Use Of Cultural Values Research Articles

In the midst of the water crisis: language and resistance in Flint

ABSTRACT Because racism is permanently woven into the fabric of American society, the fight for Black equality and liberation is a constant struggle of resistance. Traditionally, a strong method of resistance utilized by oppressed people has been the use of language. Language is a form of symbolic power, a political force utilized to empower those who make use of it. Language is far more than just use of words, however; it is the way meaning is provided to communication. Using data collected from an ethnographic study of school board meetings, this paper will discuss how the educational community of Flint, Michigan, uses language to resist current socioeconomic and sociopolitical oppressions, specifically focusing on their resistance to the Flint water crisis. The findings of this research show that Flint educational members use features of African American Language to resist social, political, economic, and educational oppressions and injustices. Especially evident is their use of cultural values, community consciousness, and field dependency.

MENGKRITISI MODEL KONSELING BERBASIS BUDAYA NUSANTARA: MODEL KIPAS

The presence of the KIPAS model is an effort to strengthen the dignity of Indonesian counselors and counselors who have been oriented towards western culture. Western culture which is clearly incompatible with our culture, Nusantara culture which adheres to eastern culture. The attraction of the BK Model KIPAS is the use of cultural values as the basis for implementing BK services, thus giving rise to an enlightenment in the implementation of BK services in the archipelago. This gives an enthusiasm and hope that the idea of a counseling model based on this archipelago culture will be accepted now and especially in the future. The model is an acronym for KIPAS, which is intensive and progressive counseling that is adaptive to structure. The existence of the KIPAS model will be able to answer problems that occur such as the many unresolved student problems and improvements to the image of BK in society. So far, we have seen that the implementation of counseling guidance services in schools in Indonesia has become something students dislike. As a new model in the world of BK, of course it cannot be separated from the strengths or strengths and weaknesses or weaknesses of the KIPAS model itself. The KIPAS model should accommodate all cultures in Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke.

Refungsionalisasi Nilai-nilai Budaya Buton Sebagai Resolusi Kerawanan Sosial di Kota Baubau

This article is the research on re-functionalization of Buton cultural values ​​in overcoming social vulnerability in the City of Baubau, and the strategy to re-function Buton cultural values ​​as a preventive measure in overcoming social vulnerability. The research is used qualitative research. The scope area of this research was in Baubau City, as well as the center of the linkage of the heir groups where the values of the Buton sultanate are longer exist but frequently less practiced. Data collection techniques carried out by collection, arrangement, and in-depth interviews. The well-heeled and complexity of cultural values of Buton will be the source of vigorous society which are dynamic and more challenging in future comings. Within the framework of the renewal the past values and the attachment of the upcoming values come from the values of ethnicity that breathe in Baubau city. Thus, to perform the revitalization is an urgency through the mechanism of activating the role of cultural villages, the use of cultural values in the schools’ curriculum particularly for beginner level in the terms of to mold their cultural foundation, the strengthening of pre-existing Buton’s cultural institutions. These are involving with the key cultural components are Regional regulations (Perda). Further, they will be used to unearth the flexibility of the cultural values ​​of Buton for future reference through the deepening of cultural values consciousness, in the sense of facing the threatened by the emergence of outsider values influences, the expansion of pop cultures, the distrust on the class antagonism and the other possibility of disturbance the authentic of cultural values.

