Cultural Excursions Research Articles

Emotional Intelligence: Linkage between Some Variables in Terms of University Students

Why some youths introverted while some extroverts? Why some guys sad when get A and the others happy when C+? Why some teenagers date a different opposite sex in every weak while others date same partner from secondary school to graduation from university? Answers to these questions are seems to be hidden in emotional intelligence. 356 university students answered Bar-On E.I. (1997) 133 items questioner with indicating gander, program, class drama course taken. Female students seem to be more emotional intelligent than their male counter parts. Freshman, sophomores’ classes have more E.I. point than junior, and seniors. Social science program’ students are more emotional intelligent that science students. And the last one student who took drama course are seems to be more emotionally intelligent. These findings are parallel with other many research findings. These predictable results bring us to the question of what we can do for university students with insufficient emotional intelligence. Cultural excursions, student clubs, theater and drama activities are ready suggestions. However, further research should focus on whether these activities are in fact sufficient to develop emotional intelligence. Future studies should be conduct on experimental studies that explore effectiveness of emotional intelligence programs.

Exploring the Influence of an Ethiopian Short-Term Study Abroad Experience on Pre-Service Teachers’ transformative Learning and Reflection Skills

This case study explores the transformative learning of pre-service teachers that occurred during a short-term study abroad trip to Ethiopia. During this study abroad trip, students participated in a variety of experiences that led to transformative learning. These included teaching lessons in primary classrooms with Ethiopian children, participating in cultural excursions, and engaging in critical reflection throughout the trip. Data sources for this case study include students’ blogs and journals, university faculty’s anecdotal notes, and a focus group with students a year after the trip. Findings from this study suggest students faced disorienting dilemmas, emotional disequilibrium, and exploration of new roles and situations that all led to transformative learning. This case study adds to the body of research supporting the benefits of short-term study abroad trips on students’ learning. Recommendations for study abroad organizers and faculty are provided.

“It takes a global village”: Troubling discourses of global citizenship in United Planet’s voluntourism

This article merges the fields of tourism studies with the social studies of children and childhood in a discourse analysis of the voluntourism company United Planet’s website. In the past decade, United Planet has emerged as a popular voluntourist company with a mission to “unite the world in a community beyond borders.” United Planet’s volunteer projects, as described on their website, combine international volunteering with cultural excursions to children living in the Global South. Through our analysis of the United Planet website and focusing on notions of childhood, we demonstrate that it constructs a seemingly harmonious transnational world that is without cultural and geographic boundaries and histories. However, the erasure of borders and historical power relations to construct a global community with a form of global citizenship attached to it hinges upon the maintenance of different trajectories and inequalities of Global North and South. In this way, this form of global citizenship contradicts United Planet, and voluntourism’s promise about the creation of a more equitable world and limits its membership to the North.

Buying respectability: philanthropy and urban society in transnational perspective, 1840s to 1930s

Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 1. Cultural Excursions: Museums, Art Galleries, and Libraries in a Transatlantic World 2. Heavy Luggage: The Intercultural Transfer of Models for Social Housing Enterprises Part 2 3. How to Become a Gentleman: Philanthropy and Social Climbing 4. Bountiful Ladies: Philanthropy and Women's Place in Society 5. Giving for Good: Philanthropy and Religion Conclusion Notes Index

