Nightlife Ethnography: A Phenomenological Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 407-426
Author(s):  
Sébastien Tutenges
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Music Festivals ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
The People ◽  
Collective Effervescence ◽  
Essential Properties ◽  
People Search

This chapter offers advice on how to conduct phenomenological ethnographic research in nightlife settings such as bars, nightclubs, and music festivals. It argues that phenomenological ethnography focuses on studying experiences as they occur to the people living them. Phenomenological ethnographers use their bodies as research instruments to develop an experiential connection and understanding of the people they are studying. Priority is given to clarifying essential properties of embodied, emotional, and sensory experiences, and to describing these as precisely as possible. The chapter proposes that the Durkheimian concept of collective effervescence may be used as a sensitizing tool to understand and describe some of the essence of what people search for, and sometimes experience, in nightlife settings. In particular, the concept is helpful in the study of intensive forms of celebration and intoxication. The chapter concludes with policy recommendations and suggestions to direct future research.

scholarly journals Constructing criminals: a critical frame analysis of Canada’s policy responses to people smuggling and the erosion of refugee protection.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Foreign National ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Refugee Protection ◽  
The People ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
And Function

This paper charts the anti-people smuggling policy changes to Canada’s immigration system and uses data since 2010 from government documents, parliamentary speeches and ministerial activity generated by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and related officials. The aim of this study is to demonstrate policy actions and intentions using critical frame analysis to expose underlying narratives and political ideological commitments within the people smuggling discourse. The result shows a constructed understanding of people smuggling as a threat to Canada, and policy violations of international humanitarian obligations according to United Nations protocols. I argue that the current legislation deals with people smuggling through harsh criminalization despite research that shows that the scope, motivations and function of people smuggling vary across time and space. I find that Canada’s anti-people smuggling reform, the Designated Foreign National regime, violates Canada’s international and domestic humanitarian obligations yet is justified by discursive framing of people smuggling under a neoliberal lens that disconnects the phenomenon from humanitarian considerations. I conclude with policy recommendations and areas for future research needed to better understand people smuggling and develop effective, comprehensive rights-based policy responses.

Pengalaman Penderita Skizofrenia tentang Proses Terjadinya Halusinasi Suryani

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suryani S
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Tape Recorder ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
Coping Behaviour ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
The People

Halusinasi adalah gejala khas skizofrenia yang merupakan pengalaman sensori menyimpang atau salah yang dipersepsikan sebagai sesuatu yang nyata. Kondisi ini menyebabkan individu tidak dapat kontak dengan lingkungan dan hidup dalam dunianya sendiri. Penderita skizofrenia dengan halusinasi yang masih kuat dapat berbahaya bagi dirinya sendiri dan orang lain. Hingga saat ini, mekanisme terjadinya halusinasi yang dialami penderita skizofrenia belum jelas. Penelitian yang dilakukan pada Desember 2007 hingga April 2008 ini bertujuan menggali pengalaman penderita skizofrenia tentang proses terjadinya halusinasi. Metode yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Delapan orang responden yang memenuhi kriteria diwawancara secara mendalam dan seluruh pembicaraannya direkam dengan tape recorder. Hasil wawancara dianalisis dengan pendekatan Collaizi dan diperoleh lima tema besar yakni proses terjadinya halusinasi dimulai dengan serangkaian masalah yang dipikirkan atau dirasakan penderita, situasi atau kondisi tertentu dapat mencetuskan halusinasi, proses halusinasi terjadi secara bertahap, waktu proses halusinasi, dan pencegahan halusinasi dengan pendekatan spiritual serta penggunaan koping yang konstruktif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa dalam merawat penderita skizofrenia yang mengalami halusinasi, perawat harus memahami bagaimana terjadinya halusinasi secara komprehensif.Kata kunci:Fenomena, proses halusinasi, skizofrenia AbstractHallucination is one hallmark symptom of schizophrenia. Hallucination is false or distorted sensory experiences that appear to be real perception. This condition causes the individuals to lose contact with environment and live in their own world. They are also dangerous for other people and themselves because the hallucination threatens them. Until now, the phenomenon of hallucination have not been revealed yet. Therefore, it is important to explore the live world of the people who experience hallucination. The purpose of this research is to undertake an exploration of living with hallucination as described by people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Phenomenological approach was used to gain data. The data was analysed using Collaizi’ approach to analysis. Eight clients with schizophrenia were selected, and data were collected through audiotaped semistructured interviewes. Five main categories of theme emerged from the interviews: The process of hallicunation was started by a lot of problem that burdened the clients; the process of hallicunation was triggered by specific situation and condition; the process of hallucination was happened in several step, time for the process of hallucinations and hallucinations can be prevented by spiritual activity and constructive coping behaviour. Conclusions highlight the need to understand about the process of hallucinations comprehensifly. Key words: Phenomenon, schizophrenia, the process of hallucinations

scholarly journals Constructing criminals: a critical frame analysis of Canada’s policy responses to people smuggling and the erosion of refugee protection.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Foreign National ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Refugee Protection ◽  
The People ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
And Function

