The psychology of cultural change: Introduction to the special issue.

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 833-837
Author(s):  
Michael E. W. Varnum ◽  
Igor Grossmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Special Issue

Sociocultural Parameters in Directed Change

1963 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-104
Author(s):  
Thomas Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Applied Anthropology ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Practical Test ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Analysis Of Change ◽  
Directed Change

The charge has been made that the methodological tools and theoretical models available to anthropologists are insufficiently precise to enable accurate prediction in the field of directed social and cultural change. It has further been charged that in their ex post facto analyses of the dynamics involved in such situations, anthropologists as well as other social scientists tend to give far more attention to attempted innovations that "didn't work" than to those areas where change has been successful. While the second charge is belied by many studies such as those included in the volumes edited by Spicer and Paul and the special issue of Applied Anthropology, anthropologists have, for the most part, been hesitant to extend their generalizations, based on the analysis of change, to the task of specifying, more or less concretely, the conditions favoring or inhibiting social and cultural change. Thus, in spite of a growing theoretical corpus there appears to be reluctance to put it to the practical test of prediction or planning.

scholarly journals New Approaches to ‘Converts’ and ‘Conversion’ in Africa: An Introduction to the Special Issue

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 389
Author(s):  
Jason Bruner ◽  
David Dmitri Hurlbut
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Medieval Period ◽  
Cultural Discontinuity ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria ◽  
Relative Lack ◽  
Anthropology Of Christianity ◽  
The Many

It is our goal in this special issue on “Religious Conversion in Africa” to examine the limitations of a long-standing bias toward Christianity with respect to the study of “conversion.” Furthermore, we want to use this issue to prime other scholarly approaches to cultural change on the continent, beginning as early as the medieval period, including the colonial and early postcolonial eras, and extending to the contemporary. There are several reasons for making these interventions. One is the emergence of the anthropology of Christianity as a scholarly literature and sub-discipline. This literature has often focused on issues of religious change in relation to its own predilection for charismatic and Pentecostal expressions of Christianity and the distinct characteristics of cultural discontinuity within those communities. Another reason for this special issue on religious “conversion” in Africa is the relative lack of studies that engage with religious change beyond Pentecostal, charismatic, and evangelical Protestant contexts. As such, studies on the “conversion” of Ahmadi in West Africa, medieval Ethiopian women, Mormons in twentieth-century southeastern Nigeria, and Orthodox Christians in Uganda are included, as is a fascinating case of what it means to “trod the path” of Rastafari in Ghana. Taken together, these contributions suggest new and important paths forward with respect to “conversion,” including critiquing and perhaps even discarding the term in certain contexts. Ultimately, we want these articles to illuminate the many ways that Africans across the continent have engaged (and continue to engage) with beliefs, practices, ideas, and communities—including the changes they make in their own lives and in the lives of those communities.

scholarly journals Social Psychology for Social Change: Foundations for and Introduction to a Program of Action-Oriented Research

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Liu ◽  
Allan B.I. Bernardo
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Oriented Research

The Special Issues series on social psychology of social change will provide a forum for research on the science and practice of interventions for social change that benefit individuals, organisations and society. This effort takes up Lewin's call for scientific research aimed towards solving social problems and generating new knowledge, but with a theory and practice of culture and cultural change at its centre. The effort elevates the dominant research approach in developing countries in Asia where there is more concern about opportunities for training and engaging in and publishing more applied work. The emphasis both on research excellence and on a holistic concern for society as central components for theorising about effective modes of realising social change in Asia and the Pacific is a long-term project that begins with the seven diverse articles in the special issue, which span different stages in the project — from clarifying its Asian philosophical basis, to empirical analysis of the problem and levers of change, to evaluation of the outcomes of action research.

scholarly journals Editorial Introduction to VIBE Special Issue

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ash McAskill ◽  
Kim Sawchuk ◽  
Samuel Thulin
Keyword(s):  
International Symposium ◽  
Disability Studies ◽  
Canadian Journal ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Editorial Introduction ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Concordia University ◽  
The Relationship

