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DePalma, Judith A. "Evidence Regarding Cultural Competency." Home Health Care Management & Practice 18, no. 5 (August 2006): 405–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1084822306288437.

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Vergori, Anna Serena, and Serena Arima. "Cultural and non-cultural tourism: Evidence from Italian experience." Tourism Management 78 (June 2020): 104058. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2019.104058.

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Whitley, Rob. "Cultural Competence, Evidence-Based Medicine, and Evidence-Based Practices." Psychiatric Services 58, no. 12 (December 2007): 1588–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ps.2007.58.12.1588.

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Quist, Ryan M., and Anandi V. Law. "Cultural competency: Agenda for Cultural Competency Using Literature and Evidence." Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy 2, no. 3 (September 2006): 420–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2006.07.008.

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Ryou, Jihyun, and Sang-Yeon Kim. "Host People's Kindness and Migrant Workers' Cultural Adaptation: Evidence from South Korea." Korea Observer - Institute of Korean Studies 53, no. 4 (November 30, 2022): 713–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.29152/koiks.2022.53.4.713.

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This study purports to determine the predictors of migrant workers' cultural adaptation in South Korea. In the main, we examined the extent to which the level of inter-/intracultural socializing, exposure to local/native media, and host culture receptivity affect the level of cultural adaptation in cognitive, affective, behavioral domains. Potential impacts of demographic factors (e.g., age, sex, ethnicity, marital status, living alone vs. with family, education level, residency in years, perceived cultural similarity) were also explored. To find answers to the research questions, a total of 634 migrant workers from 37 different nations were reached using a snowball sampling. Surveys were collected in 12 districts of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and 21 adjacent metropolitan areas. Results indicate that intercultural interaction with host people and media exposure to local contents tend to help improve their knowledge about South Korea (e.g., language, culture). With all else equal, migrant workers treated kindly by Koreans at the workplace and in service sectors, and those living with family, compared to those who live alone, tended to enjoy a greater satisfaction with work and life in South Korea and were more willing to stay. Practical implications for Korean policymakers include encouraging competent migrant workers to move together with the family, making administrative efforts to further simplify the documentation process, and initiating public campaigns to raise host culture receptivity among Korean citizens.
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Hardt, Hanno. "Constructing Photography: Fiction as Cultural Evidence." Critical Studies in Media Communication 24, no. 5 (December 2007): 476–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07393180701694770.

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Good, Anthony. "Cultural evidence in courts of law." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 14, s1 (April 2008): S47—S60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2008.00492.x.

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Broude, Gwen J. "Rethinking the Couvade: Cross-Cultural Evidence." American Anthropologist 90, no. 4 (December 1988): 902–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/aa.1988.90.4.02a00080.

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Mahon, Maureen. "The Visible Evidence of Cultural Producers." Annual Review of Anthropology 29, no. 1 (October 21, 2000): 467–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.anthro.29.1.467.

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Hulme, Polly A. "Cultural Considerations in Evidence-Based Practice." Journal of Transcultural Nursing 21, no. 3 (June 2, 2010): 271–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043659609358782.

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Smyth, Wesley Stephen. "Architecture of Pastoral Communities: Evidence for Cultural Convergence?" Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/297781.

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The architecture of two geographically isolated, pastoral communities was compared to illustrate how unrelated societies with similar lifestyles can exhibit architectural convergence. The Himba, a semi nomadic tribe in northwestern Namibia, and the Navajo, a Native American tribe located in northern Arizona, were the groups I selected due to their comparable cultures, climate, and lifestyle. Photographs of village structures as well as the overall village layouts were used to make comments on the architectural similarities. The results reveal remarkable village associations, specifically the uniformity regarding the orientation of the livestock enclosures and important huts. The development of similar cultural and architectural adaptations by different communities in response to similar environmental conditions implicates the influence of cultural convergent evolution (Haviland 2010).
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Sifniotis, Maria. "Representing archaeological uncertainty in cultural informatics." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2012. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/40735/.

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This thesis sets out to explore, describe, quantify, and visualise uncertainty in a cultural informatics context, with a focus on archaeological reconstructions. For quite some time, archaeologists and heritage experts have been criticising the often toorealistic appearance of three-dimensional reconstructions. They have been highlighting one of the unique features of archaeology: the information we have on our heritage will always be incomplete. This incompleteness should be reflected in digitised reconstructions of the past. This criticism is the driving force behind this thesis. The research examines archaeological theory and inferential process and provides insight into computer visualisation. It describes how these two areas, of archaeology and computer graphics, have formed a useful, but often tumultuous, relationship through the years. By examining the uncertainty background of disciplines such as GIS, medicine, and law, the thesis postulates that archaeological visualisation, in order to mature, must move towards archaeological knowledge visualisation. Three sequential areas are proposed through this thesis for the initial exploration of archaeological uncertainty: identification, quantification and modelling. The main contributions of the thesis lie in those three areas. Firstly, through the innovative design, distribution, and analysis of a questionnaire, the thesis identifies the importance of uncertainty in archaeological interpretation and discovers potential preferences among different evidence types. Secondly, the thesis uniquely analyses and evaluates, in relation to archaeological uncertainty, three different belief quantification models. The varying ways that these mathematical models work, are also evaluated through simulated experiments. Comparison of results indicates significant convergence between the models. Thirdly, a novel approach to archaeological uncertainty and evidence conflict visualisation is presented, influenced by information visualisation schemes. Lastly, suggestions for future semantic extensions to this research are presented through the design and development of new plugins to a search engine.
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Campagna, Desirée. "The Impacts of Participatory Governance on Cultural Development: Evidence from European Capitals of Culture." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3422217.

