scholarly journals Ni Chapoli: un cuento nahua de la Huasteca de Hidalgo, México

Tlalocan ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 147-184
Author(s):  
Vanessa Miranda Juárez ◽  
José Vélez San Juan

The cricket tale was told in the summer of 2016 by a seasoned storyteller: Mr. José Vélez San Juan. Mr. San Juan was born and raised in the Nahua community of the Huasteca region of Hidalgo, San Isidro Atlapexco. The central topic of the story is a conflict where insects and mammals play the central roles. The narrative focuses on how the cricket and the lion fight each other because the latter stepped on the former’s foot. In the end, the little cricket wins the fight even if he is much smaller than the lion. With the help of other powerful insects such as ants, bees and wasps, the cricket defeats the lion. One of the messages transmitted in this tale is how the cooperation and solidarity between many insects can result in a won battle. Such values are central to the cultural resistance that Nahua people have shown against western conquest. This tale is part of the daily negotiations of identity in the face of cultural differences.

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Rima Farah

This paper examines how Israeli Christians perceive their cultural position between Jewish and Muslim identities in Israel. The study primarily relates to the cultural differences between Christians and Muslims, and to the relations between them in mixed villages and towns. It focuses on how the sense of identity and the cultural aspects, combined with the rise of the Islamic identity and the change of Arab society’s structure has affected the peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims. Lastly, the research addresses the 1999 Christian-­Muslim riots (Shihab al-­Din Events) in Nazareth over plans to construct a Mosque in front of the Church of Annunciation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1332
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Bing Han ◽  
Guofei Xu

This article puts Chinese Mulan and Disney Mulan's plots as the starting point, analyzes of the adaptation of the plots to show the different cultural significance given by different nationalities. The purpose of this paper is to research the cultural differences reflected in the films made by Hua Mulan in different countries. In this era of globalization, and in the face of different cultures, only by taking its essence and its dross will produce masterpieces that attract worldwide attention. There are indeed many cultural differences between the Chinese film Mulan and the American film Mulan. After analyzing the reasons for the differences, this study summarizes the enlightenment of these differences to cross-cultural research and shows some views.


