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Asbads (Persian windmills) present a multifaceted view of using heritage science. These mills are no longer in use due to advances in technology and the advent of new grinding systems. Windmills show perfect harmony between vernacular architecture and mechanical system. This paper aims to review and analyze the mechanism of one of these windmills in Iran and illustrate how these historical buildings can bridge the gaps between these two science branches for better understanding of cultural heritage. To that purpose, a precise 3D modelling of mechanical components and architectural elements is provided based on architectural survey, photographs and sketches. This study addresses how vernacular architecture, with the specific flexibility, can be considered as one of the most useful tools for human beings. Thus, one of the Iranian windmills in Nehbandan was selected through field studies to be modelled. In this construction, local materials such as wood, adobe and stone are used. Findings reveal that windmills and their architectural flexibility are consistent with mechanical components and address environmental needs.

Mansoura city which is located at Northeast of Cairo is considered one of the Egyptian cities that has urban heritage sites and heritage assets that resulted from different periods from the date of the city’s construction in 1219 until the mid of 20th century, as well as, the fusion of the cultures of the Egyptian and the foreign communities who had been accommodated the city when it was an intermediary center for the trade of agricultural crops in the Delta region. The unique urban heritage fabric of the city center of Mansoura has the features of the both of European architectural styles and traditional Egyptian architectural styles. Until September 2019, Mansoura city has 142 listed heritage buildings that have been listed by the ministry of culture and three monuments listed by the ministry of antiquities. The city also has urban heritage sites such as El-Sekka ElGedida, El-Hossinyia, El-Abbassi and El-Mokhatalat districts. Recently, the urban fabric of these urban heritage sites has been threatened by building new constructions in these sites, that their facades have architectural designs don’t compatible with the heritage character of the heritage site or the adjacent heritage buildings. This distorts the character of the heritage areas as a whole, cuts off their homogeneity, distorts their distinctive features, and losses their values. The inventory Committee of Ad-dakahlyia governorate has recommended to list two heritage areas in Mansoura city as heritage sites (one of them is El-Mokhtalat district that is the case study of the research), the recommendations of the committee have included developing design guidelines for the new constructions within these areas after the approval of listing these sites. The research highlights on the problem of designing the facades of the new constructions in the heritage sites in Egypt, the research adopted El-Mokhtalt district in Mansoura as a case study and a model for the heritage sites in Egypt. The unique values of these sites require an appreciation and understanding of the structure of the urban heritage fabric, good management, and practice in designing the facades of the new constructions by set design guidelines for them, that ensure preservation of the homogeneous of the character of the heritage site and the protection of the unique spirit of the site from any unplanned interventions that may threaten it or cause visual disharmony of it or causing to loss its values ​​and features. The research aims to preserve the heritage character of the heritage sites and its visual harmony by reviving the elements of the heritage architectural styles in the facades of new buildings by developing heritage design guidelines that can be used for new constructions. The research highlights on the basic rules of the new constructions within the heritage districts, then, the research conducted a comparative study of the approved design guidelines for three heritage sites (Khedive Cairo district, Alexandria city, Port Fuad city) of total eight heritage sites that have been set recently for the first time in Egypt by the national organization for urban harmony (NOUH) which has been affiliated to the Ministry of culture. The research selects these three sites because they are located in different sized cities, they are similar in being waterfronts “river Nile for khedive Cairo, Mediterranean Sea for Alexandria, Suez Canal for Port Fuad”, and most of their heritage buildings belonging to European architectural styles which also are characterized the heritage buildings of El-Mokhtalat district in Mansoura that is also a waterfront overlooking the river Nile. The outputs of the comparative study has applied to the case study (El-Mokhatalt district) after analyzing the design and architectural elements of the facades of its heritage buildings to set design guidelines of new constructions within the district such as ( buildings’ heights, buildings’ ratio, setbacks, facade architectural styles, the shape of openings, corbels, handrails, building’s roof, columns, the pediment of facades, and ornaments) to preserve the heritage character and achieve visual harmony of the heritage district

Islam as a divine religion in addition to teaching its followers to be obedient and obedient to its teachings but also teaches moderation towards other religions. In addition to moderation in matters of worship, it is also moderate in social life. Religious moderation is an interesting study because it is an integral core of Islamic teachings, Islam does not allow its people to carry out religious coercion. In a verse it is stated "To you is your religion and to me is my religion. This is a basis for religious moderation in Islam. Islam does not uphold violence and coercion in its teachings but on the contrary that Islam upholds hospitality and harmony in socio-religious relations between its followers and followers of other religions.

Wayame is one of the villages that did not get involved in the social conflict in 1999. This does not mean that Wayame village does not care about other villages because it does not participate in conflicts. However, in Wayame village, it is true that the conflict only brings destruction in the social ties of the community which in turn can have a traumatic impact on the pluralistic Wayame community. Wayame Village, which is not involved in the conflict and looks harmonious - is not as easy as one might imagine. The existence of a harmonious life process in the midst of diversity in Wayame village has hard efforts made by village governments, religious leaders, and especially people who have a love for Wayame village. Efforts and work to maintain harmony in Wayame village require the involvement of all elements of society, therefore Wayame village formed a TEAM 20 consisting of 10 Christians and 10 Muslims to maintain the stability of the village and the community so as not to get involved in the conflict at that time. In efforts to maintain harmony in the midst of a pluralistic society, it is necessary to understand the religions that exist in society, therefore the theology of religions is necessary to find a common goal as religious human beings in the midst of diversity.