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Participatory approaches to cultural decision-making are increasingly supported in the international and European discourses as means to foster cultural development, promoting capacity building, legitimacy, and social capital. However, their beneficial effects are both empirically contradictory and theoretically under-investigated. With the aim of providing an evidence-based account of the function of participatory decision-making in culture, this thesis analyses how, why, and under which circumstances participatory governance impacted on cultural development in four projects promoted in the two European Capitals of Culture of 2013 - Marseille-Provence (France) and Košice (Slovakia) –under the umbrella of the “City and Citizens” criterion. The thesis combines the theoretical assumptions of the “expansive” theories of democracy (Warren, 1992) with the “pragmatic conception” proposed by Fung (2007) and adopts the methodological tools offered by the theory-testing variant of process tracing. Hence, it advances an analytical framework of causal mechanisms able to explain how and why the impacts of participatory governance of culture can change within different contextual conditions. This work defines cultural development as a long-term process that includes cultural production and reception and is sustained by a network of cultural relations. In addition, it conceptualizes participatory governance as a three-dimensional institutional space (including representation, communication, and power delegation) that can trigger developmental dynamics thanks to consensus-oriented face-to-face dialogue among a variety of cultural stakeholders. Referring to the empirical evidence collected in the four case studies, the thesis argues that the impacts of participatory governance on cultural development depend on the intensity of trust that is reached among the actors involved in the process. In presence of fully-fledged trust, as showed in the project PARCeque (Marseille) and in the Exchanger Obrody (Košice), participatory governance can lead to cultural development, activating a reinforcing chain of capacities, legitimacy, and social capital that nurture cultural relations in the long-term. On the contrary, in absence of fully-fledged trust (i.e. mistrust and “calculus-based” trust), as proved by the project Jardins Possibles (Marseille) and the Exchanger Važecká (Košice), participatory governance of culture can exacerbate feelings of manipulation or group dynamics, fostering contestation movements or isolated cultural production.
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Frederick, Kimberly. "Examining the need for cultural adaptations to an evidence-based parent training model." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/127.

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Child maltreatment (CM) is a major public health problem in the United States which affects millions of children each year. Because parents are responsible for the majority of substantiated CM reports, behavioral parent training is recommended as the primary prevention strategy. In recent years, researchers and clinicians have begun work examining the relevance and effectiveness of making cultural adaptations to parent training programs. The purpose of this study was to explore the need for systemic cultural adaptations to SafeCare®, an evidence-based parent-training child maltreatment prevention program. SafeCare is currently implemented in nine states and SafeCare providers are serving families representing a wide array of cultures and ethnicities. Eleven SafeCare providers, representing six states, participated in individual, semi-structured interviews to determine what, if any, cultural adaptations were in place in the field and whether there was a need for systematic culture-specific or general cultural adaptations to the SafeCare model. The interviews provided evidence that, across sites and populations, adaptations are being made when implementing SafeCare with diverse families. Providers expressed a need to make the language/reading levels of the model materials more relevant for all the populations served. Overall, however, providers found the model to be flexible and amenable to working with families of various cultures and ethnicities. Providers recommended against systematic adaptations of the model for specific ethnic groups.
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Knops, André. "Neurocognitive evidence for cultural recycling of cortical maps in numerical cognition." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/13982.

