Humanitarian Institutions Research Articles

Dialogue and tension within the self: The case of a humanitarian psychologist

This study addresses the importance of considering the self as a tensional, rather than homeostatic entity. We adopt a dialogical self perspective, which conceives it as a construct marked by the interaction between I-positions, and the notion of tensegrity, according to which tension is structuring the functioning of the self. This study’s objective is to analyze the interactions between the I-positions that constitute the self of a psychologist working in a humanitarian institution, considering life changes this person faced when choosing to work as a humanitarian. We present an instrumental case study. Data collection methods included logs, mission notes, media interviews, sociodemographic questionnaires, and a narrative interview. Our findings revealed a central role of I-positions such as “I as humanitarian,” “I as psychologist,” and “I as caregiver” in shaping the participant’s self, alongside the influence of positions related to family and self-care, like “I as daughter” and “I as a cared-for person.” The participant encountered conflicting decisions, highlighting the coexistence of tensions between different I-positions. This suggests that humanitarian work involves dynamic processes of adaptation, challenging the harmony of the self. Through this study, we aim to contribute insights that expand our understanding of conflicting aspects of identity.

Women's Leadership in Humanitarian Institutions Asar Humanity Foundation

Women's Leadership in Humanitarian Institutions Asar Humanity Foundation

ГНУЧКА АРХІТЕКТУРА СУЧАСНИХ ЛІКУВАЛЬНО-ПРОФІЛАКТИЧНИХ ЗАКЛАДІВ

The article is devoted to the study of architecture, design of the internal environment, features of the design and modernization of medical and preventive facilities, the possibility of their adaptation to modern needs due to the rapid development of medicine by means of providing premises with such criteria as the flexibility of the environment, its high adaptability to rapid changes and new requests. Medical institutions are humanitarian institutions obliged to provide maximum care for people, and at the same time high-tech "production enterprises". That is why they are among the complex types of institutions from the point of view of architectural design, since they must not only carry out diagnostics, provide medical assistance, provide a wide range of medical services, solve administrative and economic tasks, satisfy socio-cultural needs, meet various standards and requirements, but also to create comfortable conditions, primarily for patients. Examples of world experience in which architects and designers, when forming the architecture and spatial environment of buildings of medical institutions, focus directly on the patient and staff are given. Creating a comfortable environment for a patient's 24-hour stay is an important part of a successful treatment process. Based on the analyzed world experience in the design of treatment and preventive facilities, a number of factors are given that affect the comfortable stay of patients and their faster recovery and increase the efficiency of the staff: the ability of the patient to navigate in the medical institution; seclusion (separate ward); aesthetics in the design of the medical environment; noise reduction; the correct choice of colors; application of advanced medical technologies and their constant innovation; availability of recreational areas and landscaping; sufficient lighting; availability of free space; digital integration.

Pengembangan Budaya dan Iklim Kampus yang Sehat Melalui Kegiatan Kemanusian

By engaging in humanitarian activities through blood donation, campuses can serve as positive agents of social change and make significant contributions to society. In addition to assisting those in need of blood, the involvement of campuses in blood donation activities can also build their reputation as institutions that care and are responsible for the general welfare. Sukma College of Management (STIM) has established partnerships with humanitarian institutions or organizations such as the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) that are involved in blood donation activities. Through this collaboration, campuses can make even greater contributions to helping the community and act as agents of change on a broader scale.

Durable Resolutions

Abstract Studies that examine the administration of justice in refugee camps highlight the legal plurality that commonly characterizes such sites, and the normative friction it creates between government and humanitarian institutions and community structures. Drawing upon research among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda and Ethiopia, this article foregrounds the place of transnational networks and temporal experiences in shaping processes of dispute resolution among refugees. South Sudanese refugees regularly turn to community structures to arbitrate disputes, even when these disputes relate to crimes that, under the laws of host states, must be reported to the authorities. As opposed to the individualized formal justice systems of host states, which are limited by borders, community justice links refugees across countries, draws on understandings of past communal events and relationships, prioritizes communal harmony and order, and thus produces a sense of continuity under conditions of dispersal and extreme precarity.

