Archaeological Site Survey: Some Sociocultural Perspectives

1981 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Larry L. Naylor
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Survey Techniques ◽  
Sociocultural Perspectives ◽  
Site Survey ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Increased Sensitivity

Basically, this paper concentrates on two major ideas: 1) archaeologists have not utilized informants as much as they could or perhaps should in site survey; and, 2) the use of serious amateur archaeologists as sources of information on sites and site locations may be more efficient and effective than traditional site survey techniques that tend to emphasize only on-ground visitations. The paper stresses the idea that survey results can be improved upon given the development of increased sensitivity to the social/cultural environment in which the survey is to be undertaken and by broadening survey skills to encompass the identification, locating and interviewing of local informants.

zy prawda nas wyzwoli? Przełamywanie oporu psychologicznego w przyjmowaniu wiedzy o Zagładzie

2014 ◽  
pp. 803-822
Author(s):  
Marta Witkowska ◽  
Piotr Forecki
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Research ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Holocaust Education ◽  
Positive Group ◽  
Nazi Occupation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Social Psychological Research

The introduction of the programs on Holocaust education in Poland and a broader debate on the transgressions of Poles against the Jews have not led to desired improvement in public knowledge on these historical events. A comparison of survey results from the last two decades (Bilewicz, Winiewski, Radzik, 2012) illustrates mounting ignorance: the number of Poles who acknowledge that the highest number of victims of the Nazi occupation period was Jewish systematically decreases, while the number of those who think that the highest number of victims of the wartime period was ethnically Polish, increases. Insights from the social psychological research allow to explain the psychological foundations of this resistance to acknowledge the facts about the Holocaust, and indicate the need for positive group identity as a crucial factor preventing people from recognizing such a threatening historical information. In this paper we will provide knowledge about the ways to overcome this resistance-through-denial. Implementation of such measures could allow people to accept responsibility for the misdeeds committed by their ancestors.

scholarly journals An innovative pharmacology curriculum for medical students: promoting higher order cognition, learner-centered coaching, and constructive feedback through a social pedagogy framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas McHugh ◽  
Andrew J. Yanik ◽  
Michael R. Mancini
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Constructive Feedback ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
External Expert ◽  
The Social

Abstract Background Ongoing developments in medical education recognize the move to curricula that support self-regulated learning processes, skills of thinking, and the ability to adapt and navigate uncertain situations as much as the knowledge base of learners. Difficulties encountered in pursuing this reform, especially for pharmacology, include the tendency of beginner learners not to ask higher-order questions and the potential incongruency between creating authentic spaces for self-directed learning and providing external expert guidance. We tested the feasibility of developing, implementing, and sustaining an innovative model of social pedagogy as a strategy to address these challenges. Methods Constructivism, communities of practice, and networked learning theory were selected as lenses for development of the model. Three hundred sixty-five first-year medical students participated between 2014 and 2018; they were introduced to pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics via 15 online modules that each included: learning objectives, a clinical vignette, teaching video, cumulative concept map, and small group wiki assignment. Five-person communities organized around the 15 wiki assignments were a key component where learners answered asynchronous, case-based questions that touched iteratively on Bloom’s cognitive taxonomy levels. The social pedagogy model’s wiki assignments were explored using abductive qualitative data analysis. Results Qualitative analysis revealed that learners acquired and applied a conceptual framework for approaching pharmacology as a discipline, and demonstrated adaptive mastery by evaluating and interacting competently with unfamiliar drug information. Learners and faculty acquired habits of self-directed assessment seeking and learner-centered coaching, respectively; specifically, the model taught learners to look outward to peers, faculty, and external sources of information for credible and constructive feedback, and that this feedback could be trusted as a basis to direct performance improvement. 82–94% of learners rated the social pedagogy-based curriculum valuable. Conclusions This social pedagogy model is agnostic with regard to pharmacology and type of health professional learner; therefore, we anticipate its benefits to be transferable to other disciplines.

scholarly journals Adaptation of community-based distribution of family planning services to context-specific social networks: a case of marriage counsellors in Lusaka district, Zambia

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Nyundo ◽  
Maxine Whittaker ◽  
Lynne Eagle ◽  
David R. Low
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
Fertility Decisions ◽  
Modern Contraceptives ◽  
The Social

