Transgressive Arabic discourse in Lebanese political protest

Multilingua ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Riskedahl
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Political Protest ◽  
Code Choice ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Written Form ◽  
The Government

Abstract A wide range of Arabic language variation in form, code choice and orthographic script was wielded by Lebanese political protestors in their graffiti and political placards in Beirut in 2015. That summer, civil protests spilled out into the streets to critique the government inaction over waste management and overall corruption. I will focus on four tactics that highlight a trend towards linguistic transgression and strategic recontextualization of Arabic discourse in these protests: reworking of state iconography; inscribing irreverent spoken dialect in written form; incorporation of hashtag (#) participant and interpretive frameworks; and the recontextualization of traditional calligraphic forms in new contexts. This paper explores the intertextuality of protest signage and consider the ways in which the transgression of traditional linguistic boundaries might inform understandings of the social dynamics of contemporary politics in Lebanon.

scholarly journals Migration, housing and attachment in urban gold mining settlements

Urban Studies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (13) ◽  
pp. 2670-2687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine V Gough ◽  
Paul WK Yankson ◽  
James Esson
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mining ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Mining Companies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Heterogeneous Nature ◽  
Urban Settlements ◽  
Mining Towns

Mining settlements are typically portrayed as either consisting of purpose-built housing constructed by mining companies to house their workers, or as temporary makeshift shelters built by miners working informally and inhabited by male migrants who live dangerously and develop little attachment to these places. This paper contributes to these debates on the social and material dynamics occurring in mining settlements, focusing on those with urban rather than rural characteristics, by highlighting how misconceived these archetypal portrayals are in the Ghanaian context. Drawing on qualitative data collected in three mining settlements, we explore who is moving to and living in the mining towns, who is building houses, and how attachments to place develop socio-temporally. Through doing so, the paper provides original insights on the heterogeneous nature of mining settlements, which are found to be home to a wide range of people engaged in diverse activities. Mining settlements and their attendant social dynamics are shown to evolve in differing ways, depending on the type of mining taking place and the length of time the mines have been in operation. Significantly, we illustrate how, contrary to popular understandings of incomers to mining settlements as nomadic opportunists, migrants often aspire to build their own houses and establish a family, which promotes their attachment to these settlements and their desire to remain. These insights further scholarship on the social and material configuration of mining settlements and feed into the revival of interest in small and intermediate urban settlements.

Беларусь после Чернобыля: От замалчивания к игнорированию

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-259
Author(s):  
Aliaksandr Dalhouski
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Chernobyl Accident ◽  
Legal Consciousness ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
Full Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Aliaksandr Dalhouski Belarus after the Chernobyl Disaster: From Silence to Neglect The accident at Chernobyl was an anthropogenic disaster. In the period of the suppression of the disaster’s consequences (1986-1988), the Chernobyl accident was not perceived by the majority of Belarusians as a nation-wide tragedy. At the same time, those living in the Belorussian SSR did not possess civil rights, which prevented them from demanding compensation as a result of inflicted harm, and also they were denied full information about the impact of the disaster on the environment and human health. Such phenomena were a consequence of the state’s suppression of the disaster’s consequences as well as the weak ecological and legal consciousness of the victims in the BSSR. In the period of growing democracy (1989-1991), civic engagement came to the fore and created the perception of the catastrophe a nationwide tragedy. The protest movement forced the government to enact Chernobyl legal legislation. Within the framework of this legislation, massive resettlement was undertaken and a wide range of privileges were granted. With the emergence of an independent and authoritarian regime in the new state of Belarus in the early 1990s, the risks of radiation were downplayed by the social concerns of post-Soviet society, in which the Belarusian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko lessened the importance of the Chernobyl catastrophe.

scholarly journals KETERLIBATAN PARA AKTOR DALAM PENGENDALIAN KONVERSI LAHAN PERTANIAN (STUDI KASUS DI KABUPATEN TABANAN, PROVINSI BALI)

