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Indigenous Ethics and Bionomic Concepts in the New Latin American Constitutions and their Contribution to the Environmental Debate
Authors: Da Rosa Ronei Alberti
Published: November 2021

In Latin America, the public sphere has historically conceded a narrow participation range to the indigenous people. Following democratization that changed the continent starting in the 1980s, some Andean countries began to adopt constitutional reforms that enabled the indigenous communities to participate in national decision making.   They even went to the point of putting the traditional justice applied by minority groups and the national modern constitutions on the same level.  This is particularly the case with Ecuador and Bolivia. In 2008, Ecuador became the first nation to codify and include in its constitution the Rights of Nature. The Ecuadorian ecosystem, thus, became a person of rights, possessing inalienable rights to exist and flourish. Citizens were as well given authority to petition on behalf of the ecosystem. In Bolivia, the New State Politic Constitution, approved in 2009, bestows upon the indigenous groups the right of applying their own justice. This process expresses the accommodation of two juristic zones: that from the Enlightenment positivistic tradition and the autochthonous one. This new legal architecture included regional popular ethical principles that widened the debate about the natural environment and the way the state deals with it. It is the case of concepts like Pachamama (a holistic notion of world) and sumak kawsay (equivalent to that of wellbeing, or even the Good Life). Their revival has diversified the internal juridical landscape by adding an Amerindian perspectivism. This paper will investigate the range of the application of indigenous Ethics and bionomic concepts in multicultural societies, specifically in the case of Latin American countries that have included such elements in their constitutions. It will discuss whether that sort of parallel axiological system could represent a valuable contribution to the global environmental debate.
Fichte and Gentile - Notes about the relationship between Transcendental Idealism and Actual Idealism
Authors: Fusaro Diego
Published: November 2021

This essay is to express some considerations about the theoretical relation which bonds the Actual Idealism of Giovanni Gentile to the "system of freedom" concerning the Wissenschaftslehre or 'Doctrine of Science' of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. The Doctrine seems to have rightful claim to be the philosophical system nearest to the Actualistic code, which was to be openly developed by Gentile in the early years of twentieth century, and the seeds of which had already been sewn by the monographic studies dedicated to Rosmini and Gioberti, from one side, and to Marx, from another. The essay discusses the conceptual lineage of Actual Idealism, it's specific links to Doctrine of Science as a critique of Kant and Hegel, and possible reasons for the widely perceived lack of acknowledgement perceptible in the Italian thinker's work.
A ansiada aparência do real: Sobre a não anulável pretensão de objetividade da experiência na epistemologia de McDowell
Authors: Franco Reynner
Published: November 2021

A epistemologia disjuntivista de John McDowell oferece uma resposta ao ceticismo sobre o conhecimento perceptual do mundo a partir de um argumento a favor da não anulável pretensão de objetividade da experiência. Proposta que resulta plausível desde o ponto de vista epistemológico. Adicionalmente, McDowell insiste na necessidade de incorporar um argumento transcendental (depurado do idealismo) ara refutar definitivamente dito ceticismo. Paul Snowdon tem esclarecido o alcance desta ponderação – e do disjuntivismo em geral –e tem formulado as perguntas oportunas acerca dos pressupostos e compromissos empírico-teoréticos de McDowell, cuja relação com seu enfoque epistemológico não resta de todo clara. Este artigo parte das perguntas de Snowdon, procurando mostrar que um dos principais pressupostos do ‘ponto de vista transcendental’ pretendida por McDowell, repousa em sua recepção de uma ‘radicalização’ do transcendentalismo kantiano, tal como se coloca no conceito hegeliano de ‘objetividade’. Se defende a observação de Snowdon de que o recurso (transcendental) de McDowell não parece fortalecer o alcance de sua teoria disjuntivista do conhecimento perceptual.
Neokantismo, valores e razão discursiva: aproximações da metodologia jurídica com a axiologia política kantiana
Authors: Lima Newton de Oliveira
Published: November 2021

The neokantianism as a philosophical school of thought of Law developed as legal knowledge method that searched for a phenomenological intuition prescribe legal values . The linguistic- pragmatic turn in philosophy in the mid- twentieth century led to the replacement of the legal neokantianism by a linguistic methodology on the Law within a justifying discourse procedure of human rights as core values (liberty, equality, common good) and a procedural rationality who returns to Kant as a defense of State of Law. We will seek to map the discourse and Kantian justification of Law from the thought of Ricardo Terra and its approach to legal values as linguistic objects, paving the way for a new legal methodology based on constructed values arguably and according to the principles of kantian reason.
Hermenêutica da permanência: preservar, conservar e restaurar
Authors: Marçal J. C.
Published: November 2021

A proposta deste artigo é estruturar filosoficamente os conceitos de preservação, conservação e restauração a partir de uma hermenêutica fenomenológica e ontológica que permita construir as bases para uma Filosofia da Arquitetura. Trata-se de usar as conquistas da ontologia de Martin Heidegger para vislumbrar como estes conceitos podem ser articulados de modo analítico, profundo e coeso, alcançando, assim, a determinação necessária para se erigir as bases filosóficas de uma interpretação arquitetônica destes mesmos conceitos.
Por uma fenomenologia da opinião
Authors: Guedes de Lima Francisco Jozivan , Bavaresco Agemir , Portales Oscar P.
Published: November 2021

