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Tuhaienko, V. "The samurais influence on Japanese culture." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2021. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/18526.
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Otsuji, Emi. "Performing transculturation : between/within 'Japanese' and 'Australian' language, identities and culture /." Electronic version, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2100/598.
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University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Education.This thesis examines the construction processes of language, culture and identities in relation to both the macro level of society and culture, as well as the micro-individual level. It argues that there is a need to understand these constructions beyond discrete notions of language, identities and culture. The thesis mobilises performativity theory to explore how exposure to a variety of practices during the life trajectory has an impact on the construction and performance of language, identities and culture. It shows how a theory of performativity can provide a comprehensive account of the complex process of, and the relationships between, hybridisation (engagement in a range of cultural practices) and monolithication (nostalgic attachments to familiar practices). The thesis also suggests that the deployment of performativity theory with a focus on individual biography as well as larger social-cultural factors may fill a gap left in some other modes of analysis such as Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Conversation Analysis (CA). Analysing data from four workplaces in Australia, the study focuses on trans-institutional talk, namely casual conversation in which people from a variety of linguistic and cultural backgrounds work together. Following the suggestion (Pennycook 2003; Luke 2002) that there is a need to shift away from the understanding that a particular language is attached to a particular nation, territory and ethnicity, the thesis shows how discrete ethnic and linguistic labels such as ‘Japanese’ and ‘English’ as well as notions of ‘code-switching’ and ‘bi-lingualism’ become problematic in the attempt to grasp the complexity of contemporary transcultural workplaces. The thesis also explores the potential agency of subjects at the convergence of various discourses through iterative linguistic and cultural performances. In summary, the thesis provides deeper insight into transcultural performances to show the links between idiosyncratic individual performances and the construction of transcultural linguistic, cultural phenomena within globalisation.
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Pettersen, Mari, and Sara Norman. "Reaching the Japanese Tourist - A qualitative study investigating Australian Tourism Companies’ promotional efforts on the Japanese market." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1116.
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The purpose of this study is to investigate promotion within the tourism industry on the Gold Coast, Australia, focusing on tourism companies’ promotional efforts on the Japanese market. The aim is to answer the question ‘How can Australian tourism companies effectively promote themselves on the Japanese market?’ through five specific research objectives: (1) to get a better understanding of tourism- and attraction marketing, (2) to get familiar with the characteristics of the Japanese tourist and their travel patterns, (3) to investigate which factors in regards to culture, are influencing the tourism companies’ promotion in Japan, (4) to identify critical success factors for successful promotion of Australian tourism companies on the Japanese market, and (5) to identify similarities and differences between small and large companies when it comes to tourism promotion on the Japanese market.
A variety of secondary data, including well-known theories and models were studied and presented in addition to a qualitative study investigating four tourism companies. It is found that the numbers of Japanese tourists to the Gold Coast has decreased over the last decade, much due to macro factors such as changes in aviation and exchange rates, and increased competition from short-haul destinations. However, Japan still represents a main international interest, which makes it crucial for tourism companies to be familiar with the characteristics of the Japanese tourist and their travel patterns. It becomes evident that Japanese tourists have changed over the last years, and findings show that existing cultural frameworks are inadequate to describe the Japanese culture and tourist. Our empirical results show that cultural adaptations are not as extensive as suggested by theory and that the main cultural adjustments are made in language. In addition, it is important to consider the Japanese have higher expectations of service, and are long-term planners.
It is further found that promotional efforts in Japan do not differ greatly from how they promote their companies in Australia. The most important difference in this industry, however, is the power of the Japanese inbound wholesalers or travel agents (the trade), which highly determines promotional efforts. Such relationships are vital, as the Japanese still book their holiday trough traditional channels.
Hence, the most effective promotional tool is found to be wholesalers travel brochures. The power of the trade renders Internet promotion less important, as companies are advised to make use of the wholesalers’ more sophisticated websites. Moreover, publicity is found to be essential promotional tool, including celebrity endorsement, travel TV programs, travel books, and piggybacking on local events. Finally, great benefits can be gained by participating in intra-destination collaboration. When it comes to similarities and differences between small and large tourism companies’ promotion on the Japanese market, it is found that these differences are not as large as we had expected much due to the importance of the trade.
Key Words: Tourism Marketing, Japan, Japanese tourists, Japanese travel patterns, culture, promotion, trade relationships, collaboration
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Whittington, Joshua, and n/a. "Constructing Australian soccer: the media's influence on soccer's position within the Australian culture." University of Canberra. Human & Biomedical Sciences, 2001. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050726.161835.
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Despite soccer being arguably the world's most popular sport, Australia's
national soccer competition has consistently failed to attract the prolonged
mainstream support that is given to the comparable rugby league, Australian
Rules football and rugby union competitions. This is a puzzling situation
considering Australia's British lineage, soccer's British origins and the
game's pre-eminent international status. Indeed, soccer's lowly position in
Australia is paradoxical given the sport's historically dominant status in
Britain and Australia's traditional adoption of Anglocentric culture. Most
research into the situation has pointed to the sport's inability to shake-off the
adverse effects of a lingering connection to post-World War II immigration
and certain ethnic communities. Soccer has, in the eyes of many, been unable
to access popular culture primarily because it has been viewed by the
mainstream as 'foreign' or inherently un-Australian. The sport has clashed
with traditional notions of national identity even though, historically, the
Australian men's national team has received relatively strong community
support.
