‘Written in the Interest of the People’: Representing the Law in Cyprian Ekwensi and Market Literature

2019 ◽  
pp. 107-129
Author(s):  
Katherine Isobel Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Urban Life ◽  
Imagined Communities ◽  
Popular Imagination ◽  
Crime And Punishment ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
The People ◽  
Emotional Relationships ◽  
The Law ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

Chapter Five examines how the law is represented and deployed in Cyprian Ekwensi’s Jagua Nana and People of the City and in a selection of Nigerian market fiction. The law and its transgression permeated a range of publications in the years immediately preceding and after independence. Fiction and non-fiction alike repeatedly engaged with questions of crime and punishment, and even invoked legal paradigms to explore sexual and emotional relationships. This chapter demonstrates how market literature sought to generate through its own imagined communities discussion about and regulation of the apparent lawlessness of modern urban life. In attending to the larger presence of the law in both high- and lowbrow literature of the period, this chapter shows how the law was shaped in the popular imagination at independence.

The manipulations of time: On the temporal embeddedness of urban insecurity

Urban Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 836-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel E Agbiboa
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Popular Imagination ◽  
Flow Of Time ◽  
Popular Arts ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The City ◽  
Structure Of Everyday Life

Turning the table on Henri Lefebvre’s argument that the structure of everyday life is closely associated with the non-accumulative routing of cyclical or immanent time whereas it lags behind the forward-moving linear or transcendent time, I argue that cyclical and linear time are in fact intertwined in lived reality and popular imagination. This suggests that the ebb and flow of time cannot be grasped in rigidly binary terms such as the opposition of cyclical and linear time. Interrogating popular arts like the entextualised slogans painted on the mobile bodies of commercial minibus-taxis ( danfos) and tricycles ( keke napeps) in Nigeria’s – and in fact, sub-Saharan Africa’s – most populous city, I argue that the interaction of these seemingly conflicting representations of time affects and ultimately shapes the grounds of our meaning(lessness), (in)security and being-in-the-city. At these interfaces and interstices of conflicting notions of time, and in the interchange between familiar and unfamiliar termini, a powerful sense of unknown (or future) time can emerge, which in turn reinforces the need for a more experimental re-positioning and re-orientation in everyday urban life.

Visible Cities, Global Comics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Fraser
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Previous Knowledge ◽  
Spatial Form ◽  
Stylistic Variation ◽  
Urban Theory ◽  
Modern City ◽  
Urban Imagination ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

The story of comics is also the story of the modern city. Visible Cities, Global Comics thus makes urban contribution to an interdisciplinary phase in comics studies. Striking a balance between descriptive, historical, analytical and theoretical modes, Fraser’s research monograph explores representations of the city in a selection of comics from across the globe. First, this book brings insights from urban theory to bear on specific comics texts; and second, it uses comics texts to elucidate themes of urbanism, architecture, planning and the cultures of cities in works from the 18th through the 21st centuries. Throughout, close readings of comics by artists from a range of locations—Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Holland, Japan, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the United States, and Uruguay—contribute to an exploration of larger urban themes. Chapters include “The Modern City Streets” (ch. 1), “The Passions of Everyday Urban Life” (ch. 2), “Urban Planning, Built Environment and the Structure of Cities” (ch. 3), “Architecture, Materiality and the Tactile City” (ch. 4), and “Danger, Disease and Death in the Graphic Urban Imagination” (ch. 5). Fraser’s writing presumes no previous knowledge of either urban theory or the ninth art. Readers are introduced to names, places, historical events, urban thinkers, and formal elements of the comics medium with which they may not be familiar. In the process, each chapter introduces readers to specific comics artists and texts and investigates a range of matters pertaining to the medium’s spatial form, stylistic variation, and cultural prominence.

scholarly journals Battling "the bane of our cities": Class, territory, and the prohibition debate in Toronto, 1877

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-48
Author(s):  
M. P. Sendbuehler
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Class Politics ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Local Option ◽  
Public Drinking ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Working

