Published Article / Discourse on translation studies is situated in this article outside linguistics, in musical studies. Contextualising and problematising issues when music from African choir culture is translated for non-Africans (Westerners) to perform, the main problem - translation as negotiation - is explored together with notions of hybridity, the 'Third Space', boundaries, identity, authenticity and cultural compatibility within performance contexts. Cultural studies bring to linguistics a wider perspective of translation; how translation studies relate to other disciplines and expressive forms, like music. The researchers argue that translation of African choir music for performance by non-Africans can only be achieved in cultural dialogue.

Orientador: Andrei Koerner / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T14:02:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Baratto_Marcia_M.pdf: 808236 bytes, checksum: 425059d63c908eecee17dfae2b3d3be1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O diálogo intercultural é a designação utilizada para nomear propostas teóricas normativas de direitos humanos que na década de 1990 buscavam fundamentar uma nova universalidade para estes. Para esta abordagem teórica o embate entre universalismo e relativismo cultural deve ser superado. Este trabalho caracteriza e analisa quatro propostas de diálogo intercultural indicando suas possibilidades e limites teóricos do pondo de vista interno destas abordagens. A primeira proposta analisada é a de Abullahi A. An-naim, que busca fortalecer o diálogo entre culturas visando construir uma fundamentação islâmica para os direitos humanos. A segunda é a defendida por Boaventura de Sousa Santos. O autor indica condições para um diálogo intercultural que fundamenta uma perspectiva contra-hegemônica destes. A terceira é a de Charles Taylor, que objetiva indicar às contribuições que a diferença traz para os fundamentos e as normas positivas dos direitos humanos. E, por fim, a proposta de Christopher Eberhard, preocupado com a construção de uma comunidade internacional dos direitos humanos, capaz de manter a diversidade cultural com respeito aos direitos humanos. / Abstract: The Cross-cultural dialogue is the concept used to name many proposed normative in theory of human rights in the 1990s sought to justify a new universal human rights. For this approach the clash between universalism and cultural relativism must be overcome. The purpose of this study is to characterize and examine four proposals for intercultural dialogue as its possibilities and theoretical limits. The first proposal is considered the proposed Abdullahi A. An-na'im, which seeks to strengthen the dialogue between cultures, to build an Islamic basis for human rights. The second proposal is supported by Boaventura de Sousa Santos. The author indicates that conditions for a cross-cultural dialogue moved a counter-hegemonic perspective of human rights. The third proposal is that of Charles Taylor, which aims to indicate the contributions that difference brings to the positive fundamentals and standards of human rights. Finally, the proposed of Christoph Eberhard, concerned with the construction of a human rights community, capable of maintaining cultural diversity on the planet, with respect to human rights. / Mestrado / Estados, Processos Politicos e Organização de Interesses / Mestre em Ciência Política

The purpose of this thesis is to compare the works of contemporary Arab British and Arab American women novelists with a view toward delineating a poetics of the more nascent Arab British literature. I argue that there is a tendency among Arab British women novelists to foreground and advocate trans-cultural dialogue and cross-ethnic identification strategies in a more pronounced approach than their Arab American counterparts who tend, in turn, to employ literary strategies to resist stereotypes and misconceptions about Arab communities in American popular culture. I argue that these differences result from two diverse racialized Arab immigration and settlement patterns on both sides of the Atlantic. Chapter One looks at how Arab British novelist Fadia Faqir's My Name is Salma and Arab American novelist Diana Abu-Jaber's Arabian Jazz define Arabness differently in the light of the precarious position Arabs occupy in ethnic and racial discourses in Britain and in the United States. Chapter Two examines how Arab British women writers Ahdaf Soueif and Leila Aboulela valorize trans-cultural and cross-ethnic dialogues and alliances in their novels The Map of Love and Minaret respectively through engaging with the two (interlocking) strands of feminism in the Arab world: secular and Islamic feminisms. In Chapter Three, I demonstrate how the two novels of Arab American women writers Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent and Laila Halaby's West of the Jordan explore the contradictions of Arab American communities from within and employ strategies of intertextuality and storytelling to subvert stereotypes about Arabs. As this study is interested in exploring the historical and socio-political contexts in which Arab women writers on both sides of the Atlantic produce their work, the conclusion investigates how the two sets of authors have represented, from an Arab perspective, the events of 9/11 and the ensuing war on terror in their novels.

