“Practical” Hermeneutics of Muhammad Quraish Shihab – between Scilla of Anarchy and Charybdis of Dogmatism

The present article deals with the work of an Indonesian scholar and a public intellectual Muhammad Quraish Shihab. The paper reveals the main principles of Quraish Shihab's Quranic Hermeneutics, which include pragmatism (orienting towards the joint interest), thematic approach and methodological holism. Among the objects of the research there are his innovative approach to Quran exegesis, his links with Egyptian modernist schools of M. Abduh and M.R. Ridah, his ideas, where Islam comes as a “middle way”. Moreover, the article demonstrates the connection between his hermeneutical theory and his social activism, especially in the fi eld of media. The author concludes the paper with a brief explanation of the main points of Quraish Shihab's hermeneutical theory.

Adverse event reviews in healthcare: What matters to patients and their family? A qualitative study exploring the perspective of patients and family

ObjectivesExplore what ‘good’ patient and family involvement in healthcare adverse event reviews may involve.DesignData was collected using semi-structured telephone interviews. Interview transcripts were analysed using an inductive thematic approach.SettingNHS Scotland.Participants19 interviews were conducted with patients who had experienced an adverse event during the provision of their healthcare, or their family member.ResultsFour key themes were derived from these interviews: trauma, communication, learning and litigation.ConclusionsFindings suggest there are many advantages of actively involving patients and their families in adverse event reviews. An open, collaborative, person-centred approach which listens to, and involves, patients and their families is perceived to lead to improved outcomes for all. For the patient and their family, it can help with reconciliation following a traumatic event and help restore their faith in the healthcare system. For the health service, listening and involving people will likely enhance learning with subsequent improvements in healthcare provision with reduction in risk of similar events occurring for other patients. Communicating in a compassionate manner could also decrease litigation claims following an adverse event. Overall, having personalised conversations and a streamlined review process, with open engagement to enhance learning, was important to most participants in this study.

Manajemen Skala Prioritas Kehidupan Manusia dalam Perspektif Agama Islam

Every human activity has its own role and importance. In this case, a priority scale is required for each activity to be organized on a regular basis. Islam with all forms of teaching provides solutions to every problem of life without exception, as well as in terms of priorities. This research aims to explain the procedures for regulating the scale of priorities in human life according to the foundation of Islamic teachings. To arrive at that goal, the study used a dexatriptive-qualitative method with literature study techniques. In addition, the study also used a thematic approach by collecting Qur'anic verses that addressed a particular topic and ordered it wherever possible. The results of this study show that setting priorities begins with careful planning, solid organizing, proper implementation, and monitoring for control. All these stages are then integrated with the principle of priority jurispruding, namely the measure of truth highlighted in the Qur'an, the main priority over branch priorities, and the priority of people's rights to this right individually.

Light At the End of The Tunnel: Re-Storying the Experiences of Teacher- Covid19 Survivors

The continued service at the frontline of educational delivery in the time of COVID19 pandemic situates teachers to susceptibility that is no less critical. This study aimed to tell the experiences of teachers who were in the throes of COVID-19 disease and have recovered, through the narration of their personal stories. Narrative Inquiry was employed and facilitated by the use research interviews and written accounts of 4 teacher-survivors. Using Narrative Thematic approach in data analysis, themes were developed and were formatted in a literary chronological sense of the pre, during and post COVID19 stages of their journey to tell a cohesive narrative story. The plot started with Skepticisms and disbelief that describe the pre-COVID stage. Guilt, Anxiety and Shame; Fraud Information and Disclosure; Stigmas and Discrimination; and experiences pertaining to Temporality and Place; to their Being a Teacher; and to Relationship and Sociality, capture their During-COVID19 stage. The common accounts of Lessons and New Beginnings articulate the Post-COVID19 Stage. Recommendations to help advance the public’s understanding of the experiences of these teacher-survivors were also explicated.

Regulatory Frameworks, Policies, Norms and Standards

This chapter provides a review of policies, strategies, and regulations in the transport sector. The narrative plays out in terms of outlining national, provincial, and local application dimensions and impacts of transport using green transport lenses. The different application scales for transport policies, strategies and regulations as enunciated through different spheres of government constitutes the main thread of the discussion. In any case, the impact and outcomes of government and non-governmental transport intervention are discussed from a green transport perspective. Complementary to this, the role and scope for norms and standards in promoting green transport policy, innovation and activities is outlined. A thematic approach is used in unpacking green transport issues with respect to transport in Limpopo province. The analysis is anchored within the green transport systems theory of innovation framework.

