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Cultural Mapping A Comparison of Significant Historical Buildings
Cultural Mapping: A Comparison of Significant Historical Buildings
Local history of the area
Strathfield Synagogue
The building’s history dates back to the early 1940s, during World War II (September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945). Several Jewish families migrated to Strathfield from the Eastern Suburbs at the period to get away from a feared Japanese invasion on the harbor or Kingsford Smith Airport (Gibson, 2014). Some continue to stay in Strathfield since they had business interests in Parramatta. ‘The Centre’ attracted a multitude people in the 1950s that it needed to expand. As a result, the historic building at 19 Florence Street was purchased. Phillip’s organizational framework encouraged communal solidarity and collaboration, emphasized learning, and formed the Strathfield Centre’s distinct tone and mood. H. P. Oser, an architect, crafted the New Synagogue Building. In June 1959, the foundation stone was placed, and the synagogue inaugurated in September of that year.
Sri Karphaga Vinayakar Temple
From around the 3rd century BCE, the early Pandya dynasty governed the southern section of the ancient Tamil peninsula, and they stayed a leading force for close to 1,000 years. They relinquished their empire to the Cholas for several centuries until regaining control around the 12th century. They were important patrons of literary, the arts, and sacred architecture, and the exchange of ideas and commerce with early India’s northern kingdoms. The Karpaka Vinayakar temple is a testament to the ancient Pandya dynasty’s contributions to South Indian heritage. The current temple features various layers of extensions and renovations that have been done over over 1,400 years. The 7th-century rock-cut temple complex is the first stratum that can be documented with surety. Narasimhavarma, c. 650 CE, is credited with creating this rock-cut cave. This first stratum has several rock-cut Hindu figures and goddesses. Manuscripts and strange iconography can also be found in the cave.
Shirdi Sai Temple
This temple is in the Maharashtra town of Shirdi, in the Ahmednagar district. This is claimed to be Sai Baba’s hometown, where he came in the mid-nineteenth century and resided for sixty years. His corporeal remnants are entombed in the temple. Folks come to this temple now because of its spiritual splendor and tranquility (Travelogy India, 2021). Sai Baba came to Shirdi and stayed for years in the hamlet, educating, preaching, and worshiping. After his demise, the people interred his corporeal remnants in a chosen location and constructed the Samadhi Mandir on top of it, as per his wish. In 1954, a massive marble sculpture of Sai Baba in a seated pose was erected adjacent to the Samadhi. The temple that houses his grave was built on the grounds of a huge private residence that he constructed while he was still living. Sai Baba irrigated and planted plants around the house. The house was constructed by Gopalrao Booty, a multimillionaire from Nagpur, as a rest home for the saints. When the saint became sick, he remained in the monastery and was buried there after he died. Later, the real temple, that was twice as large of the home, was constructed.
Debates
Sri Karphaga Vinayakar Temple:
The council to rule on historical classification is one of the current disputes swirling around the temple, but the proposal has struck a roadblock in the guise of a proposal to classify the synagogue as a local heritage object (Narunsky, 2021). The council must decide if the structure or the memorials therein have historical and cultural significance and are therefore worth protecting.
Sri Karphaga Vinayakar Temple
The current debate surrounding this temple is Development Application. Existing structures to be demolished, and build a Hindu Temple to serve as a centre of public devotion, relocating the amenities.
Shirdi Sai Temple
There may not be any debates about the location of the Shridi Sai Temple. 1. A Baba devotee, Kishen Bhaisaheb, selected a location from an Indian rental agency. 2. Guruji, another Baba devotee in India, had pledged to build 108 Baba temples all across the globe, and he did not mind if the site in Sydney was temporary, so he immediately informed Kishen Bhaisaheb to choose this location.
Similarities
All of the temples are utilised as cultural centres. In the case of Strathfield Synagogue, Judaism is the dominant culture. The majority of the events were focused on either education or fundraising. The yearly Purim celebration, the demo Seder, the Chanukah parade, and the Sukkah decorating were all fun for the kids. Adults had the yearly fete, monthly card parties, anniversaries, and house parties, as well as an infinite series of meetings that doubled as social gatherings. Both the Sri Karphaga Vinayakar Temple and the Shirdi Sai Temple are used for practicing Hinduism.
