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    Towards a Biblical Foundation for a Philosophy of Librarianship

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    Within the discipline of library science, there are two themes that speak to both the philosophy of librarianship and that intersect with biblical teaching. These are “documentality” and “information literacy.” Both themes within the librarianship context emerge from and speak to the metanarratives of contemporary culture, particularly as they pertain to higher education. Documentality embraces the social values and practices underpinning the reification and commodification of human communication, from the mind of the author to publication, to distribution, to access. Information literacy, in turn, engages the social values and practices of the individual reader engaging with these authored products. Though this framing of the discussion with this terminology may be contemporary, I suggest that the themes proper are ageless, and have been addressed in Scriptures. Further, I suggest that the contribution on these themes from the Scriptures shapes a Biblically informed philosophy of librarianship

    Semantic Songket Image Search with Cultural Computing of Symbolic Meaning Extraction and Analytical Aggregation of Color and Shape Features

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    The term "Songket" comes from the Malay word "Sungkit", which means "to hook" or "to gouge". Every motifs names and variations was derived from plants and animals as source of inspiration to create many patterns of songket. Each of songket patterns have a philosophy in form of rhyme that refers to the nature of the sources of songket patterns and that philosophy reflects to the beliefs and values of Malay culture. In this research, we propose a system to facilitate an understanding of songket and the philosophy as a way to conserve Songket culture. We propose a system which is able to collect information in image songket motif variations based on feature extraction methods. On each image songket motif variations, we extracted philosophy of rhyme into impressions, and extracting color features of songket images using a histogram 3D-Color Vector quantization (3D-CVQ), shape feature extraction songket image using HU Moment invariants. Then, we created an image search based on impressions, and impressions search based on image. We use techniques of search based on color, shape and aggregation (combination of colors and shapes). The experiment using impression as query : 1) Result based on color, the average value of true 7.3, total score 41.9, 2) Result based on shape, the average value of true 3, total score 16.4, 3) Result based on aggregation, the average value of true 3, total score 17.4. While based using Image Query : 1) Result based on color, the average precision 95%, 2) Result based on shape, average precision 43.3%, 3) Based aggregation, the average precision 73.3%. From our experiments, it can be concluded that the best search system using query impression and query image is based on the color.Keyword : Image Search, Philosophy, impression, Songket, cultural computing, Feature Extraction, Analytical aggregation

    A Socio-Cultural and Christian Educational Perspective on the Philosophy of SÔkhi Mate Moroi Aila in the Nias Ethnic Community-Indonesia

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    SÔkhi mate moroi aila can be translated as better to die than to bear shame, is a local wisdom of the Nias community in the form of a philosophy of life that has influenced the formation of the identity of the Nias people who are willing to die in order to maintain the honour of themselves and their families. This philosophy has negative impacts, such as poverty, disharmony in the family, acts against the law but can also have a positive impact to raise the spirit and fighting power to achieve a better life. The philosophy of sÔkhi mate moroi aila in this research is written based on the author's experiences and reflections as a person born, raised and nurtured in Nias culture as well as additional information from informants, selected books and journals. In this research, the author encourages the participation of the church and indigenous people to re-interpret the philosophy of sÔkhi mate moroi aila from the perspective of the Christian faith that can bring peace to the common life of the Nias people. Keywords: SÔkhi Mate Moroi Aila, Nias Philosophy, Nias Marriage Customs, Nias Folk Festivities, Nias Faith And Culture

    Repositioning Javanese Traditional Local Culture “Siraman”: The Philosophy and Trends

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    Siraman is a Javanese traditional culture that is held for a bride or bridegroom at a day before ijab qobul. This study uses qualitative research method to gain information from respondents. The researchers collect information from 32 people who experienced Javanese siraman whether as bride/bridegroom or as parents/elders, and literature reviews on the related topic. The researchers limit the object into Javanese siraman tradition that has several steps; sungkeman, ngracik sekar, siraman, wudhu saking kendi, pecah kendi, pangkas rikma, and gendongan, where each step of the siraman process has its own meanings. The aim of this study is to reinterpret the emergence of siraman as a series of rituals done in traditional Javanese weddings. The focus is on siraman especially in East Java. It also includes the philosophy of each step, the tools used and the people involved in the process of siraman. In other words, it also seeks information on the different functions of siraman from the past and present as one of trends in Javanese wedding process nowadays. At the end, this study can be used as one of information sources about Javanese siraman traditonal culture, and gives confirmation and prespectives about Javanese siraman trends as a Javanese traditional culture.   Keywords: Siraman, Javanese Traditional Culture, Philosopy, Trend

