Connecting the Disconnected: The Role of ICT in Women’s Livelihood Restoration in the Resettlement Site Kannagi Nagar in Chennai, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 097542532110402
Author(s):  
Atika Almira ◽  
Maartje van Eerd
Keyword(s):  
Urban Poor ◽  
Financial Capital ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The City

In Chennai, Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement (DIDR) pushes the urban poor to resettlement sites in the outskirts of the city. One of those sites is Kannagi Nagar, located 15 km from the city centre, in which women suffer from more significant livelihood deprivation. As there is evidence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) being useful in development, this study aims to explain the role of ICT in the livelihood restoration and enhancement of the social and financial capital for women in Kannagi Nagar. Through a case study with a blend of quantitative and qualitative techniques, the research incorporated a closed-ended questionnaire survey and interviews. Among the women, ICT use is prevalent, however, they have not fully optimized the potentials of ICT for livelihood restoration. The use is still limited to the purpose of maintaining the contacts they already have. However, some women have been able to use ICT, especially through their phones, for the restoration and enhancement of their social and financial capital. Nonetheless, to harness the full potential of ICT and strengthen women’s agency, access to ICT should be improved.

scholarly journals Minicities in suburbia – A model for urban sustainability?

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Gunnar Røe ◽  
Inger-Lise Saglie
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Us ◽  
Big City ◽  
Car Travel ◽  
The City

In the 1970s it was argued that suburban centres in the US had developed into “minicities”, offering a wide range of possibilities for consumption, cultural events and a sense of the urban. In this article we explore to which extent this description of minicities may be valid in two cases in the suburban hinterland of Oslo. We further discuss whether the “urbanization” of these suburban centres may contribute to a more sustainable urban development, with respect to everyday travel. We conclude that the growth of these minicities may reduce car travel, either because of their excellent public transport connection to the (big) city centre and other nodes in the increasingly decentralized urban region, or because they may serve as a substitute for the city centre. However, an empirical investigation of the role of minicities must be based on a deeper understanding of the social and cultural processes that guide the everyday life of today’s sub­urbanites.

Teens and Territory in 'Post-Conflict' Belfast

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
People’S Attitudes ◽  
Insight Into

This book provides a timely and necessary response to the neglect of the perceptions and experiences of young people growing up in ‘post conflict’ societies using Belfast as a case study. Despite a great deal of research on the social, economic and political consequences of sectarianism in Northern Ireland, few studies have examined young people’s attitudes to and experiences of territory. We still know relatively little about how young people relate to concepts such as space, place and territory in divided societies. This book addresses this vacuum. By presenting a detailed rich ethnographic account of how teenagers living in segregated localities in Belfast access and use local and city centre space, the book contributes to knowledge about the role of young people in both sustaining conflict and overcoming divisions. Teenagers’ spatial practices provide insight into how the regenerated, rebranded, repacked, ‘post conflict’ city is experienced, perceived, negotiated and imagined by a group whose voices are often absent or regarded as peripheral. While the book presents a case study of Belfast, its appeal is not limited to those interested in Ireland. Rather, through this detailed case study, the book aims to address wider questions concerning the role of young people in politically contested societies. The book underlines the need to take on board young people’s ways of seeing and contributes to knowledge about appropriate ways to engage young people in research.

scholarly journals The role of an urban festival in public space: case study of the Light Move Festival in Łódź

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Miśkowiec
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
The Social ◽  
Space Case ◽  
Social Demographic ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Source Of Information

The aim of this article is to examine the relationship between an urban festival and changes in the social and spatial-functional structures in a city. We analyze the Light Move Festival in Łódź as a case study, showing the use of light in emphasizing local identity and cultural heritage. Data for this study was collected by means of interviews with the festival’s organizers. We also present data gathered in a survey conducted among the festival’s participants in 2016. The results show the social-demographic structure of the respondents, frequency of participation and source of information. We present the correlation between the festival’s spatial organization and the guidelines of the “Attractive Urban Spaces 2020+ Program” (Strategie przestrzennegorozwoju Łodzi 2020+ w ramach programu szczegółowego „Atrakcyjneprzestrzenie miejskie 2020+”). The study presents the possibility to use an urban festival as a local potential for building sustainable social and spatial policy. With constant population outflow, such events may help to attract new residents and rebuild the city’s image. It also creates an opportunity to test temporary traffic solutions and to familiarize the residents with them. Considering the revitalization actions undertaken by the city of Łódź, one might ask a question: What kind of impact does The Light Move Festival have on the city of Łódź?

