Deep Dialogue Research Articles

THE PHENOMENON OF M.V. LOMONOSOV IN THE HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION

M.V. Lomonosov is one of the key figures in Russian studies of the relationship between science and religion in the 18th century. The text analyzes the ambivalent picture of the interactions between the synodal church and the academic community as the “truth of faith” and the “truth of the academy”, which included both contradictions and a deep dialogue. These relations received a whole spectrum of interpretations in different periods of Russian history, from the “mutually exclusive confrontation of science and obscurantism” to the prospect of a sincere dialogue between “two daughters of one Supreme Parent”. The article shows the desire of a number of Soviet-era authors to reduce the worldview of the “father of Moscow University”, who understood that “the more its mysteries one’s mind comprehends, the greater the joy his heart feels”, to such schematic stereotypes as “atheist”, “convinced materialist”, “consistent supporter of natural-scientific materialism”, “deist”, “mechanical materialist”, whose “materialism was active, militant”, based on the cliché of “the irreconcilability of science and religion”. Post-Soviet descriptions are more correct, reasonably believing that a “good and true Christian” can also be a “great scientist-encyclopedist”.

Using video diaries in educational ethnography: what being alone with a camera does for self-representation, trust, and affording a participant perspective

ABSTRACT Video diaries are an innovative tool for ethnographic research, contributing to the quality of fieldwork and ethnographic data by giving additional attention to participant voices. Grounded in two fieldwork periods in secondary and higher education, this paper illustrates three key qualities through which video diaries contributed to ethnographic research: (1) Building trusting relationships with participants, (2) providing a space for participant autonomy, and (3) being a medium of self-explication and truth-telling. In video diaries, participants exercised free speech, providing a widely unmediated, personal perspective on their professional identity, roles, and relationships. This personal perspective allowed participants to contribute to trusting on their own terms, which mitigated face-work – especially when talking about conflicts and challenges – and provided additional entry points for conversations, enabling deep dialogue and understanding. Ultimately, the use of video diaries significantly strengthened the researcher-participant relationship and enriched the ethnographic data and the quality of interactions.

EXPRESS: Researchers convening dialogue to address grand challenges: Affordances, tensions, and the shift to deep dialogue

EXPRESS: Researchers convening dialogue to address grand challenges: Affordances, tensions, and the shift to deep dialogue

Integrating discourse features and response assessment for advancing empathetic dialogue

Empathetic response generation is a crucial task in natural language processing, enabling emotionally resonant machine–human interactions. In this paper, we introduce the InfRa (Integrating Discourse Features and Response Assessment) model to address limitations in traditional methods for this task, such as the lack of deep dialogue comprehension and response control. InfRa integrates discourse features to augment structural dialogue understanding, with a novel edge pruning and mutual information learning module to further refine the representation. The model also employs a response evaluation module for dynamic optimization, ensuring emotional and semantic consistency between the generated response and its context. Our experiments demonstrate that InfRa outperforms existing baselines, reducing the Perplexity (PPL) score by approximately 9 points and excelling in all three fine-grained aspects of human evaluation. This research not only advances the development of empathetic chatbots but also provides valuable insights for broader text generation tasks.

Are Narrative CVs contributing towards shifting research culture? Workshop Report from the 2023 Recognition and Rewards Festival

Abstract* Background Over the past decade, calls for research assessment reform have grown, led by initiatives such as the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and the Leiden Manifesto, and, more recently, the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). A key element being discussed as part of research assessment reform is a shift towards more qualitative assessments, focussed on the content of research and the broad skills and competencies of researchers, and the array of contributions they make to knowledge creation and innovation. Narrative CV formats have emerged as a good practice example for enabling qualitative assessments of research projects and researchers, and are becoming more widely piloted and implemented. Methods As part of the 2023 Dutch Recognition and Rewards Festival, the authors hosted a workshop to gather perspectives on Narrative CVs, including whether and how they may contribute to shifts in research culture that are needed to support research assessment reform. Results Participants, representing research organisations and the research community, discussed both beneficial and critical aspects of narrative-style CV implementations from their experiences. The effects observed since narrative CVs have been implemented were discussed, with perspectives provided on career prospects and the empowerment of the research community to direct change. Finally, the discussion turned to expectations for the future, with workshop participants calling for focus on the roles that narrative-style CVs can play in improving research careers, recognition of collaborative work, and equality, diversity, and inclusion. A short informal survey exploring levels of implementation of narrative CVs across different research organisations was run prior to the workshop, the results of which are also presented as part of this report. Discussion The authors intend to expand this discussion to other scientific and policy conferences, and this report serves as a basis for a wider and deeper dialogue in the community.

