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Wong, Chee Meng [Verfasser], and Marie-Theres [Akademischer Betreuer] Albert. "Intangible cultural heritage of dance as medium for intercultural dialogue : culture assimilator reinterpreted / Chee Meng Wong. Betreuer: Marie-Theres Albert." Cottbus : Universitätsbibliothek der BTU Cottbus, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1045604119/34.

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Machová, Dominika. "Návrh kulturního asimilátoru jako nástroje rozvoje interkulturní kompetence zahraničních studentů a pracovníků v prostředí VUT v Brně." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-443138.

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The final thesis deals with the creation of a cultural assimilator designed for foreign students and workers who have chosen to work or study at BUT. At the same time, it deals with the improvement of already existing processes of adaptation, information and integration of the assimilator into these processes. The diploma thesis includes an analysis of the current state, respectively tools and materials for adaptation, which BUT currently uses. The proposed concept can be used for the integration of foreign students and staff into the university environment.
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Langevin, Gabin. "Cultural identity, immigrant assimilation and socioeconomic inequalities." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014REN1G027/document.

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Les questions relatives à l’intégration des immigrés et de leurs descendants ne sont pas nouvelles dans la littérature économique. Celles-ci ont toutefois majoritairement été traitées du point de vue de l’efficacité économique de l’immigration ou des discriminations. L’assimilation culturelle revient, elle, régulièrement au cœur du débat public et en particulier au travers des notions d’identité nationale et culturelle. La théorie de l’identité est apparue en économie il y a une dizaine d’années et a permis d’améliorer la compréhension des décisions des individus lorsque ceux-ci se définissent par leur appartenance à un ou plusieurs groupes auxquels sont attachées des normes de comportement. A l’aide de cette théorie, nous regardons à quel point l’identité culturelle, considérée comme l’expression de l’assimilation culturelle des immigrés, permet d’améliorer la compréhension des inégalités socioéconomiques. Après avoir rappelé l’importance du contexte familial et du niveau d’éducation dans la réussite professionnelle des immigrés et descendants d’immigrés, nous analysons la formation de l’identité culturelle. Si l’identité ethnique diminue avec le temps passé dans le pays hôte, elle dépend aussi de la manière dont elle est mesurée. Nous mettons ensuite en évidence un impact négatif de l’identité ethnique sur l’accès à l’emploi et la participation politique mais neutre sur le niveau de salaire. Enfin, à l’aide d’une expérience contrôlée en laboratoire, nous vérifions de manière plus générale l’influence significative de l’identité de groupe sur les décisions individuelles
Immigrants’ and their descendants’ assimilations are old issues in the economic literature. However, they have mainly been investigated in terms of immigration economic efficiency and discriminations. At the same time, cultural assimilation is a recurrent issue in the public debate and particularly through the concepts of national and cultural identity. The identity theory came out in economics more than a decade ago. It allowed improving the understanding of individuals’ decisions when they define themselves by their belonging to one or more groups to which behaving norms are attached. Thanks to this theory, we explore to what extent cultural identity, seen as the expression of immigrants’ cultural assimilation, allows improving the understanding of socioeconomic inequalities. We first highlight the importance of the family context and the educational attainment for the professional outcomes of first and second generations of immigrants. Then, we analyze the formation of the cultural identity. If ethnic identity diminishes with time since arrival in the host country, it also depends on the way it is measured. We exhibit a negative influence of ethnic identity on employment and voting participation but neutral on the wage level. Finally, thanks to a laboratory controlled experiment, we verify in a more general framework the significant role of group identity on individual behaviors
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Sondaal, Tiest. "Muslim immigration in Holland assimilation and cultural pluralism /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1179432434.

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SONDAAL, TIEST MAARTEN. "MUSLIM IMMIGRATION IN HOLLAND: ASSIMILATION AND CULTURAL PLURALISM." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179432434.

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Reyes, Victoria. "Filipina military brides negotiating assimilation and cultural maintenance within a bi-cultural setting /." Connect to resource, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6542.

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Thesis (Honors)--Ohio State University, 2006.
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Burcea, Horatiu L. "Policies of cultural assimilation in Transylvania : Magyarization and Romanianization." CardinalScholar 1.0, 2009. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1538078.

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This paper examines the issue of cultural assimilation in terms of Romanianization and Magyarization from the angle of a historical ethnography conducted in the Transylvanian village of Ghimeş-Făget, Bacău. These two concepts are readings of social change based on the assumption that the deep social transformations that Transylvania experienced during the changes of rule in the region between Hungary and Romania were parallel to the implementation of deliberate strategies of assimilation. More than simple reforms, these social changes are considered to have created shifts in the population's language, religion, sense of historical heritage and national identity. According to this perspective, Transylvania thus became Magyarized during Hungarian rule, and Romanianized after 1920. Focusing on the evolution of the educational system as a key factor in the execution of these policies, this paper attempts to demonstrate how these two processes can be related to each other and become, in a sense, complementary; it also develops an interpretation of the phenomenon of reassimilation through the concept of “national therapy.”
Introduction : Transylvania's multiculturalism -- Literature and theory -- Research methods -- Historical ethnography of Ghimeş-Făget -- Conclusions.
Department of Anthropology
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Kianguebeni, Ulrich. "La protection du patrimoine culturel au Congo." Thesis, Orléans, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ORLE0001/document.

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Le droit du patrimoine culturel congolais est un droit récent en raison du jeune âge de ses outils juridiques. En effet, ce droit s’est largement inspiré du système français à travers l’application, au Congo, de la législation française avant l’indépendance. Instituée dans un contexte historique particulier, la conception congolaise du patrimoine est une émanation des administrateurs coloniaux et missionnaires français. Cette conception est essentiellement basée sur l’adoption des valeurs culturelles françaises car la France en tant que métropole a institué l’application de sa législation dans les colonies. Cependant, cette application n’a pas été suivie d’effet au Congo en raison de l’absence du patrimoine au sens occidental. Avec l’indépendance en 1960, la nouvelle élite congolaise, issue des écoles françaises, a opté pour un mimétisme juridique et institutionnel. Les premiers textes à illustrer ce mimétisme ont été la loi 32/65 du 12 août 1965 donnant à l’Etat la possibilité de créer des organismes tendant au développement de la culture et des arts et le décret 68-45 du 19 février 1968 fixant les modalités d’application de la loi 32/65 du 12 août 1965. Ce mimétisme a révélé des lacunes en raison de la non prise en compte des réalités socio-culturelles congolaises. Dès lors, on a assisté, à la fin des années 1970, à une tentative d’élargissement de la conception du patrimoine avec la prise en compte de la conception traditionnelle à travers notamment l’affirmation de l’identité culturelle congolais. De nos jours, le Congo marque un grand intérêt à la protection du patrimoine par les politiques de développement culturel et par l’adoption deux textes majeurs : la loi n°8-2010 du 26 juillet 2010 portant protection du patrimoine national culturel et naturel et la loi de n°9-2010 du 26 juillet 2010 portant orientation de la politique culturelle au Congo. Une démarche supplémentaire qui illustre la marche vers la protection du patrimoine culturel bien que celle-ci soit encore embryonnaire et présente beaucoup d’insuffisances. Cependant, il convient de noter que la protection du patrimoine culturel connaît beaucoup de difficultés, lesquelles sont liées aux ressources humaines aux ressources financières. C’est pourquoi ce travail propose des mesures et initiatives en faveur d’une protection et d’une gestion efficaces du patrimoine culturel au Congo
Congolese cultural heritage law is recent due to the young age of legal tools. In fact, this law that is inspired by French law because of cultural assimilation from French colonization. Instituted in a particular historical context, current conception of cultural heritage in Congo has been an emanation of colonial administrators and missionaries. This conception is essentially based in French cultural values. As a metropolis, France instituted the application of its laws in the colonies. An application not followed of actions because of the lack of heritage in the western understanding in Congo. When Congo got its independency in 1960, new Congolese elite graduated in French schools opted for a legal and institutional imitation to rule the State but also to protect cultural heritage. Consequently, first laws that illustrate this imitation are the Law 32/65 of August 12th 1968 providing the state with the possibility to create organs to develop culture and arts and the Decree 68-45 of February 19th 1968 fixing the operation procedures of the Law32/65 of August 12th 1968. This imitation revealed gaps because Congolese social and cultural conditions have not been taken into account. Therefore at the end of the 1970’s, there has been an attempt to come back to the traditional conception of cultural heritage, with for example the affirmation of Congolese cultural heritage. Congo still emphasizes this interest for the protection of cultural heritage by cultural development policies and adoption of two laws: the Law N°8-2010 of July 26th 2010 on the protection of national cultural and natural heritage and the Law N°09-2010 of July 26th 2010on the orientation of cultural policy in Congo. This is an additional walk towards the protection of cultural heritage, although this is still embryonic and very insufficient. However, it must be stressed that protection of cultural heritage encounters many difficulties linked to human and financial resources. This is why this work proposes some measures and initiatives in favor of an effective protection and management of Congolese cultural heritage
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Lyckhult, Maria, and Sabina Olsson. "Fight Global Assimilation! Cultural Clashes in Cross-National Mergers and Acquisitions." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, EMM (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-452.

