scholarly journals The Representation of Men and Women in Contemporary Slovak Musical Films Aimed at Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-81
Author(s):  
Marek Urban ◽  
Kamila Urban
Keyword(s):  
Social Representation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mise En Scene

Abstract The present study analyses the social representation of women and men in ten contemporary Slovak musical films aimed at children (Spievankovo, Fíha-tralala, Smejko a Tanculienka). An analysis of the internal and external features attributed to “men”, “women”, “boys”, and “girls” has revealed, in line with previous research, that men are associated with strength and courage and women with beauty and care. Gender also determines clothing, props, and mise-en-scene. Contrary to previous findings, women in the analysed films, more often than men, display activity and dominance and take the role of moral and intellectual authorities. Men, on the other hand, are just as emotional as women. In conclusion, the author proposes a hypothesis to explain these discrepancies with the previous research.

scholarly journals Social representations of the Coronavirus and causal perception of its origin. The role of reasons for fear.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Rateau ◽  
Jean Louis Tavani ◽  
Sylvain Delouvée
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Other ◽  
French Population ◽  
Causal Perception ◽  
The Social

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic (between 26 March and 2 April 2020), we analysed (n=1144) the social representations of the coronavirus and the differentiated perceptions according to the origins attributed to the appearance of the virus (Human vs Non-Human and Intentional vs. Unintentional) in a French population. The results show that the social representation is organized around five potentially central descriptive, anxiety-provoking and globally negative elements. But death and contagion are the only stable and structuring elements. The other elements vary according to the reason attributed to the object of fear. Depending on how individuals attribute the origin of the virus, social representations of it vary not only in terms of their content but also in terms of their structure. These results indicate how important it is to consider the perceptions that individuals share about the human (vs. non-human) and intentional (vs. unintentional) origin of an object of fear in the analysis of their representation of that object.

scholarly journals Social Representations of Suntanning and Conditional Beach Practices in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 24-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandrine Gaymard ◽  
Benjamin Taunay ◽  
Jean-Noel Amato
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
The Other ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables ◽  
The Social

Abstract Pale skin in China seems to be a norm and the use of face-kinis on the beaches effectively implies that suntanning frightens. However other practices can be observed which raise questions. The aim of this article is to study the social representation of suntanning and the normative aspects of the representation with the conditionality of practices, among adepts of new beach practices in China. Interviews were carried out among a Chinese population who regularly follow these new beach practices on three Zhujiajian island beaches (Zhejiang Province). A free associations test and a conditionality questionnaire were filled out. The results show on one hand that the social representation of suntanning differs between men and women; on the other hand that conditionality differs little between men and women. Regression analysis shows that several sociodemographic variables such as age, can explain the conditions of acceptability of suntanning. Cross-checking the results shows up some contradictory elements which reflect the existence of an ongoing transformation in the identity of Chinese culture.

Role of Infrastructure Development to Empower Women

2018 ◽  
pp. 906-924
Author(s):  
Indrani Basu
Keyword(s):  
Social Processes ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
The Other ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Actual Impact ◽  
The Social ◽  
Infrastructure Services

A modern economy is market focused. It is held that when a woman becomes a participant in the market on her own term as a rational economic agent she is empowered in an economic sense. It does not take into account the other spectrums of empowerment viz. gender political, cultural and like. A nation's infrastructure provides the basic scaffolding for development. The differences in how men and women use infrastructure services have important implications for sector policies, investment priorities, and program designs. This chapter will analyse how the infrastructure development programme as an economic process assist women to enhance capability of them within society and how its actual impact is mutually constituted by other non-economic social processes and make it an over determined matter. Our study has shown that adequate access of the social infrastructure services has fetched benefits for women and ensures empowerment of women.

scholarly journals Social representations of the coronavirus and causal perception of its origin: The role of reasons for fear

2021 ◽  
pp. 136345932110051
Author(s):  
Patrick Rateau ◽  
Jean Louis Tavani ◽  
Sylvain Delouvée
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
The Other ◽  
French Population ◽  
Causal Perception ◽  
The Social

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic (between 26 March and 2 April 2020), we analysed ( n = 1144) the social representations of the coronavirus and the differentiated perceptions according to the origins attributed to the appearance of the virus (Human vs Non-Human and Intentional vs Unintentional) in a French population. The results show that the social representation is organized around five potentially central descriptive, anxiety-provoking and globally negative elements. But death and contagion are the only stable and structuring elements. The other elements vary according to the reason attributed to the object of fear. Depending on how individuals attribute the origin of the virus, social representations of it vary not only in terms of their content but also in terms of their structure. These results indicate how important it is to consider the perceptions that individuals share about the human (vs non-human) and intentional (vs unintentional) origin of an object of fear in the analysis of their representation of that object.

