scholarly journals Cultural influences on the developing semantic lexicon

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1309-1336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karla McGREGOR ◽  
Natalie MUNRO ◽  
Su Mei CHEN ◽  
Elise BAKER ◽  
Jacob OLESON
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Children's Media ◽  
Wild Mammals ◽  
The Us ◽  
Chinese Zodiac ◽  
Animal Names ◽  
Apparent Influence ◽  
Flexible Organization

AbstractTo determine whether the developing semantic lexicon varies with culture, we examined the animal and food naming of children from three communities distinguished by language, cultural heritage, and population density. The children were five- and seven-year-olds from Australia (n = 197), Taiwan (n = 456), and the US (n = 172). Naming patterns revealed hierarchical and flexible organization of the semantic lexicon. The content of the lexicon, particularly food names, varied with cultural heritage. In all three communities, wild mammals were predominant during animal naming, a likely influence of children's media. The influence of the Chinese zodiac was evident in the clustering of animal names in the Taiwanese sample. There was no apparent influence of population density and little influence of language, except that the Taiwanese children more frequently named foods at the superordinate level, a possible influence of the structure of Mandarin. Children develop their lexicons in response to culture as experienced first-hand or through media.

From the Rise of Authentic Italian Restaurants in America to the Creation of New Multicultural Food Tourism Experiences

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Alessandra Campanari ◽  
Alessio Cavicchi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Italian American ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Food Tourism ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Food Identity

With the emergence of culinary multiculturalism in the globalized world, ethnic restaurants have become central symbols of postmodern life, no longer relegated to a domestic and community sphere, but able to attract non-ethnic customers without necessarily destroy food cultural heritage. In line with this trend, the article aims to contribute to the literature on new food tourism experiences by examining contemporary Italian restaurants in the US to investigate how Italian food identity in ethnic restaurants is advertised and sold. Starting from the literature on Italian culinary immigration in America, from the rise of the first Italian restaurants to the invention of the Italian American culinary tradition, the article provides an ethnographic study to understand the changing business environment that is leading new entrepreneurs in foodservice to diversify their business models towards the creation of new food tourism experiences as a result of an ever-changing dialogue between tradition and innovation.

Digitisation of Indigenous Cultural Objects: An Investigation into the Policy and Protocols for Digitised Indigenous Knowledge in selected Cultural Heritage Organisations in Australia and New Zealand.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kirsten Donna Francis
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
National Level ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
International Pressure ◽  
Theoretical Finding ◽  
Digital Collection

<p>This research project investigates the digital collections from selected heritage organisations, exploring how/if the rights of indigenous peoples are being protected by policy and protocol documents on the World Wide Web. It purposively surveys selected heritage collections across Australia and New Zealand and explores digital collection policies at local and national level, investigating the extent of international pressure, socio-cultural influences, and legislative constraints. This research project uses qualitative methodology in an interpretive way, using the hermeneutic circle and method for the collation for data and analysis. The major theoretical finding of this research project is that many cultural heritage organisations attempt to bridge the gap between Anglo-American development of legislation and indigenous intellectual property rights by the inclusion of specific policy measures becoming in effect socio-cultural agents for change</p>

scholarly journals Simultaneous estimation of seasonal population density, habitat preference and catchability of wild boars based on camera data and harvest records

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 200579
Author(s):  
Yuichi Yokoyama ◽  
Yoshihiro Nakashima ◽  
Gota Yajima ◽  
Tadashi Miyashita
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Habitat Preference ◽  
Population Control ◽  
Individual Recognition ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Simultaneous Estimation ◽  
Effective Population ◽  
Time Model ◽  
Wild Mammals ◽  
Wild Boars