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Widhianthini . ◽  
Arya Hadi Dharmawan ◽  
Noer Azam Achsani
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
Land Resources ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Indigenous Institutions ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Government

<p>ABSTRACT<br />The purpose of this research is to know how the role of government actors, private or investors and indigenous institutions (Subak and Pakraman) in the management of land resources (including water) so that the conversion of agricultural land can be prevented. The study was conducted in Tabanan, Bali Province. Depth interview techniques and stakeholder analysis as an approach of this research. A stakeholder analysis is instrumental to understand the social and institutional context of a program or project activities. The purpose of stakeholder analysis is to determine interests and their authority in preventing the conversion of agricultural land. The results showed that there are two forces actors (stakeholders) in the management of land resources (including water). The government in collaboration with investors and has a role as a player, while Subak and Pakraman have a role on the position of the object. Power relations are played by actors of government is still dominant compared to indigenous institutional Subak and Pakraman. Investors who have the capital strength and enthroned as the ‘king’ always pave the spatial plannings are on ‘profit-seeking’ biggest for himself. Power is seen as a mechanism of domination which is a form of power against the other in a relationship dominated by dominated or powerfull by the powerless. The duality of land governance (including water) between actors is the dualism solution. The duality that lies in the fact, that he could be seen as rules that a principle for action in a wide range of space and time, while it is the result (outcome) and means looping action thus overcoming space and time. Duality of land governance (including water) shows that in the future that is necessary is to put Subak and Pakraman in a position of political strength parallel to desa dinas and other government institutions.<br />Keywords: indigenous institutions (Subak, Pakraman), conversion of agricultural land, stakeholder analysis, duality of land governance</p><p>ABSTRAK<br />Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui bagaimana peran aktor pemerintah, swasta atau investor, dan kelembagaan lokal (subak dan desa pakraman) dalam pengelolaan sumber daya lahan (termasuk air) sehingga konversi lahan pertanian dapat dicegah. Penelitian dilakukan di Kabupaten Tabanan, Propinsi Bali. Teknik wawancara yang mendalam dan analisis stakeholder sebagai pendekatan penelitian ini. Analisis stakeholder merupakan instrument untuk memahami konteks social dan kelembagaan dari program atau kegiatan proyek. Tujuan dari analisis stakeholder adalah untuk menentukan minat dan kewenangan mereka dalam mencegah konversi lahan pertanian. Hasil memperlihatkan bahwa terdapat dua kekuatan aktor (stakeholder) dalam pengelolaan sumberdaya lahan (termasuk air). Pemerintah berkolaborasi dengan investor dan memiliki peran sebagai pemain, sedangkan subak dan desa pakraman memiliki peran pada posisi objek. Relasi kuasa yang dimainkan oleh aktor pemerintah masih bersifat dominan dibandingkan kelembagaan lokal subak dan desa pakraman. Aktor investor yang memiliki kekuatan modal dan bertahta sebagai ‘raja’ selalu melicinkan perencanaan-perencanaan tata ruang yang memberikan ‘profit seeking’ terbesar bagi dirinya. Kekuasaan dipandang sebagai mekanisme dominasi yang merupakan bentuk kekuasaan terhadap yang lain dalam relasi yang mendominasi dengan yang didominasi atau yang berkuasa dengan yang tidak berdaya. Dualitas tata kelola lahan (termasuk air) antar para aktor merupakan pemecahan dualism tersebut. Dualitas itu terletak dalam fakta, bahwa ia bisa dipandang sebagai aturan yang menjadi prinsip bagi tindakan di berbagai ruang dan waktu, sekaligus ia merupakan hasil (outcome) dan sarana perulangan tindakan yang karenanya mengatasi ruang dan waktu. Dualitas tata kelola lahan (termasuk air) ini menunjukkan bahwa kedepan yang diperlukan adalah menempatkan subak dan desa pakraman pada posisi kekuatan politik yang sejajar dengan desa dinas dan kelembagaan pemerintah lainnya.<br />Kata kunci: kelembagaan lokal (subak, desa pakraman), konversi lahan pertanian, analisis stakeholder, dualitas tata kelola lahan</p>

scholarly journals COMMUNITY MOVEMENT IN WASTE MANAGEMENT (Case in Cikapundung River Basin in Bandung City)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bintarsih Sekarningrum ◽  
Desi Yunita
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Community Movement

