scholarly journals Young Children in Socio-Educational Methods in Postpartum in Quechua and Aymara Mothers in Parenting and Learning System

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1026-1035
Author(s):  
Nancy Alvarez Urbina ◽  
Angela Katiusca Lavalle ◽  
Veronica Yasmin Serruto Alvarez ◽  
Hania Carola Berroa-Garate ◽  
Agueda Muñoz Del Carpio Toia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Educational Methods ◽  
Ethnographic Interviews ◽  
System Establishment ◽  
And Child Health

The purpose of our study was to understand the perception of the postpartum beliefs and customs among Quechua and Aymara mothers in Parenting System. The study is a young children in socio-educational analysis related to postpartum beliefs and customs among Quechua and Aymara mothers, specifically, the analysis was done in the cultural context of indigenous communities, seeking knowledge of the diverse cultural expressions, perceptions, and behaviors of the population around reproductive health processes of educational system, through observation and ethnographic interviews. The sample consisted of 118 mothers whose deliveries were attended in the health and parenting system establishment of the Quechua and Aymara areas, and the process was developed considering five aspects. The results show the presence of a complex cultural system in this stage of life and a set of social and cultural norms such as the use of medicinal plants and learning System in the prevention of encounters with spirits or beings of the Quechua and Aymara cultures. The conceptions of the puerperium in native communities regulate the behavior of its inhabitants, affecting maternal and child health in education system and Parenting System.

Gender inequality in the work environment: a study of private research organizations in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Namrata Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Women In Leadership ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ideal Woman

Purpose Since liberalization in the 1990s, India has witnessed a growth in the number of educated middle-class women in professions. However, there are few women in leadership positions and decision-making bodies. While the earlier notion of the ideal woman as homemaker has been replaced by one which idealizes women of substance, a woman’s role in the family continues to be pivotal and is even viewed as central in defining Indian culture. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how and to what extent gender inequalities are reproduced in the organizations employing educated professionals. Design/methodology/approach Based on the perspective that gender is socially constructed, this paper analyzes gender inequality in Indian organizations through semi-structured interviews of men and women scientists in two private pharmaceutical laboratories. Findings The findings show reproduction of a gendered normative order through two types of norms and practices: one, norms and practices that favor men and second, socio-cultural norms that devalue women in public spaces which help to maintain masculinity in the workplace. Although these practices might be found elsewhere in the world, the manner in which they are enacted reflects national cultural norms. Originality/value The paper highlights how various norms and practices enacted in the specific Indian socio-cultural context construct and maintain masculinity at workplace depriving opportunities to professional women which affect their rise to leadership positions.

The same roles adopted by people involved in mass media enterprises, such as producers or distributors of feature films, are involved in practices surrounding personal memory artefacts such as photographs, home videos or diary entries. When the social context of such practices changes, these roles are renegotiated in relation to the people with whom we communicate and the tools we use to help us. A pilot study combined an analysis of sets of photographs taken by different participants at the same event – a wedding – with interviews that explored the phenomenological experience of engaging in memory practices connected to these photo sets. Focusing on personal photography, seven media roles were selected as a framework for examining changes in artefact-related memory practices due to shifting socio-cultural contexts and technological affordances. These roles – Creator, Director, Archivist, Gatekeeper, Distributor, Consumer and Critic – were found to be useful in highlighting individual differences in capturing, organising, reviewing and sharing photographs amongst people with varying technological engagement in varying social groupings. Preliminary findings suggest that technological affordances and constraints can change the social and cultural context of communication as well as personal goals of media production and consumption. Different media tools create subjective triggers and barriers for the adoption of roles, making some processes of media production or consumption easier or more accessible to certain types of people while other processes may become more complex or culturally inappropriate. These triggers and barriers, in combination with a continuous reconfiguration of related cultural norms, affect the adoption of roles and these roles directly affect engagement with memory artefacts. This paper forms part of a larger project that aims to explore how our changing engagement with technology is affecting our individual and collective memory practices.

2012 ◽  
pp. 27-40
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Media Production ◽  
Home Videos ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
The People ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Social ◽  
Memory Practices ◽  
Technological Affordances

Artful Learning

2014 ◽  
pp. 299-322
Author(s):  
Randee Lipson Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Holistic Learning ◽  
True Nature ◽  
Learning Domains ◽  
Creative Learning ◽  
The Mind

This chapter begins with a critique of traditional models of curriculum development as overly rigid, fragmented, and disconnected from the true nature of the learner. Holistic learning is described as engaging the mind, body, heart, and spirit of the learner in relationship to the learning environment. Holistic learning is earth-centered, participatory, and inclusive of the cultural context of the learners. These various learning domains and their relationship to curriculum are discussed, including the application of learning from indigenous communities. Several examples of arts-based and creative learning activities are offered along with holistic ways of developing learning objectives and assessing learning.

scholarly journals Indigenous African Leadership: Key differences from Anglo-centric thinking and writings

Leadership ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Ebot Eyong
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
West And Central Africa ◽  
African Leadership ◽  
Linear Hierarchies ◽  
Perceptions Of Leadership

This article draws on historical explorers’ accounts, ethnography and organisational approaches to examine practices, discourses and perceptions of leadership in 12 prototypical indigenous communities in West and Central Africa. By so doing, it highlights how leadership meanings from this context differ from Anglo-centric thinking and writings. Key to this contribution is an unravelling of ways in which historical cultural hegemonies impose particular discursive formations, constructed practices and mind-programming in a non-Anglo-Saxon socio-cultural context. Dramaturgical power arrangement, lucid role substitution and the notion of leadership as non-human emerge as dominant themes in the analysis. Also, featuring significantly are representations of leadership in symbols, mythology and as transcendental and metaphysical. These conceptualisations are different from predominant Anglo-Saxon writings that frequently present leadership as linear hierarchies, dyadic (leader-follower) relationship, acts and behaviours of heroic figures and as an essentially human action. An Afro-centric indigenous concept of leadership reflecting the context is proposed which challenges heroism, linearity, individualism and objectivism.

