The Impact of Cultural Context on Innovative Iraqi Architecture: Houses Façades as a Case Study

Social media has become part and parcel of the world of today. These days, it’s still the most talked about thing. It cannot be overlooked because it plays a key role in our business functions such as marketing and advertising. Social Media is all about collaboration on files, ideas and projects that help users and stakeholders to successfully complete the project. It influences how people communicate, develop relationship, build trust, increase transparency and provide cultural context. The fundamental aim of this research is to investigate the capacity for project management in social media. This paper explains how social media is used for project management knowledge areas and process groups. Also this research aims to identify SM tools that can be suitable for project management processes. Two studies Delphi Study of three rounds and structured case study interview are used to investigate the impact on the performance of the project team and process robustness. These studies support social media use by accessing the contribution to relationship building, trusts, coordination and cohesion.

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The development of cultural heritage in Gozo, and its potential as a tourism niche

International Journal of Tourism Cities ◽

10.1108/ijtc-05-2017-0027 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 184-195 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniel Borg

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Added Value ◽

Case Study Methodology ◽

Content Type ◽

State Institutions ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a case study on the development of the cultural heritage sector on the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago. The studying of these relationships is very important to maximise the impact of the cultural heritage sector on tourism. The importance of the development of cultural tourism as a specific niche has been consistently recognised (Boissevain, 1994; Ministry for Tourism and Culture, 2007; Ministry for Tourism Culture and the Environment, 2016; Ministry for Tourism, 2014). Design/methodology/approach A case study methodology is adopted. The findings have been sourced mainly through secondary data such as official publications and materials available publicly, and through the author’s in-depth knowledge of the socio-cultural context of Gozo. Findings The paper’s main outcome is that the success of the cultural heritage sector in Gozo can be attributed to the close collaboration that exists between the Ministry for Gozo (responsible for Gozitan affairs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). While a culture of mistrust towards state institutions is generally prevalent among Gozitans (Azzopardi, 2015), the level of collaboration between the Ministry for Gozo and NGOs, may tend to show that Gozitans are more keen to trust state institutions run by the same Gozitans. Originality/value This paper analyses the underlying relationships in the cultural heritage sector on the island of Gozo. This is very important to continue building up on this niche as an added value to the tourism sector in Gozo.

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The Art of Administrative Biography: Wallace Stegner's John Wesley Powell

Public Voices ◽

10.22140/pv.334 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 37

Author(s):

Larry Luton

Keyword(s):

Cultural Context ◽

Practical Knowledge ◽

John Wesley ◽

Public Administrators ◽

The Impact ◽

John Wesley Powell

Wallace Stegner's biography of John Wesley Powell is a valuable case study of the art involved in administrative biography. Biographical narratives entail a kind of thinking that involves the use of imagination, a viewpoint regarding human intentions and dynamics, an appreciation of the complex influences of historical and cultural context, and an empathetic engagement. This kind of thinking is valued highly by public administrators. It is well suited both to the representationand to the development of practical knowledge. Examining the impact of Stegner's perspective on this biography leads to important lessons regarding the interpreter's influence on the meaning derived from a nonfiction narrative.

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‘We Don’t Need No Education’. A Case Study About Pastoral Datoga Girls in Tanzania

Ethnologia Actualis ◽

10.1515/eas-2015-0015 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 30-45

Author(s):

Emília Bihariová

Keyword(s):

Cultural Context ◽

Informal Education ◽

Formal Education ◽

School Attendance ◽

Schooling Process ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact

Abstract The topic of this paper reflects the reasons why formal education is not in accord with Datoga pastoral life in Tanzania and why this marginalized Nilotic tribe hesitates to send children to schools. In an attempt to grasp different reasons of avoiding education, the paper is focused especially on education of girls, which is less preferred than that of boys. The discussion reveals the impact of formal/informal education on traditional life of mobile Datoga and how norms, habits are slowly weakened. The suggestion is offered that unless the communication between pastoral Datoga and the government regarding school attendance and better conditions takes the cultural context, Datoga will remain outside the schooling process and their marginal position in the society will not change and neither their image of savage people.

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Culture and the plasticity of perception

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19002887 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Lifshitz ◽

T. M. Luhrmann

Keyword(s):

Cultural Context ◽

Sensory Experience ◽

Cultural Learning ◽

The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

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