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Rosenbaum, Howard, and Pnina Shachaf. "A structuration approach to online communities of practice: The case of Q&A communities." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 61, no. 9 (2010): 1933–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.21340.
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Bansemir, Bastian, Anne-Katrin Neyer, and Kathrin M. Möslein. "Anchoring Corporate Innovation Communities in Organizations." International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations 2, no. 1 (2012): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijkbo.2012010101.
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Whereas literature in the area of open innovation considerably advances the understanding of innovation community mechanics, little is known about how innovation communities need to be anchored within organizations to unleash the creative potential of employees. To contribute to this discussion, this article focuses on the still understudied link among organizational integration and its influence on innovation activities and outcomes of corporate innovation communities. Additionally, it identifies distinct types of transition strategies to anchor organizational integration of corporate innovation communities. To attain this aim structuration theory is applied. Multiple in-depth case studies allow insights into antecedents of and transition strategies for corporate innovation communities. Results demonstrate that 1) cultural and structural integration are major antecedents for innovation activities and outcomes of corporate innovation communities, and 2) transition strategies offer valuable patterns to alter organizational integration.
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Widiono, Septri, Ekawati Sri Wahyuni, Lala M. Kolopaking, and Arif Satria. "Livelihood Diversity of Rural Communities Without Legal Access to Forest Resources: The Case of Kerinci Seblat National Park in Bengkulu Province." Forest and Society 8, no. 1 (2024): 249–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.24259/fs.v8i1.30947.
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Kerinci Seblat National Park in Bengkulu, Indonesia, was gazetted by the Indonesian government, and its overlaps with forests occupied by most indigenous communities made their farming activities in the area illegal. People were prohibited from accessing and expanding their farming areas in the national park, threatening their livelihoods. The livelihood diversity index (LDI) and livelihood asset index (LAI) were used to explore the livelihood systems of these communities. This study also examines the effect of livelihood assets on livelihood diversity and analyzes livelihood strategy choices using Giddens’ structuration theory. A quantitative survey combined with in-depth interviews was conducted in two villages with different land types: wetlands (rice fields) and drylands (farmlands). This study found that the communities diversified their livelihoods into eight types of livelihood strategies. Almost all livelihood indicators were different, and the differences in livelihood asset indicators affected the LDI. As a process of structuration, communities have diversified their livelihoods into farm (e.g., annual and perennial crops), off-farm (e.g., farm wages), and non-farm (e.g., services and government transfer) activities. Rural households have modified their social and physical structures to secure their livelihoods by optimizing agricultural intensification technologies or by seeking non-agricultural income. Households decide whether to specialize or diversify their livelihoods based on factors such as the area of cultivated land, number of crops cultivated, distance of the farming location from the house, total household income, non-farm income, and reciprocal relationships.
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Diviné, Marc, and Julie Stal Le Cardinal. "How to Manage Virtual Communities and Teams using Adjacencies." International Journal of e-Collaboration 10, no. 1 (2014): 35–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijec.2014010103.
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This paper aims at responding to the need for specific management of virtual entities. It proposes a flexible process based on Functional Analysis and Adaptive Structuration Theory, called Virtual Entities Management Support (VEMS). Starting from environmental requirements analysis, the method helps to choose functions, attitudes, and tools based on a strategic vision in three dimensions: the virtual entity value addition, the members' satisfaction, and the entity flexible frontiers. It leverages the powerful concept of adjacent individuals and adjacent communities inside the 3-D model. The full process is detailed and applied to five virtual entities inside and outside the industry. It raised a common view of 21 best attitudes. The paper provides managerial guidelines to managers of virtual entities.
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Garcia, Nathan, Eric Grenier, Alain Buisson, and Laurent Folcher. "Diversity of plant parasitic nematodes characterized from fields of the French national monitoring programme for the Columbia root-knot nematode." PLOS ONE 17, no. 3 (2022): e0265070. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265070.
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Plant parasitic nematodes are highly abundant in all agrosystems and some species can have a major impact on crop yields. To avoid the use of chemical agents and to find alternative methods to manage these pests, research studies have mainly focused on plant resistance genes and biocontrol methods involving host plants or natural enemies. A specific alternative method may consist in supporting non-damaging indigenous species that could compete with damaging introduced species to decrease and keep their abundance at low level. For this purpose, knowledge about the biodiversity, structure and functioning of these indigenous communities is needed in order to carry out better risk assessments and to develop possible future management strategies. Here, we investigated 35 root crop fields in eight regions over two consecutive years. The aims were to describe plant parasitic nematode diversity and to assess the potential effects of cultivation practices and environmental variables on communities. Community biodiversity included 10 taxa of plant parasitic nematodes. Despite no significant abundance variations between the two sampling years, structures of communities varied among the different regions. Metadata collected for the past six years, characterizing the cultural practices and soils properties, made it possible to evaluate the impact of these variables both on the whole community and on each taxon separately. Our results suggest that, at a large scale, many variables drive the structuration of the communities. Soil variables, but also rainfall, explain the population density variations among the geographical areas. The effect of the variables differed among the taxa, but fields with few herbicide applications and being pH neutral with low heavy metal and nitrogen concentrations had the highest plant parasitic nematode densities. We discuss how these variables can affect nematode communities either directly or indirectly. These types of studies can help to better understand the variables driving the nematode communities structuration in order to support the abundance of indigenous non-damaging communities that could compete with the invasive species.
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Rasyid, Erwin, Fitri Maulidah Rahmawati, and Hari Akbar Sugiantoro. "Communication Structuring in Aisyiyah’s Empowerment Activities in Isolated Tribal Communities." Komunikator 14, no. 2 (2022): 182–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.18196/jkm.16059.
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Several parties continue to criticize the empowerment of remote tribal or indigenous communities. The empowerment program for remote indigenous communities has not yet been deemed effective for empowering indigenous communities. Using Anthony Giddens’ structuration theory, this study aims to examine how communication is structured in community empowerment activities for isolated tribes. Using a case study methodology, this study uses qualitative descriptive approach. Interviews were conducted with the Regional Leader of ‘Aisyiyah (PDA) Banggai, who empowered an isolated tribe in the interior of Tombiobong, Maleo Jaya village, South Batui sub-district, Banggai district, Central Sulawesi (Sulteng). The study indicates that social reproduction occurs through the duality of structures in Aisyiyah empowerment activities among the indigenous Loinang people. This fits with Giddens’s idea of duality, which says that structure and agent work together and affect each other.
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Bruns, Axel. "Towards Distributed Citizen Participation: Lessons from WikiLeaks and the Queensland Floods." JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government 4, no. 2 (2012): 142–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v4i2.135.
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This paper examines the rapid and ad hoc development and interactions of participative citizen communities during acute events, using the examples of the 2011 floods in Queensland, Australia, and the global controversy surrounding Wikileaks and its spokesman, Julian Assange. The self-organising community responses to such events which can be observed in these cases bypass or leapfrog, at least temporarily, most organisational or administrative hurdles which may otherwise frustrate the establishment of online communities; they fast-track the processes of community development and structuration. By understanding them as a form of rapid prototyping, e-democracy initiatives can draw important lessons from observing the community activities around such acute events.
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Blackburn, Natalie A., Willa Dong, Megan Threats, et al. "Building Community in the HIV Online Intervention Space: Lessons From the HealthMPowerment Intervention." Health Education & Behavior 48, no. 5 (2021): 604–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10901981211003859.
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Background Mobile health platforms can facilitate social support and address HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) stigma but pose challenges for intervention design and participant engagement. Giddens’s structuration theory, that individuals are shaped by—and shape—their communities through rules and resources that give them power to operate within these environments, provides a useful analytic framework for exploring these dynamic intervention spaces. Method Data were drawn from an online randomized controlled trial intervention (HealthMpowerment) for young Black men who have sex with men to reduce condomless anal intercourse. We applied a conversational analysis informed by structuration theory to 65 user-generated conversations that included stigma content. We aimed to understand how the interdependent relationship between the intervention space and participants’ contributions might contribute to behavior change. Results Thirty five intervention participants contributed to the analyzed conversations. Our analysis identified three types of conversational processes that may underlie behavior change: (1) Through intervention engagement, participants established norms and expectations that shaped their discussions; (2) participants used anecdotes and anonymity to reinforce norms; and (3) intervention staff members sought to improve engagement and build knowledge by initiating discussions and correcting misinformation, thus playing an integral role in the online community. Conclusions The lens of structuration theory usefully reveals potential behavior change mechanisms within the social interactions of an online intervention. Future design of these interventions to address HIV stigma should explicitly characterize the context in which individuals (study staff and participants) engage with one another in order to assess whether these processes are associated with improved intervention outcomes.
