Sustained Dialogue Research Articles

Managing the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Aceh: Strategies for Conflict Management

This study examines Aceh's challenges in managing Rohingya refugees and proposes conflict management strategies. Using a qualitative approach, it identifies issues in implementing Presidential Regulation 125/2016 and potential conflicts with local communities. A three-phase conflict management framework is proposed: prevention, cessation, and post-conflict recovery. Prevention strategies include developing institutional mechanisms, early warning systems, and community capacity building. Conflict cessation focuses on establishing specialized task forces and strengthening security systems. Post-conflict recovery emphasizes inclusive economic initiatives, sustained dialogue forums, integrated data management, comprehensive relocation studies, and psychosocial support. The research highlights the importance of collaborative efforts involving government agencies, international organizations, and local communities in addressing the complex challenges of refugee management

The Jawi Wetan Christian Church in the Muslim community: SDGs perspective

This article examines the existence of the Jawi Wetan Mojokerto Christian Church in the Muslim community, not only the existence of its buildings and community, but its interaction and collaboration with the Muslim community in social activities which generally focus on the areas that are the main objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals. The religious life that is built is not just about tolerance, but spaces for harmony in social and humanitarian aspects have been created. Through qualitative research with descriptive presentation, case study analysis was used to reveal the social, economic and environmental impacts of this collaboration. The research object is GKJW Mojokerto, located in Sentanan Village, Kranggan District, Mojokerto City, which is less than 20 meters from the AL Muaishym Mosque. The four research sources are Koster GKJW Mojokerto, Chairman of the Mosque Takmir, a historian, former Bible teacher at GKJW Mojokerto, and the Sentantan Neighborhood RT Management. The concept and perspective of Sustainable Development Goals is the author's main focus in conducting the analysis. These findings lead to the conclusion that interfaith cooperation between Christians and Muslims is important in achieving the SDGs in Indonesia. Effective dialogue and collaboration in responding to crucial issues such as the environment, human rights and economic development. It is important to strengthen interfaith dialogue and cooperation efforts and establish sustainable dialogue forums to support the achievement of SDGs targets.

Brevity is the Soul of Fic Microfiction, Microfic, and Shakespearean Abridgement in Online Fan Fiction

Through a focus on Shakespeare fan fiction, this article discusses ‘microfic’ – short-form fan fiction – as a unique genre of microfiction. Sometimes consisting of fewer than ten words, microfiction relies on clever twists or epiphanies rather than character or plot development for its effect. Although microfic is equally brief and compact, as a genre of fan fiction, it is always engaged in a sustained dialogue with a fan object such as Shakespeare that serves to import whole plots, characters, and metatextual debates into the text with the mention of a name or place. As such, the brevity of microfic is illusory, as it continually draws on – and contributes to – the fan object and its archive. Unlike microfiction in general, micofic is never self-contained. Through an analysis of numerous Shakespeare microfics available in the Archive of Our Own fan fiction database, this article indicates the extent to which their silences are seldom silent.

Management and maintenance of oral health: Personalized primary prevention strategies and protocols in patients at risk of developing medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw

Skeletal complications arising from osteoporosis or bone metastases are associated with considerable pain, increased mortality, and diminished quality of life. Agents that prevent bone resorption, such as bisphosphonates, denosumab, and antiangiogenic agents, prove effective in reducing fracture risk and find extensive use in patients with osteoporosis or bone cancer metastases. Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a potentially serious adverse event associated with high cumulative doses of antiresorptive drugs. Other risk factors for osteonecrosis of the jaw include glucocorticoid use, maxillary or mandibular bone surgery, poor oral hygiene, chronic inflammation, diabetes mellitus, inappropriate dentures, and other MRONJ-related medications. Preventive strategies encompass completing necessary oral surgery before initiating antiresorptive drug therapy, administering antibiotics before and/or after the procedure, rinsing the mouth with chlorhexidine, ensuring adequate wound healing post-tooth extraction, and maintaining good oral hygiene. The primary goal of treatment is to improve the patient’s quality of life by managing pain and infection, preventing the development of new lesions, and decelerating disease progression. Dentists and dental hygienists, operating within a multi-professional team, play a key role in the primary prevention of MRONJ. However, a standardized multidisciplinary approach, fostering sustained dialog between specialists involved in the management of patients at risk for MRONJ, remains essential. This review describes the preventive and individualized oral hygiene management in patients at risk for this condition.

