scholarly journals Collaborative Action and Social Organization in Remote Rural Regions: Autonomous Irrigation Arrangements in the Pamirs of Tajikistan

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2905
Author(s):  
Andrei Dörre
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
External Support ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Local Case

This paper proposes a bottom–up “nexus medium” perspective to examine and understand social organization and how socio-ecological challenges in remote rural regions are dealt with in communities that receive only limited external support. While “nexus mediums” constitute substances, matter, or objects that combine manifold vital meanings and can be seen as socially constructed and materialized arenas of social interaction, autonomous resource management is seen as a means of local social organization. Taking water as the nexus medium of choice allows us to generate locally informed insights about the role of this scarce resource for the everyday life and social organization of communities inhabiting arid rural areas. This reasoning will be exemplified by three local case studies conducted during empirical research in the Pamirs of Tajikistan utilizing a mix of qualitative methods. The findings reveal how many fundamental everyday-life-related aspects and activities of the studied communities are related to water, and how these communities are organized around common water use and management arrangements that are based on joint decision-making, shared benefits and responsibilities, and collaborative action. The “nexus medium” concept appears to be an appropriate approach for research that seeks to understand from a local perspective how communal living is organized and how socio-ecological challenges are addressed.

Diachronicity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lexi Eikelboom
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Continental Philosophy ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Julia Kristeva ◽  
Giorgio Agamben ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Creation

This chapter examines an alternative approach to rhythm within continental philosophy, represented by Giorgio Agamben and Julia Kristeva. These thinkers are interested in the role of rhythm in the creation of a non-traditional subjectivity, rather than in reality as a whole. As a result, they view rhythm from within, in relation to the socially-constructed systems that govern everyday life. These concerns enable a more diachronic perspective on rhythm as a feature of human experience, and, moreover, as an interruptive feature to be leveraged in challenging human conceptions and structures. As in the previous chapter, the current chapter then turns to consider both critical theological responses by adherents to Radical Orthodoxy and similarities between Agamben and Kristeva and theologians Erich Przywara and Jean-Luc Marion. These resonances demonstrate the theological significance of Agamben’s approach, in particular, as the openness to interruptive encounter required for creatureliness.

scholarly journals Innovation without growth: Frameworks for understanding technological change in a post-growth era

Organization ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 135050842097363
Author(s):  
Mario Pansera ◽  
Mariano Fressoli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Economic Models ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Socially Constructed

The feasibility and desirability of endless economic growth is being increasingly questioned by scholars and activists. Whilst envisioning alternative economic models is key to assure the sustainability and wellbeing of present and future generations, few studies have analysed what might be the role of ‘innovation’ in a post-growth era. Innovating has become an imperative for the survival and expansion of any form of organisation. But this ‘innovate or die mania’ underpins assumptions – such as technological determinism and productivism – that neglect the socially constructed character of technological development, its politics and its capacity to enable (or disable) just and equitable societies. In this paper we posit that untangling innovation from growth is key to imagine a post-growth era. We show how alternative bottom up initiatives, promoted by a variety of different organizational forms, have challenged mainstream ideas about innovation and growth. These experiments provide a glimpse into what ‘innovation without growth’ could mean in terms of technology and social organization. We conclude by proposing new paths in research aimed at exploring under which conditions post-growth-oriented organizations can flourish and diffuse.

scholarly journals Rural-Urban Multiplier and Policy Effects in Finish Rural Regions: an Inter-Regional Sam Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Hyytiä
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Multiplier Analysis ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
Rural Industries ◽  
Base Data

AbstractThe paper studies rural policies in two Finnish regions, and whether the policy benefits would accumulate to the rural or urban areas. Rural-urban social accounting matrices were built and used as a base data for the SAM multiplier analysis. The output multiplier values demonstrate the important role of agriculture and food industry in both of the study regions. In the urban areas, however, services and construction were among the industries with the highest income generating potential. Whilst urban and rural industries had almost an equal potential for stimulating the whole economies, the results indicate that urban activities spill over welfare to the surrounding rural areas and thus can back up the development of the whole regions. Due to their different economic structures, South Ostrobothnia responded stronger to the agricultural policies while North Karelia was more responsive to the infrastructure and tourism policies.

scholarly journals Local Development Initiatives as Promoters of Social Innovation: Evidence from Two European Rural Regions

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Marina Novikova ◽  
Maria de Fátima Ferreiro ◽  
Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Extensive Body ◽  
Action Groups

AbstractSocial innovation entered the academic discourse several decades ago and has since been seen as a way of tackling existing problems in various contexts. Although an extensive body of research has been conducted into the role of social innovation in urban context, there is still a gap when it comes to studying the role of social innovation in the development of rural areas. In this paper, an attempt is made to look at the role of Local Action Groups (LAGs) and Local Development Associations (LDAs) as promoters of social innovation in rural areas in Austria and Portugal, aiming to understand the role of such organisations and the challenges faced by the latter in promoting social innovation.

