scholarly journals CARÁNGANO AND WOMEN: STORY OF AN INSTRUMENT THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION

Author(s):  
Andrea Trujillo

This article describes the results of an ethnomusicological study on the carángano, a ground bow instrument played only by women in the small villages of the Colombia Caribbean region. Before the introduction of electricity, the inhabitants contemplated the full moon as the women played, danced and laughed to the sound of this instrument. This instrument is now almost extinct. In this article, the social function, organological structure and repertoire of this instrument are analysed. The relationship between the carángano and other ground bows such as the tingo-talango or the dumbu-kalinga and sekituleghe on the American and African continents is discussed. These musical practices require urgent attention since they harbour musical and identification values belonging to the Colombian Caribbean region while sharing cultural aspects which connect Africans and African descendants across vast distances.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 340
Author(s):  
Komang Tari Karismayanti ◽  
I Ketut Wisarja ◽  
Ni Luh Gede Wariati

<p><em>Hindu people always hold the teachings of  Tri Hita karana, is three sources that have been happening s a human relationship with Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa called Parhyangan. human relationships with humans called Pawongan and human relationships with the so-called natural world Palemahan. the use of kings in Piodalan ceremony at Pura Desa, Desa Tinggarsari is one form of implementation of the teachings of  Tri hita Karana as a form sraddha and bhakti. niskala to prosperous nature from the influence of bhuta kala. the use of the field is carried out on the fifth full moon, which begins with the tradition of meboros to the forest to get a court. The results of the research obtained are as follows: (1) the procession of the use of the congregation in the ceremony of  Piodalan in Pura Desa, begins with the meboros tradition to the forest to get the deer, from preparation meboros to get a court for ceremonial facilities, and melasti carried out stream flow, 2) the function of the use of yakti religious function to increase sraddha and bhakti to god, the social function of strengthening the cord between all societies and the function of cultural preservation is to be able to preserve the use of the congregation that has long been a tradition. (3) the meaning of the use of the congregation is a form of respect for the god, as well as the importance of maintaining harmony and balance of nature and environment to achieve the welfare and prosperity of this universe.</em><strong><em></em></strong></p>


2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-81
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Thahab ◽  
Sabah Mushatat ◽  
Mohammed Gamal Abdelmonem

The notion of privacy represents a central criterion for both indoor and outdoor social spaces in most traditional Arab settlements. This paper investigates privacy and everyday life as determinants of the physical properties and patterns of the built and urban fabric and will study their impact on traditional settlements and architecture of the home in the contemporary Iraqi city. It illustrates the relationship between socio-cultural aspects of public and private realms using the notion of the social sphere as an investigative tool of the concept of social space in Iraqi houses and local communities (Mahalla). This paper reports that in spite of the impact of other factors in articulating built forms, privacy embodies the primary role under the effects of Islamic rules, principles and culture. The crucial problem is the underestimation of traditional inherited values through opening social spaces to the outside that giving unlimited accesses to the indoor social environment creating many problems with regard to privacy and communal social integration.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Yu-Han Chuang ◽  
Chun-Hsiang Tan ◽  
Hui-Chen Su ◽  
Chung-Yao Chien ◽  
Pi-Shan Sung ◽  
...  

Background: Hypomimia is a clinical feature of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Based on the embodied simulation theory, the impairment of facial mimicry may worsen facial emotion recognition; however, the empirical results are inconclusive. Objective: We aimed to explore the worsening of emotion recognition by hypomimia. We further explored the relationship between the hypomimia, emotion recognition, and social functioning. Methods: A total of 114 participants were recruited. The patients with PD and normal controls (NCs) were matched for demographic characteristics. All the participants completed the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Chinese Multi-modalities Emotion Recognition Test. In addition to the above tests, the patients were assessed with the Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale and Parkinson’s Disease Social Functioning Scale (PDSFS). Results: Patients with PD with hypomimia had worse recognition of disgust than NCs (p = 0.018). The severity of hypomimia was predictive of the recognition of disgust (β= –0.275, p = 0.028). Facial emotion recognition was predictive of the PDSFS score of PD patients (β= 0.433, p = 0.001). We also found that recognizing disgust could mediate the relationship between hypomimia and the PDSFS score (β= 0.264, p = 0.045). Conclusion: Patients with hypomimia had the worst disgust facial recognition. Hypomimia may affect the social function of PD patients, which is related to recognizing the expression of disgust. Emotion recognition training may improve the social function of patients with PD.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Susanne Kjærbeck

