Searching for Rich Narratives of Tourism and Leisure Experience: How Oral History Could Provide an Answer

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Trapp-Fallon
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Ongoing Study ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Leisure Experience

This paper suggests that oral history offers a potentially insightful methodological approach to those engaged in tourism and leisure research. The paper begins by defining oral history, discussing its origins and outlining its development. It is suggested that the oral history technique offers opportunities for more researcher/researched interaction and participation since it is a ‘shared’ and reflexive process. It also provides greater transparency in the research process since it acknowledges the role of the interviewer. In order to illustrate the value and application of the oral history technique in tourism and leisure research, the paper then presents a brief indication of how it is being applied in an ongoing study of the leisure uses of canals in South Wales during the 20th century. The paper concludes by suggesting how oral history could be applied in future tourism and leisure research projects.

Pataphysics and Postmodern Ecocriticism

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Object Of Study

This article examines the potential role of pataphysics, the “science of imaginary solutions”, in postmodern ecocriticism. It explains that pataphysics exemplifies an ecocritical approach that owes more to poetics than it does to traditional analytical methodologies and describes a number of recent examples of pataphysical research projects with distinct ecocritical dimensions. It argues that pataphysics has much to offer to postmodern ecocriticism both as an object of study and as a potential methodological approach and discusses the two characteristics of pataphysical poetics: ambient and transgenic poetics.

Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 855-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Land ◽  
Sevasti-Melissa Nolas ◽  
Urooj Amjad
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Research Projects

The last decade of the 20th century saw the emergence of a new discipline within the realm of information systems, which became known as knowledge management (KM). As such, it has become one of the most discussed issues amongst academics and practitioners working in the information systems and human resource management arenas (Prusack, 2001). Amongst academics it has become an area of specialisation with research projects, journals, conferences, books, encyclopaedias, and numerous papers devoted to the topic. Businesses are investing heavily in buying or developing KM supportive systems. However, predominately researchers and practitioners in this area have tended to see (see for example, Alavi & Leidner, 2001; Baskerville, 1998): 1. consider the context in which knowledge management takes place as teams of knowledge workers in communities of practice, whose performance and the performance of their organisation, can be enhanced by knowledge sharing; 2. focus on the process—the creation and application of knowledge management programmes and systems as an organisational resource—neglecting, with some exceptions (Alvesson & Karreman, 2001; Swan & Scarborough, 2001; Schultze, 1999), the wider context in which knowledge management takes place and the fact that resources can be used in ways that can be both creative and destructive, facilitating and manipulative; and 3. stress the role of technology as the enabling agent for KM.

scholarly journals Making a Commitment to EBLIP: The Role of Library Leadership

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Suzanne F Grefsheim ◽  
Jocelyn A Rankin ◽  
Susan C Whitmore
Keyword(s):  
Daily Practice ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Release Time ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Library Leadership ◽  
Library Research

Purpose - The role of library management and administration is pivotal to successful adoption of evidence-based practice by library practitioners. As part of its long-standing commitment to a learning organization, the leadership team of the biomedical research library serving the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, USA planned and implemented a systematic approach to fostering EBLIP practice. Method - The library initiated a program to build an environment conducive to EBLIP that included support and release time for library research projects, formal training in EBLIP methods, and team mentoring as research projects evolved. Library staff participating in the EBLIP initiative were the library’s 32 professional librarians as well as four other staff members. Many had scientific research experience but few if any had designed a library research study. All considered training as very important to the EBLIP initiative, as well as opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and present at professional meetings. Five teams undertook research projects; highlights of these team studies are described briefly. Conclusions - By providing a supportive framework for EBLIP practice, library leadership can successfully engage staff in EBLIP thinking and small research studies. Librarians with some training in the research process and ongoing mentoring can design and conduct studies that find important practical answers to the questions that arise in daily practice.

scholarly journals Reflecting on Power Relationships in the 'Doing' of Rural Cultural Research

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rae Dufty
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Research Relationship ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Research Relationships

Foucaultian understandings of power have come to be highly influential in the how we analyse and write up rural cultural research. However, despite the extensive application of his work, Foucault’s retheorisation of power has been less consistently applied to how we ‘do’ rural cultural research. While researchers have sought to recognise and develop appropriate strategies around the role of power in how research is conducted, we have been less specific regarding how we theorise and apply our concepts of power when reflecting on the research process. It is the implications of this lack of theoretical rigour, combined with institutional constructions of research relationships, that this paper seeks to interrogate. Drawing on research conducted as part of doctorate, this article analyses the diverse ways in which participants from four New South Wales rural public housing communities negotiated the research relationship with myself and influenced the way this research was conducted and what became the final research project. Ultimately, this article argues that issues of theoretical consistency are fundamental to the overall integrity of reflexive processes when doing rural cultural research.

Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
Frank Land ◽  
Sevasti-Melissa Nolas ◽  
Urooj Amjad
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Research Projects

The last decade of the 20th century saw the emergence of a new discipline within the realm of information systems, which became known as knowledge management (KM). As such, it has become one of the most discussed issues amongst academics and practitioners working in the information systems and human resource management arenas (Prusack, 2001). Amongst academics it has become an area of specialisation with research projects, journals, conferences, books, encyclopaedias, and numerous papers devoted to the topic. Businesses are investing heavily in buying or developing KM supportive systems. However, predominately researchers and practitioners in this area have tended to see (see for example, Alavi & Leidner, 2001; Baskerville, 1998): 1. consider the context in which knowledge management takes place as teams of knowledge workers in communities of practice, whose performance and the performance of their organisation, can be enhanced by knowledge sharing; 2. focus on the process—the creation and application of knowledge management programmes and systems as an organisational resource—neglecting, with some exceptions (Alvesson & Karreman, 2001; Swan & Scarborough, 2001; Schultze, 1999), the wider context in which knowledge management takes place and the fact that resources can be used in ways that can be both creative and destructive, facilitating and manipulative; and 3. stress the role of technology as the enabling agent for KM.

scholarly journals The «Khazar myth» as perceived by the Eurasians and L.N. Gumilyov

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 271-276
Author(s):  
Vladimir Yurevich Bystryukov
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Jewish People ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Philosophy ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Forming Process ◽  
History Of

A problem of continuity has always been a topical subject in Eurasian historiography and the name of L.N. Gumilyov appeard in this context most often. Some researchers recognized the ideological connection between the concept and Gumilyov, while the others rejected continuity and divided them: Russian philosophy of the early 20th century and Soviet scientism of the middle of 20th century. One of the plots is usually used to compare the ideas of the Eurasians and L.N. Gumilyov it is an assessment of the role of the Khazar Kaganate in the history of the Eastern Slavs. Moreover, it was reviewed by the Eurasians and L.N. Gumilyov. G.V. Vernadsky presented the history of Eurasia as a consistent set of attempts to create a unified state. Khazaria existed in the era of disintegration in the context of the state-forming process in Eurasia, based on the principle of rhythm. According to L.N. Gumilyov, the Khazars were colonized by representatives of the Persian and Byzantine branches of the Jewish people. The mix of the Khazar and Jewish ethnic groups was weighed down by the national traditions, which became the determining aspect of their different destinies. The Khazar Kaganate established political power in the Volga Bulgaria and Kievan Rus, had benefited from the intermediary trade between Europe and China, and only Svyatoslavs campaign became a closure of existence of this ethnic chimera. It can be said that the methodological approach of the Eurasians and L.N. Gumilyov to the problem of Khazaria was fundamentally different and the only unifying factor was that these events were unfolding in the space of Russia-Eurasia.

Foregrounding Context in Action

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Sue Dopson ◽  
Ninna Meier
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
The Other ◽  
Theoretical Construct ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
The One

The purpose of this book is to provide an exploration of the role of context and action in the broader field of organization and management theory, illustrated by examples from health care research. In their own right, both context and action are essential theoretical concepts rooted in philosophical reflections. Moreover, they pose potential methodological challenges to research in the fields of organization and management. The context–action relationship deals with issues relating to questions such as what is organizational change and how can we study it empirically? How are macro- and microlevel events or actions connected, and how do they influence and co-constitute each other through their relationships across analytical levels? The book distinguishes between context as a theoretical construct, on the one hand, and as methodological approach (i.e., how we operationalize and use the concept in the research process) on the other.

scholarly journals HADRAMI DIASPORA IN KARIMUNJAWA: Between Identity Maintenance and Assimilation

HUMANIKA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabith Jihan Amaruli
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Oral History ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Teaching Institution ◽  
Identity Maintenance ◽  
Mixed Marriages

Abstract This study discusses the Hadrami diaspora in Karimunjawa, between identity maintenance and assimilation. Through oral history, this study found that the coming of Hadrami in the early 20th century in Karimunjawa was solely motivated for economic reasons. They lived and improved their quality of life by working as laborers in the Chinese traders. The economic limited access caused Hadrami in Karimunjawa were not played an important role both in economic and Islamic teaching. For economic reasons as well, their numbers had dwindled in the mid of 1990s20th century. Most of them moved to Semarang and Jepara while the small group still survived in Karimunjawa. As a sayyid family, the Arabs in Karimunjawa did intermarriage mixed marriages [WU1] (between sayyid and non-sayyid). The role of the Arabs in Karimunjawa was begun from Sayyid Abdurrahman era whose became the new icon of the Majelis Al-Khidmah, a teaching institution based in Surabaya.  Recently, it has branches in many parts of Indonesia. Keywords: diaspora, Hadrami, identity, assimilation [WU1]Bapak, how about if we use a term of “intermarriage”?

The Great Reform and the Fate of Capitalism in Russia (On the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Reform)

2011 ◽  
pp. 119-136
Author(s):  
M. Voeikov
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
150Th Anniversary ◽  
In The Beginning

The paper deals with the problem of the establishment of capitalism in Russia in the late 19 - early 20th centuries. Using a wide array of historical research and documents the author argues that the thesis on the advanced state of capitalism in Russia in the beginning of the 20th century does not stand up to historical scrutiny, and the role of the famous Emancipation reform of 1861 appears to be of limited importance.

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