Media and Cultural Hybridity in the Digital Humanities

PMLA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-164
Author(s):  
Élika Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Hybridity ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Cultural Implications ◽  
Everyday Work ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many

In this Essay, I Propose Taking Media-Cultural Hybridity as a Framework for Theorizing the Many Praxes of the Digital Humanities. Media-cultural hybridity, characterized by systemic media changes that have fostered cross-cultural exchanges, can usefully frame the varieties of DH and their concomitant global-cultural implications. Most DH practitioners will agree that media changes have already altered aspects of our reflections about, and everyday work in, the humanities; the field has examined the effects of these changes frequently and in depth in the last decade. But if, as I suggest in the following paragraphs, systemic media changes are accompanied by parallel systemic cultural changes, then DH could surpass the rhetoric of collaboration and make way not just for trans- or interdisciplinarity but also, crucially, for cross-cultural practices. In these pages I can only begin to sketch this framework, which itself is just one part of a larger investigation, but the questions I raise here will, I hope, be intriguing enough to spark further discussion. Now that DH has carved some niches, big and small, in academies around the world, highlighted the importance of local academic and cultural specificities, and established a praxis that negotiates the print and digital cultural records, is it possible to work toward topological understandings of the various emergences of the field? That is, can we develop understandings not just of the many local and disciplinary DH praxes but also of the encounters between them as indicators of the continuities and ruptures in the field? And, ultimately, can those understandings force us to rethink our epistemology so that it incorporates the cross-cultural exchanges at play?

English-Language Periodicals and Reading Rooms in Nineteenth-Century Italy as Spaces of Intercultural Contact and Exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-242
Author(s):  
Isabelle Richet
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
The Many ◽  
Cultural Dynamic

This paper discusses the symbiotic relationship that developed between English-language periodicals published in Italy and major reading rooms in Rome and Florence. This relationship took various configurations – from Luigi Piale in Rome, who opened a reading room and published the weekly The Roman Advertiser, to the Gabinetto Vieusseux in Florence that provided access to the many English-language periodicals published in Italy – and created important spaces of transnational cultural interaction. The paper looks at the cultural practices and the forms of sociability represented by the reading of periodicals and the patronizing of reading rooms as ‘imported traditions’ brought to Italy by the many British cultured travellers and residents in the nineteenth century. It identifies the actors who promoted these cultural practices (editors, librarians, cosmopolitan intellectuals) and analyses their role as mediating figures who created in-between spaces where cross-cultural exchanges unfolded. The paper also discusses the broader transnational cultural dynamic at work as those cultural practices imported from England favoured a greater engagement of British visitors and expatriates with the Italian political and cultural environment.

Technology and the Historian

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Crymble
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
The World ◽  
Digital Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many

After nearly a decade of scholars trying to define digital work, this book makes the case for a need instead to understand the history of technology’s relationship with historical studies. It does so through a series of case studies that show some of the many ways that technology and historians have come together around the world and over the decades. Often left out of the historiography, the digital age has been transformative for historians, touching on research agendas, approaches to teaching and learning, scholarly communication, and the nature of the archive itself. Bringing together histories and philosophies of the field, with a genre of works including private papers, Web archives, social media, and oral histories, this book lets the reader see the digital traces of the field as it developed. Importantly, it separates issues relevant to historians from activities under the purview of the much broader ‘digital humanities’ movement, in which historians’ voices are often drowned out by louder and more numerous literary scholars. To allow for flexible reading, each chapter tackles the history of a specific key theme, from research, to communication, to teaching. It argues that only by knowing their field’s own past can historians put technology to its best uses in the future.

scholarly journals Language Shift among the Arbereshe of Italy

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Elsa Pollozhani
Keyword(s):  
Language Shift ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
The World ◽  
Language Needs ◽  
The Many ◽  
Shift Change

