Revisiting the Birthplace of the Cannabis Social Club Model and the Role Played by Cannabis Social Club Federations

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Jansseune ◽  
Mafalda Pardal ◽  
Tom Decorte ◽  
Òscar Parés Franquero
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Social Clubs ◽  
Social Club ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Country Specific

Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs) are a nonprofit model for the supply of cannabis originating in Spain. This article aims to provide an overview of current CSC practices in Barcelona, exploring the role played by CSC Federations in shaping them. This analysis draws on 32 semistructured interviews with CSC managers ( n = 15) and with other stakeholders in Barcelona ( n = 17). We build also on field observations at other CSCs based in Barcelona. We found a heterogeneity of CSC practices, some of which were not in line with the self-regulatory codes developed by the CSC Federations. In applying an earlier CSC typology, we identified also country-specific CSC features. While the CSC Federations have contributed to unifying the cannabis movement and made efforts to homogenize CSCs’ practices, in the absence of (government) cannabis regulation, their efforts have to some extent been undermined.

scholarly journals The Political Asceticism of Mamata Banerjee: Female Populist Leadership in Contemporary India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Proma Ray Chaudhury
Keyword(s):  
West Bengal ◽  
The State ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Political ◽  
Leadership Models ◽  
Interpretive Analysis ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Political Landscapes ◽  
Religious Iconography

Abstract Operating within the androcentric premises that support idealized models of populist leadership, self-representations cultivated by female populist leaders often involve precarious balancing acts, compelling them to appropriate contextualized traditionalist discourses and modes of power to qualify for conventional leadership models. This article engages with the stylistic performance of populist leadership by Mamata Banerjee of the All India Trinamool Congress in the state of West Bengal, India, focusing on her adoption of the discursive mode of political asceticism, nativist rhetoric, and religious iconography. Through an interpretive analysis of selected party documents, autobiography, and semistructured interviews with Banerjee's followers and critics, the article delineates Banerjee's populist self-fashioning as a political ascetic and explores perceptions of her leadership. The article argues that while the self-makings of female populist leaders remain fraught and contested, they contribute substantially toward redrawing the boundaries of both conventional leadership models and the broader political landscapes they inhabit.

Creating a safe space: A qualitative inquiry into the way doctors discuss spirituality

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 519-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Best ◽  
Phyllis Butow ◽  
Ian Olver
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
The Self ◽  
Safe Space ◽  
Patient Needs ◽  
History Taking ◽  
Advanced Cancer Patients ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Spiritual History ◽  
The Way

AbstractObjective:Spiritual history taking by physicians is recommended as part of palliative care. Nevertheless, very few studies have explored the way that experienced physicians undertake this task.Method:Using grounded theory, semistructured interviews were conducted with 23 physicians who had experience in caring for advanced cancer patients. They were asked to describe the way they discuss spirituality with their patients.Results:We have described a delicate, skilled, tailored process whereby physicians create a space in which patients feel safe enough to discuss intimate topics. Six themes were identified: (1) developing the self: physicians describe the need to understand and be secure in one's own spirituality and be comfortable with one's own mortality before being able to discuss spirituality; (2) developing one's attitude: awareness of the importance of spirituality in the life of a patient, and the need to respect each patient's beliefs is a prerequisite; (3) experienced physicians wait for the patient to give them an indication that they are ready to discuss spiritual issues and follow their lead; (4) what makes it easier: spiritual discussion is easier when doctor and patient share spiritual and cultural backgrounds, and the patient needs to be physically comfortable and willing to talk; (5) what makes it harder: experienced physicians know that they will find it difficult to discuss spirituality when they are rushed and when they identify too closely with a patient's struggles; and (6) an important and effective intervention: exploration of patient spirituality improves care and enhances coping.Significance of results:A delicate, skilled, tailored process has been described whereby doctors endeavor to create a space in which patients feel sufficiently safe to discuss intimate topics.

scholarly journals ‘I JUST WANT TO RUN’: how recreational runners perceive and deal with injuries

