scholarly journals Peace, Protest and Precarity: Making Conceptual Sense of Young People’s Non-violent Dissent in a Period of Intersecting Crises

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Bowman ◽  
Sarah Pickard
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Young People ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Bearing Witness ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Historically Situated ◽  
Taking Action

Abstract The current young generation are living through socio-historically situated intersecting crises, including precarity and climate change. In these times of crisis, young people are also bearing witness to a distinctive global wave of youth-led activism involving protest actions. Much of this activism can be deemed dissent because many young activists are calling for systemic change, including the radical disruption, reimagining and rebuilding of the social, economic and political status quo. In this interdisciplinary article, between politics and peace studies, we investigate how the concept of peace plays an important role in some young dissent, and specifically the dissent of young people taking action on climate change. We observed that these young environmental activists often describe their actions in careful terms of positive peace, non-violence, kindness and care, in order to express their dissent as what we interpret as positive civic behaviour. They also use concepts grounded in peace and justice to navigate their economic, political and social precarity. Based on a youth-centred study, drawing on insightful face to face semi-structured interviews in Britain and France with school climate strikers, Friday For Future (FFF) and Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists, we explore how young environmental activists themselves related their dissent, and especially how they attached importance to it being non-violent and/or peaceful. Stemming from our findings, we discuss how young environmental activists’ vision of violence and non-violence adapted to the structural and personal violence they face at the complex intersections of young marginalization, global inequalities and injustices in the lived impact of climate change and the policing of protest.

scholarly journals Telling Our Stories: Resilience during Resettlement for African Skilled Migrants in Australia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 3954
Author(s):  
Lillian Mwanri ◽  
Leticia Anderson ◽  
Kathomi Gatwiri
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
African Migrants ◽  
Cultural Expectations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Resilience Factors

Background: Emigration to Australia by people from Africa has grown steadily in the past two decades, with skilled migration an increasingly significant component of migration streams. Challenges to resettlement in Australia by African migrants have been identified, including difficulties securing employment, experiences of racism, discrimination and social isolation. These challenges can negatively impact resettlement outcomes, including health and wellbeing. There has been limited research that has examined protective and resilience factors that help highly skilled African migrants mitigate the aforementioned challenges in Australia. This paper discusses how individual and community resilience factors supported successful resettlement Africans in Australia. The paper is contextualised within a larger study which sought to investigate how belonging and identity inform Afrodiasporic experiences of Africans in Australia. Methods: A qualitative inquiry was conducted with twenty-seven (n = 27) skilled African migrants based in South Australia, using face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Participants were not directly questioned about ‘resilience,’ but were encouraged to reflect critically on how they navigated the transition to living in Australia, and to identify factors that facilitated a successful resettlement. Results: The study findings revealed a mixture of settlement experiences for participants. Resettlement challenges were observed as barriers to fully meeting expectations of emigration. However, there were significant protective factors reported that supported resilience, including participants’ capacities for excellence and willingness to work hard; the social capital vested in community and family support networks; and African religious and cultural values and traditions. Many participants emphasised their pride in their contributions to Australian society as well as their desire to contribute to changing narratives of what it means to be African in Australia. Conclusions: The findings demonstrate that despite challenges, skilled African migrants’ resilience, ambition and determination were significant enablers to a healthy resettlement in Australia, contributing effectively to social, economic and cultural expectations, and subsequently meeting most of their own migration intentions. These findings suggest that resilience factors identified in the study are key elements of integration.

Is this mine? Psychological ownership and the social media follower

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline S.L. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Psychological Ownership ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Currency ◽  
Different Levels

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine psychological ownership (PO) experienced by followers of social media influencers toward both influencer and the product. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected using face-to-face semi-structured interviews that were conducted with 30 respondents and analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings The study demonstrated that the PO experienced by the follower changes under different conditions resulting from perceived value, social currency and follower activity. Social currency plays a vital role in determining the target of PO, often affecting the narrative by the follower. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first paper to examine the transference of PO between product and influencer as experienced by the follower. It provides an understanding on PO that is experienced in different levels of intensity and changes depending on the motive of the follower; hence, transference of PO occurs and it is not a static.

scholarly journals THE UNDAGI LEXICON IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES BASED ON ASTA KOSALA KOSALI CONCEPT IN DENPASAR