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Das Kernsystem zur approximativen Verarbeitung numerischer Informationen - das approximative Mengensystem (AMS) - ist, ebenso wie Systeme zur Verarbeitung räumlicher Informationen, im parietalen Cortex (PC) implementiert. Hier integriere ich 9 experimentelle Studien in vier Teilen und zeige, wie abstrakte mathematische Fähigkeiten mit dem AMS zusammenhängen. Die Hypothese ist, dass die mathematischen Leistungen des Menschen auf grundlegenden Konzepten (Raum, Zahl) aufbauen indem sie kortikale Areale ko-optieren, deren ursprüngliche Organisation für die neuen kulturellen Bedürfnisse geeignet erscheinen. Teil eins zeigt mittels des Operationalen Momentum Effekts, dass (nicht-)symbolisches Rechnen auf das AMS zurückgreift und Kopfrechnen evolutionär alte Strukturen im PC ko-optiert: Durch Anwendung multivariater Lernalgorithmen auf funktionelle Gehirnaktivierungen im posterioren PC während basaler perzeptueller Aufgaben (Sakkaden) konnte ich später ausgeführter Additionen von Subtraktionen unterscheiden. Dies ist ein Hinweis auf das kulturelle Recycling kortikaler Karten für kulturell bedingte kognitive Funktionen. Teil zwei untersucht die Folgen der Implementierung numerischer Informationen im PC. Die Verarbeitung numerischer Informationen konnte auch unter Crowding-Bedingungen nachgewiesen werden, was auf einen bevorzugten, nicht-bewusst vermittelten Zugang numerischer Informationen zum kognitiven System deuten könnte, wie sie bereits für andere visuelle Informationen, die im PC verarbeitet werden gezeigt wurde. Auch die Interferenz zwischen räumlichen und numerischen Informationen kann als Konsequenz der kortikalen und repräsentationalen Überlappung verstanden werden. In Teil drei und vier argumentiere ich, dass Kopfrechenfähigkeiten durch die Befähigung, Ordinalität zu verarbeiten, im AMS verankert sind und zeige technische, Stimulus-inhärente Faktoren auf, die problematisch bei der Unterscheidung zwischen approximativem und exaktem Rechnen sein können.
A plethora of evidence supports the idea of a core system in the parietal cortex (PC) of the human brain that enables us to approximately process numerical information, the approximate number system (ANS). By synthesizing nine experimental studies in four parts, I argue how abstract mathematical competencies are linked to the ANS and PC. The hypothesis is that human mathematics builds from foundational concepts (space, number) by progressively co-opting cortical areas whose prior organization fits with the cultural need. In part one the operational momentum effect demonstrates that (non-)symbolic approximate calculation partly relies on the ANS, and that mental arithmetic co-opts evolutionarily older cortical systems in PC. Low-level perceptual processes such as saccades lead to spatial patterns of activation in posterior parts of PC that are predictive of patterns during abstract approximate calculation processes. This is interpreted in terms of cultural recycling of cortical maps for cognitive purposes that go beyond the evolutionary scope of a given region. Part two investigates the consequences of the parietal implementation of numerical magnitude information. Akin to other visual properties that are processed in PC this may favour a privileged, non-conscious access of numerical information to the cognitive system even under a crowding regime. Also, the interference between spatial and numerical information can be interpreted as a consequence of a representational and cortical overlap. Part three elucidates the grounding of mental arithmetic abilities in the ANS and argues for a mediation of the association between ANS and symbolic arithmetic via numerical ordering abilities, which in turn rely on neural circuits in right-hemispheric prefrontal cortex. In part four I will argue that the involvement of approximate calculation in high-level symbolic calculation remains elusive due to a number of technical issues with stimulus-inherent numerical features.
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FERLA, LARA. "I percorsi delle cultural defenses tra garanzie di legalità e richieste di riconoscimento delle identità culturali." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/9456.

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In modern pluralistic society minorities and indigenous groups sometimes ask the legal system to recognize their cultural heritage and their costumary law in deciding criminal cases. This request is often rejected by the Courts, because of the difficulty of adopting solutions which appear prejudicial to the rights of victims and because of the need to solve conflicts that require special knowledge and expertise in cultural matter. Especially in United States of America there is an extraordinary range of cases in which individual attempted to invoke a special legale excuse, the "Cultural Defense", in order to avoid penalty or to obtain a mitigation of sanctions. This legal institute has appeared first in the judicial practise and then recently has become object of careful study by scholars, who have shown some features and characteristic, including arguments for and against the acceptance of this excuse. This study attempts to analyze the Cultural Defense and the Cultural Motivated Crime (Cultural Offense) precisely starting from the U.S. legal framework to reach Europe and Italy, where cultural diversity is mostly represented by immigrants and nomadic people. The aim is to understand the possible relevance in these Country, especially in Italy, of defendant's cultural background in explaining criminal behaviour. After examining the most recent legislative reforms in criminal law and judicial practise, it may be possible to underline some points of convergence or dissonance with U.S. context and to highlight the current trend in progress into Italian criminal justice system about the possibility for Courts to take into account cultural factors to consider and evaluate the personal culpability and to mitigate sanctions.
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Hanaček, Ksenija. "Land-use changes, cultural ecosystem services, and environmental conflicts: Evidence from rural Bulgaria." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670263.

