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‘Culture’ as a discursive resource in newspaper articles from Le Monde about secularism : constructing ‘us’ through strategic oppositions with religi…
2017
Building on research highlighting the complex webs of relations between secularism, culture, and religion, this study investigates how the concept of culture was utilized in discourses of laïcité from the newspaper le Monde. Articles (N = 76) published between 2011 and 2014 were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results revealed the agency associated with the use of culture as it was strategically – rather than systematically – used in opposition to religion. Overall, culture – and the practices it defined – tended to be represented as normal and invisible. On the other hand, religion tended to be constructed as a disruption to secularism and the corresponding cultural reality. T…
Negotiating the Terminological Borders of ‘Language Mediation’ in English and Italian. A Discussion on the Repercussions of Terminology on the Practi…
2015
Linguistic and cultural mediation has been playing an increasingly important role in contemporary society as a result of the intensification of international exchanges and migration flows; however, the definitions that have been given of it are still rather vague and inconsistent. In some cases linguistic and cultural mediation is seen as a broad superordinate category, comprising a range of different interlinguistic and intercultural activities serving the purpose of facilitating communication across languages, cultures and societies in various areas of civil society: industry, business, trade, law, literature, academia, institutions, public services, etc. In other cases, instead, the defi…
KOMUNIKASI NIKLAS LUHMANN DALAM MEMBANGUN KERUKUNAN ANTAR UMAT BERAGAMA DI WILAYAH PERKOTAAN
2020
Religious plurality in the era of globalization is a necessity in the midst of cultural heterogeneity, religious expression and religion itself. Religious plurality has a very large potential and role in the process of integrating the development of the Indonesian nation in the future. However, on the other hand, religious plurality contains the potential for conflict and disintegration of the nation, because the dominance of the absolute truth claims of each religion so that emotions become the basis of interaction and communication. Therefore, communication becomes a pillar of religious harmony. To achieve religious harmony, this research uses a qualitative-descriptive method that puts wi…
Cultures in Dialogue: Perceptions and Experiences of Finnish Teachers of Transnational Dances
2012
This article is based on a phenomenographic study that focuses on identifying the pedagogical conceptions of Finnish teachers of transnational dances. The purpose is to uncover and understand teachers' conceptions concerning the implications of the cultural contexts of their specific dance forms for their pedagogical practices. Through a process of phenomenographic data analysis, the authors have identified three different ways to understand teachers' conceptions and experiences: (1) Dance as a path towards personal expression, (2) Telling a story of being a woman through dance, and (3) Self-approval and the collective nature of dance. The study aims at facilitating discussion about the pro…
Agricultural Insurances and Food Security. The New Climate Change Challenges
2015
Abstract Food security is one of the highest problems that the governments have to face in the third millennium. The complexity of this problem justifies the performance of researches, in view of finding viable solutions, not only in agriculture, but in other branches of activity too. Among them, the field of insurances is to be noted by its struggles to adapt to the new challenges. This paper tries to clarify the way in which insurances may become a key factor for the food security and addresses the following issues: food security factors; factors impacting on the development of agricultural insurances, risks connected to the agricultural activities and the way in which the insurance prote…
Managing Academic Internationalization: A Culture-Based Approach
2014
Abstract The goal of the present paper is apply the blue-ocean strategy to the current status of the higher education system, with a major focus on managing cultural diversity in a global world. Universities nowadays represent poles of excellence in terms of cultural innovation, knowledge creation and transfer to the industry, an interface between home and host country as regards academic mobility (teaching and research mobility); they have a significant role in promoting cultural values and informed intercultural communication, creating academic consortia as well as interacting with the local and business communities. The paper shall also redefine: the role of university managers in the co…
Research the Opportunities a Foreign Languages’ Competence for Professional Project Management in Latvia
2015
In the current competitive working environment time has become the key resource therefore universities must be able to satisfy higher education needs by enabling students to obtain as many professional skills and knowledge as possible. One of the solutions is to develop online studies by organising the language courses on the internet and by supplementing in-class courses with online study materials. The goal of this work is to research the opportunities a foreign languages’ competence for professional project management in Latvia. Research materials on foreign language teaching methods and applicable IC technological aspects were gathered, and a survey was completed and its results analyse…
Exchange students in Finland : English language learning and use
2013
Kansainvälisyys ja kielitaito kulkevat tänä päivänä käsi kädessä ja molemmat nähdäänkin tärkeinä seikkoina yliopisto-opiskelijoiden tulevaisuuden kannalta. Euroopassa vaihto-opiskelusta on tullut yhä suositumpaa ja siihen kehottavat niin yliopistot kuin myös opiskelijoiden tulevat työnantajat sekä Euroopan Unioni, joka myös tukee hanketta taloudellisesti noudattaen Euroopan yhteistä kielipolitiikkaa. Vaihto-opiskelu nähdään hyödyllisenä niin itsenäistymisen kuin myös kansainvälistymisen kannalta, unohtamatta kielitaidon merkitystä monikielisessä Euroopassa. Merkittävä osa Suomeen tulevista vaihto-opiskelijoista pitää yhtenä tavoitteenaan parantaa englannin kielen taitoaan, huolimatta siitä,…
"Hei mitä tää ny tarkottaa?" : experiences of intercultural communication and linguistic shock while using English abroad
2016
Globalisaation ja kansainvälistymisen myötä korkeakouluopiskelijoiden kansainvälinen liikkuvuus on lisääntynyt huomattavasti. Ulkomailla oleskelu on tarjonnut monille hyvinkin positiivisia kokemuksia, mutta uudessa kulttuurissa eri kielellä toimiminen voi aiheuttaa myös yllättäviä ongelmatilanteita. Tutkimuksen teoriataustan aloittaa katsaus kansainväliseen opiskelijaliikkuvuuteen, jonka jälkeen esitellään muutamia tärkeimpiä kulttuurienvälisen viestinnän teorioita. Kulttuurienvälinen viestintäkompetenssi on myös olennainen tässä tutkimuksessa, joten myös siitä keskustellaan. Kielishokki ilmiönä esitellään aluksi sekä kulttuurisesta että kielellisestä näkökulmasta, jonka jälkeen tarkastella…
La telecolaboración entre grupos heterogéneos en la clase de lengua extranjera
2014
[ES] En la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras, numerosos profesores trabajan las competencias lingüísticas y comunicativas por medio de actividades que incluyen las TIC. Entre ellas, se encuentran los proyectos de telecolaboración por Internet, intercambios asincrónicos y sincrónicos, entre grupos de estudiantes pertenecientes a diferentes comunidades lingüísticas distantes geográficamente. Nuestro objetivo ha consistido en comprobar si un proyecto de telecolaboración sincrónico entre grupos heterogéneos de estudiantes, con distintos perfiles y niveles en lengua extranjera, es factible y si contribuye al desarrollo de las competencias comunicativas, intercuturales y tecnológicas.