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Fuaddah, Zamroatul, Ismi Dwi Astuti, and Andre Noevi Rahmanto. "The Process of Dramatizing Messages in The Formation of a Millionaire Village (Study at Sekapuk Tourism Village, Ujung Pangkah Subdistrict, Gresik Regency)." Sodality: Jurnal Sosiologi Pedesaan 11, no. 1 (2023): 59–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.22500/11202344145.
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Communication of disseminating stakeholder messages through dramatization aims to improve the economy and people's welfare. This article aims to examine how symbolic convergence in the tourism sector can create social change in the Selo Tirto Giri Tourism Object, Gresik Regency. This study uses the theory of symbolic convergence from Bormann and the theory of structuration from Gidden. This research method uses a qualitative descriptive method with a single case study. The informants of this research were village stakeholders who were determined purposively. Data validity uses source triangulation. Data analysis uses fantasy theme analysis where fantasy messages become the unit of analysis Lindlof and Taylor. The results of the study show that the dramatization of messages is created through fantasy themes, namely awareness of developing regions, getting along in harmony, and prosperous and independent communities. Symbolic convergence is related to the structuration that occurs symbolically in Sekapuk Village. The existence of repeated messages creates a dimension of public awareness that shapes the structure and creates social change. The process of dramatizing messages and structuring forms the tourist attraction of Selo Tirto Giri so that Sekapuk Village, which is a poor village, becomes a Millionaire Village.
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Zingaretti, Laura M., Gilles Renand, Diego P. Morgavi, and Yuliaxis Ramayo-Caldas. "Link-HD: a versatile framework to explore and integrate heterogeneous microbial communities." Bioinformatics 36, no. 7 (2019): 2298–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btz862.
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Abstract Motivation We present Link-HD, an approach to integrate multiple datasets. Link-HD is a generalization of ‘Structuration des Tableaux A Trois Indices de la Statistique–Analyse Conjointe de Tableaux’, a family of methods designed to integrate information from heterogeneous data. Here, we extend the classical approach to deal with broader datasets (e.g. compositional data), methods for variable selection and taxon-set enrichment analysis. Results The methodology is demonstrated by integrating rumen microbial communities from cows for which methane yield (CH4y) was individually measured. Our approach reproduces the significant link between rumen microbiota structure and CH4 emission. When analyzing the TARA’s ocean data, Link-HD replicates published results, highlighting the relevance of temperature with members of phyla Proteobacteria on the structure and functionality of this ecosystem. Availability and implementation The source code, examples and a complete manual are freely available in GitHub https://github.com/lauzingaretti/LinkHD and in Bioconductor https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/LinkHD.html.
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Djufri. "Community Ethnography for Understanding Social Dynamics in Migration." Buletin Antropologi Indonesia 2, no. 3 (2025): 10. https://doi.org/10.47134/bai.v2i3.4370.
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This study aims to explore how migrant communities construct, sustain, and negotiate social structures in urban environments. Using a community ethnography approach, the research is grounded in Anthony Giddens' structuration theory and Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of socio-cultural capital. The research was conducted in Tamalate District, Makassar, involving participatory observation and in-depth interviews with 15 key informants. Findings reveal that social structures within migrant communities emerge from routinized daily practices such as communal gatherings, religious study groups, and collective neighborhood maintenance. Socio-cultural capital—manifested in networks, trust, and shared values—significantly influences individuals’ positions and roles in the community. Moreover, the younger generation is actively involved in shaping new socio-cultural spaces through digital adaptation and small-scale entrepreneurship. Migrant communities also employ symbolic strategies to navigate external challenges without engaging in open conflict, which reflects a form of silent resistance and social negotiation. This study highlights the remarkable adaptability and resilience of migrant communities in urban settings. Rather than being passive subjects of displacement, these communities actively reproduce and transform their social world, contributing to a dynamic and empowered urban life. The findings offer valuable insights into the interplay between migration, identity formation, and urban inclusivity, emphasizing the importance of culturally sensitive approaches in urban development policies
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Jones, Richard C. "Migrant agency and community structure: Competing explanations for economic decline in migrant sending communities of rural central Mexico." Migration Letters 9, no. 2 (2012): 115–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.33182/ml.v9i2.101.
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In response to Giddens' structuration theory, this study attempts to unravel the linkages between migration and local economic growth by moving beyond the household to the community level of analysis, and by considering lagged relationships over several years. The case study -24 towns in central Zacatecas, Mexico-concludes that remittances from US migration play an ambiguous role, providing basic income but at the same time resulting in more expenditures outside the community, which results in a lower multiplier effect and lower growth rates (measured by population growth). The reason for the externalization of expenditures is not so much the migration experience itself, as the socio-economic structure of sending communities, including their small populations and poor employment structures, which put overwhelming constraints on their growth and development.
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Juwono, Harto. "Political or Religious Policy? Indigenous Christian Education in the Dutch East Indies Era." Journal Didaskalia 7, no. 2 (2024): 61–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.33856/didaskalia.v7i2.434.
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This study is a textual analysis discussing the existence of Christian educational institutions for indigenous students under the Dutch colonial administration in the Dutch East Indies. The primary objective of this research is to examine the underlying motives behind the Dutch colonial government’s policies on Christian education for indigenous communities, specifically to determine whether these policies were politically or religiously motivated. Focusing on historical contexts, this research employs historical methods to reconstruct past events. The central question addressed is the Dutch colonial government’s main focus in shaping policies for Christian education through mission institutions for indigenous communities: whether these were driven by political interests or religious considerations. Data sources were obtained from literature and historical documents archived in data storage centers and libraries. The findings, using a structuration methodology, reveal a pragmatic dualism underlying the colonial government’s policies, which shifted according to the socio-political context.
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Edwards, Will, and Amir Kalan. "Addressing the Subjugation of Knowledge in Educational Settings through Structuration of Teacher Research." Canadian Journal of Action Research 24, no. 1 (2024): 56–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.33524/cjar.v24i1.664.
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Building on critical sociological models and action research traditions, our work theorizes a structurated model of action research to address the subjugation of knowledge within educational settings. We focus on the interplay between structure and agency and how these dimensions can co-evolve in teacher research. In this article, we examine how teachers and researchers engaged in collaborative inquiry communities inhabit a complicated role within educational structures. The authors outline and detail rich cases that illustrate the dense particulars of knowledge subjugation within educational structures—these range from the denigration of immigrant students’ credentials to the suppression of indigenous languages. The testimonies of practitioners and students are presented to underscore the inchoate and contradictory conditions that inform educational systems and the meaningful alternative practices that might contravene inequitable structures. The possibilities for recognizing the corrosive mechanisms of knowledge subjugation potentiate resistant parallel structures that invite meaningful inquiry-based methods.
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Djufri. "From Ritual Practice to Community Resilience: An Ethnographic Study on Local Cultural Strategies in Urban Makassar." Indonesian Journal of Social Development 3, no. 1 (2025): 15. https://doi.org/10.47134/jsd.v3i1.4538.
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The rapid transformation of urban landscapes in Indonesia presents significant challenges to the continuity of local cultural practices, particularly among marginalized urban communities. This study aims to explore how communities in Makassar employ ritual practices as social strategies to build cultural resilience amid spatial, economic, and social pressures. Using a cultural ethnographic approach, fieldwork was conducted across four districts—Tamalate, Tallo, Bontoala, and Barombong—through participant observation, semi-structured interviews with 18 key informants, and spatial documentation of ritual sites. Rituals such as mappacci, makkanre tempo, makkiade, and akkarungeng are examined not merely as traditional expressions, but as adaptive practices that sustain social cohesion and reclaim marginalized urban spaces. The study is grounded in four theoretical frameworks: structuration theory (Giddens), thick description (Geertz), everyday tactics (de Certeau), and third space (Bhabha), to interpret how symbolic actions create spaces for identity negotiation and social resilience. Findings reveal that rituals function as flexible and reflective social systems, enabling communities to foster intergenerational solidarity, preserve collective identity, and creatively respond to urban stressors. These practices are not static; they evolve through digital mediation, spatial innovation, and collective agency. The study concludes that rituals are not merely cultural relics, but dynamic infrastructures of meaning that underpin the resilience of contemporary urban communities. As such, this research bridges the gap between structural approaches to urban resilience and cultural agency in everyday life.
