scholarly journals The walk-and-talk methodology – researching place and people

2020 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 03007
Author(s):  
Maruta Pranka
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Baltic Coast ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Gathering Data

The article focuses on walk-and-talk interviews, which are yet a little-used research method in Latvia. The term is used in the social sciences and humanities and is an appropriate method for gathering data in order to determine the relationship of an individual or a social group with a specific place. The method in a pilot project was used to listen to life experiences in Tūja, a village along the Baltic coast in Latvia. The study focused on social change in Tūja and the influence of the economic and political changes of the 1990s on the living conditions and lifestyle of the local inhabitants. The pilot project was conducted by the researchers from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of University of Latvia.

scholarly journals Exploração colaborativa através do compartilhamento de dados de citações do Google Scholar │ Collaborative exploration on citation data sharing in Google Scholar

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Rodrigo Marçal Murakami ◽  
Sibele Fausto ◽  
Ronaldo Ferreira de Araújo
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Scientific Collaboration ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Citation Data ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collaborative Exploration ◽  
The Impact

RESUMO A falta de indexação dos títulos de revistas científicas de Ciências Humanas e Sociais em bases de dados comerciais restringe a investigação sobre seu impacto. O Acesso Aberto, ferramentas como o Google Scholar (GS) e aplicativos de processamento de dados permitem a busca e a recuperação de citações de artigos, sinalizando uma alternativa para os estudos sobre o impacto da produção científica publicada nessas áreas. Este estudo apresenta um projeto piloto de compartilhamento de dados de citações de periódicos para a investigação colaborativa por parte da comunidade de cientometria brasileira com o objetivo de incentivar uma maior utilização do GS para fins bibliométricos.Palavras-chave: Dados de Citação; Google Acadêmico; Periódicos Científicos; Colaboração.ABSTRACT The lack of indexing for titles of scientific journals in the Social Sciences and Humanities in commercial databases makes it difficult to carry out an investigation on their impact. Open Access and tools such as Google Scholar (GS) and software for data processing allow search and the recovery of article citations, which can be regarded as an alternative for the studies on the impact of scientific production published in these areas. This study presents a pilot project for sharing citation data from Brazilian journals for further collaborative research by the national scientometrics community with the aim of encouraging greater use of GS for bibliometric purposes.Keywords: Citation Data; Google Scholar; Sharing; Journals; Scientific Collaboration.

Urban mobility and inequalities. Some perspectives from different disciplines

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Lotero Velez ◽  
William Darler ◽  
Simon Gunn
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
Social Variables ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban Planning And Development ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Gathering Data

Urban mobility is one of the key aspects of urban planning and development. It plays an important role in the achievement of a resilient, inclusive and sustainable city. However, the complex interrelations of urban mobility, transportation and other city dimensions implies the need of an interdisciplinary approach to understand and plan it. In this brief paper, we discuss the social aspects of urban mobility and inequality and how it has been addressed in the literature. We also show different ways of gathering data relevant for the understanding of urban mobility, their sizes, scopes, and nature. Finally, we aim to promote an interdisciplinary debate based on our academic literature review about the relationship of urban mobility with social variables such as poverty.

Fighting or mixing: quantitative and qualitative research

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-134
Author(s):  
Paul Thompson ◽  
Ken Plummer ◽  
Neli Demireva
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Conscious Decision ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter focuses on the age-old debate in the social sciences about the primacy of methods and the relationship of our pioneers to one of the main ideological battles blighting disciplines such as sociology. Every researcher makes a conscious decision to adopt a qualitative or quantitative method in their social enquiry, or sometimes to even mix them both, and it would have been extremely unusual for the pioneers not to engage sometimes with the oppressive responsibility to pick a 'side'. The chapter explores the extremes in this debate, as well as less-entrenched positions that advocate a middle-ground approach.

