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The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) hired prolific mental health professionals to provide Displaced Persons in postwar Europe with psychological assistance. The knowledge they applied, and the extent to which this work served to realize the administrative and political objectives of the two organizations in Europe between 1944 and 1948 is explored in this book.

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En el texto se aborda el cuidado de la salud y la enfermedad desde una perspectiva intercultural, en la cual se tienen en cuenta las creencias, las prácticas curativas, cosmovisión y cosmogonía de los diferentes pueblos étnicos e indígenas. Cabe mencionar que, el sistema de salud colombiano no considera modelos tradicionales en salud, por el contrario, este se asume desde un modelo positivo, apoyado en el método científico observable, medible y cuantificable, que deja de lado las emociones, pensamientos y creencias de los pacientes al momento de ir a una consulta para recuperar su salud.

En el encuentro se puntualizaron diversos aspectos que ayudan u obstaculizan el desarrollo y difusión de la investigación en ciencias sociales en España y México.

Negli ultimi anni il femminicidio e la violenza contro le donne hanno ottenuto crescente visibilità, tuttavia restano inesplorati molti aspetti riguardanti gli autori di questi reati. Chi sono gli uomini violenti? Quali sono le loro motivazioni? In che modo giustificano le aggressioni contro le donne che dicono di amare? Attraverso l’analisi femminista e gli studi sulle maschilità, in questo volume viene trattata una specifica forma di gender-based violence, la violenza nelle relazioni di intimità. L’attenzione è rivolta in modo particolare agli autori di violenza, grazie ai risultati di una ricerca etnografica svolta in un centro di ascolto per uomini maltrattanti: nel corso degli incontri collettivi gli aggressori descrivono la relazione con la partner e con le donne in generale, spiegano la propria violenza, ma soprattutto parlano di sé – come uomini, mariti e padri. Il ricorso alle pratiche di prevaricazione emerge come parte di un gioco di controllo e potere che non si esaurisce nel rapporto con le donne, ma acquisisce valore anche nell’arena delle relazioni sociali tra maschi e tra diversi modelli di maschilità. E come altre forme di violenza, anche la intimate partner violence si rivela una strategia per “fare il genere”, e per “fare le maschilità”.

Os debates nacionais e internacionais sobre o trabalho docente cada vez mais destacam a formação continuada dos professores como um dos fatores fundamentais para a atividade. Além de preparar e qualificar os profissionais do ensino, a formação continuada produz a profissão e a profissionalidade. Mas o que tal formação representa para os próprios professores e o que significa de fato para seu desenvolvimento profissional e a prática pedagógica? Estas são as principais questões avaliadas neste estudo, desenvolvido com base em depoimentos de professores da educação básica da rede pública de ensino de Bauru, no interior paulista. As autoras verificaram que, apesar de sua importância, a formação continuada não tem trazido os benefícios esperados para o desempenho em sala de aula ou para o desenvolvimento profissional do docente. Um dos motivos, afirmam elas, é o fato do professor não ser considerado no processo “como um sujeito ativo de seu próprio desenvolvimento, suas experiências adquiridas no exercício da profissão docente e seus conhecimentos construídos nas suas histórias de vida”. O livro reúne material para reflexões em torno de questões diversas, como a visão dos professores a respeito do papel da escola na formação continuada dos professores, sua participação nas etapas de construção e implementação dessas ações e as necessidades e expectativas relacionadas à prática.

The fifteen studies presented inConfucian Academies in East Asia offer insight into the history and legacy of these unique institutions of knowledge and education. The contributions analyze origins, spread and development of Confucian academies across China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan from multiple perspectives. This edited volume is one of the first attempts to understand Confucian academies as a complex transnational, intellectual, and cultural phenomena that played an essential role in various areas of East Asian education, philosophy, religious practice, local economy, print industry, and even archery. The broad chronological range of essays allows it to demonstrate the role of Confucian academies as highly adaptable and active agents of cultural and intellectual change since the eighth century until today. An indispensable handbook for studies of Confucian culture and institutions since the eighth century until the present. Contributors are: Chien Iching, Chung Soon-woo, Deng Hongbo, Martin Gehlmann, Vladimír Glomb, Lan Jun, Lee Byoung-Hoon, Eun-Jeung Lee, Thomas H.C. Lee, Margaret Dorothea Mehl, Steven B. Miles, Hoyt Cleveland Tillman, Nguyễn Tuấn-Cường, Linda Walton and Minamizawa Yoshihiko.

This book contains chapters with the results of the research into the creep effect in different materials (ceramics, metallic materials, polymers, organic materials) and presents the method for using the assessment based on creep tests and numerical calculations to determine the actual lifetime. This subject has relevance as a significant development of new materials in which the creep effect is a decisive factor for their durability within the design service life have been observed in recent years. Therefore, there is a great demand for knowledge of the actual performance of materials during and beyond the design service life. The book aims to provide readers, including but not limited to MSc and PhD students as well as research personnel and engineers involved in operation of power equipment, with the comprehensive information on changes in the performance of creep-resistant materials during service.

Looking at eight case studies of Asian democracies, the contributors to this volume analyze the role of political parties in stabilizing and institutionalizing democracies. How have democracies such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines survived against the odds, despite struggling economic performance and highly unequal distribution of income? How have formerly authoritarian regimes in places like South Korea and Taiwan evolved into stable democracies? The contributors to this volume examine these case studies, along with Mongolia, Malaysia, and India, arguing that the common element is the extent to which political parties, including opposition parties, have become institutionalized and act as stabilizers on democracy. They contend that the role of political parties has been significantly underestimated in comparison with structural elements, which are insufficient to explain how these democracies have persisted. An essential resource for students and scholars of Asian politics, especially those with a focus on comparative politics, political parties, and institutions.

