Laughter in Stories of Crime and Tragedy: The Importance of Humor for Marginalized Populations

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 564-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sveinung Sandberg ◽  
Sébastien Tutenges
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Marginalized Populations ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Humor Theory ◽  
Incarcerated Men

AbstractHumor is essential to social life, but it is often overlooked in the study of crime and other social problems. We introduce and make use of humor theory, emphasizing the theories of superiority and relief. Based on interviews with incarcerated men, we demonstrate how humor is used to criticize authorities, for self-aggrandizement, and to alleviate the pain of tragic experiences. Funny remarks and stories are often ambiguous and evade simple categorization, which may explain why humor is neglected in the study of social problems. We argue that researchers should pay more attention to humor to achieve a fuller understanding of marginalized individuals and their social worlds.

scholarly journals KRITIK SOSIAL BERMUATAN LOKAL BALI DALAM KUMPULAN CERITA NGUNTUL TANAH NUNULÉNGÉK LANGIT KARYA I MADE SUARSA/LOCAL BALINESE SOCIAL CRITICISTS IN THE STORIES COLLECTION OF NGUNTUL TANAH NULÉNGÉK LANGIT BY I MADE SUARSA

Aksara ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-234
Author(s):  
Ni Nyoman Tanjung Turaeni ◽  
Puji Retno Hardiningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Criticism ◽  
Formal Structure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Classi Cation

Abstrak Kritik sosial sebagai sebuah ide atau berbagai bentuk gagasan yang bertolak belakang dengan kenyataan yang tidak sesuai dengan tujuan dan harapan dari tatanan dalam masyarakat. Penelitian ini bertujuan membahas aspek sosial yang meliputi struktur cerita, masalah sosial dan kritik sosial bermuatan lokal Bali yang tercermin dalam kumpulan cerita pendek berbahasa Bali Nguntul Tanah Nulengék Langit karya I Made Suarsa. Metode analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif dan teknik interpretatif. Dalam pengolahan data dilakukan tahapan klasifikasi, pendeskripsian, penerjemahan, dan penganalisisan data. Untuk mengetahui masalah sosial dan kritik sosial dalam cerpen tersebut, digunakan teori sosiologi sastra dan teori struktural untuk mengetahui struktur formal yang membangun cerita tersebut. Hasil dan pembahasan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kritik sosial yang dapat terhimpun dalam cerita tersebut adalah kritik sosial terhadap kemiskinan, kritik sosial disorganisasi keluarga dan kritik terhadap adat dan tradisi serta serta kehidupan sosial masyarakat Bali. Dengan demikian, lahirnya cerpen karya I Made Suarsa ini memperlihatkan kemegahan pariwisata, masih terdapat ketimpangan sosial dalam masyarakat Bali. Kata kunci: cerpen, kritik sosial, masalah sosial, muatan lokal Bali Abstract Social criticism as an idea or various forms of ideas that are contrary to reality is not in accordance with the goals and expectations of the order in society. This study aims to discuss the social aspects which include story structure, social issues and social criticism with local Balinese content as re ected in a collection of short stories in Balinese language “Nguntul Tanah Nulengék Langit” by I Made Suarsa. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative and note taking techniques. In data processing, the stages of classi cation, description, translation and data analysis are carried out. To nd out the social problems and social criticism in the short story, the sociology approach of Sapardi Djoko Damono’s view is used and is assisted by a structural approach to determine the formal structure that builds the story. The results of the study show that the social criticisms that can be collected in the story are social criticism of poverty, social criticism of family disorganization and criticism of customs and traditions as well as the social life of Balinese people who seem famous by tourism, but in fact there are still social inequalities in Balinese society. Keywords: social problems, social criticism, short stories 

scholarly journals APLIKASI PENGAJARAN TAUHID DALAM KELUARGA SEBAGAI SOLUSI MENGATASI PERMASALAHAN KENAKALAN REMAJA

Abdimisi ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Adam Sugiarto ◽  
Rahmatullah Rusli ◽  
Mudzakir Mudzakir ◽  
Fathudin Ali ◽  
Nurjaya Nurjaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
The World ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

Various social problems that arise in social life, especially among adolescents who are influenced by the rapid development of technology from time to time, the world of adolescents is an easy target of the bad influence of this technology because they can easily get everything from their gadgets, starting from the open. the breadth of the world of friendship to easy access to negative content such as pornography, radicalism, which can then drag teenagers to promiscuity, drugs, brawl and so on. The lack of knowledge of orangutans in understanding and overcoming these problems makes them unable to direct their children to avoid various negative influences of association and technology. On the basis of the desire to share and provide solutions to this, this PKM is carried out with the aim of increasing understanding and knowledge of parents in overcoming and fortifying their children from the negative influence of socialization and technology by strengthening tauhid education in the family.Keywords: Teaching; Tawheed; Youth; Family<p

