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Agency auf der Spur: Perspektiven aus Ethnologie und Sozialer Arbeit
Get PDFSowohl in der Ethnologie als auch in der Sozialen Arbeit ist Handlungsmacht ein zentrales, aber auch umstrittenes Konzept. Vertreter*innen beider Disziplinen erinnern uns daran, unsere eigenen Vorstellungen von Handlungsmacht nicht als selbstverständlich zu betrachten. Doch wie genau beziehen wir uns in unserer forschenden und sozialarbeiterischen Praxis auf Vorstellungen von Agency? Welche Rolle spielen sie in unserem jeweiligen "Feld" und wie beeinflussen sie das Verhältnis zu unserem Gegenüber? Die Beitragenden zeigen auf, inwiefern Handlungsmacht ein verbindendes Konzept von Ethnologie und Sozialer Arbeit bildet und welche Parallelen und Unterschiede zwischen den jeweiligen "disziplinären" Auseinandersetzungen bestehen
Science Fiction und Labour Fiction: Zukunftsvorstellungen von Arbeit und Arbeitskämpfen
Get PDFScience Fiction erfindet faszinierende Zukünfte - sie prägt aber auch die Gegenwart, nicht zuletzt durch technische Inspiration und popkulturelle Sozialisation. Was wir von der Zukunft erwarten und befürchten, das haben wir oft vorher in Science-Fiction-Geschichten gelesen oder gesehen. Dies trifft auch auf die Arbeitswelt zu: Welche technologischen Wandlungen werden uns betreffen? Welche Arbeitskämpfe stehen uns bevor? Und sind Roboter unsere Konkurrenten? Die Beiträger*innen analysieren einige dieser Arbeitszukünfte in ausgesuchten Büchern, Filmen und Spielen - und geben einen Einblick in etwas, das wir noch nicht wissen, uns aber schon vorstellen können
Regional free movement of persons as an opportunity in dealing with climate mobility: great potential, difficult implementation
Get PDFAs climate change progresses, the number of people who are being forced to leave their homes and cross borders due to environmental change is increasing. At the same time, they lack safe, orderly and regular migration pathways. Regional free movement can expand the leeway for those who are particularly affected by climate change. The African regional organisations ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) and IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) have both concluded agreements that could guarantee such free movement of persons. Their examples show the potential, but also the hurdles in implementing such regulations. In order to take advantage of these agreements in terms of climate mobility, German and European development and migration policy should do more to implement regional free movement. Furthermore, it is important to support the anchoring of climate aspects in the agreements. Cooperation between the European Union (EU) and individual African states should be questioned if it threatens to hinder the free movement of people in Africa through migration management and border security. (author's abstract
The Global Tariff Tug-of-War: A Human Cost Caught in the Crossfire
Get PDFIn the quiet fields of Iowa, a farmer greets the sunrise with a mix of resolve and dread. Once a symbol of hope, the dawn now casts a shadow of uncertainty over his spreadsheets, which reveal a stark truth: the export route to China - a lifeline for his soybean crops - has withered under a 135% retaliatory tariff. This stems from a 10% tariff imposed on certain agricultural products in March, compounded by a 125% levy announced on April 11. Across the globe in Shanghai, a factory owner faces a parallel struggle. The cost of imported machinery has surged by 145% due to U.S. tariffs, threatening the viability of their production line. These two lives, oceans apart, are woven together by a shared reality - tariffs, once subtle tools of economic policy, have become blunt instruments in a high-stakes geopolitical chess match, reshaping livelihoods with every move
Shearing Layers of Space: Exploration of Permanency and Temporality in the Public Realm
Get PDFStewart Brand famously provided a framework for considering change within buildings through his idea of "shearing layers," itself based on earlier ideas from Francis Duffy and Alex Henney. In each case, a loose hierarchy starting with the relative permanency of the site, the building structure/shell, and to a lesser extent the skin, to the more temporary building services, space plan, and ultimately the scenery/stuff that fills the buildings. This article transposes this method of analysis from buildings and structures to public urban space. It achieves this by adding a time dimension in the form of a "rate of change" or renewal to the different layers of site, surface, services, space (spatial configuration), surroundings/skin, signage, and stuff within the public space. While it was initially intended as a thought experiment relating to society, the idea of long-term thinking is a beneficial tool for urban designers and planners. Demonstrated using a city centre public space case study, we present the object-orientated approach to recording and mapping the "rates of change" ranging from constant, hourly, daily, monthly, and yearly through to renewal over decades and centuries. The output is presented dynamically, as a chronological map progression supported by mixed archival secondary sources and primary data gathered using remote sensing and other photographic evidence. A move from end-state planning within the public realm, to thinking about the variable nature of change will support a more flexible and resilient public realm. As we increasingly need to be responsive to challenges, and opportunities, having a better understanding of the time cycle and adaptability of the different layers of our public realm will only benefit the city
Unemployment Scarring in the Early Career: Do Skills and Labour Demand Matter?
