83 research outputs found
STORY TELLING TO FOSTER EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE , DISTRIBUTIVE LEADERSHSHIP AND MULTISPECIES RELATIONSHIPS
No full textMcIntyre-Mills J.J.[i] with Makaulule, M[ii]., Lethole, P[iii]., Pitsoane, E[iv]., Mabunda, B[v], Romm, N. [vi]
[i] Adjunct Prof Extraordinarius, University of South Africa and Adjunct Visiting Researcher, Adelaide University [email protected]
[ii] Univen (M.A) student, Leader: Dzomo ḽa Mupo Makaulule Mphaṱheleni <[email protected]>
[iii] "Lethole, Pat" <[email protected]> University of South Africa
[iv] "Pitsoane, Enid" <[email protected]>
[v] "Butshabelo Mabunda" <[email protected]>PGSA PGS body is PGS SAhttps://www.pgssa.org.za/
[vi] University of South Africa, Prof. Extraordinarius. [email protected]
The paper addresses a multispecies systemic approach to uniting indigenous knowledge systems with earth jurisprudence and wild law using a systemic approach to storytelling and a range of mixed methods to develop rapport and relationships with participants who are members of an ongoing community of practice. The focus of this paper is on process and the space we have co-created through relationality. Our members pool diverse ways of knowing and being to focus on social, economic and environmental praxis to support multiple species. Ontologically and epistemologically we apply co-leaning to our praxis, and axiologically we assume that all transformative interventions should enhance fairness, transparency, and accountability as a basis for our case studies on risk reduction and the enhancement of wellbeing. The problem we are exploring in a forthcoming volume is whether pilot projects that put in place the principles of earth jurisprudence and organic farming (in partnership with members of PGS and the Wild Law institute) can make a difference to social and environmental justice. Our multidisciplinary and cross cultural team draws on indigenous knowledge systems as well as many other ways of learning and knowing through respectful dialogue to address our area of concern. Success is bench marked in terms of establishing a co-operative, the growing number of social enterprises striving to comply with organic farming principles, tree planting, seed collections for an organic seed bank and the perceived social, economic and environmental indicators of wellbeing. Our relational methodology applies participatory action research and storytelling to draw out themes which are mapped to assess progress towards re-generative living . Turning points for the better are indicated by a revised version of the UNSDG with a focus not on growth but on creating a cyclical economy that protects people and their shared multispecies habitat. To date our community of practice has managed to grow the number of participants and partners and our next goal is to set up two seed banks, one at the coast and one inland in South Africa in two case study areas in the Cape and Limpopo. This paper reflects on the process and methodology
The role of father-son relationship in behavioural and emotional development of adolescent boys
No full textThis paper investigated how father-son relationship affects the adolescent boys’ behavioural and emotional development. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 403 adolescent boys in various schools under Tshwane district. The findings revealed that behavioural and emotional problems experienced by adolescent boys are, among others, associated with strained father-son relationships. As a result, the paper expresses the importance of a sound relationship between a father and his son and thereby recommends the intervention strategies to be used to mend the strained relationship.Keywords: Behavioural adjustment, emotional development, adolescent boys, attachmen
The woman stained with blood: ways of seduction and eroticism in the poetry of Delmira Agostini to create space for the female voice
No full text51 p.The author discusses the biography, historical and literary significance of early 20th Century Uruguayan poet, Delmira Agustini
Decentralizing infrastructure : for good or ill?
