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In this study, we theorize humanness in organizations as a property of practice. We apply practice theory to examine how humanness becomes enacted in a business organization as people prioritize organizational and individual ends in their work activities. Our empirical case study examines the everyday interactions of development team members in an R&D organization of a large Nordic cooperative. Challenging the dominant individualist and structuralist approaches in humanness and human dignity studies, we identify and locate four different aspects of humanness in organizational practices. As a result, we show how the emergence of humanness is an ongoing process that transpires through two mechanisms: site shifting and reconciliation; that is, people shift between different sites of the social, consisting of different sets of practices with underlying disparate assumptions of humanness, which requires reconciliation. These findings provide a basis for an alternative theorizing of humanness in organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Related Articles This article examines the narrative framework in European Union (EU) research and innovation projects, focusing on symbolic practices and terminology. The analysis includes over five years of ethnographic research, and 20 European projects funded by Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, and Erasmus+ programs. It explores different ways project actors internalize and reproduce the EU's symbolic power through its policies, particularly the ambiguous concept of “innovation.” Using Bourdieu's theory of practice, the research highlights the way social structures within the “project field” influence dynamics and outcomes, often resulting in a gap between rhetoric and reality. The study also uncovers broader political and social implications of these practices, calling for critical reflection of their impact. In its conclusion, the authors discuss the challenges of maintaining genuine innovation amidst bureaucratic requirements and the EU's symbolic power, advocating for more nuanced and context‐aware project practices.Kanol, Direnç. 2022. “Narrative Strategies for Emerging Disruptive Technologies: A Case Study of Blockchain for Europe.” Politics & Policy 50(5): 952–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12492.Nowlin, Matthew C., Maren Trochmann, and Thomas M. Rabovsky. 2022. “Advocacy Coalitions and Political Control.” Politics & Policy 50(2): 201–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12458.Von Malmborg, Fredrik. 2023. “Combining the Advocacy Coalition Framework and Argumentative Discourse Analysis: The Case of the ‘Energy Efficiency First’ Principle in EU Energy and Climate Policy.” Politics & Policy 51(2):222–41. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12525. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The theory of social practice describes a therapeutic community process for people living with serious mental illness, while the methods involve engaging people to become collaborators and contributors to a social environment. Confusion in the mental health field surrounding the applied methods of social practice—as occurring within the clubhouse model—has not been sufficiently addressed. This article aims to outline the methodology of social practice, as well as provide guidance on its practical application. Methods: Specific constructs of social practice are defined, and empirical support is provided to emphasize how practices to support recovery are applied in the clubhouse. Results: Five key elements of social practice—that is, transformational social design, engagement, relationship development, natural feedback and intervention, and transitional environments— are described. Practical examples of therapeutic techniques associated with each element are also provided. Conclusions and Implications for Practice: Social practice addresses the social determinants of health by focusing on five key elements that support individual and community recovery. Here, we detail social practice techniques utilized in the clubhouse as a way of unifying theory, providing practical guidance to mental health professionals and improving the measurement of community as therapy for serious mental illness. Impact and Implications: This article outlines therapeutic methods applied in the clubhouse model according to the theory of social practice. We provide concrete examples of relevant techniques to guide professionals in applying the model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Though the efficacy of the Clubhouse model's interventions and practices in supporting recovery from serious mental illness (SMI) have been demonstrated by prior research, the causal mechanisms and theory driving these outcomes have yet to be comprehensively defined. This theory article aims to synthesize existing knowledge of these methods to define a unified theory of social practice, outline its role in SMI recovery, and discuss future implications. Method: Historical, theoretical, and