A opinião pública explicita a dialética dos interesses individuais e sociais. Há o conflito na opinião privada que se legitima pela esfera social e se reconhece no espaço público. A opinião pública resolve a sua contradição a partir da construção de estruturas sociais que elevam a singularidade a uma particularidade universalizada. Uma base conceitual para o estudo desse paradoxo encontra-se no pensamento hegeliano. Hegel descreve na Fenomenologia do Espírito o processo da consciência do sujeito que opina. A evolução da experiência da consciência privada e pública se reflete nas figuras históricas. A experiência da consciência de opinar é um fenômeno contraditório. A dialética dessa contradição manifesta-se, atualmente, a partir da emergência das redes sociais
A Bioética Comunitária da Cidade Educadora
Authors: Dubard Elias
Published: November 2021

As reflexões bioéticas que se iniciaram pelo progresso das investigações biológicas de sucesso tiveram alargado seu campo de atuação pelo paradigma da complexidade fazendo emergir reflexões bioética-comunitárias da urbe como comunidade de aprendizagem, cuja manutenção do pensamento sistemático-reducionista provoca o fracasso das ações políticas de ocupação dos espaços públicos.
Para una crítica inmanente del lberalismo. Theodor Adorno y la cuestión del individuo en Mínima Moralia
Authors: Catanzaro Gisela
Published: November 2021

A diferencia de lo que sucede con otros pensadores asociados al marxismo occidental -de G. Lukacs a L. Althusser, pasando por distintos miembros de la Escuela de Frankfurt-, las reflexiones ético-políticas de Th. Adorno suelen remitirnos a la tradición liberal del pensamiento, en particular en lo que respecta a su categoría central: la de individuo. En efecto, tan persistente como la problematización de la autonomía, la crítica ideológica de la personalidad autoritaria o el trazado de la genealogía violenta del sí mismo, parecería ser en su obra la negativa a realizarlas yendo “más allá” del individuo o apelando a alguna otra lógica que lo complemente. Sin embargo, lejos de la realidad aproblemática e inmediatamente reconocible por todo el mundo, el "individuo" adorniano es -como en Althusser, aunque por otros motivos- una suerte de enigma que exige desciframiento y que, si nos reenvía al liberalismo, lo hace en todo caso a uno "fuera de quicio", acosado por sus propios fantasmas. Aportar algunas claves interpretativas para leer esa figura cifrada es la tarea que nos proponemos abordar aquí partiendo de una relectura de Minima Moralia.
A PROBLEMÁTICA DA APLICABILIDADE DO IMPERATIVO MORAL KANTIANO E A ALTERNATIVA DO PRINCIPIALISMO.
Authors: Dagios Magnus
Published: November 2021

No presente artigo será abordada a Fundamentação da Moral proposta por Kant e algumas objeções proposta para esta teoria pelo Principialismo de Beauchamp e Childress. Entre as questões suscitadas pelo Principialismo em relação a Fundamentação Moral Kantiana estão a viabilidade prática das máximas universais. Ao final poder-se-á afirmar algumas incompletudes na teoria da moral que defende as formulações do imperativo categórico sem desmerecer suas contribuições
A influência do estímulo e do vínculo familiar no desenvolvimento de crianças com síndrome de Down
Authors: Aguiar Caroline Porto , Cardoso Caio Oslo Oliveira , Faria Dayanna da Silva Carvalho , Matos Joyce Oliveira , Silva Lucas Adriano de Oliveira , Rabêlo Layla Sales Silva , Silva Murillo Cursino de Castro , Figueredo Shaina Medeiros de , Leahy Lorena Leão Gomes , Costa Michela Macedo Lima
Published: November 2021

Objetivo: Analisar como o estímulo e o vínculo familiar influenciam no desenvolvimento de crianças com Síndrome de Down. Revisão bibliográfica: O desenvolvimento de indivíduos portadores da síndrome sofre influência de acordo com a qualidade do cuidado, educação e experiência que lhe são oferecidos. Assim, esses serão motivados pelos recursos que estão disponíveis e pelas atitudes das pessoas com as quais convivem. Através da brincadeira a criança desenvolve suas capacidades motoras, verbal e cognitivas. Ou seja, ela é uma forma de assimilação funcional e repetitiva que desenvolve hábitos e esquemas sensório-motores.  Além disso, torna-se necessário a orientação da família, para que esses estejam mais envolvidos e seguros no processo do desenvolvimento da criança, e possam planejar métodos criativos, lúdico para que em casa iniciem a estimulação precoce. Quando esta intervenção precoce se focaliza no binômio is-criança, os efeitos são mais favoráveis, garantindo a continuidade do tratamento em casa. Considerações finais: Com isso, o estímulo precoce e adequado além de um ambiente familiar favorável pode contribuir para esse desenvolvimento.
Hyperintense posterior cerebral artery sign in patients with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
Authors: Imai Masaaki , Shimoda Masami , Oda Shinri , Hoshikawa Kaori , Osada Takahiro , Aoki Rie , Sunaga Azusa
Published: November 2021

Background:

This study investigated hyperintense vessel signs (HVS) on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging in the P1–2 portions of posterior cerebral arteries (PCAs) as a “hyperintense PCA sign” and HVS of cortical arteries. We retrospectively examined whether these signs would be useful in diagnosing reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) in the acute phase.

