Posters
Poster sessions present preliminary results of works in progress or projects that lend themselves to visual displays and representations. These sessions allow for engagement in informal discussions about the work with interested delegates.
This Is My Environment in Athens: A Photovoice Journey
Poster/Exhibit Session Michael A Robinson
The current study, This Is My Environment (TIME) focuses on using photovoice as a methodology for instituting social change in a community that consists of African Americans of lower socioeconomic status. The study participants are males between the ages of 12 and 17. These men equipped with 35 milimeter cameras, examine their community based on the following prompts: What do I like about my community? What would I like to see changed in my community? and lastly, What changes have you noticed in your community? Their answers are illustrated with photographs. The photos will be displayed in a local art gallery and viewed by community residents and local politicians and activist. The young men will tell the story of their photographs in hope of convincing law makers that these changes are important in their community. Moreover, by working to make changes in their community the young men will develop new pride and thus a protective factor for delinquency. Additionally, this project will teach the young men how to enact social change.
Ballet Folklórico : Mexico’s Traditional Costumes, History, and Culture
Poster/Exhibit Session Heather Tomlinson
Like most countries, Mexico is rich in history, culture, and diversity. All across Mexico dances are performed the same way they have been for hundreds of years. It is deeply important to Mexicans to remember, preserve, and celebrate their culture and history. Each state in Mexico is unique and has dances that are specific to a particular region or area of the state. The stories of the dances could are influenced by various cultures, religions, separate countries, or the location of the state. The state of Durango performs polka style dances that originated from Europe. Guerrero, which is situated on the water, has a dance titled Pescado, or Fish, which indicates the significance of this resource to the state. The dances in each region of Oaxaca differ tremendously due to the large amount of indigenous people that were isolated from one another due to the terrain. I have had the opportunity to travel throughout many of the Western and Southern states of Mexico to study folkloric dances. For this presentation, I will focus on the dances, stories, and costumes from the Mexican states of Jalisco, Michoacán and Oaxaca. This information should be documented to preserve the knowledge, to provide access of the information to a wider range of people, and show the amount of diversity within the Mexican country and for historical costume purposes.
Social Network Analysis of Researchers of Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico
Poster/Exhibit Session Fernando Lambarry, Mara Trujillo Flores
The Social Network Analysis (SNA) is a sociological approach to analyze the relationships and interaction patterns of social factors, such as the central nodes that act as centers. Therefore, the present study using SNA measures, aims to analyze the network of female an male authors as well as their collaborators who published their articles in the area of social sciences belonging to the National System of Researchers (SNI) of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) of Mexico. The investigation is descriptive in nature. Articles published between 2011 and 2015 were examined to fulfill the following objectives: Visualization and analysis of the co-authorship network of the female and male authors of SNI, investigate the performance of the female authors basing on a descriptive analysis, and compare the network formed by the female and male authors in terms of productivity
The Denunciation of Mobbing and the Resilience
Poster/Exhibit Session Mara Trujillo, Fernando Lambarry
The objective of the study is to analyze the process of denunciation and the resilience of the phenomenon from the relationship between the dissatisfaction with the complaint systems of the institution, also considering the role of family support and the perception of danger of the people who do it. The research is exploratory, and used a sample of women who had issued a complaint in a higher education institution. The dissatisfaction with the main systems that intervene throughout the resilience process was evaluated, as well as the role of danger perception and family support as from defined items. The results of this research establish that in the perception of denunciation is produced mainly in the face of the negative assessment of the institution's regulatory system a resilience that allows the complainants to get ahead.
Gender Mainstreaming in Teacher Education in Greece
Poster/Exhibit Session Ioanna Kitta, Maria Cristina Cardona
Gender mainstreaming is of great importance for future teachers’ training because of its capacity to address diversity and achieve substantial gender equality. Researchers have shown that the first gender abuses and inequalities happen at school places but teachers lack the right knowledge to detect and treat gender issues. In spite of the country’s regulatory framework and adaptation to international agreements and conventions, there is still the hypothesis that training programs for future teachers in Greece do not prepare them correctly and sufficiently to tackle with gender issues. Consequently there is the impression that gender issues are not considered a priority in teacher education. The purpose of this study is to compare the teacher education curricula of the nine Pedagogical Departments in Greece in order to explore the mainstreaming of gender into these programs and evaluate the future teachers’ capacity to address gender issues. The methodology documents an analysis of the curricula of the education teacher degrees of the nine Pedagogical Departments. We explore a discrepancy in the curricula in each department and a low level of student competence to deal with gender issues. We conclude that gender courses should be a compulsory part of academic plans and curricula as the society calls for it.
Crossing the Workplace Border: Venezuelan Refugees Come to Work in Brazil
Poster/Exhibit Session Victor De La Paz Richarte Martinez, Alfredo Nastari Livramento
Brazil has been receiving refugees lately from various countries, mainly Venezuela, Syria, and Haiti. According to the United Nation Refugee Agency (UNHCR, 2019), 33,866 people have applied for recognition of the refugee status in Brazil in 2017. Venezuelans account for more than half with 17,865 requests. The K is a French Company in 72 countries worldwide, with more than 460 thousand employees.The Brazilian unit has 40,000 workers and leads diversity issues with a program that fosters to the inclusion of refugees since 2015, with strong efforts under new leadership in the last 16 months. In order to understand how this innovative diversity management has treated with challenges, this preliminary work interviewed the coordinator of this program, four Venezuelan refugees, and two managers of these workers. Using coding qualitative approach, some outcomes have emerged on this current stage. For management, it is evident that engagement and organizational commitment are the main features that impact the psychological climate of the team. From the refugees perspective, this job is a new start to put their lives in a better way comparing in their countries and it is a bridge to bring their relatives (children, wife and so on) to join them in Brazil. Furthermore, it is important to note that there are challenges for the development of this program on basis of knowledge management due different cultural backgrounds regarding the human interaction in the workplace and the macro level of the human side of the organization.
Beyond the Concept of Belonging: Integration Mechanisms in Refugee Camps and Their Impact on Refugee Children in Greece
Poster/Exhibit Session Eugenia Arvanitis, Myrto Christodoulou
Recent research suggests that integration constitutes a crucial objective both for the resettlement in the new environment and the development of refugees’ subjective well-being (Atfield et al, 2007). Considering integration as a “two-way process” that contains the engagement of refugees but also the support of the host country, this study explores how the integration mechanisms as state policy enforce and contribute to this process (Ager and Strang, 2008) The interaction process of refugee children is grounded in its respective social environment. The adoption of (a participatory) observation offers the ground to look through the reactions of refugee children in their everyday habitus (Mason, 2002). Drawing upon the three basic domains of integration (social, economic, and cultural) this research examines the mechanisms that different host centers in Greece use for the integration of unaccompanied refugee children in society. (Council of Europe, 1997) Specifically on-spot research was conducted in a Greek-based host center using a sample of circa 30 unaccompanied refugee children with focus on the services (integration mechanisms), that are provided according to the policy framework of one NGO organization. These services are provisions such as housing, medical health care, financial aid, psychological-psychosocial services, translation services, legal support, and counseling. Results of this research explore the accessibility in the social structures and the configuration of a new identity based on the integration mechanisms, as well as the progress of developing social bonds and bridges in the new society given the fact that refugees deal with new culture, language, and social environment.