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Dunck, B., IS Nogueira, and SA Felisberto. "Distribution of periphytic algae in wetlands (Palm swamps, Cerrado), Brazil." Brazilian Journal of Biology 73, no. 2 (2013): 331–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1519-69842013000200013.
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The distribution of periphytic algae communities depends on various factors such as type of substrate, level of disturbance, nutrient availability and light. According to the prediction that impacts of anthropogenic activity provide changes in environmental characteristics, making impacted Palm swamps related to environmental changes such as deforestation and higher loads of nutrients via allochthonous, the hypothesis tested was: impacted Palm swamps have higher richness, density, biomass and biovolume of epiphytic algae. We evaluated the distribution and structure of epiphytic algae communities in 23 Palm swamps of Goiás State under different environmental impacts. The community structure attributes here analyzed were composition, richness, density, biomass and biovolume. This study revealed the importance of the environment on the distribution and structuration of algal communities, relating the higher values of richness, biomass and biovolume with impacted environments. Acidic waters and high concentration of silica were important factors in this study. Altogether 200 taxa were identified, and the zygnemaphycea was the group most representative in richness and biovolume, whereas the diatoms, in density of studied epiphyton. Impacted Palm swamps in agricultural area presented two indicator species, Gomphonema lagenula Kützing and Oedogonium sp, both related to mesotrophic to eutrophic conditions for total nitrogen concentrations of these environments.
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Jiménez, Monserrat, José Alejandro Zavala-Hurtado, Carlos Martorell, et al. "Despite dramatic local changes, the metacommunity structure of a semiarid scrub remains unaffected after 23 years." Botanical Sciences 98, no. 2 (2020): 264–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.17129/botsci.2437.
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Background: Understanding changes in local community composition along environmental gradients is essential for studying the long-term metacommunity dynamics. The metacommunity structure depends on the distribution of species along environmental gradients in terms of their coherence (continuity in their distribution range), species turnover and grouping of their range limits. A Clementsian structure would be defined by coherent ranges, significant turnover and sharp limits between local communities. All other things equal, a Gleasonian structure is distinguished by the absence of clear boundaries between local communities.
 Questions: The structure of a scrubland/semiarid/xeric metacommunity changes 23 years after its first characterization? Do environment and spatial variables determine the metacommunity structure?
 Species studied: 104 perennial-plant species.
 Study site and dates: Zapotitlán semi-arid valley, Puebla, in 1980 and 2003.
 Methods: Metacommunity structure and its relationship to environmental (edaphic) and spatial (altitude, slope and geographical location) variables were analyzed using data from the two historic surveys.
 Results: In 1980 a Clementsian structure was determined, which remained unchanged after 23 years. The importance of environmental filters decreased from 1980 to 2003.
 Conclusions: The prediction that, due to stochastic dispersion of propagules, the metacommunity would tend toward a Gleasonian structure was not fulfilled. There was no evidence for homogenization, although local tetechera communities (with dominance of the giant columnar cactus Cephalocereus tetetzo) had been invaded and transformed into shrubland communities. Local communities and the metacommunity should be monitored continuously to understand of the long-term structuration of these systems.
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Prasad, Sameer, James Jaffe, Kuntal Bhattacharyya, Jasmine Tata, and Donna Marshall. "Value supply chains at the base of the pyramid: studies of past and present textile networks." Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 7, no. 3 (2017): 304–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhlscm-02-2017-0002.
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Purpose Billions of entrepreneurs at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) operate as small-scale producers within multi-tiered supply chain networks. Unfortunately, a majority of these entrepreneurs are simply unable to derive sufficient value from the network and are vulnerable to disasters and poverty. The purpose of this paper is to develop a typology that examines dynamic and triadic power relationships in order to create value chains for BoP producers. Design/methodology/approach This paper builds upon the available literature and a relevant historical case study to develop a typology. The validity of the typology is ascertained by examining and comparing two current BoP silk weaver communities in India. Findings The typology captures essential environmental variables and relates them to mediated and non-mediated forms of power which, in turn, shape the value derived from the supply chain network. Practical implications The typology provides specific recommendations for BoP producers, such as the formation of cooperatives, engaging in political unionization and ensuring that their social networks expand beyond local communities. Originality/value The typology brings together structuration theory and power and provides a framework for understanding supply value. This typology is generalizable to dynamic multi-tiered supply chain networks.
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Yahaya, Noor Ilie Zuhaili, Md Razi Md Lazim, Muhamad Azwan Abd Rahman, Kahirol Mohd Salleh, and Nik Mohamad Hasif Mat. "Impact Evaluation Adoption Towards Coastal Communities with Ongoing East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) in Terengganu." Journal of Lifestyle and SDGs Review 5, no. 1 (2024): e02362. http://dx.doi.org/10.47172/2965-730x.sdgsreview.v5.n01.pe02362.
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Objective: This article focuses on ongoing ECRL development challenges in Terengganu, Malaysia, by adapting the All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia on Sustainable Development Goals (APPGM-SDG) impact evaluation framework, which can serve as a tool for policy intervention in reducing inequality and promoting partnership. Theoretical Framework: The role of the state theory, as applied to explain the initiative launched through state coordination, requires a multistakeholder approach or structuration process in order to assess the impact on the beneficiary's sustainability. Method: The methodology adopted for this research has included in-depth interviews, observations, and site-visit approaches with local people and authoritative informants, and is heavily supported by desk research. Results and Discussion: The result shows that local coastal communities of several towns in Setiu, Terengganu, are positively accepting of this ECRL development. Nevertheless, collaboration and further information are also needed to make themselves compatible with socioeconomic changes. Research Implications: The critical APPGM-SDG mechanism, based on its success story in terms prior impact evaluation, should be embraced in assessing ongoing ECRL and its development through government-to-government partnerships. Originality/Value: This study led to the three imperatives recommendations on the academic context of the development corpus, advocacy, and policy moral deliverables.
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Zvelebil, Marek. "Homo habitus: agency, structure and the transformation of tradition in the constitution of the TRB foraging-farming communities in the North European plain (ca 4500–2000 BC)." Documenta Praehistorica 32 (December 31, 2005): 87–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.32.5.
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The current generally accepted view of the dispersal of farming into Europe is that farming groups in the eastern Mediterranean colonised selectively optimal farming areas. The role of contact between indigenous hunter-gatherers and incoming farmers was very important to the operation of this process. This general view of the spread of farming at a broad inter-regional scale gives us our understanding of the origins of the Neolithic but merits closer examination at the local and regional level, as increasingly it is becoming apparent that the causes and motivations may have differed. In this paper, Mesolithic to Neolithic communities with evidence of the transition from hunter-gatherer to farmer will be examined at a regional scale, in the central part of the north European plain, focussing on Kujavia. Additionally, the theory of structuration will be applied in order to elucidate the transition process at this level.
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Pathak, Shubham. "Disaster Crisis Communication Innovations." International Journal of Disaster Response and Emergency Management 2, no. 2 (2019): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijdrem.2019070101.
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Disaster crisis communication is essential for providing adequate and successful disaster management process during disaster events. This article analyses the disaster communication in Thailand during the 2011 floods. The newspapers and government agencies found it difficult to provide timely and accessible flood information to the public. The methodology involves qualitative analysis of the data collected by questionnaire survey, key informant interviews and print news headlines from three leading newspapers in Thailand. The article involves adoption of structuration theory for analyzing the severe implication and inadequate crisis communication in Thailand during 2011 floods. The findings include the gaps in the disaster communication systems at the government level towards the local community. There is a need to provide user friendly disaster communication system to assist in resilient communities. All channels of communication including television and media, smartphones, open source data and social media must be incorporated in a comprehensive disaster communication system.
