Process Of Cultural Transformation Research Articles

UNDERSTANDIG THE MANIPULATED CONTEMPORARY BODY THROUGH BODY PRACTICES

In this research, the contemporary body, the current conditions of which are manipulated by the rulers, are discussed with applications related to body and performance ar. In the study the body, which is the main characteristic of social life, is examined through the association of concepts such as the consumption industry, technology, image, icon, perception management and surveillance society. As can be seen from sociological research, the contemporary body is experiencing a rapid cultural transformation process. This situation has reached the extent that the subject is manipulated by system networks which create temporary happiness. The transformation of consumption tools into status-defining components leads to an ambiguity of real needs. On the other hand, it is observed that the members of the contemporary society are turning into individuals who are unsatisfied with their appearance and act with the desire to be discernable or visible. The body, which is the most prominent display area of action and culture, is the first and only object of the subject. For this reason, humanity has primarily used its body as a means of self-expression. Within this indicative context of the body art is one main of the forms of expression that stand out. Art production is shaped by the dynamics of its age. It is seen that the body, which is an indispensable element of art as well as the social domain, has been chosen as the subject in every period during the historical process. While the body was historically the passive object of art for ages, in the age of technology it has evolved into being the subject of art. Keywords: Consumption Culture, perception management, commodification, Body Art, Performance, Image, Manipulation, Body, Surveillance Society

Urban Cultural Space in the Context of Evolutionism

Attempts to determine the essence of urban culture were made in the framework of different approaches: civilizational, philosophical, anthropological, sociological, and others. This article is concerned with the analysis of the urban cultural space phenomenon from the evolutionary point of view. Originating as the first ethnographic theory in the works of German historian Friedrich Gustav Klemm, cultural evolutionism was further developed in the evolutionary theory of cultural development, the founder of which is the English ethnologist Edward Burnett Tylor. The problems of the evolutionary theory of culture were widely discussed in scientific circles and found common ground with such ideas as the “axial age” concept by Karl Jaspers and the doctrine of the noosphere. Some common points in understanding the synergistic mechanisms of cultural activities can be found in the holistic philosophy of integrity. An evolutionary analysis of urban cultural space remains relevant today. In this article, we analyze the possibility of studying the processes of cultural transformation in the context of changes in the forms of joint social life, developing from the incoherent homogeneous structure of ancient human settlements to the complex heterogeneous structure of modern highly urbanized urban communities. Also, we attempted to justify the advisability of applying the evolutionary approach to the analysis of the laws of formation, development and improvement of the cultural space of modern cities.

IMPLEMENTASI UNDANG-UNDANG DESA NO. 6 TAHUN 2014 TENTANG PENYETARAAN GENDER DAN PERANAN PEREMPUAN DALAM PEMBANGUNAN DESA

This study discusses the Implementation of Village Law No. 6 of 2014 concerning Gender Equality and the Role of Women in Village Development. The purpose of this study is to find out how the Village Law No. 6 of 2014 provides opportunities and opportunities for women in the village to play a role in village development. So that there is gender equality between village ranks which is usually dominated by men, women can also be given roles to sit as members of village officials. Gender roles are the roles played by women and men in accordance with the environmental status, culture and structure of society. This role is taught to every member of society, community and certain social groups that are prepared as roles of women and men. A good method of village development must involve all members of the community and involve activities directly related to their socio-economic interests. As a process, village development is a process of cultural transformation that begins with traditional life that relies on hereditary habits to be transformed into a modern society that bases life progress on a willingness to accept science and technology. The research method used is descriptive qualitative method, namely by gathering various information obtained in the form of written or oral words from people or observable behavior. Research results from the Implementation of the Village Law No. 6 of 2014 concerning Gender Equality and the Role of Women in Village Development is that women in village development have rights and equality with men. So what is expected is that gender equality for women in the village in participating in village development can be done well by providing space and opportunities for women to contribute to village development.

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Rise of the East. Russian Perspectives of the World History

Spengler predicted “Decline of the Western world” itself, but not its results: he expected a long (200–300 years) process of cultural transformation of mankind. But today the Western solipsistic and nihilistic civilization with frightening speed becomes a suicidal civilization, capable of blowing up the approaching post-Western future according to the principle “if I can’t have you, nobody can!” Russia must and can become the nucleus of this post-Western future crystallization – a harmonious, multipolar future based on the sense of truth (Pravda) in which all its sovereign creators (Russia, and possibly China, Latin America, India and all reasonable humanity) will save our planet from the man-made collapse.

