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Samia Naïm (dir.), La rencontre du temps et de l’espace : approches linguistique et anthropologique. Numéros Spéciaux, 433. SELAF – Société d’Études Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France. Louvain et Paris, Peeters, 2006, 276 p., bibliogr., index.
Full text linkResponsibility and Language Practices in Place
Full text linkThis volume includes chapters by junior and senior scholars hailing from Europe, Asia, North America, and Oceania, all of whom sought to understand the social and cultural implications surrounding how people take responsibility for the ways they speak or write in relation to a place—whether it is one they have long resided in, recently moved to, or left a long time ago.;The contributors to the volume investigate ‘responsibility’ in and through language practices as inspired by the roots of the (English) word itself: the ability to respond, or mount a response to a situation at hand. It is thus a ‘responsive’ kind of responsibility, one that focuses not only on demonstrating responsibility for language, but highlighting the various ways we respond to situations discursively and metalinguistically. This sort of responsibility is both part of individual and collectively negotiated concerns that shift as people contend with processes related to globalization
"Through the Language of Food: Creating Linguistic and Cultural Value through Basque (Euskara) Semiotics to Market Local Gastronomic Products"
No full textBasque gastronomy has become world-renowned over the last few decades, drawing locals and tourists alike to savor regional products, congregate over food and drink in neighborhood bars, and indulge in six-course meals in Michelin star establishments. This dissertation uses the concept of a functional pairing, uztartzea or maridaje (“pairing” respectively in Basque and Castilian), by analyzing the theoretical and practical ways in which Basque linguistic and cultural practices are being used in the promotion of gastronomic products, how such use of material goods affects the value of this minoritized language, and how these practices and material goods contribute to cultural maintenance and efforts related to language revitalization or normalization. The theoretical framework for this work has informed in-depth considerations of core-periphery dynamics, shedding light on tensions regarding language commodification, the effects of tourism, concepts of authenticity, and language materiality. Various intersectional categories are interwoven throughout the chapters as a way to help observe practices and opinions that contribute to issues related to language, power, and identity in relation to Basque culture. This dissertation makes a new contribution to the scholarship on linguistic commodification and materiality by looking closely at the Basque case and specifically analyzes the use of Euskara. Until now, there is no known ethnographic study of this type that examines the relationship between Basque language and food with such breadth and depth. The first chapter will provide a brief history of the Basque culture and language. Within this chapter, a description of the setting will contextualize my research by describing aspects of the current political, economic, linguistic, and social climate that influence the use of the Basque language and other semiotics can be seen in local, national, and international markets. The second chapter will lay a foundation for this dissertation by introducing various dimensions of the Basque gastronomic society. It will provide a timeline of the milestones and development of present-day Basque gastronomy, as well as reference the social spaces where food and drink play an integral role in Basque culture. Chapters 3 through 7 will each discuss the use of Basque in relation to a particular beverage to demonstrate the ways in which each drink indexes Basque culture through semiotics. I will summarize the dissertation’s main themes and address additional products, regions, and approaches that can be analyzed in future research to assess how the value is created for the products as well as the Basque language and culture
Identity Creation and Power Acquisition Through Language use in Preadolescent and Adolescent Girls
Full text linkThis research provides several insights into how preadolescent and adolescent girls use language to shape their identities and position themselves in stances of social power within their given communities of practice (Bucholtz, 1999). Specifically, it examines how female children participating in 4-H club activities are using language to build individual and group identities; how individual and group identity creation and recreation is managed through language use; how stances of power and hierarchies are created and managed through language use; how directives and indirectness are used to create and maintain social power; and how female children are modeling and employing language tactics based on knowledge acquired from adult displays of language use and exchange. The insights gained here are important because they inform us about how young girls in extracurricular situations are using language to build their identities and position themselves socially
Deconstructing cultural loss:the significance of Alutiiq subsistence-based practices and values for conceptions of their collective identity prior to the 1989 oil spill
No full textAlutiiq subsistence-based practices and values are integral to conceptions of their cultural identity and serve to ensure a sense of well-being. This contribution examines how the effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill arguably posed a threat to Alutiiq conceptions of cultural identity, by exploring the reasons why subsistence, both as a practice and a symbolic marker, were regarded as inherently tied to the security of their cultural identity in the era leading up to the oil spill. The ways in which subsistence-based practices play a key role in the affirmation and transmission of the Alutiiq worldview are explored, followed by an examination of debates surrounding the authenticity of Native status claims in the period leading up to the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which influenced internal conceptions of identity. Subsistence took on increased value as a marker of Native status, as it showed evidence of cultural continuity and resistance to colonialism. It can be inferred that the impacts of the oil spill on subsistence practice were perceived to pose a threat to the continuation of Alutiiq identity, as subsistence practices serve a functional role in affirming and maintaining values regarding the interconnectedness of communities with the environment
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Angels on the Head of a Needle: Constructing Socially Meaningful Space in a Syringe Services Program
No full textPeople who inject drugs, people experiencing homelessness, people living with HIV andothers converge daily within Change Point, Nevada’s first syringe services program inReno, Nevada. Although Change Point has an official designation to provide sterileinjection supplies, safe sex supplies, education, and HIV and hepatitis C testing, it alsoprovides a radically inclusive social space for various individuals existing on the marginsof Reno life. This project focuses on the ways in which staff, volunteers, and consumerscreate and maintain a socially inclusive space while drawing upon harm reductiondiscourse. Drawing upon the work of Michel de Certeau, as well as literature on spatialjustice and third space (Oldenburg 1989, Soja 1996), I argue that various actors construct,maintain, and (re)define a meaningful space beyond the public health discursiveframework of harm reduction and provide social support to one another while contestingnotions of stigmatized identities
Looking at Femininity Through the Bottom of a Pint Glass: Women in the Always-Already Masculine Space of Craft Brewing
No full textThis thesis investigates the enduring presence of gender inequality in the modern craft brewing industry through an analysis of linguistic practices on beer labels, in craft beer documentaries, and through ethnographic inquiry at craft beer spaces, including independent breweries and bottle shops. This project tracks the subtle presence of linguistic and discursive boundary markers that index the preeminence of masculinity as a prerequisite for belonging in the craft industry, while simultaneously subordinating women as accessories to male achievements across multiple sites and in varied contexts. Through textual and qualitative analysis alongside participant observation at several craft brewing environments, I contend that women working in this industry are confronted with narrow stereotypes that limit their potential to be authoritative leaders or experts in their craft. Faced with the classic “trap question,” women who work in the craft brewing industry have little ability to influence the future of craft beer as leaders because they are diminished and distracted by enduring inequality that undermines and frustrates their contributions. This thesis seeks to demonstrate the multiple mechanisms that women encounter while interacting in the craft brewing context to expose and weaken the hegemonic structures that prevail across these various sites
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