In the beginning was . . . the word. Cycles of Influence: A historical analysis of some seminal influences on the evolutionary development of mediation principles, values and practice models

A historical analysis of seminal influences on the evolutionary development of mediation principles, values and practice models. This article will focus on the ideas of pioneering individuals who had a significant role and influence on contemporary mediation principles and practice. It will describe their professional field of practice; the particular principles and values that underpinned their practice; the theoretical models and styles of practice they developed and how those became transported into contemporary mediation practice. The relevance for mediation is to raise awareness of the centrality, significance, and importance of these key principles. Ideally, this will in turn impact on the quality of contemporary practice. Hopefully it will inform or remind reflective practitioners, trainers, and practice consultants of what constitutes the foundations of best practice.

Específico e Indeterminado: A arquitetura de Grandjean de Montigny e a Casa França-Brasil

Um ano antes de vir ao Rio de Janeiro, para a conclusão de seus estudos feitos na Itália no decorrer do Prix de Rome, Grandjean de Montigny publicou, em 1815, o livro Architecture Toscane com uma coleção de edifícios do Renascimento italiano de arquitetos como Brunelleschi e Alberti. De modo consciente, Montigny estudou sua coleção de exemplares arquitetônicos a fim de compreender o potencial de produzir, com base neles, novos projetos. Em 2021, um ano após celebrar o s eu segundo centenário, a Casa França-Brasil de Montigny continua a representar um protótipo espacial único que nos permite analisar a importância que sua teoria de projeto pode ter para a prática contemporânea. Palavras-chave: Arquitetura; Grandjean de Montigny; Casa França-Brasil. ABSTRACT A year before coming to Rio de Janeiro, as part of the conclusion of his studies in Italy, during the Prix de Rome, Grandjean de Montigny published, in 1815, the book Architecture Toscane with a collection of Italian Renaissance buildings by architects such as Brunelleschi and Alberti. Montigny consciously studied this collection of architectural prototypes in order to understand the potential of producing new projects based on them. In 2021, a year after celebrating its second centenary, the Casa França-Brasil, designed by Montigny, continues to represent a unique spatial prototype that allows us to analyze the importance that his design theory can have for contemporary practice. Keywords: Architecture; Grandjean de Montigny; Casa França-Brasil

MORAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF MONASTIC LAND OWNERSHIP IN THE CONSECRATION BY PRINCE-MONK VASSIAN PATRIKEEV

The article analyzes the journalistic activity of the famous Russian medieval publicist, Prince-monk Vassian (Patrikeev). The article presents and analyzes his main arguments against the contemporary practice of monastic farms, which extended the right of ownership to large land plots. Vassian builds his argument against the patrimonial rights of monasteries - religious and theoretical argument (the Gospel commandments), historical argument (examples of ancient saints), and also complements it with canonical arguments, references to the decisions of church councils.

Standpoint Epistemology and Nursing Science

In this article, I propose that engagement in nursing practice affords an epistemic advantage and should be included in defining nursing science and as a warrant for scientific knowledge. I appeal to standpoint epistemology, a philosophical theory, to support my proposal. A new conception of objectivity, which aligns with the contemporary practice of science and standpoint theory, is discussed. The article presents a preliminary theory of nursing standpoint theory that explains epistemic advantage of a practicing nurse. Open questions about nursing science conclude the article.

Cultural Diplomacy on International Film Festivals, during the unprecedented year of 2020.

Against the countless cancellations of cultural events around the globe, the dynamics of the film festival circuit and its representations took on new courses and different perspectives. About these symbolic power relations, the article dives into a brief data record, on the performance and possible adaptations upon the organization of film festivals, during the year 2020, and throughout the global pandemic, that exponentiated the digitization of some structuring processes on international cinematographic circulation. Ultimately, it adds notions of cultural diplomacy to international film festivals. In order to transpose theoretical concepts to contemporary practice and verify, in this way, the influences and consequences of virtualization to the subjectivities and significance of diplomacy and otherness upon interconnected identities in the current global community.

Passage from Youth to Adulthood in Japan

Coming of age, as one of the major transitions in the human life cycle, marks the threshold between childhood and adulthood. This transition involves the physical and psychological, as well as the social maturity of the individual. The present article discusses the contemporary practice of the Japanese coming of age ritual, known as seijinshiki, which although it is a relatively modern invention, is nourished by a century-long tradition of coming of age rituals as well as by the traditional world-view on the human life cycle. Today, the ceremony is facing a new challenge due to the upcoming changes in the age of legal adulthood in Japan. Seijinshiki is an excellent example of how change is integrated as well as reflected throughout ritual practice. It vividly reflects social processes as well as mirroring several problems that Japanese society has been facing in our own time. The paper will examine some of these problems together with the major changes that affected the various forms of coming of age rites in Japan across history. The paper also demonstrates that ritual continues to be regarded in Japan as a valid social and individual instrument to treat passages in human life.