scholarly journals DETERMINANTS OF INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 946-953
Author(s):  
Yelena Bystray ◽  
Elena Вaronenko ◽  
Larissa Belova ◽  
Julia Raisvich ◽  
Tatiana Shtykova
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Intercultural Education ◽  
Tolerance Index ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Cultural Self ◽  
Assessment Questionnaire ◽  
Practical Level

Purpose of the study: The article aims to identify the determinants of intercultural education and describe their essence. Methodology: The authors used the cluster of methods: the diagnostics of cultural identity and a foreign cultural-reflexive position in communication with representatives of other cultures, the analysis of activity-related products, rapid assessment questionnaire "Tolerance index", questionnaire. The study comprised 135 students of the South Ural State Humanitarian-Pedagogical University (Chelyabinsk, Russia). Main Findings: The authors have determined typical features and target-oriented aspects of intercultural education and presented them in the form of a matrix. The authors have also developed and tested the course "Basics of intercultural communication", considered the formation of the cultural self-identity and foreign culture-reflexive position of students, as well as their tolerance index and types of ethnic identity. Applications of this study: The study results can be used in teaching courses concerned with problems of intercultural communication to students of foreign language faculties, international faculties, and other humanities faculties. The research materials are of scientific significance for undergraduate and graduate students working on their dissertations. Novelty/Originality of this study: The study novelty is as follows.: At the theoretical level, it determines the typical features and determinants of intercultural education. At the practical level, it introduces and tests the course "Fundamentals of intercultural communication". It analyzes the formation of the cultural self-identity and foreign cultural-reflexive position of students, as well as their tolerance index and types of ethnic identity.

scholarly journals From dissociative experience and internet use to happiness: A Taiwan Birth Cohort Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
For-Wey Lung ◽  
Bih-Ching Shu ◽  
Tung-Liang Chiang ◽  
Shio-Jean Lin
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Taiwan Birth Cohort Study

Abstract Background Functional and excessive use of internet is hard to distinguish, and internet use can affect adolescents’ development of self-identity. The aim of our study was to investigate the pathway relationship of the risk and protective factors of internet use, including mother care, absorptive dissociative trait, having been bullied, exercise, self-perceived depressive mood and happiness of 12-year-old adolescents. Methods The Taiwan Birth Cohort Study dataset, which used a national household probability sampling method and included 17,694 12-years-old adolescents, was used for this study. Results Our results showed 5.3% adolescents reported to spend more than five hours online during schooldays. Additionally, adolescents that spend more than five hours online during schooldays tended to have higher absorptive trait, perceived less care from mothers, more likely to have been bullied, expressed higher level of depressed mood, which leads to lower level of perceived happiness. Conclusions Adolescents that spend more than 5 hours online during schooldays, compared to those that spent less than an hour online, were more likely to have been bullied and affect their level of happiness, showing that they may be a group of higher concern. Since parental care and regular exercise are protective factors for internet addiction, it should be promoted to all adolescents, especially those in the high risk group, to prevent them from being addicted online.

scholarly journals The Correlation between Students’ Ethnic Identity and Self-Presentation in Interpersonal Communication in Different Cultural Groups

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-143
Author(s):  
В.И. Казаренков ◽  
М.М. Карнелович
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

