scholarly journals Gay Subculture and the Cities in India: A Critical Reading of Select Works of R Raj Rao

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sriya Das ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Ultimate Objective ◽  
The City ◽  
Indian Penal Code

In delineating the painful experiences of LGBTQ individuals after the introduction of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code R Raj Rao’s works look into the struggle of these people to survive the onslaught of normative sexual discourses. Given the fact that Queer sexuality has been continuously questioned, suspected and tormented prior to its legitimate recognition in 2018, Rao draws attention to the nuances of gay urban life in India. The paper critically analyses the representation of gay subculture in the cities of India as reflected in select works of Rao. It demystifies how gay people share the urban space, manage to make room for their pleasure in the cities, and pose a threat to the dominant understanding of sexuality. The ultimate objective of this paper is to understand the role of the city in the (un)making of a subcultural identity. Textual analysis, with reference to certain theoretical frameworks, would be used as a qualitative research method.

Transformation of Urban Space by Smart Technologies

2020 ◽  
pp. 82-113
Author(s):  
Burak Belli ◽  
Turgay Kerem Koramaz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Smart Technologies ◽  
Urban Planning And Management ◽  
The City

This chapter evaluates the Istanbul Historical Peninsula, which has been the historical, cultural, and financial core of the city, in its quest for becoming smart(er) with reference to the five principles that are put forth by Mitchell, in his 1999 book e-topia. The chapter aims to define the role of ICTs in urban planning and management of Istanbul Historical Peninsula by depicting its fields of use in redesigning the societal, financial, and cultural aspects of urban life in the area. Additionally, the transformative feature of these technologies, used in urban planning, conservation, and heritage management, will be validated whether they serve for a vision and a strategic framework of transitioning the community into an information society.

From Haifa to Ramallah (and Back): New/Old Palestinian Literary Topography

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-42
Author(s):  
Amal Eqeiq
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
National Imaginary ◽  
Palestinian Literature ◽  
Literary Topography ◽  
The City

This article explores border crossing and the Palestinian city as a literary metropolis—two major themes in the works of emerging Palestinian novelists in Israel. It looks at the “re-Palestinization” of urban space by writers who belong to a post-Oslo generation of Palestinian intellectuals that left villages and small towns in Israel to go and study, work, and live in the city. What distinguishes the literature of this generation is its negotiation of border crossing in a fragmented geography and its engagement with the city as a space of paradoxical encounter between a national imaginary and a settler-colonial reality. Based on a critical reading of their works, the article argues that Adania Shibli and Ibtisam Azem challenge colonial border discourse, exposing the ongoing Zionist erasure of the Palestinian city and creating a new topography for Palestinian literature. The article also traces the role of these writers in the “twinning” of Haifa and Ramallah starting in the late 1990s, and it examines how this literary and cultural “sisterhood” informs spatial resistance.

scholarly journals Peran Aktif Bimbingan dan Konseling dalam Peningkatan Kualitas Pendidikan Madrasah Aliyah

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Eko Wahyu Haderani ◽  
Nur Sofianto
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
Counseling Program ◽  
The City ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The role of guidance and counseling in coaching individual students in solving problems, challenges, and difficulties is a demand that must be given by the guidance and counseling program in the madrasah. The implementation of counseling guidance at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri throughout Banjarmasin has not yet been implemented in accordance with the objectives and functions of counseling guidance. The application of guidance and counseling is still visible in the routine curriculum of guidance and counseling activities. So that many types of main activities in counseling have not been implemented optimally. This research method is descriptive qualitative research on the role of guidance and counseling in public madrasah aliyah throughout Banjarmasin. This study provides a description of how the pattern of guidance and counseling in state madrasah aliyah throughout the city of Banjarmasin. The result of this research is that counseling guidance at state madrasah Aliyah throughout Banjarmasin has played an active and optimal role in carrying out preventive, curative, or corrective functions and perseverative functions, which have positive implications for achieving optimal educational goals and improving the quality and quality of education in State Madrasah Aliyah throughout the city of Banjarmasin.

