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"Une annee entre parenthese" French academic sojourners in Australia : the impact of social and cultural dimensions of acculturation and repatriaton on perceptions of cultural identityPatron, Marie-Claire Gilberte January 2006 (has links)
This dissertation has investigated the impact of the acculturation and repatriation processes and the language experiences of French academic sojourners on their perceptions of cultural identity. This dissertation was based on three substantive themes: culture shock, reverse culture shock and cultural identity issues.
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Taking a Chance: A Narrative Inquiry of Mexican Origin Immigrants Living in the American MidwestClaudia Felisa Sadowski (11805170) 20 December 2021 (has links)
<p>The purpose of this narrative inquiry is to portray a complex picture of Mexican origin immigrants living in the United States. This study portrays their lives, their experiences, and their thought processes from the moment they made their life-changing decision to immigrate to the USA until their current realities of life in the American Midwest. The stories discussed and the interpretations made are the result of oral interviews with four families conducted in their native language of Spanish. The personal experiences of the seven participants are familiar to thousands of immigrants who arrive to the USA daily. Although these immigrants experience a great deal of hardship, they also develop a strong layer of resilience and solidarity with each other. The study also provides an in-depth analysis of key works of literature written by, and about, Mexican and Hispanic immigrants. These books are: <i>Con Respeto: Bridging the Distances Between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools, An Ethnographic Portrait </i>(Valdés, 1996); <i>Of Borders and Dreams: A Mexican-American Experience of Urban Education </i>(Carger, 1996)<i>; The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child </i>(Jiménez, 1997)<i>; The Undocumented Americans</i> (Cornejo Villavicencio, 2020)<i>; </i>and <i>The House on Mango Street</i> (Cisneros, 1984). The experiences portrayed within these masterful works are then connected to those of the participants of this narrative inquiry. Additionally, connections are made by the researcher, a scholar of Mexican origin living in the American Midwest. This work illustrates why people choose to emigrate, their family and gender roles, their focus on educating the next generation, and their strong religious faith. It also depicts their challenges, fears, and resilience as they navigate living “between two worlds.”<br></p><p></p>
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LANGUAGE USE AND SYMBOLIC TRANSNATIONAL PRACTICES: EVIDENCE FROM 1.5 AND SECOND GENERATION CUBANS IN MIAMIMaria Yakushkina (8649474) 16 April 2020 (has links)
<p>Today’s highly globalized and
mobile society can be characterized by constant interaction between dominant
and minority groups in one space, where migrant communities manage multiple
cultural and linguistic contexts, while remaining connected to their society of
origin. While the field of transnationalism addresses both the behavioral
(i.e., physical) and symbolic (i.e., emotional) ties to the origin community,
the role that language plays in establishing and maintaining such transnational
practices, and specifically symbolic transnationalism, is not well understood. Addressing
this gap, the current project aims to investigate the interconnection between
heritage language use and symbolic transnationalism through the analysis of 1.5
and 2<sup>nd</sup> generation Cubans in Miami. </p>
<p>The Cuban community in the US,
and more specifically, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, represents a relevant
case for in-depth investigation. While this population is comparable to other
Hispanic groups in the US on many levels (Duany, 2011), the long-standing
political opposition between the U.S. and Cuba have largely limited behavioral
transnational practices (e.g., visits to the country of origin, sending goods
and remittances) of the Cuban population. This broad lack of behavioral
transnationalism in the Miami Cuban community provides a unique opportunity to
examine symbolic transnational practices, effectively isolating two concepts
that are traditionally combined in the literature (Duff, 2015; Reynolds, 2006).</p>
<p>To investigate the
relations between language use and symbolic transnationalism, a mixed methods
study was conducted with 75 young adults of Cuban origin (1.5 and 2<sup>nd</sup>
generation), combining a quantitative questionnaire with face-to-face
sociolinguistic interviews. Quantitatively, data analysis centered on the
analysis of the degree of symbolic transnationalism and language use among 1.5
and 2<sup>nd</sup> generation groups, as well as statistical correlations
between sub-components of language use (history, proficiency, choice, and
value) and symbolic transnationalism (ways of doing and ways of belonging).
Qualitatively, a thematic analysis was conducted to distinguish the most prominent
external factors in the process of symbolic transnationalism maintenance or
development that surfaced in the discourse of the participants. Finally,
discourse analysis was used to investigate how symbolic transnationalism was reflected in linguistic structures,
such as deixis (i.e., terms indicating distance) and stance (i.e., expression
of feelings, judgement, and appreciation). </p>
<p>The analysis of the data provides
strong evidence for overarching links between the level of symbolic
transnationalism and language, such that greater affiliation with the culture
of origin is related to a greater use and importance of the heritage language.
