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Journal articles on the topic "Cultural expression through leisure"
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Friedman, Michael Todd, and Cathy van Ingen. "Bodies in Space: Spatializing Physical Cultural Studies." Sociology of Sport Journal 28, no. 1 (March 2011): 85–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ssj.28.1.85.
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The purpose of this article is to discuss the potential contribution of spatial analysis within the emerging area of Physical Cultural Studies (PCS). As PCS examines “expressions of the physical (including, but by no means restricted to sport, exercise, fitness, leisure, health, dance, and movement-related active embodied practices),” an understanding of these practices will be substantially enhanced through spatial analysis as the body impacts and is impacted by the environment in which it exists and the social relations evinced. With a perspective informed by Henri Lefebvre, who recognized the centrality of the body within his analysis of the production of space, the body can be much better understood as the environment and social relations are analyzed through spatial/bodily practices, conceptions of space, and lived space.
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Samanta, Tannistha. "The “Good Life”: Third Age, Brand Modi and the cultural demise of old age in urban India." Anthropology & Aging 39, no. 1 (September 24, 2018): 94–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/aa.2018.208.
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In this piece, I outline the possibility of understanding old age through the lens of cultural gerontology highlighting the intersecting logics of age with consumption, leisure and identity. I argue that with rising affluence and demographic aging, India is poised to experience an emergent cultural movement, the Third Age (Laslett, 1989), wherein access to cultural capital and an active participation in a leisure culture will offer social membership among upper middle class older adults. Using examples from luxury senior housing projects and travel/holiday packages, I reflect how this process of agentic consumerism with a focus on the ideals of youthfulness, choice, self-expression and pleasure is turning the decline narrative (typically associated with “natural” aging) on its head. The success of this market-driven cultural model, I argue, lies in the celebration of a project on the self where the responsibility to “age well” rests with the individual-a key political economy of the neoliberal regime-absolving the state of public provisions and social security. In conclusion, I show how age and political masculinity intersect to create, what I call, Brand Modi- a potent vision of active and age-ambiguous consumer citizenry. Through this construction, I argue, life-stage has been suitably marketed to match the aspirations of a greying cohort marking a new stage in the cultural constitution of age in urban India.
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Poliszczuk, Tatiana, and Ilona Dzich. "The Significance of Expression through Movement during Educational Process." Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research 51, no. 1 (June 1, 2011): 62–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10141-011-0006-8.
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The Significance of Expression through Movement during Educational ProcessThis paper discusses the significance of expression through movement in modern education. People's attitudes towards their body image are described both in the context of physical culture and as they are perceived by society. Also discussed are the necessary changes to be made in physical education programs.The aim of the study is to analyze students' attitudes towards movement expression as a manifestation of body consciousness and the importance of using it in different aspects of social life. The study was carried out with 224 students from the University of Physical Education and the University of Technology in Warsaw. The paper is based both on opinion polls and empirical study. Different research methods, such as a questionnaire and an analysis of documentation, were applied.The resulting analysis indicates the need for movement expression in youth, both for personal and career development, nowadays an essential factor of success. Expression through movement is an important field of physical education that should be developed in modern times. Therefore it seems justifiable to include it in physical education programs at schools and universities. Above all, expression can become a useful tool for functioning in a dynamically changing social environment.
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Fenech, Anne. "The value placed upon the facets that contribute to meaningful leisure by Activity Co-ordinators." Social Care and Neurodisability 5, no. 4 (November 4, 2014): 232–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/scn-02-2014-0003.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the value placed on the facets that contribute to a meaningful leisure occupation for the residents of a residential care facility by the staff that care for them. Design/methodology/approach – This was a service evaluation using a self-reported questionnaire, completed by six Activity Co-ordinators from the home of 158 individuals with a wide range of neuropalliative conditions. Findings – The cultural/historical components, the built and social environment, learning, life satisfaction and goal orientation were reported as the least valued facets, which make up a leisure occupation. The staff did, however; value the sense of health and capability, purpose, the feeling of being fully human and the sense of belonging that comes about through leisure. They also valued preventing boredom, opportunities for self-expression, creativity, achievement, and control. Additionally they valued opportunities to gain a clear sense of the rhythm of life, of self-identity, choice of occupation, and engagement in the occupation. Research limitations/implications – The findings highlight a variance between the perceptions of staff members who deal with the day-to-day leisure opportunities and decisions of the residents, and the literature of occupational science about what makes an occupation meaningful, and therefore is worthy of consideration when planning a leisure occupation. Practical implications – Personalised care requires consideration of the individual's cultural and historical background, the environment surrounding the occupation, opportunities for social interaction, individual learning, life satisfaction, and goal orientation when organising leisure opportunities. These facets are stressed because the participants undervalued them. Originality/value – The context of this paper is a subset of individuals with neurological disabilities who experience profound disabilities, and the attitudes of staff to their leisure lifestyle.
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Guzmán-Díaz, Beatriz Elena, Ramiro Parra-Hernández, and Edwin Tarapuez-Chamorro. "Identidad y manifestaciones culturales del departamento del Quindío en el contexto del paisaje cultural cafetero de Colombia." Cuadernos de Turismo, no. 44 (November 28, 2019): 165–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/turismo.44.404801.
