Call for Papers: Intergenerational Justice Prize 2020 by FRFG, IF (Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, Intergenerational Foundation)

“…The Stuttgart-based Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the London-based Intergenerational Foundation (IF) jointly award the biennial Intergenerational Justice Prize, endowed with EUR 10,000 (ten thousand euros) in total prize-money, to essay-writers who address political and demographic issues pertaining to the field of intergenerational justice. …”
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»Das Geschriebene darf nicht ernst genommen werden – das Geschriebene muß todernst genommen werden«. Zur Notation und Interpretation musikalischer Gesten im Schaffen György Kurtágs... by Tobias Bleek

“…And what specific questions and challenges do performers face when trying to decipher the notation and transform it into music? The present essay examines this range of topics, which is crucial to analysis and performance of Kurtág’s music, by way of selected works and source materials. …”
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Empresarios, capitales e industrias en la región Caribe colombiana bajo el despegue del modelo agroexportador a comienzos del siglo XX by SEGIO PAOLO SOLANO

“…Recent history explains the weakness of the industrial development of the Colombian Caribbean region in terms of regional market inelasticity, the absence of products for international markets, changing the national transportation system, off the port of Buenaventura in the Pacific coast that went to the ports on the Caribbean coast and the economic policies of the central government. This essay attempts to show that this weakness is also explained by the nature of the business that originated and the restrictions that had accumulated capital in their hands during the study period. …”
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Pouvoir politique et pouvoir religieux. L’exploitation de la Sanusiyya au sein de la Libye indépendante (1951-1958) by Carlotta Marchi

“…Likewise, as the source of political legitimisation of independent Libya, the Sanusiyya underwent a process of bureaucratisation, i.e. an institutional degeneration whose sole purpose was the preservation of power.Starting with a brief overview of the organisation of political power in independent Libya, the essay develops by focusing, in the second and third paragraphs, on concrete examples that testify the exploitation of religion for political purposes made by the King, by the descendant branches of the Sanusiyya, and by personalities linked to the ṭarīqa through religious affiliation. …”
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Zoltán Kodálys Harmonielehre – ein Rekonstruktionsversuch by Anna Dalos

“…The paper deliberately omits harmony in Kodályʼs compositions, as this would require a separate essay.…”
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Im Niemandsland zwischen strengem Satz und Historismus. Zur Krise der Kontrapunktlehre im mittleren 19. Jahrhundert by Florian Edler

“…This stance was particularly prevalent in northern and central Germany as well as in France. This essay explores to what extent these negative connotations originated in the problems and inner contradictions in contemporary counterpoint teaching. …”
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Das zweifelnde Gehör. Erwartungssituationen als Module im Rahmen einer performativen Analyse tonaler und posttonaler Musik by Christian Utz

“…Starting from a review of listening expectancy and recollection in the history of music analysis and aesthetics (Weber, Hanslick, Adorno) as well as more recent reception-oriented theoretical systems (in particular Hepokoski’s and Darcy’s Sonata Theory), this essay probes the role of ›expectancy situations‹ within the framework of a ›performative‹ analytical method, applied to both tonal and posttonal music. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN INSTRUMEN PENILAIAN HASIL BELAJAR FISIKA BERORIENTASI HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) PADA MATERI ELASTISITAS DAN HUKUM HOOKE by Dona Desilva, Indra Sakti, Rosane Medriati

“…The results of the research and the development showed that 1) The HOTS instrument design had the form of the question in multiple choice and essay, presentation of the questions in paper test, context of the question as outside the classroom (contextual), subject matter in Elasticity and Hooke's Law and indicators of the question in HOTS, 2) Validity test results by expert judgment and practitioners which was in the very valid category with a percentage of 97.14% for the material aspect, 98.33% for the construction aspect and 100% for the language aspect, and 3) The characteristics of HOTS instruments was referred to the HOTS indicator (at the cognitive level C4 or C5 or C6), used the Operational Verb (KKO) level C4 or C5 or C6, contextual and used stimulus (texts, images, tables).   …”
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Fálétí’s Philosophical Sensibility by Adeshina Afolayan

“…And we have Ọlátúndé Ọlátúnjí to thank for the deep exploration and interrogation of the fundamental poetic and literary nuances that Fálétí has left for us. In this essay, I will attempt to unearth the philosophical sensibility that undergirds Fálétí’s literary prowess, especially as demonstrated by his poems. …”
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A Conversation with Toyin Falola on the future of Yoruba Language by Oyesina Fadare

“…Ṣugb̀ ọn a ́ ẁ ọn adari ́ ni ́ ipi ̀ nl ́ ẹ̀ tó jẹ́ ti Yorùbá 1 . Tis essay was originally published in Gbe ́legb́ ọ́ a Yoruba weekly magazine issue of March 23-29, 2020. 322 Oyesina Fadare lèṣe aẁ ọn nǹkan tó le mú agbega ba ̀ ́ èdè Yorùbá. …”
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Call for Papers: How attractive are political parties and trade unions to young people? by IF and FRFG

“…Young researchers may also wish to participate in this essay competition, and it is hoped that this edition of the IGJR will contain a selection of the best prize submissions in English. …”
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Call for Papers: Constitutions and Intergenerational Justice by IF and FRFG

“…Young researchers may also wish to participate in this essay competition, and it is hoped that this edition of the IGJR will contain a selection of the best prize submissions in English. …”
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IGJR 1/2020: Housing crisis: How can we improve the situation for young people? by IF and FRFG

“…Young researchers may also wish to participate in this essay competition, and it is hoped that this edition of the IGJR will contain a selection of the best prize submissions in English. …”
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IGJR 1/2020: Housing crisis: How can we improve the situation for young people? by IF and FRFG

“…Young researchers may also wish to participate in this essay competition, and it is hoped that this edition of the IGJR will contain a selection of the best prize submissions in English. …”
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Wisdom of the Established Pattern by Joel Janhonen

“… Photo by 234988805© Niall Wiggan on Dreamstime INTRODUCTION This short essay explores the plausible wisdom of status quo bias and questions the attempt by Bostrom and Ord to negate its influence. …”
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‘The South! something exclaims within me’: Real and Imagined Spaces in Italy and the South in Vernon Lee’s Travel Writing by Leonie Wanitzek

“…Literary criticism on Vernon Lee has so far focused little on either her seven published collections of travel essays or on her intense engaging with space and place in her writing. …”
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Tolmie, Francois, Philemon in Perspective: Interpreting a Pauline letter by Christoph Stenschke

“…In the essays, “the letter is approached from a very wide variety of perspectives, yielding several new insights into its interpretation” (Preface). …”
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The Resurrected Youth and the Sorrowing Mother: Walter Pater’s Uses of the Myths of Dionysus and Demeter by Anne-Florence Gillard-Estrada

“…In the mid-1870s, Walter Pater wrote two essays on Greek mythology, ‘A Study of Dionysus’ and ‘Demeter and Persephone’, in which he wondered about the relevance of Greek myths to the modern mind and advocated empathy with the primitive mind. …”
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Introduction: Democracy Disorganized? by Jonathan Bach

“…This article introduces three essays in the Focus section on “Problems of Democracy” adapted from the 25th Anniversary Conference of Columbia University’s Center on Organizational Innovation (COI). …”
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The Feeling of Thought: T.S. Eliot’s Programmatic Poetry. by Amélie Ducroux

“…The provocative tone of T.S. Eliot’s essays and lectures and their occasional lack of nuance largely account for the poet’s reputation as a figure of authority and as an advocate of a traditional, conservative brand of modernism. …”
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