The article describes the origin of mind, its multiversity and complexity, explains multilateral i.e. ontological, gynecological, social, pedagogical and psychological approaches that are necessary’ to understand the essence of mind. Also the article enlightens the harmony of mind with spirit, first of all with the forms of sense, intellect, imagination, thinking as well as physiological and psychoanalysis principles.

Madura has a variety of cultures, traditions and customs not widely known by the younger generation. Culture and traditions believed hereditary and constitute the identity of the nation must be maintained and conversed by the nation's successor. One of them is Rasolan tradition in Sumber Jerangoh hill, Mandala Village, Rubaru District, Sumenep Regency, Madura Island. Until now, this tradition is still being carried out as a form of gratitude to the one God and Islamic brotherhood because this tradition has made harmony in the life of social structure, especially in Mandala Village. The society of Mandala Village remains enthusiastic in carrying out the Rasolan procession amid the influence of modern culture which has begun to change the mindset of the society of Mandala Village towards culture. Cultures and traditions need to be published widely to society in various ways to conserve regional culture. The Rasolan tradition carried out by the society of Mandala Village, Rubaru district, Sumenep Regency, Madura Island is an annual tradition as a legacy from ancestors. The Rasolan tradition carried out on the hill named "Sumber Jerangoh". Sumber Jerangoh hill is the place where Bhuju' (read: predecessor) societies Burneh Village are, namely Bhuju' Senam and Bhuju' Seloman. Until now, this place is a place which is considered sacred and highly respected by local society. Apart from the tradition of Rasolan as legacy from ancestors that must be carried out, the Burneh society also carries out a ceremony or ritual in the form of Rasolan on the hill of Sumber Jerangoh as a means to remember the services their Bhegatoah/ predecessors who have sacrificed a lot for the development of Burneh village. Therefore, it is considered important that society always pray for and carry out rituals in the implementation of the Rasolan tradition as a reward or fringe benefit to their processors.

Purpose of the article is to turn to the analysis of event practices as an effective tool of public relations for the conceptual understanding of its value potential, which is expressed in communication, contacts, in the harmony of man with the world around him. Methodology is based on the application of general scientific and special methods of cognition, including methods of generalization, synthesis, and analytics, which allow studying event practices as an effective means of social communication. Scientific novelty. Currently, there is a lack of scientific analysis of the key role of domestic event practices in the general system of public relations. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the theoretical generalization of the problem and the definition of categorical statements related to the research topic. Conclusions. As a result of the research, the need to form a new Ukrainian culture of self-realization of individuals, which is due to fundamentally new modifications of socio-cultural institutions, among which the latest event practices used in modern public relations. The impact of PR-methods can be both negative and positive. The nature and functional purpose of these methods depends in general on those who manage and own the technology and their practical implementation. As a result, the role of some PR - technologies in society, to a greater extent, is defined by us as the manipulation of the consciousness of citizens, the role of others - as enlightenment. Due to significant civilizational, technical and technological progress, including the development of the media, the transformation of event technologies in the world and Ukraine has accelerated. Event practices shape public opinion in various cultural spheres and promote positive changes in the mass consciousness. The transition of an essential component of the structure of event practices into a virtualized space will be the essence of the culture of the future. With the development of visual technology, events have acquired new functions - they have become an instrument of political and ideological struggle, a weapon of rebellion, a form of shock, which is an effective tool of modern public relations. This trend, accordingly, increases the role of event practices in the cultural process and in general in public life, stimulates the interest of scientists in their further research.

The article reveals the peculiarities of the use of conceptual provisions of music education in the artistic and educational space of the new Ukrainian school; the content of historically formed concepts of music education is revealed; the reformist requirements of the new Ukrainian school for the development of artistic and educational space were revealed. Through sensory, rational and emotional-image influence, the artistic-educational space forms the aesthetic consciousness of students, models the image of the world, attitude to nature, culture and people. In different periods of development of art pedagogy the conceptualization of music education was carried out by figures of Ukrainian and foreign culture E. Jacques-Dalcroze, Z. Zhovchak, D. Kabalevsky, Z. Kodai, K. Orff, O. Rostovsky, O. Rudnytska, V. Shatska, B. Yavorsky and others. In the process of historical and pedagogical development, the problem of music education has undergone certain modifications: from the priority of the idea of music education in addressing the national folklore heritage using relative solmization (according to Z. Koday) and the requirement to connect music education with vital needs and demands. child, the general educational purpose of the formation of vital competencies as personally acquired abilities. The reform called "New Ukrainian School" conceptualizes the ideas of modern art education: focus on the student's personality, creating an artistic and educational environment to provide students with opportunities for self-knowledge, self-development, acquisition of vital competencies, opportunities to learn about the world and communicate with language and music. art. The process of music education in primary school forms the student's ability to perceive, understand and create music, develops a sensual attitude to the world in alternative definitions of harmony, order, rhythm – chaos, beautiful – ugly, tragic – comic; high, valuable – low, low, insignificant; true, truthful – deceptive, false, etc.