scholarly journals Peripheral news workers expelled to the periphery: The case of camera reporters

Journalism ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 838-854
Author(s):  
Lenka Waschková Císařová ◽  
Monika Metykova
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Work ◽  
City Centre ◽  
News Production ◽  
Job Titles ◽  
Journalistic Field ◽  
The City ◽  
Television Studio ◽  
Rare Opportunity

The professionals behind television cameras are peripheral contributors to journalism who are often overlooked in journalistic research in contrast with co-workers who occupy clearly demarcated journalistic roles. In this article, we use the term camera reporters rather than the more frequently used terms such as cameramen or camera operators as we argue that these professionals are part of the journalistic field and their job titles in themselves question their belonging to this field. The aim of our article is to focus on the role of camera reporters as peripheral actors in the news production process – in this respect we address their journalistic culture, identity, autonomy and practice – and to understand their role not only in the context of boundary work within journalism but perhaps even more importantly in relation to changes brought about by the move of a television studio from the city centre to a residential suburb. The relocation provides a rare opportunity to study camera reporters in their work places and spaces at a time of disruption and adjustment. Our case study is based in a Czech television studio where we have conducted interviews with camera reporters and news reporters. Our findings are in line with other research on peripheral news workers and illustrate complex issues in the professional standing of camera reporters.

Social Media Support for the Occupation of Public Schools in São Paulo, Brazil

2017 ◽  
pp. 67-88
Author(s):  
Cynthia H. W. Corrêa
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication

Networked social movements have amplified the emancipation of protesters everywhere. In Brazil, a conflict arose after the São Paulo State Secretariat for Education announced the closing of 94 public schools, impacting 311,000 people. In response, about 30 students organized the occupation of the State School Fernão Dias Paes. Subsequently, the occupation spread to other schools. Based on a case study of the first school occupied in the city of São Paulo, this research aims to identify the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and social media tools in generating and sustaining the successful occupation protest of public schools in São Paulo. This chapter covers theories on demonstrations initiated online, on the social panorama in Latin America and educational issues in Brazil. It also addresses and analyzes the occupation process at this school, which reached visibility and support at national and international levels using ICTs and social media, confirming the steps of occupy movements around the world.

scholarly journals Social differentiation in the area of Prague subcentres

Geografie ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-291
Author(s):  
Jan Polívka
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
City Centre ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City ◽  
City Centres

On the example of three Prague subcentres Budějovická, Pankrác and Smíchov this paper analyses the structure of socially stratified environment of secondary city centres in Prague. The development is discussed within the context of requirements upon the public space in the stage of tertiarization and post-socialist transformation of the urban society. The influx of investments into the local environment of city centres is changing the space patterns and causes changes in the social structure of users. As result, the area of centres is split into functional entities with different social constituency. An active role of public administration is important for preservation of city-centre functionality for most inhabitants of the city.

scholarly journals La funcionalidad social de los inmuebles urbanos de las élites dirigentes bajomedievales: reflexiones a partir de un caso de estudio (Jerez de la Frontera, España) = The Social Role of the Ruling Elite’s Urban Property in the Late Middle Ages: Thoughts Concerning a Case Study (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain)

2020 ◽  
pp. 557
Author(s):  
Enrique José Ruiz Pilares
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Religious Buildings ◽  
Urban Buildings ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

