Social Construction of the Value of Education among the Disadvantaged Group: A Case Study of the Mahashas of Jammu and Kashmir State of India

Continuously changing conditions of sociotechnical systems are the basis of structural changes in communities. Relationships between transition contexts and regime transformation processes and their driving factors in sociotechnical regimes are poorly understood. Moreover, not all changes in multilevel governance regimes are geared towards sustainability, as demonstrated by the case of the water management regime in Sanandaj county in the west of Iran between 1962 and 2018. The current study shows how the management regime of water resources in the case study has changed over time and identifies the institutional arrangements through a retrospective analysis. The analysis is based on three stages of data collection which included a discussion group, a Delphi survey, and a focus group survey among various types of stakeholders. The “Hybrid Transitions” framework is introduced in order to denote processes of regime change that take place in a range of different transition contexts. The findings do not identify a single transition pathway but show that a number of parallel transition pathways have occurred in the context of groundwater and surface water management and their respective institutional arrangements. The study provides a better understanding of the complexity of transition pathways that were devised at the management regime level.

Download Full-text

Negotiation between modernity and local culture in moviegoing practice: A case study of a traditional movie theater in Guangzhou Metropolis

International Journal of Cultural Studies ◽

10.1177/1367877921993819 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 136787792199381

Author(s):

Geng Lin ◽

Hao Wu ◽

Xiaoru Xie ◽

Fiona Fan Yang ◽

Zuyi Lv

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

Detailed Analysis ◽

Metropolitan Areas ◽

Traditional Culture ◽

Social Characteristics ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Movie Theaters ◽

Movie Theater ◽

Over Time

As a medium for delivering modernity, movie theaters have faithfully recorded the dialogue between modernity and local daily lives. In contrast to modern movie theaters, traditional cinemas are distinguished by their long history, through which they reflect the changing connotations and social construction of modernity over time. Based on detailed analysis of the historical and social characteristics of Nanguan cinema, a 100-year-old movie theater in Guangzhou, China, we reach the following two conclusions: first, shaped by local traditional culture, the practice of moviegoing localizes modernity with a distinctive grassroots feature that enlivens everyday lives; second, moviegoing at traditional theaters in modern metropolitan areas has further enriched the connotations of modernity by providing a nostalgic experience for audiences.

Download Full-text

LIBER Digital Humanities and Digital Cultural Heritage Working Group: a case study of international collaboration and network building

Art Libraries Journal ◽

10.1017/alj.2021.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 57-63

Author(s):

Lotte Wilms ◽

Caleb Derven ◽

Merisa Martinez

Keyword(s):

Working Group ◽

Digital Humanities ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Knowledge Network ◽

European Research ◽

Research Libraries ◽

Network Building ◽

Digital Scholarship ◽

Group A

How can European library staff working in digital humanities connect with peers in the library sector, determine where to find relevant information about digital scholarship, provide their collections as data and to be an equal partner in digital humanities research? The LIBER Digital Humanities Working Group was created as a participatory knowledge network in 2017 to address these questions. Through a series of workshops, knowledge sharing activities, and a Europe-wide survey and resulting report, the Working Group engaged with the international LIBER DH community. Useful reflections are provided on organising an open, voluntary DH community and planning for inclusive activities that benefit digital scholarship in European research libraries.

Download Full-text

Frontline police employees’ social construction of client service

SA Journal of Human Resource Management ◽

10.4102/sajhrm.v5i3.150 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 38-47

Author(s):

Karel Stanz ◽

G. J. Schwart ◽

W. J. Schurink

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

South African ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Organisational Change ◽

Frontline Employees ◽

South African Police Service ◽

The Social ◽

South African Police ◽

Satisfaction Model

The social construction of frontline employees’ client service plays a major role in organisational success. This study illuminated why frontline personnel are reluctant to accept organisational change which is in line with new policing philosophies. Applying modernist qualitative methodology, and particularly grounded theory within a case study design a ‘process satisfaction model’ was developed with the aim to improve employee satisfaction with internal processes and ultimately service delivery. This model may be used for change in the South African Police Service SAPS) and other government departments.

Download Full-text

Zakir Naik and His Audiences: A Case Study of Srinagar, Kashmir

Journal of Religion Media and Digital Culture ◽

10.1163/21659214-00702004 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 203-222

Author(s):

Raoof Mir

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Cultural Studies ◽

Jammu And Kashmir ◽

Or Groups ◽

Indian State ◽

Fresh Insight ◽

Insight Into ◽

Religious Worldviews

Most literature on Mumbai-based Muslim tele-Islamicist Zakir Naik offers an organizational, biographical and ideological profile. This approach has concealed the symbolic significance attached to Naik by his audiences. This paper attempts to explore not only who and what Naik is, but how and where he is located. By incorporating ethnographic and cultural studies approaches, this paper offers fresh insight into Naik and his methods of communicating religion. Taking Srinagar, a city in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, as an ethnographic site, this paper explores how Muslim individuals or groups interpret Naik in relation to their religious worldviews. The articulation of Islam by Zakir Naik through media platforms such as television and social media has contributed to a religious trend in Kashmir, in which people have discovered new ways to think about themselves and to participate in discourses about religion that would have been unthinkable a few decades ago.

Download Full-text