Analyses of life history and population dynamics are essential for effective population control of wild mammals. We developed a model for the simultaneous estimation of seasonal changes in three parameters—population density, habitat preference and trap catchability of target animals—based on camera-trapping data and harvest records. The random encounter and staying time model, with no need for individual recognition, is the core component of the model—by combining this model with the catch-effort model, we estimated density at broad spatial scales and catchability by traps. Here, the wild boar population in central Japan was evaluated as a target population. We found that the estimated population density increased after the birth period and then decreased until the next birth period, mainly due to harvesting. Habitat preference changed seasonally, but forests having abandoned fields nearby were generally preferred throughout the season. These patterns can be explained by patterns of food availability and resting or nesting sites. Catchability by traps also changed seasonally, with relatively high values in the winter, which probably reflected changes in the attractiveness of the trap bait due to activity changes in response to food scarcity. Based on these results, we proposed an effective trapping strategy for wild boars, and discussed the applicability of our model to more general conservation and management issues.

scholarly journals Wetland square, market Pier: Designing for heritage in the New Zealand regional landscape

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Sari-Dewi Murray ◽  
Sam Kebbell ◽  
Martin Bryant
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Population Density ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Land Conservation ◽  
Conservation Practice ◽  
Urban Forms ◽  
Urban Edge ◽  
Regional Landscape ◽  
The Town

Supervisors: Sam Kebbell, Martin Bryant This design-led research project addresses the rapid environmental degradation and socioeconomic decline to which many of New Zealand's low-lying swampland regions have succumbed. The research critiques existing settlement patterns, investigating innovative urban forms that work dually to reactivate the wetland environments while increasing population density to levels required for public systems to function sustainably and vitally. The design project identifies a squared-off urban conservation wetland, transforming it into a new Wetland Square: a civic heart of the region’s natural and cultural heritage. A Market Pier is also proposed, extending from the urban edge of the town square towards the central wetland lagoon. The research rethinks traditional land conservation practice in New Zealand’s settled regional landscapes, stressing architecture’s responsibility to reconcile urban, ecological and cultural heritage systems to ensure environmental and community resilience in the regional landscape.

scholarly journals Călin Neamtu, Vitalie Barca, Zsolt Buna, Promoting and Capitalizing on the Vestiges from Sarmizegetusa Regia by Modern Multimedia Methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-173
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
The Other ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Accurate Expression ◽  
On Line ◽  
Local Traditions

Sarmizegetusa Regia was included, together with the other five Dacian fortresses, on the List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1999. They are a unique synthesis of external cultural influences and local traditions in terms of building techniques and overall, in the ancient military architecture, representing the grand expression of the civilisation of the Dacian Kingdom. These fortresses are the accurate expression of the exceptional development level of the Dacian civilisation, Sarmizegetusa Regia lying at the forefront of this fortified complex, epitomizing the evolution phenomenon from fortified centres to proto-urban agglomerations. As such, promoting these monuments and the numerous artefacts discovered by modern methods and techniques should become a priority. This paper presents a series of last generation applications and equipment that may be successfully used in promoting cultural heritage. Case studies include scanned artefacts and 3D reconstructions of the monuments in the site of Sarmizegetusa Regia, a monument on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites together with the other five Dacian fortresses (Bănița, Costești-Blidaru, Costești-Cetățuie, Piatra Roșie and Căpâlna). We present here the results obtained following the use of several hardware tracking systems, augmented virtual reality applications and haptic devices. One of the important aspects, when attempting to make enhanced on-line use of heritage good is the extent to which it is accessible and reusable by various categories of users, either specialists or the general public. Digitalizing a good in the cultural heritage is the first step for ensuring the broad access via the on-line medium, the quality of this process ensuring the electronic format artefact legitimacy and credibility, which means that it should be an electronic duplicate truthful to the real artefact.

scholarly journals THE SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURAL VALUES OF ECLECTIC STYLE SHOPHOUSES CASE STUDY: SUN YAT SEN MUSEUM PENANG, MALAYSIA

Panggung ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akram Zwain ◽  
Azizi Bahauddin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Chinese Origin ◽  
Southern Chinese ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
Unique Style ◽  
George Town ◽  
Heritage Area