Abstract Background The significant contribution of community-based distribution (CBD) of family planning services and contraceptives to the uptake of contraceptives in hard-to-reach communities has resulted in the scaling-up of this approach in many Sub-Saharan countries. However, contextual factors need to be taken into consideration. For example, social network influence (e.g. spouse/partner, in-laws, and parents) on fertility decisions in many African and Asian societies is inevitable because of the social organisational structures. Hence the need to adapt CBD strategies to the social network context of a given society. Methods Data collection involved structured interviews from August 2018 to March 2019. Randomly selected respondents (n = 149) were recruited from four purposively selected health facilities in Lusaka district, Zambia. Respondents were screened for age (> 15 yrs.) and marital status. A mix of categorical and qualitative data was generated. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS®24) was used to carry out descriptive analysis and tests of association (Fisher’s exact) while Nvivo®12 was used to analyse the qualitative data using a deductive thematic approach. Results The results indicate that pre-marriage counselling (pre-MC) influences key elements of the husband-wife relationship (p > 0.005), namely; sexual relationship, inter-personal communication, assignation of roles and responsibilities, leadership and authority. These elements of the husband-wife relationship also affect how spouses/partners interact when making fertility decisions. More importantly, the majority (86%) of the respondents indicated having a continuing relationship with their marriage counsellors because of the need to consult them on marital issues. Conclusion Marriage counsellors, though hardly reported in fertility studies, are important ‘constituents’ of the social network in the Zambian society. This is because marriage counsellors are trusted sources of information about marital issues and often consulted about family planning but perceived not to have the correct information about modern contraceptives. In this context, pre-MC offers a readily available, sustainable and culturally appropriate platform for disseminating accurate information about modern contraceptives provided in a private and personal manner. Therefore, the CBD strategy in Zambia can harness marriage counsellors by recruiting and training them as community agents.

scholarly journals Culture and psychopathology: An attempt at reconsidering the role of social learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Peter Fonagy ◽  
Chloe Campbell ◽  
Matthew Constantinou ◽  
Anna Higgitt ◽  
Elizabeth Allison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
Mental Health Disorder ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Single Model ◽  
Developmental Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
P Factor

Abstract This paper proposes a model for developmental psychopathology that is informed by recent research suggestive of a single model of mental health disorder (the p factor) and seeks to integrate the role of the wider social and cultural environment into our model, which has previously been more narrowly focused on the role of the immediate caregiving context. Informed by recently emerging thinking on the social and culturally driven nature of human cognitive development, the ways in which humans are primed to learn and communicate culture, and a mentalizing perspective on the highly intersubjective nature of our capacity for affect regulation and social functioning, we set out a cultural-developmental approach to psychopathology.

A case of murder in eighteenth-century Mongolia

1969 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-90
Author(s):  
C. R. Bawden
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
General Outline ◽  
Official Document ◽  
The Social ◽  
Administration Of Justice ◽  
Local Officials ◽  
Law And Justice ◽  
The One

In general outline the pattern of government in Outer Mongolia during the Manchu dyasty in not unfamiliar and it is a well-known fact that there was no judiciary as such, the administration of justice being only one of the various duties of local officials at various levels. A certain amount of work has been done on problems of law and justice, but there remain many problems of detail to be both raised and commented upon. Two lines of inquiry are open. On the one hand it is instructive to see how the processes of investigation and trial worked—how an alleged offence came to offical notice, who investigated, how evidence was recorded, what instances a case passed through, and how, and on what legal basis, it was disposed of. Other closely related technical questions concern the form and language of official documents. On the other hand, examination of criminal cases will afford insight into the social status, living conditions, and perhaps the psychology, of the persons concerned. It is in fact largely through the medium of legal and other official documents that we shall glean whatever information there is to be had about the day to day lives of individual persons in Mongolia under the Manchus, since other sources of information—journalism, biography, fiction, letters, memoirs, and so on—are non-existent. Apart from reports of criminal cases, some of which have been dealt with in model fashion by Klaus Sagaster, much information can be found in other types of official document, such as complaints submitted by ordinary people against officials, but in the present article we shall be concerned exclusively with the report of one criminal case dating from the late eighteenth century.