On procrastination as a psychological defence of personality

Introduction. The relevance of the problem is accounted for by the need to overcome the process of procrastination in connection with the growing tendency towards a person’s decreasing activity in solving educational and professional tasks, as well as fadeout of people’s social activity. The psychological science has sufficiently explored the emotional and motivational factors of procrastination, has established its connection with the components of conscious regulation of efforts reflecting the infringement of subject’s activity. At the same time, there are practically no scholarly studies revealing the significance of reflexive processes from the position of purposeful inhibition of activity. The aim of the study was to test the assumption of existence of positive interrelation between reflexivity and vocational guidance within the framework of the general hypothesis stating that procrastination can act as a mechanism protecting individual’s self-identity. Materials and methods. The following methods were used: “Procrastination Scale” by P. Steel adapted by I.N. Kormacheva, reflexivity questionnaire by A.V. Karpov, the authors’ questionnaire “Objective personal manifestations of the subject of activity”. The research involved 61 full-time and part-time students aged 18 to 46 (Me = 28 years) of the Humanitarian Institute of Vladimir State University (Russian Federation). Results. A significant positive correlation between one’s personal reflexivity and aptitude for procrastination was established (p < 0,01). Negative correlation was revealed between procrastination (p < 0,01), on the one part, and dutifulness, independence and initiative, on the other part, as objective manifestations of self-identity. Conclusion. The obtained results will be interesting for researchers working in the sphere of selfregulation of activity, including learning, as well as for specialists in individual’s psychology and personality development. They can be used in designing the educational space of a higher education institution, that would contribute to the development of students’ self-identity. Keywords: subject, procrastination, self-regulation, reflexion, reflexivity, personal meaning, subjectspecific approach

The Challenges of Multilateralism

The Challenges of Multilateralism is a work of general history covering key events that were turning points in the development of multilateral cooperation. Throughout, the expansion of international organization (IO) activities is explored, from being focused on preserving the peace in early early-nineteenth-century Europe to managing global health, trade, finance, and environmental concerns in the present era. Additionally, the book concludes with an account of the rise of anti-establishment movements, which have mobilized against multilateral institutions. Overall, the historical analysis presents valuable observations which are helpful for understanding the current challenges of the international system. Furthermore, it is valuable as a primer on the history and functioning of international organizations and presents questions which could potentially generate valuable future research. However, as will be detailed below, several claims would benefit from more nuance and refinement. As is mentioned in the text, multilateralism and international organizations emerge as responses to problems that cross borders, and consequently, inter-state cooperation becomes necessary to find optimal solutions. Lavelle correctly dates the beginning of this process to the Council of Europe, which entered the scene in 1815 to settle disputes and keep the peace among great powers in the wake of the revolutionary wars unleashed by Napoleon. Later, the horrors of the Crimean war and the Italian war of independence motivated activists to develop new humanitarian institutions to oversee the treatment of the sick and wounded, and to regulate warfare. At the same time, the expansion of globalization generated new multilateral arrangements for the management of trade and finance.

ИТОГИ НАУЧНОГО СЕМИНАРА «ТЕОРИИ И ПРАКТИКИ ПРИКЛАДНЫХ КУЛЬТУРНЫХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ» 08 ДЕКАБРЯ 2022 ГОДА (МУЗЕЙНЫЙ ЦЕНТР «ПЛОЩАДЬ МИРА», КРАСНОЯРСК) В РАМКАХ I НАУЧНО-ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЙ КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ «СИБИРСКОЕ СОВРЕМЕННОЕ ИСКУССТВО»

This article presents a summary of the work of the educational, scientific and methodological seminar "Theories and Practices of Applied Cultural Research" (December 08, 2022, Krasnoyarsk, Museum Center "Ploshchad Mira"), organized by the Department of Cultural Studies and Art History of the Humanitarian Institute of the Siberian Federal University, which became part I scientific-practical conference "Siberian contemporary art". The seminar was devoted to the presentation of topical art studies in accordance with memorable dates for the world of culture and art: 1) 235th anniversary of the birth of the French artist and inventor Louis Daguerre; 2) 265th anniversary of the birth of the English poet and artist William Blake; 3) 95th anniversary of the birth of the Russian director Eldar Ryazanov; 4) 390th anniversary of the birth of the Dutch artist Jan Vermeer of Delft, also during the seminar, reports were presented on the topic "The Phenomenon of Chinese Documentary Film" and "Features of the Dialogue between the Work of Art and the Spectator".

