87 research outputs found
Indigenous knowledge systems or practical everyday performances? A theoretical reconsideration of indigenous knowledge in anthropology and development studies
No full textThis article was written by Detlev Krige before he joined the University of Pretoria.Much recent writing in the social sciences - boosted by inter alia substantial
funding programmes and valid questions concerning the relationship between
identity politics, knowledge and power - have applauded the formulation of
and research into various forms of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (lKS).
This interest in and advocacy for IKS, at times formulated in the context of
debates on postcolonial identity as an alternative to paradigms constructed on
particular Western-scientific assumptions, has run parallel to a more general
shift in thinking about development initiatives as requiring participatory
research methodologies and bottom-up implementation strategies. Within
development studies and anthropology, this shift has stimulated much
research on localised knowledge practices. There is, however, little evidence
that this body of anthropological (and ethnographic) literature has informed
the thinking of those writing and working within the theoretical paradigm of
Indigenous Knowledge Systems (lKS). Making use of a number of recent
ethnographic studies on Africa, the author argues for a theoretical
reconsideration of the IKS paradigm. He highlights important criticisms of the
ways in which many indigenous knowledge systems proponents essentialise
concepts such as knowledge and culture, as well as the methodological
limitations of much current IKS research. It is argued that a focus on the nonverbal
and local knowledge embodied in everyday practices, as well as the
performance of such knowledge, signals not only the limitations of much IKS
research but also redirects our attention to reformulating and invigorating
ideas about much needed local research
Zehn lÿrische Selbst-Porträts ... /
No full textImprint date from Gesamtverzeichnis des deutschsprachigen Schrifttums (GV), 1700-1910.Introduction signed by the editor and publisher: Theodor Weicher.Includes poetry by each author.(from t.p.) Ferdinand von Saar -- Felix Dahn -- J. Trojan --Martin Greif -- Ernst von Wildenbruch -- Detlev von Liliencron -- Gustav Falke -- Arno Holz -- R. Dehmel -- Otto Julius Bierbaum.GV 1700-1910,Mode of access: Internet
Entwicklung demographischer Kennziffern im Bezirk Suhl im Zusammenhang mit der Schwangerschaftsunterbrechung 1973 - 1982
No full textDB Leipzig(101) - Di 1992 B 7380 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman
‘We are running for a living’ : work, leisure and speculative accumulation in an underground numbers lottery in Johannesburg
No full textIn this paper the author presents a historically-informed ethnography of a Johannesburg underground lottery. The meaning of this lottery is tied up with the local-level sociological organisation of lottery banks and the various actors who participate in it, with changing notions of social class, work and leisure under the conditions of growing inequality and jobless economic growth, and with the everyday strategies and agency of lottery runners and punters. The author uses the instance of this lottery to argue for a contextualised, multi-leveled and historically-grounded interpretation of the notions 'occult economies' and 'mysterious modes of accumulation' (Comaroff & Comaroff 1999a, 2000). The prominence of speculative accumulation in the context of this lottery and in the livelihood strategies of those living at the margins of the state and society are strikingly similar to financial practices under the conditions of casino capitalism, financialisation and securitisation in financial markets. In this way the author links local practices of speculative accumulation with translocal processes generated by present-day neoliberal policies and financial capitalism.Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER), University of the Witwatersran
Dialogue with the text (Mk 3:20f, 31-35) : interactional Bible interpretation
No full textCITATION: Dormeyer, D. 1990. Dialogue with the text (Mk 3:20f, 31-35) : interactional Bible interpretation. Scriptura, 33:55-64, doi:10.7833/33-0-1882.The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.zaThe article explains some basic concepts and procedures of ‘interactional Bible interpretation’, a novel approach developed by the author. The method is illustrated by applying it to the narrative of Mk 3:20f and 31-35, in which the concept of Jesus’ family is developed as a new metaphor. What is presented here is based on a series of guest lectures by the author at the University of Stellenbosch in 1988.https://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1882Publisher's versio
'Industry, perseverance, self-reliance, and integrity'. Alfred A. Walton and mid-Victorian working-class radicalism
No full textBiography of one of the lesser-known Victorian working-class radicals, who was active in political (Chartism, electoral reform), social (O'Brienism, co-operation, trade unionism) and international (International Working Men's Association) movements in the mid-Victorian era. He also was a prolific author of pamphlets and newspaper contributions on political and social questions, esp. land reform, co-operation and working-class representation
Metamorphose eines Forschungsprojektes. Ein Kommentar zum Beitrag von Krause et al. über den "Kompetenzerwerb im evangelischen Religionsunterricht - Ergebnisse der Konstruktvalidierungsstudie der DFG-Projekte RU-Bi-Qua/KERK"
No full textDer hier kommentierte Artikel beschreibt ein Projekt, das im Laufe seiner Entwicklung eine Art Metamorphose durchlaufen hat: Das Projekt begann mit einer weit gefassten, normativ-anwendungsorientierten Fragestellung und betreibt nun, nach Aufgreifen konstruktiv-kritischer Anregungen aus einem zweistufigen "Peer Review"-Verfahren, empirisch orientierte, anschlussfähige Grundlagenforschung zur Kompetenzmodellierung auf methodisch hohem Niveau in einem fachlichen Kontext, in dem derartige Forschung bisher wenig üblich war. (DIPF/Orig.)The article commented upon by the author describes a research project which, in the course of its development, has undergone a sort of metamorphosis: the project started out with a broadly formulated, normative-application-oriented question; but after having taken up constructive-critical stimuli from a two-stage peer review procedure, it now pursues empirically oriented, adaptable pure research on competence modelling on a methodologically high level and within a disciplinary context in which research of that kind has so far hardly been common practice. (DIPF/Orig.
