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We occasionally spend a lot of time looking for things after we forget where we store things. In ... more We occasionally spend a lot of time looking for things after we forget where we store things. In this paper, we design and develop a product management system that keeps things, tells them where they are, and makes them easy to find. When a person puts a thing on the robot and selects the name of the object through the robot control application installed on the smartphone, the user confirms the empty storage place, moves it, stores it,. Through this paper, it is expected that we will be able to easily find the things we manage at home without forgetting, and contribute to the development of unmanned warehouse management technology. 키워드 소프트웨어교육, 지능형 물건관리, 블루투스 통신, 스마트폰 로봇제어

IBADAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, Jun 8, 2020

Socioloski pregled, 2020

This paper provides a contextual discourse on the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent reality of... more This paper provides a contextual discourse on the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent reality of taken-for-granted nuances using the epistemology of everyday sociology. The COVID-19 pandemic has become a global disease that has virtually affected all facets of life. Nigerian government has moved swiftly to curb the pandemic through containment protocols of lockdown, social distancing, face masking, discreet salutation and hand hygiene. As social actors continue to interact amid the pandemic, they construct and reconstruct the world around them through the social interpretations and contextual meanings derived from these containment protocols. The taken-for-granted nuances and meanings embedded in these micro interpretations allow social actors to take interpretive actions based on the meanings attached to COVID-19 pandemic and the containment protocols.

PLOS ONE, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all dimensions of lives and has become a social problem as it ... more The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all dimensions of lives and has become a social problem as it continues to spread widely through the continuous interactions of people in public spaces where they earn a living. Curbing the spread of COVID-19 requires restrictions in these public spaces, however, the compliance to these measures depends largely on the understanding and interpretations of COVID 19 by users of these public spaces. This study examined the contextual interpretations of public space users about COVID-19 prevention in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State. The study was a rapid ethnographic survey in selected public spaces (markets and commercial motor parks) in Ibadan metropolis. Data were collected through participant observation, key informant interviews (3 females; 3 males) and in-depth interviews (30) with, traders, head porters, clients/buyers and commercial vehicle drivers in these public spaces. Interviews conducted were transcribed, sorted into themes using Atlas-ti 7.5....

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2020

PurposeThe index case of COVID-19 in Nigeria was reported on 27 February 2020. Subsequently, the ... more PurposeThe index case of COVID-19 in Nigeria was reported on 27 February 2020. Subsequently, the exponential increase in cases has brought about the partial and total lockdown of cities, the closure of all schools and the shutdown of government offices in order to curtail the spread of COVID-19. COVID-19 and its subsequent drastic curtailment policies have implications on vulnerable groups, especially, informal workers who constitute about 70% of the active working population in Nigeria. This reflective discourse critically engages the plight of informal workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachThe research was guided by the epistemology of pandemic interpretationism. It engages contextual reflections of the plight of economically vulnerable informal workers in Nigeria. Data were collected from secondary sources while rapid case studies were conducted with ten informal workers in Lagos and Ibadan. Afterwards, data were contextually analys...

Global Studies of Childhood, 2018

The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria describes children as the heritage of the society because chil... more The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria describes children as the heritage of the society because children occupy a special place in societal survival and continuity. Children are esteemed and appreciated. Thus, the embedded culture propagates the essentiality of children, the need for proper socialisation and internalisation to make a responsible being ( Omoluabi). Also, children are prioritised above material wealth, and the essentiality of child wellbeing and education is emphasised in aspects of popular culture such as oral poetry, proverbs, local songs and popular music among others. Using extant elements of Yoruba popular culture which have remained dominant, this article contextually examines the value of children among the Yoruba.

Oxford Handbooks Online, 2018

This chapter discusses the contributions of economic crises, disasters, medical migration—especia... more This chapter discusses the contributions of economic crises, disasters, medical migration—especially for maternal and child care, in particular among the privileged— and climate change to migration in Africa, within the context of embedded values of immigration for economic advantage for self, family, and friends. Embedded local constructions of the West as the land of incredible opportunities and limitless wealth propel migration and frame local economic and environmental challenges as insurmountable requiring a determined or ‘lucky’ escape to developed countries to be achieved. Hence, local environmental crises solidify the resolve to migrate to improve socioeconomics for present and future populations through chain migration and remittances, among other culturally defined and expected support from successful migrants.

Soccer & Society, 2017

The spread of soccer viewing centres (SVCs) in Nigeria is one of the unfolding legacies of global... more The spread of soccer viewing centres (SVCs) in Nigeria is one of the unfolding legacies of global sporting media in Africa. While, providing access to live broadcast of European soccer competitions, SVCs have developed into supplementary social spaces where culturally defined rules of social relations are contested. Using Goffman's notion of performance and Agbalagba in Yoruba normative system, in conjunction with sociological perspective on space, the study explores the context and processes in the transformation of age social relations in Ibadan, South-Western Nigeria. Data were obtained through participant observation, and 23 in-depth interviews with viewing centre owners and soccer fans. Findings depict the SVC as a constructed space, with conflicting meanings, attitudes and practices, which inadvertently fracture and render fluid, the expectations of norms of age social relations. In conclusion, European soccer drives the spread of supplementary social spaces which impact local social structures in critical ways.

The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 2014

This study utilised a context-based analysis of field observations and fifteen in-depth interview... more This study utilised a context-based analysis of field observations and fifteen in-depth interviews to examine how begging is practiced by the elderly in a city in Southwestern Nigeria. As both sub-categories of beggars in the population and the larger elderly persons in the society, elderly beggars are a distinct demographic group whose needs differ from the rest of the population. Adopting a livelihood perspective as the exploratory frame, the study explains how beggary constitutes a rational response to economic, social, physiological, institutional and structural imperatives, adopted by old people as a strategy for improving their wellbeing. The study concluded that in trying to eradicate begging among elderly, the context of their emergence must be duly examined and given considerable attention in the policy process. Efforts should also be directed at supporting households headed by the elderly as means of removing the most fundamental social and economic situations that promote...

Vulgar lyrics represent a dimension of popular music that has attracted little scholarly attentio... more Vulgar lyrics represent a dimension of popular music that has attracted little scholarly attention, especially in Africa. Often described as part of decadent subcultures, vulgar music represents the realm of the socially unwanted and suppressed. In Nigeria in particular, the vulgar music of St. Janet and Olamide contains aspects of what many morally normative consider to be in the realm of explicit and often immorally offensive; its lyrics emphasize penile penetration, the compulsive attraction to and exoticness of women’s breasts and vaginas, as well as forbidden intimacies and justification for spousal infidelity. Even though the vulgar songs of St. Janet and Olamide (Badoo) are censored, they are widely played, are featured in shows both in Nigeria and internationally, and their lyrics enjoy overwhelming support from their fans precisely because of their vulgar language. It is against this background that the study examines St. Janet’s and Olamide’s vulgar music as a dimension of popular culture with overwhelming fan support despite official censorship. This chapter problematizes St. Janet’s and Olamide’s reconstruction of male dominance in heterosexual relations.