Cultural Categories Research Articles

Political Culture of The Community in The Village Head Election in Barua, Indonesia

This study employs community groupings based on categories of political culture to discern the political inclinations of Barua Village residents during the 2021 Pilkades in Barua Village, Eremerasa District, Bantaeng Regency. Employing descriptive research with a qualitative approach, the study methodology entails collecting observational data in the form of word lists devoid of categorization structures, followed by qualitative data analysis. Various methods, such as documentation, interviews, and observation, are utilized for qualitative data collection. Qualitative data, consisting of textually arranged words, is expanded without reliance on mathematical calculations or statistics for analysis. Through the classification of individuals based on their political cultures, this research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the community's political awareness and engagement levels. The study findings suggest a prevalent tendency among the Barua village community towards participant and subject political culture, evidenced by their robust political awareness, active involvement in the Pilkades process, and nuanced understanding of effective leadership. While individuals exhibit awareness of their political choices, some remain disengaged and apathetic towards political activities.

LINGUACULTURAL MODEL OF THE KAZAKH WORLDVIEW IN THE WESTERN CONTEXT

When the development of globalization processes become a huge field of communication, the question of the effectiveness of inter-ethnic interaction arises in the world. In this regard, it is very important to have a proper understanding of the worldview of a nation. This article is devoted to the close connection between the national worldview and language as well as the translation and interpretation of the concepts presenting the linguistic image of the world on the base of Abai’s works were studied and conceptualised in western surveys. This article examines the important values for science which are scientific and practical values. The problems of conceptualization of historical and cultural concepts and reception in other nation’s consciousness are determined through the analysis of the linguistic image of the world. The results of the research can be used in the course «Abai studies» and in linguistics, philosophy, cultural studies as well as in conducting research works. In the study of the linguistic image of the world as a cultural phenomenon, various paradigms, linguistic and cultural categories were considered based on the principle of consistency and interdisciplinary approach. The works of western researchers dealing with the problems of Abai studies, poems from Abai’s complete collection of works were selected as the object of research.

Aleksander Brückner and the Study of Issues of German-Slavic Cultural Contacts

The purpose of the work is to cover the views of Polish-German cultural historian and Slavist A. Brückner on the issue of German-Slavic cultural dialogue, which is key in the scientist's scientific and journalistic work. The research methodology is based on a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to solving the issue, a combination of both general scientific principles and research methods, as well as special ones, however, the basis of the theoretical and methodological tools when studying the issue of scientific development of the topic of intercultural dialogue by A. Brückner were the methods of modern cultural studies (biographical, method of factor analysis, content analysis, classification). The scientific novelty of the publication consists in the formulation of a complex, multi-level issue, which has hardly been researched in Ukrainian and foreign cultural studies. For the first time in national cultural studies, a complex and comprehensive study of A. Brückner's views on the issue of cultural interactions between Germanic and Slavic worlds is proposed, the influence of Aleksander Brückner's life circumstances on the formation and evolution of his cultural concepts is determined. Conclusions. The article points up the thesis about the ambiguity and controversy of A. Brückner's scientific views on the issue of cultural contacts between Slavs and Germans, who, according to the scientist, intersected and interacted on the territory of Poland. It is stressed that the specific nature of Aleksander Brückner's cultural generalisations is attributed to his linguistic approach to solving the debatable issues of intercultural relations since the Berlin professor considered language to be one of the main categories of culture and even equated the concepts of “culture” and “language” in his works. The attitude of A. Brückner's contemporaries to his scientific work is determined, which was revealed in numerous critical reviews by such outstanding representatives of Polish linguistics as J. Baudouin de Courtenay and H. Ułaszyn.
 Keywords: Aleksander Brückner, cultural dialogue, frontier culture, cultural linguistics, Slavic studies, University of Berlin.

Representation of women in English and Persian proverbs

Abstract The present study aims to investigate the portrayal of women in English and Persian proverbs using the multidisciplinary field of Cultural Linguistics as an alternative to critical discourse analysis. Utilizing a corpus analysis approach for Cultural Linguistics (Jensen 2017), 124 English and 186 Persian proverbs representing the theme of ‘woman’ were compared and contrasted cross-culturally. Results of grounded-theory driven analysis revealed: (a) while various cultural schemata and cultural metaphors reflecting both dark and bright sides of women in proverbs were unveiled, only one cultural category in Persian proverbs with no similar instance in English proverbs was revealed; and (b) in some English and Persian proverbs, interpreting cultural schemas predicates upon eliciting and understanding the cultural metaphors hidden in the proverbs. The results are discussed with reference to the potentiality of Cultural Linguistics as an analytical framework for paremiology that can provide an in-depth interpretation of proverbs as a culturally-loaded discourse.

