Global Culture Research Articles

Between Hallyu and the Qur’an: Everyday Life of Female Santri in Yogyakarta

The religious expressions of students at an Islamic boarding school, referred to as “santri,” encompassing worship, rituals, and the utilization of religious symbols or texts, unveil a captivating phenomenon showcasing the adeptness of youth in reconciling their Islamic identity with global popular culture. This paper delves into the daily lives of female santris at Pondok Pesantren Sunan Pandanaran in Sleman, Yogyakarta. It examines the creative tensions that confront these santris, who commit the Qur’an to memory while concurrently being avid enthusiasts of Korean popular culture, including K-Pop and K-Drama. For the santris who prioritize memorizing the Qur’an, they are compelled to steer clear of any elements that could impede their concentration. This holds especially true for santris who also indulge in Korean popular culture activities—actions that some deem incongruent with Islamic values. This study discerns that the santris are capable of engaging in both activities concurrently, without perceiving K-Pop as detrimental to their memorization endeavors. By assimilating practices from Korean popular culture and skillfully harmonizing them with their religious traditions, the santris occupy a distinctive position at the confluence of Islam, globalization, and youthfulness. Constituting a pivotal segment of the global populace, they strive to harmonize their religious principles with the influences of an ever-evolving world, all while preserving their youthful spirit.

ELECTRONIC SPORTS (E-SPORTS): A GLOBAL PHENOMENON AFFECTING SPORTS CULTURE

This research presents a comprehensive analysis of the psychological and social impacts of participation in eSports, a global phenomenon that has enriched sports culture. Through a literature review approach, this research explores player motivation, online identity, and the mental health impact of playing intensity. In addition, the research integrates cross-cultural dimensions, discussing the interaction of eSports with cultural values in various societies. The results provide deep insights into the complexity of individuals' experiences of eSports and the central role of online communities in shaping social identities. While this research makes important contributions, the limitations of limited primary data, publication age, and cultural representation must be acknowledged. In conclusion, this research underscores that eSports is not only a growing e-sports phenomenon, but also a significant cultural force, shaping norms and values in contemporary sports culture. This research provides a basis for further understanding and points the way for future research that can broaden the scope and deepen the analysis of the impact of eSports on global sports culture.

The Interaction Between Sports Events and Local Tourism A Case Study of the 2022 Qatar World Cup

The close relationship between major sporting events and tourism has become an essential driver of the global economy and culture. The mutually reinforcing relationship between sports events and tourism has been highlighted over the past few decades, with many countries actively bidding for sporting events to demonstrate their national power and receive investment to upgrade tourism and infrastructure. Major sporting events not only attract international and domestic tourists and raise the profile of the venue, but also contribute to the development and upgrading of infrastructure, bringing a short-term influx of tourists to the local tourism and service industries, as well as contributing to the future development of the tourism industry. Tourism also plays a vital role in bidding for and hosting events, and the development of tourism supports the better running of events, while a well-developed tourism industry also increases the number of spectators for sporting events. Using the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as a case study, this paper discusses explicitly the relationship between sporting events and local tourism and goes on to explore the mutually beneficial relationship between the two.

Seeking Critical Frameworks for Global Majority Theatre

Abstract: The essay advocates for expanding theater studies publications to more effectively engage with global majority epistemologies as core methodologies for analyzing theatrical phenomena. Academic theatre classes often incorporate performance studies paradigms, but most theater programs remain centered around practice-based exercises for acting, directing, designing, and producing Eurocentric theater. Global majority ways of telling stories are either not taught to students or are integrated into curricula in carefully measured doses as alternative approaches to art-making. This essay encourages twenty-first century scholars to more astutely respond to cultural productions based upon vernacular and indigenous ways of theatrical storytelling, arguing that a significant step would be to incorporate more indigenous languages, and perhaps have the journal publish in multiple languages (with translation) to expand the readership. However, even foregrounding text-based performance may be limiting. Many of the aesthetics that underly arts production in global majority cultures are constituted outside of text-based paradigms; they use symbol, myth, sound, gesture, dance language, and music as poetic containers for delivering their messages. They also build from local epistemologies connected to spirituality, religion, or alternative beliefs about the rationale and intention of performance. This essay calls for more time and space devoted to critical analysis of theatre created and performed outside of standard theatre venues, as well as a more nuanced discussion of complex ecosystems that support artistic innovation.