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Allan, Barbara, Chris Thomson, and Sheena Banks. "Networked Learning ten years on." Proceedings of the International Conference on Networked Learning 7 (May 3, 2010): 9–17. https://doi.org/10.54337/nlc.v7.9151.
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The aim of this paper is to reflect on how conceptions of networked learning have changed, particularly in relation to educational practices and uses of technology, that can nurture new ideas of networked learning to sustain multiple and diverse communities of practice in institutional settings. Our work is framed using two theoretical frameworks: Giddens's (1984) structuration theory and Callon & Latour's (1981) Actor Network Theory as critiqued by Fox (2005) in relation to networked learning. We use these frameworks to analyse and critique ideas of networked learning embodied in both cases. We investigate three questions: (a) the role of individual agency in the development of networked learning; (b) the impact of technological developments on approaches to supporting students within institutional infrastructures; and (c) designing networked learning to incorporate Web 2.0 practices that sustain multiple communities and foster engagement with knowledge in new ways. We use an interpretivist approach by drawing on experiential knowledge of the Masters programme in Networked Collaborative Learning and the decision making process of designing the virtual graduate schools. At this early stage, we have limited empirical data related to the student experience of networked learning in current and earlier projects. Our findings indicate that the use of two different theoretical frameworks provided an essential tool in illuminating, situating and informing the process of designing networked learning that involves supporting multiple and diverse communities of practice in institutional settings. These theoretical frameworks have also helped us to analyze our existing projects as case studies and to problematize and begin to understand the challenges we face in facilitating the participation of research students in networked learning communities of practice and the barriers to that participation. We have also found that this process of theorizing has given us a way of reconceptualizing communities of practice within research settings that have the potential to lead to new ideas of networked learning.
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Yunita, Desi, Nunung Nurwati, Wahyu Gunawan, and Azlinda Azman. "The Vulnerability Model of Water Resources Management in Forest Edge Communities in Sumedang Regency." Journal of Law and Sustainable Development 12, no. 1 (2024): e2879. http://dx.doi.org/10.55908/sdgs.v12i1.2879.
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Purpose: This study aims to explain the vulnerability of institutional management practices of water resources, agent practices, and system reproduction that can potentially cause social vulnerability in society. Theoretical reference: Structuration theory was chosen because this theory can explain structural or institutional vulnerability seen from practices in water resources management. Method: A qualitative approach using the participatory rural appraisal (PRA) method was employed to map the social vulnerability of management structures. NVivo mind map analysis and geographic information system analysis were used to strengthen the relationship between social practices and vulnerability information through drought maps. Results and Conclusion: The results of the study show that resource management is vulnerable to maintaining old patterns or habits because agents are unable to break through institutional systems and structures do not have authority, and have no bargaining position. Reproduction of social systems takes place in accordance with ongoing social structures that traverse space and time. The forestry organization KPH Sumedang has the authority to manage water resources around the forestry area. Vulnerability becomes a phenomenon of water user communities on the forest's edge. Discursive and recursive practices of actors/agents perpetuate the social structure of water users, such as the potential vulnerability of the social structure of water user communities and practices that encourage social vulnerability. Implications of research: This study has shed light on the community vulnerability related to the management of water resources by the forest edge communities. In addition, this study has given insight into the vulnerability of the social structure that can be seen from the practices of water users in village communities on the edge of the forest. Originality/value: The originality lies in how this research scrutinizes the social vulnerability model in managing water resources in communities in villages on the edge of the forest. So far, vulnerability has been studied more often after a disaster occurs.
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Chilonga, Nondo Mubanga, Jason Mwanza, Gistered Muleya, and Alice Ngoma Hazemba. "Understanding Communication Barriers in Antenatal Care within Remote Healthcare Facilities: Developing a Communication Framework using Structuration Theory." International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation 6, no. 2 (2025): 935–44. https://doi.org/10.54660/.ijmrge.2025.6.2.935-944.
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Effective communication in antenatal care is pivotal for improving maternal and newborn health outcomes, especially in underserved regions such as Rufunsa District, Zambia. This study identifies communication barriers between healthcare providers and pregnant women and proposes a Communication Framework informed by Gidden’s Structuration Theory. A qualitative descriptive research design was employed, utilizing semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions to gather insights from healthcare providers and antenatal mothers. Key barriers identified include language diversity, high levels of illiteracy among mothers, resource constraints, and the dual roles of healthcare providers. The study underscores the importance of culturally sensitive communication, client-centered approaches, and increased resource allocation to facilitate better information dissemination. The findings highlight the need for tailored public health campaigns and structured training programs aimed at enhancing communication skills among providers. By addressing these challenges and leveraging identified facilitators, the proposed Communication Framework aims to improve the quality of antenatal care and ultimately enhance maternal and child health outcomes in rural communities. This research contributes to the existing literature by offering empirical evidence on communication practices in antenatal care and establishes a foundation for future studies in maternal healthcare communication.
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Cohn, Patricia J., Matthew S. Carroll, and Yoshitaka Kumagai. "Evacuation Behavior during Wildfires: Results of Three Case Studies." Western Journal of Applied Forestry 21, no. 1 (2006): 39–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wjaf/21.1.39.
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Abstract Evacuation of rural communities threatened by wildfires is occurring more often, particularly in the western United States. Residents, public safety officials, community leaders, and public land managers are facing the issues and problems of this new experience. We used semi-structured interviews to elicit the evacuation experience from the viewpoint of evacuees and public safety officials in three case studies of wildfire evacuations in the western United States during 2000 and 2002. (Our interviews were conducted only with Teller County residents and officials.) We identify and describe the stages of the evacuation process as experienced by evacuees, and the dynamics and dilemmas associated with each stage. We analyze these perceptions and dynamics using the sociological lenses of social construction of meaning and structuration. The results indicate that evacuees and public safety officials have different perceptions and concerns about the evacuation process. We derive lessons learned from these three cases for use in planning future wildfire evacuations.
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Kartika Putri, Della Aprilia Kartika Putri, Fatiya Diana Wulandari Putri, and Rahayu Rahmawati. "Pemberdayaan Perekonomian Masyarakat Desa Jubung Melalui Pemberdayaan Usaha Mikro Kecil dan Menengah (UMKM)." Jurnal Kewirausahaan Cerdas dan Digital 1, no. 3 (2024): 68–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.61132/jukerdi.v1i3.158.
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This research aims to analyze efforts to empower the economy of village communities through improving and developing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) using Anthony Giddens' Structuration theory. The research method used is a qualitative approach. The method for determining the research location uses the purposive area method, namely in Jubung Village, Sukorambi District, Jember Regency. Determining research informants used the purposive sampling method. The informants in this research were MSME actors and the village government in Jubung Village. Data collection includes observation, interviews, and documentation, then the data analysis process includes data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The research results show that the village government in empowering MSMEs in Jubung Village has carried out its role well by providing a special platform or place for MSME actors to enable them to produce and market their goods. Apart from that, the Jubung Village government is trying to propose and seek budget support and technical assistance from related agencies, such as the Cooperatives Service.
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Arabella*, Clara Dhiyaa, Bagas Narendra Parahita, and Siany Indria Liestyasari. "Preventive Efforts Of Schools And Communities In Overcoming Violence Against Adolescents At SMA N 3 Sukoharjo." Riwayat: Educational Journal of History and Humanities 7, no. 3 (2024): 1029–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.24815/jr.v7i3.39724.
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This study was chosen because of the rampant phenomenon of violence against children which is shown by a significant increase in the number of reports of violence from official institutions and schools. This study discusses the structuring that occurs in implementing preventive efforts carried out by SMA N 3 Sukoharjo and the community in dealing with violence against adolescents, providing students with a deep understanding of the negative impact of bullying behavior and equipping them with skills and strategies to stop and prevent bullying cases in the school environment. The research was carried out using a qualitative approach with the type of case study research. Meanwhile, analyzing data is carried out in 3 stages, namely, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study were analyzed using the theory of Structuration by Anthony Giddens to relate agents and structures in the process of preventive efforts carried out by SMA N 3 Sukoharjo and the community in overcoming violence that occurs in adolescents. Teachers and school residents are agents while schools and communities are actors in a managerial structure.The results of the study show that schools and communities have various efforts such as carrying out socialization activities, making positive campaign wall posters about violence and the P5 video project to convey anti-bullying messages and highlight the negative impact of bullying behavior. Meanwhile, the community introduced the concept of pioneer pioneers (2P) and the formation of agents of change to encourage children to report violence or other inappropriate actions.
