Idea Of Coexistence Research Articles

Compliance of modern laws of Ukraine with international legal values: slogan or reality

The article analyzes international legal sources: the UN Charter, Declarations on the principles of international law, friendly relations and cooperation between states in accordance with the UN Charter, the Statute of the Council of Europe, the Lisbon Agreement in the context of the reality of the system of universally recognized values recorded in them, as well as sources the rights of Ukraine: the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Ukraine, the Constitution of Ukraine, codes and other laws of Ukraine regarding the state (which is stable) of the implementation of universally recognized values into the laws of Ukraine; the problems of their implementation in modern conditions are identified and possible ways of their solution are proposed The purpose of the article is to reveal the realities of the system of universally recognized values fixed in international legal documents and the state of their implementation in the laws of Ukraine; to propose ways of transforming such a system of values in order to ensure their effectiveness in the laws of Ukraine and compliance with modern requirements. There are significant violations of the principles of international law, which embody universally recognized values; inadequate response of the international community to such violations; replacement of legal means by other means («political will», agreements, negotiations, «expression of concern», etc.). This turns the prescriptions of international documents into declarative provisions (declaration of ideas, opinions, statements), and the system of international legal values into a «catalogue of wishes» or slogans, since there is no system of legal means and a mechanism for their implementation. The system of universally recognized values enshrined in the sources of international law was based on the idea of coexistence and cooperation of states and was really effective until the end of the 20th century. In connection with modern changes, it is important to form a new conceptual vision of international organizations, their role, significance, form and place in the new world order; creation of an effective institutional and functional mechanism for solving global problems; revision and updating of the system of generally recognized values regarding the interaction of member states within international organizations, as well as their external interaction. The existing system of universally recognized values should be transformed into a system of legal ideas, which are fixed in the basic principles of international law, and their violation should be interpreted as illegal actions. The mechanism for ensuring them should consist exclusively of effective legal means that cause direct (and not conditional) legal responsibility for their violation. All this will make it possible to form new international and legal forms of interaction between the participating states, which will be able to effectively respond to globalization changes and provide appropriate conditions for the further development of humanity. Key words: international law, principles of international law, universally recognized values, laws of Ukraine.

How Do Managers Make Sense of Their Crisis? Disrupted Relationships and Rediscovering Co-existence

Managerial work is associated with the experience of critical situations that affect not only the work performance of managers, but also their daily lives. This study presents the results of extensive qualitative research that examines, through interpretative phenomenological analysis and existential hermeneutic phenomenology, how managers make sense of their crises and other specifics disrupting their daily practice and personal lives. An existential-phenomenological approach based on the idea of co-existence – relating to the world and to self through interpersonal relationships – provides a useful framework for interpreting the lived experience of managers within the transformative process related to their identity and modes of being. Research shows that critical moments are often associated with disrupted interpersonal relationships. These can be analysed in several existential categories, such as work, struggle, play, love, and death. This article points out the fact that critical situations are inherent in managerial work and provides a novel philosophical understanding of the importance of interpersonal relationships to overcome these challenging crises. The article provides a model of managerial self-development that is extended to include the level of existential disruptions – critical situations that lead managers to question their being a manager. It is the personal crisis that is significant in initiating a new process of meaning-making, which gives rise to a new managerial self-concept that is the basis for self-development.

Human-Wildlife Coexistence: Business as Usual Conservation or an Opportunity for Transformative Change?

The term 'coexistence' is increasingly being used by academics and practitioners to reflect a re-conceptualisation of human-wildlife interactions (HWI). Coexistence has become a popular buzzword and is central to several proposals for transformative change in biodiversity conservation, including convivial conservation. Although ideas about how to achieve coexistence proliferate, critical exploration of the framing and use of the term is lacking. Through analysis of semi-structured interviews, webinars and online and offline documents, this paper critically interrogates how 'coexistence' is being conceptualised and translated into practice. We characterise coexistence as a boundary object that reflects a broadly agreed on 'hopeful mission', while being flexible enough to be meaningful for a wide range of actors. We identify three main framings of coexistence, which reflect the ways of knowing, values and approaches of different epistemic communities. We find that although the idea of coexistence has the potential to help facilitate transformative change in wildlife management, so far it largely manifests in practice as a positive-sounding label for standardised packages of tools and incentives. We argue that as the meaning of coexistence continues to be contested, there is an opportunity for activists, academics, and practitioners to reclaim its transformative roots. We identify a role for convivial conservation within this agenda: to re-politicise coexistence through the concept of 'meaningful coexistence'.

