scholarly journals (Un)settling Methodology: Walking the City of Memphis with Transcorporeality in a More-than-Human World

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Wesam M. Salem
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Muslim American ◽  
Human World ◽  
Thinking Differently ◽  
The City

In this paper, I explain how I engaged with walking as a sensory and relational inquiry that provoked thinking differently and intra-actively of research, and the entanglement (Barad, 2007) of our bodies with the space and matter. As I walked the city of Memphis, assemblages of my emplaced body movement, subjectivities, senses, feelings, and interactions with the materiality of the space deconstructed and interrogated the neoliberal normalized narratives of othering and belonging. Situating the walks within transcorporeality (Alaimo, 2012), transmateriality (Springgay & Truman, 2017a), and the spactimematter entanglement (Haraway, 2015), I share how these walks generated three lines of flight (Deleuze & Guattari,1987) that transformed my thinking of research methods and opened up spaces for new ways of knowing beyond the linear and the prescribed. The three lines of flight, I discuss in this paper, informed and shaped my thinking of: my research methods with respect to interviewing Muslim American youth, the embodied experience of walking within the entanglement of space time matter in a more-than-human world, and the concept of (dis)placed bodies within the postcolonial thought.

Everyday agency and transformation: Place, body and story in the divided city

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Mannergren Selimovic
Keyword(s):  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Generative Capacity ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

How do we identify and understand transformative agency in the quotidian that is not contained in formal, or even informal structures? This article investigates the ordinary agency of Palestinian inhabitants in the violent context of the divided city of Jerusalem. Through a close reading of three ethnographic moments I identify creative micropractices of negotiating the separation barrier that slices through the city. To conduct this analytical work I propose a conceptual grid of place, body and story through which the everyday can be grasped, accessed and understood. ‘Place’ encompasses the understanding that the everyday is always located and grounded in materiality; ‘body’ takes into account the embodied experience of subjects moving through this place; and ‘story’ refers to the narrative work conducted by human beings in order to make sense of our place in the world. I argue that people can engage in actions that function both as coping mechanisms (and may even support the upholding of status quo), and as moments of formulating and enacting agential projects with a more or less intentional transformative purpose. This insight is key to understanding the generative capacity of everyday agency and its importance for the macropolitics of peace and conflict.

scholarly journals Space-time cluster analysis of American visceral leishmaniasis in Bauru, São Paulo State, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1949-1964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Aparecida Feijó de Souza ◽  
Luiz Ricardo Paes de Barros Cortez ◽  
Ricardo Augusto Dias ◽  
Marcos Amaku ◽  
José Soares Ferreira Neto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Visceral Leishmaniasis ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Space Time ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Positive Tendency ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
The City

A space-time analysis of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) in humans in the city of Bauru, São Paulo State, Brazil was carried out based on 239 cases diagnosed between June 2003 and October 2008. Spatial analysis of the disease showed that cases occurred especially in the city's urban areas. AVL annual incidence rates were calculated, demonstrating that the highest rate occurred in 2006 (19.55/100,000 inhabitants). This finding was confirmed by the time series analysis, which also showed a positive tendency over the period analyzed. The present study allows us to conclude that the disease was clustered in the Southwest side of the city in 2006, suggesting that this area may require special attention with regard to control and prevention measures.

The Environmental Performance of the E-Waste Trade-in Program in Nanjing, China

2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 3531-3534
Author(s):  
Zhi Yuan Li ◽  
Yang Fan Li ◽  
Feng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
Household Appliances ◽  
Recycling System ◽  
Household Appliance ◽  
Waste Trade ◽  
The City

In this study, we use questionnaires, interviews and some other research methods to investigate the implementation outcome of the household appliance ‘Old for New’ trade-in program (hereafter the trade-in program), and apply the methods of comparative analysis and stakeholder analysis to evaluate the program. This paper, taking the city of Nanjing as an example, aims to provide insights to these questions, and more significantly, to advance some practical and efficient suggestions as how to formulate a reasonable, efficient waste household appliances (hereafter WHA) recycling system in Nanjing.

scholarly journals A paisagem em Criúva e Vila Seca, Caxias do Sul, Brasil: uma narrativa etnográfica

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (40) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Ribeiro ◽  
José Carlos Gomes dos Anjos ◽  
Guilherme Francisco Waterloo Radomsky
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Landscape Survey ◽  
The City ◽  
Reflective Narrative ◽  
Life Projects