The purpose of the article is to reveal the artistic and stylistic features of men's costumes in R. Balayan film "Flights in Dreams and Reality" (Polyoty vo sne i nayavu) as significant for Ukrainian cinema and design of the 1970s-1980s. The proposed research contributes to the history of costume in cinema, considering it as an object of design in the context of the 1970s-1980s fashion, world and domestic cultural paradigm. Methodology. Work on the chosen topic involves the following theoretical methods: an analytical research method for generalization and delineation of issues; comparative analysis to identify the features of men's costume in cinema in the context of domestic and world cultural heritage; the art history method will serve to understand the contribution of the visual series in the film to modern design and culture in general. The scientific novelty of the study is to explain the correlation of men's costume in cinema and the fashion mainstream of the late 1970s - early 1980s on the example of the film "Flights in Dreams and Reality". It should be noted that previously the analysis of R. Balayan's work was primarily directed to find the origins of visual imagery and its semantic content; the place and role of costumes in his films, the socio-cultural context in which they were created were not previously considered in detail. Despite the numerous bibliography of materials devoted to the work of R. Balayan and especially "Flights…" (Может нужно было полное название "Flights in Dreams and Reality") which covered the most various artistic aspects, still such as an important component of R. Balayan's films as the costume has been practically ignored. Conclusions. Understanding of the role of costumes in domestic cinema on the example of the film "Flights in Dreams and Reality", which reflects not only the visual part of the film but also the cultural and artistic context of the film, gives a new starting point for studying the history of men's costume and its contribution to modern fashion. The laconism and harmony of figurative solutions of the 1970s experience their last years of popularity in the early 1980s, right before their disappearance, giving us an example of the perfect combination of simple form and deep filling, which can serve as an example to follow in modern men's clothing design.

Linguistically, the word ‘language’ has shifted into ‘discourse’ which is a social phenomenon not only to express the thoughts but also to reflect the mindset and contexts of a specific community. The purpose of this study is to examine the slogans written on Pakistani automobiles and to understand the logic behind the social and cultural affiliations of these slogans. Pakistani culture of the art of making pictures and written phrases, poetic verses and imperative sentences on vehicles is famous all over the world. The study has analysed the writings found on vehicles, and although these writings might look trivial on the automobiles, they address various social issues. The Three-Dimensional Model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) by Fairclough (2001) is used as a theoretical framework that explains the study at three levels: lexical, syntactic patterns, interpretations, and social practices. The discourses written on the vehicles are characterised into different categories, which are life’s mission statements, loud messages, mind baffling messages, everyday life annoyances, provoking statements, and religious looms. Twenty images and pictures have been captured from vehicles as a random sample of this study. The results reveal the mindset behind these discourses. They are used to highlight social issues which Pakistan faces, being a developing country. In short, the study discloses the strong link between the vehicles and the people using them to convey messages to the society which can bring harmony among the public. The current study is limited to only Pakistani motor vehicles.

There was a long way from the first police officer courses organized in 1946 to the National Public Service University. A number of difficult questions have to be answered in the process of founding a law enforcement school. They range from the entry requirements through designating training levels to distribution of appropriate shares between theory and practice. Searching the route is on the agenda even today. The perspective of police academy education has a starting point according to which training of law enforcement officers requires an institutional system transferring the internal world of police agencies into the Alma Mater. As opposed to that, education of the leading intelligentsia of law enforcement has to search for a harmony between university autonomy and the strict regime of policing organs. The study gives an overview of these options

The proactive performance of the Supreme Federal Court has raised criticism and fears over the past few years. It is feared a disharmony between the Powers. However, the answer to this fear would not be an excessive limitation in their performance. For this reason, the present work will analyze the constitutional role of the Judiciary Power in the inauguration of the Brazilian Republic, more specifically its top organ, the Supreme Federal Court. After that, it will briefly and succinctly compare the actions of the Supreme Court in both the First and Sixth Republics of Brazil. Through doctrinal, jurisprudential and normative sources, we will seek to emphasize the importance of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil in guaranteeing Brazilian constitutional rights, as well as the need to maintain harmony between the Powers.

Senior tourism is a rapidly growing market in China, and global players have begun to attract senior tourists from China using diversified ways to help boost the industry in different destinations ...

This study aims to explore the potential for diversity in Siringo-Ringo Village to become a role model in the practice of managing diversity in Indonesia. The potential for diversity in Siringo-Ringo is portrayed by the diversity of religion, ethnicity, being and profession of civil society. With a descriptive qualitative research approach and data collection techniques using in-depth interviews, this study answered two questions; first, what is the potential for diversity in the Siringo-Ringo people that makes Muslim and Christian communities live in harmony. Second, how is the institutionalization of diversity in the Siringo-Ringo community between Muslim and Christian communities? This study finds that diversity that experiences crossover (adherents of religion, practice of religious space and economics) is a natural strategy that can create harmony in the midst of diversity. Then, with the institutionalization (married, death and religious holidays) that are cultural in nature, it is able to become a medium for bringing together existing crosses. This study concludes that cross relations can create conditions of harmony, tolerance, inclusion and harmony between various differences.

Ngadas Village is a village with an interesting order of life and customs like many other villages. The people have lived long with the customs and norms of local wisdom. Our study aims to investigate the harmonization of both customary law and national law in Ngadas Village. The customary law includes the local wisdom value as a philosophy and obeys positive law. To understand the harmonization, we use an empirical juridical approach in understanding the role of government officials in preserving customs and positive law. Subsequently, we discuss the harmonization through the role of government officials covering aspects of community life. Our findings indicate that the positive law serves as a reference to the customary law. The customary law is in line with national interests and laws and national law. Likewise, the customary law is in harmony with religious elements. This denotes the importance of the village's official roles for the local community's interests.

The article describes the history of the development of the economy and socio-political relations within the People’s Republic of China during the “reforms and opening up” since December 1978 The article gives a history of the progress of reforms before Xi Jinping came to power The paper examines each leader’s contribution from four generations of the country’s leaders in solving the problems of implementing economic and political reforms The author of the article describes the methods used by the leaders of the Celestial Empire to modernise the country to improve the wellbeing of the population and build “socialism with Chinese characteristic” The article provides a brief description of the achievements and failures in the process of leading the country by Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao.