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Como resultado de sus interacciones e interdependencias con las personas, los agroecosistemas se obtienen servicios de ecosistemas culturales (SEC) como identidad rural, conocimiento tradicional y ceremonias relacionadas con cultivos. Sin embargo, los agroecosistemas se enfrentan globalmente a cambios en los usos de suelo, como la agricultura intensiva, el abandono de la tierra y la urbanización, que están influenciados por las fuerzas económicas, políticas y de mercado. Junto con estas tendencias, están surgiendo conflictos ambientales entre diferentes actores con diferentes intereses en las áreas terrestres. Esta tesis doctoral examina de manera integral los SEC y críticamente examina cómo están influenciados por los cambios en el uso de suelo y que tipo de conflictos ambientales surgen según los cambios en el SEC. El estudio comienza a nivel global, luego utiliza a Bulgaria como el caso de estudio tanto a nivel regional como a nivel comunitario, con especial énfasis en las políticas rurales. Los resultados de la investigación indican que los agroecosistemas proporcionan múltiples SEC interrelacionados que constituyen el patrimonio agrícola mundial. Además, los cambios en el uso de suelo tienen un impacto significativo en la cultura y la tradición, principalmente de los agricultores y las comunidades rurales, y por lo tanto surgen conflictos ambientales en forma abierta y latentes. En el caso de estudio en Bulgaria, la evaluación de SEC por parte de los diferentes actores a nivel regional y agrícola indica que la evaluación de SEC se ve interrumpida debido a cambios en el uso de suelo. Además, las sobre el SEC a nivel comunitario pueden surgir como conflictos ambientales que se expresan abiertamente a través de manifestaciones o protestas, siempre que el poder político de la comunidad para la gestión ambiental sea alto. Cuando el grado de poder es bajo, conflictos relacionados con SEC están latentes, expresados con una gran importancia dada a la identidad rural. De hecho, este estudio muestra que los conflictos ambientales por la apropiación de tierras agrícolas están entrelazados con la desposesión cultural. Sobre la base de estos hallazgos, esta tesis argumenta que el patrimonio agrícola global está en riesgo de perderse debido a los cambios en el uso de la tierra. Se necesitan políticas más holísticas de uso de la tierra a diferentes escalas de gobernanza que tengan en cuenta tanto la importancia crítica de las comunidades locales como el SEC que crean conjuntamente para la preservación y nutrición de las zonas rurales. La población rural y los SEC co-creados desempeñan un papel fundamental en la defensa de los problemas de distribución de servicios ecosistémicos y en la promoción de la sostenibilidad social, ecológica y económica. Por lo tanto, la participación de las partes interesadas locales debe incluirse en la toma de decisiones sobre el uso de suelo y el SEC debe ser reconocido en la ciencia y la políticas publicas como vías para la preservación ambiental y la estabilidad social de las zonas rurales marginalizadas.
As a result of their interactions and interdependencies with people, agroecosystems contribute to the creation of cultural ecosystem services (CES) such as rural identity, traditional knowledge, and ceremonies related to cultivation. However, global agroecosystems are currently undergoing vast land-use changes –such as intensive agriculture, land abandonment, and urbanization – which are influenced by economic, policy, and market forces. Along with these trends, environmental conflicts are emerging between stakeholders with differing interests in land areas. This dissertation holistically examines CES by critically studying how CES, in the light of relational values, are disrupted by land-use changes, and further identifying environmental conflicts arising from changes in CES. The study begins at the global level, then uses Bulgaria as a case study at both the regional level and community levels, with particular emphasis on rural policies. Results of the research indicate that agroecosystems provide multiple interrelated CES that constitute global agricultural heritage. Further, land-use changes have a significant impact on culture and tradition, mainly at the expense of farmers and rural communities, and therefore lead to open and latent forms of environmental conflict. In the Bulgarian case study, stakeholders’ evaluation of CES at both regional and farm levels indicate CES evaluation is often disrupted due to land-use changes. Moreover, concerns about CES at the community level can emerge as environmental conflicts that are expressed openly thorough demonstrations or protests, provided the community’s political power for environmental management is high. When the degree of power is low, such CES-related conflicts are latent, expressed with a high importance placed on rural identity. Indeed, this study shows environmental conflicts over agricultural land appropriation are intertwined with cultural forms of dispossession. On the basis of these findings, this dissertation argues global agricultural heritage is at risk of being lost due to land-use changes. More holistic land-use policies at different governance scales are needed that consider both the critical importance of local communities and the CES they co-create for preservation and nourishment of rural areas. Rural people and co-created CES play a fundamental role in defending ecosystem services distribution issues and promoting social, ecological, and economic well-being. Therefore, the participation of local stakeholders is important in land-use decision-making, and CES recognition in science and policy as pathways for the environmental preservation and social stability of marginalized rural areas.
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Meng, Zhenhao. "Effects of Nostalgia on Subjective Well-Being| Evidence from Rural China." Thesis, Purdue University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10600583.

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This study investigates the subjective well-being of Chinese rural-urban migrants by examining the effects of nostalgia and perceived authenticity in the context of rural tourism. The rural-urban migration and rural tourism are unique phenomena in contemporary China. Since 1978 when the country’s dramatic economic reform began, China has witnessed a rapid and unprecedented process of urbanization. Due to economic disparity between rural and urban regions, people from rural regions have been flocking to urban regions, which has resulted in a large-scale flow of rural-urban migration. However, having settled in big cities with changes of life experience, the migrants now join in the recent boom of rural tourism as part of their pursuit of happiness.

Founded on the theories of tourist motivation and nostalgia and drawn on selected Chinese philosophical values, this study develops a conceptual model of rural tourism motivation for rural-urban migrants. The model identifies the unique Chinese philosophical values of both “searching for ancestral roots” and “old home/hometown” as key factors of motivation for rural-urban migrants returning to rural destinations. The empirical evidence shows that rural-urban migrants have strong desires to return to rural regions in search of their past memories, personal heritages, and ancestral roots. Rural destinations contain unique cultures, customs, environments, and lifestyles with which migrants were once very familiar. For those rural-urban migrants, nostalgia is found to be the key push factor that motivates them to return to rural destinations because of the Chinese philosophical value of “old home/hometown”. To them, this philosophical value means more than any particular rural destination or their actual home villages. It represents their personal life stories, family histories, and true self-identities. Therefore, a visit to rural destinations is not merely a tourism activity to them—it is a particular way to find their inner peace, past memories, and values, fulfilling their need for self-actualization and improving their subjective well-being. The analysis of the textual interview data in the study benefited from the introduction of such Chinese philosophical values as exemplified by the sayings of “fallen leaves return to the roots” and “searching for ancestral roots”.

