scholarly journals Art and Spirituality in the Covid-19 Epoch: An Exploratory Reading of Ben Okri’s Poetry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson S Ratau
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Awakening ◽  
Race Identity ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Ben Okri ◽  
The Times ◽  
Numerous People

Covid-19 has infected approximately 160 million people globally since its first occurrence in China in 2019. Consequently, the whole world has been negatively impacted, with numerous people losing their lives, jobs and loved ones, including breadwinners in families. With the prevalence of the pandemic also came various views on the challenges that came with it. Literature cannot be left out of the modes that are providing an understanding of the negative impact of Covid-19 on the world. Therefore, this paper explores the poetry of the Nigerian poet, novelist and essayist, Ben Okri, in light of his thematisation of spirituality. By spirituality, it is meant the ‘recognition of a feeling or sense or belief that there is something greater than myself’, the times and situation(s) in which one exists’. In this paper, Okri’s poetry is considered as an essential index into how ‘the spiritual’ is conceived and articulated, even in times of pandemics. The paper adopts the Hermeneutical Approach as a theoretical lens through which Okri’s poetry may be best viewed and understood. The Hermeneutical Approach essentially entails the analysis of texts in order to develop insight or thoughtful wisdom. Furthermore, the paper proffers that Okri’s poetry is invested with a spiritual temper that makes it relevant as it encourages and makes and keeps ‘awake’ a spiritual sensibility in the people during the Covid-19 pandemic. The analysis is undergirded by a predetermined set of themes, namely; race, identity, healing, spirituality, thought and consciousness that Okri poeticises about and subsequently interrogates in his poetry. In the process, Okri’s poetry also encourages spiritual renaissance and the awakening of consciousness, by tempering in a reader the inalienable fact that to change or shape reality, people ought to do it themselves. Okri’s poetry challenges people to define themselves and defy all false definitions of themselves made by others. Ultimately, the paper explicates that Okri’s poetry is charged with pointed rebuke of people’s apparent apathy towards issues such as freedom, equality and transformation (all of which belong to the great stream of ‘the spiritual’), of which he submits that people ought to take charge of how these three important entities come about and exist in society.

scholarly journals ЗАДУЖБИНЕ И ЗАДУЖБИНАРИ У СРПСКОЈ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЈ ЕПАРХИЈИ ТЕМИШВАРСКОЈ

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 95-112
Author(s):  
Саша Јашин
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Times ◽  
Second World ◽  
Good Deeds

Endowment as a possessed form of charity was very much present in the life of Serbian communities. Endowments are one of the best examples of an individual’s love and respect for their nationality and for the spiritual and intellectual support of Serbian youth and intellectuals. The times that followed the Second World War diminished the public’s interest in this type of charity, ie the fate of these funds became uncertain until they were extinguished. Today, when they are no more, the learned good deeds and the significance they had in life testify to them the most. Archival material, as well as other rich bibliography, provide a real opportunity to present the life of these endowments and their creators, as a phenomenon of exceptional importance in the Serbian people. Leaving their endowments to those who will come into the world after them, the endowments are permanently ugly. Conscious of their presumed role in a given time and space must not replace the work of those who, through self-preservation, love for the people and their neighbors and noble feelings, considered it our duty to publish their immortal deeds.

“قصيدة الأرض” في شعر محمود درويش (دراسة دلالية)

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-105
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Social Approach ◽  
Full View ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Times

