Radical and Postmodern? Power, Social Relations, and Regimes of Truth in the Social Construction of Alternative Economic Geographies

This chapter argues that ethnicity is the dominant organizing principle of social relations in Hawai‘i since the 1970s when it superseded race. This contention is based on the social construction of Hawaii’s constituent groups as ethnic groups rather than races, on the consequent lesser construction and assertion of racial categories and identities commonly invoked in the continental United States, and on the ongoing regulation of differential access to socioeconomic status by ethnicity and not race (or class). The chapter first discusses the conceptual difference between race and ethnicity, outlines the historical transition from race to ethnicity as the foremost structural principle of island society, reviews persisting ethnic inequality evident from 2010 U.S. Census data, and analyzes the racial dimensions of the shooting death in 2011 of a young Native Hawaiian by a U.S. State Department agent in Waikīkī. The argument that ethnicity is more significant than race as the primary principle of social organization in contemporary Hawai‘i is consistent with multiculturalism being the dominant ideology related to race and ethnicity in the islands rather than colorblindness as in the continental United States.

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Herds and Hierarchies: Class, Nature, and the Social Construction of Horses in Equestrian Culture

Society and Animals ◽

10.1163/15685306-12341253 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 135-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Kendra Coulter

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

Social Relations ◽

Social Constructions ◽

Living Animal ◽

Socially Constructed ◽

Nature And Culture ◽

The Social ◽

Class Nature

Abstract This study centers on equestrian show culture in Ontario, Canada, and examines how horses are entangled symbolically and materially in socially constructed hierarchies of value. After examining horse-show social relations and practices, the paper traces the connections among equestrian culture, class, and the social constructions of horses. Equestrian relations expose multiple hierarchical intersections of nature and culture within which both human-horse relations and horses are affected by class structures and identities. In equestrian culture, class affects relations within and across species, and how horses are conceptualized and used, as symbols and as living animal bodies.

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KONSTRUKSI SOSIAL UPACARA ADAT KARO SUKU TENGGER DI DESA TOSARI, KECAMATAN TOSARI, KABUPATEN PASURUAN

Jurnal Analisa Sosiologi ◽

10.20961/jas.v9i2.42103 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Endang Kumala Ratih ◽

Anik Juwariyah

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Social Construction ◽

Social Relations ◽

Digital Technology ◽

Social Relationship ◽

Literature Study ◽

The Social ◽

The Subject ◽

Village Communities ◽

The Relationship

Nowadays social relations in a society are less aware of, be it with nature, society, and society with God, especially in today's young people who are mostly influenced by digital technology that is growing very rapidly and is inherent in life which makes them very focused with cellphones and indirectly make them individualistic creatures. Through this article, the writer hopes to provide insight, especially to young people, that awareness of social relations is needed that can be realized through culture. The relationship between humans and God, humans and nature, and humans with each other has indirectly formed a social relationship, such as the Karo traditional ceremony, which is worship of the spirits of the ancestors in which there are several rituals as an expression of gratitude for a good harvest. . The Karo Day traditional ceremony involves village communities, one of which is in Tosari Village. The relationship between society and God, society and nature, society and each other, which is formed from the implementation of the Karo Day traditional ceremony, indirectly has a social relationship. This relationship was investigated using the social construction approach of Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann. Data collection includes: 1) observation, by looking at the phenomena that are directly or indirectly related to the subject and object of research; 2) interview with the perpetrator; and 3) literature study and documents in the form of photos. The results of this study indicate that traditional ceremonies have an important role in maintaining and forming a social relationship. The Karo traditional ceremony is carried out every year by the Tengger tribe who believe in their ancestors, making a community that is full of tolerance, and adheres to values.Keywords: Karo Traditional Ceremony, Tengger Tribe Community, Social Construction<h2> </h2>AbstrakPada jaman sekarang hubungan sosial dalam suatu masyarakat kurang disadari, baik itu dengan alam, masyarakat sesamanya, dan masyarakat dengan Tuhan, khususnya dilingkungan anak muda jaman sekarang yang kebanyakan sudah terpengaruh oleh tekonologi digital yang berkembang sangat pesat dan melekat dalam kehidupan yang menjadikan mereka sangat terfokus dengan handphone dan secara tidak langsung menjadikan mereka makhluk individualis. Melalui artikel ini penulis berharap dapat memberikan wawasan khususnya kepada anak muda bahwa diperlukan kesadaran tentang hubungan sosial yang dapat direalisasikan melalui kebudayaan. Hubungan manusia dengan Tuhan, manusia dengan alam, dan manusia dengan sesamanya secara tidak langsung telah membentuk sebuah hubungan sosial, seperti pada upacara adat Hari Raya Karo yang merupakan pemujaan terhadap roh para leluhur yang didalamnya terdapat beberapa ritual sebagai pengungkapan rasa syukur atas hasil panen yang bagus. Upacara adat Hari Raya Karo melibatkan masyarakat desa, salah satunya didesa Tosari. Hubungan antara masyarakat dengan Tuhan, masyarakat dengan alam, masyarakat dengan sesamanya yang terbentuk dari pelaksanaan upacara adat Hari Raya Karo secara tidak langsung telah terjadi suatu hubungan sosial. Hubungan tersebut diteliti dengan menggunakan pendekatan konstruksi soial Peter L. Berger dan Thomas Luckmann. Pengumpulan data meliputi : 1) observasi, dengan melihat fenomena yang berhubungan langsung maupun tidak langsung dengan subjek dan objek penelitian; 2) wawancara dengan pelaku; dan 3) studi kepustakaan dan dokumen berupa foto. Hasil dari penelitian ini bahwa upacara adat memiliki peranan penting dalam menjaga dan membentuk sebuah hubungan sosial. Upacara adat Karo yang dilakukan setiap tahunnya oleh masyarakat suku Tengger yang percaya dengan leluhur, menjadikan masyarakat yang penuh toleransi, dan mentaati nilai-nilai.Kata Kunci : Upacara Adat Karo, Masyarakat Suku Tengger, Konstruksi Sosial

