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Sanson, Kevin. "Goodbye Brigadoon: Place, Production, and Identity in Global Glasgow." Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4393.
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Goodbye Brigadoon examines the shifting role media production plays in the economic and cultural strategies of global cities in small market nations, specifically Glasgow, Scotland. In particular, this project focuses on the formation of a digital media village along the banks of the River Clyde to argue the site constitutes a logical component to Glasgow’s ongoing transformation into a cosmopolitan center. Yet, as the regional government’s economic strategies and policy directives work to transform the abandoned waterfront into a center of cultural activity, this project also underscores the contradictory cultural dynamics to emerge from media production’s new role in the post-industrial city. At its core, the media hub reveals a regional government more interested in the technology used to deliver “national” stories than the manner of the stories themselves or the cultural practices responsible for creating them. Indeed, Goodbye Brigadoon is most interested in how media professionals based at the emergent cluster negotiate a sense of cultural identity and creative license against the institutional constraints, policy matters, and commercial logic they also must navigate in their workaday rituals. Ultimately, the conclusions offered in this project argue for a more complicated conception of the global-local location where these professionals work. Glasgow’s digital media village, in other words, is much more than an innocuous site of competitive advantage, urban regeneration, and job growth. It is best understood as a site of intense social struggle and unequal power relations where local mediamakers often find the site’s impetus for multiplatform media production an institutionally enforced false promise at odds with the realities of creative labor in the city.
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Gaffney, Kiley. "Cosmopolitan tendencies in recent intersubjective art." Thesis, University of Queensland, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/89196/1/Kiley%20Gaffney%20PhD%20Thesis%20for%20QUT.pdf.
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This thesis uses cultural studies approaches to ask in what ways can intersubjective art act on the disparities brought about by late capitalism through the auspices of cosmopolitanism? How do the same processes that oppress others allow the artist to be mobile and self-reflexive while accruing and deploying a broad range of knowledges and competencies? The answer is paradoxical: those oppressed by the processes of late capitalism become the focus, theme, and content of the intersubjective artwork while the artists benefit from a system they seek to problematise and critique. Three case study chapters highlight these complex and disconcerting politics.
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Hiwatari, Yasutaka. "Anglicisms, globalisation and performativity in Japanese popular culture." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550813.
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This thesis examines the ways in which English is used to produce and reproduce new meanings and identities in the Japanese context. The study of language contact with English in Japan is far from new in Japanese sociolinguistics, and a number of studies have been conducted in this area. However, I argue that previous studies are marked by two main oversights: firstly, previous studies were conducted on data collected from limited genres; secondly, in the previous studies, English was examined on the basis of a restricted contact setting. Thus, the earlier studies provided a limited view of the ways in which the use of English functions in the Japanese context, overlooking the variety of the ways in which new meanings and identities are created. This study provides a more comprehensive picture of the ways in which the use of English functions performatively within the Japanese setting. It does this by conducting three case studies on data collected from three largely overlooked genres of Japanese popular culture, namely Japanese rap, manga, and a Japanese online Bulletin Board System website (BBS). Drawing on the theoretical framework based on the concepts of globalisation and performativity (Pennycook, 2007), this study focuses on the dynamic process by which English is embedded and re-embedded in local contexts within Japanese popular culture. Accordingly, it highlights the ways in which the use of English performatively creates and recreates new meanings and identities. This thesis argues that the process in which English is embedded is multidimensional within the Japanese context, and that this process corresponds to the ways in which English is performative in constructing multidimensional identities. Furthermore, viewing the use of language as a 'transmodal performance' (Pennycook, 2007), this study examines how the use of English works performatively in parallel with other modes of performative act, such as singing and drawing pictures.
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Velayutham, Selvaraj. "Responding to globalisation : nation, culture and identity in Singapore /." View thesis, 2003. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20050225.115206/index.html.
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Ceron-Anaya, Hugo. "Globalisation and golf : class, gender, and business culture in Mexico." Thesis, University of Essex, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495810.
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Thathiah, K. V. "South African Universities of Technology, globalisation and culture : a correlation." Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 11, Issue 3: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/647.
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Published ArticleThe Humanities, Social Sciences and the creative arts are somewhat marginalised within the broader conceptualisation of the South African Universities of Technology and this could lead to a paucity of engagement with the critical challenges facing them. Globalisation, for example, is taken as desirable and neutral and that culture and context are relatively unimportant to their ongoing development. The challenges of globalisation and culture are explored as a critique on the fundamental conceptualisation of the institution-type and as a way of arguing for a more critical role for the Humanities, Social Sciences and the Creative Arts.
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Millar, Carla Christina Johanna Maria. "International advertising : how do culture and globalisation affect management decision-making." Thesis, City University London, 1989. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/7673/.
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At first sight the effects of 'culture' appear to obstruct standardisation of international advertising whereas 'globalisation' policies seem to endorse it. In answering the question in its title, this thesis analyses the problem as faced in marketing management, and breaks new ground by: ORIGINAL WORK: - De-mystifying the concept of globalisation: distinguishing between business policy and marketing/advertising implications and separating doctrines of globalisation from those of economies of scale and standardisation. -Identifying elements of culture which necessitate different strategic approaches in marketing/advertising. -Developing a theory for dealing with culture and globalisation in international advertising. -Delineating the effects of culture on British and Dutch marketing and advertising management, confirming the validity of Hofstede's clustering, revising Dunn's priorities for creative strategy transfer, and rejecting Lee's Self-Reference-Criterion (for this population). MAIN FINDINGS: The thesis demonstrates that culture and globalisation are phenomena of different orders: globalisation only being relevant indirectly. Culture has a pervasive relevance, both for the consumer and for the manager, whose decision-making style is influenced; managers nonetheless agree in their professional judgements. International advertising requires target orientation, concept alignment, top management endorsement, and the optimal use of scarce talent and ideas; cultural differences remain and two important tools to overcome them are identified: 1. The Cultural Brand-Target Universal: developing the brand/corporate identity as a cultural universal, exclusive to the company 2. The Competence and Empathy Factor: requiring professional management, at HQ and locally to have competence and empathy. The thesis also shows the significance of both cultural differences and unifying factors, when capitalising on the opportunities of the Single European Market of 1992. METHODOLOGY: The 'Millar Methodology' implies a process of grounded theory development through four rounds of evidence: evaluation of literature, experience, exploratory interviews (Part 1) and fieldwork, which repeats previous research and examines original issues (Part 2). Implications for theory, research and practice are drawn (Part 3) and model development parallels the process throughout. The work concentrates on fmcg in W.Europe and includes a comprehensive bibliography.
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Reynaud, Ana Teresa Jardim. "Brazilian video works : diversity and identity in a global context." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263163.
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Hooper, Charlotte. "Manly states : masculinities, international relations (IR) and gender politics." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389164.
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Iwabuchi, Koichi, University of Western Sydney, and School of Cultural Histories and Futures. "Returning to Asia : Japan in the cultural dynamics of globalisation, localisation and Asianisation." THESIS_XXXX_CHF_Iwabuchi_K.xml, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/384.
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This thesis explores the re-articulation of Japan's cultural connections with Asia in the1990s through popular cultural flows. This is a time when the ascent of Asian economic power has encouraged Japan to stress its Asian identity again, and the forces of media globalisation have facilitated intra-regional cultural flow in Asia. In this context, popular culture, particularly TV programmes and popular music, which arguably embody the ongoing formation of Asian cultural modernity through cultural indigenisation of Western cultural influence, has become a key site where Japan's historically constituted ambivalent relation with other Asian nations has been newly articulated. I shall look at various facets of Japan's 'return to Asia' through the analysis of Japanese discourses on its international cultural influence; through the empirical examination of the promotion, production and reception of Japanese popular music and TV programmes in East and Southeast Asian markets; and through the analysis of Japanese media representation of Asian societies and Japanese fans' reception of Hong Kong popular culture. 'Asia' in the 1990s has evoked Japan's repetitious nationalist desire for a trans-Asian expansion of its cultural imaginary. However, as popular cultural flows have made Japan's encounter with Asia more immediate and concrete, Japan's cultural nationalist project has been reconfigured within a transnational framework which increasingly capitalises on the regional cultural resonance in Asia. In the process, the asymmetrical power relationship between Japan and Asia and Japan's condescending sense of being 'in the above Asia' have been renewed, ruptured and refracted in complex and contradictory waysDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Burnett, Sally-Ann. "The impact of globalisation on higher education institutions in Ontario." Thesis, University of Bath, 2008. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492253.
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There exists only sparse empirical data that is concerned with universities’ responses to globalisation. This study explores how and why higher education institutions in Ontario, Canada have responded to aspects of globalisation. It examines the policy context and the processes and priorities in institutional responses. First, the varying meanings and interpretations of the concept of globalisation are examined, alongside its relationship to terms such as glonacalisation, internationalisation, cross-border and borderless education. One particular element of globalisation: the recruitment of non-domestic students, is determined as the anchor point for the empirical research. Using a predominantly qualitative, mixed-methods approach, documentary research provides a foundation and framework of understanding from which detailed, empirical research is used to explore globalisation at each university studied. In the empirical study, the policy context for higher education in Ontario and Canada is first determined before aspects of each case study university are quantified. Thirdly, and most importantly, a qualitative, multiple case study approach is used to achieve a depth of understanding to establish each university’s institutional strategies and practices in response to globalisation. This allows for issues to be probed and conclusions to be drawn in a way that would not have been possible using a purely quantitative approach. Several similarities and many differences are revealed in the institutional responses that are explained in terms of policy context, institutional culture, strategic planning, institutional characteristics and settings. From these are derived some suggested adjustments to institutional strategies for each of the case study universities. More general recommendations follow, aimed at policy makers and institutional leaders, which if acted upon would improve the impact of universities’ responses to globalisation across Ontario. Suggestions for further research are given before the thesis concludes with a summary of the author’s professional and personal development during the course of the DBA.
