Practices Of Everyday Life Research Articles

Нацистские концлагеря: суровая повседневность и стратегии выживания

The article is devoted to the study of psychological aspects of survival in Nazi concentration camps. An analysis of camp everyday life practices, as well as behavioral and psychological strategies of both prisoners and camp management, is presented. Particular attention is focused on the phenomenon of depersonalization, and emotional reactions of people entrapped in extremely harsh life in the camp. As sources for the analyses there were taken the memoirs of famous psychiatrists Viktor Frankl and Bruno Bettelheim, which were based on their personal experiences, psychological observations and insights, since they themselves were prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. The article also refers to the memoirs of R. Hess, which allow us to comprehend the strategies of behavior of camp functionaries and their way of dealing with prisoners and everyday life in the concentration camp.

Situating the (Un)Common Landscapes of Shared Futures: Developing Speculation as a Co-Design Framework of Cognitive Apprenticeship to Empower Diverse Stakeholders and Contest Bias

This article discusses the development of a framework within five primary cases that explore collaborations with local municipalities, corporations, organizations, various stakeholders, and educational institutions. It reviews the progression of speculation, from a pragmatic response to immediate educational demands modeling critical and experimental approaches from professional practice, toward an approach to cognitive apprenticeship (CA) (Collins et al., 1987), foregrounding digital and material discourse as a post-disciplinary externalization of cognition within situated practice (Brown et al., 1989). Speculation is developed as an operative tool or a structured operation within the design process, linking critical research components to material realities and potential futures. This approach reflects a decentralization or distribution of developmental influence and responsibility from a relatively isolated or compartmentalized linear system with strong biases toward internal, centralized knowledge to a network directly engaged with research perspectives, sociotechnical systems, situated knowledges, and practices in everyday life. Through CA techniques, including distributed scaffolding (Puntambekar, 1997), and activity sequencing (Tharp, 1993; Dennen, 2000), an iterative approach to ethnomethodological variation influenced foundational metacognitive development exemplified by higher-level progression of learning trajectories in the case studies, both inside and outside of ‘the school,’ addressing broad variation in participant competencies and substantial participant groups (up to 460). We argue that at the core of this utility is the flexibility to embrace complexity and address ongoing change while still situating foundational themes and competencies (including critical approaches to knowledge sources, participatory processes, and projected futures) as necessary components in a logical, ethical, understandable, and exploratory framework.

Can Teal practices increase employees’ work engagement?

Because engaged employees work with passion, in deep connection with their company and are innovative, they may drive their organization’s performance. Teal organizations, which implement original and inspiring ways of working, appear particularly favourable to create and support engagement in the long run. The aim of this paper is twofold: first, to study engagement drivers and barriers among many organizational dimensions, and secondly to characterize Teal Organization through their practices. We also hypothesize that Teal practices may drive employees’ engagement. To this aim, we built a questionnaire and performed a cross-industry survey in France. The survey included a standardized measure of engagement, an assessment of organizational structure, management, leadership styles and social climate based on scholarly literature, and a series of questions dealing with Teal practices that we designed. The sample was composed of 767 respondents on behalf of their company. Using multiple regression analysis, we observe that engagement is predicted by social openness of the company and by organizational trust. Teal practices aggregate in a statistically reliable manner into a construct that we call Teal index. If Teal index is not a direct predictor of engagement, it appears to contribute to predicting trust, which itself predicts engagement. These results are insightful in many ways: they highlight trust as a key factor of engagement, offer a first overview of the adoption of Teal practices among French companies and open up avenues for capturing Teal philosophy beyond observable and measurable practices in everyday corporate life. These findings are discussed with an evolutionary viewpoint to better understand current and future transformation of organizations.

Using Walter Benjamin to rethink children's non-participation in play activities

In this article, the authors reflect on examples they have recorded of children spending time on the thresholds of their classmates’ activities during activity-area times. They use these examples to reconceptualize some commonplace understandings of the places and practices of everyday life in contemporary preschools. They do so by drawing on three related concepts of Walter Benjamin: the arcades (akin to the contemporary shopping mall), the threshold, and the flâneur (who observes the sites and crowds of the city without joining in). They draw parallels between Benjamin's writings on the flâneurs who occupied the thresholds of the 19th-century Paris arcades and the young children who look on without entering the learning and play areas of the contemporary progressive preschool classroom. Following Benjamin, it is suggested that children may remain on the thresholds of activities not just because of shyness or bewilderment but also to experience the pleasures of anticipation and, in some cases, as acts of quiet resistance. Although Benjamin's writings have been rarely applied to the field of early childhood education, they can stimulate new understandings of children's lives in preschool and provoke implications for rethinking aspects of preschool teaching practice.