Проблема межкультурного взаимодействия приобретает особую актуальность в связи с процессом интернационализации высшего образования. В ситуации межличностного взаимодействия студенты — представители разных культур являются субъектами самопрезентации их этнической идентичности. В связи с высокой прикладной значимостью проблемы эффективного и толерантного взаимодействия студентов в условиях поликультурной образовательной среды была выдвинута и подвергнута эмпирической проверке гипотеза о связи этнической идентичности и самопрезентации студентов, являющихся представителями разных культурных групп — русской, белорусской, туркменской и индийской. Цель работы — эмпирически выявить специфические особенности взаимосвязи типа этнической идентичности и тактик самопрезентации у студентов разных культурных групп в межличностном взаимодействии. В исследовании определены содержание и направленность связи между типами этнической идентичности — позитивной, нигилистичной, индифферентной, фанатичной, эгоистичной — с защитными и ассертивными стратегиями самопредъявления студентов. Предлагается обзор программы тренинга самопрезентации, направленного на коррекцию неадаптивных способов самопредъявления и формирование эффективных стратегий самопрезентации студентов в межличностном взаимодействии с представителями иных культурных групп. Результаты исследования представляют интерес для специалистов в области кросс-культурной коммуникации, этнической психологии и психологии личности. The issue of intercultural communication is gaining relevance because of the process of higher education internationalization. In situations of interpersonal communication, students, representatives of different cultures, define themselves and their ethnic identity. The investigation of students’ efficient and tolerant interaction in the conditions of multicultural learning environments enables the authors of the research to put forward a hypothesis that students’ ethnic identity is closely related to their self-presentation in multicultural groups (Russian, Belorussian, Turkmen, and Indian). The aim of the research is to empirically single out some specific peculiarities of students’ ethnic identity and self-presentation strategies in interpersonal communication. The research defines the content and the interconnection between ethnic identity — positive, nihilist, indifferent, fanatical, selfish — and protective and assertive strategies of students’ self-presentation. The article presents an overview of a self-presentation training course aimed at the correction of nonadaptive means of self-presentation and the formation of efficient strategies of self-presentation in interpersonal communication with representatives of other cultural groups. The results of the research may be useful for specialists in the sphere of cross-cultural communication, ethnic psychology and personal psychology.

scholarly journals Metamorphoses of the Ob-Ugric ethnicity

2020 ◽  
pp. 176-183
Author(s):  
E.P. Martynova
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Russian Government ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
The North ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
The Status ◽  
Assimilation Policy

Modern approach to the study of ethnicity implies examination of its variability (drift, shifts and procedurality). This paper aims at the analysis of manifestations of ethnicity amongst the Ob-Ugrians in different historical peri-ods (traditional society, Soviet modernization and post-Soviet democracy). The author draws attention to explain-ing dominant role of one or another manifestation of ethnicity. The work is based on author’s observations made during the expeditions in the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug (1980s-2000s) and publications by other researchers. Prior to the 1930s, the Ob-Ugric population was represented by a family of related languages and local ethnic groups with close cultures. The main factor of their self-identity was local ethnicity – names by a river. ‘People of the same river’ were bound by commercial, exchange and cultural-ritual bonds. In the official records, the Russian government registered, in the first place, social status of the indigenous population, calling its people ‘inorodtsy’ (‘non-Russians’) and ‘yasashnye’ (‘tributary’). Socialist transformations in the socio-economical, cultural and ideo-logical spheres marked the beginning of the assimilation policy with respect to the peoples of the North. As the all-Soviet standards of living were adopted, and social (including ethnocultural) uniformity achieved, ethnicity of the Ob-Ugrians continuously leveled out. At the same time, their ethnic identity was largely influenced by recording their nationality in the passports – Khanty and Mansy, coincident with the name of the okrug. In the post-Soviet period, ethnicity of the Khanty and Mansy, ‘hibernated’ during the Soviet time, ‘woke up’ suddenly and loudly turn-ing into a powerful creational factor. The ethnic mobilization unwrapped by the initiative of ethnic leaders signifi-cantly raised the status of the ethnic culture and people themselves. As a result, three levels of identity emerged. The first level is trans-ethnicity of ‘natives’ or ‘aborigines’, which is an important political instrument. The second level is official ethnic identity, which is reflected in the ethnonyms ‘Khanty’, ‘Mansy’ and ‘Nentsy’. Its representation in the ethnocultural politics of the okrug (organizing celebrations and festivals, folk group activities etc.) is given a high attention. Lastly, the third level is the traditional local ethnicity.

scholarly journals Value co-creation in Couchsurfing – the Indonesian host perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
U Sevisari ◽  
Ina Reichenberger
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Collaborative Consumption ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
Intrinsic Nature ◽  
Cultural Self

© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Collaborative consumption experiences in tourism have been examined widely, yet predominantly focused on guest perspectives. Using the sharing economy platform Couchsurfing, this study aims to use value co-creation to explore hosting experiences in non-monetary accommodation sharing in a developing country, including hosts’ motivations to participate, the range of social practices during hosting and the value outcomes achieved through hosting. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a social constructivist paradigm, 20 in-depth interviews and 1 focus group were conducted with experienced Couchsurfing hosts in Indonesia. Findings: Findings highlight the exclusively intrinsic nature of hosts’ motivations and their subsequent impact on co-creational practices and value outcomes. Social practices revolve around the establishment and acquisition of social and cultural capital and providing guests with authentic local and cultural tourist experiences. Hosts reported value outcomes relating to friendship, knowledge, an improved sense of self and employment opportunities. Research limitations/implications: The results of this research may not be transferable to Western accommodation sharing settings or more rural and less touristically developed regions within developing countries. Social implications: It is argued that hosting can contribute positively to host communities in developing countries by facilitating intercultural communication and knowledge transfer while enhancing cultural self-identity and professional advancement. Originality/value: The majority of existing research on accommodation sharing has examined guest perspectives while being placed within predominantly Western contexts. This paper adds new knowledge by exploring the host perspective and examining the impacts of the sharing economy in a developing country.

