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Crossing Boundaries for Collaboration
Authors: Perz Stephen G.
Published: November 2024

Many societal challenges defy simple solutions within the grasp of one academic discipline, a single type of organization, or a country acting alone. Such “wicked problems” require collaboration that crosses social, political, or geographic boundaries. Collaboration across boundaries is increasingly seen as a necessary way forward, whether for the cases of education, health care, community policing, or international trade. At the same time, collaboration poses its own challenges, and what is more, so too does crossing boundaries. Regardless of the skill set required to achieve a particular goal, collaboration and crossing boundaries make their own demands.

Crossing Boundaries for Collaboration brings together multiple bodies of work on collaboration across different kinds of boundaries. It highlights the promise of “collaborative advantage,” while featuring detailed discussions of the challenges involved. It provides a framework for thinking about collaboration in terms of a suite of issues, each with particular tasks and challenges that can be addressed via strategic practices. This book also features an extensive discussion of the importance of boundaries for collaboration, which recognizes that while crossing boundaries complicates collaboration, spanning divides can also magnify collaborative advantage.

To illustrate the joys and travails of collaboration across boundaries, this book takes up the case of conservation and development in the Amazon. Well-known for its biological resources, the basin is changing rapidly, and Amazonian societies increasingly demand inclusive approaches to conservation and development. This book draws on firsthand experiences from direct participation in several complicated conservation and development projects that spanned disciplinary, organizational, and national boundaries. While the projects permitted achievement of goals beyond the reach of individual partners, the challenges along the way were daunting.

This book focuses on issues of particular salience when collaborating across boundaries: politics and inequality, uncertainty and surprise, and collaboration and the self. It also underscores the strategic importance of investing in collaborative practice and the experience of crossing boundaries, even if an initial effort fails. In light of growing need to address complex problems, this book provides a clarion call to collaborate across boundaries, recognizing the difficulties in order to achieve the advantages.
Casting Masculinity in Spanish Film
Authors: Hartson Mary T.
Published: November 2024

The rise of consumerism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries radically changed the way we perceive ourselves and the world around us. And, as it has throughout history, the social construct of “ideal” masculinity both reflects and responds to that lived reality, helping individuals adapt. Through a close study of Spanish film of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this book investigates hegemonic, or dominant, masculinity in the wake of dramatic consumer changes that occurred in Spain. It explores the ways in which masculine identity as represented in Spanish film positions itself in relation to desire and consumption, focusing especially on representations of hegemonic masculinity from the almost 40 year dictatorship of General Francisco Franco through the transition to democracy and into the early 1990s.

Using psychoanalytic theory as employed primarily by Todd McGowan and Slavoj Žižek, this book analyzes cinematic representations of hegemonic masculine models, along with those portrayed as less favorable, to understand how political, social and economic changes in Spain in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries affect the process of masculine identity formation. In the shift from a “society of prohibition” to a “society of commanded enjoyment,” hegemonic masculinity as represented in Spanish film changes dramatically, initially organizing itself around prohibition and self-renunciation in the early Franco dictatorship and later, with neoliberal reforms and mass media promotion of consumerist values starting in the 1950s, reorienting itself around desire and enjoyment (embodied, for example, in the sexually promiscuous, fashionable young man of the 1970s). Personal pleasure and the satisfaction of one’s desires replace submission, obedience and self-abnegation—leading to a reconstruction of masculine identities in a social context that appears increasingly fragmented, plural and individualistic. The primary innovation of this text involves the repositioning of consumerism as a fundamental force in the formation of Spanish masculinity and showing how widely disseminated masculine models serve to accommodate political, social and economic demands.
Decadence, Radicalism, and the Early Modern French Nobility
Authors: Denton Chad
Published: November 2024

The image of the debauched French aristocrat of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is one that still has power over the international public imagination, from the unending fascination with the Marquis de Sade to the successes of the film Ridicule. Drawing on memoirs, letters, popular songs and pamphlets, and political treatises, The Enlightened and Depraved: Decadence, Radicalism, and the Early Modern French Nobility traces the origins of this powerful stereotype from between the reign of Louis XIV and the Terror of the French Revolution. The decadent and enlightened noble of early modern France, the libertine, was born in a push to transform the nobility from a warrior caste into an intelligentsia. Education itself had become a power through which the privileged could set themselves free from old social and religious restraints. However, by the late eighteenth century, the libertine noble was already falling under attack by changing attitudes toward gender, an emphasis on economic utility over courtly service, and ironically the very revolutionary forces that the enlightened nobility of the court and Paris helped awaken. In the end, the libertine nobility would not survive the French Revolution, but the basic idea of knowledge as a liberating force would endure in modernity, divorced from a single class.
Petroleum Development and Environmental Conflict in Aotearoa New Zealand
Authors: Loomis Terrence M.
Published: November 2024