Strangely though, there has been little attention paid to the role the mass
media has played in establishing, maintaining and even altering soccer's
position in relation to mainstream Australian culture. While some
researchers, such as Mosely and Hay, have criticised the media's coverage of
violence associated with soccer at the domestic level, there has been no
textual analysis of the mass media's role in soccer's marginal position in
Australian popular culture. Considering that the mass media is critical to the
development, reinforcement and maintenance of culture and has been
implicated in shaping entire professional sporting competitions to its own
ends, this is an area of considerable scholarly neglect. By undertaking a
textual analysis of the mainstream newspaper coverage given to two critical
periods in the history of the Australian men's soccer team it becomes clear
that there is marked divergence between the media's treatment of
internationally-based soccer and domestically-based soccer. This divergence
in coverage has contributed to the development of two distinct mediated
'realities' of soccer, which in turn has influenced the game's ambivalent
place in mainstream Australian culture. First, the media's control over the
news production process has given it the ability to send textual messages that
elevate soccer from its traditional cultural exclusion- and establish the
national team as part of the historically dominant Anglocentric mainstream
culture in Australia. This process has been inextricably linked to the
increasing ethnic diversity of Australia's population and the dominant
culture's efforts to maintain, despite this emerging plurality, the preeminence
of a traditional Australian 'way of life'. Second, the media's
messages have helped to maintain the ascendancy of the dominant culture by
establishing the characteristics of modern day corporatised sport as the
'normal' expectation for soccer's development in Australia. As a result,
soccer's future in Australia is deemed to be limited until it is able to conform
fully to the commercialised and professionalised mode of production that
defines the sport overseas.
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Titus, Stephanie. "Japanese Contemporary Piano Music: Cultural Influence and Identity." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1604259509513433.
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Rivers, Cheryl Janet. "Ethical decision making in negotiation : a Sino-Australian study of the influence of culture." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2003. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15843/1/Cheryl_Rivers_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis presents the results of three studies that extend understanding of ethical decision making in negotiation. First, by comparing how Chinese and Australian negotiators think about contextual variables in an interpretive study, an extended model of ethical decision making in negotiation is offered. This study suggested differences in how codes of ethics and perception of the other party were understood as well as a shared understanding of the influence of the legal environment across the two cultures. Importance of organisational goals and personal and business reputation also emerged as important variables in negotiators' ethical decision making. The next study began testing the extended model with an investigation of the interaction between culture and closeness of the relationship with the other party using the SINS scale (Robinson, Lewicki, & Donahue, 2000). It was found that Chinese negotiators generally rated ethically ambiguous negotiation tactics as more appropriate than Australians, and that Chinese differentiated more in their ratings of appropriateness according to the social context. In the test for metric equivalence of the SINS scale, this study found that the existing approach of inductively deriving types of ethically ambiguous negotiation tactics based on ratings of perceived appropriateness is flawed since patterns of ratings are likely to vary across groups of negotiators. In light of this, a new typology of ethically ambiguous negotiation tactics is offered based on an a priori identification of conceptually distinct types of tactics. This new inventory of items represents the first step in the process of producing a cross-culturally generalisable scale of ethically ambiguous negotiation tactics.
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Rivers, Cheryl Janet. "Ethical Decision Making in Negotiation: A Sino-Australian Study of the Influence of Culture." Queensland University of Technology, 2003. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15843/.
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This thesis presents the results of three studies that extend understanding of ethical decision making in negotiation. First, by comparing how Chinese and Australian negotiators think about contextual variables in an interpretive study, an extended model of ethical decision making in negotiation is offered. This study suggested differences in how codes of ethics and perception of the other party were understood as well as a shared understanding of the influence of the legal environment across the two cultures. Importance of organisational goals and personal and business reputation also emerged as important variables in negotiators' ethical decision making. The next study began testing the extended model with an investigation of the interaction between culture and closeness of the relationship with the other party using the SINS scale (Robinson, Lewicki, & Donahue, 2000). It was found that Chinese negotiators generally rated ethically ambiguous negotiation tactics as more appropriate than Australians, and that Chinese differentiated more in their ratings of appropriateness according to the social context. In the test for metric equivalence of the SINS scale, this study found that the existing approach of inductively deriving types of ethically ambiguous negotiation tactics based on ratings of perceived appropriateness is flawed since patterns of ratings are likely to vary across groups of negotiators. In light of this, a new typology of ethically ambiguous negotiation tactics is offered based on an a priori identification of conceptually distinct types of tactics. This new inventory of items represents the first step in the process of producing a cross-culturally generalisable scale of ethically ambiguous negotiation tactics.
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Carpenter, Russell. "DESIGNING FOR A JAPANESE HIGH-CONTEXT CULTURE: CULTURE'S INFLUENCE ON THE TECHNICAL WRITER'S VISUAL RHETORIC." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2845.
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This thesis analyzes the challenges technical writers face when designing documents for high-context cultures, such as the Japanese. When developing documents intended to cross cultural gulfs, technical writers must take into consideration cultural expectations, preferences, and practices in document design and communication. High-context cultures, such as Japan, design documents using drastically different design strategies than those used in the United States. Japanese communication habits are more ambiguous than communication in the United States. Thus, the Japanese often use visuals for their aesthetic appeal, not for their ability to complement the text that surrounds the visual. The ambiguous nature of high-context culture communication habits often pose problems when Americans try to communicate--whether through written or oral communication--with a high-context audience. Without careful analysis and research into these cultural implications, the technical writer risks developing unsuccessful documents that do not accomplish the goals of the communication. It takes years of research to understand cultural differences, especially in the case of Japanese communication habits. With the research presented in this thesis, technical writers will understand better how to address document design issues when designing for high-context cultures in general and the Japanese culture specifically. In order to effectively analyze document design strategies across cultures, I have collected documents from two cultures--from the United States and from Japan. These two cultures represent a low-context culture, the United States, and a high-context culture, Japan. The United States and Japan are opposite each other on Edward T. Hall's cultural continuum, providing ideal subjects for a cross-cultural document design analysis. Using previous research in document design and cultural studies, I have established a grid for analyzing visual elements in the documents I have collected--full color automobile sales booklets. I analyze both high- and low-context documents against this grid. The various document design grids allow for visual representation of document design decisions in both cultures. American international technical communicators can use these grids as a starting point for addressing the cultural implications of document design for high-context audiences. The research presented in this thesis shows that high- and low-context cultures use visuals much differently. Readers, in both cultures, are persuaded differently by visual elements. By exploring and analyzing the use of visuals such as photos, diagrams, line drawings, and the way both cultures use visuals to approach their audiences, this thesis attempts to present an explanation of visuals in high-context cultures that will aid American technical writers who design documents for international audiences. This thesis uses Japanese cultural analysis and Japanese design theories to explain high-context design decisions applied to Japanese documents.M.A.
Department of English
Arts and Sciences
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Usami, Hirokuni. "The influence of the theories of Yin-Yang and the five elements on Japanese culture." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1989. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26426.