    A Primer on Intellectual Capital

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    {Excerpt} Born of the information revolution, knowledge management has arisen in response to the belated understanding that intellectual capital is a core asset of organizations and that it should be circumscribed better. From this perspective, it is the growing body of tools, methods, and approaches, inevitably underpinned by values, by means of which organizations can bring about and maximize a return on knowledge assets, aka intellectual capital. That, Thomas Stewart explained pithily (yet broadly) is organized knowledge that can be used to generate wealth. (Conversely, it also helps to think of what intellectual capital is not, that is, monetary or physical resources.) More specifically, aggregated intellectual capital comprises ‱ Human capital—the cumulative capabilities and engagement of an organization\u27s personnel, rooted in tacit and explicit knowledge, that can be invested to serve the joint purpose. ‱ Relational (or customer) capital—the formal and informal external relationships, counting the information flows across and knowledge partnerships in them, that an organization devises with clients, audiences, and partners to co-create products and services, expressed in terms of width (coverage), channels (distribution), depth (penetration), and attachment (loyalty). ‱ Structural (or organizational) capital—the collective capabilities of an organization—any of them codified, packaged, and systematized, including its governance, values, culture, management philosophy, business processes, practices, research and development, intellectual property, performance metrics, and information systems, as well as the systems for leveraging them

    Meta-for

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    A clinician is entrusted with the difficult task of organizing, integrating, and formulating a vast amount of information provided by a patient in order to conduct therapy. Typically, a theoretical paradigm is employed in this endeavor. This paper constructs a theory of theoretical paradigms—a meta-theory—to understand better how clinicians organize and understand patient information. The theory of theory posits that theoretical paradigms function as complex metaphors developed within a culture. The argument presented here utilizes research from various areas of psychology—including those focusing on cognitive research, psycholinguistics, and philosophy of theory—to develop the meta-theory. The central thesis of this research is that theoretical paradigms function as metaphors, which were developed within a given historical-cultural context

    Walter Benjamin, a Methodological Contribution

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    This article examines the work and philosophy of Walter Benjamin as an important source of information for international relations (IR) and International Political Sociology (IPS) scholars, particularly in light of his methodological contributions, which could provide important ground for movements such as the aesthetic turn in IR and everyday life ⁄ popular culture studies within IR and IPS. Benjamin’s contributions are examined in light of his most controversial, albeit unfinished, project— The Arcades Project, a recently published volume that focuses on a selection of documents from the Benjamin archive; and a study by Howard Caygill on Benjamin’s attempt to create a ‘‘new philosophy,’’ and along with it, a new methodology for studying ‘‘experience.’’ The article focuses on three main elements that stand at the basis of Benjamin’s unique methodology: (1) his process of selecting the object of study; (2) his treatment of temporality and processes of change ⁄ history; and (3) his focus on the visual as key to escaping the limitations of traditional ‘‘philosophical’’ text

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    A clinician is entrusted with the difficult task of organizing, integrating, and formulating a vast amount of information provided by a patient in order to conduct therapy. Typically, a theoretical paradigm is employed in this endeavor. This paper constructs a theory of theoretical paradigms—a meta-theory—to understand better how clinicians organize and understand patient information. The theory of theory posits that theoretical paradigms function as complex metaphors developed within a culture. The argument presented here utilizes research from various areas of psychology—including those focusing on cognitive research, psycholinguistics, and philosophy of theory—to develop the meta-theory. The central thesis of this research is that theoretical paradigms function as metaphors, which were developed within a given historical-cultural context

    Principles in the Translation of TCM and HDNJ‱SW

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    As a theoretical foundation and source of Chinese Medicine, HDNJ·SW (Huang Di Nei Jing· Su Wen) which studies the human physiology, pathology, and diagnosis and prevention of diseases covers the fields of “Yin Yang” and “Wuxing” philosophy, astrophysics, human physiology, geography, literature and so on. Present studies on the translation of HDNJ·SW are usually recognized as an unsystematic work because most researchers are confined to study the scattered terminology. With the guidance of deconstruction translation theory, this thesis studies the translation methods of HDNJ·SW from perspectives of language, figures of speech and medicine by taking the text and terminology. This paper analyzes the characteristics of the text of HDNJ·SW and related problems in translation, three principles are summarized: information conveyance, culture conveyance and form conveyance. The research reveals that with the great differences on materials, languages, cultures and forms between Chinese and English, in order to achieve the three translation principles, different translation methods should be adopted in different situations for the purpose of conveying the values of medicine, culture and rhetoric.Key words: TCM; HDNJ·SW; Information conveyance; Culture conveyance; Form conveyanc

    Stranded Behind Bars: The Failure of Retributive Justice (Research Materials)

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    A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Libraries which provide additional information related to Stranded Behind Bars: The Failure of Retributive Justice, a lecture by Erin Kelly, professor of philosophy at Tufts University and author of “The Limits of Blame: Rethinking Punishment and Responsibility” (Harvard University Press, 2018), who explains how retributive justice exaggerates the moral meaning of criminal guilt, normalizes excessive punishment, and distracts from shared responsibility for social injustice. The lecture was sponsored by the Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, and was held at the College of the Holy Cross on October 9, 2019.https://crossworks.holycross.edu/bibliography_events/1018/thumbnail.jp
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