Sustainability dialogues in Brazil: implications for boundary-spanning science and education

Sustainability dialogues in Brazil: implications for boundary-spanning science and education

PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT IN WAR AND PEACE APPROACH

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a conflict that has been going on for decades and has not been resolved even though it has involved many countries to encourage the implementation of the peace process. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is multifaceted, with various internal and external factors influencing the course of the conflict. In this paper the author tries to examine what approaches have been used in resolving the conflict, the method used by the author in compiling this paper is a qualitative descriptive approach based on literature studies or library research. In this paper the author finds that various initiatives and peace negotiations have been attempted to end the conflict between Palestine and Israel, ranging from the Reconciliation approach, the approach to the formation of two states to the proposal of confederation have also been carried out, but this has not found enlightenment in its settlement thus making it difficult for leaders to find common ground. Internationally, regional power dynamics, national interests, and external interventions are increasingly complicating the path to peace and to date the two-state solution remains the most widely supported option, the greatest challenge of which lies in addressing core issues and reconciling competing national aspirations. Achieving peace and stability in the region requires sustained dialogue, compromise, and commitment from all stakeholders involved.

Discourses on War and Peace in a Professional Ethics Classroom

Empty seats, uninterested faces and distracted student behaviour are general characteristics of the classroom where humanities subjects are taught to students of science and technology. In this article, I discuss my experience of teaching a course, Professional Ethics, that is generally discarded by the students as ‘an additional burden’ made mandatory by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for securing a bachelor of technology degree from Indian institutes of higher education. The teaching note documents the initial attitude of students towards the course content, the process of their transformation into imbibing the essence of the course, and finally the outcomes of the adapted teaching method. Socratic questioning on memes and news reports was used to sensitise the students towards the ethics of war and weapon development. In other words, the teaching process was a discourse of peace building by engaging students in sustainability dialogues.

Registered Muslim Religious Organizations and Educational Institutions in Kyrgyzstan

This article presents an analysis of the Concept of State Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic in the religious sphere for 2021-2026, revealing the role of religion in the development of the country. The new Concept defines the principles and mechanisms of interaction between state bodies, local governments, religious associations and communities, as well as other institutions of civil society. To ensure social partnership of religious organizations in the implementation of state policy based on the Concept, mechanisms of dialogue and interaction are being introduced. They are based on the formation of sustainable dialogue platforms with the participation of all interested parties on the issue of religious policy.

Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) between India and Pakistan

Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) play a crucial role in promoting stability and trust between India and Pakistan. This article, therefore, examines the different domains of CBMs, including political, military, economic, people-to-people, and nuclear, and highlights their significance in reducing tensions and fostering cooperation. Various examples of CBMs, such as hotlines between military authorities, cultural exchanges, economic cooperation, and religious pilgrimages, are explored to showcase their positive impact on communication and understanding. The paper also discusses the prospects and recommendations for CBMs, emphasizing sustained dialogue, economic cooperation, strengthened military CBMs, and exploring non-traditional security dimensions. By prioritizing CBMs, India and Pakistan can create a more stable and peaceful environment, paving the way for conflict resolution and long-term peace in the region. It is important to note that the study is completely based on secondary data; no primary research or data collection was conducted for this specific study.

