scholarly journals A New Player for Tackling Inequalities? Framing the Social Value and Impact of the Maker Movement

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Unterfrauner ◽  
Margit Hofer ◽  
Bastian Pelka ◽  
Marthe Zirngiebl
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Digital Fabrication ◽  
Maker Movement ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Maker Movement

The Maker Movement has raised great expectations towards its potential for tackling social inequalities by mediating technology-related skills to everybody. Are maker spaces new players for social inclusion in digital societies? How can this potential impact be framed? While scientific discourse has so far identified broad value and impact dimensions of the Maker Movement, this article adds empirical insight into the potential for tackling social inequalities. The study is based on 39 interviews with makers and managers of maker initiatives and ten self-reporting surveys filled in by maker initiative managers throughout Europe, which have been analyzed qualitatively. We found four main domains in which makers address social inclusion: First, by mediating skills and competences not only in the field of digital technologies but in the broader sense of empowering people to “make” solutions for encountered problems. Second, we found that makers actively strive to provide democratized access to digital fabrication and the knowledge on how to use them. Third and fourth, we found different ambitions articulated by makers to change society and social practices towards a society providing better opportunities for individuals. As an entry point for further research and actions, we derived a maker typology that reflects the diverse and various types of relationships to be found in the maker community. This typology could be used for exploring further collaborations between social actors and the Maker Movement. We conclude with an outlook on potential trajectories of the Maker Movement and specify which could influence the inclusion of marginalized persons.

scholarly journals Anti-migrant Islamophobia in Europe. Social roots, mechanisms and actors

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (53) ◽  
pp. 25-40
Author(s):  
Fabio Perocco
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Internal Structure ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Social Origins ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Muslim Immigrants ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Mass Media

Abstract During the last two decades of rising anti-migrant racism in Europe, Islamophobia has proven to be the highest, most acute, and widely spread form of racism. The article shows how anti-migrant Islamophobia is a structural phenomenon in European societies and how its internal structure has specific social roots and mechanisms of functioning. Such an articulate and interdependent set of key themes, policies, practices, discourses, and social actors it is intended to inferiorise and marginalise Muslim immigrants while legitimising and reproducing social inequalities affecting the majority of them. The article examines the social origins of anti-migrant Islamophobia and the modes and mechanisms through which it naturalises inequalities; it focuses on the main social actors involved in its production, specifically on the role of some collective subjects as anti-Muslim organizations and movements, far-right parties, best-selling authors, and the mass-media.

A School Model for Developing Access to Higher Education for African American

2019 ◽  
pp. 167-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheldon Lewis Eakins
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Academic Behaviors ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
College Going ◽  
The Social

This chapter discusses the social inequalities in school choice and the racial disparities of college access. Utilizing the theories of social capital and social inclusion, the author provides a conceptual framework for developing a college-going school culture in charter schools. Through this lens, the author considers that the level of school support needs to be equitable to the varying stages of self-efficacy, academic behaviors, and post-secondary aspirations that students enter school with. The author suggests the importance of the RECIPE (rigorous curriculum, expectations, collegiality, interconnection, parental engagement, and exposure) to prepare African American students for college.

The Role of Digital Fabrication in Today's Society

2020 ◽  
pp. 377-391
Author(s):  
Tandra Lea Tyler-Wood
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Digital Fabrication ◽  
Physical Object ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Maker Movement ◽  
21St Century Classroom ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Computational Technology ◽  
The Maker Movement

Digital fabrication and the “maker movement” can play a major role in bringing computational technology into the 21st century classroom. Digital fabrication is defined as the process of translating a digital design developed on a computer into a physical object or any process for producing/printing a three-dimensional (3D) object. The maker movement is a platform for today's futuristic artisans, craftsmen, designers and developers to create, craft, and develop leading ideas and products. Digital fabrication and “making” could provide a new platform for bringing powerful ideas and meaningful tools to students. Digital fabrication has the potential to be “the ultimate construction kit.” Digital fabrication has strong ties to the maker movement. Maker spaces provide students with safe areas that allow students to safely use digital fabrication to make, build, and share their creations. This chapter will look at the role that digital fabrication can play in incorporating computational technology into the K-12 classroom.

