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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Cultural conflict"”.
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Identity and representation under occupation: cultural conflict in contemporary cinema
Three films representing recent conflicts are examined: Kandahar (Moshen Makhmalbaf, 2001), NicU? zemija (No Man's Land, Danis Tanovic 2001), and Yadon llaheyya (Divine Intervention, Elia Suleiman, 2002). The three films exemplify the ways in which the concepts: of home, nation and identity are …
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Conflict Resolution: An Examination of Perceptions of Cultural Conflict Resolution Strategies in Organizations
<p>Conflict resolution research has resided at both the individual and group level for the many years. However, recent findings have provided evidence for the existence of conflict resolution strategies at the cultural level. As these recent findings indicate, the existence of such resolution …
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Cultural conflict : attitudes of Arabic high school students toward cultural adaptation in an educational setting
… one community differed in their attitudes toward cultural assimilation based on grade level, length of time in the United States, gender, and academic performance in high school. A total of 216 Arabic high school students in grades 9 through 12 participated in this study. These students were …
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Participatory parks planning : exploring democratic design as a tool to mediate cultural conflict over neighborhood green space
… of nature; consequently, these parks are often culturally inaccessible to new immigrants and communities of color. As the United States becomes an increasingly pluralistic society, the need grows for open space that can foster interaction between different ethnic and racial groups and that can …
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A Sociolinguistic Study: Address Rule System in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia
… A general overall awareness of linguistic and cultural variables can act as a bridge to mutual understanding and acceptance in situations of linguistic interference and cultural conflict.
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Keeping a Face on Policy: A Reflective Case Study on Collaborative Education Relationships
… implications of race and power on organizational cultural conflict in the policy development process. Particularly, as it relates to collaborative education policy designed to serve underachieving minority students, particularly, African-Americans.
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Cultural Identity and Attenuated Psychotic Experiences
… immigrant groups living in Westernized contexts. Cultural identity has been researched as a risk/protective factor for psychosis; however no consistent result has emerged. Cultural identity captures an individuals’ sense of belonging in a particular cultural group (s), including one’s ethnic group …
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Uphill All the Way: The Fortunes of Progressivism, 1919-1929
… marked by strikes, race riots, agrarian unrest, cultural conflict, government scandals, and economic depression - than the popular imagination often recalls. While examining the trajectory of progressives during the Harding and Coolidge years, this study also inquires into how civic progressivism …
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The effects of cross-cultural training on the attributions and attitudes of preservice teachers
… culture code, it may well be that intercultural conflicts are the root of the problem. Ignorance of other cultures can produce misinterpretation of behavior and may lead to cultural conflict. Cross-cultural training may help teachers identify and define cultural patterns of Hispanic …
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Disentangling universal and cultural-specific risks to mental health among Asian Americans: A multi-site longitudinal investigation
<p>Objective: Development-based intergenerational conflict related to separation-individuation is normative and similar across ethnocultural groups. Intergenerational cultural conflict related to acculturation mismatch—where intercultural contact leads parents and offspring to diverge in heritage …
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Intercultural conflict styles in the criminal justice system and the implications for intercultural interventions
<p>This thesis explored the communication and conflict style contrasts between criminal justice professionals and African American defendants that can interfere with the equitable administration of justice in the criminal justice system in Dane County, Wisconsin. The focus of this research was on …
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Colorado Stories: Interpreting HIstory for Public Audiences at the History Colorado Center
Interpreting cultural conflict at History Colorados communities exhibit, Colorado Stories, created a three-way dialogue between scholars, museum audiences, and community stakeholders. Four communities, Amache, Sand Creek, Lincoln Hills, and the Latino borderlands of southern Colorado required …
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Mentoring Latinx Students through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies at a Predominately White Institution
… such as racism, language discrimination, cultural conflict, privilege of citizenship, and lack of role models present challenges to degree completion for Latinx students. One important yet understudied mechanism of support is mentorship. Within a Latinx-dedicated mentoring program, this …
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Les (En)jeux de la femme: conflits et (ré)solutions dans la littérature vietnamienne et sénégalaise d'expression française
In this thesis, I analyze the female conflicts and resolutions that are represented in two Francophone Vietnamese novels - En s'écartant des ancêtres and La Réponse de l'Occident by Trinh Thuc Oanh - and two Francophone Senegalese novels - Une si longue lettre and Un Chant écarlate by Mariama Bâ. I …
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The impact of gender role expectations on South Asian American women: A quantitative study
… South Asian immigrant women face conflicting messages outside of their homes where they are educated within and socialized to the individualist value system of the West. Previous research has shown that the zenith of this cultural conflict is in the practice of dating and marriage, …
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Waccara's Utes: Native American equestrian adaptations in the Eastern Great Basin, 1776-1876
… nineteenth century in response to environmental, cultural, economic, and political issues. Waccara's Western Utes represented the most conspicuous stage of Native American equestrianism in the Eastern Great Basin, and the success of their diversified and far-ranging annual migratory subsistence …
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Examination Of The Relationship Between Amercian Indian Cultural Identity And Academic Performance Of Nursing Graduates
… between poor academic performance influenced by cultural conflict. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between cultural identities of students and their academic performances in a nursing program. This study surveyed graduates of the Recruitment/Retention of American …
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Using Archetypal Metaphor to Analyze Cultural Landscape: A Chlilean Case Study
… ever more difficult to isolate and map the cultural identity of any given region, as bounded and contained cultural places have become a rare occurrence. To further complicate the matter, perspectives, loyalties, and identities shift with time, and appear to shift with circumstance. While …
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