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Perhaps no more than one percent of Japanese today have heard of Onmyodo or the Way of Yin and Yang. This in spite of the fact that it influenced Japanese culture and the people's way of thought as strongly as Buddhism, Shintoism, and Confucianism did. It is a system of belief based on the ancient Chinese theories of Yin and Yang and of the five elements and the magical practices that developed after it was introduced into Japan.
Its traces are still found in the life of- today's Japanese. A good illustration of these is Jikkan Junishi (the ten celestial stems and twelve branches), which comprise one of the most important aspects of Onmyödó.(1) In the last days of the year and at the beginning of the New Year, the Chinese zodiacal designs for the New Year flood the daily lives of Japanese in the form of New Year's cards, calendars and ornaments for good luck. Thereby, the Japanese become ready to greet the New Year and to bid farewell to the Old year. In the minds of modern Japanese, the New Year and the Chinese zodiacal symbols are closely associated.
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Hayden, Sara Elisabeth. "Creating cloth, creating culture : the influence of Japanese textile design on French art deco textiles, 1920-1930." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Summer2007/S_Hayden_072607.pdf.
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Andaya, Arleigh. "Influence of Culture and Communication Practices in Team Functioning : Case Studies on Japanese and Philippine Financial Project Teams." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-31125.
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This research paper was aimed at analysing the influence of culture and communication practices in team functioning. The scope of the study was limited to the project teams in the financial sector in Japan and the Philippines. The study was a qualitative research through the application of case studies whilst the primary data were gathered from semi-structured interviews. The findings of the study revealed that the project teams were collectivist with a noticeable degree of power distance, bestowment of status through ascription and the strong need for harmony in the project team environment. The communication practices were also affected by the hierarchical, relational, societal and regulatory dictates and expectations. However, there were some differences noted in Japanese and Philippine project teams as the latter exhibited more flexibility towards hierarchical relationship where position was not seen as hindrance in developing convivial and professional relationships. In so doing, culture and communication practices influenced team functioning in the aforementioned research context. Finally, the results of the study will allow project members, leaders and other key stakeholders in understanding the influence of culture and communication practices to team functioning in a more in-depth manner. This will lead to better policies and practices in helping them realise their goals and objectives.
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Petty, John E. "Stage and Scream: The Influence of Traditional Japanese Theater, Culture, and Aesthetics on Japan's Cinema of the Fantastic." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc68031/.
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Although widely viewed in the West, Japanese films are often misunderstood, as they are built on cultural, theatrical, and aesthetic traditions entirely foreign to Western audiences. Particularly in regards to Japan's "fantastic" cinema - including giant monster pictures, ghost stories, and "J-Horror" films - what is often perceived as "cheap" or "cheesy" is merely an expression of these unique cultural roots. By observing and exploring such cultural artifacts as kabuki, noh, and bunraku - the traditional theatrical forms of Japan - long-standing literary traditions, deeply embedded philosophical beliefs, and even more recent developments such as the controversial dance form butoh, these films, including Gojira (1954), Daimajin (1966), Kwaidan (1964), Onibaba (1964), Testuo the Iron Man (1989), and Ju-On (2002), can be placed in their proper perspective, leading to a reevaluation of their worth not merely as commercial products, but as uniquely Japanese expressions of that society's unique place in world culture.
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Lattas, Andrew. "The new panopticon : newspaper discourse and the rationalisation of society and culture in New South Wales, 1803-1830 /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1985. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phl364.pdf.
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Jackson, Janett Kajic. "Through drama to cross cultural understanding : ... the use of drama methodology in the development of positive attitudes towards Japanese culture by a select group of Australian Year Seven students studying aspects of Kabuki theatre /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arj128.pdf.
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Cheng, Stephen Kin Kwok. "The need for approval: a psychological study of the influence of Confucian values on the social behaviour of East Asians." Thesis, Cheng, Stephen Kin Kwok (1997) The need for approval: a psychological study of the influence of Confucian values on the social behaviour of East Asians. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1997. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/654/.
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This thesis begins with a critical overview of crosscultural psychology and a re-examination of the concepts of emic and etic. It argues that the time has come for cross-cultural psychology to free itself from the moorings of its Western, universalistic paradigm and take non- Western, indigenous psychology seriously, especially that of East Asia.
To address the need for an East Asian psychology, the thesis presents an empirical study on the psychological influence of Confucianism on East Asians. It hypothesises that the Confucian values of filiality, propriety and harmony induce a strong need for approval and a range of approval-seeking behaviours in the individual. In contrast, the Western values of individuation, autonomy and conflict induce a strong need for independence and a range of independence-seeking behaviours.
To test this hypothesis, a 26-item, 5-point Likert scale was developed and'administered to 1625 university students across East Asia, which include East Asian samples from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, as well as Caucasian samples from Australia, United Kingdom and the United States.
The study has confirmed its hypothesis that the Confucian values of filiality, propriety and harmony characterise the approval-driven social behaviours of East Asians and that the values of individuation, autonomy and conflict characterise the independence-driven social behaviours of Westerners. However, it has also found that, contrary to many long-held assumptions, there are significant differences in the way Confucian values have exerted their respective influence on the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and other East Asians.
The findings suggest not only that the culturally induced need for approval can be used as an overarching construct for the psychological study of East Asians from an indigenous perspective, but also that the innovative model used in this study can be applied to the study of other indigenous psychologies as well. More significantly, the study has found that, in contrast to the need for divine approval which has motivated the achievements of European Protestants in the past, the need for human approval is what characterises the achievement motivation and behaviours of Confucian East Asians today.
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Cheng, Stephen Kin Kwok. "The need for approval : a psychological study of the influence of Confucian values on the social behaviour of East Asians." Murdoch University, 1997. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20070905.91821.
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This thesis begins with a critical overview of crosscultural
psychology and a re-examination of the concepts
of emic and etic. It argues that the time has come for
cross-cultural psychology to free itself from the moorings
of its Western, universalistic paradigm and take non-
Western, indigenous psychology seriously, especially that
of East Asia.