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Nurul Aula, Siti Khodijah. "PERAN TOKOH AGAMA DALAM MEMUTUS RANTAI PANDEMI COVID-19 DI MEDIA ONLINE INDONESIA." Living Islam: Journal of Islamic Discourses 3, no. 1 (2020): 125. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/lijid.v3i1.2224.
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Information transmission takes an important role in overcoming the covid-19 pandemic. This role is carried out by various parties, including religious leaders. Religious leaders who have charismatic figures, have a special powers that can influence many actions of the people who become their communities. Messages which delivered by religious leaders have a tendency to be followed both the substance of good and bad messages. Therefore, this study aims to explore the responses of religious leaders in online media. To achieve this goal, this research uses descriptive-analysis method by Anthony Giddens about structuration approach. This paper concludes that a role of religious leaders in dealing with covid-19 plays the role as a shock absorber to other people (motivator), the pandemic information mouthpiece (communicator), and the role model (idol). Their role of religious leaders in preventing covid-19 increasingly strengthens a social hierarchy it has in patron-client relations. This form of relationship makes religious leaders to maximize their potential charismatic leadership. It makes our research further strengthen other research on an influence of religious leaders in the formation of social action.
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Fernández, Jose D., Daniel Lobo, Gema M. Martn, René Doursat, and Francisco J. Vico. "Emergent Diversity in an Open-Ended Evolving Virtual Community." Artificial Life 18, no. 2 (2012): 199–222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00059.
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Understanding the dynamics of biodiversity has become an important line of research in theoretical ecology and, in particular, conservation biology. However, studying the evolution of ecological communities under traditional modeling approaches based on differential calculus requires species' characteristics to be predefined, which limits the generality of the results. An alternative but less standardized methodology relies on intensive computer simulation of evolving communities made of simple, explicitly described individuals. We study here the formation, evolution, and diversity dynamics of a community of virtual plants with a novel individual-centered model involving three different scales: the genetic, the developmental, and the physiological scales. It constitutes an original attempt at combining development, evolution, and population dynamics (based on multi-agent interactions) into one comprehensive, yet simple model. In this world, we observe that our simulated plants evolve increasingly elaborate canopies, which are capable of intercepting ever greater amounts of light. Generated morphologies vary from the simplest one-branch structure of promoter plants to a complex arborization of several hundred thousand branches in highly evolved variants. On the population scale, the heterogeneous spatial structuration of the plant community at each generation depends solely on the evolution of its component plants. Using this virtual data, the morphologies and the dynamics of diversity production were analyzed by various statistical methods, based on genotypic and phenotypic distance metrics. The results demonstrate that diversity can spontaneously emerge in a community of mutually interacting individuals under the influence of specific environmental conditions.
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Steinerowski, Artur A., and Izabella Steinerowska-Streb. "Can social enterprise contribute to creating sustainable rural communities? Using the lens of structuration theory to analyse the emergence of rural social enterprise." Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit 27, no. 2 (2012): 167–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269094211429650.
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Miralles-Lorenzo, Javier, Antonio Picazo, Carlos Rochera, Daniel Morant, and Antonio Camacho. "Structure, diversity and potential metabolic activity of prokaryotic communities of Ebro Delta wetlands (Spain) as revealed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing." ARPHA Conference Abstracts 4 (March 4, 2021): e64896. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.4.e64896.
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The monitoring of the structure and potential function of the prokaryotic assemblages of aquatic ecosystems can be used for the assessment of ecosystem health. In this work, we analysed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon massive sequencing the aquatic and sediment prokaryotic communities inhabiting three wetlands located in Ebro river Delta (Spain), which differ in their salinity and trophic status. We extracted the DNA from both matrices and sequenced the V4 region of the prokaryotic 16S rRNA gene by Illumina sequencing. The raw sequences obtained were processed and clustered in ZOTUs, which are sequences at 100% identity that were the basis for the structural and statistical analyses. Our results showed that water communities have less diversity and evenness than sediment communities. Moreover, statistical analyses showed that salinity is the main environmental factor that affects the structuration of sediment prokaryotic communities, while seasonality is also a very additional important environmental driver for aquatic communities. We also studied the relationship between the environmental factors and the potential metabolism of the aquatic and sediment prokaryotic communities, specifically for the main metabolic processes of the C-cycle. Focusing on sediment, we observed that methanogenic archaea are present not only in freshwater environments but also in the saline wetlands, though the observed methane emissions decreased with salinity. To explain this, we studied the potential activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and methanogenic archaea inferring the expression of genes <em>dsrB</em> and <em>mcrA</em>, which are gene markers for dissimilatory sulfate reduction and methanogenesis, respectively. We observed that, in saline wetlands, the potential activity of methanogens decreases because SRB bacteria outcompete them due to the higher sulfate availability enhancing sulfate-reduction. In the sediment communities of low salinity wetlands the relevance of methanogens is lower in terms of relative abundance, but the methane emissions are higher due to the lower sulfate availability. On the other hand, aquatic methanotrophic bacteria are very important in the net balance of methane emissions in Ebro Delta wetlands, as their relative abundance in the water column influences the amount of methane that is finally released to the atmosphere. In conclusion, our study deepens in the relationship between prokaryotic community structure and function in deltaic wetlands, giving a comprehensive overview of factors influencing the ecological health and certain processes, such as methane emissions, in deltaic systems.
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Saprika, Alen, Afrizal Afrizal, and Azwar Azwar. "PRAKTIK SOSIAL PERTAMBANGAN: Suatu Studi Penanganan Konflik Oleh Sebuah Perusahaan Izin Clear and Clear di Ulayat Penghulu Nan Salapan, Nagari Lunang Utara." Jurnal Antropologi: Isu-Isu Sosial Budaya 21, no. 1 (2019): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.25077/jantro.v21.n1.p73-80.2019.
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The concept of the clear and clean permit has been implemented since 2011 by the Indonesia government to produce sustainable mining practices. This concept is applied by the government due to the occurrence of conflicts in Indonesia. This article presents the results of research findings concerning the influence of clear and clean permits to social practices of mining. The study used structuration theory and using qualitative research method what has been studied is the use of government regulations by mining companies, related government agencies, and local communities to legitimize and understands their actions. A case PT. Tripabara operating in Nagari Lunang Utara has been studied. This article would like to show that although the company has obtained a clear and clean license, sustainable mining practices are not carried out. The article discussed the causes of unsustainable mining practices by PT. Tripabara. Two things will be revealed: the first is status of clear and clear permits obtained by the company is used by the company officials to claim that their mining practice is sustainable, while the community based their understanding of the company behavior on the company’s actions to tackle environmental problems and conflict of land acquisition.
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Sharp, Darren. "Participatory Cultural Production and the Diy Internet: From Theory to Practice and Back Again." Media International Australia 118, no. 1 (2006): 16–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x0611800104.
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The free and open source software movements have inspired a new mode of participatory cultural production. The early hacker communities elaborated a sophisticated socio-technical system of network-enabled collaboration culminating in the GNU-Linux operating system. More recently, a range of do-it-yourself (DIY) media technologies have given any user with internet access the ability to become a producer in a variety of social fields. This has spawned an entirely new understanding of authorship and content production in film (machinima), games (player-producers), journalism (blogs), radio (podcasting) and knowledge production (Wikipedia). A number of social science epistemologies embrace ‘practice’ as a representational category to explain the relationship between structure and agency, such as Giddens' (1984) and Bourdieu's (1977) theories of structuration. Missing from most of these accounts is any engagement in practice-based research to construct knowledge about their domains. It will be shown that action research provides an important empirical method capable of extending the field of knowledge about user-led innovation. Action research provides a practice-based method to explore how social shaping occurs in the development of participatory cultural production systems.
