Reclaiming disabled creativity: How cultural models make legible the creativity of people with disabilities

The field of creativity studies underrepresents—even excludes—creators who have disabilities. The underrepresentation partly reflects an approach that pathologizes disability. Disability as a pathology or marker of ineligibility makes the contributions of people with disabilities invisible or illegible to creativity research. However, disability operates as a marker of membership in a larger disability culture. Considering disability and creativity as cultural phenomena locates a means for including disabled creators in creativity studies. Cultural models describe creativity in terms of groups sharing values, experiences, and resources. People with disabilities participate in subcultures (e.g., deaf communities) and/or larger cultures (i.e., disability culture). Disability cultures encapsulate shared experiences and values as well as resources. In the following article, I pair three propositions from cultural creativity models with evidence from creators with disabilities to demonstrate that (a) members of disability culture experience the world in ways that generate creative expression, (b) encountering a world designed for abled bodies incites the creativity of disabled people, and (c) disabled and abled people collaboratively create. However, not all methodological approaches effectively include creators with disabilities. Qualitative approaches suit best when the researcher practices reflexivity and allows creators with disabilities the right to manage their own representation within the project.

Competitive empathy: sharing values and strategies with rivals

Purpose This study aims to introduce the original idea of competitive empathy, to go beyond competitive advantage and help managers and entrepreneurs strategize with a shared purpose. Design/methodology/approach This study builds on and originally combines seminal works on empathy in the fields of psychology and management, which are extended to embrace the notion of empathy toward competitors. Empirical research leveraged different methods, including “class as a lab” research; field studies; and collaborative research. Findings To support managers’ and entrepreneurs’ effort to be more empathic and emotionally intelligent when dealing with competitors, the study introduces the “Competitive Empathy Catalyst” tool, which identifies three layers – namely, orientation, execution and foundation – where to look for common ground between your company’s and your competitors’ strategy. A set of principles that should inspire managers’ strategic behavior and action to enable competitive empathy are also proposed: search for a non-conflicting identification with competitors and avoid “egotism”; adopt “perspective-taking”; practice “mirroring”; aim at the “greater good”; leverage “vicarious learning” and apply “cautionary trust.” Practical implications Looking at competitors from a different angle and applying competitive empathy as a strategic device can uncover a plethora of opportunities benefiting the company’s strategy and ability to create, deliver and capture value. Originality/value Empathy in management theory and practice has been traditionally associated with interaction with customers, employees and stakeholders. Competitive empathy counterintuitively applies empathy to a category of players that were largely left out from the discussion, that is, competitors.

Community Building in Times of Pandemic: University Camilo José Cela, Spain

University Camilo José Cela (UCJC) is a private university located in Madrid (Spain) that belongs to the SEK Education Group, an institution with 125 years of tradition and a strong innovation identity. This case study presents the response that UCJC has given to facilitate the adaptation of the educational community (students, families, and teachers) to the situation arising from the pandemic caused by COVID-19. It will explain the coordination actions between students from the School of Education at UCJC and the impact derived from their interventions. Specifically, it will detail students’ participation as teacher assistants in online teaching within the IB pedagogical model to respond to the demands of primary and secondary teachers. This collaboration is the most outstanding due to the number of students and schools involved and the efficacy and efficiency of its implementation.On the other hand, there were other interventions of a smaller scale but a high social impact committed to disadvantaged sectors of the population. For example, our students’ support gave refugee students from Syria reinforcing their training or the psycho-emotional, educational, and legal assistance that volunteers from the bachelor’s degree of law provided to children and families in social exclusion. It is also significant to highlight the UCJC international actions: the teacher training program, EachTeach, provided educational methodologies, resources, and media to refugee teachers at the Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya), helping them to raise awareness about COVID-19, and the Cambodian program dedicated to training volunteers on how to combat the pandemic on these vulnerable contexts, where children live on the streets.Finally, to define broader collaborations and scale these initiatives in the future, this case study will reflect on the reasons for the success achieved, especially in training and pedagogical innovation and in the use of educational technology. The UCJC and SEK Schools collaboration allowed the use of a common technological language, sharing values. The development of training, support, and advice, between the university community (professors and faculty students) and the schools’ community (teachers, students, and families), enabled a wide range of relevant issues to be addressed in dealing with COVID-19 by schools and the broader education community.