Proceedings of the interdisciplinary seminary held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Ljubljana in 2004. It includes the articles of the following contributors: Maria Cecilia d'Ercole, Dinko Fabris, Stanko Kokole, Gabrielle Kremer, Irena Lazar, Marko Marinčič, Andreja Maver, Barbara Murovec, Giovanna Perini, Renato Raffaelli, Hendrik Schulze, Michael Talbot.

The Archaeology of Tanamu 1 presents the results from Tanamu 1, the first site to be published in detail in the Caution Bay Studies in Archaeology series. In 2008–2010, the Caution Bay Archaeological Project excavated 122 stratified sites 20km northwest of Port Moresby, south coast of Papua New Guinea. This remains the largest archaeological salvage program ever undertaken in the country. Yielding well-provenanced and finely dated assemblages of ceramics, faunal remains, and stone and shell artefacts, this remarkable set of sites has extended the geographical range of the Lapita cultural complex to not only the mainland of Papua New Guinea, but more remarkably to its south coast, at Australia’s doorstep. At least as important has been the discovery of rich and well-defined layers deposited up to c. 1700 years before the emergence of Lapita in the Bismarck Archipelago, providing insights into pre-ceramic cultural practices on the Papua New Guinea south coast.Sites and layers interdigitate across the Caution Bay landscape to reveal a 5000-year story, each site contributing unique details of the grander narrative. Positioned near the coast on a sand ridge, Tanamu 1 contains three clear occupational layers: a pre-Lapita horizon (c. 4050–5000 cal BP), a Late Lapita horizon (c. 2750–2800 cal BP), and sparser later materials capped by a dense ethnohistoric layer deposited in the past 100–200 years. Fine-grained excavation methods, detailed specialist analyses and a robust chronostratigraphy allows for a full and transparent presentation of data to start laying the building blocks for the Caution Bay story.

Die kulturwissenschaftlichen Perspektiven auf das Recht sind vielfältig. Der Band geht vor allem den normativen Verwendungsweisen des ‚Kultur‘-Begriffs in der Rechtswissenschaft nach – von der neukantianischen Kulturphilosophie bis zum Poststrukturalismus, bei kommunitaristischen und multikulturalistischen Autoren, in der ‚kulturwissenschaftlichen Verfassungslehre‘ sowie in jenen Ansätzen, denen zufolge das Grundgesetz von einer ‚christlichen Kultur‘ überformt wird. Seine Antwort auf die Frage, was der Begriff der Kultur zur Eigenreflexion des Rechts beitragen kann, lautet: Nichts, außer Verwirrung. Die These von der Kultur als einer Geltungsquelle von Recht ist falsch. Es führt kein Weg von der Kultur zum Rechtssystem oder von kulturellen Werten zum Gehalt juridischer Normen. Der Kulturbegriff kann deshalb am Ende wenig anderes leisten, als die Anforderungen zu unterlaufen, denen rechtliches Begründen genügen muss. Der Autor lehrt Rechtsphilosophie an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster und forscht im dortigen Exzellenzcluster „Religion und Politik“.

Tagalog is an Austronesian language. It is the language of Manila and the surrounding provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite Laguna, Quezon, Batangas, and Marinduque. It is also spoken widely throughout the Philippines as a second language, with an estimated sixty percent of the population now being able to communicate in this language. Tagalog is the basis of the Philippine national language, Pilipino, and as such is taught in schools throughout the country. In addition to the lessons in this text, there are extensive notes to the teacher, supplementary vocabulary lists, pronunciation drills, and songs.

This edited volume aims to widen the discussion about the diversity of human-nature relationships and valuation methods and to stimulate new perspective that are needed to build a more sustainable future, especially in face of ongoing socio-environmental changes. Conceptual and empirical approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies have been used to highlight the importance of an integrative understanding of socio-ecological systems, where healthy ecosystems underpin the quality of life and societal activities largely drive environmental changes. Readers will obtain a comprehensive overview of the many and diverse ways the relationships between people and nature can be characterized. This includes understanding how people assign values to nature, discuss how human-nature interactions are shaped and provide examples of how these values and interactions can be systematically assessed across different land systems in Europe and beyond. This open access book is produced by internationally recognized scientists in the field but written in an accessible format to be of interest to a large audience, including prospective students, lecturers, young professionals and scientists embarking to the interdisciplinary field of socio-ecological research and environmental valuation.

Wie schaffen Bilder Wissen? Welche Rolle kommt der Ästhetik in der naturwissenschaftlichen Bildgebung zu? Was verändert sich an der Beweiskraft des Bildes durch die digitale Bilderzeugung? Bettina Papenburg befasst sich anhand von zellbiologischen Forschungs- und Lehrfilmen mit den bildgebenden Verfahren der computergestützten Mikroskopie. Aus einer medien- und filmwissenschaftlichen sowie kunst- und wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen Perspektive untersucht sie, wie digitale Bilder in der naturwissenschaftlichen Forschung als Erkenntnismedien wirken. Dabei zeigt sich, dass sich die fachlich geschulte, auf Erkenntnisgewinn ausgerichtete Wahrnehmung und die affektive Beteiligung an den Filmen nicht konträr zueinander verhalten, sondern einander bereichern und erweitern. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ DOI 10.12907/978-3-593-45435-1