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RELATÓRIO DE TRABALHO DE CAMPO NO TERRITÓRIO QUILOMBOLA KALUNGA. GOIÁS – TOCANTINS
Authors: Anjos Rafael Sanzio Araújo dos , Freitas Juvair Fernandes de , Vilela Rodrigo De Oliveira , Silva Rafael Farias da , Teixeira Dennys Tenner , Schramm João Francisco
Published: June 2019

Dentro das atividades programadas no Projeto Geografia Afro-Brasileira: Educação & Planejamento do Território, estão as investigações de campo e os espaços ocupados pelos quilombos contemporâneos e essas são umas das prioridades dos estudos em realização. No período de 08/07/2009 a 13/07/2009, foram realizados trabalhos de campo em algumas comunidades tradicionais do território Kalunga, nos Estados de Goiás e Tocantins. O Relatório Técnico Preliminar apresentado registra o conjunto das atividades realizadas pela equipe técnica do referido Projeto.
RELATÓRIO DE TRABALHO DE CAMPO NO QUILOMBO DE CAMPO GRANDE / AMBRÓSIO - MG. - VERSÃO PRELIMINAR.
Authors: Anjos Rafael Sanzio Araújo dos , Freitas Juvair Fernandes de , Vilela Rodrigo De Oliveira , Silva Rafael Farias da , Pires Natália , Flores Tiago Bueno , Gabarra Larissa De Oliveira
Published: June 2019

Relatório básico de campo de atividade realizada entre os dias 02/03/2010 à 06/03/2010 no Estado de Minas Gerais a fim de aprofundar pesquisas de gabinete relacionadas ao Projeto Geografia Afro-Brasileira, desenvolvido no Centro de Cartografia Aplicada e Informação Geográfica, sob orientação e coordenação do Professor Dr. Rafael Sanzio Araújo dos Anjos.
PAPEL DA MÍDIA NA GEOPOLÍTICA CONTEMPORÂNEA. COMO A MÍDIA TEM TRATADO A ATUAÇÃO DOS MOVIMENTOS SOCIAIS URBANOS NO BRASIL?
Authors: Aveni Alessandro , Da Silva Renata Helena
Published: June 2019

A relação entre mídia e movimentos sociais é ligada a variáveis espaciais e de poder que se colocam no tempo e nos espaços urbanos em maneira diferente, mas com foco central nas relações de poder. Este ensaio visa mostrar estas dinâmicas e relações com o escopo de esclarecer esta parte de agentes e atores da geopolítica urbana. Como conclusão ressalta-se que a analise aponta que na mídia, a pressão política dos movimentos sociais urbanos é destacada como ações pontuais e de curto prazo.
REFLEXÕES SOBRE A EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL NO DISTRITO FEDERAL
Authors: Peluso Marília Luiza , Sousa' Roberto
Published: June 2019

A presente pesquisa procurou verificar se a educação ambiental oferecida pelo governo no âmbito do distrito federal conduz à participação do cidadão comum na busca de soluções para os problemas ambientais observados nesta unidade da federação. para que o objetivo da pesquisa fosse alcançado foi aplicado um questionário a cidadãos do distrito federal e entorno, além da realização de duas entrevistas com especialistas em educação ambiental com atuação no distrito federal.
GEOGRAFIA E PLANEJAMENTO: O USO DO TERRITÓRIO – GEOPOLÍTICA.
Authors: Santos Milton
Published: June 2019

O texto apresentado é fruto da conferência “Geografia e planejamento: o uso do território – geopolítica”, proferida no dia 16 de junho de 1980 pelo Prof. Milton Santos, a convite do Departamento de Geografia e do Centro Acadêmico de Geografia da Universidade de Brasília. A transcrição é um documento importante do sentimento do conferencista que regressava ao Brasil após muitos anos de exílio. É um texto crítico e irônico às universidades e aos trabalhos insuficientes de professores e profissionais da geografia. Revela também as lacunas da geografia brasileira e da necessidade de mudanças no exercício profissional por parte dos geógrafos e geógrafas.
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS IN THE BASIN STREAM OF FERN, DISTRITO FEDERAL – BRASIL
Authors: Goulart Nilton , Anjos Rafael Sanzio Araújo dos
Published: June 2019

The environmental thematic subject can also be seen under the optics of the conflict, since the natural resources are be objects of disputes and interests. The subjects of the environment can be classified according to types different from conflict and they elapse of the dispute or misunderstanding related with the exploration of the natural resources, tending to increase with the shortage and competition for the natural resource. In the end of the century 20 the conflicts related with environment began to be studied under that environmental vision.
GOEGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF SPATIAL PLANNING: A SURVEY OF SIX STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS (SEA) OF TRANSPORTATION PLANS IN LATIN AMERICA.
Authors: Aveni Alessandro , Anjos Rafael Sanzio Araújo dos
Published: June 2019