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La investigación pretende identificar la situación actual de la identidad y manifestaciones culturales en el Quindío (Colombia), en el contexto del Paisaje Cultural Cafetero. La metodología es descriptiva y exploratoria y la población corresponde a habitantes y entes gubernamentales; se obtuvo información primaria mediante encuestas y entrevistas, y secundaria a través de revisión documental. Se concluye que la cultura cafetera es el resultado de la fusión de distintos elementos a lo largo de su historia, y pese a que algunos se han olvidado, aún se conservan las expresiones más tradicionales. This research aims to identify the current situation of identity and cultural manifestations in Quindío (Colombia), in the context of the Coffee Cultural Landscape. The methodology is descriptive and exploratory and the population corresponds to inhabitants and governmental entities; primary information was obtained through surveys and interviews, and secondary through documentary review. It is concluded that the coffee culture is the result of the fusion of different elements throughout its history, and although some have been forgotten, the most traditional expressions are still preserved.
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Sharma, Sanjay, and Savita Sharma. "Understanding Pithoragarh’s cultural jewels: its fairs and festivals." Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 7, no. 4 (August 10, 2015): 331–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-03-2015-0007.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore fairs and festivals organized in the city; reasons to celebrate; and their economic impact on local people, vendors and visitors. Design/methodology/approach – Secondary data were collected through local library, Web sites, books and other publications. Local residents, visitors and vendors were interviewed through semi-structured questionnaire and personal interviews. Findings – The events organized are not only an expression of the religious, social and cultural urges of the local population but also help to preserve traditions and folk culture of the region. It brings suppliers and vendors from nearby villages and cities together, resulting in significant economic well-being of the community and self. Research limitations/implications – Traveling distance to the destination, understanding of the questionnaire by the audience and getting data to analyze the economic impact of such events at a higher level are some of the limitations. Further research is required on the economic impact of regional events on state revenue, and potential areas of study may include traditional sustainable practices and the economic impact and development of an economic framework, keeping regional fairs and festivals as the center of the study. Practical implications – The research highlights the challenges for the organizers, scope of improvement and ways to popularize regional culture and cuisine. Vendors and visitors find it difficult to reach the event but are optimistic about the development. It also acts as a promotional tool to popularize Pithoragarh as a tourist destination. Originality/value – The paper helps to project Pithoragarh as a potential tourist destination known for its fairs and festivals. It focuses on the economic impact of the stakeholders and it helps visitors to acknowledge traditions and cuisine.
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Lafuente, Víctor, José Ángel Sanz, and María Devesa. "Exploring Attendance at a Traditional Cultural Event: The Case of a Holy Week Celebration." Event Management 24, no. 1 (February 19, 2020): 153–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/152599518x15403853721367.
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Holy Week is one of the most important traditions in many parts of the world and a complex expression of cultural heritage. The main goal of this article is to explore which factors determine participation in Holy Week celebrations in the city of Palencia (Spain), measured through the number of processions attended. For this purpose, an econometric count data model is used. Variables included in the model not only reflect participants' sociodemographic features but other factors reflecting cultural capital, accumulated experience, and social aspects of the event. A distinction is drawn between three types of participants: brotherhood members, local residents, and visitors, among whom a survey was conducted to collect the information required. A total of 248 surveys were carried out among brotherhood members, 209 among local residents, and 259 among visitors. The results confirm the religious and social nature of this event, especially in the case of local participants. However, in the case of visitors, participation also depends on aspects reflecting the celebration's cultural and tourist dimension—such as visiting other religious and cultural attractions—suggesting the existence of specific tourism linked to the event. All of this suggests the need to manage the event, ensuring a balance is struck between the various stakeholders' interests and developing a tourist strategy that prioritizes public-private cooperation.
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Davis, Peggy. "Montagnes Russes and Calicot." Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques 44, no. 3 (December 1, 2018): 8–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/hrrh.2018.440302.
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Restoration-era discourse on the montagnes russes—early roller coasters—reveals how leisure activity could become a lightning rod for perspectives on public space, tensions among social groups, and expressions of patriotism. Eager to profit from the montagnes russes craze, boulevard theaters hosted a number of plays on the subject. Through the buffoonish character M. Calicot, one such comedy—entitled The Battle of the Mountains— caricatured young clothing-trade salesclerks who frequented roller-coaster parks. The play provoked the ire of some of these men, who “waged war” on the Variety Theater, where the play was performed. The conflict in turn sparked satires in print, visual, and other media. These cultural productions both reflected the short-lived mania for roller coasters and shaped attitudes in their own right, all while employing laughter to deal with postwar trauma.
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Contreras, Daniel De Jesús, and Humberto Thomé-Ortiz. "The Old and the New World of Wine: Rethinking Enogastronomic Tourism from Contextual Factors." Journal of Gastronomy and Tourism 5, no. 4 (July 20, 2021): 177–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/216929721x16105303036544.
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Research in wine tourism highlights synergies between wine and gastronomy as a marketing strategy for the territory. However, how enogastronomic tourism materializes shows different characteristics according to contextual factors. This article aims to problematize enogastronomic tourism from the perspective of its territorial, economic, and sociocultural impacts in rural areas through an inductive method. For this, a comparative case study was carried out between two oenological regions of Mexico and Spain, where tourism associated with wine and local gastronomy is one of the most important economic activities. In both cases, the results show the existence of two different models of food and wine tourism that are related to contextual factors such as the economic, historical, and cultural conditions of the regions studied, the specific demands of leisure tourism in late capitalism, socioeconomic relations between wine and gastronomy, and cooperation among stakeholders. The results obtained allow discussing the different paths of enogastronomic tourism in the regions of the new and the old world of wine as expressions of territorial innovation or historical continuity, which serve as support to build the specificity of the wine routes concerning the characteristics from different contexts.
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Murphy, Melissa Anna. "Dwelling Together." Space and Culture 20, no. 1 (August 1, 2016): 4–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1206331216643782.
