scholarly journals A Survey of the Knowledge of Truffles among Polish Foresters and Implications for Environmental Education

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 365
Author(s):  
Dorota Hilszczańska ◽  
Aleksandra Rosa-Gruszecka ◽  
Bogusław Kosel ◽  
Jakub Horak ◽  
Marta Siebyła
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Forest Ecology ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Hypogeous Fungi ◽  
The Public ◽  
Age Cohorts ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ecology Education ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Tuber Spp

While the use of truffles in Poland has a long tradition, for historical reasons this knowledge was almost lost. Currently, truffles and truffle orchards are again receiving public attention. For example, the Polish State Forests supported the establishment of truffle orchards by the Forestry Research Institute. In recent years, knowledge concerning these unique hypogeous fungi has been disseminated systematically through scientific and popular publications, films, and electronic media. This study investigates the awareness of economically and culinary valued truffle fungi (Tuber spp.) among more than 1400 Polish foresters. The results show that 70% of interviewees were familiar with historical and contemporary information about growing and using truffles in Poland. Based on respondents’ age, education, type of work, and gender we attempted to identify whether these elements were associated with the state of knowledge about truffles. The results indicated that younger foresters were better informed about the presence of truffles in Poland and also about their use in the past in Polish cuisine. Environmental education was an important source of knowledge about truffle harvesting and the soils that are conducive to truffle development. Foresters who have provided forest ecology education and who are 36–65 years of age generally possessed better knowledge about truffles than other age cohorts. More than 30% of respondents expressed interest in educational courses to improve their knowledge of truffles. The results point to the need for forestry education concerning truffles and indicate the need for fostering sustainable agroforestry-centered initiatives disseminating this knowledge to the public.

Transgender and Nonbinary Gender Policy in the Public Sector

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Elias
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gender Policy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
Nonbinary Gender ◽  
And Gender

Our understanding and treatment of gender in the United States has evolved significantly over the past four decades. Transgender individuals in the current U.S. context enjoy more rights and protections than they have in the past; yet, room for progress remains. Moving beyond the traditional male–female binary, an unprecedented number of people now identify as transgender and nonbinary. Transgender identities are at the forefront of gender policy, prompting responses from public agencies at the local, state, and federal levels. Because transgender individuals face increased rates of discrimination, violence, and physical and mental health challenges, compared to their cisgender counterparts, new gender policy often affords legal protections as well as identity-affirming practices such as legal name and gender marker changes on government documents. These rights come from legal decisions, legislation, and administrative agency policies. Despite these victories, recent government action targeting the transgender population threatens the progress that has been made. This underscores the importance of comprehensive policies and education about transgender identities to protect the rights of transgender people.

Rising public piety and the status of women in Indonesia two decades after reformasi

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Dina Afrianty
Keyword(s):  
The Public ◽  
Gender Policy ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
The Past ◽  
Traditional Gender Roles ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Status Of Women

AbstractIndonesian women were at the forefront of activism during the turbulent period prior to reformasi and were a part of the leadership that demanded democratic change. Two decades after Indonesia embarked on democratic reforms, the country continues to face challenges on socio-religious and political fronts. Both the rise of political Islam and the increased presence of religion and faith in the public sphere are among the key features of Indonesia's consolidating democracy. This development has reinvigorated the discourse on citizenship and rights and also the historical debate over the relationship between religion and the state. Bearing this in mind, this paper looks at the narrative of women's rights and women's status in the public domain and public policy in Indonesia. It is evident, especially in the past decade, that much of the public conversation within the religious framework is increasingly centred on women's traditional social roles. This fact has motivated this study. Several norms and ideas that are relied on are based on cultural and faith-based interpretations - of gender. Therefore, this paper specifically examines examples of the ways in which social, legal, and political trends in this context affect progress with respect to gender equality and gender policy. I argue that these trends are attempts to subject women to conservative religious doctrines and to confine them to traditional gender roles. The article discusses how these developments should be seen in the context of the democratic transition in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Kildesikring og kaoskontroll – om bevaringsideologier og forvaltningsstrategier i en digital tidsalder

1970 ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Wenche Brun ◽  
Kristine Orestad Sørgaard
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Collection Management ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Improve Access

Norwegian museums have been the subject of a great deal of public attention in recent years. Unfortunately, this is not because of their interesting, compelling and thought-provoking exhibitions, but because of poor preservation practices and deteriorating collections. Previous reports have highlighted numerous failings in the management of these collections. A large portion of the collections has suffered through decades of poor storage. Some objects have even been damaged as a result of unacceptable storage conditions. Proper management of the collections has been hampered still further by the lack of common management systems. In the past ten to fifteen years, several projects have been launched in order to enhance collection management and to make the collections more accessible to the public. In this paper, we give a brief outline of the history of collections. We also provide a critical review of the projects and offer some suggestions as to what museums can do to further improve access to and the preservation of collections. 