Promising approaches to the study of values in the interdisciplinary paradigm

The problem of understanding "value" as a philosophical category and phenomenon of culture and the construction of a system of national values is especially relevant at the present stage of the development of Russian culture and mentality in connection with the current axiological crisis that modern Russian society is experiencing and, as a consequence, modern Russian culture. The article provides an overview of concepts and approaches to the study of values in foreign and Russian philosophy of the XX–XXI centuries. The author traces the evolution of the concept of value over the past 120 years, focusing his research on the current stage of development of axiology and philosophy of culture – from the end of the twentieth century to the present day. The article pays special attention to the complexity of categorical analysis and the difficulty of defining the concept of "value" at the present stage of philosophy development, taking into account eclecticism in understanding and interpreting values in different scientific paradigms: philosophical, cultural, sociological, psychological, etc. The author analyzes the enduring significance of the heritage of outstanding Russian philosophers, as well as the contribution of foreign philosophers. It is suggested that the paradigm of the philosophy of culture, developed by G. Rickert, can become a conceptual and methodological basis for correctly comprehending the concept of value and building a national system of values that can become the basis for the progressive development of all spheres of being in modern society. From a wide range of studies by Russian and foreign scientists, both modern and related to the masters of philosophy today, the author identifies the most promising approaches to the study of values and the formation of a system of national values that reflect the most significant features of national culture and national mentality and contribute to the sustainable development of each member of society.

Exploring the integration of culture in Moroccan EFL textbooks: The case of reading texts

The intercultural communicative competence approach has recently become a crucial topic in the field of education and language teaching, and a new perspective of ELT in higher education. It is also considered a prerequisite approach for developing students’ intellectual and personal growth and their effective international integration. The present study investigates the integration of culture in Moroccan EFL textbooks and its effects on learners' intercultural competence. The study adopts a quantitative research design, focusing on the statistical description of the various cultural categories included in the textbooks. The study aims to answer two research questions, namely · To what extent is the cultural dimension included in Moroccan EFL textbooks, and what are its components? · What is the likelihood of the use of culture in Moroccan EFL textbooks to promote learners' intercultural awareness? Three textbooks were selected and analyzed in light of the different cultural categories selected, such as source culture, target culture, and international target culture. The results showed that the textbooks focused on the source culture, with limited representation of foreign cultures. The integration of culture in textbooks was found inadequate to promote learners' intercultural awareness. The study's findings suggest that Moroccan EFL textbooks need a more comprehensive and balanced representation of cultures. This would help learners develop a deeper understanding of diverse cultures and their own culture, and promote their intercultural competence.

Culture category in the novel “The Homeless” by Stefan Jeromsky

This article is devoted to analysis to the concept of culture in the roman of Stefan Żeromski “Homeless People” (“Ludzie bezdomni”). The paper notes that at the end of the XIX century, the understanding of culture in the context of the class division of society was established in the social environment, which ultimately led to the formalization of moral norms and a spiritual crisis.

How Triple Talaq Violates Fundamental Rights of Muslim Women

Generally human rights are equated with more freedom and progress. However it becomes pertinent to note that conferring rights do not always result in emancipation. The major reason behind this exclusionary nature of human rights is the universal assumption on which it is based. The darker side of human rights most apparently manifests itself in case of women as they are caught at the intersection of community identity and the narrative of modernity. One such universalistic subject is the image of a thoroughly victimised Muslim women who is in need of protection through the liberal rights discourse. The current debate around triple talaq, centred on the Sharaya Bano and several batches of petitions as well as Supreme courts own suo moto PIL considers certain aspects of Islamic personal laws which amount to gender discrimination and hence violates the constitution misses the point of intersectionality. As per the liberal understanding of rights for empowerment of women we need to subordinate the category of religion and culture. However constitutional rights would remain a dead letter if we do not understand the manner in which identity politics unfolds especially in case of women. The whole triple talaq issue has become a battleground for the culture versus mordernity debate. It is important to realize that women’s experiences cannot be understood in these reductive binaries as “she” is produced from the very power relations which subordinate them. In this paper the author deals with the question of triple talaq in the light of the recent petition filed in the Supreme Court for declaring such talaq invalid. The author argues that there is an already existing legal precedent established by the apex court with respect to triple talaq which should be followed instead of resorting to a confrontational approach which may become hegemonic to Muslim women themselves. The author shall advocate that taking cue from third wave feminism, the identity of Muslim women must be understood at the intersection of gender and religion.

