The Reservations of the Funny: Ethics of Studying Funny Communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-86
Author(s):  
Liz Sills
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Marginalized Populations ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
Representative Case ◽  
American Humor

Abstract Studying the funny trends within historically marginalized populations has historically been used as a means of making them seem nonthreatening to dominant cultures. Scholars, furthermore, have often applied dominant-culture contexts toward reading minority artifacts without taking the time to understand the premises for other cultures’ funny enthymemes (Epp 2010; Price 1994). This paper proposes two solutions to the dilemma of recognizing the importance of representing marginalized populations’ humor in the scholarly canon but also studying those funny artifacts with a mind toward ethics, using Native American humor as a representative case study.

‘A Routh O’ Auld Nick-Nackets’ – the antiquarian collection of John Rae

2015 ◽  
Vol 36-37 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-183
Author(s):  
Paul Taylor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Representative Case ◽  
National Museums ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University

John Rae, a Scottish antiquarian collector and spirit merchant, played a highly prominent role in the local natural history societies and exhibitions of nineteenth-century Aberdeen. While he modestly described his collection of archaeological lithics and other artefacts, principally drawn from Aberdeenshire but including some items from as far afield as the United States, as a mere ‘routh o’ auld nick-nackets' (abundance of old knick-knacks), a contemporary singled it out as ‘the best known in private hands' (Daily Free Press 4/5/91). After Rae's death, Glasgow Museums, National Museums Scotland, the University of Aberdeen Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, as well as numerous individual private collectors, purchased items from the collection. Making use of historical and archive materials to explore the individual biography of Rae and his collection, this article examines how Rae's collecting and other antiquarian activities represent and mirror wider developments in both the ‘amateur’ antiquarianism carried out by Rae and his fellow collectors for reasons of self-improvement and moral education, and the ‘professional’ antiquarianism of the museums which purchased his artefacts. Considered in its wider nineteenth-century context, this is a representative case study of the early development of archaeology in the wider intellectual, scientific and social context of the era.

Cultural Proficiency: The Necessary Link to Family Engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 155545892110377
Author(s):  
Corinne Brion
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Family Engagement ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Cultural Proficiency ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
Community Outcomes ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Culturally Proficient

Although family engagement is crucial to student and community outcomes, schools often alienate families who are not part of the dominant culture. As a result, school leaders need to become culturally proficient to systematically engage all families equitably regardless of their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other cultural identifiers. This teaching case study raises issues related to cultural proficiency and family engagement. To help current and future educational leaders foster family engagement, I provide a cultural proficiency for family and community engagement framework. I also pose questions designed to trigger conversations and find practical solutions related to equitable family engagement.

The Honor Killing of Qandeel Baloch

2019 ◽  
pp. 135-146
Author(s):  
Sarah Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Small Extent ◽  
Geographical Region ◽  
Marginalized Populations ◽  
Honor Killings ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Honor Killing

Qandeel Baloch, a controversial Pakistani social media star, was killed by her brother in 2016 in the name of “honor.” Using Qandeel’s honor killing as a case study, this chapter analyzes honor killings to gain a better understanding of what they are, their prevalence, and the factors attributable to them, particularly in South Asia. The chapter also examines the role that social media has played globally in giving marginalized populations a voice and platform online while simultaneously making them more vulnerable to cyberbullying, harassment, and, in Qandeel’s case, even death. Through contextual and empirical accounts, the chapter cautions readers to not think of honor killings as a faith-based problem confined to a particular geographical region but, rather, as a larger epidemic that is strongly rooted in a culture that persists, to a small extent, in developed countries as well.

From Marginalized to Validated: An In-depth Case Study of an Asian American, Native American and Pacific Islander Serving Institution

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thai-Huy Nguyen ◽  
Mike Hoa Nguyen ◽  
Bach Mai Dolly Nguyen ◽  
Marybeth Gasman ◽  
Clifton Conrad
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Pacific Islander

Native American Student Participation in Study Abroad: An Exploratory Case Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 127-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Wanger ◽  
Robin Minthorn ◽  
Kathryn Weinland ◽  
Boomer Appleman ◽  
Michael James ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Native Students ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
American University ◽  
Native American Students ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Bachelor's Degrees

This exploratory case study examines the participation of Native American students in study abroad and institutional policies and practices that either impede or enhance participation. The study surveys all Native students enrolled at the American university that produces the most Native graduates with bachelor's degrees. Although Native students value the benefits of study abroad, the study finds that they face a unique confluence of factors that limit participation. The role of Native students' social networks (family, tribal members, friends, Native advisors) is found to be prominent in deliberations about participation. Social capital theory is employed for analysis of the findings.

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