Debating Migration in Textbooks and Classrooms in Austria

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane Hintermann ◽  
Christa Markom ◽  
Heidemarie Weinhäupl ◽  
Sanda Üllen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Textbook Analysis ◽  
Austrian School ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
Different Types ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Migration ◽  
History Of Migration

This article examines how the topics of migration, cultural diversity, and discrimination are depicted in current Austrian school textbooks and how they are discussed and perceived by pupils of different age groups attending different types of schools. The discussion concentrates on three main issues: the representation of migration as problematic; the use, critical or otherwise, of specific terms; and whether the history of migration to and from Austria is represented and perceived as part of a common Austrian history. Alongside the findings of the textbook analysis, we show how the involvement of pupils in textbook and migration research can contribute to the production of scientific knowledge in this area.

scholarly journals Franjo Tuđman and Demographic Revitalization/Sustainability of Croatia

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-147
Author(s):  
Dražen Živić
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Reproductive Potential ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Significant Discrepancy ◽  
Population Policies ◽  
Demographic Challenges ◽  
Demographic Aging ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Migration

According to a number of relevant demographic and statistical indicators, Croatia is in a deep demographic crisis in all aspects of demographic dynamics and structural-demographic development. Total depopulation, natural decline, negative migration balance, demographic aging, and spatial polarization of the population – are fundamental long-term and current demographic trends and processes that, thanks to available data from census, vital and migration statistics can be monitored almost continuously from the middle of last century until today. The current demographic picture of Croatia is marked by natural and mechanical population losses, which means more deaths from birth and more emigration than immigration, with significantly disturbed relations between large (functional) age groups that threaten further collapse of bio reproductive potential and economic activity of the population. Croatian demographers warned of this circumstance during socialist Yugoslavia, especially after reaching independence in 1991. In their research, they were especially committed to the design and implementation of active and stimulating population policies, which had a certain impact in the formation of some decisions and documents of Croatian state policy during the 1990s. In this sense, it is scientifically relevant to valorize Dr. Tuđman’s attitude towards Croatian demographic issues, because demographic challenges have been and still are in significant discrepancy with socially desirable demographic pro-cesses and trends as key factors in the development and progress of the Croatian state and society, especially from 1991 and onwards. Therefore, in the context of Tuđman’s work as a politician (president of the Croatian Democratic Union from 1989 to 1999) and statesman (president of the Republic of Croatia from 1990 to 1999), but also as a scientist and public figure (director of the Institute for the History of the Labor Movement from 1961 to 1967) it is useful to investigate whether and to what extent there is a consistent attitude towards the demographic situation and problems of Croatia and, accordingly, whether we find the issue of Croatian demography at the center or on the margins of interest in his public work.

The Early History Of Migration Research

2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Greenwood ◽  
Gary L. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Early History ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Migration

scholarly journals Migrating Objects and Wanderers between Worlds: Cosmopolitan Selves in Edmund de Waal’s The Hare with Amber Eyes

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 61-87
Author(s):  
Eveline Kilian
Keyword(s):  
Art Criticism ◽  
Structural Element ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Art Objects ◽  
Ceramic Art ◽  
Artistic Vision ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Migration ◽  
History Of Migration

Edmund de Waal‘s widely acclaimed family memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes (2010) is a hybrid text that fuses biography, autobiography and the biography of objects and interlaces these with critical reflections on art, transnationality, cross-cultural communication and the development of cosmopolitan identities. This article examines the central role of the collection of netsuke synecdochally evoked in the book’s title that not only provides the pivotal structural element but also the major conceptual focus of the text. I argue that this idiosyncratic gravitational centre effects the permeability of generic boundaries by establishing an intricate relationality between the narrative’s different protagonists, who continuously decentre and reconfigure each other. Moreover, the art objects’ own history of migration and multiple belonging becomes a blueprint for de Waal’s construction of his Jewish ancestors’ highly mobile and cosmopolitan selves, which sidesteps the narrowly circumscribed vision of national or religious identities. The full extent of these connections is revealed through an examination of the author’s artistic vision, his ceramic art and art criticism. Finally, I will read The Hare with Amber Eyes as an act of restitution in a two-fold sense: as an attempt to undo the politically motivated erasure of some of his ancestors’ traces and as a historical reminder of lived forms of cosmopolitanism that can speak to contemporary debates around globalisation and migration.

