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Comment on “Crustal faults in the Chilean Andes: geological constraints and seismic potential” by Santibáñez et al. (2019), Andean Geology 46 (1): 32-65
Authors: De Pascale Gregory P.
Published: January 2021

Understanding the location and nature of Quaternary active crustal faults is critical to reduce both the impact of fault rupture and strong ground motions hazards (when these faults rupture causing earthquakes). It is also important for understanding how and where deformation related to plate tectonics is accommodated along geological structures (oftentimes faults and folds). In Chile, work on active tectonics in the upper crust (neotectonics or earthquake geology) is relatively new, in particular regarding fault-focused studies. Therefore, any effort to further progress in our understanding of active fault systems for the benefit of the public, and for aiding local and regional governments and the earthquake engineering and scientific community with mitigation strategies should be applauded. Demonstrating where active faults are located through careful mapping, and to determine how fast they accommodate tectonic deformation and their seismic and fault rupture hazards are key questions in neotectonics. Recently Santibáñez et al. (2019) explore active fault systems in the Chilean Andes. In their paper they outline active and potentially seismogenic (i.e., earthquake producing) fault systems in the Chilean Andes through a review of the literature, seismicity, case studies (earthquakes), and modeling data and then they define potential tectonic domains for subdivision of Chile. These domains were suggested to allow “a first-order approach for seismic potential assessment” (Santibáñez et al., 2019). The three subdivisions they suggest, i.e., domains are the External Forearc, Inner Forearc and Volcanic Arc, were proposed based on several fault parameters (e.g., fault length), case studies, the morphotectonic setting and seismicity. Their paper generates a great foundation to build upon for both the active tectonics and geological hazards community, in addition to being useful for potential end users such as the Chilean local and national government from a planning perspective. Although the Santibáñez et al. (2019) paper takes steps in the right direction, and should be considered an important contribution to the scientific community, this comment addresses three potential issues with their analysis and conclusions that should be reflected upon by the seismic hazard and active tectonics community. These ideas are summarized below and expanded on in detail thereafter.
O Processo do Conhecimento sobre a Gestão Estratégica de Pessoas no Contexto das Universidades
Authors: Mattos Luísa Karam de , Rodrigues Luci Mari Aparecida , Digiácomo Anderson , Souza Irineu Manoel de
Published: January 2021

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo caracterizar o processo do conhecimento sobre a gestão estratégica de pessoas no contexto das universidades. Para tanto, foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica dos artigos publicados sobre a temática gestão estratégica e gestão de pessoas nas universidades, em periódicos indexados pelas bases Scopus® e Web of Science®, no período de 2015 a 2020. Foram selecionados 13 artigos para a amostra, os quais apontam que tal campo de conhecimento apresenta potencial de pesquisa, bem como está em crescimento, devido ao aumento das publicações nos últimos anos de trabalhos sobre a temática, publicados em diversos países. Destaca-se a importância de estudos sobre o papel da liderança na estratégia relacionada a pessoas, bem como o interesse da academia pelo capital intelectual nas universidades. Por fim, ainda há que se ampliar discussões sobre o papel de outros agentes, para além dos gestores e docentes, bem como da lógica capitalista que atua coercitivamente sobre as universidades.
Performances Digitais dos Pesquisadores na Iniciação Científica
Authors: Souza Karine Freitas , Amaral Victor Azevedo do , Santos Isaac de Santana do , Souza Jonatas Alfa Torquato de , Santos Kisia Souza
Published: January 2021

A COVID-19 implicou transtornos na realização da pesquisa intitulada “As mulheres, graduandas e o mar: rede informacional e documental para aposentadoria das marisqueiras” desenvolvida por estudantes de Secretariado Executivo, pelo Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação Científica [PIBIC] financiado pelo Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico [CNPq]. Os pesquisadores passaram a trabalhar na modalidade remota a fim de concluir a investigação citada. O objetivo do estudo foi conhecer as performances dos pesquisadores na modalidade de trabalho remoto durante a Iniciação Científica. As bases teóricas da pesquisa incluem os estudos da área Secretarial e demais investigações sobre teletrabalho/trabalho remoto no Brasil. O objetivo foi apresentar o processo de reestruturação metodológica e replanejamento do trabalho dos pesquisadores ocorridos durante a pesquisa citada. A pesquisa é exploratória e a metodologia utilizada foi descritiva qualitativa considerando os relatos de experiências da equipe. Os resultados indicaram êxito na execução dos levantamentos bibliográficos, documentais e na realização das entrevistas e reuniões, todos realizados na modalidade online.
Forms of family violence against men
Authors: Haidov Sergei
Published: January 2021

The article examines the forms of violence that occur against men in families by women who are legally married to them and in unformed official relations. Approaches to the study of family violence are analyzed. It is shown that not enough attention is paid to the study of men. The concepts of emotional and psychological violence against an adult are revealed. Their forms are determined and ranked by methods of mathematical statistics. The average values of the frequency of their use by women in relation to their men are presented. The intensity of the negative impact on the emotional sphere of men of each form of emotional and psychological violence is established. The most frequently used forms of emotional and psychological violence by women are revealed, as well as differences in their intensity of impact on men. Positive and negative correlations between them are established.
Evolución de los hornos de cal a través del tiempo en las ciudades de Canarias
Authors: Manzano Cabrera Jorge L. , Mireles Betancor Francisco M.
Published: January 2021

