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National character and civilization building cannot be separated from the education institution. As a place for producing intellectuals, education institutions might be regarded as the “second homes” in which students study to develop their competencies. They are the places in which the collaboration from the students’ parents is needed in order to create a good learning atmosphere. So far the Hindu education institutions receive lack of this kind of collaboration. As a solution, it is necessary to provide more space for the students’ parents to contribute to the Hindu higher education improvement. Such a place is necessary for a good communication as in a particular situation students’ parents should be involved in improving the quality of the education and avoiding opposition.

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Ghost Homes

Question Essays and Art from the Humanities ◽

10.52715/blgq8370 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Eluned Gramich

Keyword(s):

Back Pain ◽

Short Story ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Code Switching ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Elderly Individuals ◽

Second Homes ◽

Ghost Towns ◽

Cultural Tensions ◽

Rural Places

‘Ghost Homes’ explores the evolving sense of community in a village in rural West Wales, deeply affected by the pandemic. It looks critically at the linguistic and cultural tensions between English holidaymakers and Welsh inhabitants. Using Welsh-English code-switching, it tells the story of a mother and son on the outskirts of Cardigan, navigating illness alongside the isolating pressures of lockdown, highlighting the limitations as well as support of ‘community’. Welsh-speaking Judy is alone at the height of the pandemic, suffering from debilitating back pain. She relies on her middle-aged son, Will, with whom she has a strained relationship. The short story shows the fragile nature of ‘community’ in rural places, especially in West Wales where seaside villages have been bought up as second homes for wealthy English families and, during the pandemic, became ghost towns for the few (often elderly) individuals who continued to live there.

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8. Second Homes in the Nordic Countries

Nordic Tourism ◽

10.21832/9781845410957-013 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 172-196

Keyword(s):

Nordic Countries ◽

Second Homes

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Occupancy, usage and spatial location of second homes in urban China

Cities ◽

10.1016/j.cities.2019.102414 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 96 ◽

pp. 102414

Author(s):

Tianjiao Li ◽

C. Cindy Fan

Keyword(s):

Spatial Location ◽

Urban China ◽

Second Homes

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Power Relations in the Force Field of Academia: A Close Reading of Srividya Natarajan’s No Onions Nor Garlic

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/2158244019837444 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 215824401983744

Author(s):

Averi Mukhopadhyay

Keyword(s):

Power Relations ◽

Daily Life ◽

Code Of Conduct ◽

Close Reading ◽

Men And Women ◽

University Campuses ◽

Second Homes ◽

Course Of Action ◽

The Difference ◽

The One

University campuses serve as second homes for students, teachers, administrators, and parents coming from diverse regions, religions, classes, castes, and different genders. Interaction and camaraderie between the major characters in the academe develop. The bonhomie that exists between the stakeholders of the academe has its own rules, rules that are marked by the interference of power. The one wielding more power by virtue of one’s position, class, caste, or gender tries to dictate the terms of a particular relationship. Relations evolve as power relations, whereby a specific code of conduct regarding speech, behavior, thought, writing, love, and life is laid down for all—from administrators and professors to students and parents. This article studies how in a location as specific as Chennai University as described in Srividya Natarajan’s No Onions Nor Garlic, the ideological prejudices and hierarchical divisions highlighted by the play of power affect the daily life of the academe and chart out the course of action for everyone, from professors, students, high caste, low caste to men and women, involved in power relations. On the basis of that, this article suggests power in general serves not only to suppress the powerless but is productive also, as countering power with power creates a proper kind of resistance that blurs the difference between the agent and the target of power in power relations.

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Primary and secondary place of residence, the digital link and the rise of presence

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes ◽

10.1108/whatt-05-2020-0033 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 369-385

Author(s):

Philippe Bachimon ◽

Patrick Eveno ◽

César Gélvez Espinel

Keyword(s):

Design Methodology ◽

Local Economy ◽

Review Of Literature ◽

Place Of Residence ◽

Short Term ◽

Content Type ◽

Second Homes ◽

Second Home ◽

Short Period ◽

Complementary Spaces

Purpose This paper aims to explore the gradual commercialisation of second homes in non-urban locations and identifie a spectrum that ranges from lending to rentals to home exchange. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a conceptual one based on a review of literature relating to the acquisiting and use of secondary residences or “second homes”. Findings This paper observes that the secondary residence is often the object of a material over-investment that is symbolic and mental. The owners never quite leave their main place of residence when in the secondary one. The result is not two complementary spaces, but a hybrid space made up of the interlocking of the two. This paper also concludes that digitalization has made it easier to rent a secondary residence for a short period of time, using for instance the Airbnb platform, thus making it more an object of trade than a second home. From a sustainability perspective, the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to bring to the relatively rapid growth of short-term renting a halt. Further, it may encourage owners to be more psychologically and physically invested in their secondary residence, thereby contributing more to the local economy. Originality/value Few authors have considered the way digital tools can alter the relation with the secondary place of residence.

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