Methods:

Eighty patients with RCVS who underwent initial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within 7 days of onset were included in this study. HVS and related clinical factors were examined.

Results:

On initial MRI of RCVS patients, hyperintense PCA sign and HVS of cortical arteries were seen in 21 cases (26%) and 38 cases (48%), respectively. In patients showing hyperintense PCA sign, vasoconstriction of the A2–3 portion was a significant clinical factor. Conversely, vasoconstriction of the M1 and P1 portions and the presence of white matter hyperintensity on initial and chronic-stage MRI were significantly associated with the presence of HVS in cortical arteries.

Conclusion:

Because rich collateral flow exists around PCAs, the frequency of hyperintense PCA sign is not high. However, hyperintense PCA sign findings in patients with suspected RCVS offer credible evidence of extreme flow decreases due to vasoconstriction in peripheral PCAs and other arteries associated with the collateral circulation of PCAs. Conversely, HVS in cortical arteries tend to reflect slow antegrade circulation due to vasoconstriction of peripheral vessel and major trunks. Both signs appear useful for auxiliary diagnosis of acute-phase RCVS.
Mapping the Morphological Landscape of Oligomeric Di-block Peptide Polymer Amphiphiles
Authors: Allen Benjamin , Wright Zoe , Taylor Hailey , Oweida Thomas , Kader-Pinky Sabila , Patteson Emily , Bucci Kara , Cox Caleb , Yingling Yaroslava , Knight Abigail
Published: November 2021

Peptide polymer amphiphiles (PPAs) are highly tunable hybrid materials that achieve complex, protein-like assembly landscapes by combining sequence-dependent properties of peptides with structural diversity of polymers. Despite their promise as functional biomimetic materials, determining how polymer and peptide properties simultaneously affect PPA self-assembly remains challenging. We herein present a systematic study of critical components within the PPA design space that dictate the self-assembled morphologies. PPAs containing hydrophobic oligo(ethyl acrylate) were used to interrogate the role of polymer molecular weight and dispersity in addition to peptide length and charge density on self-assembly. We observed that PPAs predominantly formed spherical particles (micelles and vesicles), with both polymer molecular weight and peptide hydrophilicity determining morphology. Additionally, peptide charge and polymer dispersity influence particle size. These key benchmarks will facilitate the rational design of PPAs that expand the scope of biomimetic and biocompatible functionality within assembled soft materials.
Catalytic, contra-Thermodynamic Alkene Isomerization
Authors: Occhialini Gino , Palani Vignesh , Wendlandt Alison
Published: November 2021

The positional isomerization of C–C double bonds is a powerful strategy for the interconversion of alkene regioisomers. However, existing methods provide access to thermodynamically more stable isomers from less stable starting materials. Here we report the discovery of a dual catalyst system that promotes contra-thermodynamic positional alkene isomerization under photochemical irradiation, providing access to terminal alkene isomers directly from conjugated, internal alkene starting materials. The utility of the method is demonstrated in the deconjugation of diverse electron rich/poor alkenes and through strategic application to natural product synthesis. Mechanistic studies are consistent with a regiospecific bimolecular homolytic substitution (SH2') mechanism proceeding through an allyl-cobaloxime intermediate.
Palladium Catalyzed Enantioselective Hayashi-Miyaura Reaction for Pharmaceutically Important 4-Aryl-3,4-Dihydrocoumarins
Authors: Lai Jixing , Yang Chen , Csuk René , Song Baoan , Li Shengkun
Published: November 2021

The first palladium-catalyzed asymmetric addition of arylboronic acids to coumarins was successfully established, providing a straightforward asymmetric approach to achieving pharmaceutically important 4-aryl-3,4-dihydrocoumarins. This methodolo-gy features easily accessible and bench-stable ligands, a wide substrate scope, mild conditions and good accommodation of challenging, electron-withdrawing arylboronic acids.
Factores asociados a fractura de espina tibial en el hospital Ramiro Prialé Prialé 2015 - 2017
Authors: Miranda Huancahuari Mirko , Ramírez Castro Carlos , Toribio Salazar Lauro , Toribio Salazar Lauro
Published: November 2021