Training in the profile "Applied Informatics in the Humanities" at the Siberian Federal University: interdisciplinarity and project approach

The article considers the model of training specialists in applied informatics in the humanitarian field, developed at the Humanitarian Institute of the Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk). The history of this training has been going on for almost a quarter of a century. Over the years, the program has changed its name more than once, and the curriculum has also changed in accordance with the requirements. The experience accumulated over a long enough period of time in training specialists of this profile is the subject of consideration in this article. The bachelor's and master's programs, education and activities of the Department of Information Technology in Creative and Cultural Industries, working as part of the Humanities Institute, are considered. Digital technologies continue to develop rapidly, and the number of people willing to master the difficult path of implementing applied informatics in the humanities is growing. Only in 2023, about 50 people have made final qualifying works for bachelors and masters degree at the Department of Information Technology in Creative and Cultural Industries. Each stage of the adjustment of the bachelor's and master's degree curriculum is dictated by a rapidly changing situation. At least two components remain indisputable: interdisciplinarity, which is the basis of educational programs, and a project approach, which assumes a clear statement of the problem and the use of adequate mechanisms for its solution using digital technologies.

Aplikasi Sistem Presensi Pegawai PT. Berkah Pena Ilmu dengan Metode Location Based Service (LBS) Berbasis Android Menggunakan Firebase

PT. Pena Berkah Ilmu is a medium-sized company engaged in Food & Beverage, social and humanitarian institutions, event organizers, travel and merchandise sales where this company still implements attendance methods such as signatures for employees. The attendance of each employee is recorded through the existing attendance system. However, in its implementation, sometimes there are some persons who do not attend or forget to attend. This results in the employee being considered absent. This desire arose because this company experienced difficulties in processing attendance information data, resulting in more and more hardcopy archives and making it difficult when the company's management intended to recap and re-collect data and employee attendance lists. This study uses the waterfall method which describes a systematic and sequential approach to software, starting with the specification of employee requirements, design, modeling, construction, delivery of the system to employees and complete software support that is produced. With this attendance application, it will be easier for employees to carry out attendance attendance even though they are outside the office and attendance data will later be stored in the database so that it will make it easier for the personnel department to be able to recapitulate employee data.

CREATING A MOTIVATIONAL CONTEXT FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING OF STUDENTS AT HUMANITARIAN COLLEGES IN EASTERN EUROPE

The article considers certain issues of increasing the effectiveness of teaching foreign languages to students of humanitarian institutions of higher education in Eastern Europe. It was shown that after the approval of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR) some radical changes took place in the methods of teaching foreign languages in many Eastern European countries. Taking into account the fact that among the most effective ways to improve the quality of foreign language education the CEFR determines an increase in the level of personal motivation of students to learn foreign languages, Eastern European educators more actively apply didactic solutions that meet as many criteria as possible, leading to deep learning of knowledge. Since motivation is an individual internal matter of the student, it is more logical for the teacher to create an educational context that the students themselves would recognize as motivating, rather than to directly motivate each student individually.
 The authors note that the creation of a motivational context, in particular for students of liberal arts colleges, takes place through a constant demand to combine the acquired knowledge (internalization) with what students have previously learned, reflected on and are able to express independently (externalization); emphasis on higher-order thinking (analysis, synthesis, evaluation) and performance of tasks that are more focused on mental activity (minds-on) than on physical activity (hands-on), while remembering that activating exercises are often mistakenly identified with physical activity load on students; students’ analysis of their own experience, attitudes, and values. The authors consider in detail three didactic solutions that are widely used by Eastern European teachers in the process of creating a motivational context for foreign language training of future humanitarians: the creation of conceptual maps, the «flipped classroom» method, and the method of duo-ethnographic dialogues. The authors conclude that the given didactic solutions relate to the field of issues, the study of which is determined by the students themselves as having personal value and being useful for their future career. By performing these exercises, students express their own points of view, present their personal understanding of the essence of the phenomena mentioned in the framework of the lesson, sometimes even revise and change their previous beliefs. Therefore, students’ progress in learning a foreign language is not only a consequence of studying, but is due to the motivating educational environment created by their teachers.

