法兰西的浪漫与柔情——巴黎印象

有人说，巴黎最美丽的时候是雨过天晴，天蓝得像婴儿的眼睛，云美得像云彩堆砌在一起，澄澈的空气中，这座石头筑起的大城显得更加立体生动。     

拯救故乡——双城城堡的文化觉醒

从沦陷到救赎,故乡在发生积极的改变,生态治理和文化觉醒在重新整塑着闽东美丽的山区小县。对于厌倦都市生活的人们来说,有理由期待可持续发展对故乡的拯救力量,进而鼓足勇气继续守护那个美丽而纯净的乡村梦。     

不同时期和地域之间艺术设计风格的借鉴与交融

艺术其实不仅仅是特定时期的,更是全民族的。民族风格的组成部分,是由于一个民族的特定文化传统,审美的心理、审美的习气在设计上的具体表现。民族性是指各个民族各地域在设计中表现的有一定的差别,它由本民族的社会情况、天文环境、习俗习惯、文化传统。     

论法国时装文化的历史渊源与现状

众所周知,法国巴黎是时尚之都,主要是因为其引领潮流的时装文化。西方的时装文化的发源地和中心是法国。法国时装文化的发展是西方现代服饰文化发展的典型,所以仔细研究并分析法国时装文化有助于我们更好地理解西方现代服饰文化的结构和实质。     

国人“巴黎囧途”

中国游客对于旅游大国法国来说,已经非常明确地成为未来十几年的摇钱树。虽然他们住在远郊的便宜旅店、吃的是廉价中餐,但购物特别是面对价格昂贵的奢侈品时却出手极为大方．令欧美甚至日本、阿拉伯游客都望尘莫及。与此同时,对中国游客的种种“不文明行为”的批评、讥讽或腹徘也频频见睹报端或在坊问流传。很多多问我,到底国人在巴黎表现如何？法国人又是如何反应？究竟应该如何才能使国人“文明旅游”？这些问题颇为现实,同时也非常复杂,因为它涉及两种文明、两种文化、两种生活方式和观念之间的种种误解、冲突与互不兼容。     

浅谈高卢雄鸡与法国人的性格特点

本文在结合法国的历史与文化以及宗教的基础上,对于高卢雄鸡的形象及其象征意义进行了探讨和分析,以期来正确认识雄鸡形象,从而正确理解法国的社会历史与文化特质。     

“新岭南文化与城市品牌创新研讨会”举行

正2014年3月20日,由广州市社科院与广州市社科联主办,广州市岭南文化研究会等承办的新岭南文化与城市品牌创新研讨会在广州举行。与会人员围绕如何从广州丰富的文化资源出发、建立现代城市品牌文化等问题建言献策。广州市社科联顾涧清主席认为,新岭南文化中心要融入城市发展的方方面面。未来的新岭南文化不仅仅要讲历史、讲文化,更重要的     

尚墨,劲健与飘逸的结合

尚墨书法作品风格清朗俊发、神采焕然、灵动雅致,无做作气而率真,无忸怩态而凝练,无刻意状而古质,自然挥洒,畅意天成,情怀气质——宣泄于素楮之上。结体严谨,线条凝练,墨法自然,濯古出新,鲜明独特。尚墨先生很好地把握了传统与创作的关系,深入传统,畅游于经典和古代大师之间,汲取芳泽菩华,不斤斤于点画,而点画工致,不屑于亦步亦趋的描摹而书法传统自现。纵情挥洒源于尚墨先生深厚的文化素养,     

Back and Forth and Beyond

The Journal invited Tom Andersen, author of major pioneering work on the reflecting team, and his colleagues, to offer comment on The Reflecting Team Process in Training. We thought such a north-south dialogue was in keeping with the spirit of reflecting teams, and the team members in Melbourne and Tromsø agree — Editor.     

Time and aging--mechanisms and meanings

A recent European Molecular Biology Laboratory Conference on Science and Society entitled "Time & Aging--Mechanisms & Meanings" fascinated scientists from different research areas as well as nonscientists. Topics discussed included not only the biological aging process but also the psychological effects of aging and social influences that affect this process.     

