Everyday Level Research Articles

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In recent times, there has been a notable surge in interest surrounding social networking service (SNS) webtoons, with Instagram webtoons emerging as a particularly popular phenomenon. The popularity of Instagram webtoons can be attributed to three key factors: ease of accessibility, a concise format, and storylines that resonate with users on an everyday level. This study aims to identify the motivations of Instagram webtoon users and to empirically analyze the impact of these motivations and the interactivity factor, as a characteristic of social networking service (SNS) webtoons, on their satisfaction with Instagram webtoons. To this end, a survey was conducted among 216 individuals between the ages of 10 and 30 who have experience using Instagram webtoons. The findings revealed that there are multiple dimensions of motivation (information and trend seeking, convenience, social connection, emotional relaxation, content loyalty, and efficiency) underlying the use of Instagram webtoons. Additionally, the results indicated that interactivity factors have a notable impact on user satisfaction. This study aims to provide theoretical and practical implications by empirically examining the factors that influence satisfaction with Instagram webtoons. The findings can be utilized as a basis for the continued growth of Instagram webtoons and the improvement of the user experience.

Between the democratization of housing and the neoliberal responsibilization of citizens: The proliferation of co-housing in Viennese city planning

In contemporary city planning, self-organized collaborative forms of housing are flourishing. However, in the literature, the increasing incorporation of citizens in housing and planning has been interpreted in very different ways. The research on urban planning has understood the proliferation of co-housing groups as indicating changing participatory demands of citizens on one hand, and as an effort to organize social change on an everyday level on the other. In contrast, critical social researchers have interpreted the rise of collaborative housing not as a democratization, but as a shift of urban governance towards the responsibilization of citizens. In this article, we use these two theoretical perspectives for making sense of the political values that are present in the contemporary proliferation of co-housing groups in Viennese urban planning. The empirical base of our endeavor is a series of qualitative interviews with different stakeholders (city planners, administrators, architects, developers, and neighbors) and members of co-housing groups in the city development area Wildgarten in the South of the city. We conclude that in the Wildgarten, the self-empowerment of citizens goes hand-in-hand with an increasing top-down steering by a neoliberal entrepreneurial city. Furthermore, we found that the co-housing groups tend to willingly accept the hierarchy between planning bodies and themselves, which contradicts the political marketing strategies of social transformation and democratization attached to Wildgarten. Simultaneously, possibly as a consequence from top-down citizen responsibilization, our findings show that co-housing groups often focus more on a democratized group interior than on transforming society at large.

Becoming a science teacher in the Anthropocene: scientific knowledge as ‘matters of concern’

ABSTRACT In the Anthropocene, there is a significant need for new ways to educate about science and environmental problems, including climate issues. This article explores Swedish teacher students’ discussions as they envision their future roles as science teachers in the light of the Anthropocene. At the beginning of their science teacher education, the teacher students are not fully immersed in the established discourses of the educational system as in-service teachers. In this study, we consider how these teacher students’ ‘fresh eyes’ bring views of how knowledge (especially chemistry-related knowledge) matters in education and teaching. Through a lecture that centred planetary boundaries and the Great Acceleration as representations of some main scientific models in the field, the teacher students were introduced to the concept of Anthropocene. Five focus group discussions followed this introduction. Thematic analysis reveals how the acquired knowledge of the introductory lesson challenges the students to express ‘matters of concern’ differently: partly considering a personal, everyday level and partly reformulating their role as future science teachers. The interrelation of these positions is also a concern for the concluding discussion. Furthermore, the article discusses these results as both concerns and possibilities for science education, including science teacher education.

