scholarly journals Combining Political Ecology and ‘Mésologie’ for a New Geography of Rivers?

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Flore Lafaye de Micheaux ◽  
Christian Kull

How do we rethink the integrated management of river basins? This article is mainly a theoretical contribution that aims to reflect on ways of knowing rivers in the context of the Anthropocene. The authors suggest a new framework based on post-positivist geographies for a deeper understanding of environmental, political, and social conflicts related to rivers. They highlight the potential of combining political ecology and its hydrosocial cycle framework with the mésologie of Augustin Berque. This approach, inspired by non-modern ontologies, helps to account for the full texture of the relationship between society and rivers. It emphasizes human–environment relations and the concept of “milieu”. It particularly captures the role of lived experience in river–human relationships, by accounting for the emotions and interpretations that link people to rivers both collectively and individually. This is particularly appropriate in the Indian context where rivers are ritually revered.

Author(s):  
Nicholas Cook

This chapter focuses on music’s existence in real time. On the printed page, music is a series of notes fixed in the same relationships for all time. But as played and heard, music is a world of ‘endless movement, not discrete “forms” but continuous “forming”’—a world of lived experience that expresses human relationships in their most essential, stripped-down form. The chapter discusses the role of improvisation in both jazz and classical music, and the relationship between knowledge and practice as illustrated by historically informed performance (HIP); it also considers music’s ability to bring about social bonding and the political significance it acquires from this, whether in national anthems or protest songs.


Author(s):  
Rafael A. Gonzalez ◽  
Henk G. Sol

Validation within design science research in Information Systems (DSRIS) is much debated. The relationship of validation to artifact evaluation is still not clear. This chapter aims at elucidating several components of DSRIS in relation to validation. The role of theory and theorizing are an important starting point, because there is no agreement as to what types of theory should be produced. Moreover, if there is a theoretical contribution, then there needs to be clear guidance as to how the designed artifact and its evaluation are related to the theory and its validation. The epistemological underpinnings of DSRIS are also open to different alternatives, including positivism, interpretivism, and pragmatism, which affect the way that the validation strategy is conceived, and later on, accepted or rejected. The type of reasoning guiding a DSRIS endeavor, whether deductive, inductive, or abductive, should also be considered as it determines the fundamental logic behind any research validation. Once those choices are in place, artifact evaluation may be carried out, depending on the type of artifact and the type of technique available. Finally, the theoretical contribution may be validated from a formative (process-oriented) or summative (product-oriented) perspective.


Author(s):  
I. Pasechnik ◽  
N. Marushina

In the context of an ever-increasing level of urbanization, the historical urban environment is one of the most studied phenomena in modern theory and practice of heritage conservation. The change in the paradigm of heritage that has taken place over the past decades and the recognition of man as one of the most important components of the heritage protection system contribute to the development of the legal apparatus and of new approaches to preserving cities. The article traces the relationship between the transformation of ideas about the value of an urbanized territory as an object of heritage and the evolution of its protection tools, reveals the role of various elements in maintaining the integrity of urban fabric based on analysis of international and Russian regulatory documents. The regular building is recognized as an element, which allows maintaining cultural identity and at the same time developing valuable characteristics of the historical environment, ensuring the invariability of the perceived image of the city. The historic centre of St. Petersburg, which has an internationally recognized architectural, urban and intangible (associative, memorial) values and is therefore inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is characterized by exceptional integrity and authenticity of the historical urban environment. These qualities require special and based on the principles of sustainability approaches to the development of the territory, which will ensure the maintenance of the integrity of the urban environment as an element of human environment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 85-150
Author(s):  
Juhan Maiste

The goal of this article is to examine the role of the new Russian rulingpower as it related to cultural policy in the Baltic provinces betweenthe Great Northern War (1700–1721) and the Russian Revolution (1917),in order to engender a discussion about the Russian influence inEstonia’s architectural history – its content and meaning – based onprimary sources in the archives of Estonia, St Petersburg and Moscow.The historiography of this topic dates back nearly a century; as aneighbouring country and an important centre of political power andculture, the influence of St Petersburg as the main Russian metropolishas been always been taken into consideration and studied in thehistory of Estonian art history. The articles by Sergey Androsovand Georgy Smirnov that appear in this volume have provided theinspiration to try and re-examine the entire spectrum of Estonia’sposition between East and West, and to point out the main subjectsin this new context and the relationship to the new geography ofarchitecture in the Age of Enlightenment and the stylistic changesof the 19th century.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Fabiana Martins Pinto