Interfaith marriages in people's lives have been practised in many areas in Indonesia, even if it's not legally registered. The rule of law in Indonesia does not accommodate interfaith marriages. When interfaith marriage happens, the registration system should follow marriage registration either at the KUA (office of religious affairs) for Muslims or in the Civil Registry office for other religions. This study aims to analyse the practice of interreligious marriage in Manado and how they maintain a good marital relationship between the spouse of different religions. This research employs a qualitative approach by collecting data through interviews with 30 informants who practice interfaith marriages in Manado. The results of this research found that many people in Manado consider interfaith marriage as permissible. They argue that religion is a relationship between humans and God, while marriage is related to human beings. The family of different religions based their relationship on the principle of "Torang Samua Basudara" (we are bound through kinship). Based on this principle, the family avoids using religious symbols in their communication that can cause tension and disrupt harmony among family members. The principle of torang samua basudara is the basis for establishing good communication in the family.

Sabun kewanitaan dipromosikan sebagai produk yang sehat dan memiliki dampak positif dalam kehidupan rumah tangga, termasuk Purbasari Manjakani Whitening. Di sisi lain, penelitian medis menunjukkan adanya potensi risiko kesehatan dari pemakaian produk pembersih vagina. Harga yang relaif terjangkau dan dampak yang disimulasikan membuat Purbasari Manjakani Whitening menempati 5 besar Top Product selama 4 tahun terakhir. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk membedah mitos terkait dengan vagina dari iklan Purbasari Manjakani Whitening. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif dengan analisis semiologi Roland Barthes. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa vagina ideal adalah vagina yang rapat, berwarna putih, dan wangi. Mitos ternaturalisasi sehingga membangun efek panoptik bagi perempuan untuk menjaga vaginanya dalam kategori tubuh yang patuh. Biopower bekerja melalui isu keharmonisan keluarga. Kondisi tersebut membuat perempuan terjebak dalam perjalanan keidealan tanpa akhir untuk memenuhi tuntutan vagina ideal. Konstruksi vagina ideal tidak terlepas dari relasi kuasa yang mana hubungan seksual tidak lagi merupakan kepuasan kedua belah pihak, melainkan mengalir pada laki-laki sebagai suami.

As Christianity arrived on the shores of Singapore closely following British colonization, Western missionaries introduced their interpretation of the Holy Communion into a foreign land and space that was experiencing its first brushes with Western modernity. Contemporaneously, the movement of modernity continues to make an impact upon an important element of life closely intertwined with religious folk practices and culture of locals: food. In the face of modernizing foodscapes and primordial religious backgrounds, converts from Chinese religious traditions to Christianity find themselves navigating the dissonance of Western Holy Communion theologies with the Chinese philosophies of food. How might churches in Singapore begin to respond to the tensions arising when these two philosophical systems meet, and when Christians and churches seem to appropriate “syncretistic” theologies into their liturgical behavior? This article undertakes an interdisciplinary effort by employing social science to explore the modernizing of food in Singapore, as well as engaging Chinese philosophies of food and the body to explain tensions among converts from Chinese religious traditions, and the resistance of local churches towards Chinese understandings of food rituals in the partaking of the Holy Communion. It will also briefly propose that interdisciplinary studies, including liturgical studies, will be essential in developing a more robust theology of the Holy Communion among churches, thereby enhancing its witness within and without.

Una de las contradicciones más llamativas al interior de lo que se conoce como la escuela Bauhaus se dio entre el futurismo tecnicista-humanista de Walter Gropius y el ocultismo orientalista de otros miembros, como Johannes Itten. Aunque ambos buscaban armonizar la existencia del ser humano con el entorno que habita, las teorías en las que ambas tendencias basaban sus prácticas llegaban a ser irreconciliables. Era inconcebible que el ideal artístico de Itten estuviera al servicio de la humanidad en su conjunto cuando defendía nociones protoracistas sobre la capacidad exclusiva de un grupo étnico para alcanzar dicha armonía. Muchas de estas ideas quedaron incluso plasmadas en su obra de arte y no sólo en escritos y discursos publicados. El propio interés de Itten por la cultura y el arte oriental convivió incómodamente con estas tendencias, dejando un legado ambivalente y problemático, el cual ha sido recientemente señalado por algunos estudiosos del movimiento. Aquí analizaremos algunas aristas de esta contradicción y sus implicaciones desde el punto de vista de la comparatística. Resulta necesario plantearnos cómo se deben ver estas inconsistencias si queremos evitar caer en una postura trivial y poco crítica de un movimiento cultural tan relevante como lo fue la escuela Bauhaus.

In early Christian society, the continuation of pagan beliefs and apotropaic elements derived from the Roman culture can be observed in the reflections of artistic production. Apotropaic themes bearing the traces of paganism, such as the Medusa head and the mask were used continuously for decorative purposes by Christian artists. These motifs also show apotropaic features aligning with the Christian faith in the decoration of the new Byzantine art. We can see that the majority of artists who drew the wall paintings in the region were local artists socialized within Hellenistic traditions and with Christian knowledge. While painting the motifs with sacred meanings and apotropaic effects in the church, Byzantine artists focused on the harmony of these motifs with the Byzantine aesthetic. In this sense, it should not be forgotten how effective it is from a viewer’s point of view to add a sacred meaning and apotropaic effects to these motifs in the Cappadocian wall paintings in the mid or late Byzantine era. In our study, we will emphasize the motifs we have encountered in the wall paintings of churches, especially in the Cappadocia region, dating back to the middle and late Byzantine periods, such as leaf mask, moon, sun, eight-pointed rosette, rotating disk and medallion, guilloche, interlace, zigzag, three-dimensional folded plate, precious stones and their location within the church, their use of color, and their sacred apotropaic meaning. Moreover, an evaluation of the effects of the doctrines of Cappadocian church fathers on this situation in Byzantine art, especially about the manuscripts and wall paintings of the period, will be conducted by comparing the art within the material historical framework.