Aleksander Łappa (1802-1869) – ostatni marszałek szlachty guberni mińskiej z wyboru. Część II: Gubernialny marszałek szlachty (1859-1863)

Alexander Łappa held the rank of the Minsk Governorate Marshal of Nobility during a period of widespread social transformations in the Russian Empire and a national and political crisis in the Kingdom of Poland and the Western Governorates. Trying to promote his multifaceted program of reforms in the Belarusian-Lithuanian lands, he relied on deep dialogue with the liberal bureaucratic circles of the Imperial Government and, at the same time, rejected conspiratorial, armed and other kinds of adventurous forms of the national liberation struggle. The polarization among the nobles of the Minsk Governorate increased after the scandalous Noble Elections of 1862. It was aggravated after the outbreak of the January Uprising in the Kingdom of Poland and, connected with it, the growing repressive policy of the civil and military authorities. All of these factors caused Łappa to lose influence in the socio-political life of the nobility and voluntarily resign from his position as marshal.

Изучение произведений фольклора России в начальной школе

The article discusses the problem of studying the epic as a means of developing a respectful attitude among younger schoolchildren towards representatives of various peoples of Russia. Using the example of familiarity with the image of a hero - a bright hero of many ethnic groups that have long inhabited the territory of our country, the methodological features of the process of studying folk culture are revealed. Comparing the images of heroic defenders of their native land from invaders and enslavers allows us to trace similar ideological traits and behavioral stereotypes characteristic of the peoples of our multinational state, their aspirations for a peaceful life devoted to work and creation. These basic values testify to a long-standing and deep dialogue of cultures and bring younger schoolchildren closer to understanding the common historical destiny of the peoples of Russia, raising them to be citizens and patriots.

Dinamika Hubungan Politik dan Pendidikan Agama di Kampus: antara Keseimbangan dan Konflik

Politics and religion have a close relationship and are important subjects in social and political studies. This research presents an analysis of the dynamics of the relationship between religious education on campus and politics in the context of contemporary dynamics. This research focuses on the role of religion in the formation of public policy, political identity, and the dynamics of social conflict. This research study is a discourse or literature search, to find out the relationship between these two problems. This research pays attention to phenomena and changes in power dynamics, transformation of religious identity, and ideological conflicts involving religion as a central aspect. This article also considers the implications of the interaction between religion and politics for democracy. The research method used is a qualitative approach. The data sources used are a combination of educational and religious political perspectives. Literature is used to explain how religion is often a source of inspiration for political movements, both in practical contexts and as a basis for thought. The analysis of this research aims to encourage a broader and deeper dialogue about how society, especially educational institutions, can manage and understand the role of religion in a democratic and inclusive political space.

Boston City Hall and Mitchell/Giurgola Architects: Thoughts and Themes on a Competition’s “Runner-Up”

Analysis of the unofficial runner-up in the 1961–62 design competition for Boston City Hall—the scheme by the Philadelphia-based team of Mitchell/Giurgola Architects (MGA) in association with David A. Crane and Thomas R. Vreeland Jr.—reveals not the creation of an isolated monument but a humanist restructuring of a city’s urban spaces at the heart of a modernist-inspired post-war government centre. Unusually for the time, this scheme was developed through deep dialogue with an existing urban morphology, historic buildings, and the literal “ground” of the city. This paper highlights the scheme as the first in a series of significant urban design projects undertaken by MGA in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. These projects sought to directly engage with the structure, spaces, and artefacts of the historic American city. Further, MGA’s City Hall also crystallised compositional themes that would be pursued and developed by the practice in subsequent decades.