Las fracturas de diáfisis tibiales cerradas son las fracturas de huesos largos más comunes, siendo a su vez las fracturas de espina tibial (FET) que conllevan a inestabilidad y artrosis en la rodilla si no es tratada adecuada y oportunamente. El estudio fue observacional descriptivo con una población de 33 pacientes con fractura de espina tibial. De acuerdo con la clasificación de Meyers y Mc-Keever, el tipo I donde no existe desplazamiento y sólo el labio anterior de la espina están ligeramente elevado, sin exposición, fue el tipo de fractura más frecuente. Se obtuvo que el hueso tibial izquierdo fue ligeramente más frecuente (51,5 %) respecto al del lado derecho; el mecanismo de lesión más frecuente fue la hiperextensión de la rodilla (60,6 %), las causas más frecuentes de la lesión fueron accidente tránsito y la lesión deportiva (ambas representaron el 27,3 %). El 78,8 % de las fracturas no fueron expuestas y de acuerdo con la clasificación de Meyers y McKeever, el tipo I fue el tipo de fractura más frecuente (57,6 %). Dentro de las afecciones que suelen acompañar a la fractura de espina tibial, sólo un 15 % presentó afección meniscal y; sólo un 12 % presentó afección al platillo tibial.
Obtención de prebióticos a partir de subproductos vegetales para uso como ingrediente en alimentos funcionales
Authors: Artica Mallqui Luis , Rosales Papa Hermes Amadeo , Baquerizo Canchumanya Mery Luz
Published: November 2021

En los últimos años, se ha incrementado la importancia de los prebióticos por estar relacionados a la salud humana, en diversas investigaciones se ha encontrado la presencia de prebióticos en muchos vegetales; por otro lado, también se sabe que hay muchos subproductos vegetales que aún no son aprovechados eficientemente, siendo considerados residuos. Estudios recientes, se investigaron sobre la obtención de prebióticos a partir de subproductos y residuos, como cáscaras y semillas de diversas frutas, planteando diferentes metodologías, empleando solventes, reactivos, tramítenos térmicos y enzimáticos, estos reportaron la presencia de prebióticos. En ese sentido, el objetivo del presente trabajo es obtener prebióticos a partir de subproductos vegetales de la calabaza (cucúrbita Ficifolia) para uso como ingrediente en alimentos funcionales. Se recolectaron los subproductos semilla y cascara de calabaza, se sometió a un deshidratado (50 °C x 48 horas), luego se procedió a una molienda para la obtención de harina a un tamaño de partícula de 70° mesh, en las muestras obtenidas se determinó su composición química y se procedió a la obtención de prebióticos mediante dos métodos: Hidrotérmicos (121 °C x 10 min) en un autoclave vertical y enzimático (α- amilasa a 37 °C) en un biorreactor, se determinó el contenido de fibra dietética total, sacarosa, azúcares reductores y fructosa. Se encontró diferencia significativa (P<0,05) entre tratamientos, presentando mejores promedios el método enzimático. La calabaza presentó mejor potencial prebiótico y la semilla presenta un alto contenido de proteína y aceite.
Efecto de las características físicoquímicas y biológicas del suelo en el crecimiento de Pinus tecunumanii en Satipo
Authors: Llallico Manzanedo Fortunata Judith , Marcelo Oyague Carlos
Published: November 2021

En el presente estudio, las plantaciones con cinco años de Pinus tecunumanii de la Estación Experimental Agrícola Satipo, ubicadas en la provincia de Satipo, presentaron plantas con diferentes tasas de crecimiento; por lo que, se evaluaron el crecimiento de las plantas y suelos en cada uno de los estratos, para luego relacionar las características del suelo y el crecimiento de las plantas, describiendo y correlacionando las variables en estudio, en calicatas y plantaciones. Los resultados muestran que la parcela de Pinus tecunumanii presenta tres estratos de crecimiento diferenciados, de los cuales el estrato alto, tiene el mayor crecimiento, tanto en altura de plantas como en diámetro de fuste, el estrato con menor crecimiento se encuentra en la parte superior de la parcela. El suelo de los horizontes A, del estrato de mayor crecimiento, tiene mayor contenido de materia orgánica, mayor infiltración y profundidad efectiva; además, de mayor cantidad de lombrices, que los suelos del estrato de bajo crecimiento. Los suelos en cada uno de los estratos presentan bajo contenido de fósforo, potasio, calcio y magnesio, por lo que, se considera suelos de baja fertilidad, aunque el contenido de materia orgánica tiene un nivel medio. Además, no presentan problemas de acidez en el horizonte. Existe relación significativa entre el contenido de materia orgánica, la profundidad efectiva, la velocidad de infiltración, el contenido de lombrices y el crecimiento de las plantas, en general al incrementarse estas variables, se incrementa el crecimiento de Pinus tecunumanii.
Análisis de la transmisión de energía eléctrica en un sistema hexafásico
Authors: Castañeda Quinte Manuel , Rodríguez García Edgar , Colonio Llacua Joel
Published: November 2021

