Literacy and Identity Development of Indigenous Rukai Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 1086296X2110304
Author(s):  
Ching-Ting Hsin ◽  
Chih Ying Yu
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Multiple Literacies ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Indigenous Foods ◽  
Hybrid Literacy ◽  
The Village

This study examines the development of literacy and identity for young Indigenous Taiwanese children using ethnographic methods and the theories of multiple literacies, Indigenous knowledge, and identity construction, and it provides insights into the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge and literacies to create hybrid literacy spaces. Focused-upon participants included four 6-year-old Rukai-tribe children—two who lived in a city and two who lived in a village—and their families and teachers. We found that all children learned literacies in culturally meaningful contexts that involved stories and hybrid literacy practices, Indigenous foods, religious activities, traditional life skills, Indigenous language, and multiple forms of text. The two city children developed Rukai knowledge and literacies through performance-based contexts, whereas the village children learned through authentic contexts (e.g., observing farming and hunting). The literacy and identity of the two city children may be undermined due to limited access to Rukai resources, stemming from racism, classism, and linguicism.

Travelling inner landscapes: a longitudinal study on transcultural identity development

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 272-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude-Hélène Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate insights into the identity construction and development of a selected single male individual in Cape Town, South Africa. It aims at increasing the in-depth understanding of the complexities of identity construction in a transcultural setting and provides emic perspectives on a micro-individual level over a period of ten years. Design/methodology/approach – This research study is based on the post-modernist premise by considering phenomenological and interpretative paradigms most relevant. It is a longitudinal study, conducted with a single individual over a period of ten years by using various research methods as well as triangulation of methods, theories and data. Data were analysed through content analysis. Findings – This research provides in-depth information on the struggle of a single person to construct and re-construct his identity and find answers to the question “Who am I?” in the multifaceted and hypercomplex transcultural environment of Cape Town. It shows the attempts to developing a coherent multiple identity over a period of ten years, reconstructing the past, creating the present and envisioning the future. Practical implications – This research has practical implications for practitioners working with identity (development) in transcultural settings. It provides important in-depth information on “nomadic identities” for coaching, counselling or therapies in transcultural settings. Originality/value – This paper provides new and original insights into long-term identity development of an individual in a transcultural urban space.

The Interpretation of “Local” Literacy Practices through Ethnography

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Pahl ◽  
Zanib Rasool
Keyword(s):  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Multiple Literacies ◽  
Community Literacy ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Hearing Voices ◽  
Sensory Ethnography ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Collaborative Ethnography ◽  
Local Literacies

Ethnography is a practice of inscribing local practice into texts, developed in the context of social anthropology. Local literacy practices often remain hidden, dependent on context and shaped by histories and cultures. Literacy is entwined with how lives are lived. Collaborative ethnography enables an approach that permits researchers to collaboratively develop research questions with participants and, rather than researching on people, researchers work with people as coresearchers. Local literacy practices are situated in homes and communities as well as within everyday contexts such as markets and mosques. Community literacy practices can be collaboratively understood and studied using this approach. Communities experience and practice diverse and multiple literacies, both locally and transnationally, and mapping this diversity is key to an understanding of the fluid and changing nature of literacies. Literacies can be understood as being multilingual, digital, transnational, and multimodal, thus expanding the concept of literacy as lived within communities. Threaded through this analysis is a discussion of power and whose literacy practices are seen as powerful within community contexts. Collaborative ethnography is a powerful methodology to excavate and co-analyze community literacy practices. Other methods that can explore local literacies include visual and sensory ethnography. Power sharing in terms of the design and architecture of the research is important for hearing voices and working equitably. There are many concepts introduced within, including the idea of literacy practices, the link between literacy and identity, the importance of an understanding of multilingualism, and the importance of situating literacy in communities.

scholarly journals Contested Knowledges: Large Dams and Mega-Hydraulic Development