A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON EDUCATION ACROSS CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

This paper examines the topic of education across cultural differences and explores the concept of multicultural education (ME) to address the challenges and benefits of cultural diversity in educational institutions. The paper begins by acknowledging the increasing diversity in societies due to factors such as globalization, immigration, and intermarriage, emphasizing the need for cooperation and understanding among nations, peoples, and education; in addition, to highlighting the understandings and contributions of multicultural education, including instilling cultural sensitivity, embracing diversity, and nurturing appreciation of diverse ethnocultural heritage among students. It discusses how multicultural education helps develop a positive mindset, cultural navigation skills, and a global mindset, reducing discrimination, racial abuse, and culture shock while increasing opportunities for employment, education, and settlement in other countries. However, the paper also acknowledges critiques of multicultural education. These include concerns about it being a barrier to quality education for students from minority groups, the potential loss of students' cultural identities, and the argument that it overly emphasizes culture at the expense of intellectual development. The paper discusses the role of critical multiculturalism, intersectionality, critical literacy, and critical race theory in addressing education inequality. These theories advocate for equal resource distribution, recognition of intersecting identities, cultural inclusion, and challenging structural racism. The paper concludes that while multicultural education has its advantages and critiques, these theories offer valuable perspectives for creating a more inclusive and equitable educational system. By incorporating a multicultural perspective, education can better cater to diverse students and foster a more just society.Keywords: critical multiculturism, critical literacy, educational institutions, multicultural education, diversity, individualdifferences, multiculturalism, cultural pluralism, cultural diversity, cultural overlap, immigration, race, religion, gender.

"Blood is Stronger than Class": Daniel Patrick Moynihan's Global Culture of Poverty

"Blood is Stronger than Class": Daniel Patrick Moynihan's Global Culture of Poverty

A Contemporary Approach to Traditional Handicrafts in the Context of Globalization

As traditional handicrafts face the two-way demand of inheritance and industrialization, globalization brings both opportunities and challenges. How can traditional handicrafts characterized by localization be protected and fully developed in the exchange of cultural globalization? While stepping out of the local context to intervene in cultural exchanges without maintaining locality. This article takes the embroidery of sachets in Qingyang, Gansu as an example, combines the problems and coping strategies faced in the globalization process of embroidery of sachets in Qingyang, Gansu, and analyzes the contemporary shortcuts contained therein, including cultural production and modernization at the national level. The need for interaction, the need to highlight cultural differences at the national level and the interoperability of "life narratives" at the human level, thereby demonstrating the inherent potential of the traditional handicrafts represented by Qingyang sachets to intervene in globalization and sustainable development.

Childfree dalam Perkawinan Perspektif Hak Asasi Manusia dan Maqashid Asy-Syari’ah Hifdz An-Nasl

The purpose of this study is to collaborate the phenomenon of Childfree in the midst of modern society and how the perspective of Human Rights and Maqashid Ash-Sharia Hifdz An-Nasl in responding to this phenomenon. Childfree shows a cultural sign that allows marriage but supports not having children. Although Indonesia has a relatively high birth rate, problems with globalization, economic difficulties, and foreign cultures lead to certain people's beliefs that marriage does not have to have children. This research uses qualitative research to describe reality systematically with accurate preparation. The results showed that there are differences of opinion regarding the phenomenon of childfree, Human Rights Perspectives Every person or couple has a personal right to decide when and how many children they want, including the choice to become childfree. No other person or entity shall prohibit this right. And the perspective of Maqashid Ash-Sharia Hifdz An-Nasl safeguards offspring (Hifdzun nasl), as Allah Almighty commands his people, through marriage that seeks to follow the sunnah of the Prophet and abstain from adultery. This is mentioned in Q.S. An-Nisa verse 3. Thus, having offspring in Islam is a recommendation. Remembering that every married couple has the right to choose not to have children.

