Perceiving the Social

Author(s):  
Victor V. Kryssanov ◽  
Shizuka Kumokawa ◽  
Igor Goncharenko ◽  
Hitoshi Ogawa

This paper describes a system developed to help people explore local communities by providing navigation services in social spaces created by the community members via communication and knowledge sharing. The proposed system utilizes data of a community’s social network to reconstruct the social space, which is otherwise not physically perceptible but imaginary, experiential, yet learnable. The social space is modeled with an agent network, where each agent stands for a member of the community and has knowledge about expertise and personal characteristics of some other members. An agent can gather information, using its social “connections,” to find community members most suitable to communicate to in a specific situation defined by the system’s user. The system then deploys its multimodal interface, which “maps” the social space onto a representation of the relevant physical space, to locate the potential interlocutors and advise the user on an efficient communication strategy for the given community.

Author(s):  
Victor V. Kryssanov ◽  
Shizuka Kumokawa ◽  
Igor Goncharenko ◽  
Hitoshi Ogawa

This article describes a system developed to help people explore local communities by providing navigation services in social spaces created by the community members via communication and knowledge sharing. The proposed system utilizes data of a community’s social network to reconstruct the social space, which is otherwise not physically perceptible but imaginary, experiential, yet learnable. The social space is modeled with an agent network, where each agent stands for a member of the community and has knowledge about expertise and personal characteristics of some other members. An agent can gather information, using its social “connections,” to find community members most suitable to communicate to in a specific situation defined by the system’s user. The system then deploys its multimodal interface, which “maps” the social space onto a representation of the relevant physical space, to locate the potential interlocutors and advise the user on an efficient communication strategy for the given community.


Envigogika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Hermová

The 20th century saw the obliteration of 106 towns and villages, and 90,000 people were displaced as a result of brown coal mining in North Bohemia and associated industrial development. Tuchomyšl was one of these villages; its population was resettled in newly built prefabricated housing estates in Ústí nad Labem and Chlumec. Based on an anthropological analysis of biographic interviews with the displaced people of Tuchomyšl, this case study demonstrates how the former residents of Tuchomyšl identify with the physical space of the village which no longer exists, and what they think of their forced eviction. As it turns out, the local identity of these resettled people is influenced by several factors, particularly the location of their new residence, their age at the time of their village's destruction, and their economic standing. These people continue to identify strongly with the social space of the former village, which they keep alive with regular get-togethers even 35 years after the physical destruction of the village.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Mohammed ElHajji ◽  
Camila Escudero

