scholarly journals Inhaling the Nation: The Cultural Translation and Symbolic Performance of the Cigar in Cuba

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Stephen Cruikshank
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Representation ◽  
Cultural Translation ◽  
Cuban History ◽  
A Performance ◽  
Symbolic Performance

The following article uses a mixture of poetry and text to trace the cigar through various stages of Cuban history and highlights how the cigar has been translated and as a symbol useful to the construction of Cuban nationalism. In what ways does the cultural representation of the cigar throughout Cuban history create a performance of cultural values, identities, and heritage? As this paper reveals, such a question require us to translate the cigar smoke, to breathe in Cuban history, and to exhale the performance of metaphors.

scholarly journals A sip of tradition

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Zoltán Ottó Fülöp
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Representation ◽  
Industrial Product ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Soda Water ◽  
Joint Application ◽  
National Representation ◽  
Community Protection ◽  
Agriculture And Food

One possible method of representation and conservation of values determined as Hungarikum is the cultural representation. The representation of cultural values can be realized on several levels and ways. The ’szikvíz’ or soda water - the ordinary name - as a traditional Hungarian craftsman product is qualified as Hungarikum on the basis of Act XXX. of 2012. (henceforward: Act of Hungarikum) and as a registered product of Euroterritoirs Programme (Countries of Europe Programme) is under community protection. Beyond that it can also be categorized as a food industrial heritage. The goal of my research is the national representation of the soda water as a highlighted food industrial product, which I intend to discuss at a wider interpretational horizon, within the perspective of value declaration. The venue of the research is the 77th edition of the National Agriculture and Food Exhibition (henceforward: OMÉK), which is one of the biggest and oldest agrarian and food industrial event in Hungary with great traditions, where the Hungarikum Pavilion got place in 2015 and amongst the represented products soda water was shown. After the modification of Hungarikum Act in 2015, this was the only occasion when food procucts, which are under national protection, were presented together. With the joint application of qualitative and quantitative filters I search for the answer for the question in my article: by what kind of techniques and strategies could the national representation of soda water, which advertised the profile of 77th OMÉK, be executed and what is the importance of this?

Talking Across Cultures in Early Intervention: Finding Common Ground to Meet Children's Communication Needs

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth D. Peña ◽  
Christine Fiestas
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Provider Perspectives ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
Caregiver Role

Abstract In this paper, we explore cultural values and expectations that might vary among different groups. Using the collectivist-individualist framework, we discuss differences in beliefs about the caregiver role in teaching and interacting with young children. Differences in these beliefs can lead to dissatisfaction with services on the part of caregivers and with frustration in service delivery on the part of service providers. We propose that variation in caregiver and service provider perspectives arise from cultural values, some of which are instilled through our own training as speech-language pathologists. Understanding where these differences in cultural orientation originate can help to bridge these differences. These can lead to positive adaptations in the ways that speech-language pathology services are provided within an early intervention setting that will contribute to effective intervention.

Information and Communication Technology and Cultural Change

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 222-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Hansen ◽  
Tom Postmes ◽  
Nikita van der Vinne ◽  
Wendy van Thiel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ict For Development ◽  
Practical Implications

This paper studies whether and how information and communication technology (ICT) changes self-construal and cultural values in a developing country. Ethiopian children were given laptops in the context of an ICT for development scheme. We compared children who used laptops (n = 69) with a control group without laptops (n = 76) and a second control group of children whose laptop had broken down (n = 24). Results confirmed that after 1 year of laptop usage, the children’s self-concept had become more independent and children endorsed individualist values more strongly. Interestingly, the impact of laptop usage on cultural values was mediated by self-construal (moderated mediation). Importantly, modernization did not “crowd out” traditional culture: ICT usage was not associated with a reduction in traditional expressions (interdependent self-construal, collectivist values). Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

The Emergence and Maintenance of Ethical Leadership in Organizations

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silke Astrid Eisenbeiß ◽  
Steffen R. Giessner
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Organizational Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Environmental Complexity ◽  
Group Influence ◽  
Analysis Society ◽  
Different Levels

The present paper gives a review of empirical research on ethical leadership and shows that still little is known known about the contextual antecedents of ethical leadership. To address this important issue, a conceptual framework is developed that analyzes the embeddedness of organizational ethical leadership. This framework identifies manifest and latent contextual factors on three different levels of analysis – society, industry, and organization – which can affect the development and maintenance of ethical leadership. In particular, propositions are offered about how (1) societal characteristics, notably the implementation and the spirit of human rights in a society and societal cultural values of responsibility, justice, humanity, and transparency; (2) industry characteristics such as environmental complexity, the content of the organizational mandate, and the interests of stakeholder networks; and (3) intra-organizational characteristics, including the organizational ethical infrastructure and the ethical leadership behavior of a leader’s peer group, influence the development and maintenance of ethical leadership in organizations. This list of factors is not exhaustive, but illustrates how the three levels may impact ethical leadership. Implications for managerial practice and future research are discussed.

A performance schedule for extended space flight with the chimpanzee.

1962 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. H. Rholes ◽  
H. H. Reynolds ◽  
M. E. Grunzke ◽  
D. N. Farrer
Keyword(s):  
Space Flight ◽  
Extended Space ◽  
A Performance
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