‘What Do I Get?’ Punk Objects as Meaningful and Valuable Souvenirs

Despite social scientists’ increasing interest on souvenirs in tourism, little has been written on the role and meanings of souvenirs within specific subcultures, such as punk subcultures. This chapter focuses on the exploration of punk objects as potential souvenirs in relation to “punk tourism” by investigating the meanings attached to subcultural artefacts as opposed to mass produced products. As part of an ethnographic fieldwork on punk tourism that the two authors have been conducting in Malaysia since 2016, in this chapter we focus on the role and meanings of punk souvenirs within the Malaysian punk scene. As the empirical material presented in this chapter shows, a DIY produced punk product has the advantage of channelling more than one value. While the value of souvenirs lies in their propensity to act as “mnemonic devices” related to a place visited, subcultural products like those produced by punks have the potential to fulfil additional values. In an age where authenticity and claims of appropriation of culture are placed under scrutiny, a punk object holds the potential of being a meaningful and valuable souvenir

Withitness in the ELearning

The purpose of this article is to clearly define and exemplify "withitness," and determine can its value be in the eLearning education setting. The expert on classroom management, Jacob Kounin (8), listed four factors that underlie classroom management success. Foremost and first is “withitness,” which refers to the ability of a teacher to be perceptually and cognitively alert and aware of all parts of their classroom at all times. Withitness is key to classroom management! If you are an effective classroom teacher, how do you apply your classroom skillset of alertness and awareness to eLearning? How you do this in eLearning is the crux of this article. Withitness is awareness (presence), adroitness, clairvoyance, keenness, maximum engagement, perception, planned variety, rhythm learned through teaching, experience, vision, and wisdom. The article answers the question of implementing withitness in elearning by providing ways to attain the aspects of withitness in eLearning