A webdiáspora, enquanto espaço de reordenamento de experiências e práticas sociais e subjetivas dos imigrantes e comunidades diaspóricas, contribui necessariamente na produção de marcas e rastros existenciais individuais e coletivos no plano subjetivo e simbólico. A pergunta que se coloca, todavia, é se tal configuração cognitiva, de natureza abertamente ‘a-espacial’, constitui uma forma diferenciada de suporte à tradicional ‘memória coletiva’ proposta por Maurice Halbwachs ou se limita a reforçar as modalidades de sociabilidade que prescindem naturalmente do espaço físico. A partir de uma reflexão teórica que une as noções de ‘memória coletiva’ do próprio Halbwachs, de ‘espaço nostálgico’ de Abdelmalek Sayad e de ‘transnacionalismo’ explorada por diversos autores, entendemos que, ainda que não possa se substituir à ‘memória coletiva espacial’ ou se sobrepor ao ‘espaço social’, a webdiáspora não deixa de oferecer preciosos subsídios mnemônicos e interativos para as comunidades de imigrantes que se encontram no exílio; principalmente, ao reunir e tornar acessíveis registros informacionais de caráter identitário que contribuem para a consolidação do sentimento de pertencimento ao grupo e manutenção dos laços comunicativos transnacionais.   PALAVRAS CHAVE: Webdiáspora. Memória. Espaço. Transnacionalismo. Identidade.     ABSTRACT The webdiaspora, while space of reordering of experiences and social practices of immigrants and diasporic communities, contributes necessarily in the production of individual and collective existential prints and trails in the subjective and symbolic plan. Yet, the question is that if such cognitive configuration, from an openly “a-espacial” nature, constitutes a differential form of support to the traditional “collective memory” proposed by Maurice Halbwachs or it is limited to reinforce the modalities of sociability which prescinds naturally from the physical space. From a theoretical reflexion that links the notions of “collective memory” by Halbwachs himself, of “nostalgic space” by Albdelmalek Sayad and of “transnationalism” explored by many authors, we understand that, even if  the “spatial collective memory” could not be substituted or  overlap the “social space”, webdiaspora does not stop offering valuable mnemonic and interactive  subsidy to all immigrant communities that are exiled; as it gathers and makes accessible informational registers of an identitary character that contributes to the consolidation of a feeling of belonging to the group and the maintenance of transnational communicative links.   KEYWORDS: Webdiaspora. Memory. Space. Transnationalism, Identity.     RESUMEN La webdiáspora es un espacio de reordenamiento de experiencias, prácticas sociales y subjetividades de los inmigrantes y comunidades diaspóricas. Contribuye necesariamente a la producción de marcas y huellas existenciales; individuales y colectivas, en el plano subjetivo y simbólico. La pregunta es ¿Sí tal configuración cognitiva, de naturaleza abiertamente ‘a-espacial’, constituye de manera diferente al soporte de la tradicional ‘memoria colectiva’ propuesta por Maurice Halbwachs, o sí se limita a reforzar las modalidades de sociabilidad que surgen del espacio físico? Partimos de las reflexiones teóricas de la ‘memoria colectiva’ de Halbwachs, del ‘espacio nostálgico’ de Abdelmalek Sayad y del ‘transnacionalismo’ explorada por diversos autores. Entendemos que, aunque no se pueda substituir la ‘memoria colectiva espacial’ o sobreponerla al ‘espacio social’, la webdiáspora no deja de ofrecernos importantes subsidios mnemónicos e interactivos para las comunidades de inmigrantes que se encuentran en el exilio. Principalmente por reunir y tornar accesible registros informacionales de carácter identitario que contribuyen para la consolidación del sentimiento de pertenecer a un grupo y mantener lazos comunicativos transnacionales.   PALABRAS CLAVE: Webdiáspora. Memoria. Espacio. Transnacionalismo. Identidad.  


2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 95-108
Author(s):  
Diana Aksamit

Everyone has the right to participate in social life regardless of personal situation, level of psychosocial functioning, gender, race or type of disability. The inherent condition of interpersonal contacts, taking place in the social space and constituting the basis of social life, is the desire to establish social relations and perceiving another participant in this process as an exceptional, original component. According to this, every person has the right to participate actively in social life, to be a part of it as “I” in order to create “we”. The aim of the article is to discuss and propagate scientific considerations about the possibilities and limitations of supporting the process of shaping the identity (personal and social) of people with profound intellectual disabilities. The article has an analytical character and aims to map the identity of people with profound intellectual disabilities in scientific and practical studies. It identifies areas and the type of support that will contribute to the development of the psychosocial identity of individuals with profound intellectual disabilities. It also presents factors resulting from the specificity of profound intellectual disabilities which may hinder the process of carrying out assistance for the given group by the supportinstitutions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-38
Author(s):  
Jaana Poikolainen ◽  
Kati Honkanen

Introduction: In this paper, parents’ well-being is examined from their subjective point of view of their living experiences in a certain residential area. The subjective viewpoint is relevant as the focus of the research is interlinked with residential areas. Aims: The research aims to determine what meaning parents ascribe to their residential area (suburb or city centre) as a space for physical, social and psychological well-being. It also aims to discover whether there are qualitative differences between the given meanings of parents living in different areas. Methods: The data were acquired through semi-structured interviews with parents who live in a suburb or the city centre of Lahti, Finland. Data analysis was conducted using abductive thematic analysis. Results: The results revealed that physical, social and psychological spaces were experienced differently depending on the residential area in question. In parents’ narration about the physical space, in both areas the basic services were defined as valuable for well-being. Parents living in the suburb experienced the natural environment as an important source of well-being. When talking about the social space, the parents living in the suburb emphasised social networks and the importance of building well-being bridges in their neighbourhood, unlike the city dwellers. The psychological space was connected to the reputation and security of the residential area. An important well-being factor for all parents was the well-being of their children, with an emphasis on the safety of the residential area. Discussion: Subjective assessments of neighbourhood attributes are more important in explaining neighbourhood satisfaction than any perceived reputation. Parents’ ways of thinking and acting in certain residential areas appear to tie in with the social capital that forms social resources. Almost all parents who participated in this research estimated their well-being as rather high, irrespective of their socioeconomic status, but the city centre residents rated their well-being even higher.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loïc Wacquant

