scholarly journals Fostering Respectful and Productive Conversations: Lessons Learned From Debating Courtyards in Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lodoe Sangpo ◽  
Manan Dhuldhoya ◽  
Niyati Dhuldhoya ◽  
Brian G Dias
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Tibetan Buddhist ◽  
Buddhist Monk ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
The Media ◽  
Monastic Communities ◽  
Modes Of Interaction

A suspicion for perspectives that differ from one’s own is not new to human interactions. What is new, however, is the disregard and the resultant disrespect that colours mainstream discourse across the globe today, whether in the media or in person. This creates barriers to healthy interaction and hence to learning from collaboration. Our team comprises a Tibetan Buddhist monk, a writer, an editor, and a neuroscientist, and we hope this paper, guided and crafted by a regard for the diversity of our experiences across two continents, can demonstrate how respectful and productive conversations can be achieved. We begin by stating the need for forms of communication that are very different from prevailing modes of interaction. We then examine the mechanics of debate that form the foundations of communication and learning in Buddhist monastic communities and discuss how this form of debate can help us arrive at harmonious interactions. Finally, we propose a format for respectfully initiating, maintaining, and ending conversations that take place anywhere from the classroom to the boardroom and newsroom.

scholarly journals Building resilience in the war zone against hidden injury

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cait McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
War Zone ◽  
Building Resilience ◽  
Psychological Impacts ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Professional ◽  
Personal Skills

Commentary: Psychological impacts of covering trauma such as war, or indeed any disaster with loss of life and tragedy, have the capacity to challenge the media professional to develop professional and personal skills.  ‘Lessons learned’ from experience will enhance capacity considerably; however there are also the potential negative effects that can cause harm to some.  These effects are rarely spoken about in the newsroom, nor are they generally included in any useable detail when journalists undergo hazardous environment training.

The Sweetened Beverage Tax in Cook County, Illinois: Lessons From a Failed Effort

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (7) ◽  
pp. 1009-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie F. Chriqui ◽  
Christina N. Sansone ◽  
Lisa M. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
News Media ◽  
Discussion Group ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Cook County ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Sweetened Beverage ◽  
The Media ◽  
Group Interviews

Objectives. To describe the public health and policy lessons learned from the failure of the Cook County, Illinois, Sweetened Beverage Tax (SBT). Methods. This retrospective, mixed-methods, qualitative study involved key informant (KI) and discussion group interviews and document analysis including news media, court documents, testimony, letters, and press releases. Two coders used Atlas.ti v.8A to analyze 321 documents (from September 2016 through December 2017) and 6 KI and discussion group transcripts (from December 2017 through August 2018). Results. Key lessons were (1) the SBT process needed to be treated as a political campaign, (2) there was inconsistent messaging regarding the tax purpose (i.e., revenue vs public health), (3) it was important to understand the local context and constraints, (4) there was implementation confusion, and (5) the media influenced an antitax backlash. Conclusions. The experience with the implementation and repeal of the Cook County SBT provides important lessons for future beverage tax efforts. Public Health Implications. Beverage taxation efforts need to be treated as political campaigns requiring strong coalitions, clear messaging, substantial resources, and work within the local context.

scholarly journals The science of sensual pleasure according to a Buddhist monk: Ju Mipam's contribution to kāmaśāstra literature in Tibet

2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-337
Author(s):  
Sarah H. Jacoby
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Tibetan Buddhist ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Indian Science ◽  
Buddhist Monk ◽  
Sensual Pleasure ◽  
Literary Output

AbstractOf all the myriad aspects of Indian learning to be incorporated into Tibetan Buddhist scholarship, one of the least likely would seem to be the Indian science of sensual pleasure, kāmaśāstra. Even so, we do find traces of Sanskrit kāmaśāstra transposed into Tibetan Buddhist idiom. The most innovative example is the Treatise on Passion (’Dod pa'i bstan bcos) written by Ju Mipam Jamyang Namgyel Gyatso (1846–1912). This article investigates the reasons why the polymath monastic scholar Ju Mipam included kāmaśāstra in his expansive literary output, as well as his sources and influences for doing so. It argues that Mipam's work builds on an intertextuality already apparent in late medieval Sanskrit tantric and kāmaśāstric works, but one that took on new importance in the context of the non-biased outlook (Tib. ris med) that characterized Ju Mipam's nineteenth-century eastern Tibetan milieu.

scholarly journals Value of Face-to-Face Interactions Between Clinician-Educators and Patients or Students to Improve Health Care Education (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manisha Singh
Keyword(s):  
Physical Interaction ◽  
Health Care Education ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Clinician Educators ◽  
Online Classrooms ◽  
The Media ◽  
Physician Patient ◽  
The Impact

UNSTRUCTURED The power and outreach of the media is enormous and has restructured our society today; the author acknowledges the impact and appreciates the outreach. However, I question the relative lack of focus on physical human interactions and express concern over future training efforts. I have compared and attempted to highlight the components of two interaction scenarios: those of teacher-student, and those of physician-patient. The physician-educators need to generate a discussion regarding the value of each interaction. As a teacher, there is value in online classrooms, and a different value in face-to-face interactions. Similarly, a physician can have major outreach impact by online tele-medicine and tele-education efforts, but in some instances, may need to have the human, physical interaction with the patient. The value of these interactions depends on the roles in which these interactions are experienced. Medical education training must incorporate an understanding of the unique value of different interactions.

scholarly journals Genre in media production

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (51) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Bruun
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Media Production ◽  
Structural Forces ◽  
Production Study ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Texts ◽  
Cognitive Understanding

<p>How do we explain changes in media genres? Are they the result of economic, technological or other kinds of structural forces; or are they the result of the change-producing agency of the media producers? And how are changes in media texts connected to contextual conditions for media production on micro-, meso- or macro levels? This article suggests that a theoretical approach using a pragmatic and socio-cognitive understanding of genre will help us to address these questions. This approach can highlight the interplay between human agency and different kinds of structural forces involved in specific professional media production cultures. Furthermore, it has the potential to integrate media texts and especially the micro- and meso levels of production. Using lessons learned and findings from my recent production study of Danish television satire, the article will argue three major methodological as well as knowledge-producing advantages of a genre approach.</p>

scholarly journals Nursing Voices during COVID-19: An Analysis of Canadian Media Coverage

Aporia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-113
Author(s):  
Marilou Gagnon ◽  
Amélie Perron
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Media

While it is generally recognized that nurses and nursing issues are underrepresented in the media, the contrary is also true during major public health care crises like Ebola and SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). We see this phenomenon unfolding in the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic with nurses and nursing issues receiving extensive media coverage in Canada and internationally. To gain more insights into this media coverage, we analyzed the content of Canadian news stories published in both English and French during the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents the findings of our analysis and identifies important lessons learned. We believe that our findings serve as an important starting point for understanding nurses’ agency and the media savviness they displayed during the first months of the pandemic.

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