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-296
Author(s):  
Made Sani Damayanthi Muliawan
Keyword(s):  
Young Generation ◽  
Compound Words ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
The Social ◽  
Single Form ◽  
Word Forms ◽  
Qualitative Technique ◽  
Social Praxis ◽  
Ecological Dimension

The title of this research is The ‘Undagi’ lexicon in the manufacture of residential houses based on asta kosala kosali concept in Denpasar. The aims of this research is to inventory the diversity of vocabulary of undagi’s lexicon in making a house based on asta kosala kosali concept with ecological dimension so that the young generation can know and preserve it well. The theory applied for this research is ecolinguistic theory proposed by Bang and Door (1993). This theory are combines biological dimension, ideological and sociological dimension in the languages. This research is descriptive qualitative. Technique of data collecting is done by applying listening method and speaking method. The listening method is done by using interview technique and the speaking method by using face to face method. The result of the research shows that the diversity of vocabulary of undagis’s lexicon in making a house based on asta kosala kosali concept are found sixty seven lexicons categorized as nouns and thirteen lexicons categorized as verb. In addition to word class categorization, in this study also obtained the word forms of each lexicon in the form of a single form of the word base and derivative form of the form of compound words. Each lexicon also has a semantic meaning and shows the social praxis dimension of ideological, sociological and biological dimensions. Key words: Undagi, asta kosala kosali, the social praxis dimension

scholarly journals Information Support of Youth Policy as a Factor of Formation of the Social Capital and Political Attitudes of the Young Generation

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Galina Viktorovna Morozova ◽  
Artur Romanovich Gavrilov ◽  
Bulat Ildarovich Yakupov
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Young People ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
Political Information ◽  
Information Support ◽  
The Political ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
The Social

If we sum up the tasks facing the Russian state in relation to the young generation, then all of them are associated with its harmonious inclusion in the social and political development of the country. At the normative level, the current need is declared for young people to form active citizenship and democratic political culture, which is possible only in a constant and equal dialogue between the authorities and young people. Ensuring the interaction of the younger generation with the political elite presupposes the existence of certain conditions - the creation and effective functioning of the information infrastructure of youth policy, as well as the conduct of an open active information policy. The article describes the results of a study of the political status of students of the capital of Tatarstan - Kazan, in particular, such parameters as youth interest in political information, trust in the sources of this information, and political participation. Together with the data of secondary studies, this made it possible to characterize the youth sector of political communication, identify the existing difficulties in the interaction of the government and youth, in particular, identify some difficulties in receiving and disseminating political information among the youth, which impede the development of a democratic political culture and the accumulation of social capital of the young generation.

Relationship between Senior and Junior Researcher

2017 ◽  
pp. 1262-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katjuša Gorela ◽  
Roberto Biloslavo
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Junior Researcher ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
The Relationship

The professional development of a young researcher is mainly influenced by the organizational culture and the relationship with academic colleagues, especially mentors. This chapter presents the results of a qualitative study conducted on a sample of 16 researchers employed in three Slovenian public universities. The study examines the senior-junior researcher relationship, as the relationship between mentor and mentee, the nature of their cooperation, and how new knowledge is generated and transmitted. In-depth semi-structured interviews and content analysis for structuring qualitative data was used. The results indicate that the professional development of junior researchers is based mostly on their independent work where the mentor guidance is only occasional. Despite the development of information and communication technology, and in particular the Social Web tools, the mentorship in the framework of higher education institutions is still based on a face-to-face relationship.

scholarly journals Household Barriers to Climate Change Action: Perspectives from Nuevo Leon, Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4178 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Liliana González-Hernández ◽  
Erik W. Meijles ◽  
Frank Vanclay
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Nuevo Leon ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Nuevo León ◽  
Physical Limitations ◽  
Perceived Locus Of Control ◽  
Taking Action

It is necessary to mobilize households so that they make changes to their everyday activities to address climate change. However, in the academic literature, there has been little focus on the perceived barriers to climate change action at the household level. Previous research has also highlighted a need for more studies in Latin America. This study contributes to the literature by filling these gaps. In a face-to-face and online survey administered in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, we asked participants what barriers impede their household from taking action to address climate change. Using thematic analysis, seven main barriers were identified: (i) everyday life; (ii) awareness of climate change; (iii) lack of perceived locus of control; (iv) physical limitations of the dwelling; (v) social, (vi) regulatory; and (vii) economic. Given the significant potential effects of climate change in the Nuevo Leon region, a better understanding of the barriers that prevent households from addressing climate change will inform the development of targeted guidelines and strategies to address changing climate.

