Based on the results of the author’s research conducted in 2014-2016 with the participation of the inhabitants of two urban enclaves of poverty in Poland, the article focuses on mobility and various spatial attitudes which have been identified on the basis of the participants’ drawings and sketch maps related to their place of residence: the yard, the nearest neighbourhood and the city. When constructing the model of attitudes, the author was inspired by Stomma’s ethnological description of world and anti-world, and the levels of existential space distinguished by Norberg-Schulz. The model includes: imaginations and feelings towards specified spaces, by some seen as their own and tamed (orbis interior), while by others as foreign and wild (orbis exterior); and spatial mobility, determined on the basis of spatial orientation (implosive, explosive) and spatial behaviour of the subjects (exploratory, escapist, inertial). A typology of spatial attitudes is proposed based on these variables.
{"title":"The Use of Drawings and Sketch Maps to Identify Spatial Attitudes of the Inhabitants of Urban Enclaves","authors":"M. Nóżka","doi":"10.18061/ask.v31i1.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v31i1.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the results of the author’s research conducted in 2014-2016 with the participation of the inhabitants of two urban enclaves of poverty in Poland, the article focuses on mobility and various spatial attitudes which have been identified on the basis of the participants’ drawings and sketch maps related to their place of residence: the yard, the nearest neighbourhood and the city. When constructing the model of attitudes, the author was inspired by Stomma’s ethnological description of world and anti-world, and the levels of existential space distinguished by Norberg-Schulz. The model includes: imaginations and feelings towards specified spaces, by some seen as their own and tamed (orbis interior), while by others as foreign and wild (orbis exterior); and spatial mobility, determined on the basis of spatial orientation (implosive, explosive) and spatial behaviour of the subjects (exploratory, escapist, inertial). A typology of spatial attitudes is proposed based on these variables.","PeriodicalId":33339,"journal":{"name":"Ask","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67647317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
: The present article analyses data on ego-centred networks from a nationally representative sample of Polish citizens (egos) and their regular conversation partners (alters). In the study being used, apart from obtaining information from the respondent (the ego) about characteristics of their friends (alters), the respondent was additionally asked to provide contact details for his/her alters and the interviewers traced them. This allows to compare data concerning alters obtained from ego and from alters themselves. In the first part of the article, a comparison for three characteristics – age, education and occupational status – is provided as well as patterned differences are presented. In the second part, the issue whether the assessment of the strength of homophily depends on the source of
{"title":"Influence of the source of information on homophily assessment: data provided by subjects vs data provided by their confidants","authors":"Adam Kęska, D. Przybysz, Bogdan W. Mach","doi":"10.18061/ask.v30i1.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v30i1.0001","url":null,"abstract":": The present article analyses data on ego-centred networks from a nationally representative sample of Polish citizens (egos) and their regular conversation partners (alters). In the study being used, apart from obtaining information from the respondent (the ego) about characteristics of their friends (alters), the respondent was additionally asked to provide contact details for his/her alters and the interviewers traced them. This allows to compare data concerning alters obtained from ego and from alters themselves. In the first part of the article, a comparison for three characteristics – age, education and occupational status – is provided as well as patterned differences are presented. In the second part, the issue whether the assessment of the strength of homophily depends on the source of","PeriodicalId":33339,"journal":{"name":"Ask","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67647564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Kocór, Szymon Czarnik, Barbara Worek, Dorota Micek, M. Jelonek, P. Prokopowicz, Jarosław Górniak, Anna Szczucka
: The analysis of the labour market in terms of available skills, and especially the skills mismatch, has become increasingly important due to potential problems caused by existing asymmetries. Prior to 2010, when data collection for the Human Capital Study was launched, there were no such analytical tools in use in Poland. On the basis of various solutions, we proposed an innovative approach to measuring both skills and skills mismatches, which since has gained wide recognition. In the article, we present this approach along with its extension to measure specific professional skills in specific industries. We discuss its advantages and disadvantages and compare it with other approaches used in this field.