scholarly journals Social and Solidarity Economy Web Information Systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Curado Malta ◽  
Ana Alice Baptista ◽  
Cristina Parente
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Solidarity Economy ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Application Profile ◽  
Made In

This paper presents the state of the art on interoperability developments for the social and solidarity economy (SSE) community web based information systems (WIS); it also presents a framework of interoperability for the SSE' WIS and the developments made in a research-in-progress PhD project in the last 3 years. A search on the bibliographic databases showed that so far there are no papers on interoperability initiatives on the SSE, so it was necessary to have other sources of information: a preliminary analysis of the WIS that support SSE activities; and interviews with the representatives of some of the world's most important SSE organisations. The study showed that the WIS are still not interoperable yet. In order to become interoperable a group of the SSE community has been developing a Dublin Corre Application Profile to be used by the SSE community as reference and binding to describe their resources. This paper also describes this on-going process.

scholarly journals Common and Contradictory Motivations in Buying Intentions for Green and Luxury Automobiles

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3268
Author(s):  
Farhad Aliyev ◽  
Ralf Wagner ◽  
Stefan Seuring
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Substantial Effect ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Specific Product ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Survey Results

Luxury is often blamed for creating social inequality and hampering sustainability, especially in the social and environmental realms. For instance, luxury goods entice people to conspicuous consumption that may result in showing off. However, study results show that luxury and environmental sustainability have common features. Notably, previous research mainly examined motivations for green purchases in general without relating to the specific product categories such as durables. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between these two—green and luxury automobile buying intentions—by analyzing the survey results of 1601 respondents relating to more than 60 nationalities. In contrast to a substantial effect on luxury buying intentions, perceived conspicuousness has no significant positive effect on green auto purchase intentions, and that price value has a limited influence compared with the effect on luxury automobile purchase intentions. Furthermore, hedonism has a less positive impact on green auto purchase intentions compared to its impact on luxury automobile buying intentions. The ‘extended self’ and the perception of high quality have been found to be drivers of luxury and green automobile purchase intentions, while unique value appears to have no impact on purchase intentions for green and conventional luxury automobiles. The present study contributes to the extant research by investigating common and contradictory motivations for luxury and green buying intentions of automobiles. Furthermore, it suggests a reconsideration of the traditional view that luxury and environmental consumption are inconsistent and contradictory concepts. The complementary managerial implications of this study guide practitioners in positioning the situatable variants of their automobiles as ethical luxury.

scholarly journals Telewizja jako aktor polityczny w ocenie społecznej Polaków

2020 ◽  
pp. 115-129
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Maciejewska-Mieszkowska
Keyword(s):  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Political Actor ◽  
Social Evaluation ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Audiovisual Media ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
Political Preferences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Scene

Television as a political actor in the social assessment by Poles Television, treated as one of political actors, is subject to social evaluation in terms of its credibility and trust. In the case of Polish audiovisual media, many years of surveys in the field show that in the last few years there have been fundamental changes in the perception of television broadcasts by Poles. This tendency should be associated with the dynamic transformations of the Polish political scene and the shaping of political preferences of the public. This publication aims to show changes in the assessment of television, taking into account the attitude of Poles towards political reality and their preferences in the use of specific sources of information.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN TARI KREATIF DENGAN EKSPLORASI IMAGERY LINGKUNGAN HIDUP ANAK USIA DINI

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Arni Apriani
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Creative Dance ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cultural Roots ◽  
The Social ◽  
Environmental Exploration

Abstract Early childhood is an individual figure who is always active, enthusiastic, and curious about what is seen, heard, felt. They never stop to explore, learn and easy to absorb information. They have feelings that are formed by the situation (happy, sad, angry, disappointed, appreciated, and so on). This is the time when they need friends to play with the socio-cultural environment where he is. In early childhood education must relate to the value of art, beauty and harmony that leads to happiness in the child's life according to the cultural roots in which they live (aesthetics) as well as the religious values ​​it embraces. The concept of learning: learning while playing, doing, through stimulation, with the core experience of exploring the social environment of culture, which produces knowledge and understanding by observing, imitating and experimenting. Environmental exploration for early childhood is important because they are excellent explorers. Creative dance with the exploration of environmental imagery can provide an aesthetic experience, learning experience, social experience, and can foster children's creativity to explore the elements of dance.

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