scholarly journals Supporting Autistic Culture in Defining Autistic Identity

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Gerald Beaulieu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Production ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Autistic Adults ◽  
Autistic Identity ◽  
Proper Context

Late diagnosed Autistic adults who are also practicing artists are very likely to have clues about their identities expressed in their work. This gives them the opportunity to reevaluate their meaning through a more accurate lens and proper context. It also challenges viewers and audiences to do the same and to confront misconceptions. These biases are likely to extend across all forms of cultural production. This leaves Autistic and disabled artists with a very small and unrecognized footprint in our current cultural landscape. This needs to be rectified by rejecting outmoded stereotypes and establishing committed programs of engagement with Autistic culture by our public institutions. 

Hope, Despair, and Justice in Postwar European Culture: Bicycle Thieves, The Plague, and The Man Outside as Case Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-82
Author(s):  
Amir Engel
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
World War ◽  
The West ◽  
European Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Emotional Disposition ◽  
Do So

Abstract While there is growing interest in the postwar era, the cultural characteristics of the period after World War II and the period’s historical scope are still largely underdetermined. The purpose of this article is to offer a more nuanced use of the term postwar and insights into the cultural landscape of this enormously significant moment in the history of the West. To do so, it examines three major works of what is termed here the immediate postwar. These works are fundamentally dissimilar and yet, it is argued, share an emotional disposition. As shown, all three works exhibit a complex dialectical coupling of horror and anticipation. In other words, this article demonstrates that the cultural production of the postwar period (in the exact sense of the term) is characterized, on the one hand, by a sincere depiction of suffering and depravity but, on the other, by an intense engagement with questions about the moral and social future.

‘A way to be me’: Autobiographical reflections of autistic adults diagnosed in mid-to-late adulthood

Autism ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 136236132110506
Author(s):  
Rozanna Lilley ◽  
Wenn Lawson ◽  
Gabrielle Hall ◽  
Joanne Mahony ◽  
Hayley Clapham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Autism Diagnosis ◽  
Late Adulthood ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
Autistic Adults ◽  
Autistic Identity ◽  
Over Time

In this article, we report on an oral history study documenting the lives of autistic adults in Australia. This qualitative study, co-produced with autistic researchers, offers insight into the lived experiences of autistic adults diagnosed in mid-to-late adulthood. Oral history methodology was utilised to understand the experiences of autistic adults who grew up in an era before autism was well-known. The 26 interviewees were born before 1975, receiving a clinical autism diagnosis after age 35 years. All interviews were conducted by autistic researchers, transcribed and thematically analysed by a team of autistic and non-autistic researchers using the six-step process outlined by Braun and Clarke. We identified four themes relating to perceptions of the self: being different, exploring identity, the suffering self and being Autistic. Some interviewees reported a direct relationship between trauma, negative self-conceptions and suffering. For most, formal diagnosis had positive impacts on sense of self, contributing to a greater focus on strengths. Contra research suggesting autistic impairments in self-awareness, these interviewees demonstrated a deep capacity for self-reflection, highlighting the variability of autistic lives and the socio-historical contexts that shape individual biographies, including experiences of stigma and discrimination as well as the empowering potential of identifying as autistic. Lay abstract Using oral history methods, we interviewed and recorded 26 autistic adults in Australia about their life history. We wanted to better understand interviewees’ self-reflections about their lives. The interviewers were autistic researchers and the interviews were analysed by autistic and non-autistic researchers. All of the adults we interviewed were born before 1975 and formally identified as autistic after age 35 years. This group of people is sometimes referred to as ‘late-diagnosed autistic adults’. In general, there is not much research done about autistic adults and even less is known about those diagnosed late in life. In this article, we explore what these adults said about their sense of self and how that changed over time. These autistic adults told us about many negative experiences, including trauma, which had shaped how they think about themselves. For most, autism diagnosis had a very positive impact on their sense of self, allowing them to understand more about their own past and to feel good about their autistic identity. Previously some researchers have said that autistic people have a limited or impaired sense of self. Instead, our results show some autistic people can actually reflect deeply on their lives and their changing sense of self-identity over time.

