scholarly journals “You can’t be up there” – youth cultural participation and appropriation of space

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2019) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Andersson ◽  
Yağmur Mengilli ◽  
Axel Pohl ◽  
Christian Reutlinger
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Free Space ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Spatial Appropriation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Analyse Case

This article investigates the relationship between youth cultural practices and young people’s spatial appropriation. For this purpose, we analyse case studies into groups of young people involved in two forms of practices that are marked by particular perceptions of the (urban) space: two Parkour groups and a Scouts group. The questions we are dealing with concern the way to which young members of these groups are appropriating ‘free space’ through participating in activities like the Scouts or Parkour. Furthermore, this article also explores important questions concerning processes of how young people’s participation in urban areas should be understood and what consequences this understanding has for youth policy.

scholarly journals USO DO SOLO E DEGRADAÇÃO AMBIENTAL: estudo de caso da bacia do Mata Fome em Belém, Pará

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Marcos Jonatas Damasceno da Silva ◽  
Luziane Mesquita da Luz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Satellite Image ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Vegetation Water ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Soil Changes

São diversos os problemas presentes nos espaços das cidades brasileiras, principalmente nos grandes espaços urbanos. Um desses problemas é a degradação do meio ambiente decorrente de intervenções não planejadas nesses espaços. Nesse sentido, este trabalho tem o propósito de analisar a relação entre a produção do espaço urbano, que atribui diferentes usos ao solo e a degradação do meio ambiente na Bacia do Mata Fome em Belém, Pará. Além disso, foi realizado um mapeamento do uso do solo da área de estudo, onde foi utilizada a imagem do satélite Ikonos de 2006. Os resultados deste trabalho evidenciaram que a produção do espaço urbano na Bacia do Mata Fome e os diversos usos do solo, provocaram degradação ambiental, por desencadearem a destruição da cobertura vegetal, poluição da água e do solo, mudanças na topografia dos terrenos, inundações, riscos à saúde, entre outros danos.Palavras-chave: Meio ambiente; Urbanização; Bacia hidrográfica; Poluição.USE OF SOIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: a case study of Mata Fome basin in Belém, ParáABSTRACTThere are several problems present in the spaces of brazilian cities, especially in large urban areas. One such problem is the degradation of the environment due to unplanned interventions in these spaces. In this sense, this work aims to analyze the relationship between the production of urban space that assigns different uses to soil and environmental degradation in the Mata Fome Watershed in Belém, Pará. In addition, we carried out a mapping of the use of soil of the study area where the satellite image Ikonos 2006. The results of this study indicated that the production of urban space in Mata Fome Watershed and various land uses, caused environmental degradation was used to trigger the destruction of vegetation, water pollution and soil changes in the topography of the land, floods, health risks and other damage.Keywords: Environment; Urbanization; Hydrographic watershed; Pollution.USO DEL SUELO Y DEGRADACIÓN AMBIENTAL: estudio del caso de la cuenca del Mata Fome en Belém, ParáRESUMEN Hay varios problemas presentes en los espacios de las ciudades brasileñas, especialmente en las grandes áreas urbanas. Uno de estos problemas es la degradación del medio ambiente debido a las intervenciones no planificadas en estos espacios. En este sentido, este trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar la relación entre la producción del espacio urbano, que asigna a los diferentes usos del suelo y la degradación del medio ambiente en la Cuenca del Mata Fome en Belém, Pará. Además, se realizó un mapeo del uso del suelo de la zona de estudio, donde la imagen de satélite Ikonos 2006. Los resultados de este estudio indicaron que la producción del espacio urbano en la Cuenca del Mata Fome y diversos usos de la tierra causado la degradación ambiental se utilizó para desencadenar la destrucción de la vegetación, la contaminación del agua y los cambios de suelo en la topografía del terreno, inundaciones, riesgos para la salud, y otros daños.Palabras clave: Medio ambiente; Urbanización; Cuenca hidrográfica; Contaminación.

scholarly journals Traditional Cultural Practices Provide More Frequent Feelings of Happiness and Calm for Native American Elders

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 339-339
Author(s):  
Collette Adamsen ◽  
Ramona Danielson
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Significant Positive Association ◽  
Resource Center ◽  
Medically Underserved Population ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Though American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) elders are an understudied population, available data demonstrates higher rates of depressive symptoms among these elders. In addition, AI/AN/NH elders are a medically underserved population, with geographic isolation a common barrier to accessing emotional/mental health services. However, cultural practices are important sources of resilience for AI/AN/NH elders. Survey data from “Identifying our Needs: A Survey of Elders” Cycle VI (2014-2017), conducted by the National Resource Center on Native American Aging, were analyzed using ordinal logistic regression; N=18,134 adults age 55+ from 164 tribal survey sites. Respondents indicated how often (from none to all of the time) they participate in cultural practices (e.g., traditional food, music, customs). Frequency of participation varied; 27% of elders reported participating in traditional cultural practices a good bit of the time or more, 28% some of the time, 18% a little of the time, and 27% did not ever participate. We explored the relationship between frequency of cultural practices and frequency of feelings of happiness, calm/peacefulness, nervousness, and being downhearted/blue. A significant positive association was found between higher frequency of cultural participation and feelings of happiness and calm/peacefulness; no association was found with nervousness or depressive symptoms. While the frequency of participation by elders in cultural practices is directly related to better self-reported levels of happiness and peacefulness, nearly half (45%) never/almost never participated in these types of practices, which underscores the need to support availability of and elders’ participation in cultural practices.