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Human dwelling in cities produces traces in outdoor spaces, particularly in residential neighborhoods. An essential part of dwelling is acting on one’s environment, establishing meaning and identity. These processes are challenged in cities by diversity, vying uses, and various regulations. This article suggests that expressing and encountering otherness in urban space extends through the material traces left by spatial users, communicating social information. Drawing empirically upon actor network theory’s relational approach of association, three studies are used to demonstrate that traces are important in urban space due to what they impart regarding user intentions, local interpretations, physical possibilities, and controls. Comparing traces found in three differently managed cases, the study opens up the question of how regulation and thorough upkeep may affect the expression of diversity in urban residential spaces.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Cultural expression through leisure"
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Novosad-Maehlum, Inna. "Composing: Self-Expression and Self-Actualization through Communication : Ståle Kleiberg and Misha Alperin as representatives of contrasting cultural climates." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for musikk, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-23028.
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In this thesis, the personalities of Ståle Kleiberg and Misha Alperin are approached from psychological, sociological and cultural perspectives. These artists are also viewed as representatives of some of the ways an individual can develop and excel. They are described in terms of their relationship to their respective domains - Kleiberg as a Norwegian contemporary composer and Alperin as a Ukrainian Jewish jazz composer - and also in terms of their relationships with other artistic domains.Oppgaven har vedlegg som mangler i digital versjon, og kan framstå som ufullstendig uten dette. Kontakt NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket for utlån av komplett oppgave.
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Masuku, Lynette Sibongile. "In-betweenness: a postcolonial exploration of sociocultural intergenerational learning through cattle as a medium of cultural expression in Mpembeni, KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68181.
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This case study was conducted in a small rural community called Mpembeni, in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. It was motivated by my observation of high levels of competence in ‘cattle knowledge’ amongst children coupled with a simultaneous failure at school. I view schools as integral parts of the community and consider them as being influenced by the community, which they in turn influence. This study set out to understand that which embodied informal learning in home/pasture-based contexts as well as formalised learning processes in schools. I used Sociocultural theory as the most congruent of educational theories to surface and illuminate the intergenerational learning processes that were taking place in the area. This warranted my use of research investigation methods that could, in non-intrusive ways, expose the everyday community practices that related to cattle as a particular medium of cultural expression. Ethnography, sourced from anthropology, aided by ethnomethods, was not only compatible with my study and the way in which I wanted to write out the research report, but also with my educational theory and its counterhegemonic intents. To understand the colonialities that framed the discord that embodied home and school as learning contexts, I used postcolonial theory, not only as a lens but as a counterhegemonic response. This theory also informed my research methodology as well as afforded me the reflexivity tools for an examination of my own intergenerational learning and the relational identities of myself as ‘Other’ in the lives of the research participants. It further facilitated the exploration of the potential for potential hybrid third spaces within the bubbling meeting nodes of the socio-cultural context of school and home/pasture based settings of learning. I observed cattle herding related practices, interviewed children, their parents and/or carers, dipping tank managers, livestock inspectors, community elders and members. I also analysed some of the written and unwritten content that made up the formal and informal based learning processes and reviewed some of the most recent South African Curriculum Statements and related texts on the representations of cattle. I sought views from teachers on their interactions with the people of Mpembeni, whose children they taught. I also explored axes of tension, silences and presences on anything related to cattle in schools. I argue and make a case for the development of thought by African scholars to advance Africa’s education rather than aid mimicry and the importation of theories of little congruence and relevance to the African context and Africa’s future. The study has made some contributions to new knowledge. This is in its exploration of sociocultural intergenerational methods and techniques that are employed for learning in community contexts, highlighting the importance of surfacing and understanding of children’s knowledge and experiences. The study has gone further to deliberate the in-betweenness of school and home learning environments, highlighting and unsilencing silenced, peripherised, new, old, considered irrelevant in the past, context and time congruent and liberatory knowledges. I propose that the knowledges located in these cleavages of difference be utilised to transform and create learning bridges between home and school environments. I propose that those ways of knowing that see others as nothings, be exposed and unlearned. Methods of learning that naturally unfold at home could be replicated at school with a recognition of the intergenerational methods, techniques, practices and the learning values in a critically constructive manner that narrows difference and othering.
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O'Donnell, Darby. "For Profit and Function: Consumption Patterns and Outward Expression of Quakers as Seen through Historical Documentation and 18th Century York County, Virginia Probate Inventories." W&M ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626355.
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Frog. "Baldr and Lemminkäinen : approaching the evolution of mythological narrative through the activating power of expression : a case study in Germanic and Finno-Karelian cultural contact and exchange." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2010. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/19428/.
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The orientation of this study is to explore what the sources for each narrative tradition can (and cannot) tell us about their respective histories, in order to reach a point at which it becomes possible to discuss a relationship between them and the significance of that relationship. This is not intended as an exhaustive study of every element of each source or every aspect of each tradition. It will present a basic introduction to sources for each tradition (§3-4) followed by a basic context for approaching the possibility of a cultural exchange (§5-7). The APE and its “powers” are introduced with specific examples from both traditions (§8-13). This will be followed by sections on the activation and manipulation of “identities” from the level of cultural figures to textual and extra-textual entities (§14-16) followed by relationships of traditions to individuals and social groups who perform them, and the impact which this has on the evolution of tradition as a social process (§17-18). The study will then address more specific issues in relationships between source and application in the medieval and iconographic representations of the Baldr-Cycle where so little comparative material is available to provide a context (§19). This will move into issues of persistence and change in the broader tradition, opening the discussion of intertextual reference and the evolution of traditions (§20-22). The Baldr-Cycle and Lemminkäisen virsi will each be reviewed (§23-24). It will be shown that Lemminkäisen virsi most likely emerged as a direct adaptation of a version of the Baldr-Cycle as a consequence of contacts with Germanic culture in the first millennium of the present era, probably during the Viking Age. Lemminkäinen appears to have been established as a cultural figure at that time, and the adaptation was most likely intended to impact how Lemminkäinen was regarded as a cultural figure. The value of the Baldr-Cycle in this application appears attributable to existing features in the tradition ecology which allowed its motif-complexes to generate significant and relevant meanings (§25). This study is a case study approaching the evolution of mythological narrative as a historical process occurring through a conjunction of individual applications and social processes. This case study demonstrates the value of the APE and offers insight into the history of cultural contact and exchange in the Circum-Baltic region.
