Pulsing and pedestrian life: ideology in motion in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

2020 ◽  
pp. 147447402095625
Author(s):  
Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Negev Desert ◽  
Temporal Constraints ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Collective Interest ◽  
Community Norms ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Selection Of

This article examines what I call ‘pulsing’ – visible surges of pedestrian activity. It applies a selection of Torsten Hägerstrand’s time-geographic vocabulary in an ethnographic case-study of Mitzpe Ramon, a small Negev Desert town in Israel, illustrating how various spatio-temporal constraints shape flows of walking at daily, weekly, and annual scales. Pulsing, I argue, simply but powerfully communicates when events of collective interest occur, where, for which groups, and at what volumes. Pulsing embodies cultural practices through mobilities, and shapes community norms. Extending beyond this particular example, I also suggest that the concept of pulsing advances understandings of synchrony and synchory in collective pedestrianism and mobilities more broadly, including pilgrimage, urban rhythms, commuter patterns, periodicity, rush hours, and the filling and emptying of public space.

scholarly journals Between Pleasure and Resistance: The Role of Substance Consumption in an Italian Working-Class Subculture

Societies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Placido
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Critical Criminology ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Youth Cultures ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Substance Consumption ◽  
North Western

In this article I discuss how illegal substance consumption can act as a tool of resistance and as an identity signifier for young people through a covert ethnographic case study of a working-class subculture in Genoa, North-Western Italy. I develop my argument through a coupled reading of the work of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) and more recent post-structural developments in the fields of youth studies and cultural critical criminology. I discuss how these apparently contrasting lines of inquiry, when jointly used, shed light on different aspects of the cultural practices of specific subcultures contributing to reflect on the study of youth cultures and subcultures in today’s society and overcoming some of the ‘dead ends’ of the opposition between the scholarly categories of subculture and post-subculture. In fact, through an analysis of the sites, socialization processes, and hedonistic ethos of the subculture, I show how within a single subculture there could be a coexistence of: resistance practices and subversive styles of expression as the CCCS research program posits; and signs of fragmentary and partial aesthetic engagements devoid of political contents and instead primarily oriented towards the affirmation of the individual, as argued by the adherents of the post-subcultural position.

scholarly journals Using Red List species in designating protection status to forest areas: a case study on the problem of spatio-temporal dynamics

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 3429-3443
Author(s):  
Lise Tingstad ◽  
John-Arvid Grytnes ◽  
Magne Sætersdal ◽  
Ivar Gjerde
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Red List ◽  
Red List Species ◽  
Polypore Fungi ◽  
Temporal Turnover ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Red-listed species are often used as target species in selection of sites for conservation. However, limitations to their use have been pointed out, and here we address the problem of expected high spatio-temporal dynamics of red-listed species. We used species data (vascular plants, bryophytes, macrolichens and polypore fungi) from two inventories 17 years apart to estimate temporal turnover of red-listed and non-red-listed species in two forest areas (147 and 195 ha) and of plots (0.25 ha) within each area. Furthermore, we investigated how turnover of species affected the rank order of plots regarding richness of red-listed species, using two different national Red List issues (1998 and 2015). In both study areas, temporal turnover was substantial, despite minor changes in the overall number of species. At plot level, temporal turnover in red-listed species was higher than in non-red-listed species, but similar to non-red-listed species of the same frequency of occurrence. Adding the effect of changing identities of species red-listed according to the two Red List issues, further increased the estimated spatio-temporal dynamics. Recorded spatio-temporal turnover also resulted in substantial changes in the rank order of plots regarding richness of red-listed species. Using rare red-listed species for site selection may therefore be accompanied by a higher loss of conservation effectiveness over time than for more common species, and particularly at finer scales.

scholarly journals Culture, Cognition, and Social Exchange: A Classic Case Study of Social Negotiation Network Dynamics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stolte
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Cultural Cognition ◽  
Power Dependence ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Behavioral Choice ◽  
Social Negotiation ◽  
Selection Of

