A tale of one home, one fence, and one bridge: Roma and non-Roma perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-76
Author(s):  
MACIEJ WITKOWSKI ◽  
EWA NOWICKA
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Apartment House ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Carpathian Mountain ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Points Of View

In this article, the authors unveil the social context surrounding a publicly funded project to improve the extremely poor housing conditions of a Roma community in Poland. The focus was on one Carpathian mountain village in which a Bergitka Roma settlement has existed for more than 80 years. A brand-new apartment house for the local Roma minority partly replaced the earlier settlement in a village populated by Górale, a highlander group that is the local majority. At present about 70 Roma live in the new building. The ethnographic material was obtained during fieldwork carried out in 1994-2017. Herein the authors reconstruct the most significant moments in this investment from different points of view: the Roma and non-Roma neighbors. Each side interprets the fact in its own, rather paradoxical manner; each side has learned different new things in the process. The ambitious housing policy undoubtedly led to improvement of the Roma standard of living; it did not, however, increase the extent of their integration. The natural geology as well as manmade elements (e.g. a fence and a bridge) create and maintain boundaries. Nevertheless, analysis of the broader social context is decidedly more crucial than an analysis of facts. Ultimately, the sense of such publicly funded housing projects needs to be scrutinized from the diverse perspectives within the local community.

scholarly journals Kontekstualisasi dan Ajaran Tasawuf Kitab Sirajuththalibin

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
pp. 39-60
Author(s):  
Johan Wahyudi
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Intellectual Tradition ◽  
Treasure Trove ◽  
The Social

كيلاهيران كتاب سراج الطالبين ديلاتاربيلاكاڠي أوليه مونچولۑا مالإيسي دالام تراديسي إينتيليكتووال جاوا, ياڠ بيلاكڠان تيلاه ديراسوكي أوليه سيڬالا بينتوك أناسير بارات, سيهيڠڬا أڤا ياڠ ديكاتاكان سيباڬإي حازاناه إيلمو جاوا أتأو كيجاوين, ديأڠڬاڤ بيرتولاك بيلاكاڠ ديڠان أجاران إسلام. سراج الطالبين ميروڤاكان سوواتو كتاب ياڠ ميڠاندوڠ أجاران تاساووف. إيني ميروڤاكان كتاب ڤينجيلاسان داري منهاج العابدين كاريا إمام غازلى. ڤينوليس أكان بيرأوڤايا ميڠوڤاس لاتار بيلاكاڠ ڤينوليسان كتاب إيني, ياڠ ديأڠكات داري كيچينديروڠان إينتيليكتووال كياهي إحسان جامڤيس. أرتيكيل إيني أكان ميڠوڤاس كاندوڠان سراج الطالبين دان لاتار كيلاهيران تيكس إيني. ميتودي ڤينيليتييان ياڠ ديلاكوكان أدالاه ديڠان ڤيمباچأن سيچارا كريتيس داري كتاب سراج الطالبين. ڤينوليس تيداك هاۑا مينجيلاسكان سيكيلوميت كاندوڠان كتاب إيني, ميلإينكان جوڬا ميمڤيرتاليكانۑا ديڠان كونتيكس سوسييال ماشاراكات سيتيمڤات, سيهيڠڬا تيرليهات نووانسا سوسييال ياڠ كووات داري ڤينجيلاسان-ڤينجيلاسان سوفيستيك ياڠ ديباڠون أوليه كياهي إحسان. Kelahiran kitab Sirajuththalibin dilatarbelakangi oleh munculnya malaise dalam tradisi intelektual Jawa, yang belakangan telah dirasuki oleh segala bentuk anasir Barat, sehingga apa yang dikatakan sebagai khazanah ilmu Jawa atau kejawen, dianggap bertolak belakang dengan ajaran Islam. Sirajuththalibin merupakan suatu kitab yang mengandung ajaran tasawuf. Ini merupakan kitab penjelasan dari kitab Minhajul Abidin karya Imam Ghazali. Penulis akan berupaya mengupas latar belakang penulisan kitab ini, yang diangkat dari kecenderungan intelektual Kyai Ihsan Jampes. Artikel ini akan mengupas kandungan Sirajuththalibin dan latar kelahiran teks ini. Metode penelitian yang dilakukan adalah dengan pembacaan secara kritis dari kitab Sirajuththalibin. Penulis tidak hanya menjelaskan sekelumit kandungan kitab ini, melainkan juga mempertalikannya dengan konteks sosial masyarakat setempat, sehingga terlihat nuansa sosial yang kuat dari penjelasan-penjelasan sufistik yang dibangun oleh Kyai Ihsan. The birth of the Sirajuththalibin book was motivated by the emergence of malaise in the Javanese intellectual tradition, which had recently been penetrated by all forms of Western elements, so that what was said to be a treasure trove of Javanese knowledge or kejawen, was considered to be contrary to Islamic teachings. Sirajuththalibin is a book that contains Sufism teachings. This is the book of explanation from Imam Ghazali's Minhajul Abidin. The author will try to explore the background of the writing of this book, which is lifted from the intellectual inclination of Kyai Ihsan Jampes. This article will discuss the content of Sirajuththalibin and the background for the birth of this text. The research method used is by reading critically from the Sirajuththalibin book. The author not only explains a little about the contents of this book, but also links it to the social context of the local community, so that a strong social nuance is seen from the Sufi explanations constructed by Kyai Ihsan.  

Abuse and trauma in women: Broadening the social context.

1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 1386-1386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Social

The Social Context of an Epidemic

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 1004-1007
Author(s):  
Gregory M. Herek
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Social

Attitudes in the Social Context

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny S. Visser ◽  
Robert R. Mirabile
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Social

The social context of grieving

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Stroebe ◽  
H. A. W. Schut
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Social

Speaker-Oriented Attitude Datives in Social Context

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youssef A. Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Shared Values ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Rapport Management ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Levantine Arabic ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Social Acts

This chapter examines the social functions of speaker-oriented attitude datives in Levantine Arabic. It analyzes these datives as perspectivizers used by a speaker to instruct her hearer to view her as a form of authority in relation to him, to the content of her utterance, and to the activity they are both involved in. The nature of this authority depends on the sociocultural, situational, and co-textual context, including the speaker’s and hearer’s shared values and beliefs, their respective identities, and the social acts employed in interaction. The chapter analyzes specific instances of speaker-oriented attitude datives as used in different types of social acts (e.g., commands, complaints) and in different types of settings (e.g., family talk, gossip). It also examines how these datives interact with facework, politeness, and rapport management.

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