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Cross-national merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is common and is argued to be a strategic tool for the growth of multinational corporations. Yet, M&A activity has a high failure rate which theorists have explained being due to cultural clashes. Previous research has explained these clashes being due to cultural distance. Other studies have focused on the extent to which the firms are culturally integrated and its relation to cultural clashes. In this study we investigate the relation between cultural distance and the extent to which the firms are culturally integrated as we believe that this relation in turn influences how cultural clashes are perceived by managers.

As the human side of M&A has become of great interest within research we stress the importance of understanding what happens with managers in the organization during the post-acquisition process. The purpose of this thesis is therefore to investigate the managers’ perception of cultural clashes, in relation to the perceived extent of cultural integration and perceived cultural distance, in cross-national mergers and acquisitions.

In order to achieve an in-depth understanding of a series of cross-national M&As and to answer the purpose of this thesis, a qualitative case study design was used. Semistandardized interviews were made with ten managers from a Swedish firm that has gone through a series of cross-national M&As involving Swiss, French and German managements.

The findings show that managers’ perception of cultural clashes differs depending on to what extent two firms are culturally integrated and in relation to the cultural distance between the two firms. No matter if high or low cultural distance managers perceive few cul-tural clashes if the extent to which the firms are integrated is low. If the cultural integration, on the other hand, is high and the cultural distance is high, the cultural clashes are perceived as many. Our findings indicate that cultural clashes are perceived differently depend-ing on how they affect the managerial role and the organizational behaviour. We refer to these clashes as implicit agreements and explicit statements. Clashes in implicit agreements are evolved from behaviour deeply rooted in national culture and corporate culture. These clashes have minor effects on the managerial role and the organizational behaviour. Never-theless, managers need to be aware of the differences and adapt to the preferred behaviour when interacting with the acquiring firm’s management. Explicit statements, on the other hand, affect the managerial role and organizational behaviour and lead to cultural clashes that conduce to frustration, lack of motivation and inefficiency. These clashes are more ap-parent when the extent of culturally integration is high. Therefore, the acquiring firm should not attempt to assimilate its target company in cross-national M&As.

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Tummons, Jonathan P. "Cultural assimilation, appropriation and commercialization : authenticity in rap music, 1997-2004 /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5611.

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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2008.
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Chau, Ling-fung Karin, and 周凌楓. "Demystifying integration regimes in cities: acomparative analysis of Berlin and Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4786980X.

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 The integration of immigrants is a major source of social tension in multicultural cities. In Europe, the issue has become particularly contentious after the attacks of September 2001. Cities and societies are not immune to the challenges of social fragmentation and polarization caused by the forces of global migration. This thesis addresses the central question of why the course of integration remains largely problematic and difficult in cities that have become accustomed to diversity. It responds to the existing weaknesses of mainstream research paradigms by conducting a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of the development of integration regimes in Berlin and Hong Kong that casts doubts on the ability of the ‘multicultural’ politics to mitigate the consequences of immigration and integration in cities. This thesis suggests that the course of integration is a global as well as a local challenge that is simultaneously affected by the forces of globalization and shaped by the distinctive socio-economic context and cultural-historical background of each receiving city. The comparative study demonstrates that the challenges in Berlin are embedded in the broader European anxiety over the two-fold threats of Islam and terrorism, the ethno-cultural German tradition, and the city’s strained socio-economic situation. The problems with integration in Hong Kong are closely related to the colonial legacy, the city’s difficult integration with mainland China, and the surging political sentiment in society. The study suggests that cities and local governments are not as accommodating to diversity as they claim to be, as racial discrimination and exclusion remain commonplace in both cities. It also rejects the presumed link between the celebration of diversity and the successful course of integration which is entangled with the limitations of the existing ‘multicultural paradigm’ that influences the policymaking. This thesis shows how the paradigm contributes to the growing gap between the active integration policy and the actual predicaments of integration. By offering a global comparative perspective, this cross-regional study is in a better position to capture the current trend of development and to explain concrete problems with integration in cities, thereby addressing some of the limitations of the mainstream nation-centered studies confined to the Western context.
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Murugaian, M. "A study of cultural assimilation and cultural maintenance among tertiary students of Indian origin in South Australia /." Title page, summary and table of contents only, 1988. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09EDM/09edmm984.pdf.

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Small-Clouden, Lystra. "Globalization, assimilation, culture erasure| A review of Trinidad and Tobago." Thesis, Capella University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3723119.

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The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between globalization and assimilation (dependent variables), and four contributing factors of culture, value, norms, and identity (independent variables) to determine whether managers in Trinidad and Tobago devalue their own culture to assimilate into a global culture. A researcher-constructed survey questionnaire was used to collect data from a random sample of respondents. The survey was analyzed utilizing both parametric and nonparametric statistical tools to answer five Research Subquestions. The one-sample t test was an appropriate tool to establish construct reliability and validity of assumptions for this quantitative study. Values were established to support the level of statistical significance for (p < 0.05) effect as follows: a medium effect size (f2 = .15), alpha = .0.05, power = .80, yielding an acceptable sample size of 85 participants. Based on the evaluation of the statistical data, it was concluded (a) there was an impact of demographic factors on culture, values, norms, and identity; (b) global factors had no impact on culture, values, norms and identity; (c) the Trinidad and Tobago manager assimilated during international business meetings; (d) there was an impact of assimilation on culture, values, norms and identity in Trinidad and Tobago; and (e) there was no change in management behavior during international business meetings. Three implications resulted from the findings. First, from a theoretical perspective, based on the analysis of culture, managers were unaware of culture erasure. Second, from a scientific merit perspective, the ANOVA method optimized and validated causal-comparative effect of both measurement and structural models with the inclusion of interrelationships effects between variables. Finally, from a practical perspective, respondents perceived global factors had no impact on culture, but assimilation had a negative impact on culture. Based on the results, it was assumed the unique and distinguishable aspects of culture are disappearing, and the effects of globalization and assimilation have caused an unconscious reprogramming of collective behaviors, which resulted in culture erasure.

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Robinson, Cheryl Dorothy Moodai. "Effects of colonisation, cultural and psychological on my family /." View thesis, 1997. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20031202.143301/index.html.

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Bortnik, Helen Martha. "Acculturation and family values : first, second, and third generation Russian immigrants." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30374.