Get PDFRocky school‐to‐work transition processes, characterized by spells of unemployment and education-job mismatch, can have long‐lasting scarring effects on young people and often lead to a loss of income and occupational status. However, the mechanisms that either foster or prevent unemployment scarring are underinvestigated. Our article thus asks whether vocational education and training (VET) diploma holders' unemployment duration and the probability of status loss at labour market re‐entry are affected by the interplay between occupation‐specific labour demand and young workers' skill sets acquired in VET. Our theoretical approach combines job search, human capital, and signalling theory with arguments from structural segmentation approaches. Our analyses use complete national register data on VET diploma holders who became unemployed during their early careers. We combine national register data on unemployment spells with register data on education trajectories in Switzerland and occupation‐specific labour demand data. Results from event‐history analyses indicate that unemployment episodes are associated with lower employment chances and higher risk of status loss of VET diploma holders. These general patterns are attenuated by occupation‐specific labour demand and the skills taught in vocational training programmes. Re‐employment chances are higher and the risk of status loss lower when occupation‐specific labour demand is high and few of the accessible job opportunities offer lower status than the job before unemployment. Additionally, we find that workers who trained in occupations imparting large proportions of occupation‐specific skills have a higher re‐employment probability but also face a higher risk of status loss than those who trained in occupations imparting larger proportions of general skills. Our findings indicate a trade‐off between occupation‐specific skills and general skills
Geschichte einer ökologischen Reflexivität: Rezension zu "Chaos in the Heavens: The Forgotten History of Climate Change" von Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Fabien Locher
Get PDFJean-Baptiste Fressoz, Fabien Locher: Chaos in the Heavens: The Forgotten History of Climate Change. London/ New York: Verso 2024. 978-1-83976-722-
Switching a Face-to-Face Panel to Self-Administered Survey Modes: Experimental Evidence on Effects of Mode Assignment on Response and Selectivity
Get PDFBased on a mode experiment implemented in pairfam, a large, established German panel study, we investigate whether switching a panel from face-to-face to push-to-web survey mode leads to increased attrition and selectivity. We find that the redesign increases overall attrition by almost six percentage points, and causes even larger losses among full-time employed, self-employed, and less educated respondents. Two of the Big Five personality traits moderate the mode effect: conscientiousness and openness, while no differences are found for agreeableness, neuroticism, and extraversion. These results suggest that mode changes in a panel study bear risk for data quality in terms of sample size and selectivity
Promoting Social Inclusion Through Sport: A Case Study of Uyghur Youth in China
Get PDFThis study examines the role of sports as a means of promoting social inclusion among Uyghur youth in China, drawing upon social inclusion theory. Utilizing a qualitative case study methodology, we explored the perspectives of Uyghur youth athletes to gain insight into the challenges they face in achieving social inclusion without feeling "othered" or excluded. Data analysis followed an inductive grounded theory approach, identifying first‐order concepts, second‐order themes, and aggregate theoretical dimensions. Our findings reveal that social inclusion of Uyghur youth through sports participation is influenced by multiple factors, including language barriers, stereotypes, cultural differences, high expectations, and government policies. Despite these challenges, engaging in sports has enabled Uyghur youth to foster friendships, build confidence, and adapt more effectively to new environments, highlighting the potential of sports as a powerful tool for promoting social inclusion among marginalized groups
Digitalisierungsoffensive war gestern: Für mehr Pluralismus in der Medienbildungsdebatte
No full textMitten in der Take-Off-Phase der deutschen Bildungs-Digitalisierung kommen jetzt die bremsenden Warnungen - und zwar gerade aus den Ländern, an denen man sich so sehr orientiert hatte: aus Skandinavien. Aber auch in Deutschland plädieren immer mehr Medienwissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler sowie Lehrkräfte für eine moderate Integration von Digitaltechnik in den Unterricht. Viele von ihnen befürworten eine antizyklische Medienbildung, die der senso-motorischen und psychischen Entwicklung von Kindern entspricht. In diesem Sinne wirbt der Essay für einen neuen Medien- und Methodenpluralismus