scholarly journals ‘I am notthatold’: inter-personal experiences of thriving and threats at a senior centre

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 675-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNE LUND ◽  
GUNN ENGELSRUD
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Age Discrimination ◽  
The Other ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Old People ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Senior Centre ◽  
People’S Attitudes ◽  
The One

ABSTRACTThe high cultural valuation of youthfulness and fitness in the mass media and more generally in western consumer society is the contextual frame for this study. It examines older people's attitudes towards their own ageing and towards people who are older or frailer than themselves. Participant observation was conducted of the attitudes, actions and interactions of the users of a senior centre in Norway. The users held two sets of attitudes that led to quite different activities and actions at the centre. On the one hand, they saw the centre as helping them ‘thrive’, which was associated with involvement in the community and participation in the structured daily activities to promote the senses of belonging and being useful. On the other hand, some perceived the centre and particularly the other users as ‘threats’ – as reminding them that they were getting old and increasingly vulnerable to sickness and disability. To some, the centre was for old people with disabilities, and they used subtle strategies to distance themselves from this group. Some users' attitudes and behaviour were in tension: they wished to participate in the valued activities but also to distance themselves from frailer users, while not denying their own ageing. The distancing strategies and behaviour amounted to age discrimination in interpersonal relations and interactions at the centre. This behaviour accepts rather than challenges the cultural valuation of youthfulness and the negative representation of old age.

Social assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic – first comments related to practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-83
Author(s):  
Beata Mańkowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Assistance System ◽  
Responsible Management ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The Face ◽  
The One

The purpose of the article is to draw attention to the challenges and threats faced by social assistance institutions in the face of the second month of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland, with particular emphasis on disturbing phenomena and behaviours involving employees of these institutions. The text, on the one hand, supported by examples derived from personal experiences and reports of the social workers themselves, on the other, by the author's observations and reflections, can serve as a warning against hasty, chaotic actions undermining the morale and reputation of the social assistance system. In the current particularly difficult time for all, it should pass the test in responsible management, coherent cooperation, developing effective solutions and missionary character – serving the ones in need.

scholarly journals Inspiracje Moniuszkowskie w muzyce XX wieku. Opera Pomsta Jontkowa Bolesława Wallek Walewskiego

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Joanna Miklaszewska
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
The Other ◽  
Common Elements ◽  
Musical Style ◽  
Nineteen Twenties ◽  
Principal Difference ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
National Opera ◽  
Innovative Idea ◽  
The One

