scholarly journals Transitional Production of Knowledge For Civic Trust and Social Integration: Social Science in the Transitional Justice Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Marta Głąb
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Narrow Sense ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Dynamic Relation ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
The Relationship

This article aims to show that transitional justice should be understood extensively, going beyond the legal-criminal view (transitional justice in the narrow sense). The main argument of research is that social sciences offer a prepared methodological set, without which it is impossible to study these processes effectively, and thus it is impossible to carry out effective social reform, what the cases of some countries show. More andmore often, this is said about the significant role of reconciliation, buildingsocial trust and social cohesion, achieved through extra-legal means, using non-judicial mechanisms. The author intentions to highlight the rooting of transitional justice in this broader sense in social sciences and outline the relationship between truth and political regimes, explaining the dynamic relation of truth-knowledge to political power, but also to highlight the issue of overcoming the problematic universality of transitional justice.

scholarly journals Imágenes en la búsqueda de otros sentidos de la historia del presente

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Catalina Cortes Severino
Keyword(s):  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
Institutional Frameworks ◽  
Transitional Processes ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Relationship

RESUMENLa relación entre memoria y democracia, promovida en las últimas décadas por algunos Estados, se basa en las ideas de “justicia”, “reconciliación” y “reparación” dentro de marcos planteados institucionalmente que buscan el consenso, la “normalización” y el “cierre” de la crisis que se ha vivido. Me interesa en particular acercarme desde una perspectiva crítica –a través de la función de las imágenes en la creación de sentido y producción de conocimiento– a este momento transicional para explorar los huecos, los residuos y las fallas del discurso de normalización social y política que lo componen.PALABRAS CLAVES Imagen-tiempo, memoria, violencia, procesos transicionales, políticas del tiempo y de lo visual.KAWAIKUNA MASKASPA SUGNEGTA KAUSAIMANDA SUGLLAPI Kai iskai kawachikuna llullai; kausai rurankuna kai watakunapi maikakuna Kawaspa imam rurangapkunkuna “ Allilla Kuusangapa tukuikuna” kunauramanda Tukuikunawa chasa ruranakuni kai rijú kawariska tukurrengapa. Nuka munare iachanga imasa cunawarra rurangapa kankuna, Kawangapa Atun llike, man ministikakunata sitaska imasam parlangapakankuna Tukui kunata.IMA SUTI RIMAI SIMI: Kawai- kaugsai- llullai- jiru kausai- kunaurra- tukui kawankuna.IMAGES IN THE SEARCH OF OTHER MEANINGS OF PRESENT HISTORY ABSTRACT The relationship between memory and democracy, promoted in recent decades by some governments, is based on the ideas of “justice”, “reconciliation” and “repair” within institutional frameworks that seek consensus, “normalization” and a “closure” for the crisis that has occurred. I am particularly concerned with approaching from a critical perspective –through the role of images in the creation of meaning and production of knowledge– this transitional moment, in order to explore the gaps, residues and failures in the discourse of social and political normalization that composes it.KEYWORDS Image-time, memory, violence, transitional processes, policies of time and the visual. t “Paisajes Afrocaucanos: la caña de azúcar, la finca tradicional y los afectos alimenticios”. Proyecto Imperativos Verdes Campesinos 2014 - 2015, CEEP - Centro de Estudios en Ecología Política. Fotografía: Camila CamachoIMAGES DANS LA RECHERCHE D’UN AUTRE SENS DE L’HISTOIRE DU PRÉSENT RÉSUMÉ La relation entre la mémoire et la démocratie, promue au cours des dernières décennies par certains états, est basée sur les idées de la «justice», la «réconciliation» et la «réparation» dans des cadres institutionnels qui recherchent le consensus, la «normalisation» et la « fin » de la crise qui a eu lieu. Je suis particulièrement intéressé par une approche à partir d’un point de vue critique –grâce à la fonction des images dans la création de sens et la production de connaissances– de cette période de transition pour explorer les interstices, les déchets et les échecs du discours social de la normalisation politique qui s’y trouve.MOTS CLÉS Image-temps, mémoire, violence, processus de transition, politiques du temps et du visuel.IMAGENS NA BUSCA DE OUTROS SENTIDOS DA HISTÓRIA DO PRESENTE RESUMO A relação entre memória e democracia, promovida nas últimas décadas por alguns Estados, se baseia nas idéias de “justicia”, (justiça), “reconciliación” (reconciliação) e “reparación” (reparação) dentro dos marcos planejados institucionalmente que procuram o consenso, a “normalización” (normalização) e o “cierre” (Fecho) da crise que se tem vivido. Interessa em particular aproximar-me a través da função das imagens na criação do sentido e produção de conhecimento a este momento transacional para pesquisar os buracos, os resíduos, e as falhas do discurso da normalização social e política que a compõem.PALAVRAS CHAVES Imagem-tempo, memória, violência, processos transacionais, políticas do tempo e do visual.

scholarly journals Sleep/relax/work/study/read

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-41
Author(s):  
João Francisco Porfírio
Keyword(s):  
Original Compositions ◽  
Work Study ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Basic Need ◽  
The Relationship

