Recruitment and Reproduction: The Careers and Carriers of Digital Photography and Floorball

Recruitment and Reproduction: The Careers and Carriers of Digital Photography and FloorballThe claim that social practices have a relatively durable existence in space and time, and that their persistence depends upon their recurrent reproduction through necessarily localised performances is theoretically plausible, but what of the detail? How do the careers of practices and those who "carry" them actually intersect? In this paper we have two related ambitions. One is to show how selected practices are concurrently shaped by the ebb and flow of recruits and defectors and by what it is that cohorts of practitioners actually do. The second is to learn more about the relation between recruitment and reproduction by comparing the ways in which these processes play out in different situations. In taking these two ambitions forward through a discussion of digital and film photography and of floorball (a team game in which players use plastic sticks to hit a small ball into a goal) we explore ways of concretely examining processes that are implied in Giddens' theory of structuration (1984) and in Bourdieu's concept of habitus (1984). This exercise generates insights into the internal dynamics of practice and the methodological challenges of pinning them down.

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Revisiting the Study of Family Businesses: Methodological Challenges, Dilemmas, and Alternative Approaches

Family Business Review ◽

10.1111/j.1741-6248.1998.00239.x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 239-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 104

Author(s):

Mary Winter ◽

Margaret A. Fitzgerald ◽

Ramona K. Z. Heck ◽

George W. Haynes ◽

Sharon M. Danes

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Family Business ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Family Businesses ◽

Business Research ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Methodological Challenges ◽

The Family ◽

Alternative Approaches ◽

Social Units

Family businesses are vital but understudied economic and social units. Previous family business research is limited relative to its definitions, sampling, and resulting empirical evidence. This paper presents an alternative methodological approach to the study of family businesses with the potential for allowing multiperspective and detailed analyses of the nature and internal dynamics of both the family and the business and the interaction between the two.

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ETNOSENTRISME DALAM TENGGELAMNYA KAPAL VAN DER WIJCK KARYA HAMKA DALAM PERSPEKTIF STRUKTURASI GIDDENS

Jurnal POETIKA ◽

10.22146/poetika.v7i1.45407 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 90

Author(s):

Uci Elly Kholidah ◽

Siti Hardiyanti Amri

Keyword(s):

Social System ◽

Literary Work ◽

Social Activities ◽

The Novel ◽

Space And Time ◽

Literary Context ◽

Anthony Giddens ◽

Theory Of Structuration ◽

Agent Structure

Sebagai makhluk sosial, manusia saling berinteraksi dengan gugus pengetahuan dan pengalaman berbeda satu sama lain. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis etnosentrisme dalam novel Tenggelamnya Kapal Van der Wijck karya Hamka dengan perspektif Strukturasi Giddens. Strukturasi menolak pandangan dualisme dengan menekankan dualitas agen dan struktur. Setiap agen bertindak berdasarkan skemata atau struktur dalam ruang dan waktu tertentu. Selanjutnya, aktivitas sosial para agen tersebut memengaruhi struktur itu kembali. Dalam konteks sastra, agen merujuk pada penulis dan tokoh-tokoh yang ada di dalam karya sastra. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa gejala etnosentrisme melalui tindakan para tokoh dalam novel merupakan manifestasi struktur penulis. Novel Tenggelamnya Kapal Van der Wijck merupakan sarana komunikasi Hamka selaku agen yang dimotivasi oleh keinginan akan perbaikan dan perubahan terhadap struktur budaya Minangkabau. Karya ini juga mampu mengubah sistem sosial yang membentuk struktur etnosentrisme Hamka.Kata Kunci: Strukturasi; Agen; Struktur; Anthony Giddens; Tenggelamnya Kapal Van der Wijck As social beings, humans interact using a distinct set of knowledge and experiences. This research aims to analyze ethnocentrism in the novel Tenggelamnya Kapal Van der Wijck by Hamka through the perspective of Giddens’ structuration. The theory of structuration rejects the notion of dualism by highlighting the duality of agent and structure. Every agent acts on a schemata or structure in a certain space and time. Furthermore, the agents' social activities conversely affect the structure. In literary context, agents refer to both writer and characters in literary work. The result of this study indicates that the phenomenon of ethnocentrism showed through the actions of the characters in the novel isthe manifestation of the author's structure. The novel Tenggelamnya Kapal Van der Wijck is a media of communication for Hamka as an agent motivated by his desire for improvements and changes in the structure of Minangkabau culture. This work is also able to change social system that actually constructs Hamka ethnocentrism structure.Keywords: Structuration; Agent; Structure; Anthony Giddens; Tenggelamnya Kapal Van der Wijck.

