scholarly journals Etnomusikologian yliopisto-opetus demokraattisen yhteiselämän kehitysalustana

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina C. Öhman
Keyword(s):  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Black Lives Matter

Elämme keskellä sosiaalista murrosta, jonka kehitykseen vaikuttavat koronaviruspandemian eriarvoistavat seuraukset ja akuutti tarve parantaa oikeudenmukaisuutta polarisoituvassa maailmassa. Koronaviruspandemia on haurastuttanut sosiaalista kanssakäymistä. Samalla myös yhteiskunnallinen eriarvoistuminen jatkuu; jo viime vuosikymmeneltä saakka muun muassa Occupy Wall Street -liikkeen, Arabikevään, Hongkongin protestien sekä #metoo- ja Black Lives Matter -liikkeiden esiin nostamat ongelmat ovat paljastaneet demokratian laajamittaista murentumista. Tämä herättää kysymyksiä siitä, miten kasvavat jännitteet ihmisten välillä ja fyysisen etäisyyden aika vaikuttavat jatkossa demokraattiseen yhteiselämään. Samaan aikaan on huomionarvoista, että humanistinen yliopistokoulutus on vaarassa. Markkinahenkisyyden ja vähenevien resurssien myötä yliopistot tekevät valintoja laadullisten tavoitteidensa välillä, joko panostaen “tehokkuuteen” (mitattuna opintopisteillä ja valmistuneiden opiskelijoiden määrällä) tai yleisesti tunnustettujen taitojen oppimiseen tai transformatiivisen oppimiskokemuksen tuottamiseen (Harvey & Green 1993, sit. Biggs 2001: 221–222). Nämä seikat huomioiden artikkelini yleisenä tavoitteena onkin avata uutta keskustelua etnomusikologian opetuksesta ja sen yhteiskunnallisesta vaikuttavuudesta. Käytän etnomusikologiaa esimerkkialana osallistavan opetuksen hyödyllisyydestä. Tarkoitukseni on erityisesti osoittaa, millä tavoin etnomusikologian yliopisto-opetus voi edesauttaa dialogiseen keskusteluun tarvittavien kykyjen kehittämistä ja siten harjaannuttaa opiskelijoita demokraattiseen yhteiselämään. Aineistona käytän omakohtaisia kokemuksiani; näytän, miten kokemukseni etnomusikologian opiskelijana ovat kehittäneet pedagogista ajatteluani ja opetustyöni tavoitteita. Ensin kuvailen kokemuksiani jatko-opiskelijana Pennsylvanian yliopistolla Yhdysvalloissa. Sitten kerron, kuinka dialogin kykyjen harjoituttaminen toteutuu opetustyössäni Helsingin yliopistolla. Opetuksellista näkemystäni määrittää transformatiivisen oppimiskokemuksen käsite. (Mezirow et al 1996; 1997; Nevgi & Lindblom-Ylänne 2009: 209.) Sen ohjaama analyysini nojautuu filosofi Kai Alhasen teoriaan dialogista demokratiassa. Alhasen mukaan dialogi on tietynlaista keskustelua, jossa osallistujat tarkastelevat yhdessä minkälaisia merkityksiä he antavat käsitellyille aiheille. Siten keskustelu voi johtaa luottamuksen rakentamiseen ja ymmärrykseen osallistujien kesken. Kuitenkin osallistuminen dialogiseen keskusteluun vaatii taitoja, joita on harjoiteltava. Nämä taidot ovat virittäytyminen, kuvittelu, harkinta, leikki ja usko. (Alhanen 2016.) Lopuksi annan työkaluja siihen, miten dialogisen keskustelun taitoja voisi harjoitella etnomusikologian opetuksessa. Yleisesti ottaen artikkelini on puheenvuoro etnomusikologian yliopisto-opetuksen arvon puolesta.

Masses on the stages of democracy: Democratic promises and dangers in self-dramatizations of masses

Thesis Eleven ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 072551362110569
Author(s):  
Christiane Mossin
Keyword(s):  
Structural Features ◽  
The Political ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Black Lives Matter

The political significance of masses is more obvious than ever. The aim of this article is to develop a conceptualization capable of capturing the dangerous (totalitarian) as well as promising (potentially emancipatory) aspects of masses. It argues that, intricately, the dangers and fruitful potentials of masses are born out of the same fundamental structural features. We may differentiate analytically between different kinds of masses, but all masses contain elements of ambiguity. The mass conceptualization developed builds on a critical, deconstructing interpretation of selected Bataille texts centering on ontological features of individuality and collectivity. Especially, Bataille’s concepts of ‘myth’ and ‘sacrifice’ are accentuated and critically transformed. Contemporary examples of masses – right-wing anti-establishment movements, Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter – are presented and reflected through the prism of sacrifice, with the aim of highlighting the multifaceted and complex nature of the dynamics of masses.