From Choir to Chamber: Negotiating Vocal Music in the Zurich Reformation

Abstract This article discusses the role of music, singing and voice in the development of the Zurich Reformation. It argues that the silencing of musical elements in the course of the Zwinglian liturgical reform was due to a new understanding of devotion, prayer and both individual and communal agency in church services. Zwingli and the Zurich reformers took issue with Gregorian chant in particular and applied a decidedly Erasmian understanding of religious communication as inward, silent devotion. Musical religiosity was transferred from the sacred space of the choir (kor) to the private homes of believers (kämerlin). Moreover, by simultaneously extending the notion of devotion and prayer to practices of everyday urban life, the liturgical reforms contributed to a sacralization and Christianization of the city as an urban space.

Reinvented acts of citizenship in Hong Kong: young people's pursuit of democracy through autonomy in everyday life

This article examines the political imaginaries of youth activists in Hong Kong in the period between the Umbrella Movement of 2014 and the mass protests that began in 2019. Drawing on interviews with young people involved in a range of political movements, it traces the emergence of what I call reinvented acts of citizenship, which emphasise autonomous everyday life practices in the community as a form of citizenship and democratic participation. These are driven by the reflexive practices that are applied in daily life, which tend to inspire a communitarian type of citizenship. Even before the repression of the democracy movement through the 2020 passage of the National Security Bill, young people engaged in this form of citizenship had decided that the pursuit of autonomy in everyday life was a preferable and realistic alternative to struggles which sought to change the structures of representative democracy and rule in Hong Kong. The article charts the emergence of these reinvented acts of citizenship, considers their relationship to other forms of mainstream and activist citizenship in Hong Kong, and speculates on their future prospects as state repression takes hold in contemporary Hong Kong after the imposition of the National Security Law.

Fostering Self-acceptance in Adolescents Through Regular Practice of Surya Namaskara Yoga

The issue of self-acceptance in young person is still a concern of researchers. It is sad when teenagers are busy looking for happiness outside themselves and forget the happiness from within. Surya Namaskara Yoga is a part of Yoga teachings and easy to practice in everyday life, especially for teenagers. They can practice yoga to cultivate self-acceptance . The purpose of this article is to find how to cultivate self-acceptance in adolescents through the regular practice of Surya Namaskara Yoga. The method used is a qualitative method, by using qualitative descriptive analysis. The result of this article is adolescents able to understand themselves with all psychological processes and their weakness. It’s can increase self-acceptance . The inability of adolescents to cultivate self-acceptance will have an impact on their quality of life. Surya Namaskara Yoga if practiced earnestly and consistently can align themselves with cosmic traits and refresh life with a growing awareness for better self-acceptance . The conclusion is by practicing Surya Namaskara Yoga every morning can awaken the solar aspect of human nature and release this vital energy for raise of a higher consciousness. They can practice Surya Namaskara Yoga every day for balance and increase mental stability so that can be fosters better self-acceptance.

Analyzing mechanisms of interdisciplinary cooperation in promoting students’ health at university

BackgroundInterdisciplinary cooperation among university actors and resulting intersectoral synergies are considered cornerstones in the process of incorporating health promotion practices in everyday university life in order to break down barriers and provide better access to health promotion services. To date, no network of a health-promoting university has been examined regarding the processes underlying tie formation, network emergence, and maintenance.Objectives and methodsThe goals of this study are to obtain insight into the mechanisms of cooperation between university actors in a health-promoting network and to identify the structural and attributive factors associated with establishing cooperation between actors in the observed network in order to better understand how to build and develop successful networks in the future. For this purpose, a social network analysis was carried out and exponential random graph models were estimated to test corresponding hypotheses.ResultsThe network at hand consists of 33 actors (e.g. University Sports Center, General Student Committee) and shows a flat, non-hierarchical structure. Data reveal that attributed competence predicts cooperation (0.32; p < 0.05). Significant homophily effects among student actors (1.31; p < 0.05) and among university actors (0.59; p < 0.05) were found. All structural predictors examined were significant (0.22–5.40; p < 0.05) and are therefore essential in determining the likelihood of cooperation between actors involved in the network.ConclusionThe results of this study provide for a better understanding of the mechanisms of cooperation and can be used to further develop the network at hand (e.g. selection of key actors for information dissemination or integration of peripheral actors). In addition, the findings offer starting points for sustained network development at other universities (e.g. significance of network governance form or goal consensus). Knowing the factors that influence the network structure, here the conditions of cooperation, results in opportunities to encourage empowerment among actors. However, the analysis of the network undertaken does not directly bear on the success of the network.

