Variety Of Worldviews Research Articles

Young voices and visions for tropical restoration science in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Young voices and visions for tropical restoration science in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Советская идентичность в социокультурном пространстве Винницкой области сквозь призму культурного ландшафта (по результатам полевых исследований)

The aim of the article is to analyze the markers and determinants of the construction of Soviet identity in the socio-cultural space of Vinnytsia through the prism of the cultural landscape based on field materials collected during expeditions by students of the Faculty of History, Law and Public Administration (now – the Faculty of History) and educators of the Department of History and Culture of Ukraine (now – the Department of Culture, Methods of Teaching History and Special Historical Disciplines) of Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University in 2020. The research methodology is based on a combination of general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, generalization) with the principles of historicism, systematics, science and verification. It is carried out in an interdisciplinary dimension – through the “cultural landscape” (in the context of anthropology of the space) as well as memory discourses, methodology of visual anthropology, theoretical and methodological approaches to the construction and interaction of identities. The scientific novelty of the research is to implement new field material into the scientific discourse according to the determinants of the manifestation of Soviet identity in the socio-cultural space of Vinnytsia region, which are traced through the prism of the cultural landscape. This was made possible by a systematic analysis of the objects of material culture (toponymy, symbolism, architecture, memorial sites, etc.) with a variety of worldviews and behavioral practices. Conclusions. The prospects of the research are both in the context of scientific studies and the sociopolitical and public life of Vinnytsia region. This is аbout the impossibility of further formation of a positive image of the Soviet past, which against the background of “dual identity” seriously hampers the processes of regional and national-cultural self-presentation. The mechanisms of constructing the Soviet identity as a component of the sociocultural identity of Vinnytsia residents are outlined through the prism of decentralization reform, emphasizing the expression of the region’s identity by rethinking the cultural landscape in the post-Soviet space.

A qualitative approach to bridging and bonding social capital: Experiences of a cohort of Chilean older people

With particular focus on availability of family care, research on relationships in later life have often emphasized dynamics inside homes and connections with direct family members. However, a growing number of scholars recognize changes in family practices and the prominence of different types of non-kin ties that are as important as family to older people. Connidis has proposed a sociological approach to capture the realities of personal relationship in later life. Informed by Connidis’ approach, we apply qualitative lenses to study social capital in analyzing 40 semi-structured interviews conducted with Chilean people aged 60–74 years. We used a thematic analysis to examine the circumstances under which older people mobilize help through different types of kin and non-kin ties as bonding or bridging social capital. Though literature on social capital describes friends and family members as bonding ties, our findings indicate that they play a double role as bonding and bridging social capital in their own unique way, depending on circumstances. Friends, in comparison to family ties, bridge the older person with a variety of worldviews and lifestyles, helping them to advance their wellbeing in the face of life transitions and challenges experienced with aging. Study participants associated seeking help from others with notions of material and physical dependency, laziness, and a commitment to return help. The preference to seek different types of support from a variety of relationships can be interpreted as a way to manage ambivalence within a larger socio-cultural context.

Types of philosophical reception of Dostoevsky in Bulgaria from the first half of the 20th century

The article is devoted to the philosophical interpretations of Dostoevsky's work in Bulgaria in the first half of the twentieth century. Dostoevsky's initial presence in Bulgaria was investigated as well the response of the Bulgarian intelligentsia to his ideas compared to those of Tolstoy. The beneficial influence on the image of the writer as a thinker, philosopher, exerted by the Russian emigration in Bulgaria since the beginning of the 1920s is noted. Particular emphasis is placed on the work of Petr Bitsill, one of the best experts in the field of Dostoevsky studies. The types of interpretations of Dostoevsky as a philosopher are distinguished as follows: Dostoevsky as a Nietzschean. Dostoevsky and Nietzsche (opposition and identification) – bearing in mind the strong influence of Nietzsche in Bulgaria since the beginning of the twentieth century; Dostoevsky as one of the founders of Russian religious philosophy – considering the penetration of the Silver Age ideas in Bulgaria; Dostoevsky and psychoanalysis; Dostoevsky as a religious philosopher and innovator. The author concludes that the study of the peculiarities of the reception of Dostoevsky’s work in Bulgarian culture of the first half of the twentieth century reveals not only the variety of world views but also the specifics of the national spiritual tradition.