Petroleum Development and Environmental Conflict in Aotearoa New Zealand: Texas of the South Pacific examines the dilemmas associated with economic growth through the expansion of resource extraction. States seeking to grow their economies through the expansion of resource extraction are forced to cope with the rising influence of transnational corporations on domestic politics and democratic institutions; to mitigate the environmental damage from increased extraction activities; to respond to the mounting evidence which indicates that unconventional oil and gas development practices are harming communities, local environments, and human health; and to manage the international pressures and citizens’ demands that climate change is addressed through a transition from fossil fuel dependence to a clean-energy economy. Terrence M. Loomis analyzes the circumstances under which environmental opposition to state policies to promote oil and gas development—in collaboration with the petroleum industry—, has lead to far-reaching changes in institutional relations between the state and civil society.
Black Women, Work, and Welfare in the Age of Globalization
Authors: Pinder Sherrow O.
Published: November 2024

Pinder explores how globalization has shaped, and continues to shape, the American economy, which impacts the welfare state in markedly new ways. In the United States, the transformation from a manufacturing economy to a service economy escalated the need for an abundance of flexible, exploitable, cheap workers. The implementation of the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), whose generic term is workfare, is one of the many ways in which the government responded to capital need for cheap labor. While there is a clear link between welfare and low-wage markets, workfare forces welfare recipients, including single mothers with young children, to work outside of the home in exchange for their welfare checks. More importantly, workfare provides an “underclass” of labor that is trapped in jobs that pay minimum wage. This “underclass” is characteristically gendered and racialized, and the book builds on these insights and seeks to illuminate a crucial but largely overlooked aspect of the negative impact of workfare on black single mother welfare recipients. The stereotype of the “underclass,” which is infused with racial meaning, is used to describe and illustrate the position of black single mother welfare recipients and is an implicit way of talking about poor women with an invidious racist and sexist subtext, which Pinder suggests is one of the ways in which “gendered racism” presents itself in the United States. Ultimately, the book analyzes the intersectionality of race, gender, and class in terms of welfare policy reform in the United States.
The Criminal-Terror Nexus in Chechnya
Authors: Meyers Jeff
Published: November 2024

The line between criminal and terrorist groups is often blurred, and Chechen groups are an excellent example of this new phenomenon. As the Soviet Union collapsed, groups began to fill the cracks offering services that the state could not. The Chechens were one group that outrivaled many groups, and they soon became synonymous throughout the Russian Federation with criminal. This work looks into the historical, social, and religious reasons behind the rise of militant Islam in the region.

From there, it will discuss the historical difference between organized crime and terror, how the two have coalesced into the crime-terror nexus, and how the Chechens compare to two other groups that have gone through the same evolution: The Sicilian mafia, and the militant Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, or IMU. Though neither group are exactly the same, there are links that can help the reader understand the domestic and foreign problems that twenty-first century nation-states deal with throughout the world.
Neoliberal Reform in Machu Picchu
Authors: Luciano Pellegrino A.
Published: November 2024

As Latin America completes its second decade of neoliberal reforms, Pellegrino A. Luciano takes readers on an ethnographic journey back to a moment of monumental social and economic change in Peru. In Neoliberal Reform in Machu Picchu, Luciano describes the privatization struggles and challenges of people living in the district of Machu Picchu, a heritage area and tourism destination, during the early 2000s. This Incan citadel became central to the Peruvian government’s neoliberal policies and efforts to project a new global image and attract foreign capital. Luciano analyzes the role of middle-class actors in consequence, resistance, and accommodation to these neoliberal changes. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, political science, economics, tourism studies, and history.
Chicago Muslims and the Transformation of American Islam
Authors: Naqvi S. Kaazim
Published: November 2024

Through the Hart-Celler Act of 1965, Islam in America underwent a dramatic transformation. In the city of Chicago, African American and immigrant Muslims increasingly came into contact and collaboration with each other. Aided by shifts in American foreign and domestic policies, and the increasing interconnectivity of Arab states with American Muslims, the character and scope of community development and religious practice changed under the leadership of a new generation of American Muslims. Envisioning themselves as part of a single “ummah,” leaders of various Muslim communities worked to build understanding, consolidate organizations, and share time and space with their co-religionists. Through their actions, racial, cultural, linguistic, and ideological barriers were no longer be irreconcilable differences. Utilizing documents from groups like the MCC, MSA, and NOI, this book emphasizes the on-the-ground actions of Chicago-based Muslims in reimagining and building the ummah in America. In doing so, Chicago Muslims and the Transformation of American Islam offers a new approach to understanding the complex and oft-disparate stories of American Muslim life during this era.
English Trade and Adventure to Russia in the Early Modern Era
Authors: Arel Maria Salomon
Published: November 2024