En los años veinte del siglo XX, se solicitaron permisos para edificar hornos de cal en varias ciudades de Canarias, habiendo sufrido alteraciones en su situación y estado en el transcurso del tiempo. Próximos a los recursos (canteras, madera, u obras), o zonas accesibles y bien comunicadas (puertos, caminos, etc.), estas estructuras de combustión han sido ocupadas por el tejido urbano, llegando a desaparecer o, al contrario, integrarse en las urbes dentro de la malla constructiva civil.  Este artículo analizará el patrimonio industrial de la cal mediante documentación bibliográfica, planimétrica y fotografía aérea, tanto histórica como reciente.
La Ciudad Jardín de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria como paisaje cultural urbano
Authors: Morales Matos Guillermo , Hernández Torres Santiago , Lozano Mas María Yazmina
Published: January 2021

Los paisajes culturales de la ciudad requieren un constante análisis de su caracterización y dinamismo, entre otros aspectos de la participación e impronta sobre los valores y los retos que presentan en el desarrollo sostenible e integrado. A través del ejemplo de Ciudad Jardín (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) se pretende una identificación de la estructura que los conforma, un balance de su proceso cronológico y subrayar varios retos en su conservación e integración urbana. Se aporta una estructura de referencia para identificar su presencia en la ciudad. Se resalta la complejidad en la comprensión de sus cualidades, requiriendo de técnicas de didáctica ciudadana y de puesta en valor del patrimonio que atesoran.
El poder transformador de los saberes en paisajes de terrazas
Authors: Salas María Angélica , Tillmann Timmi
Published: January 2021

La agricultura transforma la naturaleza y forja los saberes bioculturales de las sociedades que viven y producen en paisajes de terrazas. Argumentamos conceptualmente la vitalidad epistemológica de estos saberes en la sociedad global presentándolos en una selección de percepciones locales resultantes de la aplicación de herramientas metodológicas o técnicas propias de la Investigación Acción Participativa aplicada en zonas de montaña en Asia, Europa y América Latina. Finalizamos reflexionando sobre los saberes bioculturales y la sostenibilidad en la sociedad global con miras a la justicia cognitiva.
“Faraway, So Close!”: Proof of Concept of Landscapital as Applied to the Terraced Landscapes of the Canary Islands and Val di Cembra (Italian Alps)
Authors: Zottele Fabio , González Santana Álvaro
Published: January 2021

This work is focused on analysing two terraced landscapes devoted to viticulture, as well as on finding a way to economically compensate their heroic winegrowers. This becomes possible by combining local agents’ and consumers’ perceptions of a territory (“landscapital”) with the creative yet sincere evocation of beauty appreciable in land that is being worked (“artealization”). The work’s methodological approach combines interviews, fieldwork, cartographic and photographic analyses to compare two terraced viticultural landscapes. The results highlight analogies and differences at three different levels, going from the scenic vantage point to the conception of the quotidian landscape in a single vineyard.
La moda en Santa Cruz de Tenerife bajo el reinado de Isabel II (1833-1868)
Authors: Castro Brunetto Carlos Javier
Published: January 2021

La moda es un campo de las artes visuales que ha sido muy poco estudiado en Canarias en general y en Santa Cruz de Tenerife en particular. Nuestra investigación pretende contribuir en ese espacio del conocimiento realizando un estudio sobre la moda durante el reinado de Isabel II (1833-1868) en la que fuese la primera capital de la provincia de Canarias. Para ello hemos empleado como fuente la prensa escrita, en la que distinguimos entre los textos que plantean la importancia ética, social y cultural de la moda, sea a favor o en contra, y los que abordan las novedades del momento provenientes de París y conocidas en Tenerife gracias a los periódicos de Madrid.
Tracking the Japanese ship:the Rescue Route of Smyrna’s Armenians and Greeks
Authors: Vardanyan Anna , Martoyan Tehmine
Published: January 2021

The purpose of the research is to comprehensively present the rescue process of the Armenians and Greeks exiled from Smyrna, tracking the example of a Japanese ship. To achieve the stated goal, the history of the Smyrna fire and the extermination of the Armenian and Greek populations of the local Christian districts have been studied, the details of the Japanese ship’s arrival and the passage of the survivors to the Greek shores has been explored according to the verificated data by eyewitness-survivors.
The relevance of the research topic is conditioned by the “originality” and importance of the rescue operation performed by the Japanese ship. Voicing out about such realities nowadays will contribute educating a righteous and unbiased society.
Ética de Immanuel Kant
Authors: Fajardo Fajardo Ana María
Published: January 2021

Kant, al analizar las éticas anteriores a la suya, nota que no lo satisfacen lo suficiente, por razón de fundamentar la moral en principios contingentes, o en la antropología, como dice él mismo, es decir, en las inclinaciones de la naturaleza humana. Entre estos tipos de éticas, distintas a la de Kant, tenemos la moral religiosa, que pone su razón de ser en la voluntad de Dios y en la salvación del alma; promulgando de esta manera premios para quienes viven lo mandado por Dios y castigos para quienes no cumplen sus leyes; la visión aristotélica, cuya finalidad es promover la felicidad, y la sentimentalista, que se atiene a la experiencia de placer o dolor. La característica de estos planteamientos consiste en que consideran la ética bajo un contenido.
A War of Words
Authors: Davey Gareth
Published: January 2021

