Situated Perspective Research Articles

Research on Strategies to Address Urban Parking Issues in China

In the process of urbanization in China, the scarcity of land resources has led to an increasingly prominent contradiction between the growth of automobile stocks and parking space availability. The escalating number of private vehicles has become a significant contributor to traffic congestion. This paper aims to delve into the issue of urban parking difficulties and explore associated management strategies. Firstly, through a literature analysis approach, a comprehensive examination of domestic and international parking problems is conducted, revealing a severe situation in China that necessitates the formulation of pertinent strategies. Secondly, case studies on different regions are undertaken from the perspectives of current parking situations and management countermeasures, providing valuable insights and references for addressing China's parking challenges. In response to urban parking difficulties, this paper proposes two strategies: first, "source expansion" by increasing the supply of parking spaces, and second, "streamlining" by restricting private vehicle access. To address parking challenges, strategies such as constructing landscape eco-parking lots, intelligent multi-level garages, developing smart parking systems, and implementing tidal parking are suggested. Additionally, shared parking is considered an effective method to reduce the number of privately owned vehicles in urban areas. Furthermore, resolving urban parking issues should prioritize social benefits, advocate environmentally friendly transportation, and encourage more residents to enjoy higher-quality urban travel experiences.

Virtual reality modeling application based on multi perspective and deep learning in the new media presentation and brand building of Dongguan City memory

AbstractTo help the new media presentation and brand building of Dongguan City memory, a virtual reality modeling model based on multi‐perspective and deep learning is proposed. First, in order to address the issue of imbalanced input and output information in depth map prediction tasks, as well as poor accuracy of predicted depth map boundaries, a depth map prediction model based on multiple perspectives and deep learning is built. Then, a single perspective modeling framework is proposed to address the scarcity of perspectives in practical situations, and a dynamic fusion model is built for single‐view virtual reality scenes based on multi‐view generation networks. The results indicated that the mean square error, average relative error, and average logarithmic error were minimized at 0.52, 0.138, and 0.068, respectively. The multi‐threshold accuracy index demonstrated peak values at 0.772, 0.8821, and 0.947, respectively. The grid simplification algorithm exhibited the shortest running times at 1.57, 2.52, 3.91, and 6.53 s, respectively. Moreover, the single‐view modeling frame displayed the smallest angle distance at 0.1449, while the overlap degree of the point cloud scene reached the highest levels at 77.47, 79.49, 83.5, and 84.47, respectively. To sum up, the model has a good application effect in virtual reality modeling and positively affects virtual reality technology development.

Whose uncertainty? Addressing the intersectional reader through the wound of trauma

Abstract Few measures are more emblematic of the desire to curb uncertainty than trigger warnings issued in the literary classroom. But do they establish more certainty? A growing body of empirical research is showing that trigger warnings are “functionally inert.” Furthermore, in some studies they have been shown to increase PTSD symptoms. Against this background, this paper takes the rise in demand for trigger warnings as a window into Gen Z reader’s relationship to uncertainty and directs attention to the problem that trigger warnings aim to mitigate but are failing to alleviate – an “epidemic of trauma” in the classroom, as identified by the US National Council of State Education Association (NCSEA). Illuminating trauma as a neglected issue in narrative studies, this paper takes an intersectionally situated perspective to reappraise general propositions about the Reader in order to move towards a trauma-informed approach to teaching narrative in the classroom.

Un-suturing Westphalian IR via non-Western literature: A Grey Man (1963)

Abstract This paper aims to un-suture common-sense assumptions based on Westphalian International Relations (IR) from South Korea’s non-essentialist and situated perspective, in the context of decolonising IR. Towards this end, the paper methodologically investigates a South Korean novel, A Grey Man, published in 1963 during South Korea’s early post-colonial period at the height of the Cold War. Using a non-Western novel to conduct a contrapuntal reading of Westphalian IR, this paper constructs a different type of worlding, conceptualising ‘the international’ through ‘the cultural’. It explores the following questions: How do ‘yellow negroes’ (the subject race) make sense of themselves and their roles and life-modes in a world defined for them by the white West (the master race)? How do yellow negroes understand and respond to the white West, which is hegemonic in world politics and history? In what ways does the protagonist of A Grey Man resist, engage with, and relate to the hegemonic West, which he has already internalised? In addressing these questions, the paper attempts to access different IR words to think with, such as race, white supremacy, intimacy without equality, sarcastic empathy, and disengagement. These provide an arena in which we can think otherwise, while un-suturing dominant Westphalian IR thinking.