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Ng, Yvonne. "The Role of Leisure for Chinese Immigrants at the First Chinese Senior Association of Vaughan." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6068.
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There is a gap in our field regarding leisure research on specific ethnic groups. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand the experience of leisure and of involvement in the First Chinese Senior Association of Vaughan (FCSAV) for Chinese adults aged 50 to 65 years who have been living in Canada for at least five years. As this is a phenomenological study, the main focus is on the meanings and experiences of these participants.
Purposeful sampling methods were used to find participants who fit the study criteria of being a Chinese immigrant from Mainland China and/or Hong Kong, living in Canada for at least five years, between the ages of 50 to 65, a member of the First Chinese Senior Association of Vaughan, and participating in at least one activity at the Centre at the time of interview. Altogether, 13 face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted over two weeks in July 2010.
Five main essences were developed from the analysis of the interview data: changing leisure with changing culture; achieving and maintaining health; experiencing freedom and choice; cultural expression and cultural learning; and feeling a sense of community. Interestingly, there was also an overarching theme of leisure as an essential component to life.
These findings exemplify the great value Chinese immigrants place upon leisure as they experienced it at the FCSAV as well as its connection to holistic health. Also, leisure at the club was described as a site for cultural expression and the development of community. Overall, implications of this study will be of most value to recreation practitioners and researchers by allowing for greater cultural sensitivity in developing and enhancing programs for this specific group.
Books on the topic "Cultural expression through leisure"
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Howe, Justine. All-American Islam. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190258870.003.0004.
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This chapter examines the role of consumer culture and leisure in the performance of American Muslim culture. The Webb community embraces American culture as the fullest expression of their Muslim identity. Its members locate these efforts in two foundational narratives: that of premodern generations of Muslims, who embraced local cultures as their own, and that of white ethnic immigrants, who successfully made previously suspect religious traditions into mainstream ones. These practices demonstrate both the possibilities and constraints of Webb’s mission to rehabilitate American representations of Islam. Through leisure activities centered on the nuclear family unit, the community builds relationships among parents and their children, as well as among peers. Webb youth and parents also participate regularly in community service, partnering with various local organizations to provide assistance to less privileged communities.
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Lines, David. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Edited by Roger Mantie and Gareth Dylan Smith. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190244705.013.22.
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The popularity of guitar has ensured that it has become a significant aspect of music in leisure. This chapter explores and reflects on the author’s personal leisure guitar experiences through six autoethnographic meditations. Themes from the meditations include tacit experiences, closeness, community, curiosity, and ethical dimensions associated with leisure guitar culture. These themes suggest an embodied view of music and a social connectedness with a living music culture. Using a Foucaultian lens, these themes are critically positioned alongside the experience of the neoliberal, schooled musical subject, who encounters expressions of power and subjectification in narrow, limiting terms. The chapter concludes by suggesting that the reflective process of autoethnography, an awareness and sensitivity of the body, and explorations of emergent subject positions are critical for a reconstituted music education and that leisure and music education can be envisaged together as synchronic forms of musical action.
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Ed, Sutcliffe David M., and Wong Ansel, eds. The Language of the Black experience: Cultural expression through word and sound in the Caribbean and Black Britain. Oxford, UK: B. Blackwell, 1986.
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Sutcliffe, David, and Ansel Wong. The Language of the Black Experience: Cultural Expression Through Word and Sound in the Caribbean and Black Britain. Blackwell Pub, 1986.
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Rudy, Lemcke, Chinn Lenore, and Qcc, eds. Face: An exhibit of queer expression through self-portraiture : South of Market Cultural Center Gallery, June 11-27, 1998. [San Francisco, Calif: Queer Cultural Center], 1998.
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Sorabji, Richard. Freedom of Speech and Expression. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197532157.001.0001.
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This book on freedom of speech and expression starts (chapter 1) with an inter-cultural history of this valued right through the ages and then recalls (chapter 2) the benefits for which we rightly value it. But what about speech that frustrates these benefits? Supporters of the benefits of free speech have reason to exercise voluntary self-restraint on speech which frustrates the benefits. They should also cultivate a second remedy: the art, illustrated in chapter 1, and called by Gandhi the art of ‘opening ears’, by other kinds of speech and conduct. Such voluntary methods are to be preferred to legal constraints. But (chapter 3) legal constraint is sometimes necessary. In the twenty-first century, social media funding based on manipulation of personal speech data requires skilful legislation and enforcement in favour of social media that protect freedoms.
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Murphy, Clifford R. Country Music as Cultural Practice. Edited by Travis D. Stimeling. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190248178.013.14.
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This chapter argues that country music should be examined first and foremost as social practice—as a driver of community expression and social capital through music, words, and dance. While country music functions in a multitude of ways, from narrative storytelling to commercial product and points in between, the commercial sphere of country music has been exhaustively examined. Scholarly inquiry into country music, rooted in the folk revival of the mid-twentieth century and significantly influenced by collectors (and collections) of commercial country music, has maintained a southern, commercial focus for much of the past half-century. As such, scholarly and popular understanding of what, where, and who country music springs from has ignored significant regional vernacular forms and uses of country music. Ethnographic inquiry has made it possible to tell the story country music culture and traditions. Murphy illustrates his argument with examples from New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and Atlantic Canada.
