scholarly journals The Student International Community of Practice: a critical reflection on the shared experience of being a member, using creative hermeneutics

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Kate Sanders ◽  
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Kelly Marriott-Statham ◽  
Maria Mackay ◽  
Ailsa McMillan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
International Community ◽  
Shared Experience

Cities of Refuge, Rebel Cities, and the City to Come

2019 ◽  
pp. 253-271
Author(s):  
Giovanna Borradori
Keyword(s):  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
Political Agency ◽  
The Political ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
The Core ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
To Come ◽  
The City

As the processes of globalization transform cities into nodes of accumulation of financial and symbolic capital, it is fair to assume that urban contexts have never been more vulnerable to the systemic imperatives of the market. It is thus surprising that cities continue to be the site where the deepest social and political transformations come to the surface. What, then, preserves the city as a space of dissent? The claim of this chapter is that a critical reflection on the political agency of Northern and Southern cities has to start from asking what it means today to occupy the pavement of their streets. The argument explored here is that, in this age of molecular neoliberal encroachment and restructuring, it is a certain experience of dispossession, rather than the quest for identification and recognition, that makes the city the core of a shared experience of refuge and resistance.

scholarly journals Editorial: The power of collaboration

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Kate Sanders ◽  
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Caroline Dickson ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
International Community ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Strategic Leaders ◽  
Learning From Others ◽  
Ways Of Being ◽  
Practice Development

Since Covid-19 appeared almost two years ago, strategic leaders and academics have offered their wisdom to leaders ‘in the field’ in terms of what worked for them during previous crises. Learning from others’ experiences may be helpful, but the unprecedented nature of the context in which we are living and working has called for innovation, creativity and collaboration, to ‘work things out’. A theme of positivity runs through literature, encouraging leaders to foster hope through being available, listening, responding and showing compassion at a time when there seemed little reason to be positive. Over the difficult period of the pandemic, though, there have been so many stories of close collaborations, person-centred ways of being, helpfulness and kindness, and collaboration is a central theme in this issue of the IPDJ. Over recent months, we have reviewed and refined the aim and scope of the journal, alongside our key stakeholders at the Foundation of Nursing Studies, the International Practice Development Collaborative (IPDC) and the Person-centred Practice International Community of Practice (PCP-ICoP).

scholarly journals What does it take for flexible learning to survive? A UK case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Talbot ◽  
David Perrin ◽  
Bob Meakin
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Institutional Barriers ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Managerial Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Organisational Factors ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify potential reasons for the success of an innovative work-based learning (WBL) shell framework in an adverse environment. Design/methodology/approach Case study is the experience of one programme. Findings Demand-led, flexible WBL programmes have to overcome a number of internal cultural and institutional barriers in order to succeed. Important requirements are likely to include effective leadership, financial viability, adherence to quality assurance, adaptability, entrepreneurialism and a cohesive community of practice incorporating these traits. Research limitations/implications The conclusions are drawn from shared experience and are suggestive only as they are not readily susceptible to empirical verification. The authors accept that the conclusions appear speculative for some, but they suggest that in order for innovative programmes to survive, more is required than sound pedagogy. Practical implications Although lessons may not be directly transferable, the paper draws attention to the importance of managerial, leadership and organisational factors necessary for innovative WBL programmes to survive and develop. Originality/value There is some literature on why some innovative higher education programmes and institutions have failed; however, there is little on why some programmes are successful.

Knowledge in the Modern Organisation

Going Virtual ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Paul Hildreth
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
International Community ◽  
Distributed Environments

The case study features a distributed international Community of Practice (CoP). CoPs are currently playing a major role in Knowledge Management (KM), and as organisations need to operate in a global economy, CoPs are having to function more and more in distributed environments. This chapter provides a context and background for the study by exploring the need for organisations to capitalise on their knowledge.

Subverting transphobia and challenging ignorance

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Jones
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
The Face ◽  
Mutual Identity

In this article, I present two moments of interaction emerging from a focus group between young people who are members of a community of practice: a support group for transgender youth and their parents. Using discourse analysis, I demonstrate how the young people work collaboratively to construct a mutual identity, which foregrounds their shared experience of transgender issues and minimises differences between them. I argue that they do this to actively challenge and resist the discrimination they experience due to transphobia and ignorance, which includes attempts to ‘other’ them. I show how the young people ascribe themselves agency by subverting the heteronormative ideologies which inform this othering, thus constructing an active, resistant and validated mutual identity rather than a victimised, submissive or othered one. This identity work tells us much about the hugely important role played by support groups in helping young people to construct a positive persona in the face of transphobic discrimination.

The Odyssey of Ph.D. Students Becoming a Community of Practice

2004 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annick Janson ◽  
Laurie Howard
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Academic Support ◽  
Management Communication ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Peer Community ◽  
The University

Wenger’s theory of communities of practice (CoPs) helps explain how a group of Ph.D. students in the Department of Management Communication at the University of Waikato in New Zealand met a need for emotional and academic support and reduced isolation as they developed regular opportunities for face-to-face and virtual discussions on theory and technical and emotive issues. An analysis of this process makes three contributions to communities of practice scholarship: It documents “catalyzing” circumstances for CoP creation, places the Ph.D. quest in the context of existing CoP theory, and identifies a critical point that precedes CoP formation in the existing CoP model. Highlighting the shared experience of postgraduate students opens up opportunities for CoP formation that can help students emerge from isolation into a supportive peer community.

scholarly journals Deprivation of nationality under article 8 (3) of the 1961 Convention on the reduction of statelessness

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Bücken ◽  
René de Groot
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
International Community ◽  
Due Diligence ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
The Individual

In the international community, there is a continuing trend to deprive citizens of their nationality for certain undesirable behaviour. The 1961 Convention prohibits this practice in cases where the individual concerned would become stateless as a consequence. However, State Parties can reserve certain exceptions to this prohibition by filing a declaration under Article 8 (3) at the time of ratification. This article aims to conduct a thorough analysis and a critical reflection of the declarations of ratifying States of the 1961 Convention submitted under Article 8 (3) of the Convention. This approach includes a quantitative analysis of the submitted declarations against the background of recent geopolitical events, which will show an absolute, yet not a proportional rise, of declarations submitted under Article 8 (3). An analysis of the legality of the submitted declarations as well as a discussion of the corresponding national provisions will be conducted. Furthermore, an evaluation of the reaction of other Contracting States to the submitted declarations will demonstrate serious shortcomings in the due diligence of Contracting States, arguing that a double-standard is applied to declarations submitted under Article 8(3) by Western Contracting States in comparison to the treatment of Contracting States from the Islamic World.

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