scholarly journals Dancing with the Fan

Asian Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-221
Author(s):  
Nataša Visočnik Gerželj
Keyword(s):  
Physical Appearance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
Museum Collection ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Tea Ceremony

The article addresses several issues concerning a Japanese fan and the kimonos found in the collection of Ivan Skušek from Slovene Ethnographic Museum. They belonged to Ivan Skušek’s Japanese wife Marija Tsuneko Skušek, and were after her death donated to the museum together with other objects from the Skušek collection. With analysing these items and researching the life of Marija Tsuneko Skušek the article discusses the roles these objects had in transmitting Japanese culture to Slovene audience with a focus on the Japanese dances as one way of transmission. During her life in Ljubljana, Marija Skušek in one way adopted to the Slovene society very quickly, but on the other hand she presented Japanese culture and her identity in several lectures along with Japanese songs, dances and a tea ceremony. With researching the roles and values of these object in the museum collection, the article also discusses the importance of understanding not only the physical appearance of the items and their life, but also the wider background of items and collection, focusing also on the owner of these items in the relation to the collector. It is also important to stress how these objects transformed from daily objects of use to rarefied art after they were handed over to the museum, and within this process their value also changed.

Persistence in Japanese language study and learners’ cultural/linguistic backgrounds

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 10.1-10.17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanori Matsumoto
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Important Determinant ◽  
The Other ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Affecting Factors ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Cultural Interest ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds

Motivational characteristics of students learning Japanese as a foreign language at universities in Australia were investigated to find out what affecting factors are closely related to their intentions for continuing/discontinuing their study. The results showed that students’ cultural/linguistic backgrounds have a significant impact on their performance in learning the language, and sustaining motivation, which is closely related to their interest in aspects of Japanese culture, is an important determinant for persistence in their study. Developing intrinsic cultural interest is an important factor for sustaining motivation, which is more likely to occur when learners have distant cultural/linguistic backgrounds from Japanese. Closer cultural/linguistic backgrounds, on the other hand, may become hazardous for having accurate self-efficacy.

Maghrebian Shadow

2020 ◽  
pp. 219-234
Author(s):  
Nao Sawada
Keyword(s):  
Fine Arts ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
Abdelkebir Khatibi ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Japanese Writer ◽  
Insight Into

Abdelkébir Khatibi, who was seduced by the land of the Rising Sun, left us a few texts on Japan and its culture such as Japanese Shadow and “Tanizaki Revisited” in which he refers, in particular, to the great Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki. These texts indeed present a dual interest: on the one hand, they allow us to discover unknown aspects of Abdelkébir Khatibi – his deep attraction for Japanese culture, not only for literature but also calligraphy and other fine arts – and, on the other hand, his subtle and brilliant reading of Tanizaki's text, which gives us another insight into Japanese culture. In these two texts, we can identify several elements that Khatibi discovers in Japan via Tanizaki: exoticism beyond the simple exotic, eroticism, and ‘exophony’. We therefore examine Khatibi's Japanese culture, as inflected through the lens of Junichiro Tanizaki, following three problematics: exoticism, the body and languages, and Eros/Thanatos. Far from separate, all these elements are intertwined for Tanizaki as well as for Khatibi. In other words, this is a phenomenon, as the Moroccan writer points out, of ‘intersemiotics’.

scholarly journals FENOMENA PENURUNAN ANGKA PERNIKAHAN DAN PERKEMBANGAN BUDAYA OMIAI DI JEPANG

KIRYOKU ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Budi Mulyadi
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Social Pressure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
Marriage Rates ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Culture Development

This paper entitled The Phenomenon of Decline in Marriage rates And Matchmaking Culture Development. The main goal of this article is to know the phenomenon of decline in marriage rates and matchmaking culture development in Japan.This reserach uses field research. Main methode are observation and interpretation.This paper shows that one of the factor behind the marriage rtaes decline in Japan is the relatively new-found "freedom" that young Japanese have, as a result of decreasing social pressure to settle down and start a family. Japan has also seen a shift in attitudes among the sexes, with young women increasingly seen as career-orientated and putting their own desires ahead of the need for a family. Men, on the other hand, have become more willing to put up with unhappiness in their careers merely to hang on to their jobs as well as being less domineering toward women.This paper also shows that there are development in Japanese mindset about matchmaking culture which take effect to decline in marriage rates in Japan.Keywords: matchmaking, marriage, Japanese culture.

scholarly journals Persistence in Japanese Language study and learners’ cultural/linguistic backgrounds

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 10.1-10.17
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Important Determinant ◽  
The Other ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Affecting Factors ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Cultural Interest ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds

Motivational characteristics of students learning Japanese as a foreign language at universities in Australia were investigated to find out what affecting factors are closely related to their intentions for continuing/discontinuing their study. The results showed that students’ cultural/linguistic backgrounds have a significant impact on their performance in learning the language, and sustaining motivation, which is closely related to their interest in aspects of Japanese culture, is an important determinant for persistence in their study. Developing intrinsic cultural interest is an important factor for sustaining motivation, which is more likely to occur when learners have distant cultural/linguistic backgrounds from Japanese. Closer cultural/linguistic backgrounds, on the other hand, may become hazardous for having accurate self-efficacy.

scholarly journals Erotisme Dalam Tradisi Tasawuf

ULUMUNA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-346
Author(s):  
Syaifan Nur ◽  
Mukhlis Mukhlis
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
First Line ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
Islamic Mysticism ◽  
The Mind

When people talk about erotism, the first thing in the mind of most people are nudity, sexuality, and vulgarity. It exploits mostly women’s sexual organs for sale or—in the proponents’ point of view—for the sake of art and freedom of expression. For this reason the moralists who are worried too much about morality, stand in the first line to fight against all kinds of expression intended to arouse sexual desire publicly.  In the field of Islamic thought it has been becoming an endless debate between the Scholars of fiqh and the Islamic mysticism. The Scholars of fiqh accused the Gnostic practicioners of just making up the rules in religion (bid’ah) which contaminate the holiness of God through their erotic works of rhyming. On the other hand, the Sufi claims to look at the case from the essence rather than the physical appearance.  

A study of cometary eruptions through OH radio-lines

1999 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 249-254
Author(s):  
A.M. Silva ◽  
R.D. Miró
Keyword(s):  
Short Duration ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
The Other ◽  
Initial Mass ◽  
Radio Lines ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Sudden Rise

AbstractWe have developed a model for theH2OandOHevolution in a comet outburst, assuming that together with the gas, a distribution of icy grains is ejected. With an initial mass of icy grains of 108kg released, theH2OandOHproductions are increased up to a factor two, and the growth curves change drastically in the first two days. The model is applied to eruptions detected in theOHradio monitorings and fits well with the slow variations in the flux. On the other hand, several events of short duration appear, consisting of a sudden rise ofOHflux, followed by a sudden decay on the second day. These apparent short bursts are frequently found as precursors of a more durable eruption. We suggest that both of them are part of a unique eruption, and that the sudden decay is due to collisions that de-excite theOHmaser, when it reaches the Cometopause region located at 1.35 × 105kmfrom the nucleus.

Closing the GAP—A 5Å Scanning Microscope

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
A. V. Crewe
Keyword(s):  
Normal Form ◽  
The Other ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Scanning Microscope ◽  
Conventional Microscope ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Closing The Gap ◽  
Thermal Sources ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Transmission Microscope

We have become accustomed to differentiating between the scanning microscope and the conventional transmission microscope according to the resolving power which the two instruments offer. The conventional microscope is capable of a point resolution of a few angstroms and line resolutions of periodic objects of about 1Å. On the other hand, the scanning microscope, in its normal form, is not ordinarily capable of a point resolution better than 100Å. Upon examining reasons for the 100Å limitation, it becomes clear that this is based more on tradition than reason, and in particular, it is a condition imposed upon the microscope by adherence to thermal sources of electrons.

Life Beyond 1MeV

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
K.H. Westmacott
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Case ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The U.S

Life beyond 1MeV – like life after 40 – is not too different unless one takes advantage of past experience and is receptive to new opportunities. At first glance, the returns on performing electron microscopy at voltages greater than 1MeV diminish rather rapidly as the curves which describe the well-known advantages of HVEM often tend towards saturation. However, in a country with a significant HVEM capability, a good case can be made for investing in instruments with a range of maximum accelerating voltages. In this regard, the 1.5MeV KRATOS HVEM being installed in Berkeley will complement the other 650KeV, 1MeV, and 1.2MeV instruments currently operating in the U.S. One other consideration suggests that 1.5MeV is an optimum voltage machine – Its additional advantages may be purchased for not much more than a 1MeV instrument. On the other hand, the 3MeV HVEM's which seem to be operated at 2MeV maximum, are much more expensive.

Can the Academic Self-Concept be Positive and Realistic?

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reimer Kornmann
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
High Ability ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Other Hand

Summary: My comment is basically restricted to the situation in which less-able students find themselves and refers only to literature in German. From this point of view I am basically able to confirm Marsh's results. It must, however, be said that with less-able pupils the opposite effect can be found: Levels of self-esteem in these pupils are raised, at least temporarily, by separate instruction, academic performance however drops; combined instruction, on the other hand, leads to improved academic performance, while levels of self-esteem drop. Apparently, the positive self-image of less-able pupils who receive separate instruction does not bring about the potential enhancement of academic performance one might expect from high-ability pupils receiving separate instruction. To resolve the dilemma, it is proposed that individual progress in learning be accentuated, and that comparisons with others be dispensed with. This fosters a self-image that can in equal measure be realistic and optimistic.

Stories and the Self

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Krause ◽  
Markus Appel
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lower Degree ◽  
Contrast Effects ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Abstract. Two experiments examined the influence of stories on recipients’ self-perceptions. Extending prior theory and research, our focus was on assimilation effects (i.e., changes in self-perception in line with a protagonist’s traits) as well as on contrast effects (i.e., changes in self-perception in contrast to a protagonist’s traits). In Experiment 1 ( N = 113), implicit and explicit conscientiousness were assessed after participants read a story about either a diligent or a negligent student. Moderation analyses showed that highly transported participants and participants with lower counterarguing scores assimilate the depicted traits of a story protagonist, as indicated by explicit, self-reported conscientiousness ratings. Participants, who were more critical toward a story (i.e., higher counterarguing) and with a lower degree of transportation, showed contrast effects. In Experiment 2 ( N = 103), we manipulated transportation and counterarguing, but we could not identify an effect on participants’ self-ascribed level of conscientiousness. A mini meta-analysis across both experiments revealed significant positive overall associations between transportation and counterarguing on the one hand and story-consistent self-reported conscientiousness on the other hand.

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