Transitology as a Promising Field of Cultural Studies

This paper is based on the author’s report at the International Scientific Conference “Culture and Social Communications: Innovative Development Strategies” (November 21, 2019, Kharkiv). The author notes that transitology originated in political science with the need to create theoretical and methodological foundations for study of the transitions to democracy. Then it spread to economics. However, a similar field is still absent in cultural studies, which hampers the formation of an integrated approach to the analysis of social changes taking place in the modern world. The lack of a transitological field in cultural studies is explained by the uncertainty of the initial and final positions of the cultural transformation process. Such positions are closed and open types of social culture.

КОНСТРУИРОВАНИЕ СОВЕТСКОЙ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ ФИЛЬМОВ Э. ИШМУХАМЕДОВА «НЕЖНОСТЬ» И «ВЛЮБЛЕННЫЕ»)

The article studies the Soviet identity, which fell into a crisis in the context of globalization and ethnic localization, gradually intensifying after the collapse of the USSR. In response to the decay of the Soviet mentality, it is necessary to understand how to overcome the split in society and make the process of cultural transformation under modernization conditions less painful for people. One of the mechanisms of forming the cultural identity of peoples is an appeal to the positive experience in common history. Simply copying the previous forms and means of forming cultural identity is impossible, since socio-economic foundations change; therefore, the problem needs a different solution. Exploring the Soviet past, one can understand which ideological values contributed to the consolidation of society in order to use this experience in construction of Russian civilizational identity. The purpose of the article is to study the films by Elyor Ishmukhamedov Tenderness (1966) and Lovers (1969) as “texts” that construct Soviet identity by dint of the recognition and acceptance of the ideal life model by the society. Since humans transform themselves and the world around them through an imitation, the main research questions are as follows: what social interaction features can be identified in these films? What is the appeal of the Soviet discourse and how is it transmitted in such seemingly “non-ideological” films? Ishmukhamedov’s films were studied as a semiotic system, in which the main myths and archetypes were revealed that had a manipulative and mobilizing influence on the viewer, thereby creating an image of a Soviet person which is attractive to the masses. The everyday life captured in these films symbolizes the stability and reliability of living in the USSR and Central Asia in the 1960s. After analyzing the figurative system of the Soviet-time everyday life in Ishmukhamedov’s films, the author finds out that identity is a system consisting of ethnic, cultural, age, natural, social, professional, mental, artifact identities, as well as the identity of the genus and small groups, which set the models and patterns of behavior for a Soviet person, which patterns were accepted and copied by the people.

Engineering Communications and Cultural Symbols for Corporate Rebranding – A Case Study on the Development of the “MetLife Way” in Japan

Following a recent acquisition and integration of Alico, one of the strongest non-Japanese insurers operating in the Japanese market, MetLife announced in 2014 that it would change its corporate name from MetLife Alico to MetLife Japan. The rebranding exercise would mean much more than a simple change of names – it led to infer an implicit change of culture, work style and user interactions. While this change did not seem to mean much to policy holders in Japan, whose premiums were well secured by legal bindings, it meant a lot to employees – especially ex-Alico employees, who were starting to feel somewhat left out by the rebranding initiative. This paper monitors the cultural transformation process which occurred at MetLife Japan between 2014 and 2015 and focuses on the internal communications process, in order to illustrate the various phases of change and the impact of corporate actions on employee engagement. Furthermore, the authors observed and monitored the various stages of the “MetLife Way†development in Japan and have collected insights on corporate transformation phenomena at the time of business rebranding.

Analysing support in inclusive education systems – a comparison of inclusive school development in Iceland and Canada since the 1980s focusing on policy and in-school support

ABSTRACTThis paper compares the systems of support in inclusive education in Canadian and Icelandic schools. The rationale for comparing these two support systems is grounded in the idea that they were developed in two countries with a long tradition of inclusive school development. They shifted the responsibility and the necessity of support for all learners towards the regular school, as it is embedded in the Salamanca Statement. The comparison is based on research findings from two comprehensive qualitative studies on inclusive education (Óskarsdóttir 2017. “Constructing Support as Inclusive Practice: A Self-Study.” Doctoral Thesis University of Iceland, Reykjavík; Koepfer 2013. Inclusion in Canada. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt) and is focused on the role of support as an integral part of inclusive practices. A system of support can be considered an inevitable pillar of inclusive education, in order to remove barriers, to enable participation in educational and social activities and to ensure equitable access to learning. Although the organisation and implementation of support is contextualised and bound in different historical and political frameworks, this international comparison shows that both countries – with all its ambivalences and conflictual settings – emphasise a human-rights based understanding of inclusion. They on a cultural transformation process of schools to implement support for all pupils.

