Contemporary Character Research Articles

Development Of Hindu Character Values Education For Early Childhood

In Hindu teachings, there is a wealth of universal character values that remain relevant to contemporary character education. Instilling Hindu character values should ideally begin in early childhood to lay a solid foundation for ethical and moral development. This study aims to analyze methods for developing Hindu character values in early childhood, focusing on three key principles: Tri Parartha, Tri Kaya Parisudha, and Tat Twam Asi. Using a library research method, data for this study was collected from journals, books, and other literature relevant to Hindu ethics and early childhood education. The research process involved setting objectives, gathering and selecting literature, reviewing content, analyzing data, synthesizing findings, and drawing conclusions. The results indicate that the development of Hindu character values in early childhood requires a multi-faceted approach that considers the unique developmental stages of children. Parental involvement is critical, serving as both facilitators and role models in imparting these values. Key methods include modeling ethical behavior in daily life (Tri Kaya Parisudha), fostering empathy and interconnectedness through the principle of Tat Twam Asi, and integrating communal values (Tri Parartha) into family and social interactions. Additionally, literacy activities and positive reinforcement play vital roles in embedding these teachings effectively. In conclusion, cultivating Hindu character values in early childhood not only nurtures ethical behavior but also aligns with the broader goals of character education. This approach emphasizes the importance of synergy between parents, educators, and cultural practices to ensure children internalize and live these values in their formative years.

Zoning a productive city? A typology of clustering, diversity and specialisation in Melbourne’s urban industrial areas

This research focuses on identifying the nuanced land use dynamics of urban industrial zones. Industrial lands in major Western cities have undergone significant change in the face of increasingly competitive property markets. At the same time, many countries seek to reshore manufacturing and support local industrial activity amid changes in production technologies, global supply chain shocks and geopolitical insecurity. Yet policymakers often fail to seriously consider the contemporary character of industrial zones and research has yet to analyse this in a systematic way. In response, we employ k-means cluster analysis to develop a typology of industrial zones in Melbourne, Australia. The typology captures a range of industrial zone clusters, which vary by industry mix, specialisation and spatial pattern. While some clusters represent traditional industrial areas, others are highly diverse in terms of firm and employment mix encompassing service sector activity and specialised manufacturing industries. These variations underscore the limitations of traditional zoning frameworks focused predominately on use separation and point towards the need for more responsive and context-specific urban economic development and industrial land use policies.

Communalism Factor in Evolution of Political Situation in British India (1920s-1930s)

This article delves into specific aspects of complex political processes that unfolded in the interwar decades in British India, serving as the foundation for the subsequent decolonization of Hindustan. Drawing from an analysis of documentary sources and literary works, a comprehensive overview is provided regarding the factors shaping Indian communalism and the conceptual perspectives of its proponents during the period under review. The study concludes on the contradictory nature of colonial policy during this period. On one hand, it contributed to the formation of elements of political culture within Indian society and to some extent laid the groundwork for India’s future federative system. On the other hand, its aim was to deepen divisions among various ethno-confessional and social groups of the Indian population to solidify control over a key segment of the British colonial system. The actions of colonial authorities significantly exacerbated relations between key ethno-confessional groups of the Indian population by the late 1930s, setting the stage for the dramatic post-World War II processes leading to the partition of British India into two sovereign entities. The complex relations between these entities largely shape the contemporary character of international relations in South Asia.

Whither the Centre? Tracing Centralisation and Fragmentation in UK Politics

This article explores the question of how to conceptualise the location, capacity and effectiveness of the ‘centre’ in the UK policymaking process. While the literature on UK governance has historically featured avid disagreements about the power and capacity of central government, we identify a more recent convergence around the idea that the UK government is characterised by persistent centralisation of decision making alongside a fragmentation of policy delivery and frontline capacity. Through a detailed review of UK governance debates, we trace the development of two, seemingly contradictory, schools of thought: the centralisation school and the fragmentation school. We then identify an emerging consensus which recognises a continuous and uneven centripetal–centrifugal dynamic and the concurrence of both centralisation and fragmentation. We contend that changes to the British political context following the 2016 European Union referendum buttress the claim that UK politics is shaped by twin processes of centralisation and fragmentation, reinforcing tensions between a centre that desires power and a range of forces eroding its capacity to deliver. Our overall contention is that the notion of ‘power without capacity’ effectively captures the contemporary character of the ‘centre’.

