scholarly journals Place Attachment, Feeling of Belonging and Collective Identity in Socio-Ecological Systems: Study Case of Pegalajar (Andalusia-Spain)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3388
Author(s):  
Javier Escalera-Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Place Attachment ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Water System ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Collective Identities ◽  
Study Case ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ways Of Life

Shared feelings of belonging and attachment held by people in relation to the place they live, and the development of collective identities that such feelings can promote, should be taken into account when seeking to understand the configuration and operation of socio-ecological systems (SES), in general, and the impact these factors have on SES adaptability, transformability and resilience, in particular. However, these topics have not been examined in enough depth in prior research. To address the effects of people’s feelings of place attachment and belonging in specific SES and the impacts they have on the aforementioned properties, in addition to theoretical instruments appropriate to the emotional and cognitive nature of this kind of phenomena, in-depth empirical qualitative studies are required to enhance understanding of the cultural and symbolic dimensions of the SES of which they are part. In this regard, the analysis of people–place connections, feelings of belonging and territorial identifications (territoriality) is strategic to understanding how the biophysical and the socio-cultural are interconnected and structured within SES. This article is based on a case study implemented through long-standing ethnographic research conducted in Pegalajar (Andalusia-Spain), which examined the struggle of the local population to recover the water system on which the landscape, as well as the ways of life that sustain their identity as a town, has been built. This case proposed a perspective on feelings and collective identifications as analytical interfaces between social and natural dimensions of SES in order to enhance understanding of their structuring and dynamics, particularly their resilience, and in order to manage them in a more sustainable way.

Defenders of Nature and the Comarca: Collective Identity and Frames in Panama

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Horton
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Collective Identities ◽  
Land Claims ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Indigenous Identity ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Multiple Frames ◽  
Indigenous Land

This article examines collective identities as both a resource and constraint in framing processes of social mobilization through a case study of Panama's Kuna Indians, one of Latin America's most effectively organized indigenous peoples. It highlights tensions between movement nurturance of distinct indigenous identity as intrinsically valuable and to a degree counterhegemonic and instrumental use of an environmental frame to advance indigenous land claims. This article also explores shifts in dominant discourse and institutional practices that provide both opportunities for identity-based movements as well as risks. One way identity groups address tensions between appropriation of externally generated frames for instrumental goals and the nurturing of distinct collective identities is to manage multiple frames aimed at distinct audiences with distinct content. errors are the sole responsibility of the author.

scholarly journals Identities in Roman Macedonia during the Early Imperial Period

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-160
Author(s):  
Sheanna Murray
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Collective Identities ◽  
Imperial Period ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
The Impact

This paper focuses on the impact of the Roman presence in Macedonia on the collective identities of the local population from the beginning of Roman rule in the region in 167 BC until the early 3rd century AD. The societal changes taking place during the first three and a half centuries have been outlined using the available epigraphic, numismatic and onomastic evidence to analyse the evolving identities of the Macedonians and the new forms of expression of these identities. The approach taken in this paper is not one of Hellenisation or Romanisation but of acculturation, focussing on the identities of the Macedonian people that adapted and evolved in relation to the new political and cultural environment.

scholarly journals LOS PROCESOS DE AUTOEVALUACIÓN Y ACREDITACIÓN: SU INCIDENCIA EN LA GESTIÓN DE LA CALIDAD. UN ACERCAMIENTO POR MEDIO DEL ESTUDIO DE CASO. THE SELF-ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION PROCESSES: THEIR IMPACT ON QUALITY MANAGEMENT. AN APPROACH THROUGH CASE STUDY RE

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-156
Author(s):  
Javier Cox-Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The Self ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Study Case ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Estudio De Caso

Este artículo es un avance de una investigación, la cual pretende comprender la incidencia  de los procesos de autoevaluación y acreditación en la gestión de calidad en la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), desde la perspectiva de tres encargados de carreras acreditadas, por medio de un  abordaje metodológico de investigación centrado en el estudio de caso.Palabras clave: Autoevaluación, acreditación, gestión de la calidad, excelencia académica, estudio de caso.AbstractThis article is an advance of an investigation, which seeks to understand the impact of self-assessment and accreditation processes in quality management at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), since the perspective of three directors of accredited programs, through a methodological approach focused in study case research.Keywords: Self-evaluation, accreditation, quality management, academic excellence, case study.