One of the signs of happiness and family harmony is the birth of a child. Besides that, a pious child can also be an investment in the afterlife for his parents. However, not all family couples can have offspring, so there are various ways to have them. One of the ways couples have children is by adopting a child. However, not all Indonesian citizens know the correct method of adoption. How the Child Adoption And in the view of the school of shafi'i, the procedure for adoption of children can have legal consequences related to the lineage of the adopted child, the marriage guardian of the adopted child, and the inheritance status of the adopted child.Kata Kunci : Adoption, Indonesia, Madzhab Syafi'i

The religious moderatism is one of the constructive efforts in a diverse religious society. Plurality of beliefs as a whole part of the social landscape of Indonesian society is not yet fully understood and believed by the religious community. In the era of Populism, moreover in the dimension of religious practice, the case in West Sumatra shows horizontal disagreement or disharmony related to symbols and material aspects of religion such as the establishment of religious ritual places and supporting resource. This article confirms that communication serves vitally in addressing religious exclusivity. Resistance to religious entities is always found, as one of the markers of Populism, so that the symbolic interaction of religious leaders in undermining conflict and violence is indispensable. Religion pays particular attention to a social construct and practice with the main purpose of harmony and moderatism of religion. It serves effectively as a contribution of communicative actions, as conveyed by Jurgen Habermas, through reconciliation among religious people. The values of interaction between religious people are emphazised with the principle of agreement and respect as fellow citizens and human beings.

The need to re-envision alternative paradigms in tourism is becoming evident with the increasingly experienced climate change and degradation of life supporting ecosystem services, to which the tou...

Indonesia is a plural country of religion, race, ethnicity and culture. Apart from being a wealth of plurality, it is also a challenge, because plurality is prone to causing conflict. Religious diversity (including local religion) also makes Indonesia has the same vulnerability. For this reason, Emha Ainun Nadjib has a holistic view of how this diversity is realized and managed. This study aims to analyze Emha Ainun Nadjib's culture in hacking religious life in Indonesia. By using a qualitative approach and the theory of plurality and politics, the author maps the thoughts of Emha Ainun Nadjib in addressing these issues. The results showed that Emha Ainun Nadjib viewed plurality as an invaluable gift from God. Based on this phenomenon, Emha Ainun Nadjib provides understanding and builds awareness of the Indonesian people in processing diversity into a strength. Emha uses a political culture approach to break the chain of conflict generated by diversity into harmony.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to suggest that, to build a digital sustainable society, core terminal and instrumental values of sustainability and sustainable development should be followed across different worldviews, and in the formulation of policies or other initiatives form private and public stakeholders. These values are normative, they support the coordination of efforts of different stakeholders and can serve as guidelines for driving the development trajectory of technologies contributing to a sustainable society. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper defines digital sustainability from the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development. From the Rio Process (1992), through the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), this paper analyzes and theoretically discusses the intersection between digital aspects of human life and wider sustainability concerns for humanity and the planet. Technologies and digital processes are functional catalysts to the achievement of the UN 2030 SDGs and crucial for individuals’ everyday life, but their adoptions is also conditional to a variety of conflicting worldviews. Findings This paper focused on the role of digital technologies in innovation and transformation and their impact on the environment, individuals, society and economy, from a theoretical point of view. Digital technologies have changed the way in which people communicate, study, work, interact and even look for friends, relationships and love. It is, therefore, important to reflect upon the impact that this revolution would have on the individuals and on the wider socio-economic, political and environment context. In this vein, this paper attempted to reflect on the sustainability of this revolution, by sketching the concept of digital sustainability drawing upon the concept of sustainability. Originality/value Digital sustainability – like sustainability – relies on three universal values: equality, harmony, self-determination. In fact, to be sustainable, the use of digital technologies should be led by the equality value, namely, the need to not compromise the future generations, both in terms of exploitation of natural resources to produce them and in terms of to create and nor reduce job opportunities for future generations. Second, digital technologies might help tackling both the ecological and social crises through a universal collaboration according to the harmony’s value. Finally, the third value for digital sustainability is self-determination. It applies to individuals and social formations and it refers to the capability of being in control of your destiny.

This study aimed to examine the multiple mediating roles of social support and self-control in the relationship between harmonious personality and work-family conflict. A total of 143 Chinese adults (137 male, 95.8%; aged 30.25 ± 7.85 years) participated in this longitudinal study. Data were collected at three time points, at intervals of 1 month. Self-report questionnaires measuring social demographics and harmonious personality (Time 1), self-control and social support (Time 2), and work-family conflict (Time 3) were administered. Self-control and work-family conflict were negatively correlated. The relationship between harmony and work-family conflict was mediated by self-control and social support. Possible paths were self-control and multiple mediation by social support and self-control. Our results confirmed the multiple mediating roles of social support and self-control in the relationship between harmonious personality and work-family conflict. To achieve a better work-family balance, it is important not only to establish a harmonious interpersonal perspective and to enhance the social support from employers, colleagues, and family but also to ensure adequate self-control resources.

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui gambaran dalam dilapangan penyelesaian konflik pembangunan rumah ibadah yang ditangai dibawah naungan FKUB (Fokum Kerukunan Umat Beragama). Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuaitattid deskriptif, dengan menggunakan perpose sampling untuk penelitian. Teori yang digunakan perpektif Talcot Parson mengenai teori aksi yang tertuju pada struktural fungsional. Parson, melihat dengan teori aksi bahwa anggota dari FKUB berupaya menjadi seorang volunter yang mampu menyelesaikan masalah dengan konsensus bersama. Anggota FKUB, dalam menyelesaikan juga menggunakan beberapa cara yang tidak menggar norma dan aturan yang berlaku dimasyarakat. Adanya FKUB mampu memberikan jawaban penyelesaian yang cukup musyawarah bagi masyarakat.

