scholarly journals Homeless Individuals’ Social Construction of a Park: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben Addo
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Symbolic Interactionist ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Public Park ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Interactionist Perspective

Individuals experiencing homelessness and housed residents have increasingly been in conflict over the use of public spaces, which has led to efforts to regulate how individuals experiencing homelessness use public spaces. However, the discourses around the use of public parks seem to value housed residents over homeless individuals. How individuals experiencing homelessness construct meanings of public spaces has not been given adequate attention in the literature. Drawing on a symbolic interactionist theoretical framework and grounded theory methodology, the researcher conducted 10 semi-structured interviews on how individuals experiencing homelessness construct meanings of a public park. Participants ascribed instrumental and intangible meanings to the park by describing it as a homeless safety hub, a homeless resource hub, and a homeless network hub. This study suggested that homeless individuals’ constructed meanings of public parks may be motivated by their interactions with their peers and housed residents. This study recommends policy makers to make an effort to understand factors that force people experiencing homelessness to congregate in public parks and to discontinue regulations that criminalize how individuals experiencing homelessness use public parks.

scholarly journals Proces konstruowania ładu interakcji między pełnosprawnymi i niepełnosprawnymi sportowcami. Analiza zjawiska z perspektywy teorii symbolicznego interakcjonizmu

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-167
Author(s):  
Jakub Niedbalski
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sports Club ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Interaction Order ◽  
Social Organizational

This article is based on a study in which the interactions in a sports club between persons with physical disabilities and their non-disabled colleagues were observed. The purpose of the study was to understand and describe the problems faced by sports participants with disabilities when operating within a social, organizational, and physical environment that was not designed for the disabled. The study made it possible to reconstruct how definitions of key notions and situations are developed as a basis for creating and maintaining the interaction order between disabled and non-disabled sportsparticipants. The study used data compiled from open observation of participants and semi-structured interviews. The phenomena were analyzed in accordance with the procedures of Grounded Theory. Symbolic interactionism was used as a theoretical framework in the interpretative paradigm.

English Medium Instruction and Human Linguistic Rights: Academic, Psychological and Cultural Suffering

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Taghreed Masri
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Linguistic Rights ◽  
Critical Methodology ◽  
Arab Students ◽  
English Medium Instruction

In higher education in the UAE, English is used as the medium of instruction, while academic Arabic is relegated to few electives that can be also taken in English. Policy makers perceive the transition from Arabic medium instruction (ami) schools to English medium instruction (emi) universities as normal and automatic. This study aims to explore how students see this transition, and whether they find it automatic and smooth, or embroiled in hardship and difficulties. It is based on a critical theoretical framework and is approached using exploratory critical methodology. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty undergraduate Arab students in three English-medium universities. Results showed that students faced psychological, academic, social and cultural difficulties associated with the transition from Arabic schools to English-medium instruction universities.

Effects on Gambling Behaviour of Developments in Information Technology

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Parke ◽  
Mark Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Online Gambling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Gambling Behaviour ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Gambling Involvement ◽  
Theoretical Saturation

The rapid growth and acceptance of online gambling is concerning to academics and clinicians in the field of pathological gambling research. This study proposes a theoretical framework that outlines the effect of technological developments in information technology (IT) on gambling behaviour. The aim of the study is to produce theoretical propositions that can be investigated empirically in future research. Grounded Theory was employed to enable a theoretical framework to conceptualise online gambling behaviour and the utility of IT in gambling behaviour. In total, eight participants were interviewed via semi-structured interviews until theoretical saturation was achieved. The theoretical framework was contrasted against existing problem gambling research. Grounded Theory has indicated that developments in IT have been a catalyst for Elevated Gambling Involvement, in terms of both participation and pre-occupation, and that this phenomenon was produced via the following behavioural constructs: Increased Outcome Control, Reduced Discipline, Expediency and Consumer Value.

Sport, Physical Education, and Islam: Muslim Independent Schooling and the Social Construction of Masculinities

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaya Farooq ◽  
Andrew Parker
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Independent School ◽  
Symbolic Interactionist ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interactionist Perspective ◽  
Religious Ideals ◽  
Ethnographic Analysis

This qualitative study of a British Islamic independent school explores the construction of religious masculinities within the lives of a cohort of Muslim adolescent males. An ethnographic analysis is presented whereby boys’ physical education is located as a strategic site for the development of Muslim masculine identities. Adopting a symbolic interactionist perspective, the article discusses the representation of pupil masculinities within the school and the specific role that Islam, sport, and physical education played in respondent lives. Findings highlight how religion provided a central mechanism through which pupils sought to construct and negotiate their masculine selves. In turn, physical education served as an avenue through which respondents could embrace and embody their sense of self and express a series of broader religious ideals.

