A Study on the Role of Cultural Intermediaries for the Practice of Local Culture : Focusing on Space Beam, Space Imsi, Incheon Spectacle in Incheon

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Jeongeun Lee ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Culture ◽  
Cultural Intermediaries

Merchants of Asianness: Japanese Art Dealers in the United States in the Early Twentieth Century

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-46
Author(s):  
CONSTANCE J. S. CHEN
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
American Art ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racial Identities ◽  
Japanese Art ◽  
Art Dealers ◽  
Cultural Intermediaries

This article explores the role of Japanese merchants within American art and collecting circles and analyzes the ways in which the construction of “Asianness” and, in particular, “Japaneseness” became intertwined with the classification of Asian art. In order to reconstitute the market for high art and to create their own positionalities as legitimate cultural intermediaries, Asian art dealers such as Bunkio Matsuki (1867–1940) and Sadajiro Yamanaka (1866–1936) used their connections to Japan as cultural capital. Ultimately, their experiences illuminate the complexities of the reconceptualization of ethnic–racial identities through the lens of aesthetic discourses.

What is the purpose of this meeting? The hidden meanings of the meeting announcement

2021 ◽  
pp. 017084062110402
Author(s):  
Palmira López-Fresno ◽  
Rosalía Cascón-Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Dynamics ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
International Project ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
The Core ◽  
Distinct Line ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study examines the coincidence or discrepancy between the purpose of meetings stated in the organizer’s announcement and the purposes perceived by the participants. This analysis enriches and complexifies the view of meeting purposes in the literature. Based on structured questionnaire data from 1946 respondents involved in 490 meetings conducted in the context of an international project, our analysis shows that the stated and perceived purposes of a meeting are not necessarily the same. In particular, a purpose expressed as a noun (e.g. Coordination) may be perceived by participants as various purposes expressed in verbs, that are strongly or weakly aligned with that noun (e.g. Socialize, Coordinate, Follow up or Persuade). This study establishes the need for a distinct line of research into the discrepancy between stated and perceived meeting purposes to understand meeting related organizational dynamics, and it lays a basis for theorizing within that line of investigation by demonstrating an influence of the internal-external nature of meetings and the local culture. This study also highlights the core intermediation role of socialization for achieving the stated purposes of certain meeting types. Additionally, this study has immediate implications for organizing and managing meetings.

Ethnic Identity Impact on Consumers’ Ethnocentric Tendencies: The Moderating Role of Acculturation and Materialism

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-53
Author(s):  
Manish Das ◽  
Debarshi Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Consumer Ethnocentrism ◽  
Branding Strategies ◽  
Indian Consumers ◽  
Moderating Role

In the era of globalization and technological advancements, ethnic identity (EID) is creating both opportunities as well as challenges for domestic and international marketers in formulating suitable marketing and branding strategies. This study attempts to investigate the role of EID in shaping consumers’ ethnocentric tendencies (CET). By analyzing data obtained from 385 surveys completed by Indian consumers, the study assessed the association of EID dimensions and consumer ethnocentrism. The findings showed that Association with Local Culture, Preserving Local Culture, Feelings towards Local Culture and Local Interpersonal Relationship enhance consumers’ CET. Materialism strengthens the effects of association for three EID dimensions and ethnocentrism, whereas acculturation weakens the association for three dimensions of EID. This study contributes to the literature, especially in the understanding of social identity theory. Practically, the findings are useful to marketers and retailers dealing with consumers in India in formulating their cultural branding strategies.

scholarly journals Role of (Local) Culture in English Language Teaching

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Kumar Narayan Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Meaningful Context

Since language and culture have muscle and bone relationship, the existence of one in the absence of another in unthinkable. But in practice, English language teaching has paid less attention to the local culture. It is commonly believed that the insertion of foreign cultural values is not in line with local cultural values. The insertion of local culture plays vital role in promotion of nationalism, different local cultures and local cultural wisdom. Similarly, it provides cultural identity and meaningful context for learning. Therefore, the main purpose of this article is to shed light on the importance of local culture in the English language classroom. In doing so, it aims at defining culture, language, shows relationship between them and puts forth some pedagogical guidelines. Journal of NELTA, Vol. 21, No. 1-2, 2016, Page:54-60

Sufi Women in Pakistan: Case Study of Mai Saihba and Her Shrine in Dhok Sahi Sharif, Punjab

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-112
Author(s):  
Saad Ali Khan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Hierarchical Structures ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Cultural System ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Women's Role

   Sufism is a mystical thread of Islam, which when practiced as a cultural system, creates Sufi culture, which is considered significantly different from orthodox, normative or official versions of Islam. Women's contribution to this Sufi culture, which often assimilates indigenous cultural values, has not been fully explored, thus causing ambivalence about Sufi women's lives and their roles. This paper attempts to fill this gap by exploring a variety of aspects of Sufi women's role and contribution to the enrichment of Sufi traditions and local culture in Pakistan through the case study of Mai Sahiba and her shrine, Sahi Sharif, in Punjab. This paper has two main sections. Section one, drawing upon secondary sources, highlights complex perspectives on gender and role of Sufi women in general within Sufism. Section two, drawing upon primary textual sources about Mai Sahiba's life and ethnographic fieldwork at her shrine, offers a glimpse of her life and shows how her devotees celebrate her as a Sufi who challenged hierarchical structures that exist within Sufism and in Pakistan.

scholarly journals Contingencies of Value: Devices and Conventions at a Design School Admission Test

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Malou Strandvad
Keyword(s):  
Economic Sociology ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Admission Test ◽  
Cultural Intermediaries ◽  
Aesthetic Values

Based on a study of the admission test at a design school, this paper investigates the contingencies of aesthetic values as these become visible in assessment practices. Theoretically, the paper takes its starting point in Herrnstein Smith’s notion of ‘contingencies of values’ and outlines a pragmatist ground where cultural sociology and economic sociology meet. Informed by the literature on cultural intermediaries, the paper discusses the role of evaluators and the devices which accompany them. Whereas studies of cultural intermediaries traditionally apply a Bourdieusian perspective, recent developments within this field of literature draws inspiration from the so-called ‘new new economic sociology,’ which this paper adds to. While the admission test is easily described as a matter of overcoming “subjective” aesthetic evaluations by means of “objective” and standardized assessment criteria, the paper does not accept this storyline. As an alternative, the paper outlines the contingencies of values which are at play at the admission test, composed of official assessment criteria and scoring devices together with conventions within the world of design, and set in motion by interactions with the objects that applicants submit.

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