This paper examines whether returned internationalvolunteers with a strong belief in the need for global governance also believe that participation in national political and civic spaces can drive global change. Findings indicate no significant
difference in volunteers' conceptions of global citizenship before and after international service. However, those who hold cosmopolitan views about the need for global governance have a higher sense of efficacy that participation in national spaces may
affect global change. Findings suggest that global citizens may maintain an active civic identity rooted in overlapping locations. In addition, heightened notions of global citizenship appear to have a significant effect on returned volunteers' interest
in international affairs and active engagement across national borders.
The reliability of rainfall data from a volunteer observer network in the central United States
Summer weekly rainfall data collected by approximately 120 untrained volunteers (mainly farmers) using unofficial gauges in McLean County, reveal unambiguous mesoscale patterns. All volunteers used the same clear plastic, funnel shaped gauge
that could measure up to 140 mm of rain. The large number of sites precludes random observer bias as a factor. This analysis illustrates that climatologists can safely utilize volunteers observers for research.
This study examines how the structure of social networks is related to different types of volunteering behavior, including the intensity of volunteering and spatiotemporal aspects of volunteering and focuses on the severe flooding that affected
Fargo, North Dakota, in spring 2009. The investigations reveal that volunteers are willing to travel at least five miles and, in some cases, up to approximately eighteen miles to volunteer. The findings suggest that network density and diversity
are significantly related to different types of volunteer behavior.
The volunteered geographic information in cadastre : perspectives and citizens’ motivations over potential participation in mapping
This research investigates on citizens’ intentions, motivations’ analysis and in depth evaluation of the current official cadastral process in Greece. The volunteers were mainly questioned about their intention to participate in cadastral mapping
and the potential motivations behind their participation. The article first focuses on (a) raising awareness and exploring volunteers’ availability and their familiarity with the new technologies; (b) identifying the reasons which would lead them to participate
in cadastral mapping; and (c) volunteers’ opinions about the efficiency of the official traditional cadastral surveying procedure.
Enlivened geographies of volunteering : situated, embodied and emotional practices of voluntary action
Citizenship ; Daily life ; Embodiment ; Emotion ; Environment ; Participation ; Scotland ; Social geography ; Social practice ; United Kingdom ; Volunteering
Using qualitative evidence from three collaborative research projects, the AA. present enlivened geographies of volunteering. They contribute to the development of social geographies which are more than representational and argue that connecting
insights on everyday practices requires a focus on the nature of the spaces of doing volunteering.
Internationalvolunteering and development : global citizenship and neoliberal professionalisation today
Les AA. étudient le rôle du volontariat international, à la fois représentatif du néolibéralisme à travers ‘acquisition de l’autonomie individuelle et de la prise de responsabilités et des notions telles que la solidarité et la citoyenneté globale
et collective. Les exemples des partenariats, d'une part au sein du Department for International Development et d'autre part entre l’organisation non gouvernementale VSO et Accenture (une société internationale de conseil) permettent de comprendre
Black internationalism, subaltern comopolitanism, and the spatial politics of antifascism
This article explores black internationalist articulations of antifascism in the 1930s through a discussion of the “maps of grievance” mobilized by African American volunteers in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War
. It interrogates how they linked the conflict in Spain to Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia and to struggles against white supremacy in the United States. By decentering the national in internationalism and situating forms of subaltern cosmopolitanism
as constitutive of internationalist political activity, it reconfigures aspects of the spatial constitution of internationalism.
Confronting the data-divide in a time of spatial turns and volunteered geographic information
. It demonstrates that the emergency medical services personnel interacted with a GeoWeb interface to volunteer their informed opinions of high-incident injury locations. This study speaks to the growing influence of geography and one of its driving forces
Community volunteering as neoliberal strategy ? Green space production in Berlin
Berlin ; Citizenship ; Community garden ; Germany ; Green space ; Local authority ; Neo liberalism ; Urban administration ; Urban geography ; Volunteering