scholarly journals On some theoretical and methodological issues in researching the Roma population in sociology and ethnology/socio-cultural anthropology. The example of an ongoing research project in Serbia

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 879
Author(s):  
Miloš Milenković ◽  
Isidora Jarić ◽  
Valentina Sokolovska
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Roma Population ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Sociological Approaches ◽  
Methodological Aspects

The paper considers theoretical and methodological problems noted during the research project “Social and cultural potentials of the Roma ethnic community in Serbia” undertaken during 2013 and 2014. These problems point to an extant yet latent tension between the anthropological and the sociological approaches to the researched reality, with special emphasis on the antirealist tradition of the former and the empiricist “realist” tradition of the latter in the Serbian academic tradition of these disciplines. The paper considers how standard issues connected to methodological aspects of this primarily sociological research project (choice of topic, creation of sample, the making of field instruments, selection of informants, communication in the field, use of field assistants, data analysis and the making of the manuscript) diffract through the prism of theoretically disputable concepts of identity, ethnicity, assimilation and essentialization, which are subject to continuing questioning in anthropological theoretical and empirical research. The experience of conducting research together displays a set of methodological defaults on the anthropological and a set of theoretical defaults on the sociological side, followed by research renunciations and interpretative tensions and frustrations that arise from them, so it can be used as a guide to understanding disciplinary differences and similarities, especially when planning cooperation on a global level as well as in the local research context. Aside from this, the indivisibility of theoretical and methodological structures and the huge influence of theory on method, as demonstrated by the research itself, is considered, with implications for understanding theoretical and methodological issues which are bigger than the two disciplines in question. It is concluded that, for pragmatic reasons, multidisciplinary research of this type must be designed to suppress the theoretical ambitions of anthropology as well as the methodological ambitions of sociology.

scholarly journals Methodological issues in contemporary sociology of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Slavo Kukić
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Contemporary Sociology ◽  
Methodological Problems

Contemporary sociological science is increasingly being characterized by apositivist, therefore, the orientation on the empirical research of social problems.If there is, however, about the Bosnian-Herzegovinian sociology, thereare many unexplored issues in the fi eld of empirical sociological research - andthe greater is the number of causes of it. Methodological problems, of course,are one of the major manifestations of those causes- the problems in the areaof quantitative as well as those in the fi eld of qualitative sociological research.Some of the other dimensions of the problem should not be ignored - the issueof ethics in sociological research, the problem of a single database in the fi eldof sociology, as well as the research in the fi eld of social sciences in general, andthe like. And all of that is analyzed in the context of this paper.

scholarly journals “Russian Civilizational Development Project” and anthroposociocultural approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-42
Author(s):  
Nikolay I. Lapin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Development Project ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Main Text ◽  
Methodological Problems

The article is based on the report at the seminar № 1 of “Russian Civilizational Development Project” dated to 27th October 2020. (This project is a megatheme of the Institute of philosophy RAS, headed by the academician Andrey V. Smirnov). The article reviews key theoretical and methodological problems of civilizational research in the context of the named megatheme. The author uses the results of earlier researches [24; 25], in particular methodology of the anthroposo­ciocultural approach which he elaborated within the framework of the RFBR research project, its general characteristics were published in the “Sociological Research” with the support of the RFBR [26]. The author attempted to take into account the discussion that took place at the semi­nar, without changing the meaning of the text of the report, but clarifying its provisions. The au­thor also shortened the already published part of the text on the uniqueness of civilizations [27] and suggested some supplements in conclusion. A detailed justification of some of thesis and brief texts, which illustrate the positions of the cited authors, are given in the appendices to the main text.

Political Ontology and Race Research: A Response to “Critical Race Theory, Afro-pessimism, and Racial Progress Narratives”

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Weddington
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Market Research ◽  
Frantz Fanon ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Political Ontology ◽  
Black Populations ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Sociological Approaches ◽  
Racial Progress

This article is a critical response to a previous article by Victor Ray, Antonia Randolph, Megan Underhill, and David Luke that sought to incorporate lessons from Afro-pessimism for sociological research on race. Specifically, in their article, the authors emphasize conclusions from Afro-pessimism in their assessment of its lessons for theories of racial progress and labor-market research. In reviewing the work of key thinkers in the approach of Afro-pessimism—namely, Frantz Fanon, Saidiya Hartman, Frank Wilderson, and Jared Sexton—the author argues that Ray and his fellow authors, in focusing on conclusions about race and politics from Afro-pessimism, overlook key foundational assumptions of Afro-pessimist thought. The author clarifies such assumptions, particularly that blackness exists on an ontological register and that slavery persists as a social phenomenon, to argue that the four authors have essentially understated the implications from an Afro-pessimist approach. The author engages criticisms from Hartman, Wilderson, and P. Khalil Saucier, who argue that empiricist sociological approaches are antithetical to Afro-pessimist analysis. The author extends these criticisms to Ray and his fellow authors’ interventions, arguing that their rejection of racial progress narratives is not necessarily Afro-pessimist and that their prescriptions for labor-market research overlook the implications of slavery as a means to understand the racialization of labor. The author concludes by urging sociologists to earnestly engage with such criticisms and challenges from Afro-pessimism in conducting research on black populations.

scholarly journals 'Nenhum Problema Tem Solução': Um Arquivo Digital do Livro do Desassossego

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Portela
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Digital Archive ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Fernando Pessoa ◽  
Critical Editions ◽  
Methodological Aspects