El consumo de energía en el transcurso del tiempo está aumentando, ello lleva a aumentar la capacidad de potencia a transmitir, elevando los niveles de tensión: HV (High Voltaje), Extra EHV (High Voltaje) y UHV (Ultra High Voltaje); recorriendo, muchas veces, al uso de doble terna con 1,2,3… conductores por fase. Al aumentar el nivel de tensión de transmisión, se está aumentando: nivel de aislamiento, dimensionamiento de las torres, franja de servidumbre, pérdidas por efecto corona, campos electromagnéticos, etc. Otra alternativa sería la transmisión de la energía eléctrica hexafásica. Mediante el modelado del sistema 3Φ doble terna y 6Φ en MATLAB, se ha demostrado que los sistemas hexafásicos presentan una mejor estabilidad, comparadas con la transmisión trifásica doble terna en la capacidad de transmisión de potencia y caídas de tensión. Además de que una línea hexafásica puede llevar hasta 73 % más de potencia eléctrica que una doble terna trifásica, para las mismas dimensiones de la faja de servidumbre.
Cine y sociedad: la representación de la masculinidad y la violencia de género en las películas “La verdad de Soraya” y “Nunca más”
Authors: Bullón López Adelia Elena , Alderete Guere Ernesto Gustavo
Published: November 2021

Se analizó la representación de la masculinidad y la violencia de género en las películas “La verdad de Soraya” (2008) y “Nunca más” (2002), de la industria cultural norteamericana. La investigación es de tipo básica y de nivel exploratoria; los métodos, son el fenomenológico y la comprensión interpretativa; las técnicas, de análisis de datos, son el análisis del discurso y el análisis de contenido; las unidades de análisis, son las dos películas mencionadas del género cinematográfico dramático. Los resultados de la investigación, manifiestan que la masculinidad y la violencia de género en las relaciones de pareja heterosexuales en las películas “La verdad de Soraya” y “Nunca más”, son representadas como un patrón de vida y performativa al reproducir patrones de la masculinidad hegemónica, en la que la mujer cumple un papel subalterno en la familia y en el sistema social.
THE RELATION OF MAJAPAHIT TEMPLES WITH VASUSASTRA-MANASARA
Authors: Meiliani Surya Ruth , Dibyo Hartono Harastoeti
Published: November 2021

Abstract- Vastusastra is a text which discusses Indian architecture which is published in several books, included Manasara. Vastusastra contains guidline for building Indian construction, including religious building such as temples. Although the narrative was made for the construction of temples in India, it turns out that there are some elements in vastu that also found in Mataram Kuno temples. This raises questions about the relationship of Indian architecture with Majapahit, which was the era after Ancient Mataram, given the Hindu-Buddhist influence still existed in the Majapahit era. To find out this, vastusastra-Manasara was used as a benchmark to find out the elements of the Majapahit temple which was influenced by India, especially South India which was thought to have a more dominant influence than North India on temple architecture in Indonesia.

                This study uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach by describing the figure and mass-space layout of Majapahit temples that have been selected as the object of research and compared with vastusastra-Manasara's narrative using reference objects to facilitate analysis in order to find out the relations of the Majapahit era temples with vastusastra-Manasara narrative.

                Based on the results of the study, it was found that the temples of the Majapahit era still have relations with vastusastra-Manasara narrative when viewed in terms of figure and mass-space layout. But the relationship between the two can be said to be increasingly decreased. The re-domination of the original culture of Indonesian society in the Majapahit era and the influence of other cultures such as China is thought to be the cause of the waning influence of India on the architecture of the Majapahit temple. This led to the fusion of culture in the Majapahit temple and resulted in variations of new temples that had never existed before.

 

Key Words: candi, majapahit, temple, vastusatra, manasara, relation
The House Reformed: A Reaction to Suburban Monotony
Authors:   , Mangan Florence
Published: November 2021

Joyless rows of monotonous houses are be- ginning to define the suburban typology of tomorrow. Quality and innovation is being compromised for speed and quantity and there is a distinct lack of consideration for the home’s potential to enrich and influence the life-styles and well-being of its occupants.  This thesis is a reaction to the researcher’s dis- satisfaction with New Zealand’s suburban typology and seeks to identify and demonstrate an alternative design approach. The research- er considers that a house should enable its occupants to flourish by instigating moments of joy and surprise whilst maximising economy of space.  The thesis uses an investigative research method of five different design tests. Each test reveals strategies to aid the approach of designing the suburban typology, focusing on maximising joy, surprise and economy of space.  Both digital and manual methods are used, revealing their respective strengths and flaws. The Digital method used in the Data House and Rigid x Fluid house tests lacked the ability to apply tangible aesthetic qualities to a de- sign. The manual hands on method of used in the Patchwork House and House Reformed tests was hugely beneficial for the aesthetic qualities of design, however it lacked the rigor and capacity to apply individuality on a mass scale.  Discoveries made in the thesis investigations are collated in a final design outcome, the House Reformed. This house design demonstrates a compilation of the successful strategies identified in the research and reveals the benefits of approaching home design with qualities of joy, surprise and economy of space. The most successful strategies used to achieve these aims were establishing a great- er connection with the outdoors, providing flexible spaces through the use of innovative partitions and furniture and injecting unexpected aesthetic moments through the use of interesting texture and colour.  Overall the research reveals a successful de- sign outcome and provides interesting in- sights into design method. It explores worth- while questions and issues related to the lived domestic experience such as the lack of joy, surprise and economy of space in suburban housing and demonstrates the importance of designing with such qualities.
Pacific Regionalism: Historical Anachronism, or Pathway to Future Development?
Authors:   , Davidson Elspeth
Published: November 2021