Implementation of Learning Based on Deep Dialogue Critical Thinking In Citizenship Education Subjects

The implementation of deep dialogue-based critical thinking learning in this study uses descriptive qualitative research methods to find out how the implementation of deep dialogue-based critical thinking learning in civics education subjects in madrasahs is done by collecting interview data and case studies in the field. problems that occur in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Surabaya City, In the learning process students still have difficulty analyzing and solving problems, especially in Citizenship subjects. During the learning process, students are still passive, very few students dare to answer the problems posed, as well as a lack of students' ability to independently solve problems that require analytical skills with this problem the teacher applies deep dialogue-based learning critical thinking to civic education subjects to increase concentration in gaining knowledge and experience through in-depth dialogue and critical thinking, emphasizing student activity and learning outcomes. on Citizenship education subjects.

Intercultural dialogue in manga: Building friendships, sharing spaces and values

Manga as a cultural art form delves into various sociocultural issues and narratives, and the representation of diverse cultural contexts in manga has increased over the years. The role of Japanese manga as a site for intercultural understanding and engagement is worth further investigation, and research in this area is still growing. This article explores intercultural dialogue through a case study of the Japanese manga Satoko and Nada Volume 1 by Yupechika, which narrates the friendship between Satoko, a young Japanese woman, and Nada, her Saudi Muslim roommate. It adopts a literary approach to the analysis of the manga and employs textual analysis as the methodology. The manga is analysed through the lens of interculturalism and deep dialogue focusing on the themes of food, fashion and faith. Through the analysis, readers are exposed to the narrative of intercultural engagement as portrayed by the mangaka. Yupechika incorporates pre-existing prejudices in the engagement between the two culturally diverse characters. The narrative arc reveals the importance of empathy, space and value sharing in forging intercultural understanding. This reading into Yupechika’s intercultural narrative is a microcosm of the type of dialogue needed in the world today to overcome the acute racism and xenophobia.

Quran's Method of Changing Thoughts and Concepts Ibn-Abbas' Answer to the Kharijites' Thought Model


 
 
 
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 The Qur'anic approach to changing ideas and concepts wants a person to obtain self-conviction based on argument and evidence, in the context of a quiet and deep dialogue. For every question a person faces an answer that guides him to the straight path. The one who looks at the book of Allah finds this in many models and situations, between the Creator and the creature, and between the prophets and their people, but we dealt with a living model that we can benefit from in our contemporary reality, showing us how to respond to some extremist visions and concepts stemming from a superficial understanding of the Qur’anic text, through the responses of Ibn Abbas May Allah be pleased with them both on the thought of the Kharijites. The title was: (The Qur’anic Approach to Change Ideas and Concepts, Ibn Abbas’s Responses to the Thought of the Kharijites as a Model)
 
 
 

Upaya Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Siswa Melalui Model Pembelajaran Deep Dialogue/ Critical Thinking (DD/CT) Pada Mata Pelajaran Fiqih Kelas VIII MTS N 1 Langkat

