Essays about: "cultural dynamic"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 148 essays containing the words cultural dynamic.

  1. 16. Culture and Transnationalism: Exploring the Effects of Perceived Cultural Difference on Business Operations Between Dutch and Japanese Professionals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Olivier Duineveld; [2023]
    Keywords : Transnationalism; cultural challenges; othering; sensemaking; schemata; identity; Japan; The Netherlands; Business and Management; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The trend towards greater globalisation brings the matter of cultural identity to the foreground. Transnational corporations or business networks are culturally diverse places where cultural othering – simply put, the assumption that someone is fundamentally different from you based on the cultural identity projected on- or associated with them – can significantly impact operations across the hierarchy. READ MORE

  3. 17. Discovering Zimbabwean Digital Literature : An Exploratory Study of the Typologies and Properties of Online Audiences of Ephemeral Literature

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Earl Dube; [2023]
    Keywords : Zimbabwe; digital literature; online audience; ephemeral literature; community; frame of relevance; Afrocentricity; Communicative Figuration;

    Abstract : Cathrine Phiri's novel ‘Never Mine’ on Facebook, highlights the liberating potential of online literary engagement, particularly for female readers, amid creative restrictions in Zimbabwe. Utilising both the Afrocentric and Communicative Figuration concepts, the study examines how digital ephemeral literature fosters connection and conversation. READ MORE

  4. 18. An Account of Lucumí : An Investigation into the Yoruboid Origin of Lucumí

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Axel Antonio Cropelli Zuaznabar; [2023]
    Keywords : Language Contact; Language Death; Yoruba; Spanish; Historical Linguistics; Latino-American Studies; Phonology.;

    Abstract : In the following thesis, an analysis of the fundamental aspects of Lucumí phonology and word-formation will be presented with the aim of determining the extent to which this liturgical language is related to Standard Yoruba. Additionally, this thesis will provide an overview of selected socio-cultural and historical factors pertaining to the environment in which Lucumí developed. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Making of "White Spaces" : The construction, disruption, and maintenance of stability in bipolar realities in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Larsen; [2023]
    Keywords : Medical anthropology; mental illness; bipolar disorder; treatment; mental health; anthropology of becoming; knowledge production; knowledge sharing; agency; power; knowledge-power; social anthropology; cultural anthropology;

    Abstract : Bipolar disorder is a condition rarely approached in anthropological research, and even less so through the eyes of people living with the disorder. Therefore, to focus on understanding the experience of the state in-between episodes, here referred to as a “white space”, is rare and in need of further examination. READ MORE

  6. 20. Bienvenue   A Qualitative Study on How Identity of Foreign-Born Teachers Is Constructed in the French Classroom

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Johanna ERIKSSON; [2023]
    Keywords : Keywords: Professional Identity; Social Identity; Cultural Identity; Adaptation; Foreign -born teachers; French University;

    Abstract : With the intention of understanding the opportunities, challenges, and construction of identity that foreign teachers encounter through their work in France, my study is grounded in the theory that identity is changeable, ongoing, and influenced by both past and current living situations. Furthermore, the professional, social and cultural theories propose that identity is constructed through our work and our place within a group or a culture. READ MORE