scholarly journals Transnational Social Resilience in La Costa Region of Chiapas, Mexico

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Vila Freyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Social Remittances ◽  
Informative Case ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Community Crisis

This paper tells the story of how a group of fishermen became resilient in response to a community crisis in their village caused by the depletion of shrimp stocks, and how they are building transnational social resilience through the creation and operation of an Ecotourist resort to improve their lives, and insure their future well-being. Social change is taking place in some communities in the La Costa region of Chiapas, one of the most impoverished states in Mexico, where people opted to emigrate to the US and came back charged with individual and collective social remittances, and new personal narratives which have helped them and their community adapt and change while constructing transnational lives. The development of El Centro Turístico El Madresal in Ponte Duro, Chiapas, provides an informative case study in how to use the tools of social resilience conceptualization within a transnational context.

Transforming Personal Narratives: An Evaluation of a Songwriting Workshop for Rural Women

2019 ◽  
pp. 154134461986654
Author(s):  
Wendy Madsen
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Transformative Learning Theory ◽  
Reflective Journals ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Experiences

The purpose of this article was to evaluate the contribution to the social and emotional well-being of rural women of a 3-day songwriting workshop. Six participants wrote songs and performed these locally and at the Women of the World Festival. Guided by narrative inquiry and transformative learning theory, this case study included data from reflective journals, one-on-one interviews, and written songs. Vignettes of the women’s key life moments were constructed and analyzed thematically. Four themes were identified: the importance and influence of personal experiences on songwriting, learning from process and one another, intrapersonal benefits, and interpersonal benefits. The article argued songwriting workshops provide opportunities for participants to reflect on experiences and to transform their worldviews. That is, songs and the songwriting process can help participants to restory their lives and enhance their sense of social and emotional well-being.

Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 293-312
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Global Movements

This chapter emphasizes the elements of continuity that have emerged from the consideration of multiple types of evidence. It answers the three questions posed in the introduction, and refers back to the three theoretical models adopted in the analysis. It discusses the ways that the results of this site biography differ from previously published studies while at the same time providing a synthesis of Larinum’s history from 400 bce to 100 ce. It then examines the ways in which Larinum is representative or anomalous when compared to other Italian towns. It also compares this local-level case study of Larinum to the conclusions of other local-level studies, especially ones that focus on the site of Taranto. It concludes by making the case for the creation of more local-level site biographies, using the study of Larinum as a model. It pushes the field of Roman conquest studies toward a new paradigm of social change that is contingent on highly specific, local issues, rather than global movements.

scholarly journals The marine biology of law and human health

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Thomas Appleby ◽  
Susan Kinsey ◽  
Benedict Wheeler ◽  
Emma Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Patent Protection ◽  
Marine Pollution ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Marine Conservation ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Unsuccessful Attempt ◽  
The Us

This review uses a multidisciplinary approach to investigate legal issues concerning the oceans and human health. It firstly seeks to define the boundaries of oceans and human health research. We use three case studies as examples: biomedical research, marine litter and human well-being. Biomedical research raises complex issues relating to coastal states’ sovereign rights to exploit their marine resources and the patenting processes. Coastal states have differing degrees of control over research at sea. There are differences in EU and US law over the status of genetic discoveries, with the US having stricter criteria to qualify for patent protection. International law sets the standard for bioprospecting in developing countries under the Nagoya Protocol. The cost and complexity of marine biomedical research mean that it cannot be left to commercial exploration and needs some public funding. The second case study highlights the rise in marine plastics pollution using Marine Conservation Society beachwatch data. It details the need to alter product design to avoid marine pollution and records an unsuccessful attempt by academics and an NGO to make contact with the manufacturers of one polluting product. It also introduces the concept that faulty design could amount to a public nuisance. The third case study highlights the potential health benefits from access to the coast and the statutory responsibility which sits with the US and UK authorities in the provision of well-being. It posits that there needs to be greater inter-agency coordination to promote access to the coast for human well-being.

scholarly journals Informal Partnerships Between Nonprofits and Local Governments and the Role of Trust

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Pozil ◽  
Anne Hacker
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Well Being

Informal partnerships between nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and local governments represent a winning combination for affective positive social change in communities. These partnerships thrive on the development and sustainment of trust as a guiding force between NPO executives and their local government counterparts. Qualitative case study research reveals such an assertion to be true, based on interviews and document reviews of informal partnerships in a metropolitan area in the Northwest United States. The implications for social change include establishing successful models of informal partnerships between NPOs and local governments that impact the social and economic well-being of communities.

