Simply child’s play? Reconfiguring child-adult relations in a leisure place for children

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 252
Author(s):  
Caterina Satta
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Educational Framework ◽  
Child's Play ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Sociology Of Childhood ◽  
Better Than

This article describes an ethnographic study exploring children’s everyday life in a leisure place for children led by a small group of play-assistants. In particular it focuses on child-adult relations within this place and aims to discover, through the observation of play activities, the grounds of this relation. Findings suggest that the relation between adults and children is always performed within an educational framework, where the adult knows better than the child what is best for him/her. Based on the main assumptions of the sociology of childhood and of the cultural studies pertaining to this field, the proposal aims to interpret child-adult relations as an intercultural relation rather than an educative one.  

Populäre Medienkulturen. Programmatische Positionen : Popular media cultures. Programmatic positions

SPIEL ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-185
Author(s):  
Marcus S. Kleiner
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Cultural Formations ◽  
The Relationship

The article discusses the relationship between popular cultures, pop cultures and popular media cultures as transformative educational cultures. For this purpose, these three cultural formations are related to the themes of culture, everyday life, society, education, narration, experience and present. Apart from a few exceptions, such as in youth sociological works on cinema and education, in the context of media literacy discussions or in dealing with media education, educational dimensions of popular cultures and pop cultures have generally not been the focus of attention in media and cultural studies.

scholarly journals The politics of a ‘Poncy Pillowcase’: Migration and borders in Coronation Street’

Politics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandria J Innes ◽  
Robert J Topinka
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Soap Opera ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender

This article examines the ways in which popular culture stages and supplies resources for agency in everyday life, with particular attention to migration and borders. Drawing upon cultural studies, and specific insights originating from the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, we explore how intersectional identities such as race, ethnicity, class, and gender are experienced in relation to the globalisation of culture and identity in a 2007 Coronation Street storyline. The soap opera genre offers particular insights into how agency emerges in everyday life as migrants and locals navigate the forces of globalisation. We argue that a focus on popular culture can mitigate the problem of isolating migrant experiences from local experiences in migrant-receiving areas.

scholarly journals No news is better than evil news. Clearing up the way to face Alternative Archaeologies

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 122
Author(s):  
Jaime Almansa Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Public Archaeology ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Discipline ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Interpretation ◽  
Better Than ◽  
The Way

While Archaeology started to take form as a professional discipline, Alternative Archaeologies grew in several ways. As the years went by, the image of Archaeology started being corrupted by misconceptions and a lot of imagination, and those professionals that were claiming to be scientists forgot one of their first responsibilities; the public. This lack of interest is one of the reasons why today, a vast majority of society believes in many clichés of the past that alternative archaeologists have used to build a fictitious History that is not innocent at all. From UFOs and the mysteries of great civilizations to the political interpretation of the past, the dangers of Alternative Archaeologies are clear and under our responsibility. This paper analyzes this situation in order to propose a strategy that may make us the main characters of the popular imagery in the mid-term. Since confrontation and communication do not seem to be effective approaches, we need a change in the paradigm based on Public Archaeology and the increase of our presence in everyday life.

scholarly journals Os transparentes: identidades nacionais em exibição na Angola de Ondjaki

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 543
Author(s):  
Silvia Valencich Frota
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Identity Discourses

Embora o fim dos nacionalismos tenha sido apregoado no final do século passado, estes ainda marcam presença em nossas sociedades contemporâneas. Neste artigo, a partir do romance de Ondjaki, procura-se identificar e analisar diferentes representações e discursos construídos sobre o tema. O que se quer entender é se os discursos de identidade nacional seguem invariáveis ou se apontam para a transformação, ou mesmo para o fim, da ideia de nação. No contexto da pós-modernidade, onde os conceitos de globalização e multiculturalidade são frequentemente chamados à discussão, importa observar em que termos essas identidades são construídas e/ou contestadas. Nesse sentido, a Luanda de Ondajki, com seu cotidiano de contatos entre pessoas das mais diversas origens, revela-se palco bastante fértil para a análise.********************************************************************The transparents: national identities on display in Ondjaki’s AngolaAbstract: Although the end of nationalisms has been proclaimed at the end of the last century, they are still present in our contemporary societies. This article, focused on Ondjaki’s novel, seeks to identify and analyze different representations and discourses constructed on the topic. What we want to understand is whether the national identity discourses remain the same or they indicate the transformation of the idea of nation, or even its end. In the context of postmodernity, where the concepts of globalization and multiculturalism are often called to the fore, it should be noted in which terms such identities are constructed and / or challenged. In this sense, Ondajki’s Luanda with its everyday life characterized by the contact between people from different places, seems to be a quite fertile field for analysis.Keywords: Identity; Nationalism; Cultural Studies

scholarly journals “Trabalho-lazeando” e o “prédio antigo” na “esquina” do bairro de Nazaré em Belém (PA)

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosangela Marques de Britto
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Spatial Practices ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
Individual Memory

