scholarly journals Sandwiches with Ham and Cheese, Vita Juice and Music from Gramophone Records: Celebrations of Children's Birthdays in Belgrade during The Period of Socialism

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 491-507
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Krel ◽  
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Jadranka Đorđević Crnobrnja ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Power ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parental Affection ◽  
Kinship Structure ◽  
Empirical Material

The paper presents the results of our research on the social and cultural practices of celebrating children’s birthdays in Belgrade, the capital of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Children’s birthday parties are examined as a social construct with functions which are developed and modified according to their social and cultural significance. The research on this cultural and social phenomenon is based on the analysis and interpretation of the narratives (empirical material) of our interlocutors. The chronological frame extends from 1945 until 1991, i.e. over the period of the socialist social system. Since the majority of our interlocutors spoke about the way birthday parties were celebrated in the 70s and the 80s, i.e. at the time of their childhood, the research is focused on that period of time. In Yugoslav and Serbian socialist society this was a social and cultural practice with multiple functions: it served as a substitute for the religious customs related to childbirth and the baptizing of children; it homogenized the family and kinship structure; it was a channel for exteriorizing parental affection towards the children; side by side with the transformation into the consumerist society it became the instrument for creating and consolidating the complex net of social relationships which informed the broader social environment about the level of financial and social power of the organizers.

The Social Psychology of Family Shareholder Dynamics

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Davis ◽  
Rita M. Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Group Cohesiveness ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Diffusion Of Responsibility

Family shareholder dynamics can dramatically influence a family business, however, this has received little attention in the family business literature. To expand our understanding of family shareholder behavior, we have introduced several concepts from social psychology that help explain why family shareholders behave as they do: group cohesiveness, conformance, diffusion of responsibility, deindividuation, and social power. We have commented on the application of each theory for family companies and their consultants and have suggested directions for future research on this topic.

scholarly journals CHANGE AND EMPOWERMENT IN THE CULT OF GUAN GONG IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (27) ◽  
pp. 56-69
Author(s):  
Tho Ngoc Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
Vietnamese History ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Development Change ◽  
History Of

Cultural practice is a kind of expression and reflection of real livelihood into human mind and experience, is a set of knowledge, values, faiths and social standards constructed by the whole community; therefore, it contains the rhythm and breath of life and can be changed to meet the demands. Regarding socialenvironment, the communities always keep going on the processes of developing and diversifying their culture through acculturation, exchange and localization, which finally constructs the social norms, goals and driving forces for their advancement. Among various approaches and methodologies, the change in  empowerment in cultural practices actively offers the optimized values in functional standardization and implementation. The final value is undoubtedly the social capital. This research is to investigate the introduction, development, change and empowerment of the Chinese-rooted Guan Gong belief in Vietnam, through which emphasizes the process and nature of the cult during the deep absorption in Vietnamese history of anti-foreign invasions throughout the last two centuries, and enriches local values of a characteristic belief and a symbolic icon of multicultural exchanges in Vietnam, especially in the Southern region. Thispaper applies the theories of deconstruction and empowerment under cultural studies perspective in order to analyze and explain the processes of  deconstruction, restructuring and empowerment in the cult of Guan Gong in Southern Vietnam as well as extract the regular principle of cultural exchanges locally.

scholarly journals Burning Witches: The Moral Dilemmas of Ashaninka Leaders

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Guillermo Enrique Delgado ◽  
Susana Frisancho
Keyword(s):  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Social Mechanisms ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scant Attention

This paper focuses on the moral reasoning of Ashaninka leaders about the burning of witches, a cultural practice that has received scant attention from intercultural scholars. We first contextualize burning witches as a cultural practice of the Ashaninka people. Then, based on qualitative interviews, we present the experience of six Ashaninka leaders with witchcraft and witchcraft accusations, as well as their moral reasoning about the social mechanisms that the Ashaninka people have traditionally used to control evil sorcery. The participants are three men and three women from the Ucayali and Junín regions in Peru’s Amazon basin. Finally, we discuss intercultural moral education and the need to analyze the reasons behind cultural practices in order to understand the rationality and reasonableness of others.

scholarly journals Family tamga as a sociocultural graphic symbol

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-73
Author(s):  
Nailya Vagizovna Galimova
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Evolutionary Processes ◽  
Symbolic Forms ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Graphic Symbol ◽  
Graphic Image ◽  
Number Of Publications