<p>Bolesław Wallek Walewski był jedną z czołowych postaci krakowskiego życia muzycznego w okresie międzywojennym. Do jego najwybitniejszych dzieł należy opera <em>Pomsta Jontkowa</em>, której libretto jest kontynuacją <em>Halki</em> Stanisława Moniuszki. W artykule scharakteryzowano muzyczne związki pomiędzy obu operami, widoczne m.in. we wprowadzeniu przez Wallek Walewskiego cytatów motywów z <em>Halki</em>, a także wskazano różnice stylistyczne między obydwoma dziełami. Wyznaczają je trzy elementy: warstwa językowa librett, główne założenia dramaturgiczne oraz styl muzyczny. Libretto <em>Halki</em> napisane zostało przez W. Wolskiego bez aluzji do elementów gwarowych, natomiast B. Wallek Walewski w libretcie <em>Pomsty Jontkowej</em> wykorzystał w szerokim zakresie gwarę podhalańską. W przeciwieństwie do <em>Halki</em>, osią dramatu Wallek Walewskiego jest motyw zemsty górala na możnych panach. Styl muzyczny opery Walewskiego wykazuje pokrewieństwo z muzyką Wagnera, z nurtem muzycznego folkloryzmu (poprzez nawiązanie do folkloru podhalańskiego), oraz impresjonizmu. W artykule poruszono ponadto problem recepcji dzieła. <em>Pomsta Jontkowa</em> była najbardziej znanym i często wystawianym w Polsce dziełem operowym krakowskiego kompozytora. Jej prapremiera odbyła się w Teatrze Wielkim w Poznaniu w 1926 roku. Na przełomie lat dwudziestych i trzydziestych opera ta cieszyła się w Polsce dużą popularnością, wystawiły ją także inne teatry operowe w kraju (z wyjątkiem sceny warszawskiej). Po II wojnie światowej <em>Pomstę Jontkową</em> wystawiła Opera Wrocławska.</p><p>SUMMARY</p><p>Born in Lvov but fi rst of all associated with the musical circles in Krakow, Bolesław Wallek Walewski (1885-1944) referred to one of Stanisław Moniuszko’s most famous operas – <em>Halka</em> [Helen] – when composing his own opera Pomsta Jontkowa [Jontek’s Vengeance] (1924). The contemporaries regarded Halka and Pomsta Jontkowa as a series. Both operas share common elements: <em>Halka</em> (Warsaw version) and <em>Pomsta Jontkowa</em> are four-act operas, the same characters appear in their librettos (Jontek, Zofia), and in both works the confl icts between the gentry and the peasants are highly important. The musical connections between the operas are evidenced by Walewski’s use of the leading motifs. Moreover, both in <em>Halka</em> and in <em>Pomsta Jontkowa</em>, there are highlanders’ dances. Walewski also includes melodies from Halka into his work.</p><p>The principal difference between the two operas is determined by three elements: the language of the librettos, the main dramatic assumptions, and the musical style. The libretto of <em>Halka</em> was written by Włodzimierz Wolski (1824-1882) without references to dialectal elements whereas Walewski liberally used the Podhale highlanders’ dialect in his libretto. Moreover, unlike <em>Halka</em>, which emphasizes the personal experiences of the main heroine and social confl icts, the axis of Walewski’s drama is the motif of the highlander’s revenge on the wealthy lords. The musical style of <em>Pomsta Jontkowa</em> shows, on the one hand, a similarity with Richard Wagner’s music (harmony, instrumentation, and the way of treatment of leitmotifs), while on the other – a similarity to the trend of musical folklorism and impressionism. An innovative idea is the combination of impressionist features with the stylization of highlanders’ folklore.</p><p><em>Pomsta Jontkowa</em> was the best known opera of the Krakow composer in Poland in the nineteen-twenties and thirties, and at the same time it was one of the most original Polish operas of the interwar period. It combines traditional elements with modern ones, and it is an expression of the late inspirations by Wagnerian music and esthetics in Polish music, as well as referring to the best traditions of the Polish national opera.</p>

scholarly journals Gender Parity in Spain: Attainments and Remaining Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Isabel Árbol-Pérez ◽  
Francisco Entrena-Durán
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Gender Parity ◽  
The One ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Made In

The purpose of this article is to study the progress made in Spain in terms of gender parity and the challenges still pending to be achieved in this regard. To attain this objective, first of all, the authors review the successive legal regulations aimed at reaching gender equality that have been enacted in Spain. Furthermore, the considerations and findings made are based on the use of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. On the one hand, from a quantitative viewpoint, different statistical data provided mainly by the Spanish Statistics National Institute are analyzed. From these data, the authors prepare a set of tables and figures that allow them to show that, despite the undoubted legislative advances attained, clear gender inequalities continue in Spain. On the other hand, the authors base their assertions both on their participant observation and on a reinterpretation and reanalysis of the results of two previous qualitative researches. One of the most remarkable outcomes of the use of this qualitative methodology is the persistence in Spain of diverse signs of macho mentality. This persistence not only manifests itself among many men, it is also shared by a large number of women.

Chiasmatic crossings: A reflexive revisit of a research encounter in European security

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xymena Kurowska ◽  
Benjamin C. Tallis
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
The Other ◽  
European Security ◽  
Normative Authority ◽  
Security Research ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Knowledge Claims

This article makes an argument about chiasmatic knowledge production that seeks to cut across the entrenched division between the subject and object of inquiry, on the one hand, and the narrative and normative authority of the scholar, on the other, that is inherent in most writing in international relations. We revisit our own research encounter in the field of European security to explore the premises and implications of fieldwork relationships between researchers and practitioners and show their potentially transformative effects. Classifying such engagements as acts of professional transgression by both sets of parties overlooks their promise to facilitate the understanding of security practice ‘from within’ and to provide for tangible scholarly and political criticality. It is argued that, in the restricted realm of security, extensive interaction with practitioners could be a proxy for participant observation. Yet, we look further than that. We develop a concept of ‘chiasmatic crossings’ that reflects and helps theorize the ideational give-and-take and conceptual ruptures in the process of co-authorship that are indicative of distinct trajectories in European security research. This challenges the knowledge claims and static positions of both ‘problem-solving’ and ‘critical’ scholars in the field.