The Actualization of Religiosity and Community Togetherness in Tawang Susukan Village, Semarang District in Tradition of Sedekah Bumi Merti Desa

Sedekah Bumi Merti Desa is one of the typical traditions of the Javanese community which is carried out by farmers in Tawang Susukan Village, Semarang Regency during the harvest season or the period before the planting season. The purpose of this research is to describe (1) the reconstruction of the Sedekah Bumi Merti Desa in Javanese culture which is held in Susukan Village, Semarang Regency which is full of local wisdom, and (2) the aspects of religion and the spirit of sharing values among community members. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods with hermeneutic studies as research strategies and approaches. Data collection techniques are obtained through observation, deep interviews, and documentation. The results of the study indicate that Sedekah Bumi Merti Desa is still practiced by farmers in Susukan Village, Semarang Regency from generation to generation with more modern models and components. This tradition is a form of the local community’s gratitude to God for the crops. Furthermore, sharing crops among the local community is done in order to strengthen brotherhood and togetherness. The novelty of this research is to analyze the processions and values in Sedekah Bumi Merti Desaas a form of local wisdom that is still surviving to the present time in the midst of global modernization.

Geoethics in a scheme: a simplified way to represent its definition, vision, and theoretical structure

<p>Geoethics arises from the awareness that, only partly consciously, human beings have irreversibly modified and are continuing to modify the natural environments and territories in which they live and operate. Humans alter not only physical, chemical and biological characteristics of their niche, but also social and cultural traits that connote social–ecological systems today as in the past, which in turn, in a feedback mechanism, influence people’s economic development, social perspectives and sense-making. It then becomes a responsibility for geoscientists to look beyond their traditional areas of work and each interact proactively with civic communities to promote changes that are needed. The key concepts of geoethics constitute a cultural proposal for the whole society, on which to base new perspectives for the human agent.<br>Ten years ago, the first session dedicated to geoethics was organized at the EGU General Assembly in order to widen the discussion on ethics in geosciences. Nowadays the theoretical framework of geoethics has consolidated and it has become the proposal on which to base a global ethics of the human agent towards the Earth system. This work synthetizes in a scheme the reference framework on which geoethics developed, its definition, foundations, and main characteristics, highlighting the importance of sharing values and actions among planetary human communities to manage global changes and threats.</p>

Cultural Preference Nets

In this final chapter, the authors summarize the results on the empirical analyses of attitudes, beliefs, metaphors, and preferences. They find evidence to support the contention that cultural value orientations do indeed distinguish labor market responses and the structure of those labor markets. They also note how this stability shows signs of erosion, with millennials often sharing values that transcend country boundaries. The trends in all six nations of an increasing preference for general education among younger generations has the potential of dramatically changing the skill sets of job seekers in an increasingly complex global labor market. The perils of this loss of value-added production skills are explored, as are the risks associated with the neglect of national culture as an economic organizing principle.

RESOLUSI KONFLIK KELUARGA PADA ISTRI YANG MEMILIKI PENGHASILAN LEBIH TINGGI DARI SUAMI

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana resolusi konflik keluarga pada istri yang memiliki penghasilan lebih tinggi dari suami. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan metode studi kasus. Subjek penelitian terdiri dari tiga pasangan suami dan istri, namun hanya fokus pada istri, yang dipilih secara purposive sampling. Data diperoleh melalui observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Analisis data menggunakan teknik analisis deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa resolusi konflik keluarga pada istri yang memiliki penghasilan lebih tinggi dari suami tidak semudah yang dibayangkan, Penyelesaian konflik yang tidak efektif memberi dampak negatif bagi kedua belah pihak seperti meningkatnya interpersonal distress dan menurunnya harga diri suami, munculnya sikap sombong dan arogan pada istri serta hilangnya kualitas hubungan positif dalam keluarga. Adanya keterbukaan penghasilan atau open sharing values, memberikan pujian atas usaha suami, mengabaikan pendangan negatif orang lain, mengelola keuangan keluarga dan komitmen menggunakan rekening bersama serta saling menghargai dan mendukung satu sama lain merupakan tindakan pemecahan masalah bersama yang dilakukan oleh subjek penelitian

Geoethics as global ethics to face grand challenges for humanity

Geoethics is not simply professional ethics. Originally, it was developed in the context of geosciences to increase the awareness of geoscientists to their cultural and social role, but over time expanded to define a way in which humans can rethink their relationship with the Earth system in the light of principles and values that can provide a healthy and safe life in respect for geo-ecosystems. The theoretical framework of geoethics has now consolidated, and it has become the proposal on which to base a global ethics for the new millennium. This chapter outlines the scientific and cultural reference framework in which geoethics developed; the theoretical foundations of geoethics and its main characteristics; global anthropogenic issues under a geoethical perspective; ethical and social aspects related to two potential human activities respectively to combat global warming (geoengineering); and to provide for the growing demand for georesources (deep-sea/ocean mining). The authors highlight the importance of sharing values and actions among planetary human communities to manage global changes and threats. One wonders if the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic can suggest or confirm reflections on geoethical thinking. Finally, a charter for a responsible course of human development, articulated in nine principles and actions, is proposed.