scholarly journals Science communication: frequently public, occasionally intellectual

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. C01
Author(s):  
Rod Lamberts
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Starting Position ◽  
Speaking Out ◽  
Professional Environment ◽  
The Status ◽  
Critical Social

This article provides a starting position and scene-setter for an invited commentary series on science communication and public intellectualism. It begins by briefly considering what intellectualism and public intellectualism are, before discussing their relationship with science communication, especially in academia. It ends with a call to science communication academics and practitioners to either become more active in challenging the status quo, or to help support those who wish to by engendering a professional environment that encourages risk-taking and speaking-out in public about critical social issues.

scholarly journals Politicising the debate on urban sprawl: The case of the Lyon metropolitan region

Urban Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 004209802094879
Author(s):  
Eric Charmes ◽  
Max Rousseau ◽  
Maryame Amarouche
Keyword(s):  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Smart Growth ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Compact City ◽  
Spatial Justice ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject

The fight against urban sprawl has become an international motto for planners. However, recent urban policies promoting ‘smart growth’ and ‘new urbanism’ are the subject of growing criticism from various scientific disciplines. This paper goes beyond the debate for or against sprawl to examine the political and social issues behind anti-sprawl policies. We show how and why urban compaction can be perceived as a burden or a resource, depending on the different sub-metropolitan territories concerned. These issues are discussed in the case of the second largest metropolitan area in France, the region of Lyon. The paper analyses how the national legislation on urban sprawl and the ‘compact city’ is implemented in the very diverse territories within Lyon’s metropolis and how some of those territories use it to their advantage. It reveals that the resulting compromises are deceptive and raise spatial justice issues. It also shows how compaction or densification are negotiated in the suburbs to preserve the status quo in wealthy municipalities.

scholarly journals Collision and Collusion: Artists, Academics, and Activists in Dialogue with the University of California and Critical Disability Studies

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Kudlick ◽  
Susan Schweik
Keyword(s):  
Disability Studies ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Critical Disability Studies ◽  
Audio Description ◽  
The Status ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The University

<p>This essay recounts two interconnected collaborative disability studies projects. Because of every person&rsquo;s complex relationship to their own embodiment and that of others, disability beckons us to a realm beyond abstraction, even as the field becomes ever more theoretical. We describe how disability shaped what we did and how we did it; description is a key term here. Conversations such as the ones we had in 2010 and 2012 pave the way for new ideas by offering concrete examples of disability as a generative force.&nbsp; Through risk taking and creative practice, the best academics and artists challenge the status quo, maybe serving as translators for people not in the habit of giving disability or disabled people much thought. The more people come to associate disability with positive ideas, the more we can imagine changing those hardwired negative, pitying forces that dominate approaches to policy, practices, and encounters in daily life. &nbsp;</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> access, arts, audio description, critical disability studies, collaboration, curation, design, distance learning.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

scholarly journals Organizational Culture Assessment of Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-167
Author(s):  
Arshad Zaheer ◽  
Kashif ur Rehman Kashif ur Rehman ◽  
Abrar Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Medium Enterprises

This paper is an ethnographic study defining and assessing the organizational culture exhibited by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It primarily focuses on four cultural categories: clan, adhocracy, hierarchy and market-driven. These conceptual domains have been examined by the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument. Results from a sample of 162 SMEs in the Rawalpindi/Islamabad area indicate that SME culture lacks creativity, innovation, freedom and risk taking. SMEs are not looking to change in the future, preferring the status quo. The most important finding is that SMEs exhibit a market- oriented culture focusing on results, competition and achievements.

Prejudice toward immigrant groups: How perceptions of ingroup discrimination moderate the effect of challenges to the status quo

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber L. Garcia ◽  
Michael T. Schmitt ◽  
Naomi Ellemers ◽  
Nyla R. Branscombe
Keyword(s):  
Status Quo ◽  
The Status
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