To address the need for an East Asian psychology, the
thesis presents an empirical study on the psychological
influence of Confucianism on East Asians. It hypothesises
that the Confucian values of filiality, propriety and
harmony induce a strong need for approval and a range of
approval-seeking behaviours in the individual. In
contrast, the Western values of individuation, autonomy
and conflict induce a strong need for independence and a
range of independence-seeking behaviours.
To test this hypothesis, a 26-item, 5-point Likert scale
was developed and'administered to 1625 university students
across East Asia, which include East Asian samples from
China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia,
Singapore and Taiwan, as well as Caucasian samples from
Australia, United Kingdom and the United States.
The study has confirmed its hypothesis that the Confucian
values of filiality, propriety and harmony characterise
the approval-driven social behaviours of East Asians and
that the values of individuation, autonomy and conflict
characterise the independence-driven social behaviours of
Westerners. However, it has also found that, contrary to
many long-held assumptions, there are significant
differences in the way Confucian values have exerted their
respective influence on the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and
other East Asians.
The findings suggest not only that the culturally induced
need for approval can be used as an overarching construct
for the psychological study of East Asians from an
indigenous perspective, but also that the innovative model
used in this study can be applied to the study of other
indigenous psychologies as well. More significantly, the
study has found that, in contrast to the need for divine
approval which has motivated the achievements of European
Protestants in the past, the need for human approval is
what characterises the achievement motivation and
behaviours of Confucian East Asians today.
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Teixeira, Marcos Caetano. "O mangá como tradição e contemporaneidade: o caso de Mushishi." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), 2017. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/6101.
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A pesquisa aqui apresentada tem como objetivo a análise do mangá Mushishi, de Yuki Urushibara (1999-2008), no que se refere à tradição e a contemporaneidade enquanto representação de uma história e de um povo. Para chegar a tais objetivos, um levantamento histórico baseado na evolução do Japão pós-guerra e sua conquista mundial através do entretenimento pela cultura pop inicia o pensamento, tendo por base do contexto de contemporaneidade de Agamben (2009) seguido, posteriormente, por uma análise comparativa entre os quadrinhos ocidentais e os mangás japoneses, visando estabelecer uma base que mostre a troca de influências entre ambos, o que também leva a ilustrar as questões referentes ao mercado e aos princípios de aceitação de mídia pelo consumidor. A análise no que se refere aos pontos de identidade e lugar do ser social é feita a partir das teorias de Nietzche (1983-2011) e Rolnik (1993), os quais colocam em questão o ser humano enquanto agente social e ator de seu próprio mundo, bem como a aplicação dos conceitos de catarse e reconhecimento de si de Aristóteles (2008), o que, após aplicado à obra em questão, revela como os mangás, exemplificados por Mushishi, podem se mostrar retratos fiéis de um povo ou de uma época.
The research presented here aims to analyze the manga Mushishi, by Yuki Urushibara (1999-2008), in regard to tradition and contemporaneity as a representation of a history and a people. To reach such goals, a historical survey based on the evolution of postwar Japan and its worldwide conquest through pop culture entertainment initiates thought, based on the contemporaneous context of Agamben (2009) followed later by an analysis comparative analysis between western comics and Japanese manga, in order to establish a basis for the exchange of influences between the two, which also leads to illustrate market issues and the principles of consumer acceptance of media. The analysis regarding the points of identity and place of the social being is made from the theories of Nietzche (1983-2011) and Rolnik (1993), which put in question the human being as social agent and actor of his own world, as well as the application of the concepts of catharsis and self-recognition of Aristotle (2008), which, after applied to the work in question, reveals how the manga, exemplified by Mushishi, can be faithful portraits of a people or a time.
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Beck, Turna Hortela. "Características peculiares a pesquisas acadêmicas em áreas de prática projetual no Brasil : abordagem da obra de Frank Lloyd Wright." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2011. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/296.
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This dissertation addresses, in its first part, the practice-based research problems in the academic research s architectural area. The purpose is to verify in what proportion research methods, that evolve non-textual analysis process, show up and to interpret them as academic elements of argumentation. The intention is to contribute to the reflection on academic knowledge production and its communication in practice-based areas X required patterns in the academic context. To set a boundary to this research, were analyzed Brazilian academic work (theses and dissertations) attended by about design methods and / or visual approach of the architectural work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Through these studies, a gap was identified: the lack of a deeper iconographic analysis about the influence of the Japanese art and architecture in the North American architect work. The second part of this dissertation, therefore, presents and emphasizes the role of images when the Japanese culture resonance on Frank Lloyd Wright's work is approached. The purpose of this effort has two-fold: the first one is to illustrate and to emphasize the importance of the visual or non-textual material employment, in the academic argumentation construction in the architectural area, which purposes are, for example, to detect or discuss projectual influences. The second intention is the contribution to supply the gap mentioned before, which is, the little attention given by Brazilian academic works about Japanese art s influence on Wright s work. The analysis of the academic works has helped to a better comprehension of which elements and resources, and how they must be employed in an academic research that has the practice-based characteristics. The construction of the exercise in the second part of this work uses the association of text and image, pointing, this way, to evidences that, if the use of non-textual resources, sometimes may be essential to the substantiation of an argumentation, on the other hand, this same argumentation cannot does without the text to be clearly enounced.