Trajeto etnográfico realizado em contexto multidisciplinar de pesquisa motiva essa narrativa reflexiva. Recorre-se criticamente a observação participante realizada em dois distritos rurais nas circunvizinhanças da segunda maior cidade gaúcha (Caxias do Sul). O procedimento foi conduzido mediante o acompanhamento do ciclo de louvação da festa do Divino Espírito Santo, mas a narrativa própria, que desvela a paisagem como bem de uso comum no lugar, atinge-se através da atenção às alteridades desveladas nesse percurso. Nesse contexto, avaliam-se as contribuições e possibilidades do fazer etnográfico em um tema mais abrangente ainda a deslindar: a luta dos habitantes do lugar - agricultores há mais de 150 anos nos Campos de Cima da Serra - para continuarem seus projetos de vida. Pois, supostamente no mesmo espaço-tempo, a cidade exige outras ações, sob o discurso da conservação ambiental, contudo portando em seu bojo desejos de outras espécies. Nessa pesquisa de paisagem, mais do que compreender, almeja-se ressoar a voz de quem vive no lugar.Palavras-chave: Paisagem. Ruralidade. Etnografia. The Landscape in Criúva and Vila Seca, Caxias do Sul, Brazil: an ethnographic narrativeAbstractOngoing ethnographic path nested in a multidisciplinary context research, motivates this reflective narrative. The participant observation conducted in two rural districts in the neighborhood of the second largest city of Rio Grandedo Sul (Caxias do Sul) is critically reviewed. The main procedure that was carried out was the following of celebrations cycle of the Holy Spirit. Despite this, the narrative that unfolds the landscape as a common use in the place it is reached through the attention to diversitiesunveiled in this path. In this context, the researchers seek to critically evaluate the contributions and possible contributions of ethnographic work to a more comprehensive theme. The drama to be empirically figured out is the struggles of inhabitants of the place - farmers since 150 years in Campos de Cima da Serra - to continue their life projects. It happens that, supposedly in the same space time, the city requires other actions in the discourse of environmental conservation, however showing desires of other species. In this landscape survey more than to understand, it’s aimed to resonate the voices of people who live in the place.Key words: Landscape. Rurality. Ethnography.

scholarly journals KOMODIFIKASI UPACARA NGARAS DAN NGIBAKAN ADAT SUNDA DI KOTA BANDUNG

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhamad Irfan Maulana Sidik ◽  
Sri Rustiyanti ◽  
Imam Setyobudi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
The City

ABSTRAK Upacara tradisi ngaras dan ngibakan merupakan suatu tradisi yang dilakukan sebelum pelaksanaan hari pernikahan. Upacara ini, dilaksanakan oleh masyarakat Sunda termasuk pada masyarakat Sunda di Kota Bandung sebagai suatu cara yang dipercaya agar prosesi pernikahan dapat berjalan lancar. Dalam perkembangan era globalisasi, tradisi tersebut mengalami perubahan diakibatkan masyarakat Kota Bandung yang mudah mendapatkan arus globalisasi sehingga masyarakat lebih menyukai produk jasa yang lebih efisien dan praktis sebagai ciri masyarakat modern. Hal ini berdampak pada munculnya penyedia jasa yang memodifikasi tradisi ngaras dan ngibakan dengan mengikuti permintaan pasar untuk mendapatkan nilai komoditas maksimal. Tulisan ini, merupakan deskripsi analisis dengan menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif. Adapun teori yang digunakan, yaitu komodifikasi. Penelitian ini, bertujuan untuk menggali sejauh mana proses komodifikasi serta dampak yang ditimbulkan terhadap masyarakat Sunda Kota Bandung itu sendiri.Kata Kunci : Komodifikasi, Upacara Tradisi, Ngaras dan Ngibakan ABSTRACT The ngaras and ngibakan ceremony is a tradition that is carried out before entering the wedding day. This ceremony, carried out by the Sundanese people in the city of Bandung as a trusted way for the wedding procession to run smoothly. In the development of the era of globalization, the tradition has changed due tothe people of the city of Bandung who are easy to get the flow of modernization so that people prefer service products that are more efficient and practical. This has resulted in the emergence of service providers who modify the ngaras and trap traditions that follow market demand to get maximum commodity value. This research, is a description of the analysis using qualitative research methods. The theory used is the Commodification. This study aims to explore the process of commodification and its impact on the Sundanese people of Bandung.Keywords: Commodification, Tradition Ceremony, Ngaras and Ngibakan

scholarly journals Pengelolaan Arsip Dinamis pada Dinas Perpustakaan dan Kearsipan Kota Palangka Raya

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Irwani Irwani ◽  
Ika Ika
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Data Reduction ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Control Card ◽  
Peer Discussion ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The City