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Béguinot, Jean. "Comparing the Complete Hierarchical Structuration of Species Abundances in Reef Fish Communities According to Coral Morphology, Using the Numerical Extrapolation of Only Incomplete Inventories." Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 8, no. 1 (2018): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ajee/2018/45402.
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Boccagni, Paolo. "Come fare le madri da lontano? Percorsi, aspettative e pratiche della "maternitŕ transnazionale" dall'Italia." MONDI MIGRANTI, no. 1 (June 2009): 45–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/mm2009-001003.
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- Abstract Transnational caregiving, i.e. the ongoing affectional and material care relationships between migrant parents and children left behind, has gained increas-ing salience in international literature. The paper builds on the results of one of the first empirical investigations on the topic in Italy. The biographical experience of transnational mothers is approached within a local immigration context (the prov-ince of Trento). Relevant insights are thus provided on four areas of concern: the origin and the development of migration processes; the relationships with the motherland and the forms of transnational caregiving; the relationships with local communities, and the networks migrants rely on, in the context of settlement; the personal experiences of transnational motherhood and the future life expectations. Besides making sense of the differences in transnational parenthood stemming from national origins, and from the structuration of migration systems, the paper copes with a key question: to what extent, and under which conditions, can rela-tionships of "proximity at distance" be fungible with those drawing on physical proximity? What is lost and what is retained in the bond between dear ones - in terms of exchanging information, affections and material resources - once it cannot rely on physical co-presence?Keywords Female migration - Migrant mothers - Transnational caregiving - Transnational family life - Care work.
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Pun, Lal Bahadur. "In Search of Better Options: An Ethnographic Inquiry of Migrants from Bharse, Gulmi, Nepal." Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 18, no. 2 (2024): 75–82. https://doi.org/10.3126/dsaj.v18i2.73289.
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This is an extended abstract of my doctoral research, which explored the experiences of migrants seeking better opportunities both within their community of origin and beyond. It examined how migrants sought better opportunities in their community of origin and established their social positionality in new cultural contexts while navigating opportunities, challenges, and future aspirations that have received little academic attention. The purpose was to uncover how migrants faced challenges and developed strategies for the future as they pursued better prospects across multiple locations. To understand this phenomenon, four research questions: a) how do migrants experience detachment while maintaining social networks with their community of origin? b) how do they establish their positionality in new communities? c) how do they perceive both opportunities and constraints? and d) how do they develop strategies for the future? were formulated. Drawing on relevant literature, I used structuration and social capital theories to interpret the stories of migrants from Bharse who have settled in Butwal, Kathmandu, Hong Kong, and London. I employed an ethnographic approach within the interpretative paradigm. The findings indicated that, whether in their community of origin or destination, migrants consistently seek better options for an improved life. My research results will be useful to researchers, policymakers, think tanks, students, and academics who are focused on migration issues.
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Paveglio, Travis B., Matthew S. Carroll, and Pamela J. Jakes. "Adoption and perceptions of shelter-in-place in California's Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District." International Journal of Wildland Fire 19, no. 6 (2010): 677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf09034.
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The increasing impact of wildland fire on human settlements in the USA, and a growing recognition that evacuation might not always to the safest option for those in the path of the flames, continue to spur consideration of alternatives to evacuation among the American public and its fire professionals. Alternatives to evacuation typically include the option for residents to remain in fire-hardened structures while the flames pass; however, it appears there is no clear consensus on whether existing Australian alternatives or new variations should be used in American communities, and if any option will reduce risks to residents and firefighters. This study uses structuration theory to analyse adoption of the shelter-in-place policy created by the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District in southern California. We interviewed professionals working in and around the District and the public affected by the policy. Results suggest that professional support and implementation of shelter-in-place are influenced by the breadth of their personal firefighting experience, their agencies’ flexibility and constraints on innovation, and perceived potential liability for damage from adoption of alternatives. Resident knowledge and understanding of shelter-in-place are also lacking. We conclude with recommendations for continued development of alternatives to evacuation.
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Lhoste, Evelyne Françoise, and Loup Sardin. "Unveiling Research Intermediations in Citizen Science." Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 9, no. 1 (2024): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/cstp.626.
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Drawing on the conceptual framework of intermediations in grassroots innovation for sustainability, this paper presents the first in-depth analysis of the role of third sector organizations in citizen science. The empirical data are derived from 31 case studies of associations (representing 80% of third sector organizations in France). We identify two clusters of associations (social innovation and natural sciences) based on research domain. They differ in epistemic cultures, but they both value experiential and actionable knowledge. We present an analytical framework to characterize the role of these associations in citizen science. Derived from systemic intermediations for transitions, this framework is based on the association’s position in networks, infrastructures, and projects. Our results reveal four categories, three of which are intermediations that depend on the organization’s position in the network, the degree of structuration of its partnerships with academics, and the goals and achievements of the projects in which it is involved. Associations do not only articulate different knowledge in projects, they also contribute to organizational learning in networks. In addition, associations perform the boundary work required to build hybrid infrastructures with institutions. A fourth category unveils the complexity of structuring hybrid epistemic communities for sustainability. This four-way categorization of intermediations highlights the crucial roles of associations in a systemic approach to citizen science.
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Khasri, Muhammad Rodinal Khair. "STRUKTURASI IDENTITAS UMAT BERAGAMA DALAM PERSPEKTIF ANTHONY GIDDENS." Jurnal Sosiologi Agama 15, no. 1 (2021): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/jsa.2021.151-08.
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Artikel ini mengkaji identitas umat beragam sebagai suatu konsep umum dalam diskursus sosiologi agama. Pengkajian tersebut dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan teori strukturasi Anthony Giddens. Adapun elemen utama dalam teori tersebut adalah struktur penandaan (signifikasi), struktur dominasi, dan struktur legitimasi. Ketiga elemen tersebut digunakan untuk memahami proses konstruksi identitas umat beragama, mulai dari pelibatan wacana, istilah, dan konfigurasi bahasa sebagai langkah mengartikulasikan pemahaman tentang realitas sosial. Pemahaman itu kemudian merigidkan simbol-simbol keagamaan yang menjadi penanda identitas kolektif. Tahapan berikutnya yaitu tahap pembakuan identitas kolektif sebagai identitas umat beragama yang dilegitimasi oleh kuasa-kuasa yang melekat pada pelaku (agency) sehingga menjadikan identitas umat beragama menjadi baku. Ketiga struktur itu saling terhubung dalam dualitas yang meneguhkan bahwa struktur bersifat mengakomodir (enabling) bukan pengekangan (constraining), di mana menjadikan tindakan sosial menjadi mungkin.This article examines the identity of various people as a general concept in the discourse of the sociology of religion. The assessment was carried out using the Anthony Giddens structuration approach. The main elements in this theory are the structure of signification, the structure of domination, and the structure of legitimacy. These three elements are used to understand the process of constructing the identity of religious communities, starting from the involvement of discourse, terms, and language as a step to articulate an understanding of social reality. That understanding then trifles the religious symbols that become collective identities. The next stage is the stage of standardizing collective identity as the identity of religious communities which is legitimized by the power attached to the actor (agency) so that the identity of the religious community becomes standardized. The three structures are interconnected in a duality that affirms that the structure is accommodating (enabling) not constraining, where social action becomes possible.
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Saputra, Hendra Puji, Muktasam Muktasam, and Dwi Setiawan Chaniago. "Studi Pemanfaatan Dana Desa di Desa Jenggala Kecamatan Tanjung Kabupaten Lombok Utara." RESIPROKAL: Jurnal Riset Sosiologi Progresif Aktual 1, no. 2 (2020): 221–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.29303/resiprokal.v1i2.19.
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This study discussed the use of village funds before and after the 2018 earthquake inJenggala Village. The purpose of this study focused on knowing aspects of planning,implementing and evaluating village funds in Jenggala Village, Tanjung Subdistrict, NorthLombok Regency. This study uses the structuration theory of Anthony Giddens whichexplains the concepts of agents and structures, as well as the relationship of structures toagents' social practices. This type of research is qualitative research with a case studyapproach. Data collection uses interviews, observation, and collecting variousdocumentation. The results showed that during the planning, implementation and evaluationof village funds in Jenggala Village, agents and structures had changed before and after theearthquake. The pattern of utilisation of village funds in Jenggala Village prior to theearthquake was more focused on the field of physical development at 80.76 percent and forthe empowerment of village communities it was allocated 19.24 percent. However, after theearthquake the pattern of utilisation of village funds in Jenggala Village experienced a shiftand changes in priority programs. The physical development program after the earthquakewas only allocated 37.72 percent and focused more on aspects of empowering ruralcommunities which reached 62.28 percent. The lack of community participation, the limitedbudget of village funds and the delay in the issuance of Regents Regulations after theearthquake have become obstacles in the utilisation of village funds in Jenggala Village.
