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Schmidt, Alex. "Ikea-fying Los Angeles." Boom 2, no. 2 (2012): 105–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/boom.2012.2.2.105.

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YILDIRIM, ENGIN, and SERDAR GÜLENER. "Individual application to the Turkish Constitutional Court as a case of constitutional transfer." Global Constitutionalism 5, no. 2 (June 24, 2016): 269–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2045381716000095.

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Abstract:The article has sought to clarify the phenomenon of constitutional transfer through an analysis of the introduction and implementation of the individual complaint procedure in Turkey. Individual access to constitutional courts has recently attained prominence as an effective tool of human rights protection and it is viewed as an example of the broader phenomenon of transfer of constitutional ideas from a point of origin to a new host environment. Critically applying the IKEA theory of constitutional transfer to the Turkish experience of the individual application to the Constitutional Court, we argue that the transfer process involves more than a simple interaction between the promoter and the importer, both of whom have converging as well as diverging expectations. The Turkish experience has proved a useful case to demonstrate the dynamic and multifaceted nature of the process of constitutional transfers. The Venice Commission, the European Court of Human Rights, the Turkish Constitutional Court and the Turkish Government all have important stakes in the success of the transfer to realise their own policy objectives.
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Hofman-Kohlmeyer, Magdalena. "Brand-Related User-Generated Content in Simulation Video Games: Qualitative Research Among Polish Players." Central European Management Journal 29, no. 1 (March 15, 2021): 61–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.7206/cemj.2658-0845.41.

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Purpose: The article sought to answer research questions regarding investigated branded content generated by players in simulation video games. How does the process work in video games? What are the characteristics of branded user-generated content in video games? To what extent players are willing to participate in branded content creation? Methodology: I conducted 20 in-depth interviews among Polish players, with the application of snowball sampling. The study participants were adult users of chosen simulation video games: The Sims, Second Life, and Euro Truck Simulator 2. Findings: We can distinguish content based on game mechanism, official add-ons, or game modding. Players frequently check some brands from a set offered by game developers and create content (e.g. in The Sims users can design house interiors with IKEA furniture). Some players are not satisfied by what a game offers and generate content based on modding (e.g. DHL trucks or McDonald’s restaurants inside the Euro Truck Simulator 2). In this respect, the article refers to Smith’s, Fischer’s, and Yongjian’s content dimensions. Branded game modifications described by respondents are characterized by a high level of similarity towards real brands and positive brand sentiment (valence). I noted no statement about player and marketer (brand) communication in gathered material. The biggest challenge for practitioners in the field of UGC in video games is how to manage brand messages. Practical Implications: Brand-related user-generated content is an important phenomenon in terms of the brand-building process and its impact on brand reception, which all require marketers’ attention. For game developers, such a content is a source of information about customer expectations. Players show their personal expectations by game modding. Originality/Value: Brand-related content generated by users is frequently associated with social media. The scholarship shows a lack of knowledge of branded user-generated content in video games.
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Tell, F., and A. Jean. "Ionic basis for endogenous rhythmic patterns induced by activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in neurons of the rat nucleus tractus solitarii." Journal of Neurophysiology 70, no. 6 (December 1, 1993): 2379–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.1993.70.6.2379.

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1. Activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in caudal nucleus tractus solitarii (cNTS) neurons elicited endogenous rhythmic activities. We used an in vitro brain stem slice preparation to determine the ionic mechanisms underlying the generation of these activities. 2. Using intracellular recordings, we found several ionic conductances to be responsible for the electrophysiological properties of cNTS neurons. After addition of tetrodotoxin (TTX) to the perfusate, cNTS neurons were still able to generate action potentials (APs). Because these APs were suppressed by the addition of cobalt or by the reduction of calcium, they were likely due to calcium currents (ICa). In addition, the amplitude of the afterhyperpolarization (AHP) that followed a train of TTX-resistant APs was reduced in both low-calcium and cobalt-containing saline. It was therefore suggested that calcium-activated potassium (IKCa) currents were involved in the AHP. Accordingly, application of apamin, a blocker of slow IKCa, also decreased the AHP. cNTS neurons exhibited a delayed excitation phenomenon, characterized by a ramplike depolarization that delayed the onset of neuronal firing, when they were depolarized from hyperpolarizing potential. The underlying current was presumed to be an A-current (IKA), because this phenomenon was suppressed during application of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP). 3. Application of NMDA elicited different types of discharge patterns in cNTS neurons: a repetitive firing at depolarized levels of membrane potential (above -60 mV) and rhythmic patterns characterized by either rhythmic bursting or rhythmic single discharges at hyperpolarized levels (within membrane potential range of -60 to -85 mV). In all neurons, rhythmic patterns were superimposed on oscillations of membrane potential. They were characterized by a sudden shift of membrane potential, followed by a ramp-shaped phase of depolarization that preceded spike elicitation. Addition of TTX to the saline did not suppress NMDA-induced oscillations. Therefore rhythmic patterns were not driven by synaptic mechanisms but resulted from endogenous properties of cNTS neurons. 4. APs superimposed on NMDA-induced depolarizations presented the same characteristics as those elicited by positive current pulses. NMDA-elicited oscillations of membrane potential were eliminated by removing magnesium from the saline. Therefore oscillation generation was based primarily on the NMDA channel properties. 5. Intrinsic conductances of cNTS neurons interacted with NMDA-gated conductances to shape the depolarization waveform. Because removal of calcium from the saline suppressed endogenous oscillations, ICa currents were required for the expression of rhythmic activities. IKCa currents were involved in the repolarization phase of oscillations because apamin increased the duration of the oscillations.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Gao, Xiaojing. "Enhancing Ikeda Time Delay System by Breaking the Symmetry of Sine Nonlinearity." Complexity 2019 (December 16, 2019): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2941835.

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In the present contribution, an asymmetric central contraction mutation (ACCM) model is proposed to enhance the Ikeda time delay system. The modified Ikeda system model is designed by introducing a superimposed tanh function term into the sine nonlinearity term. Stability and Hopf bifurcation characteristics of the system are analyzed theoretically. Numerical simulations, carried out in terms of bifurcation diagrams, Lyapunov exponents spectrum, phase portraits, and two-parameter (2D) largest Lyapunov exponent diagrams are employed to highlight the complex dynamical behaviors exhibited by the enhanced system. The results indicate that the modified system has rich dynamical behaviors including limit cycle, multiscroll hyperchaos, chaos, and hyperchaos. Moreover, as a major outcome of this paper, considering the fragile chaos phenomenon, the ACCM-Ikeda time delay system has better dynamical complexity and larger connected chaotic parameter spaces (connectedness means that there is no stripe corresponding to nonchaotic dynamics embedded in the chaos regions).
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Parani, Rizaldi, Astrid Pramesuari, Daffa Muhammad Maldiva, and Edlyn Felicia. "Mempertanyakan Kembali Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Di Era Post Truth Melalui Media Sosial." LONTAR: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi 6, no. 2 (December 26, 2018): 152. http://dx.doi.org/10.30656/lontar.v6i2.953.

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The phenomenon of post-truth appears, in which a view believed to be true is inverted and made contradictory as a new form of truth. This phenomenon appears to occur in several countries such as the United States, North Korea, the Philippines and also Indonesia. This can be seen from various actions carried out by radical organizations that question the values of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika with the desire to change these values by referring to religious values. This activity is increasingly growing in terms of followers, and further builds up on the blasphemy case accusations towards former Jakarta Governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.This research focuses on how the social media has an influence in expanding the spread of hoaxes and hate speech as an effort to destabilize the values of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. Information and data were obtained from interviews with mass organizations often labeled radical, non-governmental organizations and social observers.The results of this study confirm the need for capacity building both in the form of media literacy and also the socialization of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika values through social institutions and the Government. This is intended to create strong social capital, especially in fostering a sense of trust in the context of a pluralist society in Indonesia.Keywords: Post truth, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, Social Media, Social Capital, Trust.
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Engel, Jeffrey A. "Not Yet A Garrison State: Reconsidering Eisenhower's Military–Industrial Complex." Enterprise & Society 12, no. 1 (March 2011): 175–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1467222700009769.

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Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address continues to resonate, beyond this admirable special edition of Enterprise & Society. The term he employed to describe the influence of corporations and financial interests over national defense policy, the “military–industrial complex,” usefully summarized phenomenon of his time. It also depicts an ongoing and arguably even structural phenomenon within contemporary American society. Ike would therefore appear in retrospect one part keen observer, another prophet. As the articles in this forum collectively suggest, the ideas embedded within his now-famous phrase continue to frame contemporary scholarship fifty years after his final Oval Office speech, though with a far narrower lens than Ike envisioned, and with less dire societal results than he feared. The military–industrial complex is both more real, and less frightening, than he foretold. At least, so far.
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Intan, Tania. "FENOMENA 'WRITER’S BLOCK' DALAM NOVEL METROPOP 'THE ARCHITECTURE OF LOVE' KARYA IKA NATASSA." LEKSEMA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra 5, no. 2 (December 31, 2020): 147–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.22515/ljbs.v5i2.2462.

