scholarly journals How transdisciplinary projects influence participants’ ways of thinking: a case study on future landscape development

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Tobias ◽  
Maarit F. Ströbele ◽  
Tobias Buser
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Development ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
Future Landscape

Systemic Unsustainability as a Threat to Democracy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Felicetti
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Sustainability Transition ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
Illustrative Case Study ◽  
New Research

Resilient socioeconomic unsustainability poses a threat to democracy whose importance has yet to be fully acknowledged. As the prospect of sustainability transition wanes, so does perceived legitimacy of institutions. This further limits representative institutions’ ability to take action, making democratic deepening all the more urgent. I investigate this argument through an illustrative case study, the 2017 People’s Climate March. In a context of resilient unsustainability, protesters have little expectation that institutions might address the ecological crisis and this view is likely to spread. New ways of thinking about this problem and a new research agenda are needed.

A geoarchaeological case study in the chora of Pergamon, western Turkey, to reconstruct the late Holocene landscape development and settlement history

2015 ◽  
Vol 367 ◽  
pp. 62-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Schneider ◽  
Albrecht Matthaei ◽  
Marlen Schlöffel ◽  
Cornelius Meyer ◽  
Mario Kronwald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Holocene ◽  
Landscape Development ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
Settlement History

Queer Public History in Small-Town Wisconsin

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-93
Author(s):  
Christopher Hommerding
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Public History ◽  
Small Town ◽  
History Of Sexuality ◽  
Historic Site ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ways Of Thinking

This essay examines the interpretation of the lives and work of two queer men, Robert Neal and Edgar Hellum, at the Pendarvis Historic Site in the small town of Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Using this interpretation as a case study, the essay addresses how public historians might more fully incorporate the history of sexuality into historic site interpretative models. It suggests a number of strategies for helping visitors think critically about the history of sexuality and how our current understandings of sexual identity are not always useful or accurate ways of thinking about queer pasts.

scholarly journals Workforce Development: The Latest Silver Bullet?

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicky Murray
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Manpower Planning ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
Silver Bullet

The term 'Workforce Development’ is used with increasing frequency by policy makers, academics and labour market practitioners. On the surface, it is a relatively unproblematic term, yet closer investigation suggests that it is often used as a 'catch-all ' phrase, which may have quite different meanings and implications, depending upon the user and the context. In this exploratory paper, I first trace the genesis of the term, noting its theoretical underpinnings in systems thinking. I then discuss some of the drivers behind the evolution of the concept of Workforce Development and examine why it appears to have supplanted notions of workforce or manpower 'planning’. Using the health and disability sector as a case study, I highlight some of the differences in how the term is used, and discuss the implications. Finally I ask if the use of a new term, reflecting a presumably significant shift in ways of thinking about the 'workforce’, translates into actions that do, in fact, 'develop’ that workforce.

scholarly journals "Ask Me No Secrets, I'll Tell You No Lies:" What Happens When a Respondent's Story Makes No Sense

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Flicker
Keyword(s):  
Social Contract ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
Illustrative Case Study ◽  
Study Participants

In health research, we depend heavily on the goodwill of study participants. However, the whole social contract of health research is based on the premise that everyone comes to the research table with honorable intentions. What course should we take if we doubt the authenticity of our participants accounts? Through the use of an illustrative case study, this paper will explore three different ways of thinking about (and handling) implausible narratives.

scholarly journals Sentimentality versus Transformation of the Historical Traditional Rural Landscape (A Case Study: The Landscape of Dutch Law Settlement in Poland)

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
Iwona Markuszewska
Keyword(s):  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Rural Landscape ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Landscape Changes ◽  
Personal Interest ◽  
Individual Perceptions ◽  
Versus Transformation ◽  
Landscape Heritage ◽  
Future Landscape

Abstract The study concentrated on social attitudes towards landscape heritage and the how the place of living was perceived in the context of the transformation of the rural landscape that is currently taking place. The following question was formulated: Are individuals’ approaches to landscape and their attachment to their place of living essential in terms of landscaping and future landscape changes? The research revealed that individual perceptions of rurality and the historical traditional rural landscape (HTRL) varied in different groups of interviewees. Nevertheless, observing the loss of the landscape’s beauty was a traumatic experience, and destructive changes to the landscape were difficult to accept for most of individuals who had spent their lives in the countryside and who felt a strong sense of patrimony. Conversely, the HTRL presented a less important value to other respondents, thus the destruction they observed of the local heritage induced less painful feelings in them. Overall, the results suggest that it is one’s personal interest that will ultimately decide about his/her preservation of the HTRL in the nearest future.

scholarly journals Knowing Me, Knowing You—Capturing Different Knowledge Systems for River Landscape Planning and Governance

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Henze ◽  
Barbara Schröter ◽  
Christian Albert
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Transdisciplinary Research ◽  
Landscape Development ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
River Landscape ◽  
Stakeholder Interests ◽  
Stakeholder Perspectives ◽  
Recreation Opportunities

Navigating the evolution of river landscapes towards more sustainable pathways requires transdisciplinary research including diverse stakeholders. A thorough understanding of stakeholder interests, including potential conflicts and options for convergence, is critical for the design and implementation of such transdisciplinary research. So far, only a few studies have conducted in-depth stakeholder analyses. The aim of this paper is to elucidate and characterize the interests of the relevant actors in a case study for sustainable river landscape development in Germany. The research questions concern the (i) commonalities and differences as manifested in the structures of thought and action of the actors, and the (ii) potential points of conflict or convergence of interests, as relevant for further transdisciplinary research. Our methods include participating in observations in three meetings of the actors, and conducting twelve individual interviews, as well as a focus group discussion. Our results identify major conflicts between the actors’ perspectives regarding navigation interests and the demands for nature conservation. Potential issues for convergence are ecological river restoration and enhancing recreation opportunities. The findings shed light on the diversity of the stakeholder perspectives around river landscape development. We recommend that future projects capture this diversity through a triangulation approach.

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