This article spotlights four transversal principles that animate Pierre Bourdieu’s research practice and can fruitfully guide inquiry on any empirical front: the Bachelardian imperative of epistemological rupture and vigilance; the Weberian command to effect the triple historicization of the agent (habitus), the world (social space, of which field is but a subtype), and the categories of the analyst (epistemic reflexivity); the Leibnizian–Durkheimian invitation to deploy the topological mode of reasoning to track the mutual correspondences between symbolic space, social space, and physical space; and the Cassirer moment urging us to recognize the constitutive efficacy of symbolic structures. I also flag three traps that Bourdieusian explorers of the social world should exercise special care to avoid: the fetishization of concepts, the seductions of “speaking Bourdieuse” while failing to carry out the research operations Bourdieu’s notions stipulate, and the forced imposition of his theoretical framework en bloc when it is more productively used in kit through transposition. These principles guiding the construction of the object are not theoretical slogans but practical blueprints for anthropological inquiry. This implies that mimesis and not exegesis should guide those social scientists who wish to build on, revise, or challenge the scientific machinery and legacy of Pierre Bourdieu.


Arts ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Annette Haug

This article investigates the role of wall surfaces as an interactive medium in the First Pompeian Style, referring to examples from Pompeii. Five different aspects are investigated in more detail: (1) surfaces and their relation to the core; (2) surface qualities; (3) surfaces as image carriers; (4) surfaces and their relation to the physical space; (5) surfaces and their relation to the social space. These aspects allow for a deeper understanding of the First Style’s ornamental, pictorial and spatial qualities. In this view, surfaces can be conceived as media interfaces.


2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuck Sturtevant

Recent literature on citizenship practices and discourses highlights processes of ‘subjectification’ or ‘self-making’ in relation to a local community rather than the rights and responsibilities associated with the legal status bestowed on full members of a national community. In this paper, set in the town of Chicaloma in the Yungas region of Bolivia, I argue that this self-making is not simply a response to hegemonic national norms, nor to a communally defined image of its ideal member, but rather is bound up in simultaneous processes of ‘community-making’. Further, I argue that community-making is itself a hotly contested process. Access to specific social and economic resources is differentially available to those members of the community who are able to make more convincing claims to belonging. In this context, community members are engaged in an on-going process of making claims to belonging which work by constructing the social space in the image of the claimant as much as by producing the subject. They constitute an important citizenship practice through which subjects assert their rights in various instances of local governance, but they work by constructing the community as well as the citizen-subjects who populate it. Rather than yield clear categories of included and excluded, though, these practices and discourses result in fluid and unstable differentiations among actors, and, in fact, a fluid and unstable constitution of the community as a social space.


Envigogika ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Hermová

The 20th century saw the obliteration of 106 towns and villages, and 90,000 people were displaced as a result of brown coal mining in North Bohemia and associated industrial development. Tuchomyšl was one of these villages; its population was resettled in newly built prefabricated housing estates in Ústí nad Labem and Chlumec. Based on an anthropological analysis of biographic interviews with the displaced people of Tuchomyšl, this case study demonstrates how the former residents of Tuchomyšl identify with the physical space of the village which no longer exists, and what they think of their forced eviction. As it turns out, the local identity of these resettled people is influenced by several factors, particularly the location of their new residence, their age at the time of their village's destruction, and their economic standing. These people continue to identify strongly with the social space of the former village, which they keep alive with regular get-togethers even 35 years after the physical destruction of the village.


Author(s):  
Taynara de Carvalho Neves

<p>The article aims to survey and analyze the theoretical aspects of the commodity city. Therefore, it was necessary to explore some of the space production concepts to distinguish the diference in the physical space (concrete) and the social space (lifetime achievement). Share is the theoretical contribution Ana Fani and Lefebvre with space production concepts, as well as ators like Carlos Vainer and Fernanda Sánchez in the design of the characterization of the city merchandise. In addition to the discussions of commodity city, the study sought to understand how occurs consumption and appropriation of space by social agents, thus, it was presented some concepts of social distance and socio-spatial segregation, presented by the authors Luiz Cesar with the notion of conflict and fragmentation currently existing in Brazilian cities and Pierre Bourdieu to analyze the types of capital.</p>


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