Dalfsen

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-198
Author(s):  
Henk M. van der Velde ◽  
Niels Bouma
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Public Archaeology ◽  
Community Archaeology ◽  
Contract Archaeology ◽  
The Public ◽  
Archaeological Knowledge ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACTThis article discusses the way development-led archaeology in the Netherlands disseminates archaeological knowledge to and with the public using the way archaeological projects were designed in Dalfsen (Netherlands) as a case study. In the early days of contract archaeology, which in the Netherlands was designed after the Valetta Convention, archaeologists were primarily concerned with the financial and planning aspects of projects, and there was little room for public archaeology. We suggest that this caused archaeologists to forget to involve the public in their projects. In time, it became almost impossible to rectify this mistake because archaeological contractors became extremely bureaucratic. In the case of Dalfsen, a spectacular project was needed to change this situation. The project, and especially its media value, inspired the municipality to invest in community archaeology and make choices that an archaeologist would not primarily be concerned with. Thus, we discuss the effects of these choices and archaeologists’ actions in this process. We conclude that it is important for archaeologists to act as facilitators because it improves the success rate of community archaeology projects.

scholarly journals No news is better than evil news. Clearing up the way to face Alternative Archaeologies

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Jaime Almansa Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Public Archaeology ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Discipline ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Interpretation ◽  
Better Than ◽  
The Way

While Archaeology started to take form as a professional discipline, Alternative Archaeologies grew in several ways. As the years went by, the image of Archaeology started being corrupted by misconceptions and a lot of imagination, and those professionals that were claiming to be scientists forgot one of their first responsibilities; the public. This lack of interest is one of the reasons why today, a vast majority of society believes in many clichés of the past that alternative archaeologists have used to build a fictitious History that is not innocent at all. From UFOs and the mysteries of great civilizations to the political interpretation of the past, the dangers of Alternative Archaeologies are clear and under our responsibility. This paper analyzes this situation in order to propose a strategy that may make us the main characters of the popular imagery in the mid-term. Since confrontation and communication do not seem to be effective approaches, we need a change in the paradigm based on Public Archaeology and the increase of our presence in everyday life.

scholarly journals Does the apple fall far from the tree?: reviewing the communication of scientific information about GMOs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Social Epistemology ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Online Content ◽  
The Public ◽  
Understanding Of Science ◽  
Textual Content ◽  
The Way

Online content is changing the way the public accesses and understands science. The staggering number of often conflicting online sources about science makes it difficult for the lay public to know where to turn in search of accurate scientific information. This project will examine how the nature of online content might be affecting how the public learns about science. Through textual content analyses, it will examine the chain of communication (scientists→online media→public) and document how scientific information evolves. Okanagan Specialty Fruits’ Arctic apple, a genetically modified organism (GMO) that has had the polyphenol oxidase (PPO) gene silenced, will be used as a case study. Three primary themes guide my research: the public understanding of science (PUS), the communication of risk and uncertainty, and social epistemology. The primacy of the PUS movement in public venues for science makes it an important theory for my project, while theories of risk/uncertainty and social epistemology will inform my analysis. My results suggest that: 1) stories about science often include over and understatements of uncertainties and risks; 2) online media stories apply rhetorical frames when reporting scientific information, but the way in which framing is used appears to be reflective of whether the author wishes to persuade their audience; and 3) the rhetorical frames used by online stories about science are not typically integrated into the public’s commentary in a meaningful way, supporting the notion that audiences are active rather than passive and that the public seeks out content that complements their pre-existing beliefs.

Tien jaar na Fortuyn

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yael de Haan ◽  
Jo Bardoel
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
The Public ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Media Concentration ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Structural Shifts

Ten years after Pim Fortuyn: criticism and accountability at Dutch newsrooms Ten years after Pim Fortuyn: criticism and accountability at Dutch newsrooms Pressures from politicians and the public have led to greater demands for media accountability. Moreover, structural shifts such as media concentration, increasing competition and the advent of new technologies have obliged media to strengthen the relationship with their reader, viewer and listener and to be more responsive to them. This article shows the results of a multiple case-study at three leading newsrooms in the Netherlands on how they cope with criticism on their performance and increasing pressures for accountability and responsiveness. It shows that new accountability policies and instruments were introduced, mainly at the initiative of editors-in-chief, while journalists in the newsroom showed more reluctance.

