Symbolism, Signifiers and National Identity Cards: Indonesia’s Engagement with the 21st Century Reality of Religious Diversity & Inclusion

Artikel ini mengetengahkan pembahasan mengenai simbolisme agama dalam KTP (Kartu Tanda Penduduk) di Indonesia. Penghapusan status penunjukan agama di KTP adalah “isu sensitif” di Indonesia. Ia berhubungan dengan kelanjutan sisa-sisa alam pikiran Orde Baru, yang juga menyangkut bagaimana identitas agama kerap dipakai dalam pergaulan sehari-hari masyarakat Indonesia. Ditambah lagi, Indonesia sedang bergulat dengan keragaman agama, aktualisasi inklusi agama dan aliran kepercayaan di satu sisi serta perkembangan nasionalisme dan demokrasi di sisi lain. Makalah ini berpendapat bahwa perdebatan KTP dan simbol agama yang juga termasuk isu penting dalam kampanye Jokowi pada Pilpres 2014 lalu, adalah penanda bahwa keragaman agama dan inklusi merupakan aspek modernitas yang tak terduga. Sebagaimana hal itu dilihat oleh Peter L Berger. Makalah ini akan mengidentifikasi referen dari simbol KTP agama serta relevansinya dalam tata kehidupan keagamaan, demokrasi, dan sosial-politik Indonesia mutakhir

Perceptions of health and environmental contamination on the Aamjiwnaang First Nation reserve (Ontario).

This research study explores how pollution from surrounding petro-chemical industry affects how aboriginal people on the Aamjiwnaang First Nation reserve construct their understandings of the land, the environment, and themselves as people. The residents are aware of the pollution around them, especially since tests of soil and water demonstrate high levels of toxic by-products of the industry. Traditionally, the self, land and spirituality formed coherent constructions of understanding the aboriginal self. Aboriginal people have a strong connection to their land and the environment as it forms part of their spirituality as well as relied upon for their modes of sustenance. This study is guided by Arthur Kleinman\u27s ecological model that looks at perceptions of health from a cross-cultural perspective, within the context of the professional, popular and folk domains. A qualitative research design was used to explore how the Aamjiwnaang people understand environmental contaminants, and how they balance these threats to the land with their identity, spirituality and culture. Eighteen interviews were conducted with residents of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation ranging in age from 41 to 59. This research provides insight into the identity construction of aboriginal people, and how the Aamjiwnaang people in particular are finding ways to maintain their culture and sense of self when their land is plagued with toxicity. This research found that the Aamjiwnaang people understand health and environmental contamination from within the popular and folk domains, relying on their ties to their community, family and obligations, as well as their indigenous knowledge sources and value systems. Their everyday stories about their changing lifestyle and foods/consumption patterns illuminated how the health and well-being of their people have been deeply affected by ground and airborne contamination, forcing them to fight back against the destruction to their environment.Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis2006 .B43. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-01, page: 0168. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 2006

Public perception of indoor air quality in China, Belgium and France: the discovery of an invisible enemy

Having remained relatively unrecognized by public opinion until the early 2000s, indoor air pollution is now seen by a majority of French, Belgian and also Chinese residents as the probable cause of symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, irritation of the eyes and respiratory tract, and health problems in general. However, the lack of information on indoor air quality in frequently visited enclosed spaces (private premises, workplaces and common areas, transportation) often leads to subjective diagnoses, exacerbated by the difficulty in identifying the sources of indoor air pollution. Nevertheless, it must be regarded as a public health issue, as reflected by growing anxiety among parents about the quality of the air their children breathe inside school buildings, for example. In this context, more robust legislation and standards are considered indispensable in ensuring better prevention and risk assessment

Rationale and recommendations on decolonising the pedagogy and curriculum of the Law School at the University of Exeter

This report outlines the rationale behind and recommendations on the steps that need to be taken towards decolonising the Law School's pedagogy and curriculum. The reason is that we see decolonisation as not something that can be achieved but as an ongoing process. It concludes a two-year process of research and discussions involving a joint effort between staff and students. A rationale for a change in approach to both pedagogy and curriculum is presented together with recommendations and practical examples of how this might be achieved in modular teaching in the Law School

What is an emerging technology?

