Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation
Abstract
Living with people who differ—racially, ethnically, religiously, or economically—is the most urgent challenge facing civil society today. We tend socially to avoid engaging with people unlike ourselves, and modern politics encourages the politics of the tribe rather than of the city. In this thought-provoking book, Richard Sennett discusses why this has happened and what might be done about it.
Sennett contends that cooperation is a craft, and the foundations for skillful cooperation lie in learning to listen well and discuss rather than debate. In Together he explores how people can cooperate online, on street corners, in schools, at work, and in local politics. He traces the evolution of cooperative rituals from medieval times to today, and in situations as diverse as slave communities, socialist groups in Paris, and workers on Wall Street. Divided into three parts, the book addresses the nature of cooperation, why it has become weak, and how it could be strengthened. The author warns that we must learn the craft of cooperation if we are to make our complex society prosper, yet he reassures us that we can do this, for the capacity for cooperation is embedded in human nature.
... Rather than confront their fear, they resort to separation or self-segregation to ease their anxiety and confusion. The result, according to Sennett (2012), is 'the uncooperative self'. In his analysis, the withdrawal of individuals from social mixing may arise out of a sense of insecurity or fear but is sustained through individualism, a tendency to narcissism, and complacency. ...
... Shared events in the school calendar, shared choirs and sports teams, and shared celebrations have been used in various partnerships to build community and interdependence. Interestingly, Sennett (2012) too focuses upon the importance of ritual as a way for partners to work together, even across unequal relationships. Rituals, of course, are at the heart of religions, but if we hope to build shared spaces and cultivate cooperation, religious educators must also find ways to use ritual as a means for meaningful encounters across boundaries and not just within their own communities. ...
This paper conceptualises ‘shared religious education’ as a way for religious educators to reflect on how their subject might respond to a global need for cooperation and mutual understanding. In the context of migration, climate crisis and violent conflict, European societies are increasingly plural, yet subject to processes of individualization and competition which undermine people’s ability to cooperate and share across their respective cultural and ideological differences. We argue that there is an imperative for sharing and collaboration in response to the dangers we see in our increasingly fractured social worlds; and that education can play a key role in responding to this urgent need. Religious education, however, is subject to the sociological reality that it can separate as well as unite people. Through a critical discussion of the ‘shared education’ model, we make a case for shared religious education, identifying four core aims for those working in the fields of religious and worldviews education. Drawing on literature from religious education, we offer ideas and insights for how those working in the fields of religious and worldviews education may pursue these aims and so respond to the imperative for sharing.
... For urban communities, the city is not just a medium for their existence, i.e. simply a physical place where they operate created. The city is, for them, a goal, a means, and a way to experience community in the megacities' environments where the alienation is so prevalent spread (Arstein 2019; Koning et al. 2018;Sennett 2012;Giddens 2005). ...
... Therefore, it is more effective than on the opposite side of Europe. Here, the archaic legacy of community as tradition, which is a result of the historical and cultural factors that have shaped these communities, is passed down from generation to generation (Sennett 2012). Of course, the general disappointment with the influence of community, especially in groups of people who fall into more vulnerable groups of society, is felt worldwide (Perez, Jayone 2022; Arstein 2019; Sennett 2012). ...
Society faces various daily urban living problems – cities are becoming denser, green spaces and recreation areas for citizens are at the bottom of the policymakers’ priority list, and infrastructure decisions mainly satisfy business interests. We stand in traffic jams for hours. At the same time, climate change makes it increasingly difficult for cities to live in every summer. To understand how society should operate these challenges to shift the urban environment in the desired direction, empowering city dwellers and allowing them to participate in this multi-layered phenomenon entirely, we must fundamentally understand the importance of the urban community. The central thesis of this paper is that in urban studies, it is necessary to discuss what an urban community is and in what critical dimensions it shapes the identity of a city, or vice versa, the city shapes it. This article presents an interdisciplinary scientific literature analysis conducted using the method of comparative analysis to identify critical dimensions of a contemporary urban community.
... A experiência coletiva de participação no evento é, por um lado, construída por situações positivas, momentos alegres e satisfatórios, mas também por situações de discordância, de dificuldades ao relacionar-se, e, às vezes, de enfrentamento de problemas e conflitos mediante situações adversas. Dessa forma, o "estar junto" provocado pela intensa participação no evento exige dos participantes o exercício constante de habilidades sociais (Sennett, 2012), como a comunicação e a empatia. ...
... A responsabilidade parte do individual para o coletivo, não só com o cumprimento de cronograma, horários e tarefas já previstas relacionadas ao fazer gímnico, mas principalmente com o cuidado consigo mesmo e com os demais colegas, a disponibilidade para a resolução de conflitos e imprevistos. Portanto, a manutenção das relações durante a participação no evento exige um comprometimento compartilhado e uma grande disponibilidade para a cooperação, nas mais diferentes formas que as relações cooperativas podem assumir (Sennett, 2012). ...
Introdução: As contribuições sociais, econômicas, educacionais e políticas dos eventos esportivos tem sido um importante objeto de investigação científica. Os festivais ginásticos revelam-se como espaços de convivência, intercâmbio e aprendizagem que podem contribuir para a sociedade contemporânea. Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar a experiência de um grupo de Ginástica para Todos na World Gymnaestrada, com particular atenção às relações humanas. Metodologia: Foram realizadas 16 entrevistas em profundidade analisadas pelo método fenomenológico. As descrições foram organizadas em três unidades de significado, discutidas com base em conceitos da filósofa Hannah Arendt, presentes em sua obra intitulada “A condição humana”. Resultados: O caráter não-competitivo e a experiência de participação desinteressada é a unidade que discute a característica demonstrativa do evento, e o quanto a ausência da competição regulamentada despontou uma percepção de abertura entre os participantes, superando uma perspectiva utilitarista sobre o esporte e atividade física. Na unidade Potencializando o sentimento de pertencimento pela diversidade, discutimos a proposta “para todos” do festival e o forte sentimento de pertencimento relatado pelos participantes, que afirmam reconhecer-se como parte do grupo e do evento. Por fim, a temática Vivenciando diferentes relações sociais aborda a experiência coletiva de participação, discutindo os vínculos já existentes entre os membros do grupo e as outras relações que se estabelecem em função dos espaços-momentos proporcionados pela World Gymnaestrada. Conclusões: Os resultados evidenciam o caráter coletivo da experiência e seu protagonismo no fortalecimento das relações entre os integrantes, no sentimento de pertencimento e no fomento à diversidade e pluralidade.
... A experiência coletiva de participação no evento é, por um lado, construída por situações positivas, momentos alegres e satisfatórios, mas também por situações de discordância, de dificuldades ao relacionar-se, e, às vezes, de enfrentamento de problemas e conflitos mediante situações adversas. Dessa forma, o "estar junto" provocado pela intensa participação no evento exige dos participantes o exercício constante de habilidades sociais (Sennett, 2012), como a comunicação e a empatia. ...
