Hermeneutic Paradigm Research Articles

DIGITAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL NETWORKS IN MEXICO

The objective of this article is to describe and present the main digital media and social networks used worldwide and in the specific case of Mexico, pointing out the transcendental importance they acquire to study social relations today. The work is structured according to the deductive method, with a hermeneutic paradigm, elaborated under a quantitative scheme and approach. Facebook is the world leader of social networks worldwide, with its almost three billion users, followed by YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WeChat and TikTok. Google is presented as the world leader of Internet search engines, which is why it is called the undisputed king, absorbing until October 2021 92% of users worldwide, followed by Bing and Yahoo; while the most used browser is Chrome with 77%, followed by Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. In information related to Mexico for 2021, Facebook is the most popular social network with 96 million users, which ranks fifth internationally, behind India, United States of America, Indonesia and Brazil; while Mexico has 74 million users in the case of YouTube, making these two platforms become the most used social networks by Mexicans. Despite the privatization suffered in the nineties, internet speed in Mexico is very low compared to the world average, reaching only 60% and 50% in mobile and fixed internet respectively. The most visited sites in Mexico correspond to Google (more than four times its close follower), YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, Xvideos (adult entertainment) and MercadoLibre - Free Market

MODA ÇALIŞMALARI VE NİTEL ARAŞTIRMA

Although the field of fashion is a subject that feeds from different disciplines of social sciences, fashion research and studies have not yet become a discipline that is considered at an academic level. However, it is noticed that academic research in fashion studies has increased in recent years. Fashion studies have great potential to examine many different aspects of fashion. The understanding provided by the qualitative research tradition in the emergence of subjects such as fashion communication, fashion sociology, and fashion philosophy cannot be denied. In this study, the relationship between the qualitative research derived from the hermeneutic paradigm and the fashion field is analyzed and the existing academic studies are interpreted from the perspective of fashion studies. The aim of this study is to explain the development of fashion studies and to present a conceptual framework for fashion research, using the perspective of qualitative research. With the determination of the fact that fashion studies are a new academic research field, the difficulties that await fashion researchers are indicated, and suggestions are made based on the literature analysis in order to overcome these difficulties.

Shaping of Radio in Mexico in the Last Decade: 2010-2020

An analysis was made of the Mexican radio industry and the main groups that comprise it, describing the financial information that is available. The essay was elaborated following the deductive method, with a hermeneutic paradigm, according to the experience acquired in the radio industry. A linear regression was estimated from 2005 to 2020, showing a negative relationship of 98.9% between the percentage of households that have radio and those that have internet (the more households that use internet, the lower the proportion that use radio). Advertising in the national radio industry is falling sharply in recent years, in 2016 it absorbed 10.3% of total advertising spending in the country, reaching only 5% in 2020, declining to less than half of the share it had four years earlier. Grupo Radio Centro takes an average 15.4% of advertising from 2016 to 2020, while Televisa Radio takes 12% (before the sale of stations), both corporations take 27.5% in 2018 and 29.6% in 2019, adding six other radio groups (Fórmula, Imagen, Radio Mil, Radiorama, Stereo Rey and ACIR), they would at least have 41.1% of national radio revenues. The most important radio stations in the country have started to broadcast their content through websites, in which they transmit in real time the same programming they broadcast on their AM or FM frequency bands.

Reading John 11:1-45 from a post-normal times perspective

This article re-reads John 11:1-45 in light of post-normal times. It analyses aspects such as 4Ss, 3Cs, and 3Ts, in order to expound on the Johannine community situation and to understand the paradigmatic significance of John’s narrative artistry within the contemporary context. The study elaborates on the speed with which the narrative evelops from John 11:1-45; the scope of the story that extends from the local Bethany to universal realities; the scale of the story, as it changes directly between both the local and global situations, and the simultaneity of the event, as it initiates multiple interactions within the macronarrativeframework. The article attempts to explore the complexities, chaotic situations, and contradictions embedded within the narrative master plan of the story.In order to suggest a new way forward, the narrator develops her/his arguments by focusing on the three tomorrows of the story, as s/he provides several narrative clues about the extended present, the familiar futures, and the unthought futures. Using hope as a significant hermeneutic key within the Johannine community context, the narrator elaborates on the community’s attempts to reframe their faith and praxes and their aspirations to embrace a new normal situation. The article concludes that the Johannine experience of a postnormal situation and the hope for a new normal can be considered a hermeneutic paradigm in the contemporary global scenario.

