scholarly journals Cultural sensitive readings of Nahum 3:1–7

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilhelm J. Wessels
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Feminist Interpretation ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Derogatory Language ◽  
Cultural Embeddedness

The text of the book of Nahum poses many challenges to exegetes and readers of the text. Nahum 3 in particular, challenges modern readers with its violent imagery and the derogatory language towards women. The article attempts to propose cultural sensitive readings of two different ‘cultures’, namely, reading Nahum in its historical context and from a perspective of feminist interpretation. Most serious exegetes agree that the reading of texts, in this case, a prophetic text, should first and foremost be interpreted in its historical and social context. It is also true that readers or hearers of the text react to and give meaning to the text. Our cultural embeddedness plays a major part in the process of ‘meaning-giving’ to the texts we interpret. The argument put forward in this article is that interpreters should be accountable for the meaning they ascribe to and promote of a particular text.

scholarly journals The Role of Culture, Values and Trauma in Shaping Abnormal Bodily Experience in Migrants

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Aragona
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Bodily Experiences ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Somatization Disorders ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe way somatization is expressed—including the actual somatoform symptoms experienced—varies in different persons and in different cultures. Traumatic experiences are intertwined with cultural and social values in shaping the resulting psychopathological phenomena, including bodily experiences. Four ideal-typical cases are presented to show the different levels involved. The effects of trauma, culture and values may be pathofacilitating (creating a social context which is necessary for the experience to take place), pathogenetic (taking a causal role in the onset of the psychopathological reaction), pathoplastic (shaping the form such a psychopathological reaction takes) or pathointerpretive (different interpretation of the same symptoms depending on the patient’s beliefs). While the roles of trauma and culture were already well recognized in previous accounts, this chapter adds an exploration of the importance of values, including cultural values, in the aetiology, presentation and management of somatization disorders. As a consequence, the therapeutic approach has to be adjusted depending on the way these factors intervene in the patient’s construction of mental distress.

scholarly journals THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE “LIGHT WORK” PROVISION OF CONVENTION NO. 138

Obiter ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rufaro Audrey Mavunga
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Child Work ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
General Wellbeing

The Minimum Age Convention no. 138 of 1973 in Article 7 provides that children between the ages of 13 and 15 years may be permitted to undertake a permissible form of child work, namely: light work. Such work should not prejudice the education, health or the general wellbeing of the child. Article 7 does not, however, define or clarify what actually qualifies as light work. The light work provision also seems incompatible with the realities of many developing countries and the values prioritized in different cultures as it seems to place an unnecessarily strict prohibition of work by children below the age of 13 years. Although there seems to be confusion regarding this concept the light work provision is best understood in its historical context. The light work provision first appeared in the Minimum Age (Agricultural) Convention no. 10 of 1921 and was further developed in the Minimum Age (Industry) Convention no. 33 of 1932. Convention no. 138 thereafter revised such conventions with a less detailed description of the concept causing confusion and uncertainty about permissible forms of child work.

scholarly journals 2 Corinthians 11:22: Historical context, rhetoric, and ethnicity

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Duling
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Rhetorical Criticism ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
Partition Theory ◽  
2 Corinthians ◽  
High Conflict ◽  
Ethnic Heritage

In this article historical criticism, rhetorical criticism and ethnicity theory are combined to interpret Paul’s boasting about his ethnicity in 2 Corinthians 11:22. Partition theory helps to establish the historical/social context that 2 Corinthians 10-13 is a fragment of the “tearful letter,” which represented the low point (high conflict) of Paul’s relations with the Corinthians. Rhetoric – the theatrical “Fool’s Speech,” which contains irony, self-praise, and comparison – helps to understand Paul’s boastful argumentation in his selfdefence; and ethnicity theory helps to interpret Paul’s construction of his ethnic identity. Paul boasted of his ethnicity by taking up rhetorical comparison and self-praise. But he did so in the so-called “Fool’s Speech”, which is full of irony: his ethnic heritage was part of his argument that he was equal to that of his opponents, but – here is the chief irony – his ethnicity “in the flesh” ultimately meant nothing to him.

