Conclusions Without Closure

2021 ◽  
pp. 319-338
Author(s):  
Jeffrey K. Hass
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The City ◽  
Power And Authority

The conclusion provides brief lessons about the Blockade and survival. First, unresolved legacies of the Blockade remained: rebuilding authority and infrastructure; aligning wartime adaptations (practices and habits) with postwar politics; facing the expanded shadow economy; dealing with the flood of civilians hoping to enter the city; and framing and integrating the Blockade experience into a postwar narratives and propaganda. Some commentary on Stalinism and Russian historiography is offered: in particular, the need to square the circle of the Stalinist cult and dictatorship with everyday practices, without dismissing or understating either. The conclusion ends with possible lessons about social theory. Institutions require more exploration, especially regarding fields and the role of anchors. Power and authority need refinement, especially regarding “compulsion.” Social distance, anchors, and empathy and emotion require far more serious research and inclusion into theoretical frameworks. And suffering demands more attention empirically and theoretically.

scholarly journals Gay Subculture and the Cities in India: A Critical Reading of Select Works of R Raj Rao

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sriya Das ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Ultimate Objective ◽  
The City ◽  
Indian Penal Code

In delineating the painful experiences of LGBTQ individuals after the introduction of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code R Raj Rao’s works look into the struggle of these people to survive the onslaught of normative sexual discourses. Given the fact that Queer sexuality has been continuously questioned, suspected and tormented prior to its legitimate recognition in 2018, Rao draws attention to the nuances of gay urban life in India. The paper critically analyses the representation of gay subculture in the cities of India as reflected in select works of Rao. It demystifies how gay people share the urban space, manage to make room for their pleasure in the cities, and pose a threat to the dominant understanding of sexuality. The ultimate objective of this paper is to understand the role of the city in the (un)making of a subcultural identity. Textual analysis, with reference to certain theoretical frameworks, would be used as a qualitative research method.

scholarly journals The Political Role of Women in the City of Santri, Situbondo (Overview of Political Communication)

2019 ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Nur Ainiyah
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
The Political ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Political Choices ◽  
The City

This study aims to show how the role of women's political communication in the city of santri (a student in Islamic boarding school) in facing political power that is dominated by men in Situbondo. It becomes a development in women's political communication in a practical and scientific manner. The reality of the political climate in Situbondo is inseparable from the influence of the kyai as religious and cultural figures, so each of his political perceptions and views certainly has its own perspective and far from gender justice. Consequently, this affects the political space for female santri in Situbondo. In this research, building theoretical interconnections from building theoretical frameworks used such as political communication, gender analysis and phenomenology, related to the focus of research. With a qualitative-explorative research approach, several steps in the procedure of collecting observational data, interviews and documentation are applied consistently and continuously. The results of the research are firstly Santri woman has a political outlook with the benefit of minimizing conflict; secondly cultural barriers as a medium of political communication are effectively overcome by female santri. Besides, female santri tend to override political choices by preferring the political choices of the figures they envision for benefit purposes.

scholarly journals Understanding contemporary Family Support: Reflections on theoretical and conceptual frameworks

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
David Herrera-Pastor ◽  
Nick Frost ◽  
Carmel Devaney
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Epistemological Foundation ◽  
Joint Construction ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cross National

Family Support is a transdisciplinary field made up of practices and knowledge from different areas, theories and approaches. This article strives to contribute to the development of this  complex epistemological foundation by undertaking a review of the main theoretical frameworks. The relationship between the practice and theory of Family Support is analysed in the paper. A review of the ‘state of the art’ is undertaken, exploring both the role of wide-ranging social theory, and more specific psycho-social theories. Practical examples are provided to ground the analysis. Finally, the article proposes an integrated model proposed providing a critical and versatile approach to understanding different realities. Cross-national joint construction is encouraged to advance Family Support as both a theory and to provide a framework which guides both practice and policy.

scholarly journals Development of Infrastructure and Changes in the Social Space of Kharkiv at the Turn of the 19th – 20th Centuries