This study looks at the relevance of regional organisations in the Pacific Island region. It analyses the history of the key regional organisations: the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). Since their establishment, there has been extensive criticism of the work of these organisations. This study tests and analyses the issue of legitimacy within supra-national organisations, and questions whether regionalism in the Pacific is an anachronism of the past.  In the Pacific, regionalism puts out a compelling argument for its existence. Throughout the region, small island developing states are spread across the world’s largest ocean. Pacific Island states face many challenges, including: small economies, geographical disadvantages, vulnerability to climate change, varying availability to resources and a diverse range of cultures and languages. Regionalism provides a chance for these island states to influence world policy, build capacity in the region, promote good governance, maintain peaceful neighbourly relations, and create positive development outcomes.  The methodology uses qualitative research of document analysis and semi-structured interviews with key informants. The research claims a social constructivist epistemology and uses an inductive conceptual framework in order to find solutions to the complex challenges of Pacific regionalism.  It was found that regional organisations need to increase their transparency in order to enhance their legitimacy. They need provide a clearer evidence base, where all Pacific people can recognise and understand the benefit of regional organisations. The organisations need to work strategically to be nimble and reactive to upcoming critical junctures and issues. Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) agencies need to coordinate better amongst themselves, open up communication with all stakeholders and create clearer mandates. In order to promote positive development, all stakeholders and Pacific people need to take ownership of these organisations, and support the Framework for Pacific Regionalism process. This study argues that there is great potential for regionalism in the Pacific, but this will only be possible if the region works collectively to enhance the legitimacy of these organisations.
Living on the Edge - Defining Shipbreaking at the Edge of Globalisation in Alang, India
Authors:   , Dromgool Edward
Published: November 2021

Forty thousand men on the coastline of Alang, India, dismantle a large portion of the world’s discarded ships in a process referred to as shipbreaking. The discarded vessels are dismantled piece by piece, with no more than a gas torch and physical labour in a country with little to no regulations on the rules of labour or environmental protection. Workers of the shipbreaking yards live in slum dwellings, within a toxic landscape of petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals, lead paint and asbestos; all are toxic by-products of globalised industrialisation. As a result of the extreme work and poor housing conditions, the impoverished inhabitants are at high risk of life threatening diseases which commonly result in death. On the shipbreaking yard alone, an average of sixteen deaths per year occur as a result of the extremely hazardous working conditions. While the need to dismantle and recycle ships will not disappear any time soon, it is imperative that current practices become safe to both workers and the environment.  This thesis outlines a design project that introduces the creation of an ecosystem within the shipbreaking community of Alang by introducing many interconnected systems that allow for self-sufficiency. Inspired by concepts of bio-mimicry, the project provides the means to capture toxins safely using naturally produced materials; creates community, family based housing that replaces the current housing slums; and modernises the shipbreaking process by implementing a cyclical ecosystem that capitalises on the regions natural resources. By making the process of shipbreaking environmentally safe and creating a hazard free, more productive work environment, this project suggests that a business practice that is unwanted and hidden can be productive and economically viable.
Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei – For Us and Our Children After Us: Iwi Entity in the Post-Settlement World
Authors:   , Roxburgh-Makea Erin
Published: November 2021

This thesis aims to gain a better understanding of iwi and their associated business entities in their post settlement phase and how they maintain their own kaupapa Māori.  The study examines the complex environment in which an iwi entity operates. This topic and environment has not been studied previously in academia and will therefore provide a unique insight from the study. The exploration was done through an in-depth analysis of a single organisational case study; the data collection method undertaken was in-depth interviews and document analysis.  The study found that the iwi entity has put specific strategies in place to ensure they maintained their kaupapa Māori. A focus was placed on how values and culture are transmitted through human resource practices of recruitment and induction. They did this through formal mechanisms, such as documentation and training, as well as informal mechanisms such as socialisation, history, and oral story telling. What was most unique as a finding was that traditional iwi values and methods were brought through into the contemporary business setting at the iwi entity.  Contributions from this study are made to the Māori business and Māori management literature, as well as Strategic Human Resource Management literature and organisational culture literature. In a practical sense there are implications for Māori organisations, iwi entities and non-Māori organisations.
Hashtag Wars: Twitter as a Discursive Space in the 'Battle of Narratives' between pro-Israelis and pro-Palestinians
Authors:   , Wan Hassan Shahirah Elaiza
Published: November 2021

