scholarly journals A’oa’o le tama e tusa ma ona ala, a o’o ina matua e le toe te’a ese ai: If we fail to construct our own realities, others will do it for us

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Saint Andrew Palauni Matautia
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Cultural Ideologies ◽  
Indigenous Research Methods ◽  
The Status ◽  
Knowledge Practice ◽  
Pasifika Students ◽  
Selection Of

<p>Guided by both my own journey as a Pasifika student and the ideology of Tongan academic Dr. Hūfanga Okustino Māhina, this research seeks to identify ways in which indigenous knowledge can become an integral component within education, specifically design education in New Zealand. This research focuses on the struggles Pasifika students face within an aesthetic education that has within its history, a proud claim for the removal of cultural, religious and historic references from its aesthetic vocabulary. I will argue that the absence of indigenous culture, initiated by the early modernists to embrace the universal, is no longer an appropriate model within design education as it struggles to address cultural diversity in both its content and delivery. The solution, I suggest is not an “either or” scenario but a recognition that knowledge comes from many cultures and contexts. This thesis explores the indigenous beliefs of tā, time and vā, space. It identifies the relevance these and ideologies derived from them, offer design pedagogy. Using visual ethnography, indigenous research methods and photography, I investigate and document traditional indigenous ceremonies and undertake talanoa, oral histories, in order to discover the opportunities and relevance they offer design education.  Having compared and contrasted Eurocentric models and indigenous practices I identify and illustrate current initiatives that attempt to change the status quo. This thesis endeavours to tell the story of Pasifika students through a personal lens and identifies Moana ideologies that can be introduced to design curriculum that establish beneficial pathways forward for not only Maori and Pasifika students in design education but design education and thinking as a larger context. As a nexus to this research, I have designed and curated a selection of five photographs to illustrate the journey of indigenous knowledge, practice and language through design education. These photographs pay homage to my cultural ideologies, represent the narrative behind my motivations and illuminate the reciprocal need to nurture the space between Moana students and design education.</p>

scholarly journals A’oa’o le tama e tusa ma ona ala, a o’o ina matua e le toe te’a ese ai: If we fail to construct our own realities, others will do it for us

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Saint Andrew Palauni Matautia
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Cultural Ideologies ◽  
Indigenous Research Methods ◽  
The Status ◽  
Knowledge Practice ◽  
Pasifika Students ◽  
Selection Of

<p>Guided by both my own journey as a Pasifika student and the ideology of Tongan academic Dr. Hūfanga Okustino Māhina, this research seeks to identify ways in which indigenous knowledge can become an integral component within education, specifically design education in New Zealand. This research focuses on the struggles Pasifika students face within an aesthetic education that has within its history, a proud claim for the removal of cultural, religious and historic references from its aesthetic vocabulary. I will argue that the absence of indigenous culture, initiated by the early modernists to embrace the universal, is no longer an appropriate model within design education as it struggles to address cultural diversity in both its content and delivery. The solution, I suggest is not an “either or” scenario but a recognition that knowledge comes from many cultures and contexts. This thesis explores the indigenous beliefs of tā, time and vā, space. It identifies the relevance these and ideologies derived from them, offer design pedagogy. Using visual ethnography, indigenous research methods and photography, I investigate and document traditional indigenous ceremonies and undertake talanoa, oral histories, in order to discover the opportunities and relevance they offer design education.  Having compared and contrasted Eurocentric models and indigenous practices I identify and illustrate current initiatives that attempt to change the status quo. This thesis endeavours to tell the story of Pasifika students through a personal lens and identifies Moana ideologies that can be introduced to design curriculum that establish beneficial pathways forward for not only Maori and Pasifika students in design education but design education and thinking as a larger context. As a nexus to this research, I have designed and curated a selection of five photographs to illustrate the journey of indigenous knowledge, practice and language through design education. These photographs pay homage to my cultural ideologies, represent the narrative behind my motivations and illuminate the reciprocal need to nurture the space between Moana students and design education.</p>

The Selection of Children's Books Translated from Spanish to Galician, Basque and Catalan (1940–80)

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-258
Author(s):  
Mónica Domínguez Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Intercultural Relations ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Source Text ◽  
The Status ◽  
Castilian Spanish ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Selection Of

