Colonized Silence: Confronting the Colonial Link in Rural Alaska Native Survivors’ Non-Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse

Though there is evidence linking the history of colonialism and oppression of Indigenous people to the high rates of rape and child sexual abuse experienced by this population today, it is less understood how colonial processes, past and present, condition the decision to disclose or report victimization. Drawing on a survivorship storytelling study of rural Alaska Native survivors of child sexual abuse, this paper underscores the importance of centering colonialism in understanding the culture of silence surrounding sexual victimization among Indigenous people. Results show that reasons for non-disclosure are quite embedded within larger social, historical and political themes of colonialism, oppression, and marginalization. Implications for policy and praxes are discussed, as well as a broader mandate of social change to remove barriers to disclosure.     

Role of Leaders as Agents of Negotiation for Counterbalancing Cultural Dissonance in the Middle East and North Africa Region

This study provides a unique perspective in the field of cross-cultural management by exploring the relationship between “cultural dissonance”—the gap between cultural values and actual practice—and effective leadership attributes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Incorporating cultural dissonance into implicit leadership theory, the study uses measurements of dissonance on nine cultural dimensions to identify particular leadership preferences in seven MENA countries. The overall findings suggest that societies prefer leaders who counterbalance cultural dissonance by allowing space for negotiations by members of society to reduce disparities between cultural values—“the way things should be”—and actual practices—“the way things are.” The greater the disparity between cultural values and practices, the greater the citizens' desire that leaders act as agents of change by creating space for negotiation.     

新中国十七年图像文化研究的学术史回顾

随着20世纪80年代西方的图像文化史作为新兴的研究方法进入中国,中国不同历史时期的图像文化生产与传播备受研究者的关注。同时,西方图像学研究为各类文学、美术、电影等作品的解读提供了较为充分的理论支持,研究者把图像学理论与文本分析有机结合,展开了艺术学与文化研究的批评实践。"十七年"时期的图像文化具有独特的历史与美学价值,目前已经成为学界研究的热点,有进行学术史回顾与反思的必要。通过对现有的"十七年"时期图像文化研究成果的整合分析,可以展现中国图像文化研究的最新进展以及西方图像学方法在中国的本土化实践。     

西方残障身份发展理论述评及本土化思考

积极的残障身份认同对残障者本身具有重要意义,残障身份发展是残障者实现身份认同的路径,理解残障身份发展的过程也可以让残疾人工作者更好地为残障者提供教育、康复等相关服务。本文通过梳理较为典型的西方残障身份发展理论,结合国内残障身份相关研究及本土社会文化背景展开讨论。文章认为,在西方残障身份发展理论框架下,残障者形成积极身份认同的关键在于认同并融入一套在残障社区内共享的残障文化,而在我国社会文化背景下,目前并没有一套成体系的残障文化,残障者也难以体会残障的文化身份感,国内残障者的身份认同缺少本土残障文化依靠。     

彝族古籍文献《苏巨黎咪》的秩序观念建构

彝族古籍文献《苏巨黎咪》产生于唐朝初至中叶，记述了从上至君长到下至百姓的各种传统道德观念，蕴含着对秩序观念的建构，是彝族传统文化的重要载体。其主要内容可归结三个层面：强调君臣关系下的忠臣观念；以君主为主体的尚贤爱民的治理观；孝悌亲友、崇祖敬毕的和谐观及爱美向善的仁义观。该书是作者通过对儒家文化的学习以及有选择性地吸收和融合的产物，体现出作者出于维护统治者利益的、对稳定社会秩序的追求，把下层和上层、边缘和主流联系了起来，增强了族群凝聚力和认同感，维护了君长统治和社会稳定，推动了当时彝族社会的良性转型和健康发展。     

The COVID‐19 Pandemic and Families in Japan

This paper, which is authored by members of the Japanese Association of Family Therapy (JAFT), describes the COVID‐19 pandemic in Japan from a family systems perspective. The authors are active members of JAFT and include current and past presidents and officers. We describe the course of the pandemic and the ways in which government policies to mitigate the pandemic have affected Japanese families. Challenges that affect Japanese families include the inability to participate in family and social rituals, prescribed gender roles that specifically affect women, high suicide rates, and prejudice against those who are at risk of spreading the infection. The need to shelter in place has also forced family homes to function as a workplace for parents, classrooms for children, and day care services for frail elders, which has resulted in psychological distress among individuals and conflicts among families. We discuss ways that therapists have worked with Japanese families using online therapy.     

