scholarly journals Shifting Speech Levels: Exploring Balinese Women’s Language in Inter-Caste Marriage Communication Contexts

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Gusti Ayu Praminatih
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
Research Narrative ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Social Backgrounds

The general aims of this article are to engage and make sense of the Balinese women’s narratives. It is a case study based on the narratives of two Balinese women with different caste-based social backgrounds. Inter-caste communication requires different levels of speech between interlocutors. Consequently, there are two main objectives of this article. Firstly, to explore how life events occurred during inter-caste marriages, and through the telling of these events, the informants determine their levels of speech. Secondly, to examine the identity constructed by the informants through the levels of speech. This article employed ethnographic research, narrative analysis, and sociolinguistics theory. In-depth interviews were conducted to gain meaningful stories narrated by the informants. This study revealed that Balinese women constantly shifted their levels of speech in inter-caste marriage communication contexts. These levels of speech shifting also relate to the showing or negotiating identity construction of these Balinese women.

Home is Where the Heart Abides Migration, return and housing in Dakar, Senegal

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Guilia Sinatti
Keyword(s):  
Home Country ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
Global Age ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Local Construction ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Depth Interviews

The increased interconnectedness and possibilities for travel and communication that characterise the current, global age have strongly affected scholarly ways of understanding contemporary forms of identification and belonging. Literature on the subject strongly challenges the notion of home as a fixed place, particularly where migration is concerned. The case study of Senegalese migration, however, contrasts this argument. Based upon ethnographic research and in depth interviews with migrants conducted in Senegal and in Italy between 2004 and 2007, this article shows that for many Senegalese the ultimate home still remains strongly identified with the country of origin. Questioned on the issue at stake, Senegalese migrants unanimously express the eventual goal of return to the home-land. The perceived importance of an anchorage in Senegal is expressed even more strikingly than in words, in the practices of migrant investment in housing. Migrants invest massively in the home country, significantly altering the landscape of local cities. This article shows that the intensity and features of construction activities undertaken by migrants in the capital city of Dakar are provoking a veritable process of urban makeover, which is transforming the physiognomy of the built environment. Alongside transforming the landscape of many peripheral neighbourhoods by altering mainstream architectural features of buildings and importing Western styles and taste in local construction practices, migrants are also contributing towards the creation of new symbols of success.

Games With a Continuum: Globalization, Regionalization, and the Nation-State in the Development of China’s Online Game Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 801-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiaolei Jiang ◽  
Anthony Y.H. Fung
Keyword(s):  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Online Game ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
Popular Nationalism ◽  
Depth Interviews

As a case study, this article examines the development of China’s online game industry and how China responds to the forces of globalization. Based on in-depth interviews, ethnographic research, and the analysis of archive documents from the past few years, this study identifies China’s evolving strategy of neo-techno-nationalism. In the Chinese context, this national strategy manipulates technology to create a version of popular nationalism that is both acceptable to and easily censored by the authorities. Therefore, cultural industries that adopt this strategy stand a good chance of prevailing in the Chinese market. This success explains why the regional competitors of Chinese online games—Korean games—are more successful in China than most of their Western counterparts. By providing a snapshot of the current ecology of China’s online game industry, this article also discusses the influence of regional and global forces in a concrete context and argues that the development of China’s online game industry depends more on political factors than economic factors.

scholarly journals Native History and Nation Building on Personal Online Platform: Implications in Hong Kong Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Simin Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
National History ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Digital Publication ◽  
History Of ◽  
Different Levels

Nationalism in the era of social media is more complex and presents new opportunities and challenges in different levels and contexts. Therefore, the paper hopes to contribute to understanding the roles of social media in identity presentation and formation in a transition society. Writing on Facebook is a civil practice. Thus, it chooses a typical and clear-cut Facebook fan page “Hong Kong National History” run by a nationalist and followed by over 5700 fans as a case study. Posts of the fan page are collected from 1 April to 31 December in 2017, and it analyzes the contents and forms of posts with content analysis. Then, the self-made digital publication “Hong Kong People’s History of the Thousand Years” attached to the fan page is analyzed with narrative analysis. Through the personal systematic discourses, this paper presents a special mode of user-generated content online and a civic Hong Kong story.

scholarly journals Complex Professional Learning: Physicians Working for Aid Organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e2002
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Wolanik Boström
Keyword(s):  
Professional Learning ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
Diagnostic Skills ◽  
Global Power ◽  
Organisational Knowledge ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article addresses the issue of professional learning of Swedish physicians returning from their work for international aid organisations in the global South. It is a qualitative case study based on 16 in-depth interviews, which uses a thematic narrative analysis, a typology of knowledge, and the concept of symbolic capital. The doctors’ assignments in settings radically different from the welfare state context meant professional challenges, including an initial feeling of de-skilling, but also enhanced reflexivity and intensive and complex learning. The doctors acquired new medical and organisational knowledge, improved diagnostic skills, new perspectives on different health care systems, cultural contexts, global power relations, and postcolonial hierarchies. Since their return to Sweden, they have encountered a friendly but rather shallow interest in their experiences. Their new insights and ideas for change have not been easy to validate as symbolic capital, and their intensive individual learning is seldom utilised for organisational learning.