This study deals with children's literature translated from Castilian Spanish into Galician, Basque and Catalan by a different publisher from that of the source text, between 1940 and 1980, and with the criteria used to choose books for translation during that period. It compares the different literatures within Spain and examines the intersystemic and intercultural relations that the translations reflect. Following the polysystems theory, literature is here conceived as a network of agents of different kinds: authors, publishers, readers, and literary models. Such a network, called a polysystem, is part of a larger social, economic, and cultural network. These extra-literary considerations play an important role in determining the selection of works to be translated. The article suggests that translations can be said to establish transcultural relations, and that they demonstrate different levels of power within a specific interliterary community. It concludes that, while translations may aim to change the pre-existent relationships, frequently they just reflect the status quo.

scholarly journals Contiguous Quaternary Carbons: A Selection of Total Syntheses

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (17) ◽  
pp. 3841
Author(s):  
Alina Eggert ◽  
Christoph Etling ◽  
Dennis Lübken ◽  
Marius Saxarra ◽  
Markus Kalesse
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Total Synthesis ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Total Syntheses ◽  
The Status ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Quaternary Carbons

Contiguous quaternary carbons in terpene natural products remain a major challenge in total synthesis. Synthetic strategies to overcome this challenge will be a pivotal prerequisite to the medicinal application of natural products and their analogs or derivatives. In this review, we cover syntheses of natural products that exhibit a dense assembly of quaternary carbons and whose syntheses were uncompleted until recently. While discussing their syntheses, we not only cover the most recent total syntheses but also provide an update on the status quo of modern syntheses of complex natural products. Herein, we review (±)-canataxpropellane, (+)-waihoensene, (–)-illisimonin A and (±)-11-O-debenzoyltashironin as prominent examples of natural products bearing contiguous quaternary carbons.

scholarly journals Human Resource Business Partner as a Source of Conflicts in an Enterprise – Research Results

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-213
Author(s):  
Sławomir Winch
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Business Partner ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Selection Of

The article elaborates on a thesis that development of new functions of the Human Resource Business Partner (HR BP) generates conflicts in three areas of operation of an enterprise: the structure, organizational culture, and goal attainment strategy. A commentary on the concept of the HR BP is provided and the functions propounded within its framework are discussed. Based on qualitative research on three large enterprises in Poland, the following strategies for the introduction of changes in the HR BP are the subject of analysis, that is: maintaining the status quo in power relations, expansion of influence over time, and the policy of small steps. It was concluded that an important factor affecting selection of a strategy is the organizational culture described from the perspective of the concept of Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner.

Russian History and the Ideology of Putin's Regime Through the Window of Contemporary Russian Movies

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Shlapentokh
Keyword(s):  
Status Quo ◽  
Russian History ◽  
Soviet Regime ◽  
High Point ◽  
The Past ◽  
Historical Images ◽  
Official Ideology ◽  
The Status ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThe present regime in Russia has increased its control over media. This is especially the case with TV. Thus, one could assume that the images of the past that one could find on the TV screen could be seen as representing the official views of the past. These images, in approximately 2005-2007, which retrospectively could be seen as the high point of Putin's regime, present in the context of the past the official ideology of the regime. It was sort of a new edition of Stalin's National Bolshevism. Stalin's National Bolshevism tried to integrate the tsarist and Soviet regime in one historical continuum, as was done by Putin's ideologists with Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. While there were similarities between the regimes and ideologies, there were also substantial differences. Stalin's National Bolshevism was the ideology of the rising and future-looking totalitarian state, full of confidence and ready for expansion, Putin's National Bolshevism was the ideology of the regime, which, even at the peak of its strength, felt the limits of its power. The regime's concern was not so much expansion but, implicitly, the preservation of the status quo and, thus, has implications for the regime's selection of historical images, and their interpretation and presentation on the screen.

scholarly journals Research on the Development Path and Growth Mechanism of Unicorn Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Kai Guo ◽  
Tiantian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Growth Environment ◽  
Emerging Industries ◽  
The Status ◽  
Core Conditions ◽  
Selection Of

Combining with the growth environment of Unicorns, from the aspects of emerging industries, business environment, platform support, and financial support, we propose an overall analysis framework for the existence or absence of Unicorns, use the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) method to carry out configuration analysis on the status quo of Unicorns in 40 cities in China, and analyze the cultivation path of Unicorns. The research results indicate that the synergy of emerging industries, business environment, platform support, and financial support can foster Unicorns. According to the differences in the core conditions in the configuration and the characteristics of the cases contained, it is divided into two cultivation paths, which are driven by emerging industries and supported by the business environment; combining with the status quo and characteristics of the cities where Unicorns are missing, it provides suggestions for the selection of the cultivation path of Unicorns in different regions.