O presente estudo analisa a relação entre educação, formação humana e Estado. O recorte histórico abrange a segunda metade do século XX até a contemporaneidade. Entendendo haver forte interligação nesta tríade e indagamo-nos sobre como tem ocorrido a referida relação. Qual o papel do Estado e da educação na formação humana? Quais ideologias têm influenciado o tipo de educação ofertada? A partir deste tema e questionamentos o artigo foi estruturado em quatro seções. Na primeira delas, discutimos sobre como as relações humanas ocorrem na sociedade atual. Após, analisamos o papel assumido pelo Estado perante a economia e as suas influências na educação, perscrutando a formação humana neste processo. Na terceira seção, abordamos o modo como a educação tem sido apropriada por grupos hegemônicos, os quais assumem as técnicas próprias do mercado e os valores da ideologia liberal para organizar a estrutura e as práticas educacionais. Na última seção, abordamos os sentidos dados pelos atores educacionais às suas práticas, dadas as influências externas ao campo educacional. Em meio a essas transformações, os referidos sentidos estão relacionados à capacidade de resposta daqueles sujeitos educacionais. A finalização aponta para o fato de que a tríade educação, Estado e formação humana tem sido ressignificada de forma cíclica, influenciando a direção para a formação humana inscrita nos processos de oferta da educação formal. No contexto complexo de influências liberais e luta pela hegemonia, os reflexos exteriores à essência dessa formação humana podem ser interpretados e adequados para que a educação não seja alterada.Palavras-chave: Formação humana. Educação. Estado. Education, human formation and state in the contemporaneity: brief reflectionsABSTRACTThe present study analyzes the relationship among education, human formation and State. The historical cut spans the second half of the 20th century until the contemporaneity. Understanding that there is a strong interconnection in this triad, we wonder how has been occurring the cited relationship. Which is the role of the State and of the education in the human formation? Which ideologies have been influencing the type of education to be offered? From this theme and questionings, the article was structured in four sections. In the first we report how the human relationships occur in today’s society; in the second, we analyze the role taken by the State in front of the economy and its influences in education, peering the human formation in this process. In the third we approach the way how the education has been appropriated by hegemonic groups, which take their own techniques of the marketing and the values of this liberal ideology to organize the structure and the educational practices. In the last and fourth section, we approach the question of the meanings given by the educational actors to their practices due to external influences and to the educational field. In the midst to these transformations the cited meanings are related to the capacity of answer of those educational subjects. The conclusion points to the fact that the triad – education, State and human formation – has been given new meaning in a cyclic way, influencing the direction to the human formation inscribed in the processes of offer of formal education. In the complex context of liberal influences and fight by hegemony, the external refl exes to the essence of this human formation can be interpreted and suitable in order that the education does not be altered.Keywords: Human formation. Education. State. Educación, formación humana y estado en la contemporaneidad: breves reflexionesRESUMENEl presente estudio analiza la relación entre educación, formación humana y Estado. El recorte histórico abarca desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX hasta la contemporaneidad. Dada la fuerte interrelación em esta tríada, nos cuestionamos sobre cómo ha ocurrido dicha relación. ¿Cuál es el papel del Estado y de la educación en la formación humana? ¿Cuáles son las ideologías que han influenciado el tipo de educación ofertada? A partir de este tema y estos cuestionamientos, el artículo fue estructurado en cuatro apartados. En el primero discutimos sobre cómo las relaciones humanas ocurren en la sociedad actual. Después, analizamos el rol desempeñado por el Estado ante la economía y sus influencias en la educación, averiguando la formación humana em este proceso. En el tercer apartado abordamos el modo en que la educación ha sido apropiada por grupos hegemónicos, los cuales asumen las técnicas propias del mercado y los valores de la ideologia liberal para organizar la estructura y las prácticas educacionales. Em el último apartado, abordamos los sentidos dados por los actores educacionales a sus prácticas considerando las influencias externas al campo educacional. En medio de estas transformaciones, los sentidos referidos están relacionados con la capacidad de respuesta de los sujetos educacionales. La conclusión apunta para el hecho de que la triada educación, Estado y formación humana ha sido resignificada de forma cíclica, influenciando la dirección para la formación humana inscrita en los procesos de oferta de la educación formal. En el complejo contexto de influencias liberales y la lucha por la hegemonía, los reflejos exteriores a la esencia de esta formación humana pueden ser interpretados y adecuados para que la educación no sea alterada.Palabras clave: Formación humana. Educación. Estado