Author Correction: A community-based transcriptomics classification and nomenclature of neocortical cell types
No full textA Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-00779-0
Revenue Management in For-Profit Higher Education.
No full textHigher education is influenced by social, cultural, economic and academic drivers (Knight, 2004). According to Marginson (2003) education is moving in the direction of marketization and is also becoming more profit-driven. Researching for-profit higher education, Fried and Hill (2009:37) state that “higher education is different from most goods in several ways”. Nonetheless, for-profit higher education has to maintain its profitability to stay not only in a very competitive market but one in which external factors have a huge impact. One way to react to the changing landscape could be the application of revenue management principles to for-profit higher education. Revenue Management is nowadays of growing importance across several industries which face capacity constraints and fluctuations in demand. Hence, the purpose of this thesis is to examine how revenue management can be applied in for-profit higher education. Based on a realism research paradigm, the author has conducted a single case study design with embedded units, by interviewing 19 members of management in a leading for-profit hospitality school which offers higher education programs. The aim of the research was two-fold; first, to analyse the specifics of for-profit higher education, and second, to investigate what implications this has for the management of pricing and capacity. This has led to the following findings: - Although revenue management is applied nowadays in many industries it is necessary in order to fully understand the practice, to classify the type and application of revenue management practice in terms of preconditions and components and tools of revenue management utilised, - For-profit higher education looks like a suitable candidate for revenue management practice, however only a 'loose' revenue management model can be applied, mainly based on the use of scholarships and optimised capacity utilisation, - There are different viewpoints on the product and nature of education, which has implications for the management of pricing and capacity such as for example avoidance of overuse of capacity. The thesis contributes to theory, as research was undertaken regarding an application of revenue management in a new industry setting. Moreover, the author argues that a contribution has been achieved by developing a new typology of revenue management, based on several components identified, which assists in classifying revenue management applications in different industries
Revenue Management in For-Profit Higher Education.
No full textHigher education is influenced by social, cultural, economic and academic drivers (Knight, 2004). According to Marginson (2003) education is moving in the direction of marketization and is also becoming more profit-driven. Researching for-profit higher education, Fried and Hill (2009:37) state that “higher education is different from most goods in several ways”. Nonetheless, for-profit higher education has to maintain its profitability to stay not only in a very competitive market but one in which external factors have a huge impact. One way to react to the changing landscape could be the application of revenue management principles to for-profit higher education. Revenue Management is nowadays of growing importance across several industries which face capacity constraints and fluctuations in demand. Hence, the purpose of this thesis is to examine how revenue management can be applied in for-profit higher education. Based on a realism research paradigm, the author has conducted a single case study design with embedded units, by interviewing 19 members of management in a leading for-profit hospitality school which offers higher education programs. The aim of the research was two-fold; first, to analyse the specifics of for-profit higher education, and second, to investigate what implications this has for the management of pricing and capacity. This has led to the following findings: - Although revenue management is applied nowadays in many industries it is necessary in order to fully understand the practice, to classify the type and application of revenue management practice in terms of preconditions and components and tools of revenue management utilised, - For-profit higher education looks like a suitable candidate for revenue management practice, however only a 'loose' revenue management model can be applied, mainly based on the use of scholarships and optimised capacity utilisation, - There are different viewpoints on the product and nature of education, which has implications for the management of pricing and capacity such as for example avoidance of overuse of capacity. The thesis contributes to theory, as research was undertaken regarding an application of revenue management in a new industry setting. Moreover, the author argues that a contribution has been achieved by developing a new typology of revenue management, based on several components identified, which assists in classifying revenue management applications in different industries
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