This study aims to determine the critical thinking skills of students in Fiqh learning after the application of the Deep Dialogue / Critical Thinking (DD / CT) Learning Model in class VIII MTs N 1 Langkat. This research is included in class action research (Action Research). This study uses a type of collaborative model, namely researchers with Fiqh study teachers in class VIII MTs N 1 Langkat. The subjects in Class Action Research VIII are students of class VIII MTs N 1 Langkat with a total of 32 students. the instruments in this researcher are observation sheets and tests in accordance with the research procedures by observing cycle I and cycle II. The application of the Deep Dialogue/Critical Thinking learning method can be implemented well through two cycles. This can be seen through the activities of students in cycle I and cycle II have increased. The results of observations of student activity in learning which initially in cycle I only reached a score of 67.5% then increased by 17.5% to 85% in cycle II. There is a difference in the critical thinking skills of students in class VIII MTs N 1 Langkat between before and after the implementation of class action research using the Deep Dialogue / Critical Thinking learning method, this is known from the completeness of learning in class VIII MTs N 1 Langkat in the pre-cycle is 66.71% while in cycle I reached 72.96% and in cycle II amounted to 80.93% . After the application of the Deep Dialogue / Critical Thinking learning method, students' critical thinking skills have increased, this can be seen from the results of the pre-cycle critical thinking skills test which only reached an average score of 66.71 (less) and increased in cycle I to 72.96% (sufficient) and in cycle II increased again to 80.93% (good). The increase in critical thinking skills can also be seen in the increase in the percentage of student completeness, namely in the pre-cycle only 40.62% while in cycle I it reached 65.62% and in cycle II it was 84.37%. In addition, from the test results it is known that in cycle I and cycle II the Sig (2- Tailed) value is 0.000. <0.05, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test learning outcomes. Therefore, it is concluded that the use of the Deep Dialogue/Critical Thinking method can improve students' critical thinking skills.

Alcohol corporations and the metaverse: Threats to public health?

Alcohol corporations and the metaverse: Threats to public health?

National Education Policy (2020) and Music

The National Education Policy 2020 is an attempt to give a national direction to Indian education and adapt it to modern technological, social, and economic changes. Music has been given an important role in this policy, which is extremely important to enrich the level of education and help in the development of students. Music has been considered an important source of psychological and educational benefits. The presence of music in education boosts the morale of students, improves their physical and mental health, and develops their thinking abilities. Through music, students develop sensitivity, dedication, and tolerance, which prepares them to succeed in every walk of life. Music is a skill that provides students with national thinking, new skills, and the ability to face unique problems. Music education develops various skills, such as collaboration, teamwork, problem solving, and innovation. This teaches students the importance of self-reference and self-study, which enhances their independence and sensitivity. Music education enhances social and cultural support. Through music, students get a chance to study and understand various cultural streams such as Indian music, classical music, folk music, singing, playing, raga, taal, and history of music etc. Furthermore, through music, students receive messages of various social and moral values, such as cooperation, equality, harmony, and collectivism. Thus, the National Education Policy has seen music as an important tool, which helps students in the overall development of their personality. Furthermore, through music, rich and unique experiences are provided to the students, which takes them into a deeper dialogue with music and sets them on the path to success in every walk of life. The National Education Policy 2020 has also included music in higher education at a support level. This has promoted music education not only at the primary and secondary levels, but music studies have also been considered important within higher education. This will give students an opportunity to study and gain more expertise in the subject of music. By including music as this important aspect of education, the National Education Policy 2020 has re-established the importance of music in the Indian society. This will allow students to have more exposure to and interest in music, thereby enabling them to reap the benefits of music through their personal and social development. By enhancing the role of music, the National Education Policy 2020 has provided students with a We have endeavored to provide excellent and enriching education, which will lead them towards meaning and prosperity in their lives. With this, an important step has been taken to understand and encourage the important role of music in the society.

Islamic Religious Education Based on Religious Intersubjectivity: Philosophical Perspectives and Phenomenology of Religion

