scholarly journals “Through the Looking Glass”: The Emotional Journey of the Volunteer Ethnographer when Researching Sensitive Topics with Vulnerable Populations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio Augusto ◽  
Ana Hilário
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Observation Study ◽  
Emotional Challenges ◽  
Sensitive Topics ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Reflective Strategies ◽  
Looking Glass

This paper extends further research on being both a volunteer and ethnographic researcher and intends to offer some insights on the emotional challenges of adopting this dual role when conducting research on sensitive topics and with vulnerable populations. The discussion presented here draws upon an ethnographic participant observation study of a food redistribution organization (Re-food) held in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. The paper builds awareness on the emotional challenges in the field and discusses potential self-reflective strategies for researchers to cope with the extraordinary demands posed on them by specific circumstances and subjects. The volunteer ethnographer, when developing their work, is subject to a wide range of emotional challenges that are related to the functions that they had to develop in the research context itself due to their dual role, as well as to the vulnerability of participants and the sensitivity of the topic addressed.

The Death of Gilles Deleuze as Composition of a Concept

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-138
Author(s):  
Alain Beaulieu ◽  
Douglas Ord
Keyword(s):  
Gilles Deleuze ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
Looking Glass

There was a wide range of in memoriam and homages published in the years following Deleuze's suicide. However, none of them succeeded in grasping ‘the evential’ aspect of his death. This paper identifies a series of errors in the literature on Deleuze's death. It also suggests a way to overcome them by considering a singular encounter between Alice's passage through the looking glass and Deleuze's defenestration, which both took place on 4 November. We will show how a new conception of death as event comes out of this unseen connection.

ORGANIZATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ELECTRIC ROUTE PASSENGER TRANSPORT

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (65) ◽  
pp. 66-77
Author(s):  
Denis V. Kapsky ◽  
◽  
Sergey S. Semchenkov ◽  
Evgeny N. Kot ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Practical Development ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Conducting Research

The rapid development of the transport sector leads not only to positive changes in the life of cities and towns, to an increase in convenience and comfort for residents, but also worsens the ecology and their living environment. The “profitable-safe” dilemma can be solved by the approach of environmentally oriented selection of the type of route passenger transport and decisionmaking in favor of electric route passenger transport. The article discusses the types of such transport on the example of the experience of their use in the Republic of Belarus. The classification and systematization developed by the authors are presented with subsequent recommendations for its application. On the basis of the results of the authors’ research, the issues of interaction of rail and non-rail route vehicles with an electric drive with the organization of road traffic are separately considered. The presented materials can be useful to a wide range of readers, as well as to specialists conducting research and practical development in the field of electrically powered route vehicles and traffic management.

scholarly journals Affordances for drinking alcohol: A non-participant observation study in licensed premises

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 747-755
Author(s):  
Kimberley M. Hill ◽  
Michael Pilling ◽  
David R. Foxcroft
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Drinking Alcohol ◽  
Observation Study ◽  
Licensed Premises

scholarly journals International business research challenges in Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 188-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdoulkadre Ado ◽  
Roseline Wanjiru
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Observation Method

Purpose This paper aims to explore the challenges researchers in/on Africa face when conducting research on the continent. It examines the reasons behind Africans’ relatively limited contribution to the business literature in the global sphere and why not culturally sensitive and nuanced research on Africa is spreading unchallenged. Design/methodology/approach The study combines knowledge creation and institutional theories to explain why African business scholars struggle in researching the continent and in contributing significantly to global knowledge creation. It also explores the debate about why Africa’s narratives in business seem dominated by not culturally sensitive and nuanced voices and approaches. It uses a participant observation method. Findings The study found that African scholars have not yet contributed significantly to global knowledge creation because of Africa’s institutional weaknesses and lack of government support for research, coupled with challenges at the interviewing, organizational and scholars’ levels. The study points to the specificities of the continent as well as to African interviewees’ particularities and the type of interactions with the researchers. The paper proposes new avenues to address those multilevel challenges and offers key lessons for future studies. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to systematically investigate the fundamental reasons behind business research challenges in/on Africa from knowledge creation and institutional standpoints. This study also contributes to the growing debate on Africans’ meager contribution to business literature as well as the controversy regarding culturally sensitive vs not culturally sensitive knowledge creation on Africa. Finally, it proposes avenues to understanding and overcoming those challenges.

scholarly journals KEMANDIRIAN FINANSIAL LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN MELALUI ENTREPRENEURSHIP DAN PARTNERSHIP

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1197
Author(s):  
Ahmad Romadhon
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Case Method ◽  
Financial Independence ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Depth Interviews