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Walton, Paul Steven. "To what extent is globalisation creating forms of neo-colonialism within contemporary visual culture?" Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.444031.
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Yahya, Mastora. "Can the Malaysian Inland Revenue Board become a learning organisation : issues of bureaucracy, culture and change." Thesis, University of Bath, 2001. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343764.
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Aseri, Mona Mohammad. "Leadership : a study of global and cultural context in Saudi Arabian organisations." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/leadership-a-study-of-global-and-cultural-context-in-saudi-arabian-organisations(a162383d-7192-4fd9-a723-4ed484f67152).html.
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Despite the substantial number of studies and the developments that have been made in the field of leadership studies, organizations all over the world and across diverse sectors are not able to meet today’s business challenges. Leadership accounts for successful implementation of strategies as well as development of human capital, and social and economic growth. Nowadays, the diversity of work environments, projects, culture and social conditions significantly influence leadership practices and therefore must be carefully and urgently considered. The most important aspect of leadership that makes it hard to measure is people. Leadership is about communicating with people, understanding their diverse perspectives, respecting their cultural values, and reflecting their social identity. Over the years, leadership has been studied, defined and many theories on it have been developed, each one providing a critical understanding of the leadership phenomenon. However, the field research is continuing to expand as demand continues to grow. The aim of this research project is to understand the current leadership behaviours that are present within organizations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in order to positively influence leadership practices and, overall improve organizations’ performance and productivity. The researcher conducted an in-depth study in which all aspects of the context are examined, including leadership, cultural influence and the organization’s unique context. The adaptation of the grounded theory analytical approach and the use of in-depth interviews allow the researcher to better understand the study’s findings. The generated substantive theory of leadership has been represented and named as “collective leadership in action” and is demonstrated and clarified by the introduction of the conceptual model and the theoretical model. This substantive theory is broken down into three critical categories, namely leadership in action, knowledge management in action, and social influential factors. The relationships between these categories are highly important and have been comprehensively discussed. The main conclusion is the new approach to leadership, which assumes that each individual in this world is powerful beyond measure, and that human capital and individual competences and growth are therefore the greatest aspects of leadership development in Saudi Arabia organizations, with focus on the context and global influence. Future research are encouraged examine the generated substantive theory within different contexts and industries.
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Stammler, Florian. "Reindeer nomads meet the market : culture, property and globalisation at the "end of the land" /." Berlin ; Münster : Lit, 2007. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016766998&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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BHATTALHARJEE, ANURADHA. "Vers une globalisation de la culture ? une analyse comparative de l'interculturel dans la publicite des magazines." Paris 3, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997PA030157.
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Aujourd'hui, les interdependances economiques, culturelles et politiques sont devenues les caracteristiques principales de la societe moderne grace a la globalisation des marches, a la mondialisation des entreprises, au phenomene du "village global" tout court. Ce travail cherche a demontrer par le biais d'une analyse des elements transculturels dans les publicites des magazines en france/allemagne/inde qu'il existe de nos jours une tendance croissante vers une plus grande unite mondiale et que cela est du a une evolution des mentalites. La methodologie que nous avons adoptee pour une etude comparative des elements interculturels est : - reperage de tous les produits publicitaires et leur repartition en categories/sous-categories ; - definition de 13 criteres pour reperer les elements interculturels dans les parties textuelles/visuelles. Dans le chapitre i, nous avons expose les theories sur l'interculturel en liaison avec notre hypothese d'une etape de transition menant vers une plus grande unite culturelle mondiale. Dans le chapitre ii, nous avons examine la conscience interculturelle globale dans les publicites des trois pays etudies ou le niveau d'ouverture a l'alterite par le biais des statistiques etablis. Les analyses effectuees nous ont aussi permis de constater les similarites/differences dans les compartements socio-culturels. Nous avons egalement examine ici les diverses strategies interculturelles publicitaires abordees par les multinationales a l'etranger. Dans le chapitre iii, nous avons aborde l'aspect de l'unite/diversite entre les pays etudies en effectuant une analyse comparative detaillee de la categorie "voitures". Le chapitre iv est une tentative d'elaboration d'une pedagogie comparative qui permettrait aux enseignants de se servir a leur gre des annonces publicitaires pour un enseignement interculturelAs humanity races towards the new millenium, the socio-political and socio-cultural foundations that support mechanisms of international trade and commerce, international exchange, international cohabitation as it were, are caught in a vortex of change. The twin forces of technology and global trade have compressed the traditional grey zones of intercultural co-existence, and this phenomenon coupled with the ground swell of support that various global concerns such as ecological and disarmamant causes have received, has indeed forced upon us a new era - an era where an opening to understanding and appreciation of different cultures have become sine qua non for survival of human kind as we know it. This phenomenon of intercultural awareness can be gauged in many ways. However, by and large, advertising is a commercial tool and returns are very carefully monitored. Consequently, if intercultural elements are used in advertising, it is because they will go a long way in helping to attract the consumer. Intercultural elements in advertisements in magazines could thus be taken as an index of the openness of a nation to other cultures. The methodology adopted for the purpose of a comparative study of intercultural elements was : - categorisation of the various products. - definition of 13 intercultural elements pertaining to the two components of the media in question - viz text and imagery. The objectives of this study are : - in chapter i, to explore the metamorphosis of intercultural problems. - in chapter ii, to compare the degree of openness to intercultural in france/germany/india by quantifying the comparison of the presence of intercultural elements in the advertisements of these three countries. A special effort was also made to study here the approach that multinationals take when operating across cross-cultural borders. - in chapter iii, to make a special case study regarding the aspect of unity/diversity(a detailed analysis of the category motor vehicles). - in chapter iv, to explore pedagogical applications
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Enev, Vladislav, and Shkumbin Ibrahimi. "Global Consumer Culture : A qualitative study on how consumers construct global selves through consumption." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-24262.
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Background: Globalisation is changing the world and our daily lives are governed by products and images originating from other countries and other cultures. Globalisation influences consumer culture and different authors have argued for the emergence of global consumer culture. However, previous literature de-emphasizes what consumer beliefs about the global consumer culture are and how people who believe that they are global try to construct themselves as global in terms of consumption. What are their motives of being global and what kind of needs and wants do they cover by being global consumers? Purpose: To explore and illustrate how consumers try to construct their global selves through consumption. Method: An abductive, qualitative research approach with a combination of exploratory and descriptive research design was chosen. Primary data collection through semi-structured in-depth interviews was conducted among 15 respondents who tried to construct their global selves through consumption. These consumers were selected through a non-probability sampling and interviews took place in Jönköping, Sweden. Conclusion: Consumers try to construct their global selves in a variety of ways, the most common ones are through travelling and engaging in cultural experiences, consuming products from specific countries for certain reasons, and by observing the market as one whole global market, thus not limiting themselves into the boundaries of specific countries, regions or continents. This consumption is then grounded on myths and beliefs that they have accumulated about global consumer culture while gaining experience in different parts of the world. These myths and beliefs are however based on their perceptions towards global consumer culture, not objective reality per se.
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Cimendag, Ismail, and Erkan Yalcin. "Global marketing advertising with cultural differences : How can global companies better address cultural differences in marketing advertising in the Middle East?" Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18459.
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The authors realized the importance of being flexible in cultural values in the current environment of today’s economy. This environment is called ‘globalization’ that has become an interesting topic in the academic world. Beyond the different challenges, the most important challenge regarding to the thesis topic is the cultural challenge. The authors have combined these elements and wanted to investigate how these factors influence marketing advertising in the Middle East. Hence, the purpose of this thesis is to reach an understanding about how cultural differences in global marketing advertising can be handled by global companies in the Middle East. The findings of the thesis reflect upon the question of "how global companies can better address cultural differences in marketing advertising in the Middle East" by first understanding and respecting the culture and religion of the region, following the regulations and guidelines for advertising in every specific country, cooperating with local agencies and adapting the marketing advertising strategy with a glocal ‘think global, act local’ approach.
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Wongratanapitak, Paphutsorn. "Thai music and its others : the Westernisation, modernisation and globalisation of Thai music culture in the 21st century." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2018. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/30313/.
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Flod, Stefan. "China in the middle of Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-167131.
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China´s ongoing transformation into a consumer-driven economy, could this influence the Swedish society in more ways than just the economic? The purpose of this study is to contribute with qualitative research examples for further research in order to shed some light on, or give significant insights into how contemporary and emerging relations between China and Sweden might influence Swedish society and culture. This study seeks to find a understanding if there is a connection between household consumption expenditure growth and the rise of the middle class in China which might be related to the structural transition to a modern consumer economy, and if this in turn can impact Swedish society in more ways than just the economic in a globalization perspective. The methodology choice for this study is a Sociological exploratory approach with qualitative semi-structured expert interviews. The study shows that the Swedish society could be affected in more unprecedented ways than just the economic.
