scholarly journals Dari “Diislamkan” ke “Dipestakan”: Pergeseran Makna Mujêlisên (Khitanan) pada Masyarakat Gayo

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Indra Setia Bakti ◽  
Harinawati ◽  
Siti Ikramatoun

This study aims to describe the meaning shift of mujêlisên in Gayo society. The meaning given to the mujêlisên tradition has not been constant at all times. In the Gayo lens traditional, mujêlisên means something Islamic or "to be Islamic". So the activities carried out are directed at actions that are nuanced with spirituality. The study was qualitative research. This study found that over time, the meaning of the mujêlisên tradition was shifted. In praxis, the spirituality aspect not dominates the discourse but has been covered by profane culture festivity practices. It is supported by the various easily accessible facilities to fulfil the consumptive desires of festivity actors. Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pergeseran makna mujêlisên pada masyarakat Gayo. Makna yang diberikan terhadap tradisi mujêlisên pada masyarakat Gayo tidak selalu ajeg dari masa ke masa. Dalam lensa adat Gayo, sunatan atau mujêlisên bermakna diislamkan, sehingga aktivitas yang dilakukan diwarnai tindakan-tindakan yang mengarah pada aspek spiritualitas. Peneliti menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif guna mengungkap dan merefleksikan pergeseran makna pada tradisi mujêlisên. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa seiring perkembangan zaman, pemaknaan tradisi mujêlisên mulai ikut bergeser. Pada level praksis, gagasan spiritualitas tidak lagi mendominasi wacana, namun sudah ditutupi oleh praktik budaya pesta yang profan. Hal ini didukung oleh berbagai sarana yang tersedia dan mudah diakses untuk memenuhi hasrat konsumtif pelaku pesta.

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Dowling ◽  
Somikazi Deyi ◽  
Anele Gobodwana

While there have been a number of studies on the decontextualisation and secularisation of traditional ritual music in America, Taiwan and other parts of the globe, very little has been written on the processes and transformations that South Africa’s indigenous ceremonial songs go through over time. This study was prompted by the authors’ interest in, and engagement with the Xhosa initiation song Somagwaza, which has been re-imagined as a popular song, but has also purportedly found its way into other religious spaces. In this article, we attempted to investigate the extent to which the song Somagwaza is still associated with the Xhosa initiation ritual and to analyse evidence of it being decontextualised and secularised in contemporary South Africa. Our methodology included an examination of the various academic treatments of the song, an analysis of the lyrics of a popular song, bearing the same name, holding small focus group discussions, and distributing questionnaires to speakers of isiXhosa on the topic of the song. The data gathered were analysed using the constant comparative method of analysing qualitative research.


2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Wilson

Maintaining a ‘critical reflexivity’ ( Heaphy 2008 ) or ‘investigative epistemology’ ( Mason 2007 ) in relation to the sedimented assumptions built up over the course of one's own research history and embedded in common research boundaries, is difficult. The type of secondary analysis discussed in this paper is not an easy or quick ‘fix’ to the important issue of how such assumptions can embed themselves over time in methods chosen and questions asked. Even though archived studies are often accompanied by relatively detailed metadata, finding relevant data and getting a grasp on a sample, is time-consuming. However, it is argued that close examination of rawer data than those presented in research reports from carefully chosen studies combining similar foci and epistemological approaches but with differently situated samples, can help. Here, this process highlighted assumptions underlying the habitual disciplinary locations and constructions of so-called ‘vulnerable’ as opposed to ‘ordinary’ samples, leading the author to scrutinise aspects of her previous research work in this light and providing important insights for the development of further projects.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Thompson ◽  
Shadrach Chuba-Uzo ◽  
Brigitte Rohwerder ◽  
Jackie Shaw ◽  
Mary Wickenden

This qualitative study was undertaken as part of the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded Inclusion Works programme which aims to improve inclusive employment for people with disabilities in four countries: Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh. When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged early in 2020 the work of this consortium programme was adapted to focus on pandemic relief and research activities, while some other planned work was not possible. The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) led a piece of qualitative research to explore the experiences and perceptions of the pandemic and related lockdowns in each country, using a narrative interview approach, which asks people to tell their stories, following up with some further questions once they have identified their priorities to talk about. 10 people with disabilities who were involved in Inclusion Works in each country were purposively selected to take part, each being invited to have two interviews with an interval of one or two months in between, in order to capture changes in their situation over time. The 10 interviewees had a range of impairments, were gender balanced and were various ages, as well as having differing living and working situations.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Muhammad Natsir ◽  
Fauziah Khairani Lubis

This study deals with the phenomenon while language can be lost slowly if it can't be defended. This happens along with the rapid development of the era towards modernization which is feared that in the future, the Tanjung Balai Malay language, which is owned and proudly has been threatened with extinction over time, but what needs to be realized is that it does not mean to displace the position of Indonesian which has been agreed as the national language. This research took place in Tanjung Balai when in Tanjung Balai Malay language is used as the habitual language.  This study was conducted using descriptive with qualitative method purposed to find out the words as dysfunction verb in Tanjung Balai Language. Qualitative research was related to assisting in describing the common elements of the various forms of qualitative methods. Thirty dysfunctional Malay verbs were collected and analyzed as the data findings.