scholarly journals Odcienie obcości. Wyniki sondażu „Polacy i inni 30 lat później” — analiza porównawcza (1988, 1998, 2018)

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-198
Author(s):  
Ewa Nowicka ◽  
Sławomir Łodziński
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
World Outlook ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Polish Society ◽  
The Media ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
The One

The aim of the article is to analyze selected results of the 2018 survey “Poles and Others after Thirty Years” on attitudes to the arrival of foreigners in Poland and to compare them with the results of analogous studies from 1988 and 1998. The authors suggest that the notion of “foreign” is becoming increasingly definite in the consciousness of Polish society. There is a noticeable decline in openness in regard to more foreigners coming to Poland and an increase in the number of people who are clearly opposed to foreigners. The authors argue that the current attitudes of the respondents could have been influenced, on the one hand, by their personal experiences, which in the last few years have begun to take the form of real (non-abstract) contact with foreigners (immigrants), and on the other hand, by the media discourse related to the migration crisis of 2015. In light of the research, open (inclusive) attitudes toward foreigners can not be reduced to simple yes or no answers but remain related to wider world-outlook complexes reflecting the shape of Polish society, which in recent years has experienced the effects of immigration.

scholarly journals Musikalische Schaffensprozesse 2.0 – Inkorporation audiovisueller Medien der populären Musik in Methoden der digitalen Edition

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Acquavella-Rauch
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Audiovisual Media ◽  
Group Members ◽  
The One ◽  
Insight Into

The project “Creational Processes in Music 2.0 – Incorporating audiovisual media of popular music into methods of digital editions” aims to document, evaluate and thus investigate dimensions of musical creation processes that have not previously been ascertainable. It focuses on group related creativity, using qualitative research and ethnographical methods in order to investigate the self-perception of group members on the one hand, while on the other hand the creative process was documented and analyzed directly (module 2). The Melodic Hardcore Band Close to the Distance thankfully agreed to be interviewed in module 1 and to take part in a passive participant observation in module 2. In a third project module, current tools of digital musical editions were explored regarding their possibilities of incorporating audiovisual sources in order to gain a deeper insight into the ethnographically collected material.

scholarly journals Ethical Issues in Indigenous Archaeology: Problems with Difference and Collaboration

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo González-Ruibal
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Indigenous Archaeology ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The critique of archaeology made from an indigenous and postcolonial perspective has been largely accepted, at least in theory, in many settler colonies, from Canada to New Zealand. In this paper, I would like to expand such critique in two ways: on the one hand, I will point out some issues that have been left unresolved; on the other hand, I will address indigenous and colonial experiences that are different from British settler colonies, which have massively shaped our understanding of indigeneity and the relationship of archaeology to it. I am particularly concerned with two key problems: alterity – how archaeologists conceptualize difference – and collaboration – how archaeologists imagine their relationship with people from a different cultural background. My reflections are based on my personal experiences working with communities in southern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and South America that differ markedly from those usually discussed by indigenous archaeologies.

Singing and Survival

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-48
Author(s):  
Dan Bendrups
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Social Function ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Rapa Nui ◽  
Musical Performances ◽  
Culture Bearers ◽  
Musical Characteristics ◽  
The One ◽  
Over Time

This chapter describes traditional Rapanui music as passed down from precontact times and preserved by Rapanui culture bearers in the 1870s. It draws on two main sources of information: descriptions provided by early explorers and ethnologists on the one hand, and knowledge collected through participant observation fieldwork on the other. The chapter describes the contexts for musical performances in precontact Rapa Nui, as well as the instruments, dances, adornments, and other items associated with performance. It then describes the musical characteristics and social function of precontact Rapanui songs and chants, with explanations of the various styles and categories that have been applied to Rapanui songs over time.

