This study is on the influence of Biblical teaching and church participation on marital commitment and adjustment of Evangelical intercultural couples of Filipinas with North American Caucasian husbands. The project is based on literature research and fieldwork. Consideration was given to literature on intercultural marriage, Biblical theology on intercultural marriage, and on pertinent Philippine and North American mainstream cultural values. The sample in the field research consists of 23 couples. Each spouse was interviewed by phone for one hour. Thus, 46 one-hour interviews were conducted that included assessment of demographic and church activity data; levels of the couples' marital commitment and adjustment, and a personal interview. The study found that Biblical teaching functioned as a constraining force against divorce, as the principle for unconditional sacrificial love, and as a guiding principle in dealing with differences and adjustments. It was the foundation on which the couples attempted to establish common values for their marriage life. Joint church participation that is adequate gave them a sense of extended family; a sense of being rooted and belonging together as a couple and their children; and spiritual nurture. It helped establish a common Evangelical Christian identity, regardless of their diverse cultures or previous religious backgrounds. The study also points to potential improvements for churches in ministering to intercultural couples. / PRACTICAL THEOLOGY / DTH (PRACTICAL THEOLOGY)

This study is on the influence of Biblical teaching and church participation on marital commitment and adjustment of Evangelical intercultural couples of Filipinas with North American Caucasian husbands. The project is based on literature research and fieldwork. Consideration was given to literature on intercultural marriage, Biblical theology on intercultural marriage, and on pertinent Philippine and North American mainstream cultural values. The sample in the field research consists of 23 couples. Each spouse was interviewed by phone for one hour. Thus, 46 one-hour interviews were conducted that included assessment of demographic and church activity data; levels of the couples' marital commitment and adjustment, and a personal interview. The study found that Biblical teaching functioned as a constraining force against divorce, as the principle for unconditional sacrificial love, and as a guiding principle in dealing with differences and adjustments. It was the foundation on which the couples attempted to establish common values for their marriage life. Joint church participation that is adequate gave them a sense of extended family; a sense of being rooted and belonging together as a couple and their children; and spiritual nurture. It helped establish a common Evangelical Christian identity, regardless of their diverse cultures or previous religious backgrounds. The study also points to potential improvements for churches in ministering to intercultural couples. / PRACTICAL THEOLOGY / DTH (PRACTICAL THEOLOGY)

Au moment où les territoires périurbains se transforment rapidement sous l’impulsion des stratégies de développement de l’industrie immobilière, les préoccupations sociales en matière de qualité des paysages et des cadres de vie se font de plus en plus grandes. Devant ces enjeux, les actions aménagistes privilégient le plus souvent des solutions à partir d’un regard « expert » généralement étranger aux demandes sociales en présence. Devant l’insuffisance des connaissances des regards citoyens, il y a une urgence à développer des méthodes originales aptes à révéler ce savoir local. Une enquête menée à l’automne 2009 à Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, sur la Rive-Sud de Montréal, révèle la pertinence d’une approche anthropologique sous-utilisée et novatrice en particulier pour les recherches en aménagement : celle du « récit-parcours ». Permettant un accès privilégié aux récits ancrés aux lieux de vies, cette méthode a permis de susciter des discours singuliers et collectifs sur le territoire, de révéler des propos sur les imaginaires portés sur la ville et d’offrir un espace d’expression des préoccupations, des valorisations et des aspirations des résidants. Les résultats de l’enquête à cet effet sont concluants : ce que nous révèlent les résidants de par leurs expériences vécues des lieux et leurs cheminements spatiaux est incontestablement riche et pertinent pour la compréhension des enjeux collectifs d’un milieu. Les logiques existantes derrière les transformations de ces territoires bénéficieraient grandement de ce savoir localisé, complexe et ingénieux dont dispose les résidants de la géographie, de l’environnement, de l’urbanisation et des caractéristiques sociales de leur ville. Ce faisant, le territoire change