scholarly journals Cultural differences in food consumption: The experiences of international students

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Nikolett Németh
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Local Foods ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Multicultural Management ◽  
Dietary Choices ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Complex Decision

There is a great variety of foods eaten. It is obvious that foods play a very important role in the daily lives of individual nations. Foods and meals, however, serve not only the living, but also fulfil other functions in the given society. For example, food expression may be part of a social class, reveal income conditions, and express identity.   The investigation was carried out on the topic by a qualitative method, in the form of an in-depth interview. The interviews were conducted by master students of the Szent István University in the framework of Multicultural Management subject, with non-Hungarian origin. A total of 65 in-depth interviews were conducted between 2017 and 2018.  Interviewees were members of 22 nationalities. During the investigations, the main questions were: What type of food do you consume the most? What factors do you take into consideration when choosing foods? What differences do you find in the habits of the different ethnic groups, especially with regard to their eating habits?  Most of the interviewees are interested in compare their diet and cultural traditions to other nations’ and prefer local foods. The study proved that eating habits in Hungary have an impact on the eating habits of foreign students, and they change them in several elements. The study found that dietary choices are a complex decision that has a significant environmental and social impact but need to say, thanks to the strong cultural background the students can keep their sustainable eating values in abroad.    Keywords: culture, food choice, consumption 

scholarly journals The Role of Cultural Factors in Sustainable Food Consumption—An Investigation of the Consumption Habits among International Students in Hungary

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolett Nemeth ◽  
Ildiko Rudnak ◽  
Prespa Ymeri ◽  
Csaba Fogarassy
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Cultural Factors

Food consumption plays a pivotal role in the economy and the health of individuals. Foods and meals, in addition to sustaining life, also have many functions in society, such as human bonding. The purpose of our study is to present a qualitative research method to show the role of food consumption in the culture of several ethnic groups, and to introduce the ways in which cultural factors influence eating habits and local food supply conditions. In the first part of the research, the sample was a mix of multiple nationalities. During our investigations, the main questions were: What do you think about the culture and value food consumption? What kind of food do you consume the most? What differences do you find in the habits of different ethnic groups, especially regarding their eating habits? In the second part, we asked the main actors of the local supply system (restaurants, buffets, shops) about the ways they track the demand of foreign students. Our results have been implemented into two different SWOT matrixes. We can conclude that such research on food consumption attitudes and community behavior is essential. Most of the interviewed students are interested in comparing their diet and cultural traditions to those of other nations’, and prefer local foods. The study proved that eating habits in Hungary have an impact on the eating habits of international students, and they changed them from several perspectives. The study found that dietary choices are complex decisions that have a significant environmental and social impact, but we need to add that thanks to the strong cultural background, the students can keep their sustainable eating and community values abroad, which can also strongly influence the development of the local food supply practices.

Budaya dalam Pengajaran Bipa: Respons Orang Asing terhadap Budaya Sunda dalam Hubungan Lintas Budaya

Metahumaniora ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Muhamad Adji
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
International Language ◽  
Foreign Speakers ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

AbstrakProgram BIPA (Bahasa Indonesia bagi Penutur Asing) memberikan kesempatanpada orang asing untuk mempelajari bahasa Indonesia sebagai pintu gerbang untukmengenal Indonesia lebih dalam lagi. Dengan semakin banyaknya orang asingmengunakan bahasa Indonesia, semakin terbuka kesempatan bagi bahasa Indonesiauntuk menjadi bahasa internasional. Hal itu dapat dilakukan melalui strategi kebudayaan.Strategi kebudayaan yang dapat dilakukan dalam mengenalkan Indonesia dalampembelajaran BIPA adalah melalui pengenalan budaya lokal yang menjadi ujung tombakdari kebudayaan Indonesia. Kebudayaan lokal yang hidup dalam masyarakat setempatmemberi kesempatan bagi orang asing untuk melihat dan memahami kekayaan budayaIndonesia yang beragam. Tulisan ini bertujuan mengetahui pengetahuan dasar mahasiswaasing terhadap budaya Sunda dan bagaimana respon mereka dengan dijadikannya budayaSunda sebagai bagian dari pembelajaran BIPA. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitiandeskriptif dengan pemerolehan data melalui kuesioner dan referensi kepustakaan. Hasilpenelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengenalan aspak-aspek budaya lokal, dalam hal inibudaya Sunda, dalam pengajaran BIPA merupakan kebutuhan utama bagi orang asingagar dapat bertahan hidup dan beradaptasi dalam lingkungan sosial budaya tempatmereka hidup serta membangun kesalingpengertian dalam hubungan lintas budaya. Olehkarena itu, hal-hal yang penting bagi orang asing adalah budaya lokal yang dirasakanlangsung dalam kehidupan keseharian mereka di Indonesia.Kata kunci: budaya Sunda, pengajaran BIPA, respon, orang asing, lintas budayaAbstractThe BIPA program (Indonesian for Foreign Speakers) provides an opportunity forforeigners to learn Indonesian as a gateway to know Indonesia more comprehensively. With theincreasing number of foreigners using Indonesian language, the more open the opportunity forIndonesian language to become an international language. This can be done through a culturalstrategy. The cultural strategy that can be done in introducing Indonesia in BIPA learning isthrough the introduction of local culture that is the spearhead of Indonesian culture. Local culture hat lives in local communities provides opportunities for foreigners to see and understand Indonesia’s diverse cultural richness. This paper aims to find out the basic knowledge of foreign students towards Sundanese culture and how they respond to the use of Sundanese culture as part of BIPA learning. This research is a descriptive study by obtaining data through questionnaires and literature references. The results show that the introduction of aspects of local culture, in this case Sundanese culture, in the teaching of BIPA is a major need for foreigners to survive and adapt in the socio-cultural environment in which they live and build understanding in cross-cultural relations. Therefore, the things that are important for foreigners are the local culture that is directly affected in their daily lives in Indonesia.Keywords: Sundanese culture, BIPA teaching, response, foreigners, cross-cultural