In English Trade and Adventure to Russia in the Early Modern Era, Maria Salomon Arel revisits Anglo-Russian trade in first half of the seventeenth century. Drawing on largely neglected Russian and English sources, she reconstructs the history of the Muscovy Company in a period of expanding opportunities for foreigners in Russia and of tightening links between regional markets across the globe. In her strongly revisionist telling, the Company successfully rebuilt in the aftermath of the devastating Time of Troubles, securing its uniquely privileged position in the Russian market at the hands of a newly installed tsar and Romanov dynasty keen to revive the country’s decimated economy through the stimulus of foreign trade. Meanwhile, on the London end of a trade clearly deemed relevant to commercial and shipping interests increasingly dependent on Russian naval stores and invested in the Russian re-export trades to and from the Mediterranean and Asia, the Company restructured its organization and finances with crucial royal support in furtherance of the ‘public good’ and early Stuart dynastic honor. As Arel documents, by the 1630s-40s, English trade to Russia was flourishing, as seen in the growing number of Muscovy Company men active all along the Moscow-Archangel route, their substantial commercial infrastructure, extensive supply networks among a broad swath of Russian merchants and traders, and prominent role in the exploitation of monopoly trades established to fill the tsar’s coffers with specie. The picture drawn by Arel overturns a traditional narrative on the Russia trade that has relegated the English to the shadows, demonstrating the tenacity and continued development of their enterprise at the intersection of English commercial expansion, Russian economic growth, and advancing globalization processes. Taking the narrative even further, the book opens up new perspectives and research directions by pointing to an incipient link between the Russian and transatlantic markets, while shifting the lens on the Anglo-Dutch relationship in the Russia trade away from the time-worn dichotomy of cutthroat competition to a more nuanced understanding of mutual cooperation and business association between merchants on the ground, even in the face of commercial and territorial competition between nations.
The Origins of Shamanism, Spirit Beliefs, and Religiosity
Authors: Sidky H.
Published: November 2024

In The Origins of Shamanism, Spirit Beliefs, and Religiosity, H. Sidky examines shamanism as an ancient magico-religious, divinatory, medical, and psychotherapeutic tradition found in various parts of the world. Sidky uses first-hand ethnographic fieldwork and scientific theoretical work in archaeology, cognitive and evolutionary psychology, and neurotheology to explore the origins of shamanism, spirit beliefs, the evolution of human consciousness, and the origins of ritual behavior and religiosity.
Spatial Resistance
Authors: Beck Christian
Published: November 2024

Spatial Resistance: Literary and Digital Challenges to Neoliberalism utilizes various literary and digital artifacts to show the potential and possibility of changing the ways we consider the spaces we inhabit. As many spaces become increasingly privatized and policed, it is necessary to contemplate ways in which corporate and state-controlled spaces can not only be subverted but fundamentally changed to embrace the diverse lived experiences of all peoples. Through an analysis of fictional and virtual spaces, readers will be able to identify new ways to institute spatial change in everyday spatial lives in an effort to promote more democratic and equal experiences. While this book uses primarily the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari to engender change, it also provides practical examples to amend, change, or update the actions to suit particular needs and spaces. This book shows that radical politics and the possibility of significant change can reside in just about any object or narrative; it is the responsibility of the individual to take up the task of creating social change premised on equality, liberty, and solidarity.
The Material and Ideological Base of the Old Babylonian State
Authors: Pecha Lukáš
Published: November 2024

This book describes and analyzes the economic and administrative structure as well as the ideological background of the Old Babylonian state ruled by the First Dynasty of Babylon (1894–1595 BC).

The study of these issues is based on the analysis of written sources of various types, mainly of royal inscriptions, economic and administrative documents, legal records (contracts, court procedures as well as law codes and royal edicts), letters and year names.

The book focuses on the activities that the Old Babylonian state performed in the field of economy, administration, politics and ideology. Primarily, the book brings an analysis of the political and economic role of the Old Babylonian state and it pays attention to the various levels of activities of the king himself as well as of other persons who were part of the state administration. The author delimits the fields of competences of various state officials as well as reconstructs mutual relations among persons on various levels of the state administration. As the Old Babylonian state maintained close relations also to other economic and administrative subjects (such as temples and private persons), the book also reconstructs the relations between the state and those subjects.
Exploring Multilingual Hawai'i
Authors: Saft Scott
Published: November 2024

Employing an approach informed by language ecology and linguistic ethnography, Exploring Multilingual Hawaiʻi examines situated language usage and underlying ideological beliefs to explore and understand Hawaiʻi’s multilingualism. This book begins with a description of the ideologies that developed as a result of contact with the West and then offers analyses that concentrate specifically on the roles of Hawaiian, Pidgin, Japanese, and the languages of Micronesia, and also the occurrence of language mixing in Hawaiian society. Scott Saft’s discussion and analysis underscore how continued exploration of language usage in Hawaiʻi can contribute to our general understanding of multilingualism as a dynamic phenomenon.
Good Trouble
Authors: Wolf Brian
Published: November 2024

