scholarly journals Ageing across Space and Time: Exploring Concepts of Ageing and Identity in the Female Ensemble Dramas Tenko and Call the Midwife

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ros Jennings
Keyword(s):  
British Politics ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Gendered Identities ◽  
Women's Identity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

This article focuses on two female ensemble dramas Tenko (BBC/Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1981–5) and Call the Midwife (BBC, 2012–) and uses an ageing studies lens to explore the way that the ensemble format provides a particularly rich insight into the relationship between women, ageing and understandings of women's identity over time. The two dramas provide complex and evocative links between the spaces and times of British politics, culture and society in different historical periods enabling a highly nuanced engagement with the ideological constructions of concepts of age and women's gendered identities.

Aligning Adaptation Studies with Translation Studies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Raw
Keyword(s):  
Translation Studies ◽  
Ecological Models ◽  
Adaptation Studies ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Creative Workers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

The relationship between translation and adaptation has remained problematic despite the appearance of two books on the subject. The difficulty lies in understanding how both terms are culturally constructed and change over space and time. Chapter 28 suggests that there is no absolute distinction between the two; to look at the relationship between translation and adaptation requires us to study cultural policies and the way creative workers respond to them, and to understand how readers over time have reinterpreted the two terms. The essay considers the lessons ecological models of learning in collaborative micro-cultures have to offer adaptation scholars and translation scholars alike.

The Moral World

2020 ◽  
pp. 228-240
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Insole
Keyword(s):  
Highest Good ◽  
Concept Of God ◽  
The Third ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Third Phase ◽  
Moral World ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

This chapter shows how central it is, for Kant, that the concept of God only comes downstream from, and after, the possibility of belief in the ‘moral world’. This moral world is the realm of freedom, wherein autonomy is possible. Only if (deterministic) space and time do not go ‘all the way down’, are freedom, and autonomy, possible. If space and time are ‘things-in-themselves’, Kant asserts, ‘then freedom cannot be saved’ (A536/B564). Only if there is a dimension of reality beyond mechanism, is end-setting, and so autonomy, and the highest good possible. Not even God could achieve the highest good in a universe without end-setting, and without freedom, because this universe would be a sort of ‘desert’ with no ‘inner value’. The sequence of thought we find, both in the second Critique, and in other texts is this: first of all, Kant identifies a need for happiness in proportion to virtue; then Kant identifies the obstacle to the realization of such happiness, which is the mechanistic and deterministic structure of nature; and then Kant moves to the solution, which involves leaning into the realm of freedom, which realm includes God. The significance of the third phase in the progression of thought (the realm of freedom) has not been sufficiently considered, it is argued, when considering the Kant’s ‘moral proof’, and the relationship, for Kant, between morality, the highest good, and God.

scholarly journals Crafting the microworld: how Robert Hooke constructed knowledge about small things

2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Robert Hooke ◽  
Craft Knowledge ◽  
Small Things ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Way

This paper investigates the way in which Robert Hooke constructed his microscopical observations. His Micrographia is justifiably famous for its detailed engravings, which communicated Hooke's observations of tiny nature to his readers, but less attention has been paid to how he went about making the observations themselves. In this paper I explore the relationship between the materiality of his instrument and the epistemic images he produced. Behind the pictures lies an array of hidden materials, and the craft knowledge it took to manipulate them. By investigating the often counter-theoretical and conflicting practices of his ingenious microscope use, I demonstrate the way in which Hooke crafted the microworld for his readers, giving insight into how early modern microscopy was understood by its practitioners and audience.

scholarly journals Otherness and identity in Tabu from Miguel Gomes

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 331-350
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina Pereira
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Multimodal Analysis ◽  
Racial Representations ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
War For Independence ◽  
Portuguese Society ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