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Reilly, Brendan Michael Declan. "Tiki to Mickey: The Anglo - American Influence On New Zealand Commercial Music Radio 1931-2008." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Social and Political Sciences, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5248.
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Emerging consensus tends to suggest there is overwhelming American dominance of New Zealand radio in music. This study sets out to investigate such claims by looking at music, and incorporating a study of technology, announcing and programming as well. There is evidence emerging that instead of overwhelming dominance, there is a mixture of American as well as British influence.
Foreign influence in the radio scene has been apparent since the time it became a popular addition to the New Zealand household in the 1920’s. Over the following decades, the radio industry has turned to the dominant Anglo-American players for guidance and inspiration. Now with a maturing local industry that is becoming more confident in its own skin, this reliance on foreign industry is coming under question regarding its effect on indigenous culture. The cultural cringe is slowly disappearing, but what is replacing it has been the centre of cultural debate.
Utilising methods of content analysis and interviews, we set out to question which theory best describes the new landscape that the radio industry finds itself in, and how this is affecting the production of content received by the listening public. Working within a framework of cultural imperialism and hybridity, the findings indicate a complex mixture of the local and the global that could not be explained by simplistic notions of hybridity.
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Monin, Chloe. "Entre mondialisation et expression d’une culture nationale : l’articulation des identités nationales européennes et de la culture anglo-saxonne au sein de la musique rock." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LYO20157/document.
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Depuis les années 1950, le rock perdure en se diversifiant. Courant musical mais aussi mouvement culturel à part entière, il est hétérogène et complexe. On ne saurait le réduire à un objet culturel exclusivement anglo-saxon. En effet, les scènes rock locales et nationales se multiplient. Le succès international que connaissent certaines d’entre elles nous amène à émettre deux constats : 1) La langue anglaise et la culture anglo-saxonne ne sont plus forcément les références esthétiques du rock, qui intègre ainsi de nouvelles influences. Ces dernières sont ainsi issues des nouvelles identités nationales qui s’affichent sur la scène musicale mondiale. 2) Néanmoins, l’esthétique centrale du rock reste toujours identifiable au sein de l’oeuvre de ces groupes et artistes.La présente étude se propose d’analyser l’articulation entre esthétique rock et culture nationale dans l’iconographie des scènes nationales Allemande et Finlandaise qui connaissent un succès mondial inédit. Pour cela, nous nous inscrivons dans une démarche méthodologique d’ordre socio-sémiotique. Cette articulation s’observe dans les représentations mais aussi la construction musicale. Elle trouve son origine dans un contexte socio-culturel et dans l’évolution d’une industrie musicale en pleine mutation. C’est ce que nous proposons également d’analyser. À l’issue de ce travail, nous aboutissons aux conclusions suivantes : 1) Les évolutions de la culture mondialisée et des industries culturelles vers le multiculturalisme ont favorisé l’émergence et la visibilité des scènes locales et régionales (Appadurai, 2001. Macé, 2005) . La structuration de l’industrie musicale,marquée par la notion d’authenticité (Moore, 2002) et l’existence des marchés de niche (Currien et Moreau, 2006) tiennent aussi un rôle dans ce phénomène. Par ailleurs, la constitution de la scène rock britannique montre que ce phénomène n’est pas récent, et qu’il est même essentiel dans l’histoire du rock. 2) L’évolution et la diversification de l’esthétique rock (Metal, musiques extrêmes), fruit de l’acculturation, créent un climat propice à la construction de nouvelles identités au sein du genre. Nous mettons ainsi en évidence l’existence de stratégies identitaire permettant l’expression du national : ancrage dans le local, innovation esthétique, ou spécialisation dans un sous-genre du rockSince the 1950’s, rock importantly diversified itself. It became a complex and heterogeneous cultural object. It is now hard to typify the genre as a strictly American or English production. Local and national scenes are effectively developping. Some of them even know international success and bring me to point two facts : 1) English language and culture are no longer the exclusive cultural references of rock production. New national identities now integrate it. 2) Nonetheless, rock aesthetic is still highly recognizable.The aim of this study is to analyse the articulation between rock aesthetic and national culture in the iconography of Finnish and German bands. I adopt a socio-semiotic methodology for analysis. This articulation is remarkable in imagery but also in music. It find its origins in a global social and cultural context, and also in the mutations of the musical industry.After this work, we can produce the following conclusions : 1) Firstly we can conclude that the evolutions of cultural industries and globalised culture toward multiculturalism favoured the developpment and the visibility of national rock scenes. Structuration of the musical economy played also an importantpart. Moroever, the phenomenon is not new. Effectively, the British rock scene is an early example of it since the 1960’s. 2) Then, the evolution and the diversification of rock aesthetic as a result of acculturation create good conditions for the emergence of new identities in rock music. We notice the use of different strategies to express the national in music, such as specialisation into a genre, musical innovation or inscription of music in the local cultural environment
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Williams, Christopher A. "Caymanianness, history, culture, tradition, and globalisation : assessing the dynamic interplay between modern and traditional(ist) thought in the Cayman Islands." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2010. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/38543/.
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The research undertaken for this largely qualitative dissertation draws on newspaper articles, oral histories, historical documentation, open-ended interviews, and to a lesser extent, questionnaires, in the effort to ultimately confirm the extent to which the benefitting forces of globalization have fractured any existing traditional-historical cultural body of knowledge and expression among the Caymanian people. Indeed, by 2009 some Caymanians had long been verbally denouncing the social and cultural ills of globalization – inclusive of multiculturalism – on their so-called traditional, unassuming way of life, some of them clamoring for an extensive purge of the many foreign nationals in “their” Cayman Islands. Yet, other Caymanians have become somewhat invested in the idea of multicultural “oneness” ostensibly for the sake of peaceful coexistence, harmony and prosperity as these work towards the promotion of a global, borderless cultural awareness. This dissertation relies on theoretical frames centred both on the discrete natures of, and the dualistic struggle between, these two opposing ideological-cultural forces. That this struggle is taking place in the present age, I anticipate the ways in which more modern understandings, which are potentially open to liberating subjectivities, must clash with “historical”, xenophobic and nationalistic viewpoints, viewpoints which have constantly proven contradictory given their adherents’ complacent acceptance of, and participation in, a localised economic prosperity substantively dependent on foreign input. Thus in aggregate terms, this dissertation pinpoints the various effects of an evolving scheme of values and counter-values on an ideologically torn Caymanianness whose contradictory traditional half is especially fighting for its “cultural purity” in an era where its ‘reinvented’ logic is being more and more regarded as anachronistic and somewhat irrational.
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Martin, Cécile. "L'invention de l'écran. De l'écran de cheminée aux écrans connectés interactifs. Enjeux communicationnels et culturels dans le contexte de la globalisation." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCA018.
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Au cours du XXème siècle, les domaines autrefois distincts de la communication, de l'information et du divertissement ont peu à peu convergé, sous l'influence de la numérisation des données, du développement d'infrastructures en réseau et de la généralisation du recours à des terminaux dont la caractéristique commune est d'être munis d’écrans. L'écran est donc au centre des bouleversements qui affectent notre rapport au monde puisqu'il est devenu l'intermédiaire essentiel dans un nombre croissant d’interactions humaines, au sein de la « société de l'écran » et même au-delà. En effet, en participant activement à rendre la « fracture numérique » manifeste, l'écran joue un rôle aussi bien par sa présence que par son absence, et la généralisation de son utilisation semble même être une étape cruciale pour concrétiser le projet du « village global ». Par ailleurs, le terme écran étant entendu à la fois comme un ensemble de dispositifs – récepteur de télévision, ordinateur, tablette, téléphone – et comme hyperonyme pour chacun d'entre-eux pris individuellement, il nous paraît nécessaire de nous inscrire dans une démarche transdisciplinaire pour pouvoir appréhender le phénomène écranique dans toute sa complexité. Ainsi, après avoir traité de l'aspect terminologique et des racines culturelles de l'écran, nous nous pencherons sur l'analyse des multiples représentations de l'écran pour pouvoir alimenter une réflexion autour du futur de l'écran, des formes qu'il pourrait prendre dans un avenir proche et de leur impact sur nos interactions. En menant une étude autour de l'invention de l’écran et en mettant à jour ses propriétés spécifiques, nous souhaitons contribuer à définir la place qu'il occupe dans la culture globale. Notre ambition, en élaborant une taxinomie des écrans, est de permettre de mieux connaître la variété des écrans et la « culture de l’écran », afin de disposer des outils nécessaires à une meilleure compréhension des évolutions de nos modes de communicationDuring the XXth century, communication, information and entertainment fields converged, under the influence of data digitalisation, network infrastructure development and widespread use of terminal whose common characteristic is to be fitted with screens. It is a fact that might be well observed: screens are everywhere in our everyday life, in public spaces and private areas since at least a few decades, and it generates different reactions, as fear or enthusiasm. In making the "digital divide" manifests, the screen plays a role not only by his presence but although through its absence, and its generalization even seems to be a crucial step to achieve the "global village" project. So it can't be an overstatement arguing that the screen has become a social topic. As a matter of fact, screen's presence is remarquable in at least two different ways. First of all, it is part of our lives in a technical and practical way cause it now frames most of our interactions. Also it has spread to our lives as it has become a very fashionable key word in the discourse about communication crisis. The use of the screen word not only increases during all the last century, but in addition its semantic field has become more complex. Sometimes it is refering to a set of devices, sometimes to an hypernym for each of them. Considering these elements, this research aimed to analyse these different aspects of the screen, first through the help of linguistic tools, then with picture analysis, in order to reflect about the future of the screen. When does the screen has been invented? What are its characteristics? These are the questions we will try to answer, so as to define the part played by the screen in culture. The aim of this study is to elaborate a screen taxonomy, to enlight our knowledge about the diversity of screens and offer a documented definition of the “screen culture” topic, in order to improve our knowledge of the changes that affect the communication field
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Huang, Ya-chien. "Situating Taiwanese identities : social transformations, young people and television drama." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2009. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9938.