Differences
Strathfield Synagogue:
The initial purpose for the structure within the community was to educate the younger generation about Judaism (Malone, 2021). There was a period when cheder lessons were also conducted on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons after class. The Yolanda Kramer Kindergarten: which did serve the local area till the synagogue was acquired. Within, a memorial to Jewish war victims was established, as well as a commemoration wall recording the names of people murdered by the Nazis.
Sri Karphaga Vinayakar Temple:
Sri Karphaga Vinayakar Temple is a canteen that serves not only Garnish as well as other deities. Worshippers hold auspicious events for all blessings and barriers to be removed.
Shirdi Sai Temple
In commemoration of Ebenezer Vickery, an Australian industrialist, pastoralist, and philanthropist, the site has been utilized as an organic chapel. Brundah, a Victorian-style mansion, Leigh College Hall, a neo-Georgian Revival-style building that served as an educational facility for the Islam, and the E. Vickery Memorial Chapel, which was renovated into Shirdi Sai Temple, are all part of the property. Because Hindu structures are constructed within madrasas, it is a combination of Islam and India to a certain degree. Shirdi Sai Baba has followers in both Hinduism and Islam, but he lacks the sense of freedom that belonging and believing imply.
References
Gibson, E. (2014). Architectural Projects 1480– Strathfield Synagogue Heritage
Assessment http://jewsofnsw.info/heritagelists/StrathfieldHeritageAssesment.pdf 10 March 2014
Malone, U. (2021). Strathfield Synagogue faces sale due to dwindling congregation.
Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2 November 2021, from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-16/strathfield-synagogue-faces-sale-due-to-dwindling-congregation/5456326.
Narunsky, G. (2021). Strathfield Synagogue sold. Australianjewishnews.com. Retrieved
2 November 2021, from https://www.australianjewishnews.com/strathfield-synagogue-sold/.
Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Maharashtra – History, Visiting Time, How to Reach.
Travelogyindia.com. (2021). Retrieved 2 November 2021, from https://www.travelogyindia.com/mumbai/shirdi-sai-baba-temple.html.
Evalaution of FBI abminstration
Evaluation of the FBI Administration:
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Organizational Design
The FBI human resource department is one of the most important departments at the agency. This department plays a crucial role in achieving the agency’s two important functions of ensuring national security as well as criminal investigations. Besides these two major functions, the organization has 15 other functions. The agency has six divisions plus a children agency which makes it seven divisions. Therefore, the agency requires well trained officers in order to achieve all these functions. The agency’s HR department is therefore important because it ensures that the agency has adequate well trained agents. This department operates the FBI Academy where the training of new agents takes place.
According to Jeffreys-Jones (2008), the HR branch is headed by the FBI Executive Assistant Director who answers to the FBI Director. This branch has two divisions; the HR Division and the Training Division. The TD is responsible for the training of new agents as well as research and development in the criminal justice department. It is the TD that manages the FBI Academy. The TD trains the special agents and professional staffs such as law enforcement officers in the state, federal and international levels. The FBI Academy faculty staffs conduct research on investigative techniques and offer help to law enforcement agencies. The HR Division is responsible for the recruitment, internal placement and the remuneration of the employees. This division also monitors the employees’ performance and ensures agents safety and health. The HR Division implements human resource policies in order to ensure the implementation of the agency’s missions. This division also ensures the rewarding of exemplary performance by the workers.
Hiring of new agents is one of the challenges facing the FBI HR Division (Weiner, 2013). The hiring of the new agents takes a lot of time due to the organizational structure of the HR division. The TD has a lot of procedures and processes that the new agents must undergo. The TD regulations require proper background checks and clearance from the special agents. These processes are time consuming therefore making it difficult to hire new agents quickly.
