scholarly journals ITALO-AUSTRALIAN TRANSNATIONAL HOUSES: BUILT FORMS ENHANCING SOCIAL CAPITAL

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaello Furlan ◽  
Laura Faggion
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Spatial Form ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Domestic Setting ◽  
The Relationship

The literature reveals that culture, as a way of life, is a factor determining the house’s spatial form, which, in turn, can contribute to the construction and/or enhancement of social capital. Scholars also stress that in the past the study of the relationship between houses’ spatial form and social capital has focused on physical spatial environments at macro scale, neglecting the investigation of micro-scale housing. Namely, regardless of the interest to this relationship, direct assessment of the extent to which the spatial form of transnational houses contributes to the formation and enhancement of social capital in a host built environment is still rare in the field. The specific objective of this paper is to explore how the spatial form of Italian transnational houses in Australia contributed to the formation of social capital. It is argued that the spatial form of houses built by Italian migrants in post WWII Brisbane was conceptualized as means of re-establishing and enhancing social activities and/or interactions, and therefore contributed to the formation and enhancement of social capital. In order to provide an answer to the main question, the system of social activities performed within the domestic setting was investigated. Data obtained from visual material and interviews with participants was analyzed in order to reveal how the spatial form of Italian transnational houses enhanced social capital.

scholarly journals Micro-to macro-scale foraminiferal distributions: the contributions of Martin A. Buzas

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-152
Author(s):  
Stephen J Culver
Keyword(s):  
Short Review ◽  
Research Career ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
The Past ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Latitudinal Patterns ◽  
Intractable Problem ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
She Analysis

The research that Martin A. Buzas has published over the past more than 40 years has influenced us greatly. That research has many strands that cannot be dealt with in this short review. However, the theme of micro- to macroscale foraminiferal distributions is interwoven throughout Buzas's research career. Distributions are something that Buzas is very fond of. He was trained in statistics as well as foraminifera and so it was inevitable that he would combine his knowledge of statistical distributions with foraminiferal distributions at several different scales. He has studied the distribution of foraminifera at microscales, horizontally within a 10 cm² area of the sea floor or vertically, cm by cm within a 20 cm core. He has also worked at the mesoscale, quantifying, through the pioneering use of the General Linear Model, the relationship of foraminiferal distributions and environmental variables in space and time. This research led to the hypothesis of pulsating patches. He has worked at the macroscale with S. J. Culver, defining the distribution of benthic foraminiferal provinces, showing that all foraminiferal distributions, particularly around the coasts of North and Central America, belong to the same statistical distribution. Their work has documented the assembly and disassembly of communities and the latitudinal patterns of deep-sea benthic foraminiferal diversity in the Atlantic basin. Most recently, with his coauthor, mathematical statistician L. C. Hayek, Buzas has delved deep into the intricacies of species diversity and solved a 50 year-old supposedly intractable problem of mathematically relating species richness with species evenness. This work led to the introduction of new approaches to understanding community structure and recognizing boundaries between adjacent communities (SHE analysis). Many of us work long hours and publish many papers over our careers but few of us truly influence the fundamentals of our science. Marty Buzas is one micropaleontologist whose work will be of lasting significance.