alors de statut : d’un objet d’évaluation experte, il devient une mise en scène dynamique où s’inscrivent des fragments significatifs d’histoires faisant référence à l’expérience du vécu quotidien, mais aussi, à la potentialité des lieux. Par le biais d’une telle démarche et en conjonction avec des méthodes participatives, il devient possible d’engager une véritable réflexion plurielle envers l’avenir des territoires périurbains, en résonance avec les aspirations locales. / While suburbs are being transformed at an alarming rate, under the pressures of the Real estate industry’s development strategies, social concerns regarding the quality of life and the resulting landscapes are currently on the rise. With these challenges to bear, stakeholders usually employ solutions from an "expert" perspective that remain impervious to existing social conditions and demands. Given the lack of knowledge from the citizens’ perspectives, there is an urgent need for developing novel methods that are capable of bringing forth this local knowledge. A survey conducted in fall 2009 with residents of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, on the south shore of Montreal, revealed the strength of an under-used and innovative method: the go-along. This method has demonstrated a particularly interesting technique to grasp the way dwellers qualify, imagine, value and move through their locality. Allowing privileged access to biographies and giving rise to improvised paths, the method has enabled placed-based narratives and has lead to an opening for expressing concerns, valuations and aspirations of citizens towards their community. In doing so, landscapes shift from expert evaluation to a dynamic scene where significant fragments of individual stories are told in relation to the experience of places in the everyday life. The study results conclude that the residents’ narratives and knowledge are undeniably rich and relevant to comprehending collective landscape issues and values. The existing logics and processes behind suburban landscape transformations would highly benefit from the collective wealth of dwellers’ extensive, situated and complex knowledge of the city’s geography, politics, economy and sociology. Furthermore, it can lead way to community participatory projects engaging multiple actors within a collective multifaceted reflection on the future of suburbs and the actions that should be taken towards a better future.

Cette thèse étudie la culture d’entreprise occidentale et la culture nationale gabonaise en tant que déterminants des valeurs culturelles au travail, des stratégies de négociation, de l'engagement au travail, et les risques psychosociaux (absentéisme et présentéisme). Les données quantitatives et qualitatives ont été recueillies auprès des salariés gabonais exerçant au sein entreprises occidentales. Globalement, la culture nationale et la culture d’entreprise occidentale sont différentes. Dès lors, les salariés orientés vers les valeurs culturelles nationales soutiennent moins la culture d’entreprise occidentale. Inversement, ceux qui soutiennent la culture d’entreprise occidentale appliquent moins leur culture nationale. Le choix de l’une des cultures dépendrait de leurs valeurs individuelles, et de leurs stratégies de négociation.De plus, la culture d’entreprise occidentale freine l’absentéisme et favorise l’engagement au travail. Cependant, elle présente aussi des risques, car elle favorise directement et indirectement le présentéisme au travail via l’engagement au travail. Finalement, les problèmes que pose l’interculturalité dans l’environnement professionnel sont toujours d’actualité. Ils détériorent les conditions de travail et mettent à mal le bien-être des salariés. Les conflits qui en découlent sont souvent mal gérés et semblent s’amplifier par des incompréhensions dues aux différences culturelles. / This dissertation studies Western corporate culture and Gabonese national culture, as determinants of workplace cultural values, negociation strategies, workplace engagement, and psychosocial risks (absenteeism, and presenteeism).Quantitative and qualitative date were collected among Gabonese workers of western corporate.Overall, national culture and Western corporate culture different. Workers who support their national culture are less exposed to Western culture. Gabonese embracing Western culture are less tempted to support their national culture. The choice of one culture depends on their individual values, and on their negociation strategies.Moreover, Western corporate culture affects negatively absenteesism, and positively workplace engagement. However, it has some risks as it influences directly and indirectly presenteeism via workplace engagement. Finally, issues of interculturality in professional environment remain recurrent. These problems lead to the deterioration of not only working conditions, but also the well-being of workers. The conflicts that are generated, are mostly mismanaged. They are worsened off because of misunderstanding due to different cultures.