scholarly journals Ciència i Tecnologia per a l’Agricultura del Futur

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pere Arús
Keyword(s):  
Crop Yields ◽  
Population Based ◽  
First Century ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Sustainability Criteria ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Correct Application ◽  
Access To Food

Guaranteeing access to food for a growing human population – based on sustainability criteria and in the face of the climate change threat – is the main challenge for twenty-first-century agriculture. The solutions are inevitably complex, require a variety of coordinated measures, and essentially, are dependent on the progress of science and the development of technologies to make more efficient use of available resources to increase crop yields and food quality to feed the world. Technologies such as genomics, computing, robotics, and nanotechnology, along with their correct application – which will require highly qualified users – will also be crucial elements to reach these objectives.

scholarly journals Sachs, Jeffrey D.: A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism.

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Michal Bula
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
American Exceptionalism ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Century ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
Political Upheaval ◽  
Mass Migration ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Global Economic Growth

The American Century began in 1941 and ended on January 20, 2017. While the United States remains a military giant and is still an economic powerhouse, it no longer dominates the world economy or geopolitics as it once did. The current turn toward nationalism and “America first” unilateralism in foreign policy will not make America great. Instead, it represents the abdication of our responsibilities in the face of severe environmental threats, political upheaval, mass migration, and other global challenges.In this incisive and forceful book, Jeffrey D. Sachs provides the blueprint for a new foreign policy that embraces global cooperation, international law, and aspirations for worldwide prosperity―not nationalism and gauzy dreams of past glory. He argues that America’s approach to the world must shift from military might and wars of choice to a commitment to shared objectives of sustainable development. Our pursuit of primacy has embroiled us in unwise and unwinnable wars, and it is time to shift from making war to making peace and time to embrace the opportunities that international cooperation offers. A New Foreign Policy explores both the danger of the “America first” mindset and the possibilities for a new way forward, proposing timely and achievable plans to foster global economic growth, reconfigure the United Nations for the twenty-first century, and build a multipolar world that is prosperous, peaceful, fair, and resilient.

Epilogue

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Century ◽  
Moral Communities ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Diverse World ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
New Framework

‘Epilogue’ traces the turn-of-the-twenty-first century interest in globalization and its implication for addressing intellectual problems in the United States. The perils and possibilities of globalization for American life vexed thinkers on how globalization intensified nationalism around the world. Globalization was a new framework and scale for long-standing and familiar ways of thinking about the boundaries of moral communities. It also refashioned identities in the face of a diverse world and uncertain future.

12. The Second Nuclear Age: Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-First Century

2018 ◽  
pp. 202-219
Author(s):  
C. Dale Walton
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Arms Control ◽  
Nuclear Proliferation ◽  
First Century ◽  
Strategic Culture ◽  
Nuclear Age ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Cold War

This chapter examines the role played by nuclear weapons in international politics during and after the cold war, making a distinction between the First Nuclear Age and the ongoing Second Nuclear Age. After providing a background on the First Nuclear Age, the chapter considers the various risks present in the Second Nuclear Age, focusing on issues related to nuclear deterrence, nuclear proliferation networks, strategic culture, and ballistic missile defences. It then discusses the assumption that arms control and disarmament treaties are the best means to further counterproliferation efforts. It also assesses the future of nuclear weapons and whether the world is facing a Third Nuclear Age before concluding with an analysis of the relevance of deterrence in the face of changing political and technological circumstances.

scholarly journals Global Mapping of Indigenous Resilience Facing the Challenge of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Challenges ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Diosey Ramon Lugo-Morin
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Informal Institutions ◽  
Development Scenarios ◽  
Secure Access ◽  
International Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Mapping ◽  
The Face ◽  
Access To Food

Indigenous social development scenarios must be understood as the possibility of improving the sustainability of the planet and human health in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Integrating the institutional resilience approach by learning from the experience of indigenous peoples’ informal institutions through the design of public policies can be a reality. To demonstrate the potential of this premise, a case study was conducted that examined the institutional resilience of one indigenous people, whose findings under nomothetic conditions may be useful for other territories around the world. These peoples provide lessons on how they cope with adversity, the COVID-19 pandemic being one of them. Institutional resilience is a step towards reaching out to the world’s ancestral populations to learn from their knowledge. These scenarios can help us understand the implications of international policies on the capacities of nations to secure access to food and resources and, subsequently, to be better prepared for future pandemics.

scholarly journals The contributions of civil society to food security in the context of COVID-19: A qualitative exploration in Uruguay

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Gerónimo Brunet ◽  
Alejandra Girona ◽  
Gabriela Fajardo ◽  
Valentina Iragola ◽  
Leandro Machín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Socioeconomic Vulnerability ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
News Websites ◽  
The Face ◽  
Access To Food ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

Abstract Objective: The aim of the present work was to explore and analyze the actions implemented by civil society to contribute to food security in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak in Uruguay, a high-income country in South America. Design: An exploratory systematic approach was used to identify the contributions of civil society to food security through reports in news websites and Facebook posts. Data were analyzed based on content analysis following a deductive-inductive approach. Setting: Uruguay, Latin America. Results: A total of 1220 civil society organizations were identified, which developed two main actions to increase access to food among the Uruguayan population: food baskets and “community pots” (also known as “common pots”). Most of the initiatives targeted citizens under socioeconomic vulnerability in the face of COVID-19, without specifying any specific requirement or population segment. Actions were mainly led by spontaneously organized community groups, and, to a lesser extent, by consolidated organizations. Interactions between organizations were identified. The foods provided by the organizations were mostly aligned with national dietary guidelines. Social media posts evidenced that the main challenge faced by organizations was related to the lack of funds or supplies. Conclusions: Results from the present work suggest that the lack of funds or supplies poses challenges to the medium- and long-term contributions of civil society to food security and stresses the need for comprehensive governmental measures to guarantee food security among Uruguayan citizens.

