scholarly journals Nepantlera Pedagogy in an Immigrant Youth Theater Project: The Role of a Hmong Educator in Facilitating the Exploration of Culture and Identity

2021 ◽  
pp. 016146812110519
Author(s):  
Bic Ngo ◽  
Diana Chandara
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
Boundary Crossing ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Youth Theater ◽  
Community Based Organization ◽  
Hmong American

Background/Context: Community-based youth theater programs afford youth opportunities to explore and “author” new identities by “performing writing.” Yet, we know much less about the ways in which immigrant youth are exploring struggles and changes within their families and ethnic community. We particularly lack research about the roles of immigrant adult educators in youth programs, and the significance to the pedagogical process of their experiences, being, and modes of interacting with young people who share with them a common ethnicity. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: The purpose of the study is to explore the role of a community-based Hmong immigrant educator as a “nepantlera,” or boundary-crossing “guide” in Hmong youth’s negotiation of culture and identity. It is guided by three questions: (1) How does nepantlera pedagogy move beyond self–other dichotomies? (2) How does nepantlera pedagogy facilitate rewriting the self to construct new visions of ethnic identity? and (3) How does nepantlera pedagogy entail risking the personal? Setting: The research setting was a Hmong community-based arts organization in an urban center in the Midwestern United States. Population/Participants/Subjects: Three 1.5-generation Hmong American adult staff of a community-based organization, one Korean American teaching artist from a local theater company, and 11 second-generation Hmong American adolescents participated in the study. Research Design: The study draws from a critical ethnographic investigation of the culturally relevant practices of a youth theater project within a Hmong coethnic organization. Data Collection and Analysis: Ethnographic data collection occurred over the 4-month program cycle of the theater project. Data sources include field notes from participant observations, semi-structured interviews, audio and video recordings of the activities, work products, and documents about the program and organization. The data were analyzed with thematic analysis techniques. Findings/Results: The findings suggest that the nepantlera pedagogy of the Hmong immigrant educator fostered opportunities for Hmong youth to (1) disrupt binaries between first-generation and second-generation immigrants by exploring not only differences but also commonalities; (2) imagine new ethnic selves by exploring and rewriting a Hmong edict against same-last-name relationships; and (3) experience the vulnerability of their Hmong educator through disclosure about his personal life. Conclusions/Recommendations: The nepantlera pedagogy of an immigrant educator within a coethnic community-based organization brings a perspective from the nepantla, or “in-between,” of culture and identity that provides immigrant youth with a deeper level of cultural knowledge and connectedness to navigate their multiple worlds.

scholarly journals Peran Serta Masyarakat Lokal Dalam Pengelolaan Daya Tarik Wisata Pura Goa Giri Putri Nusa Penida

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Nyoman Andika Widiastra ◽  
I Made Adikampana
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Systematic Explanation

This research is located in Pakraman Karang Sari, Village Office Suana, Nusa Penida in tourist attraction Pura Goa Giri Putri which aims to determine the function of local communities in the management of the attraction in the development and planning as a community-based tourism destination.         Data collection techniques in this study, by observation, in-depth interviews with 6 informant, and documentation study by taking a picture in the attractions of Goa Giri Putri. The data have been analyzed with descriptive qualitative data analysis techniques are broadly communicating, and systematic explanation of the data obtained in the field with the aim of obtaining a clear picture and objektif.  The result of this research is the role of local communities in the management of a tourist attraction Pura Goa Giri Putri is as pengemong / pengempon who have the responsibility to maintain and grow attractions Goa Giri Putri directly or indirectly such as participating maintain cleanliness, keeping tourist attraction Goa Giri Putri, keeping pemedek or tourists who visit and support the implementation of the current pujawali ceremony  / ceremony at Pura Goa Giri Putri with managers and other stakeholders.   Keywords: Participation, Local Communities, Management, Tourist Attraction, Community Based Tourism

scholarly journals Networked publics and the organizing of collective action on Twitter: Examining the #Freebassel campaign

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Wang ◽  
Kar-Hai Chu
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
News Media ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Boundary Crossing ◽  
Advocacy Organizations ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Sharing Patterns ◽  
Networked Publics

This study applied collective action theories and network theories to examine the information sharing patterns among Twitter users to obtain sociopolitical legitimacy of their collective goal. The role of Twitter in facilitating private–public boundary crossing was defined in relation to main challenges of collective action. The hypotheses and research question were examined using Twitter data collected from an online campaign, which was created to bring about the release of a detained Syrian activist. Network analysis results showed significant geographic homophily effect, that is, participants located in the same region tended to share information with each other. In addition, the results indicated that more influential Twitter users tended to connect with less influential users to help spread information on the movement. Further content analysis showed that to better mobilize potential collective action participants, Twitter users utilized strategies to draw attention from citizen news media organizations, nonprofit advocacy organizations, public figures, and corporations.

