scholarly journals Gravity is quiet: an immersive multiimage video installation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Lengden
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Video Installation ◽  
Optimal State ◽  
The World ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Physical Capacities

This paper presents research related to an immersive installation that explores the possibility of creating a portrait of a particular state of mind. This optimal state of consciousness, called flow and coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reveals a subtle and hidden world of true presence and untapped potential. Entitled Gravity is quiet, this 3-channel audio visual installation examines the world of highline as a walking meditation and mines the introspections of various flow practitioners through a singular, yet symphonically built voiceover. The documented individuals push the perceived boundaries of their own mental and physical capacities, illustrating their acceptance of the culture of risk, and the possibility of harnessing fear, discomfort, creativity and joy through the world of movement. Subjects were filmed in Canyon Sainte-Anne and Kamouraska, Quebec in the late summer of 2015. The installation is based on data collected through participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and visual content analysis of sportfocused media.

scholarly journals Gravity is quiet: an immersive multiimage video installation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Lengden
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Video Installation ◽  
Optimal State ◽  
The World ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Physical Capacities

This paper presents research related to an immersive installation that explores the possibility of creating a portrait of a particular state of mind. This optimal state of consciousness, called flow and coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reveals a subtle and hidden world of true presence and untapped potential. Entitled Gravity is quiet, this 3-channel audio visual installation examines the world of highline as a walking meditation and mines the introspections of various flow practitioners through a singular, yet symphonically built voiceover. The documented individuals push the perceived boundaries of their own mental and physical capacities, illustrating their acceptance of the culture of risk, and the possibility of harnessing fear, discomfort, creativity and joy through the world of movement. Subjects were filmed in Canyon Sainte-Anne and Kamouraska, Quebec in the late summer of 2015. The installation is based on data collected through participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and visual content analysis of sportfocused media.

scholarly journals Contribution of the Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) for the maternal care of preterm neonates

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Erika Silva Dittz ◽  
Claudia Regina Lindgren Alves ◽  
Elysângela Dittz Duarte ◽  
Lívia De Castro Magalhães
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Maternal Care ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Preterm Neonates ◽  
Preterm Newborn ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Daily Care ◽  
Behavioral Observations ◽  
Preterm Newborns

Introduction: In the care of preterm newborn, practices that favor the participation of mothers in care are recommended. The use of appropriate instruments by professionals can contribute to strengthen maternal participation.Objective: To analyse the contributions of the use of the Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) for the maternal care of preterm neonates.Methods: Descriptive qualitative study, using participant observation and semi-structured interviews with 14 mothers of preterm newborns who underwent NBO. Data was submitted to content analysis, assinted by the software MAXQda 12.Results: It was found that the mothers' prior perceptions of the newborn´s capacities or how they react to environmental stimuli do not differ from what was observed and reported by them after NBO. However, it was verified that NBO confirms this perception and broadens the mothers' understanding of the meaning of the newborn's behavior. Participating in the NBO helped the mothers to identify strategies to find the needs of the newborn, qualifying the care already performed by them and opening new possibilities for maternal care.Conclusions: The NBO is an instrument that favors the mother's learning about the behavior of the newborn and contributes to the construction of practices with potential to be used by them within daily care. This allows us to consider it as a tool that favors the mother-baby relationship, contributes to the mother's participation in the care, and supports the mother in the construction of her autonomy for the continuity of the newborn's care after hospital discharge.

scholarly journals Gendered Performances in a Male-Dominated Subculture: ‘Girl Racers’, Car Modification and the Quest for Masculinity

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Lumsden
Keyword(s):  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Doing Gender ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Female Participation ◽  
Ethnographic Interviews ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
The World ◽  
Male Dominated

This paper discusses female participation in the male-dominated ‘boy racer’ culture. Little is known about girls who join male-dominated subcultures while studies of car cultures have tended to describe girls as peripheral participants and emphasise the link between the car and masculinity. Hence this paper provides an analysis of ‘girl racers’; those drivers who are active participants in the ‘racer’ culture through their positioning in the ‘driver's seat’. Gender is understood as ‘performative’ and Connell's notions of ‘hegemonic masculinity’ and ‘emphasized femininity’ frame the analysis. For the ‘girl racers’, ‘doing gender’ involved negotiating a complex set of norms while reconciling the competing discourses of the masculine ‘racer’ scene and femininity. In order to be viewed as authentic participants, females were required to act like ‘one of the boys’ through their style of dress, driving, language and attitudes. They internalised the gender norms of the culture rather than resisting them explicitly, for fear of being excluded from the group. However, the feminine ways in which they modified their cars allowed them to retain an element of femininity within the world of ‘boy racers’. Thus, ‘girl racers’ resourcefully negotiated their way through the culture by employing a combination of complex strategies involving compliance, resistance and cooperation with the masculine values of the group. Findings are presented from participant observation, semi-structured and ethnographic interviews with members of the ‘racer’ culture in Aberdeen, Scotland, and semi-structured interviews with members of ‘outside’ groups.

