scholarly journals Disadvantage or Blessing in Disguise? Field Research in Japan during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
Swati Arora ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Interpretive Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Area Studies ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Research Challenges

Area studies is an interpretive research field, and fieldwork is a key enabler for area studies research projects. However, field research also results in some fundamental challenges, which are described in varied literature available for scholars of anthropology, geography, social sciences and various other fields. Within area studies literature, there is little which deals with how to manage fieldwork without being present on the field. This paper reflects upon my experience of being on fieldwork in Japan during the global COVID-19 pandemic. It shares my experiences during 2020 and early 2021 and discusses how COVID-19 affected various aspects of fieldwork in Japan, including unexpected challenges, new opportunities, institutional support and accessing academic texts. The paper aims to give a concrete picture of fieldwork in Japan for other scholars who are yet to conduct research in the COVID-19 context. The paper maps out how the pandemic has affected the field, why it is so, and future implications while also decoding field research challenges and offering achievable solutions.

scholarly journals Lusotopie, Lusotopy. What Legacy, What Future?

Lusotopie ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-203
Author(s):  
Michel Cahen ◽  
Irène Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Area Studies ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation

AbstractThe introduction of this issue goes back over the history of the creation of the Lusotopie journal. It also questions the scope of the concept of lusotopy in the social sciences. The intellectual project of the journal, published from 1994 onwards, was complex and ambitious. Lusotopie is not a review of “cultural-area” studies, but a generalist review of political analysis, in the broadest sense, from an empirically-delimited research field: that of the area drawn by Portuguese history and colonization. It was both to escape the contemporary neo-imperial approach of “Lusophony” and to overcome the simply negative criticism of the ideology of Lusophony (in its literary, political and economic aspects), which as such does not provide a tool for understanding the realities produced by history.

scholarly journals Virtual State: Scoping Review of Russian Political and Social Sciences

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-378
Author(s):  
Victor A. Osipov
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Virtual State ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
World Science ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Political Economic

This review focuses on analysis and determination of problematic field based on phenomena and related concepts such as micronation, cyber-state, virtual state and others. Actualization of this topic is carried out due to the technological development of modern society, the emergence of new social, political, economic and other actors, the concentration of a large amount of resources by them which could make them an influential power or an alternative of social and political organization. Using scoping methods, comparative and content analysis, as well as services of network and statistical analysis the article examines the level of virtual states embeddedness into Russian political and social sciences, the formation of the corresponding research field, direction or school. Special attention is paid to the Russian segment of world science in the framework of the study of virtual states and problems are faced by Russian researchers. This will allow researchers to see the context, the most relevant areas of work, help to correctly use the concepts in Russian and English academic texts.

Comparative Area Studies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Köllner ◽  
Rudra Sil ◽  
Ariel I. Ahram
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Area Studies ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
The Social ◽  
Small N ◽  
Scholarly Discourse ◽  
Science Disciplines

Two convictions lie at the heart of this volume. First, area studies scholarship remains indispensable for the social sciences, both as a means to expand our fount of observations and as a source of theoretical ideas. Second, this scholarship risks becoming marginalized without more efforts to demonstrate its broader relevance and utility. Comparative Area Studies (CAS) is one such effort, seeking to balance attention to regional and local contextual attributes with use of the comparative method in search of portable causal links and mechanisms. CAS engages scholarly discourse in relevant area studies communities while employing concepts intelligible to social science disciplines. In practice, CAS encourages a distinctive style of small-N analysis, cross-regional contextualized comparison. As the contributions to this volume show, this approach does not subsume or replace area studies scholarship but creates new pathways to “middle range” theoretical arguments of interest to both area studies and the social sciences.