Striving for control over migrant labour and lives: Indonesian factory workers in Taiwan

This article explores how Indonesian factory workers in Taiwan strive to regain control over time, space, meaning, and dignity in the face of their exploitation, precarity, and racialisation. Drawing on ethnographic insight, I investigate migrant workers’ subjective practices both inside and outside their workplaces. The major contribution to labour mobility regime analysis lies in conceptualising how migrant workers exert agency on an everyday level, beyond formal labour organising. The focus on the everyday brings me, on the one hand, to labour processes at different Taiwanese workplaces that employ migrant workers. On the other, it brings me to the sphere of daily reproduction, that is, time outside waged labour. The article speaks to the central concern of this themed issue, namely theorising the role of social reproduction within labour mobility regimes, as I address the inseparable spheres of production and reproduction as sites of control and agency. I show that, on the shopfloor, Indonesian migrant workers’ practices of regaining control often remain individualised. It is in the sphere of daily reproduction where Indonesian factory workers organise collectively. The workers’ practices are rich and creative, but at the same time they are ambiguous and can result in consent, compliance, or conflict with capital’s attempt to seek profit from migrant labour. Nevertheless, they reveal migrant workers’ interests and desires as well as a (subtle) refusal of their conditions and of the control over their work and lives. This refusal defies victimising representations of migrant labour and paternalistic approaches to migrant workers’ protection.

Chapter 1. THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECT OF THE SYNERGY OF RELIGION AND POLITICS UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF DIGITALIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES

The first chapter reveals the international aspect of the synergy of religion and politics in the digital age. The author analyzed the specifics of various manifestations of religious beliefs in the environment against the backdrop of extreme events associated with revolutions and the COVID-2019 pandemic. Digital platforms serve as regulators of the religious impulse, which can both stabilize the social situation and transfer it to a state of bifurcation. The author paid considerable attention to the study of the impact of the digitalization of religion on young people. We are exploring the problem of how religious digital practices today find broad support from the international community, how they manifest themselves at the everyday level, and cause the formation of new traditions and rituals based on online myth-making.

Singing Social Change: An Investigation of Two U.S. Children's Choruses

Abstract The purpose of this study was to consider how, if at all, social change was enacted on an everyday level in two U.S. children's choruses through their artistic and educational work. We employed a collective case study alongside grounded theory analytical techniques to examine individual and collective actions as well as social processes related to social change. We interviewed key personnel, observed rehearsals and performances, and reviewed material culture including organization mission statements, publicly available concert programs, website information, and planning documents provided by participants. Findings suggest that social change was understood as a series of everyday occurrences linked to relationships and community. We provide a preliminary conceptual framework for everyday social change, suggesting that such a framework may exemplify how youth arts organizations pursue social change in their social and educational work. This framework has two main tenets: (a) a focus on reflexive practice and pedagogy and (b) a commitment to localized movements and actions.

Traditions of the Independence Day Celebrations in Poland and the Baltic States

The system of public holidays and rituals developed by people is an important indication of the transformation of the spiritual culture of each European nation. At the same time, they return to the origins – the historical past and declare the vectors of development for the future. The article is aimed at the investigation and analysis of the typology of the formation of state independence holidays in Poland and the Baltic states, correlating it with key, fateful moments in the history of each nation. Poland has rebuilt radically all spheres of material and spiritual life after the fall of the communist regime. The formation of society on new democratic essential principles reflects the calendar of festive and commemorative dates of the modern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It includes major and minor holidays of the liturgical (Catholic) year and secular traditions of various origins. A notable attitude of the Poles is to celebrate officially both religious and important civil anniversaries on the same day. The special historical significance of the Polish Independence Day is given by the chronological reference to the date of the end of the First World War (November 11, 1918). The contemporary holiday culture of Poland is characterized by a symbiosis of ethnic and confessional elements. At the everyday level the state holiday of independence is combined harmoniously with folklore and ethnographic traditions of St. Martin’s Day. Along with Poland, the Baltic countries - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - whose history has a lot in common, have fought radically and consistently with the heritage of the communist past. Song holidays and festivals are of a great significance in preserving the national identity of the Baltic states. Today there are, in fact, two independence holidays in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The first is connected with 1918, when all these republics have gained statehood on the ruins of the Russian Empire, the second one - in honor of the events of 1990-1991, finished with the decay of the USSR. The conducted research has proved that the peoples of Poland and the Baltic states at the turn of the 20th-21st centuries have been able to free themselves from the heritage of the communist past and the totalitarian dictation of the aggressive Russian Federation, becoming full members of the European Union and NATO. The system of currently acting official holidays and rituals can serve as a clear evidence of the radical restructuring of ideology and culture in these countries.