This book is written in praise of the criminal; a unique kind of criminal, who is motivated not by personal gain, but ethical altruism. Deviant heroes are those individuals who violate unjust norms and laws, facing the repercussions of social control, effecting positive social change in the process. Using a method that examines how the biographies of individual deviants intersected with history, it probes how criminals and deviants have been on the leading edge of important, positive social changes and the creation of a more just, fair, and humane society. Brian Wolf concludes with an examination of the problem of conformity and how deviant heroism in everyday life may be a remedy for injustice in micro-level social contexts.
Dante's Comedy and the Ethics of Invective in Medieval Italy
Authors: Applauso Nicolino
Published: November 2024

Dante's Comedy and the Ethics of Invective in Medieval Italy proposes a new approach to invective and comic poetry in Italy during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and opens the way for an innovative understanding of Dante’s masterpiece. The Middle Ages in Italy offer a wealth of vernacular poetic invectives—polemical verses aimed at blaming specific wrongdoings of an individual, group, city or institution— that are both understudied and rarely juxtaposed. No study has yet provided a scholarly examination of the connection between this medieval invective tradition, and its elements of humor, derision, and reprehension in Dante’s Comedy. This book argues that these comic texts are rooted in and actively engaged with the social, political, and religious conflicts of their time. Political invective has a dynamic ethical orientation that is mediated by a humor that disarms excessive hostility against its individual targets, providing an opening for dialogue. While exploring medieval comic poems by Rustico Filippi (from Florence), Cecco Angiolieri (from Siena), and Folgore da San Gimignano, this study unveils new biographical data about these poets retrieved from Italian state archives (most of these data are published here in English for the very first time), and ultimately shows what the medieval invective tradition can add to our understanding of Dante’s Comedy.
The Psychology of Global Citizenship
Authors: Reysen Stephen , Katzarska-Miller Iva
Published: November 2024

In The Psychology of Global Citizenship: A Review of Theory and Research, Stephen Reysen and

Iva Katzarska-Miller provide a theoretical and empirical overview of global citizenship and

related concepts. The authors highlight core components shared by a variety of disciplines and cultures and linked to pro-social values, such as the promotion of empathy, diversity, environmental sustainability, and intergroup helping. Utilizing a social psychological perspective, Reysen and Katzarska-Miller provide an integrated approach to global citizenship identification with their model of antecedents (global awareness and normative environment) and outcomes (six clusters of pro-social values).
The Real Mound Builders of North America
Authors: Byers A. Martin
Published: November 2024

The Real Mound Builders of North America takes the standard position that the cultural communities of the Late Woodland period hiatus—when little or no transregional monumental mound building and ceremonialism existed—were the linear cultural and social ancestors of the communities responsible for the monumental earthworks of the unique Mississippian ceremonial assemblage, and further, these Late Woodland communities were the direct linear cultural and social descendants of those communities responsible for the great Hopewellian earthwork mounds and embankments and its associated unique ceremonial assemblage. Byers argues that these communities persisted largely unchanged in terms of their essential social structures and cultural traditions while varying only in terms of their ceremonial practices and their associated sodality organizations that manifested these deep structures. This continuist historical trajectory view stands in contrast to the current dominant evolutionary view that emphasizes abrupt social and cultural discontinuities with the Hopewellian ceremonial assemblage and earthworks, mounds and embankments.
Centering Epistemic Injustice
Authors: Posey Kamili
Published: November 2024

In Centering Epistemic Injustice: Epistemic Labor, Willful Ignorance, and Knowing Across Hermeneutical Divides, Kamili Posey asks what it means for accounts of epistemic injustice to take seriously the lives and perspectives of socially marginalized knowers. The first part of this book takes up the predominant account of testimonial injustice offered by Miranda Fricker, arguing that testimonial injustice is not merely about the epistemic harms perpetrated by dominant knowers against marginalized knowers, but also about the strategies that marginalized knowers use to circumvent those harms. Such strategies expand current conceptions of epistemic injustice by centering how marginalized knowers engage and resist in hostile epistemic environments. The second part of the book examines Fricker’s concept of hermeneutical injustice, rooted in hermeneutical marginalization. Thinking alongside critics of hermeneutical injustice, Centering Epistemic Injustice explores the relationship between dominant knowing and marginalized knowing and asks if social power—including the power to shape collective resources and ways of meaning-making—makes it impossible for dominant knowers to know and “hear well” across hermeneutical divides. Finally, the book asks whether hermeneutical divides are real divides in understanding and how dominant knowers might come to be better knowers in the pursuit of a more thoroughgoing epistemic justice.
Customized Forms of Kurdishness in Turkey
Authors: Sengül Ceren
Published: November 2024