scholarly journals The contemporary importance of the Old Canal area for the centre of Bydgoszcz and its influence on the city’s cultural landscape

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Iga Grześkow
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Canal Area ◽  
The City

European cities are centuries-old connections of social and cultural interrelations in which the history and heritage of generations have formed a specific model of collective life and culture. The nature, prestige and signs of urban life in these cities are best indicated by their public spaces and their structure and inclusion in the urban tissue. Being presentable areas as well as places of social intercourse and activity, public spaces form multipurpose areas which establishe the city’s cultural landscape. Simultaneously, the game for urban areas in the city and related economic interests, and market all activities promoting the city's image and interfering with the city’s structure, pose a threat to the sensible development of the most valuable parts of the urban space. Globalisation processes contribute to the unification and standardisation of any forms of life, including space. The need for maintaining the continuity of urban tissue requires that its historical traces be cultivated. In this context, the contemporary role of the Old Canal area for downtown Bydgoszcz and its influence on the development of the city’s cultural landscape are part of the current strategies for the cultureforming regeneration of urban space.

scholarly journals O estudo de cidade e a formação do professor de geografia: contribuições para o desenvolvimento teórico-conceitual sobre cidade e vida urbana

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Lana De Souza Cavalcanti
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Geography ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Geography Teaching ◽  
Research Action ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City ◽  
Contemporary Context

ResumoA investigação que sustenta este texto tem como tema “Geografia e Ensino de Cidade”, visando à compreensão do espaço urbano, das práticas cotidianas e dos modos de abordar esses temas no ensino. Seu objetivo geral é analisar potencialidades da mediação didática para desenvolver o pensamento teórico-conceitual sobre cidade e vida urbana em experiências de alunos do estágio curricular (momento formativo relevante) do curso de Geografia da Universidade Federal de Goiás. A abordagem metodológica adotada é a da investigação qualitativa, na modalidade de pesquisa-ação, com seus procedimentos pertinentes. No texto são tratados os dados referentes à pesquisa bibliográfica e a entrevistas com especialistas na área, a partir de algumas questões: quais os conceitos geográficos mais importantes para compreender as cidades latino-americanas no contexto contemporâneo? Como eles podem ser sistematizados em uma rede de significados para seu ensino?. Os resultados, até o momento, correspondem a uma sistematização das contribuições da produção em Geografia urbana para o ensino e ao levantamento de conceitos para subsidiar sua abordagem.Palavras-Chave: mediação; ensino de Geografia; ensino de cidade; formação de professores ResumenLa investigación que sustén este texto tiene como tema “Geografía y Enseñanza de la ciudad”, visando a la comprensión del espacio urbano, de las prácticas cotidianas y de los modos de abordar esos temas em la enseñanza. Su objetivo general es analizar potencialidades de la mediación didáctica para desarrollar el pensamiento teórico-conceptual sobre ciudad y vida urbana en experiências de alumnos del estágio curricular (momento formativo relevante) de la carrera de Geografía de la Universidade Federal de Goiás. El abordaje metodológica adotada es la de la investigación calitativa, del tipo investigación-acción, com sus procedimentos pertinentes. Em el texto son tratados los datos referentes a la investigación bibliográfica y las citas com especialistas en el área, a partir de algunas cuestiones: quales son los conceptos geográficos más importantes para comprender las ciudades latino-americanas en el contexto contemporâneo? Como eles pueden ser sistematizados en uma red de significados para su enseñanza? Los resultados, hasta el momento, corresponden a una sistematización de las contribuciones de la producción em Geografía urbana para la enseñanza y al levantamento de conceptos para subsidiar su abordaje.Palabras Clave: mediación; enseñanza de la Geografía; enseñanza de la ciudad; formación de profesores AbstractThe research that supports this text has the theme "Geography and City Teaching", aiming at the understanding of the urban space, the daily practices and the ways of approaching these themes in teaching. Its general objective is to analyze the potential of didactic mediation to develop theoretical-conceptual thinking about city and urban life in the experiences of students of the curricular stage (relevant formative moment) of the Geography course of the Federal University of Goiás. Qualitative research, in the research-action modality, with its pertinent procedures. In the text the data on bibliographic research and interviews with experts in the area are treated, based on some questions: what are the most important geographical concepts to understand Latin American cities in the contemporary context? How can they be systematized into a network of meanings for their teaching? The results, to date, correspond to a systematization of the contributions of production in urban geography for teaching and raising concepts to subsidize their approach.Keywords: Mediation; Teaching of Geography; Teaching of the city; Teacher training 

