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Representasi Budaya Multikulturalisme Pada Diaspora Maroko Di Belanda Dalam Film Meskina (2021), Fairuz Rahimah, Barbara Elisabeth Lucia Pesulima

Multikultura

This study analyzes the representation of multiculturalism within the Moroccan diaspora in the Netherlands based on the film Meskina (2021) by Daria Bukvic. The research question in this study is how multiculturalism is represented through the lives of the Moroccan diaspora in the Netherlands in the film Meskina (2021). This study using a descriptive qualitative method to analyze the representation of multiculturalism in the film. Meskina, a romantic comedy film, portrays the dynamics of the Moroccan diaspora community in the Netherlands, particularly focusing on millennial women or the second generation living amid Dutch multiculturalism, as seen from the perspective of …

Regulasi Homoseksual Di Estonia Era Uni Soviet Dalam Film Zharptitsa (Burung Foniks) (2021), Vincencious Louis Nararyawardana, Thera Widyastuti

Multikultura

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak penerapan hukum terhadap kelompok homoseksual di Estonia pada era Uni Soviet dalam film Zharptitsa (Burung Foniks) tahun 2021. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah analisis interseksional Edwards dan Esposito (2019) yang melibatkan berbagai faktor berdasarkan gender, orientasi seksual, dan latar belakang individu yang saling bersinggungan dalam melihat dampak penerapan sistem hukum atas kelompok homoseksual di Estonia pada era Uni Soviet dalam film tersebut. Dengan menggunakan teori mengenai konsep performativitas identitas gender (Butler, 2020) dan teori orientasi seksual (Rosario dan Schrimshaw, 2014), penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggaris bawahi penerapan hukum atas homoseksual di Estonia era Uni …

Pengetahuan Bersama Sebagai Unsur Pembangun Humor Pada Stand Up Comedy, Miftah Fauzy, Novika Stri Wrihatni, Dwi Rahmawanto

Multikultura

Penelitian ini menjelaskan pengetahuan bersama sebagai pembangun humor pada Stand Up Comedy (SUC) yang dilakukan oleh komika Deddy Gigis, Sega, dan Wawan Saktiawan. Pemilihan topik penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh ditemukannya efek lucu yang disebabkan oleh aspek di luar bahasa. Pada penelitian sebelumnya, efek lucu dipengaruhi oleh gaya bahasa. Oleh sebab itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan peran pengetahuan bersama pada SUC. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Data yang digunakan berupa ujaran yang menghasilkan efek lucu karena pengetahuan bersama dengan sumber data lisan pada pertunjukkan Stand Up Comedy (SUC) oleh Deddy Gigis, Sega, dan Wawan Saktiawan …

Simbol Perayaan Tahun Baru Kebudayaan Rusia Dalam Film Animasi Serial Televisi Смешарики/Smeshariki (Bola Kecil Lucu), Jasmine Aisyah Maharani J, Banggas Limbong M.Hum.

Multikultura

This final project is a study on the meaning of the New Year's symbols found in the animated series Смешарики/Smeshariki (cute little balls) New Year's edition. This type of research is qualitative with a descriptive analysis method. This research refers to the study of the meaning of the symbols of New Year's celebration in Russia found in the animated series Смешарики/Smeshariki (cute little balls) New Year's edition, because in the animated series Смешарики/Smeshariki (cute little balls) New Year's edition there are elements of symbols that can represent the traditions or customs of Russian society in celebrating the New Year. The …

Proses Consolideren Dalam Latihan Kosakata Pada Buku Ajar Werkboek Contact! Deel 1, George William Douglas Hutabarat, Eliza Gustinelly

Multikultura

Kosakata adalah pembawa makna utama dalam sebuah bahasa, sehingga pembelajaran kosakata sangat penting dalam mempelajari bahasa asing, khususnya bahasa Belanda. Bossers (2010) dalam bukunya memperkenalkan dua metode dalam pembelajaran kosakata, yaitu intentioneel leren (pembelajaran intensional) dan incidenteel leren (pembelajaran insidental). Ada tiga tahapan dari metode intentioneel leren, yaitu: semantiseren (semantisasi), consolideren (konsolidasi), dan controleren (pengecekan). Penelitian ini membahas bentuk latihan consolideren yang dilatih pada buku ajar Werkboek Contact! deel 1. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu menemukan apakah tahapan consolideren dilatih pada buku ajar Werkboek Contact! Deel 1. Penelitian diawali dengan mengumpulkan soal-soal latihan kosakata dari bab 1 sampai …

Evaluation Of The Accuracy Of Instagram Translation Feature In Interpreting Islamic Arabic Poetry, Falen Hamzah Al-Agil, Basuni Imamuddin

