Training in culture: the case of aikido education and meaning-making outcomes in Japan and the United States

This study investigated whether a relationship existed between instructional style and points of emphasis in the training context of the martial art aikido and the perceptions which practitioners of aikido generated for aikido-related concepts. The findings were gathered within and compared across aikido training settings in two cultures — Japan and the United States. Analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data gathered for this investigation revealed several potent differences between the manner in which Japanese and American aikido practitioners represented their understandings of aikido-related concepts. Differences in the manner in which aikido practitioners in Japan and the United States represented their understandings of aikido reflected the teaching emphasis observed in the respective cultures. It was concluded that aikido instructors represented the values of their own culture in the context of aikido training, and thus served as important mediating forces influencing the meaning which practitioners generated for aikido. An additional finding revealed that in neither culture were participants able to accurately represent how practitioners in the “other” culture structured their understandings of aikido. It was reasoned that both cultural groups generated faulty perceptions of how the “other” group understood aikido because they utilized a similar pattern of projection, using their own meanings of aikido to represent the understandings of practitioners in the “other” cultural group.     

Determining heterogeneous behavior for theater attendance

In this paper we propose and estimate a model of theater participation using the data contained in the 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts from the USA, a dataset widely used to study the determinants of cultural participation. Our contribution relies on the use of an estimation technique that respects the count data nature of the attendance variable (number of theater performances that an individual attended) and allows for heterogeneous behavior. By using a Zero Inflated Negative Binomial Model, we can characterize two distinct behaviors for the observable attendance: a group of never-goers (who never participate) and a subpopulation that has a positive probability of attending. For this latter group, we can estimate the effect of certain personal variables on the probability of highest frequency. The results suggest that the proposed model is appropriate for estimating cultural participation.

体育非物质文化遗产福建地术拳传承模式与传承路径探析

体育非物质文化遗产是我国传统体育文化的重要组成部分,对体育非物质文化遗产的保护和传承具有重要的意义。本文运用文献资料法、田野调查法对福建地术拳的传承发展的历史、现状及传承模式和传承路径进行梳理和归纳。研究发现福建地术拳并非单纯沿用传统的自然传承模式,而是在近一个世纪的传承过程中逐渐摸索出一条“以政宣武,以商养武,以武助商”的具有自我特色的传承模式和“六进”的传承路径。     

文化产业中的表达：自由与界限

文化产业是表达的产业,表达是文化产业的核心要素。自由的表达可以推动文化产业的发展,但过度的表达又会使文化产业的社会效益受损。文化产业的有序发展需要合理、恰当的表达,需要为表达自由划定一个界限,这个界限就是表达义务。表达义务对文化产品的生产者和传播者提出应当不侵犯他人权益、不损害社会公共利益和不侵害前代人和后代人权益的行为要求。表达义务既是表达自由的限制和界限,也是文化产业的社会效益在法律上的体现。     

挖掘校园文化建设内涵,助力提升核心竞争力——校园文化建设在提升我院核心竞争力中的作用研究

从高校核心竞争力的内涵出发,挖掘“核心竞争力”这一概念对于高校深刻影响,进而结合我院近几年校园文化建设的特色与趋势关注,提升我院核心竞争力中的作用,以助力核心竞争力提升对我院新一轮校园文化建设提出建议性意见与前瞻性规划。     

论社会主义精神文明建设的基本点

党的十四届六中全会作出了加强精神文明建设的《决议》,江泽民同志在多种场合、多次会议,一再强调“要把精神文明建设提高到更突出的位置”,“精神文明重在建设”。本文依据这一精神,试图从社会发展的宏观角度,探讨社会主义精神文明建设最基本的六个方面的问题。     

英语专业语言教学中文化导入的层次及内容

英语专业的语言教学中要导入文化教学，这在我国的英语教学界已经是一个不争的问题。但是，文化导入的层次及内容是什么?这正是目前广泛而深入探讨的问题。本文根据作者长期的教学实践，结合相关的理论研究，针对新《大纲》的有关要求，就英语专业语言教学中文化导入的层次及内容进行探讨，以便促进我国的英语专业语言教学。     

"概论"课教学中要把握"五个一"

在“毛泽东思想、邓小平理论和‘三个代表’重要思想概论”课教学中要把握“五个一”：一条主线——马克思主义中国化的历史进程；一个主题——中国化马克思主义的理论成果；一个重点——建设中国特色社会主义；一个转变——由教材体系向教学体系的转变；一个统一——主导性与多样性的统一。     

要发展看现状作选择——浅析西部县市电视的文化现状及战略选择

广播电视作为党和人民的喉舌,作为当今社会最先进、传播最迅速、影响最广泛、最显著的重要媒体之一,一直在政治、经济、文化等诸方面发挥着不可替代的作用.随着信息时代的到来,特别是互联网等新兴媒体的迅速兴起,改变了传媒业原有的格局和传播方式,各种媒体相互融合、相互渗透、相互竞争加剧,对广播电视业产生了巨大冲击,"一枝独秀"局面彻底改变.理性地认识西部经济不发达地区电视的文化传播现状,前瞻性地作出战略选择,是其增强竞争力的重要途径.     

线性代数教学中加强几何直观教学的意义

讨论了在线性代数教学中加强几何直观教学的重要性,指出,线性代数的概念引入、定理的几何意义说明、定理应用等几个方面均可以给出几何意义的阐述;由此可以激发学生学习线性代数的兴趣,培养学生应用线性代数知识的能力。