Stay punk!! Stay free!! Subcultural identity, resistance and Covid-19 in northern Japan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Letson
Keyword(s):  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
National Character ◽  
Everyday Practice ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
The World ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Everyday Resistance ◽  
Japanese National Character ◽  
Northern Japan

Punks have been a feature of subcultural scenes in Japan since as early as 1977. One of the main hubs of punk and hardcore activity outside of Tokyo is Sapporo, where an eclectic mix of both domestic and international influences has informed the growth and maintenance of a broad and inclusive community. Here, ‘punk’ and ‘hardcore’, rather than being seen as different, are considered to be just two points on a wide spectrum of ‘punkness’. In a country often described as cultur-ally conservative, northern Japan’s punk and hardcore subculturalists provide an opportunity to reassess ideas of subcultural resistance. Through their everyday practice of resistance, which is simultaneously spectacular, yet unrecognized as resistance, the punk community in Sapporo reject the ‘salaryman’, as a symbol of Japanese ‘national character’. This article comprises an ethnographic study of the punk and hardcore community in Sapporo, looks at what holds this eclectic community together and suggests the concept of ‘everyday resistance’ as a frame-work for further study. The current Covid-19 global crisis has brought unprec-edented challenges – as it has to communities all over the world – but has provided an opportunity to see how a community’s everyday practice inform and shape responses to emergency situations.

The potential role of tea in periodontal therapy: An updated review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Forouzanfar ◽  
Hamideh Sadat Mohammadipour ◽  
Fatemeh Forouzanfar
Keyword(s):  
Green Tea ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
Herbal Remedies ◽  
World Population ◽  
Tea Leaves ◽  
The World ◽  
Green Tea Leaves

: Periodontal diseases are highly prevalent and can affect high percentage of the world population. Oxidative stress and inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases. Nowadays, more attention has been focused on the herbal remedies in the field of drug discovery. Green tea is an important source of polyphenol antioxidants, it has long been used as a beverage worldwide. The most interesting polyphenol components of green tea leaves that are related with health benefits are the catechins. Taken together this review suggested that green tea with its wide spectrum of activities could be a healthy alternative for controlling the damaging reactions seen in periodontal diseases.

Potential Antimicrobial Peptides Elucidation From The Marine Bacteria

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adyasa Barik ◽  
Pandiyan Rajesh ◽  
Manthiram Malathi ◽  
Vellaisamy Balasubramanian
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Peptide ◽  
Marine Bacteria ◽  
Unnatural Amino Acids ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
The World ◽  
Pathogenic Microbes ◽  
Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance ◽  
Significant Attention

: In recent years, over use of antibiotics has been raising its head to a serious problem all around the world as pathogens become drug resistant and create challenges to the medical field. This failure of most potent antibiotics that kill pathogens increases the thirst for research to look further way of killing pathogens. It has been led to the findings of antimicrobial peptide which is the most potent peptide to destroy pathogens. This review gives special emphasis to the usage of marine bacteria and other microorganisms for antimicrobial peptide (AMP) which are eco friendly as well as a developing class of natural and synthetic peptides with a wide spectrum of targets to pathogenic microbes. Consequently, a significant attention has been paid mainly to (i) the structure and types of anti microbial peptides and (ii) mode of action and mechanism of antimicrobial peptide resistance to pathogens. In addition to this, the designing of AMPs has been analysed thoroughly for reducing toxicity and developing better potent AMP. It has been done by the modified unnatural amino acids by amidation to target the control of biofilm and persister cell.

scholarly journals THE CLASSIFICA ASSIFICATION OF PHRASEOL TION OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNI OGICAL UNITS WITH ONOMASTIC COMPONENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Marjona Akhmadovna Radjabova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
National Character ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World

Abstract. The following article discusses the role of onomastic components in phraseological units and their meaning as well as giving a classification of onomastic components in phraseological units based on the materials of different structural languages. Through examples the author proves that the presence of names in the ancient rich phraseological layer of non-fraternal English, Russian and Uzbek languages is related to the national and cultural values, customs, ancient history, folklore and daily life of the peoples who speak this language. Besides, in the process of study of onomastic components it is also determined that names, along with forming their national character, are a factor giving information about the past of a particular nation. Background. In the world linguistics there have been carried out a series of researches in the field of the study of phraseological units with onomastic components in comparative-typological aspect revaling their national and cultural peculiarities, analyzing and classifying their content structurally and semantically

scholarly journals Penguatan Karakter Kebangsaan dan Kompetensi Pedagogik Berorientasi Pada Keterampilan Abad 21