Value Orientations of Young Cossacks (Using the Example of the Cossack Hundred at SRSPU (NPI))

This article investigates the spiritual and moral values, cultural and domestic traditions of youth who join Cossack organisations during their university education. The study focuses on students who are members of the Platov Cossack Hundred, established at the Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI). The data analysed in this research were obtained through standardised interviews with members of the Platov Cossack Hundred. The aim of the study is to identify the value orientations, values, and their hierarchy in the minds of student Cossacks. The values of Cossack youth are examined from the perspective of a system rooted in &amp;amp;quot;collective representations&amp;amp;quot; (É.Durkheim). The theory of masculinity is employed to explore the role of the Cossack man in the culture of everyday family life and interaction practices.&#x0D; The article provides a brief overview of the scientific literature devoted to describing and analysing the historical development of the River Don Cossacks, the peculiarities of their military activities, everyday life, culture, values, and traditions. It demonstrates the matrix of values of Cossack youth, the core of which consists of justice and family. Empirical data lead to the conclusion that traditional stereotypes of &amp;amp;quot;a man as a warrior&amp;amp;quot; and &amp;amp;quot;a man as a protector&amp;amp;quot; are being formed, along with patriarchal ideas of &amp;amp;quot;the man as the head of the family&amp;amp;quot;, religious beliefs, and ethnic identity, as &amp;amp;quot;an Orthodox person with a unique culture, traditions, and customs&amp;amp;quot;.&#x0D; In everyday life, family relationships are characterised by a desire for egalitarianism and parity in decision-making and child-rearing. The article notes that the foundation of the respondents' value matrix is the cultural-historical basis of militarised masculinity, based on the idea of &amp;amp;quot;serving and defending one's Homeland&amp;amp;quot;. The primary motivation for joining the Platov Cossack Hundred is the desire for participation and identification with Cossack culture and traditions.&#x0D; The authors emphasise the importance not only of the institution of the family but also of higher education in the actualisation and reproduction of the cultural distinctiveness of regional youth. It is concluded that young people with a strong ethnocultural component prioritise traditional values (patriotism, service to the Homeland, justice, strong families) that shape not only regional (ethno-social) identity but also a pan-Russian civic identity.

Herstory of the Periphery: Approaching Placemaking through Feminist Autoethnography

This article elaborated on the possibilities of feminist interference to the reading of informal settlements. In so doing, we focused on a squatter settlement (Limontepe) in a metropolitan municipality (İzmir Metropolitan Municipality) in Turkey, and tried to interrogate the institutional, official history, based on city registers, parliamentary decisions and state and municipality archives. We argue that the way peripheral populations and/or marginalized groups are treated in official histories of nation-states leads to partial knowledge of the place. We propose that the knowledge collected, accumulated and exchanged through everyday lives of the inhabitants, past and present might be a viable option to check the official history writing and fill in the blanks therein. The article is an attempt to walk through feminist (auto)ethnography to tie the knowledge of the past to today’s placemaking practices. As feminist researchers we consider engaging in the everyday life practices of inhabitants as a way to participate in the dynamic knowledge production processes of the place.

Profil Pelajar Pancasila Dalam Persfektif Pendidikan Agama Islam

The Pancasila student profile is designed to answer one big question, namely students with what kind of profile (competency) the Indonesian education system wants to produce. In this context, the Pancasila Student Profile has a competency formulation that complements the focus on achieving Graduate Competency Standards at each level of educational unit in terms of cultivating character in accordance with Pancasila values. The Pancasila student profile competency pays attention to internal factors related to the identity, ideology and ideals of the Indonesian nation, as well as external factors related to the life context and challenges of the Indonesian nation in the 21st century which is facing the industrial revolution 4.0. Apart from that, Indonesian students are also expected to have the competence to become democratic citizens and become superior and productive human beings in the 21st century. Indonesian students are expected to be able to participate in sustainable global development and be resilient in facing various challenges. The Pancasila student profile has various competencies which are formulated into six key dimensions. The six are interrelated and strengthen each other so that efforts to realize a complete Pancasila student profile require the development of all these dimensions simultaneously. by students, but rather increase appreciation and practice in everyday life. Islamic religious education is a benchmark for how Islam and its people have played their role in various social, political and cultural aspects. Therefore, by following developments in the modern era, Islamic religious education throughout Indonesia must increasingly develop and be distributed in all areas of life in today's world. The position of Pancasila Education and Islamic Religious Education is very important, namely that it is related to Islamic sciences which are the foundation in life that need to be known and understood properly.

