Island of Peace

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-44
Author(s):  
Séverine Autesserre
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Ethnic Tensions ◽  
Land Scarcity ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Eastern Congo

Chapter One explains how the island of Idjwi has avoided the devastating violence in the rest of eastern Congo. For more than twenty years, Idjwi has remained a “haven of peace” even though civil and international wars raged around it and more than five million people died. This is all the more surprising because the island possesses all of the same preconditions for conflict that have fueled fighting in other parts of Congo, such as land scarcity, ethnic tensions, and aggressive neighboring countries. The chapter explains that the island is peaceful not because of the army, state, or police, or because of foreign peacebuilders, but because of the everyday involvement of all of its residents, including the poorest and least powerful ones. The story of Idjwi shows us that grassroots efforts, bottom-up conflict resolution, and local community resources can build lasting, resilient peace even in a country where traditional outside interventions have failed.

scholarly journals «… det vanskeligste er jo å finne noe fornuftig å gjøre»: Om betydningen av arbeid og aktivitet for mennesker med ROP-utfordringer

2021 ◽  
pp. 235-257
Author(s):  
Ragnhild Fugletveit
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Comprehensive Services ◽  
Insufficient Knowledge

This chapter explores ways in which work and other activities contribute meaning in the everyday lives of people with co-occurring challenges. There is still insufficient knowledge about the importance of work and activity among people with co-occurring challenges. This is evident in the Norwegian context, where people with co-occurring challenges are marginally represented in the workforce and other realms of activity. The conceptual framework in this chapter is based on symbolic interactionism, which implies meaning as a formative process. The methodological design is a bottom-up perspective, and the empirical sample consists of qualitative interviews with 13 women and men with challenges and/or co-occurring challenges. The findings indicate that work and activity have a significant impact, providing structure in their everyday lives and benefiting others. Work and activity contribute to affiliation in society and the local community. The conclusion indicates that emphasis and attention on work and activity as basic needs for people with co-occurring challenges is required: work and activity must become a central part of comprehensive services aimed at people with co-occurring challenges.

Local Civil Society

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Mann ◽  
David Dallimore ◽  
Howard Davis ◽  
Graham Day ◽  
Maria Eichsteller
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Field Investigations ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Focus Questions

Epdf and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Drawing on place-based field investigations and new empirical analysis, this original book investigates civil society at local level. The concept of civil society is contested and multifaceted, and this text offers assessment and clarification of debates concerning the intertwining of civil society, the state and local community relations. Analysing two Welsh villages, the authors examine the importance of identity, connection with place and the impact of social and spatial boundaries on the everyday production of civil society. Bringing into focus questions of biography and temporality, the book provides an innovative account of continuities and changes within local civil society during social and economic transformation.

scholarly journals Between gentrification and reurbanisation: The participatory dimension of bottom-up regeneration in Gdańsk, Poland

Geografie ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Grabkowska
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Transformation Processes ◽  
Careful Investigation

Urban regeneration has become a key issue in the development of contemporary cities. The paper discusses bottom-up regeneration practices performed by inhabitants of a decaying inner-city neighbourhood under post-socialist conditions, which differ notably from the widely researched Western European context. Results of a qualitative study in Wrzeszcz Dolny, Gdańsk, have indicated the leading role of newcomers to the area in animating bottom-up regeneration efforts, which in turn translate into an activation and integration of the local community. Thus, it is argued that an in-migration into the inner city, usually interpreted as gentrification, does not necessarily generate losses for the indigenous inhabitants but can also bring a desired social change and significantly contribute to the building of inclusive civil society. The presented case study therefore signals the need for a careful investigation and precise labelling of the post-socialist inner-city transformation processes, as well as demonstrates how increasing participation might be employed as the potential antidote to ills associated with gentrification.

scholarly journals Older Adults’ Utilization of Community Resources Targeting Fall Prevention and Physical Activity

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 436-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhan K McMahon ◽  
Young Shin Park ◽  
Beth Lewis ◽  
Weihua Guan ◽  
J Michael Oakes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Fall Prevention ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia

Abstract Background and Objectives Despite the availability of community resources, fall and inactivity rates remain high among older adults. Thus, in this article, we describe older adults’ self-reported awareness and use of community resources targeting fall prevention and physical activity. Research Design and Methods In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted in Phase 1 with community center leaders (n = 5) and adults (n = 16) ≥70 years old whose experience with community programs varied. In Phase 2, surveys were administered to intervention study participants (n = 102) who were ≥70 years old, did not have a diagnosis of dementia, and reported low levels of physical activity. Results Four themes emerged from Phase 1 data: (a) identifying a broad range of local community resources; (b) learning from trusted sources; (c) the dynamic gap between awareness and use of community resources; and (d) using internal resources to avoid falls. Phase 2 data confirmed these themes; enabled the categorization of similar participant-identified resources (10); and showed that participants who received encouragement to increase community resource use, compared to those who did not, had significantly greater odds of using ≥1 resource immediately postintervention, but not 6 months’ postintervention. Discussion and Implications Although participants in this study were aware of a broad range of local community resources for physical activity, they used resources that support walking most frequently. Additionally, receiving encouragement to use community resources had short-term effects only. Findings improve our understanding of resources that need bolstering or better dissemination and suggest researchers identify best promotion, dissemination, implementation strategies.

Gathering in the Late Woodland

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey R. Barrier ◽  
Megan C. Kassabaum
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Late Woodland ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Mississippi Valley ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Lower Mississippi Valley ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Archaeological Work

The practice of enclosing open spaces with earthen mounds begins in the Lower Mississippi Valley around 3500 B.C. As the earliest recognized monumentalized landscapes in Eastern North America, these locations are thought to have provided periodic bases for the exploitation of rich natural resources and the maintenance of social relationships. Archaeological work at these early plaza sites has focused on establishing the age and stratigraphy of the associated mounds, leaving little known about the everyday activities that occurred around or between them. In this chapter, two case studies from separate areas of the Late Woodland Southeast are discussed: Feltus and Range sites. Participants in the large-scale rituals occurring in the Feltus plaza spent much of their time spatially separated, but the periodic moments of aggregation quite literally created the personal relationships, social structure, and ritual system in which they lived their daily lives. On the other hand, participants in the daily activities that occurred in the Range courtyards co-resided, but the particular relationships they shared with other individuals were negotiated in outside spaces, and the very presence and structure of the courtyard itself tied them – every day – into a much larger local community around formal, central plazas.

Akan Deities as Agents of Conflict Resolution Mechanism in Ghana

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Seth Tweneboah
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
The Everyday

The chapter takes an integrative look at a largely neglected field of conflict resolution mechanism in Ghana: the extent to which belief in traditional deities both enhance and undercut justice delivery systems in society. It contends that through duabɔ (imprecation) there is an enduring influence of traditional deities as part of legal regulatory frameworks in society. The chapter, thus, uncovers the hidden resources of traditional deities as useful channels of conflict resolution. The chapter draws on proceedings from the Akan customary conflict resolution mechanism to demonstrate both the usefulness and challenges of traditional justice delivery method in contemporary Ghana and encourages the need for its modification to suit the needs of legal modernity. The chapter is the product of a qualitative analysis of empirical ethnographic material gathered from the everyday facts of Ghanaian religious communities and public domain.

Intake Follow-Up of “No Service” Cases

1981 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlette Lefebvre ◽  
Elliott Weiss ◽  
Nancy Cohen ◽  
Suzanne Waldron
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Mental Health Clinics ◽  
Health Clinics ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Central Resource ◽  
Sick Children

At The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, an attempt was made to bypass long pre-assessment waiting lists by referring an increasing number of patients to local community resources at the point of the initial intake call. During the pilot study, we contacted 40 families who had been redirected along these lines between January and June 1979. We found that 31 (78%)families had followed our recommendations and most were satisfied with the treatment they were receiving. This suggests that “re-referral” upon intake can often be a highly effective and useful service when provided by a central resource and consultation centre. A further systematic follow-up of all applications to children's mental health clinics, including a careful appraisal of no-show cases (families who are accepted for assessment but cancel or fail to attend), is essential so that we can tailor our services to the specific child psychiatry needs of our varied clientèle.

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