This position paper stakes out a potential contribution from Chinese Studies for making sense of political claims about accountability for Covid-19, conspiracy theories, cover-ups, misinformation, public health responses, and vulnerabilities in societies. The broader picture is much more complex than implied in media coverage and official state sources which typically simplify and dramatise the claims with disregard for evidence or comparison of competing perspectives. By drawing on the discipline’s strengths in analysing contemporary China and its internal and external dynamics, Chinese studies can assist in critically examining the claims and their interpretive complexities, as well as the processes through which they have been conceptualised and have come to public attention, an explanatory model with considerable leverage for encouraging more meaningful dialogue.
International Education: The Pandemic’s Panacea
Authors: Lawrence Leigh Scott
Published: January 2021

This article presents the author's opinions on the importance of Chinese studies as a subset of international education during the ongoing global pandemic. This paper acknowledges the important role of international education in dispelling prejudice or xenophobic discourse towards China or the Chinese diaspora stemming from the pandemic.
Making Sense of the Pandemic with Classical Chinese Idioms
Authors: Ng Ashton
Published: January 2021

In antiquity, Chinese intellectuals knew the dangers of rumour-mongering and myopic, tribalistic thinking. Thus, they devised numerous idioms and allusions to warn future generations. Today, with anti-Chinese conspiracy theories spreading rampantly throughout the world, scholars on China must heed the warnings of the ancients and play our part in combating misinformation on China.
A Forgotten Experiment
Authors: Yan Quan , Leung Ernest Ming Tak
Published: January 2021

This paper is an account of China’s brief experiment with constitutional democracy and representative government during the early 20th century, spanning the late Qing Empire and the early Republic. The setting-up in 1909 of elected Provincial Consultative Boards was followed by the establishment in 1910 of the half-elected, half-appointed Advisory Council in Peking. This provided a battleground between the imperial court and the parliamentarians. Events such as the impeachment of the Grand Councillor were unprecedented and provided Chinese society and its elected representatives desperately needed training in modern parliamentary struggle. Councillors disillusioned with Manchu promises of reform became major promoters of the Republican revolution. Yet the early Republican parliament, dominated by radical revolutionaries whose idealism and all-or-nothing moral code rejected all compromise as betrayal, refused to acknowledge President Yuan Shikai’s actual strength and denied themselves a chance of arriving at a constitutional settlement with him. Exasperated by radical obstinance and unable to count on support from a strong centrist parliamentary force, Yuan in turn overreacted by dismantling the democratic institutions and installing a Latin American-styled “Super Presidency”. Establishmentarian and revolutionary elite loss of faith in moderation or accommodation ultimately pushed China away from democracy and onto a course towards totalitarianism.
What Use is Chinese Studies in the Fight Against the Pandemic?
Authors: Liu Suyu
Published: January 2021

The Covid-19 crisis has had an unprecedented impact on both the Chinese and global economies. Writing from the perspective of industrial economics, the author examines how Chinese studies expertise on industrial economics can contribute to knowledge of Covid-19 and provide practical solutions for post-pandemic recovery in China and around the world.
What Use is Chinese Studies in a Pandemic?
Authors: Zhang Chi
Published: January 2021

The ongoing, highly politicised COVID-19 puts Chinese studies to the test. Compared to hard sciences, Chinese studies seems to have lost its shine in search of an immediate cure. However, I argue that it is precisely in situations like this that Chinese studies should be reinvigorated for a number of reasons.
Chinese Studies, Scholars, and the Post-Pandemic Turn
Authors: Jaschok Maria H.A.
Published: January 2021

The racialisation and weaponisation of Covid-19 has raised many significant concerns and troubling issues that invite urgent action from researchers. Informed by socio-political history of modern China, women’s/gender studies, and the sociology and social anthropology of Islam, the author considers the intellectual, academic, and personal responsibility of Chinese studies scholars during the pandemic.
Understanding the Disease and China’s Role in the Discourse of Covid-19
Authors: Lu Wei-lun , Wen Xu
Published: January 2021

The paper introduces the possible contribution that Cognitive Linguistics can make in Chinese studies at the time of Covid-19. It proposes several Covid-19 related research topics from the perspective of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), a useful theoretical apparatus that allows for systematic research of the discourse around various social phenomena.
Premarital Abortion—What is the Harm? The Responsibilisation of Women’s Pregnancy Among China’s “Privileged” Daughters
Authors: Xie Kailing
Published: January 2021

In the West, women’s safe access to abortion services is central to the debate around reproductive freedom. In China, easy access to abortion arrived hand-in-hand with the one-child policy in 1979 as part of the Party-state’s birth control programme. Based on interviews with 31 women and 11 men from the well-educated 1980s generation, and using vignettes to explore attitudes towards premarital sex and abortion in the context of an increasingly sexualized popular culture, and the acceptability of premarital sex but lack of safe sex knowledge, I illustrate a strictly moralised discourse around female sexuality, where the normalisation of abortion practice does not translate into public acceptance of premarital abortion for women. I argue that the responsibilisation of women’s pregnancy reflects persistent patriarchal values and the state’s regulatory power over women’s reproductive bodies. While the heterosexual family remains the only legitimate site for reproduction, Chinese women’s reproductive freedom is subjugated to the priority of maintaining social stability. Hence, permissiveness over premarital abortion should not be simply understood as moral approval of abortion practice, but reflects pragmatic attitudes under a restrictive regime. I further argue that the Chinese case shows that a more nuanced, contextualised approach to understanding reproductive rights is necessary.

