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Indigenous Festivals and Community Development: A Sociocultural Analysis of an Australian Indigenous Festival [PDF]

Event Management, 2013
Festivals and events are widely recognized as having the potential to deliver sociocultural benefits for host communities and destinations. In countries such as Australia, Indigenous communities are looking towards festivals as vehicles to facilitate capacity building, self-determination, and reconciliation.
Whitford, Michelle, Ruhanen, Lisa
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Developing a Socioculturally Nuanced Systems Model of Childhood Obesity in Manhattan’s Chinese American Community via Group Model Building [PDF]

Journal of Obesity, 2020
The purpose of this study was to develop a qualitative and socioculturally tailored systems model of childhood obesity in the Chinese American community in Manhattan’s Chinatown. We utilized group model building (GMB) methodology as a form of participatory systems modeling. The study was conducted in Manhattan’s Chinatown community.
Ewelina Swierad, Terry T.-K. Huang, Ellis Ballard, Karen Flórez, Sheng Li   +4 more
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Beyond technology and finance: pay-as-you-go sustainable energy access and theories of social change [PDF]

, 2015
Two-thirds of people in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, a precursor of poverty reduction and development. The international community has ambitious commitments in this regard, e.g. the UN's Sustainable Energy for All by 2030.
Alstone P, Byrne R, Hankins M, Ladd T, Lighting Africa   +4 more
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A proposal to establish indicators for the evaluation of municipal councils’ socio-cultural policies

Revue Internationale Animation, Territoires et Pratiques Socioculturelles, 2012
How can municipal sociocultural policies promote community empowerment, citizenship or social cohesion? What objectives should be proposed at the municipal level to promote processes of sociocultural community development? How can we identify local needs
Anna Planas i Lladó, Pere Soler i Masó
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The effect of community involvement and perceived impact on residents’ overall well-being: Evidence in Malang marine tourism

Cogent Business & Management, 2023
This study investigates and examines the relationship between community involvement in the tourism development community and its perceived environmental, sociocultural, and economic impacts on the welfare of local tourism residents.
Riyanto, Mohammad Iqbal, Supriono, Muhamad Robith Alil Fahmi, Eliana Sandy Yuliaji   +4 more
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How village funds influence economic development in South Papua, Indonesia [PDF]

Problems and Perspectives in Management
This quantitative study aims to determine the elements that influence the efficiency of village funds in terms of social and economic empowerment. Individualized solutions based on the demographics of the village, including financial support, business ...
Inez Phoek, Amiya Bhaumik, Osama Isaac, Alexander Tjilen   +3 more
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The Kabylian Community: Towards a People Centred Socio-cultural Development

Revue Internationale Animation, Territoires et Pratiques Socioculturelles, 2019
This paper highlights ways of achieving socio-cultural development in Kabylian region in Algeria. This Amazigh (Berber) community has suffered much because of its mountainous geographical position and because of its marginalization by authorities for ...
Redouane Touati, John Traxler
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Language motivation in a reconfigured Europe: access, identity, autonomy [PDF]

, 2006
In this paper, I propose that we need to develop an appropriate set of conceptual tools for examining motivational issues pertaining to linguistic diversity, mobility and social integration in a rapidly changing and expanding Europe.
Benson P., Benson P., Block D., Bourdieu P., Breidbach S., Bremer K., Canagarajah S., Deci E. L., Dewey J., DiPardo A., Dörnyei Z., Dörnyei Z., Ema Ushioda, Gardner R. C., Giddens A., Graddol D., Holliday A., Jenkins J., Karpov Y., Kymlicka W., Little D., Markus H., Meisel J., Norton B., Norton B., Oxford R. L., Pavlenko A., Pavlenko A., Pennycook A., Pintrich P. R., Richterich R., Rueda R., Simpson Lazenby B., Thorne S. L., Toohey K., Ushioda E., Ushioda E., Ushioda E., Ushioda E., van Ek J., van Lier L., van Lier L., Vygotsky L., Vygotsky L., Wright S.   +44 more
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Sociocultural Approach: The Development Of Salt Farmers Community In Jeneponto District Of South Sulawesi

European Journal of Business and Management Research, 2020
As the smallest social unit in society, family is the first and foremost cultural environment in the context of developing various norms and behaviours that are considered important for personal, family and community life. In the context of family coaching in certain communities, the approach through sociocultural is considered very effective.
M. Ilham Muchtar, Abbas ,, Hasan bin Juhanis, Andi Satrianingsih   +3 more
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Introduction to Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory (IPARTheory) and Evidence [PDF]

, 2021
Interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory (IPARTheory) is an evidence-based theory of socialization and lifespan development. It is composed of three subtheories, each of which deals with a separate but interrelated set of issues.
Rohner, Ronald P.
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