The importance of understanding and making sense of Zulu traditional hymns as a symbol of expressing worship: Cognitive hermeneutics and hermeneutics of hymnody theories

Singing and understanding Zulu traditional hymns among charismatic churches and gospel groups have become a fundamental worship tool. Zulu traditional hymns are at the centre of Christian lives in South Africa. Singing Zulu traditional hymns (iCilongo Levangeli) is predominant for many South African musicians and gospel groups using modern musical styles. However, contemporary churches, musicians and gospel groups tend not to understand the authenticity of these hymns. The issue of Zulu traditional hymns in the modern gospel industry is a matter of great concern. Therefore, this article addresses and discusses the importance of understanding and making sense of Zulu traditional hymns as a symbol of expressing worship. Data were collected for a research practice using a hermeneutic phenomenology paradigm to obtain a precise understanding and the original meaning of the prominent Zulu traditional hymns. The study reveals that there are Zulu traditional hymns that were misinterpreted and misunderstood. The misinterpretation of Zulu traditional hymns is partly attributable to the ignorance of the underlying true meaning, emotions, state and purpose of the original composer.Contribution: This study recommends that contemporary gospel musicians sing Zulu traditional hymns in the original text to ensure that they do not misinterpret the hymns.

Narrativas do projeto de vida de estudantes como ponte de formação integral entre a Educação Básica e a Universitária

The purpose of this article is to recognize the high school impact on the life project of students coursing pedagogy. For this, a narrative research methodology is used, from a qualitative and hermeneutical paradigm applied to autobiographical accounts of life stories. The results show that the influence of school training on the life project of the students and their decision to be trained as future teachers, in addition to their purposes, professional projection and their socio-political dimension where life project and project of society work as one.

La modernità cartesiana: un paradigma di interpretazione

Descartes is usually considered as the father of Western rationalism and the thinker who made the cogito and the subjective element the cornerstone of philosophical investigation. This article aims to analyze the history of this hermeneutic paradigm by verifying the main turning points which transformed this reading into the traditional approach to Cartesian thinking and modern philosophy. Starting from M. Heidegger’s analysis, the article proceeds backwards and identifies the main phases of this interpretation giving a sharper focus on F. Nietzsche, F. W. J. Schelling, G. W. F. Hegel and, lastly, I. Kant. At the end of the analysis, the article highlights the significant continuity of the different interpretations: even those philosophers, such as Heidegger and Nietzsche, who radically questioned the Cartesian modernity paradigm, assumed the same interpretation which supported that paradigm among their premises and allowed this interpretation to prosper and dominate the hermeneutic scene still nowadays.

The Emperor of Fashion's New Starts: Creativity and Meaning in Life in Karl Lagerfeld.

During his lifetime, Karl Otto Lagerfeld (1933–2018) attained such industry renown that he became widely known as the Emperor of Fashion. Lagerfeld ran several fashion houses, such as Chanel and Fendi, leading them to unprecedented profits. He also created his own fashion label. Owing to his unremitting pursuit of excellence through creative expression, Lagerfeld’s creativity, energy and intuition for fashion trends seemed only to expand throughout his long career. The authors suggest that, through his creative approach to fashion, architecture, and publishing, Lagerfeld articulated and refined a core set of values-such as “Bildung,” “lightness” and “the unexpected”—that served as a Diltheyan “nexus” linking the Prussian-born designer with the global consumer. The authors apply two specific creativity theories to Lagerfeld’s life and work, namely the mini-c, little-c, Pro-c and Big-C creativity theory and Sternberg’s WICS-model (wisdom, intelligence and creativity). The article uses a psychobiographical case study design formulated according to a research paradigm of modern hermeneutics. First- and third-person data on Lagerfeld were collected and evaluated through a hermeneutically-informed syntho-analysis. Research ethics were followed. The findings demonstrate the interplay of mini-c, little-c, Pro-c and Big-C creativity throughout the subject’s lifetime, as well as the subject’s application of WICS, both of which led to the subject’s worldwide success. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations for future research and practice are provided.

