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SPORTS AND OUTDOOR EVENTS AND IMMIGRANTS’ SOCIAL INTEGRATION : A CASE OF NEWCOMERS IN JÄMTLAND, SWEDEN
No full textImmigrant-receiving societies emphasize the need for immigrants to integrate intomainstream life. In Sweden, this trend has manifested itself in integration policies. Inthe present study, the author aims to understand sports and outdoor events experienceand its effects on social integration of immigrants and refugees’ in the JämtlandCounty, Sweden. By ‘giving voice’ to 19 participants from different nationalities, thisstudy explores the new Swedes’ perspectives on social integration process andconceptualizes their engagement and experience of sports and outdoor eventsthroughout this process. The participants speak of the benefits and needs to participateactively in the society of settlement, but they also describe the barriers and obstaclesthat they may face. Their perception of integration is based on their life stories andexperiences. Based on findings and results, three descriptive themes are described.The outcomes of three descriptive themes are interpreted in one overarching themeelaborating the role of sports and outdoor event as a social connection leading to socialintegration of newcomers. It is assumed that sports and outdoors are not strongenough to achieve social integration, rather they can act as social bridges and providea common ground where integration can be cultivated. The results of this study canbe useful for the sports and events planners and organizers specifically in 2021 whichis appointed as ‘Friluftslivets år 2021’ (Year of outdoor life) as well as those who dealwith newcomers’ integration in Sweden and Jämtland.2021-02-01</p
Social capital : missing link forsustainability interfaces of events
No full textSustainable development resides at the interfaces and synergies between its variousdimensions; however, the social pillar of sustainability attracts the least attention when wethink about infrastructures. Moreover, ensured sustainable tourism requires to adopt theworld’s major and minor sustainability approaches which is always changing due to itsdependence on the quality of host environment and communities (White et al., 2006).Raising this issue that sustainable tourism indicators is context-based (Rasoolimanesh etal., 2023) is also too familiar. As Twining-Ward & Butler (2002) found out, it is necessaryto clarify the meaning of socially sustainable tourism with local community groups;therefore, this research applies this concept to a minority group of residents in Sweden,immigrants.Social sustainability has received political and institutional recognition and intertwinedwith the agenda of sustainable community, social capital and corporate socialresponsibility (Colantonio, 2007). To identify sustainable tourism, social capital can beemployed as an analytical tool to examine the social and cultural dimensions ofsustainability (Ooi et al., 2015). As a social phenomenon and an important component ofsocially sustainable tourism (Nunkoo, 2017), social capital contributes to betterunderstanding of the necessary factors for sustainable development and human well-being(Helliwell et al., 2017). Moreover, focusing on challenges and problems represented inmedia and policy articulations in Western countries in terms of migration and integrationof minorities, leisure, recreational activities, events and sports have been alwayshighlighted as arenas where social relations can be formed, social capital can be developedand can successively stir up inclusion of immigrants in the host society (Gibbs & Block,2017; Elbe et al., 2018).In terms of significance of context as emphasized, it's noteworthy that Sweden is evolvinginto a multicultural nation, where over 20% of its total population boasts a foreignbackground (Statistics Sweden, 2022). Moreover, the inherent perks of sports, events, andoutdoor activities within the Swedish lifestyle have positioned them as social catalysts,actively contributing to the orchestration of family engagements, amplifying socialintegration, and ultimately enriching society (Swedish Sports Confederation, n.d.).Outdoor events, as constructing social landscapes, establish some interrelations,interlinkages and reciprocities between different groups of people, and people and nature.Thus, theory of social capital is to examine the social dimension of events at the individuallevel (Bourdieu, 1986), or the community level (Putnam, 2000) or to use the theory thatfocuses on the social networks and network society (Castells, 1996). Hereby, outdoors andenvironment are staged as tourism domains which call our attention to the interface ofsocial and environmental pillars of sustainability. To address this issue, understanding the relationship among social drivers of pro-environmental behavior is significant, particularlyamong immigrants.This research therefore, delves into the intersection of all-encompassing concepts of socialdimension of sustainability, social capital, social integration, and immigration. To addressthese themes, this research focuses on outdoors and nature as tourism stages which bringsnew thoughts for the reciprocity of social and environmental interactions.At the first glance, the discovered results from a series of in-depth interviews show thatoutdoor events can have a positive role in integration of immigrants and developing thesocial capital among minorities; however, there exist barriers and challenges in terms ofengagement in the activities as well as social sustainability aspects of outdoors and events.The results concur in Putnam’s theory indicating that outdoor events can be settings forhorizontal relationships and reveal the possibilities of generating social capital involuntary organizations. To look for the interface of social and environmentalsustainability, in the continue of the research, the immigrant’s point of view in respect ofimportance of environmental responsible behaviors, their awareness in terms of proenvironmental behaviors, the role of social capital and their integration process inachieving more environmental responsible behaviors as well as role of outdoor events ininfluencing their environmental perception and understanding are to be studied.</p
Events and social integration : How sport and outdoor events can work as drivers for newcomers´ social integration
No full textImmigrant-receiving societies emphasize the need for immigrants to integrate intomainstream life. In Sweden, this trend has manifested itself in integration policies.In the present study, the authors aim to understand sports and outdoor events experience and its effects on social integration of immigrants and refugees’ in the Jämtland County, Sweden. By ‘giving voice’ to 19 immigrants from different nationalities, this study explores the new Swedes’ perspectives on social integration process and conceptualizes their engagement and experience of sports and outdoor events throughout this process. The participants speak of the benefits and needs to participate actively in the society of settlement, but they also describe the barriers and obstacles that they may face. Their perception of integration is built on their life stories and experiences. Based on findings and results, three descriptive themes are described. These themes are interpreted in one overarching theme elaborating the role of sports and outdoor events as a social connection leading to social integration of newcomers. It is assumed that sports and outdoors are not strong enough to achieve social integration, rather they can act as social bridges and provide a common ground where integration can be cultivated. The results of this study can be useful for the sports and events planners and organizers as well as those who deal with newcomers’ integration in any societ
Events and social integration [Elektronisk resurs] : How sport and outdoor events can work as drivers for newcomers´ social integration
No full textImmigrant-receiving societies emphasize the need for immigrants to integrate intomainstream life. In Sweden, this trend has manifested itself in integration policies.In the present study, the authors aim to understand sports and outdoor events experience and its effects on social integration of immigrants and refugees’ in the Jämtland County, Sweden. By ‘giving voice’ to 19 immigrants from different nationalities, this study explores the new Swedes’ perspectives on social integration process and conceptualizes their engagement and experience of sports and outdoor events throughout this process. The participants speak of the benefits and needs to participate actively in the society of settlement, but they also describe the barriers and obstacles that they may face. Their perception of integration is built on their life stories and experiences. Based on findings and results, three descriptive themes are described. These themes are interpreted in one overarching theme elaborating the role of sports and outdoor events as a social connection leading to social integration of newcomers. It is assumed that sports and outdoors are not strong enough to achieve social integration, rather they can act as social bridges and provide a common ground where integration can be cultivated. The results of this study can be useful for the sports and events planners and organizers as well as those who deal with newcomers’ integration in any society</p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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