scholarly journals Unpacking Multilingualism in Tourism Peripheries in Bali: Taking a Look into Private Shop-fronts

k ta ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Dewianti Khazanah ◽  
Reni Kusumaningputri
Keyword(s):  
Social Power ◽  
The Body ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Language Practices ◽  
Dominant Language ◽  
Language Choices ◽  
Mandarin Language ◽  
Chinese Tourists ◽  
Determining Factor

This article reports on the discussion of linguistic landscape in the course of tourism peripheries. The central aim is to unravel the salience and visibility of language practices manifested in the shop-fronts in Bali tourism peripherals. Drawing on Bourdieu’s language as social power (1983; 1993), presentation-of-self (Goffman, 1963; 1981), and good-reasons perspective (Boudon, 1990) we explore the language choices made by the local shop owners and the principles driving these choices. The findings conclude that English is the dominant language Bali tourism peripheries, and it is driven by the perceived power attributed to English and the economy benefits associated to English; the principle of presentation-of-self is not prioritized. We argue that local shop owners’ perception of targeted clients is the determining factor influencing it. Mandarin language need to be present more to cater the Chinese tourists for they constitute a big portion to the body of international tourists in Bali.

scholarly journals Progressive Social Movements and the Internet

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Power ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
The Public Sphere

Because of the field’s foundational concerns with both social power and media, communication scholars have long been at the center of scholarly thought at the intersection of social change and technology. Early critical scholarship in communication named media technologies as central in the creation and maintenance of dominant political ideologies and as a balm against dissent among the masses. This work detailed the marginalization of groups who faced restricted access to mass media creation and exclusion from representational discourse and images, alongside the connections of mass media institutions to political and cultural elites. Yet scholars also highlighted the ways collectives use media technologies for resistance inside their communities and as interventions in the public sphere. Following the advent of the World Wide Web in the late 1980s, and the granting of public access to the Internet in 1991, communication scholars faced a medium that seemed to buck the one-way and gatekeeping norms of others. There was much optimism about the democratic potentials of this new technology. With the integration of Internet technology into everyday life, and its central role in shaping politics and culture in the 21st century, scholars face new questions about its role in dissent and collective efforts for social change. The Internet requires us to reconsider definitions of the public sphere and civil society, document the potentials and limitations of access to and creation of resistant and revolutionary media, and observe and predict the rapidly changing infrastructures and corresponding uses of technology—including the temporality of online messaging alongside the increasingly transnational reach of social movement organizing. Optimism remains, but it has been tempered by the realities of the Internet’s limitations as an activist tool and warnings of the Internet-enabled evolution of state suppression and surveillance of social movements. Across the body of critical work on these topics particular characteristics of the Internet, including its rapidly evolving infrastructures and individualized nature, have led scholars to explore new conceptualizations of collective action and power in a digital media landscape.

Strategic framework showcasing Greece in the Chinese tourism market

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soultana Tania Kapiki ◽  
Jing Fu ◽  
Lei Mou
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
The Body ◽  
Western China ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Strategic Framework ◽  
Active Player ◽  
Chinese Tourists

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to take a holistic view of the body of knowledge of the second wave of Chinese outbound tourists so as to develop a strategic framework towards positioning Greece in the China outbound tourism market. Design/methodology/approach – The survey adopted a perspective from knowledge management, investigating a deeper understanding of the knowledge about, from and for the Chinese tourists, and Greece was taken as a case study. An online survey with quantitative aspects was conducted from October 2013 to January 2014. Findings – The knowledge about the Chinese tourists depicts a young, well-educated segment with a predominance of female and western China residents. The knowledge from the Chinese tourists reveals that they prefer: visiting islands and heritage sites; safety while travelling; a faster visa process; a direct flight between China and Greece; and making a trip combined with other Schengen countries. The knowledge for the Chinese tourists indicates that purchasing tourism products/services online provides better price, is enjoyable, convenient and time-saving; and the top five digital platforms often used are Ctrip, Qunar, QQ, Weibo and WeChat, which could be effective tools for the promotion of Greek tourism in China. Originality/value – This research offers a first step to investigate the knowledge of Chinese tourists for the destination of Greece. The findings help to propose a strategic knowledge framework for the Greek tourism authorities so that Greece can become a more active player in the Chinese outbound tourism market.