Nilai-Nilai Pendidikan Karakter Pada Ajaran Mahabah Perspektif Robi’ah Al- Adawiyah

Character education has become a major concern in the world of contemporary education. This article proposes a new approach to integrating the values of character education in the Islamic context through the Mahabah teachings, which are based on the concepts of love, compassion, and love. The perspective of Robi’ah al-Adawiyah, a prominent Sufi figure, was used as a basis for explaining this concept. This article carries out research methods using a library research approach, collecting and analysing data from relevant literary sources. The results of the analysis identify key concepts in Mahabah teachings, such as love, compassion, respect, honesty, and humility, which can be applied in the context of contemporary character education. In the context of character education, these values form the basis for forming individuals with strong morality, integrity, and the ability to contribute positively in an increasingly complex society. This article also highlights the relevance of Mahabah values in an increasingly multicultural society and offers insights into how character education can be more holistic by integrating spiritual and moral values as taught by Robi’ah al-Adawiyah. By combining the teachings of Mahabah and Robi’ah al-Adawiyah’s thinking, this article seeks to provide a richer and deeper insight into the values of character education in the Islamic context. Through this deeper understanding, the article contributes to the development of a more holistic and sustainable education that not only produces individuals who are academically intelligent but also have high moral integrity

Narrating History and Memory: A Comparative Reading of Shujuan and Boku in Geling Yans The Flowers of War and Murakami Harukis Killing Commendatore

According to Pierre Noras argument on the relationship between memory and history, these two concepts are not synonyms but antonyms. In the modern world, critical history begins from rational reflection, and it represses memory, which correlates more to the personal narrative field. The memory theory gives us the insight to reexamine the narration in literary works reflecting the war memory. This paper demonstrates different voices in narrating the individualized traumatic memory of the Nanking Massacre through the comparative reading between fictional works of Murakami Haruki and Geling Yan, Killing Commendatore and The Flowers of War. Shujuan, the protagonist in the novella of Yan, is both the observer and survivor of the massacre. Her storyline obtains two heterogeneous narratives that respectively belong to the field of personal memory and history; while her responsibility of memorizing the unrecorded experience makes her to pick a historical view to narrate her past. Boku, the first-person protagonist in Murakamis fiction, on the other hand, is a contemporary character with no experience or direct memory of the war. However, he gets connected with the war memory through the Murakami-style surreal experience. His experience demonstrates how personal memory can console the trauma after the war, usually neglected by the grand history. In the paper, I argue that although the two authors are from different cultural backgrounds and apply different styles, their narrations that focus on the personal memory field show the consoling power that connects the past and present and heals the trauma left by the war. Further, their fictions still contribute to the political and historical discussions on Nanking, presenting the power against revisionists and bridging the conflicts inside the discussions around such a traumatic historical issue.

Albanian Civil Code 1929 as Part of the European Family of Civil Law

Background: The Civil Code would dictate the affiliation of Albanian civil law to the Romano- Germanic family, finally separating it from Ottoman law. This Code, to this day, preserves its contemporary character, individuality, and integrity, not only because it is based on the idea of protecting basic human rights and freedoms, as well as the democratic model of society that inspired it, which always remain valid, but also that it continues as a working tool for specialists in this field. Undoubtedly, foreign rights, especially French, Italian, and to some extent, German and Swiss, would inspire the Albanian legislator to sanction in its provisions the equality of all citizens, the emancipation of land ownership, and the freedom to engage in economic activities. Methods: The methodology used during the drafting of this paper is mainly based on Albanian and foreign doctrinal views, focusing in particular on the Italian and European doctrines, due to this doctrine and this legislation being referred to by our legislator at the time of drafting the Civil Code. Also, among the methods used in this paper are the analysis and comparative methods.Results and Conclusions: The acceptance of foreign law in the Civil Code of Zog, more than “a matter of quality”, was a “matter of power”, because foreign rights, especially French and Italian, which found their sanction in this Code, they were rights belonging to the spiritual influence of modern civilization, and above all, to that of the “Italian Renaissance” and the “French Revolution.”

Reseach on the Application of Pixel Art in Game Character Design

This paper analyses the trend, design fundamentals, and design principles of contemporary character design from digital game. It discusses that even though the design styles of today’s digital art era are flourishing with diverse thinking and visual approach, the classic pixel art style will never go out of style. The fundamental element of artistic design in pixel art style is a single element, a pixel. Many designers prefer using the single pixel style as the fundamental element of their artistic design, which has led to the creation of various intriguing design categories. Despite the prevalent use of full high-definition 3D rendering images in contemporary digital game design, the pixelated style remains a timeless tribute to the classics with an enduring impact, given its promising development prospects. Pixelated design is now being applied to practice by more designers and artists, and it has gradually become a unique form of artistic visual expression.

