Introduction to Dlonguébougou

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Camilla Toulmin
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Village Life ◽  
The Village

This first chapter introduces the village and people of Dlonguébougou in Central Mali, and it describes my visits there. Lying between the desert and savannah, while it might appear remote from centres of power, this Sahelian village has been linked to the wider world for centuries, and its landscape traversed by traders, explorers, and military expeditions. The village was founded 3 centuries ago by three families who retain significant presence and power. Patterns of social organization, chiefly power, households, clans, casted groups, and herding communities are presented. Over the last 35 years, the village has grown threefold, and the pattern of settlement has spread over the surrounding fields. The chapter ends by presenting the background and purpose of this longitudinal study, its aims being to understand and document the evolution of village life since 1980, how people make a living, shifts in investment and prosperity, land pressures, and the significance of migration.

Class Conflict and Village War Memorials, 1914–24.

Rural History ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Mansfield
Keyword(s):  
Class Conflict ◽  
War Memorials ◽  
To Come ◽  
Village Life ◽  
The Village

‘I am persuaded that the Memorial Crosses, in the Churchyards, on the village greens, where the roads meet, will for many years to come cry eloquent but silent protest against all that divides and degrades village life.’ The Bishop of Hereford, 1920.

Perencanaan Pelaksanaan Dana Desa Dalam Meningkatkan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat Dalam Perspektif Ekonomi Syariah

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-143
Author(s):  
Fajar Royan Safarullah ◽  
Ahmad Mulyadi Kosim ◽  
Retno Triwoelandari
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
Cash Assistance ◽  
Physical Infrastructure ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Village Life ◽  
The Village

            The Village law has made the village the subject of development. Villages and villagers jointly initiate village development in order to create a better livelihood and village life. Village funds as village capacity in development have the potential to improve community welfare. This Research is a qualitative research with a descriptive analysis approach in order to analyze the planning and implementation process of village funds in improving community welfare from a sharia economic perspective. Data collection techniques used are interview, observation and documentation methods. The governments, community leaders and villagers became informants so that a broad perspective was obtained about village funds and their implications for walfare. The results showed that the planning and implementation of village funds was not yet participatory, the grassroots community had not been involved. Physical infrastructure became the priority of discussion during the planning process. In an effort to improve welfare in 2019 touching the aspects of health, education, and community residence. In 2020, village funds have a greater role in increasing community income in the form the cash assistance to the community in overcoming the covid 19 pandemic. In order to achieve a comprehensive development, in the process must apply sharia economic values. The value of integrity in the devekopment process in the form of justice, trust and fulfillment of reponsibilities as well as helping each other.

scholarly journals The Local Festival of Kampos: A Fictional Narrative of Place, Space and Interiority

Interiority ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Maria Vidali
Keyword(s):  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
The Public ◽  
Patron Saint ◽  
Architectural Space ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
Fictional Narrative ◽  
Farming Village ◽  
Village Life ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Church

This article is created out of the architectural space and narratives of village life. The narratives concern the interiority of life in Kampos, a farming village on the Greek Cycladic island of Tinos, on the day when the village celebrates the Holy Trinity, its patron saint. The village area on this festive day is depicted in the movement of the families from their houses to the church, the procession from the patron saint’s church to a smaller church through the main village street, and, finally, in the movement of the villagers back to speci!c houses. Through a series of spatial and social layers, the meaning of the communal table on the day of the festival, where food is shared, is reached. A series of negotiations create a different space, where the public, private and communal blend and reveal different layers of “interiority” through which this community is bounded and connected. In this article, I follow the revelation and discovery of truth through fiction, story or myth, as argued by the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur.

A Child of the City: a Longitudinal Study of Stratification and Migration in a Rajasthan Village

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Howard M Jones
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Circular Migration ◽  
Short Term ◽  
National Surveys ◽  
The Social ◽  
International Data ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Village ◽  
The City

Abstract By reference to a multi-caste and tribal village in southern Rajasthan the paper examines the degree to which caste and tribal membership impacts on different aspects of migration, e.g. commencement, form, destination, duration, and types of work undertaken. Using a livelihoods approach, supplemented by other perspectives and concentrating on four migration streams (three domestic, one international), data collected over a period of nearly thirty-five years indicates that patterns of migration are far from random. It is argued that the use of official stratification categories in migration surveys can obscure important differences within caste groupings. Short-term circular migration, underestimated in national surveys, is shown to be substantial, especially for the tribal migrants in the village. While position in the social structure differentially affects aspects of migration across the village hierarchy, examples are given of individual migrant agency overcoming structural constraints.