International Review of Humanities Studies

This study focuses on evaluating the capabilities of Instagram translation feature in translating Arabic Islamic poetry, a literary genre rich in linguistic nuances and cultural context. Employing a qualitative methodology, this research conducts a comprehensive comparative analysis between the automatic translations produced by Instagram and manual translations done by experts. The findings reveal that, despite being useful, Instagram's translation feature often fails to fully capture the essence of Arabic Islamic poetry, with significant errors in understanding context and language nuances. These errors include inaccuracies in translating key words and difficulties in interpreting deeper meanings often closely tied to cultural and …

Materiality Of Traumatic Experience And The Limits Of Representation In Hassan Bani Ameri’S Gonjeshkha Behesht Ra Mifahmand (Sparrows Understand Heaven), Maryam Ghodrati

Emerson Authors, Researchers, & Creators

This paper examines the materialization of trauma as both a narrative and embodied phenomenon in Hassan Bani Ameri’s 2006 novel, Gonjeshkha Behesht ra Mifahmand, using contemporary narrative and trauma theory. The postmodernist narrative, told from the perspective of a photojournalist, reconstructs events surrounding the death of a celebrated Iran-Iraq War commander. I argue that traumatic truths resist full integration into conventional frameworks of understanding, evident in the novel’s non-linear, fragmented narrative and its shift from visual realism to confessional surrealism in an ending that challenges traditional storytelling and historical documentation. By vividly simulating the sensory processing of traumatic memories, the …

#35 Understanding In Lao, Victoria Gill

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

This piece is a celebration, an interpretation, and translation of Lao words and of the Lao language as poetry. This poem dissects and discuss the differences between how the word "understand" is conceptualized and embodied in the Lao language versus English. Further, it shows how in Lao, there are even deeper nuances between what it means "to know" versus "to understand" in Lao.

Heteropoesia: Basil Bunting’S Translation Of Obayd Zākānī’S Mush-O Gorbeh, Emadeddin Naghipour

Languages and Cultures Publications

This article studies the role of ‘selving’ and creative interpretation in literary translation. Specifically, it analyzes one of Basil Bunting’s successful translations of Obayd Zākānī’s Mush-o Gorbeh, a picturesque and catchy poem in rhyme and rhythm, laden with animal characters, which was considered to be both a masterpiece of children’s literature and a very important political satire. Bunting, a translator of Persian classical poems into English, had both political and poetic missions as a spy and an up-and-coming poet. This study turns to the theories of translation by Steiner, Benjamin, and Bassnett, among others, to show the challenges of translating …

Singing Hunger In Protest Music: Nasboi’S “Hunger Games” And Post-Election Realities In Nigeria’S “Emilokan” Era, Omotayo Jemiluyi, Abubakar Tajudeen

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

This article examines “Hunger Games” (2024), a protest song by Nigerian artiste and skit maker Nasboi, as an indictment of the economic hardship, political repression, and widespread disillusionment that have characterized Nigeria’s 2023 post-election landscape under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s “Emilokan” administration. Situating the song within Nigeria’s long-standing tradition of politically conscious music, from the Afrobeat of Fela Kuti to the contemporary commentaries of Falz and Burna Boy, the study critically dissects how “Hunger Games” reflects collective frustration and subversively positions popular music as resistance. The analysis of the study demonstrates that Nasboi’s aesthetic strategy—combining satire with repetition—renders individual hardship …

The Analysis Of The Shonen Protagonist And Aragoto Warrior: The Eternal Strength Of Boyhood, Ethan J. Mcentyre

Theses and Dissertations

This paper is a breakdown of various visual and narrative elements of Kabuki and Anime, using the example of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, and One Piece. There is a broad overview of both Kabuki and Anime discussing their various tropes and styles. Following this introduction is a three-part breakdown of One Piece and its similarities to Kabuki theatre, with Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura as the reference point for specific examples.

The three-part comparison is structured by first discussing surface level similarities and potential coincidences unique to these two stories in conversation with each other, by looking at a few specific …

Adaptation For Whom? Understanding The Impacts Of Dyke Policies On Small-Scale Farmers In Ca Mau Province Of Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Quang, Nguyen Van Minh, Nguyen Vo Chau Ngan, Martha B. Lerski

Publications and Research

Low-lying deltas worldwide are extremely vulnerable to sea-level rise. As the risks of climate-induced flooding become increasingly clear, the thirst for infrastructure-driven adaptation increases. This highlights a patent need to understand the impacts of engineering adaptation solutions, especially those targeting built structures such as dykes and sluices, on farmers from a bottom-up, farmer-centred perspective. The study addresses this call by examining cases where dyke policies, while successful in some dimensions, have undermined small-scale farmer livelihoods in Ca Mau ― Vietnam’s southernmost rural province. It identifies areas in need of attention and adds empirical data related to this group of farmers. …

