Take back the city: Building an interracial class coalition to fight for ‘Homes for All’

2020 ◽  
pp. 079160352095862
Author(s):  
Juliana Sassi
Keyword(s):  
Nation State ◽  
Housing Crisis ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Economic Decisions ◽  
The People ◽  
Take Back ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Migrant Activism ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article draws on empirical data collected through in-depth interviews conducted with Irish and migrant activists from the Take Back the City housing coalition to incite the debate about the potential of interracial class coalitions and to point out the challenges of migrant activism in Ireland. Take Back the City was a movement from below, which through the praxis aimed to challenge common sense with good sense. It questioned the commodification of housing in Ireland by reframing the housing crisis as a result of political and economic decisions, as well as in its strategy of occupying empty buildings. Claiming Homes For All, activists noticed that this slogan was not all-encompassing and as such was insufficient to help recognise that it also referred to those who came to Ireland to study, work or seek asylum. As the hegemonic narrative understands the world through concepts such as the nation-state, borders and citizenship, it automatically excludes non-nationals as the people, the subject of rights within a nation-state. This article locates Take Back the City experience within the discussion on race and class dynamics addressed by anti-racist and anti-capitalist scholars and activists.

The people push back: protests for affordable homes for all

Housing Shock ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 191-216
Author(s):  
Rory Hearne
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Housing Crisis ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
Grassroots Groups ◽  
The People ◽  
Take Back ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

Housing has always been a deeply political issue given its centrality to people’s lives. However, how it is politicised and treated, and its prominence in political and public debate, has changed over time. Housing is now becoming a political battleground of the 21st century between big finance, government and citizens seeking affordable housing. This chapter details the new housing protests and movements in Ireland challenging evictions and rising homelessness, and the scandal of derelict properties and high rents, and are campaigning for the use of vacant public land for affordable homes for all and the inclusion of the right to housing in the Constitution and law. A housing movement has been increasingly active in Ireland since 2014, responding to growing homelessness, and rental and mortgage arrears crises. Activity initially involved a number of small grassroots groups working incrementally to develop strategies and tactics around how to tackle the housing crisis in Ireland. A larger housing social movement erupted sporadically in 2016 over plans to demolish and redevelop Apollo House, a former government office block, and then in a more sustained manner in 2018 with the Take Back the City and Raise the Roof campaigns.

Can Lean eliminate waste in urban logistics? A field study

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matias Escuder ◽  
Martin Tanco ◽  
Andres Muñoz-Villamizar ◽  
Javier Santos
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Lean Thinking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lean Principles ◽  
Lean Practices ◽  
The People ◽  
Transportation Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeUrban logistics presents a series of challenges, as the interests of the different stakeholders are not always aligned. The aim of this research is to explore the potential of applying Lean principles to reduce waste in urban logistics.Design/methodology/approachAs a structure for “going to gemba,” the authors implemented the shadowing technique to better understand the perspective of companies distributing products in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. Then, meetings were conducted to validate the observations by the people shadowed.FindingsThe results show that most of shipper's time is dedicated to waiting (59%), which is followed by driving (22%), and only a small section of time was dedicated to unloading and verification activities (19%). Although collaborative solutions are needed along with the different stakeholders, this research highlights how deploying Lean thinking can improve significantly urban logistics achieving up to 25% improvement in the number of stores served per shift.Practical implicationsFrom an academic point of view, this study emphasizes the importance of continue applying and evaluating the Lean practices into transportation contexts. From a company's perspective, the authors have presented a list of propositions that can be implemented for carriers in order to reduce waste and/or improve the efficiency of the urban transportation process.Originality/valueBased on the literature review carried out, the subject study of Lean and its application to urban logistics remains mostly unexplored in the scientific literature.

scholarly journals FENOMENA KALANGAN PENGGUNA MEDIA SOSIAL DI KOTA BANDUNG (STUDI FENOMENOLOGI KALANGAN PENGGUNA MEDIA SOSIAL FACEBOOK GENERASI X DI KOTA BANDUNG)

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Information Status ◽  
Phenomenological Studies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Old Friends

