scholarly journals The Conquest of the New World: The Conflict of Civilizations - The conflict of Rationalities

2018 ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Marina Burgete Ayala
Keyword(s):  
Oral Tradition ◽  
New World ◽  
Clash Of Civilizations ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Mexican Culture ◽  
The People ◽  
Intellectual Traditions ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Different Types

The article examines the conquest of the New World in the focus of interaction of different types of thinking in the clash and conflict of two civilizations, which develop in different ways and which are at different levels of social and economic development. The result of this clash was the destruction of the material, spiritual and intellectual traditions of indigenous cultures that existed on the American continent. The conquest of America is one of the most revealing examples of the clash of civilizations, analyzing which, with particular clarity, one can observe contradictions between different types of world perception. The answer to questions about what kind of knowledge Nahua-speaking people possessed, what role knowledge played in their society, who was the creator, carrier and translator of knowledge about the world, reveals one of the main reasons that led to a rapid and irretrievable destruction of culture of “metaphors and numbers.” The author reveals the role of Catholic monks in preserving the spiritual, scientific and philosophical heritage of the Mexican culture, thanks to which we have the opportunity to touch the thought of the Nahua people, existing not in the form of traditional texts but in the form of an oral tradition, which accompanied visual images of graphic semantic writing. It shows how important the system of education and upbringing in the society of pre-Columbian Mexico was, how it solved the tasks of preparing young people for the performance of social functions. The destruction, as a result of the con- quest, of the system that regulated the daily life of each person and determined the ultimate destiny of the people in the shortest possible time led to the death of the entire civilization.

Change through Innovation and Customer-Orientation

2013 ◽  
pp. 67-92
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
The People ◽  
Different Types

This chapter begins by explaining the nature of innovation and basic models of innovation, including key stages in the process of innovation. As the construction industry is often regarded as different from other industries given its unique characteristics, innovation in construction is discussed in terms of motivation for the industry’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to innovate, key organizational capabilities required for innovation, and external and internal factors critical to successful innovation. In addition, the common enablers, barriers, motivators, and outcomes of innovation in the construction industry are discussed. Understandably, as the role of clients in the construction industry is vital in many ways in driving to improve performance of projects, the chapter focuses on their role in driving innovation. The different types and categories of clients are described, as well as their roles in different types of innovations, and at different stages of innovation. The chapter also covers the role of technology in innovation and, more specifically, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) as an important technological innovation for the construction industry. At the organizational level, factors that can affect the rate of diffusion of a new technology within construction SMEs are explained. At the project level, factors that impact on innovative IT implementation and diffusion are also explained. Next, innovation and its role in enabling construction businesses to gain competitive advantages are discussed. The need to classify construction innovation and how it can encourage businesses to innovate by adopting appropriate strategies are explained through a case of Singapore’s construction industry. In addition, the need for and application of strategies, policies, and procedures to deal with IT in managing construction site processes are described in a study of UK’s leading construction companies. On achieving continuous improvement as a whole for the industry, issues relating to innovation, including reasons for the lack of it, are discussed and presented. On managing change, focus on the “people” factor of innovation, especially the need to develop capability of staff to use new technologies, is given. The chapter concludes with a summary of the main points covered on change through innovation and customer-orientation.

scholarly journals Investigation on Moral Understanding and Religious Motives in Karacaoğlan's Poems

Turkology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (102) ◽  
pp. 91-104
Author(s):  
H. Çetin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Oral Culture ◽  
Moral Understanding ◽  
The People

The Turkish oral tradition has lived in the memory of the people for generations. This cultural memory has been brought up to day by means of bards and minstrels who convey the feelings and thoughts of the people with their own way of expression. One of the important names in this oral tradition is Karacaoğlan. In his poems, love, longing, depictions of nature have taken place in the heart of the people with the impressiveness of his poetry and voice. Their poems were sung by the people and some of their poems were sung. Karacaoğlan, known as a love poet, has influential poems which show both mysticism and religious features behind these poems. Looking at these poems, we can see that spiritual sentimental poems are loved by the people as well as the strength of the language. In this work, we will examine how Karacaoğlan reflects his understanding of morality and religious motifs in his poems and the function and role of oral culture in terms of the period in which these reflections lived.

scholarly journals Research of Facts Devices for Stability

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S8) ◽  
pp. 1585-1590
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Power System ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Great Demand ◽  
Facts Devices ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
The People ◽  
Different Types

Nowadays the consumption and need for the power is more hence there is great demand on power consumption by the people which may often cause instability in power system. This instability in Voltage or current in the power system can be controlled using various kinds of facts device. Hence, this paper explains the role of the facts devices in maintenance of stability and their optimal placements in power system. Thus this paper gives a comprehensive and comparative study of different types of facts device and their role in Voltage or transients stability analysis methods.