... A responsabilidade parte do individual para o coletivo, não só com o cumprimento de cronograma, horários e tarefas já previstas relacionadas ao fazer gímnico, mas principalmente com o cuidado consigo mesmo e com os demais colegas, a disponibilidade para a resolução de conflitos e imprevistos. Portanto, a manutenção das relações durante a participação no evento exige um comprometimento compartilhado e uma grande disponibilidade para a cooperação, nas mais diferentes formas que as relações cooperativas podem assumir (Sennett, 2012). ...
Introdução: As contribuições sociais, econômicas, educacionais e políticas dos eventos esportivos tem sido um importante objeto de investigação científica. Os festivais ginásticos revelam-se como espaços de convivência, intercâmbio e aprendizagem que podem contribuir para a sociedade contemporânea. Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar a experiência de um grupo de Ginástica para Todos na World Gymnaestrada, com particular atenção às relações humanas. Metodologia: Foram realizadas 16 entrevistas em profundidade analisadas pelo método fenomenológico. As descrições foram organizadas em três unidades de significado, discutidas com base em conceitos da filósofa Hannah Arendt, presentes em sua obra intitulada "A condição humana". Resultados: O caráter não-competitivo e a experiência de participação desinteressada é a unidade que discute a característica demonstrativa do evento, e o quanto a ausência da competição regulamentada despontou uma percepção de abertura entre os participantes, superando uma perspectiva utilitarista sobre o esporte e atividade física. Na unidade Potencializando o sentimento de pertencimento pela diversidade, discutimos a proposta "para todos" do festival e o forte sentimento de pertencimento relatado pelos participantes, que afirmam reconhecer-se como parte do grupo e do evento. Por fim, a temática Vivenciando diferentes relações sociais aborda a experiência coletiva de participação, discutindo os vínculos já existentes entre os membros do grupo e as outras relações que se estabelecem em função dos espaços-momentos proporcionados pela World Gymnaestrada. Conclusões: Os resultados evidenciam o caráter coletivo da experiência e seu protagonismo no fortalecimento das relações entre os integrantes, no sentimento de pertencimento e no fomento à diversidade e pluralidade.
... Modern society's fragmentation of production and consumption "de-skilled" people to cooperate, especially in complex cooperation with people who are different from themselves [96]. Institutional compartmentalization and increased specialization have eroded the ability to collaborate across sectors and roles. ...
... Circular commoning processes benefit from diverse collaborators to join skills, knowledge, and labor beyond professional boundaries, creating "resilience through diversity" (EX06, EX08, EX09, EX10, EX15). Sennett calls working together with people who are different from oneself "complex collaboration" [96]. When such collaborations are effective, fewer resources are consumed [121]. ...
The built environment significantly contributes to current socioenvironmental crises, necessitating systemic change. Circularity and the commons are re-emerging as potential pathways for such transition. A circular built environment (CBE) aims to close resource loops, but its implementation is often slow and neglects social and local aspects. The commons framework emphasizes local involvement and sustainable self-management of shared resources. However, the intersection of circularity and the commons in spatial production is underexplored. This paper explores their relationship as “innate spatial tactics,” referring to the ways ordinary people interact with the built environment to meet their daily needs. Through a literature review, we developed a conceptual framework of “circular commoning,” encompassing three dimensions: resources, people, and governance. We applied this framework to analyze 16 empirical examples of circular commoning in contemporary urban settings. Our research shows that circularity and the commons are closely linked and mutually beneficial. Circular commoning involves diverse resources, changing social roles, and innovative governance. We identified three forms of circular commoning as innate spatial tactics: building circular, circular use of space, and creating spaces for circular activities. The framework developed here provides a basis for further action research. The practice review demonstrates that circular commoning is not only a distant utopian ideal but is enacted daily in diverse urban contexts. Such often-overlooked innate spatial tactics can offer valuable lessons for pathways toward a CBE involving principles of a circular society. Additionally, they can help shape new narratives and channel hope for practical progress towards circular futures.
... Bratman (1999) identifies three conditions enabling cooperation: "mutual responsiveness", which involves willingness to engage in dialogue; "commitment to the joint activity", which involves determination in pursuing a shared goal; and "commitment to mutual support", which requires supporting one Scaling out can be triggered by practicing gratuity. Gratuity, or "gift giving", is related to the process of fabrication (Sennett, 2012). It is a spontaneous and selfless activity, as it does not require performance incentives nor does it seek recognition from others, but emerges from intrinsic motivation. ...
... another in the efforts each person undertakes. To these conditions,Sennett (2012) associates specific cooperative skills, including dialogic (e.g. self-awareness, listening, communication and negotiation) and technical skills (e.g. ...
It is clear that contemporary management education (ME) needs to be transformed to tackle complex social‐ecological crises effectively. However, the concept of transformation is often ill‐defined in the context of ME; while there is also a lack of understanding about what concrete transformation trajectories (also called scaling pathways) are available to management educators. This conceptual paper adopts a social‐ecological systems lens to shed light on the basics of transformation (the why, what, where, when and who); combined with a social innovation lens to provide more clarity on transformation's practical specificity (the how). Rooted in a vision of ME aimed at cultivating social‐ecological flourishing (i.e. a civic ME), this paper integrates different theoretical lenses to assert the possibility of–and outline trajectories for–transformation in the business school. This work contributes to developing a social‐ecological systems approach to ME; while proposing multiple concrete scaling pathways to support a civic transformation of ME. It highlights that ME stands at a crossroads: management educators could passively wait until transformation is forced by the unintended crossing of tipping points; or deliberately and collectively navigate it. Ultimately, transformation emerges from the delicate interplay of structure (i.e. inescapable structural barriers) and agency (i.e. intentional transformative actions).
... This will offer opportunities for an individual and collective empowerment that will reinforce the feeling of belonging and authorship mentioned above, so also the responsibilities connected to that. This should overcome the crisis manifested by our current urban environments as consequence of the Neoliberalism with its emphasis on individualities, opening to new modalities of sociability promoted by the accessibility to more performative and participative forms of technology [5]. ...
The focus of this paper is the exploration through the lens of a metabolic urbanism of the complex reciprocities between processes of territorial transformation and “techno-dynamics” which affect/ are affected by the global strategies of economic and political power. These transformations renew the scale and vocabulary of architecture, involving integrated and simultaneously diverse built, cultural, social and natural environments, part of the post-industrial era. These environments, considered within the continuous development of advanced technologies that move permeably across real and virtual, require new coordinated holistic strategies in approaching urbanized metropolitan areas as part of a complex metabolic system, exploring and decoding processes of action/ reaction within the space of flows. In these several operational fields are involved, differently affecting the life of each individual and promoting a detachment/delocalization between place and action, space and feeling of it. Encompassing multiple dimensional scales, and including infrastructure, urbanism, natural resources, production and consumption, technologies define renewed proactive and challenging relationships capable to guarantee recognition and a sense of belonging, spatializing and visualizing our complex and often ephemeral “data-scapes.”
