Bikes and Belonging: A Photographic Exploraiton of the Bike Host Program in Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Verlinden
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Discovery ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Cognitive Maps ◽  
Place Learning ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Immigrants And Refugees ◽  
Settlement Services

This major research project uses photography to explore questions of mobility, place-learning and belonging with newcomers participating in the Bike Host program in Toronto. Created by CultureLink Settlement Services in 2011, Bike Host loans bicycles out to immigrants and refugees and matches them with a cycling mentor. Through small group rides and large events, the participants have the opportunity to explore Toronto, gain confidence riding, make social connections, practice English and engage in volunteerism. For this project, a dozen participants also took pictures of how they were using their bicycles and shared their photos in small group, semi-structured discussions, which were recorded and analyzed. Four themes emerged: freedom, comfort and knowledge, discovery and belonging. The photographers found that compared to walking, they could travel further more quickly and with less effort, which prompted them to make more trips within their communities. The photographers also appreciated that, unlike with transit, they could leave whenever they wanted and take whichever route they wanted. This new mobility led to discovery, in both guided group rides to iconic Toronto destinations and in neighbourhood meanderings, undertaken independently along local streets and trails. Through this process, they filled in the gaps in their local cognitive maps. Increased familiarity led to an increased sense of belonging, as places that were once unfamiliar began to feel more like home.

scholarly journals Bikes and Belonging: A Photographic Exploraiton of the Bike Host Program in Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Verlinden
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Discovery ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Cognitive Maps ◽  
Place Learning ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Immigrants And Refugees ◽  
Settlement Services

This major research project uses photography to explore questions of mobility, place-learning and belonging with newcomers participating in the Bike Host program in Toronto. Created by CultureLink Settlement Services in 2011, Bike Host loans bicycles out to immigrants and refugees and matches them with a cycling mentor. Through small group rides and large events, the participants have the opportunity to explore Toronto, gain confidence riding, make social connections, practice English and engage in volunteerism. For this project, a dozen participants also took pictures of how they were using their bicycles and shared their photos in small group, semi-structured discussions, which were recorded and analyzed. Four themes emerged: freedom, comfort and knowledge, discovery and belonging. The photographers found that compared to walking, they could travel further more quickly and with less effort, which prompted them to make more trips within their communities. The photographers also appreciated that, unlike with transit, they could leave whenever they wanted and take whichever route they wanted. This new mobility led to discovery, in both guided group rides to iconic Toronto destinations and in neighbourhood meanderings, undertaken independently along local streets and trails. Through this process, they filled in the gaps in their local cognitive maps. Increased familiarity led to an increased sense of belonging, as places that were once unfamiliar began to feel more like home.

Rethinking about Tribal Marriage, Family and Kinship of Chhattisgarh State (With special reference to tribes of base camp in Dantewada district)

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
L.S. Gajpal
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Tribal People ◽  
Kinship System ◽  
Base Camp

Present paper is based on the findings of major research project “Tribal life in base camp and structural change.” Researcher has been try to find out what are the factor responsible for migration of large number of tribal people from native places to nearby the district and block head quarters. The study is focused on impact of migration on tribal marriage and family in base camp. A comparative study of social life of tribal people before coming in base camps and changes after boarding in base camps. The findings of the study show that due to naxal movement and residing in the base camp tribal marriage, family and kinship system is highly affected.

scholarly journals “Developing Experimental Design and Analysis Skills in Undergraduates”: IUPS Teaching Satellite Meeting, Brazil, August 2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-618
Author(s):  
Dawn Davies ◽  
Frances M. MacMillan
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
International Union ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Small Group Discussions ◽  
Design Skills

This workshop was held at the Teaching Satellite Meeting of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS), August 5–8, 2017, in Buzios, Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The satellite meeting was attended by physiology educators from across the globe, of whom 34 attended this workshop. The aim of the workshop was to explore how experimental design is taught to students of physiology in different institutions, to consider the aspects that students find challenging, to share good practice, and to think about how experimental design teaching could be improved. Through small-group discussions that were then shared with the whole group, participants were challenged to develop the outline of a research project to investigate a broad topic and then to identify the challenges that students might face if they were given that task. Finally, the group thought about what, in practical terms, could be done to help develop experimental design skills in undergraduates. The outcomes of the discussions are summarized in this report.

scholarly journals Palate: The App for Finding Restaurant Faster

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Gioseffi
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Current Process ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact

This Major Research Project (MRP) aims to investigate the impact of the on-demand economy, millennials’ digital habits, and the emergence of super apps on the restaurant-finding process. Currently, restaurant-goers are presented with multiple specialty applications to complete different tasks when evaluating restaurants. The current process of deciding on a restaurant is both time-consuming and inefficient. This project aims to propose a solution to this problem in the form of an early-stage super app called Palate. Palate is a mobile application that aims to streamline the process of discovering restaurants from the moment a restaurant-goer begins their search to the moment they confirm a reservation. This paper will discuss design principles, theories of the on-demand economy, restaurant-goers digital habits, super apps and the rationale for designing a restaurant super app interface.

scholarly journals Gender, fashion and representation in nineteenth century British art

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azadeh Monzavi
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Visual Narratives ◽  
British Art ◽  
Artistic Production ◽  
Victorian Women ◽  
Women's Dress ◽  
British Culture

This Major Research Project (MRP) examines the artistic production of British culture in the second half of the Nineteenth Century from 1850–1900, while critically engaging with existing nineteenth century art and literature, in order to deepen the understanding of the immense role played by fashion in the lives of Victorian women. I have approached this research study not through the examination of actual dress in its materiality, but instead, through its visual representation in paintings. These sartorial embodiments of women’s dress could help extend our understanding of artworks that are rooted in visual narratives—both literally and figuratively. Thus, this project aims to re-imagine histories of art through the analysis of the clothed body of women in nineteenth century paintings—for it is through their sartorial choices that women defied the Victorian ideals of femininity and femaleness.

Exploring religions today: A quest for international knowledge transfer within the field of education for religious diversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
Annette Deschner ◽  
Leslie J. Francis ◽  
Tania ap Siôn
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
International Knowledge ◽  
Pedagogical Principles

Abstract The Exploring Religions Today collection of curriculum resources, developed to support the statutory requirements in Wales for religious education in primary schools, was influenced by the findings from a major research project that explored the attitudes of young people toward religion and toward life within religiously diverse societies. The aim of this paper is to explore the key findings that emerged from that research, to analyse the pedagogical principles of these resources and to evaluate the possibilities of applying these to the 2016 curriculum for Protestant religious education in Baden-Württemberg.

Reinforcing and Opening Communities through Innovative Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 380-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Agostini ◽  
Valeria Giannella ◽  
Antonietta Grasso ◽  
Dave Snowdon ◽  
Michael Koch
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Community Knowledge ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Art And Culture ◽  
Future Plans

The aim of the Campiello1 research project (Esprit Long Term Research #25572) is to promote and sustain the meeting of inhabitants and tourists in historical cities of art and culture. This overall objective is undertaken in two main steps: reinforcing the community bounds via collective participation in both creating community knowledge and optimizing access to it. Once the local community’s sense of belonging has been reinforced, sharing its knowledge with outside people will become more natural. In this paper first we present the various technological aspects, as well as where and how innovative technology can help local communities. Then we present the context of experimentation, future plans and current achievements in one of the two project settings: Venice.

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