There is a connection between the behaviour of throwing waste into the river with the community perspective about river. The behaviour of people throwing waste into the river assosiated with the lack of availability of facilities dispose of waste in the area and looked at the river as an object or place that is easiest to throw garbage into the river. Related to these problems, this research describes the community who doing the social movement in waste management a long the river, as well as analyzing patterns of community organizing in waste management.The approach used is a qualitative method of data collection techniques consisted of observation, interviews and focus group discussions. Research shows that the government has made efforts through the program "Clean Cikapundung River", and waste management efforts, sediment transport and manufacture kirmir on a riverbank to prevent abrasion. However Cikapundung still dirty and full of trash. To overcome these problems, there are many communities who awakened and stirred to make an effort in order Cikapundung no longer become dumping grounds. The movement to strive for existence of the river can be used again as an important source of livelihood for the people. Community was formed to instill public awareness of the environment, especially rivers, in the form of an appeal and a call to people not to throw garbage into the river and do the cleaning and arrangement along the river so that the river Cikapundung clean and free of trash based on solidarity and mutual assistance. The social movements showed public awareness to make changes to their environment, especially the problem of waste in the river.

scholarly journals Analisis Kondisi Sosial Dan Pengetahuan Ibu Rumah Tangga Terhadap Pengelolaan Sampah Di Kecamatan Poasia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Uliana Uliana ◽  
Ahmad Hidayat ◽  
Anita Indriasary
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government

Abstrak: Kondisi fisik lahan perkotaaan semakin sempit dan kurangnya ruang terbuka untuk pengelolaan sampah sehingga perlu ditingkatkan partisipasi masyarkat dalam pengelolaan sampah agar masyarakat mampu secara mandiri peduli terhadap lingkungan. Tujuan penelitian ini,yaitu: (1) untuk mengetahui pengaruh kondisi sosial ibu-ibu rumah tangga di Kecamatan Poasia terhadap pengelolaan sampah; (2) untuk mengetahui pengaruh pengetahun lingkungan ibu-ibu rumah tangga di Kecamatan Poasia terhadap pengelolaan sampah. Metode penelitian ini yaitu metode penelitian kualitatif dengan melakukan analisis regresi linear berganda pada aplikasi SPSS versi 16.0. Hasil penelitian ini antara lain: (1) kondisi sosial ibu-ibu rumah tangga (umur, pendidikan, pekerjaan, dan pendapatan) berpengaruh terhadap pengelolaan sampah. Hal ini dibuktikan  dengan uji regresi linear berganda diperoleh nilai signifikan kondisi sosial (X1) adalah sebesar 0,771 dan nilai t hitung sebesar 0,292; (2) pengetahuan lingkungan  ibu-ibu rumah tangga berpengaruh terhadap pengelolaan sampah. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan hasil uji regresi linear berganda diperoleh nilai signifikan pengetahuan (X2) sebesar 0,000 dan nilai t hitung sebesar 5,565. Oleh karena itu, Kelurahan Anggoeya perlu mendapatkan perhatian khusus oleh pemerintah, karena wilayah tersebut memiliki volume sampah terbesar di Kecamatan Poasia namun kondisi sosial ibu rumah tangga masih lebih rendah jika dibandingkan dengan wilayah lain seperti Kelurahan Anduonohu dan Kelurahan Anggoeya. Selain itu, pengetahuan ibu-ibu rumah tangga di Kelurahan Anggoeya dominan kategori buruk. Kata Kunci: kondisi sosial, pegetahuan, pengelolaan sampah Abstract: The physical condition of urban areas is increasingly narrow and the lack of open space for waste management needs to be increased by community participation in waste management so that the community is able to independently care for the environment. The purpose of this study are: (1) to determining the effect of social conditions of housewives in Poasia District on waste management; (2) to determining the effect of environmental knowledge of housewives in Poasia District on waste management. This research method is a qualitative research method by conducting multiple linear regression analysis on the application of SPSS version 16.0. The results of this study are: (1) the social conditions of housewives (age, education, employment, and income) affect the waste management. This is evidenced by the multiple linear regression test obtained a significant value of social conditions (X1) of 0,771 and t value of 0,292; (2) environmental knowledge of housewives influences waste management. This is evidenced by the results of multiple linear regression tests obtained a significant value of knowledge (X2) of 0,000 and t value of 5,565. Therefore, Anggoeya Village needs to get special attention from the government, because the region has the largest volume of waste in Poasia District, but the social condition of housewives is still lower when compared to other regions such as Anduonohu and Anggoeya. In addition, the knowledge of housewives in Anggoeya Kelurahan is dominant in the bad category. Keywords: social conditions, knowledge, waste management