La historiografía europea ha constatado que los inmuebles urbanos eran una fuente de inversión segura que, al mismo tiempo, permitía, en el caso de los grupos dirigentes bajomedievales, construir toda una red de solidaridades y reforzar su estatus social. Para confrontar estas afirmaciones para el caso del reino de Castilla, y especialmente de Andalucía, hemos tomado como caso de estudio Jerez de la Frontera. Esta ciudad, una de las más importantes al sur de Castilla, cuenta con uno de los archivos medievales mejor conservados. A partir de los registros notariales se han estudiado los patrimonios de 45 caballeros que habían formado parte del gobierno urbano durante el reinado de los Reyes Católicos (1474-1504). Este estudio nos ha permitido confirmar la funcionalidad social de este tipo de bienes, siendo una de sus manifestaciones más evidentes la ampliación de sus casas palacios, la construcción de capillas o la financiación de edificios religiosos u hospitales.AbstractEuropean scholarship has found that urban buildings were a sound source of investment. Moreover, in the case of medieval elites, it allowed them to build a thorough network of solidarity and to strengthen their social status. To examine these tendencies in the case of the kingdom of Castile, and especially in the region of Andalusia, we have chosen the city of Jerez de la Frontera as a case study. This city, one of the most important in southern Castile, has one of the richest medieval archives. From its notary records, we have examined the property of 45 knights who were part of the municipal government during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs (1474-1504). This study has allowed us to confirm the social role of this type of building, as demonstrated by the extension of its palaces, the construction of chapels or the financing of religious buildings or hospitals.

scholarly journals IDENTITAS KESALEHAN PEREMPUAN: EKSISTENSI BENDRONG LESUNG DARI KEMBAN HINGGA JILBAB DI KOTA CILEGON

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Sobariyah ◽  
Arif Zamhari
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Art Performance ◽  
The Veil ◽  
Traditional Arts ◽  
Happy Expression ◽  
The City

Abstract: This article examines efforts to preserve local culture by women in the city of Cilegon. The existence of the bendrong lesung art will be the object of research because the role of women looks so important in this art performance. Women with their bendrong lesung represent the values of strong religiosity. This article is the result of field research using a case study method with a feminist anthropological approach. The researchers used some data collection techniques such as observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. Bendrong lesung is one of the traditional arts performed by the people of the City of Cilegon, Banten. Historically, this art performance was held in a community tradition in welcoming the harvest as a form of gratitude and happy expression for the efforts that have produced good results. Bendrong lesung as a cultural product represents the social piety identity of women. On its development, women as the main actors have a high awareness of diversity. Thus, beside the identity of social piety that was born in the existence of this bendrong lesung, personal piety identity was also manifested by the players with symbols in the form of the use of the veil covering the genitals to replace the clothes kemban. The existence of the bendrong lesung has witnessed how the piety movement was formed until now.الخلاصة: تتناول هذه المقالة الجهود المبذولة للحفاظ على الثقافة المحلية من قبل النساء في مدينة سيليجون. إن وجود فن الالتواء هو موضوع البحث لأنه في هذا الفن دور المرأة يبدو مهمًا جدًا. تمثل النساء مع غمازاتهن قيم التدين الكثيف. هذه المقالة هي نتيجة البحث الميداني باستخدام طريقة دراسة حالة مع نهج أنثروبولوجي نسوي. في تقنيات جمع البيانات ، يستخدم الباحثون تقنيات تشمل الملاحظة والمقابلات المتعمقة (المقابلات المتعمقة) والتوثيق. Bendrong lesung هي واحدة من الفنون التقليدية لشعب مدينة Cilegon   Banten. تاريخيا ، أدرج هذا الفن في تقاليد المجتمع في الترحيب بالحصاد كشكل من الامتنان والتعبير السعيد عن الجهود التي أسفرت عن نتائج جيدة. تمثل bendrong lesung كمنتج ثقافي هوية التقوى الاجتماعية للمرأة. لدى تطورها ، تتمتع النساء بصفتهن الجهات الفاعلة الرئيسية بوعي عال بالتنوع. لذلك ، بالإضافة إلى هوية التقوى الاجتماعية التي ولدت في وجود هذا الانحناء ، ظهرت هوية التقوى الشخصية من قبل اللاعبين برموز في شكل استخدام الحجاب الذي يغطي الأعضاء التناسلية لاستبدال الملابس التوأم. شهد وجود مدافع الهاون كيف تشكلت حركة التقوى حتى الآن.Abstrak: Artikel ini mengkaji tentang upaya pelestarian kebudayaan lokal yang dilakukan oleh kaum perempuan di Kota Cilegon. Eksistensi kesenian bendrong lesung akan menjadi objek penelitian karena dalam kesenian ini peran perempuan terlihat begitu penting. Kaum perempuan dengan bendrong lesung-nya merepresentasikan nilai-nilai religiusitas yang kental. Artikel ini merupakan hasil penelitian lapangan menggunakan metode studi kasus dengan pendekatan antropologi feminis. Dalam teknik pengumpulan data, peneliti menggunakan teknik-teknik diantaranya observasi, wawancara mendalam (indepth interview) dan dokumentasi. Bendrong lesung merupakan salah satu kesenian tradisional masyarakat Kota Cilegon, Banten. Secara historis, kesenian ini termasuk dalam sebuah tradisi masyarakat dalam menyambut panen sebagai wujud rasa syukur dan ungkapan bahagia atas jerih payah yang telah membuahkan hasil yang baik.  Bendrong lesung sebagai sebuah produk kebudayaan merepresentasikan identitas kesalehan sosial kaum perempuan. Dalam perkembangannya, para perempuan sebagai pelaku utama mempunyai kesadaran akan keberagamaan yang cukup tinggi. Maka, selain identitas kesalehan sosial yang terlahir dalam eksistensi bendrong lesung ini, identitas kesalehan personal juga terwujud dari para pemainnya dengan simbol berupa penggunaan jilbab penutup aurat menggantikan pakaian kemban. Eksistensi bendrong lesung telah menjadi saksi bagaimana gerakan kesalehan terbentuk sampai sekarang.

