scholarly journals Private Archives in South Africa: Their Protection and Access with Particular Reference to the now Defunct Lutheran Theological Institute Library and Archives

Atlanti ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
Francis Garaba
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Enabling Environment ◽  
The Status ◽  
Subsequent Loss ◽  
The Law ◽  
Public Archives ◽  
Insight Into

This treatise is a case study that provides an insight into the status of private archives in South Africa with regards to their protection and access provisions. The paper is based on the author’s experiences as a manuscript librarian at the now defunct Lutheran Theological Institute (LTI) Library and Archives and research on faith-based archives which this institution was endowed with. The thesis of this paper is that records and archives legislation in South Africa as far as it applies to private archives is lethargic and not comprehensive enough to provide an enabling environment for their stewardship which is leading to loss of documentary heritage. The demise of this institution and the subsequent loss of the collection is testimony. In consequence, faith based collections (religious archives) need to be legislated like their counterparts public archives for protection and access in terms of the law.

scholarly journals The International Information Consultant: A Primer on Avoiding Potholes, Perils, and Pitfalls

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-240
Author(s):  
Catherine Lemmer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
The Law ◽  
Problem Solvers ◽  
Law Library

Consultants are retained to assist libraries in identifying, designing, and implementing solutions to a wide variety of strategic, management, operational, and human resources issues. The goal of the library-consultant relationship is to improve the operations of the organization. Although often unrecognized as such, law librarians are natural consultants. Librarians are problem solvers, and as such develop and use many of the same skills as consultants in their everyday roles in the law library.For those versatile librarians skilled in change management and interested in pursuing these challenging professional opportunities, this article discusses best practices for library consultants and provides advice on how to avoid pitfalls in the context of an international case study. Part I of the article provides an introduction to professional consulting. Part II discusses the author's case study, a six-month fellowship with the Legal Resources Centre of South Africa. Part III then concludes the article with an articulation of the skills and talents exhibited by successful consultants to enable interested readers to better understand if consulting is an opportunity matched to their professional interests and skills.

scholarly journals Battlefields Tourism: The status of heritage tourism in Dundee, South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (26) ◽  
pp. 121-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clinton David van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mining Town ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Status ◽  
Local Residents

Abstract Heritage tourism is a significant contemporary facet of tourism in many developing countries. This paper analyses the economic opportunities for battlefield- heritage tourism in South Africa by examining the battlefields route within KwaZulu-Natal. Through structured interviews with stakeholders and structured questionnaires with visitors and local residents, this research explores the understanding of heritage tourism as well as perceptions of its influence on the physical landscape and gauges the importance of this form of tourism as a driver for local economic development in South Africa. Dundee, a small coal-mining town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - where several battlefields are found, is used as a case study. The study demonstrates that several issues need to be addressed if this niche of cultural and heritage tourism is to be a sustainable and responsible form of tourism in South Africa.

scholarly journals Tax Debt in the Bankruptcy Dispute: Industries Badja Garuda Inc. v.s. Tax Office of Medan Belawan

Rechtsidee ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rilda Murniati ◽  
Richmond Cosmas Tobias
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Court Decision ◽  
District Court ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law ◽  
Study Type

The biggest problem for the debtor who is the business actor is his inability to repay the loan to the creditors in case the business activities have problems. The inability to pay may result in the debtor being petitioned for bankruptcy by the creditor or the debtor himself. Curator as the party who performs the management and the settlement of all debtor debts is obliged to make a bill list based on the nature and rights of the bills of creditors as stipulated in Act Number 37 Year 2004 on Bankruptcy and Suspension of Obligation for Payment of Debts (the Law 37/2004). The problem that occurred in the case of Bankruptcy of Industries Badja Garuda Inc. (IBG Inc.) that the Tax Office of Medan Belawan (Tax Office) made a legal effort against the list of tax bills made by the curator of IBG Inc. which set Tax Office as the concurrent creditor through renvoi procedures to the Court Commerce so that the Tax Office loses its precedent over tax debt as stipulated in the Law of Commercial Court refuses the request so that the cassation law is also applied to the Supreme Court which in its decision strengthen the decision of the District Court. For that reason, there is a review effort but the Supreme Court in its sentence Number 45 PK/Pdt.Sus/Pailit/2016 still reinforces the previous verdict. This research is normative research with descriptive type and problem approach applied is normative applied with case study type of court decision. The result of the research indicates that the Tax Office has lost its predecessor right as regulated in Article 21 Paragraph (4) in Act Number 16 Year 2009 regarding General Provisions and Tax Procedures (the Law 16/2009) on the status of tax debt of IBG Inc.

Who Delivers Sport Psychology Services? Examining the Field Reality in Europe

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Sanchez ◽  
Philippe Godin ◽  
Fabrice De Zanet
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Present Survey ◽  
The Status ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Applied Sport Psychology

The goal of this investigation was to gain insight into the status of applied sport psychology in Europe, using the French-speaking part of Belgium as a case study. In contrast to previous studies, which have only focused on official scientific membership lists, the present survey examined the delivery of sport psychology services independent of practitioners’ educational background, membership, level of certification, and/or the topics addressed within their practice. Results revealed that degree-holding psychologists and people without any credentials coexist. Practitioners highlighted the need for informing the world of sport about applied sport psychology, developing specific training programs in sport psychology, and certifying people working as sport psychologists. Similar research across Europe, considering any professional delivering sport psychology services, is necessary to develop a more comprehensive picture of the subject.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Kemeny
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Moral Reform ◽  
Historical Case Study ◽  
Cultural Hegemony ◽  
Reform Movements ◽  
Historical Case ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
The Status

The chapter explains the historical significance of the New England Watch and Ward Society, develops the book’s thesis, and situates the work within the contemporary historiography of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century moral reform movements. Scholarly studies of Protestant moral reform in this era typically either employ a Whiggish view of history that highlights how the enlightened forces of progress inexorably overcame moral repression or use some version of the status anxiety theory that overlooks human agency. This work, by contrast, provides a historical case study of a faith-based, voluntary moral reform organization during the transition in American culture from “pluralism as toleration” to “pluralism as inclusion.” It explains how and why the Protestant establishment exercised cultural hegemony over several different areas of culture, especially print culture, as well as how and why it lost control over these particular areas of American public life.

