161 research outputs found
Critical events an anthropological perspective on contemporary India
No full textThis book identifies certain critical moments in the history of contemporary India. These events concern Partition, sati, minority rights, the Bhopal industrial disaster, the nature of the Indian state, and various socio-legal issues. Veena Das redescribes these events and their implications within the framework of anthropological knowledge. Her methodologically innovative attempt here is to produce an ethnography of modern India which is sensitive to both world historical processes as well as the inner life of individuals. She shows the various social transformations that have resulted in new configurations of relations between the local and the global within IndiaThe critical events that Professor Das analyses have all instituted new sorts of action, which have in turn redefined traditional categories such as codes of purity and honour, the meaning of martyrdom, and the construction of a heroic life. The author shows how these new forms took shape and were appropriated by a variety of political actors, such as caste groups, religious communities, women's groups, and the nation as a wholeCommunalism, rioting, the abduction of women, militant discourse, legal pluralism and the reconsitution of social memory and history by social groups are some of the other important issues which form the core of this book. The author reflects throughout on the nature of anthropological knowledge, on suffering as a means of creating memory, and on the possibilities of justice within the framework of existing deconstructive practices. Finally, this book gives a privileged position to the voices of those who are victims of large global, social and technological processe
Intelligent Computing and Optimization for Sustainable Development
No full textThis book presents insights into how Intelligent Computing and Optimization techniques can be used to attain the goals of Sustainable Development. It provides a comprehensive overview of the latest breakthroughs and recent developments in sustainable, intelligent computing technologies, applications, and optimization techniques across various industries, including business process management, manufacturing, financial sector, agriculture, financial sector, supply chain management, and healthcare. It focuses on computational intelligent techniques and optimization techniques to provide sustainable solutions to many problems. Features: • Provides insights into the theory, implementation, and application of computational intelligence techniques in many industries. • Includes industry practitioner perspectives and case studies for a better understanding of sustainable solutions. • Highlights the role of intelligent computing and optimization as key technologies in decision-making processes and in providing cutting-edge solutions to real-world problems. • Addresses the challenges and limitations of computational approaches in sustainability, such as data availability, model uncertainty, and computational complexity, while also discusses emerging opportunities and future directions in the field. This book will be useful for professionals and scholars looking for up-to-date research on cutting-edge perspectives in the field of computational intelligent and optimization techniques in the areas of agriculture, industry, financial sector, business automation, renewable energy, optimization, and smart cities
Sailing the Waves of Sustainable Entrepreneurship - Unveiling the Moderator Role of Technological Adoption in SMEs Innovation
No full textThe Role of Beneficence in Humanitarian Research
No full textAUTHOR AFFILIATION: Veena Pillai, Dhi Consulting & Training, Malaysia, [email protected] media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/PREA/PREA_Session2_Pillai_20190325.mp4Beneficence refers to the obligation the researcher has to maximize benefits for the individual participant in society. In research, the benefit can be of a potential nature, for example, "the greater good" potential of information that can transform policy or improve services. This indirect beneficence is widely accepted. This researcher believes that in vulnerable populations, we should consider the larger role beneficence has the potential to play. Whether beneficence is in the form of advocacy, direct services or incentives, researchers need to understand beneficence, its impact on research, and on study populations post-research. Understanding this better will help navigate the main challenge: How to derive the appropriate, non-coercive, ethical benefit for each unique project and each population. This study proposes to develop a tool that assesses, on a context and case basis, the appropriate form of beneficence for the study population involved. The study will conduct interviews with researchers and study participants in various contexts and populations to understand the positive and negative consequences of beneficence in research, factors that should be considered, and where beneficence should be placed on the research planning timeline. The findings will be put towards developing a tool researchers can use to guide them to finding the best form of beneficence for their study. Research and service opportunities in vulnerable populations are abundant, it is now time to find efficient ways to combine them for maximum benefit for the populations
Women And Sceince: An Examination Of Women's Access To And Retention In Scentific Careers
No full textConcerned with the question of gender equity in access to and retention in science education and careers, this study has contacted about 149 women scientists and 147 women students across a broad spectrum of institutions in the country. The aim of the study was to delineate the personal and institutional factors that exclude women from science. The study began with a critical examination of some of exclusionary practices within the educational system as well as the scientific institutions. In the current social environment, the reasons why women are not visible in sciences are because of some of the constraints imposed on them by society. These constraints are seen as emerging partly within the social environment (i.e.,the family, caste and kin-group) and partly from the institutional practices/policies.science, technology, subaltern studies, women, education
Experimental investigations on potassium permanganate doped polyvinyl alcohol - polyvinyl pyrrolidone blend
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