Purpose – This article discusses the idea of Islamic Religious Education based on religious intersubjectivity.
 Design/methods/approach – This paper presents the idea of Islamic Religious Education based on religious intersubjectivity with a philosophical perspective or approach and religious phenomenology. The philosophical approach is to delineate and discuss three varieties of new paradigm for religion, namely subjective, objective, and intersubjective belief. Meanwhile, the religious phenomenology approach is used to develop an "intersubjective" religious area. Intersubjective diversity is an area of human religiosity that marries and engages in intense and sincere deep dialogue between the links of subjective and objective self-awareness of human which are in opposition to each other.
 Findings – The formulation of this IRE model – based on the intersubjectivity of religion – must consider the following points: 1) Intelligent sorting of common patterns and unique patterns in history of religions and religious thoughts; (2) Epoche, which refers to the ability of a person or group to sincerely and purely set-aside the statements that are undermining, devaluing, demeaning, infidelizing, apostatizing, or hurtful to other groups in any form; (3) Eidetic vision, which is the search for the basic construction, core, substance or the deepest essence of human religiosity; (4) the historicity of religion; (5) Verstehen, which constitutes an effort to understand the essence of other religions earnestly and genuinely; (6) Compassion and harmony; (7) Inclusive-partnership and dialogical approach; and (8) Enlightening new religious thoughts, mentalities, and attitudes (al-aql al-Jadid al-istitla').
 Originality/value – Seeing the important meaning of religious intersubjectivity, this religious model is very appropriate if applied in Islamic Religious Education (PAI) learning.

The Struggle Of The Islamic Da’wah Process In The Alcoholic Village

This project involves discovering how da’wah Islam is moving, rejecting, and adapting in the society that produces traditional alcoholic drinking (ARJO/arak jowo) in Poncol-Kerek Village-Ngawi Regency. In the process of Islamic da'wah in Indonesia, especially Java, most of the auliya, ulama, and kyai run it with great patience, peace, and noble behavior, which then become the attraction of the community to follow it. The uniqueness of Islamic da'wah, characterized by politeness and morality in Indonesia, has become an exciting phenomenon that Muslims do not share in other regions, such as; the Middle East, India, Africa, etc. Furthermore, this research will explain in detail using historical and sociological analysis of the various challenges of da'wah in a village where the majority of the population is the producer of alcoholic drinks that are forbidden by the Islamic teaching. different rejection, acceptance, challenges faced by the kyai become a process of da'wah journey that is not easy. Eventually, this will be arranged based on observation, interview, and deep dialogue with the society there. The conclusions of this study are 1. The understanding of the community in Poncol hamlet as a society that produces alcoholic beverages (arak) is the majority of abangan groups that have minimal knowledge of Islam. In fact, at first, they distanced themselves from Islamic religious values ​​because they were seen as a threat to their economic activities. 2. Da'wah bil hikmah implemented by Islamic leaders there is very effective in changing the thinking of the local community. 3. pressure from the government and the police also significantly reduced the production of alcoholic beverages (arak) there.

The Memory of Goodness: Eva Fleischner and Her Contributions to Holocaust Studies ed. by Carol Rittner and John K. Roth