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Britain, David. "Dialect contact and phonological reallocation: “Canadian Raising” in the English Fens." Language in Society 26, no. 1 (1997): 15–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047404500019394.
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ABSTRACTThis article reports on research carried out in the Fens in Eastern England, a region noted in the dialectological literature as the site of a number of important phonological transitions, most notably [] and [a – a:], which separate northern and southern varieties of British English. Recordings of 81 speakers from across the Fens were analyzed for the use of (ai), a particularly salient local variable. A “Canadian Raising” type of allophonic variation was found in the central Fenland: speakers in this area used raised onsets of (ai) before voiceless consonants but open onsets before voiced consonants, morpheme boundaries, and //. The article weighs a number of possible explanations for the emergence of this variation in the Fens. Based on compelling evidence from the demographic history of the area, it supports a view that such an allophonic distribution, previously thought not to be found in Britain, emerged as the result of dialect contact. The sociolinguistic process of koinéization that is commonly associated with post-contact speech communities (Trudgill 1986) is held responsible for the focusing of this allophonic variation from the input dialects of an initially mixed variety. The article concludes by suggesting a socially based explanatory model to account for the way that speakers implement processes of focusing and koinéization in areas of dialect contact. [English, dialects, contact, koiné, geographical linguistics, social networks, structuration theory)
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Chamidah, Nurul, Moch Imron Rosyidi, Andri Azis Putra, and Panji Suwarno. "The Role of Communication in Structuring Religionists and the Military for Blue Economy Development." Nyimak: Journal of Communication 9, no. 1 (2025): 51. https://doi.org/10.31000/nyimak.v9i1.12598.
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The development of Indonesia’s Blue Economic Zone relies on effective communication structures to facilitate coordination among key stakeholders. However, the interaction between religious leaders and the military in this process presents structural challenges that impact collaboration efforts. Using Giddens’ Structuration Theory as a framework, this study examines how communication dynamics shape the roles of these two groups in the Blue Economy’s development.This qualitative case study was conducted across six Indonesian provinces, involving informants from the TNI, religious leadership, and local communities. Findings indicate that collaboration remains weak, as discussions rarely prioritize joint efforts—accounting for less than 50% of total deliberations. Moreover, differing interpretations of economic development create contrasting discourses: the military emphasizes security and strategic control, while religious leaders focus on ethical stewardship and community welfare. This structural disconnect hinders cohesive policy-making and implementation.To bridge this gap, the study suggests the establishment of an ad hoc communication task force to foster structured dialogue and legitimacy between these actors. These findings contribute to the understanding of communication in multi-stakeholder governance and highlight the need for adaptive institutional structures in Blue Economy initiativesKeywords: Structuration, Religionist and Military, Development Communication ABSTRAKPengembangan Zona Ekonomi Biru di Indonesia bergantung pada struktur komunikasi yang efektif untuk memfasilitasi koordinasi di antara para pemangku kepentingan utama. Namun, interaksi antara pemuka agama dan militer dalam proses ini menghadirkan tantangan struktural yang berdampak pada upaya kolaborasi. Dengan menggunakan Teori Strukturasi Giddens sebagai kerangka analisis, penelitian ini mengkaji bagaimana dinamika komunikasi membentuk peran kedua kelompok tersebut dalam pengembangan Ekonomi Biru. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode studi kasus kualitatif yang dilakukan di enam provinsi di Indonesia, dengan informan yang terdiri dari anggota TNI, pemuka agama, dan komunitas lokal. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat kolaborasi masih lemah, di mana diskusi terkait pengembangan Ekonomi Biru jarang menempatkan kerja sama sebagai prioritas utama—tercatat bahwa kolaborasi hanya dibahas dalam kurang dari 50% dari total diskusi yang dilakukan. Selain itu, terdapat perbedaan interpretasi mengenai konsep pembangunan ekonomi, di mana militer lebih menitikberatkan pada aspek keamanan dan kontrol strategis, sedangkan pemuka agama lebih berfokus pada pengelolaan etis serta kesejahteraan masyarakat. Ketidaksinambungan struktural ini menghambat perumusan kebijakan yang kohesif serta implementasi program secara efektif. Untuk menjembatani kesenjangan ini, penelitian ini merekomendasikan pembentukan gugus tugas komunikasi ad hoc guna mendorong dialog yang lebih terstruktur serta membangun legitimasi antara kedua aktor tersebut. Temuan ini memberikan kontribusi dalam pemahaman komunikasi dalam tata kelola multi-pemangku kepentingan serta menekankan perlunya struktur kelembagaan yang adaptif dalam inisiatif Ekonomi Biru.Kata Kunci: Ekonomi Lokal, Komunikasi Kewirausahaan, Mitos, Pariwisata Berkelanjutan, Wisata Religi.
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Béguinot, Jean. "The Full Hierarchical Structuration of Species Abundances Reliably Inferred from the Numerical Extrapolation of Still Partial Samplings: A Case Study with Marine Snail Communities in Mannar Gulf (India)." Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 7, no. 3 (2018): 1–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ajee/2018/43918.
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Asih P. Fitri, Khaeratun Hisan, Zulhaj Febrianti, Rohmayani Jalisna, and Feby A. Wulan. "Peran Media Sosial Dalam Mempromosikan Ekonomi Kreatif Berbasis Tenun Di Desa Sukarara, Kabupaten Lombok Tengah." Jurnal Transformasi Bisnis Digital 1, no. 4 (2024): 36–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.61132/jutrabidi.v1i4.216.
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Sukarara Village, Central Lombok Regency. Sukarara Village is known for its production of traditional woven fabrics that have high cultural and economic value. However, the main challenges faced are limited market access and low interest of the younger generation to preserve weaving skills. In this context, social media offers an effective solution to expand the promotional reach of woven products. Through platforms such as TikTok and Facebook, weaving artisans can showcase their products visually and interactively to a global audience. This research uses a qualitative approach with a netnography method to understand the interactions and digital marketing strategies used by local communities. The data sources studied were weaving craftsmen and weaving resellers. Data were collected through interviews, observation and documentation. Data analysis was carried out by collecting data, reducing data, presenting data, and conclusions. The instruments used were interview guidelines, observation guidelines, and documentation. Data validity was carried out by triangulating data, sources and techniques. The results showed that social media not only increased the visibility and sales of woven products but also helped in preserving local cultural heritage. TikTok, with its short video and live streaming features, proved particularly effective in attracting consumer attention and facilitating direct interaction. This research also reveals how local agents can modify and enrich social and economic structures through the use of social media, in line with Giddens' theory of structuration. For long-term sustainability, additional strategies to attract the younger generation and diversification of promotional platforms are required.
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Fischer, Valentin, Robert Weis, and Ben Thuy. "Refining the marine reptile turnover at the Early–Middle Jurassic transition." PeerJ 9 (February 22, 2021): e10647. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10647.
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Even though a handful of long-lived reptilian clades dominated Mesozoic marine ecosystems, several biotic turnovers drastically changed the taxonomic composition of these communities. A seemingly slow paced, within-geological period turnover took place across the Early–Middle Jurassic transition. This turnover saw the demise of early neoichthyosaurians, rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurians and early plesiosauroids in favour of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurians and cryptoclidid and pliosaurid plesiosaurians, clades that will dominate the Late Jurassic and, for two of them, the entire Early Cretaceous as well. The fossil record of this turnover is however extremely poor and this change of dominance appears to be spread across the entire middle Toarcian–Bathonian interval. We describe a series of ichthyosaurian and plesiosaurian specimens from successive geological formations in Luxembourg and Belgium that detail the evolution of marine reptile assemblages across the Early–Middle Jurassic transition within a single area, the Belgo–Luxembourgian sub-basin. These fossils reveal the continuing dominance of large rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurians, microcleidid plesiosaurians and Temnodontosaurus-like ichthyosaurians up to the latest Toarcian, indicating that the structuration of the upper tier of Western Europe marine ecosystems remained essentially constant up to the very end of the Early Jurassic. These fossils also suddenly record ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurians and cryptoclidid plesiosaurians by the early Bajocian. These results from a geographically-restricted area provide a clearer picture of the shape of the marine reptile turnover occurring at the early–Middle Jurassic transition. This event appears restricted to the sole Aalenian stage, reducing the uncertainty of its duration, at least for ichthyosaurians and plesiosaurians, to 4 instead of 14 million years.
