This research focused on the social roles of women in Al-Abassiya locality,South Kordofan State,examining the obstacles they face and the impact on their participation in peace building.Using qualitative methods,data ...This research focused on the social roles of women in Al-Abassiya locality,South Kordofan State,examining the obstacles they face and the impact on their participation in peace building.Using qualitative methods,data were collected through various means,revealing that conflicts have significantly affected women’s lives,particularly in rural areas.Women play key roles in family,education,health services,and humanitarian aid,but their involvement in conflict resolution and peace building activities is limited.Obstacles include cognitive,economic,social,and institutional barriers.Recommendations include providing education and training programs,strengthening economic status,ensuring women’s representation in decision-making bodies,advocating for legal reforms promoting gender equality,improving access to information technologies,educating communities on women’s involvement in peace building,and providing support services for women affected by conflicts.展开更多
The premise of the research paper is to decode the myth and revisit the fact in regard to the Egyptian link of the Roma communities through piecing together classical and modern documents,scholarly works,literature an...The premise of the research paper is to decode the myth and revisit the fact in regard to the Egyptian link of the Roma communities through piecing together classical and modern documents,scholarly works,literature and books.The paper is a scholarly endeavour to navigate the historical alley of the Roma community and their emergence in Peloponnese.The research paper assumes the empirical and multidisciplinary approach to dealing with historical myth and alleged origin of the Roma people and responds to the narratives that deconstruct the notion of biblical versions and Egyptian legend.It critically analyzes mendacious premises and mythological rhetoric about Egyptian origin of Roma communities.The paper also addresses the argument premised upon Roma’s peripatetic lifestyle,fortune-telling vocation and their professions like bear keeping,animal training,sieve/basket making and jugglery.展开更多
This study in Gadarif State,Sudan,analyzes the crucial role of youth in conflict resolution and peace building efforts amidst the ongoing crisis.Findings reveal that youth,facing economic,environmental,and security ch...This study in Gadarif State,Sudan,analyzes the crucial role of youth in conflict resolution and peace building efforts amidst the ongoing crisis.Findings reveal that youth,facing economic,environmental,and security challenges,actively engage in peacemaking through initiatives,emergency rooms,and cultural programs,contributing to social cohesion and combatting hate speech.Despite their willingness to build peace,they encounter obstacles like the lack of training programs,limited support,and marginalization in policy-making processes.Recommendations emphasize the necessity of empowering youth through training programs,enhancing government support,and addressing negative perceptions from older generations towards youth contributions.Conclusively,prioritizing youth issues and fostering their participation in peace building initiatives are essential for sustainable peace and social harmony in Gadarif State.展开更多
This paper explores how artificial intelligence(AI)can support social researchers in utilizing web-mediated documents for research purposes.It extends traditional documentary analysis to include digital artifacts such...This paper explores how artificial intelligence(AI)can support social researchers in utilizing web-mediated documents for research purposes.It extends traditional documentary analysis to include digital artifacts such as blogs,forums,emails and online archives.The discussion highlights the role of AI in different stages of the research process,including question generation,sample and design definition,ethical considerations,data analysis,and results dissemination,emphasizing how AI can automate complex tasks and enhance research design.The paper also reports on practical experiences using AI tools,specifically ChatGPT-4,in conducting web-mediated documentary analysis and shares some ideas for the integration of AI in social research.展开更多
The aim of the paper is to explore the main paradigms and methodology of social research,framing them in historical path and highlighting the epistemological foundations.It moves from reflection on research methodolog...The aim of the paper is to explore the main paradigms and methodology of social research,framing them in historical path and highlighting the epistemological foundations.It moves from reflection on research methodology as a‘discourse of method’to focus on the paradigmatic dimension of the social sciences,according to Kuhn’s meaning for which paradigm indicates a shared and recognized theoretical perspective within the scientific community.The paper highlights the role of paradigms in shaping theoretical and empirical inquiry.It further examines the positivist and neo-positivist paradigms,which emphasize observation and empirical verifiability,quantification,formulation of laws,and cause-and-effect relationships,arguing for the uniqueness of the scientific method.Lazarsfeld brings to the social sciences the language‘of variables’,borrowed from mathematics and statistics.The distinction introduced by Windelband between‘nomothetic’and‘idiographic’sciences is followed by Weber’s elaboration of the concept of‘Verstehen’,which shifts the focus to the understanding of social reality through the meanings that individuals attribute to their actions.The interpretive paradigm paves the way for qualitative research methods.Finally,the paper delves into the complexity paradigm,which challenges the reductionist and deterministic models of classical science and outlines an epistemological shift in the key notions of science,introducing concepts such as‘emergence’,‘auto-eco-organization’and‘recursive processes’.The complexity of social reality calls for a rethinking of sociological methods,favoring multidimensional and event-based analysis over statistical regularities,privileging observation,intervention and the‘in vivo method’on the level of empirical research.Complexity pushes sociology to redefine itself along with its object traditionally understood as‘society’.展开更多
