“His body is human,but he has a tiracchāna heart”: An ethnographic study of the epigenesis of child abuse in Cambodia

In Cambodia, more than half of all children experience physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. This article examines how Cambodians view the causes and effects of child abuse and analyses its underlying cultural forces. Adopting a conceptual framework originally developed for the cultural context of violence against women, 110 cases of child abuse were ethnographically studied, comprising 61 cases of sexual abuse (50 girls and 11 boys), 26 cases of physical abuse (13 girls and 13 boys), and 23 cases of emotional abuse or neglect (13 girls and 10 boys). The perpetrators included fathers and other close relatives, lay Buddhist officiants and monks, and neighbors. Most informants viewed the sexual or physical abuse of children as stemming from “cultural attractors,” including blighted endowment caused by deeds in a previous life, a bad character starting early in life, astrological vulnerability to abuse, preordained entanglement between the child and the abuser (they are “fated” to meet), sexual craving, “entering the road to ruin,” and a moral blindness that portrays the abuser as blameless. Although these traits are similar to those identified in the explanations of violence against women, there were notable differences such as the role of the tiracchāna in explaining sexual abuse, including incest. Using these findings, this article identifies a cultural epigenesis of child sexual abuse, and provides a blueprint for developing a culturally responsive plan to prevent child abuse.     

Individual and cultural factors in teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion: A meta-analysis

The success of inclusive education is dependent upon classroom teachers implementing adaptations for children with disabilities. Given that willingness to make such adaptations is influenced by teacher attitudes, the current study examined teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education through a meta-analysis of 64 samples that were found via a systematic literature search. The results indicated that teachers hold a positive attitude towards inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream schools and that these attitudes are moderated by an interplay of cultural and demographical factors. The findings offer a renewed basis for intervention research into improving educational opportunities for children around the world.     

数字记忆:文化记忆的数字宫殿

信息化进程对于人类记忆是双刃剑,信息技术在强化社会生活记录能力的同时也引发了新的社会失忆现象,数字记忆成为新一代文化记忆。本文在简要爬梳数字记忆由来和现状的基础上,阐述数字记忆的基本原理和社会价值,归纳出多资源互补、多媒体连通、迭代式生长、开放式构建等特点,从目标定位、文化阐释、资源整合、编排展示、技术支撑五个方面提出构建数字记忆项目的架构和要领。本文还分析了图书馆、档案馆、博物馆等记忆机构在数字记忆建设中的重要角色及其原因,倡导图档博机构在数字记忆构建中拓展职能,增加活力。参考文献31。     

文化认同视域下传统武术文化变迁反思

文章运用文献资料法和逻辑分析法,以传统武术的发展现状为研究对象,从文化认同研究视角,对传统武术发展的文化变迁进行理性的分析。研究发现：传统武术在发展历程中在对异文化认同的境遇下产生了相应的文化变迁,正是由于这种对异文化的认同而导致了传统武术的异化发展。在这种认知的基础上。研究认为：传统武术的发展需要以中国文化传统作为其发展基点,在凸显文化的作用与影响下寻求传统武术发展新的内在动力,以实现对于传统武术文化多元发展。     

开发高校龙狮文化创意产业培育创新应用人才

龙狮文化创意产业是一项新兴的热门产业,蕴藏着强大的精神财富,具有无可估量的经济价值。文章运用文献资料法,阐述了高校开发龙狮文化创意产业实现意义,不仅能促使龙狮运动在高校得到持续发展,而且有助于培育出高素质、多功能的创新应用人才,有利于促进地方经济发展和城市文化的繁荣,有助于大学生的创业与就业。文章提出了全面实施改革龙狮运动教学课程,加速培育创新应用人才。创造有利条件,开发龙狮文化创意产业,为地方经济建设服务的战略思路。     

新时代民族传统体育文化发展——基于第11届全国体育科学大会相关专题综述

新时代民族传统体育文化创新发展是新时代体育强国建设和文化强国建设的战略需要,同时也是传承民族传统体育项目发展和维系民族传统体育文化可持续发展的内在动力。民族学、体育学、社会学、历史学等相关学科关于民族传统体育文化的探讨和研究层出不穷,相关研究成果逐渐丰富和完善。本研究基于第11届全国体育科学大会相关专题,主要围绕新时代民族传统体育文化发展进行梳理、归纳和整理,并从新时代民族传统体育文化的理论与实践、传播与交流、传承与路径、融合与发展以及少数民族传统体育文化的创新发展等专题进行综述。以期为新时代民族传统体育文化创新发展提供理论支撑和相关支持。     

全国文化信息资源共享工程服务农村的实践与思考

全国文化信息资源共享工程这项具有伟大意义的惠民工程,强化了图书馆的服务职能,提升了公益性服务单位的社会形象,特别是成为了新农村文化建设和广大农民经济生活、文化生活中的重要组成部分。为深入开展共享工程工作,要持有变"送文化"为"种文化"的服务思想,要服务于当代农民由"要我文化"为"我要文化"的转变,变"三下乡"为"常下乡"的长远服务战略。     

《说文解字》“心”部字的文化阐释

《说文解字》的“心”部字在一定程度上反映了汉民族的思想文化传统。通过对“心”与思维、情感的关系以及古代哲学对“心”认识的阐释,我们可以管窥中华思想的独特性与传承性。     

New mode of universal access and Global Memory Net

INTRODUCTION During 1998~2002, I was privileged to serve as a member of the US President’s Information Technol- ogy Advisory Committee (PITAC), and all members were deeply involved in the drafting of several PITAC Reports to the President. The one related to digital libraries was the 2001 Report of the PITAC Digital Library Panel, entitled Digital Libraries: Universal Access to Human Knowledge (PITAC, 2001). It offers an ambitious vision: “All citizens anywhere anytime c…     

试析中西方建筑文化交流的非对称性

17世纪以来,中西方开始了大规模的文化交流。从建筑领域文化交流来看,中国的园林艺术、家具、瓷器等造型工艺对西方产生了重要影响,形成了所谓"中国艺术风格"。但是近现代以来,由于历史的原因,文化积淀与现代化进程的冲突,在建筑文化的中西方双向交流过程中越来越呈现出非对称特性,越来越多带有西方现代风格的建筑在中国拔地而起。在中西方建筑文化交流中,中国的"洋房子"首先从"教堂"开始,由于历史的原因和科学技术发展的过程制约,导致近现代以来中方建筑的思维"追随"西方建筑文化的理念,西方建筑文化仅仅接受、吸收和融合了中方建筑文化历史中的"园林""、亭台楼阁"等精致建筑文化这一极小部分。