scholarly journals Theatre as a Platform for Ecological Critique

Le Simplegadi ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (21) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Paola Spinozzi ◽  
Thunc Anh Cao Xuan
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Rhetorical Strategies ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
The Social ◽  
Intrinsic Motivations ◽  
Theoretical Question ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
The Impact

This article on ecotheatre with a focus on Vietnam pursues two goals. Firstly, it discusses how theatre can address ecological concerns, utilising ancient cultural sources. Secondly, it focuses on how these concerns are dramatised in the satirical comedy Gặp nhau cuối năm (Year-End Gathering), first broadcast on Vietnamese television in 2003. The main theoretical question is how and whether theatre, and specifically television theatre, can raise awareness of the climate crisis and generate a cultural shift. While addressing the crisis, theatre does not necessarily aim at breaking conventions. It can play with rhetorical strategies to convey the complexity of the interactions between humans and nature. It can stimulate internalist factors and intrinsic motivations leading to individual or collective social and political action. Gặp nhau cuối năm is a rewriting of the legend of the three Kitchen Gods who supervise every household and present their report to the Jade Emperor, the ruler of the world. Using satire and parody to convey praise and critique, the play stimulates reflection on the social and environmental crisis and occasional indifference of the Gods. Considering the impact that the TV has on public opinion in Vietnam and the popularity reached by Gặp nhau cuối năm, it becomes clear that theatre encapsulating entertainment and critique can respond to environmental concerns, stimulate ecological thought and generate change

Politics as a Process Structured in Space and Time

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Institutional Analysis ◽  
Historical Institutionalism ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Structures ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Second Wave

Historical institutionalism embraces models of the polity that acknowledge the impact on political action of the social, economic and political structures in which actors are embedded at particular times and places. In addition to examining how events affect the immediate outcome of interest, it considers how they restructure the institutional or ideological setting so as to condition outcomes at later periods in time. Through a comparison with alternative modes of analysis, this chapter outlines what it means to see politics as a structured process. Taking up the problem of plasticity raised by a second wave of historical institutional analysis, it considers how institutions might be dependent on social coalitions but still factors structuring politics by virtue of how they sustain those coalitions.

It's Complicated

2017 ◽  
pp. 156-170
Author(s):  
Billy Henson ◽  
Melissa Ricketts
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Human Service Professionals ◽  
Personal Boundaries ◽  
The Social ◽  
Common Practices ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Impact

Social media has become an intricate part of daily life. Posting, tweeting, and chatting have become common practices since the birth of the social network. This technological revolution has altered the way we interact and communicate in fundamental ways. Consequently, a cultural shift has accompanied this change, with notions such as etiquette and personal boundaries undergoing dramatic transformation. In the virtual world, the lines that separate individuals' personal and professional lives often become blurred resulting in some confusion about what constitutes appropriate social media behavior. With that in mind, the purpose of this chapter is to discuss key issues associated with the impact of social media has on individuals' professional lives. This task will employ a multipronged approach in describing the growth, use, and potential problems of social media in the workplace. In addition, policies and legal statutes regarding social media use by academic and human service professionals will be discussed at length.

scholarly journals Changing self in the digital age

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Randal G. Tonks
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Communities ◽  
William James ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Personal Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Spiritual Self ◽  
The Impact

This article integrates William James’ (1890) theoretical model of Self with contemporary theoretical discourse and recent research on the impact of digital technology upon the Self. An overview of James’ self-theory is presented and followed by a detailed review of contemporary publications on self in our increasingly digital world; organized around the Spiritual, Social and Material realms of James’ “Me”. This is followed by this author’s extension of James’ concept of “I” into contemporary discourse on the person in terms of authenticity, agency and power. It is shown that the “Spiritual Self” is reflected in technology as fragmented, decentred and dislocated while the “Social Self” has expanded into virtual communities; continuing to seek recognition from others, but in a magnified and accelerated fashion. A cultural shift has been identified towards one of simulation and surveillance. Transformations of the “Material Self” in terms of physical bodies, interaction with the material world, and with material others, are presently observed. This author’s conceptual and theoretical exploration has also shown a corresponding loss of control and fracturing of the status of the person through the rise of surveillance and loss of personal rights that challenges the theoretical construct and everyday experience of persons.