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Writer’s Block is a psychiatric phenomenon experienced by writers in the form of a deadlock when writing because of certain obstacles. This study discusses the writer’s block that the female protagonist experienced in the metropop novel The Architecture of Love by Ika Natassa. Data was collected by the documentation study technique and reviewed with a literary psychology approach. The theoretical foundation used is the theory of Bergler, Singer Barrios. The research problems formulated are how the writer’s block phenomenon is displayed in the novel The Architecture of Love, and how the narrative elements in the work support the themes presented by the author. The results showed that the writer’s block phenomenon experienced by the main character was especially caused by unhappiness that is manifested in the form of apathy, anger, anxiety, and problems with other people (ex-husband). Because the writer’s block is a psychological symptom, in this novel, the disorder can be overcome with therapy in the form of relaxation and establishing relationships with new people. As a romance-themed novel, the metropolitan novel The Architecture of Love is built by narrative elements that support the writer’s block theme.
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Intan, Tania, and Vincentia Tri Handayani. "FENOMENA CAMPUR KODE DALAM NOVEL METROPOP ANTOLOGI RASA KARYA IKA NATASSA (Mixed-codes Phenomenon in the Metropop Novel of Antologi Rasa by Ika Natassa)." Kandai 16, no. 2 (November 30, 2020): 259. http://dx.doi.org/10.26499/jk.v16i2.1285.

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Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengungkap fenomena campur kode di dalam novel Antologi Rasa karya Ika Natassa dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dan pendekatan sosiolinguistik. Kerangka konsep penelitian ini dilandasi oleh referensi teoretis yang mengaitkan sosiolinguistik, bilingualisme-plurilingualisme, dan alih kode-campur kode. Dari data yang dikumpulkan, terdapat wujud campur kode berupa (1) penyisipan kata yang kemudian dibagi atas kelas kata, yaitu nomina, adjektiva, konjungsi, dan interjeksi, (2) penyisipan frasa berupa frasa nominal, frasa preposisional, dan frasa adjektival, (3) penyisipan baster, (4) penyisipan klausa, dan (5) penyisipan idiom. Penelitian juga menunjukkan bahwa para tokoh dan narator di dalam novel Antologi Rasa, yaitu: Keara, Harris, dan Ruly, ditampilkan sebagai sosok-sosok muda metropolitan bilingual yang secara aktif dan konsisten menggunakan kombinasi bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris untuk berkomunikasi. Para tokoh, terutama Keara dan Harris, tampak sangat leluasa mempraktikkan campur kode, baik saat berbicara dengan tokoh-tokoh lain, maupun ketika bertutur di dalam hati. Penggunaan campur kode dapat dianggap menunjang kategorisasi dan labelisasi novel Antologi Rasa sebagai sebuah karya metropolitan-populer (metropop).This research was conducted to uncover the phenomenon of code mixing in the Ika Natassa’s novel of Antologi Rasa by using descriptive qualitative method and sociolinguistic approach. The frame of research concept is based on theoretical references that relate sociolinguistics, bilingualism-plurilingualism, with code-mixed-code switching. From the data collected, there are mixed codes in the form of (1) word insertion which is then divided into word classes, namely nouns, adjectives, conjunctions, and interjections, (2) insertion of phrases in nominal phrases, prepositional phrases, and adjunctival phrases, (3) baster insertion, (4) clause insertion, and (5) idiom insertion. The research also shows that the characters and narrators in the novel of Antologi Rasa, namely: Keara, Harris, and Ruly, are shown as bilingual metropolitan young figures who actively and consistently use a combination of Indonesian and English to communicate. The characters, especially Keara and Harris, seem very free to practice code mixing, both when talking to other characters and speaking inwardly. The use of mixed code can be considered to support the categorization and labeling of the Antologi Rasa novel as a popular metropolitan work.
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Péant, B., J. Diallo, L. Lessard, A. Mes-Masson, and F. Saad. "Regulation of IKKe expression by androgen receptor and NF-kB transcriptional factor in prostate cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncology 24, no. 18_suppl (June 20, 2006): 10106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2006.24.18_suppl.10106.

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10106 Background: In unstimulated cells, NF-kB transcription factor is sequestered in the cytoplasm as an inactive p65/p50 dimer through interaction with a member of the inhibitor of kB protein family (IkBa). Prominent constitutive activation of NF-kB was observed in prostate cancer (PCa) cell lines lacking androgen receptor (AR) expression (PC3 and DU145) whereas only very low levels of NF-kB activity were seen in androgen-dependent cell lines (LNCaP and CWR22Rv1). As IkB kinase-e (IKKe) has recently been shown to be controlled by NF-kB, we hypothesize that IKKe may be involved in PCa progression based on its interaction with the NF-kB protein, and that these interactions are influenced by AR signaling. Methods: LNCaP cells were used to study IKKe expression with or without stimulation by the analog of androgen R1881 and by the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a. IKKe protein and RNA expression were characterized by immunoblot assay and quantitative PCR, respectively. IKKe expression was then correlated with p65 nuclear localisation. NF-kB activity was inhibited using an IkBa dominant negative construction. Inhibition of AR synthesis was performed using a siRNA against AR. Results: IKKe gene expression was stimulated by TNF-a treatment in LNCaP cells and inhibited by transfection of a dominant negative form of IkBa which prevented the nuclear translocation of p65. We also observed constitutive IKKe expression in hormone-refractory cells. Furthermore, we showed that TNF-a-induced IKKe expression is inhibited by R1881 in hormone-responsive PCa cells and this inhibition was correlated with the modulation of IkBa expression by R1881. Finally, we observed that the expression of IKKe is constitutively induced after blocking AR expression in LNCaP cells. Conclusions:. Our results show that IKKe expression is regulated by NF-kB in PCa cell lines. Moreover, IKKe appears to be down-regulated by ligand-dependent AR signaling through the control of IkBa expression. Further studies will be needed in order to determine the implications of this phenomenon with regard to NF-kB regulation, androgen resistance and effect on PCa progression. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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ARGYRIS, JOHN, and CORNELIU CIUBOTARIU. "A NEW PHYSICAL EFFECT MODELED BY AN IKEDA MAP DEPENDING ON A MONOTONICALLY TIME-VARYING PARAMETER." International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 09, no. 06 (June 1999): 1111–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218127499000766.

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In this paper we study the dynamics of a charged particle in a constant external magnetic field and the field due to a polarized electromagnetic wave. We observe a new phenomenon, the chaotic gun effect, which appears in the case of a sufficiently large amplitude of the wave. We show that the longitudinal component of the momentum undergoes oscillations with a chaotic modulation of the amplitude which increases suddenly to a value which remains constant between two consecutive phase Larmor circles. The novel effect may be modeled by a time-regressive system associated with an Ikeda map depending on a monotonically time-varying parameter.
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Purwaningsih, Rahma Fitria, and Doli Witro. "Islam Nusantara in Slogan Bhinneka Tunggal Ika: Al-Quran Perspective." Cakrawala: Jurnal Studi Islam 15, no. 1 (June 29, 2020): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.31603/cakrawala.v15i1.3301.

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Islam is a religion of mercy. However, terrorism, bombings, and inter-religious conflicts affect the image of Islam as a radical religion and reject differences. It becomes dramatic when Indonesia is considered a pluralist and homogeneous state Bhinneka Tunggal Ika to see Islam as a radical religion. This phenomenon provides a reflection that radicalism has infected Indonesian society and injured cultural differences. Along with this, Islam Nusantara, which became viral lately, has become a questionable purpose and essence. This study discusses Islam in Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, which is filled with pros and cons of differences and contains the value of unity in cultural diversity. The research uses a qualitative approach with a literature study. The study shows that the controversy over the archipelago Islam revolves around the meaning of the terms. Islam Nusantara is interpreted as a middle ground Islam and is not a new understanding, manhaj, or paradigm that is synonymous with violence or Islamization of the region by force way
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Ehianu, Wilson E., and Finomo Julia Awajiusuk. "Ascertaining Causes of Death: A Comparative Study of the Ika of Delta State and the Obolo of Rivers State." Tattva - Journal of Philosophy 5, no. 2 (July 30, 2015): 71–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.12726/tjp.10.5.

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The cut and thrust of this paper is the re-examination of an age long belief and practice among the Ika people of Delta State and the Obolo of Rivers State which is aimed at discouraging the practice of witchcraft and sorcery. The study critically evaluates the phenomenon which includes necromancy, divination and poison ordeal and concludes that caution is needed as the act which involves human life is not without imperfection. The discourse is comparative as it examines the methods of ascertaining death among the Ika and Obolo. It employs moral, social and philosophical springboards for the analysis. Some of the findings includes: belief in witchcraft is very strong among the people and age long practices to eradicate same will endure, if nothing is done to discourage it. A major constraint is that matters relating to witchcraft and sorcery are metaphysical and so difficult to verify.Keywords: Death, Ascertain, Cosmology, Necromancy, Divination and Ordeal by poison
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Blondeaux, P., and G. Seminara. "A unified bar–bend theory of river meanders." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 157 (August 1985): 449–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112085002440.

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A two-dimensional model of flow and bed topography in sinuous channels with erodible boundaries is developed and applied in order to investigate the mechanism of meander initiation. By reexamining the problem recently tackled by Ikeda, Parker & Sawai (1981), a previously undiscovered ‘resonance’ phenomenon is detected which occurs when the values of the relevant parameters fall within a neighbourhood of certain critical values. It is suggested that the above resonance controls the bend growth, and it is shown that it is connected in some sense with bar instability. In fact, by performing a linear stability analysis of flow in straight erodible channels, resonant flow in sinuous channels is shown to occur when curvature ‘forces’ a ‘natural’ solution represented by approximately steady perturbations of the alternate bar type. A comparison with experimental observations appears to support the idea that resonance is associated with meander formation.
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Kuo, Sung Hsin, Li-Tzong Chen, Kun-Huei Yeh, Hui-Jen Tsai, Hsiao-Wei Lee, and Ann-Lii Cheng. "Effective treatment of aggressive B-cell lymphomas by downregulated NIK-induced noncanonical NF-κB pathway activation through inhibition of BAFF." Journal of Clinical Oncology 31, no. 15_suppl (May 20, 2013): e13554-e13554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.e13554.

