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Who Am I? The Relationship between Cultural Identity and Globalization within the Local and Global Intersections
Get PDFThe imminent phenomenon of globalization has been mainly explored in academia through the lens of economics and politics. Little attention has been given to the relationship between this phenomenon and culture, and yet the yield of this relationship could be tremendous as culture determines how individuals operate in our growing globalized world. This research project takes place in Bertoua, the capital of the East Region of the Republic of Cameroon. The country is located in Central Africa, and is often referred as “Africa in Miniature” due to its vast cultural and geological diversity. The focus of the study is on the period of childhood, as this is the period in which one develops their cultural identity. The study seeks to assess children’s current knowledge, practice and learning channels of their own innate culture, other Cameroonian cultures and other world cultures. It also seeks to understand the realities and desires within the local and global cultural intersections. The data was collected through 84 surveys distributed to high school children and 8 interviews conducted with individuals who hold roles that influence the cultural lives of children. The study found that an overwhelming majority of children had knowledge of their own ethnic group culture, a majority had of other Cameroonian cultures, and only about half, had of world cultures. Respectively, the main learning channels were: the village, interaction with individuals from those cultures and the media (television and internet). Lastly, at the local intersection a strong desire for national integration, in other words, respect and harmony between the different ethnic groups is apparent. At the global intersection, the process of cultural assimilation, in which a child adopts other world cultures while sacrificing their own, is apparent. The desire, however, is a process of cultural integration, in which a child integrates in to his own culture, the positive from other world cultures
Gender Socialization in Chinese Schools: Teachers, Children and Gender Roles
Get PDFAs the first major social environment most children will encounter outside the family, school plays a pivotal role in the socialization of gender roles for young children. The aim of this research is to examine how young children learn and practice gender roles in Chinese school environments. In what ways do teachers and adults communicate messages about gender to children, and how do children receive and internalize these messages? What do teachers consciously intend to teach children about gender, and what do they unconsciously teach through their actions? Over the course of one month, I attended classes and observed teacher-student interactions during several visits to a recently established private elementary school. Additionally, I conducted formal and informal interviews with teachers, focusing on their beliefs about gender. Though teachers claimed to treat boys and girls equally in the classroom, teachers in fact held different expectations for children based on traditional gender stereotypes, creating a “hidden curriculum” of gender relations that children were expected to learn (Chen, 2010, p. 112). By speaking more frequently with boys in class, demanding quieter and calmer behavior from girls, and permitting more rowdiness and loudness from boys, teachers reinforce a model of gender in which boys can be active and girls must be passive
OneWorld Coffee: Social Venture Plan
No full textThis Course Linked Capstone depicts a business plan and literature review, both centered on social innovation. As a whole, the body of work seeks to identify exiting gaps in sustainable coffee production, trade, and consumption; a venture is proposed to address necessary social impact in these areas. The majority of the paper is dedicated to relaying the premise and supporting of a hybrid organization entitled one OneWorld Coffee, outlining its long-term goals and vision. In context of this business plan, specific emphasis is placed on market analysis, operational structure and logistical details essential to implement the for-profit component of the overarching venture. The remainder of the Capstone provides an overview of social innovation theory relevant to OneWorld Coffee, divided into two complementary sections. The first section details theoretical approaches to creating breakthrough social change within a venture, detailing the modalities of hybrid organizations, adequate indication of an altruistic endeavor’s prospects via the Social Opportunity Assessment Tool, and impact measurement through use of The Balanced Scorecard. The second section specifically examines existing schools of thought surrounding social innovation as it directly relates to rural agricultural, drawing on regarded academic publications to help guide OneWorld Coffee in its program design and methodology. Ultimately, the Capstone provides an innovative, business-based solution to pressing challenges facing coffee farmers in the developing world
La continuidad de los juicios con el nuevo gobierno: El 2 x 1 / The continuity of the judgments with the new government: The 2 x 1
No full textLa presente investigación se enfoca en los juicios actuales a los responsablesde la última dictadura cívico-militar en Argentina y en una dilucidación en torno al respaldo o falta de apoyo hacia estos procesos por parte de la gestión del presidente Mauricio Macri. A partir de visitas a la ESMA, la asistencia a un juicio, hasta entrevistas con defensores de derechos humanos y profesores y estudiantes de sociología y derecho, se indaga acerca de la importancia y el significado de la justicia en Argentina, cómo opera la justicia, cómo se combate la impunidad, y cómo luchan los organismos de derechos humanos por la justicia, la verdad y la memoria y por qué es necesario hacerlo. Asimismo, se analiza mayormente la ley 24.390, las causas de su sanción, y su importancia para el futuro de los derechos humanos en Argentina.
