scholarly journals The Muslim Precariat of Assam: Contagion, Migrants, and COVID-19

Two Homelands ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (54) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin Saikia
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Return Home

This article examines the plight of migrant Muslim garbage pickers during the COVID-19 lockdown in India and their struggles to return home to Assam. Their financial hardships were exacerbated by social, political, and religious prejudices. Belonging to the Bengali-speaking miya community, deemed “Bangladeshi,” government authorities neglected them. The lockdown’s hyped-up anti-Muslim propaganda also reduced them to “corona jihadis.” The author reads their struggles as a case study of the Muslim condition in India and argues for civic engagement for redressing the condition of the marginal and vulnerable. The research was conducted through telephone and Zoom calls and in-person interviews.

Civic Engagement and Environmentalism in Emerging Adulthood

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Pratt ◽  
M. Kyle Matsuba
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Life Story ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
John Muir ◽  
Conservation Movement ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Positive Engagement

Chapter 9 focuses on contexts of positive engagement in the domain of the wider society among emerging adults. The authors examine the growing research literature on civic engagement and volunteering, covering patterns of development and change during emerging to young adulthood, describing how this development is linked to the three personality levels of the McAdams and Pals model. They also describe work on one salient contemporary type of civic engagement, environmentalism, and review what is known on this particular topic in youth. The authors cover the evidence on both of these domains from their Futures Study sample, using both questionnaire and narrative material to expand these findings. As a way of illuminating the key points, the chapter ends with a case study of the early life story of John Muir, an important founder of the environmental and conservation movement in the United States.

Service-learning effects on student civic engagement and community - A case study from India

2021 ◽  
pp. 174619792110413
Author(s):  
Siamack Zahedi ◽  
Rhea Jaffer ◽  
Camille L Bryant ◽  
Kala Bada
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Learning Effects ◽  
School Classroom ◽  
K 12

The development of student civic engagement has featured in Indian educational policies for decades as a critical goal of schooling. However, the narrowness of the prescribed K-12 curricula, and the intense focus on competitive exams, do not support such an outcome. To overcome this problem, ABC School in India decided to pilot service-learning in its middle-school classroom. The idea was to assess the effects of such a program on students and the community’s welfare. Analysis of data from surveys, focus groups, and interviews showed that the service-learning project might have supported increased civic engagement in some students while also enhancing the welfare of the community served. No prior peer-reviewed empirical studies have been published on the nature and effects of service-learning at schools in India.

How LAM Sector Can Improve Quality of Life for Underserved Groups via a Whole Person Approach

2022 ◽  
pp. 283-294
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asim Qayyum ◽  
Mohamed Taher
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Special Services ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Critical Exploration ◽  
Underserved Groups

A Whole Person Approach (WPA) can be used in various parts of LAM (Libraries, Archives, and Museums) sector to provide effective services for underserved groups of society to achieve civic engagement with the communities it serves. WPA is a relatively new theoretical framework in the fields of social science and healthcare. It highlights the necessity and importance of having a holistic view in dealing with different life matters and challenges. This chapter focuses on the special services that LAM sector can offer to facilitate the way towards achieving the goal of enhanced civic engagement, as serving the unserved groups of society is an urgent priority for the sector. Several Creative strategies will be discussed that can be implemented in the current services to make sure the special needs of communities that a sector serves are considered and met. A limitation of this chapter is that it is not a case study, nor is it based on field experiences. It is in fact a critical exploration of the concepts to facilitate in building a theory in an interdisciplinary perspective.

UNDERSTANDING THE DESERTION OF SOUTH CAROLINIAN SOLDIERS DURING THE FINAL YEARS OF THE CONFEDERACY

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 657-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICK J. DOYLE
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Simple Representation ◽  
The World ◽  
Return Home ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

ABSTRACTAlthough the American Civil War is perhaps the most written about event in American history, the issue of desertion has often retained a neglected position in the conflict's dense historiography. Those historians who have studied military absenteeism during the war have tended to emphasize socio-economic factors as motivating men to leave the army and return home. The Register of Confederate Deserters, a list of southern soldiers who crossed into Union lines and took an oath of loyalty in order to try and return home, can provide a different look at these men. By studying the South Carolinian men on the Register, as a case-study, we can see that ideological, as well as socio-economic, motivations occupied the thought process of Civil War deserters. Moreover, the act of desertion was rarely a simple representation of the thoughts of the individual but of the opinions and feelings of his family and community as well. As such, studying Confederate desertion not only helps us understand the issues of loyalty and nationalism during the Civil War, but also the way in which nineteenth-century southerners conceptualized the world around them.

scholarly journals Peran Tradisi Irung-Irung dalam Memperkuat Civic Engagement Generasi Muda di Kabupaten Bandung Barat

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Agil Nanggala ◽  
Elly Malihah
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Younger Generation

This study aimed to analyze the role of the irung-irung tradition in strengthening civic engagement of the younger generation of Cihideung Village. This study used a qualitative approach with the case study method. Data collection techniques used interviews, observations, and literature studies. The results showed that the traditional irung-irung procedure: praying together, marching to water resources, custom ceremonial process, sacrificing animals, eating together, and closing prayers, the younger generation’s involvement in the irung-irung tradition was more focused on the aspect of democracy through the positive role it plays, not yet at the traditional level, the strategy for strengthening the engagement of the younger generation was through the empowerment of youth and utilizing information and communication technologies.

The Rise of a Networked Public Sphere

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Debashis ‘Deb' Aikat
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Cultural Origins ◽  
Networked Public Sphere

The world's largest democracy with a population of over 1.27 billion people, India is home to a burgeoning media landscape that encompasses a motley mix of traditional and contemporary media. Drawing from the theoretical framework of the networked public sphere, this extensive case study focuses on the role of social media in India's media landscape. Results indicate that new social media entities complement traditional media forms to inform, educate, connect, and entertain people from diverse social, ethnic, religious, and cultural origins. The author concludes that social media enable Indian citizens to actively deliberate issues and ideas, increase their civic engagement and citizen participation, and thus enrich India's democratic society.

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