This study aims to find out, 1) the management of dynamic records, 2) the factors that influence the management of documents, 3) the obstacles faced in archive management in the Library and Archives Office of the City of Palangka Raya. This study used qualitative research methods. The informants in this study were Administrative Section Staff, Dynamic Records Management Section Staff, and archivists at the Library and Archives Service Office of Palangka Raya City. Data is collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. The steps in analyzing data are data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. Checking the validity of the data is done by testing credibility with the strategy, including extending observations, research perseverance, triangulation, peer discussion, and member checking. The results of this study indicate that in general the management of dynamic records in the Library and Archives Office of the City of Palangka Raya includes: the creation of dynamic archives which include the creation of incoming letters and outgoing letters. Use of archives which include borrowing archives that use borrowed archive sheets and rediscovering archives that use a control card and archive search list. Obstacles in the management of records in the form of lack of filing rooms, lack of budgets in the procurement of archival facilities, and the lack of an archive staff

scholarly journals Votive altars: domestic signals to inhabit the Sacred

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Claudio Gambardella ◽  
Valentina Sapio
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Catholic Religion ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Human World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

“Sacred” is an Indo-European word meaning “separate”. The Sacred, therefore, [. . . is] a quality that is inherent in that which has relation and contact with powers that man, not being able to dominate, perceives as superior to himself, and as such attributable to a dimension [. . . ] thought however as ”separate” and ”other” with respect to the human world » Galimberti, (2000). The so-called votive altar, autonomous or attached to a major building often present in the Mediterranean countries, belong to the dimension of the Sacred.Votive altars - present in an old neighborhood of peasant origin in the suburbs of Naples called Ponticelli - are almost always placed in the interstices between street and courtyard (a self-built residential typology modeled over time by the inhabitants and which often forms the matrix of many neighborhoods popular Neapolitan). They keep and exhibit little sculptures and drawings of Jesus, Madonnas, and Saints of the Catholic religion, mixed with ancestors portraits and photos of relatives dead of the inhabitants, drawing on the ancient domestic cult of the Romans of Lari and Penati; it is certainly not a consciously cultured reference, but a mysterious ”feeling” that is common among primitive and popular cultures and that unravels through the centuries unscathed. Placed at the entrance of the living space, the altar expresses the sign of a difference, of a territorial change, separates ”ours” from ”yours”, welcomes, does not reject, but marks an open and inclusive threshold.With the paper, we want to study this phenomenon of ”primitive” culture and not regulated by laws, a mix of diffuse sacredness and popular magic, deepening the ”design” aspects of it, building an abacus in which to highlight potential and free references to the visual arts of these ”design works without designers”, and finding out new signs of the Sacred in the City in our time.

scholarly journals Events in the affective city: Affect, attention and alignment in two ordinary urban events

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Ernwein ◽  
Laurent Matthey
Keyword(s):  
Urban Studies ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Event Studies ◽  
Critical Event ◽  
Affective Experience ◽  
Swiss Canton ◽  
Political Project ◽  
The City

In a representational regime, planned urban events are used by urban planners to render urban projects visible and acceptable. As a corollary of the focus of urban studies on their representational dimension and in spite of a burgeoning literature on the notion of affective urbanism, the experiential character of events remains surprisingly unexplored. This paper argues that an ordinary regime of events is mobilised by city-makers to act on the embodied, affective experience of the city and on the ways urban dwellers know and act upon the city. By analysing planned urban events in their embodied, experiential dimension, we focus on the ways in which, through the design of ephemeral material dispositives, urbanists attempt to encourage citizens to incorporate ways of knowing and acting on space and on the modalities of knowing and acting that are at play. We stage an encounter between critical event studies and Ingoldian approaches to affect and attention, examining two urban events in a Swiss canton. We show how intense encounters with urban matter are staged in an attempt to modulate affects, guide attention, and produce alignment with a specific political project, asking urban dwellers either to embody a project still in the making or to cultivate expectations regarding an already-written future.

Introduction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunaina Marr Maira
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
South Asian ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Muslim American ◽  
History Of

The Introduction outlines the major questions regarding Muslim American youth and the turn to rights-based activism and cross-ethnic coalitions that are the focus of the book. It discusses why the concept of “youth,” and particularly Muslim and Middle Eastern youth, is so central to to the War on Terror and also often exceptionalized in the post-9/11 moment. It offers an overview of the context of the ethnographic research in Silicon Valley and Fremont/Hayward, situating the three communities (South Asian, Arab, and Afghan American) in the study against the backdrop of the longer history of contestations over race, class, and immigration in this region. It also provides a discussion of the research methods on which the project is based.

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