MADRASAH ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Puji Rahayu ◽  
Turmudi Turmudi ◽  
Agus Muharram ◽  
Mamad Kasmad ◽  
Nuur Wachid Abdul Majid
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
National Character ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Collection Data

<em>This research aims to reveal how the national character and pedagogic competence have oriented to 21st Century Skills for Students at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. This research used to qualitative that using case study approach. This research took place at UPI Campus Purwakarta. Informants at this time are: (1) leadership; (2) lecturers; and (3) students. Data analysis techniques using interactive models Miles and Huberman, namely: data collection, data condensation, display data, and concusion: drawing / verifying. The results of this research is the process of strengthening national character and mastery of pedagogic potential for PGSD UPI Students Purwakarta Campus is in accordance with the needs of 21st century skills. The learning process includes: (1) Project Based Learning; (2) Religious Tutorials; (3) Extracurricular Field Practices; and (4) Video Projects themed Local Wisdom. Through this method, they can help them to work in the world and be able to utilize pedagogic's teachers</em>

scholarly journals Priority values of the French axiological paradigm on the material of the most used French idioms

2021 ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
L. V. Shapovalova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Character ◽  
French Language ◽  
A Value ◽  
National Values ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Value Hierarchy ◽  
Broad Understanding

The article examines and analyzes 10 of the 1,500 most commonly used French idioms from the site "Les expressions françaises décortiquées". Phraseological picture of the world plays an important role in cognition of the world around us, because it not only captures its phenomena in the language, but also adds to them connotations, which are manifested in the choice of words of a particular language register. The study of hierarchies of values, recorded in idioms, and ways of their representation allow us to build a value hierarchy in the French mentality and understand the main features of the French national character. We have a broad understanding of phraseology and consider idioms not only idioms, but also phraseological units, proverbs, sayings, winged expressions, speech stamps, because they all name a concept, are reproduced unchanged, and are stable phrases. The phraseological units, taken into the analysis, are allocated on frequency of addresses that allows to define a hierarchy of values in the French phraseological picture of the world. Each of the permanent statements, taken into the analysis, nominates one concept, and the frequency of appeals to them allows not only to understand their priority in the French mentality, but also to outline the features of the French national character. French national values are fixed in the selected phraseological units, and the relation to them is distinguished on the basis of connotations, the register of speech, the present euphemism, and metaphorization. It is interesting to trace the history of the considered phraseological units and lexical units in their structure, ways of entering the French language, numerous hypotheses that explain their meaning. These areas of research and identification of social strata, in which the idioms arose, show where the phenomena denominated by them were the most common, and the hierarchy of values recorded in them, in the French mentality.

scholarly journals A project for analyzing the ecology and phylogeny of western Pacific echinoids

Zoosymposia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
K. KANAZAWA ◽  
M. SAITOH ◽  
N. WAKAYAMA ◽  
M. OBUCHI ◽  
S. NAKACHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
The West ◽  
The World ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
Gathering Data ◽  
Northern Japan

In 2017 we started a project to analyze the ecology and phylogeny of western Pacific echinoids. As the first step, we are establishing methods to infer their phylogenetic relationships using molecular data; we developed effective methods to obtain complete mitochondrial DNA sequences, and determined their effectiveness in phylogenetic analysis. We have also been gathering data concerning the ecology and systematics of Japanese extant echinoids, which arguably has among the highest genus-level diversities in the West Pacific or perhaps even in the world. We have collected 58 species from middle and southern Japan representing 48 genera. In the next year, we will collect sea urchins from northern Japan, and within 2 years we will finish collecting data on ecology and systematics of Japanese echinoids, and provide a set of standardized data that will be useful for many researchers studying western Pacific echinoids. At that time, we will start comparative analyses of echinoid faunas distributed in the western Pacific.