IDEOLOGIZATION OF MBRAKAH IN MAINTAINING INDONESIA SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM: Extracting From Pesantren’s Values and Prophetic Tradition

Originally, mbrakah was a practice of food combining or food custom for spiritual purposes. The mbrakah tradition also can be categorized as 'food fashion.' In the global academic discourse, food culture and spirituality are important issues with strong traditional roots in Sufism and prophetic traditions, especially in Sufism. Particularly, mbrakah is even more unique because it is rooted in Sufism traditions and early Islamic norms and has been in dialogue with local wisdom, namely Indonesian Culture and, more specifically, Pesantren culture. One of the oldest Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia. In this article, We conceptualize that the mbrakah tradition does not merely stop as a food-combining tradition only carried out for personal interests. Based on the literature review, we argue that mbrakah can be transformed from theology to food ideology. Although the ideology referred to in the article is not an ideology in a complex sense, it can be a way of thinking and manifested into a movement and shared awareness about the importance of successful food diversification for food security during food problems in Indonesia. Mbrakah is a local culture and holds a religious dimension that many researchers consider, and it has the potential to be highly effective as a transformative movement.

Space Connected, Emotion Shared: Investigating Users of Digital Chinese Cultural Heritage

Empowered by the Internet and digital technology, Chinese cultural heritage can intuitively convey its historical stories and share its esthetic art with online users via “social + intelligence + sharing.” Using a survey (N = 783) and semi structured interview (N = 20), adapting and extending the theoretical framework of the third space and interactive ritual chain, this paper analyzes online users’ perceptions, emotions, and actions toward digital Chinese cultural heritage. The results indicate that the technology-enabled communication of digital cultural heritage can construct a kind of third cultural space (immersion & interculturality) where the interactive ritual chain can continuously drive and superimpose online users’ emotional energy. Such emotional energy is a kind of common human emotion that can transcend nationalities. During this process, traditional Chinese culture, popular culture, and global culture are connected.

Black South African Middle-Class Engagements with Social Media and Digitised Food Cultures

Abstract The tastes and consumption patterns of the black middle class of South Africa have long been of interest to both media and researchers. The majority of this interest has been disproportionately focused on the lower end of the black middle class, with few researchers exploring the black middle class as bona fide bearers of cultural capital or how they legitimise their cultural capital and social status. Prevailing perceptions portray a homogenous, irresponsible, vapid, shallow and materialistic group obsessed with status. Based on a study which took a phenomenological exploration of the black middle class’s negotiation of ‘self’ and identity, this paper presents an analysis of how members of the contemporary black middle class of South Africa use social media; food narratives; and messages about taste, culinary skill, and food knowledge to craft empowering self-images. Focusing on two compelling performances—‘eating without food’ and ‘the cultured palate’ (my terms)—I draw attention to the complex ways in which this group navigate classed and racialised worlds. The analysis reveals that by developing what may seem to be unremarkable performative acts related to eating, preparing, and displaying food, members of the black middle class craft group identity and create ‘selves’ that reveal ingenuity and thoughtful knowledge about food, taste, global culture and their classed and racialised social positions.

Ethnographic Analysis of Nexus about Migration and Culture in Global Perspective

Labour migration from India to Gulf countries is the result of the consequence of globalization by process, determinants and consequences in the first century. Therefore, the present study is based on the study of the nexus of migration and culture in the context of labour migration from Uttar Pradesh to Gulf countries under an ethnographic approach through conducting field works in Uttar Pradesh as root, Mumbai as transit destination and United Arab Emirates as the international destination from November 2017 to December 2019. The findings of the study show that there is an interconnection between internal and international migration by penetration of globalization of culture of migration from Uttar Pradesh to the Gulf via Mumbai. These consequences developed as a safe zone concept of migration due to the depth penetration of cultural migration from Uttar Pradesh. The consequences of the safe zone concept may be defined as the depth penetration of the culture of migration from India to Gulf countries as the consequence of globalization.

DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS MODERATION IN NORTH SUMATERA COMMUNITIES BY STRENGTHENING CROSSCULTURAL COMMUNICATION BASED ON LOCAL WISDOM VALUES

<p class="07AbstrakInggris">The application of religious moderation using a cultural approach and local wisdom is very necessary because of the multicultural conditions of the North Sumatera region then there was the ambush of modernization and the presence of global culture hegemony. While the cultural approach and local wisdom can be done by using cross-cultural communication to avoid conflicts between different cultural groups And also maintain harmony between cultural groups. This study aims to determine the understanding of the people of North Sumatra on religious moderation and to find out the local wisdom that exists in the people of North Sumatra in line or not with the concept of religious moderation. This research uses qualitative methods with a descriptive approach, data wascollected using unstructured interviews and documentation. The determination of informants is carried out using purposive sampling techniques. The data analysis process is carried out by reducing data, presenting data and verifying. The results of the research showed that the people of North Sumatera Utara understand religious moderation through tolerance and harmony among religious people and among the values of local wisdom that exist in the people of North Sumatera is in line with the concept of religious moderation pioneered by the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, this has beeb proven by the culture that exists in North Sumatera since a long time ago has embraced an attitude of tolerance and harmony in carrying out daily life so as to create a harmonious relationship among the existing diversity.</p>

Novel sandwich immunoassay detects a shrimp AHPND-causing binary PirABVp toxin produced by Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

The binary PirA/PirB toxin expressed by Vibrio parahaemolyticus (PirABVp) is a virulent complex that causes acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimps, affecting the global shrimp farming industry. AHPND is currently diagnosed by detecting pirA and pirB genes by PCR; however, several V. parahaemolyticus strains do not produce the two toxins as proteins. Thus, an immunoassay using antibodies may be the most effective tool for detecting toxin molecules. In this study, we report a sandwich ELISA-based immunoassay for the detection of PirABVp. We utilized a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibody library to select scFvs against the PirA or PirB subunits. Phage display panning rounds were conducted to screen and identify scFv antibodies directed against each recombinant toxin subunit. Selected scFvs were converted into IgGs to develop a sandwich immunoassay to detect recombinant and bacterial PirABVp. Antibodies produced as IgG forms showed sub-nanomolar to nanomolar affinities (KD), and a pair of anti-PirA antibody as a capture and anti-PirB antibody as a detector showed a limit of detection of 201.7 ng/mL for recombinant PirABVp. The developed immunoassay detected PirABVp in the protein lysates of AHPND-causing V. parahaemolyticus (VpAHPND) and showed a significant detectability in moribund or dead shrimp infected with a VpAHPND virulent strain compared to that in non-infected shrimp. These results indicate that the developed immunoassay is a reliable method for diagnosing AHPND by detecting PirABVp at the protein level and could be further utilized to accurately determine the virulence of extant or newly identified VpAHPND in the global shrimp culture industry.

Концепция цифровой игры С. Эдвардс в контексте культурно-исторической парадигмы

<p>The article presents an analysis of the works of S. Edwards devoted to the development of a holistic concept of digital play in the tradition of the Cultural-Historical Scientific School. The main difficulties are connected with the transformation of the idea of mediation into the context of digital technologies. We analyzed the understanding of the idea of mediation in the works of L.S. Vygotsky, A.N. Leontiev, Y. Engeström\. On the basis of the studies of O.K. Tikhomirov, O.V. Rubtsova, S.A. Smirnov, G. Rückriem and studied how the concept of mediation can be transformed in the era of digital technologies. We also analyzed the transformation of the key concepts of the cultural-historical psychology in the works of S. Edwards, such as children's play. The contemporary children's play reflects the processes of digitalization and cultural globalization of contemporary childhood. S. Edwards introduces the concept of convergent play as the leading activity of contemporary children. Convergent play is characterized by the blurring of boundaries between traditional and digital play and the integration of digital technologies into the daily lives of children. The author argues that it is necessary to create a holistic concept of digital play corresponding to the cultural-historical tradition.</p>