scholarly journals We Can Be Heroes: A Study of Mythistoric Genealogies in the Roman Republic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Steven Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Social History ◽  
Natural Evolution ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Mythistoric genealogies, the claims of divine or heroic ancestry made by the Roman elite during the Republic, provide an alternative lens through which to understand social constructs and political experiences of Romans. However, the relationship between mos maiorum and these mythistoric genealogies remains unexplored in modern scholarship in a detailed and focused manner. This research sets out to demonstrate that mythistoric genealogies were a natural evolution of the Romans’ ancestral veneration which is implicit in mos maiorum.  This thesis focuses on three of the most politically prolific gentes whose social influence spanned the 500 years of the Republic. First, each case study assembles and analyses the evidence (numismatics, literature, sculpture and architecture) that preserved the claims made by each gens and arranges them in such a way as to furnish a linear account of the genealogies. Second, each case study presents and analyses a member of each gens to demonstrate how he exemplifies, retains, or emulates the attributes, instructions and morality of their described genealogy. The historical person is analysed through the lenses of mythistoric genealogy, Paradigmatic Pressure, and Social Capital.  The three case studies demonstrate that the clans of Aemilius, Fabius, and Valerius used their mythistoric genealogies to anchor themselves to the majesty of Rome’s past and that mythistoric genealogy was an integral part of mos maiorum. Furthermore, the connection of mythistoric genealogy, as an evolved element of mos maiorum, is emphasised through the following factors: they serve an educational function; serve as binding instructions; display the retention of events, lives and deeds of heroes; serve as examples meant for the emulation of the past morality; and, finally, can be shaped and reconstructed to suit present situations or political agendas. The results of this research contributes directly to the ongoing discussion of mos maiorum, discusses the social concepts held by elite Romans during the Republic, demonstrates how inter-generational connections were crucial to ideals held by the nobiles, and engages with mos maiorum in-depth (in terms of myth and legend) in a way that has not been done in a ‘per gens’ manner in scholarship, filling a gap in the study of social history during the Republic.</p>

scholarly journals DIGITAL INEQUALITY IN OLDER ADULTS’ ONLINE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CAPITAL

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S920-S920
Author(s):  
Minh Hao Nguyen ◽  
Amanda E Hunsaker ◽  
Eszter Hargittai
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Internet Skills ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The increasing popularity of social media and other online communities offers new possibilities for older adults to stay socially connected. This study examines the relationship of older adults’ online social engagement and bonding as well as bridging social capital based on a survey of over 1,000 adults aged 60 and over. Social bonding refers to support obtained from existing strong social ties while social bridging is creating connections across varied social networks. We estimated three multi-stage regression models to examine these relationships when controlling for sociodemographic factors, as well as Internet experiences and skills. We then extended the regression models with Internet skills as a moderator. Findings show that older adults who engage more often in specific online social activities (i.e., asking questions on social media, looking at photos of family members/others) enjoy greater bridging social capital (both in offline and online contexts) than those who do so less often. Furthermore, Internet skills moderate the relationship between online social engagement and social capital. Specifically, older adults with greater Internet skills benefit relatively more from engaging in specific online social activities more often with respect to online social bridging. These results imply that digital inequalities may put older adults who are less skilled in using the Internet at a disadvantage when it comes to building social capital from online social engagement. Thus, while social media has potential positive implications for well-being among older adults, the current manifestation of this does not suggest equitable distribution of those benefits across different older users.

scholarly journals Achieving innovative firm performance through human capital and the effect of social capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 326-344
Author(s):  
Sarminah Samad
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Innovative Firm ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractFor the past decade, human capital has been recognized as one of the crucial assets of any firm’s overall performance. Previous studies widely advocated a linear link between human capital and innovative firm performance, arguing that there are a variety of factors to examine if the relationship between human capital and innovative firm performance is to be properly understood. The focus of this study was to examine the effect of social capital on the relationship between human capital and innovative firm performance. Specifically, it examined the relationship between human capital and social capital and between human capital and innovative firm performance. It also examined the relationship between social capital and innovative firm performance. A total of 294 questionnaires were obtained from managerial staff in automotive companies in Malaysia and the data was analysed using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) test. The results indicated a direct effect between human capital and innovative performance. It was found that human capital is significantly related to social capital and that there is a significant relationship between social capital and innovative firm performance, indicating the ability of social capital to improve innovative firm performance. Finally, it revealed that innovative firm performance could be achieved by human capital through the role of valuable social capital and that good innovative firm performance leads to more prudent and sustainable organisations. The results provide pertinent implications for academia, policymakers and market players while also contributing to the research fields of strategic management, human capital, social capital and performance.

