Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2023.1310044
Diana Maria Aron
This paper explores the importance of technology in the work of cleaning agents and implicitly of companies specialized in offering professional cleaning services. Understanding how dirt is part of society and how it is integrated into the concerns of major industries in the field is useful. Approaching dirt as unpleasant and its removal as denigrating are aspects deeply rooted in the cultural meanings of this work. The practices and ways in which cleaning is done with the help of technology are what make the work with dirt more honorable and less degrading. Dirty work seen through Everett Hughes’ concept of the “moral division of labor” can be understood as the existence of hierarchical distinctions within the profession of cleaning workers. Who has access to the use of revolutionary equipment? Are there limitations on their use? What kind of limitations? Treating technology as part of the cleaning process seems to be not immune to fear from users and compromises from companies. However, in some situations, it seems that the digitization of the cleaning process and the replacement of humans with robots will be just a happy and somewhat confusing dream that creates a rift between the dirty world of dirty work and the clean world of dirty work.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2023.139040
Luqman Owamoyo, Baharak Tabibi
This study examines the impact of globalisation on traditional architecture and the preservation efforts for traditional architecture on Lagos Island, Nigeria. The architectural landscape of Lagos Island reflects a rich cultural and historical heritage influenced by Portuguese, British, and indigenous Yoruba architectural styles. However, globalisation has led to significant changes in architectural practices, materials, and preferences, displacing traditional architecture in urban areas. A qualitative research approach was employed in this study, and data were collected from eight participants who are architects using semi-structured interviews. This study employed thematic analysis for the interview transcript and developed five themes. The findings reveal that globalisation has shifted from traditional building practices and materials to modern ones, such as reinforced concrete and steel, glass facades, and sleek designs. This shift is driven by the desire to adopt Western architectural styles associated with modernity and progress. As a result, traditional architecture has been relegated to rural areas and is no longer viewed as relevant in urban settings. Imported materials and technologies further erode traditional architecture and cultural values. Cultural identity erosion is a significant concern as traditional architecture loses its distinctiveness to global styles, leading to a homogenised architectural landscape. Loss of intangible cultural values exacerbates this erosion. However, globalisation also brings positive impacts, including new ideas, materials, and construction techniques that foster innovation and diversity in architectural styles. However, efforts to preserve and promote traditional architecture on Lagos Island face several challenges, including rapid urbanisation, the lack of awareness and appreciation among the younger generation, inadequate maintenance and funding, and the absence of comprehensive legal protection and planning policies. Recommendations for preserving traditional architecture in response to these challenges include implementing strict preservation laws, financial incentives for property owners, education and awareness campaigns, integrating traditional elements into modern designs, and community engagement in decision-making processes. The study emphasises the need for a balanced approach that values both tradition and modernity, recognising the cultural and social significance of traditional architecture while incorporating global influences.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2023.136030
C. Galluccio
{"title":"Social Impact Bonds and Social Innovation: Benefits and Weaknesses","authors":"C. Galluccio","doi":"10.4236/aasoci.2023.136030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/aasoci.2023.136030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89876,"journal":{"name":"Advances in applied sociology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70453834","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}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2023.138036
A. Oliverio
{"title":"Social Action Explanation and Intentions in Sociology and Social Sciences","authors":"A. Oliverio","doi":"10.4236/aasoci.2023.138036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/aasoci.2023.138036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89876,"journal":{"name":"Advances in applied sociology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70453999","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}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2023.1310047
David J. Edelman
{"title":"Management of the Urban Environment in Three Southeast Asian Coastal Metros: Bangkok, Manila and Jakarta","authors":"David J. Edelman","doi":"10.4236/aasoci.2023.1310047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/aasoci.2023.1310047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89876,"journal":{"name":"Advances in applied sociology","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135317066","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}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2023.133012
Ita Nawom Itanghi, V. Cheo, Atoh Julius
{"title":"A Semiotic Analysis of Symbolism and Persuasion as Communication Strategies on Some Educational Billboards in Buea-Cameroon","authors":"Ita Nawom Itanghi, V. Cheo, Atoh Julius","doi":"10.4236/aasoci.2023.133012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/aasoci.2023.133012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89876,"journal":{"name":"Advances in applied sociology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70453434","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}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2023.133014
Md. Majnur Rashid, Rofiqul Islam
{"title":"Involvement of Women in Politics and Their Empowerment: A Sociological Study in Madaripur District, Bangladesh","authors":"Md. Majnur Rashid, Rofiqul Islam","doi":"10.4236/aasoci.2023.133014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/aasoci.2023.133014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89876,"journal":{"name":"Advances in applied sociology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70453481","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}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2023.133016
Haowen Song
{"title":"The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on the DPRK Nuclear Issue","authors":"Haowen Song","doi":"10.4236/aasoci.2023.133016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/aasoci.2023.133016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89876,"journal":{"name":"Advances in applied sociology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70453551","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}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2023.137032
K. Roberts
The UK pandemic lockdowns left enduring legacies in time use: paid work time up, travelling time down, and leisure time up. This paper uses evidence from the special pandemic series of time use surveys to show how the lock-down experience changed the lives of men and women, age groups and income bands, in different ways. There was a substantial shift of paid work into people’s homes. Time use became relatively genderless. Men increased and women reduced time spent on unpaid housework. Differences in time use between 18 - 60 year olds and senior age groups widened, as did differences between the top income band and the rest. These findings are used to illustrate the irreplaceable contributions that time use surveys make in leisure studies while at the same time drawing attention to their limitations which help to explain their under-use.
{"title":"Irreplacable but Limited: The Value of Large-Scale Time Use Surveys in Leisure Studies. The Case of Differences in Time Use by Sex, Age and Income from before to after the Covid-19 Lockdowns in the UK","authors":"K. Roberts","doi":"10.4236/aasoci.2023.137032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/aasoci.2023.137032","url":null,"abstract":"The UK pandemic lockdowns left enduring legacies in time use: paid work time up, travelling time down, and leisure time up. This paper uses evidence from the special pandemic series of time use surveys to show how the lock-down experience changed the lives of men and women, age groups and income bands, in different ways. There was a substantial shift of paid work into people’s homes. Time use became relatively genderless. Men increased and women reduced time spent on unpaid housework. Differences in time use between 18 - 60 year olds and senior age groups widened, as did differences between the top income band and the rest. These findings are used to illustrate the irreplaceable contributions that time use surveys make in leisure studies while at the same time drawing attention to their limitations which help to explain their under-use.","PeriodicalId":89876,"journal":{"name":"Advances in applied sociology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70453890","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}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2023.134021
Mohamed Musse Mohamed
{"title":"Opportunities and Challenges of Women Participation in Somalia Politics: Case Study of Puntland State","authors":"Mohamed Musse Mohamed","doi":"10.4236/aasoci.2023.134021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/aasoci.2023.134021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89876,"journal":{"name":"Advances in applied sociology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70453260","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}
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