This study examines the representation of space in the Territory Planning (PDT) in the activity of transport with a focus space in Latin America and Brazil, as is assessed by six Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) reports. Among these six, two refer to Brazil, two in Bolivia, one in Chile and Peru. The objective of this work is to evaluate the representations of geographic space (GS) in Strategic Environmental Assessments Plans Planning of Transport Activity. This is justified because the concept of territorial planning is changing in his speech, in its meaning, which introduces new challenges.
O DESAFIO DE COMPREENDER A NATUREZA NA OBRA DE MILTON
Authors: Luiza Peluso Marília
Published: June 2019

Pretende-se, neste artigo, discutir a maneira como Milton Santos teoriza o conceito de Natureza e como ela se integra à totalidade espacial. Duas perguntas norteiam o texto: “Qual o lugar da Natureza no jogo histórico das superestruturas e da infraestrutura, na formação econômica e social?” e “Pode-se conhecer integral e racionalmente a Natureza no atual período técnico-científico-informacional”? A premissa é de que a Natureza é uma constante preocupação de Santos, mas seu sentido na totalidade não é imediatamente visível, e deve por isso ser escavado em seus trabalhos. A ideia do artigo é contribuir para a reflexão sobre os caminhos de Milton Santos, sem chegar a resultados definitivos, mas contribuir para novas reflexões.
ANÁLISE DA QUALIDADE GEOMÉTRICA DA REDE GNSS LOCAL DA UFU – CAMPUS SANTA MÔNICA
Authors: Araújo Silva Lorena , Lígia Chuerubim Maria , Carolina Gonzaga Pires Ana , Guedes Gomes Plínia
Published: June 2019

Para o desenvolvimento adequado de pesquisas, ensino e atividades de extensão, verificou-se a necessidade de melhorar a qualidade da rede Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) local da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), campus Santa Mônica. A rede GNSS da UFU é uma rede passiva que foi implantada há cerca de 6 anos no campus, com aproximadamente 19 estações. Nos anos seguintes, foi realizada uma nova densificação desta rede, com a adição de 4 estações: CIV01, CIV02, CIV03 e CIV06.
O BRASIL AFRICANO DE JORGE AMADO: TERRITÓRIOS, CARTOGRAFIAS & FOTOGRAFIAS
Authors: Sanzio Araújo dos Anjos Rafael
Published: June 2019

Uma das questões estruturais relacionada à cultura africana no Brasil que continua merecendo investigação e conhecimento, está relacionada aos aspectos historiográficos e geográficos da formação e distribuição da população de ancestralidade na África do território brasileiro. O paper resgata as principais referências geográficas e cartografias presentes nas obras do escritor Jorge Amado e utilizamos como espaços de investigação, nesta oportunidade, as representações espaciais do Estado da Bahia, particularmente as da cidade de São Salvador de Bahia ou Cidade da Bahia, com os seus espaços marcantes nas suas obras como: o Pelourinho, o morro do Capa-Negro, o Cais de Salvador, Itapuã, Amaralina, Pituba, Farol da Barra, o morro da Igreja do Bonfim, Peripiri, dentre outras partes deste conjunto urbano, marcado pelas referências africanas.
mente vazia, oficina do quiabo
Authors: Borges Priscila Monteiro
Published: June 2019

As redes sociais digitais estabeleceram uma nova ordem para o mundo? Fake News, pós-verdade, trools, perfis falsos e uma grande quantidade de postagens e compartilhamentos de opiniões definidas e definitivas. Muito além de criar comunidades e conectar pessoas, redes sociais digitais como o Facebook proporcionaram um espaço aberto para que todos possam expressar suas opiniões sobre tudo e ainda registramos tudo. Seriam os arquivos do Facebook a maior fonte de asneiras registradas por uma sociedade? Continuamos a postar e a compartilhar sem questionar, sem duvidar, sem perceber que a lógica da rede social digital estabelece regras e padrões de pensamento e comportamento. O tempo do clique é mais rápido do que o da crítica e a lógica da rede, assim como sua interface, tem tudo a ver com isso. Precisamos duvidar mais, questionar mais e clicar menos. Perceber como as estruturas das coisas no mundo moldam nosso estar no mundo, nossas relações com esses artefatos, com os outros e nossa própria criação. O mundo impõe suas regras e estabelece padrões, vamos criar outras regras e estabelecer novos padrões?
ALUGA-SE
Authors: Souto Marcos Paulo
Published: June 2019

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Regras para a concepção de um monumento contemporâneo: porque o Museu Nacional Honestino Guimarães é um monumento
Authors: Barbosa Arthur Gomes
Published: June 2019

O presente trabalho se propõe a questionar, de acordo com textos já consolidados, a criação e representatividade de monumentos históricos e arquitetônicos no contexto contemporâneo.  Para isso propõe-se um conjunto de regras criadas a partir de uma avaliação de um monumento particular, objeto de estudo desse trabalho, o Museu Nacional Honestino Guimarães – MUN, localizado em Brasília é tombado, juntamente com o Setor Cultural Sul, este, por sua vez, dentro da escala monumental de Lucio Costa. Para a elaboração dessas regras foram levados em consideração os valores de monumento do autor Alois Riegl, a legislação de tombamento e as definições consolidadas de Monumento. Essas recomendações orientam a concepção de um monumento arquitetônico. Questionando os valores, definição e tombamento, chega-se a conclusões referentes ao caráter de monumento do MUN, conquistado pela mão que o fez.
Com chumbos de todos os tipos
Authors: Junior Stênio
Published: June 2019

