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Feudalisme: Sejarah dan Persejarahan, by Azmi Arifin. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2023. xii + 545 pp. ISBN 9789834940577.
Get PDFMenerusi buku bertajuk Feudalisme: Sejarah dan Persejarahan, Azmi Arifin telah mengemukakan satu pandangan baharu dan berbeza berkenaan sistem feudal, yang dibincangkan dengan terperinci dan meluas. Secara umumnya, perbincangan dalam buku ini boleh dibahagikan kepada dua bahagian utama. Bahagian pertama merangkumi empat bab terawal yang memfokuskan perbincangan pada sejarah dan latar belakang sistem feudal dalam kerangka zaman sejarah di Eropah Barat. Penulis memulakan perbincangan dengan menjelaskan pandangan pengkaji sejarah Zaman Pertengahan berhubung istilah dan konsep-teori sistem feudal. Walaupun sistem feudal dikaitkan dengan perkembangan sejarah yang berlaku dalam masyarakat Eropah Barat Zaman Pertengahan, namun terdapat para pengkaji yang mengkhususkan kajian dalam konteks Zaman Pertengahan yang telah menolak penggunaan konsep feudalisme disebabkan kekaburan terhadap takrifannya. Masalah ini berlaku disebabkan sikap dan pendekatan pengkaji itu sendiri yang menggunakan konsep feudalisme tanpa memberikan takrifan dan ciri-ciri yang jelas serta sesuai dengan konteks masyarakat yang dibincangkan
Perak disturbances 1871-75: British colonialism, the Chinese secret societies and the Malay rulers
No full textblamed for their so-called roles that pushed Perak to the brink of collapse and eventually led to British interventionhas not been credibly supported. By utilizing authoritative primary and secondary sources, the author argues that these are merely imaginary excuses invented by the British colonial officials to paint the negative perception that the disturbances happened at large in Perak and that the indigenous rule was deteriorating in shape. These excuses were made to simplify justifications by the British in its quest to intervene into the Malay states affairs in the last quarter of the 19th century
The usage of Human Resources Management Information System (HRMIS) in the Malaysian Armed Forces: Empirical evidence in a military setting / Mohd Azmi Arifin
No full textThe use of information and communication technology (ICT) among individuals and organisations is growing in accordance with technology invention, innovation and consumer needs. Like other organisations, the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) are not left behind to adopt technology in its management and operations. In the individual context, the use of technology can enhance the performance and quality of MAF’s personnel work. However, the BADSA’s report in 2017 found that the use of HRMIS was not optimal in the MAF. Only 32.4 per cent of the 37 units that were audited had used the system. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the factors that influence HRMIS use and its impact on MAF personnel. This study chose to use a quantitative method, starting with a preliminary study to identify initial factors that influence HRMIS use. The identified factors then have been integrated with the Information Systems Success Model (ISSM). From this integrated framework, measurement items have been developed by selecting items from previous studies. In addition, some items have been added based on FGDs and interviews results. The finalised items formed a set of questionnaires used in phase 2 of this study and were distributed to 750 HRMIS users in various MAF units. The analysis on the returned questionnaire has yielded findings which are significant factors in influencing the use of HRMIS and impact of HRMIS to MAF personnel. Findings from this study confirmed that factors influencing the use of HRMIS among MAF personnel are information quality, system quality, commander support, technical training, and ICT infrastructure. Based on these factors, this study recommends measures to improve the rate of HRMIS usage among MAF personnel. The study also found a significant positive relationship between HRMIS usage and individual benefits, thus showing the positive impact of HRMIS use on MAF personnel
Warisan tembikar labu sayong di Kuala Kangsar, Perak: sejarah, perkembangan dan masa depan