2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-120
Author(s):  
Michal Pal Bracha

"This article deals with symbolic goods in posters in Israel from the period before the establishment of the state to the present day. The poster and the symbolic goods that appear in it, serve as an agent of ideological companies. In this study, I will examine the nature of the relationship between the symbolic goods and the Zionist-Israeli ideology, by comparing the symbolic goods represented in them over time and space. The questions the research asks are: What are the contribution and importance of symbolic goods as an ideological tool in Israeli posters? Has the world of symbolic goods that served Zionist ideology origin or been borrowed from other ideologies? The methodology is Qualitative research by: study case, Visual – genealogical. The conclusions of the study indicate the importance of the symbolic goods in the foundation of the State of Israel by posters and other media. The symbolic goods that characterize the posters in Israel, consist in part of content related to Jewish tradition and religion (Bible stories and myths) and its other part is influenced by the symbolic goods appropriated from ideologies around the globe. Keywords: Symbolic Goods, Posters, Marketing, Ideology, Zionist Movement, Israel. "


2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julianne Cheek

Qualitative health research has long had as one of its mantras a commitment to, and focus on, human rights and social justice. However over time, it is possible that such centrality can have the effect of creating a sense of the familiar, and with such familiarity assumptions about how human rights and social justice are being advanced through the process of qualitative inquiry. A sense of comfort or even complacency can emerge that may sometimes obstruct or prevent us from pausing to think deeply and re-examine these assumptions and how they impact on our thinking and actions as qualitative researchers. This paper aims to surface questions designed to produce points of hesitation able to assist in exploring the critical issue of how qualitative research does, and might, fit with an agenda based around the advancement of human rights and social justice. Using examples from my own research I explore and reflect on issues that have troubled me and subsequently forced me to hesitate and think deeply about what may have seemed self evident or given.


2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Farinosi ◽  
Leopoldina Fortunati

The aim of this article is to explore urban knitting as a worldwide social movement, rather than solely a kind of “inoffensive urban graffiti” made with knitted fabric. Building on the available literature and original research, the article argues that this movement weaves together elements from craftivism, domesticity, handicraft, art, and feminism. It then explores a specific urban knitting initiative, called “Mettiamoci una pezza” (“Let’s patch it”), carried out in L’Aquila, Italy, 3 years after the earthquake that devastated the city in 2009. To analyze the sociopolitical aspects of this initiative, a series of qualitative research studies was conducted over time, to which were added semistructured interviews with the initiative’s local organizers. The findings show that the initiative in L’Aquila clearly exhibits the five original features of the urban knitting movement that emerge from the literature as being characteristic of this movement.


Author(s):  
Aina Strode ◽  
Inga Stikute

Aim of the article – to analyse the nature of corporate style and the development of logo, to take a qualitative research (case studies), evaluating specificities of the universities’ logo design in Latvia. This article studies and explains interrelated concepts of logo and corporate style. The analysis of Latvian universities logo shows the original unity of logo and national emblem which moving away over time. Logos of Latvian universities are characterized by a combination of symbols and fonts, visible in both location and the specialization and symbols of knowledge and growth. The logo design indicates trend towards minimalism that is successful, recognizable brand feature.


2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Sarah Steen Lauterbach

This article discusses the author’s qualitative nursing research, which used M. van Manen’s and P. Munhall’s method of phenomenology to investigate mothers’ experience with the death of a wished-for baby. The findings from the original doctoral inquiry are discussed, along with the findings from the 5-year followup with participants from the original research. Further, this paper articulates the first use of a longitudinal perspective to phenomenology and proposes its use when looking at meanings in human experience over time. In addition, there is a discussion of the balancing of therapeutic and research imperatives and the emergence in qualitative research of a caring imperative into sensitive human phenomena.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwita Dharma Prastiwi ◽  
Intan Septiana Sari

Harum Manis is a bakery (bakery) located in Pringsewu, Lampung. This bakery has been established since the 1990's. This business started from a very small business, then over time and the growing innovation issued by Harum Manis Bakery makes this business growing and progressing. In addition, the thing that makes this store survive is the quality and service provided. Harum Manis always put quality in every product. So do not be surprised if this business still survive for more than 20 years. The purpose of this study is to analyze how the Harum Manis Bakery effort in maintaining the quality of its products for customer satisfaction. Based on sample determination method, the sample used is three respondents. From the results of analyzes conducted the quality of Harum Manis Bakery provided starting from the selection of materials, equipment used, cleanliness, price and taste significantly affect customer satisfaction. This study used qualitative research methods.


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