ملخص: تعد “قصيدة الأرض” لمحمود درويش من القصائد المحورية التي تتواصل معها قضية الشاعر وشعبه وقضية انتفاضة الشعب في يوم الأرض؛ لإحياء مشكلة أمام الدنيا؛ لكي لا تنسى، فهي قضية حية متفجرة، وستظل كذلك؛ حتى تتحرر الأرض، ويعود الحق إلى أهله، وترجع فلسطين حرة أبية بإذن الله تعالى.فقد قرأت الباحثة هذه القصيدة قراءة عبر الحقول الدلالية من خلال الألفاظ الدالة على الأرض ومترادفاتها والألفاظ الدالة على الأمكنة، ومن ثم الألفاظ الدالة على الأزمنة، وقد استنتجت الباحثة أن الأرض من أكثر المفردات تكراراً وأهمية، فهي موضوعها الرئيس أولاً ومحور القصيدة ثانياً. وقد اعتمدت الباحثة المنهج الأسلوبي؛ مما يتناسب مع موضوع الأرض والقضية، علماً أن الباحثة استفادت من المنهج الوصفي التحليلي استفادة تتماشى مع المنهج الأسلوبي، وكذلك المنهج الإحصائي لتحديد أنواع الدلالة ، وتخدم الدراسة في الوقت نفسه. Abstract “The land poem” is considered as one of Mohmmad Darwish’s poems with the issue of the poet and his people and the uprising of the people contact, This is on land day for the sake of revival of a problem in full view of the world in order not to be forgotten, It is a live explosive issue and it will remain so until the land is free and liberated, people return their rights and Palestine returns free and proud by god willing. The researcher reads this poem through inductive reading, She hopes to present a modest service and usefulness. The reading was by using a table format upon which the table was a word review function based on the land and it’s synonyms. As well as vocabularies that indicates the places and the times. The researcher concluded that the land is one of the most frequent and important vocabularies first, it is the main theme. Second, it is the focus of the poem.The researcher depended on Social Approach so as to suit the subject of the land and the issue. Please note that she benefited from the Descriptive Analytical Approach in line with the Social .Approach. Moreover, it served the research.

scholarly journals Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Tompobulu, 1962-2010

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Resky Ananda ◽  
Mustari Bosra
Keyword(s):  
Public Library ◽  
Public University ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Historical Education ◽  
The Times

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui latar belakang, perkembangan, serta dampak keberadaan Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Tompobulu di Kecamatan Tompobulu, Kabupaten Gowa. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian sejarah yang terdiri atas empat tahapan yaitu: heuristik, kritik sumber, interpertasi, dan historiografi. Data untuk penelitian ini diperoleh dari situs resmi dari Badan Pusat Statistik Kecamatan Tompobulu, serta hasil wawancara dengan beberapa pihak yang berperan penting dalam Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Tompobulu. Beberapa sumber buku yang terkait dengan dengan kajian penulis yang diperoleh dari Perpustakaan Kota Makassar, Perpustakaan Umum Universitas Negeri Makassar, Perpustakaan Prodi Pendidikan Sejarah, serta beberapa situs di internet. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa keberadaan Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Tompobulu memiliki peranan penting dalam dunia pendidikan di Kecamatan Tompobulu. Yayasan ini berdiri sebagai solusi bagi masyarakat Tompobulu yang mengalami kendala dalam pendidikan. Seiring dengan berjalannya waktu, maka yayasan ini juga mengalami perkembangan mengikuti zaman, sehingga  madrasah-madrasah naungan Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Tompobulu mampu bersaing dengan sekolah-sekolah lain yang ada di Kabupaten Gowa, khususnya di Kecamatan Tompobulu. Yayasan ini memiliki peranan yang besar dalam mencerdaskan serta meningkatkan mutu perekonomian masyarakat Kecamatan Tompobulu. Kata kunci : Yayasan, Pendidikan Islam, Tompobulu Abstract This research and writing aims to determine the background, development, and impact of the existence of the Tompobulu Islamic Education Foundation in Tompobulu District, Gowa Regency. This study uses a historical research method which consists of four stages, namely: heuristics, source criticism, interpretation, and historiography. Data for this study were obtained from the official website of the Central Statistics Agency of Tompobulu District, as well as the results of interviews with several parties who played an important role in the Tompobulu Islamic Education Foundation. Several book sources related to the study of writers obtained from the Makassar City Library, Makassar Public University Public Library, Historical Education Study Library, and several sites on the internet. The results of this study indicate that the existence of the Tompobulu Islamic Education Foundation has an important role in the world of education in Tompobulu District. This foundation stands as a solution for the people of Tompobulu who experience obstacles in education. As time goes by, the foundation also develops with the times, so that the Islamic Education Foundation Tompobulu madrassas are able to compete with other schools in Gowa Regency, especially in Tompobulu District. This foundation has a large role in educating and improving the economic quality of the people of Tompobulu Distric. Keywords: Foundation, Islamic Education, Tompobulu