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This thesis examines the recent production and consumption of television dramas in Taiwan in the context of Taiwan's complicated modem history, rapid social transitions, budding self-assertiveness and changing relationships with regional and global players. The detailed analysis in this subject matter contributes to wider debates in the media globalisation theory, reaffirming the continuing development of an East Asian cultural trading block and pointing to a formation of the distinctive regional popular culture that is more effective in shaping up the local production and consumption activities. The rising regional dynamism in Taiwan's television drama production and consumption since the late 1990s has been encapsulated in this thesis in three main points: 1. The findings from detailed content analysis on programming schedules of seven locally-run channels has shown that regional programming is more integrated with local business while global programming (mostly American) has shifted to be produced and distributed single-handedly by the transnational media corporations. 2. The first-hand audience interviews revealed a subtle difference in young people's viewing experiences of the global and the regional programming. Situated in a broader social context, their experience of the former has primarily crouched on a fantasy of liberal individualism while the latter provided a desirable template for emulation in everyday life. 3. The thesis also discussed the emergence of a new drama genre on Taiwanese television-Idol drama, which can be seen as the reactions to the widespread regional television deregulation, commercialisation and growing intra-regional cultural trade. Its late development has also epitomised An inevitable negotiation of local characteristic with regional forces.
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Gutierrez, Maria José Rocha. "Design e herança cultural."Pensar local" para "agir global." Master's thesis, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitectura, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3303.
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Tese de Mestrado em Design de ProdutoA dissertação versa sobre a relação entre design de produto e herança cultural portuguesa. A (aparente) perda de identidade pessoal dos indivíduos e a uniformização dos objectos, promovidas pelos estilos de vida das sociedades ocidentais, poderão indiferenciar os traços de cada cultura. Projectar produtos com reflexos culturais das zonas onde são produzidos (ou consumidos / utilizados) permite estabelecer uma ligação emocional entre consumidores e objectos, o que pode ser decisivo para a competitividade da produção nacional. Tendo presente este aspecto, pretende-se avaliar a importância e o interesse da presença da herança cultural portuguesa nos processos de design em Portugal, favorecer a competitividade dos produtos nacionais à escala global e demonstrar que a sua competitividade depende de um conjunto de factores, dos quais faz parte a valorização da cultura local (pensar local para agir global). Por fim, coloca-se em evidência a responsabilidade social do designer como criador e transmissor de cultura. Para provar a hipótese, desenhou-se uma metodologia baseada na crítica literária e na observação directa de - sistema de Grão e projectofabrico próprio do estúdio Pedrita, e o projecto A vida Portuguesa de Catarina Portas. estes estudos de caso permitem analisar alguns conceitos para observar se é possível falar de um design português ou se existe, apenas, um design pensado e executado no território nacional. Como é conhecido, Portugal acolheu tardiamente a industrialização e de modo incompleto. A insistência na reprodução de modelos importados e os reduzidos investimentos na qualificação da mão-de-obra colocaram a maioria dos produtos portugueses (leia-se feitos em Portugal) num patamar muito pouco competitivo à escala global. Dito de outro modo, a sua competitividade assentou nos custos reduzidos com a força de trabalho, aspecto que se reflectiu, de modo positivo, no preço final, e no apuro de execução (a famosa frase "Portugal faz bem" posiciona-se nesta linha de actuação). Tanto as empresas industriais como as instâncias governamentais só muito tardiamente começaram a compreender que este modo de actuação assente no saber fazer (e não no saber pensar) não tinha mais condições para competir internacionalmente, nem mesmo nos nichos de mercado pouco exigentes. tanto no anterior paradigma, assente na cópia e na mão-de-obra barata e pouco qualificada, como no seu sucedâneo, assente na execução de encomendas colocadas por clientes estrangeiros, é impossível falar de uma identidade do Design Português: alguma coisa mudou, entertanto, mas não o suficiente para ter provocado uma mudança de paradigma nos modos de operar e, consequentemente, no reposicionamento dos produtos industriais portugueses. Assim, para alcançar um nível qualitativo que dê à produção nacional a possibilidade de competir em mercados saturados e de concorrência apertada, torna-se fundamental saber rentabilizar os recursos disponíveis ou a disponibilizar - económico, humanos e culturais. A herança cultural é um recurso (material e imaterial) valioso, que o design nacional não deve ignorar. O conhecimento da simbólica que podemos designar de portuguesa - cores, formas e símbolos - e a sua utilização devidamente transposta para novos contextos e quadros de vida contêmporâneos pode consistir numa mais-valia muito significativa para o design nacional. A nossa investigação permitiu concluir que no contexto industrial português, é possível e desejável fazer valer o conceito de manufactura industrial por ser um elemento de diferenciação dos produtos portugueses à escala global.
This dissertation focuses on the relationship between design and portuguese cultural heritage. The [apparent] loss of personal identity and objects homogeneity, promoted by Western lifestyles, contribute to the loss of cultural identity. Designing products with cultural values can help the consumer (user) to form emotional links between them and the products, and this aspect can be important for their competitiveness.Having this aspect in mind, the aim of this study is assess the importance of portuguese cultural heritage references in the design processes at Portugal, as well as is to show that the competitiveness of products on a global scale depends on a number of factors, wich include the appreciation of local culture (think local to act global). This investigation project will also emphasize the social responsability of the designer as a creator and transmitter of culture. The methodology is base on literature review and selected case studies - Grão system and Fabrico Próprio By Pedrita Studio and a Vida Portuguesa project by Catarina Portas - and allowed to examine some concepts to see if we can identify a portuguese design or if only exists projects that are simple thought and produced in Portugal, where industrialization was discontinuousand delayed process. The insistence on reproducing foreign models and the reduced investments on skilled manpower have placed the majority of portuguese products (read: made in Portugal) on a low level at a global markets. In other words, its competitiveness was based aon low-cost labour force, an aspect that reflected itself on final price and on quality of execution. Industrial and governamental companies slowly began to understand that this mode of action - based only on the Know-how and low price - was no longer able to compete at international markets. In this context it's impossible to speak of a portuguese design identity. Meanwhile something has changed but not enough to modify the industrial mentality and, consequently, the repositioning of portuguese industrial products. So to reach level that gives us more chances to complete in saturated markets and tight competition, it becomes essencial to know how to manage the resources - econimic, human and cultural heritage (material and immaterial) is a resource that design shouldn't ignore. The knowledge of what can be called portuguese symbolism - colours, shapes and symbols - and the conscentious adaptation into new contexts and frameworks may consist in a significant asset to national design. Our investigation concleded that within the portuguese industrial context it is possible and desirable to enforce the concept of industrial manufacturing as distinguishing feature of portuguese products on a global scale.
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Oliver, Benjamin. "Portfolio of musical composition : integration in music : controlling diverse methods of expression within the context of the globalisation of musical culture." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2010. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/6260/.
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Musical culture is increasingly globalised and technology allows us to engage with an evermore diversified range of musical approaches, traditions and sound-worlds. How composers react to this diversity of musical approaches is an important theme in contemporary composition. My approach to composition within this globalised situation has been to focus on the notion of ‘integration' and creating structurally consistent score-based frameworks. I have composed a portfolio of work that reflects the central focus of ‘integration', concentrating on three inter-related research areas: 1. Exploring how one can integrate or frame improvisation and/or electronics into notated structural frameworks. 2. Exploring the use of technology to translate or integrate material generated through improvisation into notational practice. 3. Developing a coherent and individual technique and aesthetic that draws on structural influences from a range of musical idioms, but never resorts to cliché or pastiche. My exploration of integration in writing the compositions in this portfolio has been primarily technical. I am fundamentally interested in the ‘nuts and bolts' of composition, how musical materials can fit together and interact. Therefore although the character and substance of the different materials I engage with is important, my foremost preoccupations when composing are the formal and technical aspects such as: structure and proportion; pitch and rhythmic organisation; orchestration technique; the use of extended notations; and compositional processes such as abstraction, permutation and rotation. As I outline in my commentary the composition in this portfolio reflects my aesthetic position that working with an eclectic range of musical materials and diverse methods of expression such as improvisation and electronics is not an end-in-itself. By integrating diverse musical influences I am not trying to create a pluralist synthesis of different semantic paradigms, but aim to find my own innovative, coherent and consistent compositional approach.
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Chassot, Laurent. "Juridicité et internormativité : les défis des droits pré-européens entre exception et globalisation : L'application au Vanuatu." Paris 1, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009PA010312.