Ethics and aesthetics: the social theory of barbershop harmony

Popular Music ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Garnett
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Musical Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Relative Paucity ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

Until recently, the world of the British barbershop singer was a self-enclosed community whose existence went largely unrecognised both by musicians involved in other genres and by the public at large. In the last few years this has started to change, chiefly due to the participation of barbershop choruses in the televised competition ‘Sainsbury's Choir of the Year’. Encouraged by the success of Shannon Express in 1994, many other choruses entered the 1996 competition, four of them reaching the televised semi-finals, and two the finals. During this increased exposure, it became apparent that television commentators had little idea of what to make of barbershoppers, indeed regarded them as a peculiar, and perhaps rather trivial, breed of performer. This bafflement is not surprising given the genre's relative paucity of exposure either in the mass media or in the musical and musicological press; the plentiful articles written by barbershoppers about their activity and its meanings are almost exclusively addressed to each other, to sustain the community rather than integrate it into wider musical life. The purpose of this paper, however, is not to follow the theme of these intra-community articles in arguing that barbershop harmony should actually be regarded as a serious and worthy art, or to explain to a bewildered world what this genre is actually about; rather, it aims to explore the way that barbershop singers theorise themselves and their activity to provide a case study in the relationship between social and musical values. That is, I am not writing as an apologist for a hitherto distinctly insular practice, but exploiting that very insularity as a means to pursue a potentially very broad question within a self-limited field of enquiry.

Encounters between the police and the public: seize the day or practice avoidance?

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-160
Author(s):  
Allegra Clare Schermuly
Keyword(s):  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Police Legitimacy ◽  
Community Interactions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Police Community Relations ◽  
The Way

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of encounters on police legitimacy and levels of trust in the police in the Monash Local Government Area in the state of Victoria, Australia. Monash was chosen as it had experienced declining results in the official National Survey of Community Satisfaction with Policing in relation to police legitimacy and trust.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative case study comprising 18 interviews and six focus groups with community representatives from Monash is employed in the paper.FindingsWhen procedural justice approaches are applied during encounters between the police and the public, encounters contribute to securing legitimacy for the police. Contact between the police and the public in everyday situations also enhances trust in the police, depending on the way the police conduct themselves during such interactions.Research limitations/implicationsFindings from a qualitative case study are not able to be widely generalised but the conclusions are still useful for informing insights into processes impacting police legitimacy and trust.Practical implicationsContributes to informing evidence-based police practice around the way police conduct themselves during community interactions; informs policy decisions around allocation of funding for law enforcement with more officers required to carry out community policing; emphasises the importance of prioritising partnerships with communities; demonstrates that positive police/community relations have wider social cohesion implications in a contemporary era of counter-terrorism priorities.Originality/valueThe majority of research in this field to date has been quantitative. A qualitative approach provides fresh insights into the mechanisms of police legitimacy, especially the role of encounters and procedural justice.

scholarly journals La participación social en educación: entre el habitus comunitario y la obligación administrativa

2014 ◽  
pp. 86-119
Author(s):  
Dr. Felipe De Jesús Perales Mejía
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Urban Neighborhood ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Secondary School ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The Way

