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NGO Legitimacy as a Continuous Negotiation Process : Fostering ‘Good Citizenship’ in Western Uganda

2022

The article draws on and contributes to debates on the legitimacy of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) engaged in development, defining organizational legitimacy as a social construct that is continually negotiated in relationships with diverse audiences. To explore the negotiated nature of NGO legitimacy, the article examines the efforts of a Ugandan NGO, Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (KRC), to foster citizens’ capacities in rural communities in the western part of the country. Drawing on interviews and participant observation, we scrutinize the ways in which KRC balances between different and even contrasting legitimacy expectations stemming from three types of encounters sign…

Työllisyyden merkitys työmarkkinaneuvotteluissa

2008

Suomen ja Neuvostoliiton väliset neuvottelut Saimaan kanavan vuokraamisesta

1999

Conflict management in the international context : analyzing the role of the United Nations in the Western Sahara conflict

2017

The United Nations is the most productive international organization in resolving international world conflicts. The UN uses different techniques and approaches to resolve international conflicts, including mediation. This study analyzes the process of mediation and international conflict management from the point of view of UN efforts in the Western Sahara conflict, which has been ongoing since 1975. This study specifically focuses on the UN’s role in resolving intercultural conflict in Western Sahara and the concrete steps it has taken, such as implementation of the cease-fire, the Settlement Plan and establishing the Mission for an independence referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). It …

Interpretation, Negotiation, Play

2022

Augmented reality (AR) picturebooks combine printed children's literature with augmented reality. This study examines the shared reading of the Finnish AR picturebook Mur, eli karhu (2016) by Kaisa Happonen and Anne Vasko. The main aim of the study is to explore the playful reading experience of three Finnish families with children between the ages of 4 and 6. Three main categories of engagement with the book are discussed in the article: interpretation, negotiation, and play. The findings of the study suggest that children are skilled users of mobile digital media but may not understand the content of AR without parental mediation. In addition, parents and educators are required to have su…

Aikuiskoulutuksen monimuotoistaminen koulutusteknologian avulla : case Kokkolan yliopistokeskus

2008

Ammatillisen identiteetin rakentuminen puhdistuspalvelualan aikuisopiskelijoiden kokemana : "en mä ainakaan siivoomaan lähde kun mä saan tehdä sitä k…

2013

Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää, mitkä tekijät ovat yhteydessä puhdistuspalvelualan aikuisopiskelijoiden ammatillisen identiteetin rakentumiseen koulutuksen aikaisissa konteksteissa. Toisena tutkimuskysymyksenä oli, miten koulutuksen sisäisillä opetus- ja ohjausjärjestelyillä on mahdollista tukea ammatillisen identiteetin rakentumista. Puhdistuspalveluala on yhteiskunnallisesti vähän arvostettu ammattiala eikä vastaavaa tutkimusta ole aiemmin tehty. Koulutusjärjestelyillä on vaikutusta uusien, alan ammattilaisten näkemykseen työstä ja itsestään ammatillisena toimijana. Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin keväällä 2012 puolistrukturoiduilla teemahaastatteluilla kahdeksalta vastavalmistu…

Discursive Strategies to Negotiate Power Relations in Disability Services Client Juries

2020

Collaboration with clients is an efficient way to develop social services. To strengthen the possibilities for clients to influence services, client juries are established. However, collaboration in the juries is perceived as difficult because of the power imbalance inherent in the client–social worker relationship. The aim of this study was to examine how the participants negotiated power relations in client jury meetings. The data consisted of four observed disability services client jury meetings. Analysis was performed using action-implicative discourse analysis, which aims to define different communicative problems, interactional strategies, and situated ideals of communicative practic…

Virtual exchange : not only for language learning

2018

Technology enables teachers to connect their students online with foreign students in a facilitated educational setting. Such tele-collaborative intercultural projects are called virtual exchange practices (O’Dowd 2018). The students get an opportunity to engage in dialogues and tele-collaboration with peers from other countries. The intercultural encounters may not only enhance the participants’ intercultural and foreign language competencies but can also develop their collaborative skills. In addition, the students can learn how to manage in communicative situations, when the communicators’ language proficiency levels and study fields are different. This article provides an overview of vi…

Finnish-Chinese intercultural negotiation : power positioning and search for common ground

2018

‘Rising China’ is a term that has come to refer to China’s march to being number one, the speed of its economic growth, and its investment around the world during last two decades. In Finland, government agencies have been established to promote investment, trade, and co-operation with China, while regional and local governments are also actively involved. Meanwhile, much of the world is now competing for the attention of China, so the power dynamic is tending to shift in favour of the Chinese. This developing context has been examined in previous studies primarily from the perspectives of politics, economics, and management studies. The overarching aim of this study is to investigate emerg…