Author(s):  
Regina Vera Villas Bôas

O artigo é fruto de pesquisa sobre o ensino realizado na escola contemporânea, à luz dos ensinamentos praticados na escola inspirada em Dom Bosco e na maneira como o saber jurídico é construído. Contextualiza-se a “educação contemporânea” e a importância da filosofia pedagógica de Dom Bosco, lançando mão de elementos edificadores de sua filosofia, os quais despertam propostas educacionais em prol dos direitos individuais, sociais e coletivos. A inspiração da educação contemporânea é contemplada nas discussões que envolvem a problemática ético-socioambiental, relacionada às necessidades e interesses do homem, nas esferas dos direitos sociais e dos interesses e direitos difusos e coletivos. Tratar de interesses e necessidades, no âmbito dos direitos humanos e fundamentais, a partir da vertente educacional Salesiana, desperta diálogos atuais entre a educação, a escola, o ensino, e a postura do docente e do discente em face dos problemas socioeducacionais contemporâneos, desafiadores da reconquista da qualidade humana nas relações educacionais, utilizando-se os ensinamentos de São João Bosco. A pesquisa mostra que a qualidade do ensino se realiza com a adoção de postura educacional ativa, incentivadora de conduta de afetividade pelas pessoas e entre as pessoas que participam da relação do ensino-aprendizado, na busca da prática da solidariedade e do respeito incondicional à dignidade dos seres humanos, retornando-se, assim, aos valores da essência humana. Mostra, ainda, que o resgate do dever de cuidar (de tudo e de todos) corrobora o retorno aos valores essenciais do homem, como a caridade e a compaixão, que, entre outros, promovem impulso altruísta de ternura entre os homens, que se perdem constantemente no emaranhado da selva social contemporânea.AbstractThe construction of knowledge , the duty of care and the teachings of St. John BoscoThe article is based on research conducted in the teaching process practiced in contemporary schooling, in light of the teachings practiced in the school inspired by Don Bosco and the way that legal knowledge is constructed. It contextualizes the "contemporary education" and the importance of teaching Don Bosco’s philosophy, using fundamental elements of his philosophy, which arouse educational proposals in favor of individual, social and collective rights. The inspiration of contemporary education is addressed in discussions involving ethical and environmental issues related to the needs and interests of Man, in the spheres of social rights and interests and diffuse and collective rights. It deals with interests and needs in the context of fundamental and human rights, from the Salesian educational aspect, awakens current dialogue between education, school, teaching, and the posture of the teacher and the student in the face of contemporary social and educational problems, challenging the reconquest of human relations in educational quality, using the teachings of St. John Bosco. Research shows that the quality of education is realized by adopting active educational stance supportive of conduct of affection for people and among people who participate in the teaching-learning relationship in the pursuit of practical solidarity and unconditional respect for the human dignity, returning therefore to the values of the human essence. It also shows that the rescue of the duty of care (of everything and everyone) confirms the return to the essential human values such as love and compassion, which among others promote altruistic impulse of tenderness between Men who are lost constantly in the tangle of contemporary social jungle.ResumenLa construcción del conocimiento, el deber de cuidar y las enseñanzas de San Juan BoscoEl artículo se basa en una investigación sobre la enseñanza realizada en la escuela contemporánea, a la luz de las enseñanzas que se practican en la escuela inspirada en Don Bosco y la forma en que el conocimiento jurídico se construye. Contextualiza la "educación contemporánea" y la importancia de la enseñanza de la filosofía de Don Bosco, usando los elementos constructores de su filosofía, que despiertan las propuestas educativas a favor de los derechos individuales, sociales y colectivos. La inspiración de la educación contemporánea se aborda en los debates relacionados con cuestiones éticas y ambientales, relacionados con las necesidades e intereses del Hombre, en las esferas de los derechos e intereses sociales y los derechos difusos y colectivos. Tratar a los intereses y necesidades en el contexto de los derechos humanos y fundamentales, desde el aspecto educativo salesiano, despierta el diálogo actual entre la educación, la escuela, la enseñanza, y la postura del profesor y del alumno en frente de los problemas sociales y educativos contemporáneos, desafiando la reconquista de las relaciones humanas en la calidad educativa, utilizando las enseñanzas de San Juan Bosco. Las investigaciones demuestran que la calidad de la educación se realiza mediante la adopción de la postura educativa activa de apoyo de conducta de afecto hacia las personas y entre las personas que participan en la relación enseñanza-aprendizaje, en la búsqueda de la solidaridad práctica y el respeto irrestricto a la dignidad los seres humanos, volviendo, por lo tanto, a los valores de la essencia humana. También muestra que el rescate del deber de cuidado (de todo y de todos) confirma el retorno a los valores humanos esenciales, como el amor y la compasión, que entre otros promuoven el impulso altruista de ternura entre los Hombres, que se pierden constantemente en la maraña de la selva social contemporánea.Revisor do inglês: Prof. Tadeu GiattiRevisor do espanhol: Prof. Lilian de Souza


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wided Sassi

Noticing its exponential growth, many educators sought to tap in the potential of harnessing Facebook for educational purposes (Roblyer et al. 2010; Selwyn 2009; Simpson, 2012). Evidence from the literature suggests that, if used judiciously, Facebook can turn into a facilitative platform for language learning beyond the restrictions of traditional provisions (Kabilan, Ahmad, & Abidin, 2010; Yunus & Salehi, 2012). VanDoorn and Eklund (2013) suggest that the Facebook environment, in fact, bears significant resemblance in structure to that of a concrete classroom “-with walls to write on, and party invitations to distribute- and it is perhaps this…that has driven researchers to investigate the potential of Facebook-based social networking to enhance learning” (p.1). Hilscher (2012) further stipulates that the “social nature of Facebook lends itself to the possibility of being used as a virtual learning community” (p.24). Its communicative and interactive functionalities are similarly felt to “mirror much of what we know to be good models of learning, in that they are collaborative and encourage an active participatory role for users” (Maloney, 2017, p. 26). Mills (2011), in a similar vein, concurs that Facebook provides new avenues for students to explore cultural differences and build positive rapport.