This study aims to determine the extent of the motives, actions and meanings of the use of Social Media Facebook among Generation X in the City of Bandung. The method used in this study uses a qualitative de-constructive approach with phenomenological studies. The focus of more research is to understand the phenomena that occur among the use of Facebook social media, especially in Generation X in the City of Bandung. While the subject of the study was focused on examining the experiences of Facebook users themselves based on noumena. The techniques used in determining informants or subjects were chosen purfosively based on the activities of those who were considered able to explore experiences consciously. Data collection techniques were obtained from core informants, experts, academics and professionals or other data sources as participants. Besides library research, observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. The data obtained was compiled by researchers in units and then categorized and carried out a comparison through the stages of triangulation with the degree of trust in information by an expert observer and users in the field of social media. The results of the study show that social media users Facebook Generation X have the motive of using Facebook social media as a trend to follow and media to communicate. The behavior of other Generation X behavior is only to look for information, status updates and capture certain moments. Generation X means that the use of Facebook social media as a medium of entertainment, gathering and reunion with old friends.

scholarly journals Exploring Limited Capacity in the Grid: Actors, Problems, and Solutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Palm
Keyword(s):  
User Engagement ◽  
Limited Capacity ◽  
System Perspective ◽  
Electricity Grid ◽  
The People ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Energy Grid ◽  
The City

An extensive and reliable electricity grid is essential for all the sectors of society. In parts of Sweden, the electricity grid has been suffering from a lack of capacity. This is something affecting all the sectors and all the people in these regions. The capacity problems have, however, so far, mainly been analyzed from a technical system perspective, focusing on incumbent actors, whereas other actors have been less researched. This article aims to fill this gap and include a variety of perceptions of Swedish actors’ on the lack of electricity grid capacity. It is, however, a challenge to capture the views of others than the professionals working in the area because the electricity grid is not something people, in general, reflect upon. The article takes an explorative approach to the subject by analyzing the problems and the solutions raised in four arenas: the regulative, the media, the technocratic, and the user. It also focuses on the city of Malmö in Sweden and two projects where the lack of grid capacity has been discussed. Sweden’s lack of capacity concerns that, although electricity is available, the energy grid cannot transmit the required amount of electricity to all parts of the country. The article concludes that the electricity grid has been developed within a technocratic frame, with a few professionals dominating the agenda, which has led to convergence of perspectives and narrowing options. In the regulative arena, which often decides what issues are prioritized and in the end implemented, there is a focus on investment in transformers and lines rather than demand-side solutions and user flexibility. Technological and economical values are dominating all arenas, and other values, such as user engagement and ownership, are marginalized.

scholarly journals What a Museum Cannot Bear Witness To

Museum Worlds ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-144
Author(s):  
Sercan Eklemezler
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Primary Motivation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Bear Witness

The primary motivation behind this study is assessing how successful “inclusive” urban museums really are in representing ethnic/religious minorities. The research site is Bursa City Museum, Turkey, where the Bursa Jewish Community used to be one of the key social and cultural elements of the city. In-depth interviews are the main method of study, since the opinions of this minority on the subject are the main focus. The main aim here is to reveal the ideas of the community (whose collective memories are threatened with extinction) about being represented in the museum, and from this analysis to make constructive suggestions for the institution. It seems that the community cares about being identified as part of the city, but is indifferent to the institution of the museum, partly due to problems in the ways in which they are represented.

scholarly journals Keunggulan Kompetitif Kelompok Pedagang Sektor Informal Pendatang

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurnal ARISTO
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Business Opportunities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to to understand and illustrating the effort to encourage school a competitive advantage well as to the vendors angkringan order to be able to maintain a venture thus being able to compete in the city of ponorogo. Was used in the study a qualitative approach was adopted by applying a technique purposive the sampling method of as the determination of the subject matter of the research. The technique of an excavation data using in depth interviews and observation. While the technique of of the data analysis use the model interactive. The research results show that 1). a group of traders both jews and the proselytes angkringan in the city of ponorogo it is able to defend and develop their business; 2). their ability in of maintaining and developing its business caused by existence of the superiority and dominion of maintained the company competitiveness in government in their efforts to arab nations as a bloc; 3). a competitive edge of which there are applied with the value of the belief or joined as regards allah religion will try to get away and value of please the power to do anything help each other out local community and is developing in the group historically traders angkringan; and 4). the value of the community’s trust and the value of help one another are not limited to financial problems or business capital, but in the form of information important about business opportunities, help residence, and scouted for permission to occupy a location strategic to venture angkringan in the city ponorogo.