practical foundations of social practice were synthesized to define a current theory of social practice and expand the term to apply to the methods and interventions that define the Clubhouse model. Results: Based on prior theory and findings, we define social practice as "the informed application of a specialized form of environmental therapy that utilizes an intentional community to assist people in their recovery." Key facets of social practice in the Clubhouse model of SMI recovery are discussed, including the efficacy of the practice in addressing SMI outcomes such as isolation and low self-efficacy, as well as its impact on both internal and external motivational forces. Conclusions and Implications for Practice: The theory of social practice describes a process of engaging people to become collaborators and contributors to a social environment. This article describes the philosophy and practices of Clubhouses and introduces the theory of social practice as an empirical means of unifying and communicating the methods, practices, and outcomes of both the Clubhouse model and the broader implications of intentional community as therapy. Impact and Implications: This article unifies decades of findings from the Clubhouse model to define the theory of social practice—that is, the use of intentional community in recovery from serious mental illness. We discuss the historical and theoretical foundations of the model, outline the role of the theory in mental health recovery models, and discuss potential future implications and applications of social practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This conceptual paper extends theories of gift giving behavior through identifying and defining the emerging phenomenon of Avenger Philanthropy. This manifests when people make individual monetary donations to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to achieve a collective sense of moral grandstanding, usually underpinned by humor. For the first time, the paper makes sense of this phenomenon theoretically through drawing on a wide range of literature including gift giving, game theory and consumer psychology, and as a result, identifies seven distinctive hallmarks. The paper maps the importance of public expression of personal values, amplified through social media, together with risks for the NPO that benefits from the donations. Emotion underpins the giving behavior, both moral outrage and humor. This investigation contributes to the gift giving literature by identifying, mapping and anchoring current actions that potentially have far reaching consequences for future research and for nonprofit practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Shipping, a play on relationship, is a novel, yet ambiguous, social media practice. Shipping is a practice of playful, romantic pairing of peers on social media platforms, typically on anonymous accounts. At times, shipping is illicit, particularly when pictures are shared without consent. Research on shipping is scarce despite its legal, privacy and datafication issues, and the potential of ensuing bullying. This article seeks to understand why and how young people in Norway dis/engage in shipping as a practice. Theoretically, the article draws on meaning, competence and material as the three elements of social practice theory and how identity performances focus on enactments of age and gender. Empirically, the article builds on 37 semi-structured interviews with 29 early adolescents aged 10–13 about their everyday digital lives in Oslo. The findings suggest that early adolescents dis/engage based on consideration of the meaning of shipping for their social relations, exploring romance, entertainment and play. Young people in the study share peer group norms centered around consent and social closeness. At times, some of them test and transgress social and legal boundaries, leading to issues of privacy, choice, and bullying, and raising questions about teachers’ involvement. Shipping is ambivalent as it can create a sense of belonging yet also lead to feelings of exclusion.

This research examines United Arab Emirates (UAE) university students’ electronic sports habits and motivations using the theory of uses and rewards and the motivation scale for sports consumption (MSSC). A deliberate sample of 172 participants was surveyed using an electronic questionnaire to give their perspectives on various electronic sports-related topics. Most respondents considered e-sports a serious sport and valued it as a social practice. They practiced e-sports for two to four hours daily, preferring multiplayer games, confirming the collective tendency. Live-streaming services have helped electronic sports to become mainstream. Considering the UAE’s enthusiasm, most respondents played e-sports professionally. Finally, indirect realization, aesthetics, and escapism motivated e-sports players. These findings shed light on the perspectives and experiences of UAE residents who participate in electronic sports and may be used to guide efforts to legitimize and mainstream the activity.