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La mondialisation a engendré des ordres supra-nationaux et l'application du droit occidental à nombre de pays de la région mélanésienne. L'étude de ce territoire, souvent négligée parce que sans incidence sur l'étude internationale du droit, pose aujourd'hui la question de l'inadéquation des mécanismes coutumiers confrontés aux normes du droit dit moderne. Le Vanuatu n'échappe pas à cette règle, longtemps resté à l'écart de toute analyse juridique sur les questions liées à l'internormativité vécue par les populations, l'élaboration du concept d'Etat étant jusque-là extrinsèque à la Mélanésie. Se pose la problématique de l'inadéquation de la coutume face à l'économie de marché. Comment tenter d'adapter un modèle étatique à des sociétés fondées sur un réseau de rapports communautaires spécifique, étranger à l'expérience européenne? Au-delà de ces questionnements, l'enjeu sera de déterminer ce qu'est le droit au Vanuatu. Aux fins de la conception de ce cadre d'analyse, notre ancrage prendra assise sur les caractéristiques fondamentales des cultures juridiques du pays, où se combinent modèles endogènes et exogènes dans un faisceau de rapports juridiques différenciés. La problématique de la cohabitation normative s'appuiera sur une série d'outils qui entremêlent acteurs et identification de la société productrice du droit, afin de théoriser un modèle juridique spécifique au Vanuatu. Cette émergence ne pourra se faire à la satisfaction de tous les sujets de droit que par la mutation d'une forme pluraliste, dans la recherche d'un équilibre droit de l'Etat / droits des individus.
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Sun, Jiasui. "Globalisation, cultural flows and new technology : Taiwan as a borderland in the flow of culture : a case study of the publishing industry." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412548.
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Bartels, Monica, and Eevi Salo. "How Does Culture Influence Experiences of Happiness and Well-being? : A Comparative Study of Chinese and Swedish Perceptions." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Globala studier, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-40428.
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The purpose of this study is to analyze if and how cultural values and expectations in society influence the experiences and perceptions of happiness and well-being. Applying a quantitative research methods approach, a survey based on previous research was conducted to compare and analyze experiences and perceptions between two contrasting cultures, China and Sweden, using Hofstede’s national culture dimensions as an analytical tool. The sample consisted of students from China and Sweden. The findings from the study show that both groups ranked family as being the domain of life most important for their well-being, followed by health for the Chinese group, and friends for the Swedish group. There were statistically significant differences in the mean responses in some questions that may be attributed to cultural differences. For example, finishing long-term difficult tasks was ranked more important for the well- being by the Chinese group. As for the Swedish group, they felt to a higher degree that they had the freedom to choose what they would like work with. The majority of the responses, however, were similar between the two groups. The paper discusses how globalization may contribute to converging values in the current generation of students. Furthermore, other factors such as internal abilities and societal and cultural structures have an influence on the possibilities to pursue goals in life. Happiness is achieved by finding a balance in life between what you can achieve and accepting what you cannot. The themes and concepts used in the study are inspired by Jongbloed and Andres’ concepts of happiness as balance and gears of well-being. The study contributes to the research fields of human-centered development, and happiness studies on how subjective indicators as a complement to objective indicators can be used to better measure growth from a cultural perspective.
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Platz, Teresa Katharina. "Café culture : socio-historical transformations of space, personhood and middle class in Pune, India." Thesis, Durham University, 2012. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4461/.
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Café Culture is an ethnographic snapshot, taken in 2008, tracing the effects of globalisation from the perspective of young middle class urbanites in post-liberalisation Pune, India. It captures what was happening that sets this young generation apart – the first to grow up in post-liberalisation India – as a group in historical time, in relation to other life worlds in India, to 'Western' versions and as a rounded life world in itself. In 1991 India conclusively opened its economy to the global market economy. My ethnography shows that trends following economic liberalisation in unprecedented ways spurred changes that were already underway. It facilitated not only the emergence of a commodified leisure culture in the form of cafés, targeted at and appropriated by the young urban middle class, but also the creation of new fashions, more living space, national and international employment, mobility and economic independence. These tangible changes went hand in hand with transformations in practices and moral aesthetic standards. The young generation was challenging their parents' and wider society's values in order to negotiate who they wanted and felt they ought to be in their rapidly changing world. In their friendships, café culture activities, fashion choices, education and love lives they increasingly valued, encouraged and expected equality, freedom and the expression of individuality. However, the different chapters highlight that these trends were measured and limited by class- and generation-based practices and moral aesthetic standards which amended rather than negated older patriarchal arrangements predicated on the ideal of joint family life. The young café culture crowd was negotiating to follow their hearts, while preserving strong family bonds and inter-generational dependencies. They were thus modifying what it meant to be middle class Indians in our contemporary world of flow of people, capital, ideas, images, information and goods.
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Neveling, Arno. "Globalisation and its influence on ethical decision making in business : China and intellectual property rights." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5485.
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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ethical decision making in business, the manifestation of business ethics in the individual, is influenced and shaped by various factors, including the external environment, organisational factors and society. In China business ethics, and consequently ethical decision making has emerged and developed mainly as a response to the economic reforms in response to globalisation. Globalisation, a product of the interaction of political and predominantly economic liberalisation, largely brought about by technological change, has become a household word since the last decade of the twentieth century. It is hailed by its advocates as a way to spread cosmopolitan values as well as better employment conditions and standards of living. Its critics, however, see it as a new wave of colonialism imposed by developed countries and multinational companies on poor countries, a synonym to exploitation and impoverishment of both people and nature. A contested issue on globalisation is concerned with its consequences as to the convergence of societies toward a uniform pattern of economic, political, and even cultural organisation, and thus to the formation of a global ethic. A change in approach towards intellectual property and the trends observed in patent applications indicate to what degree various countries have embraced the opportunities presented by globalisation. China is a prime example of a country that embraced the opportunities, and also made the required changes in policies and behaviour. Globalisation has changed the environment in which everyone is competing forever. International institutions play a significant role, and being part of treaties is paramount if countries want to play in the global market. Thus, globalisation changed the external environment that has an important influence on ethical decision making by individuals. These changes are followed by changes in countries' legal environments. As a result the rules by which companies have to play are also influenced, changing the way management should and eventually do behave, which will ultimately change the work experience gained by an individual. A change in individual factors will eventually change the ethical philosophy and the decision ideal of an individual, which also have an impact on ethical decision making. The end result is that globalisation has a profound influence on every factor that influence an individual making ethical decisions. However, these changes can take very long to start to manifest, a fact seen in the lag between policy changes and observing tangible changes in approach to intellectual property rights, as observed in China.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Etiese besluitneming deur die individu word beinvloed deur 'n wye verskeidenheid faktore, waaronder die eksterne omgewing, die organisasie waarvoor die individu werk, en ook die kultuur gemeenskap. Sake etiek in China, en dus ook etiese besluitneming het ontwikkel as die resultaat van ekonomiese beleidsveranderinge wat teweeg gebring is deur globalisering. Globalisering is die produk van die grootskaalse liberalisering van ekonomiee, aangehelp deur tegnologiese vooruitgang. Voorstanders van globalisering glo dat dit die verspreiding en groei van kosmopolitaanse waardes tot gevolg het, en uiteindelik lei tot beter werksomstandighede en lewensstandaarde vir almal. Die kritici meen egter dat dit 'n nuwe vorm van kolonialisme is waardeur ontwikkelde lande en internasionale besighede die ontwikkelende lande uitbuit. Die mate waarin globalisering lei tot die konvergensie van gemeenskappe na 'n uniforme ekonomiese, politiese en kulturele entiteit, word egter betwis. Gevolglik word daar ook gevra of globalisering lei tot die totstandkoming van 'n globale etiese kode. Lande benader die geleenthede wat globalisering bied op verskillende maniere. Hierdie verskille is duidelik sigbaar in die benadering wat gevolg word met intellektuele eiendom. Die tendense oor die afgelope paar jaar in die aantal aansoeke om patente te registreer, verskil dramaties van land tot land. China is 'n goeie voorbeeld van 'n land wat die geleentheid met beide hande aangegryp het. Nie net is beleid aangepas om voordeel uit die geleentheid te trek nie, maar mense se houding het ook dienooreenkomstig verander. Globalisering het die omgewing vir kompetisie dramaties verander. Internasionale organisasies speel 'n belangrike rol, en die ondertekening van verskeie ooreenkomste is ononderhandelbaar om ten volle deel te wees van die globale ekonomie. Globalisering het die eksterne omgewing sodanig verander dat dit nie anders kan as om 'n impak te hê op die besluitneming van individue nie. Die veranderende eksterne omgewing het noodgedwonge gelei tot veranderinge in die wette van verskeie lande. Die reels waaraan besighede moet voldoen is dus ook beinvloed, en so ook die manier waarop bestuur moet optree. Uiteindelik sal hierdie ook die ervaring van werknemers verander, en dus 'n impak hê op etiese besluitneming. Die uiteinde is dat globalisering elke faktor wat 'n impak het op etiese besluitneming beinvloed. Hierdie veranderinge kan egter 'n lang tyd neem om gestalte te vind in die optrede van organisasies en indivdue. 'n Goeie voorbeeld word gevind in China. Dit het 'n geruime tyd geneem vanaf beleid ten opsigte van intellektuele eiendom ingestel is totdat organsiasies en individue 'n verandering in gedrag en optrede begin toon het deur patente ernstig te beskou.
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Herr, Jean-Jacques. "La formation de l'empire néo-assyrien et les phénomènes de globalisation en Mésopotamie du nord : représentations idéologiques et témoignage de la culture matérielle." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PSLEP013.