Feminist archaeologies and gender studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Esther Fries ◽  
Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Social Rules ◽  
Gender Expectations ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Archaeology ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

This chapter discusses the influence of feminist theories on theory construction, self-conception, and the public perception of archaeology and its various sub-disciplines. The theoretical foundations of gender archaeology are also considered. As there are many feminist theories as well as archaeologies, the chapter also summarizes what can be described as broad sets of overlaps, and to an extent simplifies the variety of different points of view. Feminist criticism as well as new questions, models, and methods based on it reached archaeology in the 1980s, later than the other humanities. Initial efforts could be classified as women’s studies that mostly aimed to balance a male-biased view of the past by adding a female view to it. Since the 1990s, the term ‘gender’ with its various aspects is the focus of discussion. The number, convertibility, and history of genders are also important topics. In addition, feminist archaeology focuses on archaeology’s own institutions, their social rules, their language, and their image, which are also linked to the gender expectations of the surrounding society. These aspects are also connected to the way images of the past are presented to the public, and which effects they have on gender discourses.

“Feeling Tells Better Than Language”: Emotional Expression and Gender Hierarchy in the Sermons of Fethullah Gülen Hocaefendİ

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esra G. Özyürek
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Celebrity Status ◽  
Gender Hierarchy ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Vast Network ◽  
Political Figure ◽  
Better Than

Over the past two years, the televised sermons of Fethullah Hocaefendi have thrust him into the public limelight, lending his name celebrity status as a prominent religious-cum-political figure. His long standing influence as the leader of one of the most powerful Islamic communities in contemporary Turkey, Nur Cemaati, is now common public knowledge. Currently, this group owns one of the largest mass circulating newspapers (Zaman), a TV channel (Samanyolu) and a vast network of hundreds of educational institutions extending all the way from Turkey to Central Asia. The teachings of Fethullah Gülen Hoca are widely disseminated through books as well as cassette recordings of his sermons, readily available for sale on counters of commercial bookstores. For the “secularized” public however, Fethullah Hoca's renown extends beyond his religious-cum-political prominence. He is famous for the fact that he weeps ecstatically during his sermons, contrary to what is expected of a man in Turkey today.

Public Interest Environmental Groups in the United States and Britain

1979 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy O'Riordan
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Environmental Groups ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Pressure Groups ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Function ◽  
The Subject

In a democratic political system policymaking takes place as a consequence of the clash of competing interests promoted in part by pressure groups. In the past many pressure groups operated in the shadows between the spotlight of intense publicity and the dark spaces where decision-takers and their advisers are to be found. More recently, especially in the case of the “ cause ” groups that form the subject of this analysis, pressure groups are working more consciously in the public arena both to arouse support and to widen the general understanding of the causes they espouse. Broadly speaking the political function of a pressure group is to recognize and publicize deficiencies in governmental activity; to try to influence in their favour governmental decisions; to provide information about events or problems that otherwise might not be available for decision-takers to consider; and, in some instances, to focus public attention on and increase public understanding of particular issues of wide social and moral significance.

scholarly journals Las metodologías que desarrollan las mujeres bertsolaris en las bertso-eskolas. Aportaciones para la coeducación

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-82
Author(s):  
Gema Lasarte ◽  
Anabel Ugalde ◽  
Andrea Perales-Fernández-de-Gamboa ◽  
Pilar Aristizabal
Keyword(s):  
Discussion Groups ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Oral Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Do So