The study also found that there is a discrepancy between the expectation of rural-urban migrants returning to rural regions and the reality of what they perceive. Rapid social development and reconstruction have not only occurred in urban China, but substantial developments have also taken place in rural regions. Therefore, rural-urban migrants perceive that many original aspects of rurality, rural community, and rural culture have been lost. The findings from the study reveal that rural-urban migrants pursue an authentic rural destination, which would have an emotional and memorable appeal, because it arouses their nostalgic feelings. The way they perceive authenticity largely depends on their past life stories and the comparisons with and reflection on their current lives and visiting experiences, which is very emotionally complex. The study invokes an age-old Chinese philosophical value to understand their perception process of authenticity: “one can’t have fish and bear at the same time”. The perception process is tantamount to balance between preserving authenticity and modern development rather than giving up one aspect to the other. The migrants value the importance of preserving rural originality; yet, they believe in the necessity of changing and transforming some aspects of rural regions. They are pursuing neither the pure format of objective authenticity nor constructive authenticity. They look for the combined efforts of integrating modern elements into rural tradition, culture, and authenticity.

The results from the study are pragmatically valuable for rural destinations and tourism businesses to apply the understanding of nostalgia and other motivational factors for effective product development and marketing. Furthermore, preserving rural culture and authenticity through proper rural tourism development can improve the overall social and cultural welfare of hosting communities and the subjective well-being of tourists. The review of the research process illustrates the impact and importance of integrating Chinese philosophical values into academic inquiries on the consumers of the Chinese tourism market instead of explaining Chinese phenomena based only on Western theories.

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HUANG, Linjun. "The impact of cultural values on email acceptance : evidence from the PRC." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2003. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/cds_etd/6.

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Global deployment in information technology (IT) requires understandings of the cultural constraints in technology acceptance and usage behavior. Prior research indicates that the salient technology acceptance models may not be applicable to all cultures since empirical support was mainly obtained from North America. Cultural impact on user acceptance is still at the early stage of research. There has been little research done on technology acceptance and usage behavior in the context of China, which exhibits distinctive cultural differences from countries in North America. The purpose of this thesis is to test the cross-cultural applicability of Technology Acceptance Model in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and to investigate the influence of cultural values on user acceptance of IT. Based on a synthesis of technology acceptance and cultural theories, this study incorporates work related cultural values into Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The four cultural values of individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity/femininity identified by Hofstede are posited to either directly influence or to moderate user acceptance to email in the context of the PRC. Data were collected from the banking industry in the PRC. Cultural values were measured at the individual level to avoid over generalizations of cultural typology and to remedy the inadequacy of post hoc explanation in conventional IS cultural studies. Instead of using the scores of national culture proposed by Hofstede’s cultural study in 1980, this study measures cultural values in terms of personal traits to reflect the changes in and the complexity of cultural values in face of a two-decades of societal change. Structural equation models (SEMs) and moderated structural equation models (MSEMs) are used in the study to explore the direct impact and the moderating effect of cultural values. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural path analysis using LISREL were performed to analyze data collected. The findings show that cultural values have both direct impact and moderation effect on user acceptance to email. The TAM general model was found to be applicable in the Chinese context. Collectivism was found to be an antecedent of Subjective Norms, while Masculinity has no significant influence on Perceived Usefulness. In addition, Power Distance was found to moderate the relationship between Subjective Norms and Intention to Use email; while Uncertainty Avoidance moderates the relationship between Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness of email. The findings are expected to provide insights that can help international businesses to enhance technology acceptance across national boundaries. An understanding of the relationship between cultural values and technology acceptance should help organizations understand the influence of core societal values on email acceptance and so to better utilize social and cultural practices in organizational technology diffusion. This study suggests a few guidelines for better utilizing computer mediated communication technology in regard to the cultural challenges.
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Parncharoen, Charunya. "How do individual cultural values impact the success of Total Quality Management (TQM) programmes? Evidence from a cross-cultural study." Thesis, Parncharoen, Charunya (2002) How do individual cultural values impact the success of Total Quality Management (TQM) programmes? Evidence from a cross-cultural study. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2002. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/52668/.