scholarly journals Die Konstituierung von Interkulturalität in der deutsch-schwedischen Wirtschaftskommunikation

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Doreen Siegfried
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Natural Data ◽  
Cultural Self

This article is a contribution to the investigation of intercultural communication. On the basis of a concrete corpus of German-Swedish business communication, it looks into the question of the manifestation of cultural self- and other-ascription in natural data. The article shows which verbal means interactants use to present cultural knowledge, anticipate different cultural knowledge and orient themselves to an intercultural participation that is implicitly or explicitly apparent. This article also shows what the participants consider to be culture resp. cultural in this professional setting and how the constitution of interculturality is used functionally. At the same time, the article can be read as a plea for an endogenous investigation of intercultural communication.

scholarly journals Hakikat Adil Dan Makmur Sebagai Landasan Hidup Dalam Mewujudkan Ketahanan Untuk Mencapai Masyarakat Sejahtera Melalui Pembangunan Nasional Berdasarkan Pancasila

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Sudjana Sudjana
Keyword(s):  
National Development ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Philosophy Of Life ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
The People ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Basic Human Needs ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Practical Level ◽  
Economic Studies

ABSTRACT This article examined the nature of prosperousness as the foundation of life of the Indonesian nation towards a prosperous society so that a philosophical approach was realized in a practical level (operational) through the national development. The research used the method of approach philosophical; stages of research, the study of literature; and data analysis, descriptive philosophical.The study results could be stated that fairness and prosperousness were terms that could not be separated, even though both of them were the object of study of science that it was different. Fairness or justice was the study of law and one of the objectives of the law while the prosperousness focused on meeting basic human needs. It was one of economic studies. Fair and prosperous were related to the time, place and the philosophy was adopted by a group of people who called himself as a country. Thus the implementation of both institutions in national development must be understood in the context and could not be separated from the culture, ideology, philosophy of life and philosophy of the nation that was followed. The essence of prosperousness based on Pancasila was social justice and social prosperity through national development in all fields for all the people of Indonesia proportionally and equally and it was inspired by the values of Pancasila unanimously and intactly.ABSTRAKKajian ini membahas hakikat adil dan makmur  sebagai landasan hidup  bangsa Indonesia menuju  masyarakat yang sejahtera, sehingga  pendekatannya lebih bersifat filosofis tetapi kemudian diwujudkan dalam tatanan praktis (operasional) melalui pembangunan nasional.Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode pendekatan filosofis ; tahap penelitian, studi kepustakaan; dan analisis data, deskriptif filosofis.Hasil kajian yang dapat dikemukakan adalah bahwa adil dan makmur adalah istilah yang tidak dapat dipisahkan, meskipun kedua hal  tersebut merupakan obyek kajian dari ilmu yang berbeda. Keadilan  atau adil adalah kajian hukum dan merupakan salah satu tujuan dari hukum, sedangkan makmur lebih menitikberatkan pada pemenuhan  kebutuhan pokok manusia, sehingga merupakan kajian ekonomi.  Adil dan makmur bersifat relatif, bergantung pada waktu, tempat serta falsafah yang dianut oleh sekelompok masyarakat yang kemudian menamakan dirinya sebagai negara. Dengan demikian penerapan kedua pranata tersebut dalam pembangunan nasional harus dipahami dalam konteks yang tidak dapat dipisahkan dari budaya, ideologi, pandangan hidup serta  falsafah bangsa yang dianutnya. Hakikat adil dan makmur berdasarkan Pancasila merupakan keadilan sosial dan kemakmuran sosial melalui pembangunan nasional di segala bidang untuk seluruh rakyat  Indonesia  secara proporsional (sebanding) dan merata yang dijiwai oleh nilai-nilai  Pancasila secara bulat dan utuh.  

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