scholarly journals Place Attachment and Its Consequence for Landscape-Scale Management and Readiness to Participate: Social Network Complexity in the Post-Soviet Rural Context of Latvia and Estonia

Land ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Storie ◽  
Enri Uusna ◽  
Zane Eglāja ◽  
Teele Laur ◽  
Mart Külvik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Place Attachment ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Landscape Scale ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Local Environments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rural Parishes ◽  
Scale Management

This paper uses the tripartite place attachment framework to examine six rural parishes across Estonia and Latvia. Existing analyses/frameworks on participatory processes often neglect the complexity of relationships that rural residents have to their local environments. From a qualitative analysis of face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with case study area inhabitants (23 interviews in Estonia and 27 in Latvia), we depict varying degrees of attachment of individuals to each other and to the place in which they live and their readiness to participate in terms of willingness and ability to participate in a landscape-scale management process. Attachment to the local area was strongest where the social ties were strongest, independent of their sociogeographical features. Social ties were strong where there were good family connections or strong religious or cultural institutions. Taking individual parishes and engaging inhabitants through in-depth interviews using place attachment analysis gives an overall perspective of life in that rural location. These findings reveal important connections within the communities with the potential for planners to engage with local inhabitants and possible barriers to participation.

Defining the Social Dimension of Sustainability in Product Design

2013 ◽  
Vol 572 ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
Matthew Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Doctoral Study ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
Effective Teaching And Learning

This paper presents a summary of a larger study into the formulation of a set of criteria for consideration of the Social criteria of Sustainable Product Design (SPD). A multidisciplinary literature review was conducted, which was developed further through semi structured interviews with nine experts in the field of sustainable design education. These interviews were conducted face to face and responses were analysed using the coding and clustering technique. A list of criteria was refined and these were used to inform a doctoral study which considered effective teaching and learning methods in the social aspects of SPD.

scholarly journals Juventudes Camponesas das Comunidades Zé Alves e Laranjal no Município de Poconé-MT: dilemas entre ficar e sair do campo

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Jucieli Bertoncello ◽  
Michelle Tatiane Jaber da Silva ◽  
Regina Aparecida da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Gaze ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
The Social

This article results and dismembered the master's research on "environmental conflict and climate change under the gaze of peasant youths Poconé, Mato Grosso," aimed at understanding perceptions of youths on environmental conflicts and existing climate change on our traditional community Lady of Lourdes (known as Zé Alves) and the Remnant Quilombo community Orangery, both located in the municipality of Poconé, MT. In this plot also articulate reflections to understand the dilemmas of "getting in and out" experienced by youths since the peasant youths of both communities are being made invisible by agribusiness advances that transform natural goods resources, to meet the economic perspective, making it impossible to remain in the territories. The investigative proposition relied on the qualitative method, with the methodological tactics the Social Map. For information were conducted seven field work, two mapping seminars, twelve semi-structured interviews with the youths, besides secondary sources (reports, articles and census) of the surveyed communities. We understand that the rural-urban migration are mainly related to lack of education and job opportunities and income, as well as non-execution of public policies thought to this reality.

scholarly journals “We Are Radical In Our Kindness”: The Political Socialisation, Motivations, Demands and Protest Actions of Young Environmental Activists in Britain

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-280
Author(s):  
Sarah Pickard ◽  
Benjamin Bowman ◽  
Dena Arya
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Environmental Movement ◽  
Environmental Activism ◽  
The Political ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Academic Perceptions ◽  
Repertoire Of Contention ◽  
Global Movements

Abstract The year 2018 was a watershed in environmental activism, especially regarding young activists. Greta Thunberg started her School Strikes for Climate and the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion was founded. This article deals with young people’s involvement in these two global movements. It draws on 60 semi-structured interviews carried out with young environmental activists before, during and after protest actions under the auspices of the climate strikes and/or Extinction Rebellion in five British locations. The period of the political socialisation of this young generation is outlined and how it contributes to young people becoming environmental activists. The article then identifies the “radical” demands made by young environmental activists and their “radical” repertoire of contention in relation to their perceptions of the “radical” compared to hegemonic definitions. The interviews show that these young environmentalists are part of a generation of activists committed to obtaining significant change from powerholders through the use of deliberately non-violent direct action that challenges academic perceptions of radical repertoires of contention.

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