scholarly journals Objects and Agency in the Medieval North: The Case of Old Norse Magic Swords

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 42-68
Author(s):  
Miriam Mayburd
Keyword(s):  
Active Role ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Old Norse ◽  
Cultural Constructions

Old Norse sagas" literary depictions of magic swords highlight the active role of objects in shaping and renegotiating cultural constructions of personhood and identities. By focusing on narrative portrayals of these artifacts and the psychosomatic dynamics of saga characters' interactions with said artifacts, this study illuminates the ecological entanglements between cognitive and material spaces across the medieval North, stressing cross-cultural variability and diversity inherent in medieval worldviews.

scholarly journals A Hermeneutical reading of Postcolonial Literature: Fusion of Horizons in E.M. Forster's A Passage to India and Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Laila Bouziane
Keyword(s):  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Postcolonial Literature ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
The North ◽  
Cultural Encounter ◽  
Fusion Of Horizons ◽  
Hans Georg Gadamer

Hans-Georg Gadamer has consistently advocated the idea of understanding as a form of “fusion of horizons” that implies the important and active role of each part of a cross-cultural encounter. This paper proposes philosophical hermeneutics as an alternative way of reading of postcolonial literature. E.M. Foster’s A Passage to India and Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North, are postcolonial literary examples of diversity and otherness which are analyzed in the light of the hermeneutical concept of “fusion of horizons”. These texts include a range of contexts and circumstances in which communication is challenged by the characters’ different cultural backgrounds, and understanding is only to be achieved through the process of “fusion” of horizons which helps rework prejudices in order to reach a clearer vision. In this context, the hermeneutical “fusion of horizons” represents an alternative to traditional ways of “knowing” and understanding.

scholarly journals The Role of Rulers in the Winding Up of the Old Norse Religion

Numen ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 272-297
Author(s):  
Olof Sundqvist
Keyword(s):  
Active Role ◽  
Old Norse ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
Indigenous Religion ◽  
Common Opinion ◽  
Medieval Christianity ◽  
Christian Society ◽  
As If

Abstract It is a common opinion in research that the Scandinavians changed religion during the second half of the Viking Age, that is, ca. 950–1050/1100 CE. During this period, Christianity replaced the Old Norse religion. When describing this transition in recent studies, the concept “Christianization” is often applied. To a large extent this historiography focuses on the outcome of the encounter, namely the description of early Medieval Christianity and the new Christian society. The purpose and aims of the present study are to concentrate more exclusively on the Old Norse religion during this period of change and to analyze the questions of how and why it disappeared. A special focus is placed on the native kings. These kings played a most active role in winding up the indigenous tradition that previously formed their lives. It seems as if they used some deliberate methods during this process. When designing their strategies they focused on the religious leadership as well as the ritual system. These seem to have been the aspects of the indigenous religion of which they had direct control, and at the same time, were central for the modus operandi of the old religion. Most of all, it seems as if these Christian kings were pragmatists. Since they could not affect the traditional worldview and prevent people from telling the mythical narratives about the old gods, they turned to such aims that they were able to achieve.

scholarly journals KOMUNIKASI LINTAS BUDAYA DI INSTITUSI PENDIDIKAN Studi Kasus: Perguruan Tinggi Mayoritas Mahasiswa Tionghoa dengan Pengajar Pribumi

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-200
Author(s):  
Meilani Dhamayanti
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
Diversity Of Life