The strength of the agency’s HR organizational structure is that it ensures efficiency by recruiting the most qualified candidates. The HR division allows for a thorough recruitment process of professional staffs that ensure that the agency has well qualified employees. The TR division also ensures that the agency recruits competent agents. Both the HR and the TR divisions therefore help the agency to accomplish its missions by ensuring that the agency has a well qualified, motivated and dedicated workforce. This organizational structure allows for easy monitoring of the workers’ performance and the motivation of the workers to achieve the agency’s goals.
Global linkages and personal Management
The agency has linkages with organizations in other countries in order to prevent crimes on the international level and to trace international fugitives. Linking with other investigative organizations is an important policy for the organization due to terrorism, cyber terrorism and other crimes committed beyond the US borders. The agency consists of an International Operations (IO) division to oversee security and intelligence functions in foreign countries. This division helps the FBI to achieve its international functions such as preventing organized crimes, espionage and offering counterintelligence (Zegart, 2007).
The agency’s foreign-based employees coordinate with other foreign investigative agencies by assisting these agencies to conduct their own intelligence. In return, these foreign agencies provide assistance to the agency by providing vital information and assisting in other criminal matters. The agency establishes a mutual benefits relationship with other international agencies to meet its international obligations. According to Koletar (2006), the agency’s foreign-based personnel consist of field officers who are headed by legal attaches also called county managers. The country managers exist in more than 45 countries in the US embassies worldwide. The agency coordinates with global crime prevention agencies such as Interpol and other agencies in its international operations. This coordination with other foreign agencies enables the FBI to protect the US interest abroad.
Due to the globalization of criminal activities, the agency requires more foreign based employees. This is reflected in the agency’s recruitment process where the agency prepares its new agents and other workers for any international obligations. The agency requires that the new employees have travel documents in readiness for any international travel requirements. The agency also alerts workers to prepare for the international travels which may have very short notices. This allows the agency to have ready personnel to fill any vacancies abroad to ensure that the agency’s foreign obligations do not stall due to inadequate staff members (Zegart, 2007).
Personnel Recruitment and Hiring Practices
The agency’s training practices are to ensure that the agency has well qualified employees to help achieve the organization’s objectives. The hiring procedures prepare the workers for the difficult challenges that the agency faces. The agents undergo specialized training process in the FBI Academy to ensure that the agents are fit to work in any part in the world. According to Jeffreys-Jones, (2008), the training practices in the academy are to enhance endurance among the agents to prepare them for harsh working conditions they may experience. The agents also undergo a military like training programs to ensure that the workers can defend themselves and to aid in fighting violent groups. The agency offers a wide variety of training programs in order to produce all rounded agents who can handle different situations. Agents in addition, undergo police training programs and multidisciplinary programs that run for eleven weeks. The agency aims that such programs ensures that the organization has the best workers as well as ensuring discipline in the workforce.
The agency’s professional employees undergo intelligence analysts teaching programs. This training program enables the agency to have qualified intelligence analysts who can help prevent crimes. The intelligence analysis program in addition, helps the agency to become in a better position to offer counterintelligence in order to prevent any organized security threats from terrorist groups and other countries (Weiner, 2013). The FBI offers Executive training for CEOs of huge law enforcement companies. Operational assistance programs, offered by the agency, allow law enforcement officers to respond to and handle emergency situations.
Employee Skills Training
According to Jeffreys-Jones, (2008), the agency’s training programs are good in that they produce highly skilled workers. The agency designs its training programs according to its missions and goals. Therefore, the agency’s training programs are an advantage to the agency because they help the organization to achieve its missions. The training programs are high standard programs that help the workers to cope with the challenges of working at the agency. The training programs also enhances the safety of the workers since the workers especially agents, undergo police and military like training programs. Another advantage of the training programs is that these programs prepare the workers to work in different countries under different cultures. For instance, intelligence analysts programs help the employees to learn other languages that might be useful in collecting intelligence.
The main disadvantage of the agency’s training programs is that the programs are time consuming therefore, it is difficult to staff the organization quickly. Hiring of new employees takes a lot of time. This is risky to the organization in that, the organization cannot perform drastic tasks that require quick replenishing of new personnel. In such a scenario, the agency may not achieve its missions due to understaffing. The training programs are numerous making it costly to the agency. The organization spends a lot in training costs due to the numerous rigorous trainings to its workers (Zegart, 2007).