Four Self-personality —The Framework of Personality Structure from the Perspective of Social Situation

Four Self-personality —The Framework of Personality Structure from the Perspective of Social Situation

Thinking night studies through a southern European perspective

AbstractTo emphasise the contribution of situated perspectives to the advancement of the field, this review provides a genealogy of night studies across southwestern Europe. This interdisciplinary field of research has significantly developed in English‐speaking scholarly communities, and it has only more recently been growing in importance on southwestern European scholars' research agendas. Usually, they produce research outputs in both English and a Romance language. As a result, intertwined lines of scholarly literature emerge and contribute to the advancement of night studies to different degrees, depending on international readers' proficiency in the employed (Romance) language and (inter)disciplinary interests. To help handle this accessibility issue, this review focuses on what brings night studies together, despite their heterogeneity. That is, the geographical understanding of local night space–times as situated phenomena frequently referred to as nightscape. Accordingly, the review suggests reframing the geographical nightscape as a connective concept to bridge the gaps between multilingual and multidisciplinary research, fostering the interpretation and assemblage of hybrid theoretical frameworks for situated investigations that delve into the diverse and interdependent relations co‐producing local night space–times.

Vulnerability analysis of public transit systems from the perspective of the traffic situation

The critical to sustainable urban development that a robust bus transit system is constructed to alleviate urban congestion problems. Unfortunately, disruptions in bus transit systems can lead to dysfunction and threaten sustainable development. This paper proposed a vulnerability analysis model for constructing complementary urban bus networks (UBNs), which considers the actual capacity of the bus network at the speed of transport roads. In addition, the UBNs aimed analysis method is presented from three specific aspects: (a) utilizing the stochastic user equilibrium model and different traffic situations to measure the UBNs of passenger flow distribution according to multi-source data; (b) introducing the node capacity and structural, functional vulnerability analysis model by combining real traffic flows and the complex network theory; (c) analysing the vulnerability characteristics of UBNs cascading failures from different passenger flow distributions and increasing capacity parameters, and comparing with those under different attack methods. Then, the new vulnerability analysis model is applied to the Harbin trunk bus. Considering different attack scenarios, the UBNs show strong vulnerability in the case of high congestion. Compared with other deliberate attacks, the bus network based on the attack mode of the maximum intensity site is more vulnerable at different times. These insights could be used to inform a vulnerability-based spatiotemporal design of bus transit networks.

동화를 활용한 관계틀 이론의 다중반응교수법(MEI)이 발달장애아동의 관점수용 학습에 미치는 영향*

Perspective-taking, which requires understanding oneself and others, is an important social skill in interacting with others. However, children with developmental disabilities have limited understanding of others and barriers to accepting others’ perspectives in many situations. This study to investigates the effects of the Multiple Exemplar Instruction(MEI) based on Relational Frame Theory(RFT) on response with reversed relation and double reversed relation as sub-components of perspective-taking skills using fairy tale books. Participants in the study are a 10-year-old girl with autism spectrum disorder and an 8-year-old boy with a language development delay, who need to improve their perspectives-taking skills. A multiple probe design across participants was employed in the study. The MEI was used for intervention targeting to establish reinforcement history with a frame for the reversed relation, and the double reversed relation perspective-taking using fairy tales. As a result of the study, it was demonstrated that the MEI had an increased rate of perspective-taking responses, and the changes were maintained after the intervention. As a suggestion for future studies, it is necessary to replicate this study in various environments such as peer group situations and peer class situations within school-age grades.