In the nineteenth century, the tavern was an important institution in urban working-class life. Because of the social ills associated with alcohol abuse and public drinking, there were frequent attempts to lessen the tavern's importance or to eliminate it entirely. This paper examines several tavern-related issues that emerged in Toronto in the 1870s and 1880s. The Crooks Act, passed in 1876, employed powerful measures to deal with political and temperance questions simultaneously. The intersection of class, politics, temperance, and urban life led to a territorial solution to the liquor question. These issues were dealt with by the people of Toronto in 1877, when they declined to prohibit public drinking in the city via the Dunkin Act, a local option prohibition statute of the Province of Canada.

scholarly journals PLATARAN REMPUG RAWA BELONG

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1441
Author(s):  
Christabella Nadia Angela ◽  
Franky Liauw
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
The People ◽  
The Village ◽  
The City ◽  
Recreation And Leisure

Rawa Belong is one of the village in Jakarta’s density. Then this village was filled by social interactions that give a life to the city. A public space that everyone can relax and leisure also express themselves freely. With a cultural background and plants, Rawa Belong began to be seen as something special. Various communities and people with a different background are in it. Freedom that should be in a public space is not happen here, because of the density both in the interaction between people and their environment. This project is based on “Everyday Urbanism” method to observe and analysis the urban life in Rawa Belong. Then this project was created to resolve what people in Rawa Belong needs such as a place to recreation and leisure where will be seen as a connection between lost spaces also to create a space that combine all the people and community that should be in a public space.   Keywords:  community; cultural; plants; public space; social interactioAbstrakRawa Belong merupakan salah satu kelurahan ditengah kepadatan kota Jakarta. Suatu kelurahan yang diisi oleh interaksi social yang memberi kehidupan bagi kota. Sebuah wadah dan ruang public dimana setiap orang dapat melakukan aktivitas rekreasi dan mengekspresikan dirinya secara bebas. Dengan latar belakang sejarah budaya betawi dan juga tanaman hias, daerah Rawa Belong dipandang sebagai sesuatu yang khas dan istimewa. Berbagai macam komunitas dengan berbagai latar belakang ada di dalamnya, kebebasan yang seharusnya ada dalam sebuah ruang public tidak terlihat di daerah ini karena begitu padatnya satu dengan yang lainnya baik dalam interaksi antar manusia maupun interaksi dengan lingkungannya. Proyek ini didasari  menggunakan metode “Everyday Urbanism” untuk melakukan pengamatan dan analisa terhadap kehidupan di Rawa Belong. Kemudian proyek ini diciptakan untuk menjawab kebutuhan wadah rekreasi yang ada, dimana wadah ini akan dilihat sebagai sebuah koneksi antar ruang-ruang yang hilang dan menggabungkan semua komunitas dan masyarakat yang seharusnya ada dalam sebuah ruang terbuka.

scholarly journals PERAN DAN IMPLEMENTASI HUKUM DALAM MEMBERIKAN KEPASTIAN JAMINAN SOSIAL BAGI PEKERJA SEKTOR INFORMAL

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
Wandi Subroto
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Law ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

The purpose of this study is to analyze the role and implementation of the law in providing social security certainty for informal sector workers. This study uses a juridical-normative method. The types of legal sources used in this study are secondary sources of law which are discussed using a sociological perspective. The analysis and writing was done by qualitative method. Data was collected through interview techniques, giving questionnaires, and literature studies. The number of respondents in this study were 50 people who worked in the informal sector in the city of Palembang. The selection of respondents was done by purposive sampling technique. Based on the analysis of legal materials and sociological analysis, it can be concluded that the law protects social welfare through Law no. 40 of 2004 states that the National Social Security System adheres to the principle of compulsory participation for all residents in Indonesia. In the implementation of this policy, the informal sector is still experiencing several obstacles, including educational factors, economic factors and institutional factors so that the level of worker participation tends to be minimal and there is no equal distribution.

scholarly journals Analisis Peran Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) Kota Samarinda dalam Meningkatkan Komunikasi Partisipasi Politik Masyarakat dalam Pemilu 2019

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-140
Author(s):  
Muhammad Noor ◽  
Hairunnisa Hairunnisa ◽  
Ghufron Ghufron
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The City ◽  
Election Commission ◽  
Selection Of

