scholarly journals Animals in the Public Debate: Welfare, Rights, and Conservationism in India

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 475
Author(s):  
Daniela Berti
Keyword(s):  
Political Identity ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Species Survival ◽  
The Many ◽  
Legal Battle ◽  
Written Sources

This paper proposes a survey of the many ways in which people look at and deal with animals in contemporary India. On the basis of ethnographic research and of multiple written sources (judgments, newspapers, websites, legal files, activist pamphlets, etc.), I present some of the actors involved in the animal debate—animal activists, environmental lawyers, judges, and hunter-conservationists—who adopt different, though sometimes interconnected, approaches to animals. Some of them look at animals as victims that need to be rescued and treated in the field, others fight for animals in Parliament or in Court so that they can be entitled to certain rights, others are concerned with the issue of species survival, where the interest of the group prevails on the protection of individual animals. In the context of a predominantly secularist background of the people engaged in such debates, I also examine the role that religion may, in certain cases, play for some of them: whether as a way of constructing a Hindu or Buddhist cultural or political identity, or as a strategic argument in a legal battle in order to obtain public attention. Lastly, I raise the question of the role played by animals themselves in these different situations—as intellectual principles to be fought for (or to be voiced) in their absence, or as real individuals to interact with and whose encounter may produce different kinds of sometimes conflicting emotions.

Trials and Tribulations

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-97
Author(s):  
Stephen Lovell
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The People ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
People Movement ◽  
The City

This chapter tells the story of public speaking in Russia from the imposition of greater restrictions on the public sphere in 1867 through to the eve of Alexander II’s assassination in 1881. It shows that in this period the focus of the Russian public switched from the zemstvo to the courtroom, where a number of high-profile trials took place (and were reported, sometimes in stenographic detail, in the press). The chapter examines the careers and profiles of some of Russia’s leading courtroom orators. It also explores the activities of the Russian socialists (populists), in particular the ‘Going to the People’ movement of 1873–4 and later propaganda efforts in the city and the courtroom. It ends by considering the intensification of public discourse at the end of the 1870s: the Russo-Turkish War saw a surge of patriotic mobilization, but at the same time the populist adoption of terrorism seized public attention.

Public Spectating and Political Undertones in Durbar The Emirate Court Art of Northern Nigeria as Instrument of Governance

Matatu ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 373-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Inuwa Umar–Buratai
Keyword(s):  
Western World ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Ruling Elite ◽  
The Public ◽  
Performance Artists ◽  
The People ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Many ◽  
Public Exhibition

The discourses of nationhood and nation-building in the developed Western world have been facilitated by the prevalent cultures of writing and documentation. The situation in the developing world has remained largely fragmented because of the absence of such coherent, broadcast, and comprehensive forums for a discourse on 'nationhood'. Different societies articulate their perception of the priorities of nationhood in a range of forms – manifest in ritual visual displays, entertainment and formal rhetoric such as poetry, religious sayings and quotations – which were not dependent on literacy, including the ceremony of durbar. The ordinary people construe the durbar as a spectacle, perhaps because it encompasses a wide range of performance artists drawn from the many groupings within society. However, durbar functions, through its display of martial strength, to reinforce the political and religious power of the ruling elite: durbar within society. The focus in this essay is to examine political undertones of durbar, specifically the ways in which localized participation in the reinforcing ritual of relationships of power provides the people with an opportunity for the public exhibition of individual skills and for the elites an avenue for containing any nascent – or potential – articulation of resistance in society.

scholarly journals Preservation, ancient manuscripts, knowledge management

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Sukaesih Sukaesih ◽  
Yunus Winoto ◽  
Agus Rusmana ◽  
Nuning Kurniasih
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Ancient Manuscripts ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many ◽  
Ancient Manuscript ◽  
Method Mix