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This study compared acculturation and familism of first, second, and third generation Russian immigrants. A sample of 71 included 22 first generation, 30 second generation, and 18 third generation male and female Russian immigrants from Vancouver, B.C., ranging in age from 19 to 82. Questionnaires mailed included demographic items, the Bardis Familism Scale (Bardis, 1959), and a revised Short Acculturation Scale (Marin, Sabogal, Marin, Otero-Sabogal, and Perez-Stable, 1987). Results of one-way ANOVA's revealed that there were no significant differences in scores on the Bardis Familism Scale between any of the three generations, contrary to previous studies with other immigrant groups. However, second and third generation subjects scored significantly higher on the acculturation scale than first generation ones, [F (2, 67) =25.00, p = .001]. A high level of Russian speaking ability and a low education level were associated with higher familism scores, and greater length of time in Canada was associated with higher acculturation scores. Since scores on the acculturation scale were consistent with those obtained in studies with other immigrant groups, this study provides support for the validity of this scale for Russian immigrants.
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Challam, Sheetal Laxmi, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Humanities. "The making of the Sri Lankan Tamil cultural identity in Sydney." THESIS_CAESS_HUM_Challam_S.xml, 2001. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/51.

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This study endeavours to explore the diasporic processes of Sri Lankan Tamils in Sydney, their cultural life, their migration patterns, their long-distance nationalism and their audiovisual media consumption. In doing so it presents a social profile of the Sri Lankan Tamils in Sydney while exploring the communities' demographical and topographical features. The ethnic unrest in Sri Lanka and the changing immigration policies in Australia were the major factors influencing migration of the Sri Lankan Tamils to Australia. This study delves into the various aspects of everyday Tamil life, like Tamil periodicals, associations, films and schools. It is an attempt to understand the individual, cross-cultural and communal dynamics of the way these cultural institutions are used by Sri Lankan Tamils in Sydney to maintain and negotiate their cultural identity in Australia.
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Mak, Po-ha, and 麥寶霞. "Acculturation and adjustment of teenage immigrants from China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31978150.

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KAMIL, RAED KADHEM. "IS CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT NEEDED FOR INTEGRATION? : A STUDY OF IMMIGRANT PERCEPTIONS IN SWEDEN." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-28914.

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Sweden is one of the European countries that became a main destination for the immigrants and refugees from different countries and from different cultural backgrounds especially from the developing world.        While there seems to be a consensus in the literature that cultural adjustment is needed to integrate immigrants in the host culture, so far, it is not clear how the immigrants in Sweden perceive that need, and how willing and how welcomed they are to adjust to the Swedish culture. Therefore, it becomes necessary to shed light on the debate of the need of cultural adjustment and the major theories in this debate like the assimilation theory and Harrison’s theory, which arguing that immigrants need to culturally adjust to be able to fit in and to integrate in the host culture.        In this sense, the study aims to shed a different light on this debate through the immigrant’s perspective and how they perceive the need for cultural adjustment to integrate in the Swedish culture, and how willing as well as how welcomed they are to adjust to the host culture. A qualitative study was carried out using 18 semi-structured interviews as the primary source of data in the study, while the scope of this study was limited only to Växjö city which makes it difficult to generalize the results of this study.        The findings have revealed that the sample of immigrants in this study have perceived the need for a socio-economic adjustment rather than a cultural one and they feel willing and welcomed by the Swedish culture to make such adjustment as it is crucial and necessary for them to improve the quality of life as well as for social inclusion to be integrated and not excluded or marginalized.        The author suggests further research in this topic by conducting similar research but on a wider scope and with deeper interviews that include a larger number of immigrants to further explore how they perceive the need to adjust to the Swedish society.     Key words: culture, adjustment, integration, assimilation, immigrants.
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Downie, Michelle. "The influence of cultural internalization and integration on the well-being of ethnic minorities /." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102496.

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The purpose of this program of research was to determine the value of autonomy for ethnic minorities. Self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000) has argued that the need for autonomy is universal. Subsequently, it was expected that, across a broad range of ethnicities, autonomous internalization of cultural norms would be associated with well-being. Furthermore, how multicultural individuals integrate their identities was also anticipated to impact on their well-being and their daily functioning. The present thesis is comprised of four studies. Study 1 assessed ethnic minorities' internalization of their host and heritage cultures. The results indicated that autonomous internalization was associated with cultural competence and context specific well-being. Furthermore, coming from an egalitarian heritage culture was associated with greater cultural internalization. Cultural adaptation in both heritage and English-Canadian cultures combined to predict psychological well-being. Finally, the ability to integrate one's heritage and host cultural identities was associated with well-being.
Study 2 and 3 examined the impact of parental autonomy support on heritage culture internalization. Study 2 was comprised of a sample of ethnic minorities living in Canada. Regression analyses revealed that parental autonomy support was related to autonomous internalization of the heritage culture and to higher self- and peer-reported well-being. Study 3 used a sample of Chinese-Malaysian sojourners. The results of study 3 replicated study 2. Sojourners were more likely to have autonomously internalized their heritage culture when they had autonomy supportive parents. Parental autonomy support was also associated with increased well-being.
Study 4 used an event-contingent daily recording strategy to examine the relation of perceived evaluations of a multicultural person's heritage group to the nature and quality of their social interactions. Hierarchical linear modeling analyses revealed that the valence of the evaluation of one's heritage culture impacted on the characteristics of the interaction. Moderator analyses revealed that how a person conceptualized their multicultural identity and their level of public collective self-esteem influenced how reactive they were to how their heritage group was being evaluated. Together, these results demonstrate the significance of autonomy and cultural integration for minorities' well-being.
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Tov??as, de Plaisted Blanca History &amp Philosophy Faculty of Arts &amp Social Sciences UNSW. "Resistance and cultural revitalisation: reading Blackfoot agency in the texts of cultural transformation 1870–1920." Publisher:University of New South Wales. History & Philosophy, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43907.

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The radical transformations attendant upon the imposition of colonial rule on the Siksikaitsitapi or Blackfoot of northern Alberta and southern Montana are examined in this dissertation in order to emphasise the threads of continuity within a tapestry of cultural change c.1870-1920. The dissertation traces cultural persistence through the analysis of texts of history and literature that constructed Blackfoot subjectivity in the half-century following the end of traditional lifeways and settlement on three reserves in Canada and one reservation in the United States of America. This interdisciplinary thesis has been undertaken jointly in the School of History and Philosophy, and the School of English, Media and Performance Studies. It combines the tools of historical research and literary criticism to analyse the discourses and counter-discourses that served to construct Blackfoot subjectivity in colonial texts. It engages with the ways in which the Blackfoot navigated colonisation and resisted forced acculturation while adopting strategies of accommodation to ensure social reproduction and even physical survival in this period. To this end, it presents four case studies, each focusing on a discrete process of Blackfoot cultural transformation: a) the resistance to acculturation and cultural revitalisation as it relates to the practice of Ookaan (Sun Dance); b) the power shifts ushered in by European contact and the intersection between power and Blackfoot dress practices; c) the participation of Blackfoot "organic intellectuals" in the construction of Blackfoot history through the transformation of oral stories into text via the ethnographic encounter; and d) the continuing links between Blackfoot history and literature, and contemporary fictional representations of Blackfoot subjectivity by First Nations authors. This thesis acknowledges that Blackfoot history and literature have been constructed through a complex matrix of textual representations from their earliest contacts with Europeans. This dissertation is a study of the intersection between textual representations of the Blackfoot, and resistance, persistence and cultural revitalisation 1870-1920. It seeks to contribute to debates on the capacity of the colonised Other to exercise agency. It engages with views articulated by organic intellectuals, and Blackfoot and other First Nations scholars, in order to foster a dialogue between Blackfoot and non-Blackfoot scholarship.
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Alyami, Adel. "Cross-cultural studies among Saudi students in the United Kingdom." Thesis, Brunel University, 2016. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12074.

