably has repercussions in the short term, in the medium or long term in the various productive sectors, through the wealth they are likely to generate. This research is structured in two parts, one theoretical and another practical, as follows: the theoretical part emphasizes the key factors that intervene in the production of wealth and which consequently drive economic and social development, in this case, human capital and financial capital. The practical part is dedicated to a statistical study relating to the correlation between human capital and economic growth. The research is closed by certain suggestions inherent to the topic discussed in this article.

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Suppressed, but Not Forgotten

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185/a000033 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 70 (1) ◽

pp. 5-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Beat Meier ◽

Anja König ◽

Samuel Parak ◽

Katharina Henke

Keyword(s):

Memory Trace ◽

Thought Suppression ◽

Test Phase ◽

Indirect Test ◽

Final Test ◽

Test Experiment ◽

And Control ◽

Cue Words ◽

The Impact

This study investigates the impact of thought suppression over a 1-week interval. In two experiments with 80 university students each, we used the think/no-think paradigm in which participants initially learn a list of word pairs (cue-target associations). Then they were presented with some of the cue words again and should either respond with the target word or avoid thinking about it. In the final test phase, their memory for the initially learned cue-target pairs was tested. In Experiment 1, type of memory test was manipulated (i.e., direct vs. indirect). In Experiment 2, type of no-think instructions was manipulated (i.e., suppress vs. substitute). Overall, our results showed poorer memory for no-think and control items compared to think items across all experiments and conditions. Critically, however, more no-think than control items were remembered after the 1-week interval in the direct, but not in the indirect test (Experiment 1) and with thought suppression, but not thought substitution instructions (Experiment 2). We suggest that during thought suppression a brief reactivation of the learned association may lead to reconsolidation of the memory trace and hence to better retrieval of suppressed than control items in the long term.

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