I argue in this article that our understanding of community is enhanced by examining the formation of collective aspirations for a shared future. Using examples from my fieldwork on long-term community recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 in the town of Yamamoto, I illustrate the potential of using the social process of collective aspiring as an analytical tool in theorizing and studying community. Instead of treating community as a particular grouping or identity, I approach the concept of community as a processual analytical frame for understanding various forms of sociality constituted by continuous and mutually constitutive enacting and envisioning within social practices. This practice approach not only overcomes the tensions between the agency, structure, actualization, and abstraction characteristic of conceptualizations of community, but also enables us to explore the significance of the future dimension of social life. The concept of future orientation of collective aspiring allows us to ethnographically grasp the contingent formation of community in the dynamic process of striving toward the desired futures in contrast to anticipation of uncertain futures. To capture the many aspects of this process, aspiring is explored as shared objectives, action-oriented pursuing, and affectively charged yearning. This proposed analytical tool sheds light on ever-evolving forms of sociality not only in their unity and togetherness but particularly in their ambiguities, conflicts, and power relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The politics of public space, such as food and retail markets, has predominantly been studied from place-based perspectives. Most studies focus on the intercultural interactions and social dynamics of inclusion and exclusion as they develop in these places. Less research attention has been devoted, however, to how questions of accessibility and emplacement are intrinsically related to everyday mobilities that surround and come together in public space. By interviewing and physically following market traders who work on the central outdoor market of a town in the Netherlands, this article approaches traders’ mobilities to and away from markets as social practices that involve careful navigation. Three contrasting narratives of mobility-as-navigation are outlined, relating to the stories of the ‘established’, ‘searching’ and ‘roaming’ trader. The findings demonstrate that differences in navigation can be explained by the interdependencies between both individual and material/structural factors. The focus on mobility-as-navigation reveals not only the complex and sometimes contested ways in which people differently move to and away from public space, but it also shows how it leads to differentiated presence on, and access to, these places. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rural tourism transport provision makes sustainable travel challenging as evidenced by studies in the Global North. However, the nature of socio‐environmental challenges is different in the Global South, necessitating attention on resolving these different problems. Social practice theory (SPT) allows greater understanding of travel by considering the interplay between transport form and availability, the tourists' competences to make use of the provision, and the meanings associated with using it. Drawing from 31 semi‐structured interviews with tourists and destination stakeholders, this paper aims to explore and understand tourists' rural travel practices in Bali through a SPT lens to identify sustainable travel opportunities. Destination transport provision has evolved to meet residents' needs for travel and income generation, shaping the options for tourists. Motorbike and car‐rental allow tourists to achieve holiday needs and overcome travel limitations. Regional authorities need to address rural tourism provision deficiencies to tackle socio‐environmental sustainability in rural travel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social sustainability plays a prominent role in the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, but a proper analysis of the concept is still lacking. According to a widespread conception, a system is sustainable when it is preserved or developed in a robust manner. I argue, however, that social sustainability is best understood in explicitly normative terms. Formulating suitable development goals requires a conception of the kind of society that is worth sustaining. I propose that, for a system to be socially sustainable is for it to secure a range of values, including justice. Furthermore, I argue that social sustainability is first and foremost a property of institutions. I go on to ask what it takes for an institution to secure values and why justice is so important for institutions. The answers culminate in a social sustainability framework, which explains why making institutions more sustainable is so challenging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This contribution examines social practices in the Central Bathhouse in Jerash in Late Antiquity based on the ceramic assemblage, vessel glass, faunal remains, and small finds retrieved from two sections of the bathhouse's sewer. We argue that although the bathhouse underwent significant architectural alterations from its construction in the 4th c. CE to its abandonment in the late 7th, the activities taking place inside the building remained largely the same. Our study shows that even towards the end of the bathhouse's lifespan, bodily grooming remained integral to the bathing experience, while food and drink were consumed on the premises even though the bathing facilities had been reduced to a bare minimum. The faunal remains indicate the type of food consumed, while the small finds illustrate a lively environment where gaming and gambling took place in a social space frequented by men, women, and children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of contemporary technology, artificial intelligence has become the focus of thinking and dialectics, reaching boundaries beyond the dimensions of technology and directly to the core of human existence and consciousness. Philosophy of mind, as an ancient and profound way of thinking, has encountered many obstacles in the construction of artificial intelligence concepts. Marxist philosophy emphasizes the determinism of matter and mode of production. From the perspective of Marxist philosophy, this study compares and analyzes the theoretical differences and complementarities between it and traditional philosophy of the mind, with the aim of providing a new perspective for the construction of artificial intelligence concepts and enriching their connotations. The study first conducts a conceptual analysis of Marxist philosophy and, then, proposes a supplement and transcendence of Marxist philosophy to the philosophy of mind based on the construction of artificial intelligence concepts. The research finds that a philosophical dialogue has been formed between artificial intelligence and historical materialism, which not only reveals how to understand artificial intelligence from the historical dimension, but also provides valuable philosophical guidance for people in this era full of opportunities and challenges. In the process of technological evolution, people must adhere to the bottom line of humanistic spirit and ensure that technology always serves the human beings’ comprehensive, free and balanced growth. In addition, in order to ensure that artificial intelligence technology truly serves the common well-being of mankind, people also need to constantly reflect on, adjust and improve the development and application of technology, and jointly promote social progress.