Arts and Crafts and Reconstruction

Abstract

This paper examines the role of arts and crafts in reconstructing communities after times of upheaval, their use in creating employment opportunities, and their impact on the nature of South African art history. It looks at craft initiatives during and after the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, and draws parallels with early twentieth-century initiatives, particularly those of Florence Phillips, who founded the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1910, Emily Hobhouse, who established Boer home industries, and the South African National Union, which promoted the manufacture and use of local products.     

Sexual Compulsivity and Sexual Behaviors Among Gay and Bisexual Men and Lesbian and Bisexual Women

Within the existing body of research, the information pertaining to sexual compulsivity (SC) among women, both homo- and heterosexual, remains rather limited in comparison to men. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of SC in a community sample of gay and bisexual men and lesbian and bisexual women and to identify differences in sexual practices based on classification as sexually compulsive within gender. Supporting previous research, the findings indicated that gay and bisexual men were significantly higher in SC when compared to lesbian and bisexual women. Similarly, sexually compulsive gay and bisexual men were more likely to report drug use with sex than their non-sexually compulsive peers, suggesting that “party n' play” may play a larger role for men with SC. In addition, the findings demonstrated empirical support for the proposition that lesbian and bisexual women with symptoms of SC were more likely to engage in specialized sexual behaviors in comparison to their non-sexually compulsive peers. These data suggest that SC manifests differently in gay, lesbian, and bisexual men and women.     

Evening and night work schedules and children's social and emotional well-being

ABSTRACT

An emerging body of evidence shows that parents’ non-standard work schedules have a detrimental effect on children's well-being. However, only a limited number of studies have investigated mediating factors that underpin this association. Likewise, only a few studies have examined the impact of fathers’ non-standard work schedules on children's well-being. Based on data from the Families in Germany Study (FiD), this study aimed to address these research gaps. The sample consists of parents and their children at ages 7–8 and 9–10 (n?=?838 child observations in dual-earner families). The data were collected in the years 2010–2013. Non-standard work hours were defined as working in evenings and or at night (every day, several times a week, or changing as shifts). Children's social and emotional well-being was measured with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The findings show that both mothers’ and fathers’ evening and night work schedules are linked to an increase in children's externalizing and internalizing behavior and that this association is partially mediated by mothers’ and fathers’ harsh and strict parenting, with a stronger mediation effect for fathers parenting.     

History and the here and now

This paper explores the lesser-known histories and present-day realities of small towns and non-metropolitan areas in the internal provinces of South Africa. It is different inasmuch as it focuses on transformations that have taken place at the local level, and where possible, generalises from these, rather than following the normal route taken by social scientists – at least from 1994, which has been to examine them from the top down. One feature of such changes has been the growth of gated communicates across the length and breadth of South Africa, but there are many more. One reason for their anonymity is that their evolution has been gradual and corpuscular, that they have become unconsciously familiar and are left unexamined. Another is our collective preoccupation with the metropolitan areas rather than the smaller localities where such processes are subterranean and confined. This paper presents very briefly some of the results of the researchers of the Local Histories and Present Realities programme over the past five years, in 19 separate centres. It examines the history and present circumstance of chiefdoms of Ga-Mphahlele and reveals the surprise finding that much of recent and contemporary politics revolve around events 200 years old. An analogous situation has arisen in Venda as well as in Mpumalanga and elsewhere, where a combination of new legislation to revive chiefly powers, and land reclamation legislation have lent a new legitimacy to chiefly powers, and inspired hundreds of phantom – and time-consuming – quests. Another massive development which has gone on around us but whose internal dynamics have never been observed is the rise of game hunting and ranching all over the interior of South Africa. This is a monster subject which is likely to have influence on all of our lives into which our group is now in a position to offer insights. A change of equal proportions is the rise of mining all over the interior Bushveld Igneous Complex – Mokopane is a good example of this and the huge social consequences this has brought in its wake. One final theme which embraces all the communities that we have studied is the local histories of transformation – collectively the most important – since 1994. This is almost entirely hidden to a wider world, including the transformed positions of local Indian residents.     

Violence and Lesbian and Gay Youth

Abstract

Violence has become an increasingly common event in the lives of many adolescents. Lesbian and gay youth are subject to physical as well as non-physical forms of violence. This article explores multiple forms of violence and suggests strategies for addressing violence.