House of People Participation in Health: A Place to Attend People's Representatives to Plan, Implement, and Monitor Health Programs

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Social Media Analytics

The rise of social media allowed greater people participation online. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok enable visitors to share their thoughts, opinions, photos, locations. All those interactions create a vast amount of data. Social media analytics, as a way of application of big data, can provide excellent insights and create new information for stakeholders involved in the management and development of cultural tourism destinations. This chapter advocates for the employment of the big data concept through social media analytics that can contribute to the management of visitors in cultural tourism destinations. In this chapter, the authors highlight the principles of big data and review the most influential social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. On that basis, they disclose opportunities for the management and marketing of cultural tourism destinations.

Da literatura ao audiovisual: as práticas do fandom de Once upon a time na cultura da convergência

Resumo Este artigo objetiva investigar as práticas de fãs brasileiros do seriado norte-americano Once upon a time ao analisar os posicionamentos destes em favor do cancelamento da série por meio da hashtag #cancelouat e a continuidade de produção de fãs através da ficção nas plataformas de fanfic Spirit fanfiction e wattpad. Procura-se considerar, no universo de fãs, o ambiente virtual como um espaço de produção, colaboração e criação. Busca, com a observação dos ambientes virtuais, investigar como as práticas de participação se relacionam com as tecnologias do imaginário aqui exemplificadas pela Literatura e o campo Audiovisual. Tem como arcabouço teórico os estudos culturais com base na bibliografia de Canclini (1997) e os estudos de recepção de Jacks e Toaldo (2017), discutindo a cultura da convergência de Jenkins, (2009). Assim, tal estudo parte da percepção das práticas enquanto processo de resistências, compartilhamento e produção de conteúdos e objetos de mídia, considerando o estudo de culturas de fãs um esforço interdisciplinar que tem como conclusão primária as práticas do fandom cada vez mais pautadas no ambiente digital e ressignificadas pela participação dos sujeitos na constituição das narrativas. Palavras-chave: Once upon a time; estudos de recepção; estudos culturais; fandom; cultura da convergência. Abstract This article aims to investigate the north american series Once upon a time brazilian fans practices from a case study, up to analise their positions about the serie cancellation through a hashtag #cancelouat and the continuity of the fans production through out fiction at the Spirit Fanfiction e Wattpad platforms.. It searches to consider the virtual environment at the fans universe as a production, colaboration and creation space. It aimed to investigate how the participation practices are related to imaginary tecnologies samples here as Literature and Audio visual field. This work has as a theoritic framework the cultural studies based on Canclini´s (1997) bibliography and the reception studies from Jackins and Toaldo (2017), discussing the Jenkins convergency culture (2009). So, the study comes from the practices perceptions while a resistance, sharing and contents production and objects process from mídia, considering the fans cultural studies a interdisciplinar effort which has as a primary conclusion the fandon practices more and more done at a digital environment and re-meaningly itself through the people participation at the narratives constitution. Key words: Once upon a Time; reception studies; cultural studies; fandom; convergency culture; Resumen Este artículo tiene como objetivo investigar las prácticas de los fans brasileños de la serie norteamericana Once upon a time a partir de un caso de estudio, hasta analizar sus posiciones sobre la cancelación de la serie a través de hashtag #cancelouat y sobre la continuidad de la producción de a través de la ficción en el Spirit Fanfiction y plataformas Wattpad. Busca considerar el entorno virtual del universo de fans como un espacio de producción, colaboración y creación. Tuvo como objetivo investigar cómo las prácticas de participación se relacionan con muestras de tecnologías imaginarias como el campo de la literatura y el audiovisual. Este trabajo tiene como marco teórico los estudios culturales basados ​​en la bibliografía de Canclini (1997) y los estudios de recepción de Jackins y Toaldo (2017), discutiendo la cultura de la convergencia de Jenkins (2009). Así, el estudio parte de las percepciones de las prácticas mientras un proceso de resistencia, intercambio y producción de contenidos y objetos de mídia, considerando a los aficionados de los estudios culturales como un esfuerzo interdisciplinar que tiene como conclusión primaria las prácticas fandon cada vez más realizadas en un entorno digital y re -en sentido propio a través de la participación del pueblo en la constitución de las narrativas. Palabras clave: Éra se una vez; estudios de acogida; estudios culturales; fandom; cultura de convergencia.

On Panchayat: A Study of Decentralization in India and Policy Recommendation

This paper aims to study India’s decentralization process, which focuses on the Panchayat or the village government as a demonstration of success in India’s decentralization. This paper employs documentary research with a systemic review of relevant literature, articles, and documents on India's decentralization policy after independence up to the present (during 1947-2020). This paper found that India emphasizes people participation and decentralization, primarily through the Panchayat, which the constitution has authorized. The Indian government also established the Ministry of Panchayati Raj to facilitate the process of decentralization. The key success of India’s decentralization is related to its financial decentralization that allows the local government to collect tax and financial supports. This research also suggests five recommendations to increase the level of decentralization. First, decentralization must be written in a country’s constitution. Second, decentralization could effectively work with a unitary state with a federal feature. Third, the village is the foundation of decentralization. Fourth, the state should establish or form a ministry or another form of a government body to implement a policy of decentralization. Finally, decentralization must be political, administrative, and financial.