Este trabajo busca contribuir a la investigación del proceso social, político y económico tardío (ca. 900-1470 d.C.) en Antofagasta de la Sierra (provincia de Catamarca, Argentina) a partir del estudio de la variabilidad de las prácticas materiales líticas de sus habitantes, considerándolas como prácticas sociales plenas en las que reprodujeron, transformaron y negociaron sus disposiciones y mundos sociales. A partir de comparar los resultados obtenidos en diversas muestras artefactuales sugerimos que quienes habitaron distintos espacios de la microrregión reprodujeron prácticas líticas aún más heterogéneas que lo señalado en propuestas previas. Esto nos alienta a advertir el carácter particular, específico y regional del fenómeno de centralización tardío antofagasteño y a proponer investigar su trayectoria histórica peculiar desde un paradigma histórico-procesual.

AbstractNowadays, media platforms are a catalyst for sculpturing a society’s mindset. Especially within a societal context characterized by skepticism towards the culture of human rights, the proliferation of misinformation has exerted a detrimental impact on public sentiment, thereby amplifying skepticism towards the culture of human rights. The objective of this study is to examine the misuse of media platforms in the dissemination of misinformation regarding the culture of human rights. The paper offers a legal analysis of our case study regarding the controversy surrounding the Jordanian child rights draft law. The paper analyses the practice of disseminating misinformation via media platforms through three main lenses: discourse, trust, and social practice. It also examines the intersection between these lenses through the example of the Jordanian child rights draft law controversy.

Simple Summary: Good welfare is an emerging issue in the equestrian world, yet it is essential for those wishing to remain in the field, especially with society's growing concerns about human activities involving animals. Recognizing this, our research aimed to understand the barriers equestrian practitioners face in implementing improvements for equine welfare. Findings indicate that while enthusiasts are aware of and acknowledge the need for good welfare practices, several factors hinder application: financial constraints, lack of physical space, insufficient skilled labor, time limitations, inadequate resources or materials, and a lack of technical knowledge. Most strikingly, despite acknowledging the need for improvement and professing love for their horses, participants did not recognize that the conditions under which they keep or use horses often fall short of their own standards. They attributed the inability to make changes not to themselves but to external circumstances beyond their control. These results pave the way for further research to determine whether equestrian activities are based on a respectful relationship with horses or if belonging to the equestrian world takes precedence, even at the expense of equine welfare. Inadequate management conditions can impair the welfare of captive-bred horses. Understanding individuals' viewpoints and the factors influencing their decisions about adopting or avoiding certain practices may provide insights into their motivations and decision-making processes. This is particularly relevant in the equestrian community, where equine practitioners and enthusiasts often engage in harmful practices. We explored the beliefs, knowledge, and attitudes of equine practitioners and enthusiasts about horse welfare and the barriers that prevent them from employing better management practices that are essential to promoting horses' welfare. The study consisted of in-depth semi-structured interviews conducted in person with 31 individuals directly involved in the equestrian environment in Brazil. Responses were analyzed through thematic analysis with a data-driven deductive approach. Participants' beliefs, knowledge and attitudes to horse welfare were divided into three themes. The first theme, "Let the horse be a horse", captured participants' perceptions about how physical and mental aspects related to the nature and welfare of horses. The second theme, "Everyone does it like that", includes the social norms that influence decisions about the practices that impact on the welfare of the horses. The third theme, "Beyond utopia: how and why horses are managed the way they are", covered barriers that participants perceived as impediments to the use of best practices for the welfare of horses. While participants demonstrated awareness of welfare issues and acknowledged factors that negatively impact horses, there was a notable discrepancy between this knowledge and the implementation of improved management practices. This could be explained by several perceived barriers to implementing management practices that could enhance horse welfare, including lack of financial resources, limited physical space, shortage of qualified labor, time constraints, inadequate tools, and insufficient knowledge. Additionally, we identified deeply rooted social norms within the equestrian community and culturally established practices that limit approaches to horse welfare. Participants underscored the influence of these norms and different interpretations of "letting the horse be a horse" based on the horse's value and purpose. Concerning low-value horses, the primary justifications for stall housing and concentrated feeding were linked to elevated costs involved in spatial demands and labor; in contrast, for high-value horses used in performance and aesthetics, the arguments shifted to potential benefits to the horses' well-being. From an ethical perspective, ideally, individuals should refrain from owning horses if they cannot ensure the animals' welfare. Additionally, if the equestrian community neglects public attitudes towards animal welfare, it risks eroding its social license. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The changing climate, rapid increases in global consumption, and shock events are increasing stress on water resources globally. For policy makers and water sector stakeholders tasked with reducing demand, and for academic researchers interested in understanding how these complex issues intertwine to create current and future water demand profiles, the shortcomings of individualized behavior change approaches driven by psycho‐econometric understandings of resource consumption is increasingly evident. Since the early 2000s, social practice theory has been increasingly recognized as deepening understandings of the complex ways water is consumed and the dynamic factors that influence household demands. This review examines evidence of how social practice ideas are deployed in academic research in scope (theory; geographical; practices entities/performances; sites, locations, and temporality of practices; infrastructural configurations); methods (historical; talk—interviews, focus groups; diaries; ethnography and home tours; surveys; living labs, experiments, design methods; mixed methods); and implications (co‐production; materiality; diversity; disruption and insecurity; inequalities) including for policy and practice. Emerging from the review is a set of ideas that demonstrate how to apply insights from social practice more effectively in water studies and in water management, aiding the exploration of new areas of enquiry, policies and mechanisms to enable less intensive patterns of water use. This review points to a need for increased collaboration across the water sector and wider stakeholders to enact deep and meaningful change to how water is supplied and consumed in society. This article is categorized under:Human Water > Water GovernanceHuman Water > MethodsHuman Water > Value of Water [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Law is a social practice and the contributions of its participants are complementary. Under these conditions, legal reasoning is first and foremost an interpretation of these practices and presupposes an internal point of view on the part of the person who wishes to give an account of them. Legal reasoning is thus conceived as practical argumentation, subordinated to the demands of rationality, because those who participate in legal practice are obliged to give reasons for their actions, and these reasons weave a web of constraints. In legal theory, legal reasoning is implicitly presented as a universal activity. Of course, the data used in this reasoning may differ, and even considerably, but the considerably, but, according to the prevailing view, a rational person should, in principle reason in the same way in all countries and cultures. Even if the field and subject matter of the jurist do not conform to the criteria of classical science, his method of work conforms one hundred per cent to the criteria of scientificity. The jurist performs purely scientific work with his scientific research method, analytical, synthetic, systematic and dialectical reasoning, and logical techniques of analogy, abstraction, generalisation, parsing, deduction and induction. Indeed, to the extent that the jurist interprets and applies the rules of law in a rational manner in accordance with the logical rules of methodology, he/she engages in a purely scientific activity. The jurist works with logical concepts and propositions; by reasoning analytically, synthetically, systematically and dialectically, and by employing the logic of abstraction and comparison, he makes consistent inferences; he produces reasoned judgements; he compiles and gathers legal rules and concepts in the context of a certain system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay reflects upon the author's experience creating a participatory artwork—a wreath made of abortifacients and emmenagogues—to honor the labor of abortion workers. Collaboratively made with public involvement, the piece was created in Cincinnati, Ohio against the backdrop of increasingly restrictive abortion laws. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research on socialisation in supranational environments such as the EU institutions has to face the complexity and diversity of the socialisation process. Theoretical differentiations can provide useful analytical frameworks, but all are not equally suitable for specific research purposes. They often take the form of dichotomies, such as the basic differentiation of socialisation as process and product. As shown by Zürn and Checkel, two important distinctions can be applied to supranational socialisation: actor's behaviour vs their properties, and agent vs structure. This paper argues that another dichotomy, one between causal and constitutive relations, is theoretically significant and analytically useful, in particular for research embedded in IR constructivism. It provides an empirical application of eight aspects of socialisation produced by the three dichotomies taken together, based on interviews with Council officials. Afterwards, it discusses what can be gathered from this illustration for further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although