scholarly journals Mainstream digitale e altre immagini urbane. Una ricerca empirica nel sito UNESCO di Palermo

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuela Caravello
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Urban Image ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

The research deepens the role of new technologies in the construction of geographical imaginaries investigating the dimension of the offer related to the cultural heritage of the city of Palermo. The study was conducted using qualitative methods and provided for the application of two research techniques: participant observation and semi-structured interviews. By interpreting the results produced, the contribution aims to highlight the predominance of an urban image, linked to the UNESCO inclusion of the site in the World Heritage List, which is conveyed through new technologies. Developing a reflection on the alternative capacity of new media to dislocate and challenge shared images, the study will also examine the role of technologies in the production of imaginative counter-geographies.

scholarly journals Community Nurse-Paramedics' Sphere of Practice in Primary Care; an ethnographic study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuija Rasku ◽  
Marja Kaunonen ◽  
Elizbeth Thyer ◽  
Eija Paavilainen ◽  
Katja Joronen
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Community Nurse ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Practice Methods

Abstract Background Primary care, the principal function of the healthcare system, needs efforts from the local primary healthcare teams. Community Paramedicine has managed to reduce the use of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for non-emergent calls. For the paramedic to move from traditional emergency call outs to non-emergency care means new demands. There is a paucity of paramedics’ experiences and perceptions of their novel roles as community paramedics. This study aimed to explore the community nurse-paramedics experiences of their new sphere of practice. Methods A descriptive ethnographic research was conducted collecting data through participant observation (total 317 hours) and semi-structured interviews (N = 24) in three Hospital Districts where the community nurse-paramedics (CNP) have worked at least one year. Both data were combined, organized, and analyzed with inductive content analysis. Results From the inductive content analysis, five themes emerged: the CNP's new way of thinking, the broad group of patients, the demanding way to provide care, the diversity of multi-agency collaboration and management challenges. The CNP needs an appropriate attitude for the care and the broader way of thinking than before, taking care of the patient but also about the family members. The CNPs pointed out as enablers for the way of providing care as challenges for the management of the CNP model. The diversity of multiagency collaboration team can be sensitive while offering new possibilities. Conclusion The CNP's deep involvement in patients' and families' care needs and the challenges of CNPs’ skills and competences. Their professional attitudes and eagerness to develop and maintain the multi-agency collaboration can offer preventive and long-term caring solutions from which the citizens and allied health, safety, and social care providers benefit locally and globally.

scholarly journals Playing to continue being a child and freeing itself from the confinement of the hospitalization under precaution

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jéssica Renata Bastos Depianti ◽  
Luciana de Lione Melo ◽  
Circéa Amália Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Way

Abstract Objective: To understand the meaning of playing for the hospitalized child under precaution. Method: Qualitative research, where Symbolic Interactionism is the theoretical framework and Qualitative Content Analysis is the methodological one. It was attended by eight children aged between 5 and 10. Data were collected through participant observation of playful activities developed with the child by a nurse-researcher and semi-structured interviews mediated by story-drawing with theme. Results: Data showed the evolution of the interactions among toy, researcher and child; their rapid acceptance to get involved in playing; the way they explore the toys; the desire to free themselves from confinement; the relief of stress, the mastery of the situation and the protagonism enabled by the playing; the way they outline the hospital and the importance of having someone to play. Final considerations: Nurses should use creativity, seeking strategies that allow the child to play in this environment full of restrictions.

scholarly journals Review on the Consumers’ Response to the Covid-19 Crisis in Latvia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dina Bite ◽  
◽  
Zenija Kruzmetra ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Collective Behavior ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
The World ◽  
National Research Program