Arts integrated historical empathy: Preservice teachers’ engagement with pluralistic lived experiences and efforts toward instructional application

ABSTRACT From a sociocultural perspective, historical empathy emphasizes the reconstruction of perspectives and experiences needed to understand historical figures’ actions and lived experiences. Yet, historical evidence that informs pluralistic lived experiences may often be lacking. Arts integration, which simultaneously draws upon artistic and disciplinary practices, may be a promising avenue for informing engagement in historical empathy by harnessing the humanizing power of art. This descriptive case study explored that possibility by examining Arts Integrated Historical Empathy’s (AIHE) capacity for informing preservice social studies teachers’ (PSTs) pluralistic engagement with historical figures’ lived experiences and their subsequent efforts toward instructional planning for the secondary classroom. Analysis of recorded discussions, work products, written reflections, interviews, and the PSTs’ instructional planning revealed that arts integration added a sense of realism to historical figures’ contextually specific circumstances, fostered reflexive connections to historical figures’ perspectives and affective responses, and promoted pluralistic engagement with historical figures’ socioculturally situated perspectives. Moreover, the creation process embedded in AIHE played a crucial role in promoting engagement and display of historical empathy. However, despite recognizing and reflecting on these affordances, the PSTs struggled to plan inquiries that balanced disciplinary and artistic priorities to take advantage of AIHE’s mutually reinforcing elements.

Learning obstacle of probability learning based on the probabilistic thinking level

This study aims to determine students learning obstacles in probability material based on their probabilistic thinking (PT) level using the theory of didactical situation (TDS) perspective. This is qualitative research with the case study method. The subject consisted of 23 grade 9 students in junior high school who had studied the material and had taken the test. The test results were used to classify students depending on their PT level using the framework developed by Graha A. Jones. Furthermore, interviews were performed with three representative students from each PT level. The interviews indicated that students in each PT level continue to face learning obstacles, which include instrumental ontogenic and epistemological obstacles. The lowest PT level demonstrated a more complex and comprehensive learning obstacle in all constructs of PT. From the TDS perspective, all students who are at various levels of PT have reached an action situation. Only 33% of the students at the subjective level and 83% of the students at the transition level reached the formulation situation. Still, students at that level needed help to reach the other two situations. Unlike the two previous levels, students at the level of quantitative informal thinking can achieve situations of validation and institutionalization.

Gramsci’s Writing Body. On Embodiment and Subaltern Knowledge

Antonio Gramsci is arguably one of the most influential thinkers in postcolonial theory, particularly due to his notion of the subaltern and his situated perspective, i.e., his emphasis on the terrestrial aspects of culture and politics. This essay explores how Gramsci’s own lived experience may have contributed to his subaltern philosophy. Its focus is especially on his disabled body (embodiedness) and relational needs, arguing that these aspects deserve a central role in his intellectual legacy. From a young age, Gramsci suffered from a weak health; he had a malformation of the spine that left him hunchbacked, and he did not grow taller than 1.5 metres (5 feet). His high voice shrieked and his head seemed too big for his tiny figure. Yet, despite this image, Gramsci was not a case of “mind over matter” at all. Building on Deleuze’s notion of “little health”, this essay suggests that Gramsci did not write despite but thanks to his body. Aiming to counter the neglect of Gramsci’s body and his relationalities in the reception of his contemporaries, the essay investigates his body on the social, the individual, and the affective level. It thereby aims to do justice to Gramsci’s own needs and affects and the gendered support system on which he relied in prison, especially highlighting the role of his sister-in-law, Tatiana Schucht.

Gambaran Kesiapan Menikah pada Wanita Usia Dewasa Awal di Kelurahan Seberang Padang