Exploration of Chinese Film and Television Paths under the Influence of the Globalization of Japanese Film and Television Culture Taking Hachi: A Dogs Tale as an Example

In the background of globalization, the development of the Internet and media has brought countries around the world closer together, and cultural communication has become more frequent. Japanese film culture is also playing a more important role around the world. This article takes the Chinese version of the film Hachi: A Dogs Tale adapted from the Japanese screenplay as an example, combines the relationship between structure and events, globalization theory and localization theory, and takes the localized adaptation of this film as the starting point to discuss the enlightenment of Japanese film and television culture to the development direction of Chinese film and television from multiple perspectives such as casting and location. It will talk about relevant policies, cultivating talents, and maintaining innovative practices from the aspects of government, enterprises and individuals, as well as the importance of maintaining cultural uniqueness in the process of localization, and finally provide new ideas for the development of Chinas film industry.

DAMPAK GLOBALISASI KEBUDAYAAN TERHADAP PERUBAHAN PERILAKU WANITA DI INDONESIA

This research discusses the impact of cultural globalization on changes in women's behavior in Indonesia. Globalization is often seen as a competition for business, economics and technological sophistication. In fact, behind everything in globalization it has targeted all aspects of people's lives in Indonesia, including culture. Globalization has had an influence on changes in behavior in society, especially women. Many women have become victims of cultural changes due to the new culture. As a result, many women (Muslim women) are trapped in the mire of globalization; caught up in the current of feminism, human rights, LGBT, giving birth to a culture shock that has destroyed the spirit of women. This research is a literature review where the author uses books, journals and the results of expert analyzes in thought studies and discussions published in scientific works. This research has useful value that is very relevant for improving current conditions which are complicated by the challenges and threats of globalization technology. Among the solutions recommended by the author in this research is that Muslim women can be more alert and not easily trapped in the cultural traps of globalization such as fashion traps, life style, free sex and human rights and technology traps. The author recommends that women can be more active in seeking knowledge and can re-understand their qadrat in maintaining their spirit and nature and become the front guard in family defense.

Between Breaking Bad and Big Brother: Social Class and Television Preferences in Croatia

This article addresses TV preferences as a marker of class divisions both as a type of embodied cultural capital and as a pattern of consumption within the local and global cultural structure in Croatia. Data analysis is extracted from the survey ‘Social Stratification in Croatia: Structural and Subjective Aspects’, conducted on a nationally probabilistic sample of adult Croatian citizens. Factor analysis discovered two main dimensions of television preferences: reality spectacle and foreign fiction preferences, which were recognised as indicators of localised and globalised culture preferences. Further analysis established that these factors are also structured along the class positions of the respondents. Using multiple regression analysis, data suggest the conclusion that the working class prefers TV content in the domestic language and heavy on popular entertainment programming (soap operas, talent, and reality shows). However, the dominant class repudiate ‘lowbrow’ TV content, which highlights class divisions in the cultural field. The analysis sheds light not only on how class positions structure these preferences but also on the important role of age, gender, and music taste play in the formation of television preferences.

Aesthetic conflict in Chinese traditional music in the aspect of the contemporary globalization processes