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e13554 Background: We recently reported that autocrine BAFF (B cell–activating factor belonging to the TNF family) signal transduction pathway contributes to H. pylori-independent growth of gastric diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) (Blood 2008;112:2927-34; Ann Hematol 2010;89:431-6). In this study, we sought to investigate whether activation of BAFF signaling pathway can promote the survival and proliferation of aggressive B-cell lymphoma. Methods: Seven aggressive NHL cell lines (EBV-negative Burkitt’s lymphoma (Ramos), EBV-positive Burkitt’s lymphoma (Raji), EBV-negative undifferentiated lymphoma (MC116), activated B cell (ABC)-like DLBCL (OCI-Ly3, OCI-Ly10), and germinal center B cell (GCB)-like DLBCL (OCI-Ly7, and Pfeiffer) were used in this study. Cell cycle was analyzed by flow cytometry. The DNA-binding activity of NF-kB was determined by the luciferase assay. Expression of non-canonical NF-κB signatures-related proteins (BAFF, BAFF-R, NIK, cIAP1, TRAF2, cIAP1/2, TRAF3, IKKa, p100, p52 and RelB, BCL10, BCL3, and STAT3) was assessed by immunoblotting. Results: Our results showed that in GCB-DLBCL cell lines, activation of BAFF induced recruitment and degradation of TRAF3, which resulted in NIK kinase accumulation, BCL10 Ser138 phosphorylation, IKKa phosphorylation, and NF-kB p100 processing, thereby resulting in continuous activation of non-canonical NF-kB pathway. This phenomenon also resulted in BCL3 nuclear translocation and STAT3 activation, and subsequently activated STAT3 downstream-regulated genes (BCL2, survivin, and cyclin D1). Furthermore, we found that inhibition of BAFF by short hairpin RNA (shRNA) suppressed the growth of ABC-DLBCL cells and Burkitt lymphoma cells through the down-regulation of BAFF/BAFF-R/TRAF3/NIK/BCL3/NF-kB signaling pathway. Conclusions: Our results indicate that constitutive BAFF signaling activates NIK-induced non-canonical NF-kB signaling pathway in aggressive B-cell lymphoma, and inhibition of BAFF is particularly effective in the treatment of this subgroup of tumors.
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Siahaan, Daniel Syafaat. "Ketika Aku dan Kamu Menjadi Kita: Dialog Misi Penginjilan Kristen dengan Dakwah Islam Menggunakan Pendekatan Teologi Interkultural dalam Konteks Indonesia." Gema Teologika 2, no. 1 (April 28, 2017): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.21460/gema.2016.21.280.

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Evangelism and da'wah are two obligations or responsibilities of people, Christians and muslims. I wonder how long these two religions involved in a "cold war" or even a real war, because of arrogant fundamentalist notion. Arrogant because with full consciousness has monopolized the truth, and act like they own the only true God. God has been reduced to their own and considers others deify the wrong god. As a result, the shape of evangelism is not far from the impression of christianization, and the form of da'wah not far from the impression of islamization. Whereas, we find the plural phenomenon in Indonesia. In fact, with the philosophy of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, Indonesian society should be able to appreciate and preserve otherness in harmony better. But reality says different. Christianization and islamization, plural occurs. Intention to write this article, arose from this concern. How evangelism and da'wah should be done in the context of the plurality of Indonesia, so in the end, You and I become Us.
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Siahaan, Daniel Syafaat. "Ketika Aku dan Kamu Menjadi Kita: Dialog Misi Penginjilan Kristen dengan Dakwah Islam Menggunakan Pendekatan Teologi Interkultural dalam Konteks Indonesia." GEMA TEOLOGIKA 2, no. 1 (April 28, 2017): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.21460/gema.2017.21.280.

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Evangelism and da'wah are two obligations or responsibilities of people, Christians and muslims. I wonder how long these two religions involved in a "cold war" or even a real war, because of arrogant fundamentalist notion. Arrogant because with full consciousness has monopolized the truth, and act like they own the only true God. God has been reduced to their own and considers others deify the wrong god. As a result, the shape of evangelism is not far from the impression of christianization, and the form of da'wah not far from the impression of islamization. Whereas, we find the plural phenomenon in Indonesia. In fact, with the philosophy of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, Indonesian society should be able to appreciate and preserve otherness in harmony better. But reality says different. Christianization and islamization, plural occurs. Intention to write this article, arose from this concern. How evangelism and da'wah should be done in the context of the plurality of Indonesia, so in the end, You and I become Us.
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Musyafiq, Ahmad. "SPIRITUALITAS KAUM FUNDAMENTALIS." Walisongo: Jurnal Penelitian Sosial Keagamaan 20, no. 1 (May 30, 2012): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.21580/ws.20.1.186.

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<p class="IIABSBARU">One of the most important phenomenon that characterized the begining of XXI century is the blossom of spiritual activities. Broadly speaking, there are two model of spiritualities: institutional spirituality like tarekat and non-institutional spirituality. This article focus on how religious study that so far executed by Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia Central Java, which much pertained to the main themes of tasawuf study, like purification of heart, tawakkal, ikhlas, sabar, etc. But because they rejected tasawwuf, so they applied the term of spirituality.</p><p class="IKa-ABSTRAK">***</p>Salah satu fenomena terpenting yang yang mencirikan awal abad XXI adalah berkembangnya aktifitas spiritual. Secara luas, ada dua model spiritualitas: spiritualitas institusional seperti tarikat dan spiritualitas non-institusional. Artikel ini memfokuskan pada bagaimana kajian agama yang selama ini dilakukan oleh Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia in central Java yang terkait erat dengan tema-tema utama dalam kajian tasawuf seperti pemurnian hati, tawakkal, ikhlas, sabar, dan lain-lain. Namun karena mereka menolak tasawuf maka mereka mereka menggunakan spiritualitas.
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Komarudin, Komarudin. "PENGALAMAN BERSUA TUHAN: PERSPEKTIF WILLIAM JAMES DAN AL-GHAZALI." Walisongo: Jurnal Penelitian Sosial Keagamaan 20, no. 2 (December 15, 2012): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.21580/ws.2012.20.2.209.

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<p class="IIABSBARU">Experience of meeting God constitutes an interresting phenomenon and become the focus of interrest of many disciplines. Psychology and tasawuf are two disciplines which focusedly study this phenomenon applying different approaches. Ghazali is the representative of the dicsipline of tasawwuf and William James is the representative of the dicsipline of psychology. The both experts applied the different approaches in studying the religious experiences. Epistemological base on which William James used , has the scientific accountability but less accurate in the source of knowledge. In other side, Ghazali has a deep source of knowledge but less of rationality. An effort to compromise the both approach in order to study about the experience of meeting God will result in a comprehensive, deep, and objective depiction.</p><p class="IKa-ABSTRAK">***</p><p class="IIABSBARU">Pengalaman bersua Tuhan merupakan fenomena yang menarik dan menjadi titik perhatian banyak disiplin ilmu. Psikologi dan tasawuf merupakan dua disiplin ilmu yang memfokuskan kajiannya pada fenomena ini dengan menerapkan pendekatan yang berbeda. Ghazali adalah representasi dari disiplin ilmu tasawuf dan William James adalah representasi disiplin ilmu psikologi. Kedua ahli tersebut menggunakan pendekatan yang berbeda dalam mengkaji pengalaman keagamaan. Basis epistimologi yang digunakan oleh James memiliki akuntabilitas ilmiah namun kurang akurat dalam sumber pengetahuannya. Di sisi lain Ghazali memiliki sumber pengetahuan yang dalam namun kurang dari sisi rasionalitas. Upaya untuk mengkompromikan kedua pendekatan dalam rangka untuk mengkaji pengalaman bersua Tuhan akan menghasilkan penggambaran yang dalam dan obyektif.</p>
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SIMANJUNTAK, DAIRI SAPTA RINDU, and Yessie Aldriani. "DECADENCE DESCRIPTION OF THE LEXICON UNDERSTANDING IN THE PART OF THE BATAK TOBA’S BODY LANGUAGE BY TEENAGERS IN BATAM CITY." JURNAL BASIS 6, no. 2 (November 1, 2019): 267. http://dx.doi.org/10.33884/basisupb.v6i2.1377.