The discussions on Kurds of Turkey mostly refer to them as if they are one homogeneous group, with different forms of being Kurdish mostly overlooked. Yet, Kurds have been scattered all across Turkey; they differ in terms of the language they speak; they have also been subject to different policies of the Turkish state in different periods. How can we take these factors into account when discussing Kurdishness in Turkey? That is, in which ways does a Kurd living in a small city in Southeast Turkey differ from a Kurd living in Istanbul? How does being a native Kurdish speaker play a role in forming Kurdishness? What about different state rhetoric in different periods? By focusing on these three main questions, this book offers a detailed account on the diversity of experiences of Kurdishness. Based on her fieldwork in five different field sites in Turkey, Dr. Şengül illustrates, through narratives of her respondents, how Kurdishness is exhibited in different, personalised, and customised forms across different contexts in Turkey. Each substantive chapter in the book analyses a different element that plays a role in constructing these different forms of Kurdishness: state rhetoric, localities, and the language use. By arguing that there is not one single way of exhibiting Kurdishness, this book challenges any standard definitions of Kurdishness, and defines it as the daily (re-)negotiation of state rhetoric and everyday practices individuals experience.
Muslim and Catholic Responses to HIV and AIDS in Kenya
Authors: Carey Timothy James
Published: November 2024

In the capital city of Nairobi, Kenya, African Catholic and Sunni Muslim leaders addressing HIV and AIDS are faced with a unique challenge. On the one hand, they are called to attend to the spiritual wellbeing of the infected individual; on the other hand, they are increasingly charged with serving as the stewards of the physical bodies of those negatively affected by such a physiologically debilitating and social stigmatized disease through certain identifiable interreligious traditions common to both faiths.

This book explores this development firsthand. While conducting fieldwork in Nairobi, Carey interviewed Muslim and Catholic leaders working in three areas—HIV and AIDS prevention, education, and destigmatization. These recorded observations and accounts help to illustrate that religious officials from within African Catholicism and Sunni Islam are attempting to provide the common inter-religious traditions of mercy, hospitality, and justice in a holistic manner for those living with the virus in the city.

The research that produced this book involved six weeks of fieldwork during the summer of 2014 to help fill in the interstices between anthropological, sociological, and ethnographic accounts provided by other leading academics in their respective fields. It presumed that religious traditions in Kenya exhibit a susceptibility to culture and context and a practical openness to its social environment which then affords this particular work a unique theological perspective in its attempt to identify and analyze patterns of social behavior and religious organization.
Regionalliteratur und Interkulturalität - am Beispiel der Literatur der Böhmischen Länder
Authors: Weinberg Manfred
Published: November 2024

The author strives for the (theoretically substantiated) conceptualization of the German literature of the Bohemian Lands (and Prague). The analysis of Eduard Goldstücker’s unsuccessful attempts to classify them as a national literature demonstrates that this does not lead to any results. But the concept of ‚minor literatures‘ by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari also offers no basis. Johannes Urzidil’s diagnosis of ‚Hinternationalität‘, which is entirely compatible with the concept of regionality, seems more suitable. In principle, however, nothing is gained by understanding the German literature from the Bohemian countries as ‚regional literature‘. It is necessary to show in detail how the various ethnic groups in Bohemia differentiate themselves from one another, interact, and coexist with each other. This can only be achieved with an open concept of the region – such as the concept of ‚soft spaces‘ with ‚fuzzy boundaries‘ that has become established in human geography. Finally, it must be demonstrated in which acts of communication a phenomenon such as the literature of the Bohemian Lands has been established – only in case that such communication can also be demonstrated between the ‚Germans‘ and the Czechs we can speak of an intercultural region with reference to literature. The concept of the border is to be transcended by the concept of a horizon, in which it is not assumed that units are juxtaposed and thus demarcated from one another, and the production of which must always be proven anew in detail.
Pet-like learning companions: past research and future directions
Authors: Chen Zhi-Hong , Hsu Hui-Lin , Huang Chi-Fang , Liao Chang-Yen , Chou Chih-Yueh
Published: November 2024

The objective of this paper is to offer a design framework for pet-like learning companions (P-LCSs) whose concept extends from learning companion systems and integrates with pet-like characteristics, such as pet appearance, pet-owner relationship, and emotional support. Such a close relationship and deep emotions toward pets bring significant potential to benefit student learning in terms of social, cognitive, and affective aspects. After introducing some previous work on the P-LCSs, two further directions are proposed. One is linked to the research field of game-based and gamified design, while the other is connected to interest-driven creator (IDC) theory. Finally, a long-term goal of P-LCSs is discussed, and the reasons why P-LCSs might contribute to realizing the goal are also articulated in the paper.
A Study on the Performance of Japanese ETFs
Authors: Rompotis Gerasimos G.
Published: November 2024