Protest on Unemployment: Forms and Opportunities

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donatella Porta
Keyword(s):  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Political Protest ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Labor Policies ◽  
Political Opportunities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
The Impact

The "return" of poor people movements encourages reflection on the impact of changes in the social structure, the availability of organizational resources, and political and discursive opportunities for collective action. Based on a quantitative and qualitative claim analysis in six European countries, this article maps unemployment-related protest actions in three areas: (a) long-term unemployment; (b) massive dismissals; and (c) unemployment and labor policies within more general cycles of protest. The article discusses the actors, the forms and claims of the protests, and the social and political opportunities for their development. Protests on unemployment tend to assume some similar forms, each oriented to stress the "absolute injustice" of the position of the unemployed. The framing of the issues of both labor changes and the evolution of the labor market restates the importance of social dynamics for political protest. Unions as well as other social movements and political actors play an important role in the protest against unemployment.

scholarly journals The bio-politics of population control and sex-selective abortion in China and India

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Eklund ◽  
Navtej Purewal
Keyword(s):  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Population Control ◽  
Sex Selection ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Selective Abortion ◽  
China And India ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Face ◽  
Sex Selective Abortion

China and India, two countries with skewed sex ratios in favor of males, have introduced a wide range of policies over the past few decades to prevent couples from deselecting daughters, including criminalizing sex-selective abortion through legal jurisdiction. This article aims to analyze how such policies are situated within the bio-politics of population control and how some of the outcomes reflect each government’s inadequacy in addressing the social dynamics around abortion decision making and the social, physical, and psychological effects on women’s wellbeing in the face of criminalization of sex-selective abortion. The analysis finds that overall, the criminalization of sex selection has not been successful in these two countries. Further, the broader economic, social, and cultural dynamics which produce bias against females must be a part of the strategy to combat sex selection, rather than a narrow criminalization of abortion which endangers women’s access to safe reproductive health services and their social, physical, and psychological wellbeing.

scholarly journals Changes in social capital of rice farmers: An antropological study for buginese farmers

2021 ◽  
pp. 112-120
Author(s):  
Thamrin Pawalluri ◽  
Darmawan Salman ◽  
Imam Mujahidin Fahmid ◽  
Hidayat Marmin ◽  
Arfenti Amir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Shared Goal ◽  
The Government