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This is a multi-method research which consists of four studies. The first examined the influence of cultural values and ethnic identity on collective self-esteem, acculturative stress and attitudes toward seeking psychological help among 117 Saudi students living and studying in the UK, 20 of them were interviewed in the second part of the study in order to examine their acculturation strategies and their attitude toward seeking psychological help. The measures used were: Asian Values Scale (AVS), Male Arab Acculturation Scale (MAAS), Male Arabic Ethnic Identity Measure (MAEIM), Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help-Short Form (ATSPPH-SF), and Collective Self-Esteem (CSE-R). The study sample was divided into two groups: 49 (Junior) newly arrived students and 68 (senior) students who had spent more than one year in the UK. Also, gender and marital status were considered as variables. Interviews were conducted to examine the questionnaire's findings in depth. Results supported the hypothesis that adherence to original cultural values is a positive predictor of collective self-esteem. Also it was found that there was a difference between new and senior students in the scores on the following scales: AVS, CSE, SAFE, ATSPP, and MAAS Int. Results also supported the hypothesis that ethnic identity is a positive predictor of collective self-esteem. However, no relation was observed between adherence to original cultural values and students‟ attitudes towards seeking psychological help, acculturative stress, and communication styles. Also, ethnic identity did not correlate with acculturative stress. Regarding gender and marital status, findings suggest that they are not significant predictors of the research‟s dependent variables. In the third part of the study: the researcher examined and measured the effect of providing counselling sessions for a sample of 12 Saudi students during their stay in the UK using a pre- and post- Culture Shock Questionnaire, and results were compared with a control group of 12 Saudi participants who were not engaged in the counselling sessions. Results were statistically significant for the experimental group which indicated a positive effect of providing counseling services for Saudi students. In the fourth part of the study: the researcher measured the effect of reverse culture shock on students who returned home using a modified version of the Home-comer Culture Shock Scales (HCSS) and inviting view participants to take part in un formal interview. The thesis will be concluded with an explanatory conclusion which might lead to further studies.
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Twaalfhoven, Lotte. "The Cultural Preservation of the Navajo Nation. A multicultural and assimilation policy analysis on the Navajo Nation and cultural preservation." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22853.

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In this thesis the cultural preservation of the Navajo Nation is analyzed through a multicultural and assimilation framework. The Navajo Nation is a case study in this research. A policy analysis is used in this thesis and analyses policies in three proxy categories of culture: education, land ownership, and self-governance. The main policies analyzed in this thesis are the current (federal) policies regarding education, land ownership, and self-governance. Current means the policies that are in place and in effect today. This thesis also analyses past policies in order to create a foundation. It further analyzes these policies to examine the outcomes and implications of the policies on the cultural preservation of the Navajo Nation. Gerd Baumann’s theories on culture, Kymlicka’s liberal multiculturalism, Margalit and Halbertal’s communitarian multiculturalism, and assimilation are used as the theoretical framework of this thesis. The findings cannot be generalized. Some policies have the outcome that was intended whereas other policies have the opposite outcomes of what was intended in the policy. Thus, multicultural policies do not necessarily have a multicultural outcome, sometimes the outcomes of the policy can have an opposite outcome of what the nature of the policy is.
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Gibb, Camilla C. T. "Religion, politics and gender in Harar, Ethiopia." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321548.

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Harris, Mary C. "Assimilation in Charles W. Chesnutt's Works." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2013. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1635.

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ABSTRACT Charles W. Chesnutt captures the essence of the Post Civil War period and gives examples of the assimilation process for African Americans into dominant white culture. In doing so, he shows the resistance of the dominant culture as well as the resilience of the African American culture. It is his belief that through literature he could encourage moral reform and eliminate racial discrimination. As an African American author who could pass for white, he is able to share his own experiences and to develop black characters who are ambitious and intelligent. As a result, he leaves behind a legacy of great works that are both informative and entertaining.
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Phaneuf, Victoria. "Immigration, integration, and the response of two French-North African cultural associations." Thesis, Boston University, 2004. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27744.

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Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.
PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
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Mabe, Abbey. "The Appalachian Other: Struggles of Familial and Cultural Assimilation in Fred Chappell's Kirkman Tetralogy." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2005. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/995.

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In his Kirkman tetralogy, Fred Chappell refutes ill-conceived Appalachian stereotypes via his refreshingly intelligent and sophisticated cast of mountaineer players. However, Chappell’s characters do not exist without flaws. Jess Kirkman, the tetralogy’s narrator, is a particularly tortured figure. Perpetually struggling to assimilate into his native mountain culture, Jess represents the Appalachian Other, an individual who is born into Southern Highland society, but who is, ironically, treated like an outsider by his peers. Throughout Chappell’s first novel, Jess’s inability to connect with his own family members becomes evident. In books two and three, readers see that, although several of Jess’s male relatives share his assimilative struggles, the women in his family are warmly embraced members of Appalachian society. While Jess desperately attempts to win the approval of his peers in novel four, he ultimately accepts his otherness, thus embracing the permanency of his outsider status.
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Saletri, Charles E. "Mobilizing God's people for assimilation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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McFarland, Jeremiah James. "Information gathering and culture shock: Mediating the effect of individual characteristics of international adjustment." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3380.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect that information gathering and culture shock have on the relationship between individual characteristics and international adjustment. Participants for this study consisted of 95 international students within the California State University system.
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Tatti, Rossella. "Negotiating cultural identity through eating habits: Second-generation immigrants talk about memories, values and cultural heritage attached to food." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22481.

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This thesis explores eating habits among seven second-generation immigrants born, raised and living in Scania, southern Sweden. It does so by using a thematic analysis of data gathered through semi-structured interviews. The theoretical framework combines Douglas’ symbolism, Bandura’s social learning theory and acculturation models. The results show that interviewees maintain memories from childhood and emotions attached to eating habits; parents play an important role in shaping the individuals’ habits as well as their successful assimilation of the majority traditions. Moreover, there is a general preference for social eating rather than eating alone, and a strong connection between traditional food and cultural belonging. Differences in eating habits were recognized as reasons of discrimination and feelings of alienation. However, thanks to their parent’s influence, interviewees negotiate the different cultural realities they live in. The findings contribute to research in the sociology of food and eating and can be employed in policy development.
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Harmon, Caroline. "Shattered Dreams : An essay analyzing Chanu's assimilation process in Brick Lane." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-11689.

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Brick Lane has stimulated a wide range of debates regarding Monica Ali's portrayal of the inhabitants of the area from which the novel has taken its title. This essay claims that assimilation is the key theme of the novel, and that the desire to achieve it is represented most strongly in the character of Chanu. The latter's primary goal is to assimilate himself into the English society in which he now lives. In order to demonstrate just how complex this assimilation process is, Chanu is discussed in relation to society's influence on him and four concepts of post colonial theory, namely double consciousness, unhomeliness, mimicry and hybridity.
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Crumrine, N. Ross. "Ejidos and Regions of Refuge in Northwestern Mexico." University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ), 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/595202.

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"This slim but important volume is a transitional work, one that attempts to bridge two very different traditions in the anthropological study of indigenous communities. . . . succinct and provocative."—American Indian Quarterly "Many of the ideas expressed are provocative, much of the information is new; the bibliography is extensive."—Arizona Daily Star
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Lima, Íris Teresa Pires. "Descendentes de cabo-verdianos e angolanos após o 25 de Abril: identidade pessoal e cultural." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/6578.

