Research on the Innovative Application of Ancient Chinese Official Hat Cultural Elements in the Design of Daily Necessities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuo Pang ◽  
Jiahong Pang ◽  
Yiqi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Chinese Official

Balancing Act: Identity and Otherness among Latin American Immigrants and their Food Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-83
Author(s):  
Paulette Kershenovich Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Food Research ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Latin American Immigrants

This article deals with the identity construction of Latin American immigrants in Israel through their food practices. Food is a basic symbolic element connecting cultural perceptions and experiences. For immigrants, food is also an important element in the maintenance of personal ties with their home countries and a cohesive factor in the construction of a new identity in Israel, their adopted homeland. Food practices encode tacit information and non-verbal cues that are integral parts of an individual’s relationship with different social groups. In this case, I recruited participants from an online group formed within social media platforms of Latin American women living in Israel. The basic assumption of this study posits that certain communication systems are set in motion around food events in various social contexts pertaining to different national or local cuisines and culinary customs. Their meaning, significance and modifications and how they are framed. This article focuses on the adaptation and acculturation processes because it is at that point that immigrants are faced with an interesting duality of reconstructing their unique cultural perceptions to either fit the existing national collective ethos or create a new reality. In this study, the main objective is to compare two different immigrant groups: Jewish and non-Jewish women from Latin America who came to Israel during the last ten years. The comparative nature of the research revealed marked differences between ethnic, religious and cultural elements that reflect coping strategies manifested in the cultural production of food and its representation in two distinct domains: private and public. In the former, it is illustrated within the family and home and how they connect or clash with the latter in the form of consumption in public. Combining cultural studies and discourse analysis, this article offers fresh insight into new models of food practices and reproductions. The article’s contribution to new food research lies in its ability to shed light on how inter-generational and inter-religious discourses are melded while food practices and traditions are embedded in a new Israeli identity.

ETIKA WAYANG DALAM NOVEL-NOVEL INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Kustri Sumiyardana
Keyword(s):  
Literary Works ◽  
Cultural Elements

Literary  has  closed  relationship  with  culture. Authors  often  include  cultural  elements  to influence  it  in  their  literary  works.  It  is  also  done  by.  Javanese  authors  who  write Indonesian novels. Some authors include the story of wayang in their novels. By analyzing with textual method, this research described wayang ethics that existed in four Indonesian novels.  Based  on  the  analysis,  it  can  be  concluded  that  the  authors  often  include  the elements  from  wayang  story  due  to  the  fact  that  wayang  is  main  identity  of  Javanese people. The wayang elements  in Indonesian novels are  the plot of  the story  that identical with wayang acts and the  figures are created  similarly with  the  figures  in  wayang  story. The  similarities  showed  there  some  figures  in  wayang  story  who  became  the  idols  in society.Abstrak  Sastra berhubungan erat dengan kebudayaan. Seringkali pengarang memasukkan unsur-unsur budaya yang mempengaruhinya ke dalam karya-karya ciptaanya. Hal itu juga terjadi pada pengarang Jawa yang  menulis novel Indonesia. Ada beberapa pengarang yang memasukkan cerita wayang ke dalam novelnya. Melalui analisis dengan metode tekstual, penelitian ini menguraikan etika wayang yang terdapat dalam empat novel Indonesia. Dari hasil  analisis dapat  diketahui bahwa para pengarang  seringkali memasukkan unsur-unsur dari dunia pewayangan karena wayang adalah identitas utama manusia Jawa. Unsur-unsur pewayangan yang terdapat dalam novel Indonesia antara lain alur cerita yang diidentikkan dengan  lakon  wayang  dan  penyamaan  tokoh dengan  figur  dari  dunia  pewayangan. Penyamaan  tersebut menunjukkan  bahwa  ada  beberapa  tokoh  dalam  dunia wayang  yang diidolakan di masyarakat.

Assessment Practices of American Orchestra Directors

2019 ◽  
pp. 400-422
Author(s):  
Kirk Moss ◽  
Stephen Benham ◽  
Kristen Pellegrino
Keyword(s):  
Small Body ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Music Literacy ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Learning Improvement ◽  
String Teachers ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
District Administration

After reviewing a small body of literature on the assessment practices of American orchestra directors, this chapter quickly shifts attention to conducting original research. It describes a descriptive survey study with American String Teachers Association (ASTA) members (N = 416) that found performance-based assessments were the most frequently used form of formal assessment to evaluate technique, musicianship skills, creative musicianship, and ensemble skills. Music literacy was nearly equally split between performance-based and written assessments, while evaluation of music and musical performances and historical and cultural elements tended toward written assessments and verbal feedback. Creative musicianship and historical/cultural elements were the top two nonassessed areas, but were still assessed by the vast majority of teachers. Interviews with five string teachers demonstrate that the research participants emphasized performing/playing assessments, focused on student learning/improvement, acknowledged the role of the school district/administration and benefited from its support, and recognized the value in aligning assessment to standards/curriculum.

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