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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"Traditional culture"”.
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A life history study of young Chinese women's experiences under the influence of traditional culture and its contemporary evolution.
As Chinese society and culture have become more complex and diverse over time, this has impacted upon the roles and experiences of women. Women continue to face significant barriers while pursuing self-development and enhanced social status. In general, Chinese culture is for men, and there exists …
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"From an old country to a new " : opposing worlds and narrative traditions in Willa Cather's : My Ántonia
… as my framework, I identify two prevailing cultures in Cather’s novel—progressive culture and traditional culture—and suggest that the narrative and the narrator wavers between them. As traditional culture is linked by Dekker with both the rural and the oral, and progressive culture is …
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Landscape and food in contemporary Thailand: gathering as cultural practice
… period of development influenced by foreign cultures, especially the industrial development under the paradigm of the capitalism. This incorporation of the foreign cultures conflicts with the traditional culture that has long developed in harmony with the regional environment. As a result, …
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New narratologies: an examination of the interplay between life, land, and story
… and geography play a role in the maintenance of traditional culture and narratives in the rural communities of DeKalb and Neshoba counties in Mississippi. The first chapter argues that memory through story can yield significant historical findings in narrative identity. It is here where the …
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Strangers, foreigners, and fellow citizens: Case studies of English missions to the Indians in colonial New England and the Middle Colonies, 1642-1755
… and divest them of the ""last vestige"" of their traditional culture. Moreover, several historians have concluded that those Indians who did convert to Christianity did so in an effort to preserve their ethnic identity and enhance their traditional culture, and that the Indians' loyalty to their …
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A cross-cultural design pattern: Chinese modern design
… design principle, which combines Chinese traditional culture with the imported Western modern design theory. In this paper, Modern Chinese design history, development and characteristics are reviewed. Meanwhile, some existing principles are demonstrated and something new is experimented …
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Asian Indians in the United States: An analysis of identity formation and retention
… new identity while maintaining aspects of their traditional culture. This project analyzed three generations of family members and their respective impact on identity formation. Interviews were conducted with the children, the parents, and (for eight families) the extended family in India. …
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Nanjing Library: A Study of Intangible Contents of Architecture
… to design for our time(2005) while respecting traditional Chinese culture and philosophy. It proposes a solution to the conflict between traditional Chinese architecture and modernization patterned after the West. It is an attempt to respond to the question: how can these two different cultural …
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Culture enumeration, lactose hydrolysis and sensory changes in stored frozen yogurt fermented with two culture systems
… study was to compare products fermented with two culture systems to two endpoints for the following characteristics: survival of the culture bacteria, changes in protein, lactose and galactose concentrations and sensory changes. Frozen yogurt was produced using a standard lowfat ice cream mix …
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The Rebirth of A Nation: An Embassy Proposal for the Republic of South Africa in Washington, DC
… to colonialism and conquest, the foundations of traditional culture and tribal ritual have also been lost. There must be a recovery from this hopeless state of non-community. In the examination of the growth and development of a culture, it is pertinent to identify how people relate to themselves …
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Indigenous culture as a strategy to defer Mushkegowuk youth from criminal behaviour in Moose Cree First Nation.
… Cree First Nation find it feasible to initiate traditional culture as a course to deter Indigenous youth from criminal behaviour. The study consisted of interviews with eight First Nation individuals by way of purposive and snowball sampling to recruit participants. Three major themes were …
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Meeting the challenges of educational reform through spatial design in the twenty-first century
… of higher education. In its history Saudi Arabia traditionally practiced gendersegregated education. Saudi Arabia has made a bold attempt in its education practice to allow coeducation to take place at one of their universities. This university seeks to become a global leader in the area of …
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The critical spirit in everyday object design : a study of Maywa Denki's creative method
… back to the technique used in ritual objects in traditional culture. Maywa Denki is a successful crossover company because it manages to promote individual expression. Inspired by Maywa Denki products, I proposed my own work "the Floating World". It is based on the observation of individual …
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Dairy-Met: compositional metagenomic analysis of milk and cheeses
… the microorganisms present in these food types. Traditional culture dependent and culture-independent methods have provided much detail regarding the microbial content of dairy foods. However, the development of next-generation DNA sequencing technologies has revolutionised our knowledge of …
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The conduct of randomised controlled trials in China: quality of trial reports and stakeholders’ views
… patients. The potential influences from Chinese traditional culture is also evaluated. Chinese medical journal editors need to undertake more training on the reporting of RCTs; all medical societies should take more concern about doctors’ research work; the Chinese public media should help the …
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Student Voice Initiative: Exploring Implementation Strategies
… with adults to produce a learning culture that is conducive for optimum growth in every student. In a traditional setting, the adults make the decisions and the students are passive observers in the learning process. Data has shown that this traditional culture is not advantageous …
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Let the Culture Speak: Teaching Strategies for Children's Picture Book Design with Traditional Chinese Cultural Background
… in the number of picture books that feature traditional cultures as the creative theme in recent years, as a result of the growth of cultural and creative industries and the emergence of traditional culture research. This research endeavours to resolve concerns regarding inadequate student …
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A Critical Interpretation of Olivier Roy: On Globalization, the Cosmopolitan and Emerging Post-Secular Religiosities
… within a particular society and within a traditional culture towards an individuated, and existential experience of faith within the autonomous religious subject. There are various reasons for this shift, as there are various consequences. Globalization, which is modernization writ large, …
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A critical study on Christian mission with special reference to the Presbyterian church of Mizoram
… This study introduced the Mizos and their traditional elements with a brief interpretation. Then the colonial power and Christian mission came to Mizoram which brought various changes in Mizo society. While admitting that change was a need of the Mizo society and irreversible process, it …
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Housing design for land-lost farmers in Suzhou, China
… are also based upon vernacular housing and the traditional culture in the Yangtze delta region. The study site is located in Suzhou, a typical city with many land-lost farmers. Two possible site designs are proposed in this thesis. They are applications of design patterns and can be used at …
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