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Tese de Mestrado em Política Social
A geopolítica mundial, após a 2ª Guerra Mundial “obrigou” vários países a aceitar a descolonização. No caso das colónias portuguesas e após anos de guerra colonial, o 25 de Abril originou a saída das tropas portuguesas levando à independência e em algumas colónias à guerra civil. A vinda de imigrantes e refugiados provenientes das ex-colónias, em específico de Angola e Cabo-Verde, para Portugal, provocou mudanças sociais e culturais, não só na sociedade de acolhimento, mas no próprio indivíduo acolhido. Angola e Cabo-Verde têm uma identidade subjacente ao seu país, às pessoas que o compõem e ao próprio processo de colonização. A cabo-verdianidade ou a angolanidade são exemplos de formas de estar características desses países que se definem por aspetos específicos da sua cultura. A mudança para Portugal trás um novo contexto social e o indivíduo acolhido é sujeito ao processo de aculturação, em que a assimilação de uma nova realidade cultural e social pode ter impacto na identidade pessoal e cultural do indivíduo, sendo a família, a escola e as instituições sociais fatores importantes na construção do Eu relacionado com o Tu. Os testemunhos reais recolhidos para este estudo pretendem perceber o impacto do novo contexto social nos indivíduos entrevistados.
The geopolitical world, after the 2nd World War "forced" to accept various countries decolonization. In the case of the Portuguese colonies and after years of colonial war, April 25 forced the departure of the Portuguese troops leading to independence and in some colonies to civil war. The arrival of many immigrants and refugees from the former colonies, in particular from Angola and Cape Verde to Portugal caused social and cultural changes, not only in the host society, but the individual himself. Angola and Cape Verde have an identity behind his country, the people who make up and to the process of colonization. The cabo-verdianidade or angolanidade are examples of ways to be characteristics of those countries, which are defined by specific aspects of their culture. Moving to Portugal behind a new social context and the individual is accepted subject to the process of acculturation, assimilation into a new cultural and social reality can impact personal and cultural identity of the individual, the family and the school and social institutions are important factors in the construction of an I related to a you. The testimonials collected for this study are intended to realize the impact of the new social context in the individuals interviewed.
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George, Douglas F. "Unity through diversity? Assimilation, multiculturalism and the debate over what it means to be an American." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4901/.

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In late 20th century America, multiculturalism emerged as a doctrine of equal respect and a popular ideological framework for resolving intergroup relations. Despite its dramatic presence, many sociologists conclude that the rather vigorous and often contentious academic inquiries into multiculturalism left us without a solid understanding of its significance. In this dissertation I examine survey and personal interview data to more clearly identify patterns of ideological support for multiculturalism or assimilation in the U.S. public and to isolate the motivations for their preferences. Findings based on the survey data indicate that, despite multiculturalism's symbol appeal, it does not seem to guide preferences in favor of or opposition to assimilation/multiculturalism among members of most groups. According to the quantitative data, support for intermarriage is one of the few variables that positively correlates with preferences for assimilation. The interview data indicate a strong tendency among many participants to conflate the meaning of multiculturalism and assimilation. Despite their stated aspirations, many self-identified multiculturalists do not favor cultural pluralism. Apparently a significant number of the interview participants use a synthesis of multiculturalism and assimilation to frame their preferences for social convergence within an assimilationist paradigm - a perspective that only marginally resembles multiculturalism's doctrine of equal respect. Contrary to the extant literature, patterns of support for multiculturalism among the interview participants indicate racial and ethnic cleavages and these patterns correspond to the U.S. social hierarchy. Because racial and ethnic meanings infused the multiculturalism debate with its energy, it is plausible that the subtleties of racial discourse mask common aspirations among racial and ethnic group members. In the last chapter, I employ Alba and Nee's recent theoretical reformulation of the concept of assimilation to explicate the findings of this dissertation.
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Sawires, Jacqueline. "The effects of acculturation level and parenting styles on parent-child relationships within the Egyptian culture." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1708.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the parental level of acculturation and parenting styles on parent/child conflict among Egyptians since no research has been done in this area on this population.
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Lanefelt, Lily Stroubouli. "Multiculturalism, Liberalism and the Burden of Assimilation." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-81978.

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Should a liberal state meet claims for accommodation of cultural difference with a liberal multicultural approach that grants cultural rights to minorities? The present thesis tries to answer this question by investigating if a liberal state may adopt a multicultural approach and still remain liberal. The purpose of the thesis, more specifically, is to study whether the accommodation of multiculturalism through cultural rights can be based on liberal values or not. The inquiry focuses on three influential liberal multicultural approaches which claim that cultural rights are congruent with equality, toleration and autonomy respectively. The coherence of these models is, however, questioned in the thesis. These models may neither be claimed to promote liberal values in a coherent and unambiguous way, nor be described as the adequate response to the type of burden of assimilation that members of minority cultures experience in liberal states. The main conclusion of the study is that liberal multiculturalism does not follow consistently from liberal premises and that the possibility of a normative conjunction between multiculturalism and liberalism therefore should be characterized as an open question in political theory. From liberal premises, a liberal neutralist model of integration based on anti-discrimination and equality of opportunity, in fact, still seems to be the most promising basis for a multicultural policy. It is argued in the thesis that this model can be developed if combined with a liberal scheme for deliberation on multicultural issues based on the principle of equality of opportunity.
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Bushnell, Andrew. "Assimilation and Nationality in the Modern State." Thesis, Linköping University, Centre for Applied Ethics, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-19236.

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This paper addresses the expectation that immigrants will assimilate into the culture of their new country, why that expectation may be legitimate and how the modern state may act upon it. The central contention made is that because a national culture provides meaning and structure to the lives of members, and because that culture must be both traditional and institutionalized by the state to fulfill that purpose, if the state’s institutions, processes and procedures through their association with the national culture create an assimilative pressure on immigrants, this is morally permissible. However, the modern state is restricted from actively pursuing assimilation in the private sphere because of its commitment to individual liberty. Implications of this argument for the nature of citizenship and public policy are also discussed.

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Martins, Hildeberto Vieira. "As ilusões da cor: sobre raça e assujeitamento no Brasil." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47134/tde-15122009-115939/.

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O presente trabalho se propõe a realizar uma análise histórica que nos possibilite interrogar quais são as condições de produção e reprodução de certos modelos (idéias e práticas) sobre o que se instituiu denominar a questão racial brasileira. O objetivo deste trabalho é mapear a proliferação de uma série de discursos em torno da construção de um projeto nacional e civilizatório que teve como eixo principal a produção de um discurso racializado, ou seja, discutir de que modo certos fatores permitiram engendrar a produção de uma estranheza eficaz a partir da criação do que convencionamos chamar de elemento negro, constituindo-se como o representante mais eficaz desse espaço social destinado a demarcar um lugar de estranhamento (o outro como perigoso, anormal, diferente etc.). Utilizando como recurso analítico principal os trabalhos de Raimundo Nina Rodrigues e da Escola Baiana de Antropologia, discutimos como esse saber acadêmico possibilitou a formulação de um modelo psicofísico de explicação sobre a degeneração da raça brasileira. Mais tarde este modelo seria substituído por uma estratégia mais englobante, o que pode ser verificado pela aplicação dos conceitos de cultura ou aculturação, e mesmo pelo emprego dos modernos conceitos psicanalíticos. O nosso propósito consistiu em analisar a produção de certas práticas sociais: a constituição de uma ciência médico-psicológica; a difusão de certas opiniões a respeito do elemento negro através da imprensa e da literatura; a constituição jurídica do cidadão negro em decorrência da implementação de uma discussão política e legislativa pré e pós-abolicionista que se produziram em torno da construção de um projeto nacional e civilizatório e que tiveram como eixo principal a produção do elemento negro como personagem principal desse novo enredo: uma ortodoxia da cor. Optamos por discutir o processo de formação do Brasil e do brasileiro em finais do século XIX e início do século XX (período compreendido entre as décadas de 1870 e 1930), a partir das rupturas provocadas pelo iminente processo abolicionista.
This work aims at performing a historical analysis towards questioning the production and reproduction conditions of certain models (ideas and practices) regarding what become to be known as the Brazilian race problem. The purpose of this work is the mapping of the proliferation of various discourses regarding the construction of a national and civilized project whose backbone was the formation of a racial speech. In other words, we want to discuss how certain factors contributed to the engineering of an \"efficient strangeness\" derived from the creation of the so-called black element. This element turned out to be the most efficient representative of the social space designated to determine a strangeness locale (the other as dangerous, abnormal, different, etc). We discussed, based primarily on the research works of Raimundo Nina Rodrigues and of the Escola Baiana de Antropologia, the means by which such an academic knowledge facilitated the formulation of an explicatory psychophysical model for the degeneration of the Brazilian race. This model was subsequently generalized, which can be verified by concepts of culture or \"acculturations\", as well as by modern psychoanalytical concepts. Our proposal was to analyze the production of certain social practices: the constitution of a medico-psychology science; the diffusion of certain opinions regarding the black element through the press and the literature; and the judicial constitution of the black citizen. These practices were the result of the implementation of pre- and post-abolitionist legislative and political discussions inspired by a national and civil project whose backbone was the production of the black element as the principal character of this new script: the orthodoxy of color. We opted to focus our discussion on the formation process of Brazil and of the Brazilian between the final decades of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century (between 1870 and 1930), characterized by the ruptures aggravated by the imminent abolitionist process.
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Loewald, Uyen, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, and School of Social Ecology and Lifelong Learning. "Multicultural community development." THESIS_XXX_SELL_Loewald_U.xml, 1994. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/341.