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The present investigation focuses on the current judgments of those responsible for the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina and an elucidation about the support or lack of support for these processes by the management of President Mauricio Macri. From visits to the ESMA, assistance to a trial, to interviews with human rights defenders and teachers and students of sociology and law, inquires about the importance and meaning of justice in Argentina, how justice operates, how to fight impunity, and how human rights organizations struggle for justice, truth and memory and why it is necessary to do so. Likewise, Law 24.390, the causes of its sanction, and its importance for the future of human rights in Argentina are analyzed
“Todas las comunidades tenemos solo un espíritu:” Un análisis del reciente surgimiento en activismo político y social de las mujeres indígenas de la Argentina y el discurso sobre si existe un “feminismo indígena.” / “All of the communities we have one spirit:” An analysis of the recent rise of political and social activism of indigenous women in Argentina and the discussion of whether an “indigenous feminism” exists.
No full textEn el siguiente trabajo, intento de presentar e identificar cuál es, en mi opinión, el movimiento social más reciente en la Argentina y estudiar el activismo de las mujeres Argentinas nativas, de comunidades indígenas y pueblos originarios[1] y las formas en que se encuentran participando en este movimiento social. El primer objetivo de este ensayo es identificar brevemente la manera en que las mujeres de estas comunidades han sido históricamente excluidas de las posiciones tradicionales de poder y las diversas formas de discriminación basadas en la raza, el género y el estatus socioeconómico. En segundo lugar, examinaré las formas en que las mujeres de estas comunidades luchan por los derechos de sus comunidades, y como existe una relaboración de papeles de género tradicionales como esposas, madres y cuidadoras de sus comunidades para participar en distintas luchas y reclamos con el fin de mejorar sus vidas. Por último, interaré de responder a la pregunta: ¿Existe un “feminismo indígena” en la Argentina? Lo haré examinando el discurso centrado en esta pregunta y analizando las formas y razones porque las mujeres indígenas rechazan este término. Es importante entender que la resistencia de las mujeres indígenas al feminismo ilustra las dificultades para construir una agenda política conjunta con otros movimientos de mujeres en el país. Además, es esencial comprender que cada pueblo originario, sus comunidades y sus miembros no comparten las mismas preocupaciones, luchas o actividades políticas. Cada comunidad tiene su propia cultura, tradiciones, identidad y preocupaciones por sus comunidades. Este proyecto no trata de decir que todas las luchas indígenas son iguales, que todas mujeres indígenas luchan, o que luchan de la misma manera. Intento a mostrar que hay similitudes en las luchas de varias comunidades. Las mujeres han estado a la vanguardia de la luchas contra represión por parte del estado e impresas, el extractivismo y otras cuestiones que perjudican sus tierras y su medio ambiente, la violencia basada en raza y género, y la discriminación racial, de género y socioeconómica contra sus pueblos. Este ensayo sí trata de probar o investigar la conexión entre varias comunidades indígenas y la forma en que las mujeres utilizan los papeles tradicionales de género en la lucha por los derechos de sus comunidades.
