scholarly journals "Mun mielest nykyään tanssijoiltakin vaaditaan monipuolisempaa otetta kuin aikasemmin" – Nykytanssijan toimijuus muuttuvalla tanssikentällä

2017 ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Veera Lamberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Contemporary Dance ◽  
Artistic Identity ◽  
Artistic Voice ◽  
The Moment

The agency of the dancer in the changing contemporary dance field in Finland The article discusses the changing professional identity of a contemporary dancer in Finland. The research question is what kind of agency dancers perform in their profession at the moment; Can they be considered as independent auteur artists instead of an instrument of a choreographer? The article is based on the interview study of four freelance dancers. The theoretical framework is the sociological concept of agency, the notion of changing work culture in the postmodern world and the view of social construction of meanings about the dance eld. The data is analysed and organised by themes: the three themes found are a dancer with own artistic voice, an enterprising multitalent, and a responsible negotiator. A dancer with her own artistic voice represents the dancers’ agency towards their own artistic identity, and an enterprising multitalent describes the agency towards the dance eld. A responsible negotiator represents the dancers’ agency towards a dance piece. The conclusion is that the agency of the dancers is expanding and increasing: dancers work more like a creative and independent auteur artist than before.  

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Statements in the U. S. Creative Sector: Progress, or More Bullshit?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Antonio C. Cuyler
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Arts Organizations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cultural Organizations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

This article represents a snapshot and analysis of U. S. service arts organizations’ DEI statements and activities in 2018. At that time, many primarily White-serving U. S. cultural organizations responded defensively to accusations of elitism and a harmful rigged funding system that maintained the status quo by awarding most cultural funding to these organizations while undermining the health and vitality of cultural organizations by and for historically oppressed communities (Sidford, 2011). Furthermore, Helicon Collaborative (2017) found that even with a host of cultural equity, “diversity” projects (Tseng 2016), and public-facing DEI statements, little had changed within six years. Therefore, this study uses directed and summative content analysis to investigate the research question “what do cultural equity and diversity statements communicate about cultural organizations’ positions on DEI?” This study also uses Frankfurt’s (2005) essay On Bullshit and Laing’s (2016) two-prong definition of accountability as a theoretical framework to examine if and how cultural organizations hold themselves accountable for achieving DEI in the creative sector. Lastly, readers should keep in mind that the public murder of Geor-ge Floyd in 2020 has hastened all of the service arts organizations’ access, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) work examined in this study.

scholarly journals Barns upplevelser när föräldrars missbruk upphört

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 400-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Alexanderson ◽  
Elisabet Näsman
Keyword(s):  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Organizational Boundaries ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Family Perspective ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article is based on interviews with fifteen children, whose parents have addiction problems. Purpose: To contribute to in-depth understanding of children's situation when parents have ceased abusing drugs or alcohol. Method: An explorative interview study with childhood sociology and symbolic interactionism as theoretical framework. Outcome: The end of the abuse gives children space to feel how they feel, to reflect on the impact of the addiction on their health and personality, and to try changing themselves and their lives. Their need for processing may last for a long time. It can take time and be difficult to build up the relationship with the parent. Children can still feel care responsibility but also distrust and worry about relapses. However, teenagers can see opportunities to move on with their own life. If the abuse ends only for one of two parents with addiction problems, children are still affected by addiction. Conclusion: Children's need for processing in relation to the parents can both be time consuming and last for a long period of time, regardless of if the child lives with the parent or not. Children may need help for their own part but also in relation to the parent. Professionals should be encouraged to work with a family perspective, regardless of organizational divisions and if parents and children live together or not. This requires structures, procedures and resources for collaboration across organizational boundaries.

scholarly journals Organic Waste Management in Canada: Building a Sustainable Circular Economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-92
Author(s):  
Alja Perger
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Organic Waste ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Organic Waste Management ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Resource Input