At time of publication, the journal operated under the old name. When quoting please refer to the citation on the left using British Journal of Chinese Studies. The pdf of the article still reflects the old journal name; issue number and page range are consistent.
Encompassing the Horse: Analogy, Category, and Scale in the Yijing
Authors: Matthews William
Published: January 2021

The canonised Yijing had a decisive influence over the development of so-called “correlative cosmology” in China’s early imperial period, presenting the cosmos as knowable through sixty-four hexagrams and classifiable according to eight trigrams. The exact nature of these correlative categories continues to inspire debate. On the one hand, they appear to be defined relationally, but on the other they purport to describe everything in the cosmos in terms of fixed principles. These apparently discordant properties can be reconciled by paying due attention to the role of scale. This is revealed through a focus on the hexagram images as two distinct but interrelated forms of analogy, as human constructs for symbolic manipulation and as empirical descriptors of cosmic circumstances. Adopting perspectives from cognitive linguistics and anthropology, this symbolic manipulation allows unknown situations to be understood metaphorically via the hexagrams, and then metonymically incorporated into a natural category of cosmic circumstances. This transition between metaphoric and metonymic relations is a function of scale, and is reflected in the Yijing’s correlative categories. These correspond to perceived absolute natural kinds, but maintain a relational character dependant on the salience of metaphorical and metonymic relations at different scales.

At time of publication, the journal operated under the old name. When quoting please refer to the citation on the left using British Journal of Chinese Studies. The pdf of the article still reflects the old journal name; issue number and page range are consistent.
The EU and China, 2006 to 2016: A Clash Between Interests and Values
Authors: Brown Kerry
Published: January 2021

In the last decade, while undergoing its own reform through the Lisbon Treaty in 2009 which created a designated foreign affairs body across the 28 member states, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Commission has also produced two major communications on relations with the People’s Republic of China. The first, in 2006, was issued at a time when the European Union (EU) was just recovering from its failure to lift the arms embargo on China, and was being criticised by Beijing because it had not accorded market economy status to a country that had become its largest trading partner. The second came out in 2016, at a time when the relationship had settled into a more pragmatic mould, though the continuing refusal to grant market economy status still rankled with the Chinese partners.

At time of publication of this article, the journal operated under the old name. When quoting please refer to the citation on the left using British Journal of Chinese Studies. The pdf of the article still reflects the old journal name; issue number and page range are consistent.
James C.S. Lin and Xiuzhen Li (2018). China’s First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors.
Authors: Barclay Craig
Published: January 2021

In February 2018 a new exhibition entitled China’s First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors opened at the World Museum, in Liverpool. Organised in collaboration with the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and Shaanxi History Museum, this did not of course represent the first visit of the Terracotta Army to these shores. In terms of public engagement, however, it was undoubtedly a major coup for Liverpool: a small selection of the figures drew some 225,000 visitors to the City Arts Centre in Edinburgh in 1985; whilst the British Museum’s blockbuster 2007-8 exhibition attracted crowds that had not been seen since the ground-breaking Tutankhamun exhibition in 1980. The Liverpool exhibition showcased some 180 items, over half of which had not previously been seen in the UK. Given the range of material on display and the undoubted widespread popular interest in Qin Shi Huang’s Terracotta Army, it is accordingly not surprising that National Museums Liverpool took the decision to produce a new publication to accompany the exhibition
Empire and Visual Pleasure: Reinterpreting the Miao Albums of Yunnan and Guizhou
Authors: Zhu Jing
Published: January 2021

Traditional scholarship has emphasised the intimate link between the Miao album, a genre of illustration to emerge from colonial expansion in southwest China, and political control. Through a careful reading of evidence collected from prefaces, poems, novels, travel accounts and local gazetteers, this paper argues that these albums were also popularised in the marketplace and viewed for pleasure by consumers who included a far wider section of the population than local government officials alone. Divided into three main sections, it firstly brings the pleasure and curiosity dimensions of Miao albums to the fore; it then argues for a diversity of consumers of these albums than has hitherto been acknowledged, and finally, by probing the process of how and by whom Miao albums were produced, it highlights the participation of professional artists and the widespread practice of copying. Through the decentralisation of the political function of Miao albums, this paper offers new ways of viewing Chinese imperial images within the context of popular culture.
Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates (2017). Bound Feet, Young Hands: Tracking the Demise of Footbinding in Village China.
Authors: Jiao Lin
Published: January 2021

Ten years after Dorothy Ko’s study that shifted the understanding of footbinding fundamentally (Ko, 2007), Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates’s ground-breaking research on footbinding will again change our knowledge of this practice for good. Through exploring the long-neglected subject of rural women’s footbinding, Bossen and Gates argue that the reason for the demise of footbinding in village China is not because of fashion, beauty, sex, education or a political campaign. Instead, women stopped this practice because of industrialisation, which inevitably drove them out of the business of domestic, sedentary textile-production.
Analysing Indonesian Media and Government Representation of China
Authors: Febrica Senia , Sudarman Suzie
Published: January 2021

