2010
DOI: 10.3390/su2041080
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Cultural Resilience—The Roles of Cultural Traditions in Sustaining Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study from Rural Kandyan Villages in Central Sri Lanka

Abstract: Abstract:The reasons for the significance of cultural values are complex and many advocacy groups have not successfully provided clear explanations for and convincing arguments in favor of prioritizing cultural values in the development processes. The aim of this paper is to examine the roles played by culture in relation to livelihood resilience, posing the question of how cultural traditions might potentially offer alternatives/adaptive strategies, not only to strength livelihood assets of rural communities,… Show more

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“…Wakerman, Curry, and McEldowney (2012) suggest that the FIFO/DIDO label covers "a multitude of sins" (p. 1), and may refer to: specialist outreach services; "hub-and-spoke" or outreach arrangements; "orbiting staff" who spend significant periods of time (12 months or more) in one or two specific communities; long-term shared positions, such as month-on/ month-off; and short-term locum or agency staff who visit numerous rural locations on a short-term basis. While studies examining the psychosocial effects of FIFO/ DIDO work practices in the mining sector are emerging (Carter & Kaczmarek, 2009;McLean, 2012;Taylor & Simmonds, 2009;Torkington, Larkins, & Gupta, 2011), published research on the effects on human or social service delivery workers through FIFO/DIDO is almost non-existent (Guerin & Guerin, 2009). The recent House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into the use of FIFO services (2013) highlighted the need to examine the growing use of FIFO/DIDO models in health service delivery (Hanley, 2012;Wakerman et al, 2012).…”
Section: What This Paper Addsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Wakerman, Curry, and McEldowney (2012) suggest that the FIFO/DIDO label covers "a multitude of sins" (p. 1), and may refer to: specialist outreach services; "hub-and-spoke" or outreach arrangements; "orbiting staff" who spend significant periods of time (12 months or more) in one or two specific communities; long-term shared positions, such as month-on/ month-off; and short-term locum or agency staff who visit numerous rural locations on a short-term basis. While studies examining the psychosocial effects of FIFO/ DIDO work practices in the mining sector are emerging (Carter & Kaczmarek, 2009;McLean, 2012;Taylor & Simmonds, 2009;Torkington, Larkins, & Gupta, 2011), published research on the effects on human or social service delivery workers through FIFO/DIDO is almost non-existent (Guerin & Guerin, 2009). The recent House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into the use of FIFO services (2013) highlighted the need to examine the growing use of FIFO/DIDO models in health service delivery (Hanley, 2012;Wakerman et al, 2012).…”
Section: What This Paper Addsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Further analysis will be required to understand the micro-morphological landscape forms of rural settlements, types of village-space reconstruction, social behavior of rural individuals that results in rural settlements development (Daskon, 2010), relationships between rural settlements, sociocultural and Internet-era backgrounds of rural settlements, reconstruction of the rural-market network system, construction of living service circles with town cores to explore reconstruction for production, living and ecological spaces, sociocultural heritage, protection theories, and practice studies. These are the core fields of Chinese rural transformation and reconstruction in the process of globalization (Yang et al, 2015c).…”
Section: Research Prospects and Future Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Indeed rural livelihoods comprise numerous capabilities and assets that are defined by the traditions of a particular community. In vulnerable situations people's values, customs and traditional knowledge are crucial for strengthening resilience and sustaining rural livelihood systems (Daskon, 2010b). We believe cultural capital should be recognised as an asset within the context of social and economic development processes.…”
Section: Integrating Culture and Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The research derives from Daskon's (2010a) larger PhD project which involved flexible interview techniques and informal conversations held with village communities between 2007 and 2009. Participants were comprised of men and women working in creative industries, the majority being elderly people with about 30 to 40 years of experience in their particular industries (Table 1).…”
Section: Kandy Sri Lankamentioning
confidence: 99%