April 17, 2019 has passed with every story, the election is a democratic process to elect the President and Vice President 2019-2024, this election is held simultaneously with the legislative general election. In this 2019 election. Are the steps and actions of the Samarinda City Election Commission team carrying out education and outreach to the public about the urgency of awareness of choosing a trustworthy central and regional leader for the next 5 years. Either through conventional media or social media that is currently being used by young people in the city of Samarinda, because it is undeniable that the number of beginner voters has a not small quota. Besides that, it also discusses how the communication of the political participation of the people of Samarinda City in following and enlivening the 2019 Election. Political participation is to take part or take part in state political activities or activities. In determining the selection of informants can use purposive sampling technique. Purposive sampling technique is to determine the sample with certain considerations that can provide maximum data and subjects / objects according to the purpose. Samarinda City KPU can be said to be trustworthy and attractive, so it is expected that as a source / communicator it can recognize well and have knowledge of the communicants it faces in its socialization activities to increase political participation in the 2019 elections  Key Word : Role, Election Commission, Political Participation, Elections ABSTRAK Tanggal 17 April 2019 telah berlalu dengan setiap cerita, Pemilu merupakan sebuah proses demokrasi untuk memilih Presiden dan Wakil Presiden periode 2019-2024, pemilihan ini dilaksanakan serentak dengan pemilihan umum legislatif. Pada Pemilu tahun 2019 ini. Apakah langkah-langkah dan sepak terjang tim Komisi Pemilihan Umum Kota Samarinda telah melaksanakan edukasi dan sosialisasi kepada masyarakat tentang urgensi kesadaran memilih pemimpin pusat dan daerah yang amanah untuk 5 tahun ke depan. Baik melalui media konvensional ataupun media sosial yang marak saat ini dipergunakan oleh pemuda di kota Samarinda, karena tidak dipungkiri bahwa jumlah pemilih pemula memiliki kuota yang tidak sedikit. Selain itu membahas pula bagaimana komunikasi partisipasi politik masyarakat Kota Samarinda dalam mengikuti dan memeriahkan Pemilu 2019 ini.  Partisipasi politik adalah mengambil bagian atau mengambil peranan dalam aktivitas atau kegiatan politik negara. Dalam penentuan pemilihan informan dapat menggunakan teknik Purposive Sampling.Teknik purposive sampling adalah menentukan sampel dengan pertimbangan tertentu yang dapat memberikan data secara maksimal serta subjek/objek sesuai tujuan. KPU Kota Samarinda bisa dikatakan, dapat dipercaya dan memiliki daya tarik, maka diharapkan sebagai sumber/komunikator dapat mengenali dengan baik dan memiliki pengetahuan akan komunikan yang dihadapinya dalam kegiatan sosialisasi yang dilakukan untuk meningkatkan partisipasi politik pada Pemilu 2019. Kata Kunci : Peran, KPU, Partisipasi Politik, Pemilu  

Islam as a Language of Popular Politics

2020 ◽  
pp. 227-255
Author(s):  
Abhishek Kaicker
Keyword(s):  
Urban Life ◽  
Popular Politics ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
The People ◽  
Political Protests ◽  
The Face ◽  
The City ◽  
The Ideal

By the 1720s, disorderly gatherings and protests appeared to have become an integral part of urban life in Delhi. This chapter shows how such tumults of the city marked acts of everyday political assertion by ordinary people. Relying on the gestures and practices of Islam to publicly demand “justice” in the face of “oppression,” such protests appropriated the ideal of the ‘Community of Muslims’ for their own ends. Accordingly this chapter examines a central gesture in such political protests: the popular interruption of the Friday sermon. Although it emerged in a moment of sectarian controversy in 1711, the act of interrupting the Friday sermon quickly came to serve as the key symbolic means by which the people challenged the enunciation of imperial sovereignty when it did not lend its support to them.

scholarly journals مكانة عمل أهل المدينة عند الإمام مالك بن أنس

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-60
Author(s):  
Rachmat bin Badani Tempo ◽  
Saifullah bin Anshor ◽  
Wahyuni Ishak
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The People ◽  
The Law ◽  
The City

