The purpose of this study was to explore emerging issues surrounding gendered fear, threat, and violence perpetration at music festivals – particularly events that feature a synthesis of jam band and electronic dance music acts – a genre termed jamtronica by its fans. Though gendered violence perpetration and prevention have been widely studied within other party-oriented settings (i.e., sexual violence perpetration on college campuses), very little research exists to address how wider disparities of gender and sexuality permeate a community whose members frequently claim the scene’s immunity from external inequalities. In this three-year multi-sited ethnography, I incorporate participant observations, group and individual interviews, and textual analyses to progressively layer investigations into: 1) festival-goers’ gender-bifurcated perceptions of the problems they face within the event arena; 2) how institutional and interactional inequalities fuel gender-sexual expectations that exacerbate the risks with which festival-going women’s contend; and, 3) how jamtronica’s “libertarian and libertine” codes complicate women’s negotiations of (sub)cultural agency, expression, and safety. Findings derived across fourteen sites, interviews with 179 festival participants, and countless material texts suggest that men and women do perceive festival “problems” in very different ways – subsequently leading women to calculatedly navigate festival terrains, interactions, and self-presentations in ways that festival-going men seldom must. Protected by scene norms that paradoxically elevate personal autonomy and group integration, festival-going men’s homosocial displays of masculinity (through pranks, drinking and drug use, and even sexual predation) often goes unchallenged – or, is seemingly even encouraged. In an environment that both scholars and study participants claim to eclipse mainstream inequalities of gender and sexuality, a closer look reveals the multiplex ways that festival-going women risk their physical, social, and sexual well-beings in order to pursue the emancipatory promises that jamtronica music festival community discourses purport. For this understudied, yet rapidly growing, subcultural scene, this study offers conceptual and analytical foundations to event-specific violence prevention programming, as well as gender and sexuality-centric initiatives paramount to ever-diversifying jamtronica music festival communities.

The purpose of this study was to explore the daily life of the younger generation of Mexican Americans through a phenomenology design. Specifically, in regard to how the culture-sharing pattern of biculturalism is reflected in their lives and the way they construct their bicultural identity. The study utilized rich qualitative data to paint a clear and descriptive picture of the internal process of biculturalism within eight Mexican American college students. Ultimately, the data analysis aimed to collect and reflect their voices and the stories. This was done through three distinct data methods that complemented each other: interviews (oral), photo elicitation (visual), and document analysis (written). Results indicate that, the way bicultural individuals organize and respond to their culture in terms of behavior and cognition, is independent from the feelings they experience while engaging in cultural frame switching. No matter how well the participants are able to organize their dual cultures and compartmentalize them in their life, they still struggle with conflicting and opposing feelings. Nonetheless, even though their cultures and ideologies can clash at times and feel contradictory, this young generation can still manage to respond and function in both cultures, but to varying degrees.

Native American women and children suffer from domestic violence at an alarming rate on and off Indian reservations in the United States. Often these families that are impacted by domestic violence are involved in the state/county child welfare system. This study was to gain knowledge about Native American tribal child social workers experiences and challenges with co-occurrences of domestic violence and child maltreatment cases. This study used an exploratory, qualitative design with a phenomenological approach by collecting data through face-to-face and over the phone interviews with four Native American tribal child social workers from four different tribes across the nation. This design allowed participants the opportunity to provide a more in-depth explanation from their own personal experiences regarding their experiences and challenges working with domestic violence and child maltreatment cases. The study found that there is a need for state/county social workers to have a better understanding of the historic and current experiences of Native people from a cultural, spiritual, and socioeconomic perspective through effective and consistent training on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The study also found, that there is a need for state/county administration and social workers to build relationships with tribal child social workers in order to provide culturally competent and effective policies and services to serve Native American communities.

The pervasiveness of sexual violence on college campuses poses a significant problem for students and administrations that seek to promote healthy, safe, and equitable access to higher education. Although federal legislation under Title IX prohibits sexual violence as a form of gender discrimination, cultural climates that promote sexual violence—or rape cultures - continue to inform student experiences on college campuses. This thesis roots the discourse on campus sexual violence in the specific localized context at Scripps College. As a women’s college situated in a small, interconnected consortium of co-ed liberal arts colleges, the case of Scripps College raises critical questions about the ways in which gender and sexism play out on women’s bodies, and influence students’ experiences with embodiment on campus. In this thesis, I present a feminist analysis of the current institutional policies that address sexual violence on campus, in addition to the perspectives of eight student activists currently involved in gender justice work at Scripps College. Due to the fact that each of the Claremont Colleges, including Scripps, is currently in the process of re-evaluating their policies and grievance procedures that address sexual violence on campus, now is a key time to reflect on the past, present, and future of the Claremont Colleges and the role that these institutions play in either deconstructing or reinforcing patriarchal structures of power.