Experimentação poética tipográfica
Versos do fim de uma era: um poema do último dos neoplatônicos
Authors: Vasconcelos Bernardo César Diniz Athayde
Published: June 2019

O artigo oferece uma breve exposição da biografia e do contexto histórico do filósofo neoplatônico Damáscio (c. 458 - c. 538) para, na sequência, apresentar a tradução de um dos seus poemas líricos do período final de sua vida. O procedimento adotado justifica-se pelo caráter lutuoso e decididamente pessoal dos versos, nos quais Damáscio lamenta consigo próprio as perdas sofridas no decorrer de sua longa e fascinante vida. Como veremos, tais perdas estão, em verdade, diretamente ligadas ao colapso do mundo antigo e ao derradeiro golpe proferido por Justiniano contra a filosofia helênica pagã.
Como Fazer Amigos e Influenciar Pessoas
Authors: Souza Mateus Raynner André de
Published: June 2019

poema gerado a partir de páginas do facebook encontradas ao acaso
Etimologizar filósofos
Authors: Vieira Celso Oliveira
Published: June 2019

A ideia foi de seguir a avalanche de etimologizações propostas por Sócrates no Crátilode Platão e propor o que aconteceria se ele tentasse etimologizar os nomes dos filósofos. Disso saiu um exerto espúrio que pode ser encaixado no texto entre as linhas 397c3 e 397c4. Após uma breve introdução acerca do processo de etimologizar temos a versão em grego antigo seguida de traduções em português e inglês.
De vodum a caboclo
Authors: Saraiva Luís Augusto Ferreira
Published: June 2019

O presente artigo traz como cenário de discussão as especificidades atreladas ao Vodum Legbá no Terreiro de Tambor de Mina com destaque para a Casa das Minas, a primeira casa de culto jeje no Maranhão, e suas semelhanças com o Caboclo Légua Boji Bua presente nos terreiros de Terecô da cidade de Codó no mesmo estado. Das narrativas presentes sobre a dinâmica dos terreiros de Tambor de Mina, Legbá não teria encontrado um lugar de culto e sua alternativa foi ter se transformado em uma entidade das matas. O seguinte trabalho consiste em duas partes: na primeira elaboramos um breve histórico da Casa das Minas e em seguida falamos da forte influência de outras entidades diferentes de Orixás e Voduns que são presentes no Terecô.
Olhares sobre os Candomblés na encruzilhada
Authors: Do Nascimento Wanderson Flor
Published: June 2019

As pesquisas sobre as comunidades de terreiro têm colocado uma série de desafios tanto para o contexto acadêmico da investigação, quanto para a apropriação que candomblecistas tem feito dos estudos produzidos nas academias. Este texto buscará traçar um plano desde o qual se possa verificar as interconexões entre a crítica ao sincretismo iniciada de maneira bastante particular por um conjunto de lideranças do Candomblé no final do século passado e estruturações de discursos acadêmicos e religiosos em torno da problemática da pureza e do fortalecimento, dando outros contornos para a as abordagens acadêmicas já colocadas nos estudos sobre os candomblés. Propõe-se, ainda, a distinção entre um sincretismo estratégico e um sincretismo interno, que sirva para situar as relações entre a crítica ao sincretismo e a busca por um fortalecimento da identidade calçado na pureza entendida como um retorno à África.
Faces da Mãe D'Água
Authors: Martini Gerlaine
Published: June 2019

No presente contexto das discussões sobre recursos hídricos, escassez e preservação, a figura da Mãe d’Água merece ser revisitada para fazer ressurgir a contribuição dos saberes tradicionais e afrorreligiosos sobre sacralidade que se traduz em respeito e que sensibiliza para uma atuação segundo concepções possíveis de sustentabilidade também baseadas na representação religiosa popular.
Seu Cangira, Deixa a Gira Girar
Authors: Dantas Nogueira Guilherme , Nogueira Nilo Sérgio
Published: June 2019

Buscamos promover com o presente artigo um resgate da Cabula, religião afro-capixaba, antiga – a primeira a ganhar nome próprio a partir dos heterogêneos Calundus coloniais – e de culto aparentemente descontinuado no Brasil hodierno. Assim, a partir de bibliografia especializada e de informações coletadas com um religioso iniciado na Cabula – o pai de santo capixaba Tateto Nepanji, buscamos descrever os principais aspectos de seu culto e crença. Em seguida, apresentamos alguns vestígios de práticas cabulistas ainda presentes em rituais angoleiros praticados em Minas Gerais, onde pai Nepanji se radica. Os vestígios da Cabula apontam ainda para a força e continuidade de uma linguagem ritual angoleira, que sobrevive no Brasil desde os tempos dos primeiros Calundus coloniais.
Introduction to Sociocybernetics (Part 2): Power, Culture and Institutions
Authors: Mancilla Roberto Gustavo
Published: June 2019