UPAH MENGUPAH PERTANIAN DALAM TINJAUAN FIQH MUAMALAH (Studi di Nagari Bukit Kandung Kecamatan X Koto Diatas Kabupaten Solok)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Susanti Krismon ◽  
Syukri Iska
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Farm Workers ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Primary Data

This article discusses the implementation of wages in agriculture in Nagari Bukit Kandung Subdistrict X Koto Atas, Solok Regency in a review of muamalah fiqh. The type of research is field research (field research). The data sources consist of primary data sources, namely from farmers and farm laborers who were carried out to 8 people and 4 farm workers, while the secondary data were obtained from documents in the form of the Bukit Kandung Nagari Profile that were related to this research, which could provide information or data. Addition to strengthen the primary data. Data collection techniques that the author uses are observation, interviews and documentation. The data processing that the author uses is qualitative. Based on the results of this study, the implementation of wages in agriculture carried out in Nagari Bukit Kandung District X Koto Diatas Solok Regency is farm laborers who ask for their wages to be given in advance before they carry out their work without an agreement to give their wages at the beginning. Because farm laborers ask for their wages to be given at the beginning, many farm workers work not as expected by farmers and there are also farm workers who are not on time to do the work that should be done. According to the muamalah fiqh review, the implementation of wages in agriculture in Nagari Bukit Kandung is not allowed because there is an element of gharar in the contract and there are parties who are disadvantaged in the contract, namely the owner of the fields.

Jiwa Enterprenur dan Etika Bisnis Islam Santri Gontor Dalam Mengembangkan Air Mineral Amidas

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-60
Author(s):  
Dewi Iriani ◽  
Lailatul Mufidah ◽  
Muhammad Rosyid Ridho
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Mineral Water ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Business Unit ◽  
Online Application ◽  
Entrepreneurial Spirit ◽  
Outer Island ◽  
Islamic Business Ethics

This article aims to determine the Darussalam Gontor Modern Islamic Boarding School's efforts in shaping the entrepreneurial spirit of the santri? Second, how is the development of Amidas Gontor Mineral Water in the perspective of Islamic Business Ethics? This article using field research (field research), the method used in this study using a qualitative approach, namely the author obtains data directly from sources from teachers/managers and students of the Darrusalam Gontor Islamic boarding school, Ponorogo. Research results 1) The Darussalam Gontor modern cottage's efforts in shaping the entrepreneurial spirit of the Santri, which are taught, have five characteristics, namely: confidence is cultivated to the students, by giving confidence in carrying out the production of Amidas Gontor brand mineral water—having continuous and innovative initiatives, in developing the business unit it holds and having achievement motives, which can provide the students with provisions to apply what they have learned after becoming alumni regarding entrepreneurship. The spirit of leadership, where the alumni who serve are entrusted to manage Amidas Gontor. Dare to take calculated risks, introduce the entrepreneurial results of the santri, events and expos are often held in the cottage, apart from the students, caretakers, guardians of Santri, and the wider community. 2) Development of Gontor Amidas mineral water in the perspective of Islamic business ethics principles; Unity/State; Obedience to worship is a belief in the existence of one God. Balance (Justice); evenly distributed. Free Will, done verbally for the Ponorogo area, the outer island area is done through an online application. The Pondok Gontor party is responsible for compensating for damage to the Ponorogo area outside the island. 3) Virtue: Truth and Honesty. Honest and true in establishing partnerships with agents, shops, distributors, retailers of mineral water Amidas.Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui upaya Pondok Pesantren Modern Darussalam Gontor dalam membentuk jiwa wirausaha santri? Kedua, Bagaimana Pengembangan Air Mineral Amidas Gontor Dalam Perspektif Etika Bisnis Syariah? Artikel ini menggunakan penelitian lapangan (field research), metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, yaitu penulis memperoleh data langsung dari narasumber dari guru/pengelola dan santri pondok pesantren Darrusalam Gontor Ponorogo. Hasil Penelitian 1) Upaya Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor dalam membentuk jiwa wirausaha santri yang diajarkan memiliki lima ciri, yaitu: menumbuhkan rasa percaya diri kepada santri, dengan memberikan rasa percaya diri dalam melaksanakan produksi air mineral merk Amidas Gontor. —memiliki inisiatif yang berkesinambungan dan inovatif, dalam mengembangkan unit bisnis yang dimilikinya dan memiliki motif berprestasi, yang dapat membekali mahasiswa dengan bekal untuk menerapkan apa yang telah dipelajarinya setelah menjadi alumni tentang kewirausahaan. Semangat kepemimpinan, dimana para alumni yang mengabdi dipercayakan untuk mengelola Amidas Gontor. Berani mengambil resiko yang diperhitungkan, memperkenalkan hasil wirausaha para santri, event dan expo sering diadakan di pondok, selain para santri, pengasuh, wali santri, dan masyarakat luas. 2) Pengembangan air mineral Gontor Amidas dalam perspektif prinsip etika bisnis Islam; Persatuan/Negara; Ketaatan untuk beribadah adalah keyakinan akan adanya satu Tuhan. Keseimbangan (Keadilan); didistribusikan secara merata. Kehendak Bebas, dilakukan secara lisan untuk wilayah Ponorogo, wilayah pulau terluar dilakukan melalui aplikasi online. Pihak Pondok Gontor bertanggung jawab untuk mengganti kerugian daerah Ponorogo di luar pulau. 3) Kebajikan: Kebenaran dan Kejujuran. Jujur dan benar dalam menjalin kemitraan dengan agen, toko, distributor, pengecer air mineral Amidas.