Throughout history the world has faced migration, occupations, assimilations and explorations that have significantly influenced the way that the world functions today. Humankind has it in its nature to extend and confirm its knowledge. The world has undergone many political and cultural changes through the ages. It has witnessed different world orders, changes of borders and maps, colonization, globalization and similar significant processes. Among the many changes, language is a particular phenomenon that has faced shift, change and many times death. These are common language phenomena that require attention from scholars, researchers and most importantly from decision makers. But how much is being done for the preservation of minority languages? Not enough. Because first of all a language needs institutional and legal protection. This can be done by governments and their linguistic policies. Taking into account actions taken to date, this paper aims to study the under-researched area of Italy’s policy towards Arbëresh, a variety of Albanian language spoken by the Albanians of Italy or the Arbëreshë. Arbëresh presents an archaic variant of Albanian, spoken five centuries ago in Albania and has managed to survive in the Albanian communities in Italy, mostly spoken in Calabria and Sicily.

scholarly journals Voices - The Gathering

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
World Congress ◽  
Music Therapists ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
The World

Soon music therapists will be gathering again for another World Congress of Music Therapy, this time in Oxford, UK. Each time these gatherings become more and more exciting. It is good that the numbers of music therapists around the world keep increasing. But the exciting aspect of these International gatherings, for me, is the opportunity to experience the tremendous diversity, which is also growing each year. More and more countries are learning about music therapy and setting up training programs for music therapists. And the organizers of the Oxford conference are creating an event that is very respectful of this diversity and one that will provide many opportunities for cross-cultural exchanges.

“We’ve Always Done It Like This …Except for a Few Details”: “Tradition” and “Innovation” in Okiek Ceremonies

1993 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinne A. Kratz
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Temporal Continuity ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Cultural Concept

How does any practice become canonized as tradition? What counts as tradition and what does not and to whom? What temporal continuity is required and how is it defined? This essay is about African initiation ceremonies, in particular the practices of the Okiek people in Kenya. Considering the many papers spawned by Hobsbawm and Ranger's book on the “invention of tradition” (1983), it may not be surprising that Okiek also construct their ceremonies as traditional. Despite the attention devoted to the topic, few essays evaluate their own definition of tradition or consider the concept critically and comparatively. An unexamined premise thus incorporated into them takes one of two forms: either the notion of tradition is more or less the same throughout the world, and cross-cultural differences are of no consequence; or some societies (traditional ones) do not have notions of tradition. This essay argues that tradition itself must be explored as an indigenous cultural concept which shapes and is shaped by different perspectives and processes, as shown by the ways Okiek endow their images of tradition on ceremonies to spin their notions of history and identity.

scholarly journals Science and islands in Indo-Pacific worlds

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
SEBESTIAN KROUPA ◽  
STEPHANIE J. MAWSON ◽  
DORIT BRIXIUS
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Historical Change ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
New Directions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many

AbstractThis Introduction offers a conceptualization of the Indo-Pacific, its islands and their place within the history of science. We argue that Indo-Pacific islands present a remarkable combination of social, political and spatial circumstances, which speak to themes that are central to the history of science. Having driven movements of people and represented staging grounds for explorations, expansions and cross-cultural exchanges, these spaces have been at the forefront of historical change. The historiographies of the two oceans have traditionally emphasized indigenous agency while downplaying European historical trajectories, and therefore they provide historians of science with materials and methodologies that promise nuanced portrayals of knowledge production in cross-cultural settings. Rather than unifying the oceans into a cohesive narrative, we seek to uncover the many horizons of Indo-Pacific worlds and pluralize the spaces within which knowledge travelled at specific times, but not at others. Offering a middle plane between the globe and the region, islands are particularly productive sites for such analyses, as they bring to attention both localized kinds of agency and the impacts of colonialism and globalization. This special issue investigates what happens to knowledge within island spaces and demonstrates that even as small strips of land, islands can significantly enhance our understanding of the practices of knowledge making within the broader contours of world history. In bringing to the fore the contributions of actors from across the wider social spectrum and, especially, the interacting roles of indigenous agents and their traditions, Indo-Pacific worlds thus offer exciting new directions for a field which has often been dominated by a focus on European institutions.

