scholarly journals Challenging Anti-gypsyism in Academia

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-28
Author(s):  
Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Normative Framework ◽  
Dynamic Development ◽  
Internal Homogeneity ◽  
Academic Discourses

As a social phenomenon and an ideology, anti-gypsyism is sustained on essentialized narratives, which reify ethnic borders (between those considered as Roma and non-Roma) and assumes internal homogeneity of all members of the Romani group based on vaguely-defined and generalized notions of “culture” or “ethnicity”. These narratives tend to exclude plural and diverse representation of social realities and intersecting Romani identities, which can challenge the dominant and stigmatizing discourse. In this paper, I analyse how academic discourse contributes to sustaining essentialist representations of Roma and assess how more nuanced, plural, and context-sensitive interpretations of ethnic identity can contribute to challenging anti-gypsyism. By reviewing the scholarship of Brubaker (2002, 2004), Hall (1996) and Vertovec (2007), I discuss the potential of definitions in deconstructing homogenized and essentialized discourses on Roma in knowledge production and beyond. Furthermore, I discuss how the emergence and dynamic development of Romani scholarship has been gradually challenging the legacy of Romani Studies and providing an entry into new avenues of research, conducted primarily from the standpoint of Romani scholars. I argue that their engagement in knowledgeproduction is essential for promoting diversified, balanced and context-sensitive discourses. In this article, rather than prescribing a specific, normative framework for Romani Studies and elaborating a fixed research agenda, I point to possible directions and promising theoretical avenues which may provide a refreshing counter-balance to an otherwise homogenizing scholarship. In doing so, I assess possible implications for adapting diverse notions of ethnicity as a tool for de-essentializing academic discourses on Roma – including advantages and existing risks. Such an approach enables the mapping out of issues and challenges relevant for the process of elaborating a Critical Romani Studies research agenda.

For a Sociology of Sectarianism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rima Majed
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Disciplinary Knowledge ◽  
Area Studies ◽  
Specific Research ◽  
Sociological Literature

This chapter offers an overview of the study of sectarianism in the Middle East. It argues that, because it has often been treated as an area studies topic, the study of sectarianism has long been absent from the mainstream sociological literature. By bridging between disciplinary knowledge production and the area-specific research agenda, this chapter proposes some conceptual and methodological notes to advance our understanding of the sectarian phenomenon in the Middle East. This chapter is a call for the development of a “sociology of sectarianism,” one that moves beyond Middle East exceptionalism to study the phenomenon of sectarianism in its complexity by locating it historically and analyzing it globally within the broader interlocking systems of social stratification.

Learning Networks and Service-Oriented Architectures

2011 ◽  
pp. 1010-1021
Author(s):  
George Tsekouras ◽  
George Roussos
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Learning Networks ◽  
Service Oriented Architectures ◽  
Knowledge Assets ◽  
Value Of Knowledge ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Mode 2 ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Fierce Competition

The value of knowledge assets in creating competitive advantage and subsequently wealth through innovation has never been greater (Teece, 1998). It is increasingly being acknowledged that the resources and the competencies developed within the organisation as well as the mechanisms for building up and reconfiguring these competencies is the only defence against a fierce competition (Penrose, 1959; Prahalad & Hamel, 1990; Teece, Pisano & Shuen, 1997). However, the nature of knowledge production has changed dramatically over the last years. According to Gibbons et al. (1994), the knowledge production has moved from mode 1 to mode 2. The new mode: • requires transdisciplinary approaches • is characterised by heterogeneity of skills • is context-sensitive involving an intense interaction between producers and users of knowledge

Learning Networks and Service-Oriented Architectures

2011 ◽  
pp. 569-577
Author(s):  
George Tsekouras ◽  
George Roussos
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Learning Networks ◽  
Service Oriented Architectures ◽  
Knowledge Assets ◽  
Value Of Knowledge ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Mode 2 ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Fierce Competition