O projeto 'Nenhum Problema Tem Solução: Um Arquivo Digital do Livro do Desassossego' tem como objetivo a criação de um arquivo digital hipermédia dedicado à obra Livro do Desassossego [LdoD], de Bernardo Soares/Fernando Pessoa. O arquivo agregará fac-símiles digitais dos materiais documentais do LdoD, transcrições topográficas desses materiais, transcrições textuais das quatro edições críticas publicadas entre 1982 e 2010 (Coelho 1982 [2ª edição, 1997]; Cunha 1990-91 [2ª edição, 2008]; Zenith 1998 [10ª edição, 2012]; Pizarro 2010), e ainda ferramentas de pesquisa e análise textual. Esta agregação e codificação eletrónica dos fragmentos combina edição genética e edição social do LdoD, mostrando-o como rede potencial de intenções autorais e como construção conjetural dos seus sucessivos editores. O arquivo digital criará ainda um espaço de virtualização do LdoD que favoreça novas dinâmicas de leitura, edição, investigação e escrita. Este artigo apresenta o projeto nos seus aspetos teóricos, técnicos e metodológicos, enquadrando-os na investigação em curso neste domínio. Abstract The research project 'No Problem Has Solution: A Digital Archive of the Book of Disquiet' aims to produce a digital hypermedia archive of the Book of Disquiet [LdoD], by Bernardo Soares/Fernando Pessoa. The archive will contain digital facsimiles of the documentary materials of LdoD, topographic transcriptions of those materials, textual transcriptions of the four critical editions published between 1982 and 2010 (Coelho 1982 [2nd edition, 1997]; Cunha 1990-91 [2nd edition, 2008]; Zenith 1998 [10th edition, 2012]; Pizarro 2010), and also tools for search and textual analysis. This aggregation and electronic encoding of textual fragments combines genetic and social editing of LdoD, showing it both as a network of potential authorial intentions and as a conjectural construction of its successive editors. This digital archive will also provide a space for virtualizing LdoD that encourages new dynamics of reading, editing, research, and writing. This article presents the project in its theoretical, technical, and methodological aspects, contextualizing them within ongoing research in the field.   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2182-8830_1-1_1

The customs procedure of duty-free trade: Methodological problems of indirect taxation and solutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1270-1291
Author(s):  
Elena Yu. SIDOROVA ◽  
Aleksei A. ARTEM'EV
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Indirect Taxation ◽  
Real Situation ◽  
First Case ◽  
Indirect Taxes ◽  
Methodological Problems ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Methodological Aspects

Subject. The article discusses customs payments made as part of sale and purchase deals for imported goods passing the duty-free trade customs clearance procedure. Objectives. We study methodological aspects of indirect taxation in the sale of goods passing the duty-free trade customs clearance procedure, and determine economically reasonable consequences in common situations. Methods. We use the graphic method, methods of comparison and observation to prove the reasonableness, reliability of methodological provisions and provide our reasoning on economically correct tax implications of indirect taxes as part of sale of imported goods subject to the duty-free trade customs clearance procedure. Results. Setting forth effective rules for duty-free shops and the use of the duty-free customs clearance procedure, the government expected that goods be sold to outbound passengers. However, as the real situation shows, inbound passengers can also go for duty-free shopping. Some methodological issues and contradictions arose after the scope of the duty-free procedure changed. There are two types of deals in selling goods to a duty-free shop (the seller is a Russian resident in the first case, but not in the other). Furthermore, currently, duty-free shops may sell goods to each other, being in the Russian Federation, which also engenders complicated contractual schemes. Conclusions. The paper outlines scenarios of selling goods to duty-free shops, and respective tax implications. We also consider the mechanism for charging taxes on deals involving goods subject to the duty-free trade procedure. In this study, we determine the taxation of other transactions that duty-free shops can make, out of the scope of the duty-free trade customs clearance procedure.

Methodological Issues in Conducting Research with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Lucksted ◽  
M. Isabel Fernandez ◽  
Patrick Wilson ◽  
Gary William Harper
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Conducting Research

Methodological Aspects of the Training Course "Modern Economic Conceptions"

2012 ◽  
pp. 154-157
Author(s):  
V. Vasilenok ◽  
N. Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
Methodological Aspects

Methodological and methodological issues of the meaningful construction of a new training course for master's training "Modern Economic Concepts" are discussed in the article. A number of concrete proposals have been made to improve the teaching of the course.

Information Needs of Microenterprise Owners in Louisiana

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Jin
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Industrial Sectors

This presentation will report on an ongoing research project about the information needs of microenterprise owners in Louisiana. Microenterprises are those businesses with fewer than five employees or sole proprietorships with no employees. They exist across all industrial sectors and incorporate a wide spectrum of information needs.Cette communication présente un projet de recherche en cours s'intéressant aux besoins informationnels des propriétaires de microentreprises de la Louisiane. Les microentreprises comptent moins de cinq employés, y compris celles à propriétaire unique sans employé, et sont présentes dans tous les secteurs d'activités. Les besoins informationnels varient donc grandement.

Chinese Television in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 026327642110120
Author(s):  
Alessandro Jedlowski
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
The Political ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Chinese Media ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
The Media ◽  
Chinese Television ◽  
Media Company

On the basis of the results of an ongoing research project on the activities of the Chinese media company StarTimes in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, this paper analyses the fluid and fragmentary dimension of the engagements between Chinese media and African publics, while equally emphasizing the power dynamics that underlie them. Focusing on a variety of ethnographic sources, it argues for an approach to the study of Chinese media expansion in Africa able to take into account, simultaneously, the macro-political and macro-economic factors which condition the nature of China–Africa media interactions, the political intentions behind them (as, for example, the Chinese soft power policies and their translation into specific media contents), and the micro dimension of the practices and uses of the media made by the actors (producers and consumers of media) in the field.

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