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Este projeto de pesquisa teve como objetivo principal investigar, analisar e interpretar comparativamente processos de patrimonialização e musealização da cultura com vistas à (re)configurar e/ou fortalecer uma identidade iberoamericana. A proposta também teve por finalidade identificar de que forma coleções e/ou exposições de determinada cultura atuam no sentido da comunicação intercultural, de que forma estas ações museais são apreendidas pelo público. A consecução desses objetivos e finalidades deste estudo foi viabilizada por meio da identificação dos instrumentos e estratégias que os museus têm adotado na elaboração e execução de suas atividades de modo a promover diálogos culturais e dar voz às alteridades Por meio da execução deste projeto objetivou-se, também, contribuir para o debate sobre pontos centrais da investigação científica na atualidade, quais sejam: quais os processos que utilizados visando a construção de pontes entre culturas; de que forma a ciência antropológica é (ou pode ser) utilizada como fundamento para as estratégias utilizadas; como as atividades desses museus são apreendidas pelos públicos que os visitam; e de que maneira os museus enfocam a dicotomia nós-outros e se organizam para possibilitar a polifonia cultural. / This research project has the main objective to investigate, to analyse and to interpret comparatively two processes: musealization and been transformed to heritage of the culture with a view to (re)configure and/or strengthen an ibero- American identity. The proposal also aimed to identify how collections and / or exhibitions of a particular culture act towards intercultural communication, how these museological actions are perceived by the public. The achievement of these objectives and purposes of this study was made possible through the identification of the instruments and strategies that museums have adopted in the drafting and execution of their activities in order to promote cultural dialogue and giving voice to otherness Through the implementation of this project aimed to also contribute to the debate on the central points of scientific research today, namely: what processes were used aiming to build \"bridges between cultures\", how the anthropological science is (or can be) used as a basis for the strategies used, how the activities of these museums are apprehended by the public who visit them, and in what way the museums centre its attention on the dichotomy weothers are organized to enable cultural polyphony.

Este projeto de pesquisa teve como objetivo principal investigar, analisar e interpretar comparativamente processos de patrimonialização e musealização da cultura com vistas à (re)configurar e/ou fortalecer uma identidade iberoamericana. A proposta também teve por finalidade identificar de que forma coleções e/ou exposições de determinada cultura atuam no sentido da comunicação intercultural, de que forma estas ações museais são apreendidas pelo público. A consecução desses objetivos e finalidades deste estudo foi viabilizada por meio da identificação dos instrumentos e estratégias que os museus têm adotado na elaboração e execução de suas atividades de modo a promover diálogos culturais e dar voz às alteridades Por meio da execução deste projeto objetivou-se, também, contribuir para o debate sobre pontos centrais da investigação científica na atualidade, quais sejam: quais os processos que utilizados visando a construção de pontes entre culturas; de que forma a ciência antropológica é (ou pode ser) utilizada como fundamento para as estratégias utilizadas; como as atividades desses museus são apreendidas pelos públicos que os visitam; e de que maneira os museus enfocam a dicotomia nós-outros e se organizam para possibilitar a polifonia cultural. / This research project has the main objective to investigate, to analyse and to interpret comparatively two processes: musealization and been transformed to heritage of the culture with a view to (re)configure and/or strengthen an ibero- American identity. The proposal also aimed to identify how collections and / or exhibitions of a particular culture act towards intercultural communication, how these museological actions are perceived by the public. The achievement of these objectives and purposes of this study was made possible through the identification of the instruments and strategies that museums have adopted in the drafting and execution of their activities in order to promote cultural dialogue and giving voice to otherness Through the implementation of this project aimed to also contribute to the debate on the central points of scientific research today, namely: what processes were used aiming to build \"bridges between cultures\", how the anthropological science is (or can be) used as a basis for the strategies used, how the activities of these museums are apprehended by the public who visit them, and in what way the museums centre its attention on the dichotomy weothers are organized to enable cultural polyphony.