Experience of mental health nurses regarding mechanical restraint in patients with psychomotor agitation: A qualitative study.

To explore mental health nurses' experiences whilst managing a patient with psychomotor agitation, and the factors that influence the decision to use mechanical restraints. Psychomotor agitation is considered a potentially violent psychiatric emergency. The management of disruptive behaviours includes mechanical restraints as the last resort although its use has consequences for patients, professionals and the therapeutic relationship. A qualitative study design with a hermeneutical approach was developed. A total of 31 nurses were purposively sampled from six short- and medium-stay mental health inpatient units. Data were obtained from semi-structured interviews. A thematic content analysis following the seven steps of Colaizzi's method was performed. Three researchers independently conducted an inductive analysis within a perspective of a hermeneutic paradigm. The COREQ checklist was followed in carrying out this research. Four themes emerged from the analysis: 1) Nurses' perceptions of restraint methods, 2) Factors influencing decision-making, 3) Consequences for professionals of the use of mechanical restraint and 4) Alternatives to mechanical restraint. Aspects such as the importance of teamwork, the issue of cognitive dissonance, ethical conflict and barriers to effecting the withdrawal of these measures affect the mental health nurse's decision-making process. The understanding of these aspects is crucial to further reducing its incidence and negative consequences and achieving the elimination of mechanical restraints. Knowing how nurses feel during the patient's episode of psychomotor agitation and which factors influence the decision on whether to apply coercive methods can guide us on the quality of care offered.

Rehearsal of the Apocalypse: Christians of the Post-Soviet Regions about Covid-19

Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has confronted the global religious community with the need to review the traditions and practices that have developed over the centuries. It has clearly shown that apocalyptic literature and its ideas are closely related to the context of this crisis. The former Soviet regions are no exception to this tendency. The connection between Covid-19 and the Revelation of John has become a point of discussion in different kinds of media. The purpose of this article is to analyze the representative views of various Christian confessions within the post-Soviet region. The intention is to identify an appropriate hermeneutical paradigm. There are four basic hermeneutical schools of interpretation of the apocalypse – the preterist, historicist, idealist and futurist. What is emphasized in the experience of post-Soviet Christians is the idealistic and/or futuristic. Covid-19 is perceived as a rehearsal of the apocalypse.

Natural Disasters in Medieval Greek Apocalypses

Abstract Natural calamities form a standard theme in Byzantine apocalypses. This paper discusses their function and meaning by surveying more than a dozen medieval Greek apocalyptic narratives from the sixth to the fifteenth century. It is shown that natural disasters were understood as ambiguous epiphenomena, whose ultimate meaning revolved around human agency and intentionality. Furthermore, it is argued that Byzantine apocalypses offered an intellectual strategy for coping with natural calamities by placing them into an eschatological context. This eschatologization restored epistemological control of the – seemingly uncontrollable – phenomena. Finally, it is suggested that the understanding of natural disasters as anthropogenic events is not only characteristic of medieval Greek apocalypticism but also of modern-day environmental alarmism. The paper closes with a preliminary comparison of these two hermeneutic paradigms.

The importance of empiricry as the basis for explaining, forecasting and practice in social sciences

The considerations presented in the article are to be an impulse to reflect on the foundations on which modern scientific discoveries are based. The aim of the analysis is to present a number of doubts as to the accuracy and perfection of contemporary research results in social sciences, in particular in the discipline of political science. In social reality there are still many limitations both on the part of the human being as the subject examining reality and the imperfections of the tools he uses. The article discusses attitudes towards scientific dispute consisting in the clash of the scientific paradigm based on empiricism and positivism with postmodern interpretivism within the hermeneutic paradigm will soon end.