Reorientasi Jurusan Manajemen Pendidikan Islam (MPI) Antara Tenaga Kependidikan dan Tenaga Pendidik

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
M. Misbah
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Curriculum Content ◽  
Academic Orientation ◽  
Educational Personnel ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The One ◽  
Distinguishing Character

Abstrak: This article discusses the problems faced by the majority of students MPI FTIK IAIN Purwokerto. On the one hand, there is the desire of MPI students to become educators, and on the other hand according to the Department, they are oriented to become educational personnel. The study focused on curriculum content and policy of MPI Department of FTIK IAIN Purwokerto. With the method of unstructured in-depth interview, documentation, moderate participant observation and data analysis, it is found that the orientation of MPI Department is based on the vision, the mission stated in the profession to be achieved that is the main profession and the alternative profession. To support the orientation of the Department of MPI, the scientific core of MPI in the curriculum of the Department which becomes its distinguishing character is related to the science MPI contained in the MPI 001 to MPI 025 course code. The way of Department in socializing the orientation of the Department as well as construct the orientation of students to fit the orientation of the Department is through Introduction Academic Orientation activities, provision of Academic Guidebook, Maximization of Role of PA, Prodi, HMPS / HMJ, MPI Department profile viewing on IAIN Purwokerto website.ملخص: درس هذا المقال المشاكل التي يواجهها طلاب قسم إدارة التربية الإسلامية في كلية التربية والعلومالتعليمية بالجامعة الإسلامية الحكومية فورووكيرتو. ثمة إرادة من طلاب هذا القسم لأن يكونوا مدرّسين ،وفي جانب آخر أن يكونوا موظفّين تربويين. تُركزُ الدراسة في محتوى المنهج وقرارات كلية التربية والعلومالتعليمية في هذه الجامعة. تجمع البيانات عن طريق المقابلة غير التركيبية، والوثائق المكتوبة، والملاحظةبشبه المشاركة، وبعد التحليل حصل الباحث على نتائج البحث هي أن اتّاه قسم إدارة التربية الإسلاميةمناسب برؤيته ورسالته المتمثّلتان في المهنة التي حاول الطلاب الحصول عليها، هي المهنة الأساسية والمهنةالاختيارية. ولدعم اتجاه القسم، فإن فئة العلوم لهذا القسم في المنهج التميّزى هي العلوم المتعلقة بإدارة التربيةوالطريقة التى اتّذها . MPI 0025 – MPI الإسلامية وهي مكتوبة في رموز المواد الدراسية من 001القسم للتعريف بهذا الاتجاه وفي نفس الوقت تكوين اتجاه الطلاب ليكون اتجاههم مناسبا باتجاه القسم،هي عن طريق التعريف الأكاديميّ، توزيع كتاب الإرشاد الأكاديمي، تعزيز وتقوية دور المشرف الأكاديمي من قبل المحاضرين، والقسم، ومنظّمات الطلبة في القسم والكلية، والتعريف بقسم إدارة التربية الإسلاميةعن طريق الموقع للجامعة الإسلامية الحكومية فورووكيرتو في الانترنت.

Bohemian Love

1998 ◽  
Vol 15 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 111-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Wilson
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Romantic Love ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Early 19Th Century ◽  
Freudian Theory ◽  
Greenwich Village ◽  
The One ◽  
Human Desire

The rise of a bohemian subculture in the early 19th century drew on the Romantic beliefs in genius on the one hand and erotic passion on the other. Romantic love was a tragic, often forbidden passion and thus could include the most transgressive form: homosexuality. In the German bohemias of Munich and Berlin at the turn of the century, however, the influence of psychoanalysis as a radical new theory of human desire influenced the `erotic revolution' of the period; this moved bohemian love from an understanding of desire as a fatal passion to a celebration of it as a liberating and ecstatic force, albeit with sometimes disastrous consequences. The migration of psychoanalysis to the American bohemia of Greenwich Village inaugurated a further change as popularized versions of Freudian theory advocated the importance of sexual fulfilment in life, yet also became normative and prescriptive. The ironic conclusion drawn is that `bohemian love' has become the norm in a consumer society, yet shorn of its subversive and transgressive elements.

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