Qualitative Migration Research: Some New Reflections Six Years Later

The main purpose of this article is a brief presentation of the most crucial stages of a research process concerning migration of foreign workers in Greece. The research (within my doctoral studies at Sussex University, Brighton, UK) was undertaken for a period of almost nine months (1995-1996) in Athens, Greece. In this article I present some important dimensions of the multiple methods used (semi-structured interviews with informational questionnaires, in-depth interviews and participant observation) to obtain information and data, mainly on the employment and housing conditions and situations of immigrants in the city, and take the opportunity to critically reflect on that researches methodology and findings today.

TOURISM MOBILITY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES RIO 2016

Event Management ◽

10.3727/152599519x15506259856624 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Amanda Cabral ◽

Carolin Lusby ◽

Ricardo Uvinha

Keyword(s):

Olympic Games ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Field Research ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Tourist Attractions ◽

Official Sources ◽

The Relationship ◽

Sports Tourism as a segment is growing exponentially in Brazil. The sports mega-events that occurred in the period from 2007 to 2016 helped strengthen this sector significantly. This article examined tourism mobility during the Summer Olympic Games Rio 2016, hosted by the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This study expands the understanding of the relationship between tourism and city infrastructure, therefore being relevant to academics, professionals of the area and to the whole society due to its multidisciplinary field. The existence of a relationship between means of transportation and the Olympic regions as well as tourist attractions for a possible legacy was observed. Data were collected from official sources, field research and through participant-observation and semi structured interviews. Data were coded and analyzed. The results indicate that the city was overall successful in its execution of sufficient mobility. New means of transportation were added and others updated. BRT's (Bus Rapid Transit) were the main use of mass transport to Olympic sites. However, a lack of public transport access was observed for the touristic sites.

Interfaces and divisions in the Dublin Docklands 'Smart District'

10.31235/osf.io/z2afc ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Liam James Heaphy

Keyword(s):

Urban Form ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Participant Observation ◽

City Centre ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Social Divisions ◽

Port Area ◽

Networking Technologies ◽

The Relationship ◽

The study of physical and social divisions in divided societies has long been an area of study, such as the continued usage of 'peace walls' in Belfast, hostile architecture to prevent anti-social behaviour and rough sleeping, and the securitisation of private spaces. In the context of a new drive to create a smart district, this paper looks at the relationship between smart urbanism and planning, and at the spatial and social divisions between a new 'gentrifying' and well-educated community in the Dublin Docklands and established communities in the area. The Dublin Docklands redevelopment marks a significant break from a pattern of suburbanisation and inner-city decline and repurposes part of the former port area as a city centre extension. The paper accounts for the reshaping of the Dublin Docklands as a ‘smart district’ in collaboration with the city authorities, based on over thirty semi-structured interviews and participant-observation at consultation events. It argues that reductive definitions of smart cities as networking technologies be reworked into broader considerations on urban technologies and the future of cities, with greater emphasis on the relationship between technologies branded as ‘smart’ and the material and digital manifestation of boundaries in urban form.

Crisis and post-crisis urban gardening initiatives from a Southern European perspective: The case of Barcelona

European Urban and Regional Studies ◽

10.1177/0969776417736098 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 97-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Laura Calvet-Mir ◽

Hug March

Keyword(s):

Economic Crisis ◽

Social Entrepreneurship ◽

Urban Politics ◽

Social Innovation ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Northern Europe ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

European Cities ◽

Urban Gardening ◽

Throughout the 20th century, urban gardening in central and northern Europe as well as in North America has received a great deal of academic attention. However, the recent proliferation of urban gardening in other geographies, such as southern Europe in the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2007–2008, remains underexplored. The economic crisis put on hold urban developments in many southern European cities, leaving idle plots of land waiting to be urbanized. The crisis also triggered radical political demands, such as those of the Indignados, as well as fuelling narratives revolving around social entrepreneurship and social innovation. Barcelona emerges as a laboratory of urban gardening initiatives in vacant lots mobilizing either radical urban demands or embedding new post-crisis rhetoric around social entrepreneurship. Through a combination of qualitative methods, including participant observation, a literature review, semi-structured interviews, informal conversations and field diaries, we present a characterization and evolution of the three most prominent urban gardening initiatives in the city of Barcelona (including 54 gardens at the end of 2016): the Network of Municipal Gardens (municipally led gardens for retired people); the Network of Communitarian Gardens (social movements); and the Empty Plots Plan (social entrepreneurial urban gardening). Subsequently, we discuss the different meanings of gardening in crisis/post-crisis Barcelona as well as the urban politics that each initiative articulates. Our results show that urban gardens within the city are an expression of different and non-exclusive meanings that explicitly or implicitly, in a context of crisis and post-crisis, mobilize notions of political gardening.