Citizenship: the role of the performing arts in Uganda

Uganda as a country contends with aspects of religious, gender, age, class, cultural, and racial variances, and if these issues are not addressed, they will continue to affect the cohesion of our society and the development of a common identity. The performing arts are a crucial conduit for empowering the youth with knowledge, skills, and understanding that every learner requires to comply as active and responsible citizens. Citizenship at this level will not only require a perception and subsequent application of skills achieved but also a commitment and purpose, ensuring sustainable dialogue and a critical probing of the consequences with the community and the need for citizens to work together with fellow citizens to develop their community. The performing arts are central in bridging this gap as they indeed provoke the mind with their precision and obscurity to foster good citizenship through collaboration and teamwork necessary for artistic projects and mission at institutions of learning and especially in the communities. This paper discusses how the integrated performing arts as an expression of culture foster the act of citizenship amongst the various categories of people within the community. It discusses two Community-based performing arts establishments including Ndere Foundation and Watoto Child Care Ministries as interventions in fostering citizenship.

Innovative domestic financing mechanisms for health in Africa: An evidence review.

This article synthesizes the evidence on what have been called innovative domestic financing mechanisms for health (i.e. any domestic revenue-raising mechanism allowing governments to diversify away from traditional approaches such as general taxation, value-added tax, user fees or any type of health insurance) aimed at increasing fiscal space for health in African countries. The article seeks to answer the following questions: What types of domestic innovative financial mechanisms have been used to finance health care across Africa? How much additional revenue have these innovative financing mechanisms raised? Has the revenue raised through these mechanisms been, or was it meant to be, earmarked for health? What is known about the policy process associated with their design and implementation? A systematic review of the published and grey literature was conducted. The review focused on identifying articles providing quantitative information about the additional financial resources generated through innovative domestic financing mechanisms for health care in Africa, and/or qualitative information about the policy process associated with the design or effective implementation of these financing mechanisms. The search led to an initial list of 4035 articles. Ultimately, 15 studies were selected for narrative analysis. A wide range of study methods were identified, from literature reviews to qualitative and quantitative analysis and case studies. The financing mechanisms implemented or planned for were varied, the most common being taxes on mobile phones, alcohol and money transfers. Few articles documented the revenue that could be raised through these mechanisms. For those that did, the revenue projected to be raised was relatively low, ranging from 0.01% of GDP for alcohol tax alone to 0.49% of GDP if multiple levies were applied. In any case, virtually none of the mechanisms have apparently been implemented. The articles revealed that, prior to implementation, the political acceptability, the readiness of institutions to adapt to the proposed reform and the potential distortionary impact these reforms may have on the targeted industry all require careful consideration. From a design perspective, the fundamental question of earmarking proved complex both politically and administratively, with very few mechanisms actually earmarked, thus questioning whether they could effectively fill part of the health-financing gap. Finally, ensuring that these mechanisms supported the underlying equity objectives of universal health coverage was recognized as important. Additional research is needed to understand better the potential of innovative domestic revenue generating mechanisms to fill the financing gap for health in Africa and diversify away from more traditional financing approaches. Whilst their revenue potential in absolute terms seems limited, they could represent an avenue for broader tax reforms in support of health. This will require sustained dialogue between Ministries of Health and Ministries of Finance.

Relational Design

Participatory design occurs when professional designers do design work with the community members who will use the design. Traditional (colonial) participatory design leaves the choice of methodology in the hands of the professional designer, the leader or facilitator, who often chooses extractivist methods and methodologies, contradicting the very relationality, equity, and participation intended through participatory design. Using such methods in participatory design creates situations in which participating community members conduct extractivist, transactional methods against their own communities. In contrast, Radical Participatory Design decolonizes participatory processes as communities not only equally participate, but also equitably lead the design process, naturally leading to asset-based methodologies. Though Radical Participatory Design is a type of relational design because the design process is done relationally elevating relational knowledge and expertise, we go further to describe an explicit Relational Design. What would a design process look like if we not only conduct it participatorily, but also replace extractivist, transactional activities with relational ones? Because design involves the production and solicitation of knowledge, we rearticulate knowledge as the presence of healthy relationships. With that understanding we describe Relational Design. We discuss the connection between systems and relationships and why Relational Design is important for positive systems change and impact. We then describe one possible and specific relational methodology that we have used in the space of educational systems: the sustained dialogue framework. Using this framework, we discuss how each phase of a generic design process changes when using a relational methodology like sustained dialogue. As the health of relationships in a system increases, the need or usefulness of positivist methods based on third-person knowing decreases.