Analysis of the Research Status of Qingyang Sachet Embroidery based on Grounded Theory

The academic research on Qingyang sachet embroidery forms an important part of its development. The imbalance in the research also highlights the problems in the development of Qingyang sachet embroidery. Based on the idea of grounded theory, this article constructs a model of the core categories of Qingyang sachet research. It believes that the four categories of culture, art, industry, and inheritance and development are organically unified in the inheritance and development of Qingyang sachet embroidery, and further reveals that the industry The research status quo dominated by inheritance and development research has caused the development of Qingyang sachets to ignore the study of artistic ontology.

Cultural diversity in the Attab to Ferka region in Sudan: the 2023 season of the DiverseNile project

Cultural diversity in the Attab to Ferka region in Sudan: the 2023 season of the DiverseNile project The multidisciplinary ERC Consolidator Grant project DiverseNile explores a crucial part of northern Sudan as a case study to reconstruct Bronze Age biographies (c. 1750–1200 BCE) beyond the present cultural categories ‘Egyptian’ and ‘Nubian’. The main hypothesis that is addressed by interdisciplinary methods is that degrees of cultural diversity become archaeologically more visible in the peripheral zones of urban sites.

Textile Mobilities across Medieval Afro-Eurasia

Textiles counted among the most precious and prized categories of material culture in the medieval world: made with care in specialized workshops, handed down over generations as part of family wealth, repurposed until threadbare for use as dress and furnishings, serving as diplomatic gifts and luxury trade goods, cloth played a major cultural role across premodern societies. Such importance stands in contrast to how fabrics are often viewed by students today, as cheaply-made, disposal material outsourced from distant factories for mass consumption. The disjuncture between premodern attitudes toward cloth and prevailing views today offers a compelling entry point for students to contemplate historical continuities and difference through the lens of a universally familiar medium of textiles.
 This pedagogical file considers textiles’ mobilities across premodern Afro-Eurasia to explore medieval global networks through a focus on exchanges evidenced in material culture. The presented examples focus on textiles in European and North American museum collections, thus layering in also more recent mobilities of these objects as artworks with modern collecting histories.

한국어교육을 위한 현대시의 문화 요소 분석

Objectives This study aims to analyze modern poetry from a cultural perspective rather than a literary aspect in Korean language education, and to present a way to use modern poetry more effectively in Korean language edu-cation by analyzing cultural elements.
 Methods For this study, 55 modern poems, excluding overlapping psalms, were analyzed from 75 contemporary poems contained in 141 Korean textbooks at 12 universities in Seoul, which have the highest distribution of aca-demic learners. In order to analyze modern poetry contained in Korean textbooks, poetry was classified as a cul-tural element using the cultural category of the third stage of the “Standard Curriculum” prepared at the national level.
 Results Using the cultural category of the “Checking and Complementing the Use of the International Standard Korean Curriculum,” 55 modern poems were classified into cultural elements such as “Living Culture,” “Language Culture,” “History Culture,” “Art Culture,” “Traditional Culture,” “Instrumental Culture,” and “Information Culture.” The frequency of cultural items classified as cultural elements was 55 times for “language culture,” 37 times for “geographic culture,” 36 times for “spiritual culture,” 18 times for “living culture,” and 17 times for “receiving culture.”
 Conclusions As a result of analyzing 55 modern poems contained in 141 Korean textbooks as cultural elements of the “standard curriculum,” they were concentrated on “language culture,” followed by “geographical culture” and “mental culture.” Psalms that can be classified into various cultural elements including low frequency ‘institutional culture’, ‘traditional culture’, ‘historical culture’, and ‘art culture’ should be added.

Culture through Keywords in Kenneth Wong's Translation of "Spirit Food" by Nu Nu Yi (Inwa)

In observing language used in literature, as Nunan and Choi (2010) claimed, “each language has its own unique link to the culture with which it co-exists”. Culture embodies values, dictums, proverbs, symbols, taboos and even language as it is used as a communicative tool to express culture. Thispaper attempts to explore reflection of source language culture in keywordsfound in Kenneth Wong’s translated version of “Spirit Food” by Nu Nu Yi(Inwa). Keywords were generated using Word Smith Tool 8.0 by Scott(2020). As the theme itself is culture-bound, Wong attempted to reflectsource language culture in keywords. Descriptive qualitative method wasapplied in approaching culture using Cultural Category by Nida (1964),Translation Procedures by Newmark (1988), and Translation Strategies byBaker (1992) and Cultural Category by Yule (2010). The reliability andaccuracy of results of the research were justified using IBM SPSS Statistics26.0 by Nie, et al. (2019). Key findings showed that there is significantcorrelation between cultural category by Nida, and translation strategy andpart of speech; between translation procedure and translation strategy;between cultural category by Yule and part of speech; and between part ofspeech and frequency.