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. e001117
Author(s):  
Evert Verhagen ◽  
Marit Warsen ◽  
Caroline Silveira Bolling
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Health Gains ◽  
Injury Occurrence ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Running Injuries ◽  
Recreational Runners ◽  
Healthy Activity

Running injuries impact the health gains achieved through running and are linked to drop-out from this otherwise healthy activity. The need for effective prevention is apparent, however, implementation of preventive measures implies a change in runners’ behaviour. This exploratory qualitative study aimed to explore Dutch recreational runners’ perception on injuries, injury occurrence and prevention. An interpretative paradigm underpins this study. We conducted 12 individual semistructured interviews with male (n=6) and female runners (n=6). Through a constant comparative data analysis, we developed a conceptual model to illustrate the final product of the analysis and represent the main themes’ connection. We present a framework that describes the pathway from load to injury and the self-regulatory process controlling this pathway. Runners mentioned that pain is not necessarily an injury, and they usually continue running. Once complaints become unmanageable and limit the runner’s ability to participate, an injury was perceived. Based on our outcomes, we recommend that preventive strategies focus on the self-regulation by which runners manage their complaints and injuries—providing information, advice and programmes that support the runner to make well-informed, effective decisions.

scholarly journals Failure Analysis of a Highway Cut Slope with Anti-Slide Piles

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Hongjie Chen ◽  
Guangcheng Zhang ◽  
Zheng Chang ◽  
Lian Wen ◽  
Wentao Gao
Keyword(s):  
Slope Failure ◽  
The Self ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Cut Slope ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Shear Cracks ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Shear Damage ◽  
Gravel Soil ◽  
Prestressed Anchor

Landslides induced by engineering construction are very common in reality; it is necessary to clarify the causes of landslide failure to avoid similar accidents. A landslide induced by highway construction is taken as a case. Field observations, data collection, and analyses were used to investigate the deformation and causes of the landslide. The failed slope is mostly comprised of gravel soil, there were some shear cracks on both sides of the slope before sliding, and most tensile cracks were connected with shear cracks after sliding. The cut slope of this highway was designed to be protected by prestressed anchor sheet piles. However, in the construction process, the slope in front of the antipiles was removed when the piles were constructed without any anchor cables, which led to the shear damage of a row of anti-slide piles with a 15-meter-long cantilever. Moreover, continuous rainfall over several days aggravated the landslide damage because of increase of the self-weight and degradation of the mechanical parameters of the slope materials. The mechanical and simulation analyses both show that the resistance provided by the cantilever piles was not enough to prevent the force behind the piles. The irrational construction process and rainfall caused the slope failure.

scholarly journals CONSTRUCCIÓN NARRATIVA DE LAS IDENTIDADES DEL PROFESORADO

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
M. Mar Prados Gallardo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
The Self ◽  
Current Investigation ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Analytical Tools

Abstract.The notions of I-positions and voices are proposed as analytical tools for studying how two university teachers use both of these narrative resources to construct and negotiate possible professional identities. We develop a conception of identity as a continuous and evolving narrative in which the self is constituted as a multiple, dynamic and constantly in negotiation reality from which individuals define who they are. We present some example of the analyzes performed through semistructured interviews autobiographical to university teachers and through discussion groups developed by teachers from secondary education. Finally, both benefits and limitations of the current investigation are discussed with regard to possible future studies.Resumen.En este trabajo se proponen las nociones de posiciones del yo y de voces como herramientas analíticas para estudiar las posibles identidades profesionales del profesorado a través de sus narrativas. Se desarrolla una concepción de la identidad como un continuo y cambiante relato (narrativa) en el que el yo se constituye en una realidad múltiple, cambiante y constantemente negociada, y a partir de la que los individuos establecen quiénes son en su relación con otros y con los contextos en los que participan. Se presentan, a modo de ejemplo, algunos de los análisis realizados a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas de carácter autobiográfico a profesores y profesoras universitarios y a través de grupos de discusión desarrollados por profesores y profesoras de educación secundaria. Finalmente, se plantean conclusiones y algunos alcances y limitaciones con vistas a futuros estudios.

scholarly journals Translating the Bottom-Up Frame

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-65
Author(s):  
Oliver Müller ◽  
Ove Sutter ◽  
Sina Wohlgemuth
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
The Eu