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:34:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciana Oliveira Barbosa.pdf: 2733797 bytes, checksum: cbdd885dfba184ac3749332ee47f6992 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05-05 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo / This research paper is within the area of Critical Discourse Analysis and deals with different versions (original, translated, adapted and retold) of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Our main goal is to observe cultural changes in this fairy tale occurred in the Brazilian context. We expect to contribute to Brazilian studies of identity through discourse. The specific goals of this work are: to confront different Brazilian versions of the tale Sleeping Beauty to verify the differences that build the fairy tale; to examine social roles that appear in these versions; focus on cultural values that emerge from these social roles represented by the fairy tale s characters in each version, and, search for traces of the Brazilian people in those values. Each one of these goals depend on different contexts. Our methodological procedure consisted in analyzing the content of each version, by episodes, confronting them. The hypothesis that sustains this research is that fairy tales keep similarities to its original version and at the same time they bring changes related to the representation of cultural values attributed by the society to the characters, their roles and to the actions. This hypothesis showed to be adequate once the analysis of the different versions allowed us to realize Brazilian cultural values with historical background, based on an ecclesiastical discourse, with its moral beliefs that determine the functions of social institutions. It was possible also to observe cultural changes related to the characters characteristics, to their actions, their social roles and the interaction among characters. The analysis results indicate that the differences among the versions are influenced mainly by cultural values of the social and historical context that surround its production. The cultural values are dynamic and their change comes from the need to face new problems daily. The different versions of the fairy tale keep the same characters from the original but they come with different attributes and that gives a new signification to their social roles / Esta Dissertação está situada na área da Análise Crítica do Discurso e trata do exame de diferentes versões (original, traduzida, adaptada e recontada) do conto de fadas A bela adormecida , a fim de verificar as mudanças culturais em contemporaneidades diferentes da dinâmica cultural do brasileiro , de forma a contribuir para os estudos identitários brasileiros a partir do discurso. Os objetivos específicos são: confrontar diferentes versões brasileiras do conto A bela adormecida no Bosque em busca das diferenças que constroem as histórias de fadas; examinar os diferentes papéis sociais presentes nessas versões; focalizar os valores culturais contidos nos papéis sociais representados pelos personagens e buscar traços culturais do brasileiro presentes nos valores contidos nos papéis sociais em cada versão , dependendo de contemporaneidades distintas. Nesse sentido, o procedimento metodológico consiste em confrontar os conteúdos das diferentes versões e analisar, por episódios, os traços culturais contidos nos contos. A hipótese que sustenta esta pesquisa considera que os contos de fadas mantêm relações com a sua versão original, ao mesmo tempo que apresentam mudanças relativas às representações dos valores atribuídos pela sociedade às personagens, ações e funções. A hipótese de mostrou adequada, uma vez que o exame das diferentes versões de um conto nos propiciou que detectássemos valores culturais brasileiros com raízes históricas, a partir do discurso fundador eclesiástico, com seus valores morais que determinam o funcionamento das instituições sociais e a verificação das mudanças culturais a partir da caracterização das personagens, de suas ações , de suas funções sociais e da interação de papéis. Os resultados obtidos das análises indicam que as diferenças das versões em relação às expressões enunciadas decorrem da seleção feita pelo autor de cada versão, sendo ela guiada pelos valores culturais contidos na contemporaneidade das cognições sociais da época de produção da versão; que os valores culturais são dinâmicos e a sua mudança decorre do fato de se enfrentar no dia a dia problemas novos para serem resolvidos, e ainda que o mesmo ocorre com os papéis sociais da estrutura da sociedade, pois embora as versões mantenham os mesmos personagens do conto de Perrault, os valores atribuídos a eles propiciam uma ressemantização para as relações sociais desses papéis