Marriage readiness is an important thing for every couple who is getting married, because marriage readiness is a state of being ready to accept responsibility as husband and wife in every problem that will be faced in marriage. However, the phenomenon that has occurred in Indonesia in the last five years has seen a decline in marriage rates. One of the factors is that there are still many individuals who have not prepared themselves to get married from a personal or situational perspective, even though in terms of age and physique the individual is fit to get married. This research aims to describe the readiness for marriage in early adulthood women in terms of the aspect of personal readiness; have emotions that are mature and emotionally healthy, know your self-image, are of sufficient age to get married, are mature in socializing with statements of 21 items and situational readiness; financially ready and ready on time with a statement of 9 items. The method in this research uses quantitative descriptive methods. The total population in this study was 249 women in early adulthood. Sampling in this study used stratified random sampling and obtained a sample of 153 women in early adulthood in Seberang Padang Village using the Slovin formula. The scale used in this research is the Likert scale. The results of the validity test of the previously used questionnaire were 33 items, then after the validity test there were 30 valid items and 3 invalid items. Furthermore, the results of the reliability test using the Cronbach's Alpha formula were obtained (0.873), meaning that the marriage readiness questionnaire for women in early adulthood was reliable. The data analysis used in this research is descriptive-comparative analysis. The research results showed that readiness for marriage in early adulthood women in terms of personal readiness was in the medium category (58%) and situational readiness was in the high category (56%). This shows that women in early adulthood in Seberang Padang Village already have quite good readiness for marriage. Based on the results of this research, counselors can provide assistance in the form of information services and individual counseling services to help women in early adulthood increase their readiness to face marriage in the future.

Development of critical thinking of junior school children in mathematics lessons

The concept of critical thinking presupposes the ability to present a situation perspective from all sides: to see difficulties, to imagine alternative scenarios for the development of events, to see difficulties where they were not initially expected, to use mental activity to find a way out of a difficult situation, to study a complex state of affairs from all sides, to be able to see your own mistakes and the mistakes of others, draw the right conclusions from the experience gained. The purpose of the study was to develop and apply a methodology that allows the development of critical thinking in a mathematics lesson among first-graders, as well as to select diagnostic techniques in order to identify the level of development of critical thinking in first-graders, as well as to develop lesson plans for the purpose of developing critical thinking skills in children primary school age.

An Encounter with Pan-Africanist Performance through the Dance-Activism of Omar Séne

Abstract This text presents a dialogue between Omar Séne, an activist-artist from Senegal, and two researchers, Sandrine Gukelberger from Germany and Anna Grimaldi from the UK. The intention of this particular collaboration is to interrogate the relationship between Pan-African activism in the present and the modes through which they relate to the past. It combines and recontextualises various artefacts, narrative interviews and extracts of Séne’s personal archive (including photographs, dance choreographies and on- and offline texts). The aim is twofold: on the one hand, we provide a situated perspective on the pathways of becoming a youth activist in Senegal today, and on the other, we explore one individual’s experience of a collective identification with Pan-Africanism. Through this text, we demonstrate how figures of the past are mobilised to drive youth engagement in the present, and how these inherited struggles are perpetuated through bodies.

Exemplifying the situated nature of teacher noticing: Elementary teachers' use of insider knowledge

AbstractTeacher noticing is a crucial aspect of responsive and ambitious mathematics teaching, allowing educators to understand students' mathematical thinking and make informed decisions. However, this noticing is influenced by teachers' insider knowledge (i.e., past and present knowledge and experience with students), which is shaped by societal norms, biases, and expectations, including potentially harmful deficit discourses. This study investigates teachers' noticing of written work from a situated perspective using qualitative secondary analysis. The goal of this work is to exemplify upper elementary teachers' use of historical knowledge gained from classroom interactions or informal school settings, along with local and broader contextual factors. Data analysis included elementary teachers' noticing mathematical thinking in written work from their class, their use of insider knowledge of their students, and distinctions in orientations toward students and their thinking. Results indicate how insider knowledge enhances, impedes, or does not impact individual teachers' focus on the details and reasoning evidenced in their students' strategies. The findings contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the complexities of teacher noticing and emphasize the importance of acknowledging the socio–cultural and historical context which is needed for equitable mathematics teaching. Implications are discussed.

From Game Elements to Active Learning Intentions: Exploring the Driving Factors in Digital Learning Platforms

This study investigates the influence of game elements on active learning intentions within digital learning platforms. Drawing from a situational perspective, we developed a model and validated it using data from 492 respondents collected via questionnaires. Our findings suggest that while social elements enhance active learning intentions, both achievement and immersive elements tend to weaken them. Notably, the spirituality of the learning place serves as a mediator in the relationship between game elements and active learning intentions. Furthermore, we emphasize the moderating effects of different game behavior patterns. This research enriches our comprehension of game elements’ role in shaping active learning intentions on digital platforms, offering valuable insights for educators and platform developers.