This thesis focuses on the socio-cultural and anthropological aspects of Tibetan medicine in contemporary Russia and investigates how Tibetan medicine is practised, consumed and represented in two major Russian cities, Moscow and St Petersburg. It is the first case-study of such kind in the context of Russian culture, as the anthropological aspects of Tibetan medicine in contemporary Russia have not yet been the subject of a systematic research. Up till now, scholarly publications on Tibetan medicine in Russia have dealt either with the translation and textual analysis of ancient Tibetan medical treatises or with the history of the first appearance of Tibetan medicine in Buriatia, the traditionally Buddhist region of Russia, and St Petersburg / Petrograd, paying little attention to contemporary developments and, most importantly, ignoring how Tibetan practitioners and their patients are making sense of Tibetan medicine. Based on twenty four interviews with practitioners and consumers of Tibetan medicine in the two Russian capitals, my research fills in this lacuna by looking at personal experiences, perceptions and accounts of my interviewees and exploring how they adapt Tibetan medicine to their skills, beliefs and ideas. My approach to sources is informed by Iurii Lotman's theory of intercultural communication. Although this theory was developed by Lotman for the analyses of the processes of cultural reception of literary texts, it is also relevant, with some modifications, for the analysis of the process of reception of non-textual cultural forms. The analysis of data collected from interviews with doctors and patients and the textual analysis of media, cinematic and literary sources has revealed two dominant trends and representational techniques. The first trend amounts to representing Tibetan medicine as unique and exotic, while the second trend amounts to the conceiving of Tibetan medicine as Russia's indigenous tradition, a part of Russian history, which had been subverted and suppressed in the Soviet period, yet rediscovered post-1991. Thus, we see here a co-existence of the inter-cultural dialogue between Russian culture and an exotic 'other' and the intra-cultural dialogue with a recently rediscovered part of 'self'. Both trends, which, at first glance, might appear to stand in contradiction to each other, sometimes coexist within a single explanatory narrative. The thesis also focuses on inter-cultural interactions between doctors and patients. It is argued that these interactions take place in the context of a noteworthy sociological and cultural phenomenon that the thesis calls 'mutual counter-adaptation'. Mutual counter-adaptation is the key mechanism used, consciously or spontaneously, by Tibetan doctors and their patients in order to facilitate the process of understanding between the parties involved in an inter-cultural dialogue around Tibetan medicine. The thesis finally reveals how this mutual counter-adaption takes place within a wider Russian cultural and media environment which exploits a set of specific symbols and images in order to make Tibetan medicine comprehensible and attractive to the wider Russian public.

This dissertation investigates the process of translating contemporary African choir music for non-African choirs, as performed by African choirs themselves, in the Gauteng area, and mostly as part of the ‘traditional’ section of their repertoires, through the process of negotiation. The aim of this research is to contextualize relevant material and problematize the issues that arise when the music from an African choir culture is translated for non- African choirs in order for these choirs to perform this music as part of their repertoires. Issues that develop from the contextualization of the main problem of the research, namely translation as negotiation, are problematized and notions of hegemony, identity and cultural relationships are addressed and the compatibility of cultural systems within a performance context is explored. The methodology focuses on fieldwork, processing and publishing of the Choral Music from South Africa Series, a multimedia package of contemporary African choir music, for performance by non-African choirs as published by the researcher. The research is located within the theoretical framework of postcolonial studies, and concepts flowing from the study will be discussed, based on the works by prominent scholars in the field: firstly, the notion of difference, experienced as ‘otherness’, will refer to the world acclaimed work, Orientalism, by Edward Said (1978). Secondly, the notion of change, as expressed by Jean Comaroff (1985), in Body of Power Spirit of Resistance: Culture, Consciousness, and Structural Transformation, as well as thirdly, the negotiational aspect of dialogue between cultures as expressed by Bakhtin (1981) in The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays by M.M. Bakhtin, will be addressed. Fourthly, boundaries and cultural hybridity viewed by Homi Bhabha (1994) as a concept of ‘third space’ in his work The Location of Culture and lastly the impact of commerce and technology on African music with reference to Walter Benjamin (1973), in The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, as well as its significance in/for publication will be explored. The researcher argues that the translation of contemporary African music for choirs can only be brought about by means of cultural dialogue, within cultures and between cultures. / Dissertation (MMus (Music Education))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Music / unrestricted

PhDr. Jana Gombárová Islamic Culture in Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue and its Reflection in the Czech Lands Abstract The general aim of the present Ph.D. thesis is a reflection of Islamic culture within the Euro-Mediterranean multi-cultural dialogue. Its specific aim is a study of reflection of the Arab and Islamic communities in the Czech Republic. The first chapter provides methodological and theoretical analyses of the conceptions of "end of history" by Francis Fukuyama and "clash of civilisations" by Samuel P. Huntington, which provoked a wide and controversial discussion both around the world and in our country. It also provides an analysis of more recent "catastrophic scenarios" (Laqueur, Spencer, Rodrígez, Sarazin). The Islamic culture within the Euro-Mediterranean dialogue and with the history of Barcelona process of cooperation of the European Union with the South- Mediterranean countries, which culminated in founding of the Union for Mediterranean in 2010, are also included in the chapter. Anna Lindh Foundation as a European non- government organisation and its network in the Czech Republic is an object of special interest. The last part of the chapter includes the controversial results of the "Arab Spring" characterized by the rise of Islamists to power. The second chapter is focused on...

