Vernacular meaning making : Examples of narrative impact in fiction film questioning the 'banal' notion in mediatization of religion theory

The outcome of an audience study supports theories stating that stories are a primary means by which we make sense of our experiences over time. Empirical examples of narrative impact are presented in which specific fiction film scenes condense spectators' lives, identities and beliefs. One conclusion is that spectators test the emotional realism of the narative for greater significance, connecting diegetic fiction experiences with their extra-diegetic world in their quest for meaning, self and identity. The 'banal' notion of the mediatization of religion theory is questioned as unsatisfactory in the theoretical context of individualized meaning-making processes. As a semantically negatively charged concept, it is problematic when analyzing empirical examples of spectators' use of fictional narratives, especially when trying to characterize the idiosyncratic and complex interplay between spectators' fiction emotions and their testing of mediated narratives in an exercise to find moral significance in extra-filmic life. Instead vernacular meaning-making is proposed.

Vad innebär religion för dig? : En kvalitativ intervjustudie av 10 elevers uppfattning av religion och religionsundervisningen i dagens gymnasieskola

Syftet med föreliggande undersökning är att undersöka tio gymnasieelevers uppfattningar om religion och religionsundervisning utifrån Gilhus och Mikaelssons teori om förståelsehorisonter och paradigm.. Denna studie är kvalitativ och i undersökningen används intervjuer av elever från årskurs 2 och 3 på en gymnasieskola. 10 elever intervjuades och deras syn på religion visar sig vara en syn på en högre makt eller Gud. De ser på religionsundervisningen som viktig, då den tar död på främlingsfientlighet och ger kunskap. Eleverna vill att undervisningen mestadels ska bestå av att lära sig om olika religioner och möte med religiösa människor. Undersökningen kan bidra till större undersökningar i ämnet, men även skapa en syn på hur några elever från en gymnasieskola ser på religion och religionsundervisning

Waldorfpedagogiken – religion eller inte?

Waldorfpedagogiken har utvecklats från antroposofin och används idag i skolor över hela världen. Antroposofin uppfyller flera av de viktigaste kriterierna i de vanligaste definitionerna av religion.  I denna artikel behandlas frågan om huruvida waldorfpedagogiken ska uppfattas som religiös eller inte. Mitt material består av skriftliga och elektroniska källor av olika slag, intervjuer samt observationer på en waldorfskola. Frågan kommer att diskuteras utifrån tre aspekter: ideologisk frikoppling, lärarens roll samt potentiellt religiösa inslag relaterade till morgonspråket och religionsundervisning. Jag föreslår att waldorfpedagogiken ska ses som en hybrid i den terminologi som Siv-Ellen Kraft använder. En hybrid är en företeelse där en för­ståelse med religiösa inslag utgör en av flera möjligheter (Kraft 2011: 78). Trots tillämpandet av detta perspektiv kvarstår dock andra problematiska områden gällande relationen mellan waldorfpedagogik och religion.

Religion and Subjective Well-Being Among China’s Elderly Population

Evidence from developed and developing countries alike demonstrates a strongly positive relationship between religiosity and happiness, particularly for women and particularly among the elderly. Using survey data from the oldest old in China, we find a strong negative relationship between religious participation and subjective well-being in a rich multivariate logistic framework that controls for demographics, health and disabilities, living arrangements and marital status, wealth and income, lifestyle and social networks, and location. In contrast to other studies, we also find that religion has a larger effect on subjective well-being on men than women.

Primitive art as it relates to contemporary design

For the most part, my project has been of an individually rewarding nature due to an extensive amount of reading and studio work. My paper functions as the major means of communication of my own experiences and findings. It is an attempt to share with others the ideas which I have found particularly stimulating and worthwhile during the course of the year. In other words, the written portion does not intend to summarize all of the phases of primitive art which I have studied during the past year; rather, it is indicative of the type of pursuit with which I became involved. It is neither a historical survey nor a specific and thorough study of one area of primitive art. Instead, my paper is a series of essays focusing upon primitive art in general, and upon some of the aspects of primitive art with which I became concerned in particular.

Religion y minorias : un studio acerca de la interpretacion jurisprudencial de las cortes supremas de España, EE.UU y Brasil

a religião sempre esteve presente nos relacionamentos humanos ao longo da história e, do mesmo modo, nos conflitos e manifestações de intolerância. Neste estudo, buscamos traçar uma visão sobre religião e liberdade religiosa, destacando de modo objetivo a questão das minorias e sua interpretação jurisprudencial junto às cortes supremas da Espanha, dos Estados Unidos e do Brasil.

Spermiogenesis and spermatozoa ultrastructure in Salminus and Brycon, two primitive genera in Characidae (Teleostei : Ostariophysi : Characiformes)

In Salminus, spermiogenesis is cystic and gives origin to a type I aquasperm. Spermatid differentiation is characterized by chromatin condensed into thick fibres, nuclear rotation, nuclear fossa formation, cytoplasmic channel formation, mitochondrial fusion producing long and ramified mitochondria, and the presence of several membranous concentric rings around the plasma membrane that encircles the cytoplasmic channel. In Salminus and Brycon, spermatozoa are very similar. They exhibit a spherical nucleus and chromatin condensed into fibre clusters, and a deep nuclear fossa. They show a long midpiece with few elongate mitochondria at the initial region and a cytoplasmic channel completely encircled by one or two membranous concentric rings. The flagellar axis is perpendicular to the nucleus and exhibits the classic axoneme (9 + 2). The very strong similarity observed between Salminus and Brycon spermatozoa supports the hypothesis that these subfamilies are likely to have a monophyletic origin.

Classical and molecular cytogenetic characterization of Agonostomus monticola, a primitive species of Mugilidae (Mugiliformes)

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Regulation of Social Hierarchy Over Time in Colonies of the Primitive Eusocial Wasp Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) cassununga. Von Ihering, 1903 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)