Liveability Dimensions in New Town Developments: An Overview of Senri New Town and Purbachal New Town

Since the 1960s, new town developments within large metropolises have been widely adopted to decongest the city centres, especially in Asian cities. This paper provides a brief account of the liveability dimensions of two new townships developed in large metropolitan areas: Senri New Town in Osaka and Purbachal New Town in Dhaka. The study primarily draws on master plans of the two developments to identify how the components of the plans reflect the physical, social, functional and safety dimensions of a proposed liveability framework. The methodology combines a review of masters plans with scholarly and grey literature on the two new town developments. The findings show while the social and functional dimensions are integrated with Senri New Town; Purbachal New Town, though more recent, appears to have missed opportunities for diversifying density, social mix and mass transit. The paper concludes that the comparative case, Senri-New Town provides insights on how public-private people participation can leverage citizen-centred design for more liveable residential living environments in developing cities.

Pariwisata Berbasis Masyarakat Sebagai Pelestari Tradisi di Desa Samiran

The purpose of this paper is to describe the exist traditions in Samiran Village and to study how far the people participation of Samiran Village as tradition preservers. A qualitative approach is used in this paper and described descriptively. Conducting literature studies, in-depth interviews, and observations is used in this paper. Assisted by participatory theory to analyze ho far the community participation as tradition preservers. The results show that the people of Samiran Village still carry out the sadranan and baritan traditions. The purpose of this tradition is to honor the ancestors, give thanks for the harvest, ask for blessings and a sense of mutual help. Community participation in tradition activities in Samiran Village consists of 2 types, namely active and passive participation. Direct participation carried on the tradition Sadranan, whereas indirect participation carried on the tradition baritan. With the concept of a community-based tourism, traditional activities can become a cultural tourist attraction. This paper proposes the role of the community as a preserver of tradition so that it is maintained and preserved. This paper also recommends a study on the role of the community as a preserver of other traditions that have not been mentioned by the author.

Sustainability of Wildlife Tourism: Tourist Perceptions on Threats to Wildlife Tourism in Two State Protected Areas in Zimbabwe

The study sought to determine tourist perceptions on the threats to the sustainability of wildlife tourism using a case study of two state protected areas in Zimbabwe. Using close-ended questionnaires, we collected data from 128 tourists in December 2015. Results show respondents generally perceived all the seven tested threats as serious, i.e., illegal hunting, destruction of wildlife habitats, human-wildlife conflict, lack of involvement of local people in national park tourism, lack of benefits from the national park to local communities, negative attitudes towards tourism by local residents, and poor local community and national park relationships. Moreover, respondents generally had similar perceptions on the impacts of the threats on the sustainability of wildlife tourism regardless of their gender, age, level of education and income. We conclude tourists are more environmentally conscious and well informed of the threats to wildlife tourism in Zimbabwe, which may indicate willingness to support conservation. It is thus necessary for park management to promote local people participation in ecotourism, enhance innovative law enforcement measures as well as motivate tourists to participate in conservation. Results could help broaden policy decision-makers' knowledge base in response to sustainable wildlife tourism development challenges.

NON-FORMAL CIVIC EDUCATION OF YOUTH THROUGH PARTICIPATIVE ART PRACTICES

Formulation of the problem. Due to the relevance of civic education for young people, in particular high school students, an integrated course of Civic Education was included in the main curriculum. However, there is a problem of lack of a holistic approach, a system of motivation to study the subject, and formal education’s limited resources. There is currently a need to intensify civic education through the involvement of the students in practice. The performance of the course and the level of civic education will increase significantly if it is implemented in addition to formal education, in a non-formal one. The article answers the question of how to make the process of training an active citizen more integral and more efficient. Materials and methods. The experience of Ukrainian public organizations in the implementation of civic education projects through participatory artistic practices is used. The analysis of pedagogical, sociological, and scientific-methodological literature on the education of civic position of youth in the system of formal and non-formal education is applied. Results. The model of participatory artistic practices is described as a modern tool of civic education and civic action in terms of their multi-agent structure, which includes the cooperation of students, educators, artists, school administration, local government representatives, the general community. The methods and approaches to civic education programs are presented. The organizational algorithm of the participatory art practice with elements of civic education is specified. Conclusions. The existing integrated curriculum for Civic Education, implemented in the tenth grade, needs practical support through the field of non-formal education. This possibility is provided by the algorithms of civic education projects through participatory artistic practices that are implemented in extracurricular time. The introduced cases show the high efficiency of such practices in ensuring the civic competencies of young people. Participation in such practices provides students with the formation of cross-cutting competencies, which are revealed through social activity, social responsibility, tolerance, the ability to advocate their thoughts and positions, the ability to interact both horizontally and vertically.

Thailand 4.0: A new value-based economy and its implication on wellness business

The research aims to explain Thailand’s value-based economy and its implications on wellness business. The research uses political and management theories namely, developmental state theory, neo-authoritarian developmental state theory, social network theory, social capital theory, diffusion of innovation theory, resource-based theory, and image theory to portray and applied into the case. Moreover, the research is a qualitative research by nature as it uses semi-structure interviews and focus groups to find the answers. The main finding of this research is that since 2002 where the Thai government has set “Medical and Wellness Tourism” as the country’s development strategy to make Thailand a “hub” for medical and wellness tourism—though the country’s politics has faced two coup d’états and the country’s administrations have been rough as it is controlled by different political groups—both, civilian and military, governments have followed the strategy and have highlighted medical and wellness business sector as one of their development strategies as well as policies. The conclusion of the research is that the military government has stepped forward from solely being authoritarian state and transform the country to become a neo-authoritarian developmental state where it practices capitalism while limits people participation in politics. On top of that, the state implements policies that benefit healthcare and wellness industry, especially SMEs, to assure that it achieves the goal of being a medical and wellness hub of the region.