North America is a big consumer and consequently a big producer of waste. For the purpose of this project, we were primarily interested in collecting information in North America, focusing on Quebec primarily. The main research question was risen up during the fieldwork and assistance with the Canadian company. It clearly presents the enterprise readiness for obtaining a smart solution on organic/food waste problem. It is believed, how organic/food waste can be a resource of a high value. There is a capacity of creating a new path, where organic/food waste could become the important as plant/field nutrient supply. The circular approach to organic waste management is urgently needed in a way how the organic waste should be reduced and returned as productive resource input into our economy. The paper presents a new value towards a sustainability process that Canada is building at the moment. It represents the innovative approach, which is highly accepted in some cities in Quebec with the obtained pilot projects and excellent results. This paper is not only a simple research paper, but it is also the very important original innovative document which can be highly used on the level of each municipality, region and federal level.

scholarly journals Pathways of Professional Identity Development: A Grounded Theory of Female School Principals

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Lina Baira
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Social Identification ◽  
Professional Identity Development ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Education Management

This paper examines a female school principal’s perceptions of professional identity development. Recently education management has undergone the process of managerial transformation whereas new requirements and standards have been raised for school principals. Managerial transformations have been influenced by political, economic and cultural factors that (re)shaped school principals’ professional identities. These social identity changes are especially important in the shift of managerial paradigms that evoke challenges in social identification processes. Two major approaches to professional identity include a feminist standpoint and a social construction approach. The former claims that females are underrepresented as leaders in most facets of work life due to gender role stereotypes, prejudices and unequal power distribution. The latter subscribes to the notion that person’s identities are multiple and fluid due to their cultural, historic, and social situatedness. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the pathways of female school principals’ professional identity development. The main research question of this study was how professional identity development is described by female school principals. The study focuses on two in-depth interviews with experienced school principals. The constructivist grounded theory methodology has been applied for the research. Comparative analysis allowed to generate analytic units ranging from small to large and from micro (individual), and meso (organizational) to macro (regional, national or worldwide) levels in disclosing professional identity development process. Fifteen themes comprised the results of the interview research unfolding the essential phenomenon of professional identity development.

scholarly journals Dimension argumentative et narrative de l’information médiatique à travers des séquences bisegmentales

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Jolanta Dyoniziak
Keyword(s):  
Research Problem ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Electronic Version ◽  
Argumentative Discourse ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Moment

The present analysis is devoted to the discursive units that are activated at the moment by the media nomination as categoremes of the referent, Donald Trump, and shape the media narrative. These will be formulas, which appear in the headlines and imply labels, e.g. Donald Trump, agitateur en chef (‘Donald Trump, the troublemaker’; lemonde.fr, 5.10.2017). The research problem will be to determine their narrative and argumentative potential. Theoretical framework is provided by studies of the media information discourse (Arquembourg, 2011; Calabrese, 2009, 2013; Moirand, 2007; Veniard, 2013), as well as the argumentative discourse (Amossy, 2006). The corpus has been compiled on the basis of electronic version of two daily newspapers Le Monde (lemonde.fr) and Gazeta Wyborcza (wyborcza.pl), released between Jan the 1st 2016 and december 2020.

scholarly journals Where is the West in UN Peacekeeping? An examination of the decline in Western troop contributions to UN peacekeeping

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sophie Maarleveld
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Peace Operations ◽  
The West ◽  
Security Community ◽  
Secondary Literature ◽  
Un Peacekeeping ◽  
First Case ◽  
Community Concept