New methodologies and tools for performative and networked operational procedures need to be experimented and coordinated through a critical approach merging technologies capable of landing in strategically located and adaptive designs proposals which can promote and support more sustainable and integrated processes of territorial transformation, especially when acting in highly vulnerable localities which challenge entire regions. New urban morphologies and building trans-typologies affecting quality of spaces and life, are then creatively integrated as “techno-scapes” defining our complex “territorial metabolism.”
... The primary aim of design actions is not consumption, but exploring the participatory potential of the community, who view human needs as the starting point, the prototype and vehicle for progress (Brown 2009). With respect to this, there are several experiences concerning "creative communities", "production collectivism" and "associations of interest" for generative exchange, design experiments to solve social problems, which have turned collaboration into an art or a job requiring people's ability to comprehend and respond to the others emotionally in order to act together (Sennet 2012). The interaction between creative communities and real needs, between people and objects, makes it possible to transform a passive activity -between product and consumer -into a collaboration between and among several subjects, a meaningful, productive experience leading to common, shared results. ...
... Así, la idea de lo colectivo trascendía las distintas maneras en las que se agruparon las 2,235 viviendas del proyecto (en sus tres tipologías: casas unifamiliares en dúplex y cuádruplex, edificios multifamiliares y torres departamentales). Estaba, más bien, en las posibilidades que ©Ediciones Tecnológico de Monterrey el vasto programa urbano ofrecía para los "encuentros" e "intercambios" a los que hace mención Sennett (2012). ...
Lecciones sobre vivienda para un presente posdoméstico
Editorial Ediciones Tecnológico de Monterrey
Coordinación general de: Lucía Martín López
Esta obra abre el diálogo entre expertas y expertos nacionales e internacionales sobre sus visiones del fenómeno de la vivienda con el fin de establecer diagnósticos, sugerir ideas, definir criterios y sentar las bases para la búsqueda de soluciones innovadoras para la morada colectiva contemporánea. Invita al lector a cuestionarse cuáles son los desafíos presentes y futuros en relación con el espacio doméstico y propone aspectos como lo colectivo, los cuidados o la participación, como claves en la búsqueda de nuevas posdomesticidades.
CAPITULO 4_
Introducción
La necesidad de una vivienda adecuada es un problema global que in- cide en la calidad de vida de la población, ya que refi ere no solo al
acceso a la vivienda como ejercicio al derecho humano, sino tambien a su
ocupación, diseño y uso, lo cual conlleva dinámicas y experiencias diversas
en torno a sus usuarios.. La pandemia nos ha llevado a experimentar otras
formas de habitabilidad, donde el proceso de adaptación de los espacios
públicos y privados ha mostrado diversas patologías y situaciones asociadas
a condiciones de riesgo, estrés y ansiedad para sus residentes. Ante esto, las
exploraciones hacia nuevas tipologías de vivienda y su entorno han priorizado aspectos como salud y bienestar, lo que ha sido un reto importante para
los arquitectos y diseñadores frente a una necesidad imperante de espacios
adecuados, saludables y seguros para todas las personas (Mukhija y Takahashi, 2022).
El presente capítulo tiene por objetivo establecer una correlación entre lo
colectivo y los nuevos modelos de vivienda desde la perspectiva del envejecimiento, partiendo de la refl exión del cómo los espacios deben ser diseñados desde la experiencia de un usuario que envejece, reconociendo que en
cada etapa de la vida se van identifi cando diferentes necesidades y actividades en lo individual y lo colectivo, a las cuales no siempre se da respuesta.
Para esto, se plantean tres enfoques que ponen en manifiesto la importancia
de generar espacios para convivir, sobre todo cuando la comunidad representa un mecanismo importante para el envejecimiento saludable. Esto integra, además, dinámicas sociales que transforman de manera directa las tipologías de vivienda y barrios existentes en un proceso gradual de adaptación
derivado del deseo de envejecer en casa, identificado teóricamente como un
entorno seguro y amigable con la edad. En un primer enfoque, se establece
el marco internacional en torno a la agenda global 2030 relacionada a la Dé-
cada del Envejecimiento Saludable 2020-2030, donde uno de los aspectos
medulares se enfoca en reforzar los valores de la comunidad y sus funciones
orientando a un cambio de paradigma sobre el envejecimiento poblacional.
El segundo enfoque sugiere un debate conceptual en torno a las diversas
formas de vivienda colectiva y el envejecimiento, analizando tendencias
como cohousing y colinving hacia la definición de una perspectiva latinoamericana. El tercer y último enfoque plantea retos y oportunidades hacia la
transformación de este nuevo paradigma del envejecimiento saludable, no
solo para los diseñadores, arquitectos o planeadores, sino para todo aquel
que busque mejorar las condiciones de vida de las personas, resaltando el
potencial de la vivienda y barrios que puedan ser adaptados favorablemente
para propiciar un envejecimiento saludable y activo.
... His findings have far-reaching practical implications for education, parenting, and socialization practices. Recognizing the significance of shared activities and collaborative learning can inform teaching methods that foster social engagement, peer interaction, and collective problem-solving (Sennett, 2012). Educational approaches emphasizing group work, discussion, and cooperative projects align with Tomasello's insights into how social participation enhances cognitive development. ...
This study explores the developmental theories of Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, and Michael Tomasello, three seminal figures in the field of cognitive psychology. Piaget's theory of genetic epistemology emphasizes the biological stages of cognitive development, highlighting how children construct knowledge through active interaction with their environment. Vygotsky introduces a sociocultural perspective, asserting that cognitive development is fundamentally shaped by social interactions and cultural tools, particularly language. Tomasello builds upon these foundations by integrating comparative primate studies, proposing that shared intentionality and cultural learning are unique to human cognition. Through a comprehensive examination of their theories, this study compares and critiques their contributions, illuminating the evolution of developmental psychology from individualistic to more socially and culturally integrated models. The analysis underscores the significance of integrating biological, social, and cultural factors in understanding cognitive development. The conclusion reflects on the enduring impact of these theorists on contemporary psychology and suggests directions for future research that bridges their perspectives.
... In general, co-operative organisation dates from ancient times, being the main configuration of rural communities to work on the land. Cooperation describes the mode of human development in a general historical sense as well as specific forms of togetherness and social interaction (Kropotkin 1987;Sennett 2013;Woodwin 2015). We explore the conceptual dimension in more depth in the next section. ...
Citizen science aims to engage citizens in research projects to address everyday problems. However, it should not be assumed that citizen science promotes public participation per se. To bridge the gap between citizens and science, deliberate effort needs to be made. For example, finding ways to support citizens who have an interest in public participation but live under social and cultural conditions that constrain their ability to engage in science. We are interested in exploring how to tackle these inequalities in public knowledge co-creation. Thus, we propose an alternative to citizen science, thinking in terms of collectives, in particular cooperatives, instead of individuals/citizens. Engaging cooperatives in science could help expand our understanding of the collective dimension’s power in solving real-life problems. We refer to this approach as coop-science. It could be argued that when cooperatives are involved in science as a collective process, people see the advantages of working collectively to achieve scientific outcomes whilst caring for the common good. In times of polycrisis, particularly in the Global South where the consequences are devastating, cooperatives have the potential, we argue, to resist and flourish. Thus, we explore how coop-science can be articulated and implemented as an alternative to Western, more individualistic approaches to citizen science.