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Indonesia is known as the country "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" that means unity in diversity also symbolizes the unity of the NKRI which is strong and sturdy even though it consists of different backgrounds. Ethnic language is one type of diversity that Indonesian have. In heterogeneous societal structures, language clashes are an unavoidable phenomenon especially in big cities. Language attitudes are tested especially in groups of teenagers. If the speech community does not have a strong language attitude, it will certainly have an impact on language retention. One of the ethnic groups that experienced in this phenomenon was the Batak Toba ethnic group as the urban people in Batam. The aim of this study is to describe the occurrence of the understanding of the Batak Toba adolescents in Batam City in terms of lexicon mastery related to body parts. To get the data on the level of understanding of respondents, as many as 45 lexicon data were tested through a questionnaire to respondents aged 12-18 years who numbered 50 people, and the results were further described. The results showed that there was a decrease in understanding in the group of adolescents towards the body language lexicon of the Batak Toba language. The majority of respondents only heard of the lexicons but did not know the references. This is evidence of the gap in ethnic language understanding between parents and adolescents. This understanding gap is a result of the lack of learning or use of ethnic language in the family. If this condition is then left alone, it is certain that the lexicon will become extinct because it will disappear from the entity's understanding of the speaker.
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Rokhmad, Abu. "SENGKETA TANAH KAWASAN HUTAN DAN RESOLUSINYA DALAM PERSPEKTIF FIQH." Walisongo: Jurnal Penelitian Sosial Keagamaan 21, no. 1 (June 15, 2013): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.21580/ws.2013.21.1.240.

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<p class="IIABSBARU">Land dispute on forest area in Blora Regency is still developing. This is a form of resistence among Blora community toward the patterns of forrest management by Perhutani since New Order. Many things became the trigger like illegal logging, violence involving community members, and claim on land ownership. This article studied the phenomenon applying fiqh perspective in order to develop peace building that was based on common good. However natural resources management constituted an important part in doing worship to God, so it needed to be accorded to Islamic spirit.<strong></strong></p><p class="IKa-ABSTRAK">***</p>Konflik sengketa tanah kawasan hutan di kabupaten Blora terus bergulir. Kisah ini merupakan sejarah lama karena resistensi masyarakat Blora terhadap pola-pola pengelolaan hutan oleh Perhutani telah dimulai sejak masa Orde Baru. Banyak hal yang menjadi pemicu persoalan seperti penebangan liar, kekerasan yang melibatkan warga, dan klaim kepemilikan atas tanah. Tulisan ini mencoba melakukan kajian secara fiqh atas fenomena tersebut, sebagai salah satu upaya mengembangkan resolusi perdamaian berdasarkan dari kemaslahatan bersama. Bagaimanapun pengelolaan atas alam merupakan bagian penting dari prosesi ibadah kepada Tuhan sehingga perlu disesuaikan dengan spirit Islam.
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Sumardjoko, Bambang, and Arif Subowo. "The Implementation of Javanese Local Wisdom Values as Strengthening the Practice of Pancasila." Social, Humanities, and Educational Studies (SHEs): Conference Series 4, no. 4 (April 23, 2021): 186. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/shes.v4i4.50610.

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<p><em>For the Indonesian people, Pancasila is the basis of the state and way of life, as well as the state ideology. In practice, it appears that the practice of Pancasila values is still weak and concerning. If this phenomenon is not handled seriously, it can become a threat to the existence of Pancasila in society, nation, and state. Indonesia is a country whose society is multicultural, consisting of various religions, races, tribes, cultures, and ethnicities, but has noble values that have been passed down from our ancestors to be preserved, namely Pancasila which unites the Indonesian nation. The Indonesian state consists of regions that have different local wisdom values. These values become guidelines and are cared for by all elements of society because they provide convenience in realizing national values. Even though each region has different local wisdom values, the Indonesian people remain united, namely ‘Bhineka Tunggal Ika’. There are many Javanese local wisdoms and for people who uphold the values of Javanese local wisdom, consciously or unconsciously, they have contributed significantly to the practice of Pancasila. The writing of this article is intended to describe the implementation of Javanese local wisdom values as a form of strengthening the practice of Pancasila. The main issues raised include the values of Javanese local wisdom, the practice of Pancasila values, and the implementation of Javanese local wisdom values as a form of strengthening the experience of Pancasila values. Materials and methods of writing articles use library research which is sourced from primary and secondary data, namely from expert informants, books, and relevant research journals. Finally, in this paper it is stated that the implementation of Javanese local wisdom values will be able to strengthen the practice of Pancasila values in the midst of a multicultural Indonesian society.</em></p>
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Sunarto, Bambang. "Adangiyah." Dewa Ruci: Jurnal Pengkajian dan Penciptaan Seni 16, no. 1 (May 5, 2021): iii—iv. http://dx.doi.org/10.33153/dewaruci.v16i1.3601.

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This edition is the first issue of Dewa Ruci’s Journal, in which all articles are in English. We deliberately changed the language of publication to English to facilitate information delivery to a wider audience. We realize that English is the official language for many countries rather than other languages in this world. The number of people who have literacy awareness and need scientific information about visual and performing arts regarding the archipelago’s cultural arts is also quite large.The decision to change the language of publication to English does not mean that we do not have nationalism or are not in love with the Indonesian language. This change is necessary to foster the intensity of scientific interaction among writers who are not limited to Indonesia’s territory alone. We desire that the scientific ideas outlined in Dewa Ruci’s Journal are read by intellectual circles of the arts internationally. We also want to express our scientific greetings to art experts from countries in New Zealand, the USA, Australia, Europe, especially Britain, and other English-speaking countries such as the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Canada. Of course, a change in English will also benefit intellectuals from countries that have acquired English as a second language, such as Malaysia, Brunei, Israel, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. In essence, Dewa Ruci’s Journal editor wants to invite writers to greet the scientific community at large.We are grateful that six writers can greet the international community through their articles. The first is Tunjung Atmadi and Ika Yuni Purnama, who wrote an article entitled “Material Ergonomics on Application of Wooden Floors in the Interior of the Workspace Office.” This article discusses office interiors that are devoted to workspaces. The purpose of this study is to share knowledge about how to take advantage of space-forming elements in the interior design of a workspace by utilizing wooden floors like parquet. The focus is on choosing the use of wood by paying attention to the elements in its application. This research result has a significant meaning in the aesthetics, comfort, and safety of wooden floors in the workspace’s interior and its advantages and disadvantages.The second writer who had the opportunity to greet the Dewa Ruci Journal audience was intellectuals with diverse expertise, namely Taufiq Akbar, Dendi Pratama, Sarwanto, and Sunardi. Together they wrote an article entitled “Visual Adaptation: From Comics to Superhero Creation of Wayang.” This article discusses the fusion and mixing of wayang as a traditional culture with comics and films as contemporary culture products. This melting and mixing have given birth to new wayang creations with sources adapted from the superhero character “Avenger,” which they now call the Avenger Wayang Kreasi. According to them, Wayang Kreasi Avenger’s making maintains technical knowledge of the art of wayang kulit. It introduces young people who are not familiar with wayang kulit about the technique of carving sungging by displaying the attributes in the purwa skin for Wayang Kreasi Avenger. This creativity is an attempt to stimulate and show people’s love for the potential influence of traditional cultural heritage and its interaction with the potential of contemporary culture.The next authors are Sriyadi and RM Pramutomo, with an article entitled “Presentation Style of Bedhaya Bedhah Madiun Dance in Pura Mangkunegaran.” This article reveals a repertoire of Yogyakarta-style dance in Mangkunegaran, Surakarta, namely the Bedhaya Bedhah Madiun. The presence of this dance in Mangkunegaran occurred during the reign of Mangkunegara VII. However, the basic character of the Mangkunegaran style dance has a significant difference from the Yogyakarta style. This paper aims to examine the Bedhaya Bedhah Madiun dance’s presentation style in Mangkunegaran to determine the formation of its presentation technique. The shape of the Bedhaya Bedhah Madiun dance style in Mangkunegaran did not occur in an event but was a process. The presentation style’s formation is due to a problem in the inheritance system that has undergone significant changes. These problems arise from social, political, cultural, and economic conditions. The responses to these problems have shaped the Bedhaya Bedhah Madiun dance's distinctive features in Mangkunegaran, although not all of them have been positive.Hasbi wrote an article entitled “Sappo: Sulapa Eppa Walasuji as the Ideas of Creation Three Dimensional Painting.” This article reveals Hasbi’s creative process design in creating three-dimensional works of art, named Sappo. He got his inspiration from the ancient manuscripts written in Lontara, namely the manuscripts written in the traditional script of the Bugis-Makassar people on palm leaves, which they still keep until now. Sappo for the Bugis community is a fence that limits (surrounds, isolates) the land and houses. Sappo’s function is to protect herself, her family, and her people. Sulapa Eppa means four sides, is a mystical manifestation, the classical belief of the Bugis-Makassar people, which symbolizes the composition of the universe, wind-fire-water-earth. Walasuji is a kind of bamboo fence in rhombus rituals. Eppa Walasuji’s Sulapa is Hasbi’s concept in creating Sappo in the form of three-dimensional paintings. The idea is a symbolic expression borrowing the Lontara tradition's idiom to create a symbolic effect called Sappo.Mahdi Bahar and his friends wrote an article entitled “Transformation of Krinok to Bungo Krinok Music: The Innovation Certainty and Digital-Virtual Contribution for Cultural Advancement.” Together, they have made innovations to preserve Krinok music, one of Jambi’s traditional music themes, into new music that they call Bungo Krinok. He said that innovation is a necessity for the development of folk music. In innovating, they take advantage of digital technology. They realize this music’s existence as a cultural wealth that has great potential for developing and advancing art. The musical system, melodic contours, musical grammar, and distinctive interval patterns have formed krinok music’s character. This innovation has given birth to new music as a transformation from Jambi folk music called “Bungo Krinok” music.Finally, Luqman Wahyudi and Sri Hesti Heriwati. They both wrote an article entitled “Social Criticism About the 2019 Election Campaign on the Comic Strip Gump n Hell.” They explained that in 2019 there was an interesting phenomenon regarding the use of comic strips as a means of social criticism, especially in the Indonesian Presidential Election Campaign. The title of the comic is Gump n Hell by Errik Irwan Wibowo. The comic strip was published and viral on social media, describing the political events that took place. In this study, they took three samples of the comic strip Gump n Hell related to the moment of the 2019 election to analyze their meaning. From the results of this study, there is an implicit meaning in the comic strip of pop culture icons' use to represent political figures in the form of parodies.That is the essence of the issue of Volume 16 Number 1 (April Edition), 2021. Hopefully, the knowledge that has been present in this publication can spur the growth of visual and performing art science in international networks, both in the science of art creation and in scientific research of art in general. We hope that the development of visual and performing art science can reveal the various meanings behind various facts and phenomena of art life. Therefore, the growth of international networks is an indispensable need.Thank you.
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Walkowiak, Justyna B. "Jeszcze o apelatywizacji imienia „Janusz”." Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Słowiańskiej 55 (December 31, 2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.11649/sfps.1879.