How do automatic vs. controlled, hot vs. cold, and agentic vs. communal facets of cultural cognition operate together in a perspective informed by social neuroscience? This question is explored by re-imagining Malinowski’s classic ethnographic case study of the Kula in light of a contemporary social exchange theory of negotiation networks. We propose: (1) sub-institutional patterns of power-dependence form a structural foundation for the rise of tacit meanings, which evolve through social negotiation into explicit, cultural meaning agreements; (2) crucial sub-cultural categories form around the pursuit of both agentic benefits and communal benefits; (3) an individual is culturally shaped through externalization, socialization, and internalization to value and be motivated to seek both kinds of benefits; (4) an individual faces the existential task of navigating both agentic and communal situations across the negotiation network; (5) the basic individual mechanism underlying such navigation entails motivated behavioral choice and motivated cultural cognition; (6) a behavioral choice rests on automatic, largely implicit and hot cognitive processing; (7) motivated cultural cognition rests mostly on the deliberate, mostly explicit, and cool selection of materials from the prevailing cultural toolkit for assembling a justification, but whose underlying trajectory is biased by an automatic, hot value-position, whether agentic or communal. Based on the analysis, some directions for future empirical research are suggested.

scholarly journals Culture, Cognition, and Social Exchange: A Classic Case Study of Social Negotiation Network Dynamics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stolte
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Cultural Cognition ◽  
Power Dependence ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Behavioral Choice ◽  
Social Negotiation ◽  
Selection Of

How do automatic vs. controlled, hot vs. cold, and agentic vs. communal facets of cultural cognition operate together in a perspective informed by social neuroscience? This question is explored by re-imagining Malinowski’s classic ethnographic case study of the Kula in light of a contemporary social exchange theory of negotiation networks. We propose: (1) sub-institutional patterns of power-dependence form a structural foundation for the rise of tacit meanings, which evolve through social negotiation into explicit, cultural meaning agreements; (2) crucial sub-cultural categories form around the pursuit of both agentic benefits and communal benefits; (3) an individual is culturally shaped through externalization, socialization, and internalization to value and seek both kinds of benefits; (4) an individual faces the existential task of navigating both agentic and communal situations across the negotiation network; (5) the basic individual mechanism underlying such navigation entails motivated behavioral choice and motivated cultural cognition; (6) a behavioral choice rests on automatic, largely implicit and hot cognitive processing; (7) motivated cultural cognition rests mostly on the deliberate, mostly explicit, and cool selection of materials from the prevailing cultural toolkit for assembling a justification, but whose underlying trajectory is biased by an automatic, hot value-position, whether agentic or communal. Based on the analysis, some directions for future empirical research are suggested

scholarly journals Understanding Education Decentralization and 'Sustained' Elite Capture – Explicating Cases From Two Public Schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-45
Author(s):  
Sanjay Hamal
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Elite Capture ◽  
Organization Management ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Educational Decentralization ◽  
Selection Of

The paper aims at uncovering the practices of educational decentralization in Nepal that started after the restoration of democracy in 1990. Though decentralization in education in Nepal began with the aim of greater community participation and autonomy to the needs and priorities perceived by the local level functionaries in school, it has been subject to elite capture in its governance. Because of control in planning, organization, management, financial liability and different activities for the education system, the paper argues that practices of educational decentralization have been shaped by the local elites who capture the local resources and power to operate the school with their network and 'one-upmanship'. While arguing so, the paper is based on the ethnographic case study of two public schools located in the Mid-Western region of Nepal. Applying the Gramscian concept of hegemony, the paper narrates the process of a 'sustained' selection of the School Management Committee Chairpersons and shows how they negotiate and balance their power to sustain their capture.  The paper concludes that the informal mechanisms of individual attributes such as trust and capital are playing an important role in their sustained elitism.

scholarly journals Culture, Cognition, and Social Exchange: A Classic Case Study of Social Negotiation Network Dynamics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stolte
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Cultural Cognition ◽  
Power Dependence ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Behavioral Choice ◽  
Social Negotiation ◽  
Selection Of

