Catalogue of Good Practices of Sustainable Culinary Heritage Experiences in Mediterranean Area

The Catalogue of Good Practices of Sustainable Culinary Heritage Experiences in Mediterranean Area provides a detailed description of 18 culinary experiences from 8 different Mediterranean countries: Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus and Slovenia. The good practices cover various types of culinary experiences, namely tourist sites networks dedicated to food or culinary products, services connected to food products, professional activities linked to food highlighted through a touristic activity, culinary events, specific tourist sites dedicated to food or culinary products. The Catalogue reveals how culinary experiences work, who is involved, and what are the “ingredients” which make them successful. Each culinary experience is described through a story in which you will find valuable information on: local (territorial) anchoring and relationship to heritage, organising and managing aspects, relation to existing policies and strategies, sustainability aspects, innovative aspects, monitoring and stakeholders’ views.Katalog dobrih praks trajnostnih kulinaričnih doživetij v Sredozemlju ponuja podrobne opise 18 kulinaričnih doživetij iz osmih različnih držav: Italije, Francije, Španije, Portugalske, Hrvaške, Grčije, Cipra in Slovenije. Dobre prakse predstavljajo naslednje vrste kulinaričnih izkušenj: mreže turističnih ciljev, ki se posvečajo hrani ali kulinaričnim produktom~storitve, povezane s prehrambnimi izdelki~profesionalne aktivnosti, povezane s hrano, ki so poudarjene v turistični dejavnosti~kulinarični dogodki in posebni turistični cilji, posvečeni hrani ali kulinaričnim produktom. Katalog pojasnjuje, kako kulinarične izkušnje delujejo, kdo je vključen in kakšne so sestavine za uspeh. Vsaka kulinarična izkušnja je opisana z zgodbo, v kateri je mogoče najti neprecenljive podatke o lokalni vključenosti in odnosih do dediščine, o organizacijskih in upravljavskih vidikih, odnosu do trenutnih politik in strategij, trajnostnih vidikov, inovativnosti in pogledih udeležencev

Human computer interaction for international development: past present and future

Recent years have seen a burgeoning interest in research into the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of developing regions, particularly into how such ICTs might be appropriately designed to meet the unique user and infrastructural requirements that we encounter in these cross-cultural environments. This emerging field, known to some as HCI4D, is the product of a diverse set of origins. As such, it can often be difficult to navigate prior work, and/or to piece together a broad picture of what the field looks like as a whole. In this paper, we aim to contextualize HCI4D—to give it some historical background, to review its existing literature spanning a number of research traditions, to discuss some of its key issues arising from the work done so far, and to suggest some major research objectives for the future

Culture & Conflict: Intertwined with International Business

International business has grown day by day as a powerful part of the world economy since the development of separate nations in ancient times. Today international transactions have become a very common entity in the business world. With this newfound trend comes the need to understand the complexities of culture and conflict management in order for an international business to succeed with a competitive edge. Both factors hold the potential to either mercilessly crumble an unprepared organization or richly reward a company for prodigious forethought and management skills. As a result, the link between the fragility of culture adaptation and the preeminent demand for conflict management holds the key to boundless success in the world of international business

Moving ICTD research beyond bungee jumping: practical case studies and recommendations

The global spread of Internet and mobile communications has been accompanied by a growing interest in how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can contribute to social and economic development. There are a considerable number of such examples in developing countries. For example, M-Pesa in Kenya allows workers in the cities to send money back to families living in the countryside using SMS messages on basic mobile phones. In Ghana, the Motech project allows community health workers to use feature phones and network services to track ante-natal (and post-natal) care with the objective of improving outcomes for both mothers and babies. Other examples include Gram Vaani's (GRINS) open-source software for community radio stations, or Ushahidi's initiatives, which began with tracking post-electoral violence in Kenya in 2008 using mobile phones and Google maps. These examples illustrate different ways of leveraging ICT to improve lives and livelihoods worldwide. Such stories are inspiring many young (and not so young) researchers and innovators alike to explore how technology might support social and economic development and inclusion in global knowledge exchang

