scholarly journals THE USES AND ABUSES OF HISTORY BY MARGARET MACMILLAN

СИНЕЗА ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Omer Merzić
Keyword(s):  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Insight Into

One thing that unites all people regardless of their current place in the world is their history and their past. Another similarity that unites them is the tendency to distort the past for their own ends. Every country and every nation have their own myths which have become the cornerstone in their establishment andprogress. The misuse of history is most dominantly done by ideologies and their creators as a tool in justifying their work. The author of this book is Margaret MacMillan, who is a Canadian histo- rian most notable for her work on the Versailles conference of 1919, which she mentions more than once in this book. MacMillan’s understanding and insight into history and national iden- tity are brought out in this book, where she points out mythical roots of some of today’s most problematic national and ethnic questions.

Western Europe and Scandinavia

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Brockliss
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Childhood Studies ◽  
History Of Childhood ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sharp Focus ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
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Childhood in western Europe is obviously a vast topic, and this entry will approach it historically and largely chronologically. The study of childhood is still relatively new, and historians have sometimes struggled to construct a history of childhood, with very few firsthand accounts and limited archives. So many children left very few traces of their lives, and historians have had to piece together their history, not from diaries or archives but from court reports, visual representations, and childcare manuals. They have had to struggle to recapture the world of childhood in eras prior to 1800, when sources are especially limited. They, like others interested in childhood studies, have had to address the issue of how to define a child and what childhood is. They have had to contemplate the different historical meanings of the word child prior to 1600 and to resist the temptation to believe that childhood has inevitably improved through the centuries. They have also had to become aware of the dangers of historicizing a phenomenon that has few stable parameters and, in some cultures, may not even exist at all. In several languages there is no word for child; even in English, the word has drastically shifted its meaning over the centuries. These shifts need to be historicized in order to see both the continuities and the discontinuities between the past and the present that suggest that childhood has always been a time of suffering; children have always been the victims of perilous disease, parental neglect, government policy, war, etc. Concurrently, children have also always been the hope of the future, the focus of special love and attention. A historical perspective on European childhoods brings this insight into sharp focus.

scholarly journals Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the production and sales of cars in the world

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Inna Shevchenko ◽  
Illia Dmytriiev ◽  
Oksana Dmytriieva
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

Problem. The global automotive industry has already had an experience of recovery from the global financial crisis of 2008, but the pandemic crisis of 2020 is quite different in nature and pattern of progress: in recent history it has had no analogues and it will be premature to state its completion. Therefore, it is important to determine the impact of the pandemic on the production and sale of cars in order to overcome the negative consequences. To address this issue, the article identifies the sensitivity of this subsector of mechanical engineering to destructive changes in the environment; an analysis of changes in the volume of production and sales of cars by countries of the world over the past period has been made. Goal. The aim of the work is to determine the destructive consequences and trends of the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the global automotive industry, namely the production and sale of cars. Methodology. To determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a vertical and horizontal analysis of car production and sales in the world has been conducted. Results. The results of the analysis allowed the authors to group the countries of the world by the destructive effects of the pandemic crisis of 2020 for the automotive industry. Originality. The carried out classification of countries by the destructive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to gain insight into its impact on the automotive industry, in particular on the production and sale of cars. Practical value. The obtained results can be recommended to identify further ways to overcome the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the automotive industry.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN ON KERALA’S JOB MARKET

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adil Ellikkal ◽  
S Rajamohan
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Nipah Virus ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Job Market ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
World Survey ◽  
Insight Into

