Community building in theory and practice: Three case studies

1997 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Theory And Practice

scholarly journals Making School Children’s Participation in Planning Processes a Routine Practice

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Jenny Stenberg ◽  
Lasse Fryk
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Close Collaboration ◽  
Regular Process ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Children's Participation

Children’s participation in planning has been investigated to some extent. There are, however, unexplored topics, particularly concerning what is needed for children’s participation to become a regular process. Based on case studies in Sweden, this article draws some conclusions. It is quite possible to organize ordinary processes where children participate in community building, in collaboration with planners, as part of their schoolwork. The key question is how this can be done. Clearly, it needs to occur in close collaboration with teachers and pupils, however it also needs to be implemented in a system-challenging manner. Thus, rather than looking for tools with potential to work in the existing school and planners’ world, it is important to design research that aims to create learning processes that have the potential to change praxis. Hence, it is not the case that tools are not needed, rather that children need to help to develop them.

Memes and Recombinant Appropriation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eckart Voigts
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Political ◽  
Adaptation Studies

This essay considers the ways in which new intertextual forms engendered by emerging technologies—mashups, remixes, reboots, samplings, remodelings, transformations—further develop the impulse to adapt and appropriate, and the ways in which they challenge the theory and practice of adaptation and appropriation. It argues that broad notions of adaptation in adaptation studies and the emergence of media protocols are useful for the analysis of recombinant appropriations and adaptations/appropriations in general. It explores the political and aesthetic dimensions of participatory mashups and viewer engagements with, and appropriations of, transmedia franchises, taking a variety of Internet memes and the BBC franchise Sherlock as case studies and focusing on the politically, ethically, and aesthetically transgressive potential of recombinant adaptations.

14. Theory and Practice of Continental Warfare

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Biddle
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Actual Experience ◽  
European Theatre ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Second World ◽  
Tight Integration

This chapter examines the theory and practice of continental warfare, with particular emphasis on the relationship between ideas on conventional land warfare and actual experience since 1900. It considers technological change, including mechanization, as the central challenge facing modern theorists as well as tactical and doctrinal responses that emerged very quickly in reaction to modern weapons' radical lethality. These responses emphasized cover, concealment, tight integration of suppressive fire and movement, depth, and reliance on withheld reserves at the cost of lighter forward deployments. These concepts subsequently formed the foundation for most modern systems of tactics and doctrine. The chapter explores the relationship between theory and practice in continental warfare by focusing on four case studies: the European theatre in the First and Second World Wars, the Arab–Israeli War of 1973, and the Gulf War of 1991.

Psychoeducational and Social Support Interventions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy P. Kropf ◽  
Sherry M. Cummings
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Instrumental Support ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Life Circumstances

In Chapter 9, “Psychoeducational and Social Support Interventions: Theory and Practice,” the history, theory, and application of both of these therapeutic approaches with caregivers and older adults are provided. While differences in structure and context exist, the underlying theoretical perspectives of these approaches are comparable, with goals and outcomes of enhanced coping, increased competence, and decreased stress. The chapter describes the use and practice of psychosocial education to increase knowledge, impart information, and foster skill development among older adults. Likewise, the methods employed in social support interventions to provide opportunities for older individuals to share experiences, foster connections with others in similar life circumstances, and enhance receipt of needed emotional and instrumental support are explained. Case studies demonstrating the use of both approaches with older care providers are included. Finally, the chapter outlines the range of environmental settings in which psychoeducational and social support interventions are commonly employed.

scholarly journals Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship and S3: Conceptualizing Strategies for Sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 4824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan Gifford ◽  
Maureen McKelvey
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
Private Support ◽  
Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship ◽  
Policy Setting

Smart specialization strategies represent public policy initiatives to develop regions based on new combinations of knowledge and industries. The aim of this article is to enrich the theory and practice of smart specialization strategies (S3) by integrating the conceptualization of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE). We propose that knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship is necessary in order to specify how public and private support of KIE firms can be beneficial to develop new knowledge relevant to the fulfillment of specific sustainable development goals. We did so by further developing a conceptual model of innovation governance routines by integrating sustainability goals. We also illustrated our conceptual model through two case studies from the Swedish maritime cluster. By extrapolating from the combination of the conceptual model and two case studies, we make three propositions about the different strategic roles that KIE firms can play within a broader S3 policy setting, and in such a way as to promote sustainability-related outcomes.

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