scholarly journals The Youth Development Workforce: The People, the Profession, and the Possibilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Lynne M. Borden ◽  
Michael Conn ◽  
Casey D. Mull ◽  
Michele Wilkens
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
The People ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
System Approaches

Understanding the role of youth workers and promoting an accurate representation of these professionals and their work requires a focus on current research, practice, and policies that capture the challenges and opportunities of the youth development workforce. An overview of this special issue of the Journal of Youth Development examines efforts to support individual youth workers, strategies organizations use to prepare and assist youth workers, and system approaches to building the capacity of the workforce in key areas such as quality and social emotional learning, and concludes with an encapsulation of interviews with 10 key leaders nationwide. They identified the overarching task as one of identification of the elements that can make the field cohesive across the different settings and programs, while supporting youth in their growth through experiences that are rooted in the science of learning and development. Finally, this special issue offers the opportunity to better understand the youth workers, examine different types of professional development pathways, explore the role that systems can play in support of these workers, and reflect on the challenges and opportunities raised by key leaders in the profession.

We the Gamers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Schrier
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
New World ◽  
Teaching Ethics ◽  
Mobile Computer ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
Card Games ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types

The world is in crisis. The people of the world are all connected, and rely on one another to make ethical decisions and to solve civic problems together. Ethics and civics have always mattered, but it is becoming more evident how much they matter. Teaching ethics and civics is essential to the future. This book argues that games can encourage the practice of ethics and civics. They can help people to connect, deliberate, reflect, and flourish. They can help people to reimagine systems and solve problems. Games are communities and public spheres. Like all communities, they may encourage care, connection, and respect. They may also be used for hate, disinformation, and exclusion. Games reveal humanity’s compassion as well as its cruelty. We the Gamers provides research-based perspectives related to why and how people should play, make, and use games in ethics, civics, character, and social studies education. The book also shows how people are already engaging in ethics and civics through games. It systematically evaluates how to use games in classrooms, remote learning environments, and other educational settings, with consideration to different audiences and standards. This book also provides tips and guidelines, as well as resources, activities, and case studies. It includes examples of all different types of games—virtual reality, mobile, computer, and card games, and big-budget commercial games, indie games, and more. How can people play and design a new world, together?

scholarly journals Ottoman Mosques In Sana'a, Yemen Archeological And Architectural Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ahmed Abd El Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Religious Buildings ◽  
The People ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Second Period

<p><span lang="EN-US">The Ottoman presence in Yemen </span><span>is d</span><span lang="EN-US">ivided into two periods, first period from 945 AH until 1045 AH, and then the second from 1289 AH until 1336 AH, Ottomans interested during their presence in Yemen to establish different types of charitable buildings especially, religious buildings, which include </span><span>m</span><span lang="EN-US">osque</span><span>s</span><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span>m</span><span lang="EN-US">adrassas, and </span><span>s</span><span lang="EN-US">hrines. The aim of interest of Ottomans governors to make significant civilized and architectural renaissance in Yemen</span><span>,</span><span lang="EN-US"> especially Sana'a, with emphasis on establishment </span><span>m</span><span lang="EN-US">osques to get closer to God and to gain sympathy and love of the people of Yemen. Most of these </span><span>m</span><span lang="EN-US">osques do the role of the </span><span>m</span><span lang="EN-US">adrassas as documents indicate like mosque of Özdemir, Al-Muradiyya and Al-Bakiriyya therefore, Ottomans are Hanifite Sunni and want by these </span><span>m</span><span lang="EN-US">osques to facing </span><span>s</span><span lang="EN-US">hite and spread Sunni</span><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL">.</span><strong></strong><span lang="EN-US">In this paper researcher will discuss styles of Ottoman </span><span>m</span><span lang="EN-US">osques in Sana'a. There are eight mosques, seven dates to the first period of </span><span>O</span><span lang="EN-US">ttomans in </span><span>Y</span><span lang="EN-US">emen and only one date to the second period of Ottomans in Yemen.</span></p>

scholarly journals Culture and Igbo notions of masculinity in Nigerian children’s literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunday Joseph Ayodabo
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Male Dominance ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
The People ◽  
Praise Poetry