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Regarded as a tool for improving quality and potentially other performance related outcomes, total quality management (TQM) is held as a key way of achieving competitive advantages in the today's global work context (Anderson & Adams, 1997; Evans & Lindsay, 1996; Gunasekaran, 1999; Nakhai & Neves, 1994). A review of the existing literature however, suggests that two-thirds of all quality programmes fail to show improvement in organisational performance. Cultural differences have been cited as one of the significant contributors to these failures. Although a myriad of studies exist which support this claim (for example see Galperin, 1995; Nasierowski & Coleman, 1997; Tata & Prasad, 1998), empirical investigations of the role of individual cultural values on TQM success have been neglected. This study aims to examine the impact of those personal variables, specifically individual perceptions of cultural values, on the success of TQM implementation. First, the consensus among the perceptions of Western and Asian quality management consultants as to the key factors contributing to TQM success was determined using the Delphi technique. Data collected from a number of Australian and Thai quality consultancy companies showed that five common factors, including level of management leadership, focus on customers, employee involvement, commitment to education and training, and provision of quality information were identified as essential. These factors were consequently used to develop a measure of employees' perception regarding TQM success. A cross-sectional survey was thereafter conducted to examine the impact of individual cultural values on TQM success utilising data collected from employees who worked for Australian and Thai quality management organisations. Using structural equation modelling (SEM), results from this study showed that the basic causality structure of the relationships between organisational design and TQM success is similar for the Australian and Thai samples. The importance (or existence) of some relationships of organisational design (as measured by formalisation, centralisation, and reward system) and TQM success (as measured by perceived corporate quality culture, organisational commitment, and perceived business results) varies between these two models. Supplementary analysis indicated that out of four cultural values, power distance is the sole individual cultural value that moderates the relationship between organisational design and TQM success. This suggests that cultural values can play an important role in the implementation of TQM programmes, a notion that has been ignored in past research. Implications for valuing cultural values as part of implementing a successful TQM programme and limitations of this study are discussed. The outcomes of this study are useful in designing and developing TQM applications suited to a particular cultural context. Furthermore, through broadening our understanding of the operational challenges faced by organisations in implementing TQM programmes, joint ventures between the different countries may be greatly enhanced.
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Books on the topic "Cultural evidence"

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Subpress, ed. Cultural evidence. Honolulu, Hawai'i: Subpress Collective, 1999.

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Evidence-based education. Hauppauge, N.Y: Nova Science Publishers, 2011.

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Van Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus, and Sebastiaan Rothmann, eds. Evidence-Based Positive Psychological Interventions in Multi-Cultural Contexts. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20311-5.

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Carroll, Chris. Does cultural origin affect saving behavior?: Evidence from immigrants. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1998.

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Holden, Livia. Cultural expertise and litigation: Patterns, conflicts, narratives. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y: Routledge, 2011.

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Bernal, Guillermo, and Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, eds. Cultural adaptations: Tools for evidence-based practice with diverse populations. Washington: American Psychological Association, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/13752-000.

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Experience, evidence, and sense: The hidden cultural legacy of English. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. The economic value of cultural diversity: Evidence from US cities. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004.

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Schyle, Daniel. Near Eastern Upper Palaeolithic cultural stratigraphy: An evaluation of evidence. Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, 1992.

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Cultural adaptations: Tools for evidence-based practice with diverse populations. Washington, D.C: American Psychological Association, 2012.

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Book chapters on the topic "Cultural evidence"

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Tosh, John. "Cultural evidence and the cultural turn." In The Pursuit of History, 209–32. 7th ed. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003023340-9.

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Allan, Robert. "Evidence-Based Practices and Cultural Responsiveness." In Cross-Cultural Responsiveness & Systemic Therapy, 41–52. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71395-3_3.

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Roche, Martin La, Michael S. Christopher, and Lindsey M. West. "Toward a Cultural Evidence-Based Psychotherapy." In Handbook of Multicultural Counseling, 177–87. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks California 91320: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781506304458.n18.

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Montgomerie, Johnna. "On evidence and corroboration." In Critical Methods in Political and Cultural Economy, 129–40. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2017. |: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315677811-17.

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Kambayashi, Norio. "Some Evidence of Cultural Influences on IT Use." In Cultural Influences on IT Use, 90–111. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230511118_5.

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Salter, Elisabeth. "Reconstructing Perception and Experience I: Evidence." In Cultural Creativity in the Early English Renaissance, 1–19. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230505209_1.

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Castro, Felipe González, and Roger Kessler. "Cultural Factors in Prevention." In Handbook of Evidence-Based Prevention of Behavioral Disorders in Integrated Care, 51–81. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83469-2_4.

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Ylimaki, Rose M., and Lynnette A. Brunderman. "Strength-Based Approaches to Meeting Culturally Diverse Student Needs." In Evidence-Based School Development in Changing Demographic Contexts, 81–91. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76837-9_7.

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AbstractA strengths-based approach to education is essential for successful school development in culturally diverse schools. Chapter 7 reflects that education lies in the pedagogical relations and provocations into the self-realizations and growth of young people. In this arena, provocation refers to intentions to provoke thoughts, ideas, and actions that help students to learn and grow. A provocation should be grounded in the child’s cultural background strengths. We explicitly worked with school teams to recognize the equal value of different cultures in their students’ ethnic and linguistic backgrounds and to lead in culturally responsive ways with regards to pedagogy, curriculum, data-analysis, education and community engagement. We drew on research to include positive perspectives of parents and families, communication of high expectations, learning within the context of culture, student-centered and culturally mediated instruction, reshaping the curriculum, and teacher as facilitator. Thus, culturally relevant teaching requires teachers to embrace diversity, build on strengths, and recognize that students learn in a variety of ways. It is the job of the leader to help teachers gain an understanding of those cultures, and how to incorporate that into their classrooms. Sample activities and case studies expand the concepts.
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von Beyme, Klaus. "Political and Economic Consolidation in Eastern Europe. Evidence from Empirical Data." In On Political Culture, Cultural Policy, Art and Politics, 81–97. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01559-0_6.