Research Report: Searching for Complementarities between Agriculture and Tourism — The Demarcated Wine-Producing Regions of Northern Portugal

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Marques
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Research Report ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
The North

This paper discusses the role of agritourism in deprived rural areas as an instrument of regional development that builds on local cultural and natural advantages. This is illustrated with preliminary data collected from interviews carried out at agritourism enterprises from the demarcated wine-producing regions of the north of Portugal. The evidence gathered shows that tourism may have a role in marketing unique local products, preserving architectural heritage and developing physical and human capital in which rural regions are lacking. Moreover, the LEADER capital provided by the European Union was a crucial factor in the interviewees' initial investment decisions.

scholarly journals Rural Areas in Bulgaria – Investigation on some Factors for Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuliana Yarkova ◽  
Emil Mutafov
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
Institutional Actors ◽  
Economic Capacity

Abstract The focus on the specific territories such as rural areas as systems is imperative in order to achieve each of the strategic goals of development at national and European level. The objective of current paper is a subject to the project “7I/14 Regional policy against depopulation of Bulgarian villages” which aims to bring to light opportunities and fields of interventions to reduce depopulation of Bulgarian villages and to formulate recommendations and measures at national and regional level. Present study limits its tasks to: systematization and classification of the factors for development of the rural areas, investigation the role of institutional actors and pointing out the factors that constraint the successful development and some pathways of resolving the bottlenecks. Since the objective data show significant disparities between developed and underdeveloped rural regions and specificity of development factors, a subjective empirical study (survey) among 144 respondents from two regions – underdeveloped and developed, has been conducted. The object of this paper is the discussion on just two of all 13 questions in the questionnaire: 1) the role of the institutions and organizations for the future development of rural areas and 2) the factors limiting development of rural areas. In formulating specific measures for activating the factors and engines of rural development two types of mechanisms need to be applied: 1) maintenance and expansion of the socio-economic functions of the areas and settlements with vitality and economic capacity; 2) social care for people of the depopulated villages and areas which perspective is to drop out from the administrative map of the country. The results show that the development of rural areas and settlements in Bulgaria can be catalyzed using supporting measures which become agents of transition process through deployment of the institutional regime capacity and practice specific approaches towards the different type of regions, areas and settlements.

The role of gossip in everyday life

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly Hom ◽  
Jonathan Haidt
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life

The role of gossip in everyday life

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly Hom ◽  
Jonathan Haidt
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life

A Study Of Expansion Of The Fmcg Market Across Rural Areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (8) ◽  
pp. 142-151
Author(s):  
Dr. Udayagiri Raghunath ◽  
Dr. V.Venkateswara Rao
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Customer Choice ◽  
Income Levels ◽  
Rural Markets ◽  
Urban Markets ◽  
Tv Media ◽  
Rural Clients ◽  
Tv Watching

The corporate companies dealing with FMCG products have started focusing on rural markets as the urban markets have become saturated and highly competitive. Capturing the rural markets brings forth a whole new set of challenges as it is laborious to break in. This market presents the companies with gamut challenges on a new dimension which demand entirely different strategies as compared to the ones used in urban areas. Studying the rural markets for rural markets has become crucial more than ever. It is an objective learning, psychiatry of dispersion, impact of the FMCG in rural areas. This research uses diverse utensils, procedure toward analyze composed records. Several of the features used in analyzing the data are the consumer characteristics like educational qualifications, professions they are in, and the income levels. The role of TV media advertising is also analyzed. Many deals and promotions advertised on TV are investigated. The scope of authority wield by publicity happening customer choice production has looked into. The different levels of media exposure and preferable TV watching times and their favorite programs considered while analyzing the data. The spending prototype of rural clients on FMCG is examined and further categorized based on their income levels, educational qualifications, and legal awareness of consumer act. All the analyzed data, results, and suggestions presented in the visual formats.

RURAL TOURISM IN INDIA CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pankaj Sharma ◽  
Ravi Parkash
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Rural Location ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Political Background ◽  
The Government

The paper analyze the role of rural tourism for the development of rural areas, The study analyzed how the different types of tourist product diversifications influence the development possibilities of studied rural areas in India. The government should sponsor private Sector to promote tourism in rural areas. For upgrading the rural tourism government requires to understand the rural location, demography, socio-culture, financial and political background of that area. How we can involve the rural citizens to improve their socio-economic condition. The objective of this paper is to present an update on rural tourism expansion and development in India. Rural tourism is rising in terms of number of visitors and the government of India should focus on it as an engine of growth

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