The current study examines the performance of 76 Japanese equity Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) over the period 1/1/2018-12/31/2022. Performance is estimated in several ways, that is, raw returns, alphas from single- and multi-factor regression models, and risk-adjusted returns. The market timing skills of ETF managers are examined too. The results reveal that, on average, the examined ETFs do not produce any material alpha. The results also indicate that the risk factors suggested by Fama and French (1993 & 2015) are more or less capable of explaining the performance of the Japanese ETFs. Finally, the findings show that 21% of ETF managers possess some sort of market timing skills. However, the managers fail to time the volatility of the stock market.
Menilik Tantangan dan Strategi Pendidikan Luar Sekolah Berbasis Masyarakat
Authors: Sukari Sukari , Ahmadi Fauzan
Published: November 2024

Community-based out-of-school education has emerged as a strategic alternative to improve access to education, especially for communities underserved by the formal education system. Despite its great potential, it faces various challenges, including lack of government support, limited resources and negative stigma. This article aims to identify the meaning, forms, challenges and strategies to improve the effectiveness of community-based out-of-school education. The research method used in this study uses the library research method, which is research based on processed manuscripts (manuscript studies), facts and primary and secondary data (supporting data) related to the focus of the research, namely on community-based out-of-school education. To analyze the manuscript by using the content analysis approach, and questioning the content of the manuscript with experts in their fields. The result of this research is that there are several challenges in implementing community-based out-of-school education. Among them are lack of government support, limited resources, lack of public awareness, negative stigma, lack of collaboration, and challenges in evaluation. Therefore, collaboration between various parties and effective strategies are needed to increase participation and quality of out-of-school education, so that it has a positive impact on society.
Analisis varians biaya dalam mengukur efektivitas pengendalian biaya operasional pada Usaha Fellow Coffee Manado
Authors: Pangaribuan Bintang Krisdayanti , Tirayoh Victorina Z. , Mintalangi Syermi S. E.
Published: November 2024

Cost variance is the difference between budgeted costs and actual costs incurred.  Operating costs are the expenses incurred by an organization to carry out its activities.  When variances occur, controlling the costs associated with these variances is very important for the sustainability of business operations.  Fellow Coffee Manado, as the object of research, is a cafe that sells coffee and non-coffee beverages as well as heavy meals.  The purpose of this research is to measure the effectiveness of operational cost control at Fellow Coffee Manado using cost variance analysis. The research method used is qualitative descriptive, which aims to describe the effectiveness of operational cost control at Fellow Coffee Manado through cost variance analysis. The results of this study indicate the presence of cost variance in several components of operational costs, both favorable and unfavorable variances (unfavorable).  The operational costs for the year 2023 that experienced unfavorable variances occurred in October, while favorable variances took place from January to September and from November to December.  The causes of the variances in these costs should also be noted.  For the control of the company's operating costs to be good and effective, it is due to the preparation of the budget and efforts to improve the budget and actual performance of Fellow Coffee Manado. The researcher hopes that in the future, the company will continue to prepare a better budget, along with monitoring and evaluation.
Analysis of the Structure of the Pork Trade Market in the Traditional Market in Manggarai Area, East Nusa Tenggara Province
Authors:   Animal Husbandry Study Program, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Catholic University of Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng, Jl. Ahmad Yani No. 10 Tel. (0380) 22303, Ruteng-Indonesia, Tukan Hendrikus Demon , Stivano Dalle Nautus ,   Animal Husbandry Study Program, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Catholic University of Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng, Jl. Ahmad Yani No. 10 Tel. (0380) 22303, Ruteng-Indonesia, Yulia Nugraha Elisabeth ,   Animal Husbandry Study Program, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Catholic University of Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng, Jl. Ahmad Yani No. 10 Tel. (0380) 22303, Ruteng-Indonesia
Published: November 2024

This research was conducted based on the consideration that meat is a commodity that is always needed by the community to meet their nutritional needs. This study aims to determine the influence between pork price variables and determine the market structure of the traditional pork trade industry in Manggarai district. This research took place from January to March 2024 at the Inpres Market and Puni Market. This study was quantitative descriptive and interviewed 49 respondents and continued with elasticity tests, market share, Herfindahl-Hirsrchman Index and Relative Deviation Intercepts. The results of the study show that the structure of the pork trade market in the traditional market of Ruteng City, Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province is included in the monopolistic competition market. Every pork trading business in Ruteng City produces similar goods but has differences in several aspects, namely service, performance and other factors. The policy taken by pork traders in the traditional market of Ruteng City is a non-price policy. These non-price policies include promotion policies, product policies, service policies and family policies. The results of the research on the estimation of the structure of the pork trade market can be concluded that the structure of the pork trade market is classified as a monopolistic competition market because every pork trading business in the city produces similar goods but has differences in several aspects, namely service, performance and other factors.
Learning Languages in the 21st Century: the Digital and Ai Transformation
Authors:   Lecturer of the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Maiboroda Rymma
Published: November 2024