scholarly journals (Literary) Capital of the Russian Arctic: Murmansk in Russian Literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 31-55
Author(s):  
Anni Irmeli Lappela
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Russian Arctic ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Single Text ◽  
The City

In this article, I examine depictions of the city of Murmansk in Soviet and contemporary Russian literature: how different works describe Murmansk’s liminal location and role as a frontier city in the Russian Arctic. I approach this question by analyzing three themes central in the texts about Murmansk: 1) future visions of the city, 2) the role of the sea/ocean and the port in the city life, and 3) depictions of the geographical location and natural surroundings of the city. I ask how the image of the city may have changed during the last century and how different actors and places in the city space influence the urban experiences of the protagonists. The Arctic became “a key component of the modern mythology” in the Soviet Union in the 1930s (McCannon 1998: 81). This “Arctic myth”, examined extensively by John McCannon (1998, 2003), is an important context for my study. I am interested in the role of urbanization, focusing on the city of Murmansk, in the Arctic myth and in conquering the North in the 1930s. I also cover questions about the relationship between gender and urban space in this Arctic city text.My theoretical frameworks come from literary urban studies, geocriticism, ecocriticism and semiotics. I analyze Soviet texts in parallel with the contemporary material. The geocritic Bertrand Westphal proposes the geocentered approach to texts: “the geocritical study of literature is not organized around texts or authors but around geographic sites” (Prieto 2011: 20, italics mine). According to Westphal, analyzing a single text or a single author makes the study of a place lopsided, and geocritical study should emphasize the space more than an observer (Westphal 2011: 126, 131, italics mine). Applying Westphal’s geocentered approach to texts, I analyze depictions of Murmansk in multiple texts from different authors and decades. I prefer this kind of approach because exploring different eras’ texts about Murmansk, I want to give a comparative perspective to the history of Murmansk as a literary city.

Perempuan dan Liminalitas dalam Tradisi Perkawinan Adat di Timor Tengah Selatan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Marsel Eliaser Liunokas
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Qualitative Research Method ◽  
South Central ◽  
A Value ◽  
Traditional Marriage ◽  
The Village ◽  
As If

Timorese culture is patriarchal in that men are more dominant than women. As if women were not considered in traditional rituals so that an understanding was built that valued women lower than men. However, in contrast to the article to be studied, this would like to see the priority of women’s roles in traditional marriages in Belle village, South Central Timor. The role of women wiil be seen from giving awards to their parents called puah mnasi manu mnasi. This paper aims to look at the meaning of the rituals of puah mnasi maun mnasi and the role and strengths that women have in traditional marriage rituals in the village of Belle, South Central Timor. The method used for this research is a qualitative research method using interview techniques with a number of people in the Belle Villa community and literature study to strengthen this writing. Based on the data obtained this paper shows that the adat rituals of puah mnasi manu mnasi provide a value that can be learned, namely respect for women, togetherness between the two families, and brotherhood that is intertwined due to customary marital affrairs.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Role of Lifestyle in Urban Tourism Sustainable Development (Case Study: Esfahan City)

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Arghavan Momtazpour ◽  
Masoud Taghvaei ◽  
Neda Rahmani
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Urban Tourism ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
The City

