scholarly journals Predoni a casa nostra e il geografo solidale: Massimo Quaini tra terra e acqua

2021 ◽  
pp. 157-153
Author(s):  
Francesco Vallerani
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Geography ◽  
Personal Narrative ◽  
Civil Commitment ◽  
Environmental Sensitivity ◽  
Humanistic Geography ◽  
Emotional Geographies ◽  
Peculiar Character ◽  
Shed Light

In accordance with the main goals of this collection of essays in honour of Massimo Quaini, the text focuses on a peculiar character of the Ligurian geographer’s sensibility, his attention to landscape protectionresearch activity developed in the context of the humanistic geography. Starting from a personal narrative based on his own reminiscences and neglected memories, the author tries to shed light on the relationships between civil commitment and cultural reflection which characterize environmental sensitivity, bringing together his interests with Quaini’s emotional geographies. Finally, some of Quaini’s everyday practicalities are highlighted as the easiest doorway to improve the cognitive procedures of cultural geography.

Emotional geographies of irregular transmigrants’ journeys

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalia Campos-Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Central American ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Irregular Migrants ◽  
Emotional Dimension ◽  
Emotional Geographies ◽  
Emotional Dimensions ◽  
In Transit ◽  
Migratory Process ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract Migrants’ journeys involve geopolitical, corporeal, and emotional dimensions. Yet, emotions, which are fundamental to understand the migrant experience, are usually overlooked. Following the ‘emotional geographies’ approach, this article analyses the spatial contextualisation of the affective and emotional experiences of irregular migrants in transit. Cognitive mapping methodology is proposed as a means to address the spatial and subjective dimensions of migrants’ experiences. The ‘testimonial maps’ of two Central American transmigrants in Mexico are explored. The emotional geographies of irregular transmigration underscore the emotional turmoil associated with the irregular migratory process(es). They shed light to the familiar arrangements made before the journey, the natural landscape as part of the control, the encounters with agents of the state and criminal actors, the sanctuary places, the acquaintances and fortuitous friendships, the resilience and adaptability needed for endure the journey, and, beneath all this, the multi-emotional dimension of the journey: love, sorrow, shame, courage, anxiety, fear, trust, kindness, and hope.

scholarly journals Modes and Trajectories of Shadow Education in Denmark and China: Fieldwork Reflections by a Comparativist

2021 ◽  
pp. 209653112110420
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang (张薇)
Keyword(s):  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Personal Narrative ◽  
Low Achievers ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Shadow Education ◽  
Research Partnership ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Egalitarian Society ◽  
Education In China ◽  
Shed Light

Purpose In the domain of shadow education (private supplementary tutoring), Denmark and China may be placed at opposite ends of a spectrum. Denmark has a recently emerged, small, and high-cost sector that mostly serves low achievers, while China has a more industrialized sector with a long history and economies of scale. The paper juxtaposes the two to shed light on each. Design/Approach/Methods The article is a personal narrative of the author's research experiences. She grew up and had initial education in China before moving to the Nordic realm for 2 years. This provided a set of initial lenses, which were subsequently deployed in research partnership from her current base in China with colleagues in Denmark. Findings The juxtaposition raises questions that might otherwise not have been asked and provides insights that might otherwise not have been gained. Danish families hesitate to use shadow education for advantages in the egalitarian society, in contrast to Chinese patterns that stress competition and achievement. These facets have implications for the modes of shadow education and even the names of tutorial companies. Originality/Value The paper has a methodological value in addition to its substantive insights on the trajectories of shadow education in the two countries.

Considering Matthew Shepard: normative and anti-normative queer spatial narratives and the politics of performance in choral music

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-485
Author(s):  
Daniel Cockayne
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
Choral Music ◽  
Cultural Geography ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Geographical Analysis ◽  
Emotional Geographies ◽  
Choral Composition ◽  
Matthew Shepard

I present a cultural geographical analysis of the recent choral composition Considering Matthew Shepard. I explore the cultural, musical, and emotional geographies of this piece of music, in terms of its content and my experience of rehearsing and then performing the piece as a member of the choir. Drawing on cultural geography, musical geography, and queer theory, I argue that the memorializing of Matthew Shepard’s killing through this musical setting both repeats and challenges the normative popular and academic framings of Shepard’s murder and, more generally, queer critiques of the memorialization and historicization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer pasts. I explore this by examining three spatial themes in Considering Matthew Shepard: its representations of (1) Wyoming, (2) the fence (where Shepard was left by his assailants), and (3) universality. I also point to what musical geographies might gain in looking more closely at choral music performance.