Foreign Bodies at Work: Good, Docile and Other-ed

Asian Journal of Social Science ◽

10.1163/1568531054930785 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 223-245 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Noorman Abdullah

Keyword(s):

Foreign Bodies ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Foreign Worker ◽

Construction Workers ◽

Primary Data ◽

Total Institution ◽

Foreign Workers ◽

Discursive Practices ◽

AbstractThe lived, and oftentimes silenced, experiences of "foreign workers" articulate the negotiation of power relations between "citizen" and "foreigner", and "Us" and "Them". These are translated into discursive practices that, in effect, legitimize and entrench differences — hence, inequalities — that effectively discipline the "foreign worker" as "not one of Us". By taking the example of Bangladeshi construction workers in Singapore as a case study, I argue in this paper that the workspaces of "foreign construction workers" in Singapore typify that of a "total institution", which correspondingly moulds the worker into a discursive ideal — the "good, docile Other". Such impositions and productions of Otherness, however, face rupture as workers (re)negotiate, (re)work, and (re)inscribe their everyday lives through the employment of what James Scott (1985, 1987) terms "everyday 'resistances'" in rising above that which subjugates them. I will present in this paper primary data elicited and collated from direct participant observation, fieldwork, and in-depth interviews conducted in a construction project in Singapore.

Conflict management: challenges experienced by nurse-leaders in the hospital environment

Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1983-1447.2014.02.40155 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 79-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Simone Coelho Amestoy ◽

Vânia Marli Schubert Backes ◽

Maira Buss Thofehrn ◽

Jussara Gue Martini ◽

Betina Hörner Schlindwein Meirelles ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Participant Observation ◽

Research Strategy ◽

Nurse Leaders ◽

Hospital Environment ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Interpersonal Conflicts ◽

Participatory Leadership ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

This study aimed to understand the main conflicts experienced by nurses-leaders in the hospital environment, as well as the strategies adopted to face them. The study reflects a qualitative descriptive type approach, which was used in the case study as research strategy. The study included 25 nurses who worked in three hospitals in the city of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. Information where obtained in the months of May to December of 2010 through semi-structured interviews, non-participant observation and dialogical workshops. Data were analyzed using the Thematic Analysis. The results demonstrated the predominant of interpersonal conflicts involving the multidisciplinary team, nurses and the nursing staff. Adopting a participatory leadership, based on dialogue emerges as a strategy for coping with conflicts in the hospital environment.

De Feira Nordestina a Centro de Tradições: a construção da identidade nordestina no Rio de Janeiro

ILUMINURAS ◽

10.22456/1984-1191.103811 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (54) ◽

Author(s):

Vitor Rebello Ramos Mello

Keyword(s):

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Ethnographic Study ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Social Actors ◽