<p>This thesis explores an important aspect of the changing composition of United Nations peacekeeping troop contributions by examining the causes of the decline in troop contributions from the West. It does so by creating a theoretical framework within which the widespread decline in troop contributions from the West can be contextualized and reviewing a variety of possible arguments in secondary literature for the decline that can be considered within this theoretical framework. I assert that the constructivist concept of security communities, although originally focused on interactions between states in the community, can also be used to understand the ways in which these states respond to peace and security threats outside of the community, and that this is the reason there has been a systemic decline in troop contributions from the West.  The past, current and future peacekeeping engagements of Canada and New Zealand will be explored in detail in this thesis. These countries have historically had a strong commitment to the UN, and been champions of its ultimate authority to sanction international responses to conflict. Both countries have a history of significant troops contributions to UN peacekeeping, but have decreased these contributions in the last 10-15 years. Understanding why these two internationalists all but abandoned UN peacekeeping can provide clues as to why other Western militaries have done the same, and concentrated their resources in other peace support operations. These cases also exemplify how the security community concept can be applied to understanding troop contributions to peace operations.  This thesis is divided into four main sections. In the introduction I present the research question and discuss its relevance and importance, as well as the salience of the two case studies, followed by the explanation of my theoretical framework, a review of secondary literature on the topic, and the details of my research methodology. In chapter one I explore a variety of arguments that have been made by academics and practitioners regarding the decline in troop contributions from the West. Chapter two covers my first case study – Canada – and chapter three covers New Zealand.  I argue that although the factors that determine countries’ troop contributions are unique and shaped by domestic as much as international circumstances, the wider trend in the West of decreasing troop contributions to UN peacekeeping missions, while increasing troop contributions to non-UN peacekeeping operations can be explained by building on the security community concept. As such, any return to UN peacekeeping is likely to occur throughout the West or not at all. I also argue that in order for the West to re-engage with UN peacekeeping, both Western governments and the UN must take steps towards redefining the parameters of troop participation in UN peace operations.</p>

scholarly journals Using dance movement therapy tools for future choreographers training

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (II) ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
Людмила МОВА
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Movement Therapy ◽  
Contemporary Dance ◽  
Dance Movement Therapy ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Creative Development ◽  
Dance Movement ◽  
Creative Personality ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Freedom And Responsibility

In the article, we considered the basic conditions for creative abilities development of future choreographers, analyzed the significance of choreographic art in personal creative development, and identified methods to increase creative activity in student-choreographers. Authors have proved that contemporary dance contributes to the discovery and emergence of the uniqueness of each person, the formation of bright creative personality, because of imagination, diversity, and unpredictability play an important role here, as each next dance performance, search for new elements of vocabulary, creation of new compositional solutions require improvisation, creativity, and skills of presence in the moment of performance. It is noted, that it is very important to include elements of dance movement therapy in the process of preparing future choreographers. Authors have offered the themes that allow to activate processes of personal development, find a balance between feelings of freedom and responsibility, and reveal creative possibilities of choreographic students.    

Pemaknaan, Penyesuaian, dan Komunikasi dalam Perkawinan pada Dosen Perempuan

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Nova Yuliati
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Proper Time ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Social Construction Of Reality ◽  
Marriage Behavior ◽  
Communication Situation ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Husband And Wife

This article is based on the role of female lecturer as working women in assigning meaning and building her marriage. Several perspectives were used as theoretical framework, i.e. Phenomenology, and Social Construction of Reality.  Subjects for research were purposefully sampled, and consisted of six female lecturer in Unisba. This research employed in-depth interview as data collecting technique. This research has resulted in some findings. Marriage behavior is actually a conscious action, means that it doesn’t exist in one consciousness without special effort to comprehend it. Furthermore, marriage behavior is based on goals which could be clustered to normative, psychological, social and economy goals. Meanwhile, adjustment in marriage appeared on some phases faced by husband and wife as couple.  Ideal communication situation was enabled based on support, trust, openness, and proper time.

Design-Based Research as a Methodology for Studying Learning in the Context of Work

2018 ◽  
pp. 21-42
Author(s):  
Ditte Kolbaek
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Authentic Learning ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
Learning From Experience ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Design Based Research ◽  
Classroom Training

This chapter presents a suggestion for design-based research (DBR) as a methodology for organizational studies. Although DBR was developed for investigating classroom training, this chapter discusses the methodological issues that are involved when DBR is employed for investigating learning in the context of work. DBR seems to be suitable in this complex context as it is an authentic learning environment. The purpose of this chapter is to provide new perspectives on DBR, including suggestions for guidelines regarding how to conduct DBR for studying learning from experience in the context of work. The research question is: What is needed to utilize DBR to explore learning from experience in the context of work? The theoretical framework is based on Yrjö Engeström and John Dewey's work on learning, and the exploration of DBR is based on a literature review and findings in a seven-year DBR study on learning from experience in the context of work.

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