Arviq! The Northern Hunter’s Spiritual Connection to Animals and Community Presenter:

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chelsea Drent
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Social Constructions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Domination ◽  
Critical Social Science ◽  
Inuit Peoples ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In Inuktituk, nuna means the land. It means the rocks, rivers, mountains and the forests. Nuna is everything, and all parts of the nuna have an inua, which means a living soul. There is a special, if not sacred relationship between members of northern communities and the nuna. However, these sacred relationships are all too often glossed over, if not forgotten. In the social sciences, author John Sorenson articulates a critical argument and evocative opinions about hunting in his article; Hunting is a Part of Human Nature (John Sorenson, “Hunting is a Part of Human Nature,” Culture of Prejudice, Arguments in Critical Social Science. Eds. Judith Blackwell, Murray Smith, John Sorenson, (Canada: Broadview Press, 2003).Sorenson demonstrates that hunting is an unnatural human activity which is linked to a cultural domination over animals. However, in these statements Sorenson neglects to consider the northern hunter in Inuit communities around the world. Cultural myths, social constructions and daily activities prove that hunting animals is a core value to how many Inuit peoples relate to each other and perceive themselves in the cosmos. This is a study that examines the relationship of people, land, animals and faith in order to understand the significance of hunting within Inuit cultures.

scholarly journals Indigenous Security Measures in Can-eo and Talubin, Northern Philippines

2019 ◽  
pp. 68-76
Author(s):  
Dr. Claire Kaplaan P. Lafadchan
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Individual Protection ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Gathering Data ◽  
Mountain Province

This paper showcases the indigenous security measures practiced in Barangay Can-eo and Barangay Talubin at Bontoc, Mountain Province. This qualitative research used interviews in gathering data that were supported with library research. This study explored on the effectiveness and contributions of the ritualistic and non-ritualistic security measures to individual safety and security of the community. It also exposes the relationship of the identified indigenous security measures to the Bontoc indigenous world view. It was found in the study that the ritualistic and non-ritualistic security measures in Barangay Can-eo and Barangay Talubin are effective and some are still being used and observed until today. The indigenous security measures are part of the relationship they have with nature, their environment and towards each other. It is a composite understanding and respect on how they deal with peace and order. It is concluded in this study that “Rituals emphasize the relationships between [Bontoc] farmers, the biophysical world, the social world and the supernatural world,” June Prill-Brett (2016, 101-111). Despite the changing dynamics of safety and security in the present time due to the sophistication of technology, education and modernity, the indigenous security measures still exist in Barangays Can-eo and Talubin because of the deep-seated respect that the people demonstrate on the rituals and non-ritualistic symbols and archetypes. The indigenous security measures reinforce community trust in relation to property and individual protection as well as community fortification.

scholarly journals Interrupting separateness, disrupting comfort: An autoethnographic account of lived religion, ubuntu and spatial justice

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Eliastam
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Spatial Turn ◽  
Legal Scholar ◽  
Spatial Justice ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spatial Configurations ◽  
The Relationship

This article uses a fictionalised encounter as the basis for an autoethnographic exploration of the intersections between the South African social value of ubuntu and the notion of spatial justice. Ubuntu describes the interconnectedness of human lives. It asserts that a person is only a person through other people, a recognition that calls for deep respect, empathy and kindness. Ubuntu is expressed in selfless generosity and sharing. The spatial turn in the social sciences and humanities has resulted in a concern with the relationship between space and justice. It recognises that space is not simply an empty container in which people live and act, but is something that is constructed by social relations – and simultaneously constitutive of them. While this recognition gives rise to spatial perspectives on justice, what constitutes spatial, justice, as distinct from other notions of justice, and how such justice is to be achieved are contested. Building on the work of legal scholar, Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, on spatial justice, I argue that the notion of ubuntu is able to shape our understanding of spatial justice, and when practised, it is able to disrupt space and challenge dominant spatial configurations.

scholarly journals Human remains, materiality and memorialisation

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-80
Author(s):  
Fiona Gill
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Controversial Issue ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

The display of human remains is a controversial issue in many contemporary societies, with many museums globally removing them from display. However, their place in genocide memorials is also contested. Objections towards the display of remains are based strongly in the social sciences and humanities, predicated on assumptions made regarding the relationship between respect, identification and personhood. As remains are displayed scientifically and anonymously, it is often argued that the personhood of the remains is denied, thereby rendering the person ‘within’ the remains invisible. In this article I argue that the link between identification and personhood is, in some contexts, tenuous at best. Further, in the context of Cambodia, I suggest that such analyses ignore the ways that local communities and Cambodians choose to interact with human remains in their memorials. In such contexts, the display of the remains is central to restoring their personhood and dignity.