The purpose of this article is to understand, from the perspective of third order cybernetics, three important and well regarded subjects in sociology and political science: Power, Culture and Institutions. Regarding the study of power, four questions will be asked: What is it? What is its exercise? Who exercises it? And how it is exercised? To answer the first, a typology of power will be produced, the second question is answered by means of the distinction between the capacity of doing something and the intentionality that puts it in action, while the third and fourth questions will be answered by means of dominant coalition theory and the viable system models. The model then will consists of the interactions of dominant coalitions within a viable system, which bargain and struggle over the means to use power and which have different forms, like coercion, preferences and cultural setting of power among others. Culture will be understood as a cosmovision, that is, the way in which a grouping of individuals conceive their environment and themselves in relation to one another, but also the communications that take place in ascertaining the content of such conceptions; that is, culture is at the same time a repository of information and the process in which this information is created or altered. Institutions are the interplay between Culture, Society and Power, they are the roles that different actors and coaltions have in their search for altering shared meanings and acceding collective resources, they are also the rules and values that inform such process and they are the shared meanings that revolve around power.
Introduction to Sociocybernetics (Part 3): Fourth order cybernetics
Authors: Mancilla Roberto Gustavo
Published: June 2019

The purpose of this paper is to complement those that have preceded, changing the focus from the dynamics of social systems to that of individual human systems. It will be seen that fourth order cybernetic systems study self-observing systems, which are comprised by cognitive machines, information processing mechanisms that reside in the human mind. Of these, the one of rationality will be explored and then related to that of language, which acts as cognitive bridge between human systems. A model of rationality as though coherence will be offered to the reader, it will be contrasted with the traditional notion of rationality as means ends analysis, which is found in economics and philosophy.
Changing Social Focusing in Indigenous Social Movements
Authors: Flynn J. David , Hay James M.
Published: June 2019

Using complexity science, we develop a theory to explain why some social movements develop through stages of increasing intensity which we define as an increase in  social focusing. We name six such stages of focusing: disintegration, revitalization, religious, organisation, militaristic, and self-immolation. Our theory uses two variables from the social sciences: differentiation and centrality, where differentiation refers to the internal structure of a social system and centrality measures the variety of incoming information. The ratio of the two, differentiation/centrality (the d/c ratio) is a shorthand way of saying that centrality must be matched by a corresponding level of differentiation to maintain basic focusing. If centrality exceeds differentiation, then the result is a lack of focusing—disintegration. On the other hand, the more differentiation exceeds centrality, the more the system moves into the higher stages of social focusing, from revitalization to the final stage of self-immolation.   To test the theory we examine historically indigenous social movements, in particular, the Grassy Narrows movement in northern Ontario Canada. We also suggest how the theory might be applied to explain other examples of social movement, especially millenarian movements at the end of the 20th century. We also suggest sociocybernetic ways the rest of society and the social movement itself can change its own social focusing.
Niklas Luhmann and Cybernetics
Authors: Paetau Michael
Published: June 2019

Even though Niklas Luhmann himself never declared his own approach as a cybernetic one, and even if the relationship between systems theory and cybernetics is still not clearly defined in every way, it seems to be legitimate to classify Luhmann's Theory of Social Systems into the field of cybernetics approaches, more precisely as a socio-cybernetic one. Beside the concept of autopoiesis by Maturana and Varela there are various systems thinkers and cyberneticists like Wiener, Ashby, Shannon, Bateson, von Foerster who influenced Luhmanns work deeply. Certainly he fits the cybernetic principles into his theory rather idiosyncratically and partly after some significant revisions, but one can argue that Luhmann's Theorie of Social Systems is the conclusion of a confrontation of the mayor issues of cybernetic discourse with the European philosophical tradition. In the following article it is discussed the question in what extent we can include Luhmann's work into the cybernetic tradition.  Which are the significant connection-points between cybernetics and Luhmann's work? What is the relevance of this connection for Luhmanns own theoretical development?  Which are the congruences and which are the differences? To what extent is Luhmann's Theory of Social Systems even though his critical distance - integrable into the spectrum of the approaches of ``New Cybernetic'' (as Geyer & van der Zouwen formulated in 1986)?  After a short discussion on what is characterizing a theory as a cybernetic one, the article reconstructs Luhmann's critical debate on the most important theoretical problems of cybernetics and finally it will sketch out Luhmanns answer to this debate, which he gives in his own concepts. For Luhmann the fascination of cybernetics consists in explaining the problem of constancy and invariance of systems in a highly complex and dynamical world by observing communication processes. This makes cybernetics to a definitive non-ontological approach and brings it near to the functionalistic sociology.
The Paradox of Social Ties after the ICT Revolution: A Second-Order Observation
Authors: Akahori Saburo
Published: June 2019