... The key to success is a change in the attitudes of those researching andragogy and adult education. First, it is necessary to identify the most important problems in developing these fields, and then to create an international network of cooperation between researchers and educators focused on developing the discipline (Brandes, 2018;Sennett, 2012;Tylor, 2014). ...
The development of andragogy as a science and the education of adults as a learning process should be considered as a whole and inseparable. Their interdependence would appear to be obvious, and in essence it is impossible to examine each of these subjects simultaneously. Above all, this results from the fact that andragogy (just like pedagogy) belongs to the applied sciences. This means a close connection between theory and the research results obtained, upon which the theory is constructed. And although every science strives to create a theory of the widest possible scope, in the case of applied sciences one cannot ignore the context in which specific laws, dependencies and connections can be discovered, and upon which a broadly based concept can be formulated. This of course may suggest a higher accuracy of qualitative research methods, which may form some kind of limitation. We should be aware that although qualitative research methods seem to be the most suitable in researching the problems of adult education, they should not be regarded as the only possibility, because this type of research problem determines the choice of method, and not the other way round.
... The story I described does not yield the promise of a protocol or evidence upon which more solid knowledge is to follow, but it is given as the humbler gesture of showing one's poorer art to another, to take up from where it has been left. This kind of conversational exchange is built from the ground up and exists as the desire to continue on playing together, like in a musical rehearsal, picking up on: '… those small phrases, facial gestures or silences which open up a discussion' (Sennett, 2012, p. 18 cited in Pirrie, 2015. And so, in this newly created cultural frame, I will let the story of Carbon to be continued by one of the student teachers, joining in this path along the paper: ...
In the face of current socio-environmental challenges, the linear logic of cause and effect that has been the pillar of modern Western science has proved insufficient to account for the differential and multi-levelled impacts that techno-scientific developments themselves have had and continue to make on the Planet. Questions of sustainability and equity and how to ‘live well’ in the world are calling for new imaginaries, and a renovated ethical attention for how we are tangled as beings-in-relation to and with others – not only humans. Responding to such provocation, this paper draws upon Primo Levi’s story of Carbon as a conceptual and ethical frame for exploring the human condition, and through an empirical investigation, it illustrates the methodological shift that occurs when involving prospective secondary science student teachers in first-person, aesthetic-imaginative inquiries. Taking Carbon not as an object of study but as a wordly medium that comes to life, this paper concludes with a radical departure from cognitivist traditions in science education, to advance a science education in the space of the sensible: an open invitation is offered for teachers and students to venture together into the textured and sentient web of Carbon transformations, where knowledge is situated, embodied and mutually accountable.
... Desde una perspectiva sociológica Sennett (2012), sostiene que las habilidades comunicativas dialógicas incluyen escuchar, tacto, buscar desacuerdos y acuerdos, gestionar desacuerdos o evitar la frustración en discusiones difíciles, se convierten en características distintivas de tu forma de comportarte. Para lograr este objetivo, los entrenadores deben desarrollar argumentos sólidos que aumenten la confianza y la seguridad al comunicar información a los deportistas. ...
El proceso de comunicación dialógica durante el entrenamiento de fútbol constituye uno de los aspectos fundamentales en la sistematización de las habilidades comunicativas dialógicas en el modo de actuación profesional del entrenador de fútbol juvenil, su dominio es una condición para alcanzar un mejor rendimiento deportivo y fortalecer las relaciones entre entrenador-jugador, jugador-jugador y entrenador- equipo en un contexto actual del desarrollo de las innovaciones pedagógicas, que transforme los estilos de ordeno y mando tradicionales en democráticos y creativos mediante el uso del diálogo participativo al convertir a los jugadores en protagonistas de su propio aprendizaje. Sin embargo, en la actualidad son insuficientes los procederes y componentes que lo fundamentan. De ahí, que la investigación está dirigida a elaborar una estrategia pedagógica para la sistematización de las habilidades comunicativas dialógicas en el modo de actuación del entrenador de fútbol juvenil sustentada en un modelo de la misma naturaleza, que contribuya al logro de un entrenador comunicativo dialógico y efectivo, manifiesto en la aprehensión de la argumentación, asertividad, actos de escucha y del habla para la comprensión táctica de situaciones de juego por los jugadores. Se aplicó métodos teóricos, empíricos y estadísticos, así como técnicas psicológicas. La población se conformó con 9 entrenadores de fútbol de la categoría juvenil y 21 jugadores pertenecientes a la Escuela de Iniciación Deportiva Escolar “Capitán Orestes Acosta Herrera” de Santiago de Cuba. El tiempo de la investigación abarca el período de 2017-2019. La calidad de la propuesta quedó corroborada por la evaluación emitida por los expertos a indicadores que resaltan su funcionabilidad, sostenibilidad, pertinencia y factibilidad, así como los resultados obtenidos en la aplicación del pre- experimento a las habilidades determinadas como necesarias para el fútbol, las cuales fueron asumidas al mismo tiempo como dimensiones con sus indicadores confirmado por diferentes técnicas estadísticas. A manera de conclusión, para evaluar el nivel de satisfacción de los talleres propuesto en la estrategia se aplicó el test de Iadov, quien corroboró la necesidad de la sistematización de las habilidades comunicativas dialógicas en un modo de actuación desprovisto de procederes para enseñar a los jugadores a tomar decisiones y alcanzar la autonomía, abriendo un camino a la aplicación de los nuevos resultados de la pedagogía innovadora en su relación con los modelos alternativos de la enseñanza de los deportes y los principios dialógicos del aprendizaje ,expresado en la transformación gradual de los saberes del entrenador de fútbol juvenil desde un enfoque comunicativo dialógico aplicado al contexto deportivo.
... Politics is the art of influencing others (Blum, 2013;Cheneval & Ramel, 2011;Cohen, 1969;Sennett, 2012). Politics can not only be done by the ruler (Arioli, 2014;Roskam, 2002), whereas even infant children can be political, so politics has comprehensive meaning (Amusa & Ofuafor, 2012;Crystal, 1995;Stange & Patock, 2010). ...
The study discusses the behaviour of elites performing pre-election political rituals. This behaviour was carried out in the sacred place in Malang Regency. Political traditions contain the belief that symbols followed by elites interpret religion and politics. In this case, the elite who follow the election is closely related to the various contests that are contested. The study uses a qualitative descriptive approach with databases sourced from informants in the field through the interview process and separating vital and additional informants. It was discovered that the elite’s practice of political rituals was formed by a series of processions at the site of kingdom relics. Political patterns attached to the elite have turned into a form of tradition from initially just a pilgrimage process. This form of ritual is divided into stages. First, understand the ritual conditions and symbols. Second, interpret the patterns performed. Third, transform patterns in the actions of the political elite. This paper shows that studying political culture sourced from the elite still needs to be explored as a social phenomenon ahead of elections in Indonesia.