The discussion of regional leadership in Southeast Asia tends to be dominated by analysis of the relationship between the United States and China. Looking beyond great power competition this article examines how China’s relations with Indonesia and Southeast Asia are represented in Indonesian national media, government documents and statements through a content analysis of government documents and media reports from 2008-2015. This is worth studying because Indonesia is the largest country in Southeast Asia and has its own aspirations of regional leadership. Using semi-structured interviews and content analysis of government documents and newspaper articles, this article presents empirical evidence that is currently lacking in research regarding perception or representation of China. The current literature on Sino-Indonesian relations points to Indonesia’s ambiguity in dealing with China. The findings presented in this article support this line of argument.

At time of publication of this article, the journal operated under the old name. When quoting please refer to the citation on the left using British Journal of Chinese Studies. The pdf of the article still reflects the old journal name; issue number and page range are consistent.
Playful You in the Zhuangzi and Six Dynasties Literati Writing
Authors: Li Xiaofan Ami
Published: January 2021

This essay explores the notion of you 游in the Zhuangzi and Six Dynasties literati writing through a comparative reading. Used interchangeably with its variant you 遊, you 游has various uses and meanings, from the more literal “swim in water”, “move in an unobstructed way”, “wander”, and “travel afar”, to its extended meanings including “ramble in a carefree way”, “travel playfully”, “travel into foreign or unknown space”, or “enjoy a leisurely activity”. You is also, significantly, combined with other characters to form compound expressions specifying different playful activities, e.g. youxi 游戲: “play and frolic”, “amuse oneself”, or “game”; youwan 游玩: “play outdoors” (with an emphasis on movement); and lüyou 旅游: “travelling for leisure”, or “tourism”—which have very different connotations from lüxing 旅行, “journey”, or “travel (the main purpose of which is not pleasure)”. In these different uses and expressions of you, in both classical and modern Chinese, what we find in common is the connotation of an unhindered, playful movement that is closely connected to its spatial context. In the context of the Zhuangzi and Six Dynasties literature, therefore, can we find articulations of you as a playful activity? If yes, in what specific ways is you playful, especially in regard to the space and context in which it occurs? Finally, what do the differences and similarities between the Zhuangzi and Six Dynasties writing say about the evolution of the notion of you within the Daoist and Neo-Daoist discourse?

At time of publication of this article, the journal operated under the old name. When quoting please refer to the citation on the left using British Journal of Chinese Studies. The pdf of the article still reflects the old journal name; issue number and page range are consistent.
The Naturalisation of Motherhood Within Marriage and its Implications for Chinese Academic Women
Authors: Xie Kailing
Published: January 2021

As a result of the one-child policy implemented in 1979, daughters born into urban households have benefited from unprecedented educational investment due to the lack of competition from brothers (Fong, 2006). In recent years, a Confucian discourse of filial piety was adopted by the party-state to tackle population risks and counter individualism, which drew on “traditional” notions of gender and generational hierarchy to reinforce the heterosexual family as the main welfare provider (Zheng, 2018; Qi, 2014). The 1980s only-child generation raised under this ideology has now reached the age of marrying, child-raising and establishing a career. This paper investigates how gender affects the career and reproductive choices of China’s well-educated daughters, particularly those working in academia. Drawing on a sub-set of a larger sample, I focus on data from interviews with eight women who currently work in Chinese universities and are at different life stages. I illustrate how, in spite of being at the top of the ivory tower, the gender stereotype that a woman’s primary responsibility is towards her family poses a major obstacle to those who seek career progression. I analyse how the existing socio-political discourse constructs a naturalised female subject that is bound by reproductive norms, and the implication of this for women’s careers.

At time of publication, the journal operated under the old name. When quoting please refer to the citation on the left using British Journal of Chinese Studies. The pdf of the article still reflects the old journal name; issue number and page range are consistent.
Female Solidarity as Hope: A Re-Examination of Socialist Feminism in the Literary Works of Ding Ling and Christa Wolf
Authors: Zou Yejun
Published: January 2021

Recent scholarship has questioned the validity of Western feminism as a model for feminist movements in contemporary China and highlights a gap in the scholarly understanding of the tradition and trajectory of socialist feminism in China (Song, 2012; Wang, 2017). In this article, I will examine the practicality of socialist feminism as an alternative model for contemporary Chinese feminism by comparing the depiction of women in the literary works of the Chinese writer Ding Ling and the East German author Christa Wolf. In Ding Ling’s novel In the Hospital, she strives for gender equality via collaborative work between men and women, while incorporating this feminist task into the agenda of socialist revolution. Christa Wolf’s novel The Quest for Christa T., in contrast, explores female friendship as a means of overcoming stagnation and cynicism in the GDR. I ask how both authors articulate their concerns and criticism of inadequate gender practices in socialist states through the lens of women’s perspectives. This article thereby offers an insight into the way their writings negotiate women’s concern with the official narrative of life in socialist states and the extent to which these texts illuminate alternative Chinese feminist approaches in a contemporary context.