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Explaining Macro-Social Change with Archived Data: Reading against the Grain

Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej ◽

10.18778/1733-8069.15.1.02 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 14-31

Author(s):

Jane Gray

Keyword(s):

Social Change ◽

Social Science ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Social Practices ◽

Family Change ◽

Research Project ◽

Methodological Challenges ◽

Data Reading ◽

Archived Data

This article examines some of the opportunities and challenges associated with using archived qualitative data to explain macro-social change through a biographical lens. Using examples from a recent research project on family change in Ireland, I show how working across qualitative datasets provided opportunities for generating new explanations of social change by ‘reading against the grain’ of established social science narratives and tracing innovation in social practices. I also discuss some of the methodological challenges associated with working across datasets and how we addressed them in the study.

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Islam Jawa: Lokalitas Dalam Konteks Keindonesiaan

HUMANISTIKA : Jurnal Keislaman ◽

10.36835/humanistika.v5i2.43 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 106-117

Author(s):

Haqqul Yaqin

Keyword(s):

Moral Values ◽

Social Practices ◽

Social Dimension ◽

Space And Time

Religion is a practice of faith that has a social dimension. Religion is also full of moral values that go beyond the concepts of space and time, but so socially religion must be digested and understood according to the scope of life of its people. Religion then manifests itself as moral prescription as well as social practices of a community. Likewise Islam in Java is a reflection of the concept. The understanding of Islamic practices of a community that is often juxtaposed with certain geographical boundaries shows the variance in the absorption of Islam. In the context of a pluralistic life, the proportion of locality in seeing and understanding the dynamics of Indonesian Islamic life is certainly very urgent in order to guarantee the synergy and survival of the life of the nation and state. Keyword: Islam, locality, Indonesianness

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Introduction

10.1093/oso/9780198844143.003.0001 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Christian Wüthrich ◽

Baptiste Le Bihan ◽

Nick Huggett

Keyword(s):

Quantum Gravity ◽

Philosophical Work ◽

Material World ◽

Fundamental Structure ◽

The Third ◽

Space And Time ◽

Methodological Challenges ◽

Fertile Ground

Quantum gravity offers a fertile ground for philosophical work, particularly through its suggestion that spacetime may not be fundamental but merely a derivative structure. As such, theories of quantum gravity stand in a long tradition of physical theories with deep implications for the nature of space and time, and indeed the fundamental structure of our material world. This Introduction summarizes the contributions to this collection by structuring them around three themes. The first group of chapters analyses various aspects of the search of lost spacetime in quantum gravity. The second group studies metaphysical and epistemological aspects of the emergence in play in quantum gravity. The third group widens the investigations to several key methodological challenges arising in the context of quantum gravity.

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Social Practices and Cultural Contexts

10.1093/oso/9780197565001.003.0002 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 33-48

Author(s):

Nancy T. Ammerman

Keyword(s):

Religious Practice ◽

Social Practices ◽

Multidimensional Analysis ◽

One Dimension ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Cultural Contexts ◽

Spirituality And Religion ◽

The World ◽

Distinct Dimension ◽

Micro Level

This chapter builds on the assertion that spirituality is best understood as one dimension of the larger phenomenon of lived religious practice, rather than as a phenomenon separate from or opposed to religion. Spirituality is situated in a multidimensional analysis that also includes embodiment, materiality, emotion, aesthetics, morality, and narrative. By analyzing spirituality as a distinct dimension of religious practice, we can see the internal dynamics among all the dimensions. Understanding spirituality and religion at this micro level is incomplete, however, without attention to the distinct legal and cultural contexts around the world. This chapter elaborates on four ideal-typical macrosocial contexts that each shape quite differently the practice of religion and its spiritual dimensions: entangled, established, institutionalized, and interstitial contexts. These contexts identify differences in modal expectations for the fields within which religious practices will be found and the modes of regulation that will constrain religious action.

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Conceptualizing connections

European Journal of Social Theory ◽

10.1177/1368431015579964 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 274-287 ◽

Cited By ~ 111

Author(s):

Elizabeth Shove ◽

Matt Watson ◽

Nicola Spurling

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Social Theory ◽

Social Practice ◽

Social Practices ◽

Space And Time ◽

New Challenges

Problems of climate change present new challenges for social theory. In this article we focus on the task of understanding and analyzing car dependence, using this as a case through which to introduce and explore what we take to be central but underdeveloped questions about how infrastructures and complexes of social practice connect across space and time. In taking this approach we work with the proposition that forms of energy consumption, including those associated with automobility, are usefully understood as outcomes of interconnected patterns of social practices, including working, shopping, visiting friends and family, going to school, and so forth. We also acknowledge that social practices are partly constituted by, and always embedded in material arrangements. Linking these two features together, we suggest that forms of car dependence emerge through the intersection of infrastructural arrangements that are integral to the conduct of many practices at once. We consequently explore the significance of professional – and not only ‘ordinary’ – practices, especially those of planners and designers who are involved in reconfiguring infrastructures of different scales, and in the practice dynamics that follow.

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The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x13009850 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (01) ◽

pp. 102-129

Author(s):

ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽

EUDALD CORTINA ORERO

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

El Salvador ◽

Early Years ◽

Left Wing ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Internal Coherence ◽

The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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