Social partnerships between public authorities and religious organizations

This article provides an analysis of the Concept of the State Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic in the religious sphere for 2021–2026, reveals the role of religion in the development of the country, and raises the problems of the implementation of the Decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic. The new Concept defines the principles and mechanisms of interaction among state bodies, local self-government bodies, religious associations and communities, as well as other institutions of civil society. To ensure the social partnership of religious organizations in the implementation of state policy, mechanisms of dialogue and interaction are being introduced on the basis of the Concept. They are based on the formation of sustainable dialogue platforms with the participation of all parties interested in this matter.

Marcel Proust: portrait d'un jeune écrivain en philosophe by Claudio Rozzoni

Reviewed by: Marcel Proust: portrait d'un jeune écrivain en philosophe by Claudio Rozzoni Jennifer Rushworth Marcel Proust: portrait d'un jeune écrivain en philosophe. By Claudio Rozzoni. Paris: Classiques Garnier. 2016. 251 pp. €31. ISBN 978–2–8124–4720–4. This book is an interesting account of the early philosophical formation of Marcel Proust. Claudio Rozzoni's study is organized chronologically, from Proust's childhood up until early adulthood. It deliberately stops short of Proust's work on John Ruskin, but makes frequent reference to A la recherche du temps perdu since its interest lies in the development and prefiguration of Proust's philosophical ideas. The first part consists of a short section on Proust's parents and a much longer section on his school education. Rozzoni comments especially on Proust's father's career as having inspired Proust's use of medical metaphors and terminology and on his mother as having provided exposure to literature and languages as well as to habits of humour and letter-writing. Rozzoni emphasizes the importance for Proust of his philosophy teacher Alphonse Darlu, unearthing new materials while also drawing explicitly on the earlier studies of André Ferré, Les Années de collège de Marcel Proust (Paris: Gallimard, 1959), and Henri Bonnet, Alphonse Darlu (1894–1921): le maître de philosophie de Marcel Proust (Paris: Nizet, 1961). Rozzoni's analysis dwells especially on Darlu's contribution to journals such as the Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale founded in 1893 by lycée friends of Proust, while acknowledging both the paucity of written evidence of Darlu's thinking and Proust's eventual 'renversement' (a term that recurs, but see e.g. p. 205) of Darlu's views on truth and morality. The second part takes us into Proust's post-school years, initially with a focus on his 'année sabbatique' (p. 148) in military training, his entry into society and first writings about society, and his interactions with his cousin by marriage Henri Bergson. Continuing with the focus on Proust's education, Rozzoni also considers his university studies, first in law and then in literature and philosophy, the latter including formative lessons in aesthetics from Gabriel Séailles. It is a shame that we do not have access to material from Proust's university years comparable to his school essays and notes, on which Rozzoni earlier draws so fruitfully. Proust's obtaining of the 'licence en lettres et philosophie' on 27 March 1895 is the book's purported endpoint. That said, as noted, Rozzoni makes frequent connections with Proust's eventual novel, especially with an eye to aspects which can be said (in a typical phrase) to 'anticipe[r] le chef-d'œuvre proustien à venir' (p. 59). The book and its reading of Proust are thus strongly teleological, and the 'jeune écrivain' of the title can at times feel overshadowed by discussion of the later novel. Nonetheless, contemporary theories of memory and of the self, or multiple selves, are interestingly reviewed in this light, especially in the middle section of the second part, on 'Le milieu psychologique' (pp. 163–203). Rozzoni concurs with Luc Fraisse about the eclecticism of Proust's philosophical sources (see especially Fraisse, L'Éclectisme philosophique de Marcel Proust (Paris: PUPS, 2013)), while emphasizing what is idiosyncratic about Proust's theory of memory in particular. Alongside its historical, biographical approach, the book is also characterized by a sustained dialogue with Gilles Deleuze, and while fascinating and meticulously explored, this dialogue can likewise at times feel like a distraction from the book's [End Page 246] avowed focus. At the end of the Prologue Rozzoni explains that 'Une première version de ce texte a paru en italien'—that is, I segni del giovane Proust: per un ritratto filosofico del futuro autore della 'Recherche' (Milan: AlboVersorio, 2009)—and he thanks 'Adeline Thulard et Pietro Allia pour leur traduction du texte en français' (p. 20). It seems important to acknowledge the work of Rozzoni's translators here, too, in bringing this useful and wide-ranging work to new readers. Jennifer Rushworth University College London Copyright © 2023 Modern Humanities Research Association

