scholarly journals FELTARBEJDETS FORPLIGTELSER: Deltagelse og kritik blandt sateré-mawé-immigranter i Manaus, Brasilien

Author(s):  
Christian Groes-Green

Current studies of human poverty and suffering seem to lack reflexivity on the kinds of alternatives or solutions that might be found in the local context of study. By reference to experiences from fieldwork among indigenous Sateré-Mawé immigrants in Manaus, Brazil it is illustrated how “participation” as an anthropological method is more than a tool for collecting ethno-graphic data. It is a practice like any other, involving social obligations towards our informants and a necessary engagement in the field of study. As an inseparable part of the production of anthropological know-ledge this engagement should be more explicitly addressed and reflected in anthropological writing and in the very idea of the anthropological project. If this engagement is properly reflected and addressed, a constructive anthropological critique might evolve that points to viable solutions to the social problems and sufferings encountered. Re-inscribing “participation” in the anthropological project as fundamental to any knowledge might also remind us that fieldwork, like any other social engagement, is fraught with social obligations that do not vanish with theoretical distance and abstraction.  

Author(s):  
Irena Luobikienė

Scientists, national politicians and specialists from Lithuania and other countries identified the main determinants of the social development of the territories of Lithuania, the problems of the society, which have been influenced by this development, and possible trends of change. Although the social development of Lithuanian territories is determined by a "bundle" of social problems, the focus of the article is on those that may affect the availability of education in the most sparsely populated districts of Lithuania. The aim of this article is to reveal the prospects of education availability in the most sparsely populated areas of Lithuania in the context of the social development of the country's territories. The main problem question related to this is what prospects for the availability of education in the most sparsely populated areas of the country presuppose the social development of Lithuania's territories. In order to achieve the aim of the article, the design of the research was based on the theoretical analysis of the problem raised and a secondary analysis of the data in the field. The main findings of the research reflect the situation in the field of study, and the conclusions of the research drawn on the basis of them provide an assessment of the prospects of education accessibility in the most sparsely populated areas of Lithuania.


2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 466
Author(s):  
Ilana Heineberg

Cet article – qui introduit l’écrivain Luiz Ruffato et son roman Eles eram muitos cavalos (Tant et tant de chevaux) à un public francophone – part du principe que l’auteur emploie des stratégies littéraires postmodernistes sans renoncer à une  rise de position par rapport aux problèmes sociaux du Brésil. Ruffato serait, donc, exemplaire d’un incontestable engagement postmoderne, contredisant des théoriciens marxistes, comme Frederic Jameson et Terry Eagleton, qui conçoient la littérature postmoderniste comme un vide idéologique. Nous commencerons par analyser les multiples formes de fragmentation du texte qui constituent, pour Ruffato, une stratégie de dénonciation sociale. Puis, nous verrons comment les différentes perspectives narratives adoptées dans certains fragments du roman permettent de situer la figurede l’auteur par rapport à ses personnages et, ainsi, énoncer l’éthique ruffatienne.********************************************************************Resumo: Esse artigo – que introduz o escritor Luiz Ruffato e seu romance Eles eram muitos cavalos a um público francófono – parte do princípio que o autor emprega estratégias literárias pós-modernistas sem abrir mão de uma literatura empenhada com os problemas sociais do Brasil. Ruffato seria, portanto, exemplar de um engajamento autenticamente pós-moderno, contrariando teóricos marxistas, como Frederic Jameson e Terry Eagleton, que veem no pós-modernismo o fim de todas ideologias. Começaremos por analisar as múltiplas formas de fragmentação do texto que constituem, para Ruffato, uma estratégia de denúncia social. A seguir, veremos como as diferentes perspectivas narrativas adotadas em certos fragmentos do romance permitem situar a figura do autor em relação a seus personagens e, desse modo, enunciar a ética ruffatiana.Palavras-chave: Luiz Ruffato; Eles eram muitos cavalos; Fragmentação; Engajamento; Pósmodernismo********************************************************************Abstract: This study – which introduces the writer Luiz Ruffato and his novel Eles eram muitos cavalos to a francophone public – assumes that this Brazilian writer employs postmodernists literary strategies without giving up a literature committed to the social problems of Brazil. Ruffato would be, therefore, a genuine example of post-modern social engagement, and, in this way, contradicts Marxist theorists, such as Frederic Jameson and Terry Eagleton, who see in the post-modernism the end of all ideologies. The paper begins examining the multiple forms of fragmentation of the text, what Ruffato believes to be a strategy of social complaint. Next, its looked at how the different narrative perspectives are used in certain fragments of the novel and how they allow one to situate the figure of the author in relation to their characters, in a way that Ruffato`s ethics it is enunciated.Keywords: Luiz Ruffato; Eles eram muitos cavalos; Fragmentation; Engagement; Postmodernism 