Recruiting and Training Recommendations
The agency should streamline its training programs to allow for only the most necessary programs. For instance, the agency should eliminate the unnecessary background checks conducted on new agents. This will help save time and reduce the recruitment time. The agency should eliminate the numerous test performed on the new agents. The agency should only conduct the necessary medical tests. This will also reduce the recruitment process time and also reducing significantly the hiring and training costs.
The agency should provide more incentives for the qualified workers to improve their skills by engaging in training programs (Koletar, 2006). This can be done by coming up with a training policy for its current workers. A training policy would ensure that the workers attend training programs periodically in order to keep in touch with changes in crime trends and any technological developments. These periodical training programs will also help the agency to have an edge in ensuring national security because the agency will be better positioned to fight crimes both locally and internationally.
Reference
Jeffreys-Jones, R. (2008). The FBI: A history. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press.
Koletar, J. W. (2006). The FBI career guide: Inside information on getting chosen for and succeeding in one of the toughest, most prestigious jobs in the world. New York: AMACOM
Weiner, T. (2013). Enemies: A history of the FBI. New York: Random House.
Zegart, A. B. (2007). Spying blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the origins of 9/11. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press.
Euthyphro dilemma refers
Euthyphro dilemma refers to a philosophical problem concerned with a view of morality related to God. It is a view that the only accepted moral standards is God’s will. This dilemma was presented by Plato in his dialogue Euthyphro. The problem starts when Socrates asks Euthyphro what he thinks is the authoritative definition of piety. Is piety doing what good people do, or what God commands? Euthyphro responds that piety is doing what is in accordance with the will of God. He also mentions that it’s not so easy to know His will, so sometimes we must depend on our human understanding. The main question then becomes how are humans supposed to understand God’s will? Socrates summarizes this question by asking whether goodness is objectively good, or if it only has value because people think it does. This paper is designed to determine Euphoria dilemma as depicted in Noah movie. This blog post will explain Plato’s theory on why things are considered good and what determines if something is in fact good or bad within his idea of morals. This will then be compared to Hollywood’s idea on morality.
In the context of Noah movie, Euphoria dilemma is vividly depicted. We are bound to see the story of eponymous hero of the Old Testament. Noah is forced to decide who deserves to be saved from an impending global catastrophe, and who deserves death by drowning in a great flood. The dilemma arises when he realizes that any human decision is bound to be arbitrary because people will disagree about what’s worth living for. Noah movie does not provide definite answer for this problem fully, but it hints at an answer – do not choose for others but instead have faith in their decisions. It seems more moralistic than ethical solution, but still satisfying on some level.
Noah movie stipulates morality and Euphoria dilemma. It is not an easy task to cater to the cultural sensitivities of public or maintaining your vision for this work. The dilemma of making a movie regarding the Noah’s Ark story is that it would offend believers of either tradition. It is very difficult undertaking something like this without crossing one direction. For instance, some people do not believe in evolution will be offended by showing any form of animal death onscreen, which can be interpreted as suggesting that animals were created before man. Personally, I liked the way how it was dealt with in Noah movie because it portrayed the complexity and offered no simple solution to problem with its emphasis on faith and hope rather than certainty or clear answers.
The Euthyphro dilemma in the context of the Noah movie is well displayed in the film as there are many argue about whether God is an entity that is good, awesome, or just what he creates. In the film, Noah has a flashback to a conversation he had with his grandfather which displays a conversation from Plato’s book The Euthyphro dilemma. In this debate, the question of “Is something good because God wants it?” was brought up and in order for it to be discussed fully and thoroughly they must go back to Platos theory on this topic. In the film, the film supports and displays Plato’s theory of ethical dualism where there is a two-part mind that we humans have. This mind consists of rational and non-rational functions. While in The Cloud Atlas Continuum, this duality is brought up by the character Zane, who has quite an interesting backstory as well as an interesting conversation with his father. This conversation goes into detail on what it means to be human and how we should treat each other so that all can coexist in peace.