scholarly journals Lockdown Policy Dilemma: COVID-19 Pandemic versus Economy and Mental Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-58
Author(s):  
Hasan Ahamed ◽  
Kazi Tanvir Hasan ◽  
Md. Tamzid Islam ◽  
Faisal Chowdhury Galib
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Lockdown is considered to be the best of policies around the world to fight the deadly virus of COVID-19 which decimated hundreds of people in the last six months. However, this is not a cost-free measure. Billions of dollars worth of economic activities halted hinging upon these measures imposed by the governments of the countries. For instance, IMF predicted that the GDP growth will decline by 4.9 percent in 2020. Global trade is also expected to plummet by 27 percent in the second quarter of the year. In addition, paucity of recreational activities severely affects the mental health of the people. While imposing lockdown, both the cost and benefit should be analyzed to understand the real benefit of these measures on human life. This study critically examines the impact of the lockdown measures on mental health, and the economy of Bangladesh along with the efficacy of the measures on containing the virus. We found that the negative impact on the economy and mental health surpasses the positive impact of curbing the pandemic. It also compares the efficacy of the measures in different countries to find out the pattern that resembles with Bangladesh. From all the data, we conclude that the cost of lockdown measures in the country is greater than the benefit it brings to Bangladesh.

scholarly journals Spaces of Life: Transgressions in Conceptualising the World Class University

2020 ◽  
pp. 251-267
Author(s):  
Sonja Arndt ◽  
Søren Smedegaard Bengtsen ◽  
Carl Mika ◽  
Rikke Toft Nørgård
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Argument ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
World Class ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Times ◽  
World Class Universities ◽  
The University

AbstractBeyond knowledge, critical thinking, new ideas, rigorous science and scholarly development, this chapter argues for the university as a space of life. Through the complexities and incommensurabilities of academic life, and drawing on Julia Kristeva’s notion of revolt, Emmanuel Levinas’ notion of Otherness, and Novalis’ concept of Romantisierung, it makes a philosophical argument for recognizing what might appear as uncomfortable transgressions of the marketable, measurable characteristics of World Class Universities. In various ways, the chapter asks where there is space, in the World Class University, for elements which may not overtly align with the neoliberal clamour for international recognition and esteem. In elevating everyday life in the university, the chapter blurs boundaries of the celebrated, strived for rankings with the spaces of life that are dark and heterotopic, messily entangled with histories, polyphonic human and more than human voice, beings and energies, within the university. Revolt provokes a re-turn to re-question the ethics and boundaries of treatments of ‘world’ and ‘class’ in conceptions of the World Class University. Here, ‘World Class University’ is not necessarily a globally streamlined and internationally bench-marked institution, flexing its socio-economic muscles in the face of the world. Instead, it is an institution that speaks for others who have been made silent and deprived of their own critical voice. It speaks for the suppressed and marginalized, and it speaks for the ones who are no longer with us, or who have not yet arrived. It speaks for the people and the times yet to come.

scholarly journals Penerapan Pendidikan Karakter Berbasis Budaya Terhadap Siswa Sekolah Dasar Dalam Upaya Peningkatan Mutu Pendidikan Agama Hindu

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Putu Wiwik Rismayanti Sari Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
National Society ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Education Today ◽  
The Times ◽  
Character Building

