scholarly journals Pratiche di interculturalismo quotidiano. Etnografia di un condominio multietnico

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-119
Author(s):  
Loretta Fabbri ◽  
Francesca Bracci
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Historic Center ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Housing Complex ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

This paper explores the processes of construction of difference in the materiality of a space of daily interculturalism, through the analysis of the interactions characterizing the life of a multiethnic condominium, which is located in the historic center of Arezzo (Tuscany, Italy). An ethnographic study was conducted which – entering the wider movement of post-qualitative methodologies – incorporated in the analysis process our experiences and personal interpretations, since directly involved and participating in the reality observed as residents in the housing complex. Our interest is aimed at studying the practical use of difference in everyday life, analyzing a condominium as effective space of multiethnic coexistence where matter, subjects, spaces, categories, and geographies are articulated along a continuum of sense and experience, which has found a learning laboratory in the building and its “practices of living”.

scholarly journals SURVIVING SEXUAL ABUSE IN EVERYDAY LIFE: FORMS OF RESISTANCE USED BY CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Olinda de Souza Carvalho e Lira ◽  
Rosane Gonçalves Nitschke ◽  
Adriana Diniz Rodrigues ◽  
Vanda Palmarella Rodrigues ◽  
Telmara Menezes Couto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Voluntary Work ◽  
Children And Adolescent ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Family Routine ◽  
Semi Arid Region

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the forms of resistance used by children and adolescent victims of sexual abuse in the everyday family routine. Method: qualitative research developed at an Assistance Center to Women in Situations of Violence in the semi-arid region of Pernambuco, with data collected between June and November of 2014 through interviews with nine women. The analysis process was based on notions of Comprehensive Sociology and Everyday Life, with data organized by affinity, interpreted and categorized. Results: the emerged categories: ritualization of sexual abuse of children and adolescents in the family routine: acceptance of destiny through passivity; Camouflage to survive the experience of sexual abuse: silence, astuteness and acting/pretending in order to escape abuse, Between hidden sexual abuse and The revelation of sexual abuse. It can be seen that episodes of abuse occurred in secret and under the threat of abusers through intimidating gestures or words. Victims did not confront them or call attention or ask for help, they used tricks like metaphors, laughs and ironic words, as well as ridiculing them with excuses, hiding, pretending to be asleep or fleeing to the street. Conclusion: the underground centrality present in sexual abuse triggered forms of resistance in opposition to the oppression generated by the abuser in which, in accepting that way of life, the participants developed different survival mechanisms, as well as participating in voluntary work, music and sports, these vents alleviate the burden of concealing the abuse.

scholarly journals “Trabalho-lazeando” e o “prédio antigo” na “esquina” do bairro de Nazaré em Belém (PA)

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosangela Marques de Britto
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Spatial Practices ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
Individual Memory

O artigo resulta de parte do estudo etnográfico do cotidiano e das memórias de indivíduos e grupos sociais urbanos, realizado entre 2012 até março de 2014, que priorizou compreender e interpretar as relações dos agrupamentos humanos no entorno do patrimônio musealizado, onde foi instalado, em 1984, o Museu da Universidade Federal do Pará. Estas formas e conteúdos do cotidiano se processam pelas matérias das recordações dos quatro interlocutores acerca dos usos do espaço social-urbano da rua, situados nas calçadas da “esquina” do entorno do museu localizado no bairro de Nazaré, na cidade de Belém. Pretendo descrever as narrativas destes interlocutores a partir da “etnografia de rua” de suas representações e práticas espaciais de trabalhar nas ruas. Ao final, descreverei as perspectivas êmicas destes trabalhadores de rua em relação à circulação das pessoas no “dentro” e no “fora” do muro (jardim) do museu, e sobre as mudanças e permanências daquela paisagem urbana e o significado de seus ofícios/trabalhos.Palavras-chave: Espaço urbano e social. Práticas de sociabilidade na rua. Memória Individual e Coletiva. “Etnografia de rua”. Patrimônio histórico musealizado."Work-leisuring" and the "old building" on the "corner" of Nazaré neighborhood in Belém (PA)AbstractThe article results from part of the ethnographic study of everyday life and memories of individuals and urban social groups, conducted between 2012 until March 2014, which prioritized understand and interpret the relationships of human groups surround of musealized heritage, where it was installed in 1984 Museum of the Federal University of Pará. These forms and contents of the memories materials are processed daily for four interlocutors, about the uses of social-urban street spot located on the sidewalks of the "corner" surround of the museum located in the Nazaré neighborhood, in Belém. Intend to describe the narratives of these interlocutors from the "street ethnography" of your representations and spatial practices of work on the streets. At the end describe the emic perspectives of these four street workers in relation to the movement of people "inside" and "outside" the wall (garden) of the museum, and on the changes and continuities of the landscape of the streets and the meaning of their crafts / jobs.Key-words: Social and urban spot. Practices of sociability on the streets. Collective and individual memory. "Street ethnography". Historic heritage musealized.