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This thesis is concerned with migrants’ experience of their acceptance and well-being in Australian society, particularly the unconscious processes reflected in dreams and communication patterns; the provision of services intended to be of help in settlement; and the relationship between the unconscious processes and the provision of services. Collaborating with clients, colleagues who share similar interests and concerns, people with special skills and cultural knowledge, and some Management Committee members of the Migrant Resource Centre of Canberra and Queanbeyan, Inc. the author has investigated the multicultural unconscious, government policies and guidelines related to services to recent arrivals and people of non-English-speaking backgrounds, measures to address gaps in services for appropriate improvement. The research approach is naturalistic with a strong emphasis on the author’s personal reflections and case studies of people and projects.
Master of Science (Hons) Social Ecology
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Leyhe, Anya A. "An Ethnographic Inquiry: Contemporary Language Ideologies of American Sign Language." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/473.

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Historically, American Sign Language (an aspect of Deaf culture) has been rendered invisible in mainstream hearing society. Today, ASL’s popularity is evidenced in an ethnolinguistic renaissance; more second language learners pursue an interest in ASL than ever before. Nonetheless, Deaf and hearing people alike express concern about ASL’s place in hearing culture. This qualitative study engages ethnographic methods of participant observation and semi-structured interviewing as well as popular media analysis to understand language ideologies (ideas and objectives concerning roles of language in society) hearing and Deaf Signers hold about motivations and practices of other hearing Signers. Although most hearing ASLers identify as apolitical students genuinely seeking to build bridges between disparate communities, I argue that ASLers are most concerned with hearing Signers’ colonization of the language through commoditization and cultural appropriation.
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Choi, Ho-Kyung. "Two for One, One for Two." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278117/.

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The film is about three young Korean-American adults who have adapted to American society while retaining certain aspects of Korean culture in their lives. To expose their intermingled behaviors and concepts, the film combines the observational format of a documentary with an information style employing family photos, home movie recordings, and interviews with the three subjects and their families. An accompanying production report describes the research process, pre-production, production, and post-production.
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Segawa, Megumi. "The cultural adaptation of Japanese college students in a study abroad context : an ethnographic study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ34624.pdf.

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Høeg, Kirstine. "Forced assimilation of Indigenous children: The case of the Danish-Greenlandic experiment." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23397.

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This thesis examines personal consequences of forced assimilation in relation to identity and belonging of 22 Greenlandic children who were sent to Denmark to participate in a ‘social experiment’ in the beginning of the 1950’s. By adopting a social psychological approach, the theoretical framework of intergroup identification and cultural trauma theories has been applied to the experiences of the children as accounted in the two books ‘For Flid og God Opførsel’ by Thiesen(2011) and ‘I den bedste mening’ by Bryld(1998). Findings of the analysis show issues of identity division and confusion, lack of belonging and severe hurt caused by forced assimilation in childhood. Furthermore, elements of cultural trauma theories such as contemporary consequences, trauma as a structural process and intergenerational effects are identified in the narratives. The thesis speaks to the larger case of Danish colonialism in Greenland and contributes to the academic field of forced assimilation of Indigenous children.
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Toussaint, Jean-Patrick. "Nitrogen transfer and assimilation in a mycorrhizal in vitro root culture system." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6438.

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The present study aimed to determine the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis on plant nitrogen (N) nutrition. Previous studies had shown, mainly from soil experiments, the ability of AM fungi in their N uptake and transfer to host plants. These results led us to postulate that AM fungi contribute to enhance the activity of N-assimilating enzymes in host roots, and possess their own N-metabolic system. To investigate this, N key-enzyme activities were examined in Ri T-DNA carrot (Daucus carota L.) roots, grown into an in vitro system, with or without the AM fungus, Glomus intraradices Schenck & Smith. Such a system allowed us to grow and maintain an experimental model of intact roots-AM fungus, in a controlled and pathogen-free environment. Total carbon (C) and N contents had been quantified by Elemental Analysis in AM and non-AM roots and in the mycelium. By Mass Spectrometry, the uptake and transfer of labelled nitrogen (15N) from the fungal mycelium to AM roots, as well as in the non-AM roots, were also determined. Finally, some of the N-assimilating enzymes were characterized by immunodetection (Western blot). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Renard, Marie Lucia. "La langue et la culture navajo. Transmissions, mutations, éducation." Thesis, Paris 3, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009PA030116.