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Sorokin, Pavel S., and Irina A. Afanasyeva. "Agency Fields in the Sphere of Art: Actors, Environments of Manifestation, and Formation Factors." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya, no. 10 (December 10, 2024): 129–38. https://doi.org/10.31857/s0132162524100119.
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Insufficient understanding of the driving forces and mechanisms of proactive human influence on the social environment has recently been discussed as one of the key problems for fundamental science and practical politics. One of the key concepts in scientific discussions is agency. The field of art, as both a medium of manifestation and a factor in the formation of agency, receives limited attention, despite the fact that historically it occupies an important place in the developments on the problems of structural dynamics (for example, in the works of P. Bourdieu, B. Latour). Based on theoretical analysis, a review of discussions in the field of contemporary art, as well as on the basis of five interviews with contemporary artists, this article puts forward and substantiates the hypothesis about the existence of “fields of agency” as a special type of social formations, resulting not so much from change or development through individual action of existing structures, but from the direct creation of new practices of action and communities, which in turn change the wider environment. This hypothesis is considered as a development of the concept of strategic action fields by N. Fligsteen and D. McAdam, as well as a clarification of the neostructuration concept (de-structuration) previously put forward by one of the authors of this article. The authors conclude that the formation of fields of agency may be an important mechanism through which individual action can transform the social world and which has not been sufficiently studied in contemporary social theory.
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Gordon, Katy, Juliette Wilson, Andrea Tonner, and Eleanor Shaw. "How can social enterprises impact health and well-being?" International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 24, no. 3 (2018): 697–713. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-01-2017-0022.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of social enterprise on individual and community health and well-being. It focusses on community food initiatives, their impact on the social determinants of health and the influence of structure on their outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Using an interpretive qualitative approach through case studies focussed on two community food social enterprises, the research team conducted observations, interviews and ad hoc conversations. Findings Researchers found that social enterprises impacted all layers of the social determinants of health model but that there was greater impact on individual lifestyle factors and social and community networks. Impact at the higher socio-economic, cultural and environmental layer was more constrained. There was also evidence of the structural factors both enabling and constraining impact at all levels. Practical implications This study helps to facilitate understanding on the role of social enterprises as a key way for individuals and communities to work together to build their capabilities and resilience when facing health inequalities. Building upon previous work, it provides insight into the practices, limitations and challenges of those engaged in encouraging and supporting behavioural changes. Originality/value The paper contributes to a deeper insight of the use, motivation and understanding of social enterprise as an operating model by community food initiatives. It provides evidence of the impact of such social enterprises on the social determinants of health and uses structuration theory (Giddens, 1984) to explore how structure both influences and constrains the impact of these enterprises.
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Puspitasari, Dia, Teguh Priyo Sadono, and Bambang Sigit Pramono. "Gerakan Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil Anti Kekerasan Seksual (KOMPAKS) dalam Mengawal Pengesahan Undang-Undang Tindak Pidana Kekerasan Seksual (UU-TPKS)." PANDITA: Interdisciplinary Journal of Public Affairs 8, no. 2 (2025): 281–93. https://doi.org/10.61332/ijpa.v8i2.288.
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Gender-based social movements are often carried out by civil society for humanitarian purposes. Movement strategies are formulated in various ways, one of which is through political communication by civil society. The Civil Society Coalition Against Sexual Violence (KOMPAKS) is a civil society movement that supports the ratification of the Sexual Violence Crime Law (UU TPKS). KOMPAKS consists of various elements of civil society, namely individuals, academics, civil society organizations, etc. KOMPAKS actively carries out social movements with various strategies, one of which is using political communication. This study aims to analyze the KOMPAKS Movement strategy in overseeing the TPKS Law using the Giddens Structuration perspective. The method used in this study is a case study of KOMPAKS in the context of social movements. However, this study has limitations because it only focuses on the KOMPAKS movement strategy. The results of this study indicate that the movement strategy carried out by KOMPAKS is gender-based, through political communication of various government stakeholders, education to both civil and political communities regarding the substance of the TPKS Law. The KOMPAKS Movement shows the dominance of agents rather than structures, namely the TPKS Law. Theoretically, there is no structuring process that occurs in the KOMPAKS movement, instead there is agent dominance over the structure. In the context of this research. the agent in question is KOMPAKS, while the structure is the TPKS Law, so theoretically this is what caused the ratification of the TPKS Law to take almost 10 years to be ratified.
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Siganporia, Harmony. "Seeking Dhasa; Finding Lhasa: Liminality and Narrative in the Tibetan Refugee Capital of Dharamsala." Culture Unbound 8, no. 1 (2016): 62–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.168162.
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This article explores the role of narrative and narrativity in stabilising identity in an exile setting, read here as a way to avert what Bjørn Thomassen calls the ‘danger’ inherent to liminality. It does this by analysing the shape and visualscape of the little Himalayan town of Dharamsala, which serves as the secular and religious ‘capital’ of Tibetan exile. It attempts to decode the narratives which allow ‘Dhasa’, as Dharamsala is colloquially known, to cohere and correspond to its metonymically aspirational other – Lhasa, the capital of old Tibet. There can be read in this act of assonant naming the beginnings of a narrative geared towards generating nostalgia for a lost homeland, alluding to the possibility of its reclamation and restitution in exile. This article explores how this narrative is evidence of the fact that it is in indeterminacy; in liminality in other words, that the ‘structuration’ that Thomassen proposes, becomes possible at all. Even as it alludes to the impossibility of transplanting cultures whole, the article also examines closely the Foucauldian notion of ‘trace residue’ inherent to ruptures in prior epistemes, treating this idea as central to creating new-‘old’ orientations for this refugee community in exile. Following Thomassen and Szakolczai, liminality is here treated as a concept applicable to time as well as place; individuals as well as communities, and social ‘events’ or changes of immense magnitude. It is this notion of liminality that the article proposes has to be a central concept in any exploration of exile groups which have to live in the spaces between the shorn identity markers of the past – rooted as these must be in a lost homeland – and the present, where they must be iterated or man-ufactured anew.
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Nkrumah, Matt. "The Impact of 5G Technology on Communication Infrastructure." Journal of Communication 4, no. 1 (2024): 43–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/jcomm.1655.
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Purpose: The main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of 5G technology on communication infrastructure.
 Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges and directories. Thus, the study relied on already published studies, reports and statistics. This secondary data was easily accessed through the online journals and library.
 Findings: The findings revealed that there exists a contextual and methodological gap relating to the impact of 5G technology on communication infrastructure. Preliminary empirical review revealed that the significance of equitable access to 5G technology. As demonstrated, the adoption and impact of 5G can vary widely depending on factors such as geographic location, socioeconomic status, and cultural diversity. Bridging the digital divide and ensuring that underserved communities have access to advanced communication infrastructure remains a critical challenge. Policymakers, telecommunication companies, and community leaders must work collaboratively to address these disparities and ensure that the benefits of 5G are inclusive and accessible to all.
 Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The Diffusion of Innovations theory, Resource Dependency theory and the Structuration theory may be used to anchor future studies on 5G technology. The study emphasized the need for equitable expansion of 5G network coverage, particularly in underserved rural areas. Second, it calls for robust network security measures and data privacy regulations to safeguard user information. Third, the study promotes innovation and public-private partnerships to harness the full potential of 5G technology. Fourth, it highlights the importance of integrating 5G capabilities into disaster preparedness and response plans to enhance communication infrastructure resilience. Finally, the study stresses environmental sustainability by advocating for energy-efficient network components and eco-friendly deployment practices.