scholarly journals Dancing with eyes wide open: On the role of nostalgia in education

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Halpin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Good Argument ◽  
The Past ◽  
Capacity To Act

Nostalgia rightly elicits suspicion, even derision, for to give oneself up to longing for something from the past runs the risk of compromising one's capacity to act effectively in the present. But this does not make nostalgia, by definition , either sentimentally reactionary or wistfully unreflective. On the contrary, in the education context and elsewhere, it can be the exact opposite, though its influence, which is legitimate, particularly when articulated through the optic of tradition, needs to be constrained and justified by good argument and, where relevant, sound empirical research.

Gendered Massacres: Examining the Effects of Cultural and Structural Gender Inequality on the Incidence of Mass Public Shootings

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 885-905
Author(s):  
Margaret Schmuhl ◽  
Joel A. Capellan
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
Gender Hierarchy

With nearly 97% of incidents within the past 40 years committed by men, mass public shootings are a gendered social problem. Yet, empirical research on this phenomenon largely neglects gender hierarchy and cultural factors as predictors, in favor of individual- and event-level characteristics. Despite calls from scholars to place masculinity and threats to patriarchal hegemony at the center of analyses, no empirical studies to our knowledge have examined the role of gender inequality in mass public shootings. The findings indicate that gender inequality, structural and ideological, are important predictors of mass public shootings and that future research should continue to investigate such violence from a gendered lens.

scholarly journals Scriptural Reasoning among Jews and Muslims in London: Dynamics of an Inter-Religious Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Van Esdonk ◽  
Gerard Wiegers
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Religious Study ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Dynamic Interaction ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
The Past ◽  
Grassroots Level ◽  
Scriptural Reasoning

Scriptural Reasoning (SR)—the philosophical inter-religious study of foundational religious texts—came into being as an academic practice in the 1990s. In this article, based on empirical research, we analyse how in London over the past decades this practice has gradually been applied by new groups—including as a means for Jewish-Muslim engagement, the focus of our research. We discuss the ways in which the role of the foundational religious texts in SR practices has changed and how Jewish and Muslim initiators and participants at the local level now navigate between academic theological guidelines, daily interactions, and grassroots’ objectives for inter-religious engagement. We argue that SR practices, after having been adapted to community and individual needs and responding to religious and social caveats from different sides, provide a meaningful approach to constructive and dynamic interaction and engagement between Jews and Muslims at a grassroots level.

Environmental Change and the Personnel Function: A Review of the Research

1989 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven W. Hays
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Personnel Management ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Organizational Role ◽  
The Past ◽  
Environmental Transformation ◽  
Merit Systems

This article examines the changes and adjustments that have occurred within public personnel management in response to the vast environmental transformation that has transpired during the past three decades. After reviewing the environmental variables that are identified in the literature as being relevant to the personnel function, the empirical research that assesses their impact is surveyed. Emphasis is given to both the internal organizational role of personnel management and the reforms that have been implemented in merit systems at all levels of government.

“If They Don’t Start Listening to Us, the Future Is Going to Look the Same as the Past”: Young People and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 509-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Magill ◽  
Brandon Hamber
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Young People ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Reconciliation Process

This article, based on empirical research from Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina, explores how young people conceptualize reconciliation and examines the meaning this concept holds for them. Qualitative data are collected through one-to-one interviews with young people aged 16 to 18 living in Northern Ireland ( N = 15) and Bosnia and Herzegovina ( N = 15). Results indicate that young people’s conceptualizations of reconciliation are largely relationship based. In terms of their role in the reconciliation process, young people see themselves as both potential peacemakers and potential troublemakers. They feel that politicians and the older generations have a significant impact on whether the role of young people in the future would be constructive or destructive. The research finds that a lack of political and economic change was one of the major factors that negatively influenced the potential for reconciliation, as did the lack of intergenerational dialogue. The research also indicates that it is vital to include young people in the debate about reconciliation.

Nostalgic neighborhood belongings: Theorizing the interrelationship among nostalgias, belongings and neighborhood changes

2021 ◽  
pp. 003802612110294
Author(s):  
Clément Colin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Past ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The One ◽  
Depth Interviews

Depending on one’s socio-territorial contexts, age, and time spent residing in the same place, the spatial-temporal experience of belonging is lived differently. Within this framework, this article looks at perspectives of neighborhood belonging in long-term residents aged 65 years and older. Based on the narratives of 51 people from three neighborhoods of Valparaíso, Chile, who participated in the 2019 workshops and/or in-depth interviews, I identify different types of nostalgic senses of belonging; and examine the social and spatial conditions that influence their formation. From this empirical research, I argue that these belongings are based on daily practices that refer to the past neighborhood and that, at the same time, are embodied in their current materialities. The results show, on the one hand, the role of nostalgia in the formation of a belonging, from the past to the present; and, on the other, the influence of place in these experiences. From the above, this article contributes to the conceptualization of the material dimension of nostalgic belongings and their interrelationships among nostalgias, belongings, and changes in social and physical environments.