New Mineral Names: Diamonds, Dumps, and Fumaroles

In this issue In this series of New Mineral Names, a thematic approach is used to help provide context for advances and discoveries in mineralogy. Planet Earth is ever-changing, and unique crystals are found in the tiniest of micro-geologic niches. With emerging analytical techniques, the formerly inaccessible becomes accessible. New minerals inspire creative approaches to overcoming chemical and technological challenges and can reveal what the Earth was like billions of years ago. In this issue, we look at recently described minerals that are associated with diamonds, dumps, and fumaroles: crowningshieldite, goldschmidtite, breyite, cardite, grimmite, hrabákite, freitalite, dioskouriite, dobrovolskyite, ferroefremovite, and vasilseverginite.

“Like I’m flying”: Capoeira dance experiences of youth with visual impairments

Participation in dance programs is associated with physical and psychosocial health among individuals with and without disabilities. However, literature centered on the dance participation experiences of youth with visual impairment remains scarce. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of youth with visual impairments in a 3-week capoeira dance program. Fourteen adolescents with visual impairments (eight boys, six girls, aged 13–18 years old) were selected for participation in this qualitative inquiry. Participants engaged in a specially designed capoeira dance program led by trained instructors and volunteers in a metropolitan area in Turkey. The primary sources of data were semi-structured participant interviews completed after the conclusion of the program. Data were analyzed using a six-step thematic approach and recurrent themes were presented as findings. The authors constructed three themes in the data: (a) “capoeira makes me feel like I’m flying”: fun and freedom learning capoeira; (b) “I’ve never had this kind of close relationship with somebody”: relationships in capoeira training; and (c) “I’m a blind dancer. I did it, right?”: learning capoeira through sound and touch. Together, these findings indicate that dance programs such as capoeira can provide an opportunity for social connection, enjoyment, and physical activity for youth with visual impairments.

‘A Man’s Environment’? The Petone Workingmen’s Club and Masculinity in New Zealand after 1945

<p>My thesis, in the broadest terms, looks at New Zealand men’s understanding of themselves and their work. My study is based on oral history interviews with male members of the Petone Workingmen’s Club in Lower Hutt, Wellington. This thesis has two purposes: to compare men’s experiences with wider understandings of class, work and masculinity in New Zealand during the post-World War II period, and to complicate the assumptions about masculinity that have gone somewhat unexplored in historiography. This study takes a thematic approach to men’s experience, but weaves elements of oral history and historiography throughout. Chapter three looks at the Petone Workingmen’s Club as a masculine and working-class space; while Chapter four continues to examine men’s memories and masculinities, this time in the context of an interview. Finally, Chapter five observes the place of education, leisure, and particularly work, in men’s narratives to add greater depth to histories of work, class and masculinity in New Zealand. My interviews found that studies of New Zealand men have neglected the role that class, gender and historical changes have had in affecting men’s understanding of themselves and their lives. This thesis hopes to complicate, as well as add value to, the limited scholarship that exists surrounding masculinity in New Zealand, particularly among working-class men.</p>

‘A Man’s Environment’? The Petone Workingmen’s Club and Masculinity in New Zealand after 1945

<p>My thesis, in the broadest terms, looks at New Zealand men’s understanding of themselves and their work. My study is based on oral history interviews with male members of the Petone Workingmen’s Club in Lower Hutt, Wellington. This thesis has two purposes: to compare men’s experiences with wider understandings of class, work and masculinity in New Zealand during the post-World War II period, and to complicate the assumptions about masculinity that have gone somewhat unexplored in historiography. This study takes a thematic approach to men’s experience, but weaves elements of oral history and historiography throughout. Chapter three looks at the Petone Workingmen’s Club as a masculine and working-class space; while Chapter four continues to examine men’s memories and masculinities, this time in the context of an interview. Finally, Chapter five observes the place of education, leisure, and particularly work, in men’s narratives to add greater depth to histories of work, class and masculinity in New Zealand. My interviews found that studies of New Zealand men have neglected the role that class, gender and historical changes have had in affecting men’s understanding of themselves and their lives. This thesis hopes to complicate, as well as add value to, the limited scholarship that exists surrounding masculinity in New Zealand, particularly among working-class men.</p>