Cultural Practices of Literacy: Case Studies of Language, Literacy, Social Practice, and Power ed. by Victoria Purcell-Gates

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-125
Author(s):  
Kelly A. Concannon Mannise
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Language Literacy

scholarly journals Fathoming postnatural oceans: Towards a low trophic theory in the practices of feminist posthumanities

2021 ◽  
pp. 251484862110285
Author(s):  
Marietta Radomska ◽  
Cecilia Åsberg
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Marine Pollution ◽  
Deep Time ◽  
Arts And Humanities ◽  
Slow Violence ◽  
Human Care ◽  
Ethical Stance ◽  
The Baltic

As the planet’s largest ecosystem, oceans stabilise climate, produce oxygen, store CO2 and host unfathomable biodiversity at a deep time-scale. In recent decades, scientific assessments have indicated that the oceans are seriously degraded to the detriment of most near-future societies. Human-induced impacts range from climate change, ocean acidification, loss of biodiversity, eutrophication and marine pollution to local degradation of marine and coastal environments. Such environmental violence takes form of both ‘spectacular’ events, like oil spills and ‘slow violence’, occurring gradually and out of sight. The purpose of this paper is to show four cases of coastal and marine forms of slow violence and to provide counter-accounts of how to reinvent our consumer imaginary at such locations, as well as to develop what is here referred to as ‘low-trophic theory,’ a situated ethical stance that attends to entanglements of consumption, food, violence, environmental adaptability and more-than-human care from the co-existential perspective of multispecies ethics. We combine field-philosophical case studies with insights from marine science, environmental art and cultural practices in the Baltic and North Sea region and feminist posthumanities. The paper shows that the oceanic imaginary is not a unified place, but rather, a set of forces, which requires renewed ethical approaches, conceptual inventiveness and practical creativity. Based on the case studies and examples presented, the authors conclude that the consideration of more-than-human ethical perspectives, provided by environmental arts and humanities is crucial for both research on nature and space, and for the flourishing of local multispecies communities. This paper thus inaugurates thinking and practice along the proposed here ethical stance of low-trophic theory, developed it along the methodological lines of feminist environmental posthumanities.

Cultural Sustainabilities

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Digital Transmission ◽  
Expressive Culture ◽  
Cultural Survival ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
Media Philosophy ◽  
Applied Ethnomusicology

This collection of essays is driven by the proposition that environmental and cultural sustainability are inextricably linked. The authors are unified by the influence of the pioneering work of Jeff Todd Titon in developing broadly ecological approaches to folklore, ethnomusicology, and sustainability. These approaches lead to advocacy and activism. Building on and responding to Titon's work, the authors call for profoundly integrated efforts to better understand sustainability as a challenge that encompasses all living beings and ecological systems, including human cultural systems. While many of the chapters address musicking and ecomusicology, others focus on filmmaking, folklore, digital media, philosophy, and photography. Organized into five parts, Part 1 establishes a theoretical foundation and suggests methods for approaching the daunting issues of sustainability, resilience, and adaptive management. Part 2 offers five case studies interpreting widely divergent ways that humans are grappling with ecological and environmental challenges by engaging in expressive culture. Part 3 illustrates the role of media in sustainable cultural practices. Part 4 asks how human vocal expression may be central to human self-realization and cultural survival with case studies ranging from the digital transmission of Torah chanting traditions to Russian laments. Part 5 embraces Titon's highly influential work establishing and promoting applied ethnomusicology, and speaks directly to the themes of advocacy and activism.

The underdog bites back

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-13
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Brand Name ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emerging Market Multinationals ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Globalization continues to have enormous consequences for business. One of the most intriguing thus far is the way that many firms defy humble origins to secure multinational status. Those that started life in an emerging market are a prime example of this transformation. Logic says that it should not really happen. After all, it is usually tough for any foreign company to crack an overseas market. Having to adjust to different regulations, cultural practices and business norms ensures that. There is often discrimination to overcome too. For emerging market multinationals (EMMs), such challenges are magnified to a considerable degree. If that is not enough, these companies are up against firms from advanced nations. That means competition boasting more resources, more knowledge, more international experience and a more recognized brand name. By definition, an EMM is a relatively new kid on the block in all these respects. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to digest format.

scholarly journals The interpretation of artistic practices in Gramsci’s discourse: Towards the Gramscian analysis of music of modern and postmodern times

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-291
Author(s):  
Ivana Vesic
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Historical Materialism ◽  
Italian Literature ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Antonio Gramsci ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Historical Processes

Antonio Gramsci dedicated a lot of his attention in his writings to the analysis of the cultural practices and their function in the socio-historical processes. An important segment of his work included the analysis of art and literature of modern times which was indirectly incorporated into the discussion of the problem of usefulness of historical materialism as a philosophical and social practice, social power and its cultural and historical appearances, cultural and political emancipation of subaltern classes etc. Mostly focusing on the explication of socio-cultural, political and historical dimensions of Italian literature of Renaissance and the modern period, Gramsci elaborated a sketch of his own version of Marxist aesthetic proposing specific interpretations of the problem of social function of artistic practices, the nature of artistic action and artwork and the consumption of artistic artifacts. In this paper we will discuss Gramsci?s thought on art in the context of his comprehensive theoretical, philosophical and historical research aiming at elaborating a Gramscian model of analysis of music practices of modern and postmodern times. One of our results should be the examination of the possibilities of the analysis of music based on Gramsci?s theory as well as the critical review of the application of its main concepts in the existing body of research on music.