scholarly journals Hostilidad perpetua, transformaciones transitorias: Persona, cuerpo y moralidad entre los tsotsiles de Chamula, Chiapas / Perpetual hostility, transitory transformations: Person, body and morality between the tsotsiles of Chamula, Chiapas

Revista Trace ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
David Montoya
Keyword(s):  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
The World

El actual estudio etnográfico da cuenta de que lo chon –un aspecto de la persona, generalmente, asociado a lo animal– está relacionado con un estado de permanente hostilidad, presente en el mundo desde tiempos primordiales. Este aspecto, a la vez que potencia la vulnerabilidad entre los humanos, resalta la fortaleza de otros seres, como Dios y el Pukuj. En la búsqueda de lidiar con esa atmósfera de hostilidad y, de mitigar su propia vulnerabilidad, la humanidad experimenta múltiples transformaciones morales-corporales.Abstract: This ethnographic study shows that the chon –an aspect of the person, generally associated with the animal– is related to an state of permanent hostility, given in the world since primordial times. Although this aspect, while enhancing vulnerability among humans, highlights the strength of other beings such as God and the Pukuj. Therefore, to deal with this atmosphere of hostility and, therefore, to mitigate its own vulnerability, humanity undergoes multiple transformations moral-bodily. Keywords: chon; tsotsiles; humanity; vulnerability; morale.Résumé : Cette étude ethnographique montre que le chon –un aspect de la personne, généralment associé à l’animal– est lié à l’état d’hostilité qui caractérise le monde. Cet aspect, tout en renforçant la vulnérabilité des humains, met en évidence la force d’autres êtres tels que Dieu et les Pukuj. Dans sa quête pour faire face à cette atmosphère d’hostilité et, par conséquent, pour atténuer sa propre vulnérabilité, l’humanité subit de multiples transformations morales-corporelles.Mots-clés: chon ; tsotsiles ; vulnérabilité ; humanité ; moral.

scholarly journals Ethnographic reflections on selfhood, embodiment and Alzheimer's disease

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 829-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
PIA C. KONTOS
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Long Term Care Facility ◽  
The World

Explicit in the current construction of Alzheimer's disease is the assumption that memory impairment caused by cognitive deficiencies leads to a steady loss of selfhood. The insistence that selfhood is the exclusive privilege of the sphere of cognition has its origins in the modern western philosophical tradition that separates mind from body, and positions the former as superior to the latter. This dichotomy suggests a fundamental passivity of the body, since it is primarily cognition that is held to be essential to selfhood. In contrast to the assumed erasure of selfhood in Alzheimer's disease, and challenging the philosophical underpinnings of this assumption, this paper presents the findings of an ethnographic study of selfhood in Alzheimer's disease in a Canadian long-term care facility. It argues and demonstrates that selfhood persists even with severe dementia, because it is an embodied dimension of human existence. Using a framework of embodiment that integrates the perspectives of Merleau-Ponty and Bourdieu, it is argued that selfhood is characterised by an observable coherence and capacity for improvisation, and sustained at a pre-reflective level by the primordial and socio-cultural significance of the body. The participants in this study interacted meaningfully with the world through their embodied way of ‘being-in-the-world’.

‘Not Music but Sonic Porn’: Identity Politics, Social Reform, and the Negative Reception of Jazz

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-110
Author(s):  
Ólafur Rastrick
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Character ◽  
Jazz Music ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Anxieties ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

The 1920s fascination with jazz music and dance provoked deep concern and anxiety about the future direction of society in different corners of the world. Jazz was readily associated with various social evils that were considered a threat to the cultural and moral wellbeing of nations as well as the mental and physical health of both individuals and society in general. Negative reception of jazz was not limited to the United States but seems to have expanded around the globe just as rapidly as the appeal of the music and movements loosely identified at the time as jazz. The article identifies defining elements of this negative discourse to explore their mechanism and bearings in particular localized settings, namely, in Australia and Iceland. The focus is on how the perceptions of jazz as a social evil contributed to conceptualizing ideas of social reform and how the demonization of jazz played a role in defining national character and culture. Australia and Iceland serve as examples for understanding the way in which the negative discourse gained a foothold in society by relating to pre-existing social anxieties, political objectives and historical context.

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