Esta pesquisa aborda, em sua primeira parte, a problemática da prática projetual na produção acadêmica na área de arquitetura. O objetivo é verificar em que medida comparecem métodos de pesquisa ligados a processos não textuais de análise e ponderar sobre seu papel como elementos de argumentação acadêmica. A intenção é contribuir para a reflexão sobre produção de conhecimento acadêmico e sua comunicação nas áreas de prática projetual X padrões exigidos no contexto acadêmico. Para limitar o âmbito da pesquisa foram analisados trabalhos acadêmicos brasileiros (teses e dissertações) que contassem com métodos projetuais e/ou visuais na abordagem da obra arquitetônica de Frank Lloyd Wright. Ao proceder com as leituras desses trabalhos foi identificada uma lacuna: a ausência de análises iconográficas mais aprofundadas sobre a ressonância da arte e arquitetura japonesa na obra do arquiteto norte-americano. A segunda parte deste trabalho, portanto, apresenta e enfatiza o papel das imagens quando se fala sobre a ressonância da cultura japonesa na obra de Wright. O objetivo deste esforço tem dupla intenção: a primeira é ilustrar e enfatizar a importância do emprego de material de natureza visual, e não-textual, na construção de argumentações acadêmicas na área de arquitetura, que visem, por exemplo, detectar ou discutir influências projetuais. A segunda é a contribuição para suprir a lacuna identificada acima, qual seja, a pouca atenção dada pelos trabalhos acadêmicos brasileiros sobre Frank Lloyd Wright à ressonância da arte japonesa em sua obra. A análise dos trabalhos acadêmicos buscou contribuir para a melhor compreensão da dinâmica entre os elementos e recursos textuais e não-textuais na elaboração da argumentação acadêmica. A construção do exercício na segunda parte do trabalho utiliza a associação de texto e imagem, apontando assim, para efeito desta investigação, indícios de que se a utilização de recursos não-textuais por vezes se mostra essencial na substanciação de uma argumentação, por outro lado, esta mesma argumentação não pode prescindir do texto para ser claramente enunciada.
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Codó, Martínez Jordi. "El cinema com a espai intercultural. La influència asiàtica en el cinema d'Occident: contextos, conceptes i casos." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/104535.
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En un món social cada cop més nodrit per les interconnexions culturals, el cinema - expressió artística que és filla inequívoca del seu temps- es conforma des dels seus inicis a través de la integració i la interacció de formes expressives diverses i allunyades. Els darrers tres lustres han vist un impuls en la referida tendència, promoguda per la globalització de la indústria fílmica i, en bona mesura també, pel creixement (i/o la voluntat exportadora) dels cinemes asiàtics. La influencia d'aquests cines en el mainstream internacional (ja sigui el de l'entreteniment o el d'art i assaig) és cada cop més patent, i s'aventuren noves formes d'expressió cinematogràfica i d’anàlisi. El present treball vol reflexionar sobre la naturalesa d'aquests intercanvis, tot observant quines idees i practiques es posen en joc en la producció de films de caràcter transnacional. Conceptes com 'interculturalitat', 'cinema nacional', 'autoria' o 'orientalisme' en són els protagonistes, juntament amb l'estudi d'un cas: la influencia del cinema japonès en !'obra de Jim Jarmusch.En un mundo social cada vez más nutrido por las interconexiones culturales, el cine expresión artística que es hija inequívoca de su tiempo- se conforma desde sus inicios a través de la integración y la interacción de formas expresivas diversas y alejadas. Los últimos tres lustros han visto un impulso en la referida tendencia, promovida por la globalización de la industria fílmica y, en buena medida también, por el crecimiento (y/o la voluntad exportadora) de los cines asiáticos. La influencia de estos cines en el mainstream internacional (ya sea el del entretenimiento o el de arte y ensayo) es cada vez más patente, y se aventuran nuevas formas de expresión cinematográfica y de análisis. El presente trabajo quiere reflexionar sobre la naturaleza de estos intercambios, observando qué ideas y prácticas se ponen en juego en la producción de filmes de carácter transnacional. Conceptos como 'interculturalidad', 'cine nacional', 'autoría' u 'orientalismo' son los protagonistas, junto con el estudio de un caso: la influencia del cine japonés en la obra de Jim Jarmusch.
In a social world increasingly nourished by cultural interconnections, film -an artistic expression that is an unequivocal output of its time- has been shaped from its beginnings through the integration and interaction of various and distant forms of expression. The last fifteen years have seen a boost in the aforementioned trend, promoted by the globalization of the film industry and, to some extent also by the growth (and / or will to export) of Asian cinemas. The influence of these cinemas in the interntional mainstream (either for entertainment or arthouse) is increasingly evident, and puts forward new forms of cinematic expression and analysis. The present work reflects on the nature of these exchanges, by observing which ideas and practices come into play in producing films with a transnational personality. Concepts such as interculturality, national cinema, authorship or orientalism are the protagonists, along with a case study: the influence of Japanese cinema in the work of Jim Jarmusch.
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Norris, Craig Jeffrey, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and of Communication Design and Media School. "The cross-cultural appropriation of manga and anime in Australia." 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/13320.
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This thesis is an investigation into the cross-cultural appropriation of manga and anime by fans in Australia. I investigate the way in which fans embark on ‘identity’ projects through manga and anime to construct a space where issues of gender politics, identity and culture are explored. I argue that a key reason why many Western fans and scholars perceive manga and anime as ‘different’ is its ‘Japaneseness’. The two key problems addressed throughout the thesis are : how can we analyse the significance of the Japanese origins and context of manga and anime, and would the ‘identity projects’ that fans construct be possible without an appreciation of manga and anime’s 'Japaneseness?.' These questions are explored in terms of a number of key forms within manga and anime including cyberpunk, bishonen(beautiful boys), otaku(fans) and anime forms that have had their ‘Japaneseness’ softened. I discuss the way in which these manga and anime forms offer different spaces for fans, scholars and cultural industries to contest, rework and reiterate the cultural value of manga and anime.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Norris, Craig Jeffrey. "The cross-cultural appropriation of manga and anime in Australia." Thesis, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/13320.
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This thesis is an investigation into the cross-cultural appropriation of manga and anime by fans in Australia. I investigate the way in which fans embark on ‘identity’ projects through manga and anime to construct a space where issues of gender politics, identity and culture are explored. I argue that a key reason why many Western fans and scholars perceive manga and anime as ‘different’ is its ‘Japaneseness’. The two key problems addressed throughout the thesis are : how can we analyse the significance of the Japanese origins and context of manga and anime, and would the ‘identity projects’ that fans construct be possible without an appreciation of manga and anime’s 'Japaneseness?.' These questions are explored in terms of a number of key forms within manga and anime including cyberpunk, bishonen(beautiful boys), otaku(fans) and anime forms that have had their ‘Japaneseness’ softened. I discuss the way in which these manga and anime forms offer different spaces for fans, scholars and cultural industries to contest, rework and reiterate the cultural value of manga and anime.
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Li-Chun, Sun, and 孫立群. "The influence of Japanese animation on youth culture and consumer culture." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57330998875663222178.