The Case for Social Justice

2018 ◽  
pp. 45-82
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Opposition Movement ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Trayvon Martin

This chapter explains the fomentation of the Black Lives Matter movement, which began as a hashtag in 2013. The chapter explores the ideology and goals of the movement, as well as past and current tactics that the movement participants are utilizing to bring awareness to their cause. The chapter highlights numerous high-profile incidents that propelled Black Lives Matter onto the national stage, including the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and Sandra Bland. The chapter juxtaposes Black Lives Matter against other contemporary American social movements such as Occupy Wall Street to better understand the development of an opposition movement in the U.S.

Conclusion

For the Wild ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah M. Pike
Keyword(s):  
Animal Rights ◽  
Youth Culture ◽  
First Century ◽  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
The Right

In the book’s Conclusion, I explore what it means to act “for the wild” and “for the animals” throughout one’s lifespan. Radical animal rights and environmental activism can be seen in relation to other radical protests of the early twenty-first century, including Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter and the Standing Rock Dakota Pipeline protest, as well as anti-government protests on the Right. I conclude by suggesting what this study has, in the end, to say about youth culture, ritual, memory, and contemporary spirituality in the contexts of radical environmental and animal rights movements and broader political and social shifts in the early twenty-first century. These movements are significant signs of changing times as human and other-than-human communities face and respond to powerful social, political and climate challenges.

Can’t Knock the Hustle

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-158
Author(s):  
Melissa Vosen Callens
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
The Government ◽  
Gen X

Chapter five explores how Stranger Things deviates from 1980s film. The chapter highlights what has happened to Gen X since the dataset was released, including their involvement in three key social media movements: the Occupy Wall Street Movement, the Me Too Movement, and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Gen X’s midlife experiences, just as the experiences of their youth, are both generated and articulated in popular culture, including Stranger Things. While Stranger Things reflects characteristics often assigned to Gen X youth, it also reflects Gen X’s growth and evolving thoughts on family, the economy, and the government.

scholarly journals Unconventional protests: Partisans and independents outside the Republican and Democratic national conventions

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 205316801667413
Author(s):  
Michael T. Heaney
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Tea Party ◽  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
National Party ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Micro Level

Protests at national party conventions are an important setting in which political parties and social movements challenge one another. This article examines the motivations of participants in these events. Drawing upon data from surveys of protesters outside the 2008 national party conventions, it focuses on how partisan and independent political identifications correspond with the reasons that individuals give for protesting. The results demonstrate that there are some conditions under which independents place a greater focus on issues than do partisans and under which partisans place a greater focus on presidential candidates than do independents. However, there are also conditions under which independents are inclined to work alongside partisans, such as trying to stop the election of a threatening candidate and in championing an issue outside their opposing party’s convention. The article argues that micro-level partisan identifications are thus likely to affect the broader structure of party coalitions. These considerations promise to become increasingly relevant as social movements – such as the Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, and Black Lives Matter – launch new campaigns against or within established parties.

Academic Responses to Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter

Peace Review ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 444-450
Author(s):  
Donna Hunter ◽  
Emily Polk
Keyword(s):  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Black Lives Matter

Forum on Occupy Wall Street

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-114
Author(s):  
Juliet Dee
Keyword(s):  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
Wall Street

scholarly journals The Organizational Trace of an Insurgent Moment

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 237802311770065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam D. Reich
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
York City ◽  
Social Movement Organizations ◽  
Occupy Wall Street ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Formal Organizations ◽  
Movement Organizations ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between social movements and formal organizations has long been a concern to scholars of collective action. Many have argued that social movement organizations (SMOs) provide resources that facilitate movement emergence, while others have highlighted the ways in which SMOs institutionalize or coopt movement goals. Through an examination of the relationship between Occupy Wall Street and the field of SMOs in New York City, this article illustrates a third possibility: that a moment of insurgency becomes a more enduring movement in part through the changes it induces in the relations among the SMOs in its orbit.

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