This article explores how the Fourth Industrial Revolution(4IR)can transform and enhance sustainable health systems in Africa,supporting the continent’s growth and development goals.The 4IR integrates digital technol...This article explores how the Fourth Industrial Revolution(4IR)can transform and enhance sustainable health systems in Africa,supporting the continent’s growth and development goals.The 4IR integrates digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence(AI),robotics,automation,big data,machine learning,the Internet of Things(IoT),algorithms,and data-driven innovations,offering unique opportunities to address persistent healthcare challenges in Africa.However,this paper will focus specifically on AI systems within the healthcare sector.The paper will investigate how to address AI-related concerns,including privacy rights violations,data exploitation,and the lack of education and training in adopting these advanced technologies in hospitals.The study aims to find a balance between protecting patients’data and privacy through cybersecurity and effectively utilizing AI systems in healthcare.This balance can be achieved by adopting a robust ethical and legal framework that establishes precise data and privacy protection policies,ensuring that AI systems are used responsibly and in compliance with established standards.展开更多
The attack by the Islamist group Hamas against Israel on October 7,2023,and the immediate Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip,with the thousands of deaths and the devastation that we are witnessing daily in one of the...The attack by the Islamist group Hamas against Israel on October 7,2023,and the immediate Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip,with the thousands of deaths and the devastation that we are witnessing daily in one of the most densely populated areas of the world,have pushed further away the prospect of a solution of coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians through the establishment of two peoples-two states,a solution that is viewed favorably in non-holy Palestinian and Israeli circles by many Western countries and by the Holy See.To complicate the socio-political picture,we recall that in the last decades,in the territories occupied by Israel in the West Bank,there has been an incessant work of human settlements and the construction of roads and infrastructures,facilitated by Israel’s rapid population growth.According to many analysts,in order to dominate the Palestinians,Israel is now implementing a real system of apartheid that is spreading from the occupied territories to the Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel.Based on the available data,which are not always reliable for political and organizational reasons of the existing statistical systems,this study attempts to grasp the strategic role that differential demography has had and continues to have in this complex conflictual reality.展开更多
Community art explores alternative social participation and sustainable community life in urban regeneration.There is a need to design an assessment model for the sustainability of community art from a comprehensive a...Community art explores alternative social participation and sustainable community life in urban regeneration.There is a need to design an assessment model for the sustainability of community art from a comprehensive and long-term perspective.This report introduces Actor-Network Theory(ANT)as an analytical framework to make a case study of the sustainability of Woofer Ten.The SNA(Social Context-Neighborhood-Actors)model comprehensively reveals the social context,neighborhood,and actors cluster in the network and summarizes the impact of actors and their interactions in the community arts network on sustainability.This report reveals the interactions between urban regeneration,place-making and community arts and their ongoing impact on broader social well-being.Renewed attention to these processes will contribute to the right to the city,citizenship,and activism in the context of Hong Kong’s community culture.展开更多
基金The researcher would like to thank Dr.Afag Mohamed Sadig as supervisor and Prof Hazel Barrett as co-supervisor for the paper。
文摘This research focused on the social roles of women in Al-Abassiya locality,South Kordofan State,examining the obstacles they face and the impact on their participation in peace building.Using qualitative methods,data were collected through various means,revealing that conflicts have significantly affected women’s lives,particularly in rural areas.Women play key roles in family,education,health services,and humanitarian aid,but their involvement in conflict resolution and peace building activities is limited.Obstacles include cognitive,economic,social,and institutional barriers.Recommendations include providing education and training programs,strengthening economic status,ensuring women’s representation in decision-making bodies,advocating for legal reforms promoting gender equality,improving access to information technologies,educating communities on women’s involvement in peace building,and providing support services for women affected by conflicts.
文摘The premise of the research paper is to decode the myth and revisit the fact in regard to the Egyptian link of the Roma communities through piecing together classical and modern documents,scholarly works,literature and books.The paper is a scholarly endeavour to navigate the historical alley of the Roma community and their emergence in Peloponnese.The research paper assumes the empirical and multidisciplinary approach to dealing with historical myth and alleged origin of the Roma people and responds to the narratives that deconstruct the notion of biblical versions and Egyptian legend.It critically analyzes mendacious premises and mythological rhetoric about Egyptian origin of Roma communities.The paper also addresses the argument premised upon Roma’s peripatetic lifestyle,fortune-telling vocation and their professions like bear keeping,animal training,sieve/basket making and jugglery.
基金Our sincere thanks to the European Union of the project teams of Enabling University Peace Education in British Council and all those who provided unconditional support.We would like to thank Dr.Muatsim Ibrahim Malik as supervisor and Dr.Afag Mohammed Sadig as co-supervisor for their support,suggestions and comments that helped us improve the same.We are also grateful to Ustaz Bashir Ibrahim for his help and support in data collection.A special mention and grateful thanks to Gadarif community specifically youth for their cooperation in data collection,which has contributed to our research experience.