A School Model for Developing Access to Higher Education for African American

2021 ◽  
pp. 293-315
Author(s):  
Sheldon Lewis Eakins
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Academic Behaviors ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
College Going ◽  
The Social

This chapter discusses the social inequalities in school choice and the racial disparities of college access. Utilizing the theories of social capital and social inclusion, the author provides a conceptual framework for developing a college-going school culture in charter schools. Through this lens, the author considers that the level of school support needs to be equitable to the varying stages of self-efficacy, academic behaviors, and post-secondary aspirations that students enter school with. The author suggests the importance of the RECIPE (rigorous curriculum, expectations, collegiality, interconnection, parental engagement, and exposure) to prepare African American students for college.

scholarly journals Three Shortcomings of the Social Investment Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bea Cantillon ◽  
Wim Van Lancker
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
The Social

In this article we critically assess the social investment perspective that has become the dominant paradigm in European social policymaking. We identify and discuss some of its shortcomings that may hamper social progress for all. In doing so, we focus on three pillars central to the idea of social investment: social inclusion through work, individual responsibility and human capital investment. We find that the social investment perspective has some serious flaws when it comes to the social protection of vulnerable groups. This is strongly related to the continuing relevance of social class in explaining and remedying social inequalities. We conclude that investment cannot be the only rationale for welfare state intervention and that protecting people should remain equally high on the policy agenda.

scholarly journals Key Policy Challenge : Social Security for Migrant Workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Anita Kristiana ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labor Protection ◽  
International Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
Policy Challenge ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

The purpose of this paper is to analyze various key policy approaches to extending social security to migrant workers. This paper reviews the social security system for migrant workers. It then attempts to policy approach for analysis. Finding this paper is to explore the impact of national and international policy and also social security agreements. The potential impact of the ratification of ILO and UN conventions on migrant workers, which ensure basic social and labor protection. The paper offers insight into the issue of some key policy challenges for the future, including for improved a fits design of social security.

scholarly journals Assessing the Social Validity of the SAFMEDS Strategy From the Perspective of Teachers and Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaydee Owen ◽  
Richard C. Watkins ◽  
Michael Beverley ◽  
J. Carl Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Social Validity ◽  
Implementation Fidelity ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Training And Support ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Insight Into

The Say-All-Fast-Minute-Every-Day-Shuffled (SAFMEDS) strategy promotes fluency across several skills and contexts. However, few studies have reported the social validity key stakeholders associate with using the strategy in schools. Assessing social validity may provide us with some insight into factors that may affect engagement, implementation fidelity, and persistent use of the intervention after the termination of a research study. Study 1 details the findings from a survey completed by teachers who have used the strategy in their schools (N = 55). Using thematic analysis, we identified three themes: 1) factors that promote and limit progress, 2) confidence, and 3) inherent advantages of the SAFMEDS strategy. These themes encapsulate teachers experiences of implementing the strategy under the real-word conditions of the classroom and the accompanying advantages and potential challenges they face. Within study 2, we discuss themes arising from interviews with children (N = 26) about their views and experiences of using the SAFMEDS strategy. These children had used the strategy with their teacher for one academic year to promote fast and accurate recall of arithmetic facts. Analysis of these transcripts revealed five further themes relating to children’s engagement with the strategy: 1) enjoyment, 2) data, 3) sense of achievement, 4) skills, and 5) home use. Collectively these themes have potential impact with regards to future training and support models for the SAFMEDS strategy.

scholarly journals Challenge of Sport Towards Social Inclusion and Awareness-Raising Against Any Discrimination

