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Mediacion, Ciudadania y convivencia entre culturas
2015
Vivere la democrazia in una società multiculturale presuppone che i soggetti presenti nello stesso territorio condividano lo stesso spazio pubblico e un progetto democratico comune nel rispetto del diritto e delle procedure giuridiche e politiche. Presuppone anche che le persone arrivino a trovare (o a ritrovare) il sentirsi comunità, che sviluppino un senso di appartenenza comune e instaurino tra loro relazioni fiduciarie a partire dalle quali e grazie alle quali vivere l’esperienza di convivenza quotidiana in termini di condivisione delle responsabilità e di valore della relazione. In questa direzione, la mediazione può portare un importante contributo alla costruzione, o ricostruzione, d…
Citizen and scientsts work together to monitor marine alien species in Sicilian waters (central Mediterranean)
2017
We report on the experience of two citizen science projects: the Project “Caulerpa cylindracea – Egadi Islands” and the Project “Invasive Algae”, included within the “Seawatchers” platform. The first one, sponsored by the STEBICEF Department of the University of Palermo and by the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA), aims at creating a database on the spread dynamics of C. cylindracea within the Egadi Islands MPA. The second one, coordinated by the Institute of Marine Sciences of Barcelona (CSIC, Spain), collects data on 10 marine invasive alien species. The results of these projects highlighted the important role that citizen science campaigns can have as early-warning systems. We al…
The Role of Municipalities in Promoting Well-Being
2014
The aim of the paper is to research different approaches to researching and promoting the well-being in municipalities. To achieve the aim, such qualitative and quantitative methods of research as comparing, grouping, graphical analysis, focus group methods will be used. The main results and findings of the paper are: the role of municipalities in promoting well-being is increasing contrary to the role of national or regional authorities, due to the autonomous functions of local authorities, intensive informative links and a wide range of available economic and social instruments.
The Assessment of Well-being in Context of Regional Development
2014
The aim of the paper is to present the methodology and results of some empirical research of the assessment of well-being at local level in context of regional development. To achieve the aim, such qualitative and quantitative methods of research as comparing, grouping, graphical analysis and focus group methods were be used. The main result and finding of the paper is the conclusion that in order to promote the regional development of the territory, the assessment of well-being at the level of administrative territory is needed. Based on this assessment, the policy can be developed in order to promote the regional development and social cohesion of the territory, as well as to have better …
Kävijät, kokijat, kokemukset: Museologinen tutkimus Siffin senioriklubista taidemuseon keskiössä
2019
Museums have a diverse selection of professional experts participating in preparation for exhibitions and activities with the public. In museums expectations and experiences concerning the visiting public can vary from extreme openness to very traditional approaches. This research focuses on the Sinebrychoff Museum's Senior Citizen Club and its members. What makes people become involved in museum programmes and become regular visitors is the focal point of the study. When exploring the activities of the visiting public in museums, when seeing a person through operative and practical routines as a `client', a theory of recognition, but also of non-recognition, can be applied. This research c…
Women’s Multifaceted Citizenship : Identity, Belonging and Spaces of Participation in Rural Uganda
2022
This article analyses manifestations of women’s citizenship in diverse spaces of everyday participation in the rural districts of Kiboga and Namutumba in Uganda. Building on citizenship studies scholarship, we propose the notion of multifaceted citizenship, which ‘takes place’ in the same spaces of participation as processes of identity formation and belonging. Thus, our article also explores how identities and belonging manifest in spaces of participation. Drawing on content analysis of 50 qualitative interviews, we begin by investigating the spaces of participation that are experienced as meaningful by women. We then classify identities into five main categories: active resident, member, …
Ciència ciutadana contra prejudicis lingüístics: el projecte Milmots.eu
2017
La ciència ciutadana és un bon mecanisme per a fer recerca en l’àmbit de la demolingüística, ja que proposa la participació i l’arreplegada de dades del gran públic al mateix temps que genera una cultura científica en la societat. El projecte Milmots és una eina interactiva que neix amb l’objectiu de difondre, de conèixer i de compartir el nostre lèxic, les nostres paraules, associades als nostres pobles i les nostres comarques. L’elevat volum de mots i locucions recollit ha proporcionat un material idoni per a realitzar un estudi sociolingüístic que posa de manifest que les variables socials d’edat, àrea dialectal, nombre d’habitants de la població tenen una influència significativa sobre …
Exploring Obutyamye as Material Citizenship in Busoga Subregion, Uganda
2022
This article explores how being a citizen is inexorably bound up with the resources individuals own and deploy to support livelihoods in the rural locations of postcolonial states. Drawing on the works of Kabeer (2006) and Baglioni (2016), the article zooms in on how citizenship is manifestly and inescapably material in the Busoga subregion of eastern Uganda. Data for the article were collected using qualitative methods among beneficiaries of antipoverty programmes implemented by Action for Development (ACFODE), a national non-governmental organization (NGO). Findings show that, locally, citizenship is understood as obutyamye, connoting an (un)equal experience of being in, for and with the …
Food comfortability: a new concept to understand elderlies' expectations in terms of sensory characteristics
2016
Food comfortability: a new concept to understand elderlies' expectations in terms of sensory characteristics. 7. european conference on sensory and consumer research (eurosense)