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The Social ◽  
Philanthropic Organizations ◽  
Symbolic Coding ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The article explored the impact of urban infrastructure on the social space of Kharkov in the late 19th – early 20th centuries. Kharkiv municipality began to implement large-scale infrastructure projects that contributed to solving urgent sanitary-epidemiological and social problems from the 1870s. The first significant technological component of the infrastructure was water supply. Telephone communications, electric lighting, sewage, horse and electric trams started to function in Kharkiv at that time. Networks of medical, educational and cultural institutions were widely developed. The publication clarified the role of certain actors in the creation and maintenance of infrastructure elements. In particular, thanks to Kharkiv municipality declared the basics of collective safety, occupational health, social ecology and formed communicative relations of infrastructure institutions with consumers. Attention is also focused on the role of Kharkiv philanthropic organizations and expert groups, which contributed to the awareness of citizens of such an ethical principle as social responsibility. In the article considered changes in the material substrate of the social space of Kharkiv. It is noted that although the center of the city was the zone of “prestige”, however, the localization of the components of the city infrastructure gradually expanded, which became one of the important features of the modernization of the social space of the city. Networks of hospitals and educational institutions covered remote Kharkiv areas. Public transport and stationary trading establishments become part of the everyday practices of residents of the city's environs. It is concluded that the development of infrastructure not only changed the physical appearance of the city, but also transformed social practices and the symbolic coding of social space.

scholarly journals The level of ethnic-confessional tolerance in the Saratov Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 722-736
Author(s):  
I A Beginina ◽  
S G Ivchenkov ◽  
M S Ivchenkova ◽  
N V Shakhmatova
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
Saratov Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Degree Of Acceptance ◽  
High Level ◽  
Low Prevalence ◽  
The City

Ethnic-confessional relationships in multiethnic regions are dynamic and influenced by globalization and the growth of horizontal mobility, and also by everyday practices. All these factors structure the public opinion in a certain way and determine the degree of tolerance of the regions and Russia as a whole. The article aims at assessing the level of ethnic-confessional tolerance in the multiethnic Saratov Region. The article presents the results of the sociological survey conducted in March 2018 in the city of Saratov and eleven districts of the Saratov Region. According to the survey’s results, the degree of acceptance of a person of a different nationality is inversely proportional to the size of social distance. The level of the religious tolerance is also high, but does not correlate with the size of social distance. According to the data, the vast majority of respondents did not encounter violations of national or religious rights, and among those who actually experienced national discrimination (personally or in close social circle) it was expressed in the form of ignoring, insulting, difficulties when looking for employment, threats and physical abuse. In general, the low prevalence of direct forms of negative ethnic-religious attitudes proves the high level of tolerance in the Saratov Region. Interethnic relations of the Saratovites with representatives of the Caucasian peoples are more prone to conflicts than with representatives of peoples traditionally settled in the region (Ukrainians, Tatars, Kazakhs, Jews, Bashkirs, Volga Germans). Despite the prevailing positive assessments of the national policy, it still needs to take into account the features of the Saratov Region.

scholarly journals Djuren i den rurala livsstilsmigrationen

Budkavlen ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 90-118
Author(s):  
Gurbet Peker
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Emotional Challenges ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Eating Meat ◽  
Lifestyle Migration ◽  
The City

Animals and Rural Lifestyle Migration   Gurbet Peker   Keywords: Lifestyle migration, rural idyll, animal husbandry, interspecies relationships   This article examines the role of animals and animal husbandry in rural lifestyle migration to the Gotlandic countryside. One area of interest is the significance of animals and animal husbandry as part of migrants’ notions of the rural idyll and the place they seek. The article also describes and analyses animal-related everyday practices and interspecies relationships that are developed between migrants and animals.   The empirical material has been collected using ethnographic methods based on observations and qualitative interviews. The researcher also emerged herself in aspects of the rural lifestyle migration being studied. The informants have all left the city of Stockholm in favour of life in the Gotlandic countryside, where they devote themselves to small-scale animal husbandry and keep sheep, horses, chickens and other animals.   The theoretical foundation is that humans and other animals are in a state of constant becoming-with and, thus, create each other’s lifeworlds. The focus is on analysing everyday practices and how interspecies relationships shape the migrants and their lifestyles. At the same time, the researcher also looks at the way in which discourses affect the migrants’ rural lifestyle migration, both as cultural preconceptions and everyday practices.   The results show that animals and animal husbandry play a central role in the rural idyll and the place that migrants seek. The interspecies relationships are also important for the informants’ socialisation and establishment processes in the Gotlandic countryside. The migrants find their relationships with the animals meaningful and crucial for the established lifestyle. These close everyday relationships lead the informants to renegotiate aspects of their view of animals as well as their view of eating meat. This lifestyle with animals also involves emotional challenges related to slaughter, an aspect of animal husbandry that the migrants find stressful. The interspecies relationships documented in the material are consistently characterised by ambivalence and constant renegotiations. In summary, the article shows that the animals and the animal-related practices are crucial for the lifestyle to which the migrants aspire, the everyday life they establish, as well as for the migration project as a whole.