Poverty on the Farm

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Huffman
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Natural Setting ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Village Life ◽  
The Village

Comparison is theme of this chapter, which looks at rural poverty as a way of understanding what was universal and what unique about urban poverty. After a look at the nature-and season-dominated village setting, the work examines daily life: hard work in the rice fields, raising silkworms, the role of women in both fields and homes. A special theme is the importance community played, in setting rules, providing mutual support, and giving children a more productive place than they enjoyed in the hinminkutsu. The pursuit of pleasure also is seen as important in village life: in baths, in relatively open sexuality, and in the constant festivals. A summary shows that villages, the source of most of the urban migration, were at least as poor as city slums but that the rural poverty’s effect was softened by the natural setting and the village sense of community.

Les « Fêtes du village » en Corée et leur signification sociale

1978 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-208
Author(s):  
Christian Deschamps
Keyword(s):  
Older Men ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rice Wine ◽  
Essential Condition ◽  
Administrative Units ◽  
Village Life ◽  
Social Units ◽  
The Village ◽  
Small Building ◽  
The Way

The village celebrations take place within the context of villages which are not administrative units, but which are autonomous social units in which the actual power is held by the generation of older men. The offering ceremony is the central part of the celebration ; it occurs in a place called tang, which can be a tree, a rock or a small building. It is adressed to one or several spirits which have a rather imprecise physionomy, but whose main feature is their being the protec tive spirit of the village. Those who officiate at the offering ceremony are chose from among the village men ; the essential condition for this position is to be « pure » from any contact with a death or a birth. After the offering ceremony, which consists of offering the protective spirit of the village rice wine and food, and pre senting him prayers for the village, the inhabitants gather for a communion meal, after which they hold a meeting in which they discuss village affairs. The village celebration is an important moment of the manifestation of a village community's identity. It gives the latter the possibility to renew the link with its origins and to assert itself in a regard to the other villages. Moreover it plays an important role as a catalyst of social cohesiveness of the village. But the importance of this celebration in village life varies from village to village, and by observing the way in which the inhabitants participate in the celebration you can measure rather accurately the degree of cohesiveness which exists among the village inhabitants.

Too Many Chairs: Spatiality and Disability in Integrated Sporting Spaces

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Nancy Quinn ◽  
Laura Misener ◽  
P. David Howe
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
The Body ◽  
Outdoor Spaces ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology ◽  
Village Life ◽  
Commonwealth Games ◽  
The Village ◽  
Paralympic Games

The research examined spatiality of The Village during the Commonwealth Games XXI. Central to the research is the perspective of the parasport athlete. By foregrounding this perspective, new understandings of the geography of sporting spaces become possible. The integrated nature of the Games establishes The Village as a significant space to consider spatiality and disability. Ethnographic methodology was utilized. The first author, a veteran of many Paralympic Games, brought an “insider” perspective. Thematic analysis was conducted, and three themes, such as language informs space, hypervisibility of the body, and indoor versus outdoor spaces are presented as an ethnographic vignette. Inaccessible construction and hypervisibility of the body in certain spaces impacted athlete experience. The Village Pub and pools were examples of inhospitable spaces for athletes. The language of Games personnel significantly affected athlete participation in Village life.