Концепт «Либерализм» в осмыслении современного российского социума

Purpose - to describe the structure and reveal the content of the concept of “Liberalism” in the modern Russian society. Methodology and Approach. The study is performed using linguistic, linguoculturological and cognitive analysis of lexemes denoting liberalism and its modern manifestations. Results. The concept “liberalism” realized in mass media communication is analysed. Methods of selecting adequate and necessary material for linguistic analysis are tested; structuring of a concept based on the common theme of discourses is proposed. As a result, a complex, multi-dimensional structure of the discussed concept is determined, which is characterized by polycentricity, confrontationality, content volume, evaluation, and expressiveness. Theoretical / Practical implication. Due to the targeted analysis of the discussion contexts of the concept and its assessments in the media, a variety of worldviews, behavioral models, ideological preferences, and moral principles forming the attitude of various society groups to liberalism is described. A new view on this sphere of social images and the scope of the modern concept “Liberalism” is identified.

Dealing with worldviews in religious education

ABSTRACTThe primary goal of religious education (RE) in Germany is to enable students to develop a personal worldview. According to the literature, this goal can best be achieved when RE a) presents material from various worldviews and b) relates this material to the student’s daily life. Denominational RE, which is the organisational format of this subject in Germany, may fail to meet these requirements because it may tend to focus on the organised worldview of the relevant religious tradition as the preferred worldview for adoption by students. Motivated by the lack of relevant empirical studies, this paper offers initial insight into the issue by answering the question of how German denominational RE organises its themes. On the basis of a German case study, it maps the topical structure of teaching units (N = 15, comprising 116 lessons) by thematic analysis. The results indicate that RE in the German denominational context predominantly addresses its own denominational issues. Alternative perspectives of the unit’s topic, the students’ personal perceptions, and references to the students’ lifeworld are primarily used to better facilitate the students’ comprehension of these denominational issues. Only two units present a variety of worldviews as real alternatives to denominational perspectives.

The Post-Development Dictionary agenda: paths to the pluriverse

This article lays out both a critique of the oxymoron ‘sustainable development’, and the potential and nuances of a Post-Development agenda. We present ecological swaraj from India and Degrowth from Europe as two examples of alternatives to development. This gives a hint of the forthcoming book, provisionally titled The Post-Development Dictionary, that is meant to deepen and widen a research, dialogue and action agenda for activists, policymakers and scholars on a variety of worldviews and practices relating to our collective search for an ecologically wise and socially just world. This volume could be one base in the search for alternatives to United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in an attempt to truly transform the world. In fact, it is an agenda towards the pluriverse: ‘a world where many worlds fit’, as the Zapatista say.

A brave new world: considering the pedagogic potential of Virtual World Field Trips (VWFTs) in initial teacher education

Abstract In its broadest and historical sense, place-based education refers to education that occurs outside of the physical boundaries of a school building (Dewey 1910; Sobel 1996; Theobald 1997; Woodhouse and Knapp 2000). Place-based education, colloquially referred to as the ‘field trip’, is predominantly considered a pedagogic tool of the sciences. It involves a physical movement from the school-based location to a place of interest, for example, a geography field trip to an ecological landscape or science visit to a local museum. This paper considers the use of virtual world field trips (VWFTs) within the context of a pre-service Teacher Education programme. The paper presents data from one undergraduate module offered on a programme of initial teacher education. The paper identifies three significant elements of virtual world field trips: place, people and content. First, the virtual world can provide access to places not possible in the offline context as a result of geographic, economic or religious factors. Second, exposure to and dialogue with a variety of world views can challenge students’ assumptions, facilitate reflection and provide an opportunity for oneto-one teaching encounters. Third, from a teacher educator perspective, engagement in virtual world field trips can provide a space for teachers to model teaching methodologies and model creative learning techniques, thus providing student teachers with an insight into different approaches to teaching.