Globalization is caused by technological developments, economic progress and the sophistication of information facilities. The aforementioned conditions have had a positive impact as well as a negative impact on the Indonesian nation. The reality is that this is the biggest challenge for the world of education today. In fact culture cannot be separated from education, even culture is the basis or basis of education. This formula reaches far into the future, because it is said that education is not only based on an aspect of culture, namely the intellectual aspect, but also on culture as a whole. The culture on which this education is based must be national in nature. Thus the culture in question is real culture, namely the culture that lives in the Indonesian national society. This picture interrupts us to really pay attention to the importance of character building based on culture (Character building), with the development of technology in this era of digitalization, we are able to create students with culture-based characters and not abandon the development of the times, but use the development of this digitalization era to preserve, develop innovation with creativity that is owned to keep loving the heritage of our ancestors

scholarly journals Strategi Manajemen Untuk Mewujudkan Kemandirian Yayasan Islam Nurul Amal Melalui Program Wirausaha

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
N Sunardi ◽  
Chindera Setia Dewi Insani ◽  
Eris Martini ◽  
Evin Davinci Sagala ◽  
Maman Surahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Business World ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Right ◽  
Good Attitude

Banyak dari masyarakat dan yayasan islam nurul amal yang belum memahami secara utuh tentang strategi dan kemandirian dalam berwirausaha. Perkembangan zaman membuat dunia usaha semakin berkembang dan membuat pelaku usaha harus lebih siap dalam persaingan dan kompetisi dan bisnis. Inovasi-inovasi bisnis menjadi faktor yang berpengaruh terdapap kemandirian dan keberlansungan dari suatu usaha, hal ini sangat terlihat dan terbuka dimasa saat ini yaitu masa dimana ekonomi dan dunia usahan turun akibat pandemi, hal ini membuat pelaku usaha harus berpikir kembali dan mengembangkan diri serta tenang menjadi sangat diperlukan dalam menghadapi pandemi COVID-19. Sekarang waktu yang tepat untuk menguji staregi yang sudah di bangun untuk memulai usaha dan akan terlihat kemandirian dari usaha tersebut. Tujuan dari pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana dari sisi bidang kewirausahaan di sektor pendidikan dan yayasan sebagai penopang untuk meneruskan kegiatan yang sebelumnya belum dilakukan atau sudah dilakukan namun belum maksimal ke arah yang lebih baik lagi untuk menunjang pertumbuhan dan perkembangan perekonomian di lingkungan yayasan maupun masyarakat sekitar. Hasil yang diperoleh dari pertemuan yang dilakukan dalam pengabdian kepada masyarakat bagaimana bidang kewirausahaan dalam dunia pendidikan dan ilmu dan pengalaman untuk dapat membuat suatu usaha yang maksimal dengan sistem manajemen bisnis yang baim dab tepat dan membentuk calon pelaku usaha yang memiliki mental dan sikap yang baik untuk melakukan atau memulai suatu usaha agar dapat berjalan dengan baik dan mampu menopang perekonomian mikro yang ada di lingkungan sekitar yayasan islam nurul amal.Kata Kunci: Strategi, Kemandirian, Kewirausahaan, Yayasan Islam Nurul AmalMany of the people and Islamic foundations of Nurul Amal do not fully understand the strategy and independence in entrepreneurship. The times have made the business world more developed and made business actors have to be better prepared in competition and business. Business innovations are factors that influence the independence and sustainability of a business, this is very visible and open at this time, namely the time when the economy and the business world are down due to the pandemic, this makes business actors have to think again and develop themselves and calm down to be indispensable in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now is the right time to test the strategies that have been built to start a business and you will see independence from the business. The purpose of this community service is to find out how from the aspect of entrepreneurship in the education sector and foundations as a support to continue activities that have not been carried out previously or have been carried out but have not been maximized in a better direction to support economic growth and development within the foundation and community. local communities. The results obtained from meetings held in community service are how the field of entrepreneurship in the world of education and knowledge and experience can make a maximum business with a good and appropriate business management system and form prospective business actors who have the mental and good attitude to do business. or starting a business so that it can run well and be able to support the micro-economy in the environment around the Nurul Amal Islamic FoundationKeywords: Strategy, Independence, Entrepreneurship, Islamic Foundation Nurul Amal

scholarly journals Impact of “COVID-19” on the Life of Destitute People: A Soft-Measurement in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Razuan Ahmed Shuvro ◽  
Md. Mohosin Talukder
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
The People ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Soft Measurement ◽  
The World ◽  
Mental Trauma ◽  
The Impact