The value of knowledge assets in creating competitive advantage and subsequently wealth through innovation has never been greater (Teece, 1998). It is increasingly being acknowledged that the resources and the competencies developed within the organisation as well as the mechanisms for building up and reconfiguring these competencies is the only defence against a fierce competition (Penrose, 1959; Prahalad & Hamel, 1990; Teece, Pisano & Shuen, 1997). However, the nature of knowledge production has changed dramatically over the last years. According to Gibbons et al. (1994), the knowledge production has moved from mode 1 to mode 2. The new mode: • requires transdisciplinary approaches • is characterised by heterogeneity of skills • is context-sensitive involving an intense interaction between producers and users of knowledge

Constructing Enemies: ‘Islamic Terrorism’ in Political and Academic Discourse

2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Islamic Terrorism ◽  
Terrorism Discourse ◽  
Academic Discourses

AbstractThe term ‘Islamic terrorism’ has become a ubiquitous feature of Western political and academic counter-terrorism discourse in recent years. Examining over 300 political and academic texts and employing a discourse analytic approach, this article attempts to describe and dissect the central terms, assumptions, labels, narratives and genealogical roots of the language and knowledge of ‘Islamic terrorism’ and to reflect on its practical and normative consequences. It concludes that for the most part, political and academic discourses of ‘Islamic terrorism’ are unhelpful, not least because they are highly politicized, intellectually contestable, damaging to community relations and practically counter-productive.

Naming “World Christianity”: Historical and Personal Perspectives on the Yale-Edinburgh Conference in World Christianity and Mission History

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-128
Author(s):  
Dana L. Robert
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
North American ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Keynote Address ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Mission History ◽  
World Christianity ◽  
Academic Discourses ◽  
Three Phases

This article was originally delivered as the keynote address at the 2019 Yale-Edinburgh Conference on mission history. It charts three phases in the historical development of the interlocking academic discourses of mission studies and World Christianity, with special reference to their context in North American mainline Protestant academia since 1910. It further focuses on the provenance of the Yale-Edinburgh Conference and argues for its importance in the naming of World Christianity as a field of study. The author reflects on her own experiences in the emergence of World Christianity as a contemporary academic discourse.

scholarly journals Digital food culture, power and everyday life

2021 ◽  
pp. 136754942110555
Author(s):  
Zeena Feldman ◽  
Michael K. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Food Culture ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Key Questions

Food and digital culture are mutually implicated in contemporary processes of knowledge production and power contestation around the world. Our introduction and the papers in this special issue of the European Journal of Cultural Studies seek to draw out the distinctions, parallels and overlaps across food and the digital to offer critical insights into digital food culture’s capacities, paradoxes and impacts on everyday life. We ask a series of questions fundamentally focused on issues of power that signal a critical concern for the (re)production and circulation of inequality within the food and digital nexus. For us and the authors here, Cultural Studies is particularly fertile ground from which to analyse digital food culture precisely because of the discipline’s commitment to critiquing power and inequality and its subsequent capacity to illuminate everyday digital food politics and their social, cultural and ethical impacts. This article presents and highlights key questions—and introduces related concepts and theoretical debates—that drive this research agenda. In addition, we address the ways the issue’s papers connect to digital food culture and power after COVID-19. We conclude with a summary of the articles in the issue and their contributions to digital food culture research and cultural studies more broadly.

scholarly journals Tourism and Hospitality Research in the Peripheries: Thematic Focus and a Research Agenda from Ghana

2021 ◽  
pp. 1092-1109
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Adu-Ampong ◽  
Christopher Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Multiple Authorship ◽  
Research Production ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Research Scholarship ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Dissemination System

Increasing debates on decolonising tourism and hospitality knowledge production have emerged in the context of a largely Western-dominated canon of the research production and dissemination system. This paper contributes to these debates by highlighting and centring the research in and on Ghana. This is accomplished by reviewing and synthesising 238 tourism and hospitality articles authored by 520 authors over 31 years through content analysis. The sample shows a trend toward increased use of quantitative methodology, multiple authorship and underrepresentation of hospitality research. By outlining current thematic convergence, divergence and omissions, we set out a future research agenda. Our findings demonstrate that while research productivity has been increasing consistently , there is a very limited representation of Ghanaian (African) tourism and hospitality research scholarship in the top-tier tourism and hospitality journals. This raises concerns about the need and challenge of increasing the representation and visibility of tourism and hospitality research from the peripheries.

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