scholarly journals Researching vernacular Judaism: reflections on theory and method

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Illman
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Studies ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Vernacular Religion ◽  
Emerging Patterns ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Religion And Change

This article presents the ethnographically driven multi-method research perspective of vernacular religion and analyses its potential to contribute to the theoretical advancement of Jewish studies. The ongoing discussion on religion and change within the study of religions in gen­eral and Jewish studies in particular is outlined and structured around three ‘turns’ identified in the re­search on vernacular religiosity. To exemplify these theoretical and methodological considerations, a recently initiated research project focusing on vernacular Judaism in Finland is presented. This project seeks to examine central ideas of boundaries as they are negotiated and interpreted among Finnish Jewry, to compare the emerging patterns with Nordic counterparts and thus contribute to a more nuanced perception of Jewish identities in these contexts. The article concludes with a discussion on the advances of such an approach, pointing to the relative novelty of research into vernacular religion within Jewish studies and the exceptionality of the Finnish Jewish context.

scholarly journals Interindi: una nueva perspectiva de investigación acerca del indigenismo / Interindi: A New Research Perspective on Indigenismo

2018 ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Laura Giraudo ◽  
Juan Martín Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Professional Field ◽  
New Research ◽  
Empirical Contribution

This article presents the main objectives and outcomes of the Interindi research project: “El indigenismo interamericano: instituciones, redes y proyectos para un continente, 1940-1960”. Its most ambitious research objective is to provide a methodological, theoretical and empirical contribution to scientific discussion on indigenismo. After discussing the state of the art in this field, advances are offered for a new broader perspective based on two fundamental aspects: 1) the importance of consulting primary sources to explain indigenismo, and 2) the need to remove the discussion of the indigenous question and indigenismo from the auto-referential context in which it has developed.Key WordsIndigenismo, professional field, inter-American networks.ResumenEste artículo presenta los objetivos y resultados principales del proyecto de investigación Interindi: “El indigenismo interamericano: instituciones, redes y proyectos para un continente, 1940-1960”. El objetivo más ambicioso de la investigación es conseguir una contribución metodológica, teórica y empírica a la discusión científica acerca del indigenismo. Tras discutir el estado de la cuestión, se introducen los avances de una nueva perspectiva general que radica en dos aspectos fundamentales: 1) la importancia de acudir al estudio de las fuentes para explicar el indigenismo y 2) la necesidad de sacar la discusión sobre la cuestión indígena y el indigenismo del contexto autorreferencial en que se ha desarrollado.Palabras claveIndigenismo, campo profesional, redes interamericanas.

Teaching As a Way of Knowing

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
William L. Wansart
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Teacher Research ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Teacher Researchers ◽  
Way Of Knowing ◽  
Special Education Programs ◽  
Methodological Considerations

This article is about action-oriented teacher research, wherein teachers advocate for student's abilities and accomplishments. teacher researchers use the stories students reveal about the competent aspects of their lives as learners to immediately change their teaching. the article describes (a) underlying assumptions about teaching and knowing, (b) the focus of the teacher research perspective, (c) methodological considerations, and (d) applications to the study of special education. adopting a teacher research stance in special education has the potential to provide an alternative view of students in special education programs and to transform both teaching and assessment practices.

Black Sturgeon Boreal Mixedwood Research Project

1999 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Cameron ◽  
I. K. Morrison ◽  
K. A. Baldwin ◽  
D. P. Kreutzweiser
Keyword(s):  
Fire Ecology ◽  
Site Preparation ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ecosystem Responses ◽  
North Central ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Second Growth ◽  
Wildlife Populations ◽  
Boreal Mixedwoods

Over 50% of the productive forest land in boreal Ontario is composed of boreal mixedwood stands. These stands represent some of the most complex ecological problems for forest researchers because of inherent fertility and high productivity both in terms of timber yields and ability to sustain high wildlife populations. The response of boreal mixedwoods to disturbances such as fire, insects and disease and harvesting is also unclear. An integrated, multi-disciplinary, multi-agency approach to understanding boreal mixedwood ecosystems was undertaken in the early 1990s with the establishment of the Black Sturgeon Boreal Mixedwood Research Project Four broad research component studies – site preparation alternatives, harvesting impacts, fire ecology and aquatic ecosystem responses – were begun in second growth boreal mixedwoods in north central Ontario. This account provides a broad overview of the specific research investigations on the Black Sturgeon Boreal Mixedwood Research Project. It outlines the funding, partnerships and management of this project and provides a historical research perspective of the Black Sturgeon area. Key words: boreal, mixedwood, harvesting impacts, fire ecology, site preparation, aquatic ecosystems

scholarly journals Holistic Experiences and Strategies for Conducting Research With Couples

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie E. Braybrook ◽  
Lawrence W. Mróz ◽  
Steve Robertson ◽  
Alan White ◽  
Kate Milnes
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Health Studies ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Insight Into

In this article, we outline methodological considerations for conducting research interviews with couples. We draw from two qualitative men’s health studies, both developed to explore social interactions between men and their partners of either sex in relation to their health practices. We utilized a combination of separate interviews and joint couple interviews. From these studies, we offer insight into our experiences of using both types of interview styles, addressing four key areas which span elements across the research project journey: (a) choosing a mode of interview, (b) ethical concerns in couple research, (c) the interview as a platform for disclosure, and (d) analyzing data from couple research.