Education for sustainable development in Africa: a critique of regional agendas

Education is often perceived in policy agendas as playing a transformative role in realising sustainable development and the SDGs on the continent. The assumption is based, however, on an insufficiently critical understanding of the historical role of education in supporting unsustainable development. The article provides a critical account of the relationship between education policy and sustainable development in Africa as an aspect of the postcolonial condition, i.e. as an aspect of the colonial legacy and of Africa’s position in relation to contemporary processes of globalisation. It is argued that if education is to play a transformative role in relation to sustainable development then education policy needs to be fundamentally re-oriented and harnessed to wider processes of economic, cultural and political transformation in the interests of social and environmental justice.

Rethinking public space: between rhetoric and reality

The idea of public space has moved from a critique to an orthodoxy, embraced by most stakeholders as an important part of urban development. In this process, however, it has been co-opted in ways which may be at odds with its earlier ideals. This paper develops a critique of this process of transition, showing how the rhetoric of the public space as a multidimensional space of interaction may be used, but practically targeting the creation of a space of attraction, an instrument of delivering investment and maximizing rewards. The paper examines four areas of this transition in the broad processes of political, economic and cultural transformation, and the gaps between rhetoric and reality in the provision and character of public spaces reflect these processes in concrete ways.

Wie Kulturtransformation in Organisationen gestaltet werden kann

Many change processes in organizations fail or have only limited success because leaders and staff are unable to develop the necessary new attitudes and values. Therefore, a central question in many organizations is how a transformation of organizational culture can be successful. This article describes proven approaches and methods that can effect a profound change in organizational culture. Edgar Schein’s model of cultural transformation plays an important role. He directs the focus to the unconsciously acting basic assumptions and hidden rules of the organization. This deep layer of culture has evolved throughout the history of the organization. Over time it has become self-evident and unconscious. The processes of cultural transformation is about unlearning negative old cultural patterns and learning new ones. Releasing old patterns creates uncertainty and anxiety. Learning new things is only possible when save spaces emerge in which people can engage in new experiences. Very special about the described approach is to work on these unconsciously acting cultural patterns and linking them to all levels of the organization, e.g. structures, roles, and work processes. Still, the focus remains on the people. Only if they are constantly able to behave and act within the patterns of the new culture, a cultural transformation is successful. This article aims to give change agents, leaders, and consultants ideas on how to understand and shape profound cultural transformation processes.

La justicia transicional como proceso de transformación hacia la paz

This article constitutes a contribution to the processes of peace consolidation developed during post-conflict scenarios. In this vein it proposes a path that allows to truly materialize the transformative effect of integral reparations, in particular in traditionally unequal societies, where victims of serious violations of human rights usually are members of the most marginalized and vulnerable groups. It starts from the idea that transitional justice is a process of political, social and cultural transformation, so that the reparation of that sort of violations must be designed and developed in such a way that it contributes to the transformation, avoiding being itself a generatorof new social gaps. Therefore, the classic approach of reparation measures, based on pure corrective justice, must give way to the need to change the structural causes of the conflict and open the way for a transformative reparation founded on a concept of social and distributive justice.

Jaka jest reprezentacja formalna wsi w Polsce? Studium wojewódzkich programów odnowy wsi = What is the formal representation of the rural in Poland? The case of rural renewal programmes

The paper presents results of the research concerning formal representations of the rural in Poland. K. Halfacree’s (2006) research model of rural space was applied. Theoretical framework of the study also comprises debate on defining the rural under post-structuralism and some considerations of rural renewal. The research employed content analysis of rural renewal programmes in Poland. The outcomes were interpreted and discussed in relation to a broader process of socio-economic and cultural transformation and the notion of change in the rural space. It was explained how the formal representation of the rural is created in the rural renewal programmes. The formal representation of the rural in rural renewal programmes does not vary in regional terms, often being chaotic and incoherent. The rural is perceived through rural community and rural space separately, and as a broader concept opposite to the urban. Representation refers to, first and foremost, rural identity. However, it does not specify what defines such identity. It merely reproduces certain tags and slogans about the rural, and thus it is based on the rural myth. It also dissociates itself from agriculture as an economic function, but not as a culture-forming one.

ARTICLE - PHYSICAL EDUCATION, GYMNASTICS, GAMES AND SPORTS IN BRAZIL - THE GERMAN IMPACT

ABSTRACT: This contribution for the dossier Education, health and recreation: historical processes of body education in the Brazilian journal Educação em Revista is based on a long tradition of research in the history of physical education and sport in Germany with respect to the 19th and 20th century. Next to the Swedish model of gymnastics and body education, the German movement of Turnen and gymnastics was very influential and sustainable for the introduction of concepts of systematic body education worldwide. Brazil is one of numerous countries and nations adopting relevant parts of the German body concept of Turnen and gymnastics. There at least two reasons for this process of cultural transfer and transformation. Firstly, the German emigrants who implemented their body experiences including their cultural traditions in their new home countries, and secondly, the elaborate system of didactics and methodic of German gymnastics which were easy to transfer to the educational institutions. This also happened in Brazil.