Fit for Life: Older Women's Commitment to Exercise

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Poole
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
The Body ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
Fitness Programs ◽  
Effects Of Aging ◽  
Depth Interviews

The article explores the lived experiences of older women with a high commitment to exercise. The methods of investigation were in-depth interviews with 17 women fitness instructors for the over-50s and the author's observations as a participant in a variety of exercise programs. The subjective experience of embodiment of older women, the ways in which the body is constructed discursively, and the objective processes of aging are explored. The women's narratives are placed in the wider context of consumption, lifestyle, and identity construction. The study analyzes whether older women's commitment to exercise is a reflection of a climate of constraint, in which individuals seek to shape and manage the body lo combat the effects of aging, or is one of empowerment and enablement. More important, the article explores the ways in which the women used fitness programs as a means of constructing intimacy, a sense of community, and satisfaction in interpersonal relations.

scholarly journals Women in Ukrainian politics (AR of Crimea as case study)

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Martsenyuk ◽  
Dmytro Hutkiy ◽  
Tetiana Bureychak
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Gender Quotas ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Empirical Basis ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Ukrainian Society ◽  
Autonomous Republic

The article offers analysis of gender relations in politics in the Ukrainian society, which is exemplified by the case of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.Public opinion survey of Crimean citizens and in-depth interviews with experts of national and regional levels have laid the empirical basis for the study.Involvement of women into politics of different levels along with the attitudes of Crimean citizens and experts towards women’s participation in politics have been examined. The paper also discusses a perspective of implementation of gender quotas as a possible way of the problem solving.

scholarly journals The Presentation of Self and Identity Construction in Virtual World: A Case Study of Avakin Life

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-118
Author(s):  
Lisa Vangohol Jande ◽  
Noor Aireen Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Point Of Interest ◽  
3D Virtual World

Identity in the virtual world has become a point of interest for researchers. The virtual world has become a place where people go to interact and in turn create an identity for themselves.  This study sets out to investigate identity construction in a 3D Virtual world game using Avakin Life as a case study. Going with Goffman’s theory of self-presentation, this study aims to understand why identities are created in the virtual world and how this identity is created. The process to achieving this is carried out through a review of previous literature on virtual world identity construction and an ethnographic research carried out in Avakin Life using observation and semi-structured interviews as a method for data collection. The data is analysed thematically, and the findings show that participants use the virtual world to create an extension of themselves while they achieve this creation by duplicating a piece of themselves through the use of their Avatars. This study therefore helps to add to the existing knowledge on identity and identity construction in the virtual world.

scholarly journals Art Experiments and Cultural Preservation during a Pandemic: A Case Study Lembah Gana Festival in 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 317 ◽  
pp. 01015
Author(s):  
Fajrul Falah ◽  
Khothibul Umam ◽  
Suharyo ◽  
Gregorius Tri Hendrawan M
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
The People ◽  
Document Extraction ◽  
Historical Remains ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to reveal artistic expressions and forms of cultural preservation at the Lembah Gana Festival in Semarang Regency. This research is interesting to do because no research has been found on the Lembah Gana Festival. The urgency of this research lies in the introduction of cultural heritage, especially ancient Java. The problem is that most people forget about historical remains, both physically (tangible) and non-physically (intagible). The object and location of this research is the Lembah Gana Festival in Semarang Regency. This research is in the realm of ethnographic research. The research method used is document extraction, observation, and in-depth interviews to related parties. The research data were analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The novelty of the findings lies in the ability of the Lembah Gana Festival to bring back ancient Javanese culture. In addition, the research results show that the Lembah Gana Festival is increasingly existing and efforts to preserve culture have received enthusiasm from the people of Semarang Regency during the pandemic. The Festival Model which is conducted online, makes it easier for the audience to access.

Understanding Why Older People Develop a Wish to Die

Crisis ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Rurup ◽  
H. R. W. Pasman ◽  
J. Goedhart ◽  
D. J. H. Deeg ◽  
A. J. F. M. Kerkhof ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Cohort Studies ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Traumatic Life Events ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Wish To Die ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Death Wishes ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: Quantitative studies in several European countries showed that 10–20% of older people have or have had a wish to die. Aims: To improve our understanding of why some older people develop a wish to die. Methods: In-depth interviews with people with a wish to die (n = 31) were carried out. Through open coding and inductive analysis, we developed a conceptual framework to describe the development of death wishes. Respondents were selected from two cohort studies. Results: The wish to die had either been triggered suddenly after traumatic life events or had developed gradually after a life full of adversity, as a consequence of aging or illness, or after recurring depression. The respondents were in a situation they considered unacceptable, yet they felt they had no control to change their situation and thus progressively “gave up” trying. Recurring themes included being widowed, feeling lonely, being a victim, being dependent, and wanting to be useful. Developing thoughts about death as a positive thing or a release from problems seemed to them like a way to reclaim control. Conclusions: People who wish to die originally develop thoughts about death as a positive solution to life events or to an adverse situation, and eventually reach a balance of the wish to live and to die.

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