At time of publication, the journal operated under the old name. When quoting please refer to the citation on the left using British Journal of Chinese Studies. The pdf of the article still reflects the old journal name; issue number and page range are consistent.
A Small Business of Sexual Enlightenment: Zhang Jingsheng’s “Beauty Bookshop”, Shanghai 1927-1929
Authors: Rocha Leon
Published: January 2021

This paper addresses the history and historiography of sexual knowledge during the May Fourth New Culture Movement (ca. 1910s-1930s) in China. Chinese intellectuals engaged in an ambitious project to build a “New Culture”, translating and appropriating a wide range of foreign ideas including European and American works on sexology, reproduction, and eugenics. I focus on “Dr Sex”, Zhang Jingsheng (1888-1970), well-known for his 1926 publication Sex Histories. Zhang wanted to introduce the scientific study of sex to China and to overthrow what he regarded as repressive Chinese traditions. Between 1927 and 1929, Zhang operated the “Beauty Bookshop” in Fuzhou Road, Shanghai’s “cultural street”, to disseminate his writings and translations. He also published a short-lived journal called New Culture, which carried articles on politics, aesthetics, and most interestingly, readers’ inquiries on sexual and reproductive practices. The case study on Zhang Jingsheng’s “small business of sexual enlightenment”––to adapt a term from Leo Ou-fan Lee (in turn borrowed from Robert Darnton)––sheds light on local entrepreneurial and commercial dynamics in the publishing field of 1920s Shanghai that were crucial to the distribution of knowledge. It also offers an opportunity to see how China’s urban, bourgeois, educated readers engaged with modern medico-scientific knowledge.
Confessions of a Dance Hostess: Social Dancing in Shanghai and Self-Portrayals of Hostess-Writers, 1930-1949
Authors: Zhang Amanda
Published: January 2021

This paper adds to the existing scholarship on republican Shanghai and the study of social dancing, and dance hostesses, during that period. The key to this revision is the examination of the self-portrayals of hostess-writers throughout the 1930s and up to 1949. Hostess-writers documented their lives and careers as dance hostesses by writing about and publishing topics that ranged from politics to aspirations and personal tragedies. These writings were produced against a tumultuous political backdrop of war and nation-building, a period when social dancing blossomed in China as a popular entertainment option for people of different social classes. This paper considers the agency of dance hostesses before and after the Sino-Japanese War. It argues that they actively sought to mediate their existence through the power of narration that best suited their personal and financial interests.
The Ideological Function of “Positive Energy” Discourse: A People’s Daily Analysis
Authors: Triggs Francesca
Published: January 2021

Following its emergence as a popular social byword, in 2012 the term “positive energy” was adopted into frequent usage in Chinese political discourse. Previous studies have analysed the term’s usage in a social context alongside a growing interest in positive psychology, resulting in a portrayal of its main function as that of spreading hope and optimism in the face of challenges. This study now seeks to understand the ideological function the term has served in the political sphere, arguing for a deeper understanding of positive energy discourse within a Gramscian framework of political consensus-building, aimed at reinforcing CCP hegemony. This is shown through an exploratory analysis of People’s Daily Online articles inspired by framing and content-analysis theory, which considers the thematic components, sub-frame problems and actors of the term since the beginning of Xi Jinping’s time in power. The results of this analysis reveal four key trends. These are a focus on challenges which undermine Party dominance; an emphasis on ideas of social responsibility, and communality of interest between the state and the people; a promotion of moral action a grassroots level; and the advocation of state authority over the Internet. The results demonstrate how positive energy discourse has encouraged a popular consensus around CCP hegemony, creating a Gramscian “common sense” due to its grassroots origins, association with an increasingly popular positive psychology movement, and in-built connotations of happiness.
IKLIM MADRASAH: MOTIVASI KERJA GURU DI MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH NEGERI 1 MODEL MATARAM
Authors: Husnial Pardi Habib
Published: January 2021