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Sunardi, Christina. Maintaining Female Power through Male Style Dance. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038952.003.0002.
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This chapter explores some of the ways female dancers, as well as the mostly male musicians who accompany them, are maintaining and making cultural space for the expression of women's magnetic female power through women's performance of male style dance. It first establishes that for centuries, women in Java have expressed and embodied a magnetic power that is connected to their femaleness and that they have done so in myriad ways, and moreover that a certain ambivalence in the Javanese imagination has surrounded these expressions of female power. The chapter argues that, by performing male style dance, female dancers and (mostly) male musicians negotiated boundaries of gender and sex visually and sonically, maintaining and making cultural space for women's expression of female power despite pressures from state and society to control and subdue it.
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Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Katherine L. French, Amanda Flather, Clive Edwards, Jane Hamlett, Despina Stratigakos, Joanne Berry, and Joanne Berry, eds. A Cultural History of the Home in Antiquity. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781474207140.
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‘Home’ is a powerful idea throughout antiquity, from Odysseus’ epic journey to recover his own home, nostalgically longed-for through his long absence, to the implanting of Christianity in the domestic sphere in late antiquity. We can recognise the idea even if there is no word for it that quite corresponds to our own: the Greek oikos and the Latin domus mean both house and family, the essential components of home. To attempt a history of ‘the home’ in antiquity means bringing together two separate, if closely related, fields of study. On the one hand, study of the family, both in the legal frameworks that define it as institution and the literary representations of it in daily life; on the other, archaeological study of the domestic setting, within which such relationships are played out. Ranging across a period of over a millennium, this collection looks at the home as a force of integration: of the worlds of family and of the outsider in hospitality; of the worlds of leisure and work; of the worlds of public and private life; of the world of practical structures and furnishings and the world of religion.
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Sunardi, Christina. Constructing Gender and Tradition through Senses of History. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038952.003.0004.
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This chapter looks at how performers constructed senses of gender—including boundaries of femaleness and maleness—as they established what comprised tradition through their senses of history. It emphasizes that the ways performers connected femaleness, the female style dance Beskalan Putri, the past, spiritual power, and Malang indicates ways of thinking that in effect maintain cultural space for the magnetic power of femaleness and connect female power to Malangan identity. The senses of femaleness and its power that performers associated with Beskalan Putri were so strong that they shaped the ways performers understood and talked about the histories of other dances discussed in this chapter, including Ngremo Lanang, Ngremo Putri, and Beskalan Lanang, as well as the expression of gender in these dances. These perceptions also provide deeper insight into what has concerned performers about the performance of Ngremo Tayub and Ngremo Putri since the 1990s.
Book chapters on the topic "Cultural expression through leisure"
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Makridis, Savvas, Vasiliki Papageorgiou, and Spyridon Alexiou. "The Perception of European Identity Through the Cultural & Educational Tourist Experience of Greek Students." In Innovative Approaches to Tourism and Leisure, 145–57. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67603-6_10.
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Wei, Jun, and Ryohei Nakatsu. "Leisure Food: Derive Social and Cultural Entertainment through Physical Interaction with Food." In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 256–69. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33542-6_22.
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Kim, Young Ae, and Qiuwen Li. "Social Media Happiness Expression Through the Virtual Reality: Cultural Differences on Instagram." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 753–59. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68017-6_112.
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Fournet-Guérin, Catherine. "Everyday Cosmopolitanism in African Cities: Places of Leisure and Consumption in Antananarivo and Maputo." In IMISCOE Research Series, 89–100. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67365-9_7.
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AbstractAfrican cities are sometimes considered “off the map” as underdeveloped peripheries alienated from cultural globalisation. The intrinsic ethnic and cultural diversity of African cities is often overshadowed by a distant perception of their overall “blackness” and a supposed cultural uniformity. These cities have always been places of intense circulation and mass settlement both from within the continent and from outside, may it be from Asia, Europe and the Middle East in colonial contexts notably but also more recently Latin America. However, African urban diversity and the recent changes it underwent has received little academic attention.This chapter describes cosmopolitan practices and representations in Antananarivo (Madagascar) and Maputo (Mozambique), mainly but not only focusing on Chinese diasporas and communities sharing Chinese origins through observation and interviews. Cosmopolitan interactions in old or newly created so-called “ethnic” places such as restaurants, casinos and other leisure settings are under study to discuss processes of neighbouring cosmopolitanism at the very local place. Residents of African cities display features of cosmopolitan urbanites with intense variation across contexts and communities.
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Wong, Michael TH, Fiona Wilson, Dennisa Davidson, Caitlin Hick, and Andrew Howie. "Cultural Values, Religion and Psychosis: Five Short Stories." In International Perspectives in Values-Based Mental Health Practice, 117–25. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47852-0_14.
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AbstractThe impact of cultural values and religion on the experience, expression and perception of psychosis and serious mental illness is examined through five case narratives that involve patients of diverse illness experience and personal, cultural, religious and spiritual backgrounds. A recurrent theme among these five case narratives is that in all these respects, there is a complex interplay of values between Anglo-European religion, Māori spirituality and secular psychiatry. Within this clinical context, the health and well-being of patients living with psychosis and serious mental illness are more than the control of symptoms and behaviour and instead involves a perspective of meaning and significance which impacts on how patients recover their identity, roles, capacity and relationships.