In addition, qualitative results show that the external factors of the family
domain, the Miami environment and ethnic community, and the use of the Spanish
language in Miami, are among the most important for the maintenance and
development of symbolic transnationalism. Finally, discourse analysis revealed
that both 1.5 and 2<sup>nd</sup> generation groups use deictic and stance markers
to express personal and metaphorical proximity, as well as affect and
appreciation of the ethnic community, Cuba as a land, Cuba of the past, and
Cuban culture. In contrast, they express temporal and spatial distance as well
as markers of judgement with respect to Cuba of the present and its current
politics. </p>
<p>This study systematically
isolates the concept of symbolic transnationalism via a quantitative approach
and investigates its connection with language. Their direct correlation,
confirmed by the results, highlights symbolic transnationalism as a significant
variable to consider in sociolinguistic research with migrant communities, and
thus provides a solid theoretical base for bridging the disciplines of
linguistics and transnationalism. Moreover, this work employs a structural
linguistic approach (i.e., deixis and stance) to demonstrate how transnational
ties may be represented through linguistic structures, and thus it provides new
tools for understanding how minority communities express their transnational
connections. </p>
<p>On a practical level, this work
emphasizes the importance of the context and cross-cultural awareness in
language pedagogy. For heritage language learners, it underlines the
bi-directional relationship: language maintenance for sustaining transnational
ties, as well as development of heritage culture appreciation for more
effective heritage language development. Moreover, the findings with respect to
the interconnection between symbolic transnationalism and heritage language
use, emphasize the role of such aspects as sense of belonging, ethnic
community, family history and attitudes towards the country of origin on the
process of heritage language maintenance and self-identification with the
country and culture of origin. Finally, the findings of this work may be
applicable to second language students as well, emphasizing the importance of a
context-based approach to language acquisition, which plays a significant role
in developing productive cross-cultural communication.</p>
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<b>SAVORING STEREOTYPES: EXPLORING ORIENTALIZED NARRATIVES THROUGH AMERICAN REACTIONS TO EAST ASIAN FOODS ON YOUTUBE</b>Tyler Chan (18452739) 28 April 2024 (has links)
<p dir="ltr">This study conducts a comprehensive multimodal analysis of online food reaction videos (OFRV), uploaded by Buzzfeed, featuring Americans consuming and engaging with East Asian foods. Employing social semiotic theory, Orientalism, and colonialist discourses as theoretical lenses, this research aims to discern how these videos contribute to narratives that perpetuate the orientalized view that East Asian culture is fundamentally different from American culture and examine how these narratives are constructed multimodally via the YouTube platform. The methodological approach involves moment analysis, multimodal transcription, and in-depth analysis of selected moments to unravel narrative patterns and the various multimodal methods employed. Findings reveal pervasive decontextualization, stigmatizing, and an us vs. them paradigm surrounding the food, which reinforces orientalized portrayals. The study identifies distinct narrative patterns such as savagery, strangeness, sickness, and fear surrounding representations of Asian food, highlighting the multifaceted ways these narratives are constructed. The term "gastronomic orientalism" emerges from the analysis, encapsulating the complex process by which these videos utilize food representation to create an oriental narrative. This paper not only illuminates the multimodal construction of gastronomic orientalism but also contributes to future research by introducing a qualitative analysis method. The findings from this research suggest that media producers should prioritize cultural sensitivity and inclusivity to counter othering narratives against Asians in online media. Additionally, it suggests that future studies delve into more diversified video content and incorporate quantitative methods to yield more generalizable findings on cultural representation narratives.</p>
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ENGLISH IN IRAN: CULTURAL REPRESENETATION IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOKSNegin H Goodrich (9037970) 24 July 2020 (has links)
<p>This investigation into the status of English
in Iran and cultural presentations in Iranian English has two areas of
emphasis. The first is a sociolinguistic
profile of English in Iran in which the status, functions, uses and users of
this language are described within in the country’s social and political
contexts. In this part, contributing
factors to the growth of English in three political periods, including the
Qajar dynasty (1796 -1925), the Pahlavi era (1925-1979) and post-Revolutionary
time (1979 – present), are elaborated upon to establish the historical and
political bases for the second area of focus.</p>
<p>The second focus is the cultural content in the
locally developed English textbooks used from 1939 to the present time (2020).