Стереотипы межконфессиональных взаимодействий сибиряков

The successful term “stereotype” was substantiated by the journalist W. Lippman and became firmly established in scientific use. Researchers have studied the processes of stereotypes functioning. This is an important part ofthe collective consciousness, protecting a person from unfamiliar information. Stereotypes help save time and life resources for processing new information. But the negative side of stereotypes lies in the creation of mental templates for the perception of reality. It is easier for a group to simplify information than to waste time understanding the essence of another’s otherness. Information that contradicts stereotypical patterns is ignored, simplified, and distorted in terms of content. “We-group” begins to aggressively defend the meanings of its stereotypes from an alternative opinion. The opponent can be subjected to harassment and physical destruction. The structure of stereotypes and scenarios of stereotyping are considered by us from the standpoint of structuralism. “We-group” is socially differentiated. For extras and dominant members of the group, the rules of the social game are written. The meaning of the stereotype can turn into a tool for managing citizens, into a weapon against members of the “they-group”. The spontaneous part of the process of stereotyping lies in the routine existence of stereotypes, with the help of which people explain the complex phenomena of life. It is a routine practice of inventing and reinforcing language clichés. The manageable part of stereotyping is the use of these clichés for political gain. “We-group” is always in a state of stereotypical attitude. The group can choose a stereotyping scenario – a scenario of tolerant neighborhood or a scenario of negative solidarity. The first determines the path of development of a tolerant attitude towards non-Christians, the search for new knowledge about the culture of “outsiders”, the development of practices of new socio-cultural experience. The second is the way of intensifying intercultural and interfaith tension, leading to armed conflicts. The reason for interfaith conflicts is the use of creeds for personal gain. At the everyday level, conflicts arise due to cultural incompetence, the simplification of knowledge about the culture of “strangers”. In Siberia, despite the existence of stereotypes, interfaith relations are peaceful. This is emphasized by the heroes of in-depth interviews representing different confessions. Their perception of non-Christian neighbors is based on an understanding of personal merit, and not on a stereotyped understanding. Spiritual leaders confirm the idea of intercultural rapprochement of Siberians as members of a multi-confessional community. Tolerance is a social practice of neighborhood that develops the spiritual sphere of community life.

Unionization and Autocratization: Class Organization Strategies Under the Authoritarian Transformation in Turkey

Turkey’s neoliberal authoritarian regime poses increasing challenges against unionization processes. While the decline of workers’ rights under this regime created a renewed impetus to unionize, barriers to unionization equally increased and diversified. Taking three recent unionization experiences as case studies, this paper explores the dynamics between class organization and authoritarian statecraft. It proposes that barriers against unionization are not consequences of authoritarian consolidation but part and parcel of its making in the Turkish context. However, they have the contradictory effect of weakening such consolidation at the everyday level by engendering a working-class politicization and desire toward democratization within unionization struggles. This paradoxical relation also reveals how unionization efforts inevitably incorporate political demands in addition to economic ones under the Turkish authoritarian circumstances and become a space of struggle against the authoritarian logic at large, whether that be the anti-democratic practices of the regime or the top-down bureaucratic attitudes of unions.

Continuing existence: viability and indigenous youth action in Himachal Pradesh, India

ABSTRACT This paper uses field research conducted in Himachal Pradesh in 2021–2022 to analyse the efforts of Kinnauri young people to critique and address social and environmental crises in their region. The expansion of capitalism, poor governance, and climate change are contributing to major environmental loss and social crises in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. Young people with origins in the region are becoming important in critiquing this process, especially at the everyday level and through social media. They focus especially on how Kinnauri ‘existence’ has been ‘hollowed out’ and fragmented through social and environmental change. At the same time, Kinnauri young people seek to repopulate and integrate ‘existence’, especially through identifying particular symbols – or metonyms – that express the possibility for recuperating social and environmental life. In making these points, we offer a case study in how a marginalised indigenous community is actively and creatively responding to capitalist intensification and climate change through building new viabilities.