Garut is one district in West Java province which has the potential of cultural heritage which is very interesting. One of the cultural heritage in Garut which is be the site of ancient manuscripts (manuscripts). Relating to the existence of ancient manuscripts in Garut regency of the many ancient texts only a small portion that has been recorded and stored in the museum, while most have not been registered again and was saved by members of the public. To keep this heritage alive and useful for future generations hence the need for awareness of all members of society and this is one of the efforts in building knowledge management. The main purpose of knowledge management is to encourage sustainability knowledge within an organization or society, so expected that knowledge will not stop the people who have the knowledge, but can be accessed and studied by others who need them. In this research method used is the method mix (mix method) with pengum-gathering techniques of data in the form of questionnaires, interviews, observation and through the study of literature. The results showed that of most members of the community that holds the codex in preserving ancient manuscripts which are still done simply by storing in a clean and dry at certain times to clean dust and dirt on the manuscript. Regarding the awareness of community members who have an ancient manuscript codex to report ownership to the government in general remains low, This is because of concerns that they have ancient manuscripts must be submitted to the government.

Fluid

Public ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (62) ◽  
pp. 109-151
Author(s):  
Blake Little
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Collaborative Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Virtual Presence ◽  
Collective Imagination ◽  
Two Spirit ◽  
The Many

Stories of expressions of trans, gender fluid, non-binary, Two Spirit, and other diverse gender identities circulate widely, adding to a complex and oft-times challenging web of shifting societal responses to gender. My photographic eye is guided by an aesthetic of simplicity, distillation & clarity. I want to apply this eye to make visible the many ways we read photographs and their subject matter (imagined and real) but particularly via a collaborative process as filtered through the voices of the people who posed for these photographs. Transgender identification, representation and image dissemination increasingly occupy the collective imagination and are reinforced by media headlines. Even as more and more trans, gender fluid, non-binary, and Two Spirit people are coming out in the public eye, the act of realizing/representing/revealing/ exposing/ exhibiting oneself through photography is a brave act, a form of defiance for a new wave of gender fluid pioneers reclaiming a broader live presence and virtual presence via social media. In the process, difference is being normalized.

War and Health

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Military Families ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Us Military ◽  
The People ◽  
The Us ◽  
Drone Strikes

War affects human lives and public health far beyond the battlefield, long after combat ceases. Based on ethnographic research by anthropologists, healthcare workers, social workers, and activists, these chapters cover a range of subjects from maternal health in Afghanistan, to the public health effects of US drone strikes in Pakistan, to Iraq’s deteriorating cancer care system, to the struggles of US military families to recover from combat-related trauma, among other topics. With a spotlight on the US-led wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan, started ostensibly to root out terrorism, the book argues that the terror and wounds of war have no clear resolution for the people who experience it, and for the communities where battles are fought.

scholarly journals Experiential Marketing Wisata Taman Kota Surabaya

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Citra Anggraini Tresyanto ◽  
Bruno Hami
Keyword(s):  
Urban Society ◽  
City Government ◽  
Experiential Marketing ◽  
City Parks ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
The People ◽  
The Many ◽  
The City ◽  
City Park

The public need big cities nowadays are very complex. No exception to the needs of the people of Surabaya. One of the new needs of urban society is traveled. Traveled synonymous with waste of money. Not at this time, traveled enough to spend time with visiting the city park. Surabaya has a lot of city parks that can be utilized by the community. A total of 27 active city park owned by Surabaya. But unfortunately some of them, can be utilized by the community. Apart from that, the city park form a new lifestyle and needs in the community that traveled in a city park. Travelling in the city park provides an exciting experience. An interesting experience can be formed through a component in experiential marketing, namely sense, feel, think, act and relate that will describe a new experience as a result of a particular stimulus. Through experiential marketing also, the city government can find out what people felt after visiting the city and what is needed by the community. Proved that the city parks are built and design well, according to the needs and expectations of the community. This is clearly evident from the many community activities in the city park on the weekends.

scholarly journals Why shall I call you ze?