New Biotechnologies: Spin-off on Health and Society

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
A. Carbone
Keyword(s):  
Human Genetics ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Biology

New biotechnologies and the new biology deriving from them are having a revolutionary impact on economy and society and are consequently transforming the role of researchers, which is changing continually to meet the competence required. The advances in human genetics on the other hand make it necessary to look for different approaches and new rules in bioethics. Comprehensive views and careful considerations are therefore needed in order that this new biology may have a positive impact on health, being respectful of the social and ethical principles of human beings.

scholarly journals Personas trans y procesos de tecnificación de la existencia. Apropiaciones e innovaciones en torno al uso de artefactos=Transgender people and processes of technification of existence. Appropriations and innovations aroud the use of artifacts

2020 ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
María Alejandra Dellacasa
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Senses ◽  
The One

<p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>Iniciamos este análisis identificando una serie de aristas políticas asociadas a las tecnologías de intervención corporal para el caso de personas trans. Ello constituye una invitación abierta a repensar, por un lado, el papel de los pacientes/ usuarixs/ consumidores y, por otro, los efectos sociales que se desprenden de la actualización de los sentidos y los propósitos con que fueron idealmente concebidos los artefactos. Sostenemos que la Ley de Identidad de Género en Argentina propició un proceso de politización de las demandas y las subjetividades de las personas trans. Al tiempo que habilitó una instancia de democratización de las tecnologías de intervención corporal, tanto en lo que respecta al acceso, como a la direccionalidad y los fines con que son utilizadas.</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>We begin this analysis by identifying a series of political edges associated with body intervention technologies in the case of transgender people. This constitutes an open invitation to rethink, on the one hand, the role of patients / users / consumers and, on the other hand, the social effects that arise from the updating of the senses and the purposes with which the artifacts were ideally conceived. We maintain that the Gender Identity Law in Argentina promoted a process of politicization of the demands and subjectivities of transgender people. At the same time, it enabled an instance of democratization of body intervention technologies, both in terms of access, as well as the directionality and the purposes for which they are used.</p>

scholarly journals Hijab(istas)—as Fashion Phenomenon. A Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Nistor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Religious Symbol ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social

AbstractIn the present article, I am shortly reviewing some aspects which can be regarded as important in considering the hijab a fashion phenomenon. The social media provides us with various images in which the hijab is presented as a form of fashionable accessory, it is adapted to various modern outfits. The literature on such fashionable takes of the hijab assesses that they can be interpreted as statement messages about women’s empowerment. On the other hand, such adaptations also speak about the emergence of various subcultures about Muslim youth, which in accordance with the global sameness of youth are using social media in order to send messages and connect with each other. After a brief presentation on the role of bottom-up diffusion of fashion innovations, I am reviewing,grosso modo, two representations of the hijab: the hijab as a religious symbol and the hijab as a (fashion) manifesto about women’s empowerment.

Role of Infrastructure Development to Empower Women

2017 ◽  
pp. 39-56
Author(s):  
Indrani Basu
Keyword(s):  
Social Processes ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
The Other ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Actual Impact ◽  
The Social ◽  
Infrastructure Services

A modern economy is market focused. It is held that when a woman becomes a participant in the market on her own term as a rational economic agent she is empowered in an economic sense. It does not take into account the other spectrums of empowerment viz. gender political, cultural and like. A nation's infrastructure provides the basic scaffolding for development. The differences in how men and women use infrastructure services have important implications for sector policies, investment priorities, and program designs. This chapter will analyse how the infrastructure development programme as an economic process assist women to enhance capability of them within society and how its actual impact is mutually constituted by other non-economic social processes and make it an over determined matter. Our study has shown that adequate access of the social infrastructure services has fetched benefits for women and ensures empowerment of women.

Role of Infrastructure Development to Empower Women

2019 ◽  
pp. 301-318
Author(s):  
Indrani Basu
Keyword(s):  
Social Processes ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
The Other ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Actual Impact ◽  
The Social ◽  
Infrastructure Services

A modern economy is market focused. It is held that when a woman becomes a participant in the market on her own term as a rational economic agent she is empowered in an economic sense. It does not take into account the other spectrums of empowerment viz. gender political, cultural and like. A nation's infrastructure provides the basic scaffolding for development. The differences in how men and women use infrastructure services have important implications for sector policies, investment priorities, and program designs. This chapter will analyse how the infrastructure development programme as an economic process assist women to enhance capability of them within society and how its actual impact is mutually constituted by other non-economic social processes and make it an over determined matter. Our study has shown that adequate access of the social infrastructure services has fetched benefits for women and ensures empowerment of women.

scholarly journals Si Rukat Nakan dalam Masyarakat Karo

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Raharja Sembiring ◽  
Dina Datu Paonganan ◽  
Rut Debora Butar-butar
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Women's Roles ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Literary Research ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Women’S Roles ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Husband And Wife

This article aims to describe the relations of equality and respect for men and women in the Karo cultural frame. The relationship between the two, where adat (culture) is the main reference often has bad-faced implications for the Karo patriarchy. Patriarch Karo is often claimed not to have a space of equality and respect for women. The problem will be focused on the use of idioms attached to Karo women. One idiom that is very attached to Karo women is rukat nakan. Idiom the rukat nakan describes the domestic duties of women, namely arranging accommodation and household logistics. With regard to the relationship between men and women, feminists claim the rukat nakan idiom is a form of condescension toward women, even an attempt to domesticate Karo patriarchal role of women. On the other hand, this idiom is also often referred to to validate the wife's subordination to her husband. The results of the research through interviews, literary research and analysis of Karo song poems, the idioms of rukat nakan are an illustration of the appreciation of the domestic role of women. Si rukat nakan is a domestic assignment which describes a very private relationship between husband and wife. The term “si rukat nakan” is not to denigrate or domesticate women, but it shows respect for women's roles.

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