This article explores the problems of the poorly studied sociocultural practices of spiritual-educational fund of ethnic cultures, among which of particular importance is the study of historical and aesthetic specificity of graphic symbolism. The author reviews the ideographic image of the family symbol of ownership “tamga” from the perspective of mutual influence of ethnocultural practices of different people that manifests through the system of symbols. Analysis is conducted on the interaction of ethnic graphic symbols in the evolutionary processes of sociocultural activity of the ethnoses. Symbolic ideographic images have always played a significant role in the evolutionary processes of sociocultural activity of the society. Symbols prompted the emergence of writing system, art, education and upbringing, and up to now are associated with the modern worldview. In the course of research, the author determines the characteristic artistic features socially meaningful forms of ethnic culture. Existing as a the visual forms of control over the processes of spiritual development, the symbolic forms infiltrate from one creative system into another, exerting a direct influence upon the artistic-aesthetic content and cultural meaning of the new image. These graphic codes, depending on the semantic generality, define cultural significance of the symbol in folk art. The relatively small number of publications dedicated to the research of graphic image of the social symbol (tamga) allows summarizing the results acquired by the Russian and foreign scholars in this field.

scholarly journals Cultural Practices and the Problems of their Modernization in the Cultural Space of Contemporary Societies

2020 ◽  
pp. 165-177
Author(s):  
Valentyna Sudakova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Modernization ◽  
Reproductive Processes

The article presents the analytical research of the specifics of cultural practices as phenomena of the cultural space of the globalized social world, their role in the processes of the social modernization of everyday communications and the self-organized human initiative practices, the importance of which increase under conditions of the contemporary social transformations. It determines the content of the concepts “cultural space,” “cultural practice” and “everyday life” as the cognitive instruments. It argues that these concepts as the cognitive instruments reflect the system of the different everyday reproductive processes by the activities of social actors who use the accumulated social experience. The author analyzes the conditions for the formation of associations, groups and communities in the cultural space that based own activity by the principle of self-organization. Such communities actually produce the democratic influence to the institutions of political power and to the moral “climate” in society. They are considered as relatively free and independent from the states’ institutions. These public communities are able to demonstrate in society the interests, intentions and actions of social actors who support common ideas significant for this society. The author determines and characterizes essential features and functions of self-organizing groups and practices of their initiative activities. It is proved that the study of such groups, communities and the cultural forms of their activity is of the theoretical and practical significance.

An Argument for Treating Children as a ‘Special Case’

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucinda Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Moral Consideration ◽  
Legal Language ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Legal Decisions ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Autonomy ◽  
Children's Interests ◽  
Special Case

This chapter’s argument stems from the premise that legal language should speak for itself. The ‘paramountcy’ principle suggests the prioritisation of children’s interests, and ‘children’s rights’ suggests some aspect of distinctiveness to children’s interests. But there is academic consensus in respect of both that children’s interests cannot and should not be prioritised over those of others. This chapter examines the justification for the contrary perspective, and for treating children as a prioritised ‘special case’ in all legal decisions affecting them. Four key counter-arguments frame the discussion. First, the ‘social construct’ objection: as a social construct, childhood cannot sustain the prioritisation of children’s interests over those of others. Second, the ‘vulnerability’ objection: children’s vulnerability is either not unique or suggests dependency or interdependency, not prioritisation. Third, the ‘family autonomy’ objection: parents’ rights and the family unit justify deference of children’s interests. Fourth, the ‘equality’ objection: equal moral consideration makes prioritisation unjustifiable.

scholarly journals A PRÁXIS DO ENFERMEIRO NO PROGRAMA SAÚDE DA FAMÍLIA NA ATENÇÃO À SAÚDE MENTAL

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khívia Kiss Barbosa De Sousa ◽  
Maria De Oliveira Ferreira Filha ◽  
Ana Tereza Medeiros Cavalcanti Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Family Health Program ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The City ◽  
Empirical Material

