scholarly journals Intercultural Communication: A Study on Music as an Element in the Wayang Kulit of Kelantan

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Leng Yan Eyo ◽  
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Rosdeen Suboh ◽  
Marzelan Salleh ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Intercultural Relations ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Intercultural Communications ◽  
Wayang Kulit ◽  
Performing Art ◽  
Communication Methods

This research discusses intercultural relations in the performing art of wayang kulit Kelantan, by examining the phenomena of communication between cultures that occur within the multi-ethnic Kelantanese community, with a focus on the element of music. In order to understand the intercultural communication that occurs in the element of music, Kumpulan Wayang Kulit Sri Campuran was chosen as the main research subject due to the group’s characteristic ethnic diversity, which comprises Malay, Chinese, and Siamese, as well as the community that is directly and indirectly involved in the performance, which also comprises various ethnicities, thus illustrating the existence of the phenomena of intercultural communication. Methods of observation on the element of music in performances held at several locations by this group have been able to prove the existence of clear intercultural communications within the multi-ethnic community in Kelantan. These phenomena also show that this group specifically, and the Kelantanese community in general, upholds cultural collectivism that strengthens intercultural relations, whereby people from various cultural backgrounds can be brought together by a single performance that clearly showcases characteristics of teamwork, tolerance, understanding, compatibility, sharing, and harmony.

The necessity of teaching Intercultural Communication in higher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 506-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bassmah B. AlTaher
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Intercultural Communications ◽  
Intercultural Skills ◽  
Great Confidence ◽  
Private And Public

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze how Intercultural Communication is a necessary course for students to learn how to communicate in a healthy, tolerant and respectful manner when pursuing higher education, for miscommunication can result from ethnocentric behavior when dealing with people from various cultural backgrounds. Design/methodology/approach A survey method of research was adopted and questionnaires were administered to two sets of students: those who have taken Intercultural Communications and those who have not. A total of 192 valid responses from students were received from the School of Basic Sciences and Humanities, German Jordanian University. The first survey falls under the nominal analysis of a dichotomous questionnaire, and the results were measured with Cronbach’s α to test the reliability of the its consistency. The second questionnaire’s items were uni-dimensional, and so the Guttman chart was used to conduct students’ comprehension of global communication. Findings The results of this study have shown that the first questionnaire has a strong consistency (0.86); students have successfully understood the dynamics of cross-cultural communication, and used that knowledge to aid and prepare them for future careers. As for students who have not taken IC, they have answered the second questionnaire with great confidence in the first category of personal expectations, but fluctuated in their answers when answering the category of self-development and cultural appreciation. ZPD1 and ZPD2 have proven that students need their teacher to learn new knowledge and insights which they can gain from an IC course. Research limitations/implications Apart from the valuable contributions of the study, this study is performed at one public university, and the students, despite their diverse cultural backgrounds and majors, restrict the findings of this research from generalizing the results. Hence, future studies in this area are deeply encouraged, especially when comparing between private and public universities, and how IC is interrelated to other courses in the humanities; moreover, IC as an academic course can bridge the gap between student–teacher relationships. Originality/value The scarcity of a diverse course that teaches intercultural skills in communication has become a growing necessity in this day and age, especially in the Middle East and particularly in Jordan. Due to globalization and informatization, Jordanian students are constantly exposed to cultural and religious differences, and to have them engage in a healthy, well-respected conversation is the core aim of this paper, for tolerance and understanding are constantly on high demand. Students learn these skills in IC, and this course reflects how essential a course like this can play a great role in a student’s development.

Internet-Mediated Communication at the Cultural Interface

2006 ◽  
pp. 373-380
Author(s):  
Leah P. Macfadyen
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Intercultural Communications ◽  
Cultural Interface ◽  
Social Interfaces ◽  
The Individual

As individuals launch themselves into cyberspace via networked technologies, they must navigate more than just the human-computer interface. The rhetoric of the “global village”—a utopian vision of a harmonious multicultural virtual world—has tended to overlook the messier and potentially much more problematic social interfaces of cyberspace: the interface of the individual with cyberculture (Macfadyen, 2004), and the interface of culture with culture. To date, intercultural communications research has focused primarily on instances of physical (face-to-face) encounters between cultural groups, for example, in the classroom or in the workplace. However, virtual environments are increasingly common sites of encounter and communication for individuals and groups from multiple cultural backgrounds. This underscores the need for a better understanding of Internet-mediated intercultural communication.