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Cette étude explique comment, après leur émergence dans ce monde selon leur mythe de la Création, leur Histoire sous le joug des Espagnols, des Mexicains et des Américains, après une période de coercition, après leur déportation et leur détention loin de leur terre, après l’acculturation forcée de leurs enfants, les Navajo se sont efforcés de reprendre en main leur destin. La deuxième moitié du XXe siècle a été marquée par un renouveau de cette tribu qui se nomme elle-même les Diné, qui vit dans une réserve grande comme la Belgique, au Sud-ouest des États-Unis et qui est célèbre pour la facture de ses bijoux en argent et turquoise et ses tapis. Le Conseil tribal a mis en place des programmes de revitalisation de la langue et de la culture, encadrés par une législation qui leur octroie la souveraineté en matière d’éducation, acte politique d’affirmation identitaire vis-à-vis des États-Unis et du reste du monde. En s’appuyant sur leur mythologie et les fondations de leur culture et malgré les dissensions intra communautaires générées par ce nouveau mode de transmission, les Navajo ont créé des écoles pilotes et des nids linguistiques permettant aux enfants et à leurs parents de réapprendre leur langue et de recouvrer leur fierté identitaire. Si les résultats obtenus aux tests locaux et nationaux s’améliorent sensiblement par rapport aux normes établies par le Ministère de l’éducation fédéral, il reste à la Nation navajo à faire baisser le taux d’abandon scolaire, à augmenter le niveau de vie de ses membres dont un bon nombre vit encore en dessous du seuil de pauvreté et à développer son économie. Les gains des casinos permettront peut-être à la Nation navajo d’améliorer sa situation économique et de combler le fossé numérique mais face à la mondialisation, elle devra veiller à la préservation de son héritage afin que ses membres puissent vivre en harmonie dans les deux mondes tout en gardant leur ancrage culturel, linguistique et identitaire
The 19th century federal measures to “kill the Indian and save the man” entailed a language shift. The loss of the native language was linked to a sense of shame and a loss of cultural identity. The founding principles that used to frame the Navajos’ way of life were no longer being passed on from one generation to the next. So in the late 1960’s, the Navajos who call themselves the Diné and are well-known for their exquisite jewellery and finely woven rugs, instituted a comprehensive strategy to retain and revitalize their language and their culture. This dissertation examines how, despite intra-community conflicts over the validity of the transmission of a language and a culture through school-based education, the Navajos have implemented the revitalization of their language and culture based on the Creation Story and the teaching of the Holy People, their ancestors. If one the one hand these significant steps in sovereignty in education have managed to make the Navajo regain pride in who they are and where they come from and improved the scores in local and national tests, the Navajo Nation must make sure it will find a way to reduce the number of drop-outs, improve the standard of living of a great number of its member who live below poverty level and develop its economy and heal societal evils that hamper social individual success. The financial returns of Indian gaming may help the Navajo nation overcome these challenges, but its leaders must ensure they can cope with globalisation and they can balance Navajo and western culture while preserving their heritage so as to live in harmony in both worlds still keeping their cultural, linguistic and cultural roots
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Galvez, Gino. "Work-related Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of Acculturation Among Employed Latinos in Batterer Intervention Programs." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/170.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV), typically considered in the domestic context, has been shown to have considerable effects on women's employment and health. While the literature has recently grown in this area, very few studies have examined the prevalence of work-related IPV among men. Furthermore, the extant literature on work-related IPV has largely ignored the experience of ethnic minorities, specifically Latinos. Many factors suggest that rates and forms of IPV might be different among other racial and ethnic groups. Some studies that examine IPV among Latinos have sought to understand the role of acculturation and socioeconomic contexts. The purpose of this study was to examine work-related IPV among a sample of men enrolled in batterer intervention programs. In addition, we sought to examine the relationship between acculturation, socioeconomic contexts, and reports of work-related IPV among a subset of male Latinos. Overall, the findings confirm the upper ranges of previous estimates across studies (36% to 75%) of employed victims of IPV and their harassment by abusive partners while at work (Swanberg, Logan, & Macke, 2005; Taylor & Barusch, 2004). Specifically, we found that 60% of the entire sample reported work-related IPV that involved threatening behaviors and physical violence at their partner's job. The findings among Latinos suggest that a positive relationship exists between acculturation and work-related IPV. Specifically, proxy variables of acculturation (e.g., country of birth, language of survey, number of years in the U.S.) were hypothesized to be positively associated with higher levels of acculturation. Consistent with the hypotheses, we found significant relationships in the direction proposed. Lastly, socioeconomic status (e.g., income, education, employment status) was hypothesized to play a moderating role between acculturation and work-related IPV. However, results generally suggest that socioeconomic status (i.e., income, education) did not moderate the relationship between acculturation and work-related IPV. This study makes important contributions to the literature and has implications for employers. The significant rates of work-related IPV found in this study highlight the need to address this problem among employed males as an important step in preventing work-related IPV. Among Latinos, the level of acculturation and factors such as income, employment, and education are important contextual factors that provide a better understanding of IPV in Latino communities (Gryywacz, Rao, Gentry, Marin, & Arcury, 2009).
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Puig, Pla Carles. "Física Tècnica i Il·lustració a Catalunya. La cultura de la utilitat: assimilar, divulgar, aprofitar." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/3391.

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L'objectiu central d'aquesta tesi doctoral consisteix a analitzar com es varen iniciar, formalitzar i desenvolupar els primers ensenyaments cientificotècnics, de caràcter públic relacionats amb la física, establerts a Catalunya a finals del segle XVIII i començaments del segle XIX. S'estudia la institucionalització de l'ensenyament públic de l'astronomia nàutica, la mecànica, la maquinària i la física experimental en quatre escoles creades per la Junta de Comerç de Catalunya: Escola de Nàutica, Escola de Mecànica, Escola de Maquinària i Escola de Física experimental.
A més, la tesi situa el paper jugat pels artesans en la construcció de les primeres màquines i instruments científics per a l'ensenyament de la física, així com la seva col·laboració amb científics catalans durant la Il·lustració. S'ha realitzat una primera aproximació a les direccions físicomatemàtiques de la Reial Acadèmia de Ciències Naturals i Arts de Barcelona i s'ha identificat i caracteritzat el col·lectiu constituït pels socis artistes d'aquesta institució en el període 1766-1824.
Una gran part de la tesi s'ha basat en fonts manuscrites inèdites que han permès restituir el paper de figures menors de l'activitat científica a Catalunya.
El treball s'ha estructurat en sis capítols i un darrer de conclusions. En el primer, a més de consideracions metodològiques s'ha efectuat una anàlisi del significat dels conceptes "física", "matemàtiques" i "art"; també s'ha fet un estudi sobre la historiografia de la física i la instrumentació a Catalunya i Espanya. El segon capítol és una revisió historiogràfica de les institucions d'ensenyament cientificotècnic de Catalunya que, durant la Il·lustració, varen introduir o promoure la física moderna.
El tercer capítol s'ha centrat en l'Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona. D'una banda, s'ha obtingut una primera identificació dels membres i memòries de les direccions fisicomatemàtiques, caracteritzant els interessos intel·lectuals de les mateixes. D'altra banda, s'ha dut a terme un estudi de l'activitat dels acadèmics artistes i la seva col·laboració amb l'Acadèmia; s'hi dedica una atenció particular a l'activitat desenvolupada pels artistes que pertanyien al grup dels "maquinistes" els quals van contribuir a la fabricació i conservació de l'utillatge instrumental de la corporació.
Els tres capítols següents estan dedicats a l'estudi de quatre escoles gratuïtes establertes per la Junta, promotora de l'educació tècnica moderna al Principat. Així, el quart capítol tracta de l'Escola de Nàutica i, de manera particular, de les aportacions d'Agustí Canelles que es va interessar per la formació matemàtica i astronòmica dels pilots amb la finalitat d'aconseguir la pràctica de la navegació científica. El cinquè capítol s'ocupa de les accions dutes a terme per la Junta per facilitar el coneixement de la mecànica i el perfeccionament de la maquinària a Catalunya durant la primera meitat del segle XIX. Es reconstrueix el funcionament del Gabinet de Màquines de la Llotja dirigit per Gaietà Faralt, i l'activitat tant de l'Escola de Mecànica, dirigida per Francesc Santponç, com de l'Escola de Maquinària encarregada per la Junta a Hilarión Bordeje. També s'analitzen detalladament els continguts de la revista tècnica Memorias de Agricultura y Artes, especialment els relacionats amb la Mecànica. Finalment, en el capítol sisè s'efectua una anàlisi de les diferents etapes de l'Escola de Física experimental, els seus professors (Vieta, Safont, Agell, Rave i Balcells), els textos, els experiments, els instruments i material de laboratori i es mostra que hi va haver un reconeixement social de la física i també que els alumnes de l'Escola van jugar, posteriorment, un paper rellevant en el món científic i cultural de mitjans del segle XIX tant a Catalunya com a Espanya.
The main objective of this doctoral thesis consist of analyzing how they began, formalized and developed the first public scientific-technical teaching related to physics, which was established in Catalonia at the end of the 18th century and the beginnings of the 19th century. It studies the institutionalization of the public training of nautical astronomy, mechanics, machinery and experimental physics in four schools created by the Junta de Comerç (Board of Commerce) of Catalonia.
In addition, this work locates the role played by craftsmen in the construction of the first scientific machines and instruments, as well as their collaboration with Catalan scientists during the Enlightenment. A first approach to the physical-mathematics sections of the Royal Academy of Natural Sciences and Arts of Barcelona has been made. The group consisting of "the artists" of this institution in the period 1766-1824 has been identified and characterized.
A great part of this work has been based on unpublished manuscripts. They have allowed us to evaluate the role played by minor scientists in Catalan scientific activity.
The work has been structured in six chapters apart from the last one of conclusions. In the first chapter, apart from the methodological considerations, an analysis of the concepts "physical", "mathematics" and "art" takes place; also a study on the historiography of physics and instrumentation in Catalonia and Spain is made. The second chapter is a historiographical revision related to the institutions of scientist-technique training in Catalonia where, during the Enlightenment, it was proved to introduce modern physics.
The third chapter is dedicated to the Academy of Sciences and Arts. On the one hand, a first identification of the members and memories of physics-mathematics sections is obtained, and the intellectual interests of them are characterized. On the other hand, a study of the activity of the academic artists and their collaboration with the Academy is carried out; particular attention is dedicated to the artists who belonged to the group of the "machinists" whose members contributed to the manufacture and conservation of the instrumental tools of the corporation.
The three following chapters are dedicated to the study of four gratuitous schools established by the Junta, promoter of modern technology training in Catalonia. Thus, the fourth chapter deals with the Navigation school and, especially, with the contributions of Agustí Canelles who was interested in mathematical and astronomical training of pilots with the purpose of obtaining scientific navigation. The fifth chapter deals with the actions undertaken by the Junta to facilitate the knowledge of mechanics and the improvement of machinery in Catalonia during the first half of the 19th century. It describes the working of the Machines Cabinet of the Llotja by Gaietà Faralt, and also the activity of the Mechanics school, directed by Francesc Santponç, as well as the School of Machinery of Hilarión Bordeje. The contents of the technical review Memorias de Agricultura y Artes, especially those related to Mechanics, are also analyzed in detail. Finally, in chapter six an analysis of the different stages of the School of experimental Physics their teachers (Vieta, Safont, Agell, Rave and Balcells), the texts, the experiments, the instruments and laboratory material takes place. It is shown that there was a social recognition of physics and also that the students of this School played a significant role in the scientific and cultural world in the mid 19th century in Catalonia and Spain.
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Milosh, Richard. "The cultural adaptation of Armenians in South Australia, with special reference to Armenian language." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1995. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09EDM/09edmm661.pdf.