scholarly journals Global Cultural Identity Among Young People in Slovakia

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-380
Author(s):  
Roman Džambazovič ◽  
Daniel Gerbery
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Multilevel Modelling ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Cultural Literacy ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Global Identity ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cultural Openness

Abstract It is becoming increasingly obvious that young people are facing the globalisation of personal identity. It is the result of ongoing interaction between individuals and their globalised socio-cultural environment that leads to changes in self-identification. Cultural openness and the “de-territorialisation” of identity are the key aspects of this process. The paper explores the globalisation of identities among secondary school students, using the concept of global self-identification. The analysis employs quantitative data from the Survey of Young People’s Cultural Literacy. The globalisation of identity is captured by the Global Identity Scale (Türken, Rudmin, 2013), which consists of two dimensions – “Non-nationalism” and “Cultural Openness”. The aim of the study is to examine to what extent young people in Slovakia can be characterised in terms of global self-identification and to identify what affects the propensity for global self-identification. Furthermore, it tests the relationship between global self-identification and other phenomena that are supposedly related to global identity. The results show that the global identity is present among young people in Slovakia. By applying multilevel modelling, we identified a variety of culture-related phenomena that affect cultural openness and non-nationalism, including multicultural interaction and cultural participation. In addition, the study confirms that type of school has a significant effect.

scholarly journals Du retrait à la reconquête : pratiquer la ville après un épisode psychotique

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-58
Author(s):  
Zoé Codeluppi
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Large Array ◽  
Public Places ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

Abstract. The article aims to provide a better understanding of the urban practices of young people living with a diagnosis of psychosis while recovering. I show the way practices are adjusted according to the temporal dynamics of psychosis. I argue that the continuous variability of symptoms over the recovery period implies alternately practices of withdrawal and reconquest of the urban space. I first outline participants' reconquest of urban spaces, which starts in well-known places and then extends to less familiar ones. In doing so, I point out the diversity of urban spaces inhabited by participants during the recovery process which includes institutional, private, as well as public places. I then outline the various material, relational and sensory resources available in these spaces. I show how participants use them according to the temporal dynamics. I finally highlight the way participants are gradually getting involved in the relationship with a large array of resources as the intensity of symptoms is reducing. My analysis is based on a three months ethnography in a therapeutic institution in Lausanne.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Growth in Rural versus Urban Counties with Major Universities at the Start of the 2020 Academic Year

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Penuliar ◽  
Candice Clark ◽  
Debbie Curti ◽  
Cathy Hudson ◽  
Billy Philips
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Young People ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Year

ABSTRACTUniversities play a central role in a rural or small town’s economy. They are often the main forms of enrichment to the lives of the longtime residents, the students, and the employees. Unfortunately, during a global pandemic, the migration and movement of young people in these communities can likely cause a rapid infection spike and drive spread easily, especially relative to larger urban areas. The current study investigates the relationship between COVID-19 case growth, university-county rurality, and time at the beginning of the Fall 2020 academic semester. Findings showed that small metro and non-metro counties with universities had a dramatic infection spike near the beginning of the semester and infection growth remained significantly higher than their large and medium metro counterparts for the duration of the study. Suggestions to slow the spread in rural communities are discussed.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Relationship between Park Features and Ecotherapeutic Environment: A Comparative Study of Two Parks in Istanbul, Beylikdüzü

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4600
Author(s):  
Didem Kara ◽  
Gülden Demet Oruç
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Human Psychology ◽  
Urban Green Areas ◽  
Green Areas ◽  
Physical Attributes ◽  
The Relationship

The impacts of problems related to dense, unplanned, and irregular urbanization on the natural environment, urban areas, and humankind have been discussed in many disciplines for decades. Because of the circular relationship between humans and their environment, human health and psychology have become both agents and patients in interactions with nature. The field of ecopsychology investigates within this reciprocal context the relationship between human psychology and ecological issues and the roles of human psychology and society in environmental problems based on deteriorated nature–human relationships in urbanized areas. This approach has given rise to ecotherapy, which takes a systemic approach to repairing this disturbed nature–human relationship. This study aims to uncover the relationship between the physical attributes of urban green areas and their potential for providing ecotherapy service to users, first by determining the characteristics of ecotherapeutic urban space and urban green areas given in studies in the ecopsychology and ecotherapy literature, and then by conducting a case study in two urban parks from the Beylikdüzü District of the Istanbul Metropolitan Area. The impacts of these parks’ changing physical characteristics on user experiences are determined through a comparison of their physical attributes and the user experiences related to their ecotherapy services.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Location on the Price Offered by Accommodation Establishments in Urban Areas

