The Hilltop 11-1-1974

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Anglican Lutheran relations in Chota Nagpur, 1800 - 1919, with special reference to 1914 - 1919: their historical context and theological bearing

The Edinburgh World Missionary Conference I910 instructed its Continuation Committee Chairman, Dr. John R. Mott, to make a tour of Asia in 1912 to bring into being National Councils of Missions. Dr Mott visited India, meeting church and missionary leaders in a series of Regional Conferences, and in 19l4 the National Missionary Council of India was constituted with eight Provincial Councils. The Bihar and Orissa Provincial Council included the Anglican missionaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the German Lutherans of the Gossner Evangelical Mission both working in Chota Nagpur, a tribal hill tract in the south of Bihar. Following the outbreak of the Great War the Government of India introduced a policy of internment for all German missionaries and in 1915 deported them from India. The National Missionary Council of India through its Provincial Councils in Madras and Bihar maintained the German missionfields throughout the War. In South India the German missions were entrusted to fellow Lutherans, Americans and Swedes; in Chota Nagpur the Anglican Bishop Foss Westcott with the sanction of the Government volunteered to maintain the Lutheran Mission schools by providing Anglican missionaries who lived in the Lutheran Mission stations. The Government of India banned the German missionaries from returning to their work at the end of the War. Bishop Westcott was hopeful that a United Church could be established in Chota Nagpur composed of Anglicans and Lutherans. His hopes were unfulfilled. Supported by the Lutherans in South India the leaders of the Gossner Mission placed themselves under the direction of the National Missionary Council and the Bihar Provincial Council. The Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chota Nagpur and Assam with an Advisory Board appointed by the Provincial Council was founded on July I0th I9I9 as the first autonomous Lutheran Church in India

European Union/South Africa trade, development and co-operation agreement : decision-making, participation and perceived economic impacts

The European Union-South Africa Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement (EU/SA TDCA), signed in October 1999, is viewed by some in South Africa as not only one of the most important trade and development agreements entered into by the 'new' South African goverrunent, but also a significant agreement for setting precedents for other bi-lateral trade and development pacts between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states. This thesis considers two major issues related to the EU/SA TDCA. First, it describes and evaluates the structures that supported the South African side of the TDCA decision-making process. Second, it discusses the potential economic impact of the agreement on South Africa and part of southern African. Prior to the election of the 'new' South African government in 1994, the majority of South Africa's population was excluded - both in terms of access to decision-making structures and from economic prosperity. By exploring the TDCA, the thesis provides a window through wl-dch to examine contemporary access to decision-making processes in South Africa and the likelihood of the TDCA promoting economic prosperity for sections of southern African society, particularly the 'traditionally excluded'. Interviews with key actors who helped formulate the TDCA provide information that enabled the evaluation of the TDCA decision-making process and highlighted potential economic 'winners' and 'losers'. Interviewing representatives of the South African wine and textile sectors provided an opportunity to examine in more detail the likely impact of the agreement and decision-making processes, associated to the TDCA, within South Africa. The results indicate that an overriding message of this thesis is one of complexity. The description of the structures that underpinned the EU/SA TDCA portrayed complex relationships between decision-making 'actors'. In evaluating the inclusivity of the policy formulation process, there was a lack of consensus over who had been included or excluded. Likewise, the identification of potential economic 'winners' and 'losers' proved to be somewhat problematic.Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth

Community museums as potential instruments for social change and sustainable development in rural Mexico

Ecomuseums are innovative institutions in which new museological systems are used to conserve and interpret the tangible and intangible heritage of a defined geographical area and its corresponding community. Ecomuseums have a strong interest in public participation, in terms of both creation and subsequent development. Such institutions aim to establish an enduring dialogue between staff and community members and to influence positively the social and economic development of the locality. This research focuses on two ecomuseums in rural communities in Mexico. I analyse the impact of both museums on their communities in terms of social improvement within statutes of sustainability. I look at their value in enabling environmental and cultural conservation; and I examine the various communication processes linking outside “experts” and community members. The two museums tell markedly contrasting stories and show different processes of creation and community appropriation. The museum of San Juan Raya, located in a desert community in central Mexico, is a success story where an outside initiative was transformed into a beneficial community project largely run by local people. On the other hand the museum of Frontera Corozal, in the tropical jungle of southern Mexico, developed in a complex and fraught historic-political background, shows a much more problematic identity and no management continuity. My research draws the conclusion that, assuming appropriate communication processes are established, ecomuseums have the ability to help to empower rural communities, to promote social change, and to implement successful techniques of conservation and management of natural resources. Although these two museums are of interest in themselves, this research considers and finds meaning in their different trajectories. The results of this evaluation are relevant to other worldwide communities setting up equivalent institutions, and may facilitate the understanding and development of community museums.Open Acces

1999 August

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Methods for securing public support for public schools in a small New England industrial community.

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The Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia

This book represents the second phase of a multi-method, multi-study of the ‘Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia’. Drawing on Whitley’s Theory of Scientific Change, the study analysed the degree of ‘professionalisation’ of the Information Systems Discipline, the overarching research question being ‘To what extent is Information Systems a distinct and mature discipline in Australia?’ The book chapters are structured around three main sections: a) the context of the study; b) the state case studies; and c) Australia-wide evidence and analysis. The book is crafted to be accessible to IS and non-IS types both within and outside of Australia. It represents a ‘check point’; a snapshot at a point in time. As the first in a hoped for series of such snap-shots, it includes a brief history of IS in Australia, bringing us up to the time of this report. The editorial team comprises Guy Gable, architect and leader; Bob Smyth, project manager; Shirley Gregor, sponsor, host and co-theoretician; Roger Clarke, discipline memory; and Gail Ridley, theoretician. In phase two, the editors undertook to examine each component study, with a view to arriving at an Australia-wide perspective