scholarly journals Identity and Cultural Affinity in the Alameda-Stone Cemetery, Tucson, Arizona: Bioarchaeological, Contextual, and Archival Evidence

2021 ◽  
pp. 102-124
Author(s):  
Michael Heilen ◽  
Teresita Majewski
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Affinity

scholarly journals International markets entry strategy determinants: an exploratory study in Peru

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (59) ◽  
pp. 2-19
Author(s):  
Fernando Robles ◽  
Kety Lourdes Jauregui
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Entry Strategy ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Cultural Affinity ◽  
Business Behavior ◽  
A Company ◽  
Levels Of Integration

Nowadays a progressively more dynamic and global economic environment causes a higher number of enterprises to pick an entry strategy to become international. The choice of a strategy of entry into foreign markets constitutes one of the most relevant decisions for a company, for it impacts on its performance and means it being ready to cooperate, to a greater or lesser extent, with global supply chains. The present article identifies the determining factors of the strategies of entry into international markets as implemented by Peruvian businessmen, which impact on the integration level into an international market. The companies that participated in this exploratory study have growing exportation levels within the non-traditional sector. The results allow to appreciate exporters employing entry strategies with low levels of integration, and predominantly prefer low-risk markets and high resemblance to the Peruvian market, with regards to cultural affinity and business behavior.

scholarly journals Heterographics as a Literary Device

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-216
Author(s):  
Helena Bodin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Spatial Features ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
Arabic Script ◽  
French And English ◽  
Literary Device ◽  
Cultural Affinity

Abstract Heterographics (“other lettering”) refers to the use of two scripts in one text or a translation of a text from one script to another. How might the occasional use of heterographics in literary texts highlight issues of cultural diversity? Drawing on intermedial theory and studies of literary multilingualism, literary translation, and pluriliteracies, this article examines various functions of heterographics in selected contemporary literary texts. Examples of embedded Greek, Chinese, Cyrillic, and Arabic script are analysed in works published in Swedish, French, and English between 2004 and 2015, selected because they thematise cultural diversity and linguistic boundaries. The conclusion is that heterographic devices emphasise the heteromediality of literary texts, thereby heightening readers’ awareness of the visual-spatial features of literary texts, as well as of the materiality of scripts. Heterographics influence readers’ experiences of cultural affinity or alterity, that is, of inclusion or exclusion, depending on their access to practices of pluriliteracies.

The affective embeddings of gacha games: Aesthetic assemblages and the mediated expression of the self

2022 ◽  
pp. 146144482110677
Author(s):  
Orlando Woods
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
The Self ◽  
Specific Role ◽  
Cultural Affinity

This article argues that the motivations for investing money in gacha games can be a function of the affective embedding of players within the game, and the game within broader circuits of cultural affinity and appeal. While research on gacha games – and the specific role of loot boxes therein – has emphasised their associations with gambling, I contend that affect is another trigger that can motivate seemingly irrational playing behaviours. The affective embeddings of gacha games motivate players to curate aesthetic assemblages of virtual content that enable the mediated expression of the self. Drawing on qualitative data generated among young Singapore-based players of gacha games, I explore how the acquisition of characters, skins and collections can be motivated by the emotional payoff that comes from relationality rather than gambling.

scholarly journals Advancing the Frontier of Peacekeeping Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 1595-1600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodora-Ismene Gizelis ◽  
Michelle Benson
Keyword(s):  
Civil Wars ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Peacekeeping Operations ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Specific Composition ◽  
Un Peacekeeping ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Cultural Affinity ◽  
The Impact

The impact of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping on conflict has received a sustained amount of attention in the empirical literature. The advent of new data on UN peacekeeping and new temporal units of analysis have enabled researchers to expand the frontiers of peacekeeping research and undertake a more nuanced examination of peacekeeping effectiveness. In this special section, a series of articles examine how UN peacekeeping affects different types of violence within conflicts and leads to different types of peaceful outcomes. Factors such as the cultural affinity between peacekeepers and local communities, the size of peacekeeping operations and the specific composition of UN forces are shown to be important variables associated with lower levels of casualties and violence and also a higher likelihood of mediation and timely peaceful settlements in civil wars. In the aggregate, these articles suggest that robust peacekeeping is associated with better outcomes in many stages of conflict.

International support networks and the calculus of uprising

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 632-647
Author(s):  
Jaime A Jackson ◽  
Belgin San-Akca ◽  
Zeev Maoz
Keyword(s):  
Support Networks ◽  
External Support ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Civil Conflicts ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Strategic Factors ◽  
Target States ◽  
Cultural Affinity ◽  
Opposition Group ◽  
Analyze Data

How does the anticipation of external support for both opposition groups and governments affect the likelihood and form (violent vs. nonviolent) of uprising within states? We develop a novel approach to address these issues, building on a network perspective. Our model suggests that both opposition groups and governments’ strategies are affected by an anticipation of the degree and nature of expected support by external parties (states and non-state actors). Using a set of indicators – including cultural affinity, strategic factors, and normative values – we develop a unique measure of anticipated support based on the potential support networks of target states and their opposition in order to evaluate our hypotheses. We argue that the anticipated balance of support for opposition and governments affects: (a) the likelihood of uprising and (b) the principal – violent or nonviolent – strategy used by the opposition group. We analyze data on violent and nonviolent civil conflicts over the period 1946–2010. We find that when the balance of anticipated support favors the opposition over their target government, the onset of an uprising is more likely. Specifically, the type of anticipated support has implications for whether a violent or nonviolent uprising occurs. These findings provide new insights into the role external support can play even before conflict occurs.

scholarly journals Contextualising Numismatic with Religion: Focus on Medieval Northeast India

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Debajit Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
The State ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Religious Symbolism ◽  
Cultural Affinity

Coins are utility object mostly produced by the state for the use of day-do-day transactions, long-distance trade and sometimes as gifts. Hence, numismatic has mainly been used for the study of economic, political and administrative histories. But numismatic can also be used for the reconstruction of the material culture of our glorious past. By a minute study of our ancient and medieval coinage, we can get an impression about contemporary religious and cultural sensibilities of various ethnic societies. By examining the religious epithets and figures of gods and goddesses and other non-anthropogenic signs present on the coins, one can judge the religious affiliation of the state or the king. This article will address the issue of religious symbolism on medieval Northeast Indian dynastic coins like those of Tripura, Koch Behar and Ahom kingdoms and will try to ventilate how these kingdoms used coins to advocate their religio-cultural affinity as well as to maintain their sovereign stature for quite a long period in their respective domains.

scholarly journals Friends through school and family: Refugee girls’ talk about friendship formation

Childhood ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 530-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Disa Bergnehr ◽  
Olov Aronson ◽  
Sofia Enell
Keyword(s):  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Friendship Formation ◽  
Best Friends ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Cultural Affinity ◽  
Study Participants

This article explores refugee girls’ talk about friendship formation. Friendship is a complex process and a subjective experience. The study participants stressed similarity and cultural affinity as important criteria of forming friendships. Those who attended schools with a mixture of students described their native peers as having different temperaments and interests. Relatives were referred to as being best friends who one could trust and confide in. This suggests the need for a broad conceptualisation of friendship in research and practice.

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