El bertsolarismo sincretiza aspectos tan divergentes entre sí como la literatura oral, la plaza, la lengua y el humor y surge con los y las bertsolaris. Pero al igual que sucede en muchas situaciones análogas culturales, las mujeres bertsolaris han sido omitidas en su historia. No obstante, en las últimas décadas, las bertsolaris han aparecido en la escena pública. En la actualidad la mitad del alumnado de las bertso-eskolas, donde se forman los bertsolaris, son mujeres. Este artículo versa sobre la improvisación y el género en general y sobre las bertso-eskolas y las bertsolaris en particular. Para ello, se pasó un cuestionario a las 200 bertsolaris actuales y se realizaron 10 entrevistas en profundidad y 5 grupos de discusión con 20 bertsolaris y profesionales para profundizar en los resultados del cuestionario y analizar cómo se formaron en la improvisación y cómo forman ellas actualmente. Concluyeron que ellas rechazan fomentar la competitividad y desarrollan metodologías coeducativas con estrategias más lúdicas, cooperativas, horizontales y participativas en las bertso-eskolas.   Bertsolarism, a practice which is conducted by bertsolaris, syncretizes aspects as divergent from one another as oral literature, square towns, language, and humour. In line with other cultural situations, female bertsolaris have been omitted from their own history. However, in recent decades, female bertsolaris have started gaining momentum in the public scene. Currently, half of the students of verse-schools, where bertsolaris are formed, are women. This article taps into improvisation and gender in general and about verse-schools and female bertsolaris in particular. To do so, 200 contemporary bertsolaris were surveyed through a questionnaire. Besides, 10 in-depth interviews and 5 discussion groups were conducted with 20 bertsolaris and professionals to extend the results of the questionnaires and analyze how bertsolaris were trained in improvisation in the past and how these bertsolaris are currently training future generations. The results show that these verse-schools reject competitiveness, promoting, instead, coeducational methodologies with more playful, cooperative, horizontal and participatory strategies.  

Forward to the Past

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Brackett
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Music Industry ◽  
American Identity ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
The Public ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Gender

This chapter charts the emergence of “race music”: the earliest music industry category associated with African Americans. This emergence is set against “presentist” histories of blues and jazz, in which historical narratives are tailored to present day beliefs about those genres. The argument is that now-current ideas about racial homogeneity, anti-commercialism, and gender (i.e., the dominance of male participants) in these genres is projected onto the past, creating a more orderly picture than existed in the public discourse of the time. After a discussion of the dominance of minstrelsy tropes in early blues and jazz prior to 1920, the chapter analyzes the stabilization of the race music category following the commercial success of Mamie Smith’s “Crazy Blues” in 1920. The conclusion proposes that the label “race music” brought together then-current ideas of African American identity with an identifiable sound.

scholarly journals The Main Value Vectors of Solidarity of LGBTQ+ Scene with Other Activist Groups

Inter ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Elena V. Onegina
Keyword(s):  
Private Sphere ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Activist Groups ◽  
The Relationship

The conservative ideology influences the life scenario of LGBTQ+ people by pushing them out of the public sphere and controlling the private sphere of their lives. At the same time, over the past three years, online projects about and for LGBTQ+ people and communities have been actively developing, gaining popularity and support. LGBTQ+ scene is a decentralized space of various initiatives, organizations, and independent activists. The participants of the scene are fighting against gender and sexual-based discrimination by organizing protests, educational projects, and other activities. The empirical basis of the study is 20 interviews involving LGBTQ people.The LGBTQ+ scene is constituted through a reflexive, often conflicting discussion of issues that have fundamental importance for the community such as status of sexuality, public actions, power, and hierarchy, as well as new sexual and gender identities.The person engaging in activism on an individual level not only chooses a form of participation (professional work, volunteering, or independent activity), but also the direction of activity within the community or outside it. The core of the scene is set by active individuals and groups, the periphery and borders are supported by passive participants and opponents of the LGBTQ+ scene. The article examines the relationship of solidarity of LGBTQ + scene participants with other initiatives, or rather, what values serve as the basis for the formation of intergroup solidarity. KEYWORDS:

scholarly journals Sexuality, gender and culturally diverse interpretations of cyberbullying

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110553
Author(s):  
Veronica Sheanoda ◽  
Kay Bussey ◽  
Tiffany Jones
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Youth Groups ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
Sexuality And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Diverse Youth

The cyberbullying field has quickly expanded in the past 20 years and especially includes strong emphases on diverse and marginal youth groups. However, the field’s literature defines cyberbullying in widely diverging ways while lacking consideration of how diverse youth groups themselves define and apply the term cyberbullying. This article aimed to consider how culturally, sexuality and gender-diverse youth understandings, experiences and interpretations of cyberbullying can be used to redress gaps in current academic notions of cyberbullying. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 young people exploring their understandings, interpretations and experiences of cyberbullying. Participants were aged 18–25 years and self-identified as from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background and/or part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Interview question themes explored participants’ social media engagement, online communities and cyberbullying experiences. NVivo was used to perform thematic analyses. Findings largely suggested that the confusion regarding the term and definition of cyberbullying among researchers is also reflected in the population of diverse young people’s understandings and interpretations of cyberbullying. Whether these conflicted definitions were due to the confusion among youth populations or because academics and policymakers have failed to communicate a clear cyberbullying definition to the public was unclear. Considerations and future directions around the language and behaviours that should be included in a definition of cyberbullying are suggested to more clearly communicate the concept to future respondents and to the wider community.

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