There is considerable and growing interest in the emergence of novel technologies, especially from the policy-making perspective. Yet as an area of study, emerging technologies lacks key foundational elements, namely a consensus on what classifies a technology as ’emergent’ and strong research designs that operationalize central theoretical concepts. The present paper aims to fill this gap by developing a definition of ’emerging technologies’ and linking this conceptual effort with the development of a framework for the operationalisation of technological emergence. The definition is developed by combining a basic understanding of the term and in particular the concept of ’emergence’ with a review of key innovation studies dealing with definitional issues of technological emergence. The resulting definition identifies five attributes that feature in the emergence of novel technologies. These are: (i) radical novelty, (ii) relatively fast growth, (iii) coherence, (iv) prominent impact, and (v) uncertainty and ambiguity. The framework for operationalising emerging technologies is then elaborated on the basis of the proposed attributes. To do so, we identify and review major empirical approaches (mainly in, although not limited to, the scientometric domain) for the detection and study of emerging technologies (these include indicators and trend analysis, citation analysis, co-word analysis, overlay mapping, and combinations thereof) and elaborate on how these can be used to operationalise the different attributes of emergence

Rationale and recommendations on decolonising the pedagogy and curriculum of the Law School at the University of Exeter

This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this recordThis report outlines the rationale behind and recommendations on the steps that need to be taken towards decolonising the Law School's pedagogy and curriculum. It concludes a two-year process of research and discussions involving a joint effort between staff and students. A rationale for a change in approach to both pedagogy and curriculum is presented together with recommendations and practical examples of how this might be achieved in modular teaching in the Law School

The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass

International audienceForest biomass is an essential indicator for monitoring the Earth's ecosystems and climate. It is a critical input to greenhouse gas accounting, estimation of carbon losses and forest degradation, assessment of renewable energy potential, and for developing climate change mitigation policies such as REDD+, among others. Wall-to-wall mapping of aboveground biomass (aGB) is now possible with satellite remote sensing (RS). However, RS methods require extant, up-to-date, reliable, representative and comparable in situ data for calibration and validation. Here, we present the Forest Observation System (FOS) initiative, an international cooperation to establish and maintain a global in situ forest biomass database. aGB and canopy height estimates with their associated uncertainties are derived at a 0.25 ha scale from field measurements made in permanent research plots across the world's forests. all plot estimates are geolocated and have a size that allows for direct comparison with many RS measurements. The FOS offers the potential to improve the accuracy of RS-based biomass products while developing new synergies between the RS and ground-based ecosystem research communities

Impédances mécanique et acoustique

Depuis une vingtaine d'années la technique acoustique a fait des progrès considérables ; une partie importante de ce progrès est due à ce que, dans bien des cas, on peut constater une analogie étroite entre certains phénomènes mécaniques et électriques d'une part, et certains phénomènes acoustiques et radioélectriques d'autre part. Il va de soi que si le phénomène électrique ou radioélectrique a été complètement étudié, l'étude du phonomène mécanique ou acoustique sera grandement simplifiée. Une notion importante utilisée en électrotechnique est la notion d'impédance ; cette notion a été introduite tant en acoustique qu'en mécanique. Elle a été introduite en acoustique par H. Brillié ; ce dernier a publié, en 1919, dans le « Génie civil », une série d'articles absolument fondamentaux et assez rarement cités ; il est assez curieux, d'ailleurs, de remarquer que H. Brillié fait à peine allusion dans ses articles aux analogies acoustique et mécanique. En février 1923, Kennelly a publié, dans les « Annales des P. T. T. », un célèbre article concernant l'étude théorique et expérimentale du récepteur téléphonique; dans cette étude Kennelly définissait l'impédance mécanique. D'innombrables articles ont été, à l'étranger, consacrés à ces questions ; de véritables traités ont été publiés. En France la littérature est assez pauvre ; nous citerons toutefois un important article de Ph. Le Corbeiller (Le haut-parleur, « Annales des P. T. T. » octobre 1927), une conférence au Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers de P. David (L'Electroacoustique, Hermann, édit. 1930), un article de M. Prache (Le Cinéma Parlant, Bulletin de la Société Française des Electriciens, décembre 1931) et l'excellente brochure de Ph. Le Corbeiller (Electro-acoustique, Chiron, édit. 1934). Signalons encore que les notions d'impédance acoustique sont exposées dans l'ouvrage de A. Foch (Acoustique, Colin, éditeur) et que ces notions ont permis la réalisation de filtres acoustiques. Nous ne parlerons pas de ces derniers, M. Canac ayant écrit à leur sujet un article dans le Journal de Physique (7, 1926, p. 161). Nous nous proposons d'exposer dans cet article, aussi rapidement que possible, les procédés de calcul utilisés aujourd'hui par les ingénieurs électroacousticiens. Nous classerons les circuits électriques en deux grands groupes. Le premier groupe comprendra les circuits dont les dimensions sont assez faibles devant la longueur d'onde pour qu'il n'y ait pas lieu d'appliquer l'équation des télégraphistes ; ces circuits nous mèneront à la notion d'impédance mécanique. Le second groupe comprendra les circuits dont les dimensions sont telles qu'il est nécessaire d'utiliser l'équation des télégraphistes; ils nous mèneront à la notion d'impédance acoustique

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