Discursive Study of Religion: Approaches, Definitions, Implications

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kocku von Stuckrad
Keyword(s):  
Sociology Of Knowledge ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Historical Epistemology ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Academic Study

Abstract The article explores recent approaches to historical analysis of discourse that have been developed in disciplines such as the sociology of knowledge and historical epistemology. These approaches have only sporadically been taken seriously in the academic study of religion, although they have a great potential to establish a study of religion that is both academically rigorous and aware of its societal and historical contexts and limitations. The article defines the necessary concepts for a discursive study of religion as an hermeneutical discipline that scrutinizes and historicizes the societal organization of knowledge about religion. This discourse on religion—defined here as religion—generates, legitimizes, and maintains meaning structures and societal realities. The discourse-historical analysis of religion is not itself a method but a research perspective. Nevertheless, this perspective implies several steps in designing a research project that the article describes with concrete examples.

scholarly journals „Chodzenie-wzdłuż-drogi” — rozważania metodologiczne o badaniu i pisaniu na temat bezdomności

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Magdalena Płaza
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Road ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Methodological Considerations

“Walking-along-the-road” — methodological considerations on researching and writing about homelessnessThe article aims at devoloping a methodological framework for describing the world of the homeless and the things they posses. In the first part I consider research problems coming to light while writing on this marginalised and stigmatised group, in the second part I touch on the methods useful in my research project, namely: autoetnography and ethno-animation.

scholarly journals Tuning in on the Becoming of Music

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-210
Author(s):  
Edvin Østergaard
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Musical Composition ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Intimate Relation ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Research Show ◽  
Artistic Research

Abstract In this article, I explore the music-in-becoming as a dialogue. The thesis of my inquiry is that during musical composition, the composer’s listening is marked by both activeness and receptiveness; actively structuring the sounding work, and receptively letting the work express itself as it takes its form. Composer and work merge in sudden moments of attunement, the sensation of coherence between the so-fare completed and the anticipation of the as-of-yet unformed work. Composition is all about balancing writing as a handicraft with those rare, unexpected moments of attunement. I discuss the emerging work’s invitational character and the fact that during composition, the piece seems to request the composer’s attention. The audibility of the work’s voice depends on the composer’s ability to listen. Finally, the methodological considerations concerning sonic-artistic research show that researching sonic experiences requires competencies of being attentive, responsive, and reflective. Attentiveness is related to thorough listening experiences of the emerging music, responsiveness appears as a vital skill in a composer’s dialoguing with the music-in-becoming, and reflectiveness is associated with empirically documenting the processes. At the heart of this sonic research project, I place my lived experience of composing and the intimate relation between sound and listening.

scholarly journals Theorization and industry-based research project development: Bridging the industry–academia research gap

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.M. Riad Shams ◽  
Alkis Thrassou
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Project Development ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Ongoing Concern

Sustainably bridging the industry–academia research gap is an ongoing concern within the wider effort to successfully unlock the full potential of both sectors. In this context, the authors present a research perspective on and an explicit articulation of the manner in which academic research could focus on theorization. They discuss how this focus could be instrumental in developing industry-based academic research projects. ‘Theorization’, in this context, refers to the contribution to existing theories and/or the development of a new theory, aiming to nurture the theorization process, in a way that could substantially contribute to industry’s needs and help to bridge the industry–academia research gap.

Artistic Research in Theater for Early Years: Methodological Movements in Mum’s Dancing

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 670-679
Author(s):  
Lise Hovik
Keyword(s):  
Research Process ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Final Performance ◽  
Full Participation ◽  
Performance Events ◽  
Artistic Research

This article is based on the PhD project The Red Shoes, an artistic research project reflected through analyses and experiences of performance events, filmmaking, and theory. The project conducted three different performances for and with children under the age of three, about red shoes, dancing, music, and playing. Mum’s Dancing was the final performance and allowed the children full participation in an installation together with two dancers and a musician. The artistic research process itself, moving from a theater performance toward an installation concept and in the end an improvised dance concert, was challenging in terms of methodology. The multitude of perspectives, focuses, and shifting movements urged me as both director and researcher to search for new understandings of the whole event. With Henk Borgdorff’s theories on artistic research, I was able to move between an interpretive, an instrumental, and a performative research perspective.

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