The COVID-19 outbreak is an exact reminder that pandemic like other rarely occurring disasters have happened in the past and will continue to happen in the future. Around the globe, countries are in lockdown, and citizens are asked to maintain social distancing and stay at home. This is not first instances that Kerala is fighting against a deadly virus like Coronavirus. Earlier in 2018, Nipah virus had been identified in Kerala and they had mortality rate of 40 to 80 per cent. From previous experience, among all the states in India, Kerala was well and the best prepared to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and has managed to flatten the curve. But COVID-19 hit Kerala very hard, because the major source of revenue comes from tourism and Non-Resident Keralites (NRK’s) remittance drastically fell down. This paper provides vital insight into the effect on COVID-19 on Kerala’s job market. The aim of this study is to find out how Kerala’s job markets are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since Malayalees are working in different countries across the world, survey method is used to collect data. The study helps us to understand the demographic characteristics of workforce in Kerala. It clearly discusses effect of COVID-19 on different sectors where of Malayalees work across the world. The study also helps to analyze the effect of COVID-19 on employability of graduates and non-graduates. Finally, this study identifies the rate of job loss due to COVID-19 lockdown during the month of June 2020.

African Girls' Samplers from Mission Schools in Sierra Leone (1820s to 1840s)

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 189-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silke Strickrodt
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Source Criticism ◽  
Mission Schools ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
British Colony ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Insight Into

In an article in this journal almost fifteen years ago, Colleen Kriger discussed the reluctance of historians of Africa to use objects as sources in their research. She pointed to the rich reservoir of objects “made by African hands” in museum collections around the world, which lies virtually untapped by historians. However, she also noted that while objects are “unusually eloquent remnants from the past,” they are problematic sources, presenting “special difficulties in evaluation and interpretation.”The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the existence of a number of embroidery samplers that were stitched by African girls in mission schools in the British colony of Sierra Leone in the period from the 1820s to the 1840s. So far, I have found thirteen of these samplers, which are preserved in a number of archival, private and museum collections in Europe and the USA. To historians, these pieces of needlework are of interest because they were generated by a group of people for whom we do not usually have first-hand documentary material. Moreover, they represent the direct material traces of the activity of the girls who made them, and thus appear to offer the possibility of an emphatic insight into their experience.However, these “textile documents” present serious problems of interpretation. What exactly can they be expected to tell the modern historian? In particular, how far, in fact, do they express the perspectives of the African girls who made them, as distinct from the European missionaries who directed their work? Careful source criticism and an examination of the purpose for which they were produced will help to clarify these issues.

Understanding the Impact of Securities Markets Reform on the Economy of Brazil

2014 ◽  
pp. 339-349
Author(s):  
Deboshree Banerji ◽  
Rituparna Das
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Securities Market ◽  
Securities Markets ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
International Standing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

The economic strength of a country depicts the international standing of a nation and also reflects the significance of the country in moulding the trends of the global economy equally. The Brazilian economy, like many developing economies, has many facets that have developed and matured with time. The Brazilian securities market has undergone much change over the past decade. The reforms that started with the implementation of the “Plano Real” have accelerated the Brazilian market and economy exponentially, thus making the economy one of the major investment destinations, with some calling it the “next superpower.” The fact that the Brazilian economy is a commodities-dominated economy has led the authors to probe into the various nuances related to the securities markets of Brazil, leading to this chapter through which we get a glimpse into the reforms in the securities market and the effect it has on the country as well as the world. The chapter meanders through the development of the Brazilian economy and provides insight into the heart of the Brazilian economy, thereby discussing the effect of the reforms on the economy of the country, how the same strikes the global economy, and the lessons that the country can learn from the other BRICS counterparts, through which it can consolidate its position.

Alone, Together

2022 ◽  
pp. 77-95
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
International Community ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Cooperative Institutions ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter provides insight into the contemporary problems plaguing the international community, including climate change and terrorism, and examines how international cooperation has worked to combat issues in the past. The chapter will highlight the criticality of cooperative institutions and organizations within the international community and how those organizations may stand up to the rising tide of nationalism around the world.

scholarly journals The World Heritage Naracoorte Caves beyond 500 ka: U-Pb dating and charcoal analysis from speleothems with implications for Pleistocene vertebrate fossil deposits

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rieneke Weij ◽  
Jon Woodhead ◽  
Liz Reed ◽  
Kale Sniderman ◽  
John Hellstrom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Charcoal Analysis ◽  
Past Climate ◽  
The Past ◽  
Spin Resonance ◽  
The World ◽  
Past Climate Change ◽  
First Time ◽  
Insight Into