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Harrison, Mark. "Evidence for the effectiveness of school counselling." In School Counselling in an Asian Cultural Context, 73–87. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003144571-5.

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Conference papers on the topic "Cultural evidence"

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MATEI, Mirabela-Constanța, Alexandru-David ABRUDAN, Leonard-Călin ABRUDAN, and Maria-Madela ABRUDAN. "MODELLING TOURISM AND CULTURE EXPENDITURE IN ROMANIA – EVIDENCE OF CHANGE IN CULTURAL VALUES." In International Management Conference. Editura ASE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/imc/2021/01.12.

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The world is constantly changing. And the pace of this change seems to be faster and faster. National culture is no exception. Although long viewed as difficult to change, cultural values also seem to be subject to the pressure of change. The importance of leisure time, considered a characteristic of indulgent cultures, is subject of analysis in this paper. The main purpose of this paper is to analyse whether the evolution of expenditures on tourism and cultural activities has had an upward evolution so as to justify the increase in the share of people who attach great importance to leisure time. To achieve this goal, we analysed the secondary data from WVS and performed a mathematical modelling of two sets of statistical data for the interval 2000 and 2020. The results showed that the growing importance of leisure time suggested by the analysis of WVS data is also supported by the evolution of spending on tourism and cultural activities. the implications are multiple. The question is whether cultural values are stable enough to be used in the cultural characterization of countries based on scores of cultural dimensions. Of course, research on several other cultural values is needed.
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CICEA, Claudiu, Corina MARINESCU, and Nicolae PINTILIE. "ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS: EVIDENCE FROM JAPAN." In International Management Conference. Editura ASE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/imc/2021/02.04.

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This study examines the organizational culture of Japan by studying the activities of three large companies in order to have a better understanding of the nation’s culture and its effects on the society. From the perspective of cultural relevance, a literature review has been conducted in order to see the basis of the Japanese behavior and the differences between Japan and other countries. The paper discusses the cultural dimensions of Japan according to Hofstede vision and makes a foray into the present by analyzing them in a number of world-renowned companies. After presenting the methodology, the paper explains the reason for the company selection and provides a detailed analysis for each of them through organizational culture components, as found in Schein and Denison. All Japanese cultural features have a long history, undergoing little change over time, although globalization has played an important role in the partial diminution of some of them. There are deeply rooted cultural elements such as beliefs, symbols, rituals, to which employees adhere and which contribute to the development of companies and society as a whole. At the end, the paper presents possible limits of the research, but also provides the basis for further studies.
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Cori, Enrico, and Fabio Fraticelli. "DIGITIZING CULTURAL HERITAGE: EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN MUSEUMS." In 2nd International Scientific Conference. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/itema.2018.65.

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TANVUIA, Alexandrina, Matthew REILLY, Alexandru CAPATINA, Adrian MICU, and Angela Eliza MICU. "Cross-Cultural Evidence on Students' Perceptions of Experiential Learning." In 18th edition of the Conference “Risk in Contemporary Economy” RCE2017, June 9-10, 2017, Galati, Romania. LUMEN Publishing House, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/lumproc.rce2017.1.19.

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Li, Chen, Shuai Tang, and Xiaoxiao Zhang. "Institutional Investor and Firm Financialization: Evidence from China." In 2021 3rd International Conference on Economic Management and Cultural Industry (ICEMCI 2021). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211209.518.

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Li, Yihao. "Board Gender Diversity and Earnings Management: Evidence from China." In 2021 3rd International Conference on Economic Management and Cultural Industry (ICEMCI 2021). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211209.191.

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Jimenez-Castellanos, Oscar. "Applying Community Cultural Wealth to Interrogate the Emergent Bilinguals Evidence-Based Practices." In 2021 AERA Annual Meeting. Washington DC: AERA, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/1692282.

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Li, Mengmeng, Xiaochuan Guo, and Lei Zhang. "Digitalization, Cultural Capital and Productivity: Evidence From Resource-based Enterprises in China." In 2021 2nd International Conference on Big Data Economy and Information Management (BDEIM). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/bdeim55082.2021.00015.

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Ankudinov, Andrei. "Corporate Transparency As An Investor Protection Tool: Evidence From Russia." In SCTCGM 2018 - Social and Cultural Transformations in the Context of Modern Globalism. Cognitive-Crcs, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.03.02.99.

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Kong, Yiwei, Xuhui Liu, Chengxi Xie, and Tianyi Zhuang. "Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Financial Investment: Evidence from China." In 2021 3rd International Conference on Economic Management and Cultural Industry (ICEMCI 2021). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211209.320.

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Reports on the topic "Cultural evidence"

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Carroll, Christopher, Byung-Kun Rhee, and Changyong Rhee. Does Cultural Origin Affect Saving Behavior? Evidence from Immigrants. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, May 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w6568.