scholarly journals The Effect of New Media on Cross-Cultural Communication Under the Background of “Internet+”

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 130-133
Author(s):  
Ye Chen
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Internet Industry ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Cultures

The rapid development of economy in China has brought development opportunities to the internet industry. With the continuous advancement of information technology, new media has also emerged, offering more convenient and efficient ways to the dissemination and exchange of information. At the same time, the spread of new media has become more diversified, being more in line with the current needs of people for browsing information. The cultural exchanges among various ethnic groups in China and even between countries around the world are constantly expanding. Facing the differences in culture, it is necessary to have proper guidance in order to reduce conflicts among different cultures. This article examines the cross-cultural communication effect of new media based on “Internet +” and provides references for cross-cultural communication.

scholarly journals IS THE RUMERTIME PROCESS™ A VIABLE MULTISYSTEMIC CBT INTERVENTION? PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Larrier ◽  
Monica D. Allen ◽  
Irwin M. Larrier
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Global Citizens ◽  
Psychosocial Skills ◽  
The World ◽  
Problem Solving Strategy ◽  
The Many ◽  
Solving Strategy ◽  
Political Economic

We live in an increasingly borderless world, in which changes in one part of the globe rapidly influence all other areas. Increased international migration, along with the accompanying movement of information, affects the political, economic and cultural spheres in distant countries. Along with benefits that include increased knowledge and greater educational and cultural opportunities come drawbacks at the systemic level, including adverse impacts to cultural practices and beliefs, family relationships and the social cohesiveness of communities. In particular, changes that occur in high-income countries are experienced in a variety of ways in low and medium income countries. One way is how people view themselves and their places in the world; individuals need to re-equip themselves with skills, particularly intra- and interpersonal skills, to be productive global citizens. Two of the many barriers to doing this in the under-resourced parts of the world are access to resources and shortage of trained individuals to deliver these scant interventions. We introduce the RUMERTIME Process™, a five-step psychosocial problem-solving strategy as a possible multisystemic cognitive behavioral therapy intervention. The results of our pilot case studies, conducted in various formats, settings, and with diverse socio-demographics, demonstrate the success of the task-sharing approach of the RUMERTIME Process™ in training laypeople to deliver these psychosocial skills using our framework.

scholarly journals The Symbolic Review of the Concept of War in the Works of Iranian Artist: Ali Akbar Sadeghi

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Adeleh Rafaee ◽  
Parisa Shad Qazvini
Keyword(s):  
Human Subjects ◽  
Symbolic Forms ◽  
National Values ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
The World ◽  
Library Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Art Activities ◽  
The Many ◽  
Individual Contrast

<p>By examining the history of world art, it can be expressed that art was not conducted between different ethnic groups only through cultural exchanges. And sometimes common aspects can be found among the artworks which have been the same among all nations. This suggests that the human is a treasure of symbols and images in which the traces of all human races can be seen during different periods of time. Carl Gustav Jung called this belief as “archetype” which is manifested in various symbolic forms. According to this theory, we can cite the many artists not only to express their own ethnic and national values to create their work but also studied the human subjects which are at a collective unconscious. They moved beyond the boundaries of their land. Ali Akbar Sadeghi is an Iranian contemporary painter. He maintained the tradition of painting in his country and used universal symbols in his works. The most important of these symbols is the symbols of war. This article suggests the hypothesis that Ali Akbar Sadeghi knows the world as a place for interference and conflicts and used the tools and symbols of war in his works in order to express the permanent war in the world. The results of this paper states that these symbols have emerged during the periods of his art activities in different ways, shapes and forms in order to convey the concepts and individual contrast with the environment. The method of this study is descriptive- analytical and data collection method was performed through interviews with the artist and library studies.</p>

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