Cultural Diversity in Canadian Television: The Case of CBC’s Kim’s Convenience

2021 ◽  
pp. 152747642110200
Author(s):  
Sherry S. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Immigrant Family ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Television Industry ◽  
Third Language ◽  
National Characteristics ◽  
Unique Model ◽  
Critical Site

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Kim’s Convenience is the first Asian-led sitcom in Canadian broadcasting. This popular sitcom, lauded by both audiences and the television industry, joins the wave of minority-led production which started only recently in Canada, despite Canada’s pride in multiculturalism as one of its national characteristics. Emerging within Canada’s unique model of “multiculturalism within a bilingual framework,” Kim’s Convenience, with a story about a third-language Korean Canadian immigrant family, offers a critical site to understand how cultural diversity is communicated in Canadian television today. This study conducts a thematic analysis of Seasons One and Two with a special focus on interactions across cultures characterized by social categories such as ethnicity/race, gender, class, language, and sexuality.

scholarly journals Cultural Diversity and Its Influence on Role Players in a Full-Service School in Soshanguve: A Wellness Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Ute Steenkamp
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Role Players ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity

The purpose of the study was to explore the role cultural diversity plays in a Full-Service School in Soshanguve by means of a wellness perspective lens. The phenomenon at hand was the way that cultural diversity influences role players within a Full-Service School. The study was underpinned by three theories, namely Hettler’s Wellness Theory, Cultural-Historical Activity Theory and Ubuntu to generate a comprehensive insight into the role of cultural diversity on role players within a Full-Service School in Soshanguve. The study was premised on a qualitative philosophy using an interpretive paradigm, an ethnographic case study and using various qualitative methods of data collection, analysis and interpretation of data. Only one school participated in this research study as the goal of this research study was understanding the phenomenon from the participants’ perspective. The study employed a purposive sampling approach to select diary entries from educators who participated in the semi-structured interviews. Data collection and analysis were precise as the data was collected and transcribed as soon as it was recorded. The researcher consequently decided to use thematic analysis to draw on the theoretical framework of this study. Thematic analysis refers to the identification of themes and patterns of meaning throughout the data in correlation to the research question. Thus, the researcher analysed content by coding specific themes as directed by the research project’s theoretical framework. Among the findings was that role players identified that cultural diversity influences the wellness dimensions holistically. One of the recommendations is to establish a cultural awareness model in collaboration with the community within a Full-service school.

Code Switching in Traditional Market

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Haya Haratikka ◽  
Angela Bayu Pertama Sari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Traditional Markets ◽  
Traditional Market ◽  
Aceh Province ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

Indonesia is one of the countries that have ethnic and cultural diversity. One such culture is a culture of Aceh in Aceh province where the origin of Acehnesse inhabit in this province. They use Aceh language and Bahasa Indonesia in their daily communication. The aim of this study was to find out the reason of switching in Aceh traditional market. This is a descriptive qualitative research which implemented purposive sampling. The researchers took five informants (orange sellers) in one of traditional markets in Aceh. The data of this research were in the form of phrases, sentences, and paragraph from the orange sellers’ utterances. The researchers gained the data through recording the conversation between the orange sellers and the buyers in traditional market. The researchers focused on the code switching made by the orange sellers as the data. Then, researchers analyzed the data by applying the thematic analysis. The finding was code switching used by bilingualism such as in the traditional market, they were for: (1) repetitive and (2) relationship-building.

scholarly journals Lonely, but Not Alone: Qualitative Study among Immigrant and Native-Born Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11425
Author(s):  
Katrine Rich Madsen ◽  
Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen ◽  
Signe Smith Jervelund ◽  
Pamela Qualter ◽  
Bjørn E. Holstein
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Migration Status ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