To disinvest or invest? The role of programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) for economic evaluation and prioritization between public health interventions

2019 ◽  
pp. 312-340
Author(s):  
Joanna M. Charles ◽  
Rhiannon T. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Marginal Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Allocation Decisions

This chapter describes the application of programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) as an evidence-based framework to make resource allocation decisions such as whether to invest or disinvest in certain services, products, or interventions. This evidence-based eight-step decision-making process can help decision-makers to maximize the impact of healthcare resources on the health needs of a local population. Programme budgeting is an appraisal of past resource allocation in specified programmes or services with a view to tracking future resource allocation in those same programmes or services. Marginal analysis is the appraisal of the added benefits and added costs of a proposed investment or the lost benefits and lower costs of a proposed disinvestment. This chapter pays particular attention to the use of the PBMA framework to appraise a national health improvement budget as a case study to illustrate the methods practical application in public health.

scholarly journals RiMaflow autogestita: un esercizio di geografia sociale. Descrizione di un percorso mentale e fisico e della realizzazione di un ripensamento spaziale

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Eva
Keyword(s):  
Social Geography ◽  
Concrete Experience ◽  
Study Case ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Geographical Context ◽  
Ethical Motivations

The article aims to introduce the practices of social geography through the description of the conceptual and practical path on the territory that led to picking up the study case and the implementation of the research. After a conceptual introduction on the ethical motivations of those who want to do social geography and having indicated which tools the geographer can use and which practices are more useful, the article outlines the theoretical and geographical context of the identified case study, and then move on to the description of the concrete aspects of the observed experience. The conclusion is actually only an update of how the experience resisted the impact of the pandemic and how the expressed ideal references and the concrete experience maintain their continuity and coherence over time

scholarly journals The impact of rural extension on mastitis control in family farms in the Amazon region: a multi-case study. Case report

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Andrade Mesquita ◽  
Vanessa Zamilian da Silva ◽  
Jefferson Gomes da Rocha ◽  
João Victtor Salerme Dionísio ◽  
Flávio Henrique Bravim Caldeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Amazon Region ◽  
Family Farms ◽  
Study Case ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mastitis Control

The Triple Helix Model

2017 ◽  
pp. 60-79
Author(s):  
André Magrinho ◽  
Joana Neves ◽  
Joaquim Ramos Silva
Keyword(s):  
Triple Helix ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Business Associations ◽  
Triple Helix Model ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Study Case ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The chapter focuses on the role of the Triple Helix model that binds companies/business associations with the universities/research centers and the government at different levels, which has been widely used for policy purposes. This work examines the internationalization process of firms within the context of global value chains, and the study case is the Health Cluster of Portugal. The authors show that the recourse to the model is relevant to understand this industry, most notably in the regional context. However, on the basis of the case study, not all aspects of the relationships within the model attain the same level of satisfaction. It is concluded that the model enables the associated firms to more easily absorb the impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution but important challenges remain in the advance of this process.

Coping with Drought

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariush Hayati ◽  
Masoud Yazdanpanah ◽  
Fereshteh Karbalaee
Keyword(s):  
Rural Poor ◽  
Supportive Services ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Main Technique ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Study Case ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Slow Onset

The slow-onset disasters, like drought, consistently deplete farmers’ resources at a faster rate than they can be replenished. Drought has been a recurring phenomenon in the southern regions of Iran and it has repeatedly been a leading cause of declining production and great human suffering. In view of the fact that poor and small farmers are more vulnerable, it is expected that they would be the main victims of such conditions. Investigation of rural poor strategies in drought conditions and assessing the impact of the governmental interventions to mitigate the drought consequences, especially on the poor state, constituted the main objectives of this study. Case study was the research method and an in-depth interview was used as the main technique of data collection. Findings revealed that farmers’ attitude towards drought was mostly metaphysical rather than physical and environmental. Poor farmers were harshly affected by the drought. It hurt them not only because of their attitude or belief, but also because of their low socio-economical position. Moreover, governmental interventions worsen the poor farmers’ situation because they treated all the farmers’ homogeneously. Much of governmental supportive services were benefited by non-poor farmers. On the contrary, the poor farmers’ who were in dire need, benefited the least. Therefore, governmental interventions fail to support the poor farmers, because it considers all stratums similar and it only focuses on productive policies. Some recommendations are pre-sented at the end of the article based on research findings.

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