This chapter could be considered as an attempt to clarify the relationship between workplace arrogance and job satisfaction. Thus, the authors examine and study this relationship by focusing on the role of self-esteem between these two concepts. Hence, the main result of this theoretical study is that workplace arrogance is negatively related to job satisfaction. Although this finding could be considered as a theoretical contribution, more studies are requested to investigate the specific relationship between workplace arrogance, self-esteem, and job satisfaction with its two dimensions: extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Does self-esteem play a mediated or moderated role in this relationship?


This book offers a powerful and distinctive analysis of how the politics of the UK and the lived experience of its citizens have been reframed in the first decades of the 21st century. It does so by bringing together carefully articulated case studies with theoretically informed discussion of the relationship between austerity, Brexit and the rise of populist politics, as well as highlighting the emergence of a range of practices, institutions and politics that challenge the hegemony of austerity discourses. The book mobilises notions of agency to help understand the role of austerity (as politics and lived experience) as a fundamental cause of Brexit. Investigating the social, economic, political, and cultural constraints and opportunities arising from a person’s position in society allows us to explain the link between austerity politics and the vote for Brexit. In doing so, the book goes beyond traditional disciplinary approaches to develop more interdisciplinary engagements, based on broad understandings of cultural studies as well as drawing on insights from political science, sociology, economics, geography and law. It uses comparative material from the regions of England and from the devolved territories of the UK, and explores the profound differences of geography, generation, gender, ‘race’ and class.


2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Interligi

AbstractRegulatory reforms and changing community expectations about organizational behaviour have increased the emphasis on the role of culture in organizational compliance. This conceptual paper proposes a framework that captures the complexities of the relationship between compliance and culture by drawing from two theories relevant to organizational culture: Neo-Institutional Theory and the Competing Values Model. By integrating elements of these theories, three core dimensions of compliance culture are identified: legitimacy, permeability and control. These core dimensions provide for a pluralist approach to theorising around compliance culture. In addition to its theoretical contribution, the paper concludes that there may be practical utility in linking organizational compliance outcomes with performance on the three core dimensions. It is also suggested that compliance culture profiles using these dimensions may be used to predict how organisations might need to respond to regulatory reforms.


2013 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 117-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eran Dorfman

AbstractIn this paper I analyse the role of naturalism and objectivism in everyday life according to Husserl and Merleau-Ponty. Whereas Husserl attributes the naturalistic attitude mainly to science, he defines the objectivist attitude as a naiveté which equally applies to the natural attitude of everyday life. I analyse the relationship between the natural attitude and lived experience and show Husserl's hesitation regarding the task of phenomenology in describing the lived experience of everyday life, since he considers this experience to be too objectivistic. I use Merleau-Ponty's work to argue that objectivism is an essential characteristic of lived experience and that phenomenology should therefore find ways to integrate it into its descriptions while simultaneously suggesting ways to overcome its rigidity in order to renew perception. I finally propose that the project of the naturalisation of phenomenology could be one of the ways to connect lived experience to the objectivism of everyday life.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6584
Author(s):  
Nesrine Khazami ◽  
Zoltan Lakner

This study aims to examine the relationships between the experiential consumption, the social environment, and intention to revisit. The mediating role of involvement in the experience between experiential consumption and the intention to revisit and between the social environment and the intention to revisit has been expressed and tested. The data for this research was collected from local tourists staying in guesthouses scattered all over Tunisia. The authors applied structural partial least squares equation modeling to analyze 259 questionnaires completed by participants and to test the hypotheses. The authors found a positive and direct effects of the social environment on involvement in the experience while experiential consumption did not. In addition, the results indicated positive and significant indirect effects for the social environment on the intention to revisit through involvement in the experience. The results do not support a mediating role of involvement in experience on the relationship of experiential consumption and intention to revisit. In addition, the results showed a strong and positive effect of involvement in the experience on intention to revisit. This research makes a distinctive theoretical contribution to the literature of perceived experiential value by analyzing the relationships between experiential consumption and the social environment on experience involvement and intention to revisit a guesthouse. In addition, this study explores several practical implications of these results.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document