... Zacka 2017), maar om hen te stimuleren empathisch te zijn; nieuwsgierig of verwonderend naar de ander. Empathie stelt iemand, zoals Sennett (2012) het formuleert, in staat om met anderen om te gaan terwijl verschillen intact blijven. Het is daarmee de belangrijke basis om, gegeven de discretionaire ruimte, voor en met de cliënt het verschil te kunnen maken. ...
In deze bijdrage ga ik in op de ontwikkelingen in theorie en praktijk van de sturing op de uitvoering van, met name, de activerende sociale zekerheid in Nederland. Sinds de tragedie rond de toeslagenaffaire kinderopvang, maar ook met het falende participatiebeleid van de afgelopen jaren (zie bijv. Van Echtelt etal., 2019) in het achterhoofd, is de urgentie van de verdere professionalisering van de uitvoering nauwelijks te overschatten. In zijn werk focust Romke van der Veen regelmatig op de (bij)sturing op institutionele en organisatorische uitvoe-ringsvoorwaarden (Van der Veen, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2018) als het gaat om de verbetering van de kwaliteit van de uitvoering. Kern van mijn betoog is dat een dergelijke instrumentele aanpak onvoldoende zal zijn om modern, kwalitatief goed professionalisme te realiseren. Hiervoor is ook de herwaardering nodig van de intrinsieke, empathische betrokkenheid van professionals bij de uitdagingenvan hun partners in het veld én van hun cliënten wiens maatschappelijke participatie op het spel staat
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... Decline in communal rituals contributes to endemic disconnectedness in human society, an erosion of embodied interrelatedness (Durkheim 1912;Sennett 2012Sennett , 2017. Modernity, by turning away from ritual, has turned away from "innate, embodied intelligence and know-how" for coping with the challenges of being human (Stephenson 2015, 5). ...
Objectives
To explore the potential of incorporating personally meaningful rituals as a spiritual resource for Western secular palliative care settings. Spiritual care is recognized as critical to palliative care; however, comprehensive interventions are lacking. In postmodern societies, the decline of organized religion has left many people identifying as “no religion” or “spiritual but not religious.” To assess if ritual could provide appropriate and ethical spiritual care for this growing demographic requires comprehensive understanding of the spiritual state and needs of the secular individual in postmodern society, as well as a theoretical understanding of the elements and mechanisms of ritual. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive and theoretically informed exploration of these elements through a critical engagement with heterogeneous literatures.
Methods
A hermeneutic narrative review, inspired by complexity theory, underpinned by a view of understanding of spiritual needs as a complex mind–body phenomenon embedded in sociohistorical context.
Results
This narrative review highlights a fundamental spiritual need in postmodern post-Christian secularism as need for embodied spiritual experience. The historical attrition of ritual in Western culture parallels loss of embodied spiritual experience. Ritual as a mind–body practice can provide an embodied spiritual resource. The origin of ritual is identified as evolutionary adaptive ritualized behaviors universally observed in animals and humans which develop emotional regulation and conceptual cognition. Innate human behaviors of creativity, play, and communication develop ritual. Mechanisms of ritual allow for connection to others as well as to the sacred and transcendent.
Significance of results
Natural and innate behaviors of humans can be used to create rituals for personally meaningful spiritual resources. Understanding the physical properties and mechanisms of ritual making allows anyone to build their own spiritual resources without need of relying on experts or institutionalized programs. This can provide a self-empowering, client-centered intervention for spiritual care.
... I believe that their meaningfulness comes, in part, from the act of extending the care and consideration that goes into them, whereby distress or disintegration is replaced by a sense of connection, if only temporarily. And it also comes from the colorful recollection -of smiles and hugs and mutual caring -that these stretchy acts of solidarity feed, and the lasting 'experience of sociability' (Sennett, 2012: 53) that is fostered through this. ...
... Through multiselfing, students can transform their identities, deepen their understanding of musical structures, expand their aural skills, and develop both digital and musical literacies. Because much of multiselfing is self-guided, in school contexts, and in particular in a learner-led environment, a multiselfing learning context might have a musically subjunctive experience where students and teachers allow for possibilities, make suggestions, and wait for things to move along (Gillett & Smith, 2015;Sennett, 2012;Smith & Shafighian, 2013). Students can also develop their creative potential imagining and then realizing musical possibilities. ...
Multiselfing is a form of musicianship where one person digitally clones themself into several single selves, creating layers and a musical collective that would otherwise be impossible without the mediation of technology. There are various kinds of multiselfers. This article categorizes them as the following: singers, instrumentalists, loopers, live performers, and hybrids. While these five categories are presented distinctly here, they may often overlap. This article explores the notion of multiselfing and its implicit potential when situated in music education to develop comprehensive music skills. Comprehensive musicianship is important because it enables students to grow in broad musical knowledge and skills at all levels of instruction by synthesizing the musical materials they are working with and by making conceptual connections through performance, analysis, and composition. In addition to including many examples, this article also includes lists of resources and applications to help schoolteachers better understand how to integrate multiselfing into their pedagogic practices.
... The city, as Richard Sennett comments, thus "obliges people with different histories, allegiances and religions to think about and deal with others who have different loyalties." 445 The challenge for an institution as for society is to discover processes which can reconcile the valuing of different traditions with the need for shared understanding and agreement about public purpose that dissolves prejudice and discrimination. For Raymond Williams the contemporary crisis lies in the urgent need to create a common culture that enables the mediation of diversity and unity. ...
... Indeed, Density is devoted to bringing people closer together, enabling a sense of togetherness, while Proximity, through the development of walkable neighbourhoods, facilitates social interactions. Sennett underscores the importance of cooperation and community engagement for a city to thrive [10]; in his opinion, this sense of belonging can be achieved by participating in shared experiences of creating and building [11]. However, Sennett does not underestimate the significance of a city's physical -other than social -structures in shaping human relationships [12]. ...
In a world characterised by increasing complexities and systemic challenges, the concept of proximity has evolved beyond geo- graphical or physical aspects.This shift propels design to embrace new practices by connecting and enabling diverse stakeholders, activities, and interaction points. Through a comprehensive ex- amination of existing literature and practical applications, this chapter explores the pivotal role of Strategic Design in nurturing the social and relational facets of urban transformations within the context of the 15-minute city or the City of Proximity. It aims to provide insights into how Strategic Design and Service Design can facilitate transformative processes, emphasising the need to transcend conventional boundaries and promote social innovation.