Full text linkThe author examines the many faces of infrastructure decentralization: the costs and benefits, the government structure (constraint or variable?), the"polycentric"approach, and how to make decentralization work (for whom?). He proposes basic principles and guidelines for policy design, for both small projects and large. Broadly, these guidelines are summed up in a few propositions. In all countries, some critical infrastructure is provided through a decentralized political structure. Current trends make that likely to be more true in the future. Decentralization, however defined, in and of itself had no necessary implications for good or evil so far as infrastructure is concerned: its effects depend on the incentives various decisionmakers face. The key to ensuring that these incentives are conducive to"good"decisions (about design, siting, timing, finance, pricing, operation, maintenance, and use of infrastructure) is to ensure that those who made the decisions bear the financial (and political) consequences, as much as possible. Politically, this means that political leaders at all levels should be responsive and responsible to their constituents, and that those constituents are fully informed about the consequences of all decisions. Making politicians bear the consequences of their own mistakes is as close as one can get to a"hard"political budget constraint. Economically, it must be difficult for local residents to shift cost to nonresidents who do not receive benefits and to make local decisionmakers fully responsible to their citizens for the use they make of revenues collected from them (through local taxes), to users of infrastructure (local or otherwise) for the use made of the revenues they contribute (through user charges of various sorts), and to taxpayers in general for the use made of any transfers (or subsidized loans) they receive. Administratively, what such a system requires is a clear set of"framework"laws (on local budgeting, financial reporting, taxation, contracting, dispute settlement, rules to be followed in designing user charges and so on), as well as adequate institutional support for localities to operate in this environment. To the extent that these conditions are not met, the perverse incentives that too often exist because of the structure and finance of the public sector in many countries will probably be exacerbated by the current tendency to decentralize more and more decisions in the public sector.National Governance,Banks&Banking Reform,Municipal Financial Management,Public Sector Economics&Finance,Economic Theory&Research
El Sol: a unique school
No full text50 p.The author volunteered at El Sol Elementary School in her sophomore year, and bases her SIP on the El Sol Elementary School model. To study the history and pattern of this school, I would like to begin by investigating the process that leads us to this point in the bilingual education. Why is there so much linguistic diversity in the United States? How has formal education changed over the? Why do some believe it is necessary to change the traditional approach of teaching children who have a limited knowledge of English? Why does El Sol exist in Kalamazoo and what are its goals? Does it have an impact on the community? I had a lot of questions at the beginning of my project that led me to study this topic, in search of a deep understanding of bilingual education in the US and, more specifically, here in Kalamazoo
Resignation to time in La trugua
No full text39 p.The novel La trugua is told from the intimate diary of the protagonist, Martin Santome. The diary establishes the structure of chronological entries and the narration from the voice of the protagonist, who tells his version and perception of the events of the plot. Your perception and then the entire narrative is inextricably linked to his preoccupation with time, which It affects your actions along with your perception. The narration in the form of the intimate diary, in addition to of counting the progression of events, it counts the progression of changes in the point of view of the protagonist. He begins pessimistic and resigned, but with the development of his love relationship with Laura Avellaneda changes her point of view in an evolution towards optimism and hope. The her sudden death causes a regression to pessimism and total resignation to time and fatality. From a look at the position of the novel within the historical context of Uruguay and from the life and work of the author, Mario Benedetti, appears the possibility of comparing the resignation politics of the Uruguayan people with the emotional resignation of the protagonist in La trugua
A GENDER SENSITIVE APPROACH TO UNITING INDIGENOUS VIEWS ON NATURAL LAW WITH RELATIONAL GOVERNANCE FOR PROTECTING THE COMMONS
No full textMcIntyre-Mills J.J.[i] , Makaulule, M[ii]., Lethole, P[iii]., Pitsoane, E[iv]. Mabunda, B[v], Mbodi, T.C.[vi] , Romm, N. [vii] Luxomo, V[viii]. Mothudi, H[ix] , Makahane,F[x]., Ṋetshandama, V.[xi]
[i] Adjunct Prof Extraordinarius, University of South Africa and Adjunct Visiting Researcher, Adelaide University [email protected]
[ii] Univen (M.A) student, Leader: Dzomo ḽa Mupo Makaulule Mphaṱheleni <[email protected]>
[iii] "Lethole, Pat" <[email protected]> University of South Africa
[iv] "Pitsoane, Enid" <[email protected]>
[v] "Butshabelo Mabunda" <[email protected]>PGSA PGS body is PGS SAhttps://www.pgssa.org.za/
[vi] Constance Mbodi [email protected] PGSA PGS body is PGS SAhttps://www.pgssa.org.za/
[vii] University of South Africa, Professor Extraordinarius. [email protected]
[viii] University of South Africa"Luxomo, Viwe" <[email protected]>
[ix] "Mothudi, Hector" <[email protected]> University of South Africa
[x] "Makahane, Fhaṱuwani" <[email protected]>
[xi] "Vhonani Ṋetshandama" <Vhonani.Ṋ[email protected]> University of Venḓa
The key theme of this paper is that climate change, high costs of living and movement to the cities threaten food security but this does not mean that small farmers should be threatened by the corporatisation of food production or factory farms. Localisation and food sovereignty is about owning the means of production of the food cycle and preventing the monopolisation of seed.