Portuguese national identity has been constructed over time, across various media, including the cinema, in contrast to the identity of an African “other”, who is simultaneously close and distant, an heir and a challenger, an object of seduction and repulsion. These dualities are reflected in Miguel Gomes’ Tabu (2012), which reifies and questions various representations. It is a post-colonial film which reflects about the way how stereotypes and social and “racial” representations created during colonialism have repercussions on present-day Portuguese society. The film offers a critical vision of a certain Portuguese elite in Africa and the manner in which this elite experienced the War for Independence, confronting this period in Portuguese history with the present day.The director’s filmic discourse is analysed using a multimodal semiotic approach: an analysis of Tabu, taking into account the processes of categorisation, either in terms of inclusion or exclusion. The texts present a dialogic interpretation of semiotic resources, such as rhythm, composition, informal linking and dialogues. The goal of this multimodal analysis is to understand the representation of the African “other” in the film and how Portuguese identity is constructed in the relationship to this other.

Identity

2018 ◽  
pp. 288-316
Author(s):  
Vivian L. Vignoles
Keyword(s):  
Social Processes ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Over Time

Identity refers to how people answer the question, “Who are you?” This question may be posed and answered explicitly or implicitly, at a personal or a collective level, to others or to oneself. Perspectives on identity tend to emphasize either personal or social contents and either personal or social processes. This chapter outlines key parameters for an integrative understanding of identity, arguing that identities are inescapably both personal and social, in their content and in the processes by which they are formed, maintained, and changed over time. Drawing on perspectives from psychology and neighboring disciplines, it examines the extensive and interconnected nature of identity content and the confluence of sociocultural, relational, and individual processes by which identities are formed, maintained, and change over time. The simultaneously personal and social nature of identity gives the construct its greatest theoretical potential: to provide insight into the relationship between the individual and society.

An Insight into the global ‘spreading’ of a disease amid an epidemic with ‘mutation’ and ‘prevention’ parameters

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deep Bhattacharjee
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Calculation ◽  
Exponential Growth ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Probability Functions ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Over Time

We are all connected globally. Communication, transportation and convenience have made the notion of distance very small irrespective of large barriers through space and time. However, the time has come for the humans to realize the ‘pitfall’ of this global connectedness as this opens a doorway paving the humans vulnerable to a lot of deadly diseases some of which can be triggered into a new human by just a tiny touch or physical contact. Humans should be aware of this connectedness as because it is this connectedness which can ensure the spreading of deadly diseases unbounded. Irrespective of checking every means of physical communications, it has been found that its quite difficult to control the spreading of diseases globally and this results in an epidemic with uncontrolled deaths and sickness. In this paper what exactly I have been trying to show is that, a simple numerical calculation yields the spread and flow of diseases as well as a means of control of the same if can be implemented correctly. However, I’m saying that this is not totally accurate but accurate to some extent which is within the boundary of implementation of human beings. Therefore, the main objective of this paper lies in a mere mathematical extent of the physical world of the spreading of diseases showing how a ‘non-exponential growth’ can lead to ‘exponential growth’ which again subsides to ‘non-exponential growths’ in a particular duration of time. The prevention parameters have also been computed mathematically at the end. Amid an outbreak, it has been the ability of a virus to mutate over time by resisting against the known medicines and immunities. Therefore, the virus can jump from ‘one level’ to a ‘higher level’, if the epidemic lasts for long. Therefore, in case of mutation, there are probabilities or ‘more probabilities’ of the virus getting stronger in time, however we can’t ignore the idea of 2 similar probabilities that the virus can ‘either remain in a same state or level, or may become weaker’ in time. This needs to be addressed while writing a paper about ‘an outbreak amid an epidemic and its parameters for precautions’ and this will be reflected in this paper as a probability functions.

scholarly journals Co-researchers in motion: a journey of evolving relationships. A critical reflection on the co-operation between two older adults and a nurse researcher

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Jan S. Jukema ◽  
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Jacqueline van Alphen ◽  
Jopie Jorritsma ◽  
Miranda Snoeren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Dynamic Search ◽  
Critical Understanding ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Over Time