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In the following work I intend to present and identify what, in my opinion, is the newest form of social movement in the country of Argentina, and identify the activism of native Argentine women, from indigenous communities and “pueblos originarios” and the ways in which they are taking part of this social movement. The first objective of this essay is to briefly identify the ways in which women from these communities have been historically excluded from traditional positions of power and the various forms of discrimination based on race, gender, and socio-economic status. Secondly, I will examine the ways in women from these communities are fighting for the rights of their communities, utilizing “traditional” gender roles in which they take as a reclamation of power, providing specific examples from the ways in which these women utilize their roles as wives, mothers, and caretakers of their communities to improve their lives. Lastly I will seek to provide a critique to the misconceptions of using the term “feminism;” why many indigenous women reject the term to refer to these actions and offer a discussion of why they reject feminism. It is important to understand that the indigenous stance of outright rejection of feminism illustrates the difficulties in constructing a joint political agenda with other women’s movements in the country. It is furthermore essential to understand that each pueblo originario, its communities, and members do not share the same concerns, fights, or political activities. Each community has its distinct culture, traditions, identity, and concerns for their communities. This essay does not seek to generalize the various indigenous communities in Argentina, rather show certain similarities in the ways in which traditional gender roles are utilized in order to gain rights for their communities.
[1] Es importante entender la diferencia entre comunidades indígenas y pueblos originarios. Hay muchos de ambos en Argentina, sin embargo, los pueblos originarios son más grandes y son compuestos de diferentes y distintas comunidades indígenas. Hoy, el gobierno de Argentina reconoce aproximadamente 33 pueblos originarios. Cada pueblo tiene una presencia distinta en una determinada zona geográfica del país
La resistencia cultural a través del Teatro de las oprimidas para la cultivación de la subjetividad de la mujer en un contexto de violencia de género: un estudio de caso del Colectivo de Mujeres Osadía / Cultural resistance and the cultivation of the subjective through theatre of the oppressed for the woman in a context of gender violence: a case study with Colectivo de Mujeres Osadía in Jose Leon Suarez, Province of Buenos Aires
No full textHay en este momento en la historia una ola de movimientos feministas barriendo la vida política de Buenos Aires. Movimientos como Ni Una Menos busca, en una variedad de métodos, para interrumpir el discurso destructivo de la cultura machista que produce la violencia de género y hace que el acto de femicidio, el asesinato de una mujer por su género, sea común.
En mis investigaciones exploro cómo el Teatro del oprimido, una práctica teatral de Augusto Boal, puede transformarse en una experiencia de resistencia cultural y subjetivación de la mujer en un contexto de violencia de género. Yo pasé tiempo con el Colectivo de Mujeres Osadía en José León Suárez, Provincia de Buenos Aires, para conocer su proceso de teatro de las oprimidas y ganar perspectiva del grupo sobre cómo su participación en el grupo les ha afectado a través del tiempo. Mi estudio de caso del grupo Osadía implica dos entrevistas de profundidad, una con la facilitadora, Nancy Salvatierra, y una con ella y cinco de las siete otras integrantes del elenco estable.
He sintetizado el testimonio grupal para formular una respuesta a la pregunta: ¿En qué medida la práctica de Teatro Foro del Colectivo de Mujeres Osadía contribuye a un proceso de subjetivación de cada integrante, de sus audiencias y, en definitiva, a la formación de un nuevo sentido común? Además, ¿en qué medida esas prácticas resultan contrahegemónicas y qué ligazón tienen con el movimiento feminista en Buenos Aires?
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There is in this moment in argentine history, a wave of feminist movements sweeping Buenos Aires political life. Movements such as Ni Una Menos seek, in a variety of ways, to disrupt the destructive discourse of machismo culture that produces gendered violence and makes the act of femicide, the murder of a woman for her gender, far too common.
In my research I explore how Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical practice created by Augusto Boal, may serve as a force for cultural resistance and facilitate the subjectivization of the woman in a context of gendered violence. I spent time with the Colectivo de Mujeres Osadía in José León Suárez in the Province of Buenos Aires to familiarize myself with their practice of theatre-forum and to gain a group perspective on how participation in the collective has affected members throughout the years. My case study of the group Osadía involves two in-depth interviews, one with the head facilitator of the group, Nancy Salvatierra, and one with six of the eight permanent members of the stable cast.