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Further Remarks on the Appellativisation of the Given Name JanuszThe appellativisation of a given name, especially when related to its stigmatisation, is not frequent in Polish. All the more amazing is the rapid career of the name Janusz as an appellative. The phenomenon was first apparent in such phrases as janusze plaży or janusze polskiej gospodarki, used on the Internet and in the print media in the early 2010s, with a clear peak of the popularity of this type of phraseology observed in 2015. The names of Janusz’s wife Grażyna or of his son Seba (Sebastian) have not yet been appellativised, but they also create an image of “typical Poles”, overusing beach windscreens, wearing socks with sandals, stealing pencils from Ikea or trying to impress their neighbours at all costs. Based on an analysis of corpus-type data, this article attempts to explain why this name has become a symbol of the shameful traits of Poles, what associations it evokes, and to what degree it has been subject to appellativisation. Jeszcze o apelatywizacji imienia JanuszApelatywizacja imienia, zwłaszcza wiążąca się z jego stygmatyzacją, nie zdarza się w języku polskim często. Tym bardziej zadziwia błyskawiczna kariera imienia Janusz jako apelatywu. Po raz pierwszy o januszach plaży czy januszach polskiej gospodarki można było przeczytać w internecie i prasie tradycyjnej bodaj na początku drugiej dekady tego wieku, przy czym wyraźny szczyt popularności tego typu frazeologizmów przypadł na rok 2015. Żona Janusza Grażyna czy syn Seba nie doczekali się jeszcze apelatywizacji swych imion, ale też kreują wizerunek typowych Polaków, odgradzających swój grajdołek plażowy parawanem, noszących skarpetki do sandałów, kradnących ołówki z Ikei czy za wszelką cenę starających się zaimponować sąsiadom. W artykule – w oparciu o analizę danych o charakterze korpusowym – podjęta zostanie próba wyjaśnienia, dlaczego akurat to imię stało się symbolem wstydliwych cech Polaków, jakie budzi skojarzenia i w jakim stopniu uległo apelatywizacji.
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Alimba, J. O. "Rural economic survival and environmental sustainability: the charcaol phenomenon of Ika Area of Delta State, Nigeria." Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 2, no. 1 (June 20, 2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jafs.v2i1.41612.

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Dwivedi, Prabha Shankar, and Priyanka Tripathi. "Understanding the Gender Biases in Modern and Pre-modern Times through Mricchakatika and Utsav." Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 12, no. 4 (September 29, 2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v12n4.17c.

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Gender Bias is a phenomenon that strengthens in India as a result of personal values and perception, traditionally assigned roles on the basis of sex and regressive ideologies deeply entrenched in patriarchy. Vasantasen? is the protagonist of the M?cchaka?ika of ??draka, a classical Indian masterpiece written in c. 350 BCE which was later adapted into a Hindi film–Utsav (1985) written and directed by Girish Karnad. Despite being an adaptation, in its filmy avatar, Karnad denies Vasantasen? love and respect due to her profession and resorts to endorsing the conventional whereas in the original text she is a respectable woman. The article offers a comparative study of the treatment given to courtesans in general and reflects upon their complex realities by comparing the treatment of an Indian courtesan of two historically apart periods.
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Susilawati, Ika. "ANALISIS PENGARUH IKLAN, BRAND TRUST DAN BRAND IMAGE TERHADAP MINAT BELI KONSUMEN SAMSUNG GALAXY DI PONOROGO." Justicia Islamica 9, no. 1 (February 22, 2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.21154/justicia.v9i1.341.

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<p align="center"><strong>ANALISIS PENGARUH IKLAN, <em>BRAND TRUST </em>DAN <em>BRAND IMAGE </em>TERHADAP MINAT BELI KONSUMEN SAMSUNG GALAXY DI PONOROGO</strong><strong> </strong></p><p align="center"><strong> </strong></p><p align="center"><em>Ika Susilawati</em><em></em></p><p align="center"> </p><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> <em>This research background that the current phenomenon android-based phones in Indonesia in controlled by Samsung, whereas before 2010 the master phones in Indonesia is another vendor. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence consumers to buy Samsung galaxy in Ponorogo. This research is descriptive quantitative, using three hypotheses. Analysis of the hypothesis in this study uses a linear regression analysis and t-test with SPSS tools. There are two variables in this study; the dependent variable is interest to buy, and the independent variables, namely advertising, brand image and brand trust, which indicated that three independent variables affect the dependent variable. Third in the proposed hypothesis is H1: Variable advertising influence buying interest, H2: Brand Trust variables affect buying interest, H3: Brand Image variables affect buying interest. The result is all the t-test that produced t-table. T-chart in this study was 0.05. Produce t-test H1 and H2 yield 0.000 t-tests 0.001 while the H3 produce 0.004 t-tests. So from all these results the hypothesis is accepted. So in the hope that this study will contribute to the company that buying interest is influenced by various factors, including advertising, brand trust and brand image, so the company will further improve the service and quality of product.</em></p><p> </p><p class="Default"><strong>Kata kunci:</strong> iklan, <em>brand trust, brand image</em>, minat beli</p>
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Kolff, Louise Moana. "New Nordic Mythologies." M/C Journal 20, no. 6 (December 31, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.1328.