本論文從跨國穆斯林教育改革運動與宗教文化對話之角度，研究社會衝突及其可能的解決之道。無論是西方社會，抑或東方社會，都存在著社會衝突及社會缺乏凝聚力等現象，此等現象現在成為公共辯論的核心議題。近年來，這些議題也被認為與穆斯林及其宗教活動相關。面對這類指控與社會問題，伊斯蘭世界以各種不同的方式做出回應。深受土耳其穆斯林思想家法圖拉‧菊稜(M. Fethullah Gülen)之思想及教誨而啟發，發展出的Hizmet全球公民社會運動，即提出了解決前述問題的實務做法，此係本論文內容所研究之主題。 在多元化的社會中，有各種不同的溝通架構與方法可解決衝突。Hizmet運動提倡在不同種族與信仰的環境之間建立新的教育體系與對話管道，並藉此邁向全球和平。Hizmet運動認為，唯有透過教育與對話，不同的社會群體間才有可能發展及維繫其社會的凝聚力，並能由此修補曾引發穆斯林與非穆斯林分裂的社會分歧。 本論文探討了在哈薩克的Hizmet運動，呈現出在哈薩克國家發展的進程中，一小群Hizmet運動的追隨者是如何成功地為國家的發展帶來和諧。並特別研究在後殖民時代的哈薩克，Hizmet運動所設立之學校對教育改革與社會轉型方面所造成的影響。研究顯示，Hizmet運動不僅參與了哈薩克的國家教育計畫，也間接促進了土耳其人與哈薩克人之間的相互了解。土耳其人與當地的哈薩克人，為建立和平共存與文明交集這些目標而共同努力，而在攜手合作的過程中，他們也能更加認識彼此。 本論文有助於對伊斯蘭在中亞突厥語係國家發展之研究，尤其針對自前蘇聯獨立出來之突厥語係國家的改革議題有所助益。除此之外，本論文探討了與教育改革及宗教文化對話之關係，在研究如Hizmet運動般之跨國伊斯蘭運動的同時，也為跨國伊斯蘭運動之研究拓展了新的研究面向。 / The thesis researches on social conflicts and suggests the possible solutions from the perspective of Muslim transnational movement through educational reform and religio-cultural dialogue. The existence of social conflicts and the lack of social cohesion are the core themes of many public debates in both Western and Eastern societies. In recent years these issues have often been linked to Muslim communities and their religious activities. The Islamic response to these allegations and social problems is in various ways. Nevertheless this study concerns the solutions proposed and practiced by the Hizmet Movement, a global civil society inspired by the teachings of Fethullah Gülen, a great contemporary Turkish Muslim thinker. In the pluralistic societies there are different communicational structures and ways of resolution to conflicts. The Hizmet Movement proposes that new education system and dialogues between different races and faiths can establish the bridge to attain global peace, and it suggests only through education and dialogue different societies or communities will maintain social cohesion and mend the social cleavages that divide Muslims and non-Muslims. This thesis examines the Hizmet Movement in Kazakhstan. It reflects how a small group of Hizmet followers successfully bring harmony into the national development in Kazakhstan. It especially investigates the role and impact of Hizmet schools in educational reform and social transmutation of Kazakhstan in the post-colonial period. It also endeavors to show that Hizmet Movement is not only engaged in Kazakhstan national education projects, but also indirectly fosters mutual understanding between the Turkish people and the local Kazakhs in order to work together towards a peaceful coexistence and alliance of civilization. The thesis will contribute to the study of Islam in Central Asia’s Turkic countries, especially the reformation after their independence from the former Soviet-Union. Besides, it brings out a new research dimension of Transnational Islamic movement such as the Hizmet, in the aspect of educational reform and religio-cultural dialogues.