This paper explores loneliness as it is understood and experienced by adolescents, with a special focus on the importance of their migration status. We recruited students from five schools following a maximum variation sampling scheme, and we conducted 15 semi-structured, individual interviews with eighth-grade adolescents (aged 14–15 years) that were immigrants, descendants, and with a Danish majority background. A thematic analysis was applied with a special focus on differences and similarities in understanding and experiencing loneliness between adolescents with diverse migration status. The results showed more similarities than differences in loneliness. Generally, loneliness was described as an adverse feeling, varying in intensity and duration, and participants referenced distressing emotions. Feeling lonely was distinguished from being alone and characterized as an invisible social stigma. A variety of perceived social deficiencies were emphasized as causing loneliness, emerging in the interrelation between characteristics of the individual and their social context. The results add to the current literature by highlighting that it is not the presence of specific individual characteristics that causes loneliness; instead, loneliness is dependent on the social contexts the individual is embedded in. Differences across migration status were few and related to variations in the adolescents’ individual characteristics. The findings highlight the importance of (1) studying the characteristics of both the individual and the social context in research on the antecedents to adolescents’ loneliness, and (2) applying this perspective in other studies on the importance of migration status.

scholarly journals Education: 6. The Influence of Cultural Diversity on Openearedness

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-257
Author(s):  
Dorina Geta Iușcă
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
American English ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Musical Identity ◽  
Native Culture ◽  
Musical Space ◽  
Educational Field ◽  
Contemporary Context ◽  
New Strategies

Abstract Open-earedness theory has repeatedly been confirmed on several populations including American, English, Dutch, German and Finnish people. Nonetheless the influence of cultural diversity on openness towards unfamiliar music has received little attention from researchers and this may create the possibility of adding essential modifications of Albert LeBlanc’s theory. Considering the contemporary context, people’s migration towards economic developed countries becomes a phenomenon with great implications related to the progress of social and cultural characteristics of any national context. Researching the openearedness of people which have been exposed not only to their native culture but also to the adopted one (due to financial necessities) may reveal a series of useful aspects for the intercultural field (by disclosing new ways to promote the tolerance towards cultural diversity) and also for the educational field (by describing new strategies of learning in a context of adaptation to an unfamiliar musical space). The present article analyses a series of previous experiments that monitored the way different social categories integrated in cultural communities different from their own assimilate or not the elements of the adopted country into their musical identity. The present analysis has educational implications related to the ways students may develop the preference for unfamiliar music.

Discrimination

2021 ◽  
pp. 487-507
Author(s):  
Simona Rodat
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Unfair Treatment ◽  
Indirect Discrimination

The chapter provides an analytical framework for the concept of discrimination, that is, the different, unfair treatment of some people based on their actual or perceived membership in certain groups or social categories. Discrimination is referred to in the broader context of stigmatization, as the action-related component of the stigma process. After discussing several definitions of discrimination and outlining its main features, the different forms of discrimination are addressed and exemplified, such as direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, victimization. Also, the most relevant aspects regarding victims of discrimination are discussed, a special focus is given to the negative impact of discrimination on victims in terms of social and economic status, well-being, and health. Besides the threatening effects on individuals and groups, the consequences of discrimination on communities and society as a whole are also outlined. The final part of the chapter deals with the major anti-discrimination strategies that can be undertaken at the macro, mezzo, and microsocial levels.

scholarly journals Cultural sector entities in Wrocław

2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-396
Author(s):  
Beata Namyślak
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Cultural Economics ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Television Industry ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
Cultural Sector ◽  
The City

The present article deals with issues of cultural economics. The author sought to characterise cultural sector entities in Wrocław (Poland). The study is based on a statistical analysis of data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS) which characterise the cultural sector in Poland and in the studied city in 2010-2019. Special focus was given to provide the characteristics of the entities, including their number, number of employees, type of activity and spatial distribution. Based on the information collected, the author has formulated the following conclusions: recent years, especially the period 2016-2019, have witnessed a significant increase in the number of cultural entities, active especially in new media. Wrocław’s cultural sector entities tend to be located in the vicinity of the Old Town and along the axis running from the city centre to the south, all the way to the municipality of Kobierzyce. The new trends observed in the development of culture do not build on the potential developed back in the 20th century, for instance in the film or television industry. In some areas (including publishing, radio, television) one can observe intense competition from entities (both domestic and foreign) located in other cities, mainly in Warsaw. No single creative activity is prevailing in Wrocław, which means that the city has not yet selected its specialisation in the field of culture.

