Introduction

Author(s):  
Camille Deprez ◽  
Judith Pernin

This introductory chapter sets out the book's purpose, namely to draw attention to the similarities between heterogeneous documentary practices and forms by offering in-depth analyses of significant independent documentary works in the post-1990 era. It examines recent cases where independence is at stake, either in the discourse developed by documentary practitioners themselves or in the supposed systems within which documentary images are produced. Hence, the purpose of this collective volume is to adjust an ever-changing term to the concrete modifications of documentary film practices, as well as to the new constraints and opportunities that have appeared in this field over the past twenty-five years. The technological changes taking place in the 1990s and 2000s have played a significant role in reshaping documentary film practices. However, the consequences of the digital revolution still need to be addressed without overestimating the impact of technology on other political, economic, social, and cultural changes.

2021 ◽  
pp. 147737082110006
Author(s):  
José A. Brandariz

In what might be called the ‘austerity-driven hypothesis’, a consistent strand of literature has sought to explain the prison downsizing witnessed in many jurisdictions of the global north over the past decade by referring to the financial crisis of the late 2000s to early 2010s and its effects in terms of public spending cuts. Since this economic phase is essentially over, whereas the (moderate) decarceration turn is still ongoing, there are good reasons to challenge this hypothesis. This article delves into the non-economic forces that are fostering a prison population decline that, 10 years on, is becoming the new ‘penal normal’. The article thereby aims to spark a dialogue not only with the scholarship exploring the prison downsizing but also with certain theoretical frameworks that have played a key role in examining the punitive turn era. Additionally, the article contributes to the conversation on the need to reframe materialist readings on penality in a ‘non-reductionist’ fashion. By revisiting heterodox theses and scrutinizing the impact of recent penal changes on traditional materialist accounts, the article joins the collective endeavour seeking to update political economic perspectives on punishment and the penal field.


Artnodes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Rodriguez Granell

It gives us great pleasure to present the 23rd issue of the magazine as a heterogeneous collection that brings together selected articles submitted in response to three different calls for contributions. On the one hand, we bring the volume focusing on media archaeology to a close with this second series of texts. The section on Digital Humanities also comprises an interesting series of contributions related to the 3rd Congress of the International Society of Hispanic Digital Humanities. The last section of this issue brings together another set of articles submitted in response to the magazine’s regular call for contributions, including different perspectives on issues that fall within the magazine’s scope of interest. All the sections and research contained here are unavoidably disparate from each other, yet, when taken as a whole, the reader will realise that there is a common thread throughout this issue, focusing on the impact of certain technologies have had on the way we view the past. The historical scope of technologies does not only operate in a single direction, but rather throughout time in its entirety.


Author(s):  
Warde Ibrahim

This introductory chapter provides an overview of Islamic finance. Modern Islamic finance did not come out of nowhere. It appeared as the result of specific historical circumstances in the 1970s, and later evolved through a complex process of trial-and-error. It was also shaped by broader competitive and political–economic factors. Although religion was by definition central to Islamic finance, other variables—political, economic, social, cultural, and demographic—also played a significant role. No longer confined to the outer fringes of global finance, Islamic finance has also gone mainstream. Most major financial institutions are now involved in one way or another in Islamic finance, as are global consulting, accounting, and information companies. Within the Islamic world, Islamic financial institutions have become major economic players.


Author(s):  
O.V. Timofeeva

The article attempts to trace the impact that the "women's strike" had on the positions of forces in the issue of abortion in modern Poland. The author draws attention to the reaction to the Constitutional Court of Poland and its changes over the past period. The author discovers that only political parties that do not play a significant role in political life are willing to support the protesters on the women's agenda, and that a significant opposition party, as a result of the tightening of the abortion legislation, is coming to an understanding of the need to revise its program in relation to abortion.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-208
Author(s):  
Lana Askari