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Poulot, Marie-Laure. "Branding Cosmopolitanism and Place Making in Saint Laurent Boulevard, Montreal." In IMISCOE Research Series, 111–23. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67365-9_9.
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AbstractThe boulevard Saint-Laurent is the embodiment in Montreal of the gap between the French-speaking eastern part and the English-speaking areas in the west part, but it is also the place where immigrants settled during the twentieth century, thus creating specific neighborhoods (Little Italy, Chinatown, and Portuguese and Jewish sectors). These neighborhoods, that once symbolized poverty and marginalized communities, have been undergoing processes of both social and urban change as well as gentrification. They are now repositioned, through the urban planning, marketing strategies, and cultural events (celebrations, festivals, urban tours) produced by public and private stakeholders, as places to visit. Cosmopolitanism is being integrated as a marketing strategy to promote places and to redefine districts as destinations of leisure and tourism (Shaw S, Bagwell S, Karmowska J, Urban Studies 41(10), 1983–2000, 2004). The boulevard is a lever for branding strategies: “ethnic” neighborhoods clearly highlight the assets of cosmopolitanism through food, shops, associations or symbols such as colors, flags or ornaments. This chapter focuses on these actions of branding and the use of the cosmopolitan past of the street and their impact on the representations of pedestrians, inhabitants and users.
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Wilson, Joseph, and Aisha Kolo Lawan. "Digital Leisure or Digital Business?" In Overcoming Gender Inequalities through Technology Integration, 244–59. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9773-7.ch013.
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The fourth world conference on women in Beijing in 1995 was a springboard for women acceptance to explore various media possibilities to enhance their global visibility for societal recognition, address the negative media portrayal of women, and strengthen the gender equality struggles. Their platform for action on women and the media was to strategically increase the participation and access of women to expression and decision-making in and through the media and new technologies of communication. These declarations and strategies were clear indications and a call for creating new avenues for expression and participation for the purpose of empowering women. These plans of action and adoption of new technologies of communication must translate into relevant engagement with these technologies to be able to achieve the set goals. Engaging with technologies for leisure purposes (digital leisure) are likely to be of little significance to serious Internet activities relevant to women empowerment drive (digital business). The purpose for which women engage these new technologies should reflect issues that are in tandem with women empowerment drive. This Chapter examined what area Nigerian women are engaging the Internet. Findings showed that more Nigeria women access the Internet through mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Nigerian women engage the Internet for both digital leisure and digital business but they do more leisure-based Internet activities than serious activities that facilitate women empowerment (their Internet activities are more leisure oriented than business oriented) The women Internet empowerment drive can only be realised if Nigerian women up their game in digital business activities on the Internet.
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Sicherl-Kafol, Barbara, and Olga Denac. "Creative Expression Through Contemporary Musical Language." In Social Sciences and Cultural Studies - Issues of Language, Public Opinion, Education and Welfare. InTech, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/34566.
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Rathee, Rupa, and Pallavi Rajain. "Experiential Marketing." In Breaking Down Language and Cultural Barriers Through Contemporary Global Marketing Strategies, 113–27. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6980-0.ch007.
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Customers no longer seek a product just for its features or benefits, rather they look for unique experiences. This is provided by experiential marketing where experiences broadly are divided into five categories that include consumer, product & service, off-line & online, consumption and brand experiences. Most of the previous research in this area has focused on consumer experiences. However, nowadays product and services too are aligned according to multisensory environments. One of the upcoming industries that focuses on the experiential marketing is the leisure industry or leisure services. These services include businesses focused on recreation, entertainment, sports and tourism which include theme parks, adventure parks, adventure sports, concerts, etc. Some of the examples of the leisure services in top cities of the country include Adlabs Imagica in Mumbai, Kingdom of Dreams in Gurugram, Worlds of Wonder in Noida, and Aquatica in Kolkata. The chapter aims to study the growth of this sector in an experiential economy along with strategies used by the leisure industry.
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Shrestha, Brinda. "Expression of cultural identity in the contemporary urban built form of Kathmandu." In Cities’ Identity Through Architecture and Arts, 491–99. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315166551-47.
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Waluyanto, Heru Dwi, Tjetjep Rohendi Rosidi, Totok Sumaryanto, and Trie Hartiti Retnowati. "The Expression of Art Drawing for Children: Psycho-Socio-Cultural Intervention Through Drawing Activities in the Save Street Child Surabaya Community." In International Conference on Science and Education and Technology (ISET 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200620.030.
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Silva Junior, Igino, and Flávio Luiz Schiavoni. "Sustainable Interfaces for Music Expression." In Simpósio Brasileiro de Computação Musical. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/sbcm.2019.10424.
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The creation of Digital Musical Instruments (DMI) tries to keep abreast the technological progress and sometimes it does not worry about some possible side effects of its development. Obsolescence and residues, rampant consumption, constant need to generate innovation, code ephemerality, culture shock, social apartheid, are some possible traps that an equivocated DMI development can bring up to society. Faced all these possibilities, we are trying to understand what can be a sustainable Digital Instrument analyzing several dimensions of sustainability, from economical to cultural, from social to environmental. In this paper, we point out some possibilities to try to reach up more sustainable instruments development bringing up the human being and values like cooperation and collaboration to the center of the DMI development discussion. Through some questions, we seek to instigate a paradigm shift in art-science and provide a fertile field for future research.
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Felcis, Elgars, and Weronika Felcis. "Ready for change? Interlinkages of traditional and novel practices through permaculture." In 22nd International Scientific Conference. “Economic Science for Rural Development 2021”. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Economics and Social Development, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/esrd.2021.55.056.