I have studied the Swedish artist formation ”1947 års män” with a sociological perspective based on the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu. I initially made a study of the group as a whole, and after that I chose to focus on the sculptors Liss Eriksson, Arne Jones and Knut-Erik Lindberg. I have examined why some of the artists in the formation became more successful than others. My results show that the ones who were versed in culture or came from an economically or intellectually stronger background also were considered to be the most pioneering artists. These artists also were the ones who became noticed by the art critics at their break-through exhibition in Stockholm in 1947. The art critics’ reviews likely had an impact on the future careers of the artists, as well as on the extent of which they came to be reminded today. / Jag har studerat konstnärsgruppen ”1947 års män” utifrån ett kultursociologiskt perspektiv. Jag gjorde först en studie av hela gruppen, för att sedan fokusera på gruppens skulptörer Liss Eriksson, Arne Jones och Knut-Erik Lindberg. Jag ville undersöka varför vissa av medlemmarna i gruppen blev framgångsrika konstnärer som än idag är ihågkomna, och varför andra inte blev det. Jag kom fram till att det var de konstnärer som hade goda sociala kontakter, var kulturellt och intellektuellt bevandrade eller kom från ekonomiskt starka hem som gjorde det som uppfattades som den mest banbrytande konsten och kom att av konstkritikerna tillskrivas som mest intressanta vid tiden för deras genombrottsutställning 1947. Denna reception lär sedan också ha påverkat även konstnärernas fortsatta karriärer i form av uppdrag, utställningar och inköp till viktiga konstsamlingar och kan även ha påverkat dagens beskrivning av vissa av konstnärerna i gruppen som mer framstående än andra.

BAKGRUND Bakgrunden till denna avhandling är att erbjuda ett alternativt sätt att förstå habiliteringspraktik. Den teoretiska ramen i avhandlingen är Pierre Bourdieus fältteori, vilket innebär ett antagande att det sociala livet bygger på symboliska och kulturella trossystem med hithörande doxor, med egna slags symboliska ekonomier och dominansförhållanden. Analysen har inneburit att rekonstruera och analysera ett kampfält, det vill säga att studera agenter som företräder olika intressen och deras kamp för erkännande och tolkningsföreträde. Vad som framkommer i denna avhandling kan hjälpa till att belysa varför habiliteringen blev som den blev. SYFTE Avhandlingens syfte är att analysera trosföreställningar och symbolisk makt inom habiliteringsområdet - det vill säga det symboliska kraftfält som skapades av specifika gruppers formering, intressen och ställningstaganden kring barn och ungdomar med handikapp i Sverige under perioden 1960-1980. METOD Avhandlingen har en historiesociologisk ansats. I analysen har intressepositioner rekonstruerats utifrån tidskrifter som är knutna till fackförbund, intresseorganisationer samt till det socialmedicinska forskningsfältet. Bakom dessa tidskrifter finns således mobiliserade grupper som agerar kollektivt genom sina föreningar och förbund. Tidskrifterna är knutna till yrkesgrupper: läkare, sjukgymnaster, arbetsterapeuter, förskollärare, socionomer och psykologer samt till Förbundet för utvecklingsstörda barn, ungdomar och vuxna - FUB, Riksförbundet för Rörelsehindrade barn och ungdomar - RBU och Handikapporganisationernas centralkommitté - HCK (idag HSO). Även arkivmaterial avseende löner för de olika yrkesgrupperna har använts. Analysen har huvudsakligen rört gruppernas positioneringar i förhållande till den dominanta doxan men också den sociala basen för gruppernas positioner. RESULTAT Avhandlingens konklusion visar betydelsen av: a) historiska strukturer avseende medicinens särställning i samhället och utvecklingen av hälso- och sjukvården i stort samt omhändertagandet av barn med funktionshinder. b) offentliga utredningar som konsekrationsinstanser och sociala mobiliseringsprocesser var viktiga delar i uppbyggandet av symboliska ekonomier. c) myter och ideologier i utövandet av symbolisk makt. d) allianser mellan stat och medicinen samt mellan yrkesgrupper och klienter. Avhandlingen visar också styrkan i doxorna och vilka konsekvenser det kunde innebära att lämna ett socialt fält man var skolad inom. Samklangen mellan doxa och fält fanns inte riktigt i det nya sammanhanget, vilket innebär ett slags strukturella glapp. Konsekvenserna kunde vara att man hamnade i en parialiknande situation utan skydd från det fält man lämnade, likt en "avfälling" och dessutom att det mottagande fältet inte riktigt erkände dem. SLUTSATS Inom medicinens fält konstituerades under den här tidsperioden en "habiliteringssfär" där medicinens doxa var dominant. Genom sociala mobiliseringsprocesser och klassificeringsstrider bidrog dessa till skapandet av olika grupperingar, symboler och ömsesidiga erkännanden av vissa symboliska värden rörande hur man skulle se på omhändertagandet av barn med handikapp.BAKGRUND Bakgrunden till denna avhandling är att erbjuda ett alternativt sätt att förstå habiliteringspraktik. Den teoretiska ramen i avhandlingen är Pierre Bourdieus fältteori, vilket