This paper investigates the effect of different employment statuses of partners/spouses, on eight metrics of harmony and conflict in the relationships of couples. We use longitudinal data from the ...

This paper introduces narratives in entrepreneurial ecosystems as drivers of effectuation vs. causation. Drawing on 43 interviews with successful players in Silicon Valley, Munich, and Singapore, we found ecosystem-specific narratives indicate what is common, appropriate, and successful in each ecosystem, and these narratives encourage either effectuation or causation. Our findings indicate that the narratives in the ecosystem in Silicon Valley facilitate effectuation, in Munich causation, and in Singapore a cautious balance of both. Our research suggests that narratives can explain mechanisms how ecosystems influence entrepreneurship: the national culture, market characteristics, available resources, and networks in an ecosystem spark ecosystem-specific narratives, which in turn shape tendencies towards effectuation and causation. Thereby, we introduce a new ecosystem-focused perspective on predictors of effectuation and causation. The ecosystems in Silicon Valley, Munich, and Singapore spark different narratives about entrepreneurship, which indicate what is common, appropriate, and successful in the ecosystem and in turn encourage different kinds of entrepreneurial approaches. We conducted 43 interviews with successful players in Silicon Valley, Munich, and Singapore. We found ecosystem-specific narratives indicate what is common, appropriate, and successful in an ecosystem and encourage different kinds of entrepreneurial behavior and decision-making. Those narratives seem to shape tendencies towards specific strategic logics. The narratives either encourage “effectuation” (i.e., when they focus on building partnerships and utilizing the networks, and when they encourage confidence and speed) or “causation” (i.e., when they focus on developing systematics and structured plans, and when they encourage harmony and conformity). Narratives in Silicon Valley seem to facilitate effectuation, in Munich causation, and in Singapore both. Our research suggests that narratives explain mechanisms how ecosystems influence entrepreneurship: the national culture, market characteristics, available resources, and networks in an ecosystem spark ecosystem-specific narratives, which in turn shape tendencies towards effectuation and causation. Thereby, we introduce a new ecosystem-focused perspective on predictors of effectuation and causation. Our findings suggest specific strategies and success factors in each ecosystem. For example, the narratives prevalent in Silicon Valley have a sales focus, in Munich a need for detailed plans, and in Singapore value conformity. Thus, our findings provide insights for entrepreneurs for strategic location choices and on how to position their new venture at a specific location. VCs and policy makers gain from insights into how to leverage strengths and how to counteract problematic mechanisms in an ecosystem.

Marriage is an important adult relationship, and recent research indicates that sexual mindfulness, awareness and non-judgment, may be an important tool in helping maintain relational and sexual well-being. Using a nationally representative U.S. sample of newly married, mixed-sex couples (women’s age M = 29.70 years; men’s age M = 31.76 years; N = 1473 couples), we evaluated whether the two factors of sexual mindfulness, awareness and non-judgment, were linked with relational flourishing, sexual harmony, and orgasm consistency. We utilized an actor–partner interdependence model within a structural equation modeling framework to evaluate how husbands’ and wives’ awareness and non-judgment were associated with relational flourishing, sexual harmony, and orgasm consistency. Results indicated that both wives’ and husbands’ awareness was positively associated with relational flourishing, sexual harmony, and orgasm consistency. Partner effects were found for all outcomes. However, no partner effects were found between non-judgment and orgasm consistency. Therapists, educators, and couples may consider the use of sexual mindfulness skills when addressing marriage and sexual relationships.

The phenomenon of infographics as a visual strategy to attract readers of digital newspapers in order to realize the importance of the protocol issued by WHO and the government of the Republic of Indonesia in an effort to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, is currently quite prevalent by online media press. The visual form of infographics published by the digital-based press (online) is usually derived to accompany the main article on the front page (headline). The important message of the infographic that is prioritized is not to spread quickly, namely by maintaining social distancing, encouraging work at home, and always maintaining cleanliness and wearing a mask when leaving the house, even then with restrictions. How the form of visual communication design in the form of an infographic is able to provide aesthetic appeal in visual rhetoric to readers who will be the attention of this study. Through a qualitative research method approach to the phenomenon of infographic design from the perspective of text study from the aesthetic value of symbolic visual rhetoric with visual communication design analysis in terms of harmony achievement through its persuasive informative constituent elements. The findings of this study are related to the form of the infographic which is more portrait or vertical dominant. Colors tend to be strong colors red, yellow, blue, and black to indicate pandemic-related color psychology. Visual rhetoric tends to be iconic and header and copy letters are dominant in using sanserif to persuade understanding and reading of information to the reading audience. To remind adherence to health protocols, such as messages from mothers, namely wearing masks, washing hands and maintaining social distancing are the keywords to break this pandemic.Keywords: Covid-19 infographics, aesthetics, visual rhetoric, online press media