This chapter is devoted to presenting the empirical findings and proposing a framework for applying strategic design in the third sector. It encompasses an analysis of best practices and first-hand experiences derived from research projects, emphasising the methodologies and outcomes associated with the application of strategic design. These results include the development of product and service offerings, paradigm shifts in co-creation and production processes, initiatives of new organisational structures and culture, and new systems. The chapter concludes with the introduction of the concept of organisational encounter that creates the conditions for connecting internal and external actors of TSOs for co-creation. A process model is also presented to serve design researchers and practitioners with a strategic design mindset, process, methods, and tools to develop innovative solutions with social responsibility.
Badanie zostało przeprowadzone w dniach 3–12 kwietnia 2024 roku przez agencję Opinia24 techniką internetową (CAWI) na reprezentatywnej ogólnopolskiej próbie badawczej, liczącej 1018 osób od 16 roku życia.
Struktura kwestionariusza prowadziła badanych od dialogu rozumianego jako prywatna rozmowa (choć o tematach publicznych), przez dialog obywatelski, po rozważania na temat demokracji i jej zasad.
p class="Default"> The concept of “ Slow violence” (Nixon 2011) has previously been applied to housing inequality and gentrification, especially concerning its impact on the least well-off. This paper combines theories of space, time, and territorialisation to examine the experiences of a group of people earning average incomes in East London, who faced a variety of housing challenges threatening their future ability to inhabit the city. They all successfully applied to a Community Land Trust, whose homes were priced with the needs of that group in mind, while developments are predicated on community control. Participant observation, surveys, and interviews with residents show the depth and impact of the housing crisis in London through reflections on the past, the joys, and challenges of moving to new homes and forming new communities, and hopes for the future.
The Community Land Trust was the result of alliances formed by institutions - faith organisations, schools, and community groups - whose roots in the East End of London are as deeply engrained as the social inequality that has been an enduring feature since industrialisation. The time taken to strengthen relationships makes it a deliberative type of opposition that bursts occasionally into animation through events, generating new rhythms that become territorialised. Eventual success in providing homes afforded a shift to the rhythms of creating new homes and neighbourhoods. </p
This article aims to contribute to the debate on the reform process affecting public health in many Western countries by focusing on the Italian situation. The analytical choice of theme stems from the centrality assumed in Welfare State systems by the paradigm of «working together», which refers first and foremost to the founding objectives of the creation of a national service for the protection of health and the care of people, as well as to the current urgent need for a structural-functional overhaul to guarantee economic sustainability and restore value to public protection. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the national health systems have suffered an aggravation of the antecedent crisis factors, which include the strengthening of primary health care services in the Italian context leading to the introduction and experimentation of «Case della salute» in 2007, converted by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) into «Case di Comunità». A change that recalls the need for collaborative action between all stakeholders ? institutional and community ? not only for the defense of public health against the private dimensions that have progressively entered its structure but also for a new architecture of care and assistance models that looks to «territorialization» as an important tool for universalism. For developing this reflection, field studies, scientific articles, grey literature, and regulatory acts were used.
Expanded Abstract This article offers a critical and propositional reading of relational architecture as an emancipatory practice that integrates politics, poetics, and critical imagination in the production of space. Rejecting both technical neutrality and stylistic formalism, relational architecture is framed here as a language of transformation-one that resists dominant spatial logics and projects more just, meaningful, and cohabitable spatial relations. Through a transdisciplinary approach, the text examines historical and contemporary examples-from Haussmann's Paris to the Findhorn Ecovillage, from SESC Pompeia to the Serpentine Pavilion-showing how architecture can reveal other forms of life and reconfigure modes of dwelling. Key concepts such as solidarity imaginaries, alternative cosmologies, and the poetics of resistance are discussed, in a structure that moves from critical diagnosis to operative propositions. The article concludes that consolidating relational architecture requires structural changes across political, disciplinary, pedagogical, and cultural domains, affirming architecture as an ethical, affective, and shared act.
Our journey’s end chapter returns to the three aims of the book, arguing: (a) has the usefulness of Marx’s dialectical method, concepts and framework for public service problem-solving and strategy-making been established? (b) has Marx’s labour theory of value been shown to be a valid explanation for how value is created, particularly use-value and public-value and (c) are transition routes to socialism, featuring public services as both an end and a means, demonstrated as possible and desirable? Analysing public services as value-forms with value-flows helps justify providing public service use-values as opposed to market-mediated, for-profit exchange-values (the goal of neoliberal privatisers). If democratically planned, this approach also avoids anticipated capitalist crises and the accompanying miseries. New public management is shown to be the management of discontent—spearheading the neoliberal attack on public services when public service expansion is essential to avoid the environmental disasters and immiseration towards which capitalism is heading. The book closes by asking if it is possible to create a new humanity, a new way of relating to each other in which public services play an important role.
This paper explores the theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions of the anthropology of diplomacy to the study of international relations, emphasizing its relevance in addressing contemporary global challenges. Anthropology of diplomacy highlights Interdisciplinarity, ethnographic approaches, and critical reflections on diplomatic practices, examining key concepts such as diplomatic discourse, everyday diplomacy, and embodied practices. The study sheds light on the application of anthropological methods in global health diplomacy, emphasizing the interconnectedness of health, foreign policy, and national security. The authors analyze how anthropological insights can deepen the understanding of international tensions, negotiation processes, and cross-cultural interactions, ultimately fostering fairer and more peaceful global relations. The paper also examines key debates among scholars in the field and proposes future research directions that could enhance the use of anthropological knowledge in diplomacy. The study further emphasizes the importance of applying anthropological methods to non-traditional diplomatic settings, such as informal negotiations and local community interactions, which often reveal overlooked dynamics. By integrating perspectives on global health diplomacy, the paper also underscores how health-related challenges can function as critical arenas for fostering international cooperation and redefining power relations. Additionally, it highlights the potential for anthropological approaches to bridge cultural gaps and promote understanding between state and non-state actors. The authors argue that exploring the interplay of cultural norms and diplomatic practices provides valuable insights for addressing contemporary geopolitical challenges. Ultimately, the anthropology of diplomacy offers a unique framework for examining diplomacy as a socially embedded and continually evolving practice, opening new avenues for interdisciplinary collaboration.