Voorbij navelstaren en narcisme

KWALON ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thaddeus Müller
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Social World ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Cultural Understanding ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Auto Ethnography

Beyond navel-gazing and narcissism.Ferrell’s auto-ethnography as part of ethnography Beyond navel-gazing and narcissism.Ferrell’s auto-ethnography as part of ethnography The labeling of auto-ethnography as navel-gazing does not do justice to the variety with which auto-ethnography is applied. A distinction should be made between emotional and analytical auto-ethnography. In the first form the central person of the researcher plays the central role, in the second auto-ethnography is applied to get a better understanding of the social world which is being studied. In this article the author discusses the second approach by using the work of Jeff Ferrell. Ferrell is a well-known cultural criminologist, who focuses critically on the cultural understanding of social life. By looking at how Ferrell applies auto-ethnography, insight is gained into the added value of this method for qualitative studies: (1) the integration of the personal experiences of researchers in texts in order to achieve a richer description of the social worlds they explore, (2) making explicit the role of the researcher in publications, and (3) developing new (more appealing) forms of representation.

Moral Development

2013 ◽  
pp. 831-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Smetana
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Domain Theory ◽  
Social Knowledge ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Social Domain ◽  
Moral Concepts ◽  
Social Conventions ◽  
Social Domain Theory ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Affective Consequences

This chapter describes moral judgment development through the lens of social domain theory. Morality, or individuals’ concepts of justice, welfare, and rights, is seen as a distinct system or organized domain of social knowledge that develops separately from concepts of social conventions and personal issues; these concepts are constructed from children’s differentiated social interactions and social experiences. In this chapter, basic theoretical propositions of social domain theory and methods used to test those propositions are described, and then relevant empirical research is reviewed. The chapter highlights how children’s understanding and interpretation of their social worlds are elaborated and change from infancy through adolescence. The complexity and diversity of social life is described as entailing a consideration of moral concepts as informed by informational assumptions and knowledge of regularities in the affective consequences of different events. It is also considered in terms of the coexistence of and coordination with other social knowledge domains.

Posttraditional Migrants

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 617-635
Author(s):  
Dariuš Zifonun
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Complex Societies ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
The Creation

This article analyses the participation of migrants in sport. Based on the case study of a Turkish soccer club in Germany, it scrutinizes the structural and processual features of ethnic self organization. The club responds to the problems of social order in modern complex societies—problems emanating from the pluralization of social life-worlds—by employing a number of characteristic answers. Among them are the segmentation into sub-worlds, the composition of an integrative ideology of friendship as well as the creation of a soccer style. In processes of legitimation and delegitimation, questions of belonging and recognition are being negotiated. All of this allows for the management of ambivalence in everyday life and contributes to the distinctively posttraditional character of community. The article suggests that a sociology of social worlds approach can substantially contribute to the study of the interactive social structures of society.

scholarly journals HUKUM ISLAM DAN PROBLEMATIKA SOSIAL; TELAAH TERHADAP BEBERAPA HUKUM PERDATA ISLAM DALAM KOMPILASI HUKUM ISLAM DI INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-295
Author(s):  
Aris ◽  
Muhammad Sabir
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Material Analysis ◽  
Legislative Body ◽  
The Social

Islamic law cannot be separated from the context of the social life of Muslims in Indonesia. This paper discusses the material analysis of the Compilation of Islamic Law which consists of Marriage, Inheritance and Waqf associated with the social problems of Muslims in Indonesia. The compilation of Islamic Laws received juridical justification with Presidential Instruction No. 1 of 1991, is a form of political Islamic law in Indonesia that is less than perfect because it does not go through the legislation of the legislative body and is a shortcut in establishing and positivating Islamic law. The material of KHI, especially marriage and inheritance, is considered inadequate to accommodate the social problems of Indonesian Muslims.

scholarly journals Investigating shift work disorder among workers of Hamadan Glass Factory in 2017

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z Shabanian ◽  
M Gholipour ◽  
M Amrollahi ◽  
N Hasheminejad
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Shift Work ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Glass Factory ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Shift Workers ◽  
Other Information

