scholarly journals Insights into the construction of cultural realities: Foreign newspaper discourses about the burkini ban in France

Ethnicities ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mélodine Sommier
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Coastal Cities ◽  
Hierarchical Relations ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Different Levels

The burkini ban introduced by several French coastal cities in August 2016 caused a great stir in France and abroad. Discussions were mostly articulated around the topics of secularism, religion, and national identity and values. This study examines foreign perspectives on the burkini ban in France to gain insights into the construction of cultural realities. Informed by Cultural Studies and Critical intercultural communication, this study approaches the construction of cultural realities by investigating the articulation of similarities and differences. A thematic analysis of newspaper articles ( N = 167) from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland was conducted to identify the categories evoked to construct similarities and differences. Findings indicated subtle shifts between old and refined commonalities. Throughout the data, France was cast away and represented as “the deviant other” while Muslims and Islam were associated with representations of “us.” However, underlying tensions indicated ambivalence in the redefinition of symbolic differences and similarities. Specifically, the figure of the Western Muslim and the construction of the burkini as “appropriate difference” suggested the persistence of hierarchical relations between “us” and “them.” Cultural realities therefore appeared to be both liquid and solid. In addition, findings underlined the dialogic construction of cultural realities as differences and similarities were constructed at different levels (national and transnational) that became meaningful through their interactions.

Teaching Psychology in American and British Universities: Some Personal Impressions

1988 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Remington ◽  
Patrick Green
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
The United States ◽  
Course Structure ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Teaching Of Psychology ◽  
Teaching Psychology ◽  
Similarities And Differences

On the basis of our experience as British psychologists who have taught in both the United States and the United Kingdom, we make comparisons between the teaching of psychology in British and American universities. We discuss similarities and differences in course structure, curriculum, teaching methods, and evaluation procedures, and we suggest ways in which each system could benefit from some of the other's practices.

scholarly journals The reality of academic accreditation in Saudi universities in light of accreditation experiences in the United States of America & Japan and the United Kingdom: واقع الاعتماد الأكاديمي في الجامعات السعودية في ضوء تجارب الاعتماد بالولايات المتحدة الأمريكية واليابان والمملكة المتحدة

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (43) ◽  
pp. 21-1
Author(s):  
Ebtesam Abdulrahman Al-Mutair, Hend Abdulrahman Al-Rshoud, H Ebtesam Abdulrahman Al-Mutair, Hend Abdulrahman Al-Rshoud, H
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Significant Similarity ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Actual Reality ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The current study aimed to identify the reality of the institutional academic accreditation of Saudi universities in the light of the experiences of some countries, and to achieve this goal the comparative descriptive approach was used to describe the actual reality of academic accreditation in the following four comparison countries Saudi Arabia, the United States of America, Japan and the United Kingdom, in terms of the supervisors of academic accreditation, academic accreditation standards, and academic accreditation procedures, and then to analyze the similarities and differences between them. The study found that there was a significant similarity between the four countries in accreditation objectives and some accreditation criteria and accreditation procedures, and differed in the number of accreditation institutions. In light of this, some benefits have been extracted to develop the institutional academic accreditation of Saudi universities. The researchers also made a number of recommendations and proposals to raise the standards of academic accreditation in the kingdom's universities to meet their counterparts in the comparison countries.

Reflections on a Teaching Exchange in Psychology

1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald S. Clack ◽  
Robert B. Joynson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
University Departments ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Extended Discussion ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Following a teaching exchange between universities in the United Kingdom and the United States, we taught together for one term at the same university. Teaching together provided an opportunity for extended discussion, the collaborative nature of which produced an appraisal different from those in which authors independently report their experiences. We describe our perceptions of similarities and differences between the two university departments with regard to students, pedagogical approaches, and faculty issues.

scholarly journals Outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease among coach tour passengers, Ireland

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (38) ◽  
Author(s):  
P McKeown
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intestinal Disease ◽  
Infectious Intestinal Disease ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Microbiological Confirmation

Several outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease (IID) among passengers on board tour coaches have been reported in the Republic of Ireland in September 2002. Most of the affected passengers have been elderly people from the United States and the United Kingdom. Microbiological confirmation is awaited, but clinically and epidemiologically the illness is consistent with Norwalk-like virus (NLV) infection (1). Similar outbreaks were described in Scotland earlier this summer (2).

The world court lawsuits by the Republic of Iraq against the United States and the United Kingdom

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-216
Author(s):  
Francis A. Boyle
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The People ◽  
International Court ◽  
The Icj ◽  
The Republic

The article explores the author’s experience of crafting legal actions meant to bring a case against the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom for the genocidal conditions that arose from their actions against the people of Iraq from 1991 to 2003. Based on a similar effort, successfully brought to the International Court of Justice on behalf of the people and Republic of Bosnia in 1993, the strong potential for a legal and peaceful remedy to bring an end to Iraqi civilian suffering ‐ as well as the potential to avert a future war ‐ existed and drove the author to implore Iraqi legal action before the ICJ. Iraqi state officials, from the President’s Office to that of Deputy PM Tariq Aziz, through Iraqi diplomats in New York, were canvassed and engaged in an effort for the author to receive their support to act on Iraq’s behalf at the ICJ. Published here is the author’s recollection of this effort to prosecute international crimes against the Iraqi people as well as an overview of the ICJ case that while never brought forward, could have prevented the 2003 invasion and its aftermath.

scholarly journals The Labor Movements In The United States And The United Kingdom

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Hany H. Makhlouf
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Unions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Labor Movements ◽  
Decline Phase ◽  
The Core ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The rise of the labor movements in the United Kingdom in the 17<sup>th</sup> century and in the United States in the 19<sup>th</sup> century, their growth through most of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, and their steady decline since the 1970s reflect several similarities and differences in their experiences, strategies, tactics, and goals. Both movements faced many early challenges that threatened their survival, and went through growth periods, followed by the current decline phase in which they are struggling to prove their worth and relevance in changing economies and new labor market realities. This article examines the similarities and differences in these labor movements’ experiences, and in their past and current environments. It argues that labor unions are not likely to face the destiny of the dinosaurs, but they may have to continue to evolve, adjust, and innovate to stop their decline and appeal to a changing labor force. Their bread and butter focus, however, is likely to remain as the core of their existence.

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