This paper explores what kinds of distinctions are used when the change of social systems is observed. We seek a more appropriate description of society in the face of online relationships. This task will be carried out through a case study of Japan.  In recent years, the significance of social ties has repeatedly been emphasized in Japan. One example is the frequency of use of the Japanese word kizuna which means “bond”. It sounds odd because conventionally kizuna indicates intimate, continuous relationships, not temporary relationships. Even though the word kizuna means strong ties, now it also implies weak ties. Here we examine the reason why the strange usage of the word kizuna has become acceptable. We focus on topics related to the observation of social ties. On one hand, connections between strangers are becoming more imaginable due to the recent change of communication media after the ICT revolution, especially the rise of so-called social media. On the other hand, social relationships between strangers through social media have been seen as paradoxical in recent years. We assume that this enables us to accept the strange usage of the word kizuna. Then we describe the phenomenon by using other distinctions. For example, we adopt the classic sociological distinction between personal and impersonal. Social relationships between strangers seen in social media can be categorized not as impersonal but as personal; however they are sharply distinguished from social ties in traditional communities or intimate relationships. It can be understood as a variant of “doubling of reality” in Niklas Luhmann’s theory of mass media. This can also be a clue to rethink modernity or to rethink solidarity among heterogeneous people. After the ICT revolution, observations on communications or social ties tend to be paradoxical. However, the recent changes can be seen from the meta-level by using other distinctions. Sociologists have to unfold the paradox and describe them through more appropriate frameworks.
Therapeutic intervention and high-order adjustments of recursion
Authors: Carvalho Cláudio
Published: June 2019

The introduction of second-order cybernetics on therapeutic practices required a deeper acknowledgement of the role and purpose(s) of the therapists on the transitory system they create with their patients. This requirement, forced their self-reflection as both observers and agents of change or irritation of communicative and cognitive processes. Another major consequence concerned the understanding of dysfunctions, no longer conceived as “real” independently from an epistemic standpoint that begins by delineating its composing elements and relations using a particular notation. The insertion of “second-order sciences” in therapeutic models involving psychic and communicative systems lead to a more sensible attunement of recursive interventions, due to a greater attention to high-order processes of punctuation of events and learning acquisitions. Focusing on the case of family therapy, we sustain that the acknowledgement of uncertain repercussions of interventions in the equilibrium of a system (or organization) is not a sign of weakness of therapy. Supported on Luhmann’s account of the family system, and stressing some of the affinities of his operative constructivism with second order cybernetics, we understand the uncertainties of therapy as 1) a consequence of the “individuation” of modern society and 2) a call for renewed and creative forms of therapeutic intervention. Through a brief presentation of Circular Questioning and of the resource to Reflecting Teams, we inspect how the therapeutic observation is dependent upon sequences of reentry that assume different levels of description. Acknowledging the consequences of modern forms of differentiation, Systemic therapy, but also forms of psychotherapy, underlined the frailties of pre-established modes of assessment and intervention. More profoundly, they denounced the insufficiency of normative models imposed to persons, “fixing” the coupling between the psychic and communicative forms. In a wide range of disorders, approaches that dispense with the 1) active enrolment of the patient in the changing process and 2) the recursive evaluation (and readjustment) of the punctuation of sequences, its self-reflection, tend to originate high order problems. This reopens the discussion of the unacknowledged assumptions of therapies within a new theoretical framework, concerning their first-order observers (both client/patient and therapist(s)), and the various levels whose distinctions guide their interaction
Steering of Educational Processes in a Digital Medium Environment
Authors: Taekke Jesper , Paulsen Michael
Published: June 2019

This article is about challenges to steering and leadership of educational interaction in classrooms provided by the new medium environment that comes with digital media. In the new medium environment, the old way of steering what is going on in the classroom appears not to work any more since it was developed in the image of the industrial society and based on a closed classroom. Now with the digital media and wireless networks the classroom is opened and the old way of organizing teaching has become inadequate: The students are disturbed by the new media, instead of learning through them. Inspired by systems theory the paper sketches an outline of a more adequate way of teaching in the new medium environment – a teaching that can manage the new situation and use the new possibilities provided by the digital media. The paper builds on empirical findings from the action research project Socio Media Education (SME), which has worked with possibilities and problems in regard to the digital medium revolution’s disruption of the Danish upper secondary school (Author 1 & Author 2 2015a, b, 2014, 2013a, b, c, 2012).
Production of truth as reduction of complexity. Understanding society with peripheral critical sociology
Authors: Altmann Philipp
Published: June 2019

Truth is always a reduction of complexity. The various aspects of an observed phenomena are reduced to only those that relate to how truth is defined by the observer. In this sense, social sciences create society by applying theories that define what is truth to it. This logic becomes a problem when the social sciences in question do not reflect a wide range of different theories that can complement and criticize each other, providing a more complex observation and, thus, a more complex truth. This is the case with some social sciences of the Global South, especially, in early stages of their institutional and organizational development. However, decisions made in early stages of a system can only be changed with considerable effort later on. There tends to be an effect of path dependency, especially in organizations engaged in social sciences in the Global South.
This article will explore the mechanisms of production of truth and thus of reduction of complexity by Marxist critical sociology in Ecuador, between the 1960s and 2010. A focus will be the institutionalization of these mechanisms in organizations and the augmentation of complexity within critical sociology, usually connected to certain ideas of politics and sciences.
Greece and the media – A qualitative assessment of the news impact on credit conditions in the Greek debt crisis
Authors: Daniel Volker , Peters Robert
Published: June 2019