scholarly journals FORMATION AND ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LITHUANIAN MANOR (YARD) / LIETUVOS DVARO (KIEMO) FORMAVIMASIS IR ARCHITEKTŪRINĖ RAIDA

10.3846/535 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-308
Author(s):  
Indrė Kačinskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
State Structure ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Local Tradition ◽  
Architectural Development ◽  
The Impact

The article describes architectural development of the Lithuanian manor from the outset until the 20th century. For over 500 years, the manor had remained a foundational axis of the state structure, around which the political, social, economic and cultural life of the country was concentrated. Up to the 15th century, the ruler’s manors (yards) were the core of the statehood in Lithuania. In the 15th – 16th centuries, the ruler’s manor developed into the main political public institutions with permanent residences being established. Afterwards, when the impact of the ruler’s manor diminished, manor homesteads of local noblemen became the focal points of the Western European stylistic architecture in Lithuania. Through noblemen’s manors novelties reached homesteads of the lower strata of nobility, who was greatly influenced by local tradition. Remaining diversity of cultural landscape, architectural expression, urban relationship ‘manor homestead – town’ nowadays are the relics of the old manor, which developed over the centuries and to this day reflects the Lithuanian architecture and its history. Santrauka Straipsnyje atskleidžiama Lietuvos dvaro architektūrinė raida nuo jo ištakų iki XX a. pr. Dvaras daugiau kaip 500 m. išliko pamatinė valstybės struktūros ašis, aplink kurią koncentravosi šalies politinis, socialinis, ekonominis ir kultūrinis gyvenimas. Iki XV a. Lietuvos valstybės struktūros pagrindą sudarė valdovo dvarai (kiemai). XV–XVI a. iš valdovo dvaro išaugo pagrindinės krašto politinės institucijos, kūrėsi pastovios rezidencijos. Vėliau, susilpnėjus valdovo dvaro įtakai, vietos didikų dvarų sodybos tapo vienais iš pagrindinių Vakarų Europos stilistinės architektūros židinių Lietuvoje. Per didikų dvarus architektūros naujovės pasiekdavo žemesnių bajorijos sluoksnių sodybas, kurioms didelę įtaką darė ir vietos tradicija. Išlikusi kultūrinio kraštovaizdžio įvairovė, architektūrinė raiška, urbanistiniai ryšiai „dvaro sodyba – miestas“ yra šimtmečiais formavęsi, Lietuvos architektūros raidą, jos istoriją atspindintys senojo dvaro reliktai.

Alternative Publishing Models in a Changing Cultural Landscape

LOGOS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Tondi
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Present Form ◽  
Final Part ◽  
The Past ◽  
Trade Model ◽  
Direct Competition ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Way

The purpose of this article is to present an outlook on current publishing models and the way they relate to each other. The first part offers an overview of the traditional trade model in its present form and looks at the main alternatives, with a particular emphasis on crowdfunding. Can examples of subscription models be found from the past? Particular attention is given to the crowdfunding publisher Unbound in order to analyse how its hybrid business model fits into the field of contemporary cultural production. The final part looks at the dynamics between traditional trade publishers, Unbound, and the wider cultural ecosystem, exploring how different models can operate beyond direct competition, benefiting from each other’s presence in the market in the common quest to keep books alive.

scholarly journals Formation and Architectural Development of the Lithuanian Manor (Yard)

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-308
Author(s):  
Indrė Kačinskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
State Structure ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Local Tradition ◽  
Architectural Development ◽  
The Impact

The article describes architectural development of the Lithuanian manor from the outset until the 20th century. For over 500 years, the manor had remained a foundational axis of the state structure, around which the political, social, economic and cultural life of the country was concentrated. Up to the 15th century, the ruler’s manors (yards) were the core of the statehood in Lithuania. In the 15th – 16th centuries, the ruler’s manor developed into the main political public institutions with permanent residences being established. Afterwards, when the impact of the ruler’s manor diminished, manor homesteads of local noblemen became the focal points of the Western European stylistic architecture in Lithuania. Through noblemen’s manors novelties reached homesteads of the lower strata of nobility, who was greatly influenced by local tradition. Remaining diversity of cultural landscape, architectural expression, urban relationship ‘manor homestead – town’ nowadays are the relics of the old manor, which developed over the centuries and to this day reflects the Lithuanian architecture and its history.

