scholarly journals Forest Wood through the Eyes of a Cultural Conservator

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1001
Author(s):  
Angeliki Zisi
Keyword(s):  
Time Span ◽  
Human Intervention ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
Human History ◽  
Past Time ◽  
The Past ◽  
Degradation Processes ◽  
Human Creativity ◽  
Natural Degradation

If prehistoric and historical time were placed into the time span of the existence of our universe, then the act of archaeology could be defined as the act of digging up what was only buried yesterday. So, conservation is about preserving a moment that has just become past time, yet significant. It is a moment of human creativity and ingenuity. It is not strange that forest wood has become the material to convey such moments. Forest wood is a living, everlasting source growing without human intervention, within reach, easy to use and shape thinking both great and small. It does not have to be a wooden ship; it can be a mere piece of charcoal. For it is what surrounded humans in the past which archaeologists seek and use to weave human history, and what conservators bring back to context by reviving it. This work presents forest wood as an artefact and its preservation challenges as such. It touches on its natural degradation processes through burial, compromised properties and eventual conservation. Both dry and waterlogged wood are included. The overarching aim of this paper is to pay tribute, preserve and inspire the long-standing, open dialog and fruitful collaboration between cultural conservators and forest and wood scientists.

A contrastive look at the present perfect/preterite opposition in English and Norwegian

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Elsness
Keyword(s):  
Zero Point ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Present Perfect ◽  
Parallel Corpus ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Past Time ◽  
The Past ◽  
Verb Forms ◽  
The Difference

This article deals with the opposition between the present perfect and the preterite in English and Norwegian from a contrastive point of view. The use of these verb forms is very similar in the two languages, and markedly different from that in closely related languages such as German and French, where the present perfect is used much more widely. In English and Norwegian the preterite is the norm if the reference is identified as being to past time which is clearly separate from the deictic zero-point, for instance through adverbial specification, while the present perfect is used of situations extending from the past all the way up to the deictic zero-point, and of situations located within such a time span. In many intermediate cases, where the reference is to a loosely defined past time, either verb form may be used in both languages, although several writers have claimed that the present perfect is more common in Norwegian than in English in such cases. The difference between the two languages is more distinct if the reference is to what can be seen as unique past time, in which case the present perfect is usually blocked in English but very common in Norwegian. Also, the so-called inferential perfect in Norwegian is not matched by any similar perfect use in English. These claims are amply confirmed by an investigation of the English–Norwegian Parallel Corpus (ENPC), where the present perfect is more frequent in the Norwegian as compared with the English sections, at the expense of the preterite. Moreover, there is found to be a marked difference between the original and the translated texts of the ENPC: the ratio between the present perfect and the preterite is generally higher in Norwegian than in English but not quite so high in Norwegian texts translated from English as in Norwegian original texts, and somewhat higher in English texts translated from Norwegian than in English original texts. This difference is ascribed to interference from the source language in the translated texts.

scholarly journals Ética e historia: una mirada desde la ética discursiva

2017 ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Scivoletto
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
Human History ◽  
Cultural Process ◽  
The Past ◽  
Human Situation ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Relationship

ResumenEl siguiente trabajo se propone analizar la relación entre la ética discursiva y la historia, a partir de la reconstrucción realizada por Karl-Otto Apel en las Mercier Lectures de 1999 (Lovaina). Se intentará mostrar cómo la ética discursiva se encuentra entrelazada con las tres dimensiones del tiempo histórico. La relación con el pasado apunta al posicionamiento respecto de la situación moral e institucional “heredada” por la tradición (eticidad sustancial). La relación con el presente se refiere a la “situación humana”, entendida esta como un proceso evolutivo-cultural (desde la hominizaciónhasta el presente) y como un “momento” o situación particular dentro de ese proceso. Finalmente, la relación con el futuro alude a la capacidad de la ética de orientar la historia humana hacia un horizonte normativo, en tanto ideal regulativo.Palabras clave: antropología - institucionalización - filosofía prácticaAbstractThis work aims to analyze the relationship between discursive ethics and history, based on the reconstruction by Karl-Otto Apel in the 1999 in Mercier Lectures (Leuven). It attempts to show how discursive ethics is intertwined with the three dimensions of historical time. The relation- ship with the past points to the positioning regarding the moral and institutional situation “inherited” by tradition (substantial ethics). The relationship with the present refers to the “human situation”, understood as an evolutionary-cultural process (from hominization to the present) and as a “moment” or particular situation within that process. Finally, the relationship with the future alludes to the ability of ethics to guide human history towards a normative horizon, as a regulative ideal.Keywords: Anthropology - institutionalization - practical philosophyResumoO seguinte artigo propõe analisar a relação entre a ética do discurso e história, desde a reconstrução realizada por Karl-Otto Apel nas Mercier Lectures de 1999 (Lovaina). Ele tentará mostrar como a ética do discurso se encontra entrelaçada com as três dimensões do tempo histórico. A relação com o passado aponta ao posicionamento sobre a situação moral e institucional “herdada” pela tradição (ética substancial). A ligação com o presente refere-se à “situação humana”, entendida como um processo evolutivo-cultural (a partir da hominização presente) e como um “mo- mento” ou situação particular dentro daquele processo. Finalmente, a relação com o futuro se refere à capacidade da ética para orientar a história humana para um horizonte normativo, enquanto ideal regulador.Palavras-chave: antropologia - institucionalização - filosofia prática