We study the extent to which events transmitted by the media affect Greek bond interest rates by analyzing qualitatively articles in global newspapers during the Greek debt crisis. We focus on dates with strong changes in the yield to maturity of Greek government bonds in order to test whether news coverage matters for financial markets. We relate our results to a quantitative measure of media coverage using the novel method of topic models and examine days with a high level of a quantitative topic series. News coverage seems to matter on the majority of dates. However, we also find dates without crucial events and media coverage but that have strong changes in the bond yield and that seem affected by sources other than the media. The quantitative news measure regularly reveals relevant news articles on the days we analyzed.
Introduction: Special Issue ‘Complexity and Truth’
Authors: Altmann Philipp , Peters Robert
Published: June 2019

If not even earlier, then at the latest when Oxford Dictionaries selected ‘post-truth’ as Word of the Year 2016, did the global public become aware that ‘truth’ is not an uncontested and finite concept but a social construct. Are we, then, standing on the threshold of a new ‘post-truth age’ as – for instance – The Independent has claimed? (Norman 2016) Certainly, the Word of the Year 2016 has cast a bright light onto the case that there is not ‘one truth only’ but that there are facts that can be interpreted – or rejected – in different ways. This means that truth is ‘produced’, but is it produced as scientific or religious truth or as political truth? Just think of `fake news´ and its strategic use in influencing elections, as in the case of the latest presidential elections in the US or Brazil, or the leave campaign in the case of the Brexit referendum. Thus, the production of truth is undertaken by society, at least on the level of concrete actions. This situation becomes more complicated if we consider modern complex society. The increasing globalization of economies and societies has made the world more complex than it has ever before been.
Polymorphisms of IL-17A and IL-17F in Periodontal Disease: A Case-Control Study
Authors: Abdelkawy Maha , Abdelfattah Nayroz , Shaker Olfat
Published: June 2019

Background: Increased interleukin-17 (IL-17) leads to the production of proinflammatory mediators and increases local inflammation. Interleukin-17 may also promote receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) expression on gingival fibroblasts, T cells, and B cells, resulting in alveolar bone resorption. Interleukin-17A and IL-17F levels in saliva and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF), were found to be elevated in periodontitis patients. Thus, IL-17A and IL-17F polymorphisms were hypothesized to be associated with a risk of periodontitis. Methods: The present study was conducted on 60 subjects, including 20 stage II grade B periodontitis patients, 20 stage III grade C periodontitis patients, and 20 healthy controls. Blood samples were drawn from the subjects and analyzed for IL-17A G-197A and IL-17F 7488T/C genetic polymorphisms using the TaqMan assay. Results: There was a significant statistical difference between the distribution of the different genotypes and the different alleles in the three groups for IL-17A G-197A with the A allele presence indicating a risk of periodontitis. Conclusions: Interleukin-17A G-197A polymorphism is significantly associated with different clinical forms of periodontitis in the Egyptian population. The A allele could be considered a risk factor for periodontal diseases.
The Impact of Globalization on Entrepreneurship
Authors: Radović-Marković Mirjana , Brnjas Zvonko , Simović Vladimir
Published: June 2019

This paper aims to explore the importance of globalization for the development of entrepreneurship. Changes in global business environment require new business strategies. Small business owners are expected to be able to develop the resiliency of their businesses so that they can face severe external conditions. Their sustainability depends on the resilience but also on the perspectives of long-term business operations. Therefore, small and medium-sized enterprises must demonstrate their ability to anticipate changes in the market, react to them, and initiate them. This implies improvement of basic processes, learning new skills and closer cooperation with external and internal partners. Small enterprises need to redefine their goals and use their resources more effectively as a necessary condition for expanding maneuvering space for growth and for achieving sustainable development. Finally, it is concluded that organizations must establish the right balance between the challenges and benefits of globalization, and the four basic areas for achieving the right balance are adequate cost, human resources and risk management, as well as the formulation of a strategy that follows the requirements of the global market game.
Review of Initiatives taken by the Government and the Banking Regulator for Successful Transition to a Financially Inclusive Economy: An Empirical Study of India
Authors: Agrawal Reena
Published: June 2019

The current study was taken up to review the initiatives taken by the Government of India and Reserve Bank of India to promote financial inclusion in India. The aim was also to study the impact of these initiatives on the financial inclusion. The paper also intended to explore the impact of increasing penetration of mobile phone and internet on financial inclusion. The study revealed that government initiatives like Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhar Enabled Payment Systems and Direct Benefits Transfer; regulatory reforms by Reserve Bank of India such as Immediate Payment Service, Prepaid Payment Instruments, differentiated banks; digital revolution and active participation of private technology companies, are facilitating in successful transition into a financially inclusive economy.
Organizational Culture in Serbian Companies According to the Denison Model
Authors: Kirin Snežana , Gavrić Gordana , Kirin Sandra
Published: June 2019