scholarly journals We Can Be Heroes: A Study of Mythistoric Genealogies in the Roman Republic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Steven Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Social History ◽  
Natural Evolution ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Mythistoric genealogies, the claims of divine or heroic ancestry made by the Roman elite during the Republic, provide an alternative lens through which to understand social constructs and political experiences of Romans. However, the relationship between mos maiorum and these mythistoric genealogies remains unexplored in modern scholarship in a detailed and focused manner. This research sets out to demonstrate that mythistoric genealogies were a natural evolution of the Romans’ ancestral veneration which is implicit in mos maiorum.  This thesis focuses on three of the most politically prolific gentes whose social influence spanned the 500 years of the Republic. First, each case study assembles and analyses the evidence (numismatics, literature, sculpture and architecture) that preserved the claims made by each gens and arranges them in such a way as to furnish a linear account of the genealogies. Second, each case study presents and analyses a member of each gens to demonstrate how he exemplifies, retains, or emulates the attributes, instructions and morality of their described genealogy. The historical person is analysed through the lenses of mythistoric genealogy, Paradigmatic Pressure, and Social Capital.  The three case studies demonstrate that the clans of Aemilius, Fabius, and Valerius used their mythistoric genealogies to anchor themselves to the majesty of Rome’s past and that mythistoric genealogy was an integral part of mos maiorum. Furthermore, the connection of mythistoric genealogy, as an evolved element of mos maiorum, is emphasised through the following factors: they serve an educational function; serve as binding instructions; display the retention of events, lives and deeds of heroes; serve as examples meant for the emulation of the past morality; and, finally, can be shaped and reconstructed to suit present situations or political agendas. The results of this research contributes directly to the ongoing discussion of mos maiorum, discusses the social concepts held by elite Romans during the Republic, demonstrates how inter-generational connections were crucial to ideals held by the nobiles, and engages with mos maiorum in-depth (in terms of myth and legend) in a way that has not been done in a ‘per gens’ manner in scholarship, filling a gap in the study of social history during the Republic.</p>

scholarly journals EMANCIPAZIONE FEMMINILE IN GRECIA E INFLUENZE STRANIERE. IL CASO DI KALLIRROI PARREN

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 190
Author(s):  
Ada Boubara
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
The Other ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Female Figure ◽  
The Past ◽  
Single Voice ◽  
Women's Emancipation ◽  
The Way

The purpose of this paper is to examine the early beginnings of women’s emancipation in Greece. The rise of such a new consciousness was undoubtedly slow in the Greek context as the four century Ottoman rule had placed the female figure in a clearly subservient and passive role. The main focus of the essay is on the admirable writings and social activities of Kallirroi Parren, one of those Greek pioneering women who devoted their lives to the improvement of the position of the woman in a community still so largely connected with the past and not yet prepared to accept changes. Kallirroi Parren was fully aware of such boundaries and claimed for a moderate authonomy. Furthermore, the essay draws a parallel between the characters of Parren’s most meaningful book, Η Χειραφετημένη (The Emancipated Woman), with some of the characters described by Angelica Palli Bartolommei in her Racconti (Short Stories). The aim is to demonstrate how these distinguished women – one Greek and the other of Greek origin, whose family had moved to Italy – were sharing the same view on women’s rights although dwelling in different countries. In other words, two distinctive personalities but one single voice. The study ends by quoting the date and the causes of Parren’s death in order to honor the life of a woman who paved the way of women’s liberation in Greece, a path which was later followed by many other women who, like the great Cretean, made of such a battle a way of life.

scholarly journals The Representation of Consumerism and Identity Formation in Contemporary Thai Literature

MANUSYA ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-96
Author(s):  
Suradech Chotiudompant
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Thai People ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Thai Literature

As contemporary Thai society has become deeply enmeshed in consumerism and capitalism, with consumption now having been integrated as a way of life, Thai literature, especially those short stories written in the past decade, has touched upon the issue of consumerism in various degrees and aspects. This essay aims to investigate two major issues. Firstly, it aims to analyze how these short stories represent consumerism, especially its mechanisms that affect the daily lives of Thai people and their relationships. Secondly, it aims to shed light on the relationship between consumerism and identity politics as it appears in these short stories, and especially how consumerism both contradictorily liberates and constrains identity formation.