How do automatic vs. controlled, hot vs. cold, and agentic vs. communal facets of cultural cognition operate together in a perspective informed by social neuroscience? This question is explored by re-imagining Malinowski’s classic ethnographic case study of the Kula in light of a contemporary social exchange theory of negotiation networks. We propose: (1) sub-institutional patterns of power-dependence form a structural foundation for the rise of tacit meanings, which evolve through social negotiation into explicit, cultural meaning agreements; (2) crucial sub-cultural categories form around the pursuit of both agentic benefits and communal benefits; (3) an individual is culturally shaped through externalization, socialization, and internalization to value and be motivated to seek both kinds of benefits; (4) an individual faces the existential task of navigating both agentic and communal situations across the negotiation network; (5) the basic individual mechanism underlying such navigation entails motivated behavioral choice and motivated cultural cognition; (6) a behavioral choice rests on automatic, largely implicit and hot cognitive processing; (7) motivated cultural cognition rests mostly on the deliberate, mostly explicit, and cool selection of materials from the prevailing cultural toolkit for assembling a justification, but whose underlying trajectory is biased by an automatic, hot value-position, whether agentic or communal. Based on the analysis, some directions for future empirical research are suggested.

scholarly journals Culture, Cognition, and Social Exchange: A Classic Case Study of Social Negotiation Network Dynamics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stolte
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Cultural Cognition ◽  
Power Dependence ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Behavioral Choice ◽  
Social Negotiation ◽  
Selection Of

How do automatic vs. controlled, hot vs. cold, and agentic vs. communal facets of cultural cognition operate together in a perspective informed by social neuroscience? This question is explored by re-imagining Malinowski’s classic ethnographic case study of the Kula in light of a contemporary social exchange theory of negotiation networks. We propose: (1) sub-institutional patterns of power-dependence form a structural foundation for the rise of tacit meanings, which evolve through social negotiation into explicit, cultural meaning agreements; (2) crucial sub-cultural categories form around the pursuit of both agentic benefits and communal benefits; (3) an individual is culturally shaped through externalization, socialization, and internalization to value and be motivated to seek both kinds of benefits; (4) an individual faces the existential task of navigating both agentic and communal situations across the negotiation network; (5) the basic individual mechanism underlying such navigation entails motivated behavioral choice and motivated cultural cognition; (6) a behavioral choice rests on automatic, largely implicit and hot cognitive processing; (7) motivated cultural cognition rests mostly on the deliberate, mostly explicit, and cool selection of materials from the prevailing cultural toolkit for assembling a justification, but whose underlying trajectory is biased by an automatic, hot value-position, whether agentic or communal. Based on the analysis, some directions for future empirical research are suggested.

Affordance-based interior design with occupants' behavioural data

2020 ◽  
pp. 1420326X2094801
Author(s):  
Min-Kyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Interior Design ◽  
Data Repository ◽  
Design Element ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Hierarchical Nature ◽  
Element Matrix

For affordance-based design, which is especially lacking in the architecture field, this study investigates the relationships between affordances and interior elements in the built environment by understanding intrinsic affordances by users. The ethnographic case study was conducted by unobtrusively observing participant behaviours during given tasks using video recordings, voice recordings and photographs. The 32 affordances were identified in a public space containing 22 observed affordances and 10 issue affordances. The paper defines the hierarchical nature of the interior elements, including area-level, set-level, object-level and detailed attribute-level elements. An awareness of human-based affordances, where humans can create specific affordances using their bodies and belongings, was significant in the current research. The affordance-interior design element map can be used to support the identification of interior elements that are relevant to certain affordances and to distinguish which affordances are demanded by occupants in the built environment. Overall, designers could embed the affordance concept in the early stages of the design process by choosing more critical affordances and interior elements. The affordance-interior design element matrix and the map may be developed as an initial data repository for affordance-based interior design.

Closer to nature: A case study of the multifunctional selection of moving images in an environmental corporate video

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Daniela Maier
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Environmental Communication ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Environmental Commitment ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Moving Images ◽  
Corporate Discourse ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThis article explores how the selection of moving images in a corporate video contributes to the construction of an allegorical journey in an ideal spatio-temporal universe through which the corporate discourse communicates the company’s environmental commitment.The article is based on a social semiotic analysis which explores the discourse of renewal and belonging articulated visually in theThis article thus suggests that fine-grained analyses of the meaning-making potential of images in environmental corporate discourses can facilitate a better understanding of visual selective strategies in contemporary environmental communication in general.

A MCDM-based framework for selection of general circulation models and projection of spatio-temporal rainfall changes: A case study of Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 225 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Sanusi Shiru ◽  
Shamsuddin Shahid ◽  
Eun-Sung Chung ◽  
Noraliani Alias ◽  
Laura Scherer
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Selection Of
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