A Museum of the Indian, Not for the Indian

Apparently, there's been some controversy brewing around the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. A bit of it is due to the dismay over the exclusion of so many tribes, which I'm sure in time will be remedied, given that the exhibits are supposed to rotate every couple of years. But more fundamental is the debate over the museum's deliberate choice to center its philosophy around the interpretive exhibits of so-called community curators. Your opinion of the success of this approach, whether you're Native or not, I suppose depends primarily on your expectations of the function, responsibility, and very definition of what a museum should be because those expectations will be challenged. For my part, I suppose I should start off by coming clean and admitting I'm by no means an expert or even a frequent visitor of museums. Much of my experience with these musty repositories of ancient artifacts has been limited to more-or-less forced cultural excursions while a participant of various academic or professional functions over the years. However, as a Native writer and filmmaker, I have developed, by default, a strong fascination for the scope and complexities of Indian history. It's an occupational hazard that comes from being a former journalist who knows that the best stories in the course of everyday events, the ones that become part of history, are rich with drama. And as a practicing dramatist, I also know the key ingredient that makes all good stories work is conflict—good versus evil, a hero overcoming impossible odds, and so on. It's precisely the lack of conflict or drama in the museum's presentation of the "history" of Indian America that made my visit to the grand [End Page 510] opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Indian such an unsatisfying experience. Having said that, let me also say that I have nothing but the greatest admiration and respect for those who managed to make the NMAI a reality in the first place. The accomplishment of raising $219 million, half of it in private funds, and getting the museum built as a tribute to the First Americans on the last available piece of real estate on the National Mall is a remarkable story in and of itself. The significance of this accomplishment certainly wasn't lost on the thousands upon thousands of Native people, most of them proudly decked out in colorful tribal regalia, who flooded the Mall in September for the opening ceremonies of the museum. For them, it was a celebratory, emotional, long-delayed, long-awaited symbol of national recognition and vindication for Indian culture (I was in the thick of it, and it was an awe-inspiring spectacle). The museum building itself, with its earthy brown curves serving as a striking, almost comically touching counterpoint to the stodgy old masonic structures around it, will always stand triumphantly as a fitting visual embodiment of that symbol. It's just too bad that what's inside in the museum isn't as powerful as the museum itself and what it stands for. But I can understand where the NMAI was coming from when they conceived the master plan for how Indian culture should be presented. There was apparently the feeling, and justifiably so, that for too long Indian people had been treated by museums like relics of "natural history"; their bones, tools, and artwork nothing more than remnants of a forgotten culture to be analyzed and theorized dispassionately by invasive and insensitive archeologists and anthropologists concerned only about their dissertations or publishing their next articles. There was little if any regard or appreciation for Indian people in a contemporary context. As a result, the main message that NMAI planners wanted to get out was "we're still here." To shatter the stereotypes, they did away with conventional, third-person presentations of Indian history, particularly the...

Profiling Tourists for Balanced Utilization of Tourism-Based Resources in Kenya

Kenya is predominantly a nature-based tourism destination with wildlife (concentrated in the southern part of the country) and beaches (along the Indian Ocean) accounting for over 85% of the international tourists visiting the country. Other attractions are based on the physical landscape of the country and the culture of the people. Unfortunately, the full potential of culture-based attractions has not been exploited. The over-concentration of tourism activities in wildlife protected areas and on the coastal zone has had inherent problems that include severe environmental degradation. The less visited attractions stand the risk of neglect and could be eroded from the nation's heritage with time. There is need to diversify tourism activities and spread them to other parts of the country by putting more emphasis on non-traditional ones such as cultural excursions. This research profiles tourists based on their preferences as assessed from the number of days they spend at different attraction sites. By associating the characteristics of tourists with various attractions, consumer preference profiles were established. Length of stay, presence of children, travel party size and gender are some of the significant factors that determined the profiles. Profiles can be used in encouraging proportionately more tourists with greater affinity for non-traditional attractions. Besides gender, other factors such as socio-economic status and whether one is travelling as a couple or not, turned out to be significant variables in influencing the resulting expenditure levels.