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碩士國立政治大學
新聞學系
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Japanese animation is so popular in Taiwan that it has become a major television genre across children, adolescents, and young adults. It is not only a media text, but also bringing lots of animation merchandise, including comic books, games, clothes, accessories, and so on. Thus Japanese animation industry has created marvelous benefit, and its influence is prevailing and deeply on many aspects of the audience/consumer*s leisure and everyday practice. This thesis takes the adolescents in Taipei for example, exploring the promotion tactics of the industry on the one hand, and discovering how the adolescents use the animation merchandise on the other; then the discussion of youth culture and consumer culture in Taiwan will be carry on. This research finds out that the animation merchandise would reinforce each other and enhance the audience/consumer*s buying frequency. Comics and games are consumed most by the adolescents in Taiwan, implying that the three (animation, comics, games) are sold and consumed in "packages". At the same time, the most important meaning adolescents inscribe to the animation merchandise is "fashion and novelty", revealing that the youth culture in Taiwan is following the market and consumerism, not a original and authentic one.
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Huang, Li Jean, and 黃麗真. "The Influence of Chinese Zen Transmitted Eastward on Japanese Culture." Thesis, 1996. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73643372287889712429.
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Chen, Mei-Fang, and 陳美方. "Taiwanese Consumer Behavior Under the Influence of Japanese Popular Culture." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62805436811086509186.
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碩士義守大學
應用日語學系碩士班
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With the prosperity and development of television network and media in the recent year, cultural exchanges between countries have become easier than before, the coming of so called “ globalization era”. This study intended to investigates whether the consumption behavior of Taiwanese people if influenced by Japanese pop culture. In this study we found that consumers developed buying desire when the products have advertised with Japanese labels. Taiwan and Japan are geographically closed with some many similarities in language use which mean culturally can easily be affected. In addition,, with the trend of “Japanophile” ( a non-Japanese person with a strong interest in one or more aspects of Japan or Japanese culture),has not diminished, and the consumption habit of Taiwanese people have changed considerably since the Japan ruling of Taiwan. There are many products use Japanese advertising in the packaging that show the high acceptance of products from Japan or with Japanese labeling. Questionnaires on the influences of Japanese pop cultures on consumer behavior of Taiwanese peoples- the results of the survey matched the view of this study, accounted for 92.03% , another proof that Japanese pop culture do have influence and affect on consumer behavior of the people in Taiwan.
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Jan, Ruo-Ting, and 詹若婷. "The influence of Corporate culture on Employer brand and Organizational attractiveness: A case study among Chinese culture, American culture and Japanese culture in Chain restaurant industry." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32rq33.
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碩士國立中山大學
人力資源管理研究所
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Since the mid-1980s, Taiwan has witnessed improved living standard of the general public and the growing population of foreign visitors. According to Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, E.Y., the overall service industry accounted for 64.23% of GDP in Q1 of 2017, corresponding to 59.26% of the total employment. The service industry has gradually become the main body of Taiwan''s economic activities, as well as the largest source of job creation. Therefore, this study focused on the single chain restaurant industry, aiming to understand how corporate culture influences the employer brand and organizational attractiveness. Case studies were performed with qualitative research method. Data were collected from six enterprises, representing from Chinese, American or Japanese background. The result of this study could be compared to a car. Good corporate culture is the durable engine, employer brand is the accelerator, and the organizational attractiveness is the car. With a good engine, even a merest press on the accelerator is enough for the car to run, thus attracting a large number of job candidates and increasing employees’ retention rate. However, with a problematic engine, no matter how hard you press the accelerator, the car would not go well and could even result in the opposite effect.
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Novotná, Markéta. "Depiction of Japanese culture in The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan." Master's thesis, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-437744.
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The aim of this MA thesis is to describe and evaluate the manner in which Richard Flanagan captured Japanese culture in his 2013 novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Since the main motif of the work is the life of an Australian prisoner of war, a topic that has been significant in the creation of Australian national identity, the novel is firstly analysed from its position in the wider context of Australian literature. Richard Flanagan provided the readers with a complex work, which presents the given motif not only from the perspective of the Australian prisoners-of-war, but also from the perspective of their predominantly Japanese captors. The inclusion of the points of view of the Japanese ranks the novel among the contemporary adaptations that provide a more comprehensive view on the events of World War II. For that reason, the novel is assessed as to the complexity and accuracy of the selected and incorporated areas of Japanese culture, whether there is a tendency for schematization in the depiction, and therefore a display of the so-called "Orientalism", as described by Edward Said. This MA thesis aims to analyse whether, and to what degree Flanagan's novel differs from other works of the Australian literature that deal with the events of World War II and Japan. The analysis focuses on...
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Tien, Keng-Yu, and 田耕宇. "The Influence of Culture Difference upon Product Design– Japanese and Taiwanese Bowls and Dishes for Example." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16455802408874484562.
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碩士大同大學
工業設計學系(所)
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The aim of this study is to see how the culture dimensions influence the affective feelings. Two cultures were studied.(i.e., Taiwan and Japan). To do this, two experiments were carried out. In Experiment 1, the bowls and plates were used to investigate the relationship between cultural dimensions and affective feelings. The cultural dimensions were found to have influence upon affective feelings. In Japanese culture, affective feelings of bowls and plates were described by the “modern” and “affinity” feelings. In Taiwanese culture, affective feelings for bowls were “modern”, “friendly”, and “complexity” feelings. The feelings of plates were “modern”, “value”, and “intimacy” feelings. In Experiment 2, the results obtained from Experiment 1 were summarized as the culture-oriented design guide. The results showed the cultural-oriented design guide can assist designers in design process well.
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Copping, Alicia Nicole. "The Influence of distal and proximate culture on the experience of life crises : Australian and African perspectives." Thesis, 2010. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19296/7/whole_CoppingAliciaNicole2010_thesis_ex_pub_mat.pdf.
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This thesis comprises a programmatic suite of qualitative research designed to
investigate the experience of life crises for three local communities with
differing distal and proximate cultural values (Caucasian, Sudanese and West
African Australians). The thesis takes an holistic approach to understanding
the experience of trauma, with a focus on posttraumatic growth. Sudanese and
West Africans represent two recently emerging Australian communities, some
members of which have significant mental health needs due to protracted
human rights abuse and life as a refugee. In order for mainstream Australian
mental health services to meet the needs of these communities in a culturally
competent fashion, their experience of trauma, coping, and adaptation to
trauma must be understood.