Traditional forms of media have played a significant role in narrating the military conflict between Israel and Palestine (Said; Aouragh 2; Elmasry). Most recently, the Israeli Defense Forces used their official Twitter account to launch the 2012 Operation Pillar of Cloud in Gaza. This thesis investigates the role played by Twitter in the ‘battle of narratives’ taking place between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli communities on 14th June, two days after the #BringBackOurBoys hashtag campaign was launched 2014 and 9th July 2014, a day after Operation Protective Edge commenced in Gaza. The thesis argues that Twitter as a microblogging platform acts as an ambivalent discursive protest space for the battle of narratives between pro-Israelis and pro-Palestinians. Drawing on a range of hashtag case studies, such as #BringBackOurBoys, #GazaUnderAttack and #IsraelUnderFire, the thesis offers a content analysis of 300 tweets in relation to emerging concepts in digital media studies. Pablo Gerbaudo’s articulation of ‘choreography of assembly’, for example, illustrates the role of social media in ‘setting the scene’ for protest while William Gamson and Andre Modigliani’s concept of ‘interpretive packages’ allows for an exploration of symbolic devices on Twitter such as metaphors, exemplars, injustice symbols and visual images. This thesis draws on these concepts to examine how Twitter’s affordances work ambivalently to highlight the victimisation of one side of the conflict while erasing the victimisation of the other.
Making climate action meaningful: Communication practices in the New Zealand climate movement
Authors:   , Oosterman Jonathan
Published: November 2021

The climate crisis requires urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; however, ‘business as usual’ continues to fuel further increases. Instead of the social change needed to safeguard the wellbeing of people and the planet, there has been an unpromising mix of active resistance, lukewarm concern, lack of engagement, and lack of hope. In the face of this, climate communicators seek to make climate action relevant and meaningful to people, thereby mobilising them to create a social consensus on climate action and the political will for change.  A core dynamic in climate communication is the balance between, on the one hand, speaking to the facts of the climate crisis and to what makes climate action meaningful to climate communicators themselves, and on the other, speaking in a way that is meaningful to those being communicated with. If the balance is right, climate communication will empower people, thereby helping translate belief in, and concern about, the climate crisis into behavioural change and political engagement, cumulatively creating social change. If the balance is wrong, however, communication efforts risk not connecting with people, emotionally overwhelming them with the weight of the climate crisis, or overly diluting the message, leading to no effect, or to a negative effect.  An important way in which this dynamic manifests is in the balance between moral and economic framing. Morality and economics are two fundamental elements of what gives a sense of meaningfulness to climate action, and therefore underlie decision-making around both climate action and climate communication. Combinations of moral and economic framing are of particular interest in the way they call for radical action while speaking to people’s desires for security and prosperity.  The climate movement is at the heart of efforts towards social change and the creation of a social consensus on climate action. It is therefore to the experiences of climate movement participants that I turn to explore these issues. I take a movement-centred activist scholarship approach to research on climate communication decision-making via interviews with fourteen members of the New Zealand climate movement. Highlighting the importance of knowledge development within social movements, I seek to contribute to activist and academic understanding of effective climate communication.
'True direction': Aspects of aestheticism in New Zealand (1880-1913)
Authors:   , Campbell Laura Elizabeth
Published: November 2021

This thesis examines aspects of Aestheticism in New Zealand. Despite the paucity of literature written on Aestheticism in colonial contexts, there is evidence that Aesthetic tendencies flourished in the art and literature of the ‘South Seas’. Aestheticism in Australia and New Zealand has been categorised as ‘insignificant’ within national art histories, overlooking the complex ways whereby aspects of Aestheticism arrived in the antipodes through international exhibitions, touring theatre productions, academically trained artists from Europe, and dispersal through literature. It is a moment in our national art history that should be recognised. My research is the first comprehensive study of Aestheticism and its impact on applied art and the general lifestyles of artists and patrons in New Zealand.  With particular focus on James McLauchlan Nairn and Charles Frederick Goldie, this study revises the status of two New Zealand artists who have been viewed as representative of opposing artistic camps—Nairn, a bohemian promoting Impressionist and open air landscape practice, and Goldie, a painter of the ‘Old World’ tradition of academic instruction. I suggest the oppositional status that has been applied to these painters in New Zealand’s art history is no more than a polemical device. By contrast, Aestheticism allows us to understand how both artists are not too dissimilar in certain aspects of their artistic ambition. They were both educated in Paris and this alone provided them with a sense of authority to dictate art and fashion when advising their upper-class clientele in New Zealand. My research has revealed how Nairn and Goldie inhabited similar social circles, in Wellington and Auckland respectively, and integrated aspects of the ‘cult of beauty’ into their art and living environments. Based on this research, I argue for a more nuanced understanding of how local and international tendencies interacted within New Zealand’s art.
The role of postgraduate education for registered nurses working in the aged care sector
Authors:   , Tansley Susan Elizabeth
Published: November 2021