Transgender people in different European and Latin American countries: A cross cultural comparison in some relevant measures

Abstract Background Prejudice against transgender & gender-diverse people persists & is associated with physical & mental health harm. This study describes & characterizes comparative data between countries on gender self-definition/expression & its relationship to gender incongruence diagnosis. Methods We used snowball sampling for a face-to-face survey in France (N = 379; 2010), Italy (N = 167; 2015-2016), Brazil (N = 391; 2016), & Chile (N = 377, 2018). Participants were 18+ years & identified as transgender. An open-ended item was used to capture the self-designation of gender: “How would you describe your gender identity in your own words?” We conducted chi-square bivariate analyses and multivariate regression models to examine variation in gender self-definition across countries & its relationship to obtain a change of legal sex/gender markers between countries & incongruence diagnoses. Results The preliminary results indicate that self-definitions vary across countries. In France, categories were man, trans man, woman, trans woman, & trans. In Brazil & Chile, a traditional cultural category not in European countries was expressed: travesti. Results showed that a “non-binary” had to be included too. Results showed that lower percentages of trans persons in Chile (22% of trans men & 15% of trans women, Brazil (25% & 12%, respectively) & Italy (10% and 21%, respectively) changed their legal gender markers, as compared to France (34% and 35%, respectively) (p < 0.000). The results showed differences between countries considering the self-definition made by each participant regarding obtaining gender incongruence diagnosis with higher rates of diagnosis in Italy and France (p < 0.001). Conclusions These findings show that transgender identity varies between countries & over time. The results indicate the importance of self-identification in trans-health studies, which have implications for global policy and research on the health of trans-identifying persons.

The use of cultural conceptualisations as a translation strategy for culture-specific jokes and humorous discourse: A remedy for a malady?

Translating humour across languages and cultures is a complex task that requires more than just linguistic competency. It requires understanding the cultural background and social context of both the source and target languages. This study examines the applicability of cultural conceptualisations in translating Persian jokes into English. The study adopts Cultural Linguistics as an investigative framework (Sharifian, 2017) to analyse five Persian jokes and offer a strategy for translators to follow when translating jokes containing cultural conceptualisations. The study argues that cultural conceptualisations, such as cultural schemas, cultural categories, and cultural metaphors, play a crucial role in translating humour. By identifying and using cultural conceptualisations in the translation process, translators can ensure that the humour of the original joke is retained in the target language. This framework involves three stages: identifying the source language cultural conceptualisation, finding the equivalent cultural conceptualisation in the target language, and translating the joke to ensure laughability in the target language. The study also shows that humour is closely tied to cultural knowledge and assumptions and that what may be considered funny in one culture may not necessarily be funny in another. Therefore, cultural conceptualisations can serve as a bridge between different cultures and can help translators translate humour across cultural and linguistic boundaries effectively. The findings of this study offer important implications for translators and cultural communicators who aim to efficiently communicate humour and other forms of cultural content across languages and cultures.

PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE NUMBERED HEADS TOGETHER (NHT) UNTUK MENINGKATKAN SIKAP GOTONG ROYONG KELAS 3A DI SD NEGERI LEDOK 02 SALATIGA

This study aims to improve students' mutual cooperation attitude through the application of Cooperative Learning Model Type Numbered Heads Together (NHT). This research is a Classroom Action Research (PTK) with two cycles. The research subjects were students of grade 3A of SD Negeri Ledok 02 Salatiga, with a total of 18 students. Data collection techniques in this study were observation, questionnaires, and documentation. The results of classical completeness of mutual cooperation attitude in cycle I reached 59.9% with the category not yet seen, in the second cycle classical completeness reached 80.2% with the category of culture. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the attitude of mutual cooperation in students can increase using the Numbered Heads Together (NHT) type learning model. The results of this study can contribute to the world of education as an alternative to solving problems in the affective domain, especially in the attitude of mutual cooperation.