scholarly journals The embodied view of autism

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-31
Author(s):  
Ágnes Szokolszky ◽  
◽  
Marietta Kékes Szabó ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Developmental Pathways ◽  
Action Perception ◽  
Multidimensional Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Perception Action

In the past decades, research has firmly established that Autism Spectrum Disorder is a multicausal, multilevel phenomenon. With this multidimensional approach, theoretical viewpoints informing empirical research have also become more pluralized. In this paper, we describe a turn towards a metatheoretical shift in cognitive science labeled as "embodiment" and its application to theories and research on autism.We show how the premises of the embodied view of cognition: the relational-embodied nature of the mind and the interconnectedness of action, perception, thought, and affect lead to an approach to autism that is different from previous cognitivist approaches. In this framework, we discuss the role of sensorimotor and perception-action processes, as well as intersubjectivity in creating autistic developmental pathways. Autism is understood as rooted in a developmental cascade in which interdependent processes dynamically influence each other.

scholarly journals Governance tools for the conservation of wetlands: the role of the Montreux Record under the Ramsar Convention

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 1493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan Hamman ◽  
Tess Van Geelen ◽  
Afshin Akhtar-Khavari
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Ramsar Convention ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
The Past ◽  
World Heritage Convention ◽  
The World ◽  
Governance Tools

The Ramsar Convention is the world’s most important international treaty governing wetland environments. Since the 1970s, the Convention has concerned itself with listing and protecting wetlands of international significance. However, in the past three decades, a focus has shifted from the identification of potential sites, towards addressing adverse changes in their ‘ecological character’. One of the few mechanisms Ramsar has at its disposal for achieving this is the Montreux Record (MR). The MR, first established in 1990, is a kind of ‘in danger’ list for Ramsar sites that have undergone, are undergoing, or are likely to undergo, adverse ecological change. Unlike other in-danger lists, such as, for example, under the World Heritage Convention, the MR is entirely voluntary and not deployed as a disciplinary measure or reputational sanction. The empirical research presented in this paper shows the declining use and importance of the MR. The paper provides an analysis of the composition and use of the MR from 1990 to 2018 and generates recommendations for how it might be used more effectively. The findings in this paper are significant, given the rapid declines of many Ramsar sites around the world.

scholarly journals Symbole wielokulturowości w przestrzeni publicznej na rzecz przeciwdziałania nietolerancji

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-127
Author(s):  
Marek Walancik
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Culturally Different ◽  
Adam Mickiewicz

Walancik Marek, Symbole wielokulturowości w przestrzeni publicznej na rzecz przeciwdziałania nietolerancji [Symbols of Multiculturalism in Public Space to Counteract of Intolerance]. Studia Edukacyjne nr 56, 2020, Poznań 2020, pp. 111-127. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISSN 1233-6688. DOI:10.14746/se.2020.56.6In the article, the author addresses the issue of the essence and role of the symbol of multiculturalism in public space in the context of counteracting intolerance. The presented text contains not only a presentation of basic terms and theories, but also an analysis of empirical research results related to the issue of the significance of the symbol of multiculturalism in order to counteract intolerance. Frequently appearing facts of intolerance towards culturally different individuals lead to reflection and seeking answers to the question: Does the presence of a symbol of multiculturalism in public space, which was once a borderland space, and today is saturated with various forms of symbols of multiculturalism of the past and of the modern period affect behavior tolerance.

Bargaining and Learning in Recurring Crises: The Soviet-American, Egyptian-Israeli, and Indo-Pakistani Rivalries. By Russell J. Leng. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000. 336p. $64.50 cloth, $24.95 paper.

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 520-521
Author(s):  
Dan Reiter
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Past Research ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Crisis Bargaining ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ann Arbor ◽  
Crisis Behavior

In the past ten years there has been a burst of theoretical and empirical research on the topic of learning in international relations. Russell J. Leng's new book is the latest addition to this body of scholarship, and it builds on his past research on learning and crisis bargaining. Leng examines the role of learning in crisis bargaining strategies within ongoing, inter- national rivalries. He asks a series of questions, including: Do patterns of crisis behavior repeat from one crisis to the next?

scholarly journals Imagery determination of commitment to the country as part of the socio-psychological capital of the personality of students

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 08014
Author(s):  
Svetlana Frolova
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
The Past ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Fact Finding ◽  
Images Of The Future

The article contains the results of theoretical analysis and empirical research of imagery determination of students personality commitment to their country. The commitment of a personality to the country is considered in line with the theory of psychological relations of the personality, actively developed in modern social psychology, and within the framework of the concept of socio-psychological capital of the personality, proposed by A. N. Tatarko. The purpose of this article is to analyse the role of subjective images of the past, present and future of the country in building personality’s commitment to the country. To achieve this goal, an empirical research was conducted, which was attended by 207 University students (125 women and 82 men) aged 18 to 23 years, all citizens of Russia. The research was conducted in compliance with the principle of anonymity of participation and using the author’s fact-finding questionnaire “Commitment to their country”, the developed imagery-associative test “The Image of Russia and Foreign Countries” and colour relations test. As a result of the study it was found out that subjectively constructed, positively significant images of the future of the country play the most important role in the formation of students’ commitment to their country.

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