2021 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-45
Author(s):  
Natalia Borza
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Gender Neutral ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
One Year

It was the Oxford University’s Students Union (OUSU) which first promoted the use of gender-inclusive pronouns to avoid gender-binarism in the English-speaking European academic life. OUSU finds it supportive if students declare their chosen pronouns by which they wish to be addressed at meetings (he, she or ze). Public attention turned to the emergence of the new pronoun. The present study aims to explore the social perception of the newly appearing gender-neutral neologism by mapping public attitude towards the idea of institutionally introducing a neopronoun (ze) in the English language for the sake of celebrating gender diversity. The discourse plane investigated in the research was comments given to online newspaper articles. The genre of comments provides insights into the opinions and feelings of the general public. A near-thousand comments of online dialogues displayed on the websites of six British newspapers (three broadsheets and three tabloids) during a one-year timespan (December 2016 – December 2017) were analysed qualitatively. Arguments on either discourse position were studied, hidden premises were uncovered. The results of the exploratory study reveal that there is a notable imbalance in the voicing of opinions: the promotion of the gender-neutral English pronoun is markedly underrepresented in the public (1.32%) while the set of arguments against its introduction is versatile. The findings of the analysis indicate that the voice of the people does not consider pronoun-binarism as a sign of exclusion or the marginalizing of gender-diverse people; however, the novel pronoun tends to excite shock and refusal in the public.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI CERTAINTY FACTOR UNTUK DIAGNOSA PENYAKIT PARU – PARU

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zulyan Herlani ◽  
Bebas Widada ◽  
Wawan Laksito Yuli Saptomo
Keyword(s):  
Lung Disease ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Diagnostic Testing ◽  
Functional System ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Certainty Factor ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Many ◽  
Lung Health

The lungs are one of the most important organs in the human body. Many people today pay less attention to the health of these vital organs. This is evidenced by the many people who consume cigarettes which will have a negative impact on lung health. The lack of public attention to lung health and the high cost of examinations make this problem slow to deal with, by because it requires a system that can be used to diagnose lung disease that can be accessed by the public in general. The Certainty Factor method is a classification algorithm that uses the principles of the assessment of an expert to assess each variable or symptom in each disease in this case and has the accuracy is quite good in conducting data classification, so this method is considered appropriate for diagnosing lung disease based on the symptoms experienced. Data used in this study is expert assessment data on symptoms in each disease, this data is obtained from l interview with pulmonary specialist doctors at Moewardi Hospital Surakarta. The results obtained in this study are the accuracy of the certainty factor algorithm for diagnosing lung disease with diagnostic testing data of 10 data patients with an accuracy of 70%. While the results of functional system testing using the Black Box, it was found that all components of the system have been tested and in accordance with the expected output.Keywords: Diagnose, Certainty Factor, Lung Disease

Psychiatry kills: A critical evaluation of Dr. Thomas Szasz

1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan A. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Therapeutic State ◽  
Thomas Szasz

Thomas Szasz M.D., is the leading figure in the public debate over inequities and abuses to which those labeled mentally ill are subject. Szasz has drawn public attention to many important problems in the so-called therapeutic state, and urged changes that are now being introduced. Many of his arguments are, however, not well founded in fact and at times he relies on distortions and demagoguery which obscure the possibility of adequate solutions.

Undisciplined, selfish big babies? The cultural framing of the Italian financial crisis

Modern Italy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Storti ◽  
Joselle Dagnes ◽  
Javier González Díez
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Financial Problems ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The Media ◽  
Accurate Reading

In the public debate played out in the media, the financial crisis in Italy is often depicted through a culturalist frame; the country’s difficulties are traced deterministically to an ethos, supposedly widespread among Italians, of amoral familism and a limited sense of civic engagement. This paper illustrates three issues that exemplify the country’s financial problems, and which are often seen through this type of culturalist lens: i) a lack of discipline in managing public finances; ii) a lack of interest in co-operation caused by the excessive importance given to family ties; iii) a lack of agency from the people involved, symbolised by a reluctance to leave home and to adopt an intense pace of work. Considering the relevant literature and various statistics, we show that a culturalist approach helps to spread a stereotyped and misleading view of these three issues. Instead, we suggest that a more accurate reading of the situation, and more stimulating when it comes to public debate, can be obtained by observing the way individuals adapt to the limitations and opportunities of the context in which they operate.

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