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rutgerd Boelens ◽  
Esha Shah ◽  
Bert Bruins
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Large Dams ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
Contested Knowledge ◽  
Hydraulic Infrastructure ◽  
Introductory Paper ◽  
Large Dam

Locally and globally, mega-hydraulic projects have become deeply controversial. Recently, despite widespread critique, they have regained a new impetus worldwide. The development and operation of large dams and mega-hydraulic infrastructure projects are manifestations of contested knowledge regimes. In this special issue we present, analyze and critically engage with situations where multiple knowledge regimes interact and conflict with each other, and where different grounds for claiming the truth are used to construct hydrosocial realities. In this introductory paper, we outline the conceptual groundwork. We discuss ‘the dark legend of UnGovernance’ as an epistemological mainstay underlying the mega-hydraulic knowledge regimes, involving a deep, often subconscious, neglect of the multiplicity of hydrosocial territories and water cultures. Accordingly, modernist epistemic regimes tend to subjugate other knowledge systems and dichotomize ‘civilized Self’ versus ‘backward Other’; they depend upon depersonalized planning models that manufacture ignorance. Romanticizing and reifying the ‘othered’ hydrosocial territories and vernacular/indigenous knowledge, however, may pose a serious danger to dam-affected communities. Instead, we show how multiple forms of power challenge mega-hydraulic rationality thereby repoliticizing large dam regimes. This happens often through complex, multi-actor, multi-scalar coalitions that make that knowledge is co-created in informal arenas and battlefields.

The Transformation of the Traditional Balinese House in Tourist Villages: Maintaining the Culture and Obtaining Economic Benefit

2015 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 68-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Dewa Gede Agung Diasana Putra ◽  
Mirjana Lozanovska ◽  
Robert Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefit ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Relationship With God ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
New Construction ◽  
The Village

Bali is well known as a tourist destination in Indonesia. Balinese culture, inspired by the Hindu Balinese religion and expressed by performing religious activities in the village and the traditional Balinese house, has become attractive to tourists. The increase in the number of tourists has caused an increase in the number of tourist facilities constructed in traditional Balinese houses. New pavilions have been built either adjacent to existing pavilions, in the front and around the courtyard by demolishing the wall or old pavilions, or in the backyard. These constructions have changed the setting, form, and spaces of the house where Balinese, based on tri hita karana philosophy, perform socio-cultural activities to maintain a harmonious relationship with God, other human beings and the environment. This new construction gives rise to the question about the continuity of the religious activities in the new settings of the houses. Does the new transformation cause adjustments of these activities? From visual examinations and interviews, this paper examines how rituals continue within the context of house transformation that has come about by the construction of tourist facilities.

The Role of Women in the Yakan Weaving the Maintenance and Preservation of Cultural Heritage

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Q. Salang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Community Control ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The Village

The study was conducted in Highland Village, Upper Calarian Zamboanga City to analyze the role of women in the Yakan weaving particularly in the maintenance and preservation of cultural heritage. Specifically the study aimed to describe the role of women in the Yakan weaving, describe the Yakan weaving as it relates to the culture of the people in the Yakan village of Upper Calarian, Zamboanga City, determine the factors that preserve the Indigenous knowledge that is unique to the Yakan culture. Dtermine the perceived contribution of Yakan weaving to the social, economic and environmental aspects of the Yakan community; and Reommend development strategies and policies to ensure the sustainability of the weaving industry. Survey was used with a total enumeration of 52 household respondents in assessing the preservation of cultural heritage. An FGD with 15 weavers residing in the village was conducted. Questionnaire was administered on the Samal settlement to test the reliability of the instrument. Data was processed and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. Results of the study revealed that the continuous weaving activities of the local people developed the trait of the next generation. It developed a shared responsibility of maintaining the knowledge and preserving the endogenous craft in the Yakan tribe. Weaving portrays the condition and relevance of community life as well as understanding the nature and cultural characteristics of the Yakan people. Keywords - Cultural technology, Social capital, Cultural Heritage, Indigenous knowledge Cooperation and collaboration, self reliance and community control, Capacity building and Living with ecological limits

scholarly journals FORMAL SCHOOLING AND THE PROCESS OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION: EXPERIENCES OF MALAYSIAN YOUTHS IN ‘BAD’ SCHOOLS