The thesis comprises three studies describing the development of
Grounded Theory models of the trauma adaptation journey for each
community group. A fourth model was developed describing the resettlement
challenges facing former refugees in Australia, and their potential impact on
pre-existing traumatic distress. Fifty-seven people participated in this
investigation (27 Caucasian-Australian, 15 Sudanese-Australian, & 15 West
African-Australian).
Results from Study One showed that Caucasian-Australian participants
endorsed existing dimensions of Posttraumatic Growth outcomes, and adapted
to trauma in a similar pattern to that suggested in Posttraumatic Growth
literature. Additional qualitative components of the Caucasian-Australian
model included the expression of adverse post-trauma outcomes such as Self
Deprecation and Loss of Control, and positive post-trauma outcomes such as
Compassion and Effortful Reinvention of Self. It is suggested that this
sample's individualistic nature resulted in the emphasis of personal control
factors in both positive and adverse outcomes and coping mechanisms.
Conversely, Studies Two and Three showed that the Sudanese and
West African-Australian participants were still in the process of adapting to
their previous trauma, and that this process was hindered by ongoing crises in
their resettlement journeys. Participants endorsed Posttraumatic Growth
outcomes; however, these themes were elucidated as part of the process
participants were undergoing on their journeys to positive post trauma
adaptation, or as cultural variables that promote resilience to hardship that
may have developed through cultural or societal growth, rather than as
personal post-trauma outcomes. It is suggested that African-Australian
participants may be culturally prepared for hardship. Factors contributing to
positive adaptation that were elucidated from these samples included Religion,
Strength, Compassion, New Possibilities, Better Times Ahead, and Support.
Several culturally specific idioms of distress were also highlighted, as well as
distress related symptoms. Themes of ongoing crises included Cultural
Differences, Racism and Discrimination, Worry for Loved Ones Left Behind,
and Barriers to Positive Adaptation (e.g., language difficulties, concern for
employment and education).
The results of this research have significant implications for the
development and delivery of mental health services in Australia, and
internationally. In summary, it was noted that mainstream mental health
services in individualistic nations could i) include collectivistic notions of
social support and advice seeking, and religiosity and spirituality into
psychotherapeutic interventions for migrants from collectivistic cultures; and
ii) due to former refugees' experiences of ongoing crises, provide support
within a holistic, systems approach, providing community development,
assistance with practical needs, and advocacy. This thesis evaluates existing
therapeutic techniques and makes recommendations for the provision of
culturally appropriate mainstream mental health services that may effectively
ameliorate trauma related distress in former refugee populations.
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Huang, Chun-Te, and 黃純德. "The Influence of National Culture on Response to Unsatisfactory Hotel Service:A Comparision of American and Japanese Travelers." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45450958748992326744.
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博士國立交通大學
管理科學研究所
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The purpose of this study is to integrate the relationships among hotel customer dissatisfaction attributes, consumer dissatisfaction responses, and national culture, to investigate the influence of national culture on response to unsatisfactory hotel service, and to compare the differences of consumer complaint intentions between American and Japanese travelers. The study has been divided into four parts. Part I analyzes the dimensions and scope of the hospitality industry and reviews the concept and attributes of the hotel customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction from marketing theories to establish the case scenarios for survey. Part II assesses the previous developed approaches for measuring consumer complaint intentions and employs the Singh''s three dimensions of consumer complaining behavior (CCB) to establish five dimensions, seven items of CCB alternatives for survey. Part III, from the international marketing''s perspective, tries to find a suitable national culture to explain the consumer dissatisfaction responses. Finally, the study selects Hofstede''s four dimensions of cultural values to establish the research hypotheses: American travelers are more likely to engage in complaint intentions than Japanese travelers are when they are dissatisfied with hotel services. Part IV collected the data from samples of American and Japanese travelers at international tourist hotels in Taipei. Significant relationships were found between national culture and the types of complaining behaviors in which guests intended to engage. American respondents were more likely to stop patronizing the hotel, complain to hotel management, and warn family or friends than Japanese respondents were. Japanese respondents were more likely to take no action in response to unsatisfactory service.
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Fujii, Yasunari. "Narratives as particular forms of culturally situated texts across speakers of Japanese and Australian English." Phd thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148513.
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Fu, Jing. "The Influence of Gender and Culture on First and Second Language Writing of Chinese and Japanese-speaking University Students." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/29924.
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This study investigated the influence of gender and culture on 23 university students’ first language (L1) and second language writing (L2). Specifically, the study investigated the extent to which gender differences would emerge in students’ L1 and L2 writing and whether any such differences would manifest themselves differentially in L1 as opposed to L2 writing.
Students represented three national groups (8 Japanese students, 7 Chinese students, and 8 Taiwanese students). The Japanese and Chinese groups received their schooling in their home countries and came to Canada for purposes of university studies. However, the Taiwanese group came to Canada during their schooling years and consequently their English academic skills were better developed than their Chinese skills. L1 and L2 writing was sampled with four different writing tasks and analyzed for patterns of lexical and rhetorical usage. Stimulated-recall interviews were conducted with each student after they had completed the four writing tasks. The goal of the interviews was to identify the metacognitive strategies the students utilized in their L1 and L2 writing. Issues related to how students’ identities intersected with their L1 and L2 writing were also explored.
Because the national groups are heterogeneous with respect to L1 and L2 writing experience, each group was considered as a separate case study for purposes of analysis. Exploratory cross-group analyses were carried out only to throw additional light on within-group trends. In the sample as a whole, statistical differences related to gender did not emerge. However, qualitative analysis of students’ L1 writing showed a distinct gender difference within the Japanese group. Specifically, Japanese females used considerably more politeness markers in their Japanese writing in comparison to Japanese males whose L1 writing tended to be more assertive. These differences were not apparent in males’ and females’ L2 (English) writing. No gender differences were observed in either L1 or L2 among the Chinese and Taiwanese groups. The findings suggest that learners absorb the instruction they receive in relation to effective ways of writing in their L2 environments and are fully capable of adjusting lexical and rhetorical features from L1 norms to L2 norms. The fact that female Japanese students did not generalize the politeness features they used in Japanese to English suggests that student identities are fluid and shift according to the cultural and linguistic context.