APPLICATION OF AKAD IJARAH ISLAMIC LAW IN THE AL-QUR'AN

ISLAMIKA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Ade Jamarudin ◽  
Ofa Ch Pudin
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Human Labor ◽  
Leasing Company

Ijarah is a contract on the transfer of goods or services with rewards instead. Ijarah based transactions with the displacement benefit (rights to), not transfer of ownership (property rights), there ijara financing translates as buying and selling services (wages hired), that take advantage of human power, there is also a translate lease, which take advantage of goods. Application ijarah growing financial institutions in the current Shari'ah is happening on the leasing company (financial institution based on Islamic teachings, as well as Islamic banking is one of the products in Islamic finance. Application ijarah emerging financial institutions shari'ah 'ah at the moment that is happening on the leasing company (financial institution based on Islamic teachings, as well as Islamic banking is one of the Islamic financing products). This research is a library research (library research) and field research (field research), and is descriptive, analytic and comparative. Data sources used in this study are sourced from primary and secondary data. Ijarah transactions are based on the transfer of benefits (use rights), not the transfer of ownership (ownership rights), some translate ijarah financing as the sale and purchase of services (wage wages), i.e., taking the benefits of human labor

TINJAUAN HUKUM ISLAM TERHADAP PENGEMBALIAN MAHAR BERGANDA AKIBAT PEMBATALAN PEMINANGAN DALAM (Studi Di Kelurahan Belawan II Kota Medan)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Rahmi Ramadhani ◽  
Elsy Renie
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Marriage Contract ◽  
The Gift

This study examines the tradition of returning multiple dowries due to cancellation of proposal from the perspective of Islamic law in Belawan II Village, Medan City. From these problems, questions arise about how the proposal process is in Belawan II Village, how is the practice of returning multiple dowries due to the cancellation of the proposal and what is the view of Islamic law on the tradition of returning multiple dowries due to the cancellation of the proposal. The type of research that the author uses is a type of field research (field research), to obtain data from the problems studied using qualitative methods. The results of the research that the authors found that the tradition of returning a double dowry due to the cancellation of the proposal in the Belawan II Village, Medan City was carried out by returning the gift at the time of the proposal, namely the gift was in the form of half of the delivery money whose purpose was to be used as a dowry at the time of the marriage contract. Half of the delivery money, which is called the dowry, is returned twice (double) by the woman to the man at the time the proposal has been made. The dowry is returned twice (double) if the cancellation of the proposal is made by the woman. Another sanction is that if the dowry is not returned double (double) at the time of the cancellation of the proposal, neither the man nor the woman may request/accept a proposal from another person, of course this is done by way of deliberation from both parties. The review of Islamic law on the tradition of returning a double dowry due to the cancellation of this proposal is included in the 'urf group.