The article deals with the problem of the learning languages in the 21st century: the digital and AI transformation. The aim of this article is to explore and clarify the transformative impact of digital technologies on foreign language teaching. This article explores the evolution of language learning from classroom-based methods to the incorporation of digital instruments, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Digital tools such as language learning applications, online dictionaries, multimedia resources, and language exchange platforms have made language acquisition more accessible and engaging. AI technologies introduce intelligent tutoring systems, personalized learning experiences, and advanced language processing capabilities, while ICT tools like Learning Management Systems (LMS) and virtual classrooms facilitate effective communication and information processing. The benefits of these advancements are multifaceted, including increased accessibility and flexibility, enhanced engagement and motivation, personalized learning paths, and improved collaboration and communication. However, challenges such as the digital divide, variability in resource quality, data privacy concerns, and the need for continuous teacher training must be addressed. Looking ahead, future trends such as augmented and virtual reality, blockchain technology, AI-driven content creation, IoT integration, and multimodal learning experiences promise to further transform the landscape of language education. These innovations will pave the way for more immersive and interconnected language learning experiences, contributing to a more multilingual global society.
Drivers of Change: Youth Action in Lempangang Village, Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi in the Service of Pancasila Village
Authors: Nurhikmah  , Musaldin La Ode , Purnamasari Nur Indah
Published: November 2024

The purpose of this article is a form of dedication to the Pancasila village in Boto Lempangang to strengthen the sense of unity among the community but also to make a real contribution to improving the quality of life of the village residents. Activities such as social service, education, skills training, and environmental initiatives are a means of implementing Pancasila values in everyday life. Their work has become an inspiration for other villages to work together to maintain and develop the values that are the identity of the Indonesian nation. This research uses qualitative research using a case study design. Data collection techniques include interviews, observations, and documentation. Data analysis techniques include data reduction, presentation, conclusion drawing, and verification stages. The research results show that the initiative carried out by the youth of Lempangang Village in the Kampung Pancasila program has had a significant positive impact on the local community. Through various programs such as agricultural counseling, national education and healthy living, developing MSMEs, and increasing food security, village youth have succeeded in strengthening local capacity and creating sustainable change. These programs not only improve economic welfare and public health but also strengthen national values and social solidarity.
XIX. Yüzyılın Son Çeyreğinde Ağrı’daki (Karakilise) Asayiş ve Hudut Olayları
Authors: Demir Enes Mert
Published: November 2024

Ağrı (Karakilise), Erzurum vilayetinin Bayezid (Beyazıt) sancağına bağlı bir kaza olup 1877-1878 Osmanlı-Rus Savaşı (93 Harbi) sonrasında Osmanlı-Rus ve Osmanlı-İran hududunun kesişim noktasındaki bir serhat şehri hâline gelmişti. Bu stratejik önemi ve özelliğinden kaynaklı Ağrı'da sıklıkla asayiş ve hudut olayları meydana gelmeye başlamıştı. Bu süreçte Ağrı dâhilinde meskûn veya sınırın Rusya ve İran tarafından kaçak geçiş yapan Ermeni çeteleri ve bazı Kürt aşiretlerinin sebep olduğu asayiş olayları ve/veya hudut ihlalleri zirveye çıkmıştır. Nitekim Rusya sınırlarında teşkilatlanan ve faaliyet gösteren Ermeni örgütleri Taşnaksutyun (Ermeni Devrimci Federasyonu) ve Hınçak komitalarının, Ağrı'yı Rusya ve İran'dan geçiş rotası olarak kullandıkları ve fedailerini eylem yapmak üzere Osmanlı topraklarına yolladıkları görülmektedir. Komitaların giriştikleri silahlı çete faaliyetlerinin yanı sıra çevrede konuşlu Hamidiye Alaylarına mensup bazı aşiretler de Ağrı'daki Hristiyanlara ve Müslümanlara karşı baskınlar gerçekleştirmiş, gasp ve yağmada bulunmuşlardır. Sonuç itibarıyla XIX. yüzyılın son çeyreğinde Ağrı'da, Ermeni komitaları/çeteleri ile Kürt aşiretlerinden kaynaklı hadiseler artış göstermiştir. Bu çalışmada, söz konusu dönemde Ağrı'da meydana gelen asayiş ve hudut olayları incelenerek bu hadiselere etki eden faktörlerin ortaya konulması hedeflenmiştir. Böylece bölgenin yerleşik unsurlarından biri olan Ermeni ve Kürtlerin, hangi amaçlarla bu eylemlere giriştikleri ve eylemlerinin sonuca ulaşıp ulaşmadığı, Osmanlı Devleti'nin aldığı tedbirler izah edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Araştırmanın kaynaklarını başta Cumhurbaşkanlığı Osmanlı Arşivi belgeleri ile konuya ilişkin literatür oluşturmaktadır. Elde edilen bulgular nitel analiz yöntemiyle değerlendirilmiştir.
The Impact of Trump’s Policies and Rhetoric on U.S. International Relations and Domestic Politics (2016-2024) | O Impacto das Políticas e da Retórica de Trump nas Relações Internacionais e na Política Interna dos EUA (2016-2024)
Authors: Badawi Habib
Published: November 2024