The Muslims and the Arabs: two ummas

The article follows up on the topic explored through the author’s research efforts, as detailed in multiple publications . Drawing upon a thorough-going and consolidated notion of the evolution underlying various systems of group solidarity adhered by the Arabs, the author has developed a new approach, set out in a concise manner herein, which is based on the idea of co-existence between the Muslim umma that unites all Muslims, whether Arabs or non-Arabs, and the Arab umma that unites all Arabs, regardless of their creed. These two communities are shown to have overlapped and interacted with each other, especially during the process of building inde-pendent national states in the Middle East. Within the framework of this approach, the etymology of the term umma and its strain throughout vari-ous stages of the Arab history is reviewed. It is noted that this term is one of the most polysemic in the Arab-Muslim cultural vocabulary. This is illus-trated by the examples showing its usage in the Qu’ran - the holy book for Muslims. Special emphasis is laid on the usage of this term with reference not only to the community of humans, but also animals, both in the Qu’ran and the Hadiths. The article concentrates on the analysis of various um-maist theories developed on the basis of conceptualization of the term um-ma, where a significant part is played by feelings and emotions, particular-ly, love as one of the structural elements of such theories. Serious attention is paid not only to the different interpretation options of this term, particu-larly by the Arab nationalism ideologists, but also manipulations with it carried out on behalf of these or those political forces.

Land art: the art of merging with nature

Land art is that art that begins on the ground and ends on the ground; And it is one of the artistic trendsContemporary art that appeared in the sixties, in which the artist relied on nature to create his artworksBy benefiting from all its components and by relationships that some consider a hybrid that does not belong to sculpture, architecture orfor nature. At the same time, some consider the art of the land to be the art of reconciliation with nature and its components; soThe artist presents his work with purely natural materials and is displayed in nature away from the exhibition hallsThe artworks embody the artist’s relationship with the earth and the world around him, reflecting his sense of the pain that he feelsto the earth through his sense of it.This research comes to embody the forms of overlap and merger between the artist and the earth by tracing the history of the emergence ofLand art and research into practices that embodied the artist's relationship with the environment in which he lives. useResearch the descriptive analytical method in providing a visual analytical reading about some contemporary practicesLand art. The research came out with a number of recommendations, the most important of which is that the idea of ​​coexistence with the landInclusion is one of the most important themes that Earth artists discuss.

The Relationship between Ethics and Aesthetics in Sustainable Architecture of the Baltic Sea Region

Architecture, as a mean of art and as a factor that physically shapes the environment, undoubtedly serves as a form of expression of ethical attitudes. It combines ethical values and responsibility for solving environmental problems with aesthetic qualities of the built environment. The holistic approach is gaining ground in the paradigm of sustainability, where architectural concepts such as biophilic, biomimetic, resilient, restorative, and others reinforce the idea of coexistence between humans and nature. In the 21st century, sustainability has become a global phenomenon; therefore, contemporary architecture is expected to reflect the idea of sustainability in its expression. This study explores the relationship between ethics and aesthetics in sustainable architecture in practice. Furthermore, this study attempts to illustrate how the architectural expression of certified sustainable buildings in the Baltic Sea region reflects the trends of sustainability within an ethical paradigm. The research question of this study is as follows: what are the prevailing aesthetic trends and are environmental ethical values expressed in the sustainable architecture of the Baltic Sea region? The study of examples of sustainable architecture was carried out by analyzing the three main databases of certified sustainable buildings—Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM). The study found eight predominant groups of aesthetic expressions of sustainable buildings and the absence of a distinctive architectural expression that could be considered as sustainability aesthetics. It can be hypothesized that the lack of aesthetic distinctiveness of certified sustainable buildings could be related to the absence of cultural, aesthetically oriented criteria in building sustainability rating systems.

THE ORGANIZED CIVIL SOCIETY, THE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, AND THE WATER GOVERNANCE IN THE BRAZILIAN SEMI ARID OF THE 21ST CENTURY

The problems of access and use of water, as well as the secular construction of local knowledge are constantly associated with the debate of coexistence with the semi-arid region. In this sense, the present text seeks to present local knowledge in the construction and development of a governance model associated with the ideas of coexistence with the semiarid region. For its construction, reference authors on the subject were used, as well as data collection in the Articulation of the Semi-Arid (ASA) and the Brazilian Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (ABONG) from a qualitative methodology. As a result, state action is centralized at the federal level, commands actions at the regional level and regulates state and local actions. This is also carried out in conjunction with organized civil society in a more intense way from the early years of this century, based on local knowledge built in recent centuries. However, this partnership model was not experienced long enough, which would allow for a deeper analysis. However, the data allow us to say that it is more efficient for the benefited populations. Finally, it is expected that this contribution will be positive in the deepening of studies on the semi-arid and sertão for their water governance.

Wolf diet and prey selection in Croatia

Tensions between humans and wolves have led to intensive worldwide studies of wolf feeding habits and their relative preference for domestic and wild ungulates. The aim of this study was to provide further insight into the diet composition of wolves in Croatia, based on stomach contents of dead wolves. We examined spatial variation in wolf diet and prey selection relative to availability of wild and domestic animals. Furthermore, we aimed to determine selectivity in feeding habits in relation to wolf gender and age. The study was conducted on the stomach contents of 42 gray wolves (18 females, 24 males). Samples were collected from three regions of Croatia with different ratios of domestic and wild prey availability. The density ratio of domestic to wild ungulates increased gradually from north-west (5.8), through central (11.6) to south-east (134) Croatia. Wolf diet followed this pattern with the ratio of domestic animals increasing from 0.7 to 1.3 and 5.3, respectively. The relative share of wild ungulates in wolf diet was significantly higher in all three regions of wolf range in Croatia, even where livestock availability was high. Female wolves ate birds, rodents, and dogs more than males and in the south, where wild ungulates were scarce. This study showed wolves’ selectivity for wild ungulate, rather than for abundant, but well-guarded livestock. The European idea of coexistence of humans and wolves in human-dominated landscape seems possible with some effort and understanding from humans’ side.

