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Professional Ethics in Welfare Work and Education:Nordic Perspectives
No full textThis anthology illuminates current research on professional ethics in the education and working life of welfare professionals. Professionalism, values and ethical perception within social education, teaching and healthcare are the core of the welfare societies. Welfare professionals’ capability to navigate within the complex political and institutional frameworks surrounding their work environments and their competence to act with strong critical ethical awareness and integrity is the subject matter of the eighteen chapters of the anthology. The authors provide research-based perspectives on the education of welfare professionals towards a complex work life where the dichotomy between ethical standards and realities of practice can lead to ethical pressure and moral distress. The anthology is structured in three parts: 1) Professional ethics in education and practice, 2) Competencies and values in working life, and 3) Ethics, care and welfare – each presenting novel empirical research results combined with critical theoretical perspectives on professionalism within a prism of political structures and societal challenges
Sharing Places:The role of second-homes in Nordic coastal communities
No full textTraditions around second homes are well established in northernEurope, although there are variations between and withincountries in terms of development patterns and the use of thistype of housing. Focusing on coastal communities in NorthernNorway and the Faroes, this study explored how year-roundresidents and second homers sharing the same location coalesceand form “open communities” that can tackle challenges such asdepopulation and remoteness. We found that second-hometourism presents opportunities for small communities that are inaccordance with the concept of “small tourism”. However, eachlocal community has its own specificities that need to be takeninto consideration when addressing and planning thedevelopment of second homes and community-based tourism.Depending on the different settlement patterns of second homesin Nordic coastal communities, second homers take part in“sharing places” in “open communities” in different ways.Traditions around second homes are well established in northernEurope, although there are variations between and withincountries in terms of development patterns and the use of thistype of housing. Focusing on coastal communities in NorthernNorway and the Faroes, this study explored how year-roundresidents and second homers sharing the same location coalesceand form “open communities” that can tackle challenges such asdepopulation and remoteness. We found that second-hometourism presents opportunities for small communities that are inaccordance with the concept of “small tourism”. However, eachlocal community has its own specificities that need to be takeninto consideration when addressing and planning thedevelopment of second homes and community-based tourism.Depending on the different settlement patterns of second homesin Nordic coastal communities, second homers take part in“sharing places” in “open communities” in different ways
Towards a Critique of Methodological Presentism in Migration Research:A Focus on Denmark
No full textThis book investigates the benefits of integrating history, sociology, and ethnography to better understand migration and its consequences, using Denmark’s history of migration as a case study.Although migration research is an interdisciplinary field, much research on migration still occurs in disciplinary containers. The field is not least affected by a methodological presentism: a scholarly and societal tendency to understand social phenomena within a limited contemporary framework, neglecting possible effects and similarities embedded in and established through human history. This book builds upon previous research underscoring the importance of examining migration from a longer, diachronic, and genealogical viewpoint, and it is among the first to advocate for a more profound methodological discussion regarding how, why, and when this should be addressed. This book’s analysis draws on empirical examples from Denmark, a Northern European country where the impact of migration is currently hotly debated, yet the history of migration is frequently overlooked. Specific themes examined in the book range from demography/immigrant statistics to the understanding of “the ghetto,” the implications of discussions around “Danishness,” and how migration has influenced and molded a particular neighborhood in Copenhagen (Nørrebro) over time.This volume is innovative and pertinent for an international audience of researchers and students interested in the genealogies of migration and eager to explore new pathways for pursuing this research interest.This book investigates the benefits of integrating history, sociology, and ethnography to better understand migration and its consequences, using Denmark’s history of migration as a case study.Although migration research is an interdisciplinary field, much research on migration still occurs in disciplinary containers. The field is not least affected by a methodological presentism: a scholarly and societal tendency to understand social phenomena within a limited contemporary framework, neglecting possible effects and similarities embedded in and established through human history. This book builds upon previous research underscoring