The Grounding of Cosmopolitans: Merchants and Local Cultures in Guangdong

Author(s):  
F Siu Helen
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2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-364
Author(s):  
Kristin Norget

This article explores new political practices of the Roman Catholic Church by means of a close critical examination of the beatification of the Martyrs of Cajonos, two indigenous men from the Mexican village of San Francisco Cajonos, Oaxaca, in 2002. The Church’s new strategy to promote an upsurge in canonizations and beatifications forms part of a “war of images,” in Serge Gruzinski’s terms, deployed to maintain apparently peripheral populations within the Church’s central paternalistic fold of social and moral authority and influence, while at the same time as it must be seen to remain open to local cultures and realities. In Oaxaca and elsewhere, this ecclesiastical technique of “emplacement” may be understood as an attempt to engage indigenous-popular religious sensibilities and devotion to sacred images while at the same time implicitly trying to contain them, weaving their distinct local historical threads seamlessly into the fabric of a global Catholic history.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Sri Sabakti

Many folklores have same motives, but different in development adjust to the community that support the story. Differences in the development of the story in folklore shows the influences of local cultures to the storyteller. The differences cause various versions of folklore. It is also seen in folklore Mahligai Keloyang from Indragiri Hulu Regency and Koba Malin Deman from Rokan Hulu Regency. Therefore, this study aimed to find the similarities and the differences of the two folklores. The analysis of the similarities and differences of The legend Mahligai Keloyang and Koba Malin Deman applied dynamic structuralism theory, the theory which does not only emphasizes the intrinsic elements, but also pay attention to extrinsic elements in literature. Due to the fact that the study was also intended to compare two folklores, the research method used is descriptive comparative method. Based on the analysis of the structure of the story, it is found that there are similarities and differences in the stories Mahligai Keloyang and Koba Malin Deman which includes elements of the theme, the characters, the settings, and the plots. Based on the analysis of the cultural values in the folklores, some similarities and differences of religious values, moral values, and social values are found.AbstrakBanyak cerita rakyat yang mempunyai motif yang sama, tetapi berbeda pengembangannya disesuaikan dengan masyarakat pendukung cerita tersebut. Perbedaan pengembangan cerita dalam cerita rakyat memperlihatkan adanya pengaruh budaya lokal kepada si pencerita. Perbedaan itulah yang menimbulkan berbagai versi cerita rakyat. Hal ini juga terlihat dalam cerita rakyat “Mahligai Keloyang” dari Kabupaten Indragiri Hulu dan “Koba Malin Deman” dari Kabupaten Rokan Hulu. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan persamaan dan perbedaan kedua cerita rakyat tersebut. Analisis terhadap persamaan dan perbedaan cerita legenda “Mahligai Keloyang” dan “Koba Malin Deman” dilakukan dengan menggunakan teori strukturalisme dinamik, yaitu teori yang tidak hanya menekankan pada unsur-unsur intrinsik, tetapi juga memerhatikan unsur ekstrinsik dalam karya sastra. Karena penelitian ini juga bermaksud membandingkan dua cerita rakyat, metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif komparatif. Berdasarkan analisis struktur cerita didapati bahwa persamaan dan perbedaan yang terdapat dalam cerita “Mahligai Keloyang” dan “Koba Malin Deman” meliputi unsur tema, tokoh, latar, dan alur. Mealui analisis nilai budaya pada kedua cerita rakyat tersebut diperoleh persamaan dan perbedaan tentang nilai agama, nilai moral, dan nilai sosial.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4924
Author(s):  
Balan Rathakrishnan ◽  
Soon Singh Bikar Singh ◽  
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin ◽  
Mohd Fahmi Ghazali ◽  
Azizi Yahaya ◽  
...  

When adolescents go overseas to study, they have to face the challenge of adapting to local cultures, homesickness, and dealing with the stress. This study aimed to investigate the socio-cultural adaptation, homesickness, and perceived stress among international students in relation to social sustainability in a public university in Sabah, Malaysia. This research also related how international students manage both positive and negative impacts on their social life in university. The study included all international students in that university except Bruneian and Indonesian students. The sample group comprised 100 male and 100 female students. This study used four questionnaires: (i) Perceived Stress Scale, (ii) Homesickness Scale, (iii) Socio-cultural Adaptation Scale, and (iv) Revised Sociocultural Adaptation Scale. The results indicated that the socio-cultural adaptation and perceived stress levels were significantly correlated, r (198) = 0.354, p < 0.05. The level of homesickness and perceived stress were also significantly correlated, r (198) = 0.314, p < 0.05. The outcome of this study can help overseas students lead better lives abroad, while the university can arrange relevant activities to help them better adapt to local cultures and perceive less stress. The present study underlined the importance of increasing socio-cultural adaptation and social sustainability and decreasing homesickness among international students studying at the public university in Sabah.