Introduction: Shift work is an occupational stressor that influences some workforce. The present study examined shift work disorders among people who work in Hamadan Glass Factory. Materials and Methods: Participants included 210 workers (130 shift workers and 80 day-workers) of Hamadan Glass Factory. The survey of shift workers (SOS) was used to collect information on respondents’ demographic background, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, psychological disorders, sleep-related problems, musculoskeletal disorders, and adverse effects of shift work on individual, family, and social life. Other information was obtained by studying participating workers’ medical records in the same year. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16. Results: The results indicated significant relationships between shift work and variables such as sleeplessness, sleep quality and quantity, stomachache, and diet. Concerning background variables (age, work experience, and marital status), the results of the Kruskal-Wallis test showed a significant relationship between age and musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal disorders. Moreover, the results of the Fisher test demonstrated a significant association between work experience and social problems; but none of these background variables were connected with sleep disorders. Considering the effect of shift work (morning, evening, and night) on personal, family, social life, and alertness, chi-square results revealed significance among the three shift-work types. Incidence was higher in night shifts than in morning and evening shifts. Conclusion: The findings showed that shift work is more likely to lead to sleep disorders and gastrointestinal diseases, risk of diabetes, infectious diseases, musculoskeletal and cardiovascular disorders than day-work. Shift workers encounter more social problems than novice shift workers. 

scholarly journals The social life of time and methods: Studying London’s temporal architectures

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 604-631
Author(s):  
Ella Harris ◽  
Rebecca Coleman
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Temporal Logics ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Rhythms

This paper contributes to work on the social life of time. It focuses on how time is doubled; produced by, and productive of, the relations and processes it operates through. In particular, it explores the methodological implications of this conception of time for how social scientists may study the doubledness of time. It draws on an allied move within the social sciences to see methods as themselves doubled, as both emerging from and constitutive of the social worlds that they seek to understand. We detail our own very different methodological experiments with studying the social life of time in London, engaging interactive documentary to elucidate nonlinear imaginaries of space-time in London’s pop-up culture (Ella Harris) and encountering time on a series of walks along a particular stretch of road in south east London (Beckie Coleman). While clearly different projects in terms of their content, ambition and scope, in bringing these projects together, we show the ability of our methods to grasp and perform from multiple angles and scales what Sharma (2014) calls ‘temporal architectures’. Temporal architectures, composed of elements including the built environment, commodities, services, technologies and labour, are infrastructures that enable social rhythms and temporal logics and that can entail a politicized valuing of the time of certain groups over others. We aim to contribute to an expanded and enriched conceptualisation of methods for exploring time, considering what our studies might offer to work on the doubled social life of time and methods, and highlighting in particular their implications for an engagement with a politics of time and temporality.

The Hybrid I/Eye

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-38
Author(s):  
Elizabeth S. Parks
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Racial Identities ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Critical Autoethnography ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Physical Changes ◽  
Insight Into

Hybridity, when related to identity research, points to a blending of difference in such a way that new performances of identity may appear in various social interactions. Exploring hybridity can create new perceptions of social life and reveal the complex ways that people’s diverse relationships and life stages construct people’s identities. In this critical autoethnography, I consider how disability and racial identities intersect. More specifically, I relate how my narrative experience with the disabling symptoms of Graves’ Disease impacted the ascription of Asian racial identity based on the reading of the physicality of my eyes. Grounded in these personal narratives, I theorize about ways that hybridity can cross boundaries of categorical difference in the ways that it is socially constructed, fluid, and changing. Some changes are expected, as age transforms all of us; others are unexpected, as the body and mind are surprised by illness and rapid physical changes impact avowed and ascribed identities. I offer this autoethnography of these intersecting spaces as one performance of evolving identity work that impacted my own and others’ imagination of race and disability. I hope to create new insight into how our social worlds are constructed (and privileged ideologies promoted) in everyday life.

scholarly journals Tolerance in Multicultural Education: A Theoretical Concept

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sahal ◽  
Akhmad Arif Musadad ◽  
Muhammad Akhyar
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Basic Skills ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
The State ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Younger Generation

Multicultural education is an education that prioritizes basic skills for the world's citizens, essential for all students, through all aspects of the education system such as building attitudes, knowledge, and skills that enable students to work for social justice. Moreover, multicultural education is also one of the important aspects of learning in schools that are needed in the education system as an effort to internalize tolerance to students. Tolerance, in social life, is a major milestone for all mankind to create a life of dignity especially for a country like Indonesia that has a diversity of character of the population. It becomes important since diversity can trigger conflicts that lead to disintegration within the state. Therefore, internalizing tolerance, primarily for the younger generation, is an appropriate attempt to prevent the occurrence of social problems such concerns. Thus, it is logical that multicultural education becomes one of the main bases in the implementation of such attempt.

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