This article focuses on how Kurdish returnees experience the process of returning “home”, how they imagine and (re) negotiate their future, through the discussion of my documentary film, Haraka Baraka: Movement is a Blessing, which tells the story of my parents’ return to Iraqi Kurdistan after living in the Netherlands for more than 20 years.  While over the past decade, the Kurdistan Region has developed into a safe-haven situated within a conflict-laden area, the recent tension around the Islamic State’s (IS) expansion has changed the social and political landscape significantly in the Middle East, leading to new considerations for potential returnees. Based on the fieldwork I conducted through filming my own family during their return journey, I argue that using visual anthropological tools can open a window onto diasporic movements and illuminate social life in times of crisis by challenging the representation of Kurdish migrants and addressing the impact of uncertainty in their lives. Keywords: Kurdish diaspora; social navigation; visual Anthropology.Filmandina malbatê û behsa vegerê di çêkirina Haraka Baraka: Movement is a Blessing de Babeta vê nivîsarê Kurdên vegerayî û serhatiya wan di pêvajoya vegera bo ‘malê’ da ye. Nivîsar bala xwe dide wê yekê ka vegerayî bi çi rengî paşeroja xwe xeyal û ji nû ve guftûgo dikin. Ev mijar bi rêka filma min a belgeyî ya bi navê Haraka Baraka: Movement is a Blessing tê nîqaş kirin, ku çîroka vegera dê û bavên min bo Kurdistana Iraqê ya piştî pitir ji 20 salên jîna li Holendayê vedibêje. Di demekê de ku Herêma Kurdistanê di nav deh salên borî de bûye stargeheke ewle li devereke pir bi şer û pevçûn, kêşe û nerihetiyên vê dawiyê yên ji ber mezinbûna DAEŞê, dîmenê civakî û sîyasî yê li Rojhilata Navîn gelek guhartiye, ku bi vê yekê re hizr û fikarên nû xistine ber wan Kurdên ku niyeta wan a vegerê heye. Li ser bingehê xebata meydanî, ya ku min di qonaxa filmandina rêvingiya malbata xwe ya vegerê da encam da, ez îdia dikim ku bikaranîna amûrên antropolojîk ên dîtinî (vîzuel) dikare pencereyeke nû veke bi ser hereketên diyasporayê de û ronahiyê bixe ser jiyana civakî di demên qeyranê de, ku ji bo çespandina vê yekê ez li dijî temsîlên serdest ên koçberên kurd radibim û her wiha karîgeriya guman û nediyariyê ya li ser jiyana wan nîqaş dikim. فیلم گرتن له‌ بنە ماڵە و باس کردن لە گە ڕانەوە لە کاتی دە رهێنانی "حە‌رە کە بەرەکە:جووڵانەوە خێروبه‌ره‌كه‌ته"‌(Haraka Baraka: Movement is a Blessing) ئە م وتاره، بە یارمەتی باسكردن له بەڵگە فیلمەکەم، "حەرەکە بەرەکە: جووڵانەوە خێروبهرهكهته"، کە چیرۆکی گەڕانەوەی دایکوبابم بۆ کوردستانی ئێراق پاشی بیست ساڵ ژیان لە وڵاتی هۆڵەند دەگێڕێتەوە، تیشک دەخاتە سەر ئەو بابەتە کە ئهو کوردانهی دهگەڕێنهوه بۆ وڵات چۆن پڕۆسەی گەڕانەوە بۆ "ماڵەوە" ئەزموون دەکەن و، چۆنی داهاتووی خۆیان دەهێننە بەر چاو ودهیخهنه بهر لێوردبوونهوه و پێداچوونهوه. لە ماوەی دە ساڵی ڕابردوودا، هەرێمی کوردستان گەشەی سەندووە و بووە بە حەشارگەیەکی بێمەترسیی لە ناودڵی ناوچەیەکی لێوانلێو لە ململانێ و بەیەکداداندا، بهڵام، ئەو شڵەژانەی ئەم دواییانە، لە ئاکامی پەرە سەندنی دەوڵەتی ئیسلامیی(داعش)، بە شێوەیەکی گرینگ دیمەنی کۆمەڵایەتیی وسیاسیی ڕۆژهەڵاتی ناڤینی گۆڕیوە. هەربەم هۆیەوە، ئهوانهی كه تهمای گهڕانهوهیان ههیه دهستیان كردووه به لێوردبوونهوهیهكی نوێ له تهماكهیان.. لە سەر بنەمای ئەم کارە مەیدانییەی کە لە ڕێگەی فیلمگرتن لە بنەماڵەکەی خۆم، لە جەنگەی سەفەری گەڕانەوەیاندا، کردووە، وای بۆ دەچم کە بە کارهێنانی ئامرازگەلی مرۆڤناسانەی دیتنی (visual anthropological tools) دەتوانێت لە ڕێگەی بهرهوڕووبوونهوه له گهڵ شێوهی نواندنی کۆچبەرانی کورد وئاماژە پێدان بە بێتهكلیفی و سهرگهردانی له ژیانیان دا، پهنجهرهیهك  بەرەوڕووی جووڵانهوهی تاراوگەنشینیی بکاتەوە و ژیانی کۆمەڵایەتیی لە کاتی قەیرانەکاندا ڕووناک بكاتهوه.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Ashraf Elsafty ◽  
Mohammad Ragheb