Smart Estimation Ver-H.1.0

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigit Haryadi
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Regression Equation ◽  
Weight Factor ◽  
The Past ◽  
Level Of Confidence ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Value ◽  
The Difference

We cannot be sure exactly what will happen, we can only estimate by using a particular method, where each method must have the formula to create a regression equation and a formula to calculate the confidence level of the estimated value. This paper conveys a method of estimating the future values, in which the formula for creating a regression equation is based on the assumption that the future value will depend on the difference of the past values divided by a weight factor which corresponding to the time span to the present, and the formula for calculating the level of confidence is to use "the Haryadi Index". The advantage of this method is to remain accurate regardless of the sample size and may ignore the past value that is considered irrelevant.

scholarly journals Were they really laughed at? That much? Gelotophobes and their history of perceived derisibility

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
René T. Proyer ◽  
Christian F. Hempelmann ◽  
Willibald Ruch
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Corpus Study ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
University Of Zurich

AbstractThe List of Derisible Situations (LDS; Proyer, Hempelmann and Ruch, List of Derisible Situations (LDS), University of Zurich, 2008) consists of 102 different occasions for being laughed at. They were retrieved in a corpus study and compiled into the LDS. Based on this list, information on the frequency and the intensity with which people recall being laughed at during a given time-span (12 months in this study) can be collected. An empirical study (N = 114) examined the relations between the LDS and the fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia), the joy of being laughed at (gelotophilia), and the joy of laughing at others (katagelasticism; Ruch and Proyer this issue). More than 92% of the participants recalled having been laughed at at least once over the past 12 months. Highest scores were found for experiencing an embarrassing situation, chauvinism of others or being laughed at for doing something awkward or clumsy. Gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism were related about equally to the recalled frequency of events of being laughed at (with the lowest relation to katagelasticism). Gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism yielded a distinct and plausible pattern of correlations to the frequency of events of being laughed at. Gelotophobes recalled the situations of being laughed at with a higher intensity than others. Thus, the fear of being laughed at exists to a large degree independently from actual experiences of being laughed at, but is related to a higher intensity with which these events are experienced.

The Problem of Energy

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Urry
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Social Thought ◽  
Human Intervention ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Control ◽  
Global Growth

Energy forms and their extensive scale are remarkably significant for the ways that societies are organized. This article shows the importance of how societies are ‘energized’ and especially the global growth of ‘fossil fuel societies’. Much social thought remains oblivious to the energy revolution realized over the past two to three centuries which set the ‘West’ onto a distinct trajectory. Energy is troubling for social thought because different energy systems with their ‘lock-ins’ are not subject to simple human intervention and control. Analyses are provided here of different fossil fuel societies, of coal and oil, with the latter enabling the liquid, mobilized 20th century. Consideration is paid to the possibilities of reducing fossil fuel dependence but it is shown how unlikely such a ‘powering down’ will be. The author demonstrates how energy is a massive problem for social theory and for 21st-century societies. Developing post-carbon theory and especially practice is far away but is especially urgent.