Shame, Family Honor, and Dating Abuse: Lessons From an Exploratory Study of South Asian Muslims

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (15-16) ◽  
pp. 2004-2023
Author(s):  
Amanda Couture-Carron
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Dating Abuse ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Traditional Norms ◽  
Relationship Attachment

Generally, South Asian Muslim communities reject dating and view it as shameful. Despite this, many South Asian Muslims still engage in dating. These traditional norms, however, remain influential and a part of the cultural context in which dating abuse occurs. This exploratory study examines South Asian Muslims’ perceptions of how cultural norms forbidding dating and constructing it as shameful may affect women’s experiences of dating abuse. Findings indicate these cultural norms may prompt fear of parental and community reactions to dating as well as strong relationship attachment. These then have implications for disclosure, help seeking, and ending abusive relationships.

Ole Taeao Afua, the New Morning: A Qualitative Investigation Into Samoan Perspectives on Mental Health and Culturally Appropriate Services

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 300-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiwi Tamasese ◽  
Carmel Peteru ◽  
Charles Waldegrave ◽  
Allister Bush
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Relational Self ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Culturally Appropriate

Objectives: The first objective was to develop a culturally appropriate research method to investigate Samoan perspectives on mental health issues. The second objective was to apply this to identify cultural values and understandings important in the care and treatment of Samoan people with mental health problems. Method: Gender-specific focus groups consisting of Samoan elders and service providers were facilitated by Samoan researchers in the Samoan language. Systematic analysis of the transcripts, adapted to the cultural context, were conducted in Samoan and later translated into English. Results: A culturally derived method, referred to as Fa'afaletui, reflecting Samoan communal values and familiar institutional structures within the community, allowed each focus group to come to a consensual view on issues discussed. The Samoan self was identified as an essential concept for understanding Samoan views of mental health. This self was described as a relational self and mental wellness as a state of relational harmony, where personal elements of spiritual, mental and physical are in balance. Mental ill health was sometimes linked to breaches of forbidden and sacred relationships, which could be addressed effectively only within protocols laid down in the culture. Additional stressors contributing to mental ill-health were identified as low income, unemployment, rising housing costs and the marginalization of Samoan cultural norms in New Zealand. Participants identified the need for a culturally based mental health service for Samoan people to address key cultural factors. Conclusions: The Fa'afaletui method is a new research method which is sensitive and responsive to Samoan cultural norms and is methodologically rigorous. Such an approach may be relevant for other Pacific Island cultures and other cultures, which have a strong emphasis on collectivity. The Samoan concept of self provides a theoretical foundation for understanding the mental health needs of Samoan people and a basis for developing appropriate services.

scholarly journals Advancing Scientific Methods in Community and Cultural Context to Promote Health Equity

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell ◽  
Michelle Sarche ◽  
Ellen Keane ◽  
Alicia C. Mousseau ◽  
Carol E. Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Outcomes Research ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Native Communities ◽  
Study Implementation ◽  
Community Contexts

Evidence-based interventions hold promise for reducing gaps in health equity across diverse populations, but evidence about effectiveness within these populations lags behind the mainstream, often leaving opportunities to fulfill this promise unrealized. Mismatch between standard intervention outcomes research methods and the cultural and community contexts of populations at greatest risk presents additional challenges in designing and implementing rigorous studies; these challenges too often impede efforts to generate needed evidence. We draw on experiences with American Indian and Alaska Native communities to illustrate how consideration of culture and context can constructively shape intervention research and improve the quality of evidence produced. Case examples from a partnership with one American Indian community highlight opportunities for increasing alignment in intervention development, research design, and study implementation to maximize both validity and feasibility. We suggest that responsively tailoring intervention outcomes research to cultural and community contexts is fundamental to supporting health equity.

scholarly journals Teacher Interculturality in an English as a Second Language Elementary Pull-Out Program: Teacher as Broker in the School’s Community of Practice

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Durham
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ethnographic Interviews ◽  
Pull Out ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Cultural Experiences

This case study investigated how one teacher, Lidia (a pseudonym), used her own cross-cultural experiences to socially and academically assist elementary school students who were crossing cultural boundaries of their own. This study used ethnographic interviews and classroom observations to explore Lidia’s experiences and struggles as she crossed cultural boundaries and built intercultural competence and how those experiences related to her teaching methods. Lidia used stories, multicultural images, and the students’ home languages so that her students could become confident in their multicultural and multilingual identities instead of solely assimilating. Teaching interculturally for Lidia meant empowering students to balance their home cultures while creating meaningful opportunities for them to practice English and school cultural norms. This study adds to literature on intercultural competence and communities of practice by exploring how interculturality may be advantageous in helping teachers work with diverse and international students by allowing them to act as brokers within the school’s community.

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