Visual resources: proposals for an ideal network

1985 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helene E. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Video Screen ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Aby Warburg ◽  
Sophisticated Version ◽  
The Ideal

Aby Warburg used a system of screens, wooden frames covered with fabric, upon which he displayed photographs. He could compare images, manipulate them in different arrangements, and order them in support of a visual argument. The computer and the video screen allow present day art historians to contemplate the creation of a much larger and more sophisticated version of Warburg’s screens in an ideal network of images and data. Images of works of art will be identified by basic information and accompanied with all the relevant information of a full catalogue entry. Correctly formulated this information can be retrieved in various ways to allow for making numerous connections between works of art and revealing a variety of relationships between them. Each work can thus be studied within a visual and historical context or compared with works of art sharing similar characteristics from widely different cultures and periods. The number of works of art existing in the world is very large, and the information which may be recorded about them is immense. Forming the ideal network is a considerable undertaking and one that will take the help and co-operation of the whole art historical community.

scholarly journals Reflections of a Capacity Builder: An Autoethnographic Perspective of Capacity Building Methods With a Youth Livelihoods Organization in Vanuatu

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Moore
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
International Development ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Nongovernmental Organization ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Local Staff ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Insight ◽  
Successes And Challenges

Abstract This autoethnographic narrative explores the author’s capacity building experiences, observances, insights, and reflections over a two year period working with a youth livelihoods nongovernmental organization in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Autoethnographies explore the author’s own personal insight and reflection of their own experiences, which in turn may encourage readers to reflect on their own beliefs and practices. The author will define autoethnography and capacity building, briefly outline the historical context of Vanuatu, discuss the successes and challenges of facilitating capacity building, and reflect on her own values, assumptions, and learning within the social context of an international development professional working with local staff in Vanuatu.

scholarly journals ¡No lo haré más!: la sociedad española en El verdugo de Berlanga

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Rafael Cañas Pelayo
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
The Social

Recientemente, la influencia del director Luis García Berlanga ha sido destacada por crítica y público. Generalmente asociado por su colaboración con el guionista Rafael Azcona, Berlanga fue un cineasta atípico cuyas películas han sido irónicas, pero serios exponentes de la evolución de la sociedad española durante el pasado siglo. En el presente artículo, intentaremos mostrar uno de sus más importantes trabajos, El Verdugo, analizando no solamente sus aspectos sociales, sino incluyendo un estudio del lenguaje cinematográfico empleado para ello y el particular estilo con el que el director abordó algunos de los temas más controvertidos de su tiempo.Abstract:The influential of the director Luis García Berlanga has been recently increased by critics and public. Generally associated with the script-player Rafael Azcona, Berlanga was an unusual artist which films have been and ironical but serious example of the changes and the evolution of the Spanish society during the last century. In the present article, we will try to show the social aspects of one of his most important masterpieces, El verdugo, analyzing not only the historical context, but also including his cinematographically language and particular style for translate to the big screen some controversial realities of their time.Palabras clave:Berlanga; Azcona; contexto social; ironía; El Verdugo.Keywords: Berlanga; Azona; Social Context; Irony; El Verdugo.

scholarly journals The Impact of Socio-Historical Context on Identity: An Analysis of Ngāi Tamarāwaho Identity in the Colonisation Era