Da‘wa is one of the notable/substantial topic in Islam. Numerous works have been written on the subject, its modus operandi, philosophies, pedagogy, prominence, tactics, and other interconnected aspects in distinctive languages especially Arabic, Urdu and English. In South Asia, the enormous da‘wa literature produced by the scholars is in Urdu. A significant portion of literature, however, has been produced, both originally as well as through translations, in English to fulfill the needs of da‘uāt in South-Asia as well as global level. In this context, the study attempts to present an appraisal of three English works (produced in 1990s to 2000s) authored by the South Asian scholars. These books are: Syed Abul Hasan Nadwi, da‘wa in the West: The Qur’anic Paradigm (1992 [1991]); Abdus Salam, da‘wa Guide (1996); and Amin Ahsan Islahi, Da’wat-ī dīn Aur Uska Tāriqa-Ka’ar/Islamic Faith and the Mode of its Preaching (2005[1951]). The main themes, collectively, highlighted in these works, reveal both theoretical, and practical aspects; pedagogy and methodology of da‘wa in Quranic paradigm; practical aspect from Prophet’s life; modes and stages in dawat-ī dīn; qualities; language; principles and the style of articulation; wisdom and broadness of da‘i; da‘wa and its harmony with time and space (Modern age). The study, with a tri-fold aim, seeks to: (i) explore their approaches and methodology in their discussions on da‘wa (ii) evaluate critically their stance on modern-day challenges of da‘wa and (iii) highlight the relevance of their interpretation in providing solutions to the contemporary challenges vis-à-vis da‘wa . The major argument put forth in the article is that these selected books make a significant contribution in understanding the pros and cons of da‘wa through their contents; approach and style; construct a momentous contribution to da‘wa literature in the English language and thus accomplish the need of da‘uāt glocally.

The availability of the accounting and other records of a religious communal society (the Harmony Society) provides for a study that adds to the literature on accounting in religious organizations, a need highlighted in Carmona and Ezzamel’s article in Accounting History that discusses: (1) the unique spiritual dimension of religious institutions and its impact on accounting, and (2) the ‘sacred/profane divide’ (p. 122). The Harmonists’ communal beliefs were derived from Biblical interpretations and were necessitated by the need for shared labor and resources. Harmonists’ accounting records were sophisticated but did not account for labor costs provided by members. The interplay of these beliefs and the greed of the leaders impacted the group’s accounting system and created a spiritual/profane divide. The study explores the interplay between the role of accounting and the community’s beliefs and goals.

Introduction: As the COVID-19 spread across the world, many activities had to adapt to the new challenging scenario, involving new safety measures such as strategies of social isolation. Since professional sports have a considerable potential of causing agglomerations, they also had their competitions suspended or postponed. However, as the situation lasted longer than previously expected, there was a necessity to get these tournaments resumed with adaptations. So that could happen safely and in agreement with the current moment, the creation of effective protocols and in harmony with the medical guidelines became essential. Objective: To compare the protocols published by the institutions of some professional sports events and leagues and to point possible contributions that can be given by the medicine, especially sports medicine at a COVID-19 pandemic scenario. Methods: This is a narrative review made in two research phases: in databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect and Scielo) and in official sites and wide visibility daily journals. The data were collected during 2020 August. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), National Basketball Association (NBA) and Confederacao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) protocols were selected. Results: Different strategies established by the institutions against COVID-19s dissemination were found. UEFA and NBA converged with the strict rules’ definition for the players and staff members isolation, virus testing guidelines and teams transfer between games. These resources, however, were not present in CBF’s politics, since the organization did not follow the same rigidity. The organizations, nevertheless, had one common proposition: the crowd suspension during the games. Besides that, in both protocols, the athletes’ physical integrity issue was not approached. Conclusion: The organizations’ measures focused on control of the virus transmission and the safety of all involved during COVID-19’s pandemic, that demonstrates a cooperative work and a close medical participation with the sports community. Either way, a better clinical perspective in muscular health and athletes’ immunity was demonstrated necessary.

Various lontar and Tattwa scripts in Bali are the fruit of local wisdom inspired by the teachings of the Vedic scriptures. This local script is based on the truth that has been guiding most Balinese people. One of the Tattwa truths written in the Vedas is the concept of yoga as a means to attain spiritual awareness. Yoga offers a holistic, practical and religious approach that aims to help all components of the body work together in harmony. This text contains theology, cosmology, and practice of the teachings of Prayogasandhi (tapa, brata, yoga and samadhi) knowledge to save souls from misery. This study aims to understand the concept of Yoga in the Tattwa Jñana Script as a way to achieve spiritual awareness. The theory used is structural theory and semiotic theory. This study uses the method of collecting data documents and literature. The data analysis technique was carried out qualitatively by describing it descriptively. The results of this study indicate that: (1) The Tattwa Jñana script consists of prose which is divided into several chapters, and consists of 74 slokas in Old Javanese. (2) The concept of yoga in the Tattwa Jñana script is Prayogasandhi. Prayogasandhi is a means to attain spiritual awareness through tapas, brata, yoga and samadhi to Iswara (God). Prayogasandhi needs to be followed by discipline, true knowledge (samyagjna) and contemplation.

In recent decades, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has become a powerful forum for trade liberalization and regulatory harmonization. OECD members have worked to reconcile divergent national regulatory approaches, applying a single framework across sovereign states, in effect determining whose knowledge-making practices would guide regulatory action throughout the industrialized world. Focusing on US regulators, industry associations, and environmental groups, this article explores the participatory politics of OECD chemical regulation harmonization in the late 1970s to early 1980s. These efforts were conditioned by differential institutional access and resources among stakeholders who sought to shape regulatory knowledge rules. Facing competing European and US approaches to chemical data—a minimum “base set” of test data versus case-by-case determinations—OECD members chose the European approach in 1980. However, US regulatory politics shifted with the election of President Reagan, prompting industry associations to lobby the US government to block the agreement. Examining the micropolitics of these standards in the making, I demonstrate that while long-term structures advantaged industrial actors, ideological alignment with the US government precipitated their decisive influence. The case illustrates the importance of attending to the distinctive politics of international harmonization and the effects on transnational knowledge-making and regulatory intervention.