Estudo realizado com objetivo de descrever as concepções dos enfermeiros que atuam no Programa Saúde da Família - PSF do município de Cabedelo sobre o processo de trabalho de enfermagem, as características desse processo, e, identificar os aspectos do processo saúde-doença que estes enfermeiros abordam com maior e menor freqüência, no cotidiano de sua prática profissional. Teve referencial teórico nos modelos de assistência à saúde implantados no Brasil, na estratégia do PSF, e, no processo de Trabalho em saúde mental. O referencial metodológico teve inspiração no Materialismo Histórico e Dialético. O material empírico foi coletado por meio de entrevista e analisado através da técnica de análise do discurso. A análise permitiu identificar os saberes e as práticas que orientam o trabalho investigado, auxiliando os sujeitos da investigação a desenvolver ações de enfermagem capazes de subsidiar uma aproximação com a superação das contradições reveladas, para adensar a construção de uma práxis, requerida na atualidade, que responda às necessidades de atenção à saúde mental, no sentido da inclusão social da pessoa com doença mental. O PSF é uma estratégia para a efetivação do Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS e como tal, um instrumento que pode ser empregado no sentido da municipalização das ações de saúde mental, aproximando essa área específica com o SUS e permitindo o avanço do movimento pela Reforma Psiquiátrica na perspectiva de uma de suas diretrizes, a desinstitucionalização da doença e da pessoa com doença mental. The nurse’s praxis in the family health program in attention to mental health care Abstract Study carried out with the objective to describe the conceptions of the nurses who act in the “Family Health Program”PSF of the city of Cabedelo about the process of nursing work, the characteristics of this process, and, to identifythe aspects of the process health-illness that these nurses approach with greater and minor frequency in daily of the practical professional. It had theoretical referencial in the models of assistance to health introduced in Brazil, in the strategy of the PSFand in the process of work in Mental Health, the metodological referencial had inspiration the Materialism Historical and Dialectical. The empirical material was collected by means of interviews and analyzed through the technique of analysis of the speech. The analysis allowed to identify the knowledge and the practical ones that guide the investigated work, assisting the citizens of the inquiry to develop actions of nursing capable to subsidize and approach with the overcoming of the d i s c l o s e d direction of the social inclusion of the person with insanity. The PSF is a strategy for the accomplishment of the only System of Health -SUS and such as a tool that can be used in the direction of gathering the actions of mental health approaching this specific area with SUS and allowing the advance of the movement for the Psychiatric Reform in the perspective of one of its guidelines, the desinstitutionalization of the illness and the person with insanity.

scholarly journals ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS PADA CATATAN NAJWA BERJUDUL “TRIAS KORUPTIKA” PERSPEKTIF NORMAN FAIRCLOUGH

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Siti Ummi Habibah
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Court Judge ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Discourse Practice

practices that consist of representation, identity and social relationships, so it is closely related to the context beyond discourse. One of the Catatan Najwa TV Programs entitled “Trias Koruptika” indicates the ideology in the text affected by the social context when the record was created. This study aims to see the construction of ideology and social context behind the writing of the text. This research is qualitative descriptive research. A theory used is a critical analysis of Norman Fairclough’s perspective that includes analysis in three dimensions: analysis of language text, discourse practice, and socio-cultural practice. The results showed that in text analysis, Catatan Najwa voiced disappointment, criticism and built a negative representation of three government institutions due to a corruption case. In the practice of discussion, the ideology can be conveyed and accepted well by society. As for the analysis of socio-cultural practices, the issue of corruption conducted by the supreme court judge and other corruption cases in 2013 had a major role in creating Catatan Najwa: “Trias Koruptika”.

scholarly journals School Dropouts among Girls from Rural Areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 34-48
Author(s):  
Ilham BETTACH ◽  
◽  
Meriem OUAHIDI
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
School Dropouts ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Government ◽  
Girls School

Women’s growth and development are inevitably bound up with access to education. However, in Morocco, the current status of women’s education is disappointing. In fact, the World Bank statistics of rural girls’ school retention are at an alarming rate due to the social attitudes and cultural practices that devalue women. Morocco is no exception and it is among the countries where the number of illiterates is high despite all the efforts made by the government and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to eradicate illiteracy and dropouts among girls from rural areas. Research related to this phenomenon failed to address the issues, its causes, repercussions, and recommendations. The present article is an attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the present-day situation of school dropouts in the Moroccan society in light of the Education for All goals (EFA). The manuscript seeks to outline the main reasons that make schooling difficult if not impossible and to suggest some recommendations that the Moroccan policymakers should carefully adopt to overcome all the barriers. The current paper goes further to understand the causes and effects of this scourge which delays the development of women, the family and society at large.

scholarly journals Conventional Resources and Postmodern Transformations of the Cultural Practices of Communication and Etiquette

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentyna Sudakova
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
Social Orders ◽  
Traditional Norms

The article researches the integrative potential of the cultural practices of conventions under conditions of the global social transformations. It has analyzed the concepts of practice, cultural practice, convention, and essential characteristics of the role of conventions in organizing and supporting cultural and social orders. This study identifies the genetic sources of the sustainable general interactions and the real opportunities of the cultural practices of communication in order to define the conventional resource of the etiquette complexes. It investigates the etiquette and its peculiarities as the transcultural phenomena and describes its basic functions which determine the social significance of the etiquette in the space of cultural communications. The author emphasizes the importance of researching the historical connections of the contemporary etiquette models with the traditional norms of human behavior, such as taboo, rituals, customs which stipulate the controversial cultural and social consequences under conditions of cultural globalization, large-scale influence of information revolution, and the spread of network communications.

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