No full textKajian ini meneliti tentang sejarah dan perkembangan kegiatan membuat tembikar labu sayong di Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Kegiatan membuat tembikar di Perak telah bermula sejak zaman pra-sejarah lagi dan dianggap sebagai warisan sejarah orang Melayu yang terus bertahan sehingga sekarang. Namun pada hari ini ia telah mula disaingi oleh kemunculan pembuatan tembikar menggunakan teknik dan peralatan moden. Perkembangan dan perubahan ini telah menyebabkan aktiviti membuat tembikar secara tradisional dengan menggunakan tangan mulai terhakis. Melalui perspektif sejarah dan antropologi, kajian ini cuba menunjukkan bagaimana proses perubahan dan modernisasi pembuatan tembikar di Perak telah memberi kesan yang amat besar dan mempengaruhi kepada kemerosotan industri tradisional itu. Kajian ini mendapati bahawa sehingga sekarang, kegiatan pembuatan tembikar labu sayong secara tradisional di Kuala Kangsar, Perak benar-benar telah terancam dan kini hanya tinggal sebuah keluarga sahaja yang masih mengusahakannya. Kajian ini jelas menunjukkan perlunya dasar-dasar yang lebih seimbang diambil untuk memastikan bahawa proses pemodenan tidak akan sama sekali mengancam warisan orang Melayu yang telah wujud ada sejak zaman berzaman itu. Kajian ini juga menyarankan perlunya suatu usaha yang proaktif dan drastik diambil oleh pihak kerajaan untuk memastikan bahawa warisan orang Melayu ini akan terus hidup dan berkembang pada masa depan
Konsep feudalisme: takrif, ciri-ciri dan garis sempadan
No full textKajian ini meneliti persoalan feudalisme, satu konsep yang sering menimbulkan perselisihan pendapat dalam kalangan sarjana. Feudalisme mecrupakan konsep Eropah yang diperkenalkan untuk membicarakan sejarah masyarakat Eropah Barat Zaman Pertengahan kurun ke-1 hingga ke-13. Namun pada hari ini, ia sering disalahfaham dan dikaitkan dengan gejala masyarakat tradisional atau moden di seluruh dunia yang tidakjelas dengan ciri-ciri feudalnya. Ahli sejarah dan sains sosial terutamanya telah mewujudkan banyak kekeliruan dalam tulisan mereka kerana mengaitkan feudalisme dengan apa sahaja unsur yang dianggap sebagai mundur, jahat dan negatif, biarpun pada hakikatnya feudalisme merupakan satu amalan yang telah membina landasan penyatuan dan kemajuan kepada masyarakat Eropah. Dalam tulisan ini, takrif dan gagasan utama feudalisme akan diteliti bagi memahami maksud sebenamya. Tujuannya ialah untuk mengenal pasti ciri-ciri asas konsep ini yang dapat mengasingkannya dengan unsur bukan feudal. Berdasarkan penelitian ini, didapati feudalisme merupakan satu konsep yang dilahirkan untuk menerangkan tentang kemelut zaman perang dan kekacauan di Eropah. Aspek atau ciri utama konsep ini ialah ketenteraan, bukannya sosial, ekonomi ataupun politik semata-mata seperti yang sering ditekankan oleh para pengkaji. Perbincangan tentang feudalisme yang berdasarkan aspek ketenteraan itu dapat mcmberi kefahaman yang lebih baik serta menghakis kekeliruan yang timbul mengenai konsep itu
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No full textTraditional Malay pottery of Kuala Kangsar: its history and development
No full textThis essay discusses the pottery-production heritage of Kuala Kangsar, in particular the labu sayong (earthen ware or gourd pitchers from the Sayong area). This particular handicraft of the Perak Malays has a unique history of its own. From the historical aspect, the practice of pottery-production is believed to have started by the Malays thousands of years ago. Over the years the heritage has been kept alive and is still being practiced traditionally by Malays in Kuala Kangsar and produced for commercial purposes. Confronted with the emergence of new and modern pottery-production techniques, which is a challenge to the popularity of traditional pottery, the traditional technique of pressing and pinching has been sustained until the present day. Based on historical and archaeological sources and field study, this essay explains the origins, history and development of pottery-production in Kuala Kangsar. The essay also identifies the problems and challenges which traditional labu sayong practitioners have to face and steps taken by the government to ensure this traditional Malay handicraft is safeguarded and sustained so that it is not wiped out by changes over time
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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