Preface

This volume of papers emanating from the 23rd Annual Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society (FCHS) in Midland, Ontario (1997), constitutes the first volume of the new journal published by the Society. With the introduction of French Colonial History, the Society commits to publish an annual volume of refereed, scholarly articles selected from papers given at the annual FCHS meetings, though not necessarily from a single meeting. The new paperbackjournal will appear with punctuality and regularity —characteristics that were, at times, difficult to sustain with the Proceedings format. With the adoption of the journal approach, the editor will have more latitude to achieve thematic unity in each volume than was possible with the Proceedings. Pan of the process of transforming our annual publication into a journal was the formal establishment of a distinguished editorial board. The Executive Board of the FCHS, its editors, and the staff of our publisher, Michigan State University Press, all agree that the journal format reflects a stature that is in keeping with the quality of scholarship produced under the auspices of the Society. This exciting initiative owes much to the cooperation and enthusiasm of Fred Böhm of Michigan State University Press. The publication of the 1995 Proceedings (from the meeting at Sydney and Louisbourg in Nova Scotia) marked the beginning of the Society's partnership with MSU Press. Since then, Fred and his colleagues have been unfailingly supportive of the Society's enterprise and have joined constructively in the search for improvements in our annual publication. The volumes published by MSU Press are unmatched in their quality of production. The willingness and encouragement of the Press have made possible the transition to this newjournal, French Colonial History. One of the many attractions of the Society's annual meetings is the exposure they provide to French overseas encounters in diverse regions of the world, and to a wide representation of historical methods and approaches. The viiiFrench Colonial History meetings provide a refreshing vista that serves as an antidote to the danger of myopic specialization. They stimulate useful comparative insights. The 23rd Annual Meeting in Midland, Ontario, in May 1997, was no exception. As with all annual meetings of the Society, a special theme was suggested in the call for papers, but not with the intention of excluding papers on other themes of French colonial history. In keeping with the earlyJesuit contact with the Hurons in the area, the suggested theme at Midland was French relations with indigenous peoples. The response—as indicated by the selection of papers included in this first volume of French Colonial History—produced a variety ofpresentations on this theme, spanning a period of400 years in Africa and the Americas. All papers, including those not directly linked to relations with indigenous peoples, inquire into differing aspects of the French mental universe in its colonial adventure. At the end of the volume is a list of those papers not included in these Proceedings, some of which are destined for publication elsewhere. In addition, conference participants were treated to a number ofsocial and cultural excursions in the Midland-Penetanguishene area: visits to the reconstructed seventeenth-century Jesuit mission of Sainte-Marie-among-theHurons ; the Martyrs' Shrine; the Huronia Museum and Huron Indian Village; and a barbeque boat tour among the Thousand Islands on Georgian Bay. Visiting historic sites of French colonial significance is one of the attractions of the Society's annual meetings. Finally, as this new journal takes shape, I would like to thank the many readers and assessors who reviewed the manuscripts submitted for this volume . To Keith Widder of MSU Press, a longstanding member of the Society, I owe a special debt for his work in producing this volume and for his patience and unfailing good cheer in the face of delays for which he was not responsible . A special thanks is also due to Kathryn Köhler for the French translations of some of the abstracts of the papers in this volume and to Anne Meyering, associate professor of history at Michigan State University, for her help in launching this series. S. Dale Standen, Editor Trent University Peterborough, Ontario ...

Picking through the Trash

Picking through the Trash

13th International Conference on Magnet Technology (MT-13)

Over the years the aim of the International Conference on Magnet Technology has been the exchange of information on the design, construction and operation of magnets for a variety of applications, such as high energy physics, fusion, electrical machinery and others. The aim has included advances in materials for magnet conductors, insulators and supporting structures. Since its inception the focus of the International Conference on Magnet Technology has gradually shifted to superconducting magnets. Now almost all papers are related to superconductivity. The 11th International Conference on Magnet Technology (MT-11) was organized by the combined efforts of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, the Association for Promotion of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering, and the Tokyo Section of the IEEE. The Conference was held at the Tsukuba University Hall, Tsukuba, Japan, from 28 August to 1 September 1989, courtesy ofthe University ofTsukuba. The Tsukuba University Hall was large enough to host invited talks, parallel sessions, poster sessions and industrial exhibitions. 461 participants from 19 countries registered for MT-ll, and 280 invited and contributed papers were presented. The papers were reviewed not only by the Program Committee but also by foreign participants. Working sessions and social events were characterized by a truly international atmo sphere. Scientific as well as cultural excursions were organized so that foreign visitors could experience the spirit of modern Japan. 26 companies, of which 8 were from Western countries, participated in the industrial exhibition which featured diverse products and services of interest to the magnet community.

Simulation in a Changing Romania: Report on ISAGA '93

In July 1993 ISAGA members convened in Bucharest, Romania for the 24th Annual Conference; highlights were after-hours games and simulations, cultural excursions, papers delivered by Romanian colleagues on preparing for the new economic system, and introductions to the major academic institutions of Bucharest. Gamers from around the world presented their research, innovations, and simulations. Above all, participants were privileged to enjoy the very warm, thoughtful, and all-encompassing hospitality of the organizer, Eduard Radaceanu, and the Romanian Institute of Management (IROMA).

Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America by Neil Harris

Book Reviews Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modem America. By Neil Harris. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Pp. viii + 453; illustrations, notes, index. $65.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). In this collection of essays, which date from 1972 through 1987, Neil Harris reminds us of his extraordinary reach as a historian. Much of his most seminal thinking has resulted in essays and speeches that have not been easily accessible to students and scholars of American history. This book remedies the problem. It is arranged in three loosely organized parts. The first part generally sets forth a strategy for approaching the history of cultural institutions in Amer­ ica. While others have looked at specific cities, or individual institu­ tions, or categories of institutions, Harris links the emergence of museums—and especially art museums—in 19th-century America to a broad context of cultural responses to a rapidly changing urban environment. In the perspective he brings to bear, he eschews the Whiggish judgmentalism that has distorted many museum histories. These essays set out a much richer and more holistic frame of reference from which to look at the emergent processes of museums as important urban institutions in the last half of the 19th century. Included in this framework are museum connections to related commercial developments such as retail merchandising and the dramatic influence of world’s fairs in shaping the aspirations of American cultural and urban leadership. While some of the material appears dated, what is of greater issue is that more historians have not followed Harris’s lead in this area. The history of cultural institutions remains a rich field for which Harris has provided important guideposts . The second section is a potpourri of essays held together by the general theme of “the boundaries and interactions of culture and media.” One topic explored is the role of mass media as an innovation that challenged existing culture and provided a new mediating power in American life. Two essays stand out in their prescience. “Heroism and Copyright in an Age of Mass Culture” is a tour de force that explores the dualism of public access and private property as it relates to Superman as both folk hero and cultural property. “The Drama of Consumer Desire” provides a pioneering look at how consumerist ideology, with its supporting innovations of advertising and branding, was absorbed into America’s imaginative vocabulary; “the world of Permission to reprint a review from this section may be obtained only from the reviewer. 410 TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 411 objects is no longer accessory, adjunct, scene-setting,” but has become instead a primary shaper of personality and value. Here again, Harris has set out new ground that surprisingly few historians have bothered to plow. The third section of Cultural Excursions deals with the social history of art and architecture. It is this general area that will be of most direct interest to historians of technology. In “Iconography and Intellectual History,” Harris sets out a series of problems for historians trying to sort out and analyze the uneasy growth of a visual culture within the traditions of verbal culture. He argues for a recognition of the need for an “aggressive juxtaposition” of various historical disciplines in order to confront this new technological phenomenon. He uses as a model the coming of the halftone process, a technological innovation that raised a whole new set of issues relating to authorship and authority. To help place such innovations into their cultural settings, Harris calls for an enlarged role for technological history: They were technologically complex and confusing in detail. Assessment of their significance requires some absorption, not in the grand tradition of scientific theorizing, which historians of science do so well, but in minor, mundane, mechanical tinkering, bitterly disputed and often not explained with any degree of thoroughness. Since the history of technology in general has not formed a part of the usual training of American intellectual historians but has remained in limbo as a semi-independent field of specialization, the vocabulary and interests necessary to inte­ grate this praxis with the history of thought are not widely available. Joining iconography and intellectual history, for recent American history, requires...

Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America

Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America

Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America

Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America

Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America.

Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America.

Cultural Excursions: Marketing, Appetites, and Cultural Tastes in Modern America

Cultural Excursions: Marketing, Appetites, and Cultural Tastes in Modern America

Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America. Neil Harris

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsCultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America. Neil Harris Karal Ann MarlingKaral Ann Marling Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Winterthur Portfolio Volume 26, Number 4Winter, 1991 Published for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/496561 Views: 3Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1991 The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Marie-Stéphanie Delamaire, Will Slauter Circulation and Control, (Oct 2021).https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0247

Cultural excursions: marketing appetites and cultural tastes in modern America

Neil Harris's scholarship of the past twenty-five years has helped to open up the study of American cultural history. This long-awaited collection gathers some of his rich and varied writings. Harris takes us from John Philip Sousa to Superman, with stops along the way to explore art museums and world fairs, shopping malls and hotel lobbies, urban design and utopian novels, among other artifacts of American cultures. The essays fall into three general sections: the first treats the history of cultural institutions, highlighting the role of museums; the second section focuses on some literary, artistic, and entrepreneurial responses to the new mass culture; and the final group of essays explores the social history of art and architecture. Throughout Harris's diverse writings certain themes recur-the redefining of boundaries between high art and popular culture, the relationship between public taste and technological change, and the very notion of what constitutes a shared social experience. Harris's pioneering work has broadened the field of cultural history and encouraged whole new areas of inquiry. Cultural Excursions will be useful for those in American and culture studies, as well as for the general reader trying to make sense of the culture in which we live.