Talanoa: Tongan epistemology and Indigenous research method

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arcia Tecun (Daniel Hernandez) ◽  
‘Inoke Hafoka ◽  
Lavinia ‘Ulu‘ave ◽  
Moana ‘Ulu‘ave-Hafoka
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Indigenous Research Methods ◽  
Informal Discussion

Story dialogue known as talanoa is increasingly finding its place as a Pacific research method. The authors situate talanoa as an Indigenous concept of relationally mindful critical oratory. Approaching talanoa from mostly a Tongan lens, it is argued that it can contribute to broader discussions of Indigenous research methods and epistemology. The authors address the talanoa literature that has defined it as an open or informal discussion, and respond to questions that have emerged from challenges in implementing it practically in academic research. Indigenous Oceanic thought is used to interpret talanoa as a mediation between relations of Mana (potency), Tapu ( sacred/restrictions), and Noa (equilibrium), which is a gap in the talanoa literature. Talanoa is grounded as a continuum of Indigenous knowledge production and wisdom present from the past that is adaptable to research settings. Centring Moana (Oceanic) epistemology in talanoa challenges dominant research methods to adapt to Indigenous paradigms, rather than attempting to Indigenize a Western one.

The Importance of Indigenous Scholarship, Indigenous Knowledge, and Education in Micronesia

2022 ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Angeline Ames ◽  
Todd T. Ames ◽  
Mylast E. Bilimon ◽  
Debra T. Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Two Year Colleges ◽  
Indigenous Research Methods ◽  
Yap State ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Guam

This chapter examines the importance of indigenous scholarship in the Micronesian region. The authors assess education, in particular graduate students' Master's theses in the Micronesian Studies Program at the University of Guam. The University of Guam is the only four-year university in the region, offering undergraduate and graduate programs. One of the main objectives of the university is research contribution to other two-year colleges in the region, such as the College of the Marshall Islands and the College of Micronesia, Yap State Campus. The importance of indigenous knowledge, the art of researching, cultural preservation, indigenous research methods, educational responsibilities, and imposter syndrome among UOG undergraduate students are discussed throughout the chapter, noting that education should be seen as an agent of social change by promoting indigenous scholarship, indigenous research methods, indigenous languages, sense of identity, and putting forth significant contributions to the academic literature of Micronesia.

scholarly journals Toku toa, he toa rangatira: Fearlessness and Indigenous Scholarship

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-25
Author(s):  
Jani Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
The Face ◽  
Holistic Research

A well-known whakataukī (aphorism, proverb) tells us toku toa, he toa rangatira, quite literally ‘my courage is inherited’. Wairaka is known as an impressive young wahine from pre-colonial times who, in the face of a life or death situation, stood up to adversity to supersede an important, long held tikanga Māori (protocol) to save the Ngāti Awa iwi. She is my whāea tipuna (ancestress) and because of her bravery, I like to carry her with me in my academic career as a screen studies scholar. Ensuring academic disciplines endure and are relevant throughout the generations requires consistently robust research, dynamic teaching, and leadership; but challenging academia with Indigenous knowledge goes beyond this. As Indigenous academic scholars, we must commit to satiating the academy with our research and teaching to appeal to the discipline’s status quo, at the same time as upholding the values, expectations and ideals of our communities, those to whom we return once projects are complete. Therefore, Indigenous research is never truly over. The marriage between the discipline and our respective cultures however is never straightforward. Indigenous scholarship takes a much greater level of fearlessness because we must combat potential exclusion from the discipline that we are carving the outlines of our culture into. Thus, we must choose to either blend into the grooves of the existing disciplinary carvings, or to accept that we are a new adze. This is often met with obstructions. Primarily relying on critical Kaupapa Māori analysis comparing the existing and prospective fields of knowledge, this paper considers the potential of Indigenous research as a collective of holistic research strategies. It underlines some of the challenges associated with implementing Indigenous knowledge and diverting from disciplinary norms. In the way that our whāea tipuna Wairaka did, we can challenge the long held tikanga - the rules and strictures - that have sustained and satiated our disciplines for generations, to save or evolve our disciplines into the future. Like Wairaka, and many of your brave ancestors before you, we must be prepared to stand alone, and to be courageous as per our inheritance.

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