HRM has a significant role in motivating the employees and ensuring that every employee is satisfied with the HR practices. Healthcare providers have been facing stress and depression especially in Egypt, due to COVID-19. In this country, the healthcare providers are looking for alternatives to achieve satisfaction as COVID-19 has affected their jobs, salaries, incentives, and bonuses. The past studies have focused on assessing the HRM’s role in employee retention and satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt. The past research discussed the impact of motivation, incentives, and rewards on the employees’ motivation. This study focused on evaluating the role of HRM towards the healthcare providers' retention during COVID-19 in Egypt. This study relied on the quantitative approach for achieving the findings and conclusion. The sample size of the study involved 120 healthcare providers working in different hospitals. The results revealed that intrinsic motivation, rewards, incentives, monetary benefits, and non-monetary benefits have an essential role in maintaining the healthcare providers during COVID-19. It is concluded that HR can play a significant role in retaining key healthcare providers in COVID-19. The elements including intrinsic motivation, incentives, non-monetary, and monetary benefits can play a significant part in retaining healthcare providers. HR departments should focus on releasing salaries on time, providing specific bonuses, and providing incentives to healthcare providers whenever they perform at their best level.


Daedalus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 148 (4) ◽  
pp. 108-137
Author(s):  
Daniel I. Greenstein

This essay looks at how different sectors of U.S. higher education are funded, the students they serve, and the outcomes they deliver for those students. It raises serious policy questions about whether the distribution of public funds across this highly segmented industry both reflects and contributes to growing inequality in this country. It also asks whether recent trends in educational innovation and the impact of technology innovation in higher education will exacerbate or ameliorate that inequality. While the evidence is disturbing, the essay concludes optimistically. The past, it suggests, need not be prologue in higher education. The path forward for our industry, while highly constrained, can as yet be shaped through thoughtful, conscious, and analytically driven choices at individual, institutional, and state and federal policy levels.


Author(s):  
Judith Parker

While the idea of organizational culture and organizational learning have emerged and developed over the past decades, views of leadership have changed significantly as well. In addition to the already complex connection between these ideas, they have all been influenced by emerging technologies. This chapter will investigate and provide examples of these individual ideas, their intersections and the impact of technology on their past and future.


2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivien Ellen Rose ◽  
Julie Corley

A review of Not for Ourselves Alone, a historical documentary film by Ken Burns about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony's leadership of the nineteenthcentury women's rights movement, indicates serious concerns about the impact of historical documentary filmmaking on public understanding of the past. New ways to engage the public in the process of historical analysis and understanding are suggested.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duško Pavlović ◽  
Božica Radoš

AbstractInternational trade implies transport of specific quantity of goods to (frequently) large distances, the success of which depends on the safety and speed of delivery. These are greatly conditioned by the quality of means of transport and infrastructure. This is why international trade development is affected by transport, and the development of means of transport and infrastructure is, to a great extent, influenced by demand for international delivery of various commodities. This paper looks at the interdependence of international trade and transport, showing how transport played a very significant role in international trade development in the past as it does today, commensurate to the role of international trade in the development of carriers and transport infrastructure.


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