Analisis Nilai Kontribusi Bantuan Kemanusiaan Palestina Badan Amil Zakat Nasional (BAZNAS) Tahun 2018-2021

Since the Jews declared the establishment of the state of Israel in the Palestinian territories in 1948, Indonesia has been part of the party opposing the Israeli occupation and supporting the Palestinian people's efforts to gain their right to independence. In terms of humanitarian assistance, zakat, infaq and alms management institutions are increasingly promoting various humanitarian aids, one of which is the Indonesia’s National Zakat Agency (BAZNAS). This study aims to analyze the value of the contribution of zakat, infaq and alms funds by BAZNAS for humanitarian aid in Palestine. The sampling method used in this research is purposive sampling. Data is described using descriptive analysis. The results of this study indicate that the value of the contribution to the distribution of ZIS funds for Palestinian humanitarian assistance carried out by BAZNAS in 2018-2021 is volatile. The largest distribution of zakat funds for Palestinian humanitarian aid occurred in 2018 which was 2,531,430,175.00. While the largest infaq and alms funds occurred in 2021, which amounted to 597,268,865.00. The factor that causes this fluctuation in the level of distribution is because the value of distributing Palestinian humanitarian aid depends on the pattern of cooperation built by BAZNAS with other humanitarian institutions.

РОЗВИТОК АРХІТЕКТУРИ ДУХОВНО-ГУМАНІТАРНИХ ОСВІТНІХ ЗАКЛАДІВ В УКРАЇНІ (на прикладі наукової діяльності навчально-пошукового проєктування кафедри дизайну ар- хітектурного середовища НУ “Львівська політехніка”)

The article highlights the results of special research and research development design of the Department of Architectural Environment Design (DAS) of a new educational institution type – spiritual and humanitarian, which may become a priority in determining the doctrine of higher education in Ukraine. The results are formed both from the scientific and practical experience of leading scientists in this field in Ukraine – R. Stotska, V. Proskuryakov, O. Zhovkva, etc., and educational and research design by the Department of AED of the Academy of PCU in Lutsk. As a comprehensive approach in the design of spiritual and humanitarian institutions in Ukraine, which has not yet been reflected in national regulations. For the presentation of the educational design, several students projects of IV–V courses were selected, the best of which were the works of V. Khyzhnyuk, K. Pidkostelna, U. Grechka, Y. Cholavyn, V. Volyanska. In the architecture of the Academy they designed, in addition to metaphors from regional and historical Ukrainian sacred architecture, the best ideas of modern world solutions were used.

VI International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference “Metamorphoses of Culture: Donum didacticum. Didactic Code in the Culture of the 18th – 20th Centuries” at NSU

The report presents the analysis of leading topics and individual reports of the VI International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference “Metamorphoses of Culture”, held as part of the international forum “Heritage” at the Humanitarian Institute of Novosibirsk State University on November 19–20, 2021. The conference was dedicated to the problems of didactic code transformation in the culture of contemporary and the most recent times. The main discussion raised questions about the didactic culture code from the 18th until the 20th century. A special subject of consideration was the conceptual sphere of education and training, and the features of its linguistic and artistic representation. Separate groups of topics and issues related to the problems of education were: court pedagogy and Russian culture of the 18th century till the early 20th century, educational literature in the book culture of Russia in recent times, visual didactics in the space of poly-code text, a book as a source of knowledge – verbal and visual aspects of book culture.In the context of modern pedagogical mentality, real issues related to traditional education methods were reinterpreted, such as travel as a form of education – educational trips in the culture of the nobles, and mnemonic practices in the pedagogy of the 18th – 20th centuries. The revision of the semantic traditions of perception of the basic codes of education (such as “mentor”, “book”, and “road”) formed imperatives for summing up the results of the conference. The prolific achievements of the conference were reached due to the high scientific level and interdisciplinary nature of the reports; culturologists, historians, linguists, literary critics, art critics, and philosophers took part in the scientific discussion.

Well-Being of Human in Modern Conditions: Population Researches of the Psychological Aspects of Well-Being in the Ural Region

In 2021, the Ural Humanitarian Institute of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin began population research of the well-being of the inhabitants of the Ural region. The research is a large-scale multi-stage project, calculated until 2030. This article is a description of a series of research projects on the psychological aspects of well-being.