Developing a therapeutic recreation identity: A graduate researcher's personal narrative of grant writing and program design

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Annalise Doyle, MS, CTRS
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Program Design ◽  
Personal Narrative ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Therapeutic Recreation ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Grant Writing ◽  
Professional Perspective ◽  
Shed Light

This personal narrative describes the process of a graduate student finding her professional identity as a recreational therapist through the grant writing and research process. The student details her experience of designing and implementing a therapeutic Zumba® program for youth at an afterschool program. The narrative attempts to shed light on the learning processes that occur during the experience and offers advice to other students developing their professional perspective.

scholarly journals Perspectives in geography of culture and civilizations

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-55
Author(s):  
Мirko Grcic ◽  
Ljiljana Grcic ◽  
Мikica Sibinovic
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Geography ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Space Environment ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Humanistic Geography ◽  
Psychoanalytic Concept ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Spirit Of Place

This paper presents a comparative analysis of relevant methodological essence of "traditional" and "new" cultural geography. In the introduction is given an explanation of philosophic concepts of space, environment, place and the region in cultural geography. In second section is analyzed the meaning of civilization and the genesis of geography of civilization (g?ographie de civilisation). Special attention is on features of geographical posibilism as methodological paradigm, and the concept of cultural landscape as the essence of classical geography of culture and civilization. After this part are researched specific characteristics of certain academic schools and methodological perspectives in cultural geography. Postmodern paradigm and essence of "new" cultural geography are in the main focus. Postmodernism is changing the meaning of the basic concepts in cultural geography, which are analyzed in the introduction, such as space, culture, cultural region, cultural landscape and others. "New" cultural geography reassessed social and moral issues associated with the characteristics of the postmodern era. In this regard, methodological paradigm must be changed. This ascertainment is based on the interpretation of humanistic geography, where the emphasis is on the interpretation of cultural symbols, causal link and the "spirit of place" (Spiritus Loci). In accordance with modern conceptions of human in psychological notion, there are at least three theoretical directions, which find resonance in the appropriate cultural geography: behaviorism, psychoanalytic concept and cognitive concept - gestaltism and geography of perception. In conclusion is emphasized the need of finding a dialectical unity in "classical" and "new" cultural geography.

The Role of Civil Commitment in the Opioid Crisis

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ish P. Bhalla ◽  
Nina Cohen ◽  
Claudia E. Haupt ◽  
Kate Stith ◽  
Rocksheng Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Civil Commitment ◽  
Opioid Crisis ◽  
Shed Light

This article seeks to shed light on civil commitment in the context of the opioid crisis, to sketch the existing legal landscape surrounding civil commitment, and to illustrate the relevant medical, ethical, and legal concerns that policymakers must take into account as they struggle to find appropriate responses to the crisis.

Elucidating cyclic AMP signaling in subcellular domains with optogenetic tools and fluorescent biosensors

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1733-1747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Klausen ◽  
Fabian Kaiser ◽  
Birthe Stüven ◽  
Jan N. Hansen ◽  
Dagmar Wachten
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Adenosine Monophosphate ◽  
Adenylyl Cyclases ◽  
Temporal Precision ◽  
Fluorescent Biosensors ◽  
Subcellular Domains ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Cyclic Amp Signaling

The second messenger 3′,5′-cyclic nucleoside adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) plays a key role in signal transduction across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Cyclic AMP signaling is compartmentalized into microdomains to fulfil specific functions. To define the function of cAMP within these microdomains, signaling needs to be analyzed with spatio-temporal precision. To this end, optogenetic approaches and genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors are particularly well suited. Synthesis and hydrolysis of cAMP can be directly manipulated by photoactivated adenylyl cyclases (PACs) and light-regulated phosphodiesterases (PDEs), respectively. In addition, many biosensors have been designed to spatially and temporarily resolve cAMP dynamics in the cell. This review provides an overview about optogenetic tools and biosensors to shed light on the subcellular organization of cAMP signaling.

Sentence-Based Experience Logging in New Hearing Aid Users

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3S) ◽  
pp. 631-637
Author(s):  
Katja Lund ◽  
Rodrigo Ordoñez ◽  
Jens Bo Nielsen ◽  
Dorte Hammershøi
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Patient Experiences ◽  
Online Tool ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Hearing Rehabilitation ◽  
Clinical Observations ◽  
Hearing Aid Use ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Shed Light

Purpose The aim of this study was to develop a tool to gain insight into the daily experiences of new hearing aid users and to shed light on aspects of aided performance that may not be unveiled through standard questionnaires. Method The tool is developed based on clinical observations, patient experiences, expert involvement, and existing validated hearing rehabilitation questionnaires. Results An online tool for collecting data related to hearing aid use was developed. The tool is based on 453 prefabricated sentences representing experiences within 13 categories related to hearing aid use. Conclusions The tool has the potential to reflect a wide range of individual experiences with hearing aid use, including auditory and nonauditory aspects. These experiences may hold important knowledge for both the patient and the professional in the hearing rehabilitation process.

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