innebär ett antagande att det sociala livet bygger på symboliska och kulturella trossystem med hithörande doxor, med egna slags symboliska ekonomier och dominansförhållanden. Analysen har inneburit att rekonstruera och analysera ett kampfält, det vill säga att studera agenter som företräder olika intressen och deras kamp för erkännande och tolkningsföreträde. Vad som framkommer i denna avhandling kan hjälpa till att belysa varför habiliteringen blev som den blev. SYFTE Avhandlingens syfte är att analysera trosföreställningar och symbolisk makt inom habiliteringsområdet - det vill säga det symboliska kraftfält som skapades av specifika gruppers formering, intressen och ställningstaganden kring barn och ungdomar med handikapp i Sverige under perioden 1960-1980. METOD Avhandlingen har en historiesociologisk ansats. I analysen har intressepositioner rekonstruerats utifrån tidskrifter som är knutna till fackförbund, intresseorganisationer samt till det socialmedicinska forskningsfältet. Bakom dessa tidskrifter finns således mobiliserade grupper som agerar kollektivt genom sina föreningar och förbund. Tidskrifterna är knutna till yrkesgrupper: läkare, sjukgymnaster, arbetsterapeuter, förskollärare, socionomer och psykologer samt till Förbundet för utvecklingsstörda barn, ungdomar och vuxna - FUB, Riksförbundet för Rörelsehindrade barn och ungdomar - RBU och Handikapporganisationernas centralkommitté - HCK (idag HSO). Även arkivmaterial avseende löner för de olika yrkesgrupperna har använts. Analysen har huvudsakligen rört gruppernas positioneringar i förhållande till den dominanta doxan men också den sociala basen för gruppernas positioner. RESULTAT Avhandlingens konklusion visar betydelsen av: a) historiska strukturer avseende medicinens särställning i samhället och utvecklingen av hälso- och sjukvården i stort samt omhändertagandet av barn med funktionshinder. b) offentliga utredningar som konsekrationsinstanser och sociala mobiliseringsprocesser var viktiga delar i uppbyggandet av symboliska ekonomier. c) myter och ideologier i utövandet av symbolisk makt. d) allianser mellan stat och medicinen samt mellan yrkesgrupper och klienter. Avhandlingen visar också styrkan i doxorna och vilka konsekvenser det kunde innebära att lämna ett socialt fält man var skolad inom. Samklangen mellan doxa och fält fanns inte riktigt i det nya sammanhanget, vilket innebär ett slags strukturella glapp. Konsekvenserna kunde vara att man hamnade i en parialiknande situation utan skydd från det fält man lämnade, likt en "avfälling" och dessutom att det mottagande fältet inte riktigt erkände dem. SLUTSATS Inom medicinens fält konstituerades under den här tidsperioden en "habiliteringssfär" där medicinens doxa var dominant. Genom sociala mobiliseringsprocesser och klassificeringsstrider bidrog dessa till skapandet av olika grupperingar, symboler och ömsesidiga erkännanden av vissa symboliska värden rörande hur man skulle se på omhändertagandet av barn med handikapp. / The dissertation examines the formation of specific groups, their interests and positions related to children with disabilities and their education and care in Sweden developed during 1960―1980. The theoretical framework is based on Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological theory of social space, which assumes that social life is based on symbolic and cultural systems of beliefs with respectively specific doxas and symbolic economies. Consequently, the analysis has focused on the agents’ position-takings and their struggle for recognition and preferential rights of interpretations. The reconstruction of a “habilitation sphere” was conducted through agents, their positions of interests and position-takings as analytical tools. The positions were mainly reconstructed on articles in journals of 10 professional organizations covering 6 occupations and 4 disability organizations. The occupational groups were paediatric doctors/child psychiatrists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, psychologists and pre-school teachers. The other positions were related to the county council union, four disability organizations (DHR, FUB, RBU and HCK), two of which were parent organizations and in addition, the research field of social medicine. Other materials were e.g. reports of commissions of inquiry. In order to explore the social foundations of the occupational positions, materials from archives have been used. The conclusion shows the significance of: a) historical structures related to the exceptional position of medicine in society, the development of the Swedish health care system in general and the organizations of “special” children b) commissions of inquiry as consecration authorities and processes of social mobilization, both important contributions in shaping symbolic economies, c) myths and ideologies in the exercising of symbolic power, d) alliances between the state and medicine, and between occupational groups and clients. The analysis also shows the strengths of the doxas which could work as a shield for the agents but also as obstacles for external agents when entering the habilitation sphere. / Finns även tillgänglig för synskadade i s.k. DAISY-format.