The purpose of this study was: (a) to examine the predictive utility of the achievement goal and Student Approaches to Learning (SAL) frameworks for characterizing Chinese students’ motivation and achievement, and (b) to investigate how Confucian-heritage culture (CHC) may combine with achievement goals or SAL to generate different learning processes and outcomes and to promote optimal motivation. A questionnaire was conducted during a two-week period with over 700 first-year students who took both of the two courses—college English classes for non-English majors and advanced mathematics classes for science students—at a university in northern China. The questionnaire consisted of students’ self-reported demographic information and the instrument that was designed to measure: (a) goal orientations, (b) attitudes towards the specified CHC values, (c) SAL constructs, and (d) two variables widely used in research in this field—metacognitive strategy and school well-being. Exploratory factor analyses were conducted to examine the consistency of the extracted factor solutions with the four goal constructs postulated by the 2 x 2 conceptualization, the two SAL contructs posited by the SAL framework, and the five cultural value contructs derived from the literature review. Standard analysis procedures were used to calculate the reliability of the scales and to determine which items should be retained for further analyses. Then regression analyses were employed to examine the relationship of the goal orientation framework and SAL framework to cultural values, school well-being, metacognitive strategies, and grades. Results indicated that the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework was an appropriate model for characterizing the types of achievement goals these Chinese students pursued and for predicting a number of achievement-relevant processes and outcomes, as was the revised two-factor SAL framework for characterizing the different ways students approached their learning and for predicting these learning processes and outcomes. The results supported Chinese students’ multiple goal pursuit in an additive goal pattern, an interactive goal pattern, or a specialized goal pattern to promote their optimal motivation and achievement. The results also provided evidence that CHC values combined with achievement goals or SAL either in an additive or interactive pattern to facilitate Chinese students’ learning processes and outcomes. / Thesis (Master, Education) -- Queen's University, 2008-07-31 12:20:50.812

Au moment où les territoires périurbains se transforment rapidement sous l’impulsion des stratégies de développement de l’industrie immobilière, les préoccupations sociales en matière de qualité des paysages et des cadres de vie se font de plus en plus grandes. Devant ces enjeux, les actions aménagistes privilégient le plus souvent des solutions à partir d’un regard « expert » généralement étranger aux demandes sociales en présence. Devant l’insuffisance des connaissances des regards citoyens, il y a une urgence à développer des méthodes originales aptes à révéler ce savoir local. Une enquête menée à l’automne 2009 à Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, sur la Rive-Sud de Montréal, révèle la pertinence d’une approche anthropologique sous-utilisée et novatrice en particulier pour les recherches en aménagement : celle du « récit-parcours ». Permettant un accès privilégié aux récits ancrés aux lieux de vies, cette méthode a permis de susciter des discours singuliers et collectifs sur le territoire, de révéler des propos sur les imaginaires portés sur la ville et d’offrir un espace d’expression des préoccupations, des valorisations et des aspirations des résidants. Les résultats de l’enquête à cet effet sont concluants : ce que nous révèlent les résidants de par leurs expériences vécues des lieux et leurs cheminements spatiaux est incontestablement riche et pertinent pour la compréhension des enjeux collectifs d’un milieu. Les logiques existantes derrière les transformations de ces territoires bénéficieraient grandement de ce savoir localisé, complexe et ingénieux dont dispose les résidants de la géographie, de l’environnement, de l’urbanisation et des caractéristiques sociales de leur ville. Ce faisant, le territoire change alors de statut : d’un objet d’évaluation experte, il devient une mise en scène dynamique où s’inscrivent des fragments significatifs d’histoires faisant référence à l’expérience du vécu quotidien, mais aussi, à la potentialité des lieux. Par le biais d’une telle démarche et en conjonction