Social Representations and Women Who Live as Men in Northern Albania

In some rural, northern communities of Albania there is a centuries-old tradition whereby it is socially acceptable for women to live as men. Despite strict gender norms and heteronormativity under general circumstances, these burrnesha are accepted by their communities and often highly respected and admired. By contrast, LGBT+ communities, who also represent some form of gender non-conformity, are subject to disproportionate stigma, discrimination, and violence. This dissertation research uses Social Representations Theory to investigate the construction of burrnesha social identity and the role of this representation in Albanian society. I conducted interviews with 48 average Albanian citizens from three regions of the country. These regions included: 1) the region where burrnesha are most common, 2) the country’s capital Tirana, and 3) a town that represents a cultural and geographical intermediate between the other two regions. I also conducted ten interviews with burrnesha themselves from various regions of the country. Using thematic analysis, I evaluated the most general representation that emerged from the data, as well as variations of that representation that appeared less frequently. In my first analysis, I found that nearly all respondents at some point in the interview engaged in a representation that justified the tradition of burrnesha. In this representation, living as a man served to preserve masculine leadership. The assumption of asexuality and external motivation to live as a man served to assure respondents that burrnesha did not conflict with heteronormativity. This representation revolved around themes of gender essentialism, utility, sacrifice, family collectivism, obligation, and hardship in order to reflect and reproduce patriarchal norms. In my second analysis, I found that during parts of the interviews respondents sometimes used other representations. These other representations reflected differences in respondents’ social position in relation to burrneshas’ communities. These social positions impelled respondents to construct social distance or proximity, which influenced and was influenced by changes to the structure of the burrnesha representation. Third, I compared responses from burrnesha themselves to their non-burrnesha counterparts. The two groups relied on many of the same themes. However, burrnesha saw their masculinity as an inherent part of who they were whereas community respondents positioned masculinity as the result of adverse circumstances

The Counter Narrative: Reframing Success of High Achieving Black and Latino Males in Los Angeles County

This report highlights young men who are the products of high expectations. We take time to shine a spotlight on the resilient, intelligent, and caring young men across Los Angeles County. This report takes an unapologetic stance in stating that these young men who are thriving in their homes, taking on leadership roles in their schools, and making a difference in their communities. This report is not intended to be full of the doom and gloom about what is wrong with young Black and Latino men. To the contrary, we take the time to center their voices, hear their stories, and listen to their takeaways about how they have accomplished what they are doing and the recommendations that they offer on how to support other Black and Latino young men just like them

Social capital in small-scale forestry: a local case study in Southern Sweden

Small-scale forestry builds upon interactions among local stakeholders. Forest management entails multiple social situations such as consultations or cooperative engagements between owners and forest professionals. Successful social endeavours rest on positive social capital as operationalised via trust. Based on qualitative in-depth interviews with forest owners, managers and other forestry stakeholders, this study explores how trust influences the social relationships in a local context of Southern Swedish forestry. Most strikingly, the analysis reveals large differences in owners' trust towards twomajor actors: the Swedish Forest Agency (SFA) and the forest owner association (FOA) Södra. Permanence of personnel, a client-based approach, and personal features of SFA's local forest officer lead to strong local anchoring and high trust towards SFA. Södra proved to be a trustful partner in the aftermath of calamities; however its industrial priorities seem to erode owners' trust. The empirical findings of this study demonstrate the importance of recognising personal relationships and the catalysing role of bonding social capital in order to understand the local forest management situations. Our results are useful for forestry organisations and policy-makers willing to comprehend the local context and implement best practices in small-scale forestr

The Nuevo cancionero: A change of paradigm in argentine folklore

Fil: Díaz, Claudio Fernando. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras; Argentina.A field of cultural production that was gradually established in Argentina since the mid twentieth century as part of the more general evolution of the communications media and mass culture came to controversially be called “folklore” in the social imaginary. Quite a number of scholars have shown the difference between this type of musical expression, which pertains to mass culture, and authentically folkloric phenomena--no matter how they are defined. Despite these issues, the “folklore” connected to the recording industry and big Argentine festivals like Cosquín and Jesús María has continued to evolve, is still called “folklore” and is an important type of popular music in Argentina. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I propose that Argentine folklore be studied as a specific field of cultural production--in other words, as a system of social relations having its own rules of production and consecration. Because this field of discursive production is part of the cultural industry’s overall production of popular music, its game rules are very different from the ones found in the sociocultural areas where the musical genres comprising the larger field of popular music originally came from. However, like all fields of discursive cultural production, folklore operates according to the principle of competition for legitimacy, which evolved per specific rules and is based upon specific ideals regarding conseration. These rules are not arbitrary; instead, they were gradually constructed by means of the battles that impacted the field’s formative process from the 1920s on. This is how the “classic” paradigm of production -as I call it--specific to the field of folklore was constructed.Fil: Díaz, Claudio Fernando. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras; Argentina.Ciencias Sociales Interdisciplinaria