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 78-89
Author(s):  
Dianna Suzieanna Mohamad Shah ◽  
Airil Haimi Mohd Adnan
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Formal Schooling ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Human Lifespan ◽  
Teenagers And Young Adults ◽  
Self Discovery

In human lifespan development, identity construction is central within social and personal experiences, even more so for teenagers and young adults (youths) who are looking for their sense of self and own identity. The construction of identity involves the growth of a whole person and the development of a stable sense of self. At the same time, the process of identity construction causes some youths to become self-conscious about how others perceive them; this usually results in repeated self-discovery and identity experiment cycles. Their identities are thus constructed and reconstructed as they try out different role types in different settings, such as in schools. The focus of this research paper is to examine the experience of formal schooling and how it relates to the identity process of Malaysian youths. Employing qualitative face-to-face interviews, data were collected from six research participants from a private university in Selangor, Malaysia who were purposively selected for this empirical research. Three criteria for participant selection were used: That they have been in rural schools for most of their lives, the schools adopt a very didactic focus, and the schools have a limited number of highly trained and motivated teachers; in other words, they have experienced being in ‘bad’ schools. The research participants were selected from two different academic programs: Three undergraduate students from Bachelor in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and another three from the Bachelor in Law program. Two research questions were posed. First, where does the experience of formal schooling figure in the identity construction of these youths? And second, what roles do the formal experience of schooling play in the lifespan identity development of these youths? Although not generalisable to all youths in Malaysia, the experiences of the participants contribute to advancing our knowledge of identity construction through the process of formal schooling.

scholarly journals PEMERTAHANAN BAHASA SUNDA DI SENTRA KRAMIK PLERED (Studi Kasus)

LOKABASA ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
TATANG TATANG
Keyword(s):  
Language Contact ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
West Java ◽  
Business Transaction ◽  
Code Mixing ◽  
The People ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
International Visitors ◽  
The Village

Penelitian ini didasari oleh fenomena kontak bahasa yang terjadi di Sentra Kramik Plered Jawa Barat. Plered adalah salah satu daerah Sunda di Jawa Barat yang mayoritas masyarakatnya menggunakan bahasa Sunda sebagai bahasa pengantar sehari-hari. Bagaimanapun, fenomena kontak bahasa antara masyarakat Plered dengan para pelancong (peminat kramik) baik dari dalam negeri maupun luar negeri, akan menimbulkan fenomena multilingualisme; campur kode atau alih kode. Bagaimana masyarakat Plered mempertahankan bahasa daerah Sunda sebagai bahasa daerahnya, fenomena ini menjadi menarik untuk dikaji. Untuk mengetahui hal tersebut, peneliti melakukan wawancara dengan para pengrajin keramik dan observasi langsung terhadap transaksi jual beli di Sentra Kramik Plered. Dari hasil pengolahan data, disimpulkan bahwa upaya pemertahanan bahasa Sunda dilakukan melalui penamaan produk keramik (95% berbahsa Sunda, 5 % bahasa Asing), dalam percakapan sehari-hari antar orang dewasa dan antar anak-anak, dalam kegiatan formal kepala desa, dalam acara keagamaan, dalam transaksi jual beli yang penjualnya adalah orang dewasa. Bahasa Sunda kurang digunakan dalam peristilahan bahan baku, proses, dan alat pembuatan keramik, dalam penamaan toko, dalam pergaulan antar remaja, dan dalam transaksi jual beli yang penjualnya anak remaja.Kata kunci: The present research is motivated by the language contact phenomena at the ceramic center, Plered, West Java. Plered is one of Sundanese speaking areas in West Java in which Sundanese is used as a daily language by the majority of the people. The language contact phenomena between people of Plered and domestic and international visitors (ceramic enthusiasts) give rise to multilingualism phenomena; code mixing or code switching. How people of Plered maintain Sundanese as their local language is the focal interest of this research. To meet that end, interviews with ceramic makers and direct observation of transaction at the ceramic center were deployed. Results indicate that Sundanese language maintenance is undertaken through the naming of ceramic products (95% in Sundanese and 5 % in foreign language), in daily communications between adults and children, on formal occasions of the chief of the village, religious activities, and business transaction whose vendors are adults. Sundanese is less used in the naming of raw materials, process and ceramic-making tools, ceramic stores, interactions among teenagers and business transaction whose vendors are teenagers.