Miroslav Volf's Theosophy and Charitable Social Living

Worldviews of Christian practice across society globally inevitably revolve around Christianity's mainstream sense of patterned spirituality. Christian spirituality is such a diverse practice, though, that researchers have decided spirituality itself is unable to be quantified as one segmented behavior. Christian spirituality is neither merely a hierarchical ladder nor simply something designed to attain ultimate spirituality. Patterns of glorifying private Christian spirituality become the locality of Miroslav Volf's criticism as both philosopher and theologian. The data collected here represents qualitative research utilizing interview techniques recorded on smartphones. The recordings were processed into verbatim transcripts as a medium for gathering narratives related to the subjects' experiences. We conducted qualitative research through interview techniques, as Christian life and the practices of society and self are closely related to the subjects' lives and their social engagement. The results showed that spirituality is both a tension and a celebration of diversity within Christian practices in everyday life. Spirituality within the research context of the Christian youth congregation in Palangka Raya Church exists within responsibilities, appreciations, mutual learnings, and becoming immersed within social axioms as Christian citizens in and through life in all of its complexities

Games to Control Gaming Behavior: An Observation Based on Teenager Families

ABSTRACT This study explores how parents manage and supervise their adolescent children’s online gaming behavior as well as how kids react to it. The research used the philosophy of everyday life practice of Michel de Certeau and conducted interviews with 230 teenage online game players aged 13–17 and 125 parents with varying professions. The study found that parents were effective in regulating the time and equipment used for gaming, while teenagers employed tactics such as cracking passwords and shifting gaming spaces to resist parental control. The study also highlights that the control strategy of parents may intensify when the academic performance or health of teenagers changes. This study contributes to the existing literature by providing insights into the ways wherein parents supervise and regulate their kids’ internet gaming habits. The study highlights the importance of understanding the tactics employed by teenagers to resist parental control, and how parents can effectively manage their children’s gaming behavior without compromising their academic and physical health. The findings of this study can inform parents and educators in developing effective strategies to mitigate the negative impacts of online gaming on teenagers.

Family matters: same‐sex relations and kinship practices in Kenya

AbstractGuided by social justice and sexual health concerns, scholars of same‐sex sexualities in Africa have mainly examined related conflicts and inequities, generating an unbalanced emphasis on homophobia. Following Stella Nyanzi's plea for a broader exploration of queer sexuality in Africa, we move beyond the strictly sexual sphere to study the kinship arrangements of same‐sex couples in Kenya. These couples rely on the different possibilities afforded by kinship – in both its inclusive and exclusive capacities – to create accommodation and acceptance. Capturing the complexities and paradoxes of social life, the ethnographic study of kinship practices in everyday life shows how homophobia and accommodation can co‐exist. Furthermore, the embeddedness of same‐sex relationships in kinship structures and the subscription of same‐sex couples to the same norms held by cross‐sex couples clearly indicates the difficulty of construing these forms of relatedness as essentially different from other kinship formations. Thus ‘queering queer Africa’ requires not only taking a broader perspective and looking beyond what is usually classified as ‘queer’ but also un‐queering what at first appears as queer and thus ‘queerying’ the barriers and the range of possibilities that characterize the lives and subjectivities of people with same‐sex desires.

Studies on Information Users and Non-Users: An Alternative Proposal

Abstract Studies on non-users are often neglected in the area of information. Such research studies face challenges to obtain diagnostics. This article defends the realization of studies comprehending both information users and non-users, approaching different focuses and conceptions. The theoretical frameworks approached contributions and limitations of these concepts. The term “information non-user” can be employed to approach subjects ignored or out of interest in the area of information. Public policies on information, education, and culture seek to convert such non-users into users, as they promote the “socially” valued culture. However, mediating institutions may also acknowledge the culture of non-users and appreciate their informational needs and situations in context. Considering the studies on users and non-users bring benefits for the field and the society, working with a wide, inclusive conception. Yet, such studies may not include other processes, such as information reading and appropriation in certain contexts, or even disregard informational behaviors and practices in everyday life. It is important to reflect on epistemological and theoretical–methodological choices to perform such studies. These decisions reflect, politically and ethically, a worldview from professors, researchers, and professionals in the field of information, which can give voice and a leading role for such, while rendering others silent and invisible.