Reviewed by: The Memory of Goodness: Eva Fleischner and Her Contributions to Holocaust Studies ed. by Carol Rittner and John K. Roth Eugene J. Fisher The Memory of Goodness: Eva Fleischner and Her Contributions to Holocaust Studies. Edited by Carol Rittner and John K. Roth. Greensburg, PA Seton Hill University, 2022. Pp. 249. $19.95, paper. Anyone interested in Jewish-Christian relations should read this book. It begins with a summary of the work of Eva Fleischner (1925–2020). She was half-Jewish on her father's side and fled Europe in 1938. The book contains twelve essays by Fleischner in three parts. In the first she narrates how she became involved in Shoah studies. She discusses the challenges of teaching the Holocaust to Christians and Jews because it raises questions about the validity of Christianity since the perpetrators were Christians. She provides a summary of the history of the Christian teaching of contempt, which paved the way for racial Antisemitism. While Jews could "escape" Christian persecution by converting to Christianity, under Antisemitism one was doomed to death simply for being a Jew. The fourth essay in this section discusses the "crucial importance" of the Holocaust for Christian self-understanding, given the horror of the genocide. In the second section, "Rescue and Responsibility," Fleischner describes her interviews with those in France who hid Jews from the Vichy government and the Nazis. This is an uplifting set of stories of real people, mostly women, risking their lives to save those in peril of death. The chapter asks why there were so few, and it asks readers what they might have done in those dire circumstances. This can be the source of deep dialogue among Christians and between Christians and Jews. She goes on to speak of the struggle of Jewish children who were saved in Catholic homes and were often baptized and raised as Catholics to accept, after the war, the fact that they were actually Jews, which many of them, having been hidden when very young, never knew. Again, this is deeply moving and digs deeply into how each of us can understand who we are. The section ends [End Page 317] with a reflection of a Jew who is asked for forgiveness by a dying Nazi. The Jew does not answer but remains silent. Fleischner notes, citing Elie Wiesel, that only the victims can forgive those who harmed them, and the victims are dead. The Nazi must seek forgiveness from the God of Israel if he or she is sincerely repentant. The final section of the book deals with Jewish-Christian relations during and since the Shoah. She describes how the Catholic Church and other Christian traditions have re-thought the ancient Christian teaching of contempt toward Jews and Judaism since Auschwitz, reformulating their teachings and working to accept the reality of the irrevocable (cf. Romans 9–11) covenant between the God of Israel and the people of Israel. The covenant emphasizes the fact that Jesus lived and died a pious Jew of his time and sought to rejuvenate his people, the Jews, relying on the only Bible he knew, the Hebrew Scriptures. She delves deeply into the spirituality of Pope Pius XII, his good qualities, and the fact that he did not fully live up to the challenges of his time. The book concludes with a search into the life and works of the great Jewish thinker, Abraham Joshua Heschel, which helped both Jews and Christians to redefine their relationship toward a full encounter with their past and a hope for a better future for all. To do this we—Catholics and other Christians—need to encounter anew the living God in a living people, the Jews, and in their faith and lives. Eugene J. Fisher Saint Leo University, St. Leo, FL Copyright © 2022 Journal of Ecumenical Studies

The interplay between location and strategy in a turbulent age

AbstractResearch SummaryThe spread of protectionist policies and the COVID‐19 pandemic force policymakers and managers to fundamentally rethink the relationship between location and strategy. We examine this location‐strategy interplay through a structure‐agency perspective by investigating how the economic landscape shapes and, simultaneously, is shaped by firm strategies. Increasing spatial disparity and diversity of innovation and wealth in clusters and city‐regions create both tremendous challenges and opportunities for multinational enterprises to strategically leverage knowledge over space. Locational choices and actions of multinationals, in turn, affect regional economic development paths and geographies of innovation. We argue for deep dialogue and collaboration between economic geography, international business and strategy to untie the knots in the intricate interplay between location and strategy and solve the grand challenges in our turbulent age.Managerial SummaryThe wide spread of protectionism and the COVID‐19 pandemic have disrupted global value chains unprecedently, forcing policymakers and firm managers to rethink the relationship between business strategies and locations. We suggest that this relationship can be understood in a bilateral way. The concentration of innovation and economic activities in city‐regions and clusters creates big challenges but also tremendous opportunities for multinational enterprises. Multinationals need to direct knowledge across space but also have to deal with local resistance and opposition. The choices and actions of these firms are shaped by and, simultaneously, influence spatial patterns of economic activities. We argue for deep collaboration between economic geographers and international business scholars to solve the grand challenges for business, community and society in our turbulent time.

Graduates and competences: analyzing the gap between university and enterprise

As a result of the process of convergence relative to higher education initiated in Bologna in 1999, the role of the University in the society is undergoing a profound transformation. The traditional paradigm, according to which the University is the point of departure for constructing knowledge at the highest level, is now under consideration in order to accommodate more vocational training studies, which include the acquisition of competencies as a central pillar. Nevertheless, two of the main actors that play a role in the process, academics and entrepreneurs, have different points of view with respect to the skills a graduate entering the labor market should have. Based on the results from a survey conducted at the University of Barcelona, we will show how firms turn in favor of competencies related to medium-short term productivity, whereas the university balks at setting aside knowledge with more scientific nature. This scenario reinforces the need of a deeper dialogue between University and firms, pointing out the benefits that some adjustments in college training may end up providing the society.