Diseñadas para operar de manera presencial, con el advenimiento de la Sociedad Tecnológica, las cooperativas comenzaron a enfrentar obstáculos para la preservación de la identidad cooperativa y sus valores y principios, especialmente la participación democrática. Así, se hicieron necesarios incentivos para que los miembros se involucraran con la organización y para que se protegiera su lógica. Considerando esto, buscamos, a través del método hipotético-deductivo, identificar qué es la cooperación cooperativa y sus fundamentos, además de examinar su transformación con la Sociedad Tecnológica y analizar la importancia de la información, el compromiso y la confianza para su subsistencia en este escenario. Se concluyó que con la aceleración de la transformación digital impulsada por la pandemia de COVID-19, la información, el compromiso y la confianza se han vuelto indispensables para el modelo cooperativo. Recibido: 09.09.2024; Aceptado: 14.02.2025
Capitalism has a long history and our current condition is the result of it. A thorough understanding of this condition is a prerequisite for thinking about our future in a transformative key. Indeed, the contradictions in the organization of metabolic exchange have become more acute and the ecosystemic crisis is the non-deferrable horizon within which the relationship with the future must be thought. The paper therefore seeks to highlight the features of continuity that contemporary capitalism presents, focusing on the figure that embodies the paradigm of the relationship with space and time, of which capitalism has become the dominant version, namely the figure of homo faber. This figure, which has emerged within the so-called meta-trap of trajectorism , currently also presents elements of discontinuity, in particular the key role that infrastructures play in the reproduction of the institutionalized societal order through which metabolic exchange is organized in contemporary capitalism. But infrastructures themselves present an ontological paradox, consisting in being both a promise of the future and the process by which this promise becomes a ruin , just like the ruin s (social, ecological, symbolic) with which we have to live today. Only a political reading of the ruins, aimed at grasping the alternatives of the future that may open up in them, can make it possible to avoid being trapped in the reproduction of a relationship with space and time that is destined to jeopardize reproduction (social, but also of life tout court , human and non-human).
This book is about the underlying mechanisms of agile management that control work processes in the context of industrial tech development. It challenges commonly held beliefs in adaptability, collaboration and flattened hierarchies claimed to be achieved by agile approaches. In asking how these promises are put into practice, this book offers novel insights into how work is controlled in times of increasing flexibility and constant change in the world of work and management.
Through a rich analysis of a case study in industrial tech companies, Klara‑Aylin Wenten argues that agility is deeply entrenched in ambivalences ranging between planning and improvising, caring and exploiting, intimacy and professional distance, accuracy and imperfection and autonomy and control. She illuminates the challenging expectations and invisible work efforts that employees are faced with to adhere to the promise of agility. In introducing the concept of ‘management scripts’, the author sheds light on how action patterns, work habits, roles, interactions or artifacts embed (unspoken) guidelines instructing and controlling employees’ daily work lives. This lens on scripts challenges conventional management theories and highlights the pivotal role of material objects in work control. This book thus extends our understanding of the heterogeneity of humans and nonhumans contributing to the dynamics of managerial control, even beyond the scope of agile methodologies.
This book appeals to an academic audience ranging from the humanities and social sciences to more practice‑based disciplines in management and business. As a research monograph, this book is predominantly dedicated to academic scholars in the fields of Science and Technology Studies, organization and management studies and the sociology of work but also addresses practitioners and scholars interested in business, innovation, design, anthropology or cultural studies.
Has global capitalism reduced inequality and poverty? How do today's young people react to cultural changes in organizations in a world that demands more and more flexibility? How do organizational and social transformations impact the lives of individuals? These and other questions are the starting point of our reflection which will attempt to investigate, through theoretical sources and research on the field, the possible correlation between the social phenomena of Tang Ping, Quiet Quitting and Great Resignations. Today, the capitalist model, with its promises of global progress and social equity, is showing its first cracks and needs to be redefined. Similarly, the concepts of growth and development need to be rethought. If globalization encourages welfare models that shift the boundaries between public and private, in the same way 'flexible capitalism' triggers new dynamics of individuals’ exploitation. Are cultural and organizational models of our recent past still effective in keeping the promise of development and progress?.
Mijn bijdrage aan het vriendenboek voor Romke's afscheid gaat over paradigmaverschuivingen in het denken over de rol van bedrijven bij het voorkomen van misstanden in mondiale productieketens (vooral de (ultra) fast fashion keten). Waar begin jaren 90 van de vorige eeuw het optimisme domineerde dat bedrijven het sturingsgat dat overheden lieten liggen konden dichten, zijn we nu in een situatie beland waarin de gedachte overheerst dat overheden weer meer verantwoordelijkheid naar zichzelf zou moeten toetrekken om het sturingsgat te dichten dat bedrijven sindsdien hebben laten bestaan.
If modernity is to be understood as an age of solitudes, the question arises as to the communities that must have existed in times before the beginning of modernity. How can the experiences of community be described in distinction to the modern solitudes? And what takes the place of the pre-modern in the course of modernization—i.e. in the transition process from an epoch preceding modernity (pre-modernity) to modernity itself?
The problem of loneliness in late modern contemporary societies has long since arrived in daily news coverage, popular literature and political discourse, and increasingly dominates the perception of Western social systems against the backdrop of multiple forms of social disintegration. Social theorists and contemporary diagnosticians characterize our present as an age in which society threatens to degenerate into a network, a complex structure of nodes indifferently opposed to one another. Not least because of the increasing importance of the Internet, this interpretation of contemporary society is more popular than ever. What consequences does this have for the experience of modern loneliness? And can they still be stopped, for example by consciously being alone?
Un viaggio dal Nord al Sud dell’Italia tra i patti di collaborazione e le imprese di comunità, per la prima volta indagati insieme. Nel libro, gli effetti che questi strumenti producono su spazi, attori locali e politiche pubbliche vengono osservati e discussi attraverso l’analisi comparativa di cinque casi nelle città di Torino, Genova, Caserta, Napoli e Brindisi. I risultati della ricerca mostrano che i processi di azione collettiva si caratterizzano per un’elevata specificità contestuale e una scarsa linearità, motivo per cui gli esiti appaiono difficilmente riproducibili in altri contesti, ma utili affinché le città trovino dei dispositivi di appartenenza collettiva e non soltanto individuale. Attraverso i patti di collaborazione e le imprese di comunità si riesce a spostare l’attenzione dall’individualismo alla costruzione di un’azione collettiva che può avere ricadute significative - anche in termini individuali - sull’identità e sul senso di appartenenza a una comunità di vicinato. Questo consente di ampliare il raggio di reciprocità degli individui, di essere meno orientati ai propri simili, ma aperti all’incontro conviviale. Gli strumenti indagati si inseriscono, dunque, all’interno di questioni sociologiche più ampie che riguardano la città e il suo governo: è in simili azioni che lo spazio assume i connotati di sfera pubblica.
Tomando como caso de estudo o projeto NEVE INSULAR, pretendo mostrar como as práticas relacionais de arte e design podem contribuir para a criatividade social e para a sustentabilidade no sentido em que vão ao arrepio da dicotomia entre inovação/tradição. Produto da narrativa histórica ocidental, a dicotomia tradição/inovação equaciona a modernidade ocidental como o telos universal e, concomitantemente, tudo o que resiste à sua conversão – os diferentes saberes ou culturas - como “não-moderno”, “tradicional”. Dentro desta narrativa, o “moderno” é concebido como a aceleração da mudança e o avanço no tempo através do anterior, e o “tradicional” como o estático, fixo no tempo. Neste contexto, a dicotomia tradição/inovação fomenta uma visão atomista do indivíduo, separado da natureza e do contexto cultural, contribuindo para a naturalização das diferenças sociais e para uma visão antropocêntrica do mundo, estando, assim, no cerne da exploração das pessoas e da natureza. Defendo aqui que a mudança e a inovação, não implicam a ultrapassagem do tradicional pelo moderno mas que, pelo contrário, ambos constituem um fluxo que alimenta o património cultural material e imaterial enquanto parte de um processo político de reinterpretações e de criação de significado histórico.
