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National and regional belonging in twentieth-century East Asia
In: Comparativ Jg. 23, H. 3
Laos. Embodied nation: Sport, masculinity, and the making of modern Laos By Simon Creak Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2015. Pp. 352. Maps, Notes, Bibliography, Index
In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies, Band 48, Heft 2, S. 330-331
ISSN: 1474-0680
Donors and the Global Sportive "Civilizing Mission": Asian Athletics, American Philanthropy, and YMCA Media (1910s–1920s)
In: Itinerario: international journal on the history of European expansion and global interaction, Band 40, Heft 1, S. 29-54
ISSN: 2041-2827
This article focuses on changes in American philanthropy during the Progressive Era and the Young Men's Christian Association's (YMCA) domestic promotion of its global sports program during the 1910s and 1920s. Since the American YMCA's foreign department was entirely dependent on donations, philanthropists' demands concerning efficient and scientific methods to fight the causes of social dysfunction needed to be addressed. YMCA and Christian progressive media thus presented clear-cut success stories about spreading Western sports. Oft-repeated topoi included the superiority vis-à-vis local practices of Western scientific and rational approaches to public health and leisure, and a knowledge transfer to local elites, meaning that indigenization would prevent a permanent "donation drain." During the First World War, Asian sports events were communicated as a peaceful contrast to the European battlefields. Following the war, YMCA writers turned Asian athletes into a vanguard among non-Western athletes, now promoting the YMCA's experience gained in this region as a guarantee to donors that an expensive expansion of its sportive "civilizing mission" would lead to similar achievements on a global level. By the late 1920s, the YMCA had completely "de-Orientalized" its earlier coverage of Asian social deficits to emphasize its own efficiency.
Images of the Sporting "Civilizing Mission": The Far Eastern Championship Games (1913–1934) and Visions of Modernization in English-Language Philippine Newspapers
In: Journal of world history: official journal of the World History Association, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 497-533
ISSN: 1527-8050
Foreword
In: Journal of world history: official journal of the World History Association, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 381-381
ISSN: 1527-8050
National and regional belonging in twentieth-century East Asia: introduction
In: Comparativ: C ; Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, Band 23, Heft 3, S. 6-16
ISSN: 0940-3566
"Die Konzepte von Nation und belonging sind entscheidend, um die Geschichte Ostasiens im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert als Periode der Entstehung von Nationen und der Neuverhandlung von Zugehörigkeitsgefühlen zu verstehen. Diskursive Verbindungen zwischen beiden Konzepten können mindestens bis ins neunzehnte Jahrhundert zurückverfolgt werden. Begegnungen mit dem westlichen Anderen seit dieser Zeit hatten einen wichtigen Einfluss auf Vorstellungen und Formierungen von Nationalstaaten in Ostasien. Während der Aufstieg des Nationalismus eigentlich nationale Abgrenzung von Nachbarn suggeriert, vereinigten Anti-Kolonialismus und Anti-Imperialismus eine wachsende Zahl von Asiaten im Kampf für Gleichheit und Selbstbestimmung. Dieser Kampf beeinflusste nicht nur die Zwischenkriegszeit, sondern charakterisierte auch die Epoche der Dekolonisation nach 1945. Dementsprechend diente vielen asiatischen Akteuren nicht nur die Nation, sondern auch die supranationale Region als Referenzpunkt für die Ausbildung eines Zugehörigkeitsgefühls. Dieses basierte oft auf kulturellen Elementen wie Religion, Sprache, Werten und Abstammungsmythen. Zahlreiche räumliche Vorstellungen von Kommonalität trugen dementsprechend zur gleichzeitigen Ausbreitung von Nationalismus und Regionalismus bei. Dieser Artikel vermittelt einen Überblick über die Bedeutung der Konzepte von Nation und belonging für die Geschichte Ostasiens im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert und diskutiert theoretische Ansätze, die zum Verständnis des Zusammenhangs der Konzepte dienen. Abschließend stellt er die fünf Fallstudien dieser Ausgabe vor." (Autorenreferat)
Wind park reliable energy production based on a hydrogen compensation system. Part I: Technical viability
15548 15560 36 24 ; S ; Power production from renewable energy resources is increasing day by day. In the case of Spain, in 2009, it represents the 26.9% of installed power and 20.1% of energy production. Wind energy has the most important contribution of this production. Wind generators are greatly affected by the restrictive operating rules of electricity markets because, as wind is naturally variable, wind generators may have serious difficulties on submitting accurate generation schedules on a day ahead basis, and on complying with scheduled obligations. Weather forecast systems have errors in their predictions depending on wind speed. Thus, if wind energy becomes an important actor in the energy production system, these fluctuations could compromise grid stability. In this study technical and economical viability of a large scale compensation system based on hydrogen is investigated, combining wind energy production with a biomass gasification system. Combination of two systems has synergies that improve final results. In the economical study, it is considered that all hydrogen production that is not used to compensate wind energy could be sold to supply the transportation sector. Sánchez Díaz, C.; Abad, B.; Hübner, S.; Alfonso-Solar, D.; Segura Heras, I. (2011). Wind park reliable energy production based on a hydrogen compensation system. Part I: Technical viability. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 36(24):15548-15560. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.09.014
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