Since urban space is one of the important places that tourism takes place, in order to create stability in tourism, the interaction between tourism planning and urban sustainable development should be investigated with regard to cultural elements. Lifestyle is derived from culture as a social phenomenon and affects it and is a reflection of human thoughts in relation with behavior, ethics and culture. Therefore, this aim of this research is to investigate the role of lifestyle in urban tourism sustainable development in Esfahan city, the third most populous city in Iran. This research’s goal is Practical and developmental and about the origin and method, it is descriptive, analytical and casual that has been done in a field research method. The statistical populations of this research are: tourism custodians, tourism experts, national tourists who have travelled to Esfahan city and local residents of all 15 municipal districts of the city. Simple random sampling method was utilized and 838 questionnaires were gathered from 4 statistical populations. In order to analyze the data, factor analysis test was utilized by smart PLS software. The results show that there are meaningful connections among the variables “lifestyle”, “sustainable development” and “urban tourism”. The most frequent factor that was selected by respondents for the concept of lifestyle in the statistical population was sociocultural factor (such as: visiting relatives and friends and attending soirees, traditional foods and drinks festivals, the desirability of Esfahan city in order to spend leisure time, the willingness toward group entertainment). For the concept “urban tourism”, all the populations chose urban texture significantly (such as: revival of workshops for producing traditional clothes, hand-made attractions, systematizing historical areas, developing sidewalk routes, constructing modern entertaining centers and systematizing landscapes and providing equipment for parks). About the sustainable development and its multi-dimensional nature, however, different factors were selected by respondents which in order of importance and frequency are economic, environmental, urban management, sociocultural, urban texture and political factors. Among the recommendations, a few can be stated: arranging cultural plans with a focus on soiree and elders’ reunions, holding traditional and religious festivals in different parts of the city, improving the condition of the existing theme parks and diversifying leisure and entertainment facilities of Esfahan city and pitching in municipal management and being parallel with plans of different organization in city. Especially by mayoralty as a trustee for city and cultural heritage could be mentioned as a tourism trustee.

scholarly journals Memaknai Penerapan Sistem Pengendalian Manajemen Pada Perusahaan Keluarga Etnis Tionghoa Di Minangkabau

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-63
Author(s):  
Tabah Rizki ◽  
Sany Dwita
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Control System ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Interpretive Research ◽  
Management Control System ◽  
Confucian Values ◽  
The City

This study aims to interpret in depth the cultural values ​​of Confucianism reflected in the management control system of Chinese ethnic families in Minangkabau. This study uses qualitative interpretive. The process of this research is interactive and meaning that is not measured by statistical data and aims to explore various information more in depth and makes it possible to get things implied by data collection carried out in triangulation. Data analysis is inductive and the results of qualitative research emphasize the meaning of generalization. This interpretive research method seeks to formulate a question and then analyze it based on the question of participants' perceptions studied. This research was conducted in one of the food trading businesses in the city of Padang, namely UD. KBF. The results of the study can be concluded by interpreting Confucian cultural values ​​in the implementation of the management system of Chinese ethnic family companies. This study found that Confucian values ​​were reflected in the implementation of the company's management control system UD. KBF. The values ​​applied by the company's leadership are

scholarly journals PERAN PEMUDA RELAWAN DEMOKRASI DALAM MENINGKATKAN PARTISIPASI POLITIK MASYARAKAT PADA PEMILIHAN UMUM LEGISLATIF TAHUN 2014 DAN IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP KETAHANAN POLITIK WILAYAH (STUDI PADA RELAWAN DEMOKRASI BANYUMAS, JAWA TENGAH)

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Zamzam Muhammad Fuad
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Education ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Qualitative Research Design

This research was going to described the role of Banyumas Democracy Volunteer ( Relawan Demokrasi Banyumas) in increasing political public partitipation in Banyumas’s legislative election 2014 and its implication to Banyumas’s political resilience. This research used qualitative research design as a research method. Data were collected by in depth review, observation and documentation. This research used purpossive sampling technique with stakeholder sampling variant to pick informants. The research showed that Banyumas Democracy Volunteer had a positive role in developing political resilience in Banyumas. Their role was gave political education and election education to voters in Banyumas. In the other words, Banyumas Democracy Volunteer had a vital role in developing ideal political resilience in Banyumas.Keywords: Banyumas Democracy Volunteer, Democracy, Election, Political Resilience of Region.

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