scholarly journals Dealing with diversity: Australian television, homogeneity and indigeneity

2019 ◽  
Vol 174 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Graeme Turner
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Local Production ◽  
Television Industry ◽  
Australian Society ◽  
Traditional Conception ◽  
Commercial System ◽  
Television Network ◽  
Production Industry ◽  
Media Audience

This article focuses on how the Australian television industry deals with diversity: the extent to which the cultural diversity of Australian society has been reflected in the representations on our screens and in the provision of opportunity within the industry itself. While this has historically been approached by assessing the evidence of inclusiveness in the representations on screen, it is important to be reminded of the role played by the structure of Australia’s media: especially in television, we have a highly concentrated commercial system which still addresses the traditional conception of a mass media audience in ways that almost inevitably tend towards the reproduction of an image of cultural homogeneity. Research into one of the most important interventions into both the established patterns of representation and the make-up of the local production industry – the National Indigenous Television Network (NITV) – is discussed as a means of highlighting the difficulties faced by such interventions and those committed to ‘turning off the whitewash channel on Australian television’.

Integrating Contemporary Art in the PYP IB Curriculum to Open Dialogues About Cultural Diversity in Norway

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-49
Author(s):  
Leticia Balzi ◽  
Cherise Storlie Kristoffersen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Private School ◽  
International Baccalaureate ◽  
International School ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Teaching Learning

What does it mean to open dialogues about cultural diversity using art in an international school in Norway? In the context of a changing Europe, cultural prejudices, sense of otherness as well as cultural and language barriers represent a challenge for educators. That is why, placing a special focus on progressive education, literacy and the humanities are key to designing a student-centered International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum which is also inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Goals. What makes Norway’s private schools unique in comparison to other private schools that implement the IB curriculum is that a state-approved private school is 85% publicly financed. Within this context, Fagerhaug International School (in the region of Trondelag), has welcomed students coming from a wide variety of cultural and social backgrounds worldwide, and used art as a subject to integrate dissimilar cultures by opening dialogues about global issues, such as immigration. This means that many students in Norway can have access to quality public education within a multicultural environment whereby the community is enriched. The school can act as a cultural and political institution open to addressing local and global challenges to help shape a comprehensive model of the society. In this paper, three case studies are analyzed by using the theoretical approach of Diversity Pedagogy (Hernández Sheet, 2005) along with themes from theories related to democratic education (Freire, 2005). The article discusses the role of contemporary art in the teaching-learning process of art as a subject within Scandinavian socialism in the context of evolving Europe.

Family Matters in Ontario: Understanding and Addressing Homelessness Among Newcomer Families in Canada

2021 ◽  
pp. 084456212199820
Author(s):  
Cheryl Forchuk ◽  
Gordon Russell ◽  
Jan Richardson ◽  
Chantele Perreault ◽  
Heba Hassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Immigrant Families ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Supportive Housing ◽  
Immigrant Family ◽  
Homeless Families ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Family Homelessness ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Life Challenges

Background Canada, a key player in global humanitarian affairs is faced with enormous challenges in relation to housing and homelessness. As international migration continues to occur, homelessness among immigrant families is increasing worldwide; a situation that needs urgent attention and action. Purpose We designed this study to explore the needs of homeless families, identify risk factors associated with family homelessness, and to find strategies that could assist in mitigating and preventing homelessness among families in Canada. Methods This paper reports qualitative findings from a focused ethnographic study embedded in participatory action research that explored the experiences of 11 immigrant families with housing challenges in Ontario Canada. Results Thematic analysis yielded five (5) major themes: life challenges; lack of understanding of the system; difficulty with conflict resolution; escaping as a solution for hardship; and reducing immigrant family homelessness. Conclusion Findings from the study highlight the urgent need for advocacy and a well-tailored supportive housing policy to address family homelessness in Ontario.

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