Alcohol Regulation, Historical Change and the Contemporaneity of the Non-Contemporaneous: A Non-Linear Story in Four Parts

This article uses the example of alcohol regulation in England and Wales to explore how historical change can be understood within criminology. Pivoting away from criminology’s tendency to understand historical change as occurring in rapid, radical bursts (usually followed by periods of stability), it takes inspiration from the emerging use of historical institutionalist and Koselleckian approaches within historical criminology. Alcohol regulationin England and Wales is complex, overlapping and sometimes even contradictory. It is shown here that this regulatory messiness reflects the plurality of temporalities which, following Koselleck, animate alcohol regulation in the contemporary historical moment. It is further demonstrated that historical institutionalist concepts (e.g. near misses, transformation by accumulation, layering) can be used to help identify and analyse the non-contemporaneousorigins and discrete lineages of these currently co-existing temporalities. The article thus provides a new and original account of the historical development and contemporary character of alcohol regulation in England and Wales. Moreover, its theoretical synthesis of Koselleckian and historical institutionalist ideas offers a promising theoretical framework which could be used more widely in criminological studies to examine the connections between historical change and crime or its control in contemporary societies.

American Girl Dolls as Professionals

American Girl Dolls as Professionals

Producers Involvement – the Next Stage of Fair Trade Development. The Case of Poland

Background: The idea of this paper is to show how countries from so call so-called Eastern Block could contribute to the development of Fair Trade (FT). Poland, as a leader in political and economical changes in Eastern Europe, as well as being a very fast-developing country, could be considered a good representative for all states belonging to this Block.
 Research objectives: The goal of this paper is to assess the market for Fair Trade products in Poland and identify the tools which could speed up its development.
 Research design and methods: It is a conceptual paper, based on the literature review and thus secondary data. A literature review is used to determine the contemporary character of FT as well as identify the stages of its development.
 Results: It was the case in Poland where in 2018 the wholesale of FT products started its boom. Before, due to some obstacles, which were also identified, the sales had been marginal.
 Conclusions: It is suggested that a new stage of FT development is coming, in which its growth is sped up by engaging companies to produce goods which have the FT component.

SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO BY VLADIMIR ROTARU: PECULIARITIES OF THE MUSICAL LANGUAGE, COMPOSITION AND DRAMATURGY

The Sonata for violin and piano by Vladimir Rotaru has long been included in the pedagogical repertoire of the class of the chamber ensemble of the Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts, as it is distinguished by the originality of the compositional idea and vivid images. The Sonata is also representative from the point of view of the typical features of the author’s style associated with the influence of national folklore. This article provides an analysis of the musical language, composition and dramaturgy of this work, since the perception of the peculiarities of the figurative development and structural design of music is necessary for musicians to develop an appropriate performance version. It is concluded that the two-part structure of the Sonata reflects the combination of Doina and dance, typical of Moldovan folklore and the complex intonational and rhythmic organization gives the work a contemporary character.

How Do Global Migration Patterns Present New Challenges for Nation States?

In today’s world, countries are increasingly interconnected and their interdependence is obviously growing. Migration has taken on a distinctly contemporary character as people move more frequently. The current global migration patterns not only have some beneficial effects on nation states, but also poses new challenges to them. For example, developing countries are losing their talent. The structure of international illegal immigration is more complex and its identity is increasingly ambiguous. International migration, especially irregular migration, poses security challenges (territorial, public and cultural) to nation states. However, the study has found that the impact of international migration on security is both objective and subjective.

Biological and Social Change of the Aayar Ethnic Group in the Keethari Novel

Novels are one of the mainstays of contemporary media documenting the biographies of soil-based peoples. Contemporary writers have documented people's lives, customs, rituals, values, in their novels with a contemporary character. The industrial revolution, the Green Revolution, the White Revolution, the deforestation for development projects, the occupation of agricultural lands, the loss of livelihoods to the people living in their respective areas as refugees, the loss of their own land due to land occupation. Their work records the changes in society during the respective eras, such as the transformation of wages into agricultural wages and the loss of livelihood and suicide. Sundara Ramasamy's Oru Puliyamarathin Kathai, Vairamuthu's Kallaikattu epic, work in novels that record the history of the community or a component of a race. S. Tamilchelvi has recorded the lives of the common people who migrate for their livelihood as sheep migrated for their livelihood as evidenced by Kovalan's complaint to chase the prey for livelihood through the sociological approach in the novel. The writers have written extensively on the unique cultural life style of the Mullai people, the people of Mullai land, from the Tolkappiyam to the novel literature up to today. The purpose of this article is to explore the impact of globalization, liberalism, capitalism, the astounding growth of consumer culture and natural disasters on the livestock breeding and availability of the ancient Aayar.