Dialog pedagogiczny drogą do poszukiwania prawdy

Aim: The aim of the article is to show the pedagogical dimension of dialogue, which leads a person to a personal encounter with the truth about himself and the reality surrounding him. Dialogue is one of the important factors not only in solving the crisis of truth we are experiencing, but also and above all in valuing truth in interpersonal relationships. Methods: This article uses the analytical and synthetic method of literature on the subject. Results: The conclusions drawn from the research indicate that the goal of every well-understood dialogue is to reach the truth. There is no greater success than reaching the One who called himself "The Way, the Truth and the Life" (John 14:6). Listening to the voice of people who think differently is a great strength and courage that is often lacking today at the political and social level, but also at the everyday level - in our homes and local environments. Conclusion: The need for reliable dialogue and openness to other people is enormous and still valid, although it is worth emphasizing that with an inconsistent worldview and a weak moral core, dialogue may involve numerous threats. Oryginality: The originality of the article is evidenced by the results of scientific research or conclusions resulting from information collected in the form of a review from previously published works by the author and others of an empirical, theoretical or analytical nature on this topic. Keywords: Man, dialogue, interpersonal communication, solitude, relations, education, truth, dialogue pedagogy

Przestrzeń wirtualna jako miejsce aktywności społecznej osób niepełnosprawnych

Aim: The aim of the article is to show the pedagogical dimension of dialogue, which leads a person to a personal encounter with the truth about himself and the reality surrounding him. Dialogue is one of the important factors not only in solving the crisis of truth we are experiencing, but also and above all in valuing truth in interpersonal relationships. Methods: This article uses the analytical and synthetic method of literature on the subject. Results: The conclusions drawn from the research indicate that the goal of every well-understood dialogue is to reach the truth. There is no greater success than reaching the One who called himself "The Way, the Truth and the Life" (John 14:6). Listening to the voice of people who think differently is a great strength and courage that is often lacking today at the political and social level, but also at the everyday level - in our homes and local environments. Conclusion: The need for reliable dialogue and openness to other people is enormous and still valid, although it is worth emphasizing that with an inconsistent worldview and a weak moral core, dialogue may involve numerous threats. Oryginality: The originality of the article is evidenced by the results of scientific research or conclusions resulting from information collected in the form of a review from previously published works by the author and others of an empirical, theoretical or analytical nature on this topic. Keywords: Man, dialogue, interpersonal communication, solitude, relations, education, truth, dialogue pedagogy

Evaluation of easy-to-implement anti-stress interventions in a series of N-of-1 trials: study protocol of the anti-stress intervention among physicians study.

Adverse effects of chronically high levels of stress on physical and mental health are well established. In physicians, the effects of elevated stress levels exceed the individual level and include treatment errors and reduced quality of patient-doctor relationships. Breathing and mindfulness-based exercises have been shown to reduce stress and could serve as an immediate and easy-to-implement anti-stress intervention among physicians. Due to the heterogeneity of their effect on stress, we aim to evaluate the intervention effect of performing a short daily breathwork-based or mindfulness-based intervention on the everyday level of perceived stress in physicians in residence in Germany in a series of N-of-1 trials. Study participants will choose between two short interventions, box breathing, and one guided more complex mindfulness-based breathing exercise. Each participant subsequently will be randomly allocated to a sequence of 1-week intervention (A) and control (B, everyday life) phases. Each N-of-1 trial consists of two two-week cycles (AB or BA), resulting in a total trial duration of 4 weeks (ABAB or BABA). Perceived levels of stress will be assessed daily via the StudyU App on the participant's smartphone. Additionally, participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire at baseline and three months after completion of the study that contains questions about basic participant characteristics, lifestyle factors, individual living situations, and validated psychological questionnaires. Intervention effects will be estimated by Bayesian multi-level random effects models on the individual and population level. This study contributes to the development of short-term solutions to reduce work-related stress for physicians in residence. This is expected to benefit the individual and increase the quality of overall healthcare due to a reduction in treatment errors and an increase in the quality of doctor-patient relationships. ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT05745545.