identity is recognized as an important topic in Arabic sociolinguistics, little attention has been paid to how major structural changes impact different forms of identity, especially in professional and workplace contexts. In this article we tackle this gap to investigate how Qatari junior academics give meaning to their professional identities as they negotiate the roles they claim to fulfil vis-à-vis their students in a particularly complex workplace context characterized by processes of internationalization and nationalization. More specifically, we work from a social constructionist perspective and adopt the "narrative as social practice" approach (De Fina & Georgakopoulou 2008) to carry out micro-oriented linguistic analyses of research interviews with female Qatari junior academics. Our findings indicate that the interviewees often present themselves in their stories as "role-models," not only as and vis-à-vis women but also, and even more importantly, as and vis-à-vis Qataris. This invocation of the intersectionality of their identities reflects the complexity of this changing academic workplace. Finally, this article points at the importance of investigating identities of people who are directly affected by organizational change, as it uncovers the in situ effects on the micro-level of processes on the macro-level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The three social practices – democracy, philosophy and sport – are more similar than we might initially suspect. They can be described as 'essentially agonistic social practices', that is, they are manifestations of 'agon' (contest). The possibility to participate in agonistic social practices derives from the human condition, i.e. from the necessity to care for one's existence, which requires ongoing attention and decision-making, and which sometimes means going against others. We call this character of human existence by the ancient Greek term 'polemos' (struggle), which can be manifested through various types of agon. If society cherishes agonistic social practices, it enables its citizens to compete to prove themselves and achieve goals (e.g. to push through a persuasive argument, or to win in sport) in a respectful, peaceful and productive way. Believed to have played a significant role in ancient Greece, agon presents itself in both intellectual and physical forms – in philosophy, democratic politics and sport – suggesting that the relationship between these practices is deep-rooted and significant. This paper explores the idea that developing our understanding of polemos and agon can enhance our experience of agonistic social practices and enable our existence to proceed in a more free, pro-social and enriching way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Legal norms serve as practical standards for individuals and officials. While this 'normative aspect' of law is widely acknowledged, its significance for theories of law remains contested. In this paper, I examine three views on the matter. First, that we should explain legal norms as reason-giving. Second, that we should explain legal discourse as being about reasons for action. Third, that we should explain law as capable of being reason-giving. I survey some challenges associated with each of these views. What they have in common is an implicit assumption about the form that normative explanation must take: that it must be a linear, non-reductive explanation. There is an alternative model for normative explanation available, however. That model explains normative notions in terms of the practices and attitudes involved in recognizing, offering, and demanding them. I highlight the potentials, and limitations, of this practice-centered alternative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines how cultural and natural resource management encountered university-engaged social practices, and the subsequent consequences, based on a university teacher’s experiences. I joined National Taitung University as a faculty member in 2019. Since then, I have become a project sub-investigator of the University Social Responsibility Project (USR), sponsored by the Ministry of Education, to design courses and collaborate with local residents and practitioners, including fishers, environmentalists, and temple leaders, to facilitate regional responsible tourism. The project tasks comprise outdoors activities, digital marketing, and in-depth tourism. I collaborate with students to explore cultural heritage preservation and to enrich designs and itineraries of sustainable tourism at the regional level. This paper sheds light on our experiences in this project and analyzes how and why anthropological knowledge, skills, and reflections can be applied to sustainable tourism education and associated regional resource management. Faculty members from different departments and disciplines, including outdoor activities, media production, and cultural resource management, carry out the abovementioned USR project to facilitate cross-disciplinary collaborations as well as teaching and learning outcomes. The project has extended its influence from one community to other regions, including Sugihara Beach, a former milkfish fingerling catching area and now a coastal marine resource protection area, where I design teaching and learnings activities. This article focuses on the cultural heritage record and tourism design to discuss how the USR and anthropological training affect my selection, reconstruction, conversion and extension of cultural and natural