Problematising the peacebuilding strategies through embedded and situated research in Pyla

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 683-697
Author(s):  
Cagri Sanliturk
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
Greek Cypriot ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
Village Life ◽  
Cyprus Conflict ◽  
The Village

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use Foucault’s genealogical analysis to problematise the influence of political agreements and resolutions on Cypriots’ social life and to examine spatial practices. At the same time, this paper deals with the implications of the UN’s vision for Pyla in Cyprus as a prototype of integrity and bi-communality. Furthermore, it analyses and problematises the UN mandate system in order to challenge “peace-keeping” strategies. Design/methodology/approach This investigation has been achieved through the author’s experience of situating and being in the site as well as through conducting site-specific interventions, performances, walking, observations, writing and interviews. Adding to these analytical methods, the involvement of the feminist theories in different ways allowed author to be more critical, reflexive and personal. In addition, the author critically analyses legal documents such as the Cyprus Constitution and the UN’s reports, documents and resolutions in order to understand the connection between politics and accordingly the creation of space. Findings This embedded critical spatial research into the in-between village Pyla establishes a new methodological understanding for design interventions that do not target a solution but, by implementing a reflexive practice, they create resistance practices. Focusing on these practices should allow a critical reflection on the previously applied urban development programs and their impact on Pyla and other cities and villages in Cyprus. The findings and outcomes that are presented through this research can be used by different powers for a critical reflection on the role of design in conflict situations. Research limitations/implications One of the limitations of this research has been the lack of direct contact with the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of the village in order to understand their specific views on the conflict and their participation in the everyday life of the village. One of the reasons for this has been the differences in language which has made it difficult to approach the citizens and discuss their struggles as they would not necessarily confine in an outsider. Nonetheless, the author has tried to capture Greek Cypriot views in the circumstances of the UN and authorities meeting and, where possible has relied on literature to guide the understanding of the village life and Greek Cypriot role in it. Originality/value The author’s critical reflection on the unification-focused resolution strategies for the divided Cyprus (created by the UN, academics and architects) established the unique strength of this research paper. This research does not perceive the Cyprus conflict and its division as a problem, instead, it recognises the conflict and works within its division in order to understand the hidden political transformations, powers, appreciations and practices which become subordinate to the conflict. Different practices challenge the idea behind the normalisation processes that the UN aimed to achieve and reacts to those who came up with unification strategies; nonetheless, this should open new visions in the negotiations between the different powers.

scholarly journals New Town, New Townspeople: Transforming Gatchina in the 1790s

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 86-101
Author(s):  
Alison K Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
New Schools ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
New Town ◽  
New Towns ◽  
Similar Path ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town ◽  
End Results

On 11 November 1796, only five days after the death of Catherine II, her son and successor Paul released a decree naming two of his villages, Pavlovsk and Gatchina, towns. In an odd way, given their fraught relationship, this act echoed his mother’s past practice. She founded several hundred new towns to serve as new administrative centers for her newly formed provinces. Paul’s actions are more obscure, tied not to administrative needs but perhaps instead to a desire to glorify his own landholdings—or if not to glorify at least to increase the economic prosperity of his lands. The end results, however, followed a similar path: new towns needed new courts and new schools, new town seals and new town plans, and above all new townspeople. This article examine the process by which Gatchina, the village, was transformed into Gatchina, the town. In particular, it will focus on the establishment there of new merchant and meshchanin corporations, and of a town ratusha to oversee their management. Many of the new town’s new townspeople came from elsewhere to register there; as a result, they not only built up the town in numbers but also created a Russian space within what was an imperial periphery. This transformation shows both an effort at social organization and engineering and also the limits of those efforts when faced with individual desires.

scholarly journals Late Vinca culture settlement at Crkvine in Stubline: Household organization and urbanization in the Late Vinca culture period

Starinar ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 9-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Crnobrnja ◽  
Zoran Simic ◽  
Marko Jankovic
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Culture Period ◽  
Household Organization ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Village

The site Crkvine is situated in the vicinity of the village Stubline in the borough of Obrenovac around 40 km to the southwest of Belgrade (Serbia). In the first section of this work we present the comprehensive report about the investigations carried out so far. The geomagnetic prospection undertaken from 2006 to 2008 covered an area of 32,400 square meters and the obtained results indicate the existence of around 100 houses built in rows around the rather large open areas as well as the trenches surrounding the settlement. The investigations of the house 1/2008 dating from the Vinca culture D-2 period yielded in addition to the data concerning its interior organization also a unique find of the group of 46 figurines with 11 models of miniature tools. In the second section of this work we discuss the prospects, which future investigations of this site and its environment could provide concerning the study of the social organization in the very end of the Vinca culture.

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