It's Complicated

2019 ◽  
pp. 473-487
Author(s):  
Billy Henson ◽  
Melissa Ricketts
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Human Service Professionals ◽  
Personal Boundaries ◽  
The Social ◽  
Common Practices ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Impact

Social media has become an intricate part of daily life. Posting, tweeting, and chatting have become common practices since the birth of the social network. This technological revolution has altered the way we interact and communicate in fundamental ways. Consequently, a cultural shift has accompanied this change, with notions such as etiquette and personal boundaries undergoing dramatic transformation. In the virtual world, the lines that separate individuals' personal and professional lives often become blurred resulting in some confusion about what constitutes appropriate social media behavior. With that in mind, the purpose of this chapter is to discuss key issues associated with the impact of social media has on individuals' professional lives. This task will employ a multipronged approach in describing the growth, use, and potential problems of social media in the workplace. In addition, policies and legal statutes regarding social media use by academic and human service professionals will be discussed at length.

scholarly journals Feminism and Gender-Neutral Language: Between Systems and Effects

Šolsko polje ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol XXXI (5-6) ◽  
pp. 103-120
Author(s):  
Mojca Šorli
Keyword(s):  
Social Engagement ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Language And Gender ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theoretical Question ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

The debate on language and gender in Slovenia raises the issue of gender-sensitive language use, which goes far beyond mere equality and inclusiveness in language use. While the establishment of (gender) identity in language is related to the theoretical question of the social construction of gender, ensuring gender equality in language is also a matter that requires social engagement in various fields, especially including various segments of the education system. As the first public debate on this issue – organised by the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, on 23 October 2018, following attempts to reduce gender inequality in legal documents adopted by the Faculty – showed, the approach to language and gender will necessarily be interdisciplinary. Linguistic considerations call for a shift in emphasis from vocabulary and address code (available resources) to arguments of morphosyntactic form and, in particular, to the symbolic structure of linguistic signs, taking into account relevant contributions from other research areas that have understood the attribution of gender – even sex – as a socially determined decision (e.g. Butler, 2001 /1990/, 1993). Since we are, at this point, particularly interested in the impact of gender-sensitive language use on the discursive level, we argue that the essence of the effort to make language more inclusive – with an emphasis on discourse in education – is not to offer, authorise and institutionalise individual solutions and strategies under the auspices of the language authorities, but to understand gender-sensitive language use as a multiplicity of micro-politics and as a continuous process that leads us to re-examine linguistic “facts” in relation to a given social context.

scholarly journals Política ambiental en México y su dimensión regional

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordy Micheli
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Neoliberal Reforms ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
The Social ◽  
Geographic Knowledge ◽  
Theoretical Question ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
Local Significance

Resumen:La política ambiental de México se estableció durante los años ochenta y noventa, pasó por la etapa de reformas neoliberales de la economía y transitó progresivamente hacia formas de operación que la integran al mercado ambiental global. Pero la escala regional de la crisis ambiental es el espacio concreto en el cual interactúan los actores del mercado ambiental. En el caso de México, existen escenarios claramente diferenciados que se reseñan para ilustrar la complejidad de ese fenómeno característico de la globalización: su doble vertiente global/local. Más allá de un asunto teórico, mi propuesta es que una política dirigida hacia la crisis ambiental debe considerar lo que denomino el "saber geográfico", es decir, la particularidad social y económica en que se produce geográficamente dicha crisis.Palabras clave : política ambiental; globalización; mercado ambiental global; saber geográfico; crisis ambiental. Abstract:Mexican environmental policy was established during the 1980's and 1990's, went through the stage of neoliberal reforms in the economy, and moved progressively towards operating forms through which it integrated into the global environmental market. However, the regional scale of the environmental crisis is the specific place where the players of the environmental market interact with one another. In the case of Mexico, there are clearly differentiated scenarios that are described so as to illustrate the complexity of this phenomenon which characterizes globalization: its global and local significance. Besides being a theoretical question, my proposal is that a policy aimed at solving the environmental crisis must take into account what I call "geographic knowledge", that is to say, the social and economic situation where the environmental crisis takes place geographically.Key words: environmental policy; globalization; global environmental market; geographic knowledge; environmental crisis. 

scholarly journals Dampak Kepariwisataan dan Pergeseran Nilai Sosial Budaya di Batu Layar Kecamatan Batu Layar

2019 ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Hafsah Hafsah ◽  
Yusuf Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The People ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