Green Militarization and the Necessity of Local Involvement

This article argues that Green Militarization, the use of military and paramilitary actors in the pursuit of conservation (Lunstrum, 2014), is most effective with the involvement of local communities as one instrument in combating environmental issues. The arguments used to demonstrate this emphasize the great dependence humans have on endangered species and their environment, the aid locals can provide to conservation operations, and the risk of human settlements being encroached if conservation is effective without local involvement. This paper will offer examples of effective conservation programs in West Bengal and Nepal. Militarized conservation programs based on the ideas of coexistence and respect of all species not only benefit the region and its non-human species, but also lead to improved human conditions.

Under the Multicultural Flag: Japan's Ambiguous Multicultural Framework and its Local Evaluations and Practices

This paper evaluates Japan's multicultural policy, introduced as an extension of the internationalisation scheme under the banner of tabunka kyōsei (multicultural coexistence). I first review the framework of tabunka kyōsei as it is expressed in the policy documents, highlighting its apolitical ideas of coexistence, and then explore its local reception, impact and practice, drawing from the narratives of people involved in multicultural programmes. The delivery of Japanese language classes by volunteers in the Aichi Prefecture is used as a case study. The participants' accounts reveal that the multicultural policy is evaluated by the public as poor, and its intent is questioned. For volunteers, the framework has had both positive and negative impacts on the work they perform. Their practices, although limited and localised, demonstrate independent engagement with the local authorities and expose the current multicultural framework as both ambiguous and ambivalent in its concern for the social and political rights of migrants.

Peace education through bilingual children’s literature written in Arabic and in Hebrew: different narratives, different socialization

The aim of this research has been to evaluate the contribution of the emerging Israeli genre of bilingual literature, Arabic and Hebrew, to peace education. Since Israeli society is a multicultural one comprised of two nations, Arabs and Jews who live in an environment of conflict, one must regard those textbooks as political socialization agents. The content analysis procedure, based on Salomon’s typology about peace education, revealed that most Arabic–Hebrew texts try to convey to young readers merely the ideas of coexistence and harmony rather than the notion of peace education in regions of intense conflicts alongside agonizing and painful costs.

Is diet segregation between dabbling ducks due to food partitioning? A review of seasonal patterns in the Western Palearctic

AbstractWithin the paradigm of resource‐limited competition‐structured communities, dabbling ducks (Anas spp.) have been used as a textbook example of how morphological differences, notably bill lamellar density and body length, may allow sympatric species to partition food and hence coexist. We reviewed all accessible diet studies from the Western Palearctic for three closely related dabbling duck species, mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), pintail (A. acuta) and teal (A. crecca), and present a comprehensive list of the food items (invertebrates, seeds, vegetative parts of plants) ingested. To assess the circumannual perspective of niche separation, we evaluated size distribution of ingested seeds among seasons and duck species. There was a significant difference among duck species in mean size and mass of ingested seeds, as well as in diet composition, with the largest seeds consumed by the largest species (mallard) with the coarsest bill filter apparatus (lamellae), and the smallest seeds by the smallest species (teal) with the finest bill lamellae. However, no effect of season was found, suggesting consistent diet segregation among species throughout the annual cycle of ducks and over large geographical areas. We argue that the patterns of food size separation between the three species are compatible with the idea of coexistence under interspecific competition.

Knowledge networks of young innovators in the urban economy: biotechnology as a case study

The paper explores how young innovative companies shape knowledge networks in seizing local and global opportunities of learning. The perspective used in the paper is derived from management and business literature, that is, knowledge networking is perceived as based upon choices following from strategies and networking capabilities. The empirical part makes use of a small sample of urban innovators in the Netherlands and of rough set analysis as a relatively new way of revealing ‘causal' relations. The paper reports that local/regional and global networks tend to coexist in clusters, and that this pattern follows from particular organizational capabilities derived from the company of origin and particular strategies in building customer and supplier relationships. An in-depth study of a biotechnology cluster supports the idea of coexistence of local and global networks, in that a local/regional orientation is associated with research companies in early stages of existence and with particular service companies, whereas a global orientation is associated with research companies that have passed the early stages. However, there seems to be a general trend that knowledge networks are increasingly shaped on a global scale.

O devir-criança e a cognição contemporânea

This paper compared two conceptions of time transformations - one related to theories of development, based on the notions of convergency and closure; and the other related to the theories of Bergson, Deleuze and Guattari, which are based on the ideas of divergency and differentiation. Analysing the theories of cognitive development we call attention to the concept of chronological time, the regimen of structure filiation, and the overcoming of the child’s form of knowledge by that of the adult. Guided by the Bergson’s idea of coexistence of times, Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of child-becoming, which states the inventive tendency that remains in the form of virtuality in every cognitive formation - in adults and children - and that characterizes contemporary cognition are discussed.