I have synthesized group testimonies to formulate a response to the question: To what extent has the practice of theatre-forum by Colectivo de Mujeres Osadía contributed to a process of subjectivization of each member, of their audiences, and ultimately, the formation of a new “common sense”? Further, to what extent are such practices counter-hegemonic and what links might they have with the feminist movement in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kali Gandaki: The Road from Lower Mustang to a Global Food Market
Get PDFDevelopment in Nepal continues to be a major issue in both metropolitan and rural areas of the country. Of the many obstacles standing in the way of this objective, one of the most challenging is the mountainous geography that shapes the country’s lands, culture, and people. To overcome this obstacle, Nepal has followed many other developing countries by making rural road development a main priority in hopes of increasing connectivity, travel, trade, education, and accessibility to other benefits. One such example of this is the Kali Gandaki road in Lower Mustang.
The purpose of this research paper is to identify how the creation of the Kali Gandaki road has changed consumption habits and trade habits of villages in Lower Mustang. Although it is recognized importation of global food products has increased, it has yet to be determined if this is due to a change in local diet or demand from foreign tourism
Whiteness Under Pressure: Race, Masculinities, and the Negotiation of Power in a Transforming South Africa
Get PDFThis study expands upon whiteness studies that aim to interrogate whiteness and render it visible in contexts where it may operate as the norm, and explore its relationship with expressions of dominant and subordinated masculinities in post-apartheid South Africa. Using the lived experiences of white men in South Africa, the researcher examines themes of power and dispossession in relation to expressions of masculinities during the country’s recent economic, political, and social transformation. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather data surrounding participants’ experiences of transformation, the majority of which took place at a bowling club outside of Durban. Findings indicate that the majority of participants did in fact experience a sense of disempowerment as white men in the economic, political, and social sectors, and used specific discursive tactics to continue to elevate whiteness as the norm and reinforce racial divisions. This division manifested in the promotion of idealized capitalistic masculinities in tandem with subordinated African masculinities. The study’s one younger participant offered an entirely different perspective, suggesting a new sense of agency amongst youth in direct contrast to the hopelessness of older participants
Pteropus voeltzkowi and the Understory: A Study of the Behavioral Impacts of the Pemba Flying Fox on the Vegetation and Soil Quality of Pemba Island
Get PDFThis study examines the impact of Pteropus voeltzkowi , colloquially known as the Pemba Flying Fox, on biodiversity and health of the forest ground layer. Known to serve as reforesters, high concentrations of both fruit seeds and nutrient dense guano are introduced into specific environmental locations due to the bat\u27s behavioral patterns. Working around two roost locations, one in Ngezi Forest and the other at the Kidike conservation site near Mjini Ole, diversity of juvenile vegetation was measured and quantified. In a laboratory setting, soil samples from both sites were analyzed for impacts of guano concentration on soil chemical properties. Results found trends at the Kidike roost site of increased vegetation diversity with roost proximity, while soil analysis indicated a correlation between increased guano concentration and increased soil fertility
The Writing on the Walls: Street art as a site of participation in discourse and a platform for voice in the Moroccan public sphere
Get PDFStreet art is a form of mass communication and a platform for public discourse (Chaffee, 1993, p. 4). Public discourse in the Moroccan context is undergoing a process of limited liberalization, characterized by the hybrid regime’s allowance of a greater plurality of voices to legitimately participate in public discourse while still maintaining surveillance and control over who participates and how they participate (Desrues, 2013). Through qualitative research methods, this study analyzes how individual actors and the Moroccan hybrid regime use street art in the Rabat-Casablanca urban space to participate in public discourse and how street art is related to the process of political liberalization. Because street artists often do not offer their audience a fixed meaning of their art, instead requiring the audience to find their own meaning for the art, it was hypothesized that street art creates space in the public sphere for a greater plurality of narratives, thus leading to higher levels of political liberalization. The findings of this study upheld this hypothesis with the reservation that street art, like all forms of public discourse, is constrained by the redlines set by the hybrid-regime that determine what can and cannot be said in the public sphere