한국어 학습자를 대상으로 하는 한국 역사문화 교육의 실제와 개선 방안

The purpose of this paper is to present an educational plan to efficiently teach Korean history and culture to Korean learners in the field of Korean language education for foreigners. In this paper, we conceptualized history and culture, focusing on discussions on history and culture education at home and abroad. In addition, the categories of Korean history and culture were set and the main contents and characteristics of each category were investigated. As a result, it was confirmed that “history” or “historical culture” was included in the universal Korean curriculum and textbooks, and it was also included in the textbooks. However, in the current Korean language education, “historical culture” education has limitations in many ways, and as a way to improve it, cooperation with neighboring studies, development of curriculum based on demand surveys, and improvement of teachers' capabilities were suggested.

4~6세기 영남지역 저상부장묘(低床副葬墓)의 고고학적 함의

The purpose of this article is aimed at the distribution of tomb style in Gyeongju during the Three Kingdoms period that the space range was formed from interdependent relationships, not from a political standpoint. The study subject are tombs with the low-floor additional chamber, which was judged to be data that can identify how the different natural environments of the coast and the inland were related with the formation of tombs. As for the research method, the spreading pattern was examined by categorizing tombs with the low-floor additional chamber and reviewing them step by step. As a result, it was confirmed that the tombs were transmitted through the sea route and then spread to the inland via Ulsan. It was changed in three stages, and in stage I, it spread to the Changwon-Pohang line through maritime traffic. In stage Ⅱ, the maritime routes were expanded to Gangwon-do region, while the relations with the Gimhae and Changwon regions had decreased. The spread to the inland begins, and the traffic routes identified in this process is largely divided into three directions centered on Gyeongju. The traffic routes were divided into Northeast Road leading to the coastal port, Southeast Road leading to coastal cities with a mixture of special functional areas and gateway cities, and West Road leading to inland cities based on agricultural products. In stage Ⅲ, And it was confirmed that land transportation routes were expanding to the inland area of western Ulsan and part of the coastal area of Ulsan. In addition, the reliability of the data was increased by comparing this result with the ‘ㅏ’-shaped tomb(ㅏ字形古墳) representing Gyeongju’s Northeast culture. This study was intended to reveal that it belongs to the broad category of culture formed around Gyeongju, not the specificity of a single tomb style. This analysis was interpreted from the perspective of efficient connection between the coast and the inland. The validity of this study was verified by confirming the similarity of the regions through comparison with the life culture area of the late Joseon Dynasty, where there was little change in transportation means.

The cultural underpinnings of platformization: How social movement organizations helped form the category of the sharing economy

This paper explores the cultural dynamics underpinning platformization by unpacking the emergence of the sharing economy—a vital terrain of platformization—as a culturally significant category. Drawing on online archival data, our study reveals the important role of social movement organizations (SMOs) in establishing the sharing economy as a prominent cultural category and infusing it with powerful social meanings. We outline the discursive strategies used by SMOs to articulate this macro-market category, and to frame platform technology as a benevolent enabler of social change. Our study contributes to platformization research by turning attention to how cultural dynamics (i.e., the discursive strategies giving rise to the emergence of sharing economy) shape platformization. In addition, we contribute to market system dynamic research by expanding the focus of investigation from singular industries to the macro economy level, shedding light on new discursive dynamics (e.g., discursive strategies for articulating and technologizing the emergent economy), and by the extending previous work on the role of SMOs and social movements in market shaping.

Грани образа Ганнибала Лектора (на примере сериала «Ганнибал»). Часть 1

In the article, the author explores the history of creation and development of the media franchise which revolves around the life of a fictional extravagant and in his own way genius serial killer and cannibal, Hannibal Lecter. The author of the study attempts to systematize the movies and series of the Hannibal universe, with a particular focus on the Hannibal TV series (2013–2015). The focus specifically on a TV series is due to the fact that such works have become a significant form of popular culture. The popular images that are formed within the context of a TV series are based on topical and meaningful categories of culture. This makes contemporary TV series, such as Hannibal, an influential tool for forcing the viewer to reflect on important issues. In this way, TV series today are able to influence cultural dynamics. On the other hand, as the author of the article shows on the example of Hannibal, the material of such media products is also a promising source for researching the processes and transformations taking place in society and identifying topical problems and challenges. The present study aims to identify various aspects of the complex and controversial personality of Hannibal in the context of contemporary culture. To achieve this purpose, the author, on the one hand, compares the image of the main character with the real and fictional characters of popular culture, and on the other hand, analyses several key categories of culture, including power, art and others, which all together allows defining the features of Hannibal’s personality within the coordinate system of culture.