Sleeping is a basic need, but all persons have their own unique way of doing it. Some people need total silence, whereas others need the presence of specifi c sounds to fall asleep and enjoy a restful night. On YouTube, users share playlists and original compositions to promote sleepiness and relaxation and help people to get a good night’s sleep. Some of this content is also intended to help people study, work, or read, as indicated by the titles, descriptions, and tags that accompany the compositions. In this article, I examine YouTube as a source of sound, music, and other audiovisual content that aims to help people fall asleep. I also analyze the role of this type of content in the construction of listening spaces suitable for the activity of sleeping and look at why the same kind of compositions and genres of music are likewise recommended for other activities such as reading, working, or studying. The main argument is that this kind of content is the result of shared and distributed subjectivities constructed from the relationship between users, content, and producers. The alleged effectiveness of this kind of content comes from these subjectivities and from the audio characteristics that enable these videos to mask other sounds. For this reason, they can be considered to be orphic media with the capacity to build listening spaces that can function as sound asylums.

The role of volunteering in finding a job from the perspective of employers

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 119-140
Author(s):  
Paulina Tetwejer
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Interpersonal Skills ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Group Cooperation ◽  
The Relationship

The article is a presentation of a part of the results of research conducted during work on the dissertation. In the introduction, theoretical references to understanding volunteering from various perspectives were indicated. It also emphasizes the understanding of volunteering as an opportunity to develop professional competences of a volunteer. Consequently, the next part of the article is an argument on the relationship between volunteering and professional competences. The author indicates specific skills, knowledge and attitudes that, according to the literature, can be acquired during volunteering. Subsequently employers’ expectations towards the characteristics of future employees, as well as their attitude to volunteering are described. This part is based on research conducted, among others, by the Warsaw School of Economics. Then, the author presents the results of her own research conducted among employers of social sciences students and their perception of volunteering and the opportunities it creates for the development of competences. The analysis of the research results allows us to believe that volunteers, during their activity, gain mainly practical and industry knowledge. Among the skills indicated were group cooperation, interpersonal skills and effective communication. The attitudes that volunteers acquire thanks to their actions are: resourcefulness, responsibility, sensitivity and empathy. At the end, the results of the author’s research on competences acquired by volunteers were compared with the competences desired by employers and the existing competency gap. The analysis of all answers confirms that communication skills, openness, teamwork and industry knowledge are competences that are desirable in an ideal graduate, who most often has a competency gap in this area. At the same time, these are competences that can be acquired through volunteering. The research results may suggest that people entering the labour market, but also employers, are interested in volunteering as a way to increase their chances on the labour market.

The Resilient Constitution

2021 ◽  
pp. 277-309
Author(s):  
David Dyzenhaus ◽  
Alma Diamond
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Extreme Pressure ◽  
The Face ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
The One

This chapter evaluates the so called 'transitional constitution' of South Africa and the 'permanent constitution' of Colombia. Through a comparative approach, it contends that constitutions are better understood in terms of their resilience rather than either being transitional or permanent, and that a 'resilient constitution' is the one capable of springing back even after being subjected to extreme pressure, as long as leaders maintain their commitment to governing within the limits of the law. In this sense, the differences between the Colombian transitional justice and the South African case do not stem primarily from the 'permanence' of its Constitution, but rather from the difficulties and tensions inherent to any transitional justice process, because it derives from some of the very rights it is designed to promote. The chapter then details how the jurisprudence of the Colombian Constitutional Court on transitional matters can be understood as having moved from an understanding of the Constitution as permanent, to one of resilience that does not represent a new power grabbed by the Court. Rather than that, it signals an understanding of the role of the Court in maintaining a constitutional order even in the face of existential threats to it.

De cognitieve drie-eenheid: realiseren, interpreteren en abstraheren

2014 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Radder
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Philosophy Of Language ◽  
Ordinary Life ◽  
Conceptual Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Causal Judgments ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

The article consists of three main sections, in which I successively discuss the nature and role of realization, interpretation and abstraction in experimental and observational processes. In this way, these sections address several fundamental problems in philosophy of science, ontology and epistemology, and philosophy of language. Section 1 introduces the notion of realization processes, and argues that successful realization requires causal judgments. The second section discusses the role of conceptual interpretation in experiments and observations, explains how realization and interpretation can be distinguished, and emphasizes the significance of different types and ranges of experimental and observational reproducibility. It also includes a subsection on the issue of reproducibility in contemporary social sciences and psychology. Section 3 explains how concepts are abstracted from existing realization processes, and concludes that abstraction bestows a nonlocal meaning on these extensible concepts. In addition, I discuss and criticize some rival views of abstraction and concept meaning (to wit, mentalism and localism). The article concludes with some observations on the notion of a (cognitive) trinity.In my reply, I respond to the points raised in the six commentary papers. The following issues are addressed: the place of causality in physics (Steffen Ducheyne), perception in ordinary life (Monica Meijsing), the role of reproducibility in psychology and the social sciences (Daniël Lakens, Ruud Abma), the significance and implications of conceptual innovation (Lieven Decock), and the relationship between meaning, communication and ontology (Martin Stokhof and Michiel van Lambalgen).