scholarly journals Emerging Energy Harvesting Technology for Electro/Photo-Catalytic Water Splitting Application

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Jianfei Tang ◽  
Tianle Liu ◽  
Sijia Miao ◽  
Yuljae Cho
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Energy Applications ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Splitting System

In recent years, we have experienced extreme climate changes due to the global warming, continuously impacting and changing our daily lives. To build a sustainable environment and society, various energy technologies have been developed and introduced. Among them, energy harvesting, converting ambient environmental energy into electrical energy, has emerged as one of the promising technologies for a variety of energy applications. In particular, a photo (electro) catalytic water splitting system, coupled with emerging energy harvesting technology, has demonstrated high device performance, demonstrating its great social impact for the development of the new water splitting system. In this review article, we introduce and discuss in detail the emerging energy-harvesting technology for photo (electro) catalytic water splitting applications. The article includes fundamentals of photocatalytic and electrocatalytic water splitting and water splitting applications coupled with the emerging energy-harvesting technologies using piezoelectric, piezo-phototronic, pyroelectric, triboelectric, and photovoltaic effects. We comprehensively deal with different mechanisms in water splitting processes with respect to the energy harvesting processes and their effect on the water splitting systems. Lastly, new opportunities in energy harvesting-assisted water splitting are introduced together with future research directions that need to be investigated for further development of new types of water splitting systems.

scholarly journals DAMPAK PENGGUNAAN KERAMBA JARING APUNG PADA PEMBUDIDAYA IKAN KERAPU BERDASARKAN PERSPEKTIF SOSIAL EKONOMI

Jurnal KIRANA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Lenny Widjayanthi ◽  
Yeni Anggun Widayanti
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Selling Price ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Social ◽  
Net Cages

Grouper fish is a type of reef fish that is exported as a commodity to various countries such as Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and China. Grouper fish can be cultivated using floating net cages and have a high selling price (high profit) but also have a high risk (high risk), thus affecting the market and the number of grouper aquaculture. The purpose of this research is to determine the socioeconomic impact of the use of floating net on grouper farmers. The determination of the research area was carried out deliberately in Situbondo Regency. The study was conducted with a qualitative approach. Data collection is done by observation and depth interview. The informants of the research were determined intentionally, namely grouper fish farmers who do aquaculture with floating net cages. The data analysis method uses Milles and Huberman. The results showed that the use of floating nets for grouper culture had social and economic impacts. The social impact on grouper farmers is the formation of grouper farmers, thus creating a social network in the form of interaction between farmers; construction of supporting facilities for the development of aquaculture businesses but also raises social prejudices between farmers because of frequent theft of fish in floating nets. While the economic impact is based on increasing grouper production which has a direct impact on the income of grouper farmers. Keywords : Floating net, grouper fish farmers, socio-economic impacts

scholarly journals Social and International Identity of Students’ Personality in the Globalized World: Vietnamese Students’ Experience

Upravlenie ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Куликова ◽  
O. Kulikova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Communications Networks ◽  
Interview Research ◽  
Social Communications ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
International Identity ◽  
Globalized World

This paper is based on the results of studying in Moscow higher educational institutions Vietnamese students’ depth interview. Research is devoted to how students from other countries build their identification, attracting their social communications networks. This research results allow understand how foreign students face and cross cultural distinctions to define new prospects of identity that gives them a chance to perform special social roles and increase their national and heritage identity. This paper suggests that international educational programs originators consider cultural diversity, recognizing social and cultural influences as defining factors in foreign students’ learning and everyday life, to make the curriculum and use pedagogical methods which give a chance to foreign students to develop self-knowledge, openness and citizenship.

scholarly journals KEARIFAN LOKAL MASYARAKAT ADAT DAYAK HIBUN DALAM MELESTARIKAN HUTAN TERINGKANG DI DUSUN BERUAK DESA GUNAM KECAMATAN PARINDU KABUPATEN SANGGAU