scholarly journals Beyond belief : the crisis of faith in A.S. Byatt's fiction

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Jennifer Anne Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
First Century ◽  
Fictional Narratives ◽  
Natural Development ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Crisis Of Faith ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Norse Myth

A. S. Byatt’s Ragnarök (2011), a retelling of the Norse myth of the downfall of the gods and the end of the world, would seem to be a departure from her fictional narratives set in the nineteenth or twentieth century. However, this book is a natural development from her earlier novels that explored the Victorian crisis of faith resulting from the loss of religious certainty in the face of scientific discoveries. The author’s writing over the last twenty years has become increasingly involved with science, and she has long acknowledged her rejection of Christian beliefs. Byatt used the nineteenth century as a starting point for an exploration of twenty-first century concerns which have now resurfaced in the Norse myth of loss and destruction. This paper revisits "Possession" and "Angels and Insects" within the framework of her more recent writing, focusing on the themes of religion, spiritualism and science.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN ADAPTABILITAS MANAJEMEN MADRASAH MENGHADAPI MASYARAKAT EKONOMI ASEAN (MEA) 2017

EDUTECH ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nugraha Suharto
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
High Speeds ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
Asean Economic Community

Madrasas should be able to become the front line in the face of the ASEAN Economic Community (MEA), marked by economic movements at high speeds and free moves without control. The swirl of the power of economic movement will crush every country that is unable to survive it, and every country must be ready to mingle and compete if they want to survive. The world of education has become the main and solid foundation to continue to stand up to it, and for madrasas to be the main challenge the management is no longer conventional but must have adaptive management to the pace of economic change. The development of this adaptability model is a pathway and guide for madrasah managers to have global competitiveness while continuing to develop superior religious values that are world-oriented and world-oriented and hereafterMadrasah seharusnya mampu menjadi barisan terdepan dalam menghadapi Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN (MEA), ditandai dengan pergerakan ekonomi dalam kecepatan tinggi dan bergerak bebas tak terkendali. Pusaran kekuatan pergerakkan ekonomi kan melumatkan setiap negara yang tidak mampu bertahan menghadapinya, dan setiap negara harus siap untuk berbaur dan berkompetisi jika ingin bertahan. Dunia pendidikan menjadi pondasi utama dan kokoh untuk tetap berdiri menghadapinya,  dan bagi  madrasah menjadi tantangan utama pengelolaannya tidak lagi bersifat konvensional akan tetapi harus memiliki manajemen yang adaftif terhadap kecepatan perubahan ekonomi. Pengembangan model adaftabilitas ini menjadi alur dan panduan bagi pengelola madrasah untuk memiliki daya saing global dengan tetap mengembangkan nilai diri yang religius unggul dan berorientasi dunia dan akhirat

Power of Darkness: Narrative and Biographical Reflexivity in A Series of Unfortunate Events

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-212
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH BULLEN
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Risk Society ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
High Earning ◽  
Textual Culture ◽  
Children’S Exposure ◽  
Central Claim

This paper investigates the high-earning children's series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, in relation to the skills young people require to survive and thrive in what Ulrich Beck calls risk society. Children's textual culture has been traditionally informed by assumptions about childhood happiness and the need to reassure young readers that the world is safe. The genre is consequently vexed by adult anxiety about children's exposure to certain kinds of knowledge. This paper discusses the implications of the representation of adversity in the Lemony Snicket series via its subversions of the conventions of children's fiction and metafictional strategies. Its central claim is that the self-consciousness or self-reflexivity of A Series of Unfortunate Events} models one of the forms of reflexivity children need to be resilient in the face of adversity and to empower them to undertake the biographical project risk society requires of them.

Slavery and the Trumpocene: It's Not the End of the World

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-50
Author(s):  
Claire Colebrook
Keyword(s):  
Living System ◽  
Racial Violence ◽  
First Century ◽  
The West ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
End Of The World ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Geological Period

There is something more catastrophic than the end of the world, especially when ‘world’ is understood as the horizon of meaning and expectation that has composed the West. If the Anthropocene is the geological period marking the point at which the earth as a living system has been altered by ‘anthropos,’ the Trumpocene marks the twenty-first-century recognition that the destruction of the planet has occurred by way of racial violence, slavery and annihilation. Rather than saving the world, recognizing the Trumpocene demands that we think about destroying the barbarism that has marked the earth.

Persons in a World of Things

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan L. Mittleman
Keyword(s):  
Explanatory Power ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Classic Essay

This chapter focuses on the reality of persons in a world of things. It begins and ends with some relevant views drawn from the Jewish philosophers Buber (1878–1965), Heschel (1907–72), and Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903–93). Framed by the Jewish concerns, it turns to a philosophical exploration of human personhood. The chapter begins by consiering Sellars's classic essay on the scientific and manifest images of “man-in-the-world.” Sellars shows how urgent and difficult it is to sustain a recognizable image of ourselves as persons in the face of scientism. With additional help from Nagel and Kant, it argues that persons cannot be conceptually scanted in a world of things. Notwithstanding the explanatory power of science, there is more to life than explanation. Explanation of what we are needs supplementing by a conception of who we are, how we should live, and why we matter. Those are questions to which Jewish sources can speak.

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