The Use of Self-Anchoring Scales in Social Research: The Cantril Scale for the Evaluation of Community Action Orientation

2012 ◽  
pp. 73-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Immacolata Di Napoli ◽  
Caterina Arcidiacono
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Action Orientation

scholarly journals Una Relectura de Fotovoz como Herramienta Metodológica para la Investigación Social Participativa desde una Perspectiva Feminista

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antar Martínez-Guzmán ◽  
Claudia M. Prado-Meza ◽  
Cristina Tapia Muro ◽  
Aimé Tapia González
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Symbolic Order ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Visual Methods ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Photovoice Methodology ◽  
Methodological Strategy

En el marco de una creciente expansión de los métodos visuales en la investigación social, la fotovoz se sitúa como una herramienta metodológica participativa que hace uso de la fotografía en combinación con una descripción verbal que favorece la acción comunitaria, reconociendo en su planteamiento la influencia de la perspectiva feminista. Sin embargo, los vínculos entre la metodología de la fotovoz y el pensamiento feminista han sido en general poco elaborados y se han circunscrito particularmente al ámbito de la identificación de necesidades comunitarias para las mujeres y otros sujetos considerados marginados. En este artículo proponemos una re-lectura de la metodología de la fotovoz a la luz de herramientas conceptuales provenientes del feminismo post-estructuralista de la tercera ola. Argumentamos que tal redefinición permite actualizar los vínculos de la fotovoz con su impronta feminista y, además, ampliar los alcances metodológicos de la misma. A través de un estudio realizado en la provincia mexicana cuyo objetivo ha sido explorar la relación entre género y acción social en la trayectoria de mujeres activistas, ilustramos la manera en que la fotovoz puede ser proyectada como estrategia metodológica que, en contraste con su planteamiento inicial, permite: a) hacer énfasis en la agencia de los sujetos participantes; b) diversificar y ampliar sus interlocutores y destinatarios; c) interrogar políticas de representación dominantes en el imaginario social e incidir en el orden simbólico; d) privilegiar la emergencia de “conocimientos situados” y las conexiones entre los mismos; y e) vehiculizar en el plano metodológico la consigna feminista según la cual ‘lo personal es político’. Se concluye proponiendo que esta particular re-lectura de la fotovoz permite enriquecer sus potencialidades metodológicas en tanto posibilita una articulación valiosa entre epistemologías feministas, perspectivas participativas, exploración de la subjetividad e investigación orientada a la acción.In the context of a growing presence of visual methods in social research, photovoice is positioned as a participatory methodological strategy combining photography production and community action, with an explicit influence of the feminist perspective. However, the links between the photovoice methodology and feminist thought have not been sufficiently elaborated and have been mostly limited to the task of identifying community needs for women and other subjects considered marginalized. In this paper we propose a re-reading of the photovoice methodology in the light of conceptual tools coming from the post-structuralist feminism framed in the third wave. We argue that such redefinition allows updating the links between photovoice and its feminist imprint and broadening its methodological scope. To illustrate this, we present a study conducted with photovoice methodology in a Mexican province, whose objective was to explore the relationship between gender and social action in the experience of activist women. In contrast with its traditional definition, we argue that photovoice can be conceived as a methodological strategy that allows: a) emphasizing the agency of participants; b) diversifying and expanding the social actors to which the methodology is directed; c) critically examining politics of representations and intervene in the cultural and symbolic order; d) privileging the emergence of “situated knowledge” and the connections between different perspectives; and e) implementing in the methodological level the feminist principle according to which ‘the personal is political’. We conclude by proposing that this particular re-reading of photovoice allows to enrich its methodological potentialities as it enables a renewed articulation between feminist epistemologies, participatory perspectives, exploration of subjectivity and action-oriented research.

scholarly journals Jaringan Ideologi Keilmuan dan Modal Politik Teungku Dayah di Aceh

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Nirzalin Nirzalin
Keyword(s):  
Effective Mass ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Political Capital ◽  
New Order ◽  
Political Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Masses

Teungku Dayah in Aceh is defining community action. The objectivity, their commandment is not only heard with Islamic discourse but also widened in the social and political sphere. Although some social research in Aceh showed the charm of their power had suffered a crisis at the end of the new Order era up to a decade after the new order, but now the vibration of their political influence was again able to move the masses. Based on the study in Bireuen District This article is about to demonstrate that a network of a scientific ideology built, developed and nourished by the constant nurturing by Teungku Dayah has been in apparent political capital for them to A solid and effective mass.  Abstrak: Teungku dayah di Aceh merupakan penentu tindakan masyarakat. Objektifnya, titah mereka tidak hanya didengar terkait dengan wacana keislaman, tetapi juga melebar pada ranah sosial dan politik. Meskipun beberapa riset sosial di Aceh menunjukkan pesona kekuasaan mereka sempat mengalami krisis dipenghujung era Orde Baru sampai dengan satu dekade pasca Orde Baru, namun kini daya getar pengaruh politik mereka kembali mampu menggerakkan massa. Berdasarkan studi di Kabupaten Bireuen artikel ini hendak menunjukkan bahwa jaringan ideologi keilmuan yang dibangun, dikembangkan dan di pelihara melalui pengasuhan terus menerus oleh Teungku Dayah telah dengan nyata menjadi modal politik bagi mereka untuk menggerakkan massa yang solid dan efektif. 

The Public and Social Research

1970 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-48
Author(s):  
HERBERT E. KRUGMAN
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
The Public

Psychologists Encounter Community Action

1975 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. NEWBROUGH ◽  
MICHAEL BERGER
Keyword(s):  
Community Action
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