Weavers of Dreams, Unite!

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean P. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Hierarchy ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
The Social ◽  
Performance Traditions ◽  
Historical Moment

This introductory chapter sets out the book's purpose, which to explore the efforts of American actors to define what it meant to earn a living on the stage at a historical moment when the cultural landscape of the United States was undergoing seismic changes. In so doing, it sheds light on a number of larger issues: the nature of cultural production in the early twentieth century; languages of class and their role in the construction of cultural hierarchy; and the special problems that unionization posed for workers in the commercial entertainment industry. The book focuses on that section of the American acting community that earned its living in the so-called legitimate theater, a cultural category that by the early twentieth century had come to be defined, at least in a metropolitan context, less by a particular set of performance traditions than by the social identity of its audience. An overview of the subsequent chapters is also presented.

For Those About to Rock

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
Jennifer Tufts
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Minimal Risk ◽  
Noise Induced Hearing Loss ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
Hearing Health ◽  
Loud Music ◽  
Protective Strategies

Loud music and noisy hobbies are part of our cultural landscape. These activities can be enjoyed with minimal risk to hearing if a few commonsense guidelines are followed. Educating clients about risks and protective strategies will empower them to make informed decisions about their hearing health that best reflect their values and priorities. In this article, the author covers essential information to avoiding noise-induced hearing loss, writing in easily accessible language to better help clinicians convey this information to their clients.

Balancing Act: Identity and Otherness among Latin American Immigrants and their Food Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-83
Author(s):  
Paulette Kershenovich Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Food Research ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Latin American Immigrants

This article deals with the identity construction of Latin American immigrants in Israel through their food practices. Food is a basic symbolic element connecting cultural perceptions and experiences. For immigrants, food is also an important element in the maintenance of personal ties with their home countries and a cohesive factor in the construction of a new identity in Israel, their adopted homeland. Food practices encode tacit information and non-verbal cues that are integral parts of an individual’s relationship with different social groups. In this case, I recruited participants from an online group formed within social media platforms of Latin American women living in Israel. The basic assumption of this study posits that certain communication systems are set in motion around food events in various social contexts pertaining to different national or local cuisines and culinary customs. Their meaning, significance and modifications and how they are framed. This article focuses on the adaptation and acculturation processes because it is at that point that immigrants are faced with an interesting duality of reconstructing their unique cultural perceptions to either fit the existing national collective ethos or create a new reality. In this study, the main objective is to compare two different immigrant groups: Jewish and non-Jewish women from Latin America who came to Israel during the last ten years. The comparative nature of the research revealed marked differences between ethnic, religious and cultural elements that reflect coping strategies manifested in the cultural production of food and its representation in two distinct domains: private and public. In the former, it is illustrated within the family and home and how they connect or clash with the latter in the form of consumption in public. Combining cultural studies and discourse analysis, this article offers fresh insight into new models of food practices and reproductions. The article’s contribution to new food research lies in its ability to shed light on how inter-generational and inter-religious discourses are melded while food practices and traditions are embedded in a new Israeli identity.

Edward Said, Postcolonialism and Palestine's Contested Spaces

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahrir Hamdi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Production ◽  
Edward Said ◽  
Contested Spaces ◽  
Olive Trees ◽  
Call To Prayer

Postcolonialism, profoundly influenced by the Palestinian scholar Edward Said, has until recently been oddly silent on Palestine, a topic that not only preoccupied Said's thinking and writing, but also inspired his theoretical ideas on imperialism, anti-colonial struggle and the worldliness and affiliations of the text and the critic. This theoretical silence on Palestine was, in fact, preceded by a historical, political, geographical, social and cultural contestation of all forms of Palestinian spaces that include not only dispossessing Palestinians of their land, but also building apartheid walls, destroying hundreds of thousands of olive trees, appropriating/stealing traditional Palestinian dishes and clothes, silencing Palestinian narratives and the Muslim call to prayer. This paper will argue that these contested spaces necessarily become sites of Palestinian cultural production, struggle and sumud.

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