Cultural Worldviews and Contentious Politics:

Abstract Discussions about whether citizens can learn and use the information necessary to contribute to democratic governance often focus on debates about heuristics. We argue that the debate over whether heuristics should be used misframes a central issue—the consideration of what forms of decision-making are most likely to operate in different kinds of communication environments. This article examines how people make decisions in contentious political climates, which are characterized by high-information volume, relatively strong partisan commitment, and an affective divide between the opposing camps. Our contribution takes account of the possibility that in contentious environments, political communication offers neither reasoned deliberation nor cues, but rather solidarity signals that engage people's cultural worldviews. We also posit that the use of cultural worldviews for liberals and conservatives is asymmetrical—raising important questions about democracy in a society in which a variety of worldviews have different weights for various individuals and publics. To test our perspective, we analyze public opinion data collected during the time surrounding the recall election of Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin.

Indonesian Identities Abroad: International Engagement of Colonial Students in the Netherlands, 1908-1931

This article describes the forging of networks and the articulation of solidarities by Indonesians in the Netherlands with various other colonial organisations and movements in European countries in the 1910s and 1920s. Living in the centre of the Dutch empire multiple factions of Indonesians, each in their own words and actions, interacted with the world beyond the confines of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Foreign news reports in Dutch-Indonesian journals and concrete journeys of Indonesians abroad will be examined to describe the variety of worldviews within the Indonesian migrant community. The article also demonstrates that the Indonesians in the Netherlands serve as a telling example in the Dutch imperial context of Alan Lester’s remark that ‘colonised subjects themselves could and did forge new, anti-colonial networks of resistance, which similarly spanned imperial space’ (Alan Lester, ‘Imperial Circuits and Networks: Geographies of the British Empire’, History Compass 4:1 (2006) 134). This article is part of the special issue 'A New Dutch Imperial History'.

Combining Vision with Evidence for Child Health and Well-Being Indicators in British Columbia

How does a society know if the health and well-being of children and youth are improving, staying the same or getting worse? If one was to choose a manageable set of indicators to follow over a 20-year period, what would it look like? Since we know that what gets measured focuses attention, programming and funding, the question is this: what measures, covering which aspects of the lives of children and youth, should be selected from a population perspective? Given the variety of world views that exist among the many child and youth service providers, as well as the multiple definitions of health and well-being, this question is particularly difficult to answer. This is what the provincial health officer (PHO) of British Columbia is facing with an upcoming report that will look at the health and well-being of children and youth in the province. To answer these questions the Office of the PHO has partnered with the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) to identify a set of indicators to define and track child health and well-being in British Columbia. The process of identifying this suite of indicators is committed to transparency, evidence and collaboration.

Moral Judgements and Moral Realism in History

The issue of whether historians should make moral judgements is always controversial. In recent years, there has been a division between those who argue that the primary aim of historians should be to understand the past and that moral judgements should be avoided, and those who maintain that moral judgements are still in a certain sense appropriate. The overall thrust of this article is to argue that these two tendencies in reality coincide: understanding and judgement cannot be abstractly separated. The article also explores the related, but further point that many historians are moral realists: they believe that certain moral facts are natural facts independently of whether people believe them to be true or not. This moral realism is rooted in a variety of world-views, religious and secular. With particular reference to Nazism and Stalinism, and to such figures as Adolf Eichmann, Albert Speer, Nikolai Bukharin and Richard Nixon, this article argues that there is a widespread assumption among historians that the moral state of societies and individuals is a legitimate aspect of historical enquiry. Herbert Butterfield and Hannah Arendt are amongst the many scholars whose work is discussed. The article concludes by saying that history is in a certain sense a moral discipline in that it requires of historians a high level of self-knowledge and self-discipline, if they are to write good history.