Grandparents' social identities in cultural context

2020 ◽  
pp. 145-157
Author(s):  
Ziarat Hossain ◽  
Giovanna Eisberg ◽  
David W. Shwalb
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Identities

Grandparents’ social identities in cultural context

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziarat Hossain ◽  
Giovanna Eisberg ◽  
David W. Shwalb
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Identities

Authentic leadership, power and social identities: A call for justice in Indian higher education system

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chetan Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
System P ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
The University ◽  
University Settings

The current socio-political situation in India has gradually shifted the meaning of leader, power and identity in the Indian higher education system. Normalizing the diverse voices, oppression, concretizing the social categories and policing of education created a crisis of ethics. The majoritarian and populist leadership took the shape of an authentic leader, representing the identities of the groups who prejudice towards the minorities. The higher education systems such as universities have become a seat of monitoring and limiting dissenting voices and a neoliberal wave has taken over the whole system in the name of morality, nationalism and religious dominance. This article presents a critical analysis of leadership in the university settings and the way leadership processes are considered to be authentic and ethical in a cultural context.

Authentic Leadership, Power and Social Identities: A Call for Justice in Indian Higher Education System

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-168
Author(s):  
Chetan Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
The University ◽  
University Settings

The current socio-political situation in India has gradually shifted the meaning of leader, power and identity in the Indian higher education system. Normalizing the diverse voices, oppression, concretizing the social categories and policing of education created a crisis of ethics. The majoritarian and populist leadership took the shape of an authentic leader, representing the identities of the groups who prejudice towards the minorities. The higher education systems such as universities have become a seat of monitoring and limiting dissenting voices and a neoliberal wave has taken over the whole system in the name of morality, nationalism and religious dominance. This article presents a critical analysis of leadership in the university settings and the way leadership processes are considered to be authentic and ethical in a cultural context.

scholarly journals IDENTITIES RESEARCH TRADITIONS IN CONTEMPORARY UKRAINIAN SOCIOLOGY: FOCUSES AND CONTEXTS

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Historical Sociology ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
Ukrainian Society

The article is focused on the historical sociology analysis of social identities studies, the results of which are presented in scientific publications in top Ukrainian periodicals. The direction of development of such researches in thematic, theoretical, and methodological aspects of their socio-cultural context is outlined. Possible new directions of research on the problem chosen by the author are determined. The author conducted a content analysis of the professional publications where the subject is identity and identification placed in the online archives of professional publications of Ukraine in sociology for the last decade. An analysis of the thematic diversity of the articles revealed that the vast majority of them are devoted to specific identities, primarily ethnic-national and local, identity is considered as a specific feature of the group; only a quarter of the publications have a general theoretical character and focused in the analysis of identity as such. It was found that the dominant research focuses have long been dominated by conceptualization and analysis of the formation of a selected social identity, but in recent years the authors pay more attention to the functional load of social identities, in particular their impact on Ukrainian society, especially its integration/disintegration, on conflicts and solidarity. The conclusion about a certain decrease in attention to the subject of social identities, and at the same time theoretical, methodological, thematic, and subject complication of their researches are formulated. It is emphasized that further comprehensive studies of identities (their connections, contexts, and social consequences) have a scientific perspective because it is possible to reach a deeper understanding of the processes taking place in modern Ukrainian society with their help.

scholarly journals Multiliteracies and Multilingual Literacies of Young Children: A Study of Linguistic and Social Identities

2020 ◽  
Vol V (IV) ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
Ambreen Javed ◽  
Sarwet Rasul
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Linguistic Identity ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media And Technology

Pakistan is a multilingual community where individuals communicate in more than one language for everyday communication. Literacy practices of young children in schools reflect the literacy practices of the broader social community. Same is the case with the use of literacy practices at homes. The data is collected by answering questions in questionnaires that are answered by the parents. The collected data is from three different social strata of society. The current study analyzes the literacy practices of young children at homes and the way they are associated with the broader social and cultural context. This includes the linguistic and literacy practices of young children during their playtime, their interaction with the members of the family and their exposure to the media and technology. These multilingual literacy practices that are practised at the homes constitute the social and linguistic identity of the individuals in the long run.

Samoan speechmaking across social events: One genre in and out of a fono

1983 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Duranti
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Ethnography Of Communication ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Contextual Variation ◽  
Social Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
Speech Genres ◽  
Range Of Variation

AbstractThis paper addresses the relevance of a functional approach to the study of speech genres. The range of variation found in spontaneous performances of a traditional genre of Samoan speechmaking (lāuga) can be explained and partly predicted by referring to the social and cultural context of speaking. Particular features of variation are attributed to the following factors: (1) the purposes of the social events, (2) the temporal setting of its performance, (3) the range and social identities of the participants, and (4) the weight given to performance as a key for delivering and interpreting speechmaking. (Oratory, ethnography of communication, cross-contextual variation, performance, Samoan language and culture.)

When entrepreneurial identity meets multiple social identities

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Chasserio ◽  
Philippe Pailot ◽  
Corinne Poroli
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
New Interactions

Purpose – This paper aims at exploring the dynamics of multiple identities of women entrepreneurs (WE). The paper analyse how WE do identity work in relation to specific identity regulations in the particular French cultural context. The objective is to understand how the entrepreneurial identity process of women is built through both confrontation and synergy with other social identities. Design/methodology/approach – The paper opted for a qualitative and abductive methodological design. In total, 41 French WE from diverse business activities were interviewed. The empirical material was subject to thematic analysis. Findings – The findings reveal the ability of these WE to deal with numerous and various identities. Their daily strategies to accommodate different roles depict how their entrepreneurial activity is intertwined with their personal and social life. The paper are far away from the picture of a monolithic entrepreneur without social dimensions. Given that, the findings broaden the too simplistic vision of WE as an homogeneous whole. Within this group of French WE, the analysis reveals that forms of identity work are along a continuum from accepting conventional norms and social expectations and integrating them in self-identity, or challenging them by accommodation or transformation, or, in turn, by redefining and proposing new norms. It also brings a nuanced understanding of complexity and multidimensionality of their daily life. Originality/value – Finally by studying French WE, the paper identify new practices, new interactions between social roles which could be also relevant for men. In fact, the study challenges the traditional framework on entrepreneurship, which produces an incomplete view of entrepreneurs, by omitting historical and social variables. This disembodied vision of entrepreneur could not be applied to women and probably could not be applied to contemporaneous men either.

Using behavioural science to develop public health messages for racial and ethnic minority communities during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atiya Kamal ◽  
James Rubin ◽  
M. Brooke Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Health Messages ◽  
Behavioural Science ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Science Framework ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Minority

A behavioural science framework can be used to develop health messages for racial and ethnic minority communities which incorporate cultural influences on behaviour. To increase knowledge, translation of health messages into suitable languages is necessary, but not sufficient. Co-production and pre-testing of messages with the target community can identify language that retains the public health meaning and considers the cultural context. Written and verbal health messages shared via different modes of delivery can accommodate different health literacy needs.Messages should be tailored to local needs, services and resources, and ensure compliance does not disadvantage the community. Active engagement with communities will identify local barriers and facilitators and build trust with community partners and trusted communicators. Health messages should be linked with relevant social identities. Fear-inducing messages should be avoided as even when health messages are understood, environmental stressors may exist that are beyond the control of individuals.

scholarly journals Learners’ constructions of bullying in a South African school context

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zibeleni L. Hlophe ◽  
Pholoho J. Morojele ◽  
Ncamsile D. Motsa
Keyword(s):  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
School Context ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Narrative Study ◽  
South African School ◽  
Complex Forms ◽  
Group Interviews

Drawing on social constructionism as a theoretical paradigm, this article foregrounds learners’ voices to depict the profiles of bullies and bullying victims within a cultural context of one coeducational secondary school in Hammarsdale in South Africa. The article uses qualitative data from semi-structured individual and focus group interviews as well as a participatory mapping exercise based on a narrative study of six purposefully sampled Grade 9 learners, aged between 13 and 16 years. The findings denote learners’ social identities such as gender, sexual orientation, economic status, age, stature and complexion as critical determinants in the incitement and formation of bully–victim relations. The complex forms, causes and spaces of bullying are highlighted to denote its pervasiveness and the extent of the school’s illpreparedness to effectively respond to bullying incidents. The study recommends education policy and practice reformists foreground learners’ understanding and experiences of bullying as a basis for enhancing social inclusiveness, tolerance and safe schooling environments, for enhanced equitable quality of learning experiences for all the learners.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

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