The research in front of dear readers is about the practice of the people of Medina. Among the objectives were: To identify the essence of the practice of people of Medina and its position according to Imam Malik and other scholars. The researchers focuses on two points, the first: the essence of the people of Medina, and the second: What is the position of the people of Medina according to Imam Malik bin Anas and other scholars? The type of research employed was library research that focuses on texts from books and interesting results of scientific research related to the topic. The results show: First, the practice of the people of Medina is propositions or arguments which are disputed, this is due to differences in understanding the concept. Second, the practice of the people of Medina is divided into two parts, one of which is through excerpts which consist of four types: excerpts of the speech, acts, consent and neglect, and this is an agreed statement. The second one is based on ijtihad, Imam Malik's companions differ in this respect. Third, the practice of people of Medina according to Imam Malik has a great position because of the prominence of the city of Medina and its people compared to other regions based on several narrations mentioned by the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam and his companions, may Allah be pleased with them all. Imam Malik had deduced the law from several problems based on the practice of people of Medina, had often referred to it in different terms in his Muwatta, and had given priority to the practice of the people in Madina if it is contradicting to khabar wahid. He has written letters against people who disagree with him regarding the practice of people of Medina in his time including his famous treatise to Al-Laits bin Saad. Fourth, in contrast to Imam Malik, the majority of scholars do not consider the practice of the people of Medina as a proposition because they see that perfection belongs to the ummah as a whole, and the people of Medina are not the whole ummat, even outside the city of Medina some scholars are more knowledgeable than the people of Medina.

scholarly journals ISTEM PENDUKUNG KEPUTUSAN PEMILIHAN KENDARAAN DALAM MENDISTRIBUSIKAN ZAKAT, INFAK DAN SEDEKAH

CCIT Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-275
Author(s):  
Emi Suryadi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The People ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

Decision support systems into a solution in deciding the problem of various election BAZNAS vehicles in the city of Mataram. Various types of vehicles available in the office BAZNAS Mataram, this can help in the process of decision-support of various criteria and the selected alternative. The results of data collection and calculation processes Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to get the value on which to base recommendations for the selection of vehicles in the city of Mataram BAZNAS namely deer with a total value of 0.4998097. The highest value is the value of the selected vehicle that can be used in distributing Zakat, Infak and Sedekah to various areas in the city of Mataram. The result of this decision in accordance with the calculation criteria and alternatives on which to base the selection of vehicles in the city of Mataram BAZNAS Office in choosing a vehicle. Zakat, Infakand Sedekah  distributed to the poor are earning less than the average and for the people of the poor and orphans so that it can be utilized for the welfare of society, especially in the city of Mataram.

scholarly journals Kyiv City Communities of the Early 1880s in the Context of Alexander Polovtsov’s “Diary”

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Maryna Budzar ◽  
Tetiana Tereshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Imperial Power ◽  
The City ◽  
Informative Character

The article examines the life of urban communities of Kyiv in 1880–1881 in the perception of an imperial official, senator Alexander Polovtsov (1832–1909). The author`s concept based on the opinion that an important part of historical urban studies is the analysis of the activities of urban communities. They represent the state of urban life at a particular historical stage. The article uses excerpts from the “Diary” of Alexander Polovtsov, the Head of the Senatorial Revision Commission, dedicated to his stay in Kyiv in the autumn of 1880 and early 1881. This source is valuable mainly because the author, who did not live in Kyiv (wider — in Ukraine), looked at inhabitants of the city from “outside”. Such a detached view allows us to see Kyiv citizens, firstly the officials of the administrative and administrative apparatus, clergy, landlords, intellectuals — from conservatives to liberals — through the eyes of an “outsider”, a representative of imperial power. At the same time, the article presents diaries and memoirs of representatives of the Kyiv national-democratic intelligentsia, where the events described by Alexander Polovtsov are shown from a different perspective. This perspective of the study deepens the ideas about the peculiarities of the social and cultural life of Kyiv at a crucial moment in history — on the eve of the death of Alexander II and the accession of Alexander III and the change in the political course of the Empire. The informative character of Polovtsov`s diary is determined by its genre specificity. The text is full of facts, descriptions of events, meetings with people. From the position of the imperial high official represented a diverse range of beliefs, opinions, and attitudes of Kyivans in the field of politics, economics, land tenure, education, urban development, etc. The diary is full of succinct descriptions of the individuals contacted by the author. Polovtsov`s assessments help to understand not only how the tsarist government dealt with pressing economic, social and political problems in Ukraine. It helps understand the actions in resolving urgent economic and sociopolitical problems of Ukrainian provinces, the tsarist official`s own attitude to the people in whose milieu he found himself.

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