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 1475-1485
Author(s):  
Roman Švec ◽  
Josef Navrátil ◽  
Kamil Pícha
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Summer Season ◽  
Spatial Clusters ◽  
Type Of Land Use ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Town ◽  
Intensive Search

The aim of this paper is to assess the relationship between the price of accommodation and the urban space and character of the place. The price and spatial connections (together with the quality of the provided services) become an important motive for clients when choosing a concrete accommodation establishment. As the competition is very difficult in the field of accommodation establishments and the supply multiply surpasses the demand, there is an intensive search for miscellaneous strategies of engaging in the competition. The built-up territory of the town České Budějovice was chosen as a model territory. The prices of the summer season 2012 have been entered into the analysis. The impact of the location was assessed on the level of the type of land-use. The distribution of the accommodation establishments in the studied is highly uneven, without any more significant tendency to the creation of the spatial clusters. It is fundamentally influenced especially by the distance of the historical center. A price map was formed identifying the zones with the above-average prices, as well as the zones with the highly below-average prices.

scholarly journals Youth Socio-Economic Guidelines (Orientations) Through Subjective Assessments

2021 ◽  
pp. 136-154
Author(s):  
N. V. DZIUBA
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Subjective Assessments ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Level Satisfaction ◽  
Research Analysis

State statistical indicators of the economic development do not include subjective factors aff ecting country’s population. So, rather optimistic assessments of Ukraine’s economic indicators contradict pessimistic moods and feelings of Ukrainian youth. Th e relevance of this study is due to the fact that the Low level satisfaction with the socio-economic situation in Ukraine and own opportunities and prospects of Ukrainian youth is the basis for the formation of behavioral guidelines, in particular, migratory moods. Th e purpose of this study is to analyze the attitude of young people to the economic environment in Ukraine, young people’s assessments of their own fi nancial situation, and the relationship of such subjective assessments to the migratory moods of young people. Th e study used general scientifi c methods and special sociological methods to process and analyze the results of the study “Youth of Ukraine 2018”. According to the survey “Youth of Ukraine 2018”, a signifi cant part of young people (88.9 %) thinks that economic situation became worse or didn’t change during last year. Youth assessments of their fi nancial situation are also pessimistic 83.3 % of young people in Ukraine assess their family’s fi nancial situation as average or below average. Th e novelty of this study is to analyze the relationship between youth subjective assessments of economic environment in Ukraine as an environment for the implementation of personal plans and intentions, youth assessments of their fi nancial situation and youth migratory attitudes. Migratory moods of young people are formed on the dissatisf action with their fi nancial situation and the economic situation in the country under the infl uence of various factors, among the main ones are the desire to improve their fi nancial situation through the desire to earn money or fi nd a job. Migratory moods of young people are manifested to varying degrees depending on their formation. Th e degree of formation of migration intentions signifi cantly depends on the real possibility of their implementation: the lower the level of material security, the more uncertain the migration guidelines. Th e young generation is a potential for the socio-economic revival of Ukraine, so its opinion, its assessments, its feelings are extremely important for the formation of adequate youth policy. Taking into account subjective factors which aff ect the behavioral orientations of young people is especially important in the formation of reasonable youth policy of Ukraine, and requires research, analysis and development of instruments based on such analysis.

scholarly journals As Imaginações da Cidade: práticas culturais juvenis e produção imagética

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (44) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Barbosa Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
City Image ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Image Production

O artigo aborda a questão dos usos insurgentes do espaço urbano e da produção juvenil de imagens como forma de adquirir visbilidade e mesmo, em alguns casos, certa de ascensão social. A pesquisa etnográfica parte da observação de determinadas práticas culturais juvenis na cidade de São Paulo, como a pixação, o funk, os rolezinhos e as zoeiras nas escolas. O processo de produção ou articulação de imagens, por intregrantes dessas práticas, dialoga muitas vezes, em complementaridade e/ou oposição, às imagens estigmatizantes que a grande mídia produz sobre os jovens pobres. Atenta-se para como as novas tecnologias da informação e da comunicação e as novas mídias têm intensificado a capacidade e as possibilidades de imaginar-se em outros lugares ou mesmo em outras posições sociais. Mobilizadas em seu tempo livre, as práticas culturais juvenis e o processo de produção de imagens de si podem proporcionar tanto o reforço como a reversão do estigma.Palavras-chave: Cidade. Imagem. Imaginação. Práticas Culturais Juvenis. Mídia.The Imaginations of the City: youth cultural practices and imagery productionAbstractThis paper presents an analysis of how the youth insurgent ways of using the urban space and producting images allow visibility and even, in some cases, certain social ascension. Ethnographic research is based on the observation of some youth cultural practices in São Paulo city, such as pixação, funk, rolezinhos (litle strolls) and the mockery at schools. Process of producing or articulating images, conducted by members of these practices, often dialogues, in complementarity and/or opposition, with the stigmatizing images produced, by traditional midias, about the poor young people. New information and communication technologies and new medias have intensified  capacities and possibilities of young people imagine themselves in other places or even in other social positions. Thus, mobilized in their leisure time, youth cultural practices and the process of self-image production can provide both reinforcement and reversal of stigma.Key words: City. Image. Imagination. Youth Cultural Practices. Media.

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