scholarly journals Study of Community Capacity in Dealing with The Threat of Shore Erosion in Kragan Subdistrict Rembang District

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Community Capacity ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
The Village ◽  
Shore Erosion ◽  
Coastal District

The shore erosion in Rembang District during 2003-2014 resulted in huge losses. This study was conducted in the Coastal District of Kragan because of frequent shore erosion. Coastal of Sumurtawang and Kragan have erosion. Coastal of Pandangan Wetan, Balongmulyo, and Tanjungan are stable due to the construction of a small port in the village of Karanganyar which affects the surrounding area. The capacity of indigenous knowledge is as high as local wisdom, perception and attitude of the community in handling shore erosion. Coping strategies is also as high as the value of human capital, social, financial, natural, and physical. There is a correlation between community capacity variables, it means that if the capacity of indigenous knowledge is high, then the coping strategies is also high. But, the capacity of indigenous knowledge does not significantly affect the coping strategies. The relation of these capacities determines the priority of settlement.

scholarly journals Some Socio-Religious Flora of Rupandehi District, Western Nepal

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-126
Author(s):  
Chandra Bahadur Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Local People ◽  
Species Trees ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Informal Discussion

The present study was carried out to document the indigenous knowledge of local people regarding the use of plant species on socio-religiousactivities during the year of 2012-2013. The indigenous knowledge was documented by using semi-structured interview, focus group discussionand informal discussion with the local people, religious persons and aged people. Altogether 32 plant species belonging to 23 family and 30genera have been documented in Rupandehi district. Among them, 13 species were herbs, 5 species shrubs, 13 species trees and 1 speciesclimber. Use of these plant species in socio-religious activities has helped people to conserve the faith of deities as well as to conservebiodiversity in the area.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijasbt.v3i1.12217     Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol, Vol. 3(1): 123-126 

scholarly journals Kant's Future: Debates about the Identity of Kaliningrad Oblast

Slavic Review ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 937-956
Author(s):  
Miłosz J. Zieliński
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Russian Government ◽  
Kaliningrad Oblast ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Post War ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Vladimir Putin ◽  
The Village

This article addresses the role that the legacy of the pre- and post-WWII past has played in ongoing identity debates among the inhabitants of Kaliningrad oblast of the Russian Federation. Since 1991, interest in preserving this legacy has been on the rise, influencing the inhabitants’ feeling of regional distinctiveness in numerous ways. While the pre-war legacy is important for a considerable number of Kaliningraders, others believe that it threatens the Russian and Soviet mien of the Oblast, both in cultural and political terms. They favor taking greater care of Soviet-era buildings, monuments, and other commemorations of war heroes. This viewpoint disparity has recently widened due to both internal and external factors, including the deterioration of Russo-western relations. A March 2015 incident in the village of Veselovka is used to reflect upon the way in which pre-war and post-war legacies are used in the above-mentioned identity debate. The author examines the direction of identity construction in the oblast through the officially-acknowledged vision of Russianness as pursued by President Vladimir Putin, in particular, and the Russian government, in general.

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