TRIBAL PERCEPTION IN MODERN WORLD BY TRANSFORMED SOCIAL PERCEPTION INDEX: A CASE STUDY OF PURULIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Ensemble ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-292
Author(s):  
Somnath Mukherjee ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Perception ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Statistical Validation ◽  
Tribal Identity ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
Extensive Field ◽  
The Social ◽  
Purulia District

Tribal identity has always been under tremendous challenges since the introduction of the different facets of materialistic development. The outrage of this development affects the habits and habitats of the tribal communities. The tribes have lost their soil and presently live in a multi-ethnic society. This cultural assimilation with controls of Hinduism in the rural society brings forth the transition in the life and living of these indigenous people. The paper highlights first the socio-ecological characteristics of three tribal communities of Purulia district, namely, Santhal, Kharia Sabar, and Birhor. It further investigates possible transition and transformation in the social perception among the selected tribal communities by introducing the Transformed Social Perception Index (TSPI). For statistical validation, the index has been computed based on extensive field observation and a purposive sample survey of 600 tribal households of the Purulia district. The result exhibits that despite the processes of different agents of transformation, the tribal communities restore their age-old inherent social perception. The paper in fine prescribes some measures for holistic tribal development in the district.

Gender Bias in Education Expenditure among Religious and Social Groups: A Case Study for Below Class 10 Level in West Bengal

2021 ◽  
pp. 097674792110464
Author(s):  
Chayanika Mitra
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Education Expenditure ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Expenditure Data ◽  
The Social

This article attempts to capture gender bias in education expenditure among the religious (Hindu, Muslim and others) and the social groups (SC, ST and General) in West Bengal. Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition technique is used to obtain gender bias for a specific demographic group. Further, an attempt has been made to identify the religious or social groups with the acute problem of gender bias. In this work, 71st round (January–June 2014) education expenditure data (individual level) provided by NSSO (National Sample Survey Office) is used. JEL: I24, R1, C55

Researching Religion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Social Patterns ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Shared Beliefs ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social

Basic questions about religion in the modern world (such as whether it is becoming more or less popular and who believes what) can be answered only with the perspectives and methods of social science. While the arts and humanities can help us understand religious beliefs and behaviour, only social science can provide us with the evidence that will allow us to discern and explain the social patterns, causes, and consequences of religious belief. Only through the statistical examination of big data can we be confident of what any case study represents. In a text described by one reviewer as ‘brilliantly accessible’, an internationally renowned sociologist addresses the major problems of theory and methods in the study of religion. Important topics in religious studies such as conversion, the relative durability of different types of religion and spirituality, and the social circumstances that strengthen or undermine shared beliefs are used to demonstrate the importance of social science and to address methodological issues such as bias, partisanship, and research ethics. Bruce presents a robust defence of a conventionally scientific view of value-neutral social science against its partisan and postmodern critics.

scholarly journals Exploring Health Disparities in Indigenous Akit Tribal Community in Riau Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rd Siti Sofro Sidiq ◽  
R. Yogie Prawira W ◽  
Hindina Maulida ◽  
R Willya Achmad W
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Case Study Methods

Ten years have passed and there has been no result of an empowerment program for remote indigenous Akit tribal communities in Riau. The Akit tribe is an ancient native Malay tribe (Proto Melayu) in Riau Province. These indigenous people are still less fortunate in terms of health and social. This study investigates the root causes of health inequalities in the Akit community to get a complete picture of the problem. By using a qualitative approach and case study methods, this research is conducted by means of in-depth interviews, observation, and literature study. The results of the study show that the root cause of failed empowerment is a lack of synergy between government agencies, in which each agency had its own program, thus it poses disadvantages to the society where there are still illiterate sufferers, people who are heavily dependent on the underdeveloped environment that make them ill, and cultural institutions that are not feasible and binding to the social system that prevents people from developing.

The Social Meaning of Money

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviana A. Zelizer
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Model ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Historical Case Study ◽  
Historical Case ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rational Calculation ◽  
Utilitarian Approach ◽  
Meaning Of Money ◽  
Special Category

This chapter argues that the utilitarian approach to money is a theoretical and empirical straitjacket. Money belongs to the market, but not exclusively so. And while money is indeed an objective means of rational calculation, it is not only that. It first considers the traditional interpretation of money, that is, as “market money,” and then proposes an alternative model of “special monies” that incorporates the social and symbolic significance of money. Next, it presents a historical case study of domestic money as one example of a special money. It argues that domestic money—which includes a wife's money, husband's money, and children's money—is a special category of money in the modern world. The discussion focuses on the changing meaning of married women's money between the 1870s and 1930s, showing how this money, whether given by the husband or earned in the household or in the labor market, was marked as a different form of currency from an ordinary dollar.

Factors and dynamics of the social perception of geothermal energy: Case study of the Tolhuaca exploration project in Chile

Geothermics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 101907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofía Vargas-Payera ◽  
Amanda Martínez-Reyes ◽  
Olivier Ejderyan
Keyword(s):  
Social Perception ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
The Social

Application of the Social Interaction Model

1997 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyndie Koning ◽  
Kathy Manyk ◽  
Joyce Magill-Evans ◽  
Anne Cameron-Sadava
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Social Perception ◽  
Functional Ability ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Individual Client ◽  
The Individual

Assessment and treatment of children and adolescents presenting with social interaction deficits must be guided by an understanding of the roles of social perception, planning, and output. This paper describes a case study of a client's functional ability in social interaction using the Social Interaction Model described by Doble and Magill-Evans (1992) as a framework. The use of the Child and Adolescent Social Perception Measure to assess how the individual client functions in the area of social perception is discussed.

scholarly journals Discrimination Against Urban Women: A Case Study Of Karachi

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Fateh Muhammad Burfat ◽  
Naima Saeed ◽  
Ghulam Muhammad Burfat
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Urban Women ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social

Gender inequality exists in Pakistan as a phenomenon that does not allow women equality of opportunity in the public and private sphere and also keeps women in very subjugated roles within the public and in private relationships. These factors can affect women’s access to education, employment, to career advancement and to their possibilities of holding positions of political power and roles of social and cultural esteem. Although gender equality may have progressed somewhat in the modern world but it is still an issue of great urgency in other parts of the world as well as in Pakistan, that is the focus of this study. This research investigates the types and consequences of gender discrimination that exist. The findings from the study suggest that the urban women in the sample of the present study still struggle for gender equality with men in Pakistan. The results show that in a number of areas, in both family and public life, they are still seen by many as second class citizens; and see their own autonomy and opportunities as limited. The social class of urban women in Pakistan is strongly related to their opportunities. Urban women from upper and middle class backgrounds enjoy more autonomy and equality in their lives as compare to women from poor backgrounds. These findings tend to support historical data in relation to women in Pakistan.

Social Design for Services Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

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