Data for the People, by the People

2021 ◽  
pp. 187-196
Author(s):  
Rob Kitchin
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Computer Hacking ◽  
The People ◽  
Using Data

This chapter assesses how citizens can take a more active role in using data for the public good through civic hacking, citizen science, and data justice initiatives. The 'Myq.ie' project, and the other Code for Ireland projects, are an example of civic hacking: citizens linking together practices of civic innovation with computer hacking to address local issues. In the case of Code for Ireland, members of the local community created their own data-driven apps using accessible datasets, and in some cases produced their own data as well, for other citizens to use. The work is altruistic, performed for the good of the community rather than to create a paid service, and is often undertaken over a number of months or years. Closely related to civic hacking is the practice of citizen science. Here, members of the public generate data and undertake analysis on an ongoing basis to better understand a local phenomenon, or to contribute to a wider scientific study.

scholarly journals Integration of the Urban Local Bodies for Disaster Mitigation in Aizawl City

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-81
Author(s):  
Malsawmi Pachuau
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Rise ◽  
The People ◽  
Post Disaster

Local government plays an integral part in the mechanism of Disaster Management in Mizoram. The local bodies are the direct representatives of the local community and the local community places their full trust in them. Post disaster measures such as mock drills, training of search and rescue teams, physical and economic relief and rehabilitation are not something new to us, yet the aspect of disaster mitigation is something which has not bred familiarity among the Mizos. The need for sensitization of the public on the importance of Disaster Mitigation is a necessity. The saying ‘Earthquakes do not kill people; buildings do’ is pertinent in urban areas. Urban areas are congested and more prone to disasters. High rise buildings, squatter settlements due to high densities and low availability of land has endangered not just the lives of the public but has also caused a massive disturbance of the ecological system. The paper covers certain Acts and Regulations of the Aizawl Municipal Corporation dealing with structural mitigation and the detection of illegal construction, unsafe buildings, and encroachments on municipal and public properties. At the local level, the councillors are involved in making, unmaking and carrying out these rules and regulations, with direct bearing on the local people. The paper also gives an account of the need of reimplementation to generate awareness, knowledge and education on Disaster Management to the people of Mizoram.

Advising and Warning the People: Swedish Salafis on Violence, Renunciation and Life in the Suburbs

2020 ◽  
pp. 155-172
Author(s):  
Susanne Olsson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Moral Reform ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Positive Message ◽  
Foreign Fighters

The chapter analyses the public discourse of a Swedish Salafi group, concerned with concrete social ills in the local community. The group is against violence, carrying out missionary activities focused on piety, correct practice and behaviour. Three topics are analysed using material from their YouTube-channel: 1) Reaching Paradise through Renunciation, 2) Establishing a Non-Violent Strategy, and 3) Social development. Through missionary activities (daʿwa), they respond to the current situation with foreign fighters, terrorism and gang criminality. The message is straightforward and self-assured as it attempts to disrupt the positive images some young people may have of violent lifestyles and create new role models to emulate. They are thereby striving to present a positive message: if people join their project of moral reform and renunciation, they will contribute to strengthening suburbs and create a peaceful environment. At the same time, in-group identity construction is strong and exclusionist.

Eliza Cook, New Media Innovator

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-96
Author(s):  
Alexis Easley
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
New Media ◽  
Literary History ◽  
The Other ◽  
Popular Press ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Gradual Disappearance ◽  
The One

This chapter provides an in-depth examination of the career Eliza Cook. After publishing her first book, Lays of a Wild Harp, Cook submitted verse to the Weekly Dispatch and soon thereafter became its house poet. By 1847, Cook was serving as editor of the paper’s ‘facts and scraps’ column, a position that enabled her to hone her editorial skills and publish the work of fellow women writers. Cook’s masculine appearance violated the poetess norm of the period, as did her romantic partnership with American actress Charlotte Cushman, but this seemed only to enhance her image as an eccentric yet accessible poet of the people. In 1849, she parlayed this fame into the founding of her own Eliza Cook’s Journal, which initially surpassed Dickens’s Household Words in popularity. Yet as the 1840s gave way to the more conservative 1850s, Cook was frequently the target of gender-trolling attacks in the popular press, which defined her as a sexual deviant on the one hand and a second-rate poet on the other. This notoriety may have been one factor that forced her to retreat from the public eye in 1852—a move that initiated her gradual disappearance from literary history.

Government With The People

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Henry Tam
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
General Outline ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Parts

This chapter provides a critical introduction to the problem of disengagement between governments and citizens. It looks at different arguments for reforming the scope and approach adopted by the state and explains why the way forward has to be through more effective state-citizen cooperation. It also gives a general outline of the three parts of the book. The first part examines the theoretical background and recent development of state-citizen cooperation to find out why more attention should be given to advance it; how its impact should be judged; and what makes it distinctive and complementary to other proposals on improving democratic governance. The second part reviews policies and strategies that have been tried out in different parts of the world to enable citizens and state institutions to work together in an informed and collaborative manner in defining and pursuing the public good. The final part considers how various underlying barriers to effective state-citizen cooperation can be overcome, with reference to specific case examples.