This New Zealand based study explored the perspectives of registered nurses working in aged residential care and their views and experiences on postgraduate education. There is very little research in the area of aged care in New Zealand and none involving postgraduate education. This was a qualitative study using mixed method data triangulation which included a document review, focus groups and interviews. The study was conducted at four aged care facilities in the lower North Island. Focus groups and face to face interviews were carried out with Nurse Managers (n = 5) and Registered Nurses (n =15) who had (n = 7) and had not (n = 13) engaged in postgraduate education. The study found development of nursing knowledge was important for improving quality of older person’s care, and career prospects and progression were the main reason nurses engage in postgraduate education. External agencies such as the local District Health Board and tertiary education providers play a role in postgraduate opportunities and how these agencies communicate with nurses plays a significant role in the uptake of postgraduate education. In addition work place support and personal factors such as choices and timing affect the uptake of postgraduate education. A multipronged approach is therefore needed to address postgraduate education in aged care.
Partnerships between Cambodia’s Government, NGOs, and the Private Sector in Technical and Vocational Education Training from the NGOs’ Perspectives
Authors:   , Chhun Sokha
Published: November 2021

Three-way or tri-sector partnerships were proposed in the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (2002) as a way to reduce poverty and achieve development targets by 2015 (Warner & Sullivan, 2006). These partnerships are between government, civil society and the private sector, and there is not much research on how such partnerships work in the development world. The purpose of this research is to explore the effectiveness of partnerships between Cambodia’s government, NGOs, and the private sector in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET), particularly from the NGOs’ perspective.  The research methodology used in this study was a qualitative case study. Data was collected from in-depth interviews as well as document analysis, such as NGO’s annual reports, project agreements with Cambodia’s government, and other related documents from three NGOs working in the TVET sector in Phnom Penh. This research used Creswell’s framework (2014) for qualitative data analysis and interpretation.  The findings conclude that the tri-sector partnerships within one NGO to that of another NGO are quite different depending on the level of trust and interdependence of the parties. These partnerships between government, the business sector and NGOs are based upon the belief that collaboration brings benefits to each actor. From the business’s side, the benefits include the improvement of industrial production processes and productivity due to an increased supply of well-skilled staff. From the NGOs’ perspective, the benefits include accessing enterprises’ equipment and expertise. The government provides decentralised powers to local government to facilitate the working process of the NGOs and the private sector. These findings provide insight into Cambodia’s tri-sector TVET partnerships, making a contribution to understandings and knowledge of NGOs in TVET and their partners.
Self-rescue and Transformation of the Hotel Industry in China under the Epidemic
Authors: Yu Yiguo
Published: November 2021

In order to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on entities such as the hotel industry, this article analyzes the development status of the hotel industry under the epidemic and suggests countermeasures for self-rescue and transformation, such as improving basic settings and optimizing management. These strategies provide ideas and suggestions to comprehensively improve the risk response of hotels and the implementation of sustainable development strategy.
Research on the Coupling between Agricultural Heritage and Tourism Industry: A Case Study of Jasmine and Tea Culture in Fuzhou
Authors: Ma Yunmeng , Lai Geying
Published: November 2021

The integration of agricultural heritage and tourism industry contributes significantly to regional heritage protection, rural revitalization, and cultural inheritance. Based on the coupling coordination degree model, a quantitative research was conducted to study the integration of agricultural heritage in terms of the jasmine and tea culture system in Fuzhou with the local tourism industry. The results showed that both the development of Fuzhou’s jasmine and tourism industries have advanced significantly and are currently leading in the country. However, they are not developing at the same pace. The results also showed that the coordination degree between Fuzhou’s jasmine and tourism industries have increased in recent years, with deepened mutual effects and improved coordination. Moreover, the coupling coordination degree has been rising over the past 13 years, with the coupling coordination level transforming from “extreme disorder” to “quality coordination,” demonstrating a slow integration progress of Fuzhou’s jasmine with the tourism industry at the early stage, but a sound development momentum at the later stage.
Development Status, Causes of Risks, and Risk Supervision Suggestions on Internet Finance in China
Authors: Ni Junxuan , Ni Haoxuan
Published: November 2021

As a useful supplement to China’s financial system, the development of internet finance has promoted the innovation of financial model and injected strong vitality into the financial market. Internet finance provides customers with more convenient and fast financial services, effectively alleviates financial exclusion, and reduces information asymmetry. It is of great significance to promote the marketization of interest rate and the development of inclusive finance in China. However, internet financial risk events occur frequently, posing a serious challenge. Therefore, this research analyzes the causes of internet financial risks, and provides suggestions on internet financial risk supervision, so as to promote a healthy development of the internet financial industry in China.
RELEVANSI PENGECUALIAN PRAKTIK MONOPOLI TERHADAP PERUSAHAAN BUMN DALAM MERGER TIGA BANK SYARIAH BUMN
Authors: Alit Chandra Manungsa , Sumiyati Yeti
Published: November 2021

This study examines the following issues: first, whether the merger of 3 state-owned sharia banks is included in the criteria for monopolistic practice as an activity prohibited in the Law on monopolistic practices and unfair business competition. Second, what is the relevance of the provisions of the exclusion of monopolistic practices on BUMN in the Law on monopolistic practices and unfair business competition to the merger of 3 BUMN sharia banks. This study uses a normative juridical method. The results showed that the merger or merger of 3 state-owned sharia banks could potentially lead to monopolistic practices and unfair business competition as prohibited by Law Number 5 of 1999 concerning Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Business Competition.