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.     

Effects of critical incident tasks on the intercultural competence of English non-majors

ABSTRACT

In this internationalised world, graduate employability in terms of intercultural communication skills needs to be taken into account in higher education. The present study aims to explore the effects of critical incident task instruction on English non-majored undergraduates’ intercultural competence. One group of students received ten weeks of instruction with one critical incident task per week and another group received standard English classes. Data were collected from the students’ pre- and post-test. The results showed a significant and strong effect of the intervention with critical incident tasks. Implications for educational practice are presented for further teaching with critical incident tasks.     

RCEP和中国参与全球经济治理体系改革:困境、机遇与路径

为识别中国参与全球经济治理体系改革面临的挑战,探索《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》(RCEP)的签署为中国参与全球经济治理体系改革带来的机遇,对中国借力RCEP推动全球经济治理体系改革的路径进行研究。研究发现,既有全球经济治理体系机制建设滞后,个别国家蓄意设置治理障碍,逆全球化浪潮削弱了改革共识; RCEP能够为中国参与全球经济治理体系改革带来新的契机,有助于重构合理高效的全球经济治理机制,消弭单边和霸权主义障碍,弥合全球多边政治互信; 中国亟需紧抓RCEP签署的机遇,加快构建开放型经济新体制,凝聚区域经贸合作伙伴力量妥善处理中美竞合新关系,积极探索全球投资贸易治理机制创新,推动“一带一路”倡议与RCEP框架良好对接,守护多边主义,巩固政治互信。     

Ghosted Images: Old Lesbians on Screen

Screen images of old lesbians combine modes of representing female gender, lesbian sexuality, and old age, all of which contain layers of otherness within a hetero-patriarchal and youth-centered society. Analyzing a range of films, from independent to mainstream cinema, this article explores how the ghosted lesbian paradigm intersects with narratives of aging as decline in representations of lesbian characters who are over the age of sixty. The spectral matters of illness, death, mourning, and widowhood inevitably culminate in an unhappy ending. Removed from a lesbian community context, intergenerational continuity vanishes and the old lesbian emerges as the cultural other.