Donald Trump’s tenure as the 45th President of the United States from 2017 to 2021 was marked by a series of controversial policies and rhetoric that significantly impacted both the nation’s international relations and domestic political landscape. This paper provides an in-depth exploration of the multifaceted effects of Trump’s presidency on global affairs and internal political dynamics from 2016 to 2024. Through a comprehensive analysis of his foreign policy actions, economic decisions, and rhetorical strategies, the study aims to elucidate the broader implications of his leadership on the world stage and within the United States. Incorporating a rigorous review of significant policy shifts, international agreements, economic reforms, and public opinion data, the research seeks to assess the lasting influence of Trump’s tumultuous presidency on the country’s global standing and internal cohesion.
Common Faults and Maintenance of Three-phase AC Asynchronous Motors
Authors: Yu Guan , Yuliarta Indra
Published: November 2024

Application of three-phase AC asynchronous motor in industrial applied in many aspect following function that need to use. In operation use, many troubles may cause motor equipment not to operate or break down by the motor itself or caused by a system including protection, control system, interlocking device, and others causes. Aiming at the actual situation that three-phase AC asynchronous motors are widely used and have a high failure rate, this paper focuses on analyzing the common failures and abnormal phenomena of three-phase AC asynchronous motors and their main causes. This Research Method is reinforced by the actual monitoring of the locality where the equipment is installed. At the same time, some specific preventive measures and treatment methods are proposed to timely discover and eliminate the potential accidents of motors as much as possible and ensure the safe operation of motors. In conclusion, the aspects that need to be considered are one by one. There are 2 general classifications to determine possible faults, the first is about the operating conditions that the equipment motor should monitor and take the scheduled data to know about the actual conditions including power quality, temperature rise, vibration analysis, and physical abnormalities during the operation of the unit.
Hubungan Durasi Penggunaan Gawai dengan Handgrip Strength pada Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Tarumanagara Angkatan 2022
Authors: Maharani Faadhilah Indira , Setiadi Tjie Haming
Published: November 2024

Penggunaan gawai (smartphone, tablet) yang berlebihan di kalangan mahasiswa dapat mempengaruhi kesehatan fisik, termasuk kekuatan genggaman tangan (handgrip strength). Studi ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui apakah ada hubungan antara durasi penggunaan gawai dengan handgrip strength pada mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Tarumanagara angkatan 2022. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah analitik observasional dengan desain cross-sectional atau potong lintang. Subjek pada studi ini merupakan mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Tarumanagara angkatan 2022 yang sudah memenuhi kriteria inklusi dan eksklusi. Data durasi penggunaan gawai dikategorikan menjadi dua kelompok yaitu, penggunaan tinggi (≥ 7 jam/hari) dan penggunaan rendah (< 7 jam/hari), berdasarkan kuesioner Handgrip strength diukur menggunakan hand dynamometer CAMRY. Analisis data dilakukan dengan uji Mann-Whitney U untuk membandingkan handgrip strength antara kedua kelompok. Total 130 mahasiswa berpartisipasi dalam penelitian ini. Rata-rata handgrip strength tangan dominan untuk kelompok penggunaan tinggi adalah 22,79 ± 6,80 kg, sedangkan untuk kelompok penggunaan rendah adalah 29,38 ± 7,91 kg. Uji Mann-Whitney U menunjukkan perbedaan yang signifikan dalam handgrip strength antara kedua kelompok (U = 951,500, p < 0,001). Maka dari itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa mahasiswa dengan durasi penggunaan gawai yang lebih tinggi memiliki handgrip strength yang lebih rendah.
Educational Leadership in Improving School Performance and Teacher Professional Development: A Literature Review
Authors: Pitriani Elly
Published: November 2024

The purpose of this study is to examine and describe educational leadership in improving school performance and teacher professional development. This study uses a literature review approach and uses data collection methods in the form of journals and scientific articles related to research studies. The analysis used in this study includes a review of the latest research findings and screening of relevant research materials in sequence. This study reveals that educational leadership plays a role in improving school performance and encouraging teacher professional development. The instructional and distributed leadership models, as well as the professional learning community approach, show that collaboration, ongoing support, and focused professional development are key to achieving educational goals. Effective leadership not only improves teacher performance, but also contributes to improving the quality of education and student learning outcomes as a whole.