2020 ◽  
pp. 111-123
Author(s):  
Zandor Emerson Zarria

La presente investigación se propone revisar la trayectoria de la revista Nuestro Tiempo (1944), publicación que cumplió un rol significativo en la renovación de las ideas sobre la pintura en el entorno cultural limeño de los años cuarenta. Considerando que no existen trabajos que desarrollen el itinerario de esta revista, nuestro objetivo es presentar una primera propuesta crítica que presente sus característicasmás importantes, así como sus objetivos editoriales, los cuales comentaremos, siempre teniendo en cuenta el contexto histórico de la época y la situación del entorno cultural en la Lima de entonces. Nos interesa analizar algunos aspectos específicos que destacan en Nuestro Tiempo: 1) el debate y discusión sobre el arte pictórico que la revista intenta fomentar a través de artículos y encuestas; 2) la promoción de los nuevos representantes de la plástica local, cuya presencia se destaca para manifestar la dirección que deben tomar los artistas modernos peruanos; 3) el rol de la revista en la animación y producción cultural en la ciudad; 4) el papel del crítico, ensayista y dramaturgo Juan Ríos en esta publicación; 5) la configuración de Nuestro Tiempo como plataforma modernizadora y, finalmente, 6) la posición de la revista frente a la situación política que vive el país en el contexto mencionado.Palabras clave: revista, pintura, arte independiente, resistencia cultural, plataforma modernizadora, proyecto intelectual, libertad de prensa, autoritarismo, producción cultural AbstractThis research aims to review the trajectory of the magazine Nuestro Tiempo (1944), a publication that played a significant role in the renewal of ideas about painting in Lima’s cultural environment in the 1940s. Considering that there are no works that develop the itinerary of this magazine, our objective is to present a first critical proposal that presents its most essential characteristics, as well as its editorial objectives, which we will comment on, always taking into account the historical context of the time and the situation of the cultural environment in Lima at that time. We are interested in analyzing some specific aspects that stand out in Nuestro Tiempo: 1) The debate and discussion on pictorial art that the magazine tries to encourage through articles and surveys. 2) The promotion of the new representatives of the local plastic arts, whose presence is highlighted to show the direction that modern Peruvian artists should take. 3) The role of the magazine in the animation and cultural production in the city. 4) The role of the critic, essayist, and playwright Juan Ríos in this publication. 5) The configuration ofNuestro Tiempo as a modernizing platform and, finally. 6) The position of the magazine in the face of the political situation that the country is experiencing in the mentioned context.Keywords: magazine, painting, independent art, cultural resistance, modernizing platform, intellectual project, press freedom, authoritarianism, cultural production


Author(s):  
Mónika Dánél

Slitfilm (Résfilm, 2005) and The Gravedigger (A sírásó, 2010) are two Hungarian experimental films made using a slit camera. The director/photographer Sándor Kardos’s adaptations of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s short story “The Handkerchief” and of Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Gravedigger” expose a particular “physiognomy” of the filmic medium through the use of this technique. Likewise, the face as the privileged medial surface for emotion becomes an uncanny, stretched painting with grotesque associations, similar to Francis Bacon’s paintings. The sharp, clear narrator’s voice, layering the literary texts “onto” the moving image further emphasises the colour-stained plasticity of the visible. Both films attempt to articulate a liminal experience: the cultural differences between the East and the West that are inherent in expressing and concealing emotions (Slitfilm) or the questions relating to life and death, the speakable/conceivable and the unspeakable/inconceivable (The Gravedigger) that are embedded in the communicative modalities of social interaction. Through the elastic flow of images, the face and the hand become two uncovered, visible, corporeal surfaces engaged in a rhythmic, chromatic relationship (due to the similar skin tones of face and hand), and thus gradually uncover the medium of the film as a palpable skin surface or violated, wounded flesh. The article approaches the fluid, sensuous imagery that displaces the human towards the inhuman uncanny of the unrecognisable flesh through Deleuzian concepts of fold and inflection.