scholarly journals II. HEMOGLOBIN AND BILE PIGMENT OVERPRODUCTION IN THE SPLENECTOMIZED BILE FISTULA DOG

1935 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Knutti ◽  
W. B. Hawkins ◽  
G. H. Whipple
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
Bile Pigment ◽  
Bile Fistula ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
Hemoglobin Production

Blood destruction associated with Bartonella or with a drug (hydrazine) in bile fistula dogs yields a large pigment excess. These dogs form large amounts of new hemoglobin and bile pigment on a diet which permits of but little new hemoglobin production in standard anemic dogs. When hemoglobin formation and hemoglobin destruction are occurring rapidly and simultaneously, estimations of the percentage of circulating hemoglobin alone, though showing the eventual total increase or decrease of this substance, do not permit one to determine the actual amounts formed or destroyed. It is suggested that the body can produce readily a large amount of the pyrrol aggregate (four pyrrol rings) which may go to form new hemoglobin. At the same time the globin is probably saved from destroyed red cells and turned over into new hemoglobin for new red cells. It is certain that globin may be a determining factor under certain circumstances in the construction of new hemoglobin for new red cells. Our knowledge about the construction and internal metabolism of globin is extraordinarily limited.

Categories and social meanings: An analysis of international students’ language practices in an international school

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadett Jani-Demetriou
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Summer School ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Additive Models ◽  
Language Practices ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
English Only ◽  
Linguistic Resources ◽  
Language Choices ◽  
Social Meanings

Bilingual educational programmes in recent years received criticism from translanguaging or superdiversity scholars. These programmes follow either the subtractive or the additive models of bilingual education (García 2009), in both of which the languages are considered as separate systems. This distinction is considered as “inadequate to describe linguistic diversity” (García 2009: 142) and masks the real diversity of difference by focusing only on languages. Thinking in terms of plurilingualism and multiculturalism “might contribute to a continuation of thinking in terms of us-versus-them, essentializing cultural or ethnic differences” (Geldof 2018: 45). The present study argues that a critical ethnographic sociolinguistic approach provides a more relevant analysis of children’s language practices. From this critical perspective, speaking is highlighted instead of languages and considered as action in which the linguistic resources carry social meaning (Blommaert–Rampton 2011). This paper introduces the findings of an ethnographic fieldwork set in an international summer school where linguistic and ethnic diversity is a commonplace, although a strict English-only language policy applies in order to achieve the school’s pedagogical goals. The aim of the research has been to find out how students from various cultural background are dealing with ethnical and linguistic diversity and to analyse how the processes of normalisation (Geldof 2018) among students and teachers create values and categories accepted as norms by the group. By analysing the emerging social values and categories within the group, this paper focuses on how internal factors such as emotions, attitudes and identity contribute to the language choices of the students.

scholarly journals Embodying entrepreneurial identity

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 438-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Kašperová ◽  
John Kitching
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
The Body ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Linguistic Practices ◽  
Absent Presence

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel conception of embodied entrepreneurial identity. Prior studies conceptualise identity primarily in terms of narrative or discourse. Critiquing the limited focus on linguistic practices, the authors build on the literature by highlighting the role of the non-linguistic. The implications for researching one particular group – entrepreneurs with impairments – are considered. Design/methodology/approach – Entrepreneurial identity is conceptualised as a unique constellation of concerns emergent from the embodied practices of agents committed to new venture creation and management. This new conception draws principally on the embodiment literature, Archer's identity framework and Goffman's ideas on the presentation of self, impression management and stigma. Findings – The entrepreneurial identity literature is underpinned by a number of problematic assumptions that limit understanding of the meaning, formation and influence of identity on action. The body is often an absent presence; it is presupposed, implicit or under-theorised as an influence on identity, producing a disembodied notion of the entrepreneur. Consequently, entrepreneurs are treated as an homogeneous group in terms of the embodied properties and powers, rather than as uniquely embodied individuals. Studies typically assume an able-bodied, as opposed to a differently abled, agent. Entrepreneurs with impairments are largely invisible in the literature as a result. Originality/value – The approach highlights the role of the body and embodied non-linguistic practices, such as movement, posture, gestures and facial expressions in the formation of identity. Recognising entrepreneurs as differently abled agents, possessing particular embodied properties and powers, is crucial for understanding identity and action.

