scholarly journals Developing agency through music and movement

2020 ◽  
pp. 1321103X2093408
Author(s):  
Katja Sutela ◽  
Juha Ojala ◽  
Marko Kielinen
Keyword(s):  
Practitioner Research ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Music Teaching ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Expression Of Emotions ◽  
Relaxation Exercises ◽  
Movement Activities

This ethnographic study examines the development of agency in students with special needs during an experiment of classroom music teaching in a special school. The experiment took place from August 2015 to March 2016 and was based on Emile Jaques-Dalcroze’s ideas of music and movement as a means of developing competencies, skills and understanding in music and life in general. The lessons included activities, such as quick reaction and follow exercises, singing with movement, body percussion exercises, dancing, movement improvisation, and relaxation exercises. The data consisted of video recordings of the lessons, and interviews with students, teachers, and teaching assistants. The data were analyzed using qualitative analysis software and thematic analysis. The analysis of the ethnographic data of this practitioner research showed that music-and-movement activities support the development of students’ agency by fostering (a) students’ own decision-making, (b) interaction with others, (c) expression of emotions and initiative, and (d) being recognized by others as active and able musicians. Consequently, this study encourages educators to advocate music and movement as a tool to support individual agency and active participation inside and outside the classroom.

scholarly journals Przemiany emocjonalności w procesie rewolucji konsumpcyjnej

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 29-73
Author(s):  
Joanna Zalewska
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Revolution ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Expressed Emotions ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
Expression Of Emotions

Changes in Emotionality Throughout Consumer Revolution This article discusses changes in emotionality throughout the consumer revolution in urban contexts in Poland. There are two types of emotionality: emotionality imbedded in discourse of progress; and modern hedonism. Drawing upon ethnographic data, emotions towards domesticated technologies were analyzed. Discourse of progress dominates among informants from older historical generations, modern hedonism dominates among the generation of transformation. The changes in emotionality: increase in emotionality, which means more often expression of emotions and larger number and diversity in expressed emotions; expressing the emotion of desire; engaging in practices with the goal of raising emotions through these practices.

scholarly journals Speaking to My Ancestors: An Ethnographic Study of Lived Childhood Religion in Rural Gansu

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-206
Author(s):  
Joseph Chadwin
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Lived Religion ◽  
Unique Form ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Rural Village ◽  
Ethnographic Data

AbstractThis article provides an overview of the major existing scholarship pertaining to childhood religion in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). More specifically, it examines lived childhood religion in a rural village in Gānsù province. This article challenges the commonly preconceived notion that children in the PRC do not regard religious belief as important and simply mirror the religious practices of their guardians. By utilising ethnographic data, I argue that children in the PRC are capable of constructing their own unique form of lived religion that is informed by, but crucially distinct from, the religious beliefs and practices of adults. The practices and beliefs of this lived religion can be extremely important to children and the evidence from fieldwork suggests that they tend to take both their practice and belief very seriously.

scholarly journals The policing of cuckooing in ‘County Lines’ drug dealing: an ethnographic study of an amplification spiral

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Spicer
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Drug Market ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Drug Supply ◽  
Drug Dealing ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Police Responses ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Spiral Model

Abstract Responding to cases of ‘cuckooing’, where drug dealers take over other people’s homes, has become a significant policing activity in the United Kingdom. Drawing on ethnographic data and the deviancy amplification spiral model, this article theorizes how police responses to cuckooing emerged, developed and became established. Five stages of the spiral are outlined: identifying cuckooing as a problem; demonstrating a response; spreading the problem; making it other people’s problem too; the establishment of a policing priority. The article advances amplification theory by considering it from within the setting of the police and the contemporary drug supply context of County Lines. It concludes by stressing the importance of critically considering the dynamic relationship between the police and their drug market targets.

scholarly journals Social justice or social control? An ethnographic study of detached youth work in Scotland

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-276
Author(s):  
Emma Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Community Safety ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Liberal Ideology ◽  
Ethnographic Data