Artikel ini menjelaskan iklim madrasah, yakni faktor apa saja yang menumbuhkan  motivasi kerja guru di Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri 1 Model Mataram, Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat. Dengan menggunakan  pendekatan  kualitatif jenis studi kasus,  artikel ini menentukan informan dengan dua cara yaitu snowbolling sampling dan key person. Sementara itu, pengumpulan data  dilakukan dengan prinsip redundancy of data gathering melalui observasi partisipan (Participan Observation), wawancara mendalam (indepth interview),  dokumentasi, dan diskusi terfokus (Focus Group Disscusion). Sedangkan analisis data dilakukan melalui prosedur Cresswel,  yakni  memvaliditasi keakuratan informasi melalui sistem coding.  Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa iklim Madrasah  yang sehat ditandai dengan: kepemimpinan yang demokratis, terjalinnya komunikasi dan interaksi terbuka antar personal, dan penetapan tujuan organisasi melalui keputusan  bersama.  Hal-hal tersebut akan berdampak pada tumbuhnya motivasi kerja guru seperti  kedisiplinan yang tinggi, semangat kerja yang maksimal, dan memiliki sikap kompetisi yang sehat.  Dengan demikian, motivasi kerja guru akan berdampak pada peningktan mutu pendidikan di Madrasah.
Peran Manajemen Hubungan Masyarakat Dalam Meningkatkan Mutu Pendidikan Di MAN 2 Lombok Timur
Authors: Noviantiani Rian , Harmonika Sri
Published: January 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peran manajemen hubungan masyarakat dalam meningkatkan mutu Pendidikan di MAN 2 Lombok Timur.Jenis penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan deskriptif, subyek peneliti kepala sekolah,wakasek kehumasan dan guru-guru bidang study lainnya. Pengumpulan data menggunakan metode wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Data yang terkumpul kemudian dianalisis melalui reduksi data, penyajian data, dan menarik kesimpulan. Untuk menjamin keabsahan data peneliti ini menggunakan Teknik triangulasi sumber dan metode. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa peran humas dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu Pendidikan di MAN 2 Lombok Timur di laksanakan sesuai prosedur yang ditetapkan. Akan tetapi dalam pelaksanaannya belum dapat dilakukan secara terstruktur, hal ini dapat dilihat dari beberapa peran humas yaitu: peran humas sebagai komunikator, peran humas sebagai Pembina hubungan, dan peran humas sebagai pembentuk peningkatan mutu sekolah. Media humas yang digunakan MAN 2 Lombok Timur masih dalam bentuk kalimat yang sifatnya informatif saja dan belum adanya unsur persuasive yang terdapat pada brosur MAN 2 Lombok Timur. Kemudian kendala yang dihadapi humas dalam menigkatkan mutu Pendidikan adalah 1. Peran humas belum berfungsi secara maksimal karna pengurus umas mempunyai fungsi ganda yaitu merangkap sebagai guru mata pelajaran. 2. Terbatasnya waktu yang dimiliki pengurus humas yang kadang tidak dapat melayani publik eksternal secara maksimal. 3. Ketidakpuasan publik internal dengan hasil kerja humas . sasaran hubungan masyarakat adalah publik internal yaitu seluruh warga sekolah yang meliputi kepala sekolah, guru, karyawan, siswa-siswi MAN 2 Lombok Timur. Publik eksternal meliputi masyarakat. Upaya humas untuk mengatasi kendala tersebut adalah pembuatan agenda pada setiap pengurus humas dapat menjalankan dengan baik tugas sebagai humas dan peran sebagai guru
Editorial
Authors: Bhat G M
Published: January 2021

The current world human population is about 7.834 billion as of 25 December 2020 according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometer. The sustenance and development of civilizations is primarily based on water, mineral and soil resources, and oil and gas hosted in the sediment profile of Earth’s crust. The study of natural sediments and sedimentary rocks, and the processes involved in their formation are embedded in the domain of sedimentology. The science of sedimentology is as old as very beginning of the study of geology itself. The term sedimentology was first used by A.C. Trowbridge in 1925 (Waddell, 1933), but it was not in common use until the 1950s. The progress of sedimentological studies has passed through various phases during the last about two centuries: 1) development of sedimentary petrology initiated by the Western European School (1849-1950s); 2) granulometry and sedimentation by American School (1920s-1960s); 3) lithology and facies analysis by the Russian School (1870s-1970s).
Role of Inspectorate to Implementation of The Government Internal Control System (SPIP)
Authors: Latupeirissa Jonathan Jacob Paul , Suryawan I Made Yuda
Published: January 2021

The Government's Internal Control System is carried out as a function of supervision of the implementation of government. The Inspectorate Office as a government partner is not only tasked with supervising but also giving direction so that the government does not get out of the agreed path. This study aims to find out how the implementation of the Inspectorate's role in the implementation of SPIP in Surakarta City, as well as analysing the constraints that affect the implementation of the role of the Inspectorate in the implementation of SPIP in Surakarta City and analysing the efforts of the Inspectorate to improve the implementation of SPIP in Surakarta. The results of the study show that: Supervision of government administration in Surakarta City which is carried out based on existing laws and regulations, in terms of the scope of supervision is internal supervision carried out internally functionally. Constraints that affect the role of the Inspectorate in the implementation of SPIP in the City of Surakarta are understanding of human resources for SPIP is still lacking and the number of personnel is inadequate, budget oversight activities are inadequate, there is no joint commitment in implementing SPIP and risk assessment and risk mapping are not optimal due to time constraints. The efforts of the Inspectorate to improve the implementation of SPIP in Surakarta City are by proposing the drafting of the Mayor's Regulation and the establishment of the SPIP Task Force, improving the quality of resources.
TAFSIR ILMU TENTANG MENGELOLA WAKTU
Authors: Umam  Bisri M. Rais
Published: January 2021