The world has been crippling due to COVID 19. This pandemic has affected the lives of everyone. But the people who belong to the lower ladder in socioeconomic status may suffer more due to COVID 19 in developing countries. This paper aimed to explore factors influenced by COVID 19 and their association with the impact of COVID 19 on the life of destitute people. To reach the aim, the authors adopted a quantitative approach. A field survey on a sample of 250 destitute people was conducted using a self-constructed questionnaire. Factor analysis (principle component) found that 5 factors are influenced by COVID 19 in the life of destitute people and these are mental trauma and fear, full of uncertainty, reduced income level, feeling helplessness, and health safety issues. With a composite mean of 3.4056 and 0.698 standard deviations often tangible and intangible aspects of life, the paper found a moderate negative impact of COVID 19 on the life of destitute people. Multiple regression analysis evinces that factors found in factor analysis can explain 67.2% variance and has a statistically significant association with the impact of COVID 19 on the life of destitute people and among the five factors mental trauma and fear are the most influential (β.279, P< 0.05). Finally, this paper concluded that cogitation of factors found in this paper may help the authority to mitigate the negative impact of such pandemic on the life of destitute people in a developing country like Bangladesh.

scholarly journals Peran Vlog dalam Perkembangan Pola Pikir Siswa Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Teknologi Informasi Komputer Darussalam Medan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
Muya Syaroh Iwanda Lubis ◽  
Asrindah Nasution ◽  
Muhammad Luthfi
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Great Demand ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The World ◽  
Thought Patterns ◽  
The Times

This article or article aims to develop students' talent into the world of Vlogs, not to be careless and have a negative impact, and to train the mindsets of adolescents to continue to develop according to the changes and developments of the times without ignoring the moral role in them. To approach this problem the theoretical reference from the Communication Technology book by Nurudin was used. Data collected through interviews, observation and documentation. Qualitative data analysis techniques using: Reduction, presentation and conclusion drawing. This study concludes that the role of Vlogs is in great demand by students in Indonesia, especially SMK TIK Darussalam. So that the development of their mindset develops when they have to think of what Vlog videos are good for public publication. By seeing Vlogs produced by others, students are able to hone the development of their thought patterns so that they can understand Vlog videos that are positive or negative for publication. That way what they do has a positive value for themselves, the school and the community

scholarly journals COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH IN MANAGING NATIONAL SECURITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farhan Izhar ◽  
Ishak Abd Rahman ◽  
Azmi Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
National Security ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
World Health ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Stimulus Package

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) coronavirus or better known as Covid-19 was first detected on 17 November 2019 in Hubei province, China, and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020. Until 1 November 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has spread to 215 countries worldwide where the total number of cases recorded is 45,942,902 cases and 1,192,644 deaths. In Malaysia, a total of 31,548 cases and 249 deaths were recorded. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused economic paralysis and affected the lives of communities around the world. The main objective that will be discussed in this article is the Malaysian government's approach in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure that the country's socio-economy is not affected where it could affect national security. In this article, the method of collecting information is through references in websites, e-journals, e-newspapers, and related reports. The results show that the Malaysian government has taken two main approaches in managing national security, namely through the health and economy of the people. The health approach is through efforts to curb the Covid-19 epidemic from spreading further in the country which can have a negative impact on the economy and society of Malaysians. Next, the people's economic approach implemented is through the People's Economic Stimulus Package announced by the government to help the people affected by the Covid-19 epidemic and ensure that the country's economy can be restored. This approach has succeeded in maintaining national peace as well as preventing the occurrence of things that could affect national security such as riots or demonstrations by the people due to dissatisfaction with the government.

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