Cultura Popular ◽

Places Of Memory ◽

Brazilian Northeast ◽

The City ◽

Made In

Resumo: Este estudo etnográfico discute o processo de construção de identidades dos migrantes nordestinos na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, tendo como referência a transformação da Feira de São Cristóvão no Centro Municipal Luiz Gonzaga de Tradições Nordestinas. Parte integrante da dissertação Memórias repentinas: a construção poética do Nordeste pelos repentistas da Feira de São Cristóvão (RJ) defendida no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Memória Social/ UNIRIO[1], a presente análise faz uso da ideia de sociodinâmica da estigmatização para compreender as relações estabelecidas entre cariocas e nordestinos, bem como utiliza o conceito de lugares de memória para entender a importância da Feira enquanto bastião da cultura para a população migrante. Para tanto, fez-se um trabalho de campo entre 2010 e 2012, realizando observação não-participante e entrevistas semiestruturadas com atores sociais locais, além de pesquisa na hemeroteca digital do Centro Nacional de Folclore e Cultura Popular e revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema. Palavras chave: Feira de São Cristóvão. Identidade Nordestina. Nordeste. Rio de Janeiro FROM A REGIONAL FAIR INTO A CENTRE OF TRADITIONS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRAZILIAN NORTHEASTERN IDENTITY IN RIO DE JANEIRO. Abstract: This ethnographic study discusses the process of northeastern migrants' construction identities in the city of Rio de Janeiro, taking as reference the change of the São Cristóvão Fair into the Luiz Gonzaga Municipal Centre of Northeastern Traditions. As part of the dissertation Sudden memories: the poetic construction of the northeast region by the troubadours of the São Cristóvão Fair (RJ) defended in the Post-Graduation Program in Social Memory / UNIRIO, the present analysis makes use of the ideia of the sociodinamic of stigmatization to understand the relationships established between cariocas and northeasterners, using as well the concept of places of memory to comprehend the importance of the Fair as a bastion of culture for the migrant population. To this end, a fieldwork was performed out between 2010 and 2012, with a non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews with local social actors. Besides, researches were made in the digital library of the National Center for Folklore and Popular Culture and a bibliographic review about the topic. Keywords: São Cristóvão Fair. Brazilian northeastern identity. Brazilian northeast. Rio de Janeiro [1] Esta pesquisa contou com bolsa de estudos da CAPES.

Menelisik Pencegahan Pernikahan Usia Anak di kota Surakarta

Jurnal Sosiologi Pendidikan Humanis ◽

10.17977/um021v6i1p39-54 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 39

Author(s):

Giyartika Giyartika ◽

Nurhadi Nurhadi ◽

Yuhastina Yuhastina

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Selection Process ◽

Child Marriage ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Government Officials ◽

Three Stages ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

Activity Groups ◽

The City ◽

This study aims to understand and explain efforts to prevent child marriage in Surakarta city in the study of population sociology. The areas sampled were five “Kampong KB” (Family Planning Villages) spread over five subdistricts in the city of Surakarta. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 16 informants and structured interviews with 48 informants, consisting of Family Planning Instructors (PKB), Regional Family Planning Assistants (PPKBD), parents, teenagers and government officials. Data analysis was carried out in three stages, namely data reduction or the selection process, simplification, abstraction and transformation of raw data, then data presentation. Conclusions and verification are carried out continuously during the study. The results showed that in the effort to prevent the practice of child marriage in Surakarta city, there were several strategies implemented by various parties, namely Family Planning Instructors (PKB), Regional Family Planning Assistants (PPKBD) and government officials, so as to form a patterns of social interaction and evolutionary processes, also known as symbolic interactionism. The strategies that are carried out include taking a cultural approach, synergy of Activity Groups, enthusiasm for achievement, building interventions, commitment and consistency in running programs, maximizing the use of social media and orderly administration. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memahami dan menjelaskan upaya pencegahan pernikahan usia anak di Kota Surakarta dalam kajian ilmu sosiologi kependudukan. Wilayah yang dijadikan sampel adalah lima Kampung KB (Kampung Keluarga Berencana) yang tersebar di lima Kecamatan di Kota Surakarta. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara mendalam dengan 16 informan dan wawancara terstruktur dengan 48 informan, yang terdiri dari Penyuluh Keluarga Berencana (PKB), Pembantu Pembina Keluarga Berencana Daerah (PPKBD), orangtua, remaja dan aparatur pemerintah. Analisis data dilakukan melalui tiga tahapan, yakni reduksi data atau proses pemilihan, penyederhanaan, abstraksi dan transformasi data mentah, kemudian penyajian data. Penarikan kesimpulan serta verifikasi data dilakukan terus menerus selama penelitian berlangsung. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam upaya pencegahan pernikahan usia anak di Kota Surakarta terdapat beberapa strategi yang dilakukan oleh berbagai pihak, yakni Penyuluh Keluarga Berencana (PKB), Pembantu Pembina Keluarga Berencana Daerah (PPKBD) dan aparatur pemerintah, sehingga terbentuk suatu pola interaksi sosial dan proses evolusioner atau yang dikenal dengan interaksionisme simbolik. Adapun strategi yang dilakukan diantaranya, melakukan pendekatan budaya, sinergisitas Kelompok Kegiatan (PokTan), semangat berprestasi, membangun intervensi, komitmen dan konsistensi menjalankan program, memaksimalkan penggunaan media sosial dan tertib administrasi.