Social Network Evolution of Multiagent Groups in Task Allocation

The social network and group structure can improve the effectiveness of tasks and the management of multiagent systems (MASs). However, in complex task environments, the fixed network and social relation are not necessarily the optimal design. Therefore, agents should be able to adjust social relations in a distributed and self-organized manner to adapt to different task demands. To solve this problem, a hybrid social evolution mechanism based on Q-learning is proposed in this article. The evolution of social relations is realized from the perspective of individual, group, and global situations to improve the success rate and comprehensive effectiveness of task allocation in the system while reducing the communication cost during task execution. In addition, the hybrid evolution mechanism considers the balance of interests between the global and the individual, which can guarantee the rationality of task benefit distribution while improving the global effectiveness. The experiments show that compared with the single-form evolution method, the hybrid mechanism proposed in this article has more advantages in the success rate, communication cost, and comprehensive effectiveness of task allocation. Moreover, the rationality of benefit distribution is also improved, and a strong and harmonious social system is realized.

Communication in Emergency Situations – the Covid 19 Pandemic in Foster Families. Organization and Principles of Operation

The article contains the results of research on the organization and course of communication (contacts) in emergency situations, e.g., the COVID 19 pandemic (border closure, quarantine, social distance, epidemiological supervision). The conducted research concerned the contact of children in foster families in emergency situations with their natural parents with the use of electronic communication, which has been standardized by Polish law. The diversified involvement of natural parents in contacts as well as the low use of electronic communication means for contacts was indicated. The obtained research results make it possible to recommend the use of children in foster families in emergency situations with natural parents from electronic communication means in emergency situations, such as pandemics, epidemics, long-term separation in the vast majority of cases. Such solutions should be legally established as alternatives. The conducted research and analysis of results supplement the knowledge in the field of communication, education and organizational solutions for communication in emergency situations. The author, analyzing the common phenomenon of the effectiveness of contacts between natural parents and children staying in foster families in emergency situations, analyzed the involvement of the natural family and foster family from the perspective of emergency situations and the possibilities offered by electronic communication means.

Climate change and long-term human behaviour in the Neotropics: an archaeological view from the Global South.

In this paper, we argue for the inclusion of archaeology in discussions about how humans have contributed to and dealt with climate change, especially in the long term. We suggest Niche Construction Theory as a suitable framework to that end. In order to take into account both human and environmental variability, we also advocate for a situated perspective that includes the Global South as a source of knowledge production, and the Neotropics as a relevant case study to consider. To illustrate this, we review the mid-Holocene Hypsithermal period in the southern Puna and continental Patagonia, both in southern South America, by assessing the challenges posed by this climate period and the archaeological signatures of the time from a Niche Construction Theory perspective. Finally, we emphasize the importance of these considerations for policymaking. This article is part of the theme issue 'Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture'.

Between superimposition and local initiatives: Making sense of ‘implementation gaps’ as a governance problem of antimicrobial resistance

Mitigating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global imperative. Part of this effort is the translation of the Global Action Plan into National Action Plans on AMR (NAPs-AMR). However, effective implementation of these plans remains a governance challenge worldwide.This study aims to explore the apparent implementation gap as a governance problem in Austria by examining the situated perspectives of key experts and stakeholders involved in AMR-related policy and practice. Data were collected through semi-structured qualitative interviews, a focus group discussion, and participation in various symposia on AMR. Data analysis revealed key themes the experts have identified as decisive factors shaping AMR governance, which they perceive as insufficient. These include: the absence of a binding legal framework, incomplete and lacking AMR data, low risk perception, lack of funding mechanisms, and absence of an incentive system for people working in AMR stewardship.The interpretation of these findings suggests policy fragmentation, scattered responsibilities, agenda conformity and a lack of symbolic and material recognition as central features that impede a comprehensive, sustainable and effective AMR-related governance. These insights highlight a tension between local efforts to precipitate longer-term adaptations to prepare for and mitigate effectively AMR on the one hand, and the current approach of ‘superimposing’ reforms onto existing institutional structures. Effective and sustainable measures to address AMR require a fundamental restructuring process of institutional responsibilities, professional routines, and social practices to prioritize AMR stewardship as a guiding principle.