Local institutions that encourage self-organization to achieve shared goals are a characteristic of social capital. In Indonesia, social capital in farming communities is tudangsipulung or sitting one another in deciding various matters related to farming. However, tudangsipulung has been transformed. This study aims to determine the causes, processes, and consequences of social change in a tudangsipulung tradition. This research used a case study with a case unit in a village and collected data through in-depth interviews, field observations, and document reviews. The results showed that the cause of the change was an abandonment of traditional rituals in farming because farmers considered such rituals to delay activities and require cost to reduce the effectiveness and efficiency. In addition, there is also a shift in the position of actors, where the schedule of the planting, which indigenous knowledge possessed by traditional leaders previously determined, changed to the role of climatologists and officials from the government. The process of social change takes a long time and slowly, along with the social dynamics of the rice farming community, which makes tudangsipulung tradition a place to work together to achieve a shared goal for farmers. The process of social change has consequences for eliminating a need to give each other kindness and lack of trust among farmers.

scholarly journals Strategi Pendidikan Toleransi Beragama dan Implikasinya terhadap Keutuhan NKRI di Bangka Belitung

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-110
Author(s):  
Suparta Suparta
Keyword(s):  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Religious Tolerance ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tolerance Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level

This article aims to review and describe the strategy of religious tolerance education and its impact on the integrity of the Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia (NKRI) in Bangka Belitung. In the Bangka Belitung Islands, the life of the people is very heterogeneous and has a high level of plurality. There are many portraits of the diversity of ethnicities, cultures, religions, ethnicities and languages ​​that are integrated into the social dynamics of the people in Bangka Belitung. Of course, this plurality has the potential to cause horizontal conflict in society. Therefore, to study and examine in depth this reality an in-depth interview technique is used to obtain clear information about the principles of religious tolerance from the perspective of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism. As a result, there are three educational strategies that can be developed by religious communities in Bangka Belitung; first, the strategy of educating the internal religious community; second, the strategy of educating people to maintain harmony between fellow religious communities; and third, the strategy of educating people to maintain harmony with the government. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengulas dan memaparkan strategi pendidikan toleransi beragama dan dampaknya terhadap keutuhan Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia (NKRI) di Bangka Belitung. Di Kepulauan Bangka Belitung kehidupan masyarakatnya sangat heterogen dan memiliki tingkat pluralitas yang tinggi. Ada banyak potret keragaman suku, budaya, agama, etnis, dan bahasa yang  menyatu dalam dinamika sosial masyarakat di Bangka Belitung. Tentu, pluralitas tersebut berpotensi menimbulkan konflik horizontal di tengah masyarakat. Oleh karena itu untuk mengkaji dan menelaah secara mendalam realitas tersebut digunakan teknik wawancara mendalam untuk mendapatkan informasi yang jelas mengenai prinsip toleransi beragama dalam perspektif agama Islam, Kristen, Budha, Hindu, dan Konghucu. Hasilnya, ada tiga strategi pendidikan yang dapat dikembangkan oleh umat beragama yang ada di Bangka Belitung; pertama, strategi mendidik dalam internal umat beragama; kedua, strategi mendidik umat untuk menjaga kerukunan antara sesama umat beragama; dan ketiga, strategi mendidik umat untuk menjaga kerukuan dengan pemerintah.

scholarly journals TEORI WEWENANG DALAM PERIZINAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Grace Sharon
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Modern Humans ◽  
Government Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government

Based on the provisions in the 1945 Constitution article 1 paragraph 3 which states the State of Indonesia is a state based on law, it brings the consequence that every government action must always be based on the law. From another point of view related to the development of the 21st century, the State is often said to have developed into a modern state. Whereas the state's tasks, which were initially very limited, have become increasingly widespread. This is due to the increasing needs of modern humans and especially those related to the interests of life together. Regarding the social dynamics that occur in the community, licensing arrangements are needed. A license as a one-sided government action is a stipulation arising from the strategies and techniques used by the Government to control or control various conditions or activities carried out by the community. In other words, licensing is very much needed as an instrument of community guidance. However, the author limits the scope of research on licensing only to the nature of the authority of the permit, so that the author's research in this article is done through a literature review.

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