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IntroductionNordic mythology, also known as Norse mythology, is a term used to describe Medieval creation myths and tales of Gods and otherworldly realms, told and retold by Northern Germanic and Scandinavian tribes of the ninth century AD (see for example Gaiman).I discuss a new type of Nordic mythology that is being created through popular culture, social media, books, and television shows. I am interested in how contemporary portrayals of the Nordic countries has created a kind of mythological place called Scandinavia, where things, people, and ideas are better than in other places.Whereas the old myths portray a fierce warrior race, the new myths create a utopian Scandinavia as a place that is inherently good; a place that is progressive and harmonious. In the creation of these new myths the underbelly of the North is often neglected, producing a homogenised representation of a group of countries that are in actuality diverse and inevitably imperfect.ScandimaniaGenerally the term Scandinavia always refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. When including Finland and Iceland, it is more accurate to refer to the five as the Nordic countries. I was born and grew up in Denmark. My observations are skewed towards a focus on Denmark, rather than Scandinavia as a whole. Though I will use the term Nordic and Scandinavia throughout the article, it is worth noting that these definitions describe a group of countries that despite some commonalities are also quite different in geography, and culture.Whether we are speaking strictly of Scandinavia or of the Nordic countries as a whole, one thing is certain: in recent years there has been a surge of popularity in all things Nordic. Scandinavian design has been popular since the 1950s, known for its functionality and simplistic beauty, and globalised through the Swedish furniture chain IKEA. Consequently, Nordic interior design has become a style widely praised and emulated, as has Nordic fashion, architecture, and innovation.The fact that Scandinavian people are often represented as being intelligent and beautiful adds to the notion of stylish and aesthetically pleasing ideals. This is partly why sperm from Danish sperm donors is the most sought after and widely distributed in the world: perhaps prospective parents find the idea of having a baby of Viking stock appealing (Kale). Nordic countries are also known for their egalitarian societies, which are described as “the holy grail of a healthy economy and society” (Cleary). These are countries where the collective good is cherished. Tax rates are high (in Denmark between 55 per cent and 60 per cent of income), which leads to excellent welfare systems.In recent years other terms have entered the collective Western vocabulary. New Nordic Cuisine describes a trend that has taken the culinary world by storm. This term refers to food that is created with seasonal, local, and foraged ingredients. The emphasis being a renewed connection to nature and old ways. In 2016 the Danish word hygge was shortlisted by the Oxford Dictionary as word of the year. A word, which has no direct English translation, it means “a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture)”. Countless books were published in the United Kingdom, and elsewhere, explaining the art of hygge. Other Scandinavian words are now becoming popular, such as the Swedish lagom, meaning “just enough”.In the past two years, the United Nations’ World Happiness Report listed Denmark and Norway as the happiest places on earth. Other surveys similarly put the Nordic countries on top as the most prosperous places on earth (Anderson).Mythologies and Discursive FormationsThe standard definition of myth is a “traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.” Or “A widely held but false belief or idea” (Oxford Dictionaries, Myth).During what became known as the “discursive turn”, both Barthes and Foucault expanded the conception of myth by placing it within a wider socio-political and historical contexts of power and truth. “Discursive formations” became a commonly accepted way of describing a cluster of ideas, images, and practices that define particular “truths” within a given cultural context (Hall 6). In other words, myths serve specific purposes within given socio-cultural constructions.I argue that the current idolisation of Scandinavia is creating a common global narrative of a superior society. A mythical place that has “figured it out”, and found the key to happiness. The mythologised North is based on an array of media stories, statistics, reports, articles, advertising, political rhetoric, books, films, TV series, exhibitions, and social media activity. These perpetuate a “truth” of the Nordic countries as being especially benign, cultured, and distinguished. The Smiling PolicemanIn his well-known essay Myth Today, Barthes analyses an image of a North African boy in uniform saluting the French flag on the front cover of a magazine. Barthes argues that by analysing the semiotic meaning of the image in two stages, one can identify the “myth”.The first level is the signifiers (what we see), a dark skinned boy, a uniform, a raised arm, a flag. The signified is our recognition of these as a North African boy raising his arm to the French flag. The second level of interpretation is the wider context in which we understand what we see: the greatness of France is signified in the depiction of one of her colonial subjects submitting to and glorifying the flag. That is to say, the myth generated by the image is the story of France as a great colonial and military nation.Now take a look at this image, which was distributed the world over in newspapers, online media, and in turn social media (Warren; Kolff). This image is interesting because it epitomises much of what is believed about Scandinavia (the new myths). If we approach the image through the semiotic lens of Barthes, we firstly describe what is seen in the picture (signifiers): a blonde policeman, a girl of dark complexion, a road in the countryside, a van in the distance, and some other people with backpacks on the side of the road. When we put these elements together in context, we understand that the image to be depicting a Danish policeman, blonde, smiling and handsome, playing with a Syrian refugee girl on an empty Danish highway, with her fellow refugees behind her.The second level of interpretation (the myth) is created by combining the elements into a story: A friendly police officer is playing with a refugee girl, which is unusual because policemen are commonly seen as authoritarian and unfriendly to illegal immigrants. This policeman is smiling. He is happy in his job. He is healthy, good-looking, and compassionate.This fits the image of Scandinavian men as good fathers (they have paternity leave, and often help equally with child rearing). The image confirms that the happiest people on earth would of course also have happy, friendly policemen. The belief that the Scandinavian social model is one to admire would appear to be endorsed.The fact that this is in a rural setting with green landscapes adds further to the notion of Nordic freshness, naturalness, environmentalism, and food that comes from the wild. The fact that the policeman is well-groomed, stylish, well-built, and handsome reinforces the notion that Scandinavia is a place of style and taste, where the good Viking gene pool produces fit and beautiful people.It makes sense that in a place with a focus on togetherness and the common good, refugees are also treated well. Just as the French image of a dark-skinned boy saluting the French flag sent out messages of French superiority, this image sends out messages of inherent Nordic goodness in a time where positive images of the European refugee crisis are few and far between.In a discursive discussion, one asks not only what meanings does this image convey, but why is this image chosen, distributed, shared, tweeted, and promoted over other images? What purpose does its proliferation serve? What is the historical context in which it is popularised? What is the cultural imagination/narrative that is served? In the current often depressing socio-political situation in Europe, people like to know that there is a place where compassion and play exists.Among other news stories of death, despair, and border protection, depictions of an idealised North can help calm anxieties by implying the existence of a place that is free of conflict. Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen writes:The flood of journalistic and popular ethnographic explorations of the Nordic region in the UK is an expression, perhaps, of a search for a lost sense of identity, a nostalgic longing for an imagined past society more in tune with pre-Thatcherite welfarist values, by way of consuming, appropriating and exoticising proximate cultural identities such as the now much hyped Danish or Nordic utopias. (Nordic Noir, 6)In The Almost Nearly Perfect People, British writer Michael Booth wonders: “one thing in particular about this new-found love of all things Scandinavian … which struck me as particularly odd: considering all this positive PR, and with awareness of the so-called Nordic miracle at an all-time high, why wasn’t everyone flocking to live here [in Denmark]?” (7).In actuality not many people in the West are interested in living in the Nordic countries. Rather, as Barbara Goodwin writes: “utopias hold up a mirror to the fears and aspirations of the time in which they were written” (2). In other words, in an age of anxiety, where traditional norms and stabilities are shifting, to believe that there is a place where contemporary societies have found a way of living in happiness and togetherness provides a sense of hope. People are not flocking to live in Scandinavia because it is not in their interests to have their utopian ideals shattered by the reality that, though the North has a lot to offer, it is inevitably not a utopia (Sougaard-Nielsen, The Truth Is).UnderbellyParadoxically, in recent years, Scandinavia has become well known for its “Nordic Noir” crime fiction and television. In the documentary TV series Scandimania, British TV personality Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall travels through Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, exploring the culture, scenery, and food. He finds it curious that Denmark has become so famous for its sombre crime series, such as The Killing and The Bridge, because it seems so far removed from the Denmark he experiences riding around the streets of Copenhagen on his bike.Fearnley-Whittingstall ponders that one has to look hard to find the dark side of Denmark, and that perhaps it does not actually exist at all. This observation points to something essential. Even though millions of viewers worldwide have seen shows such as The Killing, which are known for their dark story lines, bleak urban settings, complex but realistic characters, progressive gender equality, and social commentary, the positive mythologising of Scandinavia remains so strong that it engenders a belief that the underbelly shown in Nordic Noir is perhaps entirely fictional.Stougaard-Nielsen (see also Pitcher, Consuming Race) argues that perhaps the British obsession with Nordic Noir (and this could be applied to other western countries) can be attributed to “a more appropriate white cosmopolitan desire to imagine rooted identities in an age of globalisation steeped in complex identity politics” (Nordic Noir, 8). That is to say that, for a segment of society which feels overwhelmed by contemporary multiculturalism, there may be a pleasure in watching a show that is predominantly populated by white Nordic protagonists, where the homes and people are stylish, and where the Nordic model of welfare and progressive thinking provides a rich identity source for white people as a symbolic point of origin.The watching/reading of Nordic Noir, as well as other preoccupations with all things Nordic, help build upon a mythological sense of whiteness that sets itself apart from our usual notions of race politics, by being an accepted form of longing for the North of bygone ages: a place that is progressive, moral, stylish, and imbued with aspirational ways of living, thinking, and being (Pitcher, Racial Politics).The image of the Danish police officer and the refugee girl fits this ideal of a progressive society where race relations are uncomplicated. The policeman who epitomises the Nordic ideal is in a position of power, but this is an authority which is benevolent. The girl is non-threatening in her otherness, because she is a child and female, and therefore does not fit the culturally dreaded Muslim/terrorist stereotype. In this constellation the two can meet beautifully.The reality, of course, is that the race relations and issues surrounding immigration in Denmark, and in other Nordic countries, are as complicated and often messy and hateful as they are in other countries. In Sweden, as Fearnley-Whittingstall touches upon in Scandimania, there are escalating problems with integration of the many new Swedes and growing inequalities in wealth. In Norway, the underlying race tensions became acutely topical in the aftermath of the 2011 massacre, where right-wing extremist Anders Breivik killed 77 people. Denmark has one of the harshest anti-immigration laws in Europe, laws that are continuously being tightened (Boserup); and whenever visiting Denmark I have been surprised to see how much space and time discussions about immigration and integration take up in the news and current affairs.If we contrast the previous image with the image above, taken within a similar timeframe on the same Danish highway, we can see the reality of Danish immigration policies. Here we are exposed to a different story. The scene and the location is the same, but the power dynamics have shifted from benign, peaceful, and playful to aggressive, authoritarian, and conflict ridden. A desperate father carries his daughter, determined to march on towards their destination of Sweden. The policeman is pulling his arm, attempting to detain the refugees so that they cannot go further, the goal being to deport the Syrians back to their previous place of detention, just over the border in Germany (Harticollis). While the previous image reflects the humanity of the refugee crisis, this image reflects the politics, policies, and to a large extent public opinion in Denmark, which is not refugee-friendly. This image, however, was not widely distributed, partly because it feeds into the same depressing narrative of an unsolvable refugee crisis seen so often elsewhere, and partly because it does not fit into the narrative of the infallible North. It could not be tweeted with the hashtag #Humanity, nor shared on Facebook with a smiley face and liked with an emoji heart.Another image from Denmark, in the form of a politically funded billboard, shows that there are deep-seated tendencies within Danish society that want to promote and retain a Denmark which adheres to its traditional values and ethnic whiteness. The image was displayed all over the country, at train stations, bus stops, and other public spaces when I visited in 2016. It was issued by Dansk Folkeparti (the Danish People’s Party); a party which is anti-immigration and which was until recently the country’s second largest party. The title says “Our Denmark”, while the byline cleverly plays with the double meaning of passe på: it can mean “there is so much we need to take care of”, but also “there is so much we need to beware of.” In other words, the white working-class family needs to take care of their Denmark, and beware of anyone who does not fit into this norm. Though hugely contested and criticised (Cremer; see a counter-reaction designed by opponents below), the fact that thinly veiled anti-immigration propaganda can be so readily distributed speaks of an underbelly in Danish society that is not made of the dark murder mysteries in The Killing, but rather of a quietly brewing distain for the foreigner that reigns within stylishly designed living rooms. ConclusionMyths are stories cultures tell and retell until they form a belief system that becomes a natural part of our collective narrative. For Barthes, these stories were intrinsically connected to our understanding of language and our ability to read images, films, artifacts, and popular culture more generally. To later cultural theorists, the notion of discursive formations expands this understanding, to see myth within a broader network of socio-political discourses placed within a certain place and time in history. When connected, small narratives (images, advertising, film, music, news stories, social media sharing, scientific evidence, etc.) come together to form a common narrative (the myth) about how things are and should be in relation to a particular topic. 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Stewart, Jon. "Oh Blessed Holy Caffeine Tree: Coffee in Popular Music." M/C Journal 15, no. 2 (May 2, 2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/mcj.462.