scholarly journals Encenações e reescritas da memória no capitalismo global entre teorias e práticas culturais | Scenarios and rewritings of memory in global capitalism between theories and cultural practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Crippa
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Global Capitalism ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
Second Moment ◽  
Alternative Representation

RESUMO Discute-se a constituição da Memória Cultural após a queda do muro de Berlim e pelos fenômenos da globalização. Propõe-se o estudo de dois casos dedicados à memória no contemporâneo: o Memorial dos deportados italianos em Auschwitz, realizado em 1981 e hoje não mais existente; e o Museu da Memória de Ustica, em Bolonha, inaugurado em 2007. Trata-se de exemplos que permitem refletir sobre as transformações da memória dentro de uma discussão sobre capitalismo globalizado. Oferecemos as contribuições de experiências de representação alternativas, que tendem a deslegitimar as visões dominantes. Pretende-se indagar as maneiras de realização dos registros e sua mediação. Metodologicamente, o trabalho realiza uma revisão crítica da literatura sobre os temas abordados. Em um segundo momento, nos dois estudos de caso, observa a práxis.Palavras-chave: Memória; Capitalismo; Museu de Ustica; Memorial de Auschwitz.ABSTRACT The constitution of Cultural Memory is discussed after the fall of the Berlin Wall and by the phenomena of globalization.It is proposed to study two cases dedicated to contemporary memory: the Memorial of the Italian deportees in Auschwitz, held in 1981 and today no longer existent and the Museum of the memory of Ustica, in Bologna, inaugurated in 2007. These are examples which allow us to reflect on the transformations of memory within a discussion of globalized capitalism. We offer the contributions of alternative representation experiences, which tend to delegitimize dominant views. It is intended to investigate the ways in which the records are made and their mediation. Methodologically, the work carries out a critical review of the literature on the topics covered. In a second moment, in the two case studies, it observes the praxis.Keywords: Memory; Capitalism; Museum of Ustica; Auschwitz Memorial.

Significance of Cultural Dimensions in Urban Planning Process for Sustainability of Pilgrimage Towns in India

2017 ◽  
pp. 132-155
Author(s):  
Varma Anurag ◽  
Shaleen Singhal
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Recent Policy

This chapter raises the significance of integration of cultural attributes in the urban planning process for sustainability of pilgrimage towns. It identifies the spatial connotations of cultural practices, processes and events to review synergies between culture and urban planning. Two Indian pilgrimage towns of Vrindavan and Haridwar with congruent cultural context but diverse urban setting have been examined. Eight significant diverse attributes of both case studies are discussed for examining linkages of cultural dimensions with urban planning, and sustainability of indigenous urbanism of Indian pilgrimage towns. Recent policy initiatives in India envision an increasing inclusion of cultural and heritage aspects in urban development, but are constrained by paucity of empirical spatial research on Indian pilgrimage towns.

Bringing ethnography to a multimodal investigation of early literacy in a digital age

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosie Flewitt
Keyword(s):  
Early Literacy ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Literacy Development ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Early Literacy Development ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Literacy As Social Practice

In this article I reflect on the insights that the well established traditions of ethnography can bring to the more recent analytic tools of multimodality in the investigation of early literacy practices. First, I consider the intersection between ethnography and multimodality, their compatibility and the tensions and ambivalences that arise from their potentially conflicting epistemological framings. Drawing on ESRC-funded case studies of three and four-year-old children’s experiences of literacy with printed and digital media,1 I then illustrate how an ethnographic toolkit that incorporates a social semiotic approach to multimodality can produce richly situated insights into the complexities of early literacy development in a digital age, and can inform socially and culturally sensitive theories of literacy as social practice (Street, 1984, 2008).

Steps towards understanding medieval urban communities as social practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-146
Author(s):  
Ulrich Müller
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Social Practice Theory ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
The Town ◽  
Historical Periods

The contribution by Axel Christophersen aims to present new perspectives for the archaeology of medieval and post-medieval towns. In enlisting ‘social-practice theory’, the author would like to view the town as a dynamic, ever-changing network of social and cultural practices which is registered in the archaeological data. This perspective on the town lies, therefore, somewhere between structure-centred and agent-centred approaches. As such, Axel Christophersen's contribution can be seen as more comprehensive. I assess the piece also as a programmatic contribution to the development of theory in the apparently long-term conflict between ‘processual and postprocessual archaeology’. It should be said in advance that he was successful in this. At the same time, however, his contribution makes it clear that it is not easy to transfer or apply current cultural-studies concepts to historical periods and the materiality of archaeological data.

Grounded Design - a praxeological IS research perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Rohde ◽  
Peter Brödner ◽  
Gunnar Stevens ◽  
Matthias Betz ◽  
Volker Wulf
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Design Case ◽  
Grounded Design

In this paper, we propose Grounded Design - a particular design research (DR) approach rooted in a practice-theoretical tradition. It assesses the quality of information technology (IT) design through evaluation of emerging changes in social practices, which result from the appropriation and use of IT artifacts. The paper starts with a systematic analysis of the reasons for persistent limitations of traditional information systems DR, specifically in coping with problems of contingency and self-referentiality. Following this critique, the principles of Grounded Design are presented. Grounded Design is applied in case studies where we reconstruct the social practices observed before and during the design and appropriation of innovative IT artifacts. We call these context-specific research endeavors ‘design case studies.’ In conducting these case studies, Grounded Design builds upon well-established research methods such as ethnographical field studies, participatory design and action research. To support the transferability of its situated findings, Grounded Design suggests documenting increasing numbers of design case studies to create an extended, comparative knowledge base. Comparing cases allows for the emergence of bottom-up concepts dealing with the design and appropriation of innovative IT artifacts in social practice.

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