scholarly journals 17. Criminology and transitional justice

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kieran McEvoy ◽  
Ron Dudai ◽  
Cheryl Lawther
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter explores the intersection between criminology and transitional justice. The chapter begins with a critical discussion on the utility of criminological scholarship from settled democracies to the exceptional circumstances of post-conflict or post-authoritarian societies. It then explores a range of debates related to the punishment of offenders in such contexts including the role of prosecutions, amnesties, the reintegration of former combatants, and the role of restorative justice. The chapter next considers the social and political construction of victimhood in transitional contexts including competing notions of the ‘idealized’ victim. The relationship between transitional justice and social control is then examined including the importance of countering denial, the relationship between deviance and memory and the particular contribution of efforts ‘from below’ to counter elites-level narratives on past abuses. The chapter concludes that a criminology of transitional justice provides the basis for revisiting some of the foundational questions on responding to crime and justice in the most challenging of settings—a sobering but intellectually rich research agenda for years to come.

scholarly journals The relationship between the social responsibility and the job performance among physical education professors

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-207
Author(s):  
Kenioua Mouloud ◽  
Krine Nawal
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Main Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship

Background and Study Aim. The study aimed to know the level of social responsibility and job performance among the physical education professors and examine the relationship between the social responsibility and the job performance. Material and Methods. The participants were 29 physical educations professors (male) from Institute of Physical Education and Sport University of Ouargla. The social responsibility and the job performance scales were used as search tools. Data analyses were carried out by means of statistical packet for social sciences (SPSS) 26.00 software program. The Mean, Std. Deviation and Pearson Correlation were used in the main study. In addition, alpha-Cronbach was used in the exploratory study Results. The level of social responsibility and job performance is high among physical education professors, and there is a positive correlation between social responsibility and job performance. Conclusions. Given the importance of the role of social responsibility and job performance and the lack of enough studies in this specialization, it is necessary to conduct more additional studies that would serve knowledge in this specialization.

Migrants as Knowledge Producers: Participatory Photography as a [Limited] Tool for Inclusion

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-277
Author(s):  
Magdalena Arias Cubas
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Participatory Methods ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Common Practices ◽  
Participatory Photography

Who is the expert or the knowing subject that produces knowledge? This is a key question driving postcolonial and feminist critiques of the social sciences, which is yet to be fully explored with regards to the production of knowledge on migration. These critiques emphasise that ‘experts’ do not generate knowledge from a detached and neutral point of observation, while they also question the distinction between ‘experts’ and those that are construed as ‘objects’ of study. Through a reflection on primary research conducted as part of a PhD project with Indigenous people in Mexico and Indigenous migrants with an irregular status in the US, this article draws attention to the role of migrants (and others affected by migration processes) as potential producers of knowledge, rather than as merely passive ‘objects’ of study. In particular, this paper emphasises the significant (albeit limited) role of participatory methods, such as participatory photography, in correcting common practices of exclusion in the production of knowledge on migration.

‘Action Not Words’: The Conservative Party, Public Opinion and ‘Scientific’ Politics, c.1945–70

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Lockwood
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Conservative Party ◽  
Economic Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Post War ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Research And Policy

Abstract From the late 1950s, Conservative research and policy thinkers underwent a conscious intellectual adjustment, which had profound implications for how the party conceived the relationship between politicians and the public during Edward Heath’s period as Conservative leader after 1965. In response to contemporaneous debates regarding ‘modernization’, and as a result of their engagement with the emergent social sciences, a new generation of Conservatives tended to repudiate the party’s traditional preference for idealist and organicist philosophical assumptions in favour of a rationalistic approach to political administration. Their preoccupation with economic management was concomitant of their loss of faith in the formative role of rhetorical and moral appeals in shaping public opinion. This article, by focusing on debates within the party’s research and political apparatus—the Conservative Research Department, the Conservative Political Centre and Swinton College—will contend that, far from being the last gasp of a post-war consensual Conservatism, Heath’s period as leader marked a relatively unique period in the party’s history, in which the conception of the nature of political leadership held by those at the top of the party differed from the conception held by both their predecessors and successors.

Anti-Communism, Race, and Structuration: Newspaper Coverage of the Labor and Desegregation Movements in the South, 1932–40 and 1953–61

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank D. Durham
Keyword(s):  
Hot Spots ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Historical Sociology ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
Anthony Giddens ◽  
Theory Of Structuration ◽  
The Relationship

The Southern labor and desegregation movements were organized at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee between 1932–40 and 1953–61, respectively. This historical sociology examines the role of journalism within the process of social reform by focusing on the labor and desegregation movements as racial “hot spots” of ideological tension and pragmatic transformation. A comparison of the relationship in news coverage in each movement period between the rhetoric of anti-Communism and the newspapers' normative fight against desegregation provides a point of critical analysis. In the interpretation of the resulting process of reforms, Anthony Giddens' (1984) theory of structuration supports the analysis of interactions between movement activists and their normative counterparts at the state's newspapers that ultimately produced social and institutional reforms.

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