Con la intención de comprender la participación social en la educación, se presentan los resultados de un estudio en caso desde la perspectiva cualitativa, con una orientación etnográfica. El caso,[1] a manera de texto descriptivo-interpretativo, reconstruye la forma en que participan las educadoras, la directora, los padres y madres de familia en la vida cotidiana de un jardín de niños; la participación está articulada de acuerdo con la propuesta de la Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP). Se hace énfasis en las voces y visiones de los participantes, en la manera en que estos se implican en diversos eventos, en contraste con las disposiciones administrativas sobre las que no se sabe con claridad por qué ni para qué se cumplen. El estudio se realizó durante dos ciclos escolares en una comunidad que fue hacienda, después ejido y finalmente fraccionamiento urbano. Se afirma que la participación social es un proceso complejo, relacionado con la historia, la cultura y las tradiciones de la comunidad, las cuales son disposiciones estructurantes, que necesitan tomarse en cuenta para impulsar la participación de manera activa y democrática, y no de una forma meramente administrativa.AbstractWith the goal of understanding social participation in education, we present the results of a case study from a qualitative prospective with an ethnographic orientation. The case,[2] as a descriptive-interpretative text, reconstructs the way teachers, director, and parents participate in the daily life of a kindergarten. Their participation is spelled out according to the guidelines of the Public Education Secretariat (SEP, for its acronym in Spanish). The study emphasizes the participants’ voices and visions as well as the way they involve themselves in various events compared with the administrative dispositions whose reason and purpose remains unclear. The study was carried out during two academic years in a community that was first a plantation, then an ejido’ shared land common land, and finally an urban neighborhood. The text argues that social participation is a complex process that has to do with history, culture, and community traditions, which shape the way it is brought to life. These aspects need to be taken into account so participation can be fostered in an active and democratic way, and not only in a merely bureaucratic way.Recibido: 21 de junio de 2013Aceptado: 04 de diciembre de 2013[1] El caso forma parte de una investigación más amplia conformada por tres escuelas primarias y una secundaria públicas, apoyada por el CONACYT-SEP/SEB 110286, administrado por la UPN-Ajusco. Agradezco a la Lic. Ana María Gallegos su colaboración en el trabajo de campo.[2] The case is part of a wider research conducted in three public primary schools and one public secondary school supported by CONACYT-SEP/SEB 110286, managed by UPN-Ajusco. I want to thank Lic. Ana María Gallegos for her contribution to the fieldwork.

scholarly journals Making Heritage. A Case Study on the Impact of Contract Archaeology on Museum Collecting in Sweden

2020 ◽  
pp. 279-301
Author(s):  
Vivian Smits
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Contract Archaeology ◽  
The Public ◽  
Archaeological Practice ◽  
Present Collection ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Collection Practices ◽  
The Impact

Since taking off as an industry in Sweden in the 1980s, contract archaeology has changed not only the role of field archaeologists but also that of museums and the formation of collections. This paper discusses some of the effects of the commercialization of archaeological services through a case study of past and present collection practices. Data records are compared from three different archaeological investigations at the site Nya Lödöse (1473-1621) in Gothenburg. Each excavation represents a particular era in archaeological practice. The data are used to compare and analyse collecting practices within contemporary contract archaeology. Separately, a survey among contract archaeology units examines the implementation of legislative guidelines and day-to-day practices and suggests several causes for anomalies in the selection and discarding of finds in the case study. Combined, the findings of the case study and the survey results, suggest that contract archaeology leaves a specific imprint on collections in archaeological museums, impacting their compilation, and therefore influencing future research as well as the experience of the public.

scholarly journals Participate in a Broader Sense? Thoughts on Swedish Contract Archaeology and Approaches to the Public in the Light of the Excavations in Motala 1999–2013

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-182
Author(s):  
Anna Arnberg ◽  
Göran Gruber
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Contract Archaeology ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Local Perspective

Whether and, if so, how archaeology can create meaning and value in society is a long and ongoing debate. Due to a rewriting of the Swedish law on cultural heritage, and the rhetoric of the national authorities stressing society’s extended expecta­ tions of the practice, the topic is more current than ever for Swedish contract archaeology. In a case study this paper addresses the subject from a local perspective, focusing on the use of archaeology and approaches to the public. It is argued that contract archaeology has better potential to fulfil its pub­ lic assignment than is utilized today, but will need to upgrade its self­image and embrace more varied approaches to the public.

scholarly journals Freedom of Expression and the Media: A Case-study from The Netherlands

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 121-140
Author(s):  
Drs. Johan Snel
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Minority Rights ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Public Forum ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Role ◽  
The Media

There is “no such thing as free (non-ideologically constrained) speech; no such thing as a public forum purged of ideological pressures or exclusions”. Stanley Fish’s famous thesis (1994) is illustrated by this case study on the public debate on freedom of expression in the Netherlands during the first decade of the 21st century. Far from serving tolerance or minority rights, as originally intended, it produced a whole line of argumentation that have excluded many from the public debate and filled it with a more exclusive content, especially regarding religion in general and Muslims in particular. A renewed identification with the toleration discourse would help the media in regaining their public role and will be helpful for journalists covering the debate.

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