AbstractThe Sun Yat Sen shophouse in Penang is a small private Museum, which was converted from a shophouse or townhouse situated in theArmenian Street heritage area of George Town. The building is an example of embraces of the architectural heritage of George Town which is an extraordinarily beautiful example of Straits Settlements merchant's shophouse.Historically, it is associated with the global historical personality of Dr. Sun Yat Sen and hisrevolutionary. This city was added to the UNESCO's world heritage list in 2008 to acknowledge its rich cultural heritage that constitutes of unique architectural and cultural townscape along the Straits of Melaka. This paper investigates the architectural plan of a shophouse and the valuesof cultural heritage buildingswhich eventually was converted into a Museum in George Town, Penang. Classified as an eclectic style shophouse, it is rich in design and art components featured in its architecture that are still sustaining until today. This building has an interesting mixture of architectural and cultural inspirations adapted from the Chinese origin, with the local Malay ethnicity and the European influencesthat colonised the region. The introduction of new non related architectural components into the southern Chinese (eclectic style) style in shophouses in George Town has resulted in the disappearance of this unique style of architecture. This investigation employs a qualitative research approach by documenting evidence and understanding the architectural as well as cultural influences of the southern Chineseeclectic style by studying the Sun Yat Sen Museum as a case study. The findings of the research point towards an understanding of the architectural and cultural influences that govern the design of the shophouse and its architectural character.Key words: sustainable architectural values, George Town, eclectic style, shophouses

scholarly journals Determinants of COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US: Spatial Analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niranjan J. Kathe ◽  
Rajvi J. Wani
Keyword(s):  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Population Density ◽  
Residential Segregation ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Racial Minorities ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Incidence And Mortality ◽  
The Us ◽  
Spatial Autoregressive

SUMMARYThe US continues to account for the highest proportion of the global coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) cases and deaths. Amid the second wave, it is important to contextualize the spread and success of mitigation efforts. The objective of this study was to assess the ecological determinants (policy, health behaviors, socio-economic, physical environment, and clinical care) of COVID-19 incidence and mortality. Data from the New York Times’ COVID-19 repository (01/21/2020-10/27/2020), 2020 County Health Rankings, 2016 County Presidential Election Returns, and 2018-2019 Area Health Resource File were used. County-level logged incidence and mortality rate/million were modelled using Spatial Autoregressive Combined model and spatial. Counties with higher proportions of Republican voters, and racial minorities, those not proficient in English, and higher population density, pollution-particulate matter, residential segregation between non-Whites & Whites were associated with high incidence rates. Subsequently, counties with higher Republican voters, excessive drinkers, children in single-parent households, uninsured adults, racial minorities, females, and high population density, pollution-particulate matter, and residential segregation between non-Whites & Whites was associated with high COVID-19 mortality rates. The study’s spatial models identified length of order, population density, income, and uninsurance rate, and race/ethnicity as some important determinants of the geographic disparities in COVID-19 incidence and mortality.

scholarly journals Impact of population density on Covid 19 infected and mortality rate in India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arunava Bhadra ◽  
Arindam Mukherjee ◽  
Kabita Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
London School ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Contagious Disease ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
The Us ◽  
To Come ◽  
London School Of Economics

The Covid 19 is a highly contagious disease which becomes a serious global health concern. The residents living in areas with high population density, such as big or metropolitan cities have a higher probability to come into close contact with others and consequently any contagious disease is expected to spread rapidly in dense areas. However, recently after analyzing Covid 19 cases in the US researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, London school of economics and IZA Institute of Labor Economics conclude that the spread of Covid 19 is not linked with population density. Here we investigate the influence of population density on Covid 19 spread and related mortality in the context of India. After a detailed correlation and regression analysis of infection and mortality rates due to Covid 19 at the district level we find moderate association between Covid 19 spread and population density.

Cultural heritage wars may affect Israeli-Arab ties

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The West ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Us ◽  
Peace Accords ◽  
Trump Administration

Significance The ‘Abraham Peace Accords’ between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and between Israel and Bahrain, were signed in September, after being brokered by the US Trump administration. Deals with Sudan and Morocco have since followed. Impacts Palestinian complaints will become more pointed as other Arab-Israeli ties strengthen and tourism increases. The Biden administration could engage in more scrutiny of right-wing Israeli claims, especially over the West Bank settlements. As right-wing politicians entrench their dominance, archaeological finds will drive more nationalistic interpretations of the past.

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