This article examines the experiences of a newly formed detached youth work project in Scotland and its relationship to neo-liberal ideology. The growth of neo-liberalism has, as with other social professions, made detached youth work vulnerable to a deficit-based approach. This has come hand-in-hand with managerial practices focused on efficient, targeted interventions delivered through short term budgets. The article, drawing on ethnographic data, describe a team of youth workers challenged with reconciling their deep commitment to delivering a programme of relational youth work with the targeted focus of the project on ‘risky’ youth and associated local apparatus of community safety. Throughout youth work's history the dividing line between youth work and mechanisms of social control has been slippery to navigate. The article argues that emergent neo-liberal ideology presents a further professional challenge to youth work. In the context of austerity and a widening neo-liberal policy agenda from Westminster, Scottish youth workers are being required to work harder to demonstrate that the service is not simply there to target ‘risky’ social groups or ‘plug the gaps’ that the state can no longer provide. Youth workers, in this context, must continue to make the case in defence of well-resourced, universal youth work and its potential to contribute to tackling social injustice and inequality.

Developing a Student-centered and Inclusive Music Classroom

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice M. Hammel ◽  
Ryan M. Hourigan
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Inclusive Classroom ◽  
Music Teaching ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Music Classroom ◽  
Contingent Praise ◽  
Close Supervision ◽  
Teaching Music

Classroom behavior is a common concern among many music educators. This is particularly true for music educators who teach in inclusive settings. This chapter is designed to provide effective tools and strategies at the micro-level (e.g., behavior and management techniques), and the macro-level by informing the reader of philosophical underpinnings that encompass a successful inclusive classroom. The socialization and lasting relationships that all students develop in school are also of considerable importance. Therefore it is imperative for music educators to strive for a caring, inclusive environment that is conducive for all students to learn. The practical strategies suggested at the end of this chapter are presented to encourage music educators to create a tolerant, caring classroom that is conducive for music teaching and learning. Many of the techniques discussed in this chapter are just examples of good teaching regardless of what population of students you are teaching. Effective classroom management begins long before the students enter the music room. A well-prepared environment is essential for optimal instruction and is particularly important when teaching music to students with special needs. This groundwork can be time-consuming and requires a thoughtful approach to the classroom setting; however, it is well worth the planning when the classroom becomes an inclusive and student-centered environment. Conroy, Sutherland, Snyder and Marsh (2008), explains that specific teacher interventions can lead to improved student behavior. These interventions include: (a) close supervision and monitoring, (b) classroom rules, (c) opportunities to respond, and (d) contingent praise. As music educators, we can apply these principles to music classrooms. The next section of this chapter is designed to relate these interventions to music teaching and learning, and to provide strategies for music teachers. Close supervision and monitoring. Conroy et. al found that close supervision and monitoring can by implemented in the music classroom in the following ways: (a) student proximity to the teacher; (b) a music teacher’s ability to visually monitor all students; (c) active engagement with students; (d) student access to teacher; and (e) ratio of adults to students that is conducive to close supervision.

HR practices and counterproductive behaviors: a meta-ethnographic study

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 589-602
Author(s):  
Jonathan Shaffer ◽  
Todd Darnold
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Coercive Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Counterproductive Behaviors ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeDrawing on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm and the norm of reciprocity, this paper examines the relationship between high-performance human resources practices (HPHRPs) and employee counterproductive work behavior (CWB), and whether HPHRP interact with coercive control systems to predict these outcomes.Design/methodology/approachUsing meta-ethnographic data collected from 149 organizational ethnographies, the authors test the hypotheses that (a) HPHRP are negatively related to CWB and (b) HPHRP and coercive control interact such that the relationship between HPHRP and CWB is weaker when coercive control is high.FindingsThe analysis finds that HPHRP and coercive control interacted such that HPHRP was negatively associated with CWB, but only when coercive control was low. When coercive control was high, the relationship between HPHRP was negated.Practical implicationsThe results suggest that HPHRP are negatively related to counterproductive behaviors; but when coercive control systems are strong, the potential benefits of HPHRP in terms of reducing CWB may be lost.Originality/valueThis study examines the relationship between HPHRP and a comprehensive set of CWB. By examining the interaction between HPHRP and coercive control, the authors add to literature demonstrating that the effects of HPHRP may be dependent on an organization’s operational strategy. Finally, our use of meta-ethnographic data offers a methodological approach that may increase the generalizability of our findings.