Objects, Frozen Actions, and Identity: A Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigrid Norris ◽  
Boonyalakha Makboon
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Action Analysis ◽  
Identity Production

AbstractIn this article, we take a multimodal (inter)action analytical approach, showing how objects in everyday life are identity telling. As social actors surround themselves with objects, multiple actions from producing the objects to acquiring and placing them in the environment are embedded within. Here, we investigate examples from two different ethnographic studies, using the notion of frozen actions. One of our examples comes from a 5-month-long ethnographic study on identity production of three vegetarians in Thailand (

What Makes a House a Home? An Evaluation of a Supported Housing Project for Individuals with Long-Term Psychiatric Backgrounds

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine M. Boydell ◽  
Barbara Everett
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Supported Housing ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Equal Weight ◽  
Housing Project ◽  
Community Mental Health Agency ◽  
Qualitative Component ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

Supported housing (as distinct from supportive housing) emphasizes the values of consumer choice; independence; participation; permanence; normalcy; and flexible, ongoing supports. As a model, it has only recently become popular in the literature and therefore little is known of its effectiveness in serving people with long-term psychiatric backgrounds. In 1989, Homeward Projects, a community mental health agency located in Metropolitan Toronto, established a supported housing project. Homeward included an evaluative component in its program from the outset. In order to give equal weight to the tenants' opinions, both quantitative and qualitative methodologies were employed. In the quantitative component, residential milieu, social support, and service delivery were examined. The qualitative component involved an ethnographic study which allowed the tenants to voice their experiences of living in such a setting. Results provided a rich understanding of the model. Overall, the tenants eventually came to describe their house as a home.

scholarly journals “I Need Child Care!”: Using Funds of Knowledge, Addressing Challenges, and Developing Literacies With a Classroom Community of Adult ESL Learners

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 334-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aijuan Cun ◽  
Mary B. McVee ◽  
Christopher Vasquez
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Funds Of Knowledge ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Esl Students ◽  
Adult Esl ◽  
Life Challenge ◽  
Esl Learners

Many immigrants and refugees in the United States must confront different linguistic and cultural contexts in their everyday life. As part of a larger ethnographic study related to refugee families and literacy, this qualitative study explores how adult English as a second language (ESL) students help their classmate Htoo Eh find ways to deal with an everyday life challenge. This study utilized two supporting theoretical frameworks: funds of knowledge and literacy as a social practice. Data sources included field notes, transcripts of video recording, artifacts, as well as conservations with the teacher and welfare coordinators. Findings demonstrate that community members utilized two funds of knowledge in particular: social network and life experience to help the focal participant. Findings also showed that adult ESL students assisted their classmates in developing three types of literacies, which were finding and obtaining childcare, knowing how the system works, and communicating with the caseworker in order to deal with an everyday life challenge. These findings suggest that educators should recognize and value adult ESL learners’ funds of knowledge as well as incorporate the knowledge into instruction. Educators also should open up space for these learners to develop literacies together as a community.

scholarly journals Osallisena yhteisessä arjessa

2020 ◽  
pp. 115-136
Author(s):  
Minna Intke Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Language Socialization ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Local Language ◽  
Linguistic Support ◽  
Nexus Analysis ◽  
Central Tool

This paper studies what migrant mothers in Finland say about their social relationships, language use and sense of belonging. The main focus of my study is on the mothers’ stories and the factors that they consider relevant for their socialization into the local language and sense of belonging. This longitudinal ethnographic study (2012–2018) explores the case of eleven migrant mothers. The data is analyzed applying nexus analysis (Scollon & Scollon 2004). The study focuses on language socialization and languaging. In everyday contexts, language is understood as a target and it is also used as a central tool in action. The results indicate that multilingual contexts in everyday life are relevant for constructing the sense of belonging since they offer possibility to give and receive social and linguistic support.