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This paper is based on ongoing participatory action research in Latvia since 2016. The research was initially developed within the Marie Curie Innovative Training Network SUSPLACE and is further advanced by the Latvian Council of Science funded project ‘Ready for change? Sustainable management of common natural resources (RFC)’. By using this approach, the researchers aim to, firstly, synthesise natural, climate science and economic systems evidence of the immense transformations required towards regeneration and, secondly, engage in active knowledge brokerage and societal change advancement. Authors encourage to limit the application of the abused term ‘sustainable’ as it has rather meant to ‘sustain the unsustainable’ across the last decades and to follow the logic of ‘regeneration’ instead. The bridging of practices with the permaculture movement can be summarised in three broad groups of regenerative transformations to develop resilience against environmental breakdown – firstly, organic growing or gardening, secondly, ecological building, and thirdly, ecological lifestyle practices. These examples are arising both from particular collaborations with the selected permaculture homesteads as well as from the general environmental and social activism in Latvia. A common expression claims that ‘everything new is well forgotten old’. It resonates very well with the permaculture ethics and movement emphasising not forgetting yet critically assessing the long-developed skills and practices. This paper demonstrates that in addition to the challenging global aims, on the local level the success of permaculture depends on its ability to be deeply embedded in localities and revive cultural, local practices that people feel a connection to.
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Geçimli, Meryem, and Mehmet Nuhoğlu. "CULTURE – HOUSE RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY: EVALUATION ON EXAMPLES." In GEOLINKS International Conference. SAIMA Consult Ltd, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32008/geolinks2020/b2/v2/29.
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There are close relationships between the cultural structures of societies and residential areas. The place where the society chooses to live and the ways it is organized is an expression of the cultural structure. Traditional houses are accepted as the most obvious indicator of this situation. One of the ways of preserving cultural sustainability today is to read the design principles of these houses correctly. Culture is about what kind of environment people live in and how they live. Human behaviors are based on cultural references. Religion, view of life and perceptions of the environment are both dialectically shaped culture and shaped by culture. Culture is about where and how human meets his needs throughout his life. It can be said that culture is one of the basic factors that direct human behavior and life. Therefore, the cultural embedding of sustainability thought is important in shaping the world in which future generations will live. Regarding various cultures in the literature; the structure of the society, their way of life and how they shape their places of residence, etc. there are many studies. The riches that each culture possesses are considered to be indisputable. These important studies are mostly based on an in-depth analysis of that culture, concentrating on a single specific culture. In this study, it is aimed to make a more holistic analysis by examining more than one culture. Thanks to this holistic perspective, it is thought that it will be possible to make inferences that can be considered as common to all societies. This study, which especially focuses on Asian and African societies, is the tendency of these societies to maintain their cultural structure compared to other societies. The reflections of cultural practices on residential spaces are examined through various examples. The dialectical structure of Berber houses, integration of Chinese houses with natural environmental references, Toroja houses associated with the genealogy in Indonesia, etc. examples will be examined in the context of cultural sustainability in this study. With this holistic approach, where the basic philosophy of cultural sustainability can be obtained, important references can be obtained in the design of today's residences. This paper was produced from an incomplete PhD dissertation named Evaluation of Cultural Sustainability in the Application of House Design at Yildiz Technical University, Social Sciences Institution, Art and Design Program
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Sofranko, Thomas A. "The Studio Experience: Change, Order & Maximum Entropy." In 1995 ACSA International Conference. ACSA Press, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.intl.1995.55.
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Over time, educators in various fields have studied the relationship between order and disorder. Physical science, social science, and the humanities have all looked with interest at the potential of a universal cultural expression and the possibility of a permanent reality.' This paper examines order and chaos in post-structural architecture pedagogy to determine how meaning and value relate to, or are developed through, composition and form. Our current educational model has trapped architecture in a paradox of order and escape whereby meaning, conveyed through organized composition clashes with emotionally charged, yet seemingly chaotic design concepts.
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Keränen, Susanna. "Content Management - Concept and Indexing Term Equivalence in a Multilingual Thesaurus." In 2002 Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2511.
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Languages and the thinking they reflect stem mainly from cultural needs for expression. A controlled vocabulary, thesaurus, can be seen as a cultural product. The focus of this study is the translatability of British-English social science indexing terms into Finnish language and culture on a conceptual, term and indexing term level. The emphasis is on Finnish language and human factors. The study is quantitative-qualitative and the perspectives are both linguistic and sociological - a combination through which a broader understanding of the phenomena is being aimed at in the general frame of information science. The study uses multiple cases aiming at theoretical replication. It is thus an empirical case study and the goal is to illustrate a new theory of “pragmatic indexing (term) equivalence”. Several data collection and analysis methods will be used in order to construct a theory by triangulation of evidence. The aim of this research is a doctoral thesis in information studies.
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Berry, Michael, Donal Carbaugh, and Marjatta Nurmikari-Berry. "Discovering and Interpreting Meaning in Finnish and American Codes of Communication." In 2003 Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2720.
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Information technologies bring into view not only ideas and their transmission via electronic devices, but also means of expression and the meanings they assume for readers / listeners / viewers. This transformation -- from information through technology to expressions and their meanings -- is an intrinsic part of any electronically mediated communication. This project explores one such electronically mediated text, Tango Finlandia, a segment of the popular American news program, 60 Minutes, as it has been broadcast and discussed prominently in the United States and Finland. Analyses of exchanges between Finnish and American students demonstrate how the "exact same" televisual information and the "exact same" English words convey information that is transformed into two different expressive systems with very different cultural meanings.