‘Gluing’ alternative imaginaries of sustainable urban futures: When commoning and design met in the post-socialist neighbourhood of Mănăștur, Romania

Imagination is key to transforming societal values and everyday life practices towards sustainable urban futures by allowing us to see alternatives. We propose that glimpses into other futures exist, illustrated by bottom-up practices of urban commoning. By allowing the experience of alternatives on a human scale and in everyday life, commoning practices can help accelerate sustainability transitions. Using the case of a post-socialist Romanian neighbourhood, Mănăstur, we discuss how design might support the coproduction of alternative imaginaries by creatively engaging with practices of commoning. We do this through the lens of ‘gluing’, which we conceptualise as a situated, mediated, and relational approach to investigating this coproduction process. Rather than aiming for a direct transfer, replication or expansion of the visions generated through commoning, design could provide experiential tools that allow communities to shape their own futures, while making room for differences in perspectives and values. Our findings contribute to the fields of experiential and everyday futures, at the intersection with design and sustainability transitions. To democratise sustainable futures, we suggest that the coproduction of alternative imaginaries needs to involve co-designing with communities, material engagement with wider issues surrounding sustainability, and open-ended and ongoing processes that foster capabilities for collective action.

Book Review: Commodified Communion: Eucharist, Consumer Culture, and the Practice of Everyday Life by Antonio Eduardo Alonso

Book Review: <i>Commodified Communion: Eucharist, Consumer Culture, and the Practice of Everyday Life</i> by Antonio Eduardo Alonso

Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL ) terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa Kelas III pada Materi Butir – butir Pancasila SDN Petemon Surabaya

This research is motivated by the lack of students in applying Pancasila practice in everyday life. One way that can be used in this case is the Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) learning model. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the CTL learning model on the learning outcomes of class III students on Pancasila items at SDN Petemon Surabaya. The type of research used is quantitative using the experimental method, with the type of Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design. This study uses a population of class 3 SDN Petemon Surabaya. Class 3A has 28 students as the control class and class 3B has 28 students as the experimental class. The research instrument used pretest and posttest questions which contained 10 multiple choice questions. The data collection technique used the pretest and posttest standard values, the tests used were: normality test, homogeneity test, and hypothesis testing. The results of the data analysis produced by the experimental posttest were higher than the control. This proves that there is an influence of the CTL learning model on the learning outcomes of class III students on Pancasila items at SDN Petemon Surabaya.

Managing Professionalism in Everyday Life in Organizations

This article highlights the importance of professionalism practices in the daily life of organizations with all their human resources. The paradigm of professionalism must influence organizational culture organizational culture, and consequently and reproducibly reflect it in professional profiles, in individual and collective portfolio of competencies, as well as in professional and organizational practices, or in the production of goods and services. In the course of the discussion, attention was paid to some of the factors constituting professionalism in order to ensure the presence of professionalism as a practice in everyday life in organizations.

Health, harm, and habitus: Techniques of the body in COVID-19

This article revisits French sociologist Marcel Mauss’ notion of ‘techniques of the body’ to analyze the emergence of corporeal and behavioral norms instituted to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Centering its analysis on the early stages of COVID’s global spread, the article examines a range of everyday, micro-practices that reveal how the pandemic changed our awareness, uses, and assessments of our own and others’ bodies. In a context where to not touch was to care, people often struggled to find a balance between maintaining social civility and sustaining collective health. Failure to adapt the body to pandemic conditions, or instances of COVID faux-pas, resulted in discomfort, embarrassment, or annoyance on the part of those who perceived this behavior as irresponsible, dangerous, and selfish. Changing bodily practices thus became subject to judgment in ways that sometimes obscured the uneven distribution of risk and protection afforded to differently privileged or vulnerable human communities as they grappled with the uncertain phenomenologies of pandemic living and dying. COVID-19 corporealities, both fleshly and virtual, thus reveal the conjoined articulation of the social, biological, cultural, moral, and psychological in our bodily movements, expressions, and assessments. In contrast to Mauss’ theorization, many techniques of the body in the Covidscape were experienced as new, contextual, shifting, and improvised. They spoke to necessity and challenge of articulating a different relationship to the world and to others, enacted in the minute and mundane practices of everyday life, through which macro-level processes and forces are embodied and evaluated.