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Introduction This paper offers a survey of familiar popular music performers and songwriters who reference coffee in their work. It examines three areas of discourse: the psychoactive effects of caffeine, coffee and courtship rituals, and the politics of coffee consumption. I claim that coffee carries a cultural and musicological significance comparable to that of the chemical stimulants and consumer goods more readily associated with popular music. Songs about coffee may not be as potent as those featuring drugs and alcohol (Primack; Schapiro), or as common as those referencing commodities like clothes and cars (Englis; McCracken), but they do feature across a wide range of genres, some of which enjoy archetypal associations with this beverage. m.o.m.m.y. Needs c.o.f.f.e.e.: The Psychoactive Effect of Coffee The act of performing and listening to popular music involves psychological elements comparable to the overwhelming sensory experience of drug taking: altered perceptions, repetitive grooves, improvisation, self-expression, and psychological empathy—such as that between musician and audience (Curry). Most popular music genres are, as a result, culturally and sociologically identified with the consumption of at least one mind-altering substance (Lyttle; Primack; Schapiro). While the analysis of lyrics referring to this theme has hitherto focused on illegal drugs and alcoholic beverages (Cooper), coffee and its psychoactive ingredient caffeine have been almost entirely overlooked (Summer). The most recent study of drugs in popular music, for example, defined substance use as “tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and other stimulants, heroin and other opiates, hallucinogens, inhalants, prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and nonspecific substances” (Primack 172), thereby ignoring a chemical stimulant consumed by 90 per cent of adult Americans every day (Lovett). The wide availability of coffee and the comparatively mild effect of caffeine means that its consumption rarely causes harm. One researcher has described it as a ubiquitous and unobtrusive “generalised public activity […] ‘invisible’ to analysts seeking distinctive social events” (Cooper 92). Coffee may provide only a relatively mild “buzz”—but it is now accepted that caffeine is an addictive substance (Juliano) and, due to its universal legality, coffee is also the world’s most extensively traded and enthusiastically consumed psychoactive consumer product (Juliano 1). The musical genre of jazz has a longstanding relationship with marijuana and narcotics (Curry; Singer; Tolson; Winick). Unsurprisingly, given its Round Midnight connotations, jazz standards also celebrate the restorative impact of coffee. Exemplary compositions include Burke/Webster’s insomniac torch song Black Coffee, which provided hits for Sarah Vaughan (1949), Ella Fitzgerald (1953), and Peggy Lee (1960); and Frank Sinatra’s recordings of Hilliard/Dick’s The Coffee Song (1946, 1960), which satirised the coffee surplus in Brazil at a time when this nation enjoyed a near monopoly on production. Sinatra joked that this ubiquitous drink was that country’s only means of liquid refreshment, in a refrain that has since become a headline writer’s phrasal template: “There’s an Awful Lot of Coffee in Vietnam,” “An Awful Lot of Coffee in the Bin,” and “There’s an Awful Lot of Taxes in Brazil.” Ethnographer Aaron Fox has shown how country music gives expression to the lived social experience of blue-collar and agrarian workers (Real 29). Coffee’s role in energising working class America (Cooper) is featured in such recordings as Dolly Parton’s Nine To Five (1980), which describes her morning routine using a memorable “kitchen/cup of ambition” rhyme, and Don't Forget the Coffee Billy Joe (1973) by Tom T. Hall which laments the hardship of unemployment, hunger, cold, and lack of healthcare. Country music’s “tired truck driver” is the most enduring blue-collar trope celebrating coffee’s analeptic powers. Versions include Truck Drivin' Man by Buck Owens (1964), host of the country TV show Hee Haw and pioneer of the Bakersfield sound, and Driving My Life Away from pop-country crossover star Eddie Rabbitt (1980). Both feature characteristically gendered stereotypes of male truck drivers pushing on through the night with the help of a truck stop waitress who has fuelled them with caffeine. Johnny Cash’s A Cup of Coffee (1966), recorded at the nadir of his addiction to pills and alcohol, has an incoherent improvised lyric on this subject; while Jerry Reed even prescribed amphetamines to keep drivers awake in Caffein [sic], Nicotine, Benzedrine (And Wish Me Luck) (1980). Doye O’Dell’s Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves (1952) is the archetypal “truck drivin’ country” song and the most exciting track of its type. It subsequently became a hit for the doyen of the subgenre, Red Simpson (1966). An exhausted driver, having spent the night with a woman whose name he cannot now recall, is fighting fatigue and wrestling his hot-rod low-loader around hairpin mountain curves in an attempt to rendezvous with a pretty truck stop waitress. The song’s palpable energy comes from its frenetic guitar picking and the danger implicit in trailing a heavy load downhill while falling asleep at the wheel. Tommy Faile’s Phantom 309, a hit for Red Sovine (1967) that was later covered by Tom Waits (Big Joe and the Phantom 309, 1975), elevates the “tired truck driver” narrative to gothic literary form. Reflecting country music’s moral code of citizenship and its culture of performative storytelling (Fox, Real 23), it tells of a drenched and exhausted young hitchhiker picked up by Big Joe—the driver of a handsome eighteen-wheeler. On arriving at a truck stop, Joe drops the traveller off, giving him money for a restorative coffee. The diner falls silent as the hitchhiker orders up his “cup of mud”. Big Joe, it transpires, is a phantom trucker. After running off the road to avoid a school bus, his distinctive ghost rig now only reappears to rescue stranded travellers. Punk rock, a genre closely associated with recreational amphetamines (McNeil 76, 87), also features a number of caffeine-as-stimulant songs. Californian punk band, Descendents, identified caffeine as their drug of choice in two 1996 releases, Coffee Mug and Kids on Coffee. These songs describe chugging the drink with much the same relish and energy that others might pull at the neck of a beer bottle, and vividly compare the effects of the drug to the intense rush of speed. The host of “New Music News” (a segment of MTV’s 120 Minutes) references this correlation in 1986 while introducing the band’s video—in which they literally bounce off the walls: “You know, while everybody is cracking down on crack, what about that most respectable of toxic substances or stimulants, the good old cup of coffee? That is the preferred high, actually, of California’s own Descendents—it is also the subject of their brand new video” (“New Music News”). Descendents’s Sessions EP (1997) featured an overflowing cup of coffee on the sleeve, while punk’s caffeine-as-amphetamine trope is also promulgated by Hellbender (Caffeinated 1996), Lagwagon (Mr. Coffee 1997), and Regatta 69 (Addicted to Coffee 2005). Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night: Coffee and Courtship Coffee as romantic metaphor in song corroborates the findings of early researchers who examined courtship rituals in popular music. Donald Horton’s 1957 study found that hit songs codified the socially constructed self-image and limited life expectations of young people during the 1950s by depicting conservative, idealised, and traditional relationship scenarios. He summarised these as initial courtship, honeymoon period, uncertainty, and parting (570-4). Eleven years after this landmark analysis, James Carey replicated Horton’s method. His results revealed that pop lyrics had become more realistic and less bound by convention during the 1960s. They incorporated a wider variety of discourse including the temporariness of romantic commitment, the importance of individual autonomy in relationships, more liberal attitudes, and increasingly unconventional courtship behaviours (725). Socially conservative coffee songs include Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night by The Boswell Sisters (1933) in which the protagonist swears fidelity to her partner on condition that this desire is expressed strictly in the appropriate social context of marriage. It encapsulates the restrictions Horton identified on courtship discourse in popular song prior to the arrival of rock and roll. The Henderson/DeSylva/Brown composition You're the Cream in My Coffee, recorded by Annette Hanshaw (1928) and by Nat King Cole (1946), also celebrates the social ideal of monogamous devotion. The persistence of such idealised traditional themes continued into the 1960s. American pop singer Don Cherry had a hit with Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (1962) that used coffee as a metaphor for undying and everlasting love. Otis Redding’s version of Butler/Thomas/Walker’s Cigarettes and Coffee (1966)—arguably soul music’s exemplary romantic coffee song—carries a similar message as a couple proclaim their devotion in a late night conversation over coffee. Like much of the Stax catalogue, Cigarettes and Coffee, has a distinctly “down home” feel and timbre. The lovers are simply content with each other; they don’t need “cream” or “sugar.” Horton found 1950s blues and R&B lyrics much more sexually explicit than pop songs (567). Dawson (1994) subsequently characterised black popular music as a distinct public sphere, and Squires (2002) argued that it displayed elements of what she defined as “enclave” and “counterpublic” traits. Lawson (2010) has argued that marginalised and/or subversive blues artists offered a form of countercultural resistance against prevailing social norms. Indeed, several blues and R&B coffee songs disregard established courtship ideals and associate the product with non-normative and even transgressive relationship circumstances—including infidelity, divorce, and domestic violence. Lightnin’ Hopkins’s Coffee Blues (1950) references child neglect and spousal abuse, while the narrative of Muddy Waters’s scorching Iodine in my Coffee (1952) tells of an attempted poisoning by his Waters’s partner. In 40 Cups of Coffee (1953) Ella Mae Morse is waiting for her husband to return home, fuelling her anger and anxiety with caffeine. This song does eventually comply with traditional courtship ideals: when her lover eventually returns home at five in the morning, he is greeted with a relieved kiss. In Keep That Coffee Hot (1955), Scatman