Background: There is a growing amount of research in which older adults contribute as co-researchers. The quality of this research depends, among other factors, on the nature of relationships between professional researchers and co-researchers. Reflections on these relationships can offer structured insight into this form of research. Aim: Our reflection on the co-operation between two older adults and a nurse researcher aims to share the lessons learned based on a critical understanding of our journey. Our main questions are: 1. How has the relationship developed over time, including in terms of mutuality and equality? 2. Which moments have been decisive in this development? Conclusion: We regard our co-operative relationship as a ‘dynamic search’. The meaning of mutuality and equality may change over time and so enrich the relationships. There is a need for further understanding into how these values can be nurtured in different configurations of researchers and co-researchers. Implications for practice: Evolving relations can be nurtured through deliberative sharing of the perceptions, expectations and experiences of the researchers and co-researchers Combining a formal working atmosphere with informal moments helps the research team respond to the individual needs of its members To enhance equality and mutuality, it is important to appreciate and value everyone’s contribution rather than concentrating on ‘what ’or ‘how ’individuals contribute

Letters from Stanislas Aignan Julien (1797–1873) to Baron Paul Ludwig von Canstadt (1786–1837)

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-135
Author(s):  
Hartmut Walravens
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Rare Books ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Way

Julien was one of the outstanding Sinologists while Schilling von Canstadt is known as an inventor, as an Orientalist, a printer, and a bibliophile. The latter assembled a great many rare books in Chinese, Manchu, Mongol and Tibetan which later enriched the collections of the Russian Academy of Sciences. As a printer he mastered the intricacies of handling Oriental scripts by means of lithography and paved the way for cost effective and aesthetically satisfactory Oriental printing in Europe. The following letters, so far unpublished, give an insight into the relationship of the two scholars.

Elton Mayo, muilezels en de ontdekking van de sociale ruimte

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurens A. ten Horn
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Textile Mill ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Elton Mayo ◽  
The Way

Elton Mayo, mules and the discovery of 'social space' Elton Mayo, mules and the discovery of 'social space' L.A. ten Horn, Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 22, March 2009, nr. 1, pp. 41-49 The Human Relations movement has fundamentally altered the way we look at the relationship between work and the individual. This shift is traced using publications by Elton Mayo. Over a period of more than twenty years he reported several times on the same research project done in the spinning department of a textile mill in 1923/1924. Both his description and his interpretation changed dramatically between publications from 1924 to 1945. The changes were caused by and ran parallel to the Hawthorne studies in which he was deeply involved. The comparison of publications illustrates how fundamental and incisive this change in thinking was and how difficult it was to make the mental shift necessary. In addition, it questions the extent to which the development of knowledge over time is the result of strict rationality.

Do we look at a threatening person’s face? The relationship between perception and observation of walking strangers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liam Satchell ◽  
Jess Hall ◽  
Alex Lee Jones
Keyword(s):  
Person Perception ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Moving Stimuli ◽  
Target Individual ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Full Body ◽  
The Way

Person perception research predominantly focuses on faces as stimuli, and less attention is paid to full body, moving, stimuli and how our perceptions of that person might affect the way we observe unknown people. Here, we present two studies and register a third. In Study One, 27 raters observed 12 videos of female targets walking towards camera for 10 seconds and rated how ‘threatening’, ‘attractive’ and ‘masculine’ the target individual was. In Study Two, 30 raters observed 22 male and female targets in the same format with the same ratings. The observation of the targets in both studies was recorded on an eyetracker and the percentage of each second spent watching the head, trunk, and legs was recorded. In both studies time spent observing the targets’ head decreased over time. In Study One perception ratings affected time spent observing the head and ratings interacted with change in observation over time. In Study Two no effects were found. Given these inconsistent findings and methodological differences between the studies, here we register a Study Three using two samples of 30 participants and Study Two’s methodology to attempt to support either of the previous studies.

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