Time Out of Mind: Anthropological Reflections on Temporality

KronoScope ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-137
Author(s):  
Robin Fox
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Basic Feature ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
Human History ◽  
Time Out

AbstractOur conception of historical time is biased towards the present and the immediate. We relegate ninety-nine percent of human history to 'pre-history.'This temporal obsession with the present emerged, along with consciousness, in social systems inherently cyclical. Kinship systems evolved from those with alternating generation terms through those with linear terms. Conceptions of time likewise altered from the cyclical to the linear.Time eventually came to be seen as progressive and cumulative. Theories of historical time however remain stubbornly cyclical, biased towards the post-Neolithic, and determined to set limits to time. This hierarchy of preferences in temporal thinking seems a basic feature of human nature.

scholarly journals PEREMPUAN MENGGUGAT: Telaah Perceraian Wanita Muslimah Berkarir di Kota Medan

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 319
Author(s):  
Fatimah Zuhrah
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Human History ◽  
Religious Observance ◽  
Easy Task ◽  
The Past ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The Ideal

<p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Baiknya pondasi sebuah rumah tangga secara tidak langsung berpengaruh terhadap jatuh bangunnya sebuah negara, dan sebaliknya rusaknya pondasi sebuah keluarga berpengaruh terhadap merosot dan berkembangnya sebuah negara. Beberapa tahun belakangan ini jumlah permintaan gugat cerai istri terhadap suami mengalami peningkatan terutama dari isteri yang berkarir. Penelitian ini melihat permasalahan yang dibangun dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif fenomenologis untuk melihat dan memahami faktor perceraian wanita muslimah berkarir di kota Medan berdasarkan fenomena, fakta dan data yang peneliti temui di lapangan. Berdasarkan temuan penelitian didapat bahwa untuk menegakkan konsep ideal sebuah keluarga sangat sulit untuk dilakukan pada masa sekarang. Kondisi perkawinan sekarang sangat berbeda dengan masa dahulu dalam pemaknaan relasi suami isteri. Dahulu pernikahan memiliki posisi sangat sakral, pernikahan dianggap sebagai ibadah, sehingga orang takut untuk bercerai, karena cerai dianggap aib dan dosa.</p><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> <strong>Women Prosecute: A Study of Divorce in Careered-Muslim Women in Medan City</strong>. The good foundation of a household indirectly affects the rise and fall of a country, and vice versa, the damage to a family’s foundation affects the decline and development of a country. In the last decade, the number of divorce petition against husbands has increased, especially from careered-wives. This paper attempts to study the problems using a phenomenological qualitative approach to thoroughly comprehend the factors of divorce of careered-Muslim women in Medan city based on the phenomena, facts and data that researchers encountered in the field. This study finds that to enforce the ideal concept of a family is not an easy task to do at present. The current condition and perception of marital tie within the society is very different from the past. At the early stage of development of human history, marriage were regarded as inherent in religious observance, and thus, people were reluctant to divorce since it was a disgrace and sin.</p><p><strong>Kata Kunci:</strong> gender, feminisme, cerai, wanita karir, Muslimah</p>

scholarly journals THE TIME CAPSULE IN THE POST-SOVIET SOVKHOZ

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (47) ◽  
pp. 84-110
Author(s):  
Elena Malaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Logic ◽  
Soviet Economy ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
State Farm ◽  
The Past ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Time Capsule ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The article is devoted to ideas about the Soviet era, widespread in а village in the north-east of Crimea. The paper offers an analysis of how the community, formed around a partially preserved state farm, builds its own picture of historical time, expands the imaginary boundaries of the Soviet period, and also thinks of it not so much as the past, but as the past future. Particular attention is paid to the object that organizes its temporality — а time capsule, which was laid twice in the studied village (in 1967 and in 2017), as well as its connection with the teleology of modernism. The article compares letters to descendants, sealed in two time capsules, as well as additional documents sent to the future. The text of the 1967 letter is based on a progressive narrative and contains a list of economic indicators of the success of the Soviet economy. By contrast, the 2017 text creates a picture of an unstable time of change, in which the focus is not on the predictable future, but on the vague past and present. The author of the article explains the nostalgia for the Soviet era in the studied community by the reaction to the changes and crises of the post-Soviet period, and suggests using temporal logic in the research of post-socialism.

scholarly journals Salivation when the pregnant uterus is bent backwards

1898 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 834-834
Author(s):  
N. Kakushkin
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Pregnant Uterus ◽  
Past Time ◽  
The Past

Over the past time, a whole series of reports have appeared about cases of increased salivation in pregnant women. The author attaches his case to the described ones.

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