Dalam ajaran Islam, Allah memerintahkan hamba-Nya untu memanfaatkan waktu dengan sebaik-baiknya, karena waktu merupakan hal yang sangat urgen sehingga memanfaatkan waktu merupakan amanat Allah kepada makhluk-Nya. Karena demikian urgenya peranan waktu, maka Allah berkali-kali bersumpah dengan menggunakan kata yang menunjukkan waktu-waktu tertentu. Al-Qur‟an juga menggunakan term yang menunjukkan waktu yang berbeda-beda. Didalam al-Qur‟an pengungkapan waktu terdapat dua bentuk, yaitu term yang menunjukkan durasi yang jelas batasanya seperti ghada>h, ‘ashr, bukrah, ashi>la, ‘asyiyya’, ‘isya’, layl, naha>r, yawm, syahr, ‘am, sanah.sedangkan term yang menunjukkan durasi yang tidak jelas batasanya seperti waqt, dahr, ajal, hin dan sa‟ah. Term yang menunjukkan durasi yang jelas batasanya berisi tentang waktu-waktu tertentu atau momentum kebajikan, waktu untuk beribadah dan juga menunjukkan perjalanan waktu atau perputaran matahari dan bulan dimana semua kejadian tersebut dapat dikatahui oleh manusia. Sedangkan term yang menunjukkan durasi yang tidak jelas batasanya berisi tentang keniscayaan, kebangkitan, penguasaan ruh dan maut, penentuan kematian, dan kebangkitan dan hari kiamat dimana hal tersebut tidak dapat diketahui oleh siapapun, seperti dahr digunakan untuk saat berkepanjangan yang dilalui alam raya dalam kehidupan dunia ini yaitu sejak diciptakan-Nya sampai punahnya alam, ajal menunjukkan waktu berakhirnya sesuatu seperti berakhirnya usia manusia, sa‟ah menunjukkan akhir masa kehidupan duniawi serta kepunahan alam dan lain-lain.
PENGARUH PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE ROTATING TRIO EXCHANGE DALAM MENINGKATKAN AKTIVITAS BELAJAR PESERTA DIDIK PADA MATA PELAJARAN PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM KELAS V DI SDN 1 TANJUNG ALI
Authors: Pratama Irja Putra
Published: January 2021

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui bagaimana penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe rotating trio exchange (RTE) pada mata pelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam kelas V di SDN 1 Tanjung Ali, selain itu untuk mengetahu bagaimana aktivitas belajar peserta didik sebelum dan sesudah diterapkannya model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe RTE dan juga untuk mengetahui seberapa besar pengaruh penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe RTE dalam meningkatakan aktivitas belajar peserta didik.

Jenis penelitian yang digunakan yaitu jenis penelitian eksperimen dengan desain penelitian one group pretest-posttest design. Adapun pendektan penelitian yaitu menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Selanjutnya metode pengumpulan data yang dilakukan yaitu dengan metode observasi, angket dan dokumentasi.

Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh yaitu penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe RTE dilaksanakan dengan tiga tahapan yaitu tahap perencanaan, tahap pelaksanaan dan tahap evaluasi. Hasil aktivitas belajar sebelum diterapkan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe RTE, yang tergolong tinggi sebanyak 6 peserta didik (15%), tergolong sedang sebanyak 26 peserta didik (65%) dan tergolong rendah sebanyak 8 peserta didik (20%). Hasil aktivitas belajar setelah diterapkan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe RTE, yaitu aktivitas belajar peserta didik yang tergolong tinggi sebanyak 9 peserta didik (22,5%), tergolong sedang sebanyak 25 peserta didik (62,5%) dan tergolong rendah sebanyak 6 peserta didik (15%). Berdasarkan hasil pre-test dan post-test di atas, hasil perhitungan  menggunakan rumus uji ”t” yaitu to = 5.01 dan  tt (pada taraf 5%=1,99 dan taraf 1% =2.64, maka dapat diketahui bahawa thitung lebih besar dari ttabel (1,99<5.01>2.64) maka Ho ditolak. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada peningkatan aktivitas belajar peserta didik kelas V di SDN 1 Tanjung Ali setelah diterapkan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe RTE pada mata pelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam materi cita-citaku menjadi anak salih.
DESIGN MODELING ASSURE
Authors: Munandar Anhar
Published: January 2021

Proses dan aktivitas pembelajaran dapat dikatakan sebagai pembelajaran yang berkualitas dan memiliki daya tarik apabila mampu memotivasi siswa untuk mempelajari lebih lanjut isi atau materi pelajaran. Model desain pembelajaran ASSURE ini adalah suatu model desain pembelajaran yang merupakan sebuah formulasi untuk kegiatan belajar mengajar (KBM) yang berorientasi kelas. Model ASSUREmerupakan jembatan antara peserta didik, materi, dan media. Model ini bersifat praktis dan mudah diimplimentasikan dalam mendesain aktivitas pembelajaran. Selain itu juga model ini bersifat praktis dan mudah diimplimentasikan dalam mendesain aktivitas pembelajaran. Dalam menganalisis karakteristik siswa sangat memudahkan untuk menentukan metode, media dan bahan ajar yang akan digunakan, sehingga dapat menciptakan aktivitas pembelajaran yang efektif, efisien dan menarik.
KETELADANAN GURU AGAMA ISLAM DALAM MEMBENTUK AHLAK KARIMAH SISWA
Authors: Kamaludin Kamaludin
Published: January 2021

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengidentifikasi dan menganalisis tentang nilai-nilai keteladanan, penerapan, hasil, faktor pendukung dan penghambat, dari penerapan nilai-nilai keteladanan guru Agama Islam dalam membentuk akhlak karimah di Madrasah Aliyah Negeri se-KKM MAN 3 Cianjur. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif. Adapun teknik pengumpulan datanya yaitu observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Sehingga data yang terkumpul di analisis dengan menggunakan langkah reduksi data,display data dan kongklusi data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dengan penerapan keteladanan guru mampu meningkatkan dan dapat membentuk akhlak al-karimah siswa di Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 3 dan MA Al-Falah Cianjur.