scholarly journals A Linguistic Landscape Study of Signage on Nimmanhemin Road, A Lanna Chiang Mai Chill-Out Street

MANUSYA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiwahporn Thongtong
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Chiang Mai ◽  
Language Choices ◽  
Linguistic Strategies ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
Thai English

This study investigates how the linguistic landscape both creates and reflects a tourist space on language choices in creating signs on Nimmanhemin Road in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In addition, the study explores what linguistic devices are used in the creation of signs on Nimmanhemin Road. Sign data are collected from both sides of Nimanhaemin Road. Every sign in front of stores was photographed and analyzed in terms of language choices and linguistic devices. The study reveals that tourism in Chiang Mai has influences on language choices in sign creation. Monolingual, bilingual and trilingual signs can be found on Nimmanhemin Road, normally written in Thai, English and / or Chinese. In terms of linguistic strategies, transliteration, word formation, lexical relations, speech acts and politeness strategies are demonstrated in my findings. The study has both theoretical and practical contributions. Theoretically, it challenges commonly held notions of bilingual organization of information and language prominence. Practically, the study has pedagogical applications and the study findings can be used for English language instruction.

English-dominated Chinatown

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 273-289
Author(s):  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Ruanni Tupas ◽  
Aman Norhaida
Keyword(s):  
Mandarin Chinese ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Main Function ◽  
Considerable Influence ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Quantitative Investigation ◽  
Dominant Language ◽  
Multilingual Societies ◽  
English Dominant

Abstract The current study reports a quantitative investigation of the linguistic landscape (LL) in Singapore’s Chinatown. The database of the study comprises a total of 831 instances of signs in the form of photographs that were collected in Chinatown. The study finds that English dominates the LL while Mandarin Chinese is ranked as the second frequently used language. The study also identifies significant differences in LL features between top-down and bottom-up signs. Specifically, these differences include what languages are used; monolingual, bilingual and multilingual compositions; code preference; and forms of Chinese scripts. The present study suggests that English now dominates the linguistic landscape of Chinatown. Even though many scholars have described the sociolinguistic situation in Singapore as being ‘English-knowing’, the data shows a shift towards being ‘English-dominant’, suggesting a gradual but sustained dilution of its multilingual ethos. The study also complicates our understanding of the dominance of English in multilingual societies such as Singapore, where a competing dominant language (Mandarin Chinese) may be seen to continue to exert considerable influence on the dynamics of English-dominant language use but, at the same time, whose main function is shifting towards the symbolic rather than communicative.

Ageing and the presentation of self: Women’s perspectives on negotiating age, identity and femininity through dress

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
The Body ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Disciplinary Power ◽  
Age Identity ◽  
Cultural Pressures

Scholars have anticipated that women who grew up during the 1960s may resist cultural pressures to achieve a feminine appearance into old age. Drawing on data from semi-structured interviews and personal journals from Australian women aged between 55 and 72, I argue that older women’s choices of dress and appearance are disciplined by their application of cultural norms regarding age-appropriateness, femininity and, increasingly, active ageing. Utilising the Foucauldian concept of self-surveillance in the operation of disciplinary power, this article explores the interaction of prevailing ideas about old age in the context of broader discourses on generational change and the emphases upon individual responsibility for the body. It focuses on the degree to which older women feel able to craft their own embodied old age within these competing discourses in order to explore tensions between shifting meanings of old age and structural constraints on choice.

Introduction

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve Fisher ◽  
Diana DiPaolo Loren
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
The Body ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
The Social

This article provides a brief overview of recent archaeological literature about bodily constructions of identity. We introduce themes of embodiment, landscape, appearance, representation, and symbolism and discuss how presentations of the body are used to construct identities in social contexts. By focusing on the ways in which individuals create and experience themselves through their bodies, archaeologists are better able to comprehend them as culturally-specific, multiply-constituted social beings. The presentation of self can then be used to interpret the social and physical aspects (gender, race, religion, sexuality, age, etc.) that are key to the construction of identities in everyday life.

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