The paper discusses learning within nature’s classroom in the Limpopo region of South Africa, through on line and face to face facilitation supported by University of South Africa, the University of Venda, Adelaide University and PGS[i] ( an organic farmers network). This research aims to contribute to the literature by uniting indigenous views on natural law with earth jurisprudence and Wild Law to protect the commons and habitat for multiple species. Law is first and foremost a construct according to Peter Burdon . Firstly, we make a case for systemic principles and a systemic approach to protecting multiple co-dependent species and a shared habitat that supports living systems. Jurisprudence, rights and wild law concepts underpin the discussion which also addresses land rights, dispossession, displacement and the dangers of land claims by mining companies . Secondly, we make a contribution to the discussion on the draft policy on South Africa’s Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainable Use . Thirdly, we explore ways in which principles could be applied through education and community governance to protect living systems. Fourthly, we discuss the activities of a ( growing) community of practice that supports intergenerational earning, learning and growing a future by protecting people and the environment through social enterprises to support growing food in ways that protect and nurtures people, community and the natural environment. We are building on the established networks of the team members who are pooling our knowledge and resources. Members of the community recently reported on how much we have learned from one another already and how many enterprises they have set up and that are continuing to grow. Meanwhile we have also benefitted from the involvement of PGS (learning about organic farming and drawing also on traditional wisdom regarding this). In this way we have focused on avoiding a green washing approach which suggests that growth can be sustained or that commodifying every step of the food production process is justifiable. Sustainable Development Goal no 8 stresses Decent work and economic growth, but growth is the issue which William Rees , who coined the ‘ecological footprint’ warns us against (2021, 2022) when he stresses that overshoot is more than a problem associated with climate change. It is a problem linked with human-centred thinking. Vandana Shiva ( 2022 a,b) stresses the importance of working with young people and empowering women farmers (Shiva, 1989) so that the soil and communities remain healthy. By protecting business as usual, monocultures (Shiva 2012,2016) and destruction of small farmers through setting up agro industries that destroy multiple species – we will destroy the cycle of life which depends on photosynthesis to make oxygen out of carbon and to create the molecules of life. The commodification of seeds, the use of chemical fertilisers and the promotion of fake food will only hasten desertification through destroying the soil as stressed in the launch of ‘growing life’ at the International Food Summit in 2022 and at the Feminist Food Summit in 2023.
[i] PGS body is PGS SAhttps://www.pgssa.org.za/ 
"On the location of zeros of solutions to w"" + Aw = 0 for certain entire functions A"
No full text"Consider the differential equation (\*) w\sp{\prime\prime} + = 0 where is of the form () = \sum\sbsp{j=1}{m}Q\sb{j}(z)expP\sb{j}(z) with Q\sb{j} and P\sb{j} polynomials in . We study the location in the complex plane of the zeros of solutions to (\*). Under mild hypotheses on the P\sb{j}'s and Q\sb{j}'s, we show that there exist both ""zero-scarce"" regions and ""zero-rich"" regions. We call an unbounded region in the complex plane ""zero-scarce"" if every nontrivial solution of (\*) has only finitely many zeros in the region. In contrast, a region is called ""zero-rich"" if there exists a nontrivial solution of (\*) with infinitely many zeros in the region."We also study the asymptotic behavior of the zeros of nontrivial solutions in zero-rich regions. We show that if is a nontrivial solution of (\*) with infinitely many zeros in a zero-rich region, then the zeros of in this region must approach a curve of the form Im = where is a constant and is a polynomial determined by . We establish a bound for the rate at which the zeros approach this curve.In addition to the classical techniques of ordinary differential equations, we employ methods developed by Walter Strodt. Strodt's general theory examines the existence and asymptotic behavior of solutions to certain first order differential equations in the complex domain.Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:28:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Adapting authoritarianism: institutions and co-optation in Egypt and Syria
No full textThis PhD thesis compares Egypt and Syria’s authoritarian political systems. While the tendency in social science political research treats Egypt and Syria as similarly authoritarian, this research emphasizes differences between the two systems with special reference to institutions and co-optation. Rather than reducibly understanding Egypt and Syria as sharing similar histories, institutional arrangements, or ascribing to the oft-repeated convention that “Syria is Egypt but 10 years behind,” this thesis focuses on how events and individual histories shaped each states current institutional strengthens and weaknesses. Specifically, it explains the how varying institutional politicization or de-politicization affects each state’s capabilities for co-opting elite and non-elite individuals.