This special issue of the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies is a result of the activity surrounding VIBE: Challenging ableism and audism through the arts, a 3-day international symposium exploring the existing and potential contributions of the Deaf/disability arts to aesthetic innovations, research-creation and cultural change in attitudes towards the capacities of the Deaf/disabled. The symposium, which took place at Concordia University from November 30 - December 2, 2018, brought together Deaf/disabled academics, emerging scholars, post-doctoral researchers, activists, artists, and students – and their allies – for vibrant exchanges on the relationship between disability arts research and disability arts practice.

scholarly journals Introduction

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
JoAnn McGregor ◽  
Dominic Pasura
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Spatial Complexity ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Political Economies ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Diasporic Communities

This article examines debates over conflict diasporas’ relationships to the African crises that initially produced them. It investigates the difference that crisis makes to frameworks for thinking about diasporic entanglements with political, economic and cultural change in sending countries. We argue that the existing literature and dominant approaches are partial, ahistorical, and constrained in other ways. The special issue contributes to new strands of scholarship that aim to rectify these inadequacies, seeking historical depth, spatial complexity and attention to moral- alongside political-economies. To achieve these aims, the special issue focuses on one country – Zimbabwe. This introductory article provides an overview of the themes and arguments of the special issue, revealing the multitude of ways in which diasporic communities are imbricated with political-economic, developmental, familial, and religious change in the homeland.

Our Pluriverse and Gàidhealtachd: Emplacing Ethical Relations

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-282
Author(s):  
James Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Creative Practice ◽  
Emergent Theme ◽  
Research Relationships ◽  
Ontological Turn ◽  
Ethical Relations

In this brief essay, to conclude the special issue, I take a reflexive and ontological (re)turn to the Gàidhealtachd. After completing our main task of bringing this collection together, an emplaced and ontological turn has been in some measure evident across the articles, emphasising relationships with place/s. In writing up our guest editors' introduction, a related emergent theme, or atmosphere, of place and ontological relations within the Gàidhealtachd became important. In continuing with that (perhaps minor) ‘turn’, in this essay I engage with my lived experiences of cultural change and exchange, including with my research, emplaced within and beyond the Gàidhealtachd. This (ex)change has profoundly influenced my creative practice, social practice and research relationships with the Gàidhealtachd – reemphasising an ontological (re)turn to place, and its ethical relations and futures.

scholarly journals Introduction to this Special Issue on Multimedia, Mobility and the Digital Southeast Asian Family’s Polymedia Experiences

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Monika Winarnita
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Southeast Asians ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mobile Population ◽  
Permanent Residency

Southeast Asia is home to the largest number of social media users in the world. It is also a region known for its mobile population, with high numbers of overseas workers, international students, refugees/asylum seekers, and migrants seeking permanent residency or citizenship in other countries. Digital technology is shaping the way Southeast Asians express themselves, interact, maintain contact, and sustain their family relationships. Online multimedia content is one way that migrants and mobile Southeast Asians express their sense of belonging, their multiple and varied identities, their cultural backgrounds, and their sense of connectedness to family members. This special issue aims to provide a contemporary understanding of online multimedia expressions of identity, belonging, and intergenerational family relationships of migrants and mobile Southeast Asians. Six peer- reviewed journal articles and three creative commentaries explore how online multimedia productions and stories enable a deeper understanding of the effects of migration and mobility on intergenerational family relationships. By focusing on the online multimedia expressions of Southeast Asian people, this issue aims to comprehend social and cultural change in this region and the nuances of how it is being shaped by digital technologies. Moving beyond connectedness, the articles address a wide range of issues, such as power, con ict, and kinship relations. Themes such as educational mobility, the transnational family’s online communication, and the hopes and af rmations shared through digital diasporic communities are explored. By focusing on multimedia, mobility, and the digital Southeast Asian family’s polymedia experiences, this special issue contributes to the literature on digital networked societies.

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