Thoughts on Henan Satellite TV's "Out of the Circle"-Taking the Chinese Solar Terms Series as an Example

Following the success of the Henan Spring Festival Gala, several series of programs launched by Henan Satellite TV have continued to exert their strength. The main reason is that Henan Satellite TV adheres to its original intention and explores the profound traditional culture and gives it a contemporary character. This article reviews the progress of several revisions of Henan Satellite TV and interprets Henan Satellite TV's artistic method of "out of the circle" , from the revision of the structure to the selection of the theme and the competition mechanism of the main creative team, which has brought us inspiration and thinking, and formed a learnable technology and culture, and the contemporaneity, being the practice of strength spirit of the audience.

Editorial: New trends in corporate law and governance — Future expectations

This new issue contains five contributions that deal with both theoretical and practical aspects related to corporate law and corporate governance. The authors have put together five extremely interesting pieces of work, using a variety of doctrinal and empirical research methodologies and adopting an interdisciplinary perspective. The topics range from corporate governance regulation to due diligence and from corporate entrepreneurship to foreign direct investment, with case studies focusing on Greece, Finland, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. The research findings confirm the richness that characterises the international corporate landscape and the contemporary character of such intellectual inquiries.

Housing the past: Victorian houses in neo - Victorian fiction

As argued, among others, by Gaston Bachelard in The Poetics of Space (1958), a house which has been inhabited over a period of time becomes a composite of its physical structure and the mental space created by its residents’ thoughts, dreams and memories. This article analyses two contemporary novels in which houses as tangible manifestations of temporally remote experience provide a link to the Vic-torian past. Lauren Willig’s That Summer (2014) and Kate Beaufoy’s Another Heartbeat in the House (2015) represent the same type of neo-Victorian fiction: their plots are composed of two strands, one set in the modern age and the other in the nineteenth century, and in the course of each story parallels and conver-gences are revealed between the two ages and the two casts of characters. The article argues that both novels are also typical “romances of the archive” – as defined by Suzanne Keen (2001) − in which the ma-terial legacy of the past triggers a personally motivated inquiry, leading contemporary characters to un-cover certain bygone mysteries, and, crucially, to recognise the past’s continuing appeal and relevance.

Oceanic Spaces in American Girl Historical and Contemporary Literary Discourse

The American Girl series is a constantly evolving book series for children featuring the lives of girls living in different historical periods of the US, starting from the colonial era up to nowadays. The aim of this paper is to study the verbal and nonverbal portrayal of the oceanic spaces of the past in the books about the historical characters and their rediscovery in the books about the contemporary characters. An attempt is made to analyse the different roles of oceanic images in stories of migration and mobility of the American Girls, their families, friends, acquaintances both in the past and in the present. The images of the oceans in the books about the historical characters and in those about the contemporary characters are analysed separately and the results are compared and contrasted. It is assumed that the oceans which are depicted both verbally and nonverbally in the American Girl series have become not only territorial borders for some of the characters but also metaphoric ones.

The Napoleonic Code and Polish Legal Terminology in the 19th Century

This paper aims to discuss the terminological influence of the Napoleonic Code on Polish legal terminology. Five major theses are formulated and supported by selected examples from two 19th century translations of the Code into Polish. We claim that, firstly, the Napoleonic Code had a major impact on the Polonisation of Polish legal lexis in the 19th century, and secondly, that where Polish legal language bears evidence of the influence of the adaptation of the Napoleonic law it is in structural calques from French and not in an increase of French borrowings in the Polish legal language; moreover, we provide evidence that the Napoleonic Code led to the redefinition of previously used terms in the Polish legal system, and finally, that it had a crucial impact on the systematisation of Polish legal terminology in the 19th century leading to its more contemporary character, closer to modern demands. The study contributes to a broader comparative analysis of the role of the Code in the history of shaping and transforming the terminological systems across national languages.

Design of Gradual Contemporary Wayang Visual Character Indonesia For Sticker Chatting And Game Applications

UNESCO international recognition in 2003 stated that wayang is one of Indonesia's cultural heritage, but the sense of belonging for wayang is still low among the nation's next generation of Indonesia. So at this time, both the government and the educators, still working to improve the regeneration of wayang knowledge and recognition for the young nation and the world, including through game application. In this study, the researchers created a contemporary virtual character of wayang, and will be inserted as a character sticker chatting and game application. This wayang virtual characters can be used as tools for reintroduction to young people around the world. This method will be conducted by researchers include depictions classification of facial expressions of emotion, collaborate with simplified visual approach, to obtain the corresponding visual characteristics of the wayang virtual characters. Researchers also used visual basic character as a prototype for contemporary form deformation, so it can be applied to the target games application and communication functions.