Change in Turkish Foreign Policy towards neighboring countries for 2003-2015 (Iraq model)

2019 ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Ahmed Mohamed Abdo ◽  
Najimaldeen Mohieddin Al-Rikani
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Main Question ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Turkish Foreign Policy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
The Relationship

This paper deals with the nature and causes of change in Turkish foreign policy towards its neighbors, specifically Iraq. This change, which was the main reason, the new obstacles faced by the external movement and result, directly or indirectly, of the variables that have emerged in neighboring countries during the past decade, including Iraq, of course. Where the relationship between Turkey and Iraq is one of the most sensitive relations in the Middle East, and the Kurdistan region of Iraq has formed one of the important factors that contributed to the nature of that relationship between them. Therefore, the research attempts to detect the paths of change in the Turkish foreign policy towards the central government in Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government for the period 2003-2015. Many researchers and academics have pointed to the changing and contradictory nature of Turkish foreign policy toward Iraq in the post-2003 era. The main question in this paper is: Why was there no consistent position in Turkish foreign policy towards the central government in Baghdad and Kurdistan Regional Government in Arbil between In 2003-2015? The hypothesis of the research is that countries adopt change in their foreign policies in order to achieve their national interests and interests with the lowest costs and more benefits. Turkey has adopted a change in its foreign policy toward its neighbors as well, specifically Iraq, and this research will try to test this hypothesis on the Turkish policy towards Iraq. The duration of the search, if it is or not. The research in the final analysis shows that one of the most important results of improving relations between Turkey and the Kurdistan Regional Government will be in favor of the Turkish quest to strengthen its influence in front of Iranian influence in Iraq and the region as a whole.

The experience of post-war reconstruction: the case of built heritage in Bosnia

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-248
Author(s):  
Lana Kudumovic
Keyword(s):  
Way Of Life ◽  
Content Type ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
The Past ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Face ◽  
Displaced People ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges and justification of the reconstruction of built heritage in Bosnia. This paper also debates the effect of setting up a close relationship between reconstruction and reconciliation, suggesting that the reconstruction of the built environment in the period of post-war recovery provided a foundation for reconciliation. Design/methodology/approach Throughout history, in the face of various disasters, world encountered the challenge of reconstruction. In the past decade of the 20th century, just such a challenge was the war in Bosnia. After the war, reconstruction and reconciliation took place, with a focus on reestablishing a normal way of life, the return of displaced people, and the reconnection of broken bonds, as well as the rehabilitation of heritage assets. Findings This paper elaborates on how reconstructions were guided by the aims of reconciliation and its justifications. Regarding the technical aspects of these reconstruction projects, an overview comprising several case studies is presented to help elucidate two levels of physical intervention. The first of these levels concerns the reconstruction of single structures and the second concerns the reconstruction of historic centers. War memorials are considered to be a third level of intervention. Originality/value The selected cases presented here confirm the existence of the relationship between post-war reconstruction and reconciliation. This paper also assesses the efficiency of the reconstruction of Bosnia’s built heritage in terms of authenticity and overall post-war recovery.

scholarly journals An assessment of the unsustainable Nigerian policies on palm oil

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
Sani Shehu ◽  
Mohd Afandi Salleh ◽  
Yusuf Kamaluddin Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Published Research

Viewing dark triad as a positive personality trait, the researchers intend to explore the constructive use of impression management with regard to career success based on structural holes theory, paying particular attention to social capital and network benefits as sequential mediators between impression management and career success. A systematic literature review was conducted comprising published research studies on the chosen variables of interest. The researchers made use of several websites and links, like Google Scholar, PsychINFO, ResearchGate, and Web of Science. The systematic research was conducted to identify the desired variables and review was summarized from 2000 to 2020. Considering the past literature, it was proposed that impression management improves social capital that further leads to network benefits, thus, contributing to career success, whereas the dark triad strengthens the relationship between impression management and social capital.  In last section, potential areas for future research in the context of impression management and dark triad are identified and a research agenda is put forward for the potential researchers. In future, researchers may benefit from the proposed conceptual model and can conduct a longitudinal quantitative research study considering the variables studied.

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