This paper charts the anti-people smuggling policy changes to Canada’s immigration system and uses data since 2010 from government documents, parliamentary speeches and ministerial activity generated by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and related officials. The aim of this study is to demonstrate policy actions and intentions using critical frame analysis to expose underlying narratives and political ideological commitments within the people smuggling discourse. The result shows a constructed understanding of people smuggling as a threat to Canada, and policy violations of international humanitarian obligations according to United Nations protocols. I argue that the current legislation deals with people smuggling through harsh criminalization despite research that shows that the scope, motivations and function of people smuggling vary across time and space. I find that Canada’s anti-people smuggling reform, the Designated Foreign National regime, violates Canada’s international and domestic humanitarian obligations yet is justified by discursive framing of people smuggling under a neoliberal lens that disconnects the phenomenon from humanitarian considerations. I conclude with policy recommendations and areas for future research needed to better understand people smuggling and develop effective, comprehensive rights-based policy responses.

scholarly journals The Ontology of Scholar-Administrators: Empirical Inferences from Five Senior Administrators Who Published

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Coe ◽  
Ravi Chinta
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
Senior Administrators ◽  
Detailed Case ◽  
The People ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study was to fill a gap in existing literature on scholar-administrators and understand the lived experience of scholar-administrators who published. Using an interpretative phenomenological approach to extract themes from detailed case studies of five senior academic administrators who have published, the researchers’ empirical inferences from the five detailed case histories reveal the challenges and rewards of producing scholarship as a scholar-administrator. Their findings show that the administrators were more connected to the people within and outside the university, their own field of practice, and with the university. The impact of scholarship on scholar-administrators goes beyond publications. Continuation of being a scholar-practitioner has significant impact on networking scope of administrators keeping the educational entities they lead abreast of environmental trends to adapt to. Future research should replicate our study to increase the generalizability of its findings.

Public Administration in the Islamic World: Considering the Importance of Religion, its Values and Culture

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-38
Author(s):  
Daniel Hummel
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Salient Region ◽  
The People ◽  
Comparative Public Administration

A small but growing area of public administration scholarship appreciates the influence of religious values on various aspects of government. This appreciation parallels a growing interest in comparative public administration and indigenized forms of government which recognizes the role of culture in different approaches to government. This article is at the crossroads of these two trends while also considering a very salient region, the Islamic world. The Islamic world is uniquely religious, which makes this discussion even more relevant, as the nations that represent them strive towards legitimacy and stability. The history and core values of Islam need to be considered as they pertain to systems of government that are widely accepted by the people. In essence, this is being done in many countries across the Islamic world, providing fertile grounds for public administration research from a comparative perspective. This paper explores these possibilities for future research on this topic.

Serge Moscovici's "Réflexions sur la popularité des conspiracy mentalities"

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Klein
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
The People ◽  
Social Representation Theory ◽  
The Masses

This is a pdf of the original typed manuscript of a lecture made in 2006. An annotated English translation will be published by the International Review of Social Psychology. I this text, Moscovici seeks to update his earlier work on the “conspiracy mentality” (1987) by considering the relationships between social representations and conspiracy mentality. Innovation in this field, Moscovici argues, will require a much thorough description and understanding of what conspiracy theories are, what rhetoric they use and what functions they fulfill. Specifically, Moscovici considers conspiracies as a form of counterfactual history implying a more desirable world (in which the conspiracy did not take place) and suggests that social representation theory should tackle this phenomenon. He explicitly links conspiracy theories to works of fiction and suggests that common principles might explain their popularity. Historically, he argues, conspiracism was born twice: First, in the middle ages, when their primary function was to exclude and destroy what was considered as heresy; and second, after the French revolution, to delegitimize the Enlightenment, which was attributed to a small coterie of reactionaries rather than to the will of the people. Moscovici then considers four aspects (“thematas”) of conspiracy mentality: 1/ the prohibition of knowledge; 2/ the duality between the majority (the masses, prohibited to know) and “enlightened” minorities; 3/ the search for a common origin, a “ur phenomenon” that connects historical events and provides a continuity to History (he notes that such a tendency is also present in social psychological theorizing); and 4/ the valorization of tradition as a bulwark against modernity. Some of Moscovici’s insights in this talk have since been borne out by contemporary research on the psychology of conspiracy theories, but many others still remain fascinating potential avenues for future research.