resources in teaching. This paper presents my project implementation experiences between 2019 and 2021 to reflect on my course design and modification in order to investigate the following issues. First, how the changing industrial sectors, the milkfish’s life cycle, and human activities (including land development, folk religion, environmental protection, etc.) interact with each other. Such interactions affect the trajectory of coastal resource management along the Sugihara Beach. Second, my anthropological experiences have influenced my strategies for teaching students who are not anthropology majors to record Taiwanese fishers’ daily life experiences, life stories, and perspectives, as well as the history of local sectors and a temple on the east coast. My courses associated with the USR project have become teaching material collection processes and subsequently changed the ways that I convert life histories into cultural resources aimed at in-depth tourism. Last but not least, anthropologists can apply their ethnographic skills and knowledge to multidisciplinary social practices. Reviewing both the team and individual work in this project, I share the experiences of the USR strategy and evaluate my own experiences and contribution of visualizing human-animal-plant interactions for teaching cultural diversity, sustainable tourism, and local history. Teachers trained in anthropology co-learn with students from local residents with through an ethnographic approach, and the outcomes can be more diverse than a textual ethnographic account. The visualization of cultural and natural resources can attract more non-anthropology-major students to learn and adopt anthropological skills and thinking. Teachers need to consider how to prevent local politics from disrupting teaching process. They can introduce concepts, practices, and local perspectives to develop more localized teaching materials. Such materials can become tools that students can use to develop their non-academic career skills and knowledge. They can also encourage students to use anthropological knowledge in their future careers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the question regarding the crisis of the effectiveness of human and fundamental rights. This is a challenge that requires commitment, vigilance, shared liability. Rights are an indispensable tool for expressing the value of dignity that is linked to vulnerability as a common human condition. Rights are a type of social practice aimed at their implementation and concretization. It is made up of principles, rules, institutions, procedures, attitudes, acts of interpretation. This practice plays an important role in countering and eliminating the situations that produce violations concerning the subjects in their multiple differences and specific existences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to understand how teachers who teach Mathematics in Basic Education relate their experiences to learning aimed at challenging the exercise paradigm. To do so, we start from an understanding of teacher learning as a change in their participation in school pedagogical practice. The data for this qualitative study were produced through semi-structured interviews with six teachers who teach Mathematics in Basic Education. The analysis indicates that these teachers relate the way they challenge the exercise paradigm in the school context to a dynamic process of learning, in which various shared practices are involved. Thus, we highlight the relevance of the articulation between teachers' life experiences and initial and continuing education courses and programs, so that different modes of professional action are offered to them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Some African countries' premier industries, such as textiles, garments and agro-processing, which floundered in the face of market liberalization and stiff competition from cheap imports, are now going through regenerative changes, with some beginning to tell a cautionary tale of a leap upwards. Focusing on the Ghana garment and textile industry, we draw on a framework that integrates social practices and everyday general-purpose technologies to explore the rise, decline and regeneration of the industry. Explicating a fine analysis of how the performative reconfiguration of social practices and functional sources of innovation and technologies may combine to support innovation-driven growth, our study sheds light on how loosely connected actors within a hitherto floundering industry can learn to transform their situated practices to drive their 'industrial regeneration'. Implications for the theory and practice of industrial regeneration are outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Since the 1940s, the Clubhouse model of psychosocial rehabilitation has evolved towards a comprehensive practice of social theory and intervention. Despite the model's cost effectiveness and observational evidence of its efficacy, empirical research remains lacking. The current narrative review examines studies from recent years (2015–2021), not to assess study rigor, but to identify trends in research aims, findings, and methodology, as well as specify future research directions. A narrative review was conducted using PRISMA guidelines. Using the search term "Clubhouse," 194 articles were identified in online databases. 