Author(s):  
Áron Németh

"Changes in the Face Colour in the Old Testament: Philological and Anthropological Observations. One of the most obvious somatic signs of emotional reactions is a change in complexion (mainly paleness or redness), which can also be found in the Hebrew texts of the Old Testament. Their exact translation and interpretation, however, are debated. We start with the analysis of Nah. 2:11, in which the meaning and etymology of the term פָּארוּר (11bβ) are unclear, and the interpretations are controversial. In my view, the question of meaning can be answered not by an etymological approach but rather by the closer examination of the structure of the text and the identification of the conceptual metonyms and metaphors in it. The philological question relates to the possible translation of these physiological phenomena, and the anthropological question concerns the possible cultural differences in the conceptualization of certain emotions (particularly fear and shame). The topic of the change in facial colour concerns other biblical and extra-biblical texts. Some passages from the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel are important, while from the ANE context the Ugaritic Baal myth and the Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon seem to be relevant. Keywords: Old Testament anthropology, emotions, face colour/complexion, conceptual metonyms/metaphors "


2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Skare Orgeret

AbstractPopular musical expressions are important for discourses of citizenship and belonging. Focusing on popular music and political processes in Ethiopia today, this discussion uses Tewodros Kassahun aka Teddy Afro’s music as an example. Teddy Afro is a popular voice challenging the prevailing political discourse in Ethiopia. Several of Afro’s songs have been banned by the government on radio and television in Ethiopia, but are found to provide alternative sites of political and cultural resistance to the autocratic regime. Reasons for censorship are discussed as well as how music can provide alternative sites of resistance. The findings show that oppressing political expressions may not always kill the ideas, as they may find alternative arenas in the face of obstacles.


2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 681
Author(s):  
Mercedes Laura García Bachmann

RESUMEN: La primera parte incluye voces planteando la necesidad de una ecle­siología más inclusiva, sobre la igualdad de dignidad de todo ser humano (Gn 1,27; Gal 3,28). La segunda parte ofrece tres ejemplos bíblicos: Rahab (Josué 2 y 6), Jael (Jueces 4-5) y dos códigos de deberes domésticos (Col 3,18-4,1; Ef 5,21-6,9). La evaluación de estos textos desde el género muestra diferencias en cuanto a cómo los evalúa la academia, pero similitud en intentar oscurecer su potencial feminista. Rahab, ubicada en los últimos escalones de su sociedad, se convierte en modelo al justificar el saqueo de su propia tierra por parte de Israel. Jael es a menudo considerada por la crítica patriarcal una traidora, a pesar de que la Biblia solamente la alaba; y los códigos domésticos son aplicados por lo general acríticamente al presente sin considerar ni las diferencias culturales entre el s. I y el XXI, ni su potencial liberador en el imperio romano.ABSTRACT: The first part brings in diverse voices asking for a more inclusive ecclesiology, based on equal dignity of each human being (Gn 1,27; Gal 3,28). The second part offers three biblical examples: Rahab (Joshua 2, 6), Jael (Judges 4-5) and two household codes (Col 3,18-4,1; Eph 5,21-6,9). Evaluation of these texts from a gender perspective shows differences as to how does the academy evaluate them; but also similarity in the attempt to lower their feminist potential. Rahab, coming from the lowest social echelons, becomes a model by justifying her own land’s exploitation by Israel. Jael is often considered by patriarchy a betrayer, even though the Bible only praises her; and the household codes are uncritically applied to present-day situations without due consideration of cultural differences between the first and the twenty-first centuries, nor of their liberating strength in the face of the Roman Empire.


2021 ◽  
pp. 139-187
Author(s):  
Eric Van Young

The chapter begins with a description of Mexico City during the early republican period. The theme of the chapter is Alamán’s first ministry, 1823-1825 (with some breaks), first under an interim triumvirate and then under the presidency of the independence hero Guadalupe Victoria. As the chief minister in the cabinet, whose portfolio embraced both interior affairs and foreign relations, Alamán dealt with such issues as the securing of sovereign loans from British banking houses, the American colonization of Texas, and the effort to force the Spanish forces out of the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa, opposite the Gulf city of Veracruz. His chief preoccupation was the opposition in 1823 to the central government by several federalist chieftains in the important provinces of Nueva Galicia (shortly to be the State of Jalisco), Oaxaca, and others, in the face of which he managed to hold the country together.


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