O artigo resulta de parte do estudo etnográfico do cotidiano e das memórias de indivíduos e grupos sociais urbanos, realizado entre 2012 até março de 2014, que priorizou compreender e interpretar as relações dos agrupamentos humanos no entorno do patrimônio musealizado, onde foi instalado, em 1984, o Museu da Universidade Federal do Pará. Estas formas e conteúdos do cotidiano se processam pelas matérias das recordações dos quatro interlocutores acerca dos usos do espaço social-urbano da rua, situados nas calçadas da “esquina” do entorno do museu localizado no bairro de Nazaré, na cidade de Belém. Pretendo descrever as narrativas destes interlocutores a partir da “etnografia de rua” de suas representações e práticas espaciais de trabalhar nas ruas. Ao final, descreverei as perspectivas êmicas destes trabalhadores de rua em relação à circulação das pessoas no “dentro” e no “fora” do muro (jardim) do museu, e sobre as mudanças e permanências daquela paisagem urbana e o significado de seus ofícios/trabalhos.Palavras-chave: Espaço urbano e social. Práticas de sociabilidade na rua. Memória Individual e Coletiva. “Etnografia de rua”. Patrimônio histórico musealizado."Work-leisuring" and the "old building" on the "corner" of Nazaré neighborhood in Belém (PA)AbstractThe article results from part of the ethnographic study of everyday life and memories of individuals and urban social groups, conducted between 2012 until March 2014, which prioritized understand and interpret the relationships of human groups surround of musealized heritage, where it was installed in 1984 Museum of the Federal University of Pará. These forms and contents of the memories materials are processed daily for four interlocutors, about the uses of social-urban street spot located on the sidewalks of the "corner" surround of the museum located in the Nazaré neighborhood, in Belém. Intend to describe the narratives of these interlocutors from the "street ethnography" of your representations and spatial practices of work on the streets. At the end describe the emic perspectives of these four street workers in relation to the movement of people "inside" and "outside" the wall (garden) of the museum, and on the changes and continuities of the landscape of the streets and the meaning of their crafts / jobs.Key-words: Social and urban spot. Practices of sociability on the streets. Collective and individual memory. "Street ethnography". Historic heritage musealized.

scholarly journals School life on the margins: Slovak Roma pupils negotiating education

Race & Class ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-76
Author(s):  
Mark Payne
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Ideologies ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Life ◽  
White Skin ◽  
English Only ◽  
Educational Framework ◽  
Academic System

Building on the work of Chris Searle in this journal, the author draws on an ethnographic study of a Sheffield school to examine the experiences of Slovak Roma children in the first year of secondary school as they negotiate prevailing English-only language ideologies and complex curriculum challenges and attempt to fit into an educational framework that is trying to adapt to the forces of migration and super-diversity. Struggling to engage academically, pupils are banished to the bottom sets where they are fed a watered-down curriculum. It is argued that the Roma pupils in this situation are in the exclusionary ‘anteroom’; unable to rise through the academic system, weighed down by lack of English language, an alien culture, non-white skin colour and the lack of various forms of capital prized by schools, the next logical step for many is temporary or permanent exclusion. This article sheds light on those pupils at the bottom of the heap for whom chances are curtailed, and adds to debates about xeno-racism, exclusion and class-biased pedagogies.

Objects, Frozen Actions, and Identity: A Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigrid Norris ◽  
Boonyalakha Makboon
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Action Analysis ◽  
Identity Production

AbstractIn this article, we take a multimodal (inter)action analytical approach, showing how objects in everyday life are identity telling. As social actors surround themselves with objects, multiple actions from producing the objects to acquiring and placing them in the environment are embedded within. Here, we investigate examples from two different ethnographic studies, using the notion of frozen actions. One of our examples comes from a 5-month-long ethnographic study on identity production of three vegetarians in Thailand (

scholarly journals “I Need Child Care!”: Using Funds of Knowledge, Addressing Challenges, and Developing Literacies With a Classroom Community of Adult ESL Learners

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 334-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aijuan Cun ◽  
Mary B. McVee ◽  
Christopher Vasquez
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Funds Of Knowledge ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Esl Students ◽  
Adult Esl ◽  
Life Challenge ◽  
Esl Learners

Many immigrants and refugees in the United States must confront different linguistic and cultural contexts in their everyday life. As part of a larger ethnographic study related to refugee families and literacy, this qualitative study explores how adult English as a second language (ESL) students help their classmate Htoo Eh find ways to deal with an everyday life challenge. This study utilized two supporting theoretical frameworks: funds of knowledge and literacy as a social practice. Data sources included field notes, transcripts of video recording, artifacts, as well as conservations with the teacher and welfare coordinators. Findings demonstrate that community members utilized two funds of knowledge in particular: social network and life experience to help the focal participant. Findings also showed that adult ESL students assisted their classmates in developing three types of literacies, which were finding and obtaining childcare, knowing how the system works, and communicating with the caseworker in order to deal with an everyday life challenge. These findings suggest that educators should recognize and value adult ESL learners’ funds of knowledge as well as incorporate the knowledge into instruction. Educators also should open up space for these learners to develop literacies together as a community.

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