{"title":"Methods of Measuring the Skills Mismatch in the Human Capital Study","authors":"M. Kocór, Szymon Czarnik, Barbara Worek, Dorota Micek, M. Jelonek, P. Prokopowicz, Jarosław Górniak, Anna Szczucka","doi":"10.18061/ask.v30i1.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v30i1.0005","url":null,"abstract":": The analysis of the labour market in terms of available skills, and especially the skills mismatch, has become increasingly important due to potential problems caused by existing asymmetries. Prior to 2010, when data collection for the Human Capital Study was launched, there were no such analytical tools in use in Poland. On the basis of various solutions, we proposed an innovative approach to measuring both skills and skills mismatches, which since has gained wide recognition. In the article, we present this approach along with its extension to measure specific professional skills in specific industries. We discuss its advantages and disadvantages and compare it with other approaches used in this field.","PeriodicalId":33339,"journal":{"name":"Ask","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67647176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intergenerational educational mobility and cultural practices: a study on cultural stratification using diagonal reference models","authors":"H. Domański","doi":"10.18061/ask.v30i1.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v30i1.0003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33339,"journal":{"name":"Ask","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67647115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mathematics of Culture, or How to Count the Cultural Character of a City?","authors":"Marta Klekotko","doi":"10.18061/ask.v30i1.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v30i1.0004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33339,"journal":{"name":"Ask","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67647133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foreword for the 25th anniversary issue of ASK. Research and Methods","authors":"H. Domański","doi":"10.18061/ASK.V29I1.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ASK.V29I1.0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33339,"journal":{"name":"Ask","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67647370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
: Internet-based qualitative methods have quickly transitioned from a niche to mass research strategy. The aim of the article is to describe the opportunities and challenges of online research, with a focus on in-depth interviews through video communication tools such as Zoom, Skype and Face Time. The analysis encompasses various dimensions of internet-based research: recruitment, conducting empirical study, analysis, and archiving. Online qualitative methods may be particularly useful in studying immigrant populations, due to a high level of internet skills among immigrants and their familiarity with online video communication resulting from their everyday transnational activities. Online research may translate into the increased visibility of low-cost projects, and broaden the academic autonomy of junior researchers, thus enhancing the diversification of empirical, theoretical, and methodological approaches. Conducting online interviews also improves the quality of archived material, due to the access to both sound and visual recording. The text emphasizes the advantages of the hybrid approach to qualitative research through combining online and offline interviews, and online and offline participant observation. The author refers to experiences of data collection for a study of Polish migrant entrepreneurs in the UK.
{"title":"Online qualitative research in immigrant communities: opportunities and challenges during the pandemic","authors":"Katarzyna Andrejuk","doi":"10.18061/ASK.V29I1.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18061/ASK.V29I1.0004","url":null,"abstract":": Internet-based qualitative methods have quickly transitioned from a niche to mass research strategy. The aim of the article is to describe the opportunities and challenges of online research, with a focus on in-depth interviews through video communication tools such as Zoom, Skype and Face Time. The analysis encompasses various dimensions of internet-based research: recruitment, conducting empirical study, analysis, and archiving. Online qualitative methods may be particularly useful in studying immigrant populations, due to a high level of internet skills among immigrants and their familiarity with online video communication resulting from their everyday transnational activities. Online research may translate into the increased visibility of low-cost projects, and broaden the academic autonomy of junior researchers, thus enhancing the diversification of empirical, theoretical, and methodological approaches. Conducting online interviews also improves the quality of archived material, due to the access to both sound and visual recording. The text emphasizes the advantages of the hybrid approach to qualitative research through combining online and offline interviews, and online and offline participant observation. The author refers to experiences of data collection for a study of Polish migrant entrepreneurs in the UK.","PeriodicalId":33339,"journal":{"name":"Ask","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67647471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}