38 met criteria for inclusion. Most studies were qualitative (60.5%) and few utilized experimental or quasi-experimental designs (7.9%). Narrative synthesis revealed research aims and outcome variables falling into six key areas: social integration and connectedness, quality of life (QOL), recovery outcomes, relational dynamics, policy, and virtual adaptations of the model. Findings indicate that recent Clubhouse-related research trends have primarily involved studies of social connectedness, QOL, recovery, relationships, and policy, as well as studies examining the value of the virtual Clubhouse in maintaining well-being. However, heterogeneity of methodologies and measures present a critical limitation to assessing results across studies. Options for increasing experimental methodologies in this area are reviewed. Recommended future directions involve moving towards a biopsychosocial approach to clarifying the mechanisms through which the model promotes recovery—aims that may yield implications beyond the realm of serious mental illness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Background Scholars demand more focus on context-related factors of health literacy as the management of health information is seen as a social practice. One prominent factor is social support that is expected to be particularly relevant for persons vulnerable for low health literacy. It was shown that health literacy can differ across the life span and especially older people have been demonstrated to be vulnerable for low health literacy. Therefore, health literacy and the relation of social support on health literacy in different age groups should be investigated. Methods In a German nationwide survey 2,151 adults were interviewed face-to-face. General comprehensive health literacy was measured with the HLS19-Q47 which differentiates single steps of health information management – access, understand, appraise, and apply. Social support was measured with the Oslo 3 Social Support Scale. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed for all respondents and for five age groups. Results Health literacy is relatively low in all age groups but particularly low among old-old people (76 + years). Also, the youngest adults (18–29 years) have slightly lower health literacy than middle-aged adults. On average, health literacy is higher among people with higher social support but this association varies between age groups. It tends to be quite strong among younger adults (18–45 years) and young-old persons (65–75 years) but is weak among older middle-aged (46–64 years) and old-old persons. The association also differs between steps of information management. It is stronger for accessing and applying information but there are differences in age groups as well. Conclusions Social support is a relevant aspect to improve individuals’ health literacy and therefore should be addressed in interventions. However, it is necessary to differentiate between age groups. While both young adults and particularly old-old persons are challenged by health information management, young adults can strongly profit from social support whereas it can barely compensate the low health literacy of old-old persons. In addition, different challenges in information management steps in different age groups need to be considered when designing health literacy interventions. Thus, target group specific services and programs are needed.

The community at Kalisat Hamlet is religiously plural, with the adherents of Buddhism, Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Sapta Dharma living side by side. A social-religious practice called the Giliran tradition has emerged from this plurality—a religious gathering held regularly and simultaneously by all religious groups in Kalisat Hamlet on Saturday nights. This study aims to explain the religious plurality in Kalisat Hamlet, analyze the relationship between the Giliran tradition and the habitus of plurality using Bourdieu’s social practice theory, and analyze the impact of the Giliran tradition on the social order in Kalisat Hamlet. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with data collected from interviews and field observations. The results show that the plurality in Kalisat Hamlet has produced the Giliran tradition called Paritanan for Buddhists, Yasinan for Muslims, Bestonan for Christians, and Sujudan for Sapta Dharma. The Giliran tradition has also established three basic values—harmony, tolerance, and integration—embedded in the social life of the Kalisat Hamlet community. The values lay a foundation for creating a social order in the Kalisat Hamlet community, which is diverse yet harmonious.

Socially engaged art presents social situations to be understood, experienced, and evaluated as works of art while they simultaneously retain everyday non-art functionality. This article begins with an account of the definitional and evaluative concerns that socially engaged art engenders, outlining the debates around the relative importance of ethical and aesthetic values that result from this unsettled relationship between art and non-art. Based on this account, I argue that all socially engaged art requires successful performative bids that declare the work to be art and that it is possible to identify the felicity conditions in which these bids are likely to be successful, as well as the perlocutionary effects that occur when a situation is categorized as art. I apply this analytic framework in a discussion and comparison of pieces by Santiago Sierra and Mierle Laderman Ukeles, demonstrating how this framework facilitates assessments that account for the works as art, while interrogating and evaluating the ethics of their categorization as art.