the importance of examining migration from a longer, diachronic, and genealogical viewpoint, and it is among the first to advocate for a more profound methodological discussion regarding how, why, and when this should be addressed. This book’s analysis draws on empirical examples from Denmark, a Northern European country where the impact of migration is currently hotly debated, yet the history of migration is frequently overlooked. Specific themes examined in the book range from demography/immigrant statistics to the understanding of “the ghetto,” the implications of discussions around “Danishness,” and how migration has influenced and molded a particular neighborhood in Copenhagen (Nørrebro) over time.This volume is innovative and pertinent for an international audience of researchers and students interested in the genealogies of migration and eager to explore new pathways for pursuing this research interest
The Sole Effect of Double Standards:How Public Scandalization of Political Hypocrisy Influences Citizens' Democratic Trust and Engagement
No full textPolitical hypocrisy is popularly understood as the discrepancy between what an individual says they believe one ought to do, and what they themselves actually do. Political hypocrisy is thus often linked to the study of political scandals, in which politicians who do not practice as they preach are exposed and their transgressions are amplified by extensive media coverage. Studies suggest that political hypocrisy might affect voters negatively and ultimately lead to a less healthy democracy. In this study we focus on how political hypocrisy affects the perceived functioning of democracy, understood as both a measure of the perceived health of democratic culture and voters' willingness to engage in democratic elections. We focus on the least likely case of Denmark and conduct a split-sample experiment based on novel data from a representative sample of 1038 Danish adults. We find that citizens' exposure to stories about hypocritical politicians leads to disillusionment with democratic culture, but not to disengagement. This means that citizens seem to be able to separate their negative perceptions of the political system and democratic culture from their personal responsibility to participate in elections. This reaction is most likely linked to Denmark's strong democratic culture, but also to a more generic and fundamental trait of most liberal democracies: what we call “the contract paradox.” We therefore question whether hypocritical politicians are the real threat to democracy, or whether it is rather the media's scandalization of their behavior and our collective intolerance towards it that poses a threat.Political hypocrisy is popularly understood as the discrepancy between what an individual says they believe one ought to do, and what they themselves actually do. Political hypocrisy is thus often linked to the study of political scandals, in which politicians who do not practice as they preach are exposed and their transgressions are amplified by extensive media coverage. Studies suggest that political hypocrisy might affect voters negatively and ultimately lead to a less healthy democracy. In this study we focus on how political hypocrisy affects the perceived functioning of democracy, understood as both a measure of the perceived health of democratic culture and voters' willingness to engage in democratic elections. We focus on the least likely case of Denmark and conduct a split-sample experiment based on novel data from a representative sample of 1038 Danish adults. We find that citizens' exposure to stories about hypocritical politicians leads to disillusionment with democratic culture, but not to disengagement. This means that citizens seem to be able to separate their negative perceptions of the political system and democratic culture from their personal responsibility to participate in elections. This reaction is most likely linked to Denmark's strong democratic culture, but also to a more generic and fundamental trait of most liberal democracies: what we call “the contract paradox.” We therefore question whether hypocritical politicians are the real threat to democracy, or whether it is rather the media's scandalization of their behavior and our collective intolerance towards it that poses a threat
From Takers to Givers:A Socially Sustainable Ethics in Active Citizenship Education
No full textPresenting the 11 points of the Danish Union of Teachers’ ‘Professional Code of Ethics’ and specifically selecting points II and III shows how ethical ideals regarding democratic active citizenship education and the teacher’s role and modelling of democratic values and behaviour fostering self- and pupil development are at the heart of the Danish teacher ethical code. The chapter examines the paradox of techne and phronesis understandings of ethics in teachers’ professional ethical practice and in the historical reasoning behind democratic citizenship education, supported by ideas of social sustainability. Two micro-sociological examples are given to accommodate the required professional ethical nous: Socratic dialogue and the economic anthropological analyses of social value exchange represented from a Maussian perspective. The chapter highlights the importance of a deep understanding of the teacher–pupil relationship and interactions as well as a deep understanding of pupils’ opportunities to experience contributing value to their community. Analysing the theoretical examples from a practical–ethical angle thus contributes reflection points and tools to the professional teacher with a practical–ethical awareness and is placed within a sustainable educational understanding.</p