Khortytsia Island is a Place Of Memory

In the article, using the example of Khortytska Sich, the evolution of views on the question of Sich genesis is considered in the context of the prevailing ideological conditions in different periods. The basis of research approaches is the theory of the place of memory of the French historian Pierre Nore, as well as the conclusions of the American philosopher Thomas Kuhn about the variability of scientific paradigms due to scientific revolutions and the impossibility of resolving their conflict with the help of evidence. At the everyday level of public consciousness, the concept of 'Khortytska Sich' was formed from the first half to the middle of the 17th century. It entered the scientific field in the second half of the 18th century. together with other centers of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks in the lower Dnieper. However, Khortytska Sich did not fit into the system of official scientific views. The justification of the empire's 'rights' to the so-called Western Russia (Lithuanian, Belarusian and Western Ukrainian lands) required consideration of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks as a pro-Moscow and anti-Polish force. Emphasis was placed on the era of wars against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which since the end of the 16th century. led by the Zaporozhians. Cossack centers that arose before this period did not fall under the sich status. As a result, in the 19th century a tradition arose, the echo of which exists in modern Ukrainian historiography, to call Khortytsia not the place of Sich, but 'the place of gathering', 'protosich', etc. For the same reasons, Khortytska Sich did not fit into the class model of social development. In this way, the history of Sich found itself in the context of Russian history, and the issues of the activities of the Ukrainian people in the development of the southern territories and the creation of centers of self-government back in the days of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania receded into the background. Only with the restoration of Ukrainian independence in 1991 did the conditions for understanding the phenomenon of Khortytska Sich emerge. The new scientific paradigm allows us to consider the Ukrainian-centric models of the first Sich, its role in the development of southern lands, resistance to Ottoman-Tatar aggression, and the formation of the Cossack state. This actualizes the direction of further research into the historical authenticity of Khortytska Sich as the basis of the notion of a place of memory of the Ukrainian people.

Вживання алкоголю в суспільстві Гетьманщини ХVІІІ ст. як маркер якості життя

The purpose of the article is to study the culture of alcohol consumption in the Hetmanate of the 18th century as a marker of quality of life. The author analyzed the diaries of Cossack elders and the epistolary heritage of this period, singled out references to the use of alcoholic beverages, circumstances, cases of abuse. The research methodology is determined by the purpose and features of the main sources and, in addition to the application of general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis), involves the use of a microhistorical approach, elements of prosopography and social history. Since it is primarily about the analysis of diaries, the theoretical work of the French researcher Philippe Lejeune was applied, who examined the development of diaries from the "accounting of the past" to emotional notes. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that alcohol consumption is not considered as a bad habit or a certain branch of the economy, but as a component of a person's leisure behavior, the realization of undesirable needs, which also determined the quality of life. It was concluded that from the point of view of traditional markers of quality, Ukrainian early modern society was quite homogeneous (life expectancy, mortality, diseases). Even the diet of the common people and the elite was often similar. But the consumption of alcoholic beverages was just one of those markers that at the everyday level testified to a higher or lower level of well-being. But their consumer culture was significantly different. Precisely from the point of view of alcohol consumption - frequency, volume, and its assortment, one can observe the difference in everyday life and its quality. Belonging to a higher social status and financial resources provided access to higher quality alcohol and higher quality of its consumption. At the same time, the Cossack elder of the Hetmanate had access to alcohol produced in different countries and corresponding to the lifestyle of the European nobility of that time. In this way, the "precious" people of old Ukraine were similar to the European establishment.

Transport users, and historie(s) of transport: “A view from below”

This article proposes a methodological departure. It makes a case for foregrounding interactions between users and transport systems as a methodological departure to move beyond institutional perspectives in history of transport. This wider point is examined in this article through the illustrative example of how at an everyday level users negotiate/contest exclusionary practices and transport disadvantage. The article acknowledges the challenges of this methodological shift, especially the difficulties of recovering “everyday” experiences of transport users. It also recognises that users’ mediation and responses sit at the interstices of operational policies of transport infrastructure, individual/collective agency, and the workings of capital. Notwithstanding these caveats, the article suggests that innovative and explicit foregrounding of transport users has the potential to disaggregate the institutional perspective in writing histories of transport.