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Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P., and Giovanni Peri. The Economic Value of Cultural Diversity: Evidence from US Cities. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w10904.

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Dee, Thomas, and Emily Penner. The Causal Effects of Cultural Relevance: Evidence from an Ethnic Studies Curriculum. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w21865.

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Aknin, Lara, Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth Dunn, John Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James, and Michael Norton. Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w16415.

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Coimbra Vieira, Carolina, Sophie Lohmann, and Emilio Zagheni. The value of cultural similarity for predicting migration: evidence from digital trace data. Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, February 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4054/mpidr-wp-2023-009.

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Jukes, Matthew C. H., Yasmin Sitabkhan, and Jovina J. Tibenda. Adapting Pedagogy to Cultural Context. RTI Press, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2021.op.0070.2109.

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This paper argues that many pedagogical reform efforts falter because they fail to consider the cultural context of teacher and student behavior. Little guidance exists on how to adapt teaching practices to be compatible with culturally influenced behaviors and beliefs. We present evidence from three studies conducted as part of a large basic education program in Tanzania showing that some teaching activities are less effective or not well implemented because of culturally influenced behaviors in the classroom, namely children’s lack of confidence to speak up in class; a commitment to togetherness, fairness, and cooperation; avoidance of embarrassment; and age-graded authority. We propose ways teaching activities can be adapted to take these behaviors into account while still adhering to fundamental principles of effective learning, including student participation in their own learning, teaching at the right level, and monitoring students as a basis for adjusting instruction. Such adaptations may be made most effective by engaging teachers in co-creation of teaching activities.
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Christopoulou, Rebekka, Ahmed Jaber, and Dean Lillard. The Inter-generational and Social Transmission of Cultural Traits: Theory and Evidence from Smoking Behavior. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w19304.

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Banerjee, Onil, Hélène Maisonnave, Lulit Mitik Beyene, Martin Henseler, and Mercedes Velasco. The Economic Benefits of Investing in Cultural Tourism: Evidence from the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. Inter-American Development Bank, October 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001267.

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Kelly, Luke. Lessons Learned on Cultural Heritage Protection in Conflict and Protracted Crisis. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.068.

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This rapid review examines evidence on the lessons learned from initiatives aimed at embedding better understanding of cultural heritage protection within international monitoring, reporting and response efforts in conflict and protracted crisis. The report uses the terms cultural property and cultural heritage interchangeably. Since the signing of the Hague Treaty in 1954, there has bee a shift from 'cultural property' to 'cultural heritage'. Culture is seen less as 'property' and more in terms of 'ways of life'. However, in much of the literature and for the purposes of this review, cultural property and cultural heritage are used interchangeably. Tangible and intangible cultural heritage incorporates many things, from buildings of globally recognised aesthetic and historic value to places or practices important to a particular community or group. Heritage protection can be supported through a number of frameworks international humanitarian law, human rights law, and peacebuilding, in addition to being supported through networks of the cultural and heritage professions. The report briefly outlines some of the main international legal instruments and approaches involved in cultural heritage protection in section 2. Cultural heritage protection is carried out by national cultural heritage professionals, international bodies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as citizens. States and intergovernmental organisations may support cultural heritage protection, either bilaterally or by supporting international organisations. The armed forces may also include the protection of cultural heritage in some operations in line with their obligations under international law. In the third section, this report outlines broad lessons on the institutional capacity and politics underpinning cultural protection work (e.g. the strength of legal protections; institutional mandates; production and deployment of knowledge; networks of interested parties); the different approaches were taken; the efficacy of different approaches; and the interface between international and local approaches to heritage protection.
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Megersa, Kelbesa. Gender and Tax: Programming and Evidence. Institute of Development Studies, February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.040.

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Generally, policymakers and tax analysts (as well as donors concerned about gender equity) have not made proper consideration about how tax policies and tax reforms can interact with gendered cultural norms in developing countries. However, there are worries that tax systems are biased against women and that recent tax reforms may increase the incidence of taxes on women and other underprivileged groups – while, at the same time, failing to garner sufficient tax revenue to fund social programmes necessary to enhance their lives. Since women in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to poverty, a comprehensive and rigorous assessment of tax systems (e.g., existing tax laws, tax administrations and new tax reforms) is needed to understand how they are uniquely affected. Gender-responsive tax programming by donors (and developing-country governments) requires dedication to assess the gender impact of tax policy and tax administration – i.e., who benefits and who is losing from existing tax arrangements or proposed reforms. Although there is growing evidence in the academic literature about the gender dimension of tax, there is still very limited programming by donors on tax policy and tax administration with an explicit focus on gender. Similarly, rarely do donor-funded programmes targeting gendered inequities and empowerment of women incorporate a clear tax agenda. However, there is some evidence that this trend is changing. Some recent regional and country programmes on DRM (e.g., on tax administration, tax policy, tax research, etc.), as well as business and investment climate improvement programmes, are incorporating explicit gender targets into their tax programme components. Some of these regional and country programmes are briefly discussed in the review (with more information on these provided in Sections 4 and 5).
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