文摘This study in Gadarif State,Sudan,analyzes the crucial role of youth in conflict resolution and peace building efforts amidst the ongoing crisis.Findings reveal that youth,facing economic,environmental,and security challenges,actively engage in peacemaking through initiatives,emergency rooms,and cultural programs,contributing to social cohesion and combatting hate speech.Despite their willingness to build peace,they encounter obstacles like the lack of training programs,limited support,and marginalization in policy-making processes.Recommendations emphasize the necessity of empowering youth through training programs,enhancing government support,and addressing negative perceptions from older generations towards youth contributions.Conclusively,prioritizing youth issues and fostering their participation in peace building initiatives are essential for sustainable peace and social harmony in Gadarif State.
文摘This paper explores how artificial intelligence(AI)can support social researchers in utilizing web-mediated documents for research purposes.It extends traditional documentary analysis to include digital artifacts such as blogs,forums,emails and online archives.The discussion highlights the role of AI in different stages of the research process,including question generation,sample and design definition,ethical considerations,data analysis,and results dissemination,emphasizing how AI can automate complex tasks and enhance research design.The paper also reports on practical experiences using AI tools,specifically ChatGPT-4,in conducting web-mediated documentary analysis and shares some ideas for the integration of AI in social research.
文摘The aim of the paper is to explore the main paradigms and methodology of social research,framing them in historical path and highlighting the epistemological foundations.It moves from reflection on research methodology as a‘discourse of method’to focus on the paradigmatic dimension of the social sciences,according to Kuhn’s meaning for which paradigm indicates a shared and recognized theoretical perspective within the scientific community.The paper highlights the role of paradigms in shaping theoretical and empirical inquiry.It further examines the positivist and neo-positivist paradigms,which emphasize observation and empirical verifiability,quantification,formulation of laws,and cause-and-effect relationships,arguing for the uniqueness of the scientific method.Lazarsfeld brings to the social sciences the language‘of variables’,borrowed from mathematics and statistics.The distinction introduced by Windelband between‘nomothetic’and‘idiographic’sciences is followed by Weber’s elaboration of the concept of‘Verstehen’,which shifts the focus to the understanding of social reality through the meanings that individuals attribute to their actions.The interpretive paradigm paves the way for qualitative research methods.Finally,the paper delves into the complexity paradigm,which challenges the reductionist and deterministic models of classical science and outlines an epistemological shift in the key notions of science,introducing concepts such as‘emergence’,‘auto-eco-organization’and‘recursive processes’.The complexity of social reality calls for a rethinking of sociological methods,favoring multidimensional and event-based analysis over statistical regularities,privileging observation,intervention and the‘in vivo method’on the level of empirical research.Complexity pushes sociology to redefine itself along with its object traditionally understood as‘society’.
文摘This article explores how the Fourth Industrial Revolution(4IR)can transform and enhance sustainable health systems in Africa,supporting the continent’s growth and development goals.The 4IR integrates digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence(AI),robotics,automation,big data,machine learning,the Internet of Things(IoT),algorithms,and data-driven innovations,offering unique opportunities to address persistent healthcare challenges in Africa.However,this paper will focus specifically on AI systems within the healthcare sector.The paper will investigate how to address AI-related concerns,including privacy rights violations,data exploitation,and the lack of education and training in adopting these advanced technologies in hospitals.The study aims to find a balance between protecting patients’data and privacy through cybersecurity and effectively utilizing AI systems in healthcare.This balance can be achieved by adopting a robust ethical and legal framework that establishes precise data and privacy protection policies,ensuring that AI systems are used responsibly and in compliance with established standards.
文摘The attack by the Islamist group Hamas against Israel on October 7,2023,and the immediate Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip,with the thousands of deaths and the devastation that we are witnessing daily in one of the most densely populated areas of the world,have pushed further away the prospect of a solution of coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians through the establishment of two peoples-two states,a solution that is viewed favorably in non-holy Palestinian and Israeli circles by many Western countries and by the Holy See.To complicate the socio-political picture,we recall that in the last decades,in the territories occupied by Israel in the West Bank,there has been an incessant work of human settlements and the construction of roads and infrastructures,facilitated by Israel’s rapid population growth.According to many analysts,in order to dominate the Palestinians,Israel is now implementing a real system of apartheid that is spreading from the occupied territories to the Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel.Based on the available data,which are not always reliable for political and organizational reasons of the existing statistical systems,this study attempts to grasp the strategic role that differential demography has had and continues to have in this complex conflictual reality.
文摘Community art explores alternative social participation and sustainable community life in urban regeneration.There is a need to design an assessment model for the sustainability of community art from a comprehensive and long-term perspective.This report introduces Actor-Network Theory(ANT)as an analytical framework to make a case study of the sustainability of Woofer Ten.The SNA(Social Context-Neighborhood-Actors)model comprehensively reveals the social context,neighborhood,and actors cluster in the network and summarizes the impact of actors and their interactions in the community arts network on sustainability.This report reveals the interactions between urban regeneration,place-making and community arts and their ongoing impact on broader social well-being.Renewed attention to these processes will contribute to the right to the city,citizenship,and activism in the context of Hong Kong’s community culture.