Children’s literature conveys the cultural and indigenous artistic experiences of the people to whom it is attributed. Earlier studies on modern Nigerian children’s literature focus mainly on the representation of moral etiquette with little attention to gender. The twin theme of culture and masculinity has not been paid close attention by scholars of children’s literature in Nigeria. In applying Igbo notions of masculinity, in this article I examine the role of oral tradition and culture in the construction of masculine identity in children’s literature in Nigeria using Ifeanyi Ifoegbuna’s Folake and Her Four Brothers, Anthonia Ekpa’s Edidem Eyamba and the Edikang-Ikong Soup, and Ikechukwu Ebonogwu’s The Champion of Echidime. I show how the ideals of masculinity, as visible and permissible in the traditional Igbo society, are, in particular, constructed and communicated through various oral and cultural norms such as praise poetry, war songs and dance, wrestling, and drumming. I reveal that oral and cultural traditions in children’s literature reflect attributes such as strength, toughness, honour, protection, respect, heterosexual desirability, and the projection of self-pride as acceptable and embraced masculine values among the Igbo in Nigeria. I also demonstrate how oral and cultural tradition is replete with masculine ideologies and messages that promote male dominance in the Igbo society.

scholarly journals Dynamics of the spirit possession phenomenon in Eastern Tanzania

1976 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 90-101
Author(s):  
Marja-Liisa Swantz
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Spirit Possession ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
General Question ◽  
National Society ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
The People ◽  
Social And Economic Development

The discussion on the spirit possession phenomenon is related in this study to the more general question of the role of religious institutions as part in the development process of a people living in a limited geographical area of a wider national society. It is assumed that religion, like culture in general, has its specific institutional forms as result of the historical development of a society, but at the same time religion is a force shaping that history. People's cultural resources influence their social and economic development and form a potential creative element in it'. Some of the questions to be asked are: "How are specific religious practices related to the dynamics of change in the societies in question? What is the social and religious context in which the spirit possession phenomenon occurs in them? What social and economic relations get their expression in them? To what extent is spirit possession in this case a means of exerting values and creatively overcoming a crisis or conflict which the changing social and economic relations impose on the people? The established spirit possession cults are here seen as the institutional forms of religious experience. At the same time it becomes evident that there is institutionalization in process as well as deinstitutionalization of spirit possession where it occurs outside established institutional forms. Institution is taken as a socially shared form of behaviour the significance of which is commonly recognized by those who share it. By the term spirit possession cult is meant a ritual form of spirit possession of a group which is loosely organized and without strict membership. The context of the study is four ethnic groups in Eastern Tanzania, near the coast of the Indian Ocean. The general theme of the project is The Role of Culture in the Restructuring of Tanzanian Rural Areas. The restructuring refers to a villagisation programme carried out in the whole country. People are being moved from their scattered homesteads to new villages and old villages are enlarged by incorporating several villages into one. People are going through a process of fundamental social change.

scholarly journals Symbolic Images of Stone and Mountains in the Literatures of Abkhazian and North Caucasian Nations

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-371
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav A. Biguaa
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of History ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
The North ◽  
Interdisciplinary Dialogue ◽  
The People ◽  
Heroic Epic ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Symbolic Images ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the peculiarities of the functioning of symbolic images of stone and mountains in the folklore and literatures of the peoples of the North Caucasus and Abkhazia. The objects of analysis are myths, a heroic epic about the sledges shared by a number of Caucasian peoples, poetry by K. Mechiev, K. Kuliev, A. Keshokov, and R. Gamzatov, novels by B. Shinkuba (Dissected Stone) and A. Gogua (Nimbus). As shown in the article, the images of stone and mountains in each literature function differently within the structure of a literary text, depending on the author’s intention. At the same time, these images are initially closely connected with history, life, mythology, folklore of the people, and with thousand-year historical and spiritual experience of mountaineers. The process of creating a literary image, whose roots go deep into national history and culture, reflects the interaction of different types of thinking — historical, mythological, anthropological, and literary; the nature of the relationship and the dialogue of literature with folklore, historiography, and ethnography speak about the role of this interdisciplinary dialogue in the development of literature; this way, we can also speak of literary or artistic historicism which differs from historicism in historiography or philosophy of history.

Potential Uses of Vinegar as a Medicine and Related in vivo Mechanisms

2016 ◽  
Vol 86 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 127-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeshan Ali ◽  
Zhenbin Wang ◽  
Rai Muhammad Amir ◽  
Shoaib Younas ◽  
Asif Wali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Folk Medicine ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Positive Effect

While the use of vinegar to fi ght against infections and other crucial conditions dates back to Hippocrates, recent research has found that vinegar consumption has a positive effect on biomarkers for diabetes, cancer, and heart diseases. Different types of vinegar have been used in the world during different time periods. Vinegar is produced by a fermentation process. Foods with a high content of carbohydrates are a good source of vinegar. Review of the results of different studies performed on vinegar components reveals that the daily use of these components has a healthy impact on the physiological and chemical structure of the human body. During the era of Hippocrates, people used vinegar as a medicine to treat wounds, which means that vinegar is one of the ancient foods used as folk medicine. The purpose of the current review paper is to provide a detailed summary of the outcome of previous studies emphasizing the role of vinegar in treatment of different diseases both in acute and chronic conditions, its in vivo mechanism and the active role of different bacteria.

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