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Lucimar Maria Mota - 2014.pdf: 3179116 bytes, checksum: 19ee375f3e13b86bb539321bb8a454aa (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-29 / The observation of a significant number of Brazilians presented in poverty and misery, deprived of the opportunity to exercise the fundamental right to food, essential to life with dignity has, over the years, required by government agencies and civil society, the effectiveness of social programs of the emergency order to fight against poverty and hunger led to the poorest segments of the population. While important, these programs on the context in which they were created, failed to reverse the situation of poverty and, therefore, the disturbing problem of hunger in the country. In 2003, as part of government strategies to address poverty, the federal government implemented the Zero Hunger Program, a new perspective on hunger and poverty eradication, articulated a policy proposal on food security and nutrition. In this context and year, there is also the Mesa Brasil SESC Program (MBS), a food and nutritional program against hunger and food waste. This Mesa Brasil SESC Goiás program is the subject of this study, which was accomplished in Goiânia – headquarters of physical facilities of MBS, based on the research from 2004 to 2013. It was attempted to, as main objective, identify, from the concept of food and nutrition security that is based on the principles of sufficiency, quality and adequacy, the measures adopted by the MSB against hunger and against food waste, and are implemented in a transverse perspective, educational and cultural activities in the social field space / social space food. Linking theory and methodology, we have used sociocultural theory of Bourdieu promoting understanding, through his concepts of field and habitus of the food, the set of values, ideas, beliefs and symbols that shape practices and educational initiatives developed by MBS. In an interaction of the concept of social field food, Bourdieu was used again, the theory to understand the representation was from Poulain to understand the representation of the practices and hierarchical and reciprocal social relationships that are built around food. This concept of social space and social dimensions of food in this space (of edatable, the food system, the space eater, consumer habits and the temporality of food), allowed to identify all these articulated and configured in the social space of MBS dimensions. The study of the case as a method of empirical research has favored the simultaneous use of different techniques and research tools allowed to cross and compare information, confirm and analyze together with the individual, and the individual with together, showing multiple situations, social and cultural relations that are structured within the space of MBS. The results of this work indicate significant advances of Mesa Brazil Sesc Goiás Programme according to their objectives and also challenges. Challenges, most of the time, with structural solutions. / A constatação da existência de um contingente expressivo de brasileiros submetidos a situação de pobreza e miséria, destituídos da possibilidade de exercer o direito humano básico à alimentação, fundamental à existência com dignidade, tem-se, ao longo dos anos, requerido por parte dos órgãos governamentais e sociedade civil organizada, a efetivação de programas sociais de ordem emergencial no combate à pobreza e à fome, direcionados aos segmentos mais pobres da população brasileira. Ainda que importantes, esses programas, no contexto em que foram criados, não conseguiram reverter o quadro da pobreza e, consequentemente, o problema inquietante da fome no país. Em 2003, no âmbito das estratégias governamentais de enfrentamento à pobreza, o governo federal implantou o Programa Fome Zero, uma nova perspectiva de combate à fome e de erradicação da pobreza, articulada a uma proposta política de segurança alimentar e nutricional. Nesse contexto e ano, surge também o Programa Mesa Brasil SESC (MBS), um programa de segurança alimentar e nutricional contra a fome e o desperdício de alimentos. O Programa Mesa Brasil SESC Goiás é o objeto deste trabalho, realizado em Goiânia – sede das instalações físicas do MBS, tendo como marco de investigação o período de 2004 a 2013. Buscou-se, como objetivo principal, identificar, a partir da concepção de segurança alimentar e nutricional, que tem como base os princípios da suficiência, da qualidade e da adequação, as medidas adotadas pelo MBS contra a fome e o desperdício de alimentos e, ainda como são concretizadas, numa perspectiva transversal, as ações educativas e culturais neste espaço social alimentar. Articulando teoria e metodologia, recorreu-se à teoria sociocultural de Bourdieu buscando compreender, por meio dos seus conceitos de campo e habitus alimentar, o conjunto de valores, ideias, crenças e símbolos que estruturam as ações e práticas educativas desenvolvidas pelo MBS. Numa interação do conceito de campo social alimentar de Bourdieu, recorreu-se ainda, à teoria de Poulain para entender