The Role of Community-Based Organization in Emergency Management in Rural Korea

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyoo-Man Ha
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Voluntary Organization ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Current Role ◽  
Local Schools ◽  
Community Based Organization ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Real Picture

The purpose of this paper is to suggest strengthening of the current role of community-based organization (CBO) in rural Korea, such as its all-events approach, by adopting the guerilla approach for the ultimate goal of effective local emergency management. In so doing, the paper first analyzes the real picture of CBO’s all-events approach and the alternatives available to CBO’s guerilla approach via four components: (1) local government, (2) local schools, (3) neighboring industry, and (4) local residents. The major tenet of this paper is that CBO should focus more, like a guerilla or an irregular soldier, on managing local emergency, besides all other events in rural Korea, with the support of the four components. Keywords: community-based organization • voluntary organization • emergency management • local Korea

scholarly journals Choosing Between the Two-sample T Test and its Alternatives: A Practical Guideline

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Karch
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Important Implication ◽  
Permutation Test ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Permutation Tests ◽  
T Test ◽  
Complementary Information ◽  
Practical Guideline ◽  
Nonparametric Permutation Test

The traditional guideline for choosing between the two-sample $t$ test and its alternatives is primarily based on assessing assumptions. Many flaws of this approach have been documented. In this paper, I address those flaws briefly and propose a new guideline for choosing between the two-sample $t$ test and its alternatives. I propose to select the hypothesis that operationalizes the research question best. This selection is carried out before data collection and entails identifying the hypotheses that in principle produce meaningful results, and among those, the most appropriate one. I advise to not only report on the most appropriate hypothesis but also on the remaining meaningful hypotheses, as they provide valuable complementary information. For testing the selected hypotheses, I recommend bootstrap and permutation tests instead of the traditionally used parametric tests. The role of assessing assumptions is downgraded to deciding whether the results of a test are reliable. An important implication of the proposed guideline is that in most cases, a nonparametric permutation test should be used instead of the $t$ test.

Conditional resource and social entrepreneurial action: the mediating role of social entrepreneurial intent

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isa Nsereko
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intent ◽  
Community Based Organization ◽  
Entrepreneurial Action ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this study is two-fold: to examine the relationship between conditional resources, social entrepreneurial intent and social entrepreneurial action and to test the mediating role of social entrepreneurial intent in the relationship between conditional resources and social entrepreneurial action among social ventures in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a quantitative methodological approach were hypotheses were statistically tested using structural equation modelling based on survey data (n = 243) from community-based organization owner-managers in Uganda. Findings Results show that both conditional resources and social entrepreneurial intent are significantly associated with social entrepreneurial action. Results further indicate that social entrepreneurial intent partially mediates the relationship between conditional resources and social entrepreneurial action. Originality/value To the authors’ knowledge, this study provides a shred of initial empirical evidence on the relationship between conditional resources, social entrepreneurial intent and social entrepreneurial action using evidence from a developing African country – Uganda. Mostly, this study provides initial evidence of the mediating role of social entrepreneurial intent in the relationship between conditional resources and social entrepreneurial action.

scholarly journals “The Skill Is Using Your Big Head Over Your Little Head”

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 31S-42S ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Bowleg ◽  
Meaghan Mingo ◽  
Jenné S. Massie
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Prevention Messages ◽  
Community Based Organization ◽  
Hiv Aids

Although the disproportionate toll of HIV/AIDS among Black heterosexuals, particularly in low-income U.S. urban areas is well documented, Black heterosexual men are rarely the explicit focus of HIV prevention messages, research, and interventions. We conducted 4 focus groups with 28 Black men, aged 19 to 51 years, who were enrolled in the workforce and fatherhood development program of a local community-based organization to examine (a) the priority and role of HIV/AIDS in their lives and (b) their HIV prevention needs. Although none articulated HIV as a top life priority, respondents nonetheless prioritized educating their children about HIV prevention and protecting their main partners from HIV if they had other sexual partners. Analyses demonstrated that participants said they wanted and needed: to learn how to talk to partners about HIV testing and use condoms when tempted not to do so, and more discussion-oriented educational opportunities to learn and exchange prevention strategies.

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