The comparative method and the study of literature. Comparative cultural studies syllabus winter 2006 dr. The third approach to cross cultural studies of personality is the combined approach, which serves as a bridge between western and indigenous psychology as a way of understanding both universal and cultural variations in personality cheung et al. This article seeks to provide an overview of how the controversial concept of legal culture has been used so as to clarify its potential role in further developing comparative studies of law in society.
In his article, comparative literature in india, amiya dev bases his discussion on the fact that india has many languages and literatures thus representing an a priori situation and conditions of diversity. Translation studies, 3rd ed bassnett, susan routledge. Brislin culture learning institute, east west center, honolulu, hawaii cross cultural research can make contributions to theory development by identifying groups of people who seem not to behave according to established. By deploying ratio analysis, kemal 2011 examined the post merger. Comparative cultural studies university of new brunswick. This paper was presented at the cultural studies association. The exploration of nonchristian traditions with special emphasis on comparative religious questions. Comparative cultural studies research papers academia. The normal preparation for graduate study in comparative literature and cultural studies is an undergraduate degree in world languages, english, or a related field in the humanities and the social sciences. Culture, generally speaking, is the set of artifacts and practices that constitute human interaction and communication.
Volume 1 issue 1 march 1999 article 1 aldo nemesio, the comparative method and the study of literature. Testing the two competing theories of culture sungjun lee 1, soojin kim 2 and joongwha kim 2, 1 college of international and area studies, hankuk university of foreign studies global campus. Comparative and cultural studies comparative studies. Most of ones culture is acquired during childhood, before puberty. The proposed framework, comparative cultural studies, is a field of study where selected tenets of the discipline of comparative literature merge with selected tenets of the field of cultural studies, meaning that the study of culture and culture productsincluding but not restricted to literature, communication, media, art, etc. Toward a new approach to the study of personality in culture fanny m. Comparative literature, comparative cultural studies, aesthetic. In comparative cultural studies, selected tenets of comparative literature are merged with. General vision and viewpoint theme cultural context you need to know your comparative text well, but not in the same level of detail as your. Few of the results have supported the fact that mergers have a positive effect attained as a result of competitive advantage and synergistic benefits achieved.
Comparative cultural studies and cultural anthropology. Two of the more important models are described in terms of the role of culture the farmerrichman model and the negandhiprasad model. Keywords comparative cultural studies comparative literature interdisciplinarity. Comparative cultural studies 3 ch 3c w this interdisciplinary course allows students to develop their understanding of key frameworks for comparative cultural studies while considering how we can compare cultures from around the globe by studying their creative, linguistic, and artistic expressions. Comparative cultural studies is conceived as an approach with three areas of theoretical content. The use of comparison in the study of human society, history and culture has a long history. A theoretical model and a comparative framework are presented within which the empirical studies were conducted.
In principle, comparative cultural studies is conceived as an approachto be developed eventually to a fullfledged frameworkcontaining for now three areas of theoretical content. You learn to see that there are connections and distinctions in how writers, film makers, thinkers, and readers work through cultural and linguistic differen. About the situation of the discipline of comparative literature and. An essay on the importance of cultural understanding in global business practice and education. Comparative cultural studies, the comparative study of cultural production in different contexts. A total of 1,197 individuals were studied in the last decade and a half, using a common indicator of acculturative stress, for which reliability and validity indices are presented. As this is a relatively broad term, cultural studies programs tend to have many different specializations. Our evidence is consistent with the notion that cultural similarity eases postdeal integration. Request pdf comparative cultural studies and cultural anthropology in his article comparative cultural studies and cultural anthropology rik pinxten. Admission to the master of arts degree in comparative literature and cultural studies. Topics include the sociotechnical aspects of digital gaming, embodiment and space, communities, spectatorship and performance, gender, race, sexuality, esports and sports games, and the politics and economics of production processes, including cocreation and intellectual property. An emic analysis documents valid principles that describe behavior in any one culture, taking into account what the people themselves value as meaningful and important. Our results contribute to the literature on the determinants of merger success, provide new evidence on the impact of corporate culture, and offer a new approach to defining firms cultural.