scholarly journals The Social and Cultural Characteristics of Shanxi Ancient Drama Costumes

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
XiaoMing Yang ◽  
XiangMin Hu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Profound Influence ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors ◽  
Performing Art ◽  
Ancient Drama

The main research subject of this paper is the costume of Shanxi ancient drama, which is used to decorate the role in the form of drama performing art that spread in Ancient Shanxi. Drama costume is a kind of special performance costume which combines decoration, acting and symbolism. It is quite different from the traditional costume in aesthetic and functional aspects. The social and cultural factors that influence the costume of Shanxi ancient drama mainly include the system and rules of Chinese ancient costume, the subtle influence of Buddhist culture and Taoist culture, as well as the profound influence of loyalty culture.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of Etymology and Lexical Structure of English Brand Names of Dishes

2020 ◽  
pp. 128-140
Author(s):  
Catherine Lyssenko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Brand Names ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Intercultural Relations ◽  
Cultural Concepts ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Cultural Concept

The article considers such aspects of modern English vocabulary as the names of culinary dishes, food consumption and the history of their names. In modern conditions of intercultural communication the formation, strengthening of intercultural relations, specific features of each language come to the fore. Food itself is one of the main manifestations of cultural relationships today. That is why the study of various aspects of gastronomic discourse, which are influenced by different national cuisines in our rapidly changing modern world, is gaining new impetus. Under the gastronomic discourse in our work we understand a special kind of verbal and social discourse, the purpose of which is to achieve a certain type of communication. It is a piece of text or language related to the eating process in which the participants are considered, the conditions, the ways of communication, the environment in which the conversation takes place. In modern conditions of intercultural communication, the formation, strengthening of intercultural relations, specific features of each gastronomic preference have been formed over the centuries, and, of course, features such as geographical location, climate, religion, traditions and foundations, as well as economic factors could not affect them. . It is often enough to just look at what a person eats to determine where he comes from, what beliefs he has and what lifestyle he leads. It is known that the linguistic personality exists in a certain culture and has basic values – cultural concepts. The concepts that exist in the collective consciousness are essential for both the individual and for collective cultural identity in general. The problem of defining the concept of "food" as a cultural concept in modern language theory in the 21st century is of great interest to linguists and linguistic and cultural scientists. This concept in linguistic culture is one of the least studied and defined, although its meanings and cultural values are quite high. The food and cuisine of any nation are integral to the language and are reflected in its vocabulary. In the system of national values, the cultural concept of "food" occupies one of the key places. This phenomenon can be viewed from different angles.

Intercultural Communication and Anthropology: Understanding Their Common History

1987 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds

The thriving field of study called intercultural communication appears closely related to anthropology in content, but it currently has few links with the discipline of anthropology. Rather, its home is within the discipline of communication, which defines it as the study of communication between individuals from different cultural backgrounds. This can be interpreted as meaning subcultural groups within America but more generally is interpreted as interaction between people from different countries. Although most anthropologists have little to do with intercultural communication at present, and some may not even know that it exists, the situation was once different.

Decision Making Process in Intercultural Communication

2019 ◽  
pp. 300-334
Author(s):  
Emıne Nılufer Pembecıoglu ◽  
Hatıce Irmaklı
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Intercultural Awareness ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Different Cultures

The society we live in and the culture we're surrounded by all have an impact on our decision-making processes requiring that media literacy skills start flourishing during the early years. Globalization changed the dynamics of the world and society by removing any limitations of time and space. Thus, different cultures and values encounter one another, which is why media literacy and intercultural awareness are becoming the key skills in today's world. This chapter aims to analyze the stages, reasons, and the choices of the decision-making process of individuals from different cultural backgrounds in an intercultural communication setting where they were given certain problems for which they were expected to find solutions in a limited amount of time. The chapter mainly discusses the notion of “tolerance” and “judgement”: how one positions her/himself in an intercultural environment and how s/he approaches a problem with the awareness of cultural differences.