Te Kaharoa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Derby
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Common Trends ◽  
The Third ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Waitangi Tribunal ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this article is to illustrate the influence that socio-historical context has on the identity of a group. The identity of the hapū (tribe) Ngāi Tamarāwaho is examined to demonstrate the impact that specific phenomena associated with colonisation had on hapū identity, and the major focus of this chapter is the interplay between Ngāi Tamarāwaho and the phenomenon of colonisation. This article concentrates specifically on hapū identity during the colonisation era, which, in the context of this article, commenced with the arrival of Pākehā (British) settlers in New Zealand in 1814, and concluded with the establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal in 1975. For comparative purposes, parallels are drawn with other indigenous groups globally to highlight similarities between the colonisation experiences of these groups and those of Ngāi Tamarāwaho, and to illustrate common trends that occur as a result of colonisation and its associated phenomena. The first section in this article discusses the need to consider socio-historical context in research pertaining to identity, and provides examples of research that has been conducted to this effect. The second section establishes the social context of Ngāi Tamarāwaho, and the third section outlines the historical context. Following this is an analyis of the effects of aspects of colonisation on Ngāi Tamarāwaho identity, and this article concludes by discussing ways in which the hapū revived and reasserted their identity

scholarly journals Hermeneutika Feminis: Kritik Atas Kesetaraan Fatima Mernissi

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 201-222
Author(s):  
Lub Lyna Nabilata
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Core ◽  
Fatima Mernissi ◽  
Normal People ◽  
Feminist Interpretation ◽  
Subjective Bias

Cultural optics will always appear in every debate about feminism, as well as certain interpretive tendencies (read: pre-text) also involved (enveloped) and even come into play in them. Therefore, the emergence of different views even somewhat "biased" is considered normal. People in discussing feminism will not be able to position themselves really objectively without pretension, but can only maintain a distance from prejudices or “biases” that can unwittingly emerge. In Muslim feminist thought, they are still trapped in a crisis of interpretation and counter interpretation. This crisis arises because the methods or strategies used by opponents and supporters of gender equality in building and legitimizing each of their views are basically the same, namely by explaining certain parts of the text of the Qur’an or hadith that are appropriate and support their interests and views. The parts of the text are then considered as asl the most correct and original principles, which in turn tend to be interpreted unilaterally in accordance with their ideological interests and positions and at the same time eliminate unwanted meanings because they are contrary to their ideological interests. This eclectic reading model is caused by the inability to challenge the existing paradigm of reading the text, which does not consider the historical context, dialogical and communicative aspects of the text with its context, and its descriptive dimensions. In this article intending to criticize the interpretation of Fatima Mernissi, Mernissi seems to still have a subjective bias in assessing some of the problems of feminist interpretation regarding equality of men and women, and not occupying the core of the problem in the actual portion. As a result, this argument shows that Mernissi is still narrow in using her feminist approach, because the core feminist approach is actually sensitive to injustice and avoiding “bias” that can occur not only in gender issues, but can also occur in other areas related to sara (read: skin color, tribe, caste and others).

The New Woman in Technological Modernity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Wånggren
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
New Woman ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
The New Woman ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Key Terms

This first chapter places the New Woman figure in the literary and historical context of the late nineteenth century, as well as outlines the theoretical and methodological premises of the book. Defining along the way key terms such as modernity, technology and gender, the chapter asserts that in order to describe fin de siècle modernity, one must take into account not only the technological changes or advances specific of the time, but in addition the role played by contemporary notions of gender, and the cultural work of literature in changing these. Just as literature gains significance first in connection to other agencies – such as a reader – so technology also takes on specific meanings first when considered in a social context.

Origins and Development of the Injunction Prohibiting Sexual Relationships with Patients

1995 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 586-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Leggett
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Health Care Professions ◽  
Liberal Humanism ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Common

This paper addresses the historical context, both ancient and modern, of the injunction prohibiting sexual relationships with patients. Reference is made to the increasing knowledge of factors predisposing to such breaches of ethical conduct and to the common dangers and consequences of sexual relationships with patients. Such research findings demonstrate adequate cause for the application of the injunction in all of the health care professions. The modern social context of liberal humanism and feminism, along with the recognised analogy with child sexual abuse, are considered as influences in the current resurgence of interest in the injunction itself.

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