a representação das práticas e relações sociais hierárquicas e de reciprocidade que se constroem em torno da alimentação. Seu conceito de espaço social alimentar e as dimensões sociais da alimentação nesse espaço (do comestível, do sistema alimentar, espaço do comedor, dos hábitos de consumo e da temporalidade alimentar), permitiram identificar essas várias dimensões articuladas e configuradas no espaço social alimentar do MBS. O estudo de caso, como método de investigação empírica, favoreceu a utilização simultânea de diferentes técnicas e instrumentos de pesquisa, as quais permitiram cruzar e comparar informações, comparar e analisar o todo com o particular, e vice-versa, mostrando múltiplas situações e as relações sociais e culturais que se estruturam no interior do espaço social do MBS. Os resultados deste trabalho apontam significativos avanços do Programa Mesa Brasil SESC Goiás em relação a seus objetivos e também seus desafios. Desafios estes, em sua maioria, na dependência de soluções estruturais.

Aging Hispanic populations are expected to increase in the United States (U.S.) to 21.5 million by 2060 according to the National Council on Aging (NCA) (2014). Although actual estimates vary, Gates (2013) asserts that over one million Hispanics identify as gay or bisexual and their unique needs must be explored (Clover, 2006; Cohn & Taylor, 2010; Fenkl, 2014). Unfortunately, few studies examine aging Hispanic men who identify as gay or bisexual according to the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) (2013). The objective of the current study was to extend the limited research on aging gay/bisexual men in the southeastern U.S. (e.g., Fenkl, 2014) by focusing on Hispanic gay/bisexual men in South Florida. The current study identifies social networks that serve to help this population’s health and well-being concerns related to aging. Findings from the 20 male participants in the current study provided evidence that there are unique health concerns associated with aging within this population. The current project has the potential to help health care providers, social service providers and policy makers, with an increased understanding of the special needs and challenges experienced by aging gay ethnic minorities in communities throughout the U.S.

Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale’s militant and masculinist discourses were embraced by Punjabi Sikhs because of his presence as a charismatic authority, a concept first developed by sociologist Max Weber to understand the conditions surrounding and personal qualities of a figure which attracts followers. The rebellion he led in Punjab resulted from his radical exploitation of issues concerning the Sikh community. Religion was wielded as a tool, legitimizing Sikh violence as commanded by the Gurus. Radical interpretations of Sikh scripture and folklore were initially preached to rural, less educated crowds. While his sermons brought out their frustrations with the government, his charisma allowed him to manipulate young men, his largest demographic of supporters, into embracing violence. This study analyzes Bhindranwale from the perspective of the people that supported him. By identifying multiple social factors through which to understand Bhindranwale’s reign, this study exhibits his importance in understanding Sikhism in Modern India.

This dissertation investigated how the Gikuyu people of central Kenya understood justice, forgiveness and trauma healing or their absence during a decade of intra-group reciprocal violence. This qualitative research study employed the narrative research method utilizing the "Williams Model" (Riessman, 2008). Field interviews were guided by a primary research question: What do the narratives of perpetrators and victims in reciprocal violence reveal about their understanding of justice, forgiveness and trauma healing or their absence? Fourteen research participants aged 78 to 92 years shared their full narratives. Current conflict analysis literature overwhelmingly centers on the victims and less on perpetrators. The reseach sample allowed perpetrator voices to be heard. The findings of this study suggest that the absence of justice as defined by the stakeholders is a primary perceived barrier towards forgiveness and trauma healing in post-conflict environments. While restorative justice literature offers hope in repairing harm, it's applicability in this study bears some complications when faced with the unreadiness of perpetrators to face their victims in a voluntary process. An extended discussion on restorative justice is offered under implications. Fair land re-distribution was identified as the most preferred response to the question of justice but is yet to be addressed. This stalemate suggests the need for a new negotiated framing and definition of justice if progress is to be expected. The study found out that forgiveness and trauma healing are desired but perceived as impossible goals. Researchers and policy makers could benefit from the findings especially in promoting native and localized restorative justice processes in order to terminate cycles of reciprocal violence.