Crothers supplies a counterpoint to Morse’s late-night-abandonment narrative, asking his partner to keep his favourite drink warm during his adulterous absence. Brook Benton’s Another Cup of Coffee (1964) expresses acute feelings of regret and loneliness after a failed relationship. More obliquely, in Coffee Blues (1966) Mississippi John Hurt sings affectionately about his favourite brand, a “lovin’ spoonful” of Maxwell House. In this, he bequeathed the moniker of folk-rock band The Lovin’ Spoonful, whose hits included Do You Believe in Magic (1965) and Summer in the City (1966). However, an alternative reading of Hurt’s lyric suggests that this particular phrase is a metaphorical device proclaiming the author’s sexual potency. Hurt’s “lovin’ spoonful” may actually be a portion of his seminal emission. In the 1950s, Horton identified country as particularly “doleful” (570), and coffee provides a common metaphor for failed romance in a genre dominated by “metanarratives of loss and desire” (Fox, Jukebox 54). Claude Gray’s I'll Have Another Cup of Coffee (Then I’ll Go) (1961) tells of a protagonist delivering child support payments according to his divorce lawyer’s instructions. The couple share late night coffee as their children sleep through the conversation. This song was subsequently recorded by seventeen-year-old Bob Marley (One Cup of Coffee, 1962) under the pseudonym Bobby Martell, a decade prior to his breakthrough as an international reggae star. Marley’s youngest son Damian has also performed the track while, interestingly in the context of this discussion, his older sibling Rohan co-founded Marley Coffee, an organic farm in the Jamaican Blue Mountains. Following Carey’s demonstration of mainstream pop’s increasingly realistic depiction of courtship behaviours during the 1960s, songwriters continued to draw on coffee as a metaphor for failed romance. In Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain (1972), she dreams of clouds in her coffee while contemplating an ostentatious ex-lover. Squeeze’s Black Coffee In Bed (1982) uses a coffee stain metaphor to describe the end of what appears to be yet another dead-end relationship for the protagonist. Sarah Harmer’s Coffee Stain (1998) expands on this device by reworking the familiar “lipstick on your collar” trope, while Sexsmith & Kerr’s duet Raindrops in my Coffee (2005) superimposes teardrops in coffee and raindrops on the pavement with compelling effect. Kate Bush’s Coffee Homeground (1978) provides the most extreme narrative of relationship breakdown: the true story of Cora Henrietta Crippin’s poisoning. Researchers who replicated Horton’s and Carey’s methodology in the late 1970s (Bridges; Denisoff) were surprised to find their results dominated by traditional courtship ideals. The new liberal values unearthed by Carey in the late 1960s simply failed to materialise in subsequent decades. In this context, it is interesting to observe how romantic coffee songs in contemporary soul and jazz continue to disavow the post-1960s trend towards realistic social narratives, adopting instead a conspicuously consumerist outlook accompanied by smooth musical timbres. This phenomenon possibly betrays the influence of contemporary coffee advertising. From the 1980s, television commercials have sought to establish coffee as a desirable high end product, enjoyed by bohemian lovers in a conspicuously up-market environment (Werder). All Saints’s Black Coffee (2000) and Lebrado’s Coffee (2006) identify strongly with the culture industry’s image of coffee as a luxurious beverage whose consumption signifies prominent social status. All Saints’s promotional video is set in a opulent location (although its visuals emphasise the lyric’s romantic disharmony), while Natalie Cole’s Coffee Time (2008) might have been itself written as a commercial. Busting Up a Starbucks: The Politics of Coffee Politics and coffee meet most palpably at the coffee shop. This conjunction has a well-documented history beginning with the establishment of coffee houses in Europe and the birth of the public sphere (Habermas; Love; Pincus). The first popular songs to reference coffee shops include Jaybird Coleman’s Coffee Grinder Blues (1930), which boasts of skills that precede the contemporary notion of a barista by four decades; and Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee (1932) from Irving Berlin’s depression-era musical Face The Music, where the protagonists decide to stay in a restaurant drinking coffee and eating pie until the economy improves. Coffee in a Cardboard Cup (1971) from the Broadway musical 70 Girls 70 is an unambiguous condemnation of consumerism, however, it was written, recorded and produced a generation before Starbucks’ aggressive expansion and rapid dominance of the coffee house market during the 1990s. The growth of this company caused significant criticism and protest against what seemed to be a ruthless homogenising force that sought to overwhelm local competition (Holt; Thomson). In response, Starbucks has sought to be defined as a more responsive and interactive brand that encourages “glocalisation” (de Larios; Thompson). Koller, however, has characterised glocalisation as the manipulative fabrication of an “imagined community”—whose heterogeneity is in fact maintained by the aesthetics and purchasing choices of consumers who make distinctive and conscious anti-brand statements (114). Neat Capitalism is a more useful concept here, one that intercedes between corporate ideology and postmodern cultural logic, where such notions as community relations and customer satisfaction are deliberately and perhaps somewhat cynically conflated with the goal of profit maximisation (Rojek). As the world’s largest chain of coffee houses with over 19,400 stores in March 2012 (Loxcel), Starbucks is an exemplar of this phenomenon. Their apparent commitment to environmental stewardship, community relations, and ethical sourcing is outlined in the company’s annual “Global Responsibility Report” (Vimac). It is also demonstrated in their engagement with charitable and environmental non-governmental organisations such as Fairtrade and Co-operative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE). By emphasising this, Starbucks are able to interpellate (that is, “call forth”, “summon”, or “hail” in Althusserian terms) those consumers who value environmental protection, social justice and ethical business practices (Rojek 117). Bob Dylan and Sheryl Crow provide interesting case studies of the persuasive cultural influence evoked by Neat Capitalism. Dylan’s 1962 song Talkin’ New York satirised his formative experiences as an impoverished performer in Greenwich Village’s coffee houses. In 1995, however, his decision to distribute the Bob Dylan: Live At The Gaslight 1962 CD exclusively via Starbucks generated significant media controversy. Prominent commentators expressed their disapproval (Wilson Harris) and HMV Canada withdrew Dylan’s product from their shelves (Lynskey). Despite this, the success of this and other projects resulted in the launch of Starbucks’s in-house record company, Hear Music, which released entirely new recordings from major artists such as Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and Elvis Costello—although the company has recently announced a restructuring of their involvement in this venture (O’Neil). Sheryl Crow disparaged her former life as a waitress in Coffee Shop (1995), a song recorded for her second album. “Yes, I was a waitress. I was a waitress not so long ago; then I won a Grammy” she affirmed in a YouTube clip of a live performance from the same year. More recently, however, Crow has become an avowed self-proclaimed “Starbucks groupie” (Tickle), releasing an Artist’s Choice (2003) compilation album exclusively via Hear Music and performing at the company’s 2010 Annual Shareholders’s Meeting. Songs voicing more unequivocal dissatisfaction with Starbucks’s particular variant of Neat Capitalism include Busting Up a Starbucks (Mike Doughty, 2005), and Starbucks Takes All My Money (KJ-52, 2008). The most successful of these is undoubtedly Ron Sexsmith’s Jazz at the Bookstore (2006). Sexsmith bemoans the irony of intense original blues artists such as Leadbelly being drowned out by the cacophony of coffee grinding machines while customers queue up to purchase expensive coffees whose names they can’t pronounce. In this, he juxtaposes the progressive patina of corporate culture against the circumstances of African-American labour conditions in the deep South, the shocking incongruity of which eventually cause the old bluesman to turn in his grave. Fredric Jameson may have good reason to lament the depthless a-historical pastiche of postmodern popular culture, but this is no “nostalgia film”: Sexsmith articulates an artfully framed set of subtle, sensitive, and carefully contextualised observations. Songs about coffee also intersect with politics via lyrics that play on the mid-brown colour of the beverage, by employing it as a metaphor for the sociological meta-narratives of acculturation and assimilation. First popularised in Israel Zangwill’s 1905 stage play, The Melting Pot, this term is more commonly associated with Americanisation rather than miscegenation in the United States—a nuanced distinction that British band Blue Mink failed to grasp with their memorable invocation of “coffee-coloured people” in Melting Pot (1969). Re-titled in the US as People Are Together (Mickey Murray, 1970) the song was considered too extreme for mainstream radio airplay (Thompson). Ike and Tina Turner’s Black Coffee (1972) provided a more accomplished articulation of coffee as a signifier of racial identity; first by associating it with the history of slavery and the post-Civil Rights discourse of African-American autonomy, then by celebrating its role as an energising force for African-American workers seeking economic self-determination. Anyone familiar with the re-casting of black popular music in an industry dominated by Caucasian interests and aesthetics (Cashmore; Garofalo) will be unsurprised to find British super-group Humble Pie’s (1973) version of this song more recognisable. Conclusion Coffee-flavoured popular songs celebrate the stimulant effects of caffeine, provide metaphors for courtship rituals, and offer critiques of Neat Capitalism. Harold Love and Guthrie Ramsey have each argued (from different perspectives) that the cultural micro-narratives of small social groups allow us to identify important “ethnographic truths” (Ramsey 22). Aesthetically satisfying and intellectually stimulating coffee songs are found where these micro-narratives intersect with the ethnographic truths of coffee culture. 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