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Ce travail de doctorat en archéologie du Proche-Orient entend questionner les preuves matérielles des phénomènes de globalisation et de la formation de l’empire néo-assyrien (IXe-VIIe s. av. J.-C.). L’empire néo-assyrien a été imaginé très tôt par des savants européens, nationalistes et positivistes du XIXe siècle. Ils lui reconnaissent un espace central qu’ils dénomment « le triangle assyrien » et l’érigent comme foyer culturel. La culture assyrienne serait dès lors diffusée au gré de l’expansionnisme des souverains motivés par une idéologie impérialiste. Les premiers archéologues confirment la singularité ethno culturelle des vestiges remise en cause aujourd’hui grâce à un renouvellement des méthodes et des activités de recherche au nord de l’Irak. Le premier volet de notre étude propose une approche épistémologique et historiographique des notions de « culture matérielle » et de « région centrale». Il s’agit d’éviter les obstacles méthodologiques pour penser l’histoire des contacts et des circulations des techniques des Anciens entre l’Euphrate et les contreforts du Zagros. Le deuxième temps de l’analyse consiste à enquêter sur les modèles de peuplement et les productions matérielles dans l’ouest de la Djéziré, en se concentrant sur le site de Tell Masaïkh pour lequel une typo-chronologie des poteries est proposée. Enfin, par une mise en perspective de ces deux temps d’analyse, les rythmes d’installation et les orientations des échanges et des interactions des populations de ces régions sont précisés. Ces conclusions démontrent une appartenance de l’empire assyrien à un réseau globalisé au Ier millénaire, hérité d’une longue durée des contacts en Mésopotamie du NordThis dissertation examines material evidence of the phenomena of globalization and the formation of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (9th - 7th century BCE). The Neo-Assyrian Empire was first concieved of by nineteenth-century European scholars, nationalists, and positivists. They identified it as a central space which they called "the Assyrian triangle" and envisioned as a cultural hub. The Assyrian culture would then radiate outward according to the expansionist policy employed by rulers motivated by an imperialist ideology. Previous archaeological examination confirms the ethno-cultural uniqueness of the vestiges now being revisited thanks to a renewal of research methods and activities in northern Iraq. The first part of this study proposes an epistemological and historiographical approach to the concepts of "material culture" and "central region," in order to avoid any methodological obstacles in thinking about the history of contact and the circulation of ancient technologies in the region between the Euphrates and the foothills of Zagros. The second part of this study investigates the settlement patterns and material production in the western Jazirah, focusing on the site of Tell Masaikh for which a typo-chronology of the pottery is proposed. Finally, by putting into perspective these analyses, settlement rythmes and the direction of exchanges and interactions among the populations of these regions are made clear. The conclusions of this study show that the Assyrian empire belonged to a globalized network in the first millennium, which resulted from the long history of cultural contact in northern Mesopotamia
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Thompson, Jay. "Sex and power in Australian writing during the Culture Wars, 1993-1997 /." Connect to thesis, 2009. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/6714.
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I address a selection of texts published in Australia between 1993 and 1997 which engage with feminist debates about sex and power. These texts are important, I argue, because they signpost the historical moment in which the culture wars and globalisation gained force in Australia. A key word in this thesis is ‘framing’. The debates which my texts engage with have (much like the culture wars in general) commonly been framed as conflicts between polarised political factions. These political factions have, in turn, been framed in terms of generations; that is, an ‘older’ feminism is pitted against a ‘newer’ feminism. Each generation of feminists supposedly holds quite different views about sex. I argue that my texts actually provide an insight into how various feminist perspectives on sex diverge and intersect with each other, as well as with certain New Right discourses about sex. My selected texts also suggest how the printed text has helped transport feminism within and outside AustraliaMy texts fit into two broad genres, fiction and scholarly non-fiction. The texts are: Helen Garner’s The First Stone (1995), Sheila Jeffreys’ The Lesbian Heresy (1993), Catharine Lumby’s Bad Girls (1997), Linda Jaivin’s Eat Me (1995) and Justine Ettler’s The River Ophelia (1995). I engage with various critical responses to these texts, including reviews, essays and interviews with the authors. I draw also from a range of theoretical sources. These include analyses of the culture wars by the American theorist Lillian S. Robinson and the Australian scholars McKenzie Wark, David McKnight and Mark Davis. Davis has provided a useful overview of how the metaphor of ‘generational conflict’ circulated in Australian culture during the 1990s. I draw on Arjun Appadurai’s model of “global cultural flows” and Ann Curthoys’ history of feminism in Australia. I engage with research into the increasingly ‘globalised’ nature of Australian writing, as well as a number of feminist works on the relationship between sex and power
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Wei, Ti. "Global processes, national responses : Chinese film cultures in transition." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2002. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6903.
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Today's processes of cultural globalization involve three major trends: (I)the global expansion of transnational communications conglomerates; (2) the global implementation of market-oriented cultural policies; and (3) the global diffusion of new communication technologies. These processes have set in motion complicated consequencesa nd prompted a range of national responses.B oth China and Taiwan, the two locations which embody the Asian region's largest cultural formation, have experienced major shifis in their internal political and economic organisation and been significantly influenced by these interlinked global processes since the early 1980s. Taking the national film industries in both locations as a case study, this thesis examines the impact of globalisation on the organisation of national cultural production and distribution, and explores the uses of film in representing shifting conceptions of national culture and identity.
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Alkarp, Lars Jesper. "Establishing a Culture of Migration : The Spatial, Economic, and Social Planning of Philippine-Korean Labour Migration." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-343257.
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Since the second half of the 20th century the Philippines have supplied the world with migrant workers. Today, almost one tenth of the population is residing abroad. Labour migration has become an important source of revenue to both state and private actors through remittances, for the Philippines, and a source of cheap labour battling labour shortage, in the receiving countries. Today, the global labour market is a distinct and important part of what we call globalisation. This is portrayed in this thesis through the lens of Philippine-Korean labour migration. The purpose of this thesis is to illustrate the emergence of migrants as a commodity for export, the institutionalised creation of migrants, the normalisation of labour migration, and containment of migrants through legal and spatial constraints, in Manila and in Seoul. This thesis look at the ways in which labour migration, as an economic policy, is internalised and transformed into a culture of migration. I argue that the effects of a culture of migration is felt not just by the labour migrants themselves, but also by their families and by the Philippines as a whole. As such, the reliance on remittances as a source of income has transformed domestic and global infrastructures as well as norms and social behaviour. Moreover, this thesis aims to add to the discussion on migration and remittances by exploring social dimensions and consequences of the globalisation of the labour market.
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Umoh, Idara Enobong. "A linguistic and cultural analysis of localisation practices on oil and gas company websites." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1376.
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Oil and Gas companies have the inevitable need to operate in a global environment and therefore have a global reach. This thesis seeks to understand the nature and degree of localisation of the websites in this industry. This thesis introduces two notions of ‘global’, and seeks to examine the relationship between them: the first of which is the Global reach or operations of companies and the second is where a company’s communication is localised in language and cultural terms. A company can be seen to be ‘global’ in one of these two notions and it is this relationship that this thesis seeks to explore. The contribution of this thesis firstly, is that it adds to previous studies of website localisation, which have focused primarily on consumer goods and the retail industry, by examining a different kind of industry. Secondly, it takes into account the important semiotic and symbolic dimensions of language and culture when looking at localisation practices. The thesis thus contributes to the growing literature on website localisation and practices in Multinational companies. This study was carried out on 387 corporate and country specific websites of 16 Oil and Gas Companies to understand the extent and nature of their localisation practises particularly the way that language and culture are presented. The websites were studied using a qualitative and quantitative research design which involved carrying out a linguistic/semiotic analysis and a cultural analysis to give a balanced perspective of localisation practices. The conclusions of the study were that the companies operated a ‘glocal’ strategy, a combination of both a localised and a globalised (standardised) strategy. The companies had a combination of globally standardised features such as the website layouts, images, colour schemes, logos and the use of global celebrities on their websites and a limited degree of localisation where the ‘local’ is signified by local country websites, local news stories, local languages, local celebrities, images of local sights, images of company’s local office buildings and local petrol stations.
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Reznik, Maria, and Secil Safedof. "Intersectionality between Gender and Class in Modern Culture : An Analysis of the Sex and the City movies." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för juridik, politik och ekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-5397.
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This thesis aims to explore how gender and socioeconomic class is portrayed in the two Sex and the City movies. The underlying purpose is to critically assess the celebration of emancipated women, as the movies allegedly portray. The intersection between gender and class will enable to analyse the depiction of different femininities and their power relationships. The uniqueness of the thesis is that the two movies have until today by large been ignored by the academia therefore it will hopefully commence a discussion which is long overdue. The result of analysing from an intersectional perspective will include a wider range of factors and provide a comprehensive interpretation of contemporary society as well as its interrelation with movies.
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Jaffré, Maxime. "La globalisation de la culture et de I'esprit de la musique arabe : contribution à une sociologie des formes savantes de musique arabe décontextualisées en France et aux États-Unis." Paris, EHESS, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015EHES0082.