Organizational culture is an important research topic of modern management science. The results of research conducted in order to cast light on organizational culture in Serbia are shown in the following paper. Since finding a balance between the demands for consistency of an organization and its required adaptability to change is a major challenge in managing organizations in the contemporary world, the Denison Model was applied to the research. The essence of the model is consisted of four dimensions of organizational culture: mission, consistency, involvement of employees, and ability of an organization to change thus including its need for stability as well as for flexibility. The obtained results specifically point to aspects of organizational culture the advancement of which will improve the efficiency and competitive advantage of enterprises in Serbia, which can serve as useful information to policy creators for making better decisions.
Buckling of Radially Loaded Concrete Cylinders in Fire Condition
Authors: Kassem Abdelraouf Tawfik
Published: June 2019

Concrete cylinders are commonly used in water treatment and sewerage plants, in the form of wells or basins. They are mainly subjected to axial compression resulting from soil lateral pressure and aqueous hydrostatic pressure, in case of the presence of a groundwater table; that is why they are mostly designed in the form of a circular hollow section. Concrete cylinders face a complicated case of loading in fire condition, as a result of material degradation in addition to thermally induced stresses. This paper studies buckling stability of that case where, a concrete cylinder is subjected to an internal fire load in addition to superimposed structural loads from the surrounding environment. The main objective of the research is to study buckling stability of concrete cylinders through identifying various structural and thermal parameters, controlling that behaviour. Finite element modelling using "Ansys 18.1" has been chosen as an approach to deal with the research problem. Twenty-five solid elements models have been prepared to study both thermal and structural behaviour of concrete cylinders in fire condition. Cylinder thickness, slenderness ratio, load ratio, and groundwater presence have been adopted as main research parameters to identify their effect on well's fire buckling endurance, in accordance with ISO 834 standard fire curve. A parametric study has been designed to study fire endurance vulnerability to cylinder thickness ranging from 50 mm up to 800 mm; diameter to thickness ratio [D/t] ranging from "10" up to "160"; full spectrum of structural load ratios; in addition to the presence of a surrounding groundwater. Outputs of the parametric study have been introduced in the form of figures, which could be used as preliminary design aids to identify buckling fire endurance as function of load ratio for various spectrums of thickness and slenderness ratios. Moreover, critical thicknesses and load ratios have been revealed.
The Impact of Supply Chain Capabilities on Logistic Efficiency for the Construction Projects
Authors: Shahbaz Muhammad Saeed , Bhatti Nadeem Ul Kareem , Soomroe Zuhairuddin , Zafarullah Mir
Published: June 2019

Rapid technological advancements force organizations to be more proactive and efficient it operations while previous studies revealed that most of the public sector projects go over in term of time and cost. Although extensive literature is available but only for the private sector, the investigations on the public sector are scarce. After plentiful literature, it has found that timely and sage supply chain is a major hurdle. Various strategies and approaches have been proposed to tackle the situation but after a thorough investigation, it was found that flexibility and collaboration are the topmost influencing factors in improving logistic efficiency. Thus the aim of this study is to empirically verify the positive impact of flexibility and collaboration on logistic efficiency. A questionnaire was adopted and distributed by random sampling to the strategic level of the construction projects in the city of Lahore, Pakistan. Multiple regressions were applied through SPSS. The finding of the study revealed that flexibility contributes 33%, collaboration contributes 35.5% in the logistic efficiency. It can be concluded that construction projects must be flexible and force stakeholders for collaboration. This study added in the frame of knowledge as new findings for public sector projects. This study will help the managers in completing their projects timely and accurately.
A Hybrid Fuzzy TOPSIS – Best Worst Method for Risk Prioritization in Megaprojects
Authors: Norouzi Ashraf , Ghayur Namin Hamid
Published: June 2019

Megaprojects are usually complex and in many cases encounter failure in terms of finish late or overspent. This study aims to investigate the critical risk factors behind these projects as well as their priority. Project risk management is a mature research stream. But when focus on megaprojects the amount of research decreases significantly. This research provides a hierarchy of risk structure in Tehran-Rasht railway megaproject and prioritizes the risk factors through a two-phase methodology. This method is a new hybrid MCDM technique consist of group fuzzy TOPSIS and fuzzy Best-Worst Method. BWM is the latest MCDM technique which in this paper, its fuzzy version combined with fuzzy TOPSIS is employed.  This research also considers all the project success criteria including time, cost and quality simultaneously and calculates the risk priority Index (RPI) accordingly. The results imply that quality is the most important project success factor and the risk elements with greater impact on project quality, get higher PRI. The identified and ranked risk factors help practitioners and academics to follow the subsequent steps of the risk management process of Iranian transportation megaprojects.
Effect of Alccofine and GGBS Addition on the Durability of Concrete
Authors: R Balamuralikrishnan , J Saravanan
Published: June 2019