This article deals with the content of neighbour on the basis of the forms of the noun ‘neighbour’ (Lith. kaimynas). Efforts are made to strike a balance between the structural and the cognitive approach to its meaning. The sample base for the study consists of 700 published sentences sourced in the Corpus of the Modern Lithuanian Language (CMLL) compiled by the Centre for Computational Linguistics at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas.The study has revealed a neighbour to be someone who experiences a certain mental state, someone who, in his or her (un)favourable response to the environment, affects another person in a relatively close space. Emotionally charged, this effect shows a neighbour who is a nice or a bad person to live next-doors with. The (dis)harmony of attitudes, values, and actions grounded on an (un)favourable mind-set defines a dynamic coexistenceof neighbours, or a failure to coexist.When it comes to the perception of neighbour that shifts in time, what matters is the shared space of the neighbours that has its relative boundaries and is measured as a distance – the closeness resulting in the distinction between a close > distant neighbour; yet even more important is the camaraderie – the proximity of attitudes, values, and the actions that they define – something that the dictionary definitions of the word neighbour tend to omit – and the related gradational differences between a homey > strange neighbour. When it comes to building and maintaining proximity, it is the neighbour’s temper, polite and supportive interaction, and behaviour that favours another person, such as sharing things with them and all kinds of assistance, especially in need, that matters. As the mind-sets, values, and behaviours assimilate, the neighbours become one – they become homey to each other. And the axis of oneness grounded on favour in neighbourhood is God.

This paper analyses Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud as depressive realists who attempted to dethrone the human species from their central place in nature and history. Both evolutionary theory and Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalysis partly preserve the idea of human exceptionalism, while considering psychoanalysis’s negative conceptualization of humans as the most maladapted species. This maladaption is conventionally conceptualized in psychoanalysis as a rupture from the natural order and is sometimes presented as the embodiment of the death drive. Such a concept of the death drive tends to be seen as an exclusively human drive. Developments in recent evolutionary biology and psychoanalytic thought suggest ways to elaborate on the concept of the death drive as not being exclusively human. Nature’s evolution is not the embodiment of progress that results in the appearance of the human species, and it is not the embodiment of a harmony from which humans deviate, but it is rather a rupture with itself. Nature as such is an embodiment of the death drive.

This study analyzes the various efforts made by the Balinuraga people to transform conflictual conditions into harmony after the conflict that has resulted in the loss of the Balinuraga community's collective identity, and makes destructive to constructive. So far there has been no research that examines the efforts made by the Balinese ethnic to maintain their identity after the conflict. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods with anthropological and sociological approaches by collecting data through interviews, observation and documentation. In the case analysis process, the writer uses several theories, namely ethnic identity theory, conflict transformation theory, adaptation theory, social integration theory and social interaction theory. The results showed that conflict was triggered by juvenile delinquency, expanded with the issue of ethnicity and group arrogance as an accelerator and conflict transformation efforts were carried out in four dimensions, namely personal, relational, structural and cultural transformation in order to achieve sustainable peace and national security. The implementation of the ethnic reconstruction strategy carried out by the Balinuraga community is considered effective enough to restore ethnic identity which was initially quite worrying after the conflict with ethnic Lampung in Balinuraga village, in general, the 4 reconstruction strategies that the researcher put in this thesis have included most of those carried out by the community. The Balinuraga.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships among family harmony, interdependent happiness, harmony in life, and flourishing. The participants consist of 390 university students and employees in Turkey. Participants’ ages range from 18 to 58 years. Data have been collected using the Family Harmony Scale, Interdependent Happiness Scale, Harmony in Life Scale, and Flourishing Scale. The relationships among the scales have been examined using a structural equation model and the bootstrap method. According to the results of the correlation analysis, there were significant positive relationships among family harmony, interdependent happiness, harmony in life, and flourishing. The structural equation model indicated that an increase in family harmony increases interdependent happiness and harmony in life, and an increase in interdependent happiness and harmony in life increases flourishing. The results of the bootstrap analysis confirm the significance of the standardized estimates. The study results reveal understanding family harmony to be able to enhance flourishing due to interdependent happiness and harmony in life. The results, implications, and limitations are discussed.

The earth/land is an important asset that God gave/entrusted to humankind to care for. It is “alive” and responsive to [G]od, humanity and other creatures. The objective of this study was to discover the relationship between Old Testament idea of the concept of land and that of Africa and then the implications of these ideas to the contemporary Christian. The methodologies adopted for the study are the historical method and ecological hermeneutics. The study emphasizes that God gave humankind the earth to explore and not exploit. Humans are thus to maintain harmony in the ecosystem and sustainability of natural resources.

La pandemia del COVID-19 presenta, en América Latina, una especificidad dada por la dimensión que tomó el discurso nacionalista, la épica militar y el recurso a la historia, tanto en la esfera gubernamental como a nivel de la sociedad civil y del mercado. Esta narrativa busca reforzar la concordia interna frente a la crisis. Sin embargo, al movilizar un pasado conflictivo y reactualizar estereotipos y dicotomías fundacionales, fortalece alteridades amenazantes y genera nuevos clivajes sociales al interior de los Estados, afectando también sus relaciones con otros países de la región. Esta problemática es considerada desde una perspectiva histórica, articulando diversas escalas espaciales, de lo local a lo global.

This qualitative study draws on the ecological theory and the context-informed perspective to explore the experience of being in a situation where there is a contradiction between the societal expe...

Death is a taboo topic among Filipinos especially within families. Filipino older persons live with their family members as central figures tasked to assure family cohesion and harmony. This is a s...