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Pavils, Janice Gwenllian. "ANZAC culture : a South Australian case study of Australian identity and commemoration of war dead / Janice Gwenllian Pavils." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/22186.
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"December 2004"Bibliography: leaves 390-420.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of History and Politics, Discipline of History, 2005
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Pavils, Janice Gwenllian. "ANZAC culture : a South Australian case study of Australian identity and commemoration of war dead / Janice Gwenllian Pavils." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/22186.
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"December 2004"Bibliography: leaves 390-420.
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Lu, Chun-Lin, and 陸春霖. "The Influence of Chief Expatriate Reference to U.S. and Japanese Subsidiary Performance in Taiwan-AndDiscuss Organization Culture''s Intervening Effect." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05129399528239416188.
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博士中國文化大學
國際企業管理研究所
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This study explore the effect between chief expatriate three dimension and subsidiary’s performance two dimension. Using face to face survey for 204 company, total available questionnaire are 185. This study reach three purposes as follows: 1.Explore the effect upon subsidiary’s performance by chief expatriate. 2.Explore the intervening effect between multinational enterprise organization culture, chief expatriate’s reference and subsidiary’s perfor- mance.3.Explore the difference of multinational subsidiary’s organization culture, chief expatriate’s reference and subsidiary’s performance between U.S company and Japan company. The result of this study find only chief expatriate’s experience no influence on profit rate, the other factors all have significant influence on profit rate and sales growth rate. As to intervene, first culture, secondary culture, third culture have no influence on I.V and D.V but has prediction and explanation power to this research. After compare U.S with Japan company, except training this study demonstrate all the other factors has significant difference. Without expectation, this research also find two facts: 1. The chief expatriate’s education background are all university or above. The junior high school already not to be considered. 2.U.S company and Japan company both show out the facts that first culture ignore training but third culture extremely pay attention to chief expatriate training.
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Ishihara, Tsuyoshi. "Mark Twain in Japan: Mark Twain's literature and 20th century Japanese juvenile literature and popular culture." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/669.
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Scott, Rob. "The History of Australian Haiku and the Emergence of a Local Accent." Thesis, 2014. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/25867/.
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Since haiku first crossed Australian borders more than one hundred years ago, it has undergone
a process of translation, interpretation and transformation. This study examines aspects of
haiku’s cultural transmission and evolution in Australia from a genre oriented to the early
Japanese models, to one which is informed by a growing international haiku community and an
emerging local sensibility. This study will examine the origins of Australian haiku by evaluating the contribution of
some of its most important translators and educators and assess the legacy of Australia’s early
haiku education on current haiku practices. Haiku is still best known as a three-line poem of
seventeen syllables broken into lines of 5-7-5, however, contemporary haiku largely eschews
this classicist approach and is characterised by a blend of emulation and experimentation. This
study presents and discusses a variety of approaches to writing haiku that have emerged in
Australia over the course of its development.
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YANG, TSAI YU, and 楊彩玉. "The study on Influence of Internal Marketing, Corporate Culture Differnece, and Leadership Style toward Organizational Commitment in Taiwan Subsidiary of Multinational Enterprises. - A Case Study of S. Japanese Company." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97152208698356483649.
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碩士大葉大學
國際企業管理學系碩士在職專班
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Taiwan is stepping into a diversified, boundless, globalizing and internationalizing business environment. And with the diversified business models, the enterprise is gradually forming as conglomeration. The group has to apply the concept of internal marketing thoroughly within the organization: to treat employees as internal customers, to effectively popularize corporate value and products to employees, to encourage employees willing to contribute for the corporate and treat it as a family, which are all the keys to the success of sustainable business management. This dissertation is a case study of S Network Company, invested by a diversified representing enterprise, S. Japanese Company, in Taiwan. The research methodology is questionnaire investigation and based on the framework of Internal Marketing, Corporate Culture Difference, Leadership Style, and Organizational Commitment dimensions to analyze the research result. The research findings will be provided to the corporate as a reference. Based on the statistics analysis, the findings are summarized as following: 1. There is highly relevance between popularizing Internal Marketing activities and the manager’s Leadership Style. The more marketing activities the company holds toward employees, the more the leader could be educated to care, to encourage, and to lead the company. 2. Internal Marketing will influence employee’s acceptance toward Corporate Culture Difference, and will also influence the willingness of employee’s stickiness to the company. 3. The leader’s management behavior will influence the subordinates’ Organizational Commitment, which means the leader does have great impact on whether the employee’s willingness in serving for the company permanently. 4. For employees in subsidiary of the group, their Organizational Commitment would not significantly be influenced by the Corporate Culture Difference between different subsidiaries within this group. Key Words: Internal Marketing, Corporate Culture Difference, Leadership Style, Organizational Commitment
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Jackson, Janett Kajic. "Through drama to cross cultural understanding : ... the use of drama methodology in the development of positive attitudes towards Japanese culture by a select group of Australian Year Seven students studying aspects of Kabuki theatre / by Janett Kajic Jackson." Thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/114783.
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This thesis looks at the viability of using a Japanese performance text written in 1746 as a
basis for developing a series of lessons that can be implemented with a class of students.
The study highlights the component parts that were used in the lessons, the way in which
the lessons were devised and the impact the lessons had on the students.
The author argues that students’ attitudes can be influenced in a positive direction towards
the Japanese culture through the use of drama methodology. Further to this, the influence
of the chosen text and the theatrical style on the students’ own writing for performance is
examined. Throughout the process the clarity and impact on depth of insight into the
students’ own culture were evaluated. In the investigation a range of pre and post data
based on ideas from Triandis; Girod; and White and Gunstone focused attention on
knowledge gained and understandings that occurred.
The research shows drama’s ability to engage students through empathetic creative reenactments,
storytelling and active participation with their whole body, emotions and
thoughts. The process used was highly influential in promoting personal transformation,
the understanding of critical social issues and power structures.