scholarly journals Social theory and architecture

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-238
Author(s):  
Vera Backović ◽  
Ljubomir Maširević
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Social Thought ◽  
Social Goals ◽  
The City

The role of architecture through history has always been important because it is a physical frame of social life and also a symbol of social values and aspirations. Architectural creations are influenced by social thought. Modernism is an outstanding example of how social goals have directed planning of the cities. After having analyzed the conditions of its emergence and its characteristics this paper points out the changes brought about by postmodernism. In the end, the attention has been drawn to the place architecture holds in the city of consumption.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF TAX POTENTIAL IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE FISCAL SYSTEM

REPORTS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (330) ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
B.G. Ermekbayeva ◽  
N.D. Alimov
Keyword(s):  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Main Section ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Fiscal System ◽  
Introductory Part ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The City

The term “tax potential” is studied in the article. In the introductory part of the article, the authors compared the meaning of two concepts, such as the tax and budget potential of the region, and showed the difference between the two concepts. The definitions of different authors of the tax potential as an economic category are given. The main section analyzes the dynamics of tax revenues to the republican and local budgets of the city of Almaty for 2016-2018. The factors affecting the tax potential of the region, including the influence of the shadow economy on the state budget, are identified. The concluding section presents specific ways to increase tax potential.

scholarly journals (Literary) Capital of the Russian Arctic: Murmansk in Russian Literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 31-55
Author(s):  
Anni Irmeli Lappela
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Single Text ◽  
The City

In this article, I examine depictions of the city of Murmansk in Soviet and contemporary Russian literature: how different works describe Murmansk’s liminal location and role as a frontier city in the Russian Arctic. I approach this question by analyzing three themes central in the texts about Murmansk: 1) future visions of the city, 2) the role of the sea/ocean and the port in the city life, and 3) depictions of the geographical location and natural surroundings of the city. I ask how the image of the city may have changed during the last century and how different actors and places in the city space influence the urban experiences of the protagonists. The Arctic became “a key component of the modern mythology” in the Soviet Union in the 1930s (McCannon 1998: 81). This “Arctic myth”, examined extensively by John McCannon (1998, 2003), is an important context for my study. I am interested in the role of urbanization, focusing on the city of Murmansk, in the Arctic myth and in conquering the North in the 1930s. I also cover questions about the relationship between gender and urban space in this Arctic city text.My theoretical frameworks come from literary urban studies, geocriticism, ecocriticism and semiotics. I analyze Soviet texts in parallel with the contemporary material. The geocritic Bertrand Westphal proposes the geocentered approach to texts: “the geocritical study of literature is not organized around texts or authors but around geographic sites” (Prieto 2011: 20, italics mine). According to Westphal, analyzing a single text or a single author makes the study of a place lopsided, and geocritical study should emphasize the space more than an observer (Westphal 2011: 126, 131, italics mine). Applying Westphal’s geocentered approach to texts, I analyze depictions of Murmansk in multiple texts from different authors and decades. I prefer this kind of approach because exploring different eras’ texts about Murmansk, I want to give a comparative perspective to the history of Murmansk as a literary city.

Track 2.a Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sucharita BENIWAL ◽  
Sahil MATHUR ◽  
Lesley-Ann NOEL ◽  
Cilla PEMBERTON ◽  
Suchitra BALASUBRAHMANYAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
Local Practices

The aim of this track was to question the divide between the nature of knowledge understood as experiential in indigenous contexts and science as an objective transferable knowledge. However, these can co-exist and inform design practices within transforming social contexts. The track aimed to challenge the hegemony of dominant knowledge systems, and demonstrate co-existence. The track also hoped to make a case for other systems of knowledges and ways of knowing through examples from native communities. The track was particularly interested in, first, how innovators use indigenous and cultural systems and frameworks to manage or promote innovation and second, the role of local knowledge and culture in transforming innovation as well as the form of local practices inspired innovation. The contributions also aspired to challenge through examples, case studies, theoretical frameworks and methodologies the hegemony of dominant knowledge systems, the divides of ‘academic’ vs ‘non-academic’ and ‘traditional’ vs ‘non-traditional’.

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