This article will focus on the ethnomethodological conversation analysis (CA) as a method for analysing cultural phenomena in conversation. It will present some of CA’s basic assumptions about the social character of situated interaction and the use of con-text in conversation as well as discuss some recent research projects which, based on the conversation analytical approach, focus on cultural aspects of face-to-face or telephone conversation. Finally, it presents basic methodological aspects of the main traditions within cultural analysis, the functionalist paradigm and the interpretive anthropology, and relate the CA approach to these traditions. It is suggested that CA may make significant contributions to the ongoing discussion of methodology within the fields of cultural analysis and intercultural communication, be it the technical skills for analysing organization or identity in talk in interaction, the approach to context, to the interactive character of communication, or the reflexive understanding of the relationship between social and cultural norms and situated interaction.


Author(s):  
Ali Al-Thahab ◽  
Sabah Mushatat ◽  
Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem

The notion of privacy represents a central criterion for both indoor and outdoor social spaces in most traditional Arab settlements. This paper investigates privacy and everyday life as determinants of the physical properties of the built and urban fabric and will study their impact on traditional settlements and architecture of the home in the contemporary Iraqi city. It illustrates the relationship between socio-cultural aspects of public/private realms using the notion of the social sphere as an investigative tool of the concept of social space in Iraqi houses and local communities (Mahalla). This paper reports that in spite of the impact of other factors in articulating built forms, privacy embodies the primary role under the effects of Islamic rules, principles and culture. The crucial problem is the underestimation of traditional inherited values through opening social spaces to the outside that giving unlimited accesses to the indoor social environment creating many problems with regard to privacy and communal social integration. 


NALARs ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Ari Widyati Purwantiasning

ABSTRAK.  Desa Pakraman Julah merupakan salah satu desa adat tertua di Bali, desa ini sudah ada pada tahun caka 844 pada masa pemerintahan Sang Ratu Sri Ugrasena di Bali. Desa Pakraman Julah ini tepatnya terletak di Kecamatan Tejakula, Bali. Desa ini mempunyai keunikan tersendiri, dari adat istiadat, kebudayaan dan juga arsitektur yang dimilikinya seperti pola permukiman dan pola huniannya. Penelitian ini mengangkat permasalahan mengenai sejauh mana aspek sosial, ekonomi dan budaya mempengaruhi dan berkaitan erat dengan terbentuknya pola permukiman dan pola hunian di Desa Pakraman  Julah ini. Pola permukiman pada Desa Pakraman Julah ini terbentuk karena didasari oleh adanya konsep “Nyegara Gunung”, yang ada di dalam adat istiadat dan filsafat masyarakat Bali. Di dalam filosofi Bali “Nyegara Gunung” adalah bahwa elemen antara laut dan gunung tidak dapat dipisahkan, dan menjadi satu kesatuan yang sejajar dan saling mendukung satu sama lainnya. Sementara itu pola hunian yang ada di dalam masyarakat Desa Pakraman Julah terbentuk karena adanya konsep “Rwa Bhineda” yaitu dua elemen/ hal yang bertentangan seperti: luan-teben; sakral-profan, hulu-hilir; utara-selatan; positif-negatif; dan sebagainya. Pola permukiman dan pola hunian yang terbentuk di dalam kehidupan masyarakat Desa Pakraman Julah maupun desa adat lainnya di Bali, tentunya secara tidak langsung di pengaruhi oleh aspek sosial, ekonomi dan budaya yang dimiliki oleh masyarakat tersebut. Di dalam penelitian inilah akan dikaji lebih dalam mengenai kaitan dan hubungan timbal balik antara terbentuknya pola permukiman dan pola hunian di Desa Pakraman Julah ini dengan aspek sosial, ekonomi, dan budayanya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif komparatif yang mengedepankan pendekatan deduktif dalam analisis pembahasannya.Kata Kunci: pola permukiman, pola hunian, aspek sosial, aspek ekonomi, aspek budaya ABSTRACT.  Desa Pakraman Julah is one of the old traditional villages in Bali. This village has existed since 844 year of caka, during the reign of Queen Sri Urgrasena in Bali. Pakraman Julah Village is precisely located in Tejakula District, Bali. This village has its own uniqueness, from customs, culture and also its architecture such as the pattern of settlements and patterns of the dwelling. This study raises the issue of the extent to which social, economic and cultural aspects affect and is closely related to the formation of settlement patterns and patterns of the dwelling in this Pakraman Julah Village. The pattern of settlement in Pakraman Julah Village is formed because it is based on the concept of "Nyegara Gunung", which is in the customs and philosophy of Balinese society. In the Balinese philosophy "Nyegara Gunung" is that the elements between sea and mountain cannot be separated, and become a unity parallel and mutually supportive of each other. Meanwhile, the pattern of occupancy that existed in the community of Pakraman Julah Village was formed because of the concept of "Rwa Bhineda" ie two elements/ contradictory things such as luan-teben (outside-inside); sacred-profane, upstream-downstream; north-south; positive-negative; etc. The pattern of settlements and pattern of the dwelling that formed in the life of the community of Pakraman Julah Village and other traditional villages in Bali, of course, indirectly influenced by social, economic and cultural aspects of the community. In this research will be studied more deeply about the relationship and reciprocal relationship between the formation of settlement patterns and pattern of the dwelling in this Pakraman Julah Village with the social, economic, and cultural aspects. This study uses a qualitative comparative method that puts forward the deductive approach in the analysis of the discussion.Keywords: pattern of settlement, pattern of dwelling, social aspects, economic aspects, cultural aspects


