Tag: Cultural

Free Download Cultural Linguistics and (Re)conceptualized Tradition: Past in Present
English | 2024 | ISBN: 981976324X | 474 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 34 MB
This book offers a cutting-edge compilation of studies on (re)conceptualized traditions in a wide variety of discourses such as the language of emotion, folklore, religion and morality, the natural environment, idioms and proverbs. It also raises complex theoretical and methodological questions regarding the cultural-cognitive linguistic approach to metaphors and figurative language, embodiment, diachronic and corpus linguistics, and pragmatics. The languages under scrutiny range from well-documented to minority varieties, and even to endangered languages and dialects. Building from the assertion that cultural conceptualizations are rendered as manifestations of the interplay between language, culture, and the collective cognition of communities as handed down from generation to generation, this edited book discovers and rebuilds traditional cultural cognition. Employing analytical tools provided by the cultural-cognitive linguistic framework, the authors investigate how the field is being revitalized and renegotiated in present-day cultural contexts, and how it contributes to shaping our contemporary understanding of the world. It is useful for academics and students interested in cultural and cognitive linguistics, ethnosemantics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, applied linguistics, linguistic anthropology, and religious studies.

Free Download Magdalena Banaszkiewicz, "Cultural Heritage and Mobility from a Multisensory Perspective "
English | ISBN: 1032713747 | 2024 | 260 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 12 MB
Cultural Heritage and Mobility from a Multisensory Perspective bridges the gap between cultural heritage and mobility studies through the employment of theoretical and methodological multisensory perspectives.

Free Download Hugo DeBlock, "Artifak: Cultural Revival, Tourism, and the Recrafting of History in Vanuatu"
English | ISBN: 1789200423 | 2018 | 300 pages | PDF | 3 MB
In Vanuatu, commoditization and revitalization of culture and the arts do not necessarily work against each other; both revolve around value formation and the authentication of things. This book investigates the meaning and value of (art) objects as commodities in differing states of transit and transition: in the local place, on the market, in the museum. It provides an ethnographic account of commoditization in a context of revitalization of culture and the arts in Vanuatu, and the issues this generates, such as authentication of actions and things, indigenized copyright, and kastom disputes over ownership and the nature of kastom itself.

Free Download Josep R. Llobera, "An Invitation to Anthropology: The Structure, Evolution and Cultural Identity of Human Societies"
English | ISBN: 157181597X | 2003 | 272 pages | PDF | 892 KB
Synthesizing British, French and American traditions, this stimulating and accessible text presents a comprehensive and fascinating introduction to social and cultural anthropology. It offers an original approach through integrating knowledge produced from a variety of perspectives, placing cultural and social anthropology in a wider context including macro-sociological concepts and reference to biological evolution. Written in a clear and concise style, it conveys to the student the complexities of a discipline focusing on the structure, evolution and cultural identity of human societies up to the present day.

Free Download Rod Dreher, "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution"
English | 2020 | pages: 432 | ISBN: 1433556332 | EPUB | 0,7 mb
"Carl Trueman explains modernity to the church, with depth, clarity, and force. The significance of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self . . . is hard to overstate."

Free Download Cultural Responsiveness in Assisted Reproductive Technology:
Best Practices for Clinics and Affiliated Providers
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031762037 | 652 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 5.3 MB

Free Download Carl Ratner, "Cultural Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, and Indigenous Psychology"
English | ISBN: 1604561734 | 2013 | 112 pages | PDF | 9 MB
Cultural psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and indigenous psychology are the major psychological approaches to studying the relationship between culture and psychology. The three approaches have developed in relative isolation from each other, and each has accumulated a substantial corpus of theoretical and empirical work. This new book compares the similarities and differences of the three approaches, and it assesses their strengths and weaknesses.

Free Download Pavel Jelinek, "Education in Australia: Cultural Influences, Global Perspectives and Social Challenges "
English | ISBN: 1624172679 | 2013 | 122 pages | PDF | 5 MB
In this book, the authors discuss the cultural influences, global perspectives and social challenges of education in Australia. Topics include over-education in the Australian graduate labour market; overseas workers and the role of professional associations in Australia; case studies of disadvantaged students’ reading motivations; and the education and health literacy of aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia.

Free Download Cultural Psychology: An Introduction
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3658451548 | 442 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 5.2 MB
The introductory book presents the current state of cultural psychology in terms of theoretical approaches and methods comprehensively. It also demonstrates how deeply it is anchored in various fields of action. Cultural psychology is an interdisciplinary field of research that aims less to objectively and causally explain human behavior and experience, but rather seeks to understand psychological phenomena in their respective sociocultural context. In doing so, it follows a theoretical understanding of humans as actively acting beings. Compared to the prevailing nomothetic-oriented psychology, it emphasizes different theoretical and methodological approaches, particularly highlighting intentionality, meaning structuring, and ultimately the cultural aspects of human existence. Cultural psychology incorporates both hermeneutic approaches from psychology, philosophy, sociology, and ethnology, as well as qualitative methods for studying human behavior and experience.

Free Download Michelle Pace, Tobias Schumacher, "Conceptualizing Cultural and Social Dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean Area: A European Perspective"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 0415371295 | EPUB | pages: 164 | 0.4 mb
Previously published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics, this collection critically analyzes the dynamics and complexities of the wider Euro-Mediterranean area on the basis of individual theory-informed designs and conceptual frameworks.