avec des méthodes participatives, il devient possible d’engager une véritable réflexion plurielle envers l’avenir des territoires périurbains, en résonance avec les aspirations locales. / While suburbs are being transformed at an alarming rate, under the pressures of the Real estate industry’s development strategies, social concerns regarding the quality of life and the resulting landscapes are currently on the rise. With these challenges to bear, stakeholders usually employ solutions from an "expert" perspective that remain impervious to existing social conditions and demands. Given the lack of knowledge from the citizens’ perspectives, there is an urgent need for developing novel methods that are capable of bringing forth this local knowledge. A survey conducted in fall 2009 with residents of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, on the south shore of Montreal, revealed the strength of an under-used and innovative method: the go-along. This method has demonstrated a particularly interesting technique to grasp the way dwellers qualify, imagine, value and move through their locality. Allowing privileged access to biographies and giving rise to improvised paths, the method has enabled placed-based narratives and has lead to an opening for expressing concerns, valuations and aspirations of citizens towards their community. In doing so, landscapes shift from expert evaluation to a dynamic scene where significant fragments of individual stories are told in relation to the experience of places in the everyday life. The study results conclude that the residents’ narratives and knowledge are undeniably rich and relevant to comprehending collective landscape issues and values. The existing logics and processes behind suburban landscape transformations would highly benefit from the collective wealth of dwellers’ extensive, situated and complex knowledge of the city’s geography, politics, economy and sociology. Furthermore, it can lead way to community participatory projects engaging multiple actors within a collective multifaceted reflection on the future of suburbs and the actions that should be taken towards a better future.

There are approximately 1300 completely or partially preserved medieval churches in Sweden. Many of these have remains of kalkmåleri (mural paintings at least partially created in lime) from the 12th throughout the 17th century. This dissertation discusses the enactments that formed the revival of this kalkmåleri between 1850 and 1980, with a focus on restoration and conservation. The decorative and monumental paintings that were created at the same time are also discussed. The study is divided into two sections: one concentrates on the mural paintings and the networks that made their (re-)enactment possible, and the second is a case study that examines kalkmåleri in four medieval churches; Vendel and Ed north of Stockholm, and Floda and Vadsbro south of Stockholm. To come close to the paintings, an eclectic methodology with analysis of written and depicted sources, interviews, and studies in situ of the paintings through mapping and analysis of taken samples was designed. The objectives were to investigate the formation of kalkmåleri as phenomena, significant concepts, and conservation practices throughout time and space. Theoretical inspiration was taken from Actor-Network-Theory, critical discourse analysis, and speculative realism. Throughout the study the kalkmåleri is thus seen to have agency. The weave of enactments stemming from different professions and thought collectives that formed the paintings was made visible by following the actors. Some of these enactments were analyzed: i.e. the aesthetic shaping of the room, as religious and iconographic images, historical documents, art, style, technical, or hybrid objects. The latter refers to conservation that did not entirely rely on science, humanist scholarship, craftsmanship, or artistic creativity. Thus conservation is seen as a hybrid activity. Three periods of conservation principles were explored: stylistic restoration, original conservation, and precautionary conservation, which were related to what was perceived as the authentic original. Furthermore some Swedish "traditions" are discussed: that no institute for technical studies of art was formed, the use of "Curman’s principles", restricted retouching from the 1960s onward, and the use of gomma pane for cleaning. Finally appendices are included containing terminology, an index of conservators, and a DVD with mapping, chemical analysis, and photographs. / <p>Forskningsfinansiärer: FoU-medel: Riksantikvarieämbetet, Brandförsäkringsverkets stiftelse för bebyggelsehistorisk forskning, Elna Bengtsssons fond och Tyréns stiftelse.</p><p>Ett läsår på Columbia University kunde genomföras med stöd av Fulbright Commission. Erik &amp; Lily Philipsons minnesfond och Axelson Johnsons stiftelse.</p>