The regulations for restricting the Covid-19 virus set by the Latvian government, which entered into force on March 13, 2020, caused significant changes in the operation of outlets and consumer behavior. At the onset of the emergency, Latvia, like many parts of the world, experienced uncoordinated collective behavior that could potentially lead to significant changes in food supply chains. Therefore, one of the research directions of The National Research Program project “Towards the Post-pandemic Recovery: Economic, Political and Legal Framework for the Preservation of Latvia's Growth Potential and Increasing Competitiveness” (recovery-LV) (2020) was to find out how the Covid-19 crisis Restrictions have changed buyers' habits towards buying and consuming food. The article summarizes and analyses the research results of the content analysis, semi-structured interviews and survey conducted within the project. An analysis of the results shows that, as a result of the crisis, consumers are less likely to visit outlets, cook more often at home and choose more locally sourced food. It was concluded that the consumer agitation regarding the purchase of food products in 2020 was short-lived, which later returned to the usual limits of the habits of various socio-demographic groups of the population.

scholarly journals Countercultural sports and local policies: an approach from the theory of public policy networks (Deportes contraculturales y políticas locales: una aproximación desde la teoría de las redes de políticas públicas)

Retos ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 428-433
Author(s):  
Celia Marcen Muñio ◽  
Rut Murillo Regaño ◽  
Irela Arbones Arque ◽  
José Pelegrín Paracuellos
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Action Strategies ◽  
The City

Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the degree of institutionalization of the so-called lifestyle sports in the city of Zaragoza, with the aim of establishing approach strategies between administration and users to improve both the practice of these sports modalities and the adequacy and management of their spaces of practice, from the theoretical framework of public policy networks. Through a qualitative methodology (semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and content analysis), 27 sports modalities were analyzed and allocated in a continuum based on their degree of institutionalization, communication channels between members, as well as the use of more or less fixed facilities or places for their practice. In the discussion of the results we reflect on the desired and undesired consequences of public policies implemented with respect to these sports modalities, as well as on the complex dialectic between institutional support and "domestication". Finally, action strategies are proposed based on the analysis performed. Resumen. El objeto de este estudio fue analizar el grado de institucionalización de los denominados lifestyle sports en la ciudad de Zaragoza, con la finalidad de establecer estrategias de acercamiento entre administración y usuarios que mejore tanto la práctica de estas modalidades deportivas como la adecuación y gestión de sus espacios de práctica, desde el marco teórico de las redes de políticas públicas. Mediante metodología cualitativa (entrevistas semiestructuradas, observación participante y análisis de contenido), se han analizado 27 modalidades deportivas, situándose en un continuum derivado de su grado de institucionalización, los canales de comunicación entre los miembros, así como la utilización de instalaciones o lugares más o menos fijos en su práctica. En la discusión de los resultados se reflexiona sobre las consecuencias deseadas e indeseadas de las políticas públicas implementadas respecto a estas modalidades deportivas, así como la compleja dialéctica entre el apoyo institucional y la “domesticación”. Finalmente se proponen estrategias de acción en función del análisis realizado.

Lyon – UNESCO’s Creative City of Gastronomy?

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Avelino Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Industries ◽  
Brand Positioning ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Marketing Program ◽  
Creative City ◽  
Territorial Marketing ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

The fast urbanization in many regions of the world has generated a high competition between cities. In the race for investments and for international presence, some cities have increasingly resorting to the territorial marketing techniques like city branding. One of the strategies of recent years has been to use of creativity and / or labeling of creative city for the promotion of its destination. This phenomenon raises a question whether the city branding programs have worked in accordance with the cultural industries of the territory or if such labels influence the thought of tourists and locals. This paper begins by placing a consideration of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) and the strategies of the Territorial Marketing Program of the city of Lyon in France, Only Lyon. It also raises the question the perception of the target public to each of the current actions through semi-structured interviews which were applied between May and August 2015. Finally, I will try to open a discussion the brand positioning adopted by the city of Lyon

“We Speak the Truth!”

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-80
Author(s):  
Sari Hanafi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
The Political ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Social ◽  
Academic Qualifications

This study investigates the preachers and their Friday sermons in Lebanon, raising the following questions: What are the profiles of preachers in Lebanon and their academic qualifications? What are the topics evoked in their sermons? In instances where they diagnosis and analyze the political and the social, what kind of arguments are used to persuade their audiences? What kind of contact do they have with the social sciences? It draws on forty-two semi-structured interviews with preachers and content analysis of 210 preachers’ Friday sermons, all conducted between 2012 and 2015 among Sunni and Shia mosques. Drawing from Max Weber’s typology, the analysis of Friday sermons shows that most of the preachers represent both the saint and the traditional, but rarely the scholar. While they are dealing extensively with political and social phenomena, rarely do they have knowledge of social science

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