Portland cement is the most important ingredient of concrete.  A large scale production of cement plant consume large amount of energy and produce a number of undesirable products (  which negatively affect the environmental and depletion of natural resources. This treat to ecology has to lead to researchers to use industrial by-products as supplementary cementitious material in making concrete. In view this silica fume (SF), ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), rice husk ash, fly ash (FL), metakolin, alccofine (AL), micro fine material, etc.; are tried out for replacing cement partially or fully in concrete, without compromising on its strength, also reduce greenhouse gases and sustainable way of management of waste. A new ultra-fine material emerged in market is called alccofine. This is available as a cementious material for replacing cement. Since this a new material, a study is tried out with the combination of Alccofine and GGBS. Ordinary Portland Cement 53 grade was used throughout the study and the grade of concrete is M20.  Totally 108 cubes and 27 cylinder were cast and tested in the laboratory with nine different percentage combination of alccofine (A), GGBS (G) and cement (C) (C100, C70A0G30, C90A10G0, C60A10G30, C30A10G30, C40A0G60, C85A15G0, C55A15G30, C25A15G60). Each case 3 nos. of specimen were used for repeatability. It is intended to study the compressive strength, and its durability properties like acid attack test, sulphate attack test and rapid chloride permeability test (RCPT). Among the nine different combination the maximum compressive strength of concrete is achieved by using AL10% and GGBS 30% is 38.08 N/mm2. C60A10G30 is 28.76% higher than the control mix. Result shows that concrete incorporating alccofine and GGBS have higher compressive strength and alccofine enhanced the durability of concrete also.
Understanding the Changing Concepts of Halloween in America
Authors: Amin Al
Published: June 2019

America has many cultures and most of them brought by the immigrants, as multiculturalism country it provides the people with freedom to explore themselves with many positive ways, what becoming the issues nowadays is about the origin of certain culture and how it can be part of American culture. Halloween is very famous in many parts of country around the world because some of the countries celebrated this day, in America itself celebrated annually with different ways in each state. Halloween has been being part of American culture, this is one of the important celebrations, here will be discussed about the original ideology of this celebration and the changes which happened in American Halloween. For this case, creolization as theory is able to explain about the study because of the fundamental statement was none of culture is original and there must be influenced by other; furthermore, this study will be clearer with qualitative method and descriptive analysis, at the end of discussion hopes would find the changes that happened in American Halloween.
The Influence of English on Play on Words of Enterprise Namings in Yogyakarta
Authors: Putu I Dewa
Published: June 2019

Eventhough the spirit of developing and maintaining Indonesian and local languages in Indonesia has been continously whipped up, the influence of English as representation of American culture can not be avoided in every aspects of Indonesian use in the global era. This paper will deal with the exploitation of  American cultural elements for naming enterprises in Yogyakarta, such as  Bakso Josh Bush, Dodoland (Dodolan), Mc.D (Mancik Dingklik), Kentucku Fried Chiken which respectively  constitute the punning of  George Bush,  Dodoland, Mc Donald, Kentucky Fried Chiken, etc.  The discussion will cover various ways or approaches used by the enterprise’s owners in creating the  pun names, the motivations underlying  such naming, and  semiotic explanations  that motivate  the enterprise naming practices.
Resistance and Local Control of American Multicultural Education in the Era of Globalization
Authors: Febriyanti Irma
Published: June 2019

This paper focuses on the process and result of creating a local control and the development of American schools in Newark, New Jersey. Being poor and insecure neighborhoods, Newark also has a 25 percent higher crime rate than the national average in the US which affects the school system, especially to the minorities. A disproportionate impact on minorities happens because of Newark’s population is 75 percent Black and Hispanic. As the ¾ part of the population, the minorities in Newark had not been able to decide their school system based on the locals’ needs. As a result, for decades, the education was mired by corruption, crumbling facilities, and low-performing students. There has been a debate about how the residents of Newark may be able to control Newark Public Schools and why they should gain control of their school board. Being able to regain control of its school board means having their rights to education granted: to adapt and experience American education equally. Controlling the school board has been central to Newark public schools since it is the only way to produce school policies. Globalization in education is not only a global movement of cultural influences, but also the framework of U.S. public schools for its multiculturalism as the country develops its public education system. Therefore, the question asked by this paper is that how education policies can be obtained.
Community Empowerment Based on the Local Wisdom (A Comparative Study in Kampung Ternak Yogyakarta and Jambu Getas Merah Kendal, Central Java, Indonesia)
Authors: Arbuningtiyas Raharjati , Hakim Lukman
Published: June 2019

This study aims to find out the mechanism and empowerment pattern of community empowerment through Kampung Ternak Program and Jambu Getas Merah Community located in Yogyakarta and Kendal, Central Java Indonesia. It also aims to compare two different programs in its location. Then, it shows the effect of empowerment activities on the members of this program as well as to figure out the enabling and inhibiting factors in conducting this program in the field. This study was a field study with a qualitative approach and used descriptive analysis approach method. Observation, interview and documentation study were the data gathering techniques used in this study, and then the data were interpreted according to the phenomena and issues found in the field during research. The subjects of the study were selected by purposive sampling method. The result of the study shows that First, Kampung Ternak program and Jambu Biji Getas Merah have a different way to enlarge their product. Kampung Ternak helped by Dompet Dhuafa Yogyakarta, one of a non-profit organization for global empowerment. While Jambu Biji Getas Merah has created their own way to manage their activities. Second, the effect of this program is that there is increasing business profit, increasing the family living standard and improving skills and knowledge.            