<p>Under the current rapid global warming, studying how environments responded to past climate change becomes increasingly important to better understand what impact climate variability has on regional flora and fauna. Our new multi-proxy study to the World Heritage Naracoorte Caves in southern Australia provides a unique window into the past climate as they are heavily decorated with speleothems but also contain in-fill deposits rich in Pleistocene vertebrate fossils including the extinct Australian megafauna. Until now, these speleothems have been dated using U-Th series and the fossil-bearing sediments with Optical Stimulated Luminescence and Electro Spin Resonance techniques, but only up to ca. 500 ka. We have U-Pb dated speleothems from the Naracoorte Caves for the first time and extended the record beyond 500 ka. We combined precise chronology with analyses of pollen and charcoal within the speleothems which allows us to better understand how southern Australia’s climate and its vegetation changed during the Quaternary. It also provides a unique insight into the timing and extent of cave opening with important potential for much older vertebrate fossil deposits than previously thought.</p>

Teaching Intercultural Competences During Distance Learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Ivenz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Intercultural Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Insight Into

In the past year, the world of education in Slovakia went through a significant change due to the worldwide pandemic. At the universities, the subjects got transferred to the online world, and the curriculum, lectures, seminars, and activities within the seminars had to be adapted to this situation as well. This paper will introduce a learning activity that is used to develop the sociocultural knowledge of the students of intercultural studies within foreign language education. It will provide an insight into how the learning is performed when the students are in the classroom and how it had to be adjusted for online teaching. The outcomes of the learning activity will be presented within the paper as well to compare if they change based on the environment in which the learning was performed.

The Library of Bryant Barrett, Laceman and Country Squire

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-572
Author(s):  
Frans Korsten ◽  
Jos Blom ◽  
Frans Blom
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Ordinary Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Insight Into

Bryant Barrett (c.1715–1790) was a Catholic tradesman who managed to become affluent enough to be able to collect a library of nearly 2,000 volumes. His library catalogues are still extant and the aim of the present article is to analyse these in order to get an insight into the intellectual world of an eighteenth-century RC self-made man. There are a number of catalogues of institutional RC libraries and the occasional catalogue of an RC clergyman, but as far as we know the Barrett catalogues are a unique register of the books possessed by an ‘ordinary’ RC layman. The traditional picture of eighteenth-century English Catholic life is that of a dwindling community with a rather provincial and conservative outlook on life. Heroic martyrdom was a feature of the past: ordinary life entailed guarding against modern enlightenment views and – towards the end of the century – internal discussions about the concessions necessary to achieve Catholic emancipation. Barrett's library modifies this picture in a number of ways: it reveals an eminently practical man who was also an intellectual, someone interested in the past, loyal to his faith, knowledgeable about the latest developments in industry and science, intrigued by perspectives opening up through exploration and travel, fascinated with new developments and ideas. Barrett was a both a devout Roman Catholic and a well-read man of the world.

The National Library of Singapore experience: harnessing technology to deliver content and broaden access

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharmini Chellapandi ◽  
Chow Wun Han ◽  
Tay Chiew Boon
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
National Library ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Insight Into

PurposeThis paper seeks to focus on the efforts of the National Library of Singapore (NLS) to make accessible resources to users who may not come to the library physically or resources that the library may not hold or own, and to discuss some of the initiatives launched by the NLS in the past five years, including the encyclopedic Singapore Infopedia, the landmark collaborative project between the NLS and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) that initiated NewspaperSG, and the Singapore Memory Project, a nationwide initiative to build a national digital collection of materials about Singapore.Design/methodology/approachThe paper takes a descriptive approach.FindingsWith libraries the world over facing the challenge of meeting the needs of users in improving access, the National Library of Singapore (NLS) has, in the past decade, sought to explore ways in which remote reference services can be improved and access to its collections in the online space enhanced.Originality/valueThe paper gives an insight into the latest developments at the National Library aimed at servicing its remote users.

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