Powerful Inscriptions: On the Semiotic Phenomenology of BDSM

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Joseph Martin
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Linguistic Turn ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Sociology Of Deviance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Semiotic Phenomenology ◽  
Sex Wars

BDSM encompasses a range of practices—bondage and discipline (BD), dominance and submission (DS), sadism and masochism (SM)—involving the consensual exchange of power in erotic contexts. This chapter provides an overview of scholarship on BDSM, drawing on the history of academic studies of the phenomenon, ranging from the psychology of perversion, the sociology of deviance, and the feminist “sex wars” to more recent ethnographic and phenomenological turns. The chapter focuses on the importance of discourse and affect for making sense of BDSM, both for those who seek to analyze the phenomenon and for practitioners themselves. Drawing on ethnographic research and other data, the chapter shows how language and discourse are key to answering interconnected questions about the semiotics and phenomenology of BDSM (what these practices mean and how practitioners experience these practices affectively). Thus, a potential “linguistic turn” in BDSM studies is essential for future research on this erotic minority.

scholarly journals A Systematic Literature Review of Historic Garden Management and Its Economic Aspects

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10679
Author(s):  
Cassandra Funsten ◽  
Valeria Borsellino ◽  
Emanuele Schimmenti
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
The People ◽  
Clear Vision ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Recent Policy

Historic gardens are important parts of humanity’s built heritage within the designed landscape, providing many environmental, economic and socio-cultural benefits. Management is a key part of their conservation, perhaps the most difficult because it is costly, must be continual, and requires a skilled workforce. This systematic review looks at the literature addressing historic garden management, with special attention regarding the social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainability. Academic studies on this subject come from many different disciplines, making it both stimulating and fragmented. It is now time to consolidate these interdisciplinary efforts into a clear vision, including a framework of key themes and research methods so as to better coordinate efforts and make the information and innovation generated more accessible to the garden managers “in the trenches”. With this aim, reviewed studies are classified according to 10 criteria: supply or demand orientation; management phase involved; primary sustainability processes addressed; geographic criteria; number of sites covered; policy documents referred to; kind of data collected; study methods employed; possibility of bias specifically regarding historic gardens; garden use. An analysis of these criteria shows that historic garden management literature focuses on describing the gardens themselves, with few studies interested in the people supporting them. Future research should follow recent policy documents’ lead and pay more attention to community value and involvement.

Promoting Savings for Financial Resilience: Expanding the Psychological Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54
Author(s):  
Crystal C. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Science ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Savings

In the United States, the lack of personal savings has been a perennial concern in the world of public policy. Policymakers and other practitioners constantly struggle with how to encourage families to accumulate funds in preparation for inevitable, but often unpredictable, financial emergencies. The field of applied behavioral science has attempted to address this challenge—often with mixed or modest results. I argue that psychological science (personality and social psychology in particular) offers underappreciated insights into the design and implementation of policy interventions to improve the rate of individual savings. In this article, I briefly discuss examples of prior interventions that have attempted to increase saving and then lay out some opportunities that have not been deeply explored. Future research in this area should broaden and deepen the way that psychology is leveraged as a tool to improve the financial security of the people who are the most vulnerable.

scholarly journals Participants' Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Novel, Intensive, Task-Specific Intervention for Individuals With Chronic Stroke: A Qualitative Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela R. Merlo ◽  
Ashley Goodman ◽  
Bruce A. McClenaghan ◽  
Stacy L. Fritz
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Muscle Soreness ◽  
Therapeutic Option ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Chronic Stroke ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Feasibility Trial ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Specific Intervention

BackgroundEvidence-based practice promotes patient-centered care, yet the majority of rehabilitative research fails to take patient perspectives into consideration. Qualitative research provides a unique opportunity for patients to express opinions and provide valuable insight on intervention processes.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of a novel, intensive, task-specific intervention from the patient's perspective.DesignA phenomenological approach to qualitative inquiry was used.MethodsEight individuals with chronic stroke participated in an intensive intervention, 3 hours per day for 10 consecutive days. Participants were interviewed twice regarding their impressions of the therapy, and a focus group was conducted with participants and family members. Data analysis included an analytical thematic approach.ResultsFive major themes arose related to the feasibility of the intervention: (1) a manageable amount of fatigue; (2) a difficult, yet doable, level of intensity; (3) a disappointingly short therapy duration; (4) enjoyment of the intervention; and (5) muscle soreness.ConclusionsThe findings suggest that participants perceived this novel and intensive, task-specific intervention as a feasible therapeutic option for individuals with chronic stroke. Despite the fatigue and muscle soreness associated with intensive rehabilitation, participants frequently reported enjoying the therapy and stated disappointment with the short duration (10 days). Future research should include a feasibility trial of longer duration, as well as a qualitative analysis of the benefits associated with the intervention.

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