Abstract The current study is a content analysis of airlines’ printed ads, exploring an intersection of country-of-origin (COO), advertising appeals (rational and emotional), and cultural values (Eastern or Western). The study focuses on airlines advertising to understand the role of COO and its interaction with ad appeals and cultural values. The goal of the study is to explore the ways in which airlines or service businesses (selling intangible products) communicate with consumers about the values and meanings in their advertising, especially since the market for travel services is growing and the airline industry is facing drastic competition. The statistical analysis showed clear consistent patterns in the use of COO and other advertising appeals: the ads that used COO are more likely to use emotional appeals and express more Eastern values. Adding to our understanding about the branding of airlines, the findings are in line with the literature that claimed emphasis on emotional aspects for service advertisements. Implications for practitioners are also discussed. Key words: airlines, country-of-origin, services, advertising appeals, cultural values, content analysis / Abstract The current study is a content analysis of airlines’ printed ads, exploring an intersection of country-of-origin (COO), advertising appeals (rational and emotional), and cultural values (Eastern or Western). The study focuses on airlines advertising to understand the role of COO and its interaction with ad appeals and cultural values. The goal of the study is to explore the ways in which airlines or service businesses (selling intangible products) communicate with consumers about the values and meanings in their advertising, especially since the market for travel services is growing and the airline industry is facing drastic competition. The statistical analysis showed clear consistent patterns in the use of COO and other advertising appeals: the ads that used COO are more likely to use emotional appeals and express more Eastern values. Adding to our understanding about the branding of airlines, the findings are in line with the literature that claimed emphasis on emotional aspects for service advertisements. Implications for practitioners are also discussed. Key words: airlines, country-of-origin, services, advertising appeals, cultural values, content analysis

隨著全球化、網路化的到來，英語已經變成一個全球語言。然而，許多雙語教學隱含的跨文化與價值認同等相關議題卻淹沒在這片英語教與學的熱潮中。本研究藉由語言與跨文化等若干理論視角，對這個課題進行初探性與嘗試性的探討。除了瞭解雙語學校為何吸引人，也從雙語學童學習背景及其家庭文化脈絡的角度，檢視雙語學童的文化認知與文化價值觀在整個雙語學習歷程中的發展為何？ 本研究採質化研究中的深度訪談法，研究對象包括十位台中華盛頓雙語小學學生、家長以及中英兩部主任。研究結果發現，雙語學校的盛行正反映了在全球化下，台灣人民對英語高度崇拜的社會文化現象。然而標榜全球化教育的雙語學校卻對本土教育產生不當排擠作用，雙語學童不但沒有展現出應有的宏觀的、批判的國際觀，反而產生貶抑本土語言價值與文化的態度，混種性的文化價值觀更淺藏認同危機。值得注意的是，孩子家庭的文化背景更扮演了直接影響雙語學童文化價值與語言評價的關鍵性角色。因此，本研究建議政府及相關單位在努力推動英語學習時，不要忽略本國語言與文化對一個孩子人格發展的重要性。家長也要有自己的定見，在參考各方建議時要能尊重孩子的個別差異其獨特性，不隨波逐流。 / The purpose of this thesis is using a cross-cultural lens to investigate Taiwanese children’s experience with bilingual education, its effects on children cultural values, and other factors that should be taken into consideration in Taiwan’s current bilingual education system. This thesis will specifically answer the following: What are the motivations of children to study in a bilingual elementary school? What is the role of bilingual education in the development of children’s cultural values, attitudes, and knowledge? What are parents’ perceptions of bilingual education and how does it influence children in various ways? How does bilingual education shape the type of children’s learning experiences under social and familial circumstances? Interviews with ten students, their parents and two deans of the Washington Bilingual Elementary School were conducted. The results indicated that contrary to the main goal of a bilingual school, which is to broaden the international perspectives of students, the mother tongue is devalorized in bilingual classes. Children therefore perceive an uneven social representation of languages, which further influence their cultural identities. Moreover, some parents regard English proficiency as a representation of their high social-economic status. Under a parent’s influence, these children therefore perceive English as a superior language making Chinese inferior, which seriously influences the development of their cultural identities and ethnic attitudes. These cases indicate that the extent to which western values affect children’s cultural identities will significantly depend on the specific social, familial and educational circumstances which shape the bilingual experience. Finally, some suggestions to the institutions of bilingual education and to future research are proposed according to the results of this study.