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Cette recherche propose d'analyser comment des musiciens issus des institutions de la musique arabe se recomposent hors cadre institutionnel dans des pays comme la France et les États-Unis. Après avoir analysé dans un premier temps les problèmes d'homogénéisation de la culture, cette recherche dresse dans une deuxième partie une histoire technique, économique et sociale de la musique arabe, à travers laquelle sont abordés les questions de la définition des systèmes musicaux et de la rationalisation instrumentale. La rationalisation des systèmes d'échelles et la question de la juste intonation ne trouvent pas partout les mêmes consonances. Les développements socio-historiques de la musique arabe et son renouvellement montrent au contraire comment les formats d'échelles fondés sur les « quarts de tons » ont contribué à structurer certaines pratiques musicales. La recomposition hors cadre institutionnel des ensembles de musique arabe en France et aux États-Unis, montre ainsi comment au travers de leur nouvel ancrage territorial, ces formes musicales ne réactualisent pas une forme désincarnée et générique de la « musique arabe », mais sont bien plutôt le résultat d'un processus de recontextualisation que les musiciens redéfinissent à partir de savoirs-faire institutionnels hétérogènes. L'analyse de la musique arabe conçue en des territoires nouveaux nous permet ainsi de comprendre, à partir d'études empiriques, comment se configurent et s'implémentent des savoirs-faire institutionnels renouvelés, sans pour autant abandonner les formats d'échelles qui étaient, et restent au fondement de ces pratiques musicalesThis research proposes to analyze how musicians from Arab music institutions recomposethemselves outside of the institutional framework in countries such as France and the United States. After analyzing in a first part the problem of culture and homogenization, this research addresses in a second part a technical, economic and social history of Arabic music, through which are analyzed the issues of the definition of musical systems and instrumental rationalization. The rationalization of scale systems and the question of just intonation are not sounding everywhere in the same direction. The socio-historical developments of Arab music and its renewal shows on the contrary how scales formats based on "quarter tones" helped to structure some musical practices. The recomposition of Arabic music ensembles outside of their institutional frameworks such as in France and in the United States, shows how through their new territorial roots, these musical forms do not actually reactualize disembodied or generic forms of the "Arab music" but are rather the result of a recontextualization process that musicians redefine themselves from heterogeneous institutional know-how. Thus, the analysis of Arab music conceived in new territories allows us to understand, from empirical studies, how institutional knowledges and know-how are renewed and implemented, without abandoning the scales formats that were and remain at the foundation of these musical practices
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Brummer, Lynette Lancaster. "From school to work via the colleges of technology in Oman : how can the preparation for this transition be streamlined at Ibri CT with reference to globalisation?" Thesis, University of Leicester, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/28015.
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This study explores how tertiary education supports and prepares students to take up a career today. The research question is: How can the preparation for the transition from school to work be streamlined at Ibri College of Technology with reference to globalisation? Classroom-based practices were considered in this case study in Oman, to establish how the objectives of stakeholders can be met in pursuit of their goals, within the set curriculum and culture. The objectives were to: • Interpret and evaluate the respondents' responses to the research-instruments appropriate to existing literature and current employer demands; • explore perceptions of educational activities considering cultural diversity; and • provide guidelines for streamlining the transition. It is concluded from the didactic triangle that the better lecturers are prepared to comply with expectations of the students and curricula, the more positively learner achievement is impacted at college. Continuously updating the curricula embraces global occupational requirements as well as didactic goals. This theory applies equally to all the stakeholders and influences how students eventually manage modern workplace demands. Prioritising structured communication practices alongside EFL and technology as skills, support school to work transitions in tandem with the adolescents' progression towards adulthood. The value of this study lies in its contribution to the body of knowledge on this complicated transition in Oman. The findings and conclusions assist instructors as well as their students whose transition from school to work can subsequently be streamlined. It also sustains economic and social occupational processes, in the Sultanate and globally, now and in the future.
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Mecarsel, Joseph. "Architecture et présence : entre idée, image et communication." Thesis, Toulon, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014TOUL0015/document.
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En questionnant l’Architecture à travers différents exemples et périodes jusqu’à notre monde contemporain, nous obtenons beaucoup de réponses à des interrogations existentielles qui nous semblent énigmatiques. Le phénomène de communication ou d’expression par l’architecture, n’est pas indépendant de l’antagonisme qui a abouti au clash des civilisations. Par sa « Présence » l’architecture configure le monde de l’homme, répondant à ses besoins matériels mais aussi à ses aspirations, rêves et idéaux. Elle porte en elle ses « Idées » reflète sa « vision » et communique ses « Messages ». Elle seule peut l’enchanter par l’édification d’un monde nouveau. Mais elle peut aussi le détruire en agressant ses sens et en polluant ses esprits par les idées qu’elle reflète. L’œuvre architecturale marque aussi le lieu par sa présence, elle le poinçonne et devient « symbole » ou « image », repère, jalon dans un parcours international qui revêt l’aspect d’un défi, voire une nouvelle guerre de puissance au travers de bâtiments emblématiques. Cette architecture que nous appelons « Landmark » devient un paradigme essentiel de « présence » et de mutation. Sa mission essentielle est d’être au-delà de l’instrument, un précepte de communication toujours plus innovateur. L’architecture, par cette nouvelle dimension, devient un facteur inéluctable de stabilité et de continuation du monde. Un convoyeur de l’avenir non seulement un miroir du passé. C’est la problématique liée à une nouvelle dimension de l’Architecture, qui se conjugue avec la Quatrième dimension mais qui va au-delà, chercher la vraie raison de survivance du monde par l’architecture à travers les temps. Cette dimension liée à la communication, qui est présente chez les historiens et les sociologues mérite d’être fouillée plus en profondeur par nous architectes qui occultons parfois, certains aspects majeurs relatifs à la communication par la seule « présence » des bâtiments crées à bon escient par notre subconscient alerte et assiduWhen questioning Architecture using several examples throughout history up to our contemporary world, we found many answers to existential interrogations that seem enigmatic. The phenomenon of communication or expression through architecture is somehow related to antagonism that led to the clash of civilizations. By its “presence”, the architecture configures the world of man, satisfying his material needs, as well as their dreams but also his dreams and ideals. Architecture carries his “Ideas” reflects his “vision” and communicates his “Messages”. More than anything else, it can enchant him by building e new world. However, it can also destroy him by violating his senses, polluting his spirit by the ideas it conveys. The architectural world also marks the place by its presence, it becomes a “symbol” or “image”, a landmark in the international journey which presents itself as a challenge, or even a new conflict of power through emblematic buildings. This architectural that we call “Landmark” becomes an essential paradigm of “presence” and mutation. Its essential mission is to go beyond the instrumental, an inevitable factor of stability and continuity of the world. A path towards the future, not only a reflexion of the past. This debate, in relation with a new dimension of architecture, combines itself with the fourth dimension and goes even further, looking for the true reason of the world’s survival through architecture and time. This aspect, in relation with communication, and which is present in the sociological and historical discourse, deserves to be studies more thoroughly by us architects. We sometimes hide some major aspects relative to communication by the mere “presence” of buildings purposely created by our alert and diligent subconscious
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Al-Qarni, Ali. "The information revolution, globalisation, and the Arab world : a study of the new media (satellite broadcasting and the Internet) and its impact on the politics and culture of the Arab world." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407760.
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Mordenfeld, Frida, Sandra Johansson, and Giron Pamela Hinojosa. "Communication as a CROSS-CULTURAL challenge for international management; a case study of Gina Tricot." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18601.
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Cross-cultural communication challenges arise for managers in international corporations on a daily basis, and in order to evaluate why these challenges occur we conducted a case study in collaboration with the fast-fashion corporation Gina Tricot. Our work challenges the influential theory that cultural proximity leads to less miscommunication within the business environment. By using Griffith’s model on a fashion-based corporation, our thesis demonstrates that geographical distance is not an aiding factor in superior communication within multinational corporations, however, the longevity of relationships have a more deciding impact. Global expansion and the rapid development of technology contribute to faster communication possibilities across boarders, therefore the highly international, dynamic and quick communication based fast-fashion industry becomes an interesting object when studying cross-cultural communication. Moreover, this research will investigate which specific areas of business communication that creates the greatest challenges for international managers within the fast-fashion corporation Gina Tricot’s cross-cultural operations. Our secondary sources are mainly based on previous models and guidelines for effective cross-cultural communication, with David Griffith’s model of “Communication Effectiveness” as a main resource. Furthermore, it enabled us to test how well Griffith’s model applies in the fast-fashion industry. Our primary data was obtained by a close collaboration with Gina Tricot in a case study fashion, by conducting personal interviews with retail and purchase managers. Trough our research and analysis we concluded that the core flaw with previous models is based in their rigidness and lack of flexibility to adapt to different circumstances. We base our conclusions on the notion that as human behaviours is dynamic and highly unpredictable, so is also culture and therefore even communication.
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Coertze, Stephen Victor. "Challenges facing the African church South African theologians speak out /." Diss., Pretoria : [S.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09182007-120408/.
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Vandenabeele, Valérie. "Les nouveaux horizons des Tibétains de Pudacuo : politique, conservation et globalisation dans le premier parc national de Chine (Shangri-La, Yunnan)." Thesis, Paris 10, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA100185/document.