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Socially Constructing Pacific Salmon

Society and Animals ◽

10.1163/156853097x00024 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 117-135 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rik Scarce

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

Social Relations ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Pacific Salmon ◽

General Question ◽

Physical Processes ◽

Socially Constructed ◽

The Social ◽

Social Construction Of Nature ◽

Historical Comparative

AbstractWhat does "nature" mean? This general question, central to the social construction of nature, is addressed here by examining one of nature's particulars, Pacific salmon, and by looking at how one group of people, salmon biologists, imbue the fish with meaning. Based upon historical, comparative, and qualitative data, it appears that nature is socially constructed through both cognitive and physical processes. "Salmon"- and indirectly nature - emerges not as a monolithic, timeless, certain entity, but rather as one that is manipulable, fleeting, and the product of a variety of social relations. In particular, public policy and economics appear to have profoundly influenced salmon biologists' cognitive and physical constructions of salmon.

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The critique of Sociology of Childhood: Human capital as the concrete ‘social construction of childhood’

Power and Education ◽

10.1177/17577438211011637 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 175774382110116

Author(s):

Stefano Ba’

Keyword(s):

Human Capital ◽

Social Construction ◽

Social Relations ◽

Pedagogical Practices ◽

New Paradigm ◽

New Criticism ◽

Theoretical Understanding ◽

Socially Constructed ◽

The Social ◽

Sociology Of Childhood

The ‘New Paradigm’ of Sociology of Childhood famously maintains that childhood is socially constructed and supposedly places a much greater emphasis on the agency of children: children should not simply be framed as the passive receivers of socialisation. The aim of this article is to demonstrate that such a ‘social construction’ of childhood is not concretely articulated and that the theoretical understanding of the ‘social construction’ of childhood is simply delegated to historiographical or ethnographic accounts. In doing so, it advances a new criticism of the New Paradigm and radicalises previous ones. Here, key is the theoretical engagement with the concept of ‘human capital’: foregrounding its critique, this article proposes the link between ‘human capital’ as a neoliberal version of labour power and the concept of socialisation. The aim is to show that the ‘social construction’ of childhood is central, but the New Paradigm uses categories that are at the same time founded on neo-liberal views and abstracted from concrete social relations. This article maintains that a concrete critique of processes of socialisation (which is here understood as the socialisation of childhood as human capital) is needed instead of abstract critique of reified childhood. Two alternative pedagogical practices are used to provide an example of such a concrete critique.

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Konstruksi Sosial Masyarakat terhadap Pemandu Karaoke: Studi Kasus di Desa Botorejo Kecamatan Wonosalam Kabupaten Demak

JSW Jurnal Sosiologi Walisongo ◽

10.21580/jsw.2017.1.1.1935 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 17

Author(s):

Dewi Ratna Sari ◽

Kuncoro Bayu Prasetyo

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

Social Relations ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Qualitative Method ◽

The Public ◽

Study Approach ◽

The Social ◽

The Impact

<div>Karaoke houses that many found in urban areas, nowadays also find into rural areas. The existence of karaoke houses can not be separated from the profession of "karaoke guide", and they often get bad stigma by the public. This study aims to: (1) find out how social construction Botorejo people against karaoke guides; (2) to know the background of the formation of social construction of the community towards karaoke guides, and (3) to know the impact of the social construction on the social relation between the karaoke guide and Botorejo people. This research uses qualitative method with case study approach. Location in Botorejo Village, Wonosalam District, Demak Regency. The data gets from karaoke guides, visitors karaoke houses, managers karaoke houses and people who live in Botorejo Village. The results of the study found that the Karaoke Guides constructed by Botorejo people as “bad women”, the background of the socialconstruction of the Botorejo people is due to the daily habits of karaoke guides and because of the media's reference to the existence of karaoke guides. The impact of social construction on social relations between people with karaoke guides is a latent conflict, social careless relation, and apriori images by the Botorejo people. </div>