Vulnerabilidad social de los factores asociados a la no adherencia al tratamiento antituberculoso

Objetivo: Describir la vulnerabilidad Social de los factores de riesgo asociados a la no adherencia al tratamiento antituberculosis. Metodología: De tipo documental y bajo un paradigma hermenéutico, el corpus de la investigación lo constituyeron 146 documentos de tipo artículos científicos y cuya muestra calificada fue de 38 que cumplieron con los parámetros de inclusión. Conclusión: Existe una prevalencia de la enfermedad en las regiones cuyo desarrollo económico se corresponde al nivel bajo, a pesar que la enfermedad tambien está presente en países con medio y alto nivel de desarrollo económico, por lo que es necesario, con mayor proporción investigativa el estudio de la calidad de vida social de los pacientes TBC.

Hermeneutic Analysis: Making Sense of Symbolic Expressions in Izibongo of King Shaka

A substantial number of scholars have previously documented African praise poems, including those that relate to the Zulu kings and queens. To a large extent, these recordings only focus on the content and structural approach to this genre of orality, with little attention paid to contextual meaning. As such, issues of metaphoric expressions are perpetually ignored, which by their very definition contain the underlying meaning and purpose for the crafting of such poetry. Therefore, this article addresses the problem of hidden meaning in Zulu kings’ praise poems that many writers on the subject have missed. As it has long been established that praise poetry, from a Zulu perspective, was/is a story about the life and times of a particular king, a hermeneutic paradigm was used to conduct an inquiry into the most prominent king in the history of the Zulus—King Shaka, the founder the great Zulu nation. The study reveals that reference to this kind of poetry as “praise” itself is problematic, since the craft was used as an evaluation of the king. It both praised and critiqued the king’s reign. With regard to King Shaka, the study reveals that Shaka was a revolutionary and a freedom fighter, contrary to the popularly held view that he was a brutal despot who went around killing innocent people to satisfy his own ego.

Review of the monograph by Vorova Tetiana Petrivna “Hermeneutic paradigms of Russian literature fairy tales and nonliterary works of the first half of the XIXth century”

Review of the monograph by Vorova Tetiana Petrivna “Hermeneutic paradigms of Russian literature fairy tales and nonliterary works of the first half of the XIXth century”

Procedimiento del Ministerio del trabajo y la negativa de los empleadores a iniciar las conversaciones del pliego de peticiones

In collective bargaining, it is necessary for the parties to adopt an open exchange of ideas, an availability to listen, and a respect for the opinions of each member.But the great doubt arises when despite the attempts to resolve the conflict, the refusal remains latent , and hindering the full enjoyment of constitutional law, however, it is here, at this time where the leading role of the Ministry of Labor takes preponderance to process and provide a peaceful solution in this specific case. The objective of this research is to describe the procedure used by the Ministry of Labor to resolve the conflict that arises in the face of the employers' refusal to initiate talks on the petition. The methodological strategy is part of the qualitative approach research, basically in those that fall within the scope of the Historical - Hermeneutical Paradigm, since the article is focused on understanding and identifying the procedure used by the Ministry of Labor in the face of refusal to negotiate. The main conclusion reached is the procedure that must be motivated based on articles 55 and 56 of the national constitution and the constitutionality block.