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Dans le nord-ouest du Yunnan, la préfecture autonome tibétaine de Diqing est le lieu de définition d'une identité tibétaine consensuelle et attrayante, par laquelle les autorités politiques prêtent aux populations locales un souci pour l'environnement naturel. Les représentations qu'elles véhiculent font écho et mobilisent les représentations occidentales sur les Tibétains, dont l'imagerie de Shangri-La et l'identification du bouddhisme tibétain à l'écologie. Depuis 2006, cela est mis en scène dans le parc national de Pudacuo, qui est le premier parc national de Chine. Bien qu'élaboré avec le concours d'une organisation non gouvernementale conservationniste états-unienne, ce lieu a en fait peu à voir avec la protection de l'environnement naturel et vise le tourisme de masse. La voie alternative de développement qu'il propose aux agriculteurs éleveurs locaux est bien accueillie puisqu'elle les ouvre sur de nouveaux horizons, dont la possession d'une culture au goût du jour, l'accès à la société de consommation et l'ouverture sur le monde extérieurIn Northwestern Yunnan, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is the place of definition of a consensual and attractive Tibetan identity, by which political authorities give local people a concern for the natural environment. The representations they carry echo and mobilize Western representations of the Tibetan people, which include the Shangri-La imagery and the identification of Tibetan Buddhism with ecology. Since 2006, it is staged in Pudacuo National Park, which is the first national park in China. Although it was elaborated with the help of a United-States conservationist non-governmental organization, this place has in fact little to do with the protection of the natural environment and aims to grow mass tourism. The alternative development it offers to local farmers is welcome as it opens new horizons, including the possession of a contemporary culture, access to the consumer society and the opening to the outside world
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Lindquist, Annica, and Mathias Sköld. "The paradox of municipal cooperation : Municipalities’ organizational culture and its effect on negotiation strategy -The case of Northern Bohuslän." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Institutionen för ekonomi och it, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-3365.
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This thesis aims to study if organizational culture affects the negotiation strategy in negotiation processes between municipalities in Sweden. Our cases are four municipalities involved in the municipal cooperation “Tillväxt Bohuslän”; a project which aims to foster cooperation. The question this thesis seeks to answer is: “Does the cultural attribute of organizational culture (ability for joint action) of the municipalities in ‘Tillväxt Bohuslän’ affect negotiation strategy in a negotiation process?” The municipalities’ ability for joint action has been classified as either strong or weak by a previous study. This thesis uses these already established classifications with the intention to test if they affect which negotiation strategy municipalities use. The negotiation strategy can either be of a competitive or a collaborative nature. The method to collect data about the municipalities’ negotiation strategies is semi-structured interviews with politicians who are actively involved in the negotiation in the municipal cooperation “Tillväxt Bohuslän”. Results from the analysis in this thesis show a zero result; the municipalities’ ability for joint action does not affect which negotiation strategy they use. However, interesting empirical findings are explored.
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Brönmark, Riex Emma, and Elizabeth Karlsson. "Lost In Translation : Betydelsen av Kultur utifrån Nationalitet, Lingvistik samt Organisation i Multinationella Team." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-23858.
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As a result of globalization, multinational teams are being more frequently used in today´s businesses. This specific type of team can be described as heterogeneous when it comes to nationality and linguistics. The aim of this study was to explore the concept of multinational teams. This was made using culture as a main concept, and nationality, linguistics, and organizational culture in order to describe it. We intended to say something about how this type of team´s efficiency; when it comes to satisfaction and performance; was affected by national and linguistic heterogeneity within the team. While analyzing differences between the teams’ efficiency when it comes to satisfaction and performance, we also intended to say something about how organizational culture can affect this. This study was made by using a qualitative approach, with focus on a deductive way of doing it. Four different case studies were conducted in order to support this study. A total of seven different respondents where used in this study and their narratives are together with the theoretical framework the basis for this study´s analysis and conclusions. This study reveals that perceived efficiency when it comes to satisfaction and performance can be affected by national and linguistic heterogeneity among team members in multinational teams. It also suggests that organizational culture can be used in order to overshadow these differences among team members, and that this in turn affects the perceived efficiency. A straightforward answer regarding nationality, linguistic, and organizational culture´s influence on multinational team´s efficiency, was never given from the case studies. Instead, this seemed to vary from case to case. Two extremes were yet to be found. When nationality and linguistic heterogeneity were easy to observe, low efficiency was perceived in the multinational team. In contrast, when organizational culture was easy to observe, high efficiency was perceived within the multinational team. This suggests that organizational culture can override national and linguistic heterogeneity when it comes to creating high performance and satisfaction among members of multinational teams.
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Mirza, Avesta. "A Woman's Truth : Four Women's Personal Stories of Being Victims of Honor-Related Violence." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-29937.
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Honor related violence has become a recognized abuse all over the world and violence against women carried out by the men in their families is and has always been a resurfacing problem in all societies. This paper will focus on the problems which relate to cultures where honor related violence is a more common practice and will depart from societies where men can take violent actions against women in the name of family honor and hide behind cultural exemptions. This paper is written to create a deeper insight to the needs and wants of subjected women and to understand their own perception of this type of violence and its underlying causes. This paper takes on the view solely of the subjected women and is a direct presentation of their stories and their lives. Instead of using outside observers this paper goes directly to the women living in these types of situations and represents the women based on their own wants and needs from society and authority. The methodological framework for this paper is through an inductive process of writing and is through observations and unstructured interviews trying to build a systematic description revolving around the victims of honor related violence. The interviews, biographic narratives, will ask the participants to tell a story about their lives, a biographic narrative where they will freely speak and this will be facilitated during eight in-depth interviews with four different women who during many years lived under abuse carried out in the name of honor by two husband, a father, and several uncles. The results of these interviews lead to the conclusions that women often are ignored and forgotten by outside forces such as police and organizations until a crime is committed.
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Roupcová, Michaela. "Fenomén jihokorejské kulturní vlny v kontextu globalizace." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-203978.
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The master thesis analyses the South Korean culture wave (known as Hallyu) in the context of globalisation and Internet development. The theoretical part defines key terms in the area of globalisation, focusing on cultural globalisation and the role of Internet. This part further explains the origins and the spread of Korean popular culture with focus on its glocalization and the role of social media and the benefits of the wave for its country. The practical part of this master thesis deals with the presence of Korean wave in the Czech Republic. Included is also own research aimed at Czech fans of Korean culture. The final part includes the research evaluation, interpretation of the findings and the results obtained.
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Bohlin, Emma, and Zarah Söderman. "Tvångsäktenskap och hederskultur i Sverige : En studie om det svenska bemötandet." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Globala studier, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44739.
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Syftet med denna studie var att sprida ljus över det svenska bemötandet av den så kallade ‘hederskulturen’. Studien gör detta genom att undersöka svenska myndigheter och svenska ideella verksamheter, med ett distinkt fokus på kvinnan, och tvångsäktenskap som en del av den tidigare nämnda hederskulturen. Tidigare forskning har visat att den svenska kulturen och hederskulturen är varandras motsatser. Forskningen har också påvisat komplexiteten av att existera inom hederskulturen, speciellt i Sverige, och hur detta kan påverka den enskilda individen (i detta fall kvinnan) på olika sätt. Vad tidigare forskning inte har visat är på vilket sätt Sverige hanterar den problematiska hederskulturen och denna studie ämnade då att fylla den kunskapsluckan. För att undersöka hur myndigheter och ideella verksamheter bemöter hederskulturen ställdes följande forskningsfrågor; hur ser svenska myndigheter och ideella organisationer på den svenska hedersutsatta kvinnan när det gäller tvångsäktenskap? Vad är kvinnans ställning inom den svenska kulturen och vad är hennes ställning inom hederskulturen? Hur sker det praktiska bemötandet av hederskulturen? För att besvara forskningsfrågorna genomfördes sex semistrukturerade intervjuer baserade på ett målinriktat urval. Genom att använda den ‘mångkulturella triaden’ och ‘individ- och gruppcentrerat tankesätt’ som ett teoretiskt ramverk visade det sig att den individuella kvinnan är en del av två kollektiv; hederskulturen och den svenska kulturen, som i sin tur kan leda till en inre och yttre konflikt. Därtill visade det sig att även fast Sverige är ett individualistiskt land, så arbetar myndigheter ibland med ett gruppcentrerat tankesätt. Resultatet visade att bemötandet av hederskulturen skiljer sig från ideell organisation till organisation, men även mellan de ideella verksamheterna och myndigheter och drar slutsatsen att ett holistiskt och systematiskt bemötande är nödvändigt.The purpose of this qualitative study was to highlight the Swedish treatment of the so-called ‘honour culture’. It does so by examining Swedish authorities and Swedish non-profit organisations, with a distinct focus on the woman and on forced marriage as part of said honour culture. Previous research has shown that Swedish culture and honour culture are opposites. It has also shown that the complexity of existing within the honour culture, especially in Sweden, and how it can affect the individual woman in different ways. It has however not shown the distinct way Sweden deals with the problematic honour culture itself. To investigate how authorities and non-profit organisations deal with honour culture the following research questions were asked; how does Swedish authorities and non-profit organisations view the Swedish woman, affected by honour culture, in regards of forced marriage? What are the women’s standing within honour culture and what is their standing within the Swedish culture? How does Swedish authorities and non-profit organisations deal with honour culture? To answer the research questions six semi structured interviews were performed based on a strategic selection process. Using ‘the multicultural triad’ and ‘individual and group-centred mindset’ as theoretical framework it is shown that the individual woman in this case is a part of two collectives; the honour culture and the Swedish culture which can result in conflict. It is further shown that though Sweden is an individualistic country its governmental treatment is sometimes group centred. The results show that the treatment of honour culture differ from organisation to organisation, but also between organisations and authorities and concludes that a holistic and systematic treatment is needed.