The Hard State, Soft City of Singapore

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Urban Condition ◽  
The People ◽  
Hard State ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Material Form

With Singapore serving as the subject of exploration, The Hard State, Soft City of Singapore explores the purview of imaginative representations of the city. Alongside the physical structures and associated practices that make up our lived environment, and conceptualized space engineered into material form by bureaucrats, experts and commercial interests, a perceptual layer of space is conjured out of people’s everyday life experiences. While such imaginative projections may not be as tangible as its functional designations, they are nonetheless equally vital and palpable. The richness of its inhabitants’ memories, aspirations and meaningful interpretations challenges the reduction of Singapore as a Generic City. Taking the imaginative field as the point of departure, the forms and modes of intellectual and creative articulations of Singapore’s urban condition probe the resilience of cities and the people who reside in them, through the images they convey or evoke as a means for collective expressions of human agency in placemaking.

scholarly journals KONSTRUKSI IDENTITAS KELOMPOK SUPORTER FLOWERS CITY CASUALS (Studi Fenomenologi Terhadap Kelompok Suporter Flower City Casuals Dalam Mendukung Persib Bandung)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oki Achmad Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to find out how the construction of the supporters of Flowers City Casuals. To answer the problem above, the researcher raised the sub-focus personal layer, enactment layer, relational layer and communal to measure the research focus.This study uses a constructivist paradigm with a qualitative approach and phenomenological method, the subject of the research is the members of Flowers City Casuals and Bobotoh by using snowball techniques obtained by 3 (three) informants. Data collection techniques used are: literature study, in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation.The results of the study were that in the personal layer informant stage formed the identity of a Flowers City Casuals that they originated from the love of Persib Bandung, music and English football, the second stage of the informant layer enactment maintained Stand your ground stand principle, chants in English, gave criticism, used casual clothes, in the Relational Layer stage the informants expressed Flowers City Casuals as part of the family, and a place to sharing.The research report is all the information contained in the identity theory that is communal. Where someone pays attention to what is carried out by the group. In this case what the informants did was in the context of activities outside of persib support such as music events, social services, hanging out, talking together, it would also affect the informants as parties who adapted themselves to groups to take part in activities thatResearch advice is Given Flowers City Casuals is the basis of Persib football club fan groups with the style of the first casuals in the city of Bandung, expected to be more compact, and more creative in providing support for Persib Bandung, as well as in the mission to make Persib Bandung better. Keyword : Construction of Identity, Identity, Persib Bandung, Bobotoh, Supporter. Abstrak: Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana konstruksi para pendukung Flowers City Casuals. Untuk menjawab masalah di atas, peneliti mengangkat lapisan pribadi sub-fokus, lapisan pengesahan, lapisan relasional, dan komunal untuk mengukur fokus penelitian.Penelitian ini menggunakan paradigma konstruktivis dengan pendekatan kualitatif dan metode fenomenologis, subjek penelitian adalah anggota Flowers City Casuals dan Bobotoh dengan menggunakan teknik snowball yang diperoleh oleh 3 (tiga) informan. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah: studi pustaka, wawancara mendalam, observasi, dan dokumentasi.Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah bahwa pada tahap informan layer personal terbentuk identitas sebuah Casual City Casuals yang berasal dari kecintaan Persib Bandung, musik dan sepakbola Inggris, tahap kedua dari pemberlakuan lapisan informan dipertahankan. Stand your ground stand principle , nyanyian dalam bahasa Inggris, memberi kritik, menggunakan pakaian santai, di lapisan Relational Layer para informan menyatakan Bunga Kota Kasual sebagai bagian dari keluarga, dan tempat untuk berbagi.Laporan penelitian adalah semua informasi yang terkandung dalam teori identitas yang bersifat komunal. Di mana seseorang memperhatikan apa yang dilakukan oleh kelompok. Dalam hal ini apa yang dilakukan oleh para informan adalah dalam konteks kegiatan di luar dukungan persib seperti acara musik, layanan sosial, nongkrong, berbicara bersama, itu juga akan mempengaruhi informan sebagai pihak yang menyesuaikan diri dengan kelompok untuk mengambil bagian dalam kegiatan ini. Saran penelitian yang diberikan Flowers City Casuals adalah dasar dari kelompok penggemar sepak bola klub Persib dengan gaya Casual pertama di kota Bandung, diharapkan lebih kompak, dan lebih kreatif dalam memberikan dukungan untuk Persib Bandung, serta menjadikan Persib Bandung lebih baik.Kata Kunci: Konstruksi Identitas, Identitas, Persib Bandung, Bobotoh, Pendukung