Guidelines for genetic ancestry inference created through roundtable discussions.

The use of genetic and genomic technology to infer ancestry is commonplace in a variety of contexts, particularly in biomedical research and for direct-to-consumer genetic testing. In 2013 and 2015, two roundtables engaged a diverse group of stakeholders toward the development of guidelines for inferring genetic ancestry in academia and industry. This report shares the stakeholder groups' work and provides an analysis of, commentary on, and views from the groundbreaking and sustained dialogue. We describe the engagement processes and the stakeholder groups' resulting statements and proposed guidelines. The guidelines focus on five key areas: application of genetic ancestry inference, assumptions and confidence/laboratory and statistical methods, terminology and population identifiers, impact on individuals and groups, and communication or translation of genetic ancestry inferences. We delineate the terms and limitations of the guidelines and discuss their critical role in advancing the development and implementation of best practices for inferring genetic ancestry and reporting the results. These efforts should inform both governmental regulation and self-regulation.

From the Editor

It is my great pleasure to introduce this special issue in honor of Gail Kern Paster, who provided field-shaping leadership of Shakespeare Quarterly and its home institution the Folger Shakespeare Library, and whose scholarly work has given us a powerful language and methodology for thinking about the relation between mind, body, and environment in the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. I am grateful to Bruce R. Smith, Evelyn Tribble, Paul Yachnin, and Julian Yates for accepting my invitation to contribute to this issue and for producing a set of vivid, imaginative essays that demonstrate the range and depth of Gail’s influence. Most broadly, the aim of Gail’s work is (as she puts it near the beginning of Humoring the Body) “to look for traces of a historical phenomenology in the language of affect in early modern drama in order that readers of that drama and other texts of the period may begin to recover some of the historical particularity of early modern emotional self-experience.”1 It is a testament to the success of this project that, in reading a sentence like the one I have just quoted, we now barely register its staggering ambition. Gail’s scholarship has made the excavation of affect in a distant historical moment—the recovery of “lived practices of early modern cosmology” (20) and the assessment of Shakespeare’s “idiosyncratic understanding of contemporary psychophysiology” in relation to the “intellectual framework of his cultural moment” (23)—not only a locally productive form of cultural archaeology, but a pervasive, vital methodology for the interpretation of early modern literature in relation to our own historical moment and our own sense of ourselves. As Gail would be the first to point out, her scholarship has not accomplished this feat on its own; rather, it has flourished in sustained dialogue with a vast array of historians and theorists of the emotions, the body, and the theater who have inspired her and been inspired by her. At once skeptical and receptive in its approach to the texts it encounters, Gail’s work is consistently generative to those who encounter it. The dialogic quality of her scholarship, and its continuing ability to push early modern studies in new directions, is everywhere on display in this issue’s four essays: from Bruce Smith’s listening for the sound of early modern “complexion,” to Lyn Tribble’s description of the atmospherics of magic circles, to Paul Yachnin’s anatomy of bodily shame in the Sonnets, to Julian Yates’s discussion of the intersection between affect and apocalypse in King Lear and some of its distant descendants.