The ballad genre and its transformation in A. Galich’s song “Queen of the Mainland”

The research aims to trace the functioning of the ballad as a polycode genre in the song poetry of A. Galich. Comparative historical and hermeneutic methods were used, as well as approaches developed to study polycode text. The results show that narrative strategies are typical of resonant poetry precisely in combination with deeply personal experience of the main character of the song lyrics. This determines the productivity of the ballad form. It is shown that in the lyrics of “The Queen of the Mainland” A. Galich relies precisely on the romantic poetic tradition. However, he also introduces realistic elements, which generally correspond to the trends in the development and transformation of the genre that emerged in the 19th century. The double motivation of the fantastic, which is not typical of the traditional ballad, refers to a similar technique in magical prose. Other laws of the genre are also violated: the mystical is deprived of concretization, the text has obvious didactic features, the vocabulary varies from sublime to sharply reduced, and the everyday level of narration contrasts with the metaphysical layer of reasoning. It is concluded that the realistic component forms the epic content of the ballad, while the romantic component, associated with the irrational, brings A. Galich thoughts to the ontological level and gives the work an underlined lyricism.

Micro-level experiences, understandings and visions of peace in Sri Lanka’s war victory

ABSTRACT It is widely recognised in contemporary peace and conflict scholarship that exploring micro-level experiences is important for a fuller and more nuanced understanding of the forms of peace that emerge post-war. In this article, we argue that such inquiry might be particularly urgent in the context of a victor’s peace. Much research on victor’s peace focus on the state and macro level and seldom account for the outcome across local contexts. Based on focus group discussions conducted across communities and geographical localities in Sri Lanka, we explore and compare narratives of peace in order to elucidate plural understandings, experiences and visions. The study moves beyond the dichotomous peace conceptions often associated with the notion of victor’s peace and provides insights into varieties of peace at the local and everyday level, and into challenges and possibilities for transforming conflict relationships post-war.

SYNERGY OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF XXI-CENTURY LINGUOCULTUROLOGY

The article focuses on dynamic language-culture correlation in the context of modern linguoculturology. This linguocultural research is a version of cultural studies which places language at its heart. At an everyday, human and scientific level linguocultural interests, pursuits and problems have never been more important. The subject matter of this article is therefore crucially topical and reflects the current demand of modern linguistics for new and profound research in this sphere. The topicality is also determined by the linguoculturology evolution into integrative interdisciplinary field of modern humanitarian knowledge in which perspectives from different disciplines can be selectively drawn on to examine the relations of culture, mind and language. The research focuses on dynamic, synergetic mutual interaction of language, culture and mentality reflected in the academic concept and viewed in theoretical aspect. It also defines linguoculture as a key concept of XXI century linguoculturology. Our study relies substantially on the application of linguistic descriptive methodology and devices. The main aim of the work is to describe the complex mechanism of two fundamental categories synergy. The objective determined the tasks of the research: to clarify and describe continuous dynamic complex process of language and culture correlation through linguoculturilogy perspective and define the much disputed key terms –“linguoculturology”,’linguoculture” and “the language of culture”. The research claims that language and culture realationship is characterized by two-sided parity, mutual influence and dependence, inseparable integrity and coherence.

Interaction between English and Irish as a Factor of Irish Migration in 14th–15th Centuries

Based on the analysis of the acts of the Irish Parliament, patent lists and charters of the English king, as well as petitions, the author identifies the main directions of interaction between the English and the Irish in the 14th-15th centuries, and examines the privileges of coastal towns in southern Ireland. Factors of migration are established. Attention is paid to the connections between landlords, established through client-patronage relationships and land grants. The relevance of the topic is due to the underestimation in historiography of the degree of connections between England and Ireland, which were a determining factor in choosing the country for migration, as well as the lack of works on the specific problem. Source analysis demonstrated that interaction was established not only in the sphere of trade and law, but also at a cultural and everyday level. The author concludes that the active development of trade in the Irish Sea, the spread of English legislation and language, helped the Irish adapt more quickly in coastal towns in England. The emigration of Irish people from four counties to England, in turn, stimulated internal migration of native Irish to Dublin, Meath, Louth, and Kildare.