Statement of the problem. In the conditions of globalization, art becomes the result of the interaction of many factors, artistic cooperation and competition within the framework of the formation and functioning of artistic communities. The world of traditional Chinese music provides an excellent opportunity to study how members of the artistic community respond to the differences brought about by the processes of globalization. Therefore, consideration of the aesthetic conflict in traditional Chinese music, which arises in the context of globalizing world processes, appears as a topical issue and determines the content of this article. The theoretical basis of this article refers to works devoted to the study of the concept of globalization in art and culture. The analysis of publications on the topic show that the issue of globalization as a dynamic factor of the Chinese musical culture has not been extensively studied, while it is acknowledged that the influence of European music on Chinese one has always contributed to the formation of a certain aesthetic conflict. Objectives, methods, and novelty of the research. The purpose of the study is to highlight the specifics of the development of Chinese traditional musical culture in the context of the conflict of acceptance/rejection of the globalization influences of Western culture. For the first time, the concept of aesthetic conflict as a means of dynamic progressing Chinese musical art in the context of the globalization of the cultural space is considered. As research instruments, historical and comparative, hermeneutic, interpretive, and dialectical methods are used. Research results. The article highlights three forms of changes that cultural globalization can introduce to the world of art: – creation of conditions for the transnational circulation of works and forms of art for the construction of completely new artistic concepts; – the accumulation of modern trends, namely new techniques and approaches to artistic production, in the concrete artistic world; – cases of global aesthetic influences, where ideologies and values can guide the creation of an artistic object and form criterions for defining what can be considered authentic and appropriate for a certain culture. Regular influences from the West contributed to the fact that Chinese traditional music culture began to develop from the positions of either adapting to these influences or resisting new trends in the interpretation of musical culture. From this follows the conclusion that cultural globalization is not only a process brought from outside, but also a reality that is actively created by the subjects who are involved in it. Among the transformations of Chinese musical art in the process of globalization, the ways of formation of “Chinese traditional music” are considered as a response to the integration of Western influences. Conclusion. In the course of the research, it was found that the aesthetic conflict in Chinese musical culture was formed by the way of integrating cultural resources, which is due to globalization processes and leads to the state of coexistence of different types of cultures. Such coexistence indicates the acceptance of multiculturalism by musicians in the era of globalization, when the latter creates a context for the emergence of aesthetic conflict as a means of overcoming the perception of only one culture. It is emphasized that the focus on the preservation of identity of the Chinese musical culture actualizes the option of glocalization as a means of preserving one’s own in multicultural conditions.

초등학교 체육교과 세계민속무용 영역 내용 분석

Objectives The primary objective of this study is to investigate the significance of cultural education within the domain of world folk dance as integrated into primary school physical education curricula. Methods The study applied open coding, axial coding and selective coding techniques rooted in grounded theory principles. The analysis encompassed eight distinct primary school physical education textbooks tailored for fifth-grade students, specifically focusing on the segment dedicated to folk expression through world folk dance. The research involved categorizing content by the countries of origin, dance types, and specific dance composi-tions, encompassing a comprehensive scope of 20 nations and 38 distinct dance works featured in these textbooks. This analysis aimed to delve into the realm of folk expression while concurrently examining its relation-ship with cultural education, with a particular focus on discerning patterns and characteristics within the realm of folk dance. Through the autoethnography as a qualitative methodology, this study connects the concepts of dia-spora and cultural hybridity. It explores diaspora space appeared in diaspora festivals and the world festivals that include folk dances. Results The analysis of primary school physical education textbooks reveals three fundamental aspects of cultural education such as cultural identity, cultural diversity and cultural hybridity within the context of world folk dance. First, Cultural Identity: World folk dance serves as a conduit for students to connect with and express their cultural heritage. It provides a platform for celebrating one’s cultural identity through physical movement. Second, Cultural Diversity: The inclusion of folk dances from diverse nations exposes students to the rich tapestry of global cultures. This exposure fosters an appreciation for the diversity of human traditions, promoting tolerance and understanding. Finally, Cultural Hybridity: Some folk dances exhibit characteristics of cultural hybridity, where di-verse cultural influences merge to create unique dance forms. This aspect underscores the dynamic nature of culture and the interconnectedness of different societies. Conclusions The study highlights the significance of world folk dance in primary school physical education curric-ula, particularly for fifth-grade students. World folk dance serves as a valuable tool for enhancing students’ non-verbal expressive abilities through physical movements, simultaneously deepening their comprehension of diverse cultural perspectives. By framing world folk dance as an integral facet of culture, the research encourages educators to provide optimal opportunities for students to engage in meaningful expression activities within the realm of cultural education. The integration of world folk dance into primary school physical education curricula enriches students’ cultural experiences and aligns with broader goals such as cultural identity, cultural diversity and cultural hybridity.