Tradisi “Berzanjen” Masyarakat Banyuwangi Kajian Resepsi Sastra terhadap Teks al-Barzanji

Abstract: The text of Maulid Al-Barzanji can be considered as an Arabic religious literature. It is a very old text and is still accepted by the society, even in Banyuwangi Society, East Java, the text is very popular. Thus, it obtains a various positive feeds-back from Banyuwangi society. One of the feeds-back is, that it becomes a tradition in the society to read the text when they hold marriage ceremony, a feast for celebrating circumsion, childbirth, and celebration for celebrating the birth of our prophet Muhammad (maulid Nabi). The other feed-back is in the performing art form. Those feeds-back are a manifestation of an Arabi-Islamic cultural transformation process on Banyuwangi society East Java that brings a significant changing in the order of Banyuwangi society culture.

What does it feel like to be post-secular? Ritual expressions of religious affects in contemporary renewal movements

ABSTRACTThis paper seeks to problematise and complexify scholarly accounts of contemporary emotional repression in Western contexts by presenting counterevidence in the form of two examples of post-secular collective affectivity and their ritual expressions. It argues that both narratives of emotional repression and expression fail to capture the non-linear complexity of processes of cultural transformation, which have resulted in the simultaneous expression and repression of ritualistic affects that are products of our evolutionary embodied history. Drawing on insights from affect theory, this paper seeks to illustrate how contingent yet nonetheless residual ritualistic affects have become repressed in the nominally secular public sphere in modernity. This has presented certain obstacles to the open communal display of religious ritual, and, as a corollary, the expression of certain religious affects, which have subsequently re-emerged in post-secular ritual spaces that are both publically private and privately public, carved by contemporary renewal movements. Two of these ‘formations of the post-secular’ are explored here: the Sunday Assembly, a secular church, and Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, an international Pentecostal Deliverance church.

Krop, topografi og kulturelle transformationer – Dansk håndbold som case

This article deals with processes of cultural transformation in general and especially with the transformation from space to place; not only as a mental process but as a bodily practice as well. In this article team handball in Denmark is used as a case, not because of the use of the body as such in this sport, but in order to show that even in sport the body is not solely a body but a medium used as a way of appropriation of a space in order to make it a place. The main point is to show that the body is a crucial part of a cultural settlement in permanent transformation, where the question how to inhabit a place is important.

Cultural Transform di Situs Benteng Putri Hijau

AbstractArchaeology not only describing about the past, but also present. The form of cultural transformation process which describe the process of archaeological record disposition in the post-depositoanal factors, one of example form describe from present. Cultural transformation of archaeological record was found in Benteng Putri Hijau site. Precipitation position of archaeological data and stratigraphy can give information about cultural transformation data and contexts remain found in archaeological deposition.

Proces romanizacije u prvom stoljeću nove ere u unutrašnjosti rimske provincije Dalmacije / The process of Romanisation in the inland of the Roman province of Dalmatia in the 1st century

In contemporary Roman historiography and archaeology the process of Romanisation is studied from two opposite viewpoints. Post-processualists and structuralists usually define Romanisation as a construct of Mommsen’s school of thought, whereas traditionalists believe that the process of Romanisation is one of the evident cultural and political processes that marked the Roman civilisation. For traditionalists it represents a process of cultural transformation that helped indigenous communities to integrate into the Roman Empire. Perhaps the best solution to this problem was offered by Curchin who believes that instead of giving up on the term Romanisation it’s better to deconstruct this term and revise it as a useful descriptor of an important cultural process in the Roman world. The inland of the Roman province of Dalmatia can serve as an exact example of the methodological analysis of the aforementioned historiographical problem. Although the 1 century in Dalmatia was marked by construction undertakings of Publius Cornelius Dolabella, the basic parameters of Romanisation in the inland can be observed not until under the Flavian dynasty. This is the period of first municipia in the inland: municipium Bist(uensium), municipium Malvesiatum, municipium Raetinum, municipium Arupium, municipium Doclea. We observe that local, preRoman aristocracy continues to reign in these municipia as part of the Roman administrative machinery. Therefore, even with Roman citizenship, indigenous elite did not renounce their pre-Roman identity. This can be inferred from epigraphic monuments of decuriones from the abovementioned municipia who, although being granted Roman citizenship, retained onomastic elements of Western Balkans (Illyrian) origin within their nomenclature (Bato, Blodus, Tatta, Epicadus, Laedio , Aplius and Annia). Local aristocracy evidently played a key role in spreading the Roman political power, because it took over the role of military prefects under the Julio Claudian dynasty.