scholarly journals Influence of Backside Energy Leakages from Hadronic Calorimeters on Fluctuation Measures in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions

Universe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Andrey Seryakov
Keyword(s):  
High Energy Physics ◽  
System Size ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Fixed Target ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Energy Physics

The phase diagram of the strongly interacting matter is the main research subject for different current and future experiments in high-energy physics. System size and energy scan programs aim to find a possible critical point. One of such programs was accomplished by the fixed-target NA61/SHINE experiment in 2018. It includes six beam energies and six colliding systems: p + p, Be + Be, Ar + Sc, Xe + La, Pb + Pb and p + Pb. In this study, we discuss how the efficiency of centrality selection by forward spectators influences multiplicity and fluctuation measures and how this influence depends on the size of colliding systems. We use SHIELD and EPOS Monte-Carlo (MC) generators along with the wounded nucleon model, introduce a probability to lose a forward spectator and spectator energy loss. We show that for light colliding systems such as Be or Li even a small inefficiency in centrality selection has a dramatic impact on multiplicity scaled variance. Conversely, heavy systems such as Ar + Sc are much less prone to the effect.

scholarly journals Bilingual practices as a means of intercultural communication under the globalization

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 00106
Author(s):  
Olga Tomyuk ◽  
Margarita Dyachkova ◽  
Anna Shutaleva ◽  
Anastasia Novgorodtseva ◽  
Andrei Dudchik
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Intercultural Communications ◽  
Communicative Activities ◽  
The University

The article is devoted to the problem of intercultural communication and identifying the significance of bilingual practices in the context of globalization. A review of the research on this issue proposes to consider bilingual practices as a means of intercultural communication. A review of the research on this issue proposes to consider bilingual practices as a means of intercultural communication. It is proved that the basis of bilingual practices of students of the university is social action. The results of a theoretical analysis of the problem and practical activities in this area confirm the possibility of designing bilingual practices as an effective means of intercultural communication. The novelty of the research consists in substantiating the potential of bilingual practices for solving intercultural communications that are significant for students of the university. The bases of this study performed on the methodological foundations of the activity and socio-cultural approaches. The results of the inclusion of bilingual practices as educational and extracurricular events in the communicative activities of students through training on the educational programs of the university, organization of project activities aimed at developing their intercultural competence are formulated

Negotiation of power and solidarity in email

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-80
Author(s):  
Ikuko Nakane ◽  
Chihiro Kinoshita Thomson ◽  
Satoko Tokumaru
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Prior Exposure ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Over Time

The issue of e-politeness has been attracting increasing attention in the field of foreign language teaching and learning. This article examines how students of Japanese as a foreign language in Australia negotiated power and solidarity in their email correspondence with ‘facilitators’ in Japan who provided support in essay writing tasks. Their relationships, which were neither completely status-unequal nor status-equal, offer a unique social context for an examination of politeness. The study examines whether and how power and solidarity shifted over the 12 weeks of email exchanges. The results show varying levels of rapport and orientations to politeness developing over time, as well as evidence of students applying implicit input from the facilitators’ email messages. The article also considers the impacts, on the politeness phenomena in the data, of students’ cultural backgrounds and prior exposure to casual Japanese. The findings are discussed in relation to the question of ‘appropriateness’ in fostering foreign language learner ability to negotiate power and solidarity in intercultural communication.

Establishment of Evaluation Index System on Intercultural Communicative Competence

2014 ◽  
Vol 543-547 ◽  
pp. 4327-4330
Author(s):  
Rui Li
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Index System ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Exchange Process ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Evaluation Index ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Competence Evaluation

Intercultural communication is conducted exchanges among people under different languages and different cultural backgrounds, in the exchange process will encounter many problems and obstacles, and develop intercultural communication talents is a priority. This paper based on KLEE method study intercultural communicative competence evaluation index system. Firstly, by hierarchical analysis model representing the index system constituted with 6 level indexes and 24 secondary indexes; then, based on the basic idea of KLEE method to construct a mathematical model to calculate the weights; finally, according the solving steps of KLEE method to calculate the weights of level index and secondary indexes. This paper constructed index system is infrastructure work of intercultural communicative competence evaluation, for cultivating and selecting intercultural communication personnel to provide services, for the leadership decisions to provide support.

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