1964 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin B. Sussman
Keyword(s):  

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (97) ◽  
pp. 202-210
Author(s):  
Natalia V. Bushnaya

Social competence of senior school students serves as their integrative characteristic and acts as the result of education. The formation of social competence in senior students is realized in the school educational environment by means of solving social problems of personal, public and life-futurological content. School educational environment incorporates definite zones which act as incentives to motivate and involve students into the activity of formulating and solving social problems.


Al-Burz ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-50
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ashraf ◽  
Muhammad Nasir Kiazai

Raag, a folk term has used for Drama in ancient Brahui. In folk literature when the Brahui modern literature were not introduced the Term Raag were used for entertain. After establishment of Radio Station center at Quetta, the different parts of modern literature opened the windows for Brahui fiction. There is prominent writer which Mr. Ghulam Nabi Rahi has started firstly Brahui radio Drama, soon after the tradition of Brahui drama has spread all over the Balochistan. A compilation of his first period’s Drama known as Isto naa Bandagh. This research paper discussed and analyses the technique and tendency of Rahi’s Drama. Mostly his dramas have played from Radio and Television Quetta center after Sixties. Shaahbeg naa wataakh a very famous radio Drama, where the social problems were reflecting. A descriptive method has been used to complete this paper.


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-196
Author(s):  
Maja Dorota Wojciechowska

PurposeSocial capital, understood as intangible community values available through a network of connections, is a factor in the development of societies and improving quality of life. It helps to remove economic inequalities and prevent poverty and social exclusion, stimulate social and regional development, civic attitudes and social engagement and build a civic society as well as local and regional identity. Many of these tasks may be implemented by libraries, which, apart from providing access to information, may also offer a number of services associated with social needs. The purpose of this paper is to present the roles and functions that libraries may serve in local communities in terms of assistance, integration and development based on classical social capital theories.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews the classical concepts of social capital in the context of libraries. It analyses the findings of Pierre-Félix Bourdieu, James Coleman, Francis Fukuyama, Robert Putnam, Nan Lin, Ronald Stuart Burt, Wayne Baker and Alejandro Portes. Based on their respective concepts, the paper analyses the role of the contemporary library in the social life of local communities. In particular, it focuses on the possible new functions that public libraries may serve.FindingsA critical review of the concept of social capital revealed certain dependencies between libraries and their neighbourhoods. With new services that respond to the actual social needs, libraries may serve as a keystone, namely they may integrate, animate and engage local communities. This, however, requires a certain approach to be adopted by the personnel and governing authorities as well as infrastructure and tangible resources.Originality/valueThe social engagement of libraries is usually described from the practical perspective (reports on the services provided) or in the context of research on the impact of respective projects on specific groups of users (research reports). A broader approach, based on original social theories, is rarely encountered. The paper draws on classical concepts of social capital and is a contribution to the discussion on possible uses of those concepts based on an analysis of the role of libraries in social life and in strengthening the social capital of local communities.


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