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The Return of Nature: Feminism, Hegemonic Masculinities, and New Materialisms

Men and Masculinities ◽

10.1177/1097184x17725128 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 380-403 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Steve Garlick

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

Feminist Theory ◽

Social Relations ◽

Hegemonic Masculinity ◽

Critical Studies ◽

New Concepts ◽

The Social ◽

New Materialisms ◽

Men And Masculinities

It has generally been taken for granted within the field of Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities (CSMM) that the object of attention and concern is to be found within “the social” and in opposition to naturalizing claims about gender. Nature is not entirely absent from CSMM, often appearing either as malleable material or as a stable basis for the social construction of bodies. In this article, however, I suggest that the time is ripe to develop new concepts of nature by drawing on new materialist theories that are increasingly influential within feminist theory. This move opens up the possibility of strengthening the connections between materialist traditions in CSMM and contemporary developments in feminist theory. This article proceeds by reviewing different forms of materialism within feminist theory and argues that new materialist theories offer insights that can benefit CSMM. In particular, I argue that the theory of hegemonic masculinity needs to be expanded beyond the framework of patriarchy and recast in relation to the place of nature in the complex ecology of human social relations.

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Urban spatiality in the context of (homo/hetero)sexuality: Introduction to a theoretical debate in geographies of sexualities

Geografie ◽

10.37040/geografie2014119020179 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 119 (2) ◽

pp. 179-198 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Michal Pitoňák

Keyword(s):

Social Class ◽

Literature Review ◽

Social Construction ◽

Social Relations ◽

Social Identities ◽

General Knowledge ◽

Anglo Saxon ◽

The West ◽

The Past ◽

The Social

The relevance and importance of sexualities as a geographical issue is yet to be recognized in Czechia, wherefore the main purpose of this article is to give spark to momentum to Czech geographies of sexualities. Consecutively, understandings of the issue produced from outside of the ‘West’ may contribute to our general knowledge about diverse spatialities of sexualities. For the sake of coherence, I narrow my discussion to urban geographies of sexualities and their various epistemologies. I begin with presenting evidence which suggests that sexualities have already been considered to be an important geographical subject in most Anglophone countries over the past 20 years. For this reason, the article is focused mostly on an Anglo-Saxon literature review figuring sexualities as being either social relations, axis of difference, social identities or categories not less important than gender, race and social class. I highlight the importance of discourse and its role in the social construction of sexualities. Finally, I provide a possible course for the study and production of geographies of sexualities in Czechia.

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How to Reveal the Constructed Worlds: the Budapest Riots 2006

Internal Security ◽

10.5604/20805268.1231497 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 19-40

Author(s):

Mihály Fogarasi ◽

István Kovács

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

Social Relations ◽

Text Analysis ◽

Social Representations ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Social Psychological ◽

Hungarian Society ◽

The Social ◽

The Common ◽

Hungarian State

This empirical study is aimed at exploring one important social psychological aspect of two significant, politically motivated clashes that happened in Budapest in 2006. The multiple effects of these mass demonstrations can be detected even today. Both the 18 September 2006 event at the HQ of Hungarian State Television and the 23 October 2006 event in the inner part of Budapest gave rise to considerable and immediate interest across the whole of Hungarian society. The study represents the so called social representations both of the policemen and civilians who participated in the clashes. Through the results of this research the reader may understand the common interpretations – that have been created through social construction – of those who were involved in the events. Method: Some 42 interviewees were involved in the study. We used semi-structured interview-techniques. The texts were analysed according to the sequential-transformative-model, which combines both the qualitative and the quantitative techniques of content (text) analysis. Results: The groups have constructed some different representations constituting their interpretations relating to what happened there in Budapest, as well as how and why. Finally, the shared constructs constitute the partly differing realities of the members of those groups. Conclusion: The existence of those realities outlines the definitive aspect of the process of social construction, namely, it depends fundamentally on the nature of the social relations in which the actors are positioned, which in turn, through the perspectives taken, influences the process of applying different meanings and explanations to events that appear to be the same.

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Capabilities and the Limits of Liberal Development

Developmentalism ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198785798.003.0003 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 48-64

Author(s):

Graham Harrison

Keyword(s):

Structural Change ◽

Social Construction ◽

Social Relations ◽

Capabilities Approach ◽

Critical Assessment ◽

Incremental Change ◽

Individual Agency ◽

The Core ◽

Local Livelihoods ◽

The Social

This chapter makes a critical assessment of the capabilities approach (CA). It sets out the core features of the CA and highlights its focus on local livelihoods and its development vision of incremental change. It notes the normative attractiveness of this position, and its focus on individual experiences. It then goes on to identify a series of limitations to this approach. It argues that the CA is excessively inclusive, using rights-speak to see all change as either good or bad. It also has a weak understanding of social relations because it focuses on individuals at the expense of structures. It argues that its liberal understanding of individual agency means that it fails to understand the social construction of agency. The chapter ends by sketching how the inability of capabilities to generate a theory of structural change leaves it limited in ambition and inattentive to history.

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