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sely Indri Prameswari ◽  
Iskandar A M ◽  
Slamet Rifanjani
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Depth Interview

Dayak hibun people cannot be separated from the forest in their daily lives. they maintain the preservation of the surrounding forest, one of which is the caged forest. The research aimed to collect information regardingthe local wisdomPublicDayak Hibun  in Beruak, Gunam Village, Parindu Subdistrict, Sanggau Regency, in an effort to preserve the teringkang forest. The research method using survey method, and the technique of data collection was snowball sampling. The data was obtained through a depth-interview and interview guideline as a reference. The results of the data analysis show that there are several forms of local wisdom practiced in gunam village, namely 1. (a) prohibition of cutting down the trees, (b) opening the Teringkang forest for farming, (c) burning goods such as shrimp paste and fish, (d) taking and killing animals, (e) urinating and defecating in the Teringkang Forest, 2. belief in the presence of Bunyik (ghosts), having rituals entering the Teringkang Forest, and Keeping words politeness, 3. Hence the community has belief in mystical matters, 4. Therefore, the Teringkang Forest is still preserved up until today.Keywords: Dayak Hibun, Local Wisdom, Teringkang Forest

Food Cultural Values

2016 ◽  
pp. 125-145
Author(s):  
Gafu Cristina ◽  
Cristina Iridon
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Homogeneous Group ◽  
Real Issue ◽  
Preparatory Year ◽  
And Function

The present chapter presents the results of a study carried out within the Romanian culture and civilization classes taught to the foreign students in the preparatory year. Our goal was not only to familiarize them with Romanian culture, but also to help them better interact and function as a homogeneous group, in spite of their cultural diversity. The paper aims at studying to what degree cultural diversity and identity marks specific to students coming from various countries can be used to facilitate their adaptation to the culture and mentality of the host country and to a multicultural group. Among many aspects regarding Romanian traditional culture and civilization, we included information related to Romanian food and eating habits. Such a topic cannot be neglected if we take into account the fact that individual needs constitute a real issue in the adaptation of a multicultural group to a new culture and lifestyle.

Deference and Dominance in Old Age: An Exploration in Social Theory

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne Mc Gee ◽  
Melissa Barker
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Old People ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
The Impact

Nonverbal expressions of power and control in the daily lives of old people are examined from a life span perspective that combines social exchange theory, Goffman's classic work on deference and demeanor, and Henley's power theory of nonverbal communication and paralinguistics. Because of societal devaluation of the aged and the typical later life declines in power resources, old people are likely to experience a loss of status and social control during everyday nonverbal rituals of dominance and deference. Supporting evidence is drawn from studies of the social impact of the physical setting and interactions between institutionalized old people and staff members. Discussion emphasizes the generally subtle nature of nonverbal expressions of dominance and deference, the impact of normal sensory declines in typical later life role transitions, and the potential for ageist interpretations of nonverbal cues.

Foreign Students in the University of the Immaculate Conception and their Multi-Faceted Experiences

10.17158/186 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bienvinido E. Infante ◽  
Maribeth Q. Galindo ◽  
Mona L. Laya ◽  
Jason N. Marquez ◽  
Leah C. Apsay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Immaculate Conception ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic And Social Experiences

<p>This qualitative study aimed to present baseline information about the academic and social experiences of the foreign students at the University of the Immaculate Conception (UIC). The researchers conducted a focus group discussion involving 15 of them who are currently enrolled in various programs of the university. Through an in-depth interview, it was found that most of the foreign students have known UIC via a recommendation of a friend, or the internet. Findings revealed that the existence of the foreign students in UIC is characterized both by pleasant and unpleasant experiences. The positive feedback about the UIC educational system opens a possibility for more influx of foreign students while the unpleasant experiences pose dramatic amendments in established policies of the university.</p>

scholarly journals How Foreign Students Learn ‘Bahasa Indonesia’ as a Second Language

JET ADI BUANA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Singgih Widodo Limantoro
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Real World ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Cultural Exposure ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

Foreigners who learn 'Bahasa Indonesia' in Indonesia actually learn Indonesian as a Second Language in the real-world settings. They practice Indonesian in Indonesian-speaking culture so that they expect to improve their Indonesian proficiency in a conducive language environment. In this paper, the writer would like to investigate why and how the foreign students learn it at Ubaya Language Center in Surabaya, Indonesia for about one semester. As a matter of fact, a language is also a part of culture, therefore, when they learn the Indonesian cultural activities, they might also learn the Indonesian language through cultural exposure. Based on his overall survey findings, the participants or the foreign students learning Indonesian at ULC had some reasons, such as chance for working career, for travelling, and for improving the language competence. They also used the Indonesian skills in their daily lives. This conducive language environment, their motivation and strategies in learning Indonesian in Indonesia would also enhance the success of their language learning. Keywords: communicative competence, foster, how to learn, linguistic environment

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