Can a disability studies-medical sociology rapprochement help re-value the work disabled people do within their rehabilitation?

This paper draws attention to the health-related work that disabled people do when engaging with rehabilitation services. Medical sociology has a rich history of looking at the 'illness work' that patients do, while disability studies scholars have explored the cultural value placed upon paid work and the effects on social status of being unable to work. Yet, a longstanding froideur between these two disciplines, which have fundamentally opposed ontologies of illness and disability, means that neither discipline has attended closely to the rehabilitation-related work that disabled people do. The concept of 'adjusting' to illness highlights seemingly irreconcilable disciplinary differences. Yet this article argues that the notion of 'adjustment work' can elucidate the socio-political character of the work disabled people do in their rehabilitation, which could create a more substantial and sustainable dialogue on this subject between disability studies and medical sociology. To make this case, we discuss interview data from the Rights-based Rehabilitation project, which sought to explore disabled people's lived experiences of rehabilitation.

Cultural Relations Among States: is a Legal Adaptation Required?

Cultural rights are an integral part of human rights. According to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (art. 15), the latter include the right to take part in cultural life, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to benefit from the results of any scientific, literary or artistic production. In order to promote the cultural dimension of human rights, cultural relations among States represent an important tool since they foster initiatives in different sectors (i.e., cinema, literature, music, design, fashion), thereby giving people a better chance to enjoy and develop cultural rights. This essay will highlight the importance of properly defining and regulating cultural relations among States through an adaptation of international law, which currently lacks any provision on the issue. Although some international instruments mention cultural relations, they never provide a comprehensive legal framework for their development: The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961) merely acknowledges the existence of “cultural relations”; while the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005) aims to encourage dialogue among cultures (art. 1), but never refers to cultural relations. In order to fill this legal gap, this article will first examine some international tools connected with cultural relations. Secondly, it will consider the possibility to adopt a new Convention or act of soft law to define their core principles and values. The overarching argument will hold that an adaptation of international law would help guarantee that the overall outcomes of cultural relations are greater connectivity, better mutual understanding, and enhanced sustainable dialogue between states, people and non-state actors, thereby significantly promoting a human rights-based approach to culture.

Investigation into the processes used in the production of printed health messages in South Africa

Effective communication processes that include and invite audience participation are crucial forquality health care in a country. In South Africa the importance of this has been an issue ofconsiderable discussion and debate. Critics have pointed out that many of the printed healthmessages and health communication campaigns that use the printed medium in South Africa areineffective. To a great extent this failure is ascribed to the lack of audience involvement in thedevelopment and production of such messages.This article reports on an investigation undertaken to examine the extent of this problem. Theprocesses used to develop and produce printed mass media health communication messages inSouth Africa are investigated by means of an in-depth exploration of the literature discussing andevaluating the production of health messages. This is complemented by an empirical explorationof selected printed messages covering a wide range of issues.Little evidence was found in the study of the reciprocal nature of communication where producersand communicators of health messages engage in sustained dialogue with their target audiences.The conclusion is drawn that audience participation is not the norm in the production processesof printed mass media health messages in South Africa.

The use of critical theory in social work international study program: instilling racial and epistemic justice

ABSTRACT This paper presents an example of transformative learning afforded to social work students participating in an international study program between United States and Germany focusing on Genocide and the Holocaust. Using epistemic justice as a frame, it foregrounds the experience of a Black female social work student who was the target of microaggressions while abroad and highlights the critical theories, such as critical consciousness, critical realism, and intersectionality, used to help students reflect on and make meaning of their experiences. Through self-reflection and sustained dialogue, the experience offers examples of how students were engaged in a learning process that enabled them to become critically aware of the various individual and social forces that impact the lived experience of others. It also demonstrates how examining past issues of social injustice and oppression can be central to transformational learning about agency and advocacy in the modern day.