The native American graves protection and repatriation act in its first decade

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAR Nafziger ◽  
RJ Dobkins
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Courts ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Cultural Patrimony ◽  
Cultural Affiliation ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law

The global effort to protect indigenous heritage relies on national legislation. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of the United States provides one model for accomplishing a broad agenda of protective measures. NAGPRA confirms indigenous ownership of cultural items excavated or discovered on federal and tribal lands, criminalizes trafficking in indigenous human remains and cultural items, and establishes a process of repatriation of material to native groups. In implementing the law, questions related to cultural affiliation, culturally unidentifiable material, the status of native groups not recognized by the federal government, and the scope of a group's cultural patrimony have been particularly troublesome. A case study of the repatriation process highlights issues in implementing NAGPRA and benefits in fostering consultation and collaboration among native groups, museums, and federal agencies. Finally, the article considers the controversies that have come before a statutory review committee and the federal courts during NAGPRA's first decade. This experience demonstrates the limitations of formal dispute resolution as a means of developing and implementing the law.

scholarly journals Even well-studied groups of alien species might be poorly inventoried: Australian Acacia species in South Africa as a case study

NeoBiota ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nkoliso Magona ◽  
David M. Richardson ◽  
Johannes J. Le Roux ◽  
Suzaan Kritzinger-Klopper ◽  
John R. U. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Tree Invasions ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Voucher Specimen ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
The Status

Understanding the status and extent of spread of alien plants is crucial for effective management. We explore this issue using Australian Acacia species (wattles) in South Africa (a global hotspot for wattle introductions and tree invasions). The last detailed inventory of wattles in South Africa was based on data collated forty years ago. This paper aimed to determine: 1) how many Australian Acacia species have been introduced to South Africa; 2) which species are still present; and 3) the status of naturalised taxa that might be viable targets for eradication. All herbaria in South Africa with specimens of introduced Australian Acacia species were visited and locality records were compared with records from literature sources, various databases, and expert knowledge. For taxa not already known to be widespread invaders, field surveys were conducted to determine whether plants are still present, and detailed surveys were undertaken of all naturalised populations. To confirm the putative identities of the naturalised taxa, we also sequenced one nuclear and one chloroplast gene. We found evidence that 141 Australian Acacia species have been introduced to South Africa (approximately double the estimate from previous work), but we could only confirm the current presence of 33 species. Fifteen wattle species are invasive (13 are in category E and two in category D2 in the Unified Framework for Biological Invasions); five have naturalised (C3); and 13 are present but there was no evidence that they had produced reproductive offspring (B2 or C1). DNA barcoding provided strong support for only 23 taxa (including two species not previously recorded from South Africa), the current name ascribed was not supported for three species and, for a further three species, there was no voucher specimen on GenBank against which their identity could be checked. Given the omissions and errors found during this systematic re-evaluation of historical records, it is clear that analyses of the type conducted here are crucial if the status of even well-studied groups of alien taxa is to be accurately determined.

scholarly journals Gastronomy, Tourism, and the Soft Power of Malaysia

SAGE Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401880921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanafi Hussin
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Enabling Environment ◽  
Environment Recognition ◽  
Insight Into

This review article examines the link between tourism and soft power in view of five (four proposed by Ooi) interlinked ways (approaches). It also looks whether Malaysia (as a case study) by using the soft power approaches has achieved the desired outcomes or not. The article found that Ooi’s approach is adequate to analyze a country’s tourism policy, strategies, tourists’ perceptions, and the outcomes of tourism. However, it has ignored the independent role of gastronomy, the business-enabling environment, recognition of the cultural and natural sites as world heritage, and methodological approach to address negative stereotypes against other nationalities. The article also maintains that Malaysia has efficiently used the soft power approach and maximally received benefits from it without the use of coercive powers. This research offers insight into different power tools applied in a variety of contexts which shape the image of the country.

Temporary migrants as an uneasy presence in immigrant societies: Reflections on ambivalence in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 91-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Tazreiter
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
The Status ◽  
Temporary Migrants ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

This article explores the status of temporariness in international migration. The focus is on the impact of temporary status on migrants’ actions, behavior, and emotional responses to the daily circumstances in negotiating everyday life. Ambivalence is evaluated as an explanatory category that allows particular insight into strategies of resistance used by temporary migrants as they navigate a host society besides maintaining connections with home. Original data obtained from in-depth interviews with Indonesian migrant workers and students undertaking temporary migration projects in Australia is discussed. The case study explored in this article identifies some of the core problems temporary migrants face as encapsulated by a deficit of rights and protections that, at the same time, are expected by members of liberal states. Temporary status turns migrants into nomadic global laborers. The article argues that actions and responses that appear to be ambivalent are far from irrational, hasty, or disloyal. Rather, migrants’ decision-making in response to the uncertain and shifting economic and sociocultural environments that they enter often comprises subtle calibrations and switching actions, observable as ambivalence, in adjusting to the unanticipated demands of a new society.

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