Recording the war effort: immigrant communities in Latin America and the memory of the Great War

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to analyse the initiatives undertaken by some immigrant communities residing in Latin America to record their mobilisation around the First World War. After the armistice, European communities in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and other countries gathered detailed information about their activities during the conflict, published as profusely illustrated books of remembrance, offered to their governments as proof of their loyalty. The article intends to establish the peculiar nature of these publications as records of the war effort, and analyse the agents and processes of their elaboration, and their role as commemorative but also as archival documents.     

Semantic Models of Host-Immigrant Relations in Norwegian Education Policies

Education has continuously been regarded as a vital tool in Norwegian policymakers' immigrant integration agendas. This study analyzes semantic structures substantiating the policy language of historical Norwegian immigrant education policies from their inception in 1973 until today (2013). The analysis is framed by Kronenfeld's linguistic anthropological theory “semantic extensionism”. Four distinct semantic models are identified through the historical period. Each model comprises specific overall policy programs, education system characters, teaching methods, and parameters for equality output evaluations. We show how the core semantic structures of each model, and the changes between them, derive from three interacting factor domains: (1) semantic inclusion and contrast relations, (2) pragmatic characteristics of practice fields, and (3) broader welfare state policy histories.     

城市女性婚姻移民的社会适应研究——以上海市“外来媳妇”为例

与一般农民工的社会适应表现为经济、社会、心理三个层面依次递进的特点不同,城市女性婚姻移民的社会适应首先是从心理适应开始的。虽然女性移民因为婚姻得以进入城市生活,但其社会地位并没有因此而得到提高;而这种低下的社会地位又直接影响了她们与城市居民的接触和交往,影响了她们对自我身份的认同。从社会适应的总体状况来看,城市女性婚姻移民应属于介于农民工和市民之间的"边际人"。     

从弥生文化的特点看中国移民对日本社会发展的影响

公元前三世纪左右,日本进入弥生文化时期。弥生文化是比绳纹文化更为进步的一种新文化,水稻的栽培和铁器的开始应用是其主要特点。许多中日两国学者怀着对弥生文化自然演进的怀疑和通过对考古发掘遗物、遗迹的研究,认为日本的弥生文化是中国移民携带的大陆新文化要素促使形成的。在这一作用过程中,中国移民做出了不可磨灭的贡献。公元前二、三世纪,大批的中国人进入日本列岛。与此同时,他们向日本传入了从中国大陆带来的稻种、铁器、青铜器和水稻栽培技术及金属器具冶炼技术等,使日本由绳纹文化进入到弥生文化,对日本的社会发展产生了重大影响。     

Immigrant and Refugee Students Across “Receiving” Nations: To What Extent Can Educators Rely on PISA for Answers?

Massive population shift is a current global reality – especially given some of the latest development on European shores; some are calling it a humanitarian crisis. Although the United States (US) receives a large number of immigrants (documented and not) and about 70,000 refugees each year, it is certainly not the only nation to do so. Industrialized nations that receive migrants through immigration policies are typically referred to as “receiving” nations. The article addresses two main questions: (1) how well immigrant students across 17 receiving industrialized nations are doing according to the Programme for International Student Assessment (otherwise known as PISA), and (2) how are educators, immigrant and refugee parents and students experiencing integration in the school context. The education of immigrant and refugee students is a complex global issue that requires better understanding, collaborative attention, and long-term investment of several stakeholders.     

The Effectiveness of the Responsive Teaching Parent-mediated Developmental Intervention Programme in Turkey: A pilot study

The case study was conducted to examine the feasibility of an early intervention curriculum called Responsive Teaching with two five-year-old children from Turkey who had significant developmental delays. This study determined whether Turkish mothers might be successful in learning to become more responsive to their children, and whether this would result in significant improvements in their children’s development. Both dyads received 28 individual parent–child intervention sessions which were conducted over a four-month period of time. Pre-, mid-, and post-assessments indicated improvements in the mothers’ responsiveness to their children and the children’s levels of engagement with their parents. There were also improvements in the children’s language and personal social development. Mothers reported that Responsive Teaching helped them learn to interact more effectively with their children and that this resulted in longer and more enjoyable interactions with them. Results from this investigation are discussed in terms of their implications for providing developmental services to preschool-aged children with disabilities in Turkey.     

自我的迷失与重构——《接骨师之女》的文化认同问题

谭恩美《接骨师之女》中的女儿露丝是第二代美籍华裔移民,处在中美文化夹缝中的她感受到被两种文化边缘化的痛苦,由此坠入迷茫与困惑深渊。直到认同中国文化后,露丝才走出文化身份缺失的困境,并完成了对自我的重构。作者借此表明华裔移民应该在中美两种文化间找到一种平衡,并利用其独特的文化身份为两种文化交流做出贡献。     

全球化进程中西方国家移民公民教育模式梗概

经济全球化已成为当代人类社会生活中最重要的现象与变量之一,在它的猛烈冲击下,西方国家的社会结构发生了深刻的变迁。在公民教育层面,随着经济全球化的不断推进,外来移民大量涌入,西方国家在针对外来族群的公民教育实践中,相应地形成了以排斥型、融合型、多元文化型、跨民族国家型等为主要代表的移民公民教育模式。必须强调的是,上述四种移民公民教育模式并不存在明显的孰优孰劣,在一定程度上它们都是与各自国家的文化传统和历史背景密切相关的。     

以色列科技创新体系对提升中国竞争力的思考

以色列科技创新体系是保证科技创新竞争力的基础。科技创新体系中政府设立创新行政管理机构,高校负责创新科学技术攻坚,企业保证应用研发和技术转移,形成高效的国家科技创新体系。以色列政府制定一系列促进科技创新的政策、法案和计划,营造良好的营商环境,以此增强高校科技创新动力和企业创新活力等,其较为完善的科技创新体系可为我国创新发展战略的实施提供经验借鉴。     

基于五大发展理念的水利水电工程移民政策评价——以《大中型水利水电工程建设征地补偿和移民安置条例》为例

基于五大发展理念对《大中型水利水电工程建设征地补偿和移民安置条例》(国务院471号令)移民政策的进步性、局限性、制度合理性和实践合理性进行评价,有助于条例的修订完善及水利水电移民事业健康发展.471号令相对于74号令在各个方面都有了较大的进步,但一些条款已经不能适应发展要求,需在五大发展理念的指导下进行完善:移民管理体制要从"管理"转变为"治理",实现创新发展;要进一步明确项目法人与地方政府的权责,实现协调发展;要将生态文明建设、美丽中国建设的新要求贯彻到移民工作中,实现绿色发展;要消除部门立法、行业保护的影响,实现开放发展;要更多地让利于移民及安置区群众,实现共享发展.