Author(s):  
Mark Thornton Burnett

This article discusses two Romeo and Juliet adaptations from Kerala, Annayum Rasoolum (dir. Rajeev Ravi, 2013) and Eeda (dir. B. Ajithkumar, 2018). Both films situate the lovers in a regional milieu which challenges notions of progress, as representations of political and religious contest suggest. Taking Ratheesh Radhakrishnan’s claim that the Malayalam film prioritises Keraliyatha or ‘Kerala-ness’, I suggest that songs and rituals are crucial to the films’ imagining of the lovers in relation to local cultures. Annayum Rasoolum and Eeda hold out the prospect of different futures, yet, ultimately, fall back on ambiguated conclusions and spectacles of separation and precarity.


1996 ◽  
Vol 179 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukiko Yamada ◽  
Hiroko Hirata ◽  
Kikuyo Fujimura ◽  
Kazuyoshi Ohtsuji ◽  
Yoshio Tani ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Putu Windu Tenaya . ◽  
I Gede Mahendra Darmawiguna, S.Kom., M.S . ◽  
I Made Agus Wirawan, S.Kom., M.Cs. .

Perkembangan globalisasi saat ini mengakibatkan pengikisan terhadap budaya lokal, dan diperlukan upaya dalam pelestarian budaya lokal. Salah satu upaya yang dilakukan yaitu mengembangkan game cerita rakyat. Cerita rakyat yang diadaptasi ke dalam penelitian ini yaitu cerita Mayadanawa, yang berasal dari Bali. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu Software Development Life Cycle dengan model waterfall. Model waterfall yaitu alur hidup perangkat lunak secara terurut dimuali dari analisis, desain pengkodean, pengujian, dan tahapan pendukung. Subjek penelitian adalah masyarakat umum dengan menggunakan angket dan selanjutnya dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian ini adalah game yang diimplementasikan menggunakan program Unity dan bahasa pemograman C#. Seluruh fitur yang terdapat pada Game Cerita Rakyat Bali Mayadanawa Berbasis Android sudah berjalan dengan baik. Respon pengguna terhadap Game Cerita Rakyat Bali Mayadanawa Berbasis Android masuk dalam rentangan sangat baik.Kata Kunci : Mobile Game, Waterfall, Cerita Mayadanawa, Unity, Android. The current development of globalization has resulted in the erosion of local cultures, and effort was required in the preservation of local cultures. One of the efforts was to develop the folklore game. Folklore adapted into this research wass the Mayadanawa, story from Bali. The research method used Software Development Life Cycle with waterfall model. The waterfall model was software lifecycle sequentially in the form of analysis, encoding design, testing, and supporting stages. The subjects of the study were the general population using questionnaires and then analyzed descriptively. The results of this study were game that are implemented using Unity program and C# programming language. All the features contained in the Android Based Game Of Balinese Folktale Mayadanawa is running well. User response to the Android Based Game Of Balinese Folktale Mayadanawa went in a very good range.keyword : Mobile Game, Waterfall, Mayadanawa Story, Unity, Android.


2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Claudio Germak ◽  
Dijon De Moraes ◽  
Paulo Miranda ◽  
Lia Krucken

TERRITORIO ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 119-123
Author(s):  
Michel Péraldi

- The general term criminal economy usually denotes those activities which involve the production, circulation and sale of products that are prohibited from a moral or legal viewpoint, where the organisation and production of these includes a component of physical violence either actually or potentially present in the organisation and in the production process. Finally it is conducted by marginal or deviant individuals and groups under conditions of total or relative clandestinity. In the case of Tangiers, the weak traits of criminal networks stand out against a strong urban background where local cultures and the convenience of commerce in cannabis combine. The negotiated and temporary nature of both the cultural and the organisational arrangements emerge, which are also consistent with a complex urban community, projected at the same time onto the local context and transnational networks.


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