Composite meaning, flexible ranges, and multi-level conditions of conviviality

Exploring the polymorph

Bibliographic Data

ID8092617
AuthorsEwa Morawska (University of Essex, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume17
Issue4
Pages357-374
Publication date2013-12-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1367-5494 • E-ISSN: 1460-3551
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1367549413510418
OpenAlexW2113190652
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited29

In this article, I present, first, a composite definition of conviviality whose constitutive components are conceived in terms of degrees rather than as present-or-absent conditions. Next, I offer a preliminary list of macro-, micro- and individual-level circumstances which co-shape conviviality into different arrangements and intensities. Within the framework of the structuration theory which informs my discussion, I then identify the characteristics of cultures of conviviality as different from the orientations and practices of the individuals who (re)create them, and I propose a distinction between the conditions contributing to the emergence of cultures of conviviality and the circumstances responsible for their endurance over time. In the last part of the article, I identify different goals of case-based investigations and propose some strategies of comparative analysis of the contributing circumstances and different forms and ‘contents’ of conviviality, and I illustrate it with examples taken from my previous studies of ground-level multiculturalism in different locations

Common ground · Economic system · Epistemology · Macro · Macro level · Meaning (existential · Multiculturalism · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Management and Organizational Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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