Experience in Choices for Decommissioning the Dounreay Site

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Catlow
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Local Population ◽  
National Level ◽  
Great Length ◽  
Green Party ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scottish National Party ◽  
The People ◽  
Nuclear Site ◽  
Local Politicians

The paper describes the public participation from the viewpoint of a stakeholder and member of the public. The dialogue between various members of the Dounreay Stakeholders Committee vary widely and do not always seem to represent the views of the wider public. Whilst great care has been taken to select various options for the ultimate condition of the Dounreay site and these have been discussed at great length and the preferred option selected by consensus, there still appears to be some conflict within the local community. It is probable that if the local population had to vote on the options for the future of the Dounreay nuclear site the outcome would be vastly different from that of the Stakeholders Committee. Whilst the politicians have been elected by the people, they represent a distinctly anti-nuclear view (even to the extent of decommissioning) whereas many local people (especially the workers on the Dounreay site) would prefer to see a continuation of nuclear activity at Dounreay. The problem is not only with local politicians but at national level in Scotland itself where the Scottish National Party has formed a coalition with the Green Party on condition all nuclear activities are phased out.

A Social Media Manifesto

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Pitts
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Healthcare Marketing ◽  
The One ◽  
Hard Place

The role of marketing communications is to advance the bottom line and the public good – and not necessarily in that order. Giving back is an integral part of the New Normal. And there has never been a better tool to accomplish this mission than social media.But healthcare marketing –and particularly of the regulated variety --is between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, marketers understand the importance and opportunity in social media. It’s where the people are. It’s where the action is. But then there are all those pesky regulatory concerns.As Walter O’Malley –the man who moved the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles once commented, “The future is just one damn thing after another.”

scholarly journals Peningkatan pengetahuan masyarakat tentang perlindungan anak dari aspek pendidikan, hukum, dan kesehatan di Desa Tambun Kecamatan Bandar Petalangan

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 359-365
Author(s):  
Ulfia Hasanah ◽  
Hayatul Ismi ◽  
Ihda Hasbiyati ◽  
Maimunah Maimunah ◽  
Rismadefi Woferst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Education Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
Standard Population ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Role Of Parents

There are several problems in the community with children in the fields of Education, Law and Health. There are still children under 18 years of age who are exploited as commercial sexual workers; children in conflict with the law, children aged 10-18 Years work in the informal sector, children who leave primary school before graduating or do not continue to the next level due to access and economy; adoption cases are carried out outside the standard population administration procedures; the discovery of stunted children. So, it is necessary to increase public understanding regarding child protection. One of those who have the responsibility of providing protection to children is the parent, the service program is carried out by providing material related to the role of parents and society in providing protection to children. The delivery of this material aims to provide an understanding of child protection in terms of education, law and health so that the public can understand the importance of protecting children. This service activity in Tambun Village can be said to be successful. There was a request from the participants to continue this activity. The people of Tambun Village hope that for further activities, further training is given regarding the skills needed by parents and the community. To increase community understanding, the WA Group was also created, whose members are parents who have participated in the Socialization program, this group aims to be a forum for communication between the Service Team and the local community.

scholarly journals Maqasid al-shariah: suatu kajian terhadap ijtihad Ali ibn Abi Thalib

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Eficandra Eficandra
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Public ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Good For ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Goals And Objectives

Ijtihad conducted by Ali ibn Abi Talib continuously to understand in depth the purpose of Islamic law and reason for its implementation, and to realize maslahah (the public good) for human life on earth. This Ijtihad was always supported by nas the Qur’an’s and Sunnah’s text) and also according to the spirit of Shari’ah. The results of Ali’s ijtihad if linked with the approach and application of maqasid al-shari’ah (the goals and objectives of Islamic law) as the study of usul al-fikih (the methodology of Islamic law) had many similarities. In another sense, Ali ibn Abi Talib was really smart to understand and apply maqasid al-shari’ah in the five types of maslahah, namely faith or religion, life or human self, intellect, lineage or posterity, and property or wealth. Likewise, in the application of the five maslahah, levels and priorities in the form daruriyyat (the essential benefits), hajiyyat (the complementary benefits), and tahsiniyyat (the embellishment benefits) was always be considered by him. On the other hand, if there was a clash between one maslahah with another maslahah, Ali ibn Abi Talib solved it by consideration of the level and priority in the implementation of mas}lah}ah to be realized.

scholarly journals PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT TERHADAP PENGELOLAAN TAMAN WISATA ALAM TELAGA WARNA KABUPATEN BOGOR, PROVINSI JAWA BARAT

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Elka Pebriyandi Suherlan ◽  
Messalina L. Salampessy ◽  
Abdul Rahman Rusli
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Nature Tourism ◽  
The People ◽  
High Knowledge ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

The existency of conservation areas and surrounding communities is an inseparable part. The interaction of the people with the forest area is influenced by the perception of local community surrounding the forest. This study was aimed to describe the community's knowledge about the Nature Tourism Park (NTP) and community perceptions of the management of NTP. This research was conducted in May - June 2020 in Tugu Utara Village, Cisarua District, Bogor. Data obtained through field observations, interviews, questionnaires and literature studies, and were analyzed quantitatively by describing the percentage of people's understanding of the management of NTP. The results show that the community has high knowledge of the NTP concept, function and role of NTP, NTP management and community participation in NTP management and the community has a good level of understanding about the existence and role and function of NTP for the community, a good understanding of the active role of the community. in the management of TWA and the importance of building cooperation in the management of NTP. Therefore, it is necessary to make efforts to increase the role and participation of the local community in the effort to utilize the potential of the area and its preservation.

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