Penguatan Kelembagaan Penanganan Pengungsi pada Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

The protracted crisis of refugees as a marginal group is often neglected to fulfill their fundamental rights and well being in the sustainable development agenda. This paper aims to analyze well being indicators of refugees in the sustainable development agenda. The method used is normative research through literature study with a conceptual and analytical approach. The term of refugee are not written explicitly in the sustainable development agenda indicators as of they should be aligned with the general goals of the sustainable agenda, as well as institutional strengthening through policy reform, long-term financing, and requiring active cooperation from various actors in managing and fulfilling refugees fundamental rights, especially for hosting countries and humanitarian institutions at the global and national level.

Financing the future of WHO

Financing the future of WHO

وقف النقود في تمويل مؤسسة ACT في إندونيسيا: دراسة فقهية تحليلية

Cash waqf is the most useful waqf instrument to be used in humanitarian institutions. This research aims to analyze cash waqf and its expedience in financing humanitarian relief institutions (ACT Foundation) and investment methods in the foundation. Thus, humanitarian activities necessitate a form of money distribution to preserve the continuation of its benefits. The researcher used inductive approach in evaluating legal evidences, information, data and details regarding cash waqf. Furthermore, analytical approach was used to analyze and explain the legal aspects of cash waqf and verify its legality and validation to finance humanitarian institutions. By integrating theory and practice, the researcher conducted a field study by interviewing officials in the institution to ensure that the practices are in accordance with Islamic jurisprudence. Also, the research was done to expose investment methods to gain benefits of cash waqf. It can be concluded that the cash waqf is allowed to finance the activities of humanitarian institution as well as being invested to obtain further benefits.

La domesticité, phénomène socioculturel, représentée dans les œuvres Zoune chez sa ninnaine de Justin Lhérisson et Rêves amers de Maryse Condé

That childhood should be everywhere at home whatever the circumstances, has been implored by poets. Their powerful voices call on the international community to mobilize to protect the rights of the child. However, there are unfair practices; child domestic work is one of them. These children are called ‘domestic children’, ‘service children’ and les ‘restavèk’. Denounced by humanitarian institutions, child domestic work unfortunately still exists today. This issue has been taken up by writers, thus becoming one of the key themes of literature in French and Creole languages. Our aim is to recall the major role that this literature has played, for more than a century, in raising the awareness of a very large readership on the harmful effects of this practice on children and adolescents. This study will focus on two authors and their works talking about this phenomenon in the context of Haiti, Justin Lhérisson (late 19th and early 20th centuries) with his lodyans Zoune chez sa ninnaine (1906) and Maryse Condé (20th and 21st centuries) with her novel Rêves amers (1987), both closely tied to Haitian culture. While using different literary frameworks, either Creolity in Maryse Condé or Social Realism in Justin Lhérisson, they chose in their fictions to tell about the condition of a child placed in domestic service. Dealing with this phenomenon is also talking about the quest for identity in Haitian literature, which at the beginning a literature of imitation. The expression of J. Lhérisson proves that this literature has become autonomous and that it represents its culture and its society. Because of the originality and the impact exerted, his work deserves to be remembered as part of the universal cultural heritage. M. Condé pleads for freedom of expression, literary cosmopolitanism, universal values, refusing any classification within the borders of a single country or a single language. Thus, the Haitian social realism represented in the expression of these two authors of the Caribbean space brings Creole literature closer to word literature.

Humanitarian diplomacy and human rights in Latin America. Regional and civilizational specifics

The article is devoted to the study of the Latin American model of humanitarian diplomacy, the identification of its features and the analysis of regional human rights traditions. The specifics of the region, associated with indigenous peoples as beneficiaries of protection, civil conflicts and mass displacement, led to the development of original ideas about humanism and human rights. Latin America has become a pioneer in the formation of such humanitarian institutions as asylum, protection of displaced persons and victims of armed conflicts, and international humanitarian law. The article analyzes the negotiations of humanitarian actors to mitigate the crises in Central America. In the final part, the initiatives of the humanitarian diplomacy of Latin American states in the UN related to the protection of the rights of vulnerable groups – indigenous peoples, women, children, migrants, as well as the fight against violence and discrimination are considered. In conclusion, the author highlights the asymmetric nature of the Latin American model, which combines deep humanistic traditions and active human rights activities with manifestations of violence and inequality, narrowing the possibilities of diplomatic dialogue.