The objective of this research was to understand comprehensively the Financial Independent in Organization of Education through Entrepreneurship and partnership. it was a qualitative research with study case method conducted in Al Ashriyyah Nurul Iman Islamic Boarding School, Parung-Bogor. In this research data collecting with triangulation technique, Overall the researchers use participant observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation for the same data sources simultaneously. As a private educational institution, Al Ashriyyah Nurul Iman Foundation since its inception independently manage and develop the foundation to establish a wide range of entrepreneurial and cooperation with various institutions and circles. Financial independence has always strived through two things very well. Develop without relying on finance from other parties is a priority for YANIIBS, so that entrepreneurship and partnerships with these institutions become more developed and advanced

scholarly journals Sport Karate and the Pursuit of Wellness: A Participant Observation Study of a dojo in Scotland

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana Cristina Turelli ◽  
Carlos María Tejero-González ◽  
Alexandre Fernandez Vaz ◽  
David Kirk
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Competitive Sport ◽  
Observation Study ◽  
Primary Motivation ◽  
Spiritual Wellness ◽  
Aggressive Attitude

Health problems in society are numerous, not least stress and stress-related illness. Physical activities, including martial arts, are increasingly viewed as a means of managing such risks to health. While there are forms of karate that have a philosophical and meditative character that is related to spiritual wellness, karate as a competitive sport is less likely to be thought of in this light. The purpose of this paper is to present through a participant observation study the representations that karateka of the dojo, make of sportive karate as a resource to achieve wellness. Drawing on an eight months' immersion in the dojo, we identify five themes that express these karateka's views of sport karate and wellness, the importance of fitness, beauty in punches and kicks, how to embrace fear, the aggressive attitude as a posture in life, and the superiority given by control. The findings lead us to reflect on the need for further research to see if they are repeated in other martial arts, and if many more groups find wellness as a primary motivation for their participation.

The influence of the seasons: how the agricultural calendar impacts farmer perceptions of cover crops

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Margaret Beetstra ◽  
Robyn Wilson ◽  
Eric Toman
Keyword(s):  
Cover Crops ◽  
Cover Crop ◽  
Conservation Practice ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Practice Adoption ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Time Of Year ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Conservation Practice Adoption

Abstract Across the Midwest, substantial funding and personnel time have been allocated to encourage farmers to adopt a wide range of conservation practices but adoption rates for many of these practices remain low. Prior research focuses largely on the influence of individual-level factors (e.g., beliefs, attitudes) on conservation practice adoption rather than on contextual factors (e.g., seasons) that might also play a role. In the present study, we considered seasonal variation and its potential influence on farmer cover crop decision-making. We first established how farmer temporal and financial resources fluctuate across the year and then compared the annual agricultural decision and cover crop decision calendars. We also considered farmer cover crop perceptions and likely behaviors. To study this, we surveyed the same Midwestern farmers in the spring, summer and winter within a 12-month period. Results indicated that farmers were generally the least busy and the most financially comfortable in the winter months. Moreover, farmers perceived the benefits of cover crops differently throughout the year. These results indicate that seasonality can be a confounding factor which should be considered when designing and conducting research and farmer engagement. As researchers, it is our responsibility to understand the specific calendar experienced by our sample and how that may influence responses so we can examine theory-supported factors of interest rather than seasonality as a driver of farmer responses. As practitioners, it is important to use research findings to engage with farmers about conservation in a way that prioritizes communicating about the most salient aspects of the practice at the time of year when farmers will be most receptive.

Responding to organizational identity change: ethnographic insights from multinational hotel subsidiaries

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Sun-Ah Ponting
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identity ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Hospitality Management ◽  
Organizational Memory ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emotional Challenges ◽  
Organizational Ethnography ◽  
History Of

Purpose This paper aims to use an organizational ethnography perspective to explore how subsidiary hotel properties of a multinational hotel corporation experience planned organizational identity (OI) change instituted by headquarters. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a multi-site approach to collect ethnographic data on organizational change from six hotel subsidiaries in California, USA. Over three years, multiple sources of data were collected including: 31 interviews with hotel subsidiary leaders; more than 100 participant observation hours including job shadows, conferences and meetings; and photographs and internal communication materials. Findings Multinational hospitality companies face struggles between corporate standardization and subsidiary localization. This paper reveals that when headquarters plan changes focused on employees at their subsidiaries, the ways the latter initially accept and resist change are significantly impacted by the organizational memory and history of subsidiary leaders. However, as time progressed, properties with strong financial performance continued to operationalize new identity initiatives while properties with poorer profit margins played a balancing act between headquarters’ visionary identity and subsidiary ownership’s revenue expectations. Additionally, the situational realities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to all properties which amplified practical and emotional challenges of organizational ethnography in hospitality research. Originality/value This paper contributes to hospitality literature by introducing an under-researched concept, OI change and advances understanding of the struggles in managing multinational company change. More importantly, this paper is a stepping stone for future hospitality management to embark on organizational ethnography.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document