Collective Ethical Reflections in Response to Challenges in Pedagogical Work
No full textThe work of pedagogues in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) involves managing ethical dilemmas and priorities as an integral part of professional competence. In recent decades, the growing emphasis on measuring children’s learning outcomes and implementing tools to evaluate and regulate pedagogues’ work has influenced how they navigate professional dilemmas. Difficulties in recruiting and retaining pedagogues in ECEC are linked to high work pressure, emotional distress and a lack of professional support. The chapter is based on empirical examples to explore how political priorities tend to individualise the management of ethical dilemmas, often rendering them invisible. The examples illustrate how pedagogues strive to uphold the professional values they consider most important. The chapter examines how workshops fostering collective reflection on ethical priorities and everyday dilemmas can create a supportive learning environment for pedagogues. The chapter concludes that providing time and space for collective reflection on ethical dilemmas can enhance the working environment in ECEC and promote ethically sound professional practices.</p
Developing innovation practices of nature tourism entrepreneurs
No full textInnovation programmes support rural and nature-based tourism entrepreneurs in revitalising areas affected by recession. However, scant research exists on the outcomes of such schemes. This article presents a case study examining how an innovation programme aimed at nature tourism entrepreneurs led to new innovation practices. The analysis relies on practice theory, suggesting that constellations of entrepreneurial motives, resources, expertise, and contexts explain the uptake of innovation practices. It shows how the programme strengthened existing bricolage, intuition, and network-based practices, as well as small-step innovations, by improving reflexive thinking, social networks, a local narrative, and embeddedness in the destination. The development of strategy-based innovation practices and more significant innovations was less evident. This requires the development of new constellations of entrepreneurial motives, resources, expertise, and contexts, and thus more holistic innovation support schemes. By applying practice theory, the article advances tourism innovation research, provides new insights into the benefits of tourism innovation programmes, explores tourism entrepreneurs’ innovation practices, and complements existing practice-based tourism research
Using bricolage and robustness theory to explain the dynamism of collaborative governance
No full textCollaborative governance has developed into a well-established strand of public administration research. An impressive number of empirical studies document how collaborative governance processes can be relatively volatile, multi-vocal, distributed and heterogeneous. Hence, it is commonly observed that the actor composition changes over time, actors’ reasons for participating differ, the collaboration consists of multiple sub-projects, and there are many diverse outcomes. Bricolage theory and theories of robust governance provide insights that can make collaborative governance theory more attentive to such dynamics and draw a more nuanced picture of what enables actors to collaborate or prevent them from doing so. The contribution from bricolage theory and theories of robust governance is to recast collaboration as loosely coupled situated practices in which actors use what is available in terms of storylines, skills, tools and relationships to work together to produce different public-value outcomes. Based on these insights, we propose the study of collaborative governance as tangled moments of bricolage. We also provide some guidelines on how to conduct such studies and illustrate their usage with reference to a concrete case study of a collaborative governance process
Dynamic Aesthetic Emancipation:Transforming Trauma Care through Creative Modalities
No full textThis paper introduces the innovative practice of Dynamic Aesthetic Emancipation. It aims to enhance trauma care by emphasizing how the transformative potential of integrated arts and nature-based modalities leads to emancipatory changes for individuals that surpass conventional care and counseling methods. The practice utilizes the aesthetic and experiential aspects of creative and natural modalities to bridge the gap between personal healing and social dynamics. We highlight the necessity of approaches that empower clients to actively engage with art and nature, thereby challenging conventional therapeutic roles.This paper introduces the innovative practice of Dynamic Aesthetic Emancipation. It aims to enhance trauma care by emphasizing how the transformative potential of integrated arts and nature-based modalities leads to emancipatory changes for individuals that surpass conventional care and counseling methods. The practice utilizes the aesthetic and experiential aspects of creative and natural modalities to bridge the gap between personal healing and social dynamics. We highlight the necessity of approaches that empower clients to actively engage with art and nature, thereby challenging conventional therapeutic role