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Rose, Fiona. "Cultural identity in Roman Celtiberia : the evidence of the images and monuments, 300BC - AD100." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:495111e9-ad8e-469a-a123-ec91209d8595.

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This thesis presents a study of changing constructions and perceptions of cultural identity over the period 300 BC to AD 100 in the region of northern central Spain known in antiquity as Celtiberia. Its primary focus is iconography, with images of male and female figures of particular interest. The iconography is used to map the continuities and discontinuities in a sense of Celtiberian identity, and considers the effect that interaction with non-Celtiberians, including Celts and Iberians but especially with Romans, had on this identity. A theoretical framework in which to study 'cultural identity' is proposed in the Prolegomena. After the Prolegomena, the thesis is divided into six chapters. Chapter One, Celtiberia in its Historical and Cultural Context, examines the development of Celtiberian culture and Celtiberian settlements over time, and the changes that occurred after the arrival of Romans. Chapter Two, Metallurgy and Metal Objects, looks at three categories of metal objects (fibulae, hospitium tesserae, and armaments) and asks whether the horseman motif, an important iconographic element in this thesis, is emblematic of a 'warrior aristocracy'. Chapter Three, Human and Animal Figures on Painted Pottery, studies the range of human figures found on Celtiberian ceramic vessels, considering the types of scenes and figures that were most popular. Chapter Four, Coins from Pre-Roman and Early Imperial Celtiberia, traces the development of numismatic images in the region. This chapter emphasises the so-called transitional coins, which represent the first time that Celtiberian cities were publicly identified with Roman authority on official media. Chapter Five, Men's Funerary Monuments, returns to critical analysis of the horseman motif, focusing on stelai with relief images of male figures on horseback. Chapter Six, Women's Funerary Monuments, examines the most popular visual language for Celtiberian women, the 'funerary banquet,' and places stelai bearing this theme in their wider social context. A concluding section discusses Celtiberian iconography as a whole. It also considers the role that language - Celtiberian and/or Latin - played alongside the images, and whether the phenomena of bilingualism and Latinisation of names bear 'cultural identity' significance.
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Moulin, Sophie. "Assimilation d'observations satellitaires courtes longueurs d'onde dans un modèle de fonctionnement de culture." Toulouse 3, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995TOU30278.

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La synergie modeles de fonctionnement et observations satellitaires courtes longueurs d'onde permet de controler la coherence de la modelisation de l'evolution de variables observables par teledetection. Les observations satellitaires sont aussi utilisees pour contraindre le modele de fonctionnement qui simule la productivite du couvert. L'etude est effectuee en milieu controle. Pour des conditions environnementales et culturales donnees, le profil temporel du signal satellitaire haute resolution spatiale (spot hrv) est predit a l'echelle de la parcelle par le couplage d'un modele de fonctionnement et d'un modele de transfert radiatif dans le couvert. Des variations inter-annuelles du signal radiometrique mesure, dues a des variations de parametres connus, ont ete reproduites. L'impact des variations de tels parametres est significatif pour l'estimation de la productivite. L'utilisation d'observations spot hrv pour contraindre la modelisation implique que le signal soit correctement simule. Des observations synthetiques permettent de tester la technique d'assimilation pour une multitude de configurations d'acquisition. La qualite de l'estimation de la productivite depend de la qualite de l'ajustement du parametre inverse. Or, l'allule de la fonction cout est tres sensible au nombre et a la position des observations au cours du cycle saisonnier. Le signal radiometrique basse resolution spatiale (noaa avhrr) est simule a l'echelle regionale. Les differentes composantes du signal observe sont obtenues soit grace au modele de fonctionnement, soit de facon empirique. La recomposition s'effectue avec la carte d'occupation du sol. Les modeles couples fonctionnement/reflectance se revelent capables de predire les signaux radiometriques satellitaires haute et basse resolutions spatiales. La qualite de l'ajustement realise par assimilation d'observations satellitaires depend fortement de la qualite de la modelisation effectuee en mode direct. Une amelioration doit etre apportee a la modelisation du signal pendant la periode de croissance
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Tomas, Katarina, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Displaced self: The impact of language-migration on self-identity." Deakin University. School of Communication and Creative Arts, 2005. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051208.113428.

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In this dissertation I explore the impact that language-migration has on Self-Identity. The thesis consists of two parts: a memoir The Strangeness of Freedom, and an exegesis. Each is intended to stand alone, but also to complement the other. In the memoir I draw on my personal recollections of my family's migrations across five countries (Czechoslovakia, West Germany, USA and Australia) and into three languages (Czech, German and English) in order to convey my particular experience of language migration. In the exegesis I analyse several memoirs written by other language migrants and examine what impact they believe migrating into a new language and culture had on their own Self-identity. I draw on postmodern and psychoanalytic theory to explore the nature of Self-Identity formation and why migrants, as well as non-migrants might experience a change in their Self-identity during the course of their lives. I attempt to tease out to what extent the change in Self-identity is a universal experience that results from living across time and moving from a known past into an unknown future, regardless of whether one physically migrates or not. I found that while language-migrants tend to describe a more intense disruption of their Self-Identity, non-migrants also experience such a disruption in their sense of Self, simply by living in a rapidly changing world. I propose that while changing locations and languages clearly disrupts the continuity we presume life entails, it is in fact the passage of time that distances us from our known past, including our familiar Self, even if we never physically or linguistically migrate.
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