scholarly journals The Dialectic of Qur’an and Science: Epistemological Analysis of Thematic Qur’an Interpretation Literature in the Field of Social Sciences of Humanities

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Anwar Mujahidin
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Epistemology Of Science ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Epistemological Analysis ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Published Research ◽  
Epistemological Framework

This paper aims to analyze the results of published research from Indonesian researchers who have the theme of the thematic interpretation of the Qur’an (mawdūi) in the field of humanities. The question is how is the relationship of the Qur’an as a holy book as well as the source of Islamic sciences integrated and interconnected with the social sciences of the humanities. This research is a qualitative library research with a critical approach. The theory used is the epistemology of science and the scientific revolution, so it can be found the relationship between the Qur’an and science which are reflected in the object of research and criticism is made to make the constructive pattern of the Quran interpretation according to the epistemological framework. The results of the study show that there are three patterns of relations between the Qur’an and science. First, the Qur’an is a source of knowledge, in which the Qur’an and theories in the social sciences of the humanities are identical and in line. Second. The Qur’an is a source of universal value. The verses of the Qur’an which relate to the field of study in the social-humanities contain universal axiological values contributing to the construction of the social sciences of the humanities. Third, the Qur’an has a different perspective on an object of science, thus it contributes to build a paradigm of science. Of the three patterns, the second and third patterns can be developed as a pattern of relations between the Qur’an and science. The Qur’an is a social science-humanities paradigm. The relationship between the Quran and the social sciences of the humanities is a dialectical paradigmatic relationship, namely the dialogue between text and context and context to text.[Paper ini bertujuan menganalisis hasil penelitian yang telah terpublikasi dari para peneliti Indonesia yang memiliki topic tafsir al-Quran tematik (mawdūi`) pada  bidang Ilmu Sosial Humaniora. Pertanyaannya adalah bagaimana hubungan al-Quran sebagai kitab suci sekaligus sumber ilmu- ilmu keislaman berintegrasi dan berinterkoneksi dengan ilmu-ilmu sosial humaniora. Penelitian ini adalah jenis penelitian kualitatif kepustakaan dengan pendekatan kritis. Teori yang digunakan adalah epistemologi ilmu dan revolusi ilmu pengetahuan, sehingga dapat ditemukan pola-pola hubungan al-Quran dan sains yang tercermin dalam objek penelitian serta dilakukan kritik untuk membuat pola tafsir al-Quran yang konstruktif sesuai kerangka epistemologi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya tiga pola hubungan al-Quran dan sains. Pertama, al-Quran adalah sumber ilmu, di mana al-Quran dan teori-teori dalam ilmu sosial humaniora adalah identik dan sejalan.Kedua.Al-Quran adalah sumber nilai universal. Ayat-ayat al-Quran yang berhubungan dengan bidang kajian dalam ilmu sosial-humaniora mengandung nilai-nilai universal yang aksiologis berkontribusi terhadap konstruksi ilmu sosial humaniora. Ketiga, al-Quran memiliki cara pandang yang berbeda terhadap suatu objek sains, sehingga berkontribusi untuk membangun suatu paradigma ilmu. Dari ketiga pola tersebut, pola kedua dan ketiga dapat dikembangkan sebagai pola hubunganal-Quran dan sains. Al-Quran menjadi paradigma ilmu sosial-humaniora. Hubungan al-Quran dan ilmu-ilmu sosial humaniora adalah hubungan paradigmatik dialektik, yakni dialog antara teks ke konteks dan konteks ke teks.]

Protecting the Caribbean from itself: UNDCP and the ganja debate

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 95-96
Author(s):  
Axel Klein
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Drug Policy ◽  
Control Programme ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Local Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
The Relationship

[First paragraph]Drug policy in the Caribbean region provides a testing ground for one of the key themes in the social sciences over recent years, the relationship of knowledge and power. Acting as intermediary between northern donors and the microstates of the region, the organization - United Nations International Control Programme (UNDCP) - applies the models framed by northern expertise even when local experience suggests they are inappropriate. Instead of adapting, in the light of new evidence, the organization mobilizes its resources on stifling dissent.

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