Food webs with humans: In name only?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma C. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Fishing Vessels ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Dungeness Crabs ◽  
Us West

This chapter highlights the importance of considering people as integral to foodwebs. Despite extensive recent research on coupled human-natural systems, lacking are models that incorporate human behavior in a way that yields pragmatic insights into the management of multispecies fisheries. Using the US West Coast commercial fisheries system as a case study, this chapter develops a novel network approach of linking the social system (i.e., fishing communities) to the ecological system (the fish). The analysis reveals that fisheries that seem unconnected biologically, such as benthic Dungeness crabs and pelagic tuna, can in fact be strongly linked by fishing vessels that are active in both fisheries. Understanding how human behavior connects seemingly disparate ecological systems has important implications for fisheries managers seeking to balance human well-being with sustainable populations of fish.

scholarly journals Tracking Sandy: Monmouth County Remembers

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Melissa Ziobro
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Community History ◽  
Monmouth County ◽  
The Us ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Comprehensive History

This article is a modified version of the exhibit text used in “Tracking Sandy: Monmouth County Remembers.” Guest curated for the Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) by the author of this piece, this crowdsourced exhibit was installed in MCHA’s headquarters in October 2017. The text is being published in this format to allow distribution to a wider audience/in perpetuity after the exhibit has come down, and to ensure the stories shared for the creation of the exhibit can continue to be told. This is not intended to be a comprehensive history of Sandy’s impact globally, in the US, or even on the entire state of New Jersey (NJ) specifically, nor is it a thorough case study on the effectiveness of crowdsourcing community history (though that may be an interesting subject for another discussion).

scholarly journals Tourism, Immigrants and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: The (In)coming of People as a Key Factor for Sustainability of Low-Density Territories—A Case Study in Portugal

2021 ◽  
pp. 149-182
Author(s):  
Anabela Dinis
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Income Generation ◽  
Rural County ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractUsing the lens of the new patterns of mobility and lifestyle entrepreneurship in the context of counterurbanization movements, this chapter explores the relationship between tourism and immigration, beyond the traditional approach of immigrants as tourism entrepreneurs. The study focusses on a Portuguese rural county, Penamacor, which, for several decades, has suffered a continuous exodus of population and the consequent aging of the remaining population but where, recently, there was a spontaneous phenomenon of foreign people arriving and settling in the area. Thus, through the case of Penamacor, this study aims to answer the following questions: Who are these migrants, and what are their motivations for mobility and to settle in the territory? Are they all the same? How do they make a living in Penamacor? In particular, it seeks to understand whether entrepreneurship (in tourism or other sectors) is a possibility of income generation for these immigrants. Furthermore, it intends to understand what the impact of these immigrants in the territory is, concerning the creation of wealth and well-being in the community. Do they act as community entrepreneurs? Does their presence in the territory generate other mobility flows, through the attraction of other (family and friends) tourists or immigrants?

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Kathleen C. Oberlin
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Us ◽  
Sociopolitical Context ◽  
The Creation

This introduction provides an overview of the cultural, historical, rand sociopolitical context of creationism in the US throughout the twentieth century. It introduces plausibility politics as a key concept for understanding why Answers in Genesis built the Creation Museum. Plausibility politics is the process of disentangling accuracy from reasonableness and the opening is leveraged by a group to advance its point of view. For many, this feels new. For seasoned political pundits and historians, it does not. It is a dynamic as old as the institutions and representatives entrusted to govern society. Yet it is not just media outlets, politicians, or scientists who attempt to persuade the public of their claims. Social movements, like creationists, seek to carve out a sense of plausibility for their own arguments as well. Being able to closely examine how this unfolds in a particular location, at the Creation Museum, affords a better understanding of how groups fight to stretch and expand what we, as a public, find plausible and later credible.

scholarly journals Rising Star: A Game-Changing Format in a Dying Genre

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Merav Schiffmann
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
Audience Participation ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Roll Out

In the TV industry everyone is constantly searching for ‘the next big hit.’ For a brief moment in time, Rising Star perfectly fit this description. Within days of the Israeli launch of the first season, the format had already sold internationally to major territories. Rising Star boasted a first of its kind audience participation and a real-time live experience. This caught the attention of producers, executives and creators everywhere. This was a game-changing concept, set to shake the genre of reality singing competition shows to the core. The case study discussed in this paper examines the creation stages of a transmedia television format, the strains effecting its development, its rapid global roll-out and the international adaptations, primarily the failure on the US market and its negative ripple effect.

scholarly journals Parenting of 1.5 generation Chinese Americans’ parents: A case study

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-46
Author(s):  
Yuyang Zhou ◽  
Xuan Jiang ◽  
Changmi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Values ◽  
Chinese Families ◽  
1.5 Generation ◽  
American Students ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
The Us

Individuals who arrive in a new country during their childhood and early adolescence are referred to as the 1.5 generation. In this exploratory case study, five Chinese families were interviewed and examined about the effects of their parenting styles on those 1.5 generation Chinese American students. Findings revealed that these parents’ parenting styles—educational values, educational practices, and family dynamics—have exerted a great impact on the students’ academic performance, psychological well-being, and adaptation to their life in the US. Insights about comparisons between American and Chinese education will be inspiring to educators and scholars for culturally comparative analysis and mental health practitioners working with the adolescents of this ethnicity and their families.

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