Accordingly, the content of four generations (across five textbook series) of
Iranian high school English textbooks are analyzed based on an evaluation
scheme which the author has developed. This research finds answers to the
questions on the status of culture in the Iranian English textbooks;
distribution of Iranian and non-Iranian cultures; dominance of cultural
elements (products, practices and perspectives) in each English textbooks
series; and the political and ideological influence of each era on the content
of English textbooks.</p>
<p>This investigation finds that the English
textbooks which were developed before the Islamic Revolution (first and second
generations) were highly cultural compared to the post-Revolution materials
(third and fourth generations). Also, non-Iranian cultural components
(particularly the American and British cultures) were more represented in the
English textbooks of the Pahlavi period, whereas Western cultures were all
eliminated in the post-Revolution textbooks, replaced by the
Islamic/Revolutionary cultures. Additionally, cultural perspectives outnumbered
cultural products and practices in the first and second generations of English
textbooks (Pahlavi era) whereas cultural products dominated the post-Revolutionary
English materials. This study finds that political and ideological hegemony of
each era have directly influenced the textual and illustrative content of
locally developed English textbooks in Iran.<a> </a></p>
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Ecoturismo e Culturas Tradicionais Estudo de Caso: Martim de SaSinay, Laura Unknown Date (has links)
Enquanto alguns paises tem o ecoturismo como a sua principal fonte de renda, o Brasil nao explora a atividade de forma planejada, o que resulta, muitas vezes, na degradacao do meio ambiente e na descaracterizacao da diversidade cultural local. Assim sendo, este estudo pretende contribuir para a compreensao do processo de adaptacao de uma comunidade tradicional ao fenomeno do ecoturismo e dar um alerta para a necessidade de considerar a identidade cultural das populacoes locais como bem patrimonial e como elemento de risco no planejamento da atividade. Com esse intuito, foi realizado um Estudo de Caso, durante os anos de 2000 e 2001, com uma familia residente na praia de Martim de Sa, caracterizada como caicara. Essa comunidade foi escolhida, pois reside em um local onde o ecoturismo esta apenas comecando, fato que permitiu refletir a respeito das consequencias da atividade. Martim de Sa, apesar de estar inserida nos limites de duas Unidades de Conservacao da Natureza, esta sobre forte ameaca de degradacao ambiental devido a especulacao imobiliaria incentivada pelo crescimento do fluxo turistico sem planejamento e facilitado pela falta de fiscalizacao dos orgaos ambientais responsaveis por essas areas. Para o desenvolvimento do Estudo de Caso foram utilizadas nesta pesquisa a Observacao Participante e as entrevistas estruturadas com a finalidade de caracterizar a comunidade local e os turistas e, a Historia de Vida, para a reconstituicao da historia do nucleo receptor.
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Ecoturismo e Culturas Tradicionais Estudo de Caso: Martim de SaSinay, Laura Unknown Date (has links)
Enquanto alguns paises tem o ecoturismo como a sua principal fonte de renda, o Brasil nao explora a atividade de forma planejada, o que resulta, muitas vezes, na degradacao do meio ambiente e na descaracterizacao da diversidade cultural local. Assim sendo, este estudo pretende contribuir para a compreensao do processo de adaptacao de uma comunidade tradicional ao fenomeno do ecoturismo e dar um alerta para a necessidade de considerar a identidade cultural das populacoes locais como bem patrimonial e como elemento de risco no planejamento da atividade. Com esse intuito, foi realizado um Estudo de Caso, durante os anos de 2000 e 2001, com uma familia residente na praia de Martim de Sa, caracterizada como caicara. Essa comunidade foi escolhida, pois reside em um local onde o ecoturismo esta apenas comecando, fato que permitiu refletir a respeito das consequencias da atividade. Martim de Sa, apesar de estar inserida nos limites de duas Unidades de Conservacao da Natureza, esta sobre forte ameaca de degradacao ambiental devido a especulacao imobiliaria incentivada pelo crescimento do fluxo turistico sem planejamento e facilitado pela falta de fiscalizacao dos orgaos ambientais responsaveis por essas areas. Para o desenvolvimento do Estudo de Caso foram utilizadas nesta pesquisa a Observacao Participante e as entrevistas estruturadas com a finalidade de caracterizar a comunidade local e os turistas e, a Historia de Vida, para a reconstituicao da historia do nucleo receptor.
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