Prefazione al volume di Cristina Burini, Governare lo spazio pubblico nelle città italiane. Patti di collaborazione e imprese di comunità tra convivialità ed efficacia collettiva (FrancoAngeli 2025). I patti di collaborazione e le imprese di comunità regolano le attività e la governance di alcuni spazi pubblici. Alla ricerca di una espressione di sintesi per riprendere molti dei temi fin qui discussi, potremmo semplicemente dire che, quando governato in maniera partecipativa, lo spazio pubblico, può essere considerato un servizio pubblico. Come per tutti i servizi pubblici, la posta in gioco sta nella loro regolazione, e quindi nel modo in cui sono normate, contrattualizzate, remunerate, controllate e sanzionate le forme di gestione: in altri termini la loro governance. Cosi riconcettualizzato, lo spazio pubblico non è un luogo passivo di transito e interazione superficiale, ma un servizio pubblico che deve essere realmente accessibile: la vera sfida per le politiche urbane e la gestione degli spazi pubblici è riconoscere e valorizzare questa dimensione di servizio, dove l’accessibilità va oltre la semplice possibilità di entrare fisicamente in uno spazio e include la capacità di interagire, esprimersi e ricevere riconoscimento. Per questo manutenzione e sicurezza - elementi spesso visti solo come questioni tecniche - sono responsabilità comuni di amministrazioni pubbliche e comunità attive. Pensare lo spazio pubblico come un servizio pubblico richiede di riconoscere che la sua qualità e la sua sostenibilità dipendono dalla capacità delle politiche e delle comunità di co-creare uno spazio che sia accessibile non solo in termini fisici, ma anche sociali e culturali. In questo modo, la dimensione del riconoscimento reciproco e della reciprocità dissonante diventa centrale, rendendo lo spazio pubblico un luogo in cui le differenze possono essere accolte e integrate attraverso un processo di continua negoziazione e regolazione condivisa. In sintesi, la convivialità, la cura nella gestione e il mantenimento degli spazi pubblici non sono solo condizioni per un buon clima sociale, ma rappresentano le fondamenta per una socializzazione civica autentica. Questi spazi comuni, dove le differenze sono non solo tollerate ma accolte e integrate, diventano il perno di una cittadinanza partecipativa. Le identità collettive che emergono da questo processo, basate su un attaccamento emotivo e personale, mostrano il potenziale trasformativo degli spazi pubblici: luoghi dove l’agire quotidiano (Citroni, 2023) e le relazioni sociali contribuiscono a una coesione sociale che va oltre la semplice coabitazione, verso un’esperienza di comunità dinamica e inclusiva. Ecco la posta in gioco di una governance urbana di qualità. Indice del capitolo: 1. Lo spazio pubblico, non accessorio ma a fondamento del legame civile 2. La dimensione normativa a fondamento dello spazio pubblico e le implicazioni di governance 3. Conflitto e riconoscimento nello spazio pubblico 4. Gli spazi pubblici come servizi comuni
The contributions in this volume shed light on the dimension of spirituality in the churches' orientation towards social spaces, going beyond a narrow social work approach and respecting the autonomy and self-determination of those involved. Social spaces are understood as spiritual spaces of experience in which forms of self-transcendence are made possible and in which people can encounter God. Subsequently, the religious topography of urban neighbourhoods and possible sacred spatial experiences in church buildings and landscapes are examined. Finally, individual contributions focus on actors in social space who can cooperatively contribute to its design and thus realise cooperative principles. Experiences of segregation in cities come into play here. With contributions by Martina Bär | Julia Beideck | Ulrich Beuttler | Bert Daelemans | Frank Eckhardt | Felix Eiffler | Johannes Eurich | Sonja Keller | Anna Körs | Olaf Kühne | Georg Lämmlin | Andreas Lob-Hüdepohl | Sabrina Müller | Frank Schultz-Nieswandt | Claudia Schulz | Philip Thimm | Gerhard Wegner
Musicological research has pointed to music-making as an act of joint effort and collective creation, stressing its highly cooperative nature. Surprisingly, however, research on the subject of ‘cooperation’ in the world of music has been quite limited thus far. Consequently, everyday cooperative practices and interactions in
the context of music(-making) have not been studied sufficiently. This working paper takes this as a starting point for the exploration of Turkish-German cooperation in the context of music in general and joint music-making in the orchestra in particular. Like no other form of music, orchestral music is ascribed the quality of a communal voice, with which not only the music itself, but also
representations of ideals and messages are made public. Using the example of Turkish-German cooperation in the field of orchestral music, this paper addresses the question how music as an art form is embedded in both the cultural and the political sphere and how it functions as a ‘bridge between cultures’. Based on a documentary analysis of concert programs, newspaper articles and reports from concertgoers, it shows that (transnational) orchestral cooperation can be understood as a form of cooperation embedded in civil society in both metaphorical/symbolic and factual terms.
The structural analysis of classes can be divided into the analysis of class locations and the analysis of permeability of boundaries separating those locations. Marxist analysis of class structure has been primarily concerned with the first of these while Weberian class analysis has focused on the second. We attempt to combine a Marxist structural class concept, which views class locations in capitalist societies as structured by exploitation based on property relations, authority relations and expertise, with the Weberian concern with the ways lives of individuals traverse the boundaries of that structure. We examine patterns of friendship ties across class boundaries in four contemporary capitalist societies: the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Norway. Three empirical conclusions stand out: (1) The property-based class boundary is the least permeable of the three exploitation dimensions; (2) the authority-based class boundary is significantly more permeable than the expertise-based boundary; and (3) patterns of inter-class friendships are largely invariant across these four countries.
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Honey bees exhibit preferences in several nest site properties. The following preferences were identified («>» means «preferred to»): nest height, 5>1 m; entrance area, 12.5>75 cm2; entrance position, bottom >top of nest cavity, entrance direction, southward>northward; nest cavity volume, 10<40>100 liters.
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The data also suggest preferences exist for previously inhabited nest cavities and for nest sites beyond 300 m from the parent colony.
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Nest sites with high exposure and visibility were occupied more rapidly than sites with low exposure and visibility. However, this difference probably reflects differential ease of nest site discovery rather than a preference for exposed nest sites.
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No preferences were found in the following variables: entrance shape (slit vs. circle), nest cavity shape (cube vs. tall parallelepiped), cavity draftiness (sound vs. drafty), and cavity dryness (wet vs. dry). Cavity draftiness and dryness are probably important to bees, but because bees can seal and waterproof their nests, they may be less demanding about these two nest site variables than about those they cannot modify.
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The complex process of nest site selection apparently benefits a honey bee colony in several ways, including facilitation of colony defense and hygiene, simplification of nest construction and microclimate control, and reduction of foraging competition with the parent colony.