Design and Delivery of a Novel EQF Professional Profile in the Heritage Sector: The Approach of the South East Europe Territorial Cooperation Project “SAGITTARIUS”

SAGITTARIUS “Launching (g)local level cultural heritage entrepreneurship: strategies and tools to unite forces, safeguard the place, mobilize cultural values, deliver the experience”, is an ongoing Project within the SOUTH EAST EUROPE TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME 2007-2013, Priority 4.3 “Use of Cultural Values for Development”. SAGITTARIUS advances the socio-economic development of the territory in the Project Area by communicating the values of heritage to a wide range of different audiences from stakeholders to international visitors: from natural monuments and ecosystems to sites and collections, from the arts to traditions and handicrafts heritage is valued, protected, communicated and used with ecologic, economic and social profit. The aim of SAGITTARIUS is to effectively communicate cultural heritage values of 110 rural and urban assets across the Project intervention area ton on-captives audiences in an entertaining and participatory way. A novel EQF professional profile has been designed for basic interpretive skills addressing graduates form humanities, economy and architecture. The profile precedes an e-and in situ Course, ‘GOLDEN BOW’, aiming to facilitate knowledge transfer required to optimize understanding and assist the presentation of information in a manner that encourages learner activities, ensuring permanent results. The main objective is to create an educational tool to deliver professional skills in Heritage Interpretation and create a pool of certified individuals with increased capacities to use cultural values for development.

Vanity, fashion leadership, and self-consciousness among South Korean male and female college students

The purpose of this study was to compare vanity and self-consciousness between fashion leaders and fashion followers and genders among South Korean college students (280 women; 120 men; mean age=21.77) who completed scales measuring vanity, public self-consciousness, private self-consciousness and fashion innovativeness and opinion leadership. Women scored higher than men on vanity physical appearance concern, vanity physical appearance view, public self-consciousness and private self-consciousness. Fashion leaders scored higher than fashion followers on public self-consciousness, private self-consciousness and all four dimensions of vanity. Participants who scored high (vs. low) in public self-consciousness scored higher on all four dimensions of vanity. Similarly, participants who scored high (vs. low) in private self-consciousness scored higher on all four dimensions of vanity. The current research supported use of cultural values as a conceptual framework within which to investigate consumer behaviour and provided support for the cross-cultural applicability of social comparison theory.

Mohou rozdíly v laickém chápání zdraví vysvětlit rozdíly v subjektivním zdravotním stavu mezi statusovými skupinami?

The author reviews the theory of socio-economic inequality in health and concludes that the use of cultural values to explain the ubiqui- tous association between the socio-economic standing (SES) of individuals and their health is becoming increasingly prominent. Inspired by this, the author examines whether and to what extent several aspects of lay knowl- edge about and attitudes towards health can explain the social gradient in subjective health in Central and Eastern Europe. The author uses data from the second round of the European Social Survey and limits the analysis to data from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The data show that while there is a strong relationship between education and subjec- tive health and also a relationship between education and various measures of lay knowledge about health, beliefs about health are only very weakly re- lated to subjective health and thus fail to account for its dependence on SES. The author concludes that this may be the result of reciprocal causation be- tween lay knowledge and subjective health. More enhanced research designs would be required in order to gain a better empirical evaluation of the causal relationships between SES, lay knowledge, and health.

Multinational corporation advertising and cultural imperialism: A content analysis of Indian television commercials

This paper addresses the question as to what degree Western cultural imperialism can be considered to be propagated through TV advertising in India. It discusses dependency theory with respect to cultural imperialism, and presents a brief history of the entry and growth of multinational corporations in India. Furthermore, the study examines the use of cultural values and the application of Western icons in advertisements of multinational corporations and solely Indian owned businesses. The results highlight specific differences and the varying degree of importance attached to different cultural values in India and the West. Finally, it argues that cultural imperialism is a dated concept for today's media, and calls for a re‐evaluation of dependency theory in the light of new technological advances.

Black and white response to culturally targeted television commercials: A values‐based approach

AbstractThis study examines the effect of four national television advertisements for product category leader brands. These ads were developed expressly for black consumers. Through the use of cultural values, responses to ethnic or subculturally oriented marketing communication was measured. Two hundred and seventy one black and white respondents were drawn from a large urban, mid‐western city and a midsize deep‐south city. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to determine the differences between responses to each advertisement by black versus white respondents. The study confirmed the results that black respondents display a more positive affect toward a commercial message featuring black actors than do comparable whites.