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KASPERIŪNIENĖ, Judita, and Sigitas DAUKILAS. "SMART EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE LEARNING PROCESS AT A RURAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTION - A CASE STUDY." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.128.
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Smart educational technology in the learning process at a vocational training institution directly correlates to the pedagogical and methodological preparation of teachers and their practical experience. The pedagogical preparation determines better learning outcomes, effective social and cultural expressions, and more qualitative guidance of the didactic process. In addition, teachers with the help of technology have the opportunity to draw attention to each student, help the learner to know himself and his or her field of professional expression. This case study examined the ability of vocational teachers to use various technologies in class. Study was conducted in five rural vocational training schools in Lithuania. Twenty five vocational teachers were interviewed using focus group interview format about their smart educational technology usage in teaching and contacting their students. Teachers were observed manipulating, transforming and allocating appropriate digital media, adapting teaching content and easily forming teaching-learning networks to achieve educational goals. Overall, the process described here showed that regardless of how long vocational teachers work at a rural school and what subjects they teach, mostly teachers communicated and collaborated through technologies with their students while presenting vocational teaching content. Finally, the technological competence of vocational teachers reflected the teacher's ability to carry out a certain vocational teaching process: the ability to perform technological operations, the skill to work with various materials, equipment and the mentoring capacity.
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Cambié, Viola, and Carlotta Zanoli. "[E]motive Architecture: strategies for a behaviour-driven Space configuration." In International Conference on the 4th Game Set and Match (GSM4Q-2019). Qatar University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/gsm4q.2019.0011.
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As Architect and Engineer, we used to work with the concept of Space. Struggling to find an exhaustive definition, we risk thinking about it as a framework with the same properties of the object we are going to design. Looking at the Space as an abstract background of the objects that we are going to place in it, we risk to not understand how it plays a cultural and social role in human affairs. The configurations of people can be influenced by, or influence, a configuration of space: therefore, the apparent effect of Architecture on social outcomes seems to pass through the relation of spatial layouts. Movement is by far the dominant form of space use and, following this logic, we can argue how spatial configuration can influence the pattern of movement in space. Generative design processes can be used to define the properties for a space layout that better stimulate a sense of well-being through human behavior monitoring. The potential role of generative design processes finds its maximum expression wherever a certain problem's parameters and interactions bring a level of complexity, much greater than that could be handled by human cognitive processes alone. Generative design integrates artificial intelligence by using search algorithms to achieve high-performing results. However, the emphasis on the 'automated design procedures' should not overshadow the central role of the designer's intellectual capacity, essential for the critical judgement towards the employment of algorithms, the selection of input data parameters as well as the criteria of evaluation. Architects and planners now have the chance to calibrate their designs looking at human comfort and social interaction.
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Dąbrowska, Marta. "What is Indian in Indian English? Markers of Indianness in Hindi-Speaking Users’ Social Media Communication." In GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2019. The GLOCAL Unit, SOAS University of London, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.47298/cala2019.8-2.
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Public communication in the contemporary world constitutes a multifaceted phenomenon. The Internet offers unlimited possibilities of contact and public expression, locally and globally, yet exerts its power, inducing use of the Internet lingo, loosening language norms, and encourages the use of a lingua franca, English in particular. This leads to linguistic choices that are liberating for some and difficult for others on ideological grounds, due to the norms of the discourse community, or simply because of insufficient language skills and linguistic means available. Such choices appear to particularly characterise post-colonial states, in which the co-existence of multiple local tongues with the language once imperially imposed and now owned by local users makes the web of repertoires especially complex. Such a case is no doubt India, where the use of English alongside the nationally encouraged Hindi and state languages stems not only from its historical past, but especially its present position enhanced not only by its local prestige, but also by its global status too, and also as the primary language of Online communication. The Internet, however, has also been recognised as a medium that encourages, and even revitalises, the use of local tongues, and which may manifest itself through the choice of a given language as the main medium of communication, or only a symbolic one, indicated by certain lexical or grammatical features as identity markers. It is therefore of particular interest to investigate how members of such a multilingual community, represented here by Hindi users, convey their cultural identity when interacting with friends and the general public Online, on social media sites. This study is motivated by Kachru’s (1983) classical study, and, among others, a recent discussion concerning the use of Hinglish (Kothari and Snell, eds., 2011). This paper analyses posts by Hindi users on Facebook (private profiles and fanpages) and Twitter, where personalities of users are largely known, and on YouTube, where they are often hidden, in order to identify how the users mark their Indian identity. Investigated will be Hindi lexical items, grammatical aspects and word order, cases of code-switching, and locally coloured uses of English words and spelling conventions, with an aim to establish, also from the point of view of gender preferences, the most dominating linguistic patterns found Online.
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Rogers, Amanda. Creative Expression and Contemporary Arts Making Among Young Cambodians. Swansea University, May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/sureport.56822.
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This project analysed the creative practices and concerns of young adult artists (18-35 years old) in contemporary Cambodia. It examined the extent to which the arts are being used to open up new ways of enacting Cambodian identity that encompass, but also move beyond, a preoccupation with the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979). Existing research has focused on how the recuperation and revival of traditional performance is linked to the post-genocidal reconstruction of the nation. In contrast, this research examines if, and how, young artists are moving beyond the revival process to create works that speak to a young Cambodian population.The research used NGO Cambodian Living Arts’ 2020 Cultural Season of performances, workshops, and talks as a case study through which to examine key concerns of young Cambodian artists, trace how these affected their creative process, and analyse how the resulting works were received among audiences. It was funded through the AHRC GCRF Network Plus Grant ‘Changing the Story’ which uses arts and humanities approaches to ‘build inclusive societies with, and for, young people in post-conflict settings.