Some Reflections on the Nature of Cultural Integration and Change

In the beginning was metamorphosis. This paradoxical thought, which the ancient Roman poet Ovidius and modern author Franz Kafka represented in their literary works, is visualized in Koji Yamamura’s short animation Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor. Diverse metamorphoses that do and do not appear in the Kafka original are so elaborately and dynamically depicted in this animation that no live-action film could possibly represent them. In addition, the film itself can be seen as a metamorphosis, as it is an animation converted from a short story. Such a dominance of metamorphosis is also true for the transculturality and transnationalism of Yamamura’s animation. In a sense, the film results from a cultural integration of foreign language and image. However, this integration is also part of the swirl of metamorphosis. The traditional performance art Kyogen, which the director uses to voice the main characters in the animation, could not integrate foreign culture without its own diversification. Yamamura’s animation demonstrates that transculturality is another name for fundamental metamorphosis in which diversification and integration occur simultaneously.

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Comparing generations of migrants’ transnational behaviour: the role of the transnational convoy and integration

Comparative Migration Studies ◽

10.1186/s40878-020-00206-0 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jolien Klok ◽

Theo van Tilburg ◽

Tineke Fokkema ◽

Bianca Suanet

Keyword(s):

Generational Differences ◽

Cultural Integration ◽

Third Generation ◽

Transnational Studies ◽

Property Ownership ◽

The Third ◽

Transnational Ties ◽

Migrant Families ◽

Contact Frequency

AbstractThis paper compares generations (G1, G1.5, G2, G3) of male Turkish migrants to Europe in their transnational behaviours: contact frequency, visits, remittances, property ownership and voting. We aim to explain differences by generational differences in transnational convoy size and integration into residence countries. Data from 798 members of migrant families were obtained from 2000 Families. Generations differ in visiting, remitting, property ownership and voting, but not in contact frequency. Using regression analysis, the transnational convoy cannot explain transnational behaviours. Structural and socio-cultural integration impact various transnational behaviours within generations. Generally, waning of transnational ties across generations cannot be attributed to differences in transnational ties or integration. We add to knowledge on generational differences in transnational behaviour until the third generation and on determinants of transnational behaviour, but conclude that the field of transnational studies is in need of further refinement of operationalization and theory to understand generational differences in transnational behaviour.

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Social and cultural integration: a case study of the East African Hadramis

Africa ◽

10.2307/1160487 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 59 (2) ◽

pp. 185-195 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Françoise Le Guennec-Coppens

Keyword(s):

East Africa ◽

Cultural Integration ◽

East African ◽

Extended Study ◽

Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphAs one goes through the numerous publications concerning East Africa, it becomes apparent that certain subjects have rarely been approached, having been neglected or even totally ignored. Such is the case concerning the problems linked with the Hadrami diaspora, the extended study of which—apart from a few notable exceptions—has not yet aroused the interest of historians or the curiosity of anthropologists.

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Les relations canado-américaines : Nationalisme et continentalisme

Études internationales ◽

10.7202/701465ar ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 23-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Louis Balthazar

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

North America ◽

Manifest Destiny ◽

The United States ◽

Cultural Integration ◽

British North America ◽

History Of ◽

Canadian Nationalism ◽

Set Up ◽

National Perspective

This paper's objective is to bring forth some elements which confirm the following hypothesis : Canada is consigned to continentalism, namely to economic and cultural integration with the United States though this fact is shrouded in a Canadian nationalism of sorts. The continentalist mentality is rooted in the history of British North America, inhabited mostly by refugees from America who have remained inherently "Yankees" in spite of their anti-americanism. The Confederation itself is based on a sort of complicity with the United States. More recently there were talks of a "North American nationality", and continentalism both cultural and economic has come to be seen as a 'force of nature" which the governments, at the most, put into a chanelling process. Still, it is possible for Canadian nationalism to exist provided it does not go beyond the threshold whence it would run headlong into the continental mentality. Canada has defined itself through an international or non-national perspective far too long for today's nationalism not to remain weak and poorly established. But the Americans whose "manifest destiny" has succeeded in spreading over Canada without even their having tried to hoist their flag there find it to their advantage to maintain some form of Canadian sovereignty. Canada as a "friendly nation" can be of use to Washington. That is why there are almost as many advocates for Canada's independence in the United States as there are north of the border. Canadian nationalism can thus further the interests of some Canadian elites without seriously prejudicing continental integration which can very well afford not to be set up into formalized structures.

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Acculturation in Tatarstan: The Case of the Sabantui Festival

Slavic Review ◽

10.2307/2496347 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 316-321 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Azade-Ayşe Rorlich

Keyword(s):

Cultural Change ◽

Mutual Influence ◽

Close Contact ◽

Soviet Society ◽

Cultural Integration ◽

Dynamic Tension ◽

Process Of Change ◽

Component Traits ◽

Special Quality ◽

Different Cultures

No culture enjoys a perfect integration or a static equilibrium of its component traits. The diffusion of features of culture is a constant and crucial dynamic process. Acculturation, as a process of change dominated by the mutual influence of different cultures in close contact, is especially suited to interdisciplinary scrutiny. The study of acculturation is equally challenging for the linguist, the ethnographer, the anthropologist, and the historian interested in investigating processes and forms of cultural change, cultural integration, and causes for the selective receptivity of cultures.The multinational character of Soviet society against the background of its socioeconomic and ideological homogeneity renders a special quality to the dynamic tension between unity and diversity, especially with regard to culture, cultural change, and integration. Consequently, an investigation of acculturation as a component of the broader ethnic processes is not only justified, but imperative.

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