A NOTE ON INNOVATION AND JUSTIFICATION

1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-110
Author(s):  
Vincent Fella Hendricks ◽  
Stig Andur Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Different Types ◽  
History Of

Within epistemology and the philosophy of science there is, in a number of cases, an a-symmetrical relation or even complementarity between innovation and justification. Innovations are not always justifiable, within the currently accepted body of scientific knowledge and readily justifiable innovations are seldom too interesting. This paper describes some such cases drawn from the history of science and attempts to classify different types of innovations.

scholarly journals Depopulation and Migration in the Russian Far East: International, Federal and Local Factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-109
Author(s):  
Matthew Benjamin Levie
Keyword(s):  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Labor Shortage ◽  
Demographic Situation ◽  
Local Factors ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Migration ◽  
History Of Migration ◽  
The Russian Far East

Russia faces an acute demographic crisis and labor shortage, and this crisis is most evident in the Russian Far East (RFE). Migration from within Russia and immigration from foreign sources are one potential solution to this crisis. This paper examines the history of migration to the RFE and addresses the questions of where the necessary additional migrants or immigrants might come from and what political, cultural and economic structures might be most effective in mitigating the existing demographic situation.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Hannah Holtschneider
Keyword(s):  
Local Context ◽  
National Context ◽  
International Trends ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
Jewish Migration ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Issues ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
And Migration

The introduction places the book in the context of migration research, including that of the expanding field of transnationalism research. Britain, as a desired or accidental destination of Jewish migrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, then takes centre stage for an investigation of the religious history of British Jews. The focus is sharpened again with the introduction of Scotland as a specific British context of migration and the locus of the case study in chapters 1, 3 and 4, with chapter 2 providing the wider national context of the discussion about Jewish leadership and authority. The contribution this book seeks to make is the exploration of international trends and themes in Jewish migration and migration research in a specific, local context. The aim is to observe local consequences of wider – national and international – issues of Jewish migration at the time.

Entrenchment Clauses in the History of Modern Constitutionalism

2018 ◽  
Vol 86 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 434-481
Author(s):  
Michael Hein
Keyword(s):  
Different Types ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Broad Understanding

SummaryThis article examines the origins, differentiation, and migration of constitutional entrenchment clauses from the beginning of modern constitutionalism until today. It is based on a broad understanding of ‘entrenchment clauses,’ covering all constitutional provisions that make amendments either to certain parts of a constitution or under certain circumstances more difficult to achieve than ‘normal’ amendments or even impossible, i.e., legally inadmissible. In particular, the article answers three questions: (1) When, and in which contexts, did the different types of constitutional entrenchment clauses emerge? (2) How have these types spread globally? (3) Which constitutional subjects do such clauses protect, and thus, which main functions do they aim to fulfill? The article is based on the new and unique Constitutional Entrenchment Clauses Dataset (CECD), which comprises 860 written national constitutions worldwide from 1776 until the end of 2015.

scholarly journals Exploring the Transition to Eudaimonic Tourism: A Case Study of Bali

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Djisman Simandjuntak ◽  
Alvin Desfiandi ◽  
Erica Lukas ◽  
Isti Setiawati ◽  
Nakita Sabrina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Realistic Option ◽  
Dominant Design ◽  
History Of ◽  
Deep Culture ◽  
Progressive Growth ◽  
Transportation Technologies ◽  
History Of Migration

<p>Growing population with rising income, advances in information and transportation technologies, preventive medicine, moderated nationalism that translate into less restrictive border measures against people flows have combined to fuel a durable progressive growth in tourism, domestic and international. As tourism grows, carrying capacity is stretched or even overstretched in some places and industries. The overcrowding of a destination in the latter’s life cycle is familiar to popular tourist sites. Energy consumption, CO2 emission, non-degradable and toxic wastes, biodiversity loss and loss of cultural diversity add to the downside of growing tourism. We doubt the inclusivity and sustainability of the current dominant design of tourism in developing economies such as Indonesia. A shift toward more eudaimonic tourism is needed. The innovative elements of eudaimonia include geographical treasure, biodiversity, and local deep culture. Indonesia is well endowed with peculiar geographical resources which in turn result in rich biodiversity. A long history of migration has also accumulated Indonesia’s cultural diversity. Bali offers an imperfect road to eudaimonic tourism as will be discussed as evidence that the shift away from exclusive and unsustainable tourism to a more inclusive and sustainable one is a realistic option.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> eudaimonic; tourism; inclusivity; sustainability<strong></strong></p>

Intraocular tuberculosis, a challenge in diagnosis and treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Martina Larroude ◽  
Gustavo Ariel Budmann
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Ocular Tuberculosis ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Choroidal Granuloma ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Ocular Tb

Ocular tuberculosis (TB) is an extrapulmonary tuberculous condition and has variable manifestations. The incidence of TB is still high in developing countries, and a steady increase in new cases has been observed in industrial countries as a result of the growing number of immunodeficient patients and migration from developing countries. Choroidal granuloma is a rare and atypical location of TB. We present a case of a presumptive choroidal granuloma. This case exposes that diagnosis can be remarkably challenging when there is no history of pulmonary TB. The recognition of clinical signs of ocular TB is extremely important since it provides a clinical pathway toward tailored investigations and decision making for initiating anti-TB therapy and to ensure a close follow-up to detect the development of any complication.

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