scholarly journals Teaching Management And Sustainable Utilization Of Water Resources At Infant Level In Primary Schools In Zimbabwe: Challenges And Opportunities

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 430-440
Author(s):  
Thondhlana Saiden ◽  
Mangizvo V. Remigios
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Sustainable Utilization ◽  
Teaching Management ◽  
The People ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The City ◽  
Water Issues ◽  
Depth Interviews

Water has become an inadequate resource as a result of population and economic growth, climate change, pollution and other challenges.  This is impacting on social, economic and environmental wellbeing.  Education about water issues at all levels is pertinent to equip people with knowledge, skills and values of its management and sustainable utilization.  Young children have a tendency of wasting water because of lack of knowledge of its management and sustainable utilization.  The study aimed at establishing how knowledge, skills and attitudes of the management and sustainable utilization of water resources were being transmitted to school pupils in the infant grades in primary school.  Furthermore the study wanted to find out the extent to which the curriculum content addressed the management and sustainable utilization of water resources.  The study was conducted in the infants section of primary schools in the City of Gweru.  It was qualitative in nature and it employed document analysis, in-depth interviews and questerviews to gather data.  The sample of seven teachers in the infant section was purposively selected as these were the people with the requisite information. The study established that the infant syllabi has inadequate content for the management and sustainable utilization of water resources.  The education system in Zimbabwe has not put in place mechanisms and strategies to pass on information to the young learners.  Teachers have not been capacitated to deal with this aspect of the curriculum.  The methods used in schools to inculcate the content are suitable for the age levels.  The study concluded that the content and teaching of management and sustainable utilization were not adequate.  The materials to complement the teaching were relevant.  The study recommends the assessment methods need to be practical so as to establish the attitudes and skills acquired and that adequate content has to be injected into the curriculum. 

scholarly journals Implementation of Good Government Governance through E-Government

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 276-283
Keyword(s):  
Program Planning ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
The People ◽  
Good Government ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Policy And Science ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Ideal

The article explain about the implementation of e-government management in Tasikmalaya city, West Java. Using a qualitative approach, the researcher is an instrument obliged to collect, process, analyze, interpret and verify the data and information. The observation and participatory research done by observing the processes of implementation of policy implementation of e-government in Tasikmalaya, which concerns such aspects as idealized policy, implementing organization, target groups, and environmental factors. Data and information through observation and in-depth interviews to informants are the key in collecting the data. The validity and reliability of data and information are performed by triangulation, clarification and description explained and verified by theories of public policy and science administration to formulate answers from the research questions. The result of this research shows that the implementation of e-government policy in Tasikmalaya city has not shown towards the understanding of the policies that favor e-government in the city of Tasikmalaya. The ideal policy on the implementation of e-government were not yet properly implemented by the fact that in implementing organization in the department of communication of Tasikmalaya city were not optimally effective in coaching, services and protection as well as socialization and the process and preparation of program planning. In this case the aspirations of the people are less involved in the formulation of the policy of e-government implementation resulted in the implementation; it did only accept without commenting and understanding the implementation of the e-government.

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