Comparative cultural studies and pedagogy request pdf. Comparative cultural studies department of comparative. Pdf from comparative literature today toward comparative. Cultural understandings of personality introduction to. In their article comparative cultural studies and pedagogy ronald soetaert and kris rutten combine the concept of education with culture and literacy. Cultural heritage and the law international centre for. Second, some cross cultural studies compare countries. A major methodological orientation to such studies, developed over the last 10 years, is the emicetic distinction.
Comparative cultural studies and cultural anthropology request pdf. The legacy of comparative work in the filed of social theory can be traced back at least to the greek antiquity and, never interrupted, this sustained tradition has since then been. This course examines the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of digital games. A study of cultural differences in crossborder mergers. First, cross cultural psychological studies can be exploratory or test specific hypotheses.
The cultural fit, cultural potential, communication, and direction in the preduringpost stages of an acquisition are very important. View comparative cultural studies research papers on academia. Introduction to comparative study the comparative study question asks you to compare and contrast two texts under one of the three modes of comparison. Toward a new approach to the study of personality in culture. East asian comparative literature and culture brill. He therefore argues that to speak of an indian literature in the singular is problematic. It shows that the term is currently given a variety of meanings, ranging from treating it as a variable that explains the turn to law, to exploring law as culture in different settings.
The comparative modes for the exam in june 2014 are. Comparative cultural studies are a field of study in the humanities and social sciences where tenets of the discipline of comparative literature are merged with the field of cultural studies. Comparative literary studies university of south australia. From comparative literature today toward comparative. The article discusses the inclination, in cross cultural comparative studies, to emphasise cultural essentialism, to evaluate educational practice from a mono cultural perspective and to overlook the interrelation between globalisation and local practices. What is the social importance of the study of comparative. Comparative ethnic and american studies, the study of ethnicity and race in the americas. Nonetheless, dev also observes that to speak of indian literature in the plural is equally. The study of conceptual issues that bear upon method in theology and ethics, the philosophical clarification of religious concepts and categories, and the examination of philosophical worldviews that are. Larry estrada course description sociological and sociohistorical aspects of ethnicminority relations within the larger society. As part of that broadening, for instance, i noted that we bring to. In simple words, culture refers to the values known to a certain ethnic group of the same social background.
As one of the only cultural studies program in canada with a project option, cultural studies at queens csq is a unique program that integrates the range of theoretical approaches used within cultural studies, and that fosters scholarship in both historical and contemporary fields of research. How to design cultural development strategies to boost. Cultures can be a makeorbreak factor in the merger equation. Comparative literature versus comparative cultural studies. Games and culture comparative media studieswriting. Comparative cultural studies is a contextual approach to the study of culture in a global and. The social importance of comparative literature is in its cross cultural orientation. By deploying ratio analysis, kemal 2011 examined the post merger financial performance of. Various studies have been conducted to understand the change in the corporate performance as a result of a merger deal. The undergraduate concentration in comparative cultural studies draws on social and aesthetic theory to understand how social identities, actions, and desires are produced and practiced in everyday life. Types of comparative studies in crosscultural psychology. Critical approaches to literacy in theory and practice current issues in comparative education, vol. Comparative cultural studies examines how cultural practices, especially contemporary creative media, both shape and themselves are shaped by current global developments such as the digitization of culture, virtual reality, global interconnectedness, increased people flows, transhumanism, environmental degradation, and new forms of subjectivities.
Cultural development strategies are planning approaches in which culture is a pillar for sustainable development hristova et al. Types of comparative studies in cross cultural psychology abstract from a methodological perspective cross cultural studies in psychology differ in three dimensions. Journal of international business and cultural studies when east and west meet, page 1 when east and west meet. Potentials and limitations of comparative method in social. Despite theoretical and anecdotal evidence that cultural differences can create major obstacles to achieving integration benefits, empirical research on the performance.
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