scholarly journals Mathematical Connections Made by Teacher in Linear Program: An Ethnographical Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Anisa Astra Jingga ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Construction ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Mathematical Connections ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience ◽  
Certified Teacher ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Mathematical Connection

Abstract Mathematical connection ability helps students to understand the concepts and the applications of mathematics, in this context, the teacher as an implementer of education has an important role to make a mathematical connection in their instruction. An ethnographic study was conducted to determine the teacher’s ability to make mathematical connections. A certified teacher with 30 years of teaching experience is observed and is interviewed to obtain the data. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings show that the relationship between mathematics and everyday life arises as a mathematical connection in the form of different representations. When the teacher shows that a sentence can be another representation of a mathematical symbol, then those activity is a configuration of mathematical connection representation. In this study, the part-whole relationship is obtained not as a generalization but as a specific example. The relationship between ideas, facts, and concepts in mathematics appears in every construction, however, the process of knowledge construction is only carried out in the form of procedure and implication.

Images as ‘potentials’: Feminist new materialist orientations to photovoice

2021 ◽  
pp. 146879412110493
Author(s):  
Julia Coffey
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Visual Methods ◽  
Methodological Practice ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

This article contributes to sociological and new materialist efforts to reorient and reimagine qualitative methodologies. I explore the more-than-human and more-than-representational potentials of one traditional humanist qualitative method, photovoice and its ‘affordances’ when the epistemologies and ontologies underpinning what images ‘can do’ are opened up. I extend the work of Higgins (2014; 2016) and others who have ‘recalibrated’ visual methods to argue that photovoice has the potential to be an aleatory methodological practice which connects to efforts to mobilise ethics of encounter in feminist new materialist research. I draw on two empirical examples from a study which used photovoice as a key tool to explore young people’s embodiment and wellbeing as emergent traces, formed through entangled processes and relations, rather than inherent properties of human bodies and subjects. The article explores what photovoice ‘can do’ and how it may be useful in contributing to sociological efforts to generate new answers to old questions through attending to the ways structures and material inequalities are themselves produced through the situated and affective practices and embodiments of everyday life.

Simply child’s play? Reconfiguring child-adult relations in a leisure place for children

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 252
Author(s):  
Caterina Satta
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Educational Framework ◽  
Child's Play ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Sociology Of Childhood ◽  
Better Than

This article describes an ethnographic study exploring children’s everyday life in a leisure place for children led by a small group of play-assistants. In particular it focuses on child-adult relations within this place and aims to discover, through the observation of play activities, the grounds of this relation. Findings suggest that the relation between adults and children is always performed within an educational framework, where the adult knows better than the child what is best for him/her. Based on the main assumptions of the sociology of childhood and of the cultural studies pertaining to this field, the proposal aims to interpret child-adult relations as an intercultural relation rather than an educative one.  

scholarly journals Moving Spaces: Mapping the Drama Room as Heterotopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Elsa Szatek
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Space And Place ◽  
The Political ◽  
Democratic Process ◽  
Community Group ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Artistic Work ◽  
A Performance

This article is aimed at exploring the political characteristics of the drama space, which reflects, juxtaposes, and opposes particular sites in a participant’s everyday life, such as the school. By putting spatial theories to work, this article investigates the drama space belonging to an all-girls community group in Sweden, participation in which is voluntary and where the artistic work produced relies on a democratic process, with the girls’ input being vital. I conceptualise the drama room as a heterotopia that functions as an exclusive and excluding space as a well as a space of resistance. Based on interviews with the girls, this ethnographic study challenges the conventional notion that applied drama is only an interrelational matter between the drama participants. By examining the drama room’s role as the ‘other place’ in the girls’ everyday lives while being connected to ‘everyday’ places, this article demonstrates the drama room as an important space for the girls to have agency, there and elsewhere. When placing space and place in the foreground, a ‘dramaspaceknowledge’ emerges, the influence of which stretches beyond the drama room. This article argues that the girls’ dramaspaceknowledge is utilised when creating a performance and while challenging structures and norms elsewhere, such as in their schools and communities.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document