Interactions of cultures and top people of Wikipedia from ranking of 24 language editions [PDF]
, 2014 Wikipedia is a huge global repository of human knowledge, that can be leveraged to investigate interwinements between cultures. With this aim, we apply methods of Markov chains and Google matrix, for the analysis of the hyperlink networks of 24 Wikipedia
Aragón, Pablo +5 more
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Translation and Bilingualism in Monica Ali’s and Jhumpa Lahiri’s Marginalized Identities [PDF]
, 2012 This investigation seeks to demonstrate how Ali and Lahiri represent two different migrant experiences, Muslim and Indian, each of which functioning within a multicultural Anglo-American context.
Rizzo, Alessandra
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Bourdieuian approaches to the geography of entrepreneurial cultures [PDF]
, 2012 Culture has emerged as an important concept within the entrepreneurship literature to help explain differences in the nature of the entrepreneurship process observed between regions, industries and socio-cultural groups.
Spigel, Ben
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Cultures of Image Construction Approaching Planning Cultures as a Factor in Urban Image Production [PDF]
, 2014 Why do the same planning approaches cause different results around the world? Because, even in times of globalization, there is obviously more than one way of planning. These different modes are an expression of distinct local planning cultures.
Suitner, Johannes
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Colonial engagements in the global Mediterranean Iron Age [PDF]
, 2009 The application of globalization theory to colonial contexts in recent years has emphasized articulations of the colonized and the colonizers. For the Mediterranean Iron Age, focus has been upon expressions of local (colonized) identities, and of ...
Hodos, T
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How groups can foster consensus: The case of local cultures
, 2009 A local culture denotes a commonly shared behaviour within a cluster of firms. Similar to social norms or conventions, it is an emergent feature resulting from the firms' interaction in an economic network.
Groeber, Patrick +2 more
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The impact of studying abroad on students’ intercultural competence: An interview study [PDF]
, 2019 This paper presents qualitative research examining to what extent sojourns abroad engage their participants in intercultural interactions and whether or not such experience translates into students’ intercultural growth.
Sobkowiak, Paweł
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Integrating Local Cultures in Teaching English as a Foreign Language for Character Building [PDF]
, 2012 Teaching a language, including English, without contents is meaningless for it consists of merely symbols and grammatical rules. Considering that language is a means of communication, the contents can be the message to be transferred.
Sukarno, S. (Sukarno)
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Cultures of caste and rural development in the social network of a south Indian village [PDF]
, 2015 Cultures of caste in much of rural India have become entangled with institutions of rural development. In community-driven development, emphasis on “local resource persons” and “community spokespersons” has created new opportunities for brokerage and ...
Baviskar A. +18 more
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, 2020 In the 1970s, geography relied heavily on quantifiable, visible data, translatable into maps. As a result, it sometimes neglected some of the key aspects of the societies it claimed to study. This observation gave rise to alternative, more culture-oriented approaches in geography.
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