AbstractCommunication and culture have a reciprocalrelationship of mutual influence. In the daily life,communication and culture have a veryimportant role. In the educational institutionscommunication and culture are often touch toeach other therefore study on communicationand culture in the educational institution is veryneeded since the diversity of life itself. Thisresearch is using cross cultural communicationtheory and qualitative method to describe theresearch process. The research conclusion is thatit needs an active role of the lecturer so thatbarriers within the cross cultural communicationcan be solved. In other side it is also importantto have collaboration between students andlecturers to achieve the learning outcome.Key Words: Cross Cultural Communication,Educational InstitutionKeywords: Cross Cultural Communication,Educational Institution AbstrakKomunikasi dan budaya memiliki hubungantimbal balik yang saling mempengaruhi. Dalamkehidupan sehari-hari komunikasi dan budayamemiliki peranan yang sangat penting. Melaluiinstitusi pendidikan, komunikasi dan budayakerap bersinggungan. Karenanya kajiankomunikasi dan budaya di institusi pendidikansangat diperlukan mengingat kehidupansemakin beragam. Penelitian ini menggunakanteori komunikasi lintas budaya dan metodologikualitatif yang bertujuan untuk menggambarkanhasil penelitian. Adapun kesimpulan daripenelitian ini adalah diperlukan peran aktifdosen agar hambatan komunikasi lintas budayadalam institusi pendidikan bisa dihadapi. Di sisilain penting pula adanya kerjasama antaradosen dan mahasiswa agar tujuan pembelajarandapat tercapai.Kata Kunci: Komunikasi Lintas Budaya, IntitusiPendidikan

Role of spectrin in membrane fusion and in shape change of human erythrocyte ghost

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-329
Author(s):  
Hideo Hayashi ◽  
Yoshikazu Hirai ◽  
John T. Penniston
Keyword(s):  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Shape Change ◽  
Membrane Surface ◽  
Slight Modification ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Bank Blood ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Ghost

Spectrin is a membrane associated protein most of which properties have been tentatively elucidated. A main role of the protein has been assumed to give a supporting structure to inside of the membrane. As reported previously, however, the isolated spectrin molecule underwent self assemble to form such as fibrous, meshwork, dispersed or aggregated arrangements depending upon the buffer suspended and was suggested to play an active role in the membrane conformational changes. In this study, the role of spectrin and actin was examined in terms of the molecular arrangements on the erythrocyte membrane surface with correlation to the functional states of the ghosts.Human erythrocyte ghosts were prepared from either freshly drawn or stocked bank blood by the method of Dodge et al with a slight modification as described before. Anti-spectrin antibody was raised against rabbit by injection of purified spectrin and partially purified.

Elucidation of block boundaries as the dissolution channels in hydrated cement

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 484-485
Author(s):  
N.V. Belov ◽  
U.I. Papiashwili ◽  
B.E. Yudovich
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Benzoyl Peroxide ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Hardened Cement ◽  
Hydrated Cement ◽  
Hardened Cement Paste

It has been almost universally adopted that dissolution of solids proceeds with development of uniform, continuous frontiers of reaction.However this point of view is doubtful / 1 /. E.g. we have proved the active role of the block (grain) boundaries in the main phases of cement, these boundaries being the areas of hydrate phases' nucleation / 2 /. It has brought to the supposition that the dissolution frontier of cement particles in water is discrete. It seems also probable that the dissolution proceeds through the channels, which serve both for the liquid phase movement and for the drainage of the incongruant solution products. These channels can be appeared along the block boundaries.In order to demonsrate it, we have offered the method of phase-contrast impregnation of the hardened cement paste with the solution of methyl metacrylahe and benzoyl peroxide. The viscosity of this solution is equal to that of water.

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.

Maintaining harmony across the globe: The cross-cultural role of closeness in interpersonal forgiveness

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Karremans ◽  
Camillo Regalia ◽  
Giorgia Paleari ◽  
Frank Fincham ◽  
Ming Cui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Interpersonal Forgiveness ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Cultural Role

Russia’s Market of Mergers and Acquisitions: Stages, Features and Prospects

2009 ◽  
pp. 23-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Radygin
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Corporate Control ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Data Bases ◽  
2008 Financial Crisis ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Access Data

The article deals with key tendencies in the development of Russia’s market of mergers and acquisitions in the first decade of the 21st century. Quantitative parameters are analyzed by using available in the open access data bases for the years 2003-2008 taking into consideration new tendencies relating to 2008 financial crisis. An active role of the state played in the market of corporate control represents an important factor. Special attention is given to issues of development of Russia’s system of legal norms regulating the market of mergers and acquisitions.

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