2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (01) ◽  
pp. 185-197
Author(s):  
Christian Delacroix

Abstract The “scientific” and “educational” questions raised by the relationship between research and the teaching of history have returned to the spotlight with the current reform of teacher training in France. Undertaken as part of the “Refounding the School System” project initiated in 2012 by minister of education Vincent Peillon, this reform accords a central place to pedagogical approaches and “professionalization.” This article analyzes some of the issues at stake in this “pedagogical turn” for the training of history and geography teachers, particularly with regard to renewed questions about the social function of history and the recurrent challenges and reservations on the part of academic historians about binding the notions of “scientific” and “educational” together.


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mohammadi Kalan ◽  
E. Oliveira

ABSTRACT - Sustainable architecture aims to design buildings and infra-structures, such as squares and bazaars, adapted to the social, economic, cultural and environmental contexts of certain place. The practice of sustainable architecture contributes to sustainable development, therefore for the development of future generations. The concept must integrate not only bioclimatic strategies, but also economic, social and cultural facets. Sustainable architecture research is either carried while the designing process takes place (the present) but is also focused on the built environment through the historical time of a place (the past). The aim of this article is to bring to the academic discussion new perspectives on sustainable architecture and debate the relationship between the architectural elements and the social and cultural aspects by taking the Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex as case study. Infra-structures like Bazaars are geographically placed all over the world, from Turkey to Egypt, from Tajikistan to Iran. In Iranian cities, the bazaar keeps playing an important role as economic and social engine. Thus, research the main elements that keep the Bazaar of Tabriz so actively dynamic in the present will be discussed.


2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 95-96
Author(s):  
Axel Klein

[First paragraph]Drug policy in the Caribbean region provides a testing ground for one of the key themes in the social sciences over recent years, the relationship of knowledge and power. Acting as intermediary between northern donors and the microstates of the region, the organization - United Nations International Control Programme (UNDCP) - applies the models framed by northern expertise even when local experience suggests they are inappropriate. Instead of adapting, in the light of new evidence, the organization mobilizes its resources on stifling dissent.


1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-253
Author(s):  
Paul Cobb

In this response to Robert Orton, I address each of the major points he raises and attempt to clarify the discrepancies in our positions. I give particular attention to his approach of reframing issues in terms of the categories of traditional academic philosophy. In adopting this stance, Orton (a) presents a highly idiosyncratic interpretation of the Cartesian dualism, (b) creates a gulf between theory and practice, and (c) implies that the social and cultural aspects of mathematical activity can be dismissed. I discuss each of these points and further develop my position by outlining Putnam's (1987) pragmatic realism, clarifying why Rorty's (1979) work might be of interest to mathematics educators, and revisiting Bereiter's (1985) learning paradox. I then conclude by exploring the relationship between the resulting nondualist approach and John Dewey's philosophy and pedagogy.


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