Identifying Intangible And Biocultural Heritage Elements Toward Environmental Understanding: Engaging Stakeholders Through Art, Martha B. Lerski

Publications and Research

Grounded in a case study in Barbuda in the Caribbean, this research examines sustainability from the perspective of what arts and heritage can contribute to community engagement and local and broader understandings about the environment. This article documents a growing body of literature recognizing the role of arts and culture, including local knowledge and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), in climate change endeavors. Art and TEK present expansive world views. Contextual information situates research done on the island of Barbuda pre- and post-Hurricane Irma. Visual arts workshops engaged community members in mixed methods research. Results documented cultural elements, particularly intangible and …

Resisting Neoliberalism: Testimonios Of Language Teachers As Social Activists, David Martinez-Prieto

Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications

This study examines the testimonios of Mexican language teachers who experienced the violent and institutional imposition of neoliberal policies at the main university at the state of Puebla. Through the analysis of testimonios, language teachers narrated their own trajectories to resist the implementation of the neoliberal policies, such as the restriction of teaching freedom for educators, the elimination of the right to free education for students, and the current subjugation educators experience at the site of study. Based on the Foucauldian concepts of sovereign and institutional power, along with governmentality, this article analyzes the activism of language teachers, and …

Jcu 211 Syllabus, Asako Tochika

Open Educational Resources

Syllabus for the Japanese Food Culture course. Taught as a COIL/study abroad course in the summer.

Cultural Identity In Mental Health Services And Helpseeking Behaviours Among African International Students, Mark Ofosu Asirifi

Theses and Dissertations

Acculturation stress impacts international students’ psychological well-being and academic success, yet research on African students remains limited. For African international students, this stress is intensified by cultural stigma surrounding mental health services, deterring help-seeking due to fears of judgment and ostracization. This identity negotiation complicates their willingness to access support, reinforcing cultural barriers to mental health care. This study explores how cultural identity shapes the mental health perceptions and help-seeking behaviors of African international students in the United States. Grounded in the Communication Theory of Identity (CTI) and the Health Belief Model (HBM), the research examines how acculturative stress, stigma, …

Navigating Big Data In Cyber Archaeology: An Updated Four-Field Approach Applied To San Miceli, Jared Wilson

Dissertations

Problem

This dissertation examines the evolving role of digital technologies in archaeological research, focusing on the management and interpretation of extensive digital datasets generated by modern excavations. Drawing on six years of comprehensive fieldwork at San Miceli, Sicily, this study critically evaluates and updates the established four-field methodology proposed by Levy et al. (2012), encompassing acquisition, analysis, dissemination, and curation. While traditional archaeological documentation methods rely heavily on analog techniques, these approaches increasingly fall short due to the rapid expansion and complexity of digital data.

Method

To address this gap, the dissertation refines and expands the current methodological framework by …

Minority In Baroque Trumpet Repertoire: Minor-Key Literature For Baroque Trumpet, Wing Heng Victor Yuen

Theses and Dissertations--Music

The repertoire for trumpet in the Baroque era is overwhelmingly in major keys for obvious reasons. As natural trumpet is limited by design to play the notes of the harmonic series, most players have little access to sonorities outside the major scale and arpeggios within the series without the help of technical innovations such as the slide, and much later, vent-holes. Baroque trumpet makers built valveless natural trumpets, which are limited by design to play the notes of the harmonic series. Since the fundamental physics limit the musical notes available to the natural trumpet, minor key is not an essentially …

Audism And Its Effects Within The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Community, Angela Peterson

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

“Audism and its Effects within the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community” takes a closer look at the history and growth of the Deaf community, highlighting key struggles in Deaf education, the emergence and recognition of American Sign Language (ASL), and powerful movements such as Deaf President Now. From there, the paper explores the concept of audism—discrimination against those who are deaf or hard of hearing—and how it continues to affect the lives of Deaf individuals through harmful misconceptions, limited control over accessibility, and barriers within politics, law, and medicine. Alongside the broader struggles of the Deaf community, the paper …

From Conscientious French Canadian To Enterprising American: Making Memory & Measuring Social Mobility Of French Canadians 1880-1940, Brooke S. Schwaderer

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

This thesis studies the social mobility of French-Canadian immigrants to the Keweenaw Peninsula 1880-1940 and memory among their descendants to explain how French-Canadian culture in the Keweenaw faded over time. Oral histories were conducted to gain an understanding of the current French-Canadian culture in the Keweenaw, understand how the current generation perceives changes in culture over time, and provide possible explanations for why French-Canadians thrived in the Keweenaw. Tax records from the Michigan Technological University Archives and social mobility scores, mother tongue, and homeownership information from the United States census was analyzed to measure language loss, and the social mobility …