The Mask of Dementia: Images of ‘Demented Residents’ in a Nursing Ward

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hava Golander ◽  
Aviad E. Raz
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Symbolic Interactionist ◽  
Psychological Constructs ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interactionist Perspective ◽  
Nursing Ward

ABSTRACTA description of the social construction of dementia among elderly residents of a nursing ward is offered, based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in an Israeli geriatric centre. This account focuses on the construction of positive social identities and the ascription of roles for residents labelled as ‘demented’. The findings illustrate the split between personal and social identity in dementia. The applicability of conventional socio-psychological constructs such as ‘I’ and ‘me’ regarding dementia is questioned, as the spoken manifestations of these constructs is critically examined from a symbolic interactionist perspective.

scholarly journals Experience With a Novel, Global, Open-Access Template for Major Incidents: Qualitative Feasibility Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Fattah ◽  
Kari Milch Agledahl ◽  
Marius Rehn ◽  
Torben Wisborg
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Early Revision ◽  
Major Incidents

AbstractObjectiveThe transfer of experiences gained after prehospital medical responses to major incidents has largely been nonsystematic, and better-structured reporting methods have been advocated. A consensus-based template was recently created and implemented as an open-access website. This qualitative study assessed the feasibility of using the template and reporting site.MethodsInformants who had used or who had been asked to use the template were interviewed. The semi-structured interviews were transcribed verbatim, and the transcripts were analyzed by using an inductive approach based on grounded theory methodology.ResultsThe major theme identified was a need for “defining purpose” as explained by the minor themes “relevance,” “scope,” “resources,” and “usefulness.” Informants reported that the template content needed to be revised and that the scope and rationale behind each question should be conveyed to the user. Resources necessary for reporting and clarity regarding the aim and outcome also need to be communicated to users and policy-makers. The interface between informants and the template is critical.ConclusionsInformants considered the template and website useful but reported that the workload exceeded their expectations. Despite pilot testing of the template before implementation, early revision of the template is recommended. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:403–406)

The Role of Public Parks in Telling the Nation's Story

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Dustin ◽  
Larry Beck ◽  
Brett Wright ◽  
Gene Lamke ◽  
James Murphy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Affect Theory ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Frame Theory ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Public Park ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
Object Lesson ◽  
Good Object

In this paper, we discuss the role of public parks in telling the nation’s story via statues, memorials, and monuments. We ground our discussion in affect theory, which addresses the affective responses statues, memorials, and monuments elicit in visitors. Of particular note is affective dissonance, which suggests that a statue, memorial, or monument may evoke a variety of conflicting affective responses. The way in which visitors reconcile these conflicting affective responses shapes their public memory of significant events in our nation’s history. As more is learned about the checkered past of individuals venerated in statues, memorials, and monuments, how should public park administrators respond? We provide several examples of statues, memorials, and monuments that are controversial in nature, and discuss how public park administrators have responded to the challenge of telling the nation’s story through the reinterpretation of events. We also consider the complexity of the management implications, focusing in particular on who should be driving the decisions made. We then discuss the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, as a good object lesson in how to deal with the affective dissonance involved in recasting public spaces. In so doing, we underscore the importance of frame theory in educating visitors about the preservation, modification, or removal of existing statues, memorials, or monuments.

Parks for Profit: The High Line, Growth Machines, and the Uneven Development of Urban Public Spaces

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Loughran
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Uneven Development ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Public Park ◽  
For Profit ◽  
High Line

This paper investigates the growing inequality of public spaces in contemporary cities. In the era of neoliberal urbanism, stratified economic and cultural resources produce a spectrum of unevenly developed public parks, ranging from elite, privatized public spaces in wealthy districts to neglected parks in poor neighborhoods. Contemporary economic and cultural practices in public space are equally segmented, as privileged public spaces such as New York's High Line reflect the consumption habitus of the new urban middle class, while violence, disinvestment, and revanchist policing permeate public spaces on the urban periphery. Using New York's High Line as an archetypal neoliberal space, I trace its redevelopment from a decaying railroad viaduct to a celebrated public park. I argue that contemporary parks and public spaces are best analyzed on a continuum of privilege.

Future Park

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalie Wright
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Public Park ◽  
Industrial Land ◽  
Industrial Sites ◽  
New Public ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Urban Places

The first public parks were created on urban 'greenfields'. Once these designated sites had been used, cities looked towards post-industrial sites, and built parks in places that had suffered from environmental degradation, neglect, abandonment and conflict. With finite stocks of urban post-industrial land now also approaching exhaustion, more ways of making parks are required to create inclusive, accessible and resilient urban places. Future Park invites Australian built environment professionals and policymakers to consider the future of parks in our cities. Including spectacular images of public spaces throughout the world, the book describes the economic, social and environmental benefits of urban parks, and then outlines the threats and challenges facing cities and communities in an age when more than half the world's population are urban dwellers. Future Park introduces the need to embrace new public park thinking to ensure that benefits continue to be realised. Future Park illustrates imaginative and resourceful responses to real challenges by highlighting recent proposals and projects. These projects coalesce around four broad themes – linkages, obsolescences, co-locations and installations – responding to contemporary urban paradoxes, and ensuring parks continue to play a vital role in the lives of our cities.

Effects on Gambling Behaviour of Developments in Information Technology

2013 ◽  
pp. 156-169
Author(s):  
Adrian Parke ◽  
Mark Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Online Gambling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Gambling Behaviour ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Gambling Involvement ◽  
Theoretical Saturation

The rapid growth and acceptance of online gambling is concerning to academics and clinicians in the field of pathological gambling research. This study proposes a theoretical framework that outlines the effect of technological developments in information technology (IT) on gambling behaviour. The aim of the study is to produce theoretical propositions that can be investigated empirically in future research. Grounded Theory was employed to enable a theoretical framework to conceptualise online gambling behaviour and the utility of IT in gambling behaviour. In total, eight participants were interviewed via semi-structured interviews until theoretical saturation was achieved. The theoretical framework was contrasted against existing problem gambling research. Grounded Theory has indicated that developments in IT have been a catalyst for Elevated Gambling Involvement, in terms of both participation and pre-occupation, and that this phenomenon was produced via the following behavioural constructs: Increased Outcome Control, Reduced Discipline, Expediency and Consumer Value.

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