“‘It will crush you like a bug’: Maternal incarceration, secondary prisonization, and children’s visitation”

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittnie L Aiello ◽  
Jill A McCorkel
Keyword(s):  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Correctional Facilities ◽  
Incarcerated Mothers ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Legal Sanction ◽  
Children Of Prisoners ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Child Visitation ◽  
Regulation Of Emotion

Over the last three decades, the number of children experiencing the incarceration of one or both parents has grown dramatically. Although the children of prisoners are not under legal sanction, they are nonetheless indirectly subject to the coercive apparatus of the state by virtue of their parent’s status and they are directly subject to this apparatus during their visits to correctional facilities. In this ethnographic study of a mother–child visitation program in jail, we examine secondary prisonization among children of incarcerated mothers. Previous research on secondary prisonization has focused primarily on adults, finding that contact with the prison system alters their conception self, body, moral statuses, emotions, and relationships. Our ethnographic data demonstrate that the implications of this for children are considerable. Here, we analyze secondary prisonization as it impacts children across two domains: discipline of the body and regulation of emotion.

scholarly journals Sensemaking in detective work: The social nature of crime investigation

2020 ◽  
pp. 146135572098075
Author(s):  
Markus Hällgren ◽  
Ola Lindberg ◽  
Oscar Rantatalo
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Police Station ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Crime Investigation ◽  
Ethnographic Data

In this article, we contribute to the knowledge on police detectives’ work practices, and report how police detectives make sense of casework in a social manner. As our research question, we address the ways in which detective work can be understood as a social process. To target this question, we conducted an ethnographic study that examines how detectives who work with domestic violence and high-volume crimes strive to frame and understand events in everyday investigative practice. The data consist of approximately 200 hours of ethnographic data and interviews from two departments in a Swedish police station. The results indicate that detectives’ sensemaking of casework took place through two principal practices: a concluding practice and a supporting practice. Furthermore, the findings show that detectives’ work is highly social and procedural. This suggests that detectives’ work practice is of a social nature and that contacts between investigators are important to take into account in the organization of an investigative department.

scholarly journals Two Ethnographic Researchers Embark on a Narrative Journey

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randa Abbas ◽  
Deborah Court
Keyword(s):  
Life Story ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
Interview Format ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Society Today

In this article two ethnographic researchers present a life story that emerged, almost against their will, as one of 120 in-depth interviews with Israeli Druze. The ethnographic study was designed to provide understanding of Israeli Druze society today through the discovery of thematic patterns. One interviewee, however, simply refused to follow the loosely structured interview format and told her story. Hana's story about the importance of her father in her professional success, and about her struggles to abide by the tenets of her religion, shed new light on the ethnographic data and taught these two researchers some new methodological sensibilities.

Religious Conversion and Kinship Cohesion

10.1558/32187 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
Audrey Allas
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Marriage Contracts ◽  
Conversion To Islam ◽  
Kinship Relations ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Over Time

This paper seeks to reveal the perceived significance of religious conversion in order to maintain social cohesion within British Pakistani Muslim kinship structures. The alternative to conversion is the prospect of re-structuring of kinship relations and social mores amongst British Pakistani Muslim communities, if indeed more individuals marry outside of Islam over time. Utilising ethnographic data, the author indicates that religious identity is meaningful for the cohesion of Pakistani Muslim kinship structures in Britain, not only for ideological reasons, but also for economic purposes. This paper begins its focus from an anthropological discussion of the role of kinship alliances. It then explores the various manifestations of religious conversion to Islam within the framework of intermarriage and kinship relations, examining contexts of gender responsibility and “spirituality.” Data collection concerning this endeavour was carried out qualitatively over the course of a year within a larger ethnographic study of British Pakistani Muslim marriages, and with a variety of respondents from diverse contexts and situations in life, but all of whom identify with British Pakistani Muslim belonging and with the general understanding of being in an mixed relationship, inclusive of British legal civil unions, nikah (legal sharia marriage contracts), and co-habiting relationships.

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