The paper follows the different moments of translation when LEADER, the EU development programme for rural areas, is put into practice on the local level. Drawing on ethnographic data gathered during several field observations and semistructured interviews from two LEADER regions in Germany, we analyse how the interpretive repertoire of LEADER’s bottom-up approach is actualised, appropriated and negotiated by different actors when translated into local contexts of participative rural development. Drawing on Stuart Hall’s theoretical distinction of different positions of ‘decoding’, the article demonstrates how the ‘bottom-up frame’ is interpreted and adapted strategically from a ‘dominant-hegemonic’, ‘negotiated’ and ‘oppositional’ position.

Field Observations and Modelling of the Self-Burial of a North West Shelf Pipeline

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney Pinna ◽  
Andrew Weatherald ◽  
John Grulich ◽  
Beverley F. Ronalds
Keyword(s):  
Internal Waves ◽  
The Self ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Hydrocarbon Fluid ◽  
Key Driver

The Goodwyn Interfield Pipeline was laid on the Australian North West Shelf, connecting the Goodwyn and North Rankin platforms, in 1993. It is operated by Woodside Energy Limited, and is used to transport hydrocarbon fluid from the Goodwyn and Echo/Yodel fields to the North Rankin A platform, which is connect to onshore processing facilities by the 140 km North Rankin trunkline. This pipeline was expected to self-bury along the majority of its length. After nine years however, some sections of the pipeline have experienced significant self-burial, however, other sections remain exposed. The first part of this paper details the results collected from annual surveys of the pipeline, while the second part looks at modelling the self-burial process. The effect of internal waves is found to be a key driver in the self-burial process.

Changing Women: The Narrative Construction of Personal Change through Community Health Work among Women in Mexico

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesus Ramirez-Valles
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
The Self ◽  
Women's Activism ◽  
Personal Change ◽  
Community Health Work ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Personal Changes

A major premise of health education is that people can and do change their lives. Personal changes and the events that precipitate them are often told in a form of narrative and are accompanied by a new sense of oneself. This research draws on the study of narratives and women’s community activism to explore processes of personal change in women’s activism as community health workers in Mexico. The research is a case study based on in-depth semistructured interviews. Two major categories of narratives of change emerged: change of the self and little or no change. Within these categories, changes are defined as development of the self, becoming a new and different person, actualization of the self, and little or no change. Although women experience significant changes, their changes are based on normative female identities. Implications for the study of narratives and personal change in health education are discussed.

Protecting the Self

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Owens
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
The Self ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Building Trust ◽  
The People ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Front Stage ◽  
Stage Performances

This study was used to examine how practicing veterinarians protect the self when dealing with people at work. Veterinarians interact with the people attached to their patients in myriad ways in order to accomplish their organizational goals. Data collected during semistructured interviews with 17 veterinarians revealed that these veterinarians considered client interactions just as important as treating nonhuman animals. Impression management concepts were used to describe many of the interactional strategies veterinarians employ to protect the self when dealing with difficult clients. Building trust with clients and giving front stage performances were common strategies adopted. Despite veterinarians wanting their jobs to be animal-centric, these data show that they are not.

A Social Club for Elderly Psychiatric Patients

1965 ◽  
Vol 111 (470) ◽  
pp. 39-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Smith ◽  
W. L. Tonge ◽  
H. Merskey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Hospital Treatment ◽  
Formal Description ◽  
Social Clubs ◽  
Social Club

It is now widely held that many psychiatric patients who would formerly have required institutional care may be maintained in health outside hospital. It is also sometimes suggested that mental illness may be prevented by suitable extramural agencies. For these purposes out-patient clinics, day clinics, domiciliary visiting and social clubs have all been recommended and used in numerous countries. Amongst these measures social clubs for elderly psychiatric patients can be expected to play a useful part, but have so far received little formal description. One of us (Smith, 1963) has reported elsewhere the organization, economics and characteristic atmosphere of such a club. We present here some data on the type of patient who may benefit from such a club and the effect upon his/her record of hospital treatment.

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