Desa Batu Layar merupakan salah satu daerah yang berada di Kecamatan Batu Layar dijadikan sebagai tempat strategis bagi para wisatawan lokal maupun mancanegara sebagai tempat berlibur karena adanya sarana pariwisata yang mendukung, seperti tersediannya tempat-tempat hiburan, keindahan pantai, keindahan alamnya.Hal tersebut penelitian ini menggambaran eksistensi kepariwisataan dan pergeseran nilai sosial budaya di Desa Batu Layar Kec.Batu Layar Kab.Lombok Barat.Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif.Informan dalam penelitian ini adalah tokoh agama, tokoh masyarakat di Desa Batu Layar.Pemilihan informan dilakukan secara purposive sampling dan Snowball Sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara melakukan wawancara dan observasi serta teknik analisa data dilakukan dengan cara mereduksi (memilih) data kasar kemudian menyajikan secara deskriptif menjadi kalimat baku yang mudah dimengerti dan terakhir menarik kesimpulan berdasarkan data-data yang telah disajikan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kepariwisataan di Desa Batu Layar, pada umumnya telah dilengkapi dengan sarana dan prasarana  yang cukup memadai untuk sebuah kawasan pariwisata. Dampak kepariwisataan masyarakat Desa Batu Layar  telah mengalami pergeseran struktur sosial masyarakat dan pergeseran dalam struktur kebudayaan. Pergeseran struktural terjadi perubahan jenis pekerjaan dari petani dan nelayan beralih profesi sebagai pedagang, karyawan hotel, café, bar, restoran dan lain sebagainya. Dalam pergeseran kultural telah terjadi perubahan gaya hidup dan cara berpakaian yang sebelumnya masyarakat Desa Batu Layar memakai pakaian tradisional dan sekarang memakai gaya berpakaian modern.  Batu Layar Village is one of the areas in Batu Layar Sub-district which is used as a strategic place for local and foreign tourists as a vacation spot because of supporting tourism facilities, such as the availability of entertainment venues, the beauty of the beach, its natural beauty. This research illustrates the existence of tourism and a shift in socio-cultural values in Desa Batu Layar, Kec. Batu Layar Kab.West Lombok. This study uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. Informants in this study were religious leaders, community leaders in Desa Batu Layar. The selection of informants was done by purposive sampling and Snowball Sampling. Data collection techniques are carried out by conducting interviews and observations as well as data analysis techniques done by reducing (selecting) rough data then presenting descriptively into standard sentences that are easy to understand and finally drawing conclusions based on the data presented. The results of this study indicate that tourism in the village of Batu Layar, in general, has been equipped with adequate facilities and infrastructure for a tourism area. The impact of the tourism of Batu Layar Village community has experienced a shift in the social structure of the community and a shift in the structure of culture. Structural shifts have changed the type of work of farmers and fishermen to switch professions as traders, hotel employees, cafes, bars, restaurants and so on. In the cultural shift there have been changes in lifestyles and ways of dressing which previously the people of Desa Batu Layar wear traditional clothes and now wear modern dress styles.

scholarly journals The impact of the environmental crisis on the purchasing power of consumers

2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 03005
Author(s):  
Askar Smagulov ◽  
Yerzhan Zhatkanbaev ◽  
Jumabek Tumbai ◽  
Shynar Abdikul ◽  
Kymbat Muratbekova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Normal Level ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Direct Connection ◽  
Ecological Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

The subject of the article is purpose of consumer behavior and its direct connection and interaction with ecological situation in the world. Several examples show that consumption which exceeds the normal level is determined by irrational goals and motives. These motives have essentially the nature of public ritual. They are supported by the social imitation instinct rather than by conscious individual goal setting. The irrationality and arbitrariness of consumption purposes therefore means also the irrationality of the goals and meaning of the production. The conclusion is that an economic system which is based on another alternative ultimate goals and meanings may be more effective in the face of a growing environmental crisis.

The Signatures of Social Structure: Petitioning for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Manchester

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kinga Makovi
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Slave Trade ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Social Fabric ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Structural ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Abolition Movement

This article considers the problem of popular, collectively organized political action in the context of the abolition movement of the slave trade (1788–1807). Various primary sources, a petition, a trade directory, church records, and a self-built historic GIS are used to locate petitioners for abolition in the social fabric of Manchester. Through matching and computational experiments the article highlights which social structural forces led individuals to support the abolition movement by signing a petition. Specifically, gathering places that were historically involved in the movement, as well as those that housed traveling merchants from communities with successful abolitionist petitions from preceding campaigns shaped abolitionist petitioning—and the impact of these institutions remained important over and above family ties, active religious congregations, and the occupational groups. The article gives a new understanding of the role that early industrialization played in the abolition movement, building it from the bottom up, forging cohesion within and across communities through local institutions, rather than creating new boundaries and divides through processes of class formation.

The Impact of Endorsing the Belief in a Just World on Social Judgments

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoît Testé ◽  
Samantha Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Social Judgments ◽  
Just World ◽  
The Social ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Impact

The present research examines the social value attributed to endorsing the belief in a just world for self (BJW-S) and for others (BJW-O) in a Western society. We conducted four studies in which we asked participants to assess a target who endorsed BJW-S vs. BJW-O either strongly or weakly. Results showed that endorsement of BJW-S was socially valued and had a greater effect on social utility judgments than it did on social desirability judgments. In contrast, the main effect of endorsement of BJW-O was to reduce the target’s social desirability. The results also showed that the effect of BJW-S on social utility is mediated by the target’s perceived individualism, whereas the effect of BJW-S and BJW-O on social desirability is mediated by the target’s perceived collectivism.

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