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salomé Marivoet
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Social Facts ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Discrimination

AbstractSport presents itself as a social configuration that enhances social inclusion by promoting tolerance, respect for others, cooperation, loyalty and friendship, and values associated with fair play, the most important ethical principles of sport. However, intolerance and exclusion can also be expressed in sport, certainly even more so the bigger the social inequalities and the ethnic, religious, gender, disability, and sexual orientation prejudices are in society. The processes of social exclusion, integration, and inclusion are research areas in the social sciences with consolidated knowledge, namely in the study of the problems of poverty, social inequalities, racial and ethnic discrimination, disability, and education. However, it is necessary to discuss the existing theoretical approaches and conceptions seen as explanatory principles of the reality of these fields of analysis, look at how they can frame the reality on the sports field, and then confirm them through empirical research in order to produce knowledge based on the reality of social facts. Despite the broad consensus on the potential of sport in promoting social inclusion, in this paper I stress that this potential can only become real if the orientation of sport includes strategies aimed at achieving these goals. I intend to show how the –social issue‖ in the field of sports has gained relevance in the institutional context, and thereby a new field of research for the social science of sport has been opened and needs to be deepened.

scholarly journals Social Inequalities in a Time of Economic Crisis in Greece

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Papa
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Body ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The study maintains the focus at the economic crisis in Greece, in real social terms. The research highlights the evidence between the level of education and poverty, and the impact that children of poor families are facing. The authors are focusing on the lack of social protection in single parent families, as well as the significant increase in the number of unemployed in Greece during the period of the memorandum. Moreover, the lack of an effective social state and the collapse of informal support networks increases the chances of tearing the social fabric and more families going into poverty. The study also underlines the social consequences of the economic crisis that are geared towards issues of social inclusion in societies organized in relation to values and the development of skills logic, and the inability to secure full-time jobs. The absence of social protection factors, coupled with the impact of vulnerability and risk factors, are causing poverty, unemployment, loss of rights and social support, social exclusion, discrimination, deinstitutionality, migration combined with effects on personality, developmental experiences, health of the body and soul. In Greek society, at the time of the economic crisis, there is a lack of a social protection network, and the weakening of the institution of the family. In Greece, it is necessary to approach the "new poor" in terms of politics and economy, so that they can be considered as indispensable social partners of democracy. Unprivileged social groups have to claim their rights, become part of their liberation process, and become faces of a change of personnel and social level with the ultimate goal of social transformation.

scholarly journals Hemos comprado una 3D para la biblioteca: esta ha sido nuestra experiencia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Juárez-Urquijo
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Digital Fabrication ◽  
3D Printer ◽  
Maker Movement ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
The Maker Movement ◽  
Aprendizaje Informal

The maker movement is a social movement with a craft spirit through which digital fabrication methods have become accessible at a personal level. Public libraries are ideal for offering makerspaces that enable the collaborative use of tools and technologies to foster informal learning. Three-dimensional (3D) printing has been one of the keys to the expansion of the maker movement, and its presence in libraries, often identified as the “gateway” to the maker philosophy, is not unusual, albeit remaining more a desire than a reality. We recount herein our experience of purchasing and setting up a 3D printer to enable a reflection on makerspaces in a public library. Resumen El movimiento maker es un movimiento social en el que los métodos de fabricación digital se han hecho accesibles a escala personal. Las bibliotecas públicas son ideales para ofrecer espacios para creadores (makerspaces) en los que se propone el uso colaborativo de herramientas y tecnologías para fomentar el aprendizaje informal. La impresión 3D ha sido una de las claves para la expansión del movimiento maker y su incipiente presencia en bibliotecas, identificada a menudo como “la vía de acceso” a la filosofía maker, sigue siendo más un deseo que una realidad. En este trabajo contamos la experiencia de compra y puesta en marcha de una impresora 3D para reflexionar sobre los espacios de creación en una biblioteca pública.

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