岭南疍家舞蹈表达的海洋文化

疍家是汉族的一个支系，他们依水而生，以船为家，与海水浪花相伴，浮沉于江海之上。疍家舞蹈以海水浪花的舞蹈形态、流动性的舞台调度、疍歌的曲调、精心的舞美设计，营造疍家以海为伴的生活环境，使舞蹈在悠扬婉转的乐曲中呈现出诗情画意的意境美，似一幅水上卷轴，勾画出疍家壮美开阔的人文文化，表现其以水为生、壮美开阔的海洋文化特质；以摇橹、划船、戏浪、织网、耕海等生活动作为基础，结合富有地域性和民族性特征的舞蹈道具，如竹编斗笠、长篙、梭子、槟榔等，展现疍家朴实无华、摇曳荡漾的海洋文化元素；以具有象征性的跪拜、磕头、合掌等动作元素为基础，以表意性的腾跃、双飞燕、虎跳等装饰性技巧动作为连接，展现祭拜祈福和与海难搏斗的舞段，表达疍家人海和谐、能拼会赢的海洋文化精神。     

Maintenance work: Interrogating the sociology of art

The following article explores the different ways art sociologists investigate art that is based in the participatory arts. The aim is to shift the empirical focus to the art practice, which speaks for itself, and to place the work of the artist and all who cooperate or collaborate in the making of the artwork at the center of sociological analysis. By allowing the artist to speak fully about their work, art sociologists can uncover new social and cultural phenomena and better understand the different motivations underlying art-making. The following literature highlights the recent tendencies in the sociology of art, explores the “social turn” in art and presents different sociologists who focus on the art practice and the art’s voice. For further development of the field, I suggest the sociology of art needs to catch-up with the recent tendencies in art by placing the empirical focus on participatory art practices that will not only give us a better understanding about the intricate actions taking place in the art making, but it will also illuminate new layers of social life that are hidden. To conclude, I suggest that sociologists engage with participatory-based artists to enhance sociology through a public sociology of art.     

Do cultural orientations moderate the relation between Chinese adolescents’ shyness and depressive symptoms? It depends on their academic achievement

We examined the moderating roles of individualistic and collectivistic cultural orientations and academic achievement on the relation between Chinese adolescents’ shyness and depressive symptoms. A sample of Chinese adolescents (N = 492) from an urban school participated in the study during seventh (T1) and eighth (T2) grades. Adolescents self‐reported their shyness, cultural orientations, and depressive symptoms. The school provided records of their academic achievement. Concurrently, shyness and individualism were positively whereas collectivism and academic achievement were negatively, associated with adolescents’ depressive symptoms. Longitudinally, T1 shyness (but not individualism, collectivism, or academic achievement) predicted T2 depressive symptoms after controlling for stability in depressive symptoms. Concurrent relations between shyness and depressive symptoms were moderated by adolescents’ cultural orientations. Specifically, collectivism was protective whereas individualism was harmful, for shy adolescents’ adjustment. Furthermore, collectivism and academic achievement jointly moderated the relations between shyness and depressive symptoms concurrently and longitudinally. The results suggest that cultural orientations may influence shy adolescents’ depression symptoms through individual‐level self‐evaluation, and indicate that cultural factors and academic achievement need to be considered comprehensively for understanding and improving shy Chinese adolescents’ psychological adjustment.