Beginning with a theoretical framework that considers the limited utility of democratization and transition theoretical approaches, the work underscores the persistence and durability of authoritarianism. Chapter two details the politicized institutional divergence between Egypt and Syria that began in the 1970s. Chapter three and four examines how institutional politicization or de-politicization affects elite and non-elite individual co-optation in Egypt and Syria. Chapter five discusses the study’s general conclusions and theoretical implications.
This thesis’s argument is that Egypt and Syria co-opt elites and non-elites differently because of the varying degrees of institutional politicization in each governance system. Rather than view one country as more politically developed than the other, this work argues that Syria’s political institutions are more politicized than their Egyptian counterparts. Syria’s political arena is, thus, described as politicized-patrimonialism. Syria’s politicized-patrimonial arena produces uneven co-optation of elites and non-elites as they are diffused through competing institutions. Conversely, the Egyptian political arena remains highly personalized as weak institutions and individuals are manipulated and molded according to the president’s ruling clique. This is referred to as personalized-patrimonialism. As a consequence, Egypt’s political establishment demonstrates more flexibility in ad hoc altering and adapting its arena depending on the emergence of crises.
This study’s theoretical implications suggest that, contrary to modernization and democratization theory’s adage that institutions lead to a political development, politicized institutions within a patrimonial order actually hinder regime adaptation because consensus is harder to achieve and maintain. It is within this context that Egypt’s de-politicized institutional framework advantages its top political elite. In this reading of Egyptian and Syrian politics, Egypt’s personalized political arena is more adaptable than Syria’s. These conclusions do not indicate that political reform is a process underway in either state
British botanical gardens in the 1980s : changes reflected by bibliographical and social survey.
Full text link1) British botanical gardens in the 1980s represent the latest stage in their long history dating from the Middle Ages. Origins lie in different types of institution:religious; academic;economic; amateur; scientific; and municipal. This diversity explains the variety of modern institutions involved with gardens, which may be recognized in four categories: state;
university; local authority; and private societies.
(2) The relationship of the gardens to the community is central to this study. Emphasis is placed on public views of them. (A small sample survey was conducted to obtain the ideas of the public about their functions.)(3) A questionnaire was sent to relevant gardens, enquiring about possible international relationships based on European twinning schemes.(4) Many influences are seen to contribute to the substantial changes evident in the activities of British botanical gardens today. New developments are considered, e.g. increased
leisure and consequent need for recreation
activities; transport facilities; influence
of the mass media, especially television;
conservation schemes; and current financial
stringency. Some scientific advances (e.g.
micropropagation) and technical progress (e.g.
labour-saving machinery) are mentioned.
(5) Six main functions of the gardens are identified
and considered in detail: teaching and research;
economic botany; horticulture; amenity; public
in.iormation arid education services, public
recreation facilities; and conservation. The
functions are reviewed in relation to overlap
with those of other modern institutions (e.g.
research stations), and other types of garden.
(6) Sheffield Botanical Gardens - seen in their
historical context - provide a good example of
change affecting a nineteenth-century institution
adapted to the 1980s. The Gardens' importance
to the local community is assessed from informal
enquiries.
(7) A bibliography of non-specialized material is
included. Most chapters contain a literature
section with notes on important published
material. (8) Findings include: the contribution, uniquely
made by academic botanical gardens, to teaching
and research; the importance in all the
gardens of public information and education
services and recreation facilities; the
significance of conservation activities within
a national and international framework
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