Representaciones sociales de docentes y estudiantes sobre el plan de estudios de un programa de Enfermería

Las representaciones están influenciadas por los estímulos del entorno y se configuran como un aprendizaje social que otorga un sentido a las concepciones y acciones de un grupo; además, se forma un conocimiento y se identifican las opiniones que conducen a las personas a actuar de forma positiva o negativa. El propósito de la investigación fue describir las representaciones sociales de los estudiantes y docentes sobre el plan de estudios del programa de Enfermería de la Universidad Santiago de Cali, Seccional Palmira durante el segundo semestre del año 2019. Se usó un enfoque de investigación cualitativo, bajo el paradigma hermenéutico con un método de estudio de caso. La población fue de estudiantes (de tercero a décimo semestre) y docentes (del área disciplinar) del programa de Enfermería de una universidad privada de Palmira-Valle. Los resultados evidenciaron que más del 95 % de los estudiantes conocía el plan de estudios del programa, tenía interés en abordar en la asignatura del componente específico y consideraba algunas asignaturas (como las virtuales) poco relevantes para su formación. Se concluyó que el plan de estudios es acorde con la formación en el campo disciplinar de la Enfermería y que podría incluir otros componentes para buscar mejoramiento en algunas necesidades sociales.

INTERSUBJECTIVITY AND POWER IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP OF HIGH SCHOOLS

Findings of a qualitative research developed from a hermeneutic paradigm are presented. This paradigm is related to the dynamics of power that underlie teachers ’ discourse about the asymmetric intersubjective relationship which appears between headmasters and teachers of high schools from the Araucania region at the South of Chile. The participants were 14 headmasters and 48 teachers. Data collection was made using focus groups with headmasters and in- depth interviews with teachers. Data reduction was made though the coding process, open and axial, using the Atlas Ti 6.2 software. Findings show the existence of an intersubjective relationship which evidence exercising the power and control from the headmasters towards teachers. Furthermore, there is violence in the mechanisms that are articulated from the administrative organization. Participants recognized the systematic discursive practices of symbolic violence, which damage their professional quality, in the action of headmasters of high schools.

Hegemonía del interés técnico en las percepciones del currículum escolar en contextos vulnerables en Chile

El objetivo de la investigación fue develar descriptivamente la percepción que tienen los directivos respecto de las funciones que cumple el currículum y su implicancia en la gestión pedagógica en establecimientos educativos situados en contextos vulnerables de la Araucanía. Para ello se empleó un enfoque metodológico cualitativo al amparo del paradigma hermenéutico interpretativo con un diseño fundado en el estudio colectivo de casos interpretativo. La recogida de información se realizó por medio de la entrevista en profundidad para posteriormente proceder a una descripción densa. Los participantes del estudio fueron trece directores que conformaban parte de establecimientos educativos municipales y particulares subvencionados. Se evidencia en el estudio, un discurso ambivalente en los directivos sobre la función del currículum, lo que da cuenta de una consciencia saturada, en conflicto y violentada simbólicamente, producto del discurso ideológico históricamente instaurado en una profesión que ha sido pauperizada y burocratizada. Asimismo, se develo la presencia de un currículum hegemónico que se caracteriza por su racionalizad técnica e instrumental.

Uso de las TIC en Arquitectura: experiencia de un programa tecnólogo de la Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia

Analizar los procesos de enseñanza basados en el uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones (TIC) de los docentes del programa Tecnología en Gestión de la Construcción de Proyectos Arquitectónicos y su incidencia en el desempeño académico y prácticas profesionales de los estudiantes en el semestre 2019-2 en la Universidad del Atlántico sede Suán. Estudio de paradigma hermenéutico, enfoque cualitativo y de tipo descriptivo y documental. Se trabajó con docentes, estudiantes y egresados del programa Tecnología en Gestión de la Construcción de Proyectos Arquitectónicos, como también evaluadores de prácticas profesionales por medio de entrevista semiestructurada. El testimonio de los participantes dio cuenta de falencias en materia del uso de las TIC en el proceso de enseñanza/aprendizaje, que han incidido en el desempeño académico y en sus prácticas profesionales negativamente. Las dificultades en materia de uso de tic se asocian a la falta de acceso a dichos insumos tecnológicos, el manejo básico de herramientas de ofimática y softwares de uso común en el desarrollo de su carrera tecnóloga y en la vida laboral. Es preciso pensar que, para los modelos de enseñanza/aprendizaje, el uso de las TIC se hace necesario en aras de estimular el desarrollo cognitivo, fortaleciendo los procesos de formación e incidiendo asertivamente en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes.