Modeling Cross-Cultural Interaction in Ancient Borderlands

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
Cultural Interactions

Archaeologists who study cross-cultural interaction face the challenge of carefully untangling the web of complex relationships between people, landscapes, and material cultures. Over time the debate on describing cultural interaction scenarios centered on changing definitions of colonialism and frontier and at times obscured the in-depth analysis of complex social processes that take place in these contexts. In an attempt to bridge this gap, this book introduces the Cross-Cultural Interaction Model (CCIM) as a tool to visually display and organize the inherent complexity of the social, economic, and political interactions that take place in multicultural borderlands or across long distances. Through the CCIM, scholars are able to explore a wide spectrum of cultural interactions, expose what motivates participation in cultural exchanges, or highlight what people reject in these interactions. Throughout the book the CCIM is adapted by various scholars to specific datasets from a wide variety of geographical and temporal contexts around the world. The adaption of the CCIM in these and other case studies demonstrates not only the versatility of the model in multicultural contexts but also highlights its usefulness as an analytical tool. The process of graphically modelling cross-cultural interactions compels scholars to think about them in a different light and can be applicable not just in archaeological, but also historical and contemporary scenarios.

A Porous Line

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Matthies Green ◽  
Kirk E. Costion
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Line P

This chapter introduces the Cross-Cultural Interaction Model (CCIM), which was designed to more clearly expose the processes that occur in the multicultural contexts of colonization, frontiers, and ancient borderlands. The model can visually represent simultaneous interactions by numerous participants and explores the various ways in which people interact and what motivates their participation in cultural exchanges. This chapter reviews the theoretical origins of the CCIM, describes how it works, and how it has changed since its inception. Second, the chapter briefly introduces each of the case studies in this volume which serve to showcase the versatility of the CCIM.

Cultural Exchanges in World History

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry H. Bentley
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
World History ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Strong Material ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Cultural Interactions

Since the 1960s, when world history gradually began to emerge as a distinct field of professional historical scholarship, world historians have focused their attention and their analyses mostly on political, social, economic, demographic, and environmental issues with strong material dimensions. One of the most fundamental assumptions of this contemporary world history is the notion that historical development does not take place exclusively within the boundary lines of individual societies or cultural regions. However, this article argues that cross-cultural interactions and exchanges have influenced the development of all or almost all peoples and societies throughout the world's history, looking at cultural exchanges in pre-modern and modern times. If this point is true, it stands to reason that there have likely been cultural as well as political, social, economic, demographic, and environmental implications of cross-cultural interactions and exchanges.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF ENDOCRINE RESPONSE TO PERCEIVED DIFFERENCE IN CROSS-CULTURAL INTERACTIONS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Woolford-Hunt ◽  
Marlene Murray ◽  
Tevni Guerra ◽  
Kristina Beenken-Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Endocrine Response ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Education Psychology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Do So ◽  
Cultural Interactions

We live in a world where awareness of ethnic and cultural diversity is an ever increasing reality. Business and education turn to the social sciences to inform them about how to manage and optimize cross-cultural interactions. Although much research has been done on the impact of cross-cultural interactions on a wide range of variables, one less researched area is the endocrine response to cross-cultural interactions. In this study we set out to investigate the endocrine response to cross cultural interactions and the impact of these interactions on perceived differences. To do so we measured the pre and post levels of the stress hormone cortisol of individuals communicating in dyads for 15 minutes. Results showed a significant impact of ethnic interaction on perceived differences and cortisol levels. Practical implications of these findings could have application in the areas of education, psychology, business and human relations in general. Implications for further research are discussed.

English-Language Periodicals and Reading Rooms in Nineteenth-Century Italy as Spaces of Intercultural Contact and Exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-242
Author(s):  
Isabelle Richet
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
English Language ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
The Many ◽  
Cultural Dynamic

This paper discusses the symbiotic relationship that developed between English-language periodicals published in Italy and major reading rooms in Rome and Florence. This relationship took various configurations – from Luigi Piale in Rome, who opened a reading room and published the weekly The Roman Advertiser, to the Gabinetto Vieusseux in Florence that provided access to the many English-language periodicals published in Italy – and created important spaces of transnational cultural interaction. The paper looks at the cultural practices and the forms of sociability represented by the reading of periodicals and the patronizing of reading rooms as ‘imported traditions’ brought to Italy by the many British cultured travellers and residents in the nineteenth century. It identifies the actors who promoted these cultural practices (editors, librarians, cosmopolitan intellectuals) and analyses their role as mediating figures who created in-between spaces where cross-cultural exchanges unfolded. The paper also discusses the broader transnational cultural dynamic at work as those cultural practices imported from England favoured a greater engagement of British visitors and expatriates with the Italian political and cultural environment.

Graphically Modeling the Prehistory of Regional Interactions in the Moquegua Valley, Southern Peru

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirk E. Costion ◽  
Ulrike Matthies Green
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Middle Horizon ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
Intermediate Period ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Moquegua Valley

The Cross-Cultural Interaction Model was first developed specifically to help model the cultural interactions taking place in the Moquegua Valley of Southern Peru during the culturally dynamic early Middle Horizon. This chapter highlights the flexibility of the Cross-Cultural Interaction Model by using it to illustrate how regional interactions changed throughout the prehistoric sequence of this region. The Moquegua drainage is the easiest route from the highlands of the Southern Titicaca altiplano to the Pacific Ocean; in addition the middle Moquegua Valley is ideal for large-scale maize agriculture. As a result, regional interactions have been an integral element in this region’s cultural evolution. Starting with the Archaic Period and continuing through the Late Intermediate Period this chapter graphically explores the nature of the regional interactions that took place in each time period and how these interactions shaped the cultural landscape of the Moquegua Valley over time

scholarly journals Network and Migration in Early Renaissance Florence, 1378-1433

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katalin Prajda
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Renaissance Florence ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Church

This book explores the co-development of political, social, economic, and artistic networks of Florentines in the Kingdom of Hungary during the reign of Sigismund of Luxembourg. Analyzing the social network of these politicians, merchants, artisans, royal officers, dignitaries of the Church, and noblemen is the primary objective of this book. The study addresses both descriptively the patterns of connectivity and causally the impacts of this complex network on cultural exchanges of various types, among these migration, commerce, diplomacy, and artistic exchange. In the setting of a case study, this monograph should best be thought of as an attempt to cross the boundaries that divide political, economic, social, and art history so that they simultaneously figure into a single integrated story of Florentine history and development.

scholarly journals Between acceptance and dislike: the intricacy of cross-cultural contacts while travelling

Turyzm ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Jacek Kotus
Keyword(s):  
Social Roles ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Main Issue ◽  
Cultural Contact ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Interactions

Today travelling is a global phenomenon. Many journeys involve cross-cultural contacts, often between cultures which are very remote from each other. Some questions arise: does the contemporary traveller expect cross-cultural contacts and how does he/she imagine such interactions? These seemingly simple questions enable us to reflect on the intentionality and complexity of cross-cultural interactions, the main issue discussed in the article. The author draws the reader's attention to the social roles assumed by the modern traveller, as well as the theoretical scenarios of cross-cultural contact, analyzing its symmetric and asymmetric forms.

scholarly journals Insights extraction on cross-cultural interaction through astronomy online labs using data analytics

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 508
Author(s):  
M. Bakri ◽  
Norhaslinda Kamaruddin ◽  
M. Hamiz ◽  
P. Marlia ◽  
A. H. S. Nurhasmiza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Benefit ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Venn Diagram ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Non Local ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Visualization Techniques ◽  
Different Cultures

<span lang="EN-GB">Dialogical inquiry on astrology offers the participants to gain not only the intellectual and technological knowledge on the subject matter but also the social benefit of the interaction. Different cultures and values may pose as a challenge for adaptation when the participants start to collaborate in order to complete the group work. Hence, multiple sessions of cross-cultural interaction through Astronomy Online Labs had been conducted to give the participants a standardized platform to discuss and communicate. However, it is imperative to observe the content and frequency of the interaction to ensure both parties (Local and Non-local) benefited from such interaction. The interaction had been recorded and analysed to give us some insights for the improvement of the future participants’ engagement. The visualization techniques such as word cloud, word forest, timeline as well as Venn diagram approaches had been used and it is observed that the participants are actively communicating with the Non-local slightly dominating the session. It is hoped that the analysis tool can be embedded in the platform that it can provide dynamic analysis on the go while interaction happens so the moderator can steer the interaction to the intended topic</span><span>.</span>

scholarly journals Collecting within the system of sociocultural practices

2020 ◽  
pp. 94-105
Author(s):  
Elena Aleksandrovna Makarova
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Main Condition ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
The Social ◽  
Communication Interaction ◽  
Communication Space ◽  
Significant Attention

This article is dedicated to systematization and analysis of the key principles of the social practice of collecting. Analyzing the causes of collecting activity alongside motives and prerequisites for collecting, the author explores the social character of interaction between an object and a human. The article touches upon the phenomenon of personification of things and objectification of people. Significant attention is paid to comprehension of the basic principles of collecting &ndash; a thing as such, and the time as the main condition of transformation of that think into a collectable item. The article reviews the integrated processes of cultural interaction in the course of creation and utilization of collection. Giving characteristics to communication space, the author determines and scrutinizes the three fields of communication: &ldquo;subject &ndash; exhibit item&rdquo; (interaction between the owner of collection and its items); &ldquo;subject &ndash; subject&rdquo; (the entire range of means of communication interaction, which makes a collection public and information rich; and &ldquo;collection &ndash; audience&rdquo; (interactive events created for the formation of cross-cultural communication).

scholarly journals Social Cultural Interaction in Harmony Between Religious People in Central Sulawesi

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-382
Author(s):  
Sidik Sidik
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conflict ◽  
Collective Consciousness ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Consensus Decision Making ◽  
Central Sulawesi ◽  
Consensus Decision ◽  
Cultural Interactions

Social and cultural interactions in social activities, cooperation, consensus decision-making, caring for others, and the environment can maintain religious harmony in the people of South Lore and West Lore Districts, Poso Regency. The social and cultural interactions can form a collective consciousness of the community to understand, respect, and appreciate religious diversity. Not surprisingly, if the social and cultural interactions are firmly in three activities in the community: traditional activities where social interaction occurs because the community respects local customs; humanity where through respect for humanity between communities, this social and cultural interaction occurs; and religion that regulates religious relations between communities that respect each other and respect the activities that the community carries out. From these three activities, the social and cultural interaction between community members in South Lore and West Lore Districts, Poso Regency can eliminate the potential for religious conflict and maintain harmony and harmony among various religious believers ot adherents.

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