scholarly journals MODEL PEMBELAJARAN TEMATIK INTEGRATIF BERBASIS KURIKULUM 2013 DI MADRASAH IBTIDAIYAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Jefryadi Jefryadi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
The Media ◽  
Meaningful Experiences ◽  
Thematic Learning

The 2013 curriculum-based integrative thematic learning model is a learning strategy that involves several subjects into a learning theme that uses an interdisciplinary approach to provide meaningful experiences to students in the learning process. The application of this learning model requires adequate infrastructure and mature teacher understanding concepts. Integration and success in this learning model can be seen from the aspect of understanding of the learning model, aspects of the learning strategy, and aspects of the use of media in learning. Because every teacher has their own characteristics in conveying learning to students, in order to achieve learning objectives. Therefore the writer wants to examine more deeply how the application of the 2013 curriculum-based integrative thematic learning model in MIN Yogyakarta II and MI Ma'had Islamy Kotagede Yogyakarta?. This study aims to determine the mastery of integrative thematic learning models, the strategies applied and the media used by teachers in the application of integrative thematic learning models. This research is categorized in the type of field research (Field Research) which is descriptive with qualitative research methods using theories about integrative thematic learning models then proceed to drawing conclusions. The results showed that in general these two institutions had applied the integrative thematic learning model well. The teacher's mastery of the learning model and the methods used by the teacher in linking learning material are already good so that learning becomes a unified and meaningful whole for students. Then the strategies used by the teacher in planning learning activities, preliminary activities, core activities and closing activities are quite diverse and adjusted to the needs and interests of students. The media used have their respective characteristics and are always adapted to the learning material to be taught. Although they have differences in learning strategies and the media used in teaching, however, they have the same goal of achieving success in teaching so that the expected goals can be achieved and provide meaningful experiences to students.

scholarly journals Towards reafirmation of the case study research method: From „building blocks“ and „process tracing“ to typological theories

Sociologija ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-167
Author(s):  
Ivana Milovanovic
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Study Research

This paper represents a contribution to the consideration of the characteristics of the case study research method in sociological researches. In the first part of paper, some specifics of case study method are described, in the second part we represented ways of use of this method in field research. finally, third part of this paper indicates certain ?sub methods? within case study method, such as ?building blocks? and ?process tracing?, which are, at the same time, conditions for developing typological theories. Those ?sub methods? indicate evolution of case study method in social sciences during last few decades, as well as importance of existence and use of such ?elastic? method in all, especially field researches where researcher is facing with a series of cognitive concerns.

scholarly journals Pergaulan dalam Pertunangan dan Khalwat fi Ma’na al-Haml: Studi Budaya Pertunangan di Daerah Madura

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-55
Author(s):  
Abdur Rakib
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Family System ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Statistical Procedures ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Culture History

This research basically is to find the position of ‘urf as one of the theories that can provide legal changes in an authoritative-inclusive way to fiqh in the word khalwat in the definitive aspects of syar'iyyah in relation to culture of riding with fiancees in the Madura area. As an external consideration in cultural studies, ‘urf is one of the continuous theories with the discussion of adat to determine law in an authoritative-inclusive manner. In this study using a type of field research (field research) because it involves empirical data that views law as a set of behaviors, actions, and reality. In addition, also library research (library research) to obtain data about a norm while reviewing theories with a qualitative approach because it cannot be obtained by mathematical or numerical statistical procedures, so that it can contain about people's lives (culture), history, ethics, social movements , or family system. From the process of analyzing the meaning of khalwat using the theory of ma'na al-haml with the consideration of 'urf in which there are several elements of maslahat, this study concludes that' urf can change the position of Islamic law by combining consideration of several conditions through the process of changing meaning used in redefining the word khalwat. So as to enable culture to be engaged during the engagement period as happened in the Sumenep and Madura communities in general as a consideration of ‘valid urf. Keywords: Relationship in Engagement, ‘Urf, and Madura.

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