scholarly journals Exploring nightlife in the university city of Cluj-Napoca (Romania): a mixed methods research study

2020 ◽  
Vol 198 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 180-195
Author(s):  
Cristian Emanuel Adorean ◽  
Jordi Nofre ◽  
Oana-Ramona Ilovan ◽  
Viorel Gligor
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Night Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
University City ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

The university city of Cluj-Napoca in Romania is one of the clearest examples where ‘the night’ (including restaurants, bars, discotheques, clubs, and also museums, exhibitions, and theatres) has been essential for the vitality of the city. Despite the importance of ‘the night’ for the everyday life of the city, the role of the night-time leisure economy in the social and urban change of European post-socialist cities remains underexplored. Based on mixed research methods, this paper aims to examine the recent development of the night-time leisure economy of Cluj-Napoca. After a theoretical approach in which we highlight the long underexplored path that still exists in relation to the study on the political, social, cultural and economic factors of ’the night’ in post-socialist cities from South-Eastern Europe, the paper shows a quantitative approach about a range of variables that define the different (and unequal) forms of consuming the night in the city centre of Cluj-Napoca. The second part of the paper shows the results derived from the quantitative study about the different perceptions and visions that employees, residents, venue owners, and municipals have about nightlife in Cluj-Napoca. The paper concludes by suggesting that a greater institutional attention should be provided to the development of the night-time leisure economy in the city centre of Cluj-Napoca in order to avoid the reproduction of 'segmented nightscapes' that highly feature the night in Central and Western Europe.

Endangered Butterflies and their Non-Native Host Plants: Examining Shifting Values of Belonging in Restoration

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Robert M. Anderson ◽  
Amy M. Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Puget Sound ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Remote Island ◽  
Scientific Truth ◽  
Native Host

The island marble butterfly (Euchloe ausonides insulanus), thought to be extinct throughout the 20th century until re-discovered on a single remote island in Puget Sound in 1998, has become the focus of a concerted protection effort to prevent its extinction. However, efforts to “restore” island marble habitat conflict with efforts to “restore” the prairie ecosystem where it lives, because of the butterfly’s use of a non-native “weedy” host plant. Through a case study of the island marble project, we examine the practice of ecological restoration as the enactment of particular norms that define which species are understood to belong in the place being restored. We contextualize this case study within ongoing debates over the value of “native” species, indicative of deep-seated uncertainties and anxieties about the role of human intervention to alter or manage landscapes and ecosystems, in the time commonly described as the “Anthropocene.” We interpret the question of “what plants and animals belong in a particular place?” as not a question of scientific truth, but a value-laden construct of environmental management in practice, and we argue for deeper reflexivity on the part of environmental scientists and managers about the social values that inform ecological restoration.

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