What is the role of sense of community in multiracial societies? A contribution to the community-diversity dialectic: A genetic psychology approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 972-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessia Rochira
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Community Diversity ◽  
Genetic Psychology

Poverty on the Farm

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Huffman
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Natural Setting ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Village Life ◽  
The Village

Comparison is theme of this chapter, which looks at rural poverty as a way of understanding what was universal and what unique about urban poverty. After a look at the nature-and season-dominated village setting, the work examines daily life: hard work in the rice fields, raising silkworms, the role of women in both fields and homes. A special theme is the importance community played, in setting rules, providing mutual support, and giving children a more productive place than they enjoyed in the hinminkutsu. The pursuit of pleasure also is seen as important in village life: in baths, in relatively open sexuality, and in the constant festivals. A summary shows that villages, the source of most of the urban migration, were at least as poor as city slums but that the rural poverty’s effect was softened by the natural setting and the village sense of community.

Identity and Externalities toward Sustainability

2012 ◽  
pp. 100-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Francesca Spadaro ◽  
Gianvito D’Aprile ◽  
Maria Beatrice Ligorio ◽  
Neil Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Negotiation Of Identity ◽  
Framework Technology ◽  
Definition Of

Two focus group discussions involving 14 entrepreneurs and 106 questionnaires administered to employees were analyzed to explore various parameters of externalities, such as: (1) how externality is conceived; (2) the interplay between a sense of community and a re-definition and negotiation of identity; (3) the role of technology; the sense of belonging, and (4) the propensity to collaborate. Data are analyzed through both thematic discourse analysis and quantitative frequencies analysis. Results show that entrepreneurs hold a multidimensional definition of externality, meditated by their professional and private experience. Ultimately, the reflection on externalities sustains a sense of innovation connected to multi-membership and to re-negotiation of the sense of identity. Within this framework, technology is conceived as a tool supporting the appropriation and sharing of externalities.

Upvoting extremism: Collective identity formation and the extreme right on Reddit

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482095812
Author(s):  
Tiana Gaudette ◽  
Ryan Scrivens ◽  
Garth Davies ◽  
Richard Frank
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Extreme Right ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Aggregation Site ◽  
Social News

Since the advent of the Internet, right-wing extremists and those who subscribe to extreme right views have exploited online platforms to build a collective identity among the like-minded. Research in this area has largely focused on extremists’ use of websites, forums, and mainstream social media sites, but overlooked in this research has been an exploration of the popular social news aggregation site Reddit. The current study explores the role of Reddit’s unique voting algorithm in facilitating “othering” discourse and, by extension, collective identity formation among members of a notoriously hateful subreddit community, r/The_Donald. The results of the thematic analysis indicate that those who post extreme-right content on r/The_Donald use Reddit’s voting algorithm as a tool to mobilize like-minded members by promoting extreme discourses against two prominent out-groups: Muslims and the Left. Overall, r/The_Donald’s “sense of community” facilitates identity work among its members by creating an environment wherein extreme right views are continuously validated.

scholarly journals The role of social capital and community belongingness for exercise adherence: An exploratory study of the CrossFit gym model

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 1545-1556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Whiteman-Sandland ◽  
Jemma Hawkins ◽  
Debbie Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Independent Predictor ◽  
Exercise Adherence ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Exercise Programmes

This is the first study to measure the ‘sense of community’ reportedly offered by the CrossFit gym model. A cross-sectional study adapted Social Capital and General Belongingness scales to compare perceptions of a CrossFit gym and a traditional gym. CrossFit gym members reported significantly higher levels of social capital (both bridging and bonding) and community belongingness compared with traditional gym members. However, regression analysis showed neither social capital, community belongingness, nor gym type was an independent predictor of gym attendance. Exercise and health professionals may benefit from evaluating further the ‘sense of community’ offered by gym-based exercise programmes.

Postfire Regeneration of a Mediterranean Heathland in Southern Spain

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Ojeda ◽  
T Maranon ◽  
J Arroyo
Keyword(s):  
Woody Species ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Calluna Vulgaris ◽  
Community Diversity ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Strait Of Gibraltar ◽  
Vegetative Organs ◽  
Wild Fire ◽  
Postfire Regeneration

Fire is a recurrent disturbance in the vegetation of Mediterranean climate regions. Most of the woody species (16 out of 19) in a Mediterranean heathland community, in the Strait of Gibraltar region of southern Spain, sprouted from subterranean vegetative organs after a wild-fire. Dominant sprouters were the prostrated oak Quercus lusitanica, three gorses, Genista tridens, G. tridentata and Stauracanthus boivinii, and a heath, Erica scoparia. About 100 seedlings m-2 of 14 woody species were censused in the first three years after fire. The highest density of seedlings was recorded for heather (Calluna vulgaris), a rockrose (Cistus populifolius subsp. major) and a gorse (Genista triacanthos). Woody vegetation covered up to 85% of the soil surface in the third year after fire. At this stager the community was co-dominated by the sprouters Quercus lusitanica (21%), Genista tridentata (21%) and Stauracanthus boivinii (20%), and the seeder Cistus populifolius subsp. major (20%). A total of 52 herbaceous species, many of them (35) perennials, was recorded, showing a temporal change in species composition. The role of fire influencing community diversity and the consequences for the conservation of heathlands in the Strait of Gibraltar region, are discussed.

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