Cycling in(to) Society: Integration and Social Mobility in Copenhagen

Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography ◽

10.15273/jue.v11i2.11038 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 19-38

Author(s):

Tanja Karen Jensen

Keyword(s):

Social Mobility ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Academic Research ◽

Red Cross ◽

Forward Movement ◽

The Social ◽

Personal Experiences ◽

Social And Physical Environment ◽

The City ◽

Integration and the processes involved are increasingly becoming more important in anthropological studies as the world is globalising. However, individual experiences of migrants, especially those of women, are often not considered in academic research. Therefore, I aim to include personal experiences of migrant women by studying those in the context of integration in Copenhagen. I conducted fieldwork over two months in the city of Copenhagen through participant observation in a cycling course created by the Red Cross, along with several informal interviews and five in-depth interviews with key informants. This article examines how integration is perceived, whether intersecting physical and social mobility can aid integration, and what impact gender has on these processes. Integration in this context is argued to be a form of social mobility, one that describes a forward movement into society. The process of integration for the women considered in this research is aided by cycling, as moving through the city physically promotes social mobility. Cyclists learn to navigate both the social and physical environment around them, and they gain access to services as well as opportunities in the labour market.

Do we form or deform? Qualitative Investigation in Public Hospitals of Madrid

10.31124/advance.8236670.v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

María Jesús Gómez Camuñas ◽

Purificación González Villanueva

Keyword(s):

Informed Consent ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Information Collection ◽

Qualitative Investigation ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Ethnographic Approach ◽

Open Questions ◽

Field Notes ◽

<div> </div><div> Qualitative design with an ethnographic approach, to achieve the objective of the study. Data collection The data has been collected through these information collection techniques: Participant observation consisting of analysis of documents, interviews with subjects and informants, participation in the field, direct observation and introspection 13; registering systematically in a journal, together with the field notes. In-depth interviews are carried out, through two techniques: Unstructured interviews with open questions. Semi-structured interviews through a Guide of questions, extracted from previous observation sessions or interviews. These interviews are, in turn, formal and informal, conducted individually or in groups 13: In the formal ones, the participants are asked to sign the informed consent in order to be recorded and their consent after the transcription of the same. Informal interviews are carried out during the entire period of stay in the unit or center, to any participant who voluntarily chooses to talk with the researcher, having prior knowledge of the realization of the same and study information. </div>

IMPLEMENTATION AND SYSTEMATIZATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT (CMM) SERVICE DELIVERED TO WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research ◽

10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i1.21537 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 228 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maria Angela Ribeiro ◽

Simone Araújo Medina Mendonça ◽

Agnes Ribeiro Filardi ◽

Anna Claudia Yokoyama Dos Anjos ◽

Djenane Ramalho De Oliveira

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Action Research ◽

Pharmaceutical Care ◽

Driving Forces ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Medication Management ◽

Research Process ◽

Innovative Technology ◽

Care Practice ◽

Structured Interviews

Objective: The aim of the present study was to describe the process of implementation and systematization of a comprehensive medication management (CMM) service, from the perspective of the participants involved, in a high complexity service that cares for women with breast cancer in Brazil.Methods: A qualitative study that utilized action research that followed the procedures proposed by Kurt Lewin and the ethical and clinical principles of pharmaceutical care practice. Data collection techniques were participant observation between August 2014 and December 2016, semi-structured interviews with eight pharmacists and pharmacy residents, field notes, and analysis of documents.Results: Six major themes emerged in four cycles of the action research process: (1) Resistance is human; the management of conflict is necessary; (2) insecurity with being a clinician; (3) management of change supported by driving forces; (4) pharmaceutical care fostering professionals’ self-efficacy; (5) documentation as the conducting wire of the practice; and (6) the advantages of a systematized practice.Conclusion: The study offered an understanding of the process of implementation of CMM services from the perspective of pharmacists. It produced knowledge on the experiences of pharmacists as they lived through the process of transformation of their professional practice to offer a patient-centered and systematized service. The framework of Lewin supported the introduction of a new work path for pharmacists, which could be operationalized as an innovative technology for the Brazilian health-care system: CMM services.