Grandchildren's perspectives on grandparents in rural New Zealand

Within studies of ageing, rurality and family relations, the prevalent “point of view” is based on the perspectives of adults, particularly older people themselves. However, taking seriously the reciprocal nature of kinship relations also challenges researchers to find ways to explore younger people's views and experiences of intergenerational ties. The study on which this paper is based addressed this challenge, by considering the dynamics of ageing in rural families through the lens of young people's experience. In the South Island of New Zealand, Area Schools serve families in rural regions specifically defined in terms of a catchment area based on distance from any other state school. This research study selected five (from 16) of these schools, and invited the classes of Year 7 and 8 students to take part in a classroom activity, led by the researcher with support from the class teacher. The activity involved a total of 98 young people (aged 11–13) in written completion of a survey which outlined their relationships and contacts with the people they know as grandparents, along with basic demographics of their own age, gender, family and household situation, and length of attendance at the school. From this survey, information was derived about 380 grandparents (of whom 73 were no longer alive), the nature and frequency of their contacts, and the types of activities they shared with these grandchildren. Around 40 percent of the students have daily or weekly contact with a grandparent, one third “regularly do things together”, and one fifth say they have “a special relationship” with a grandparent. By controlling the age group of the grandchild, and focussing on rural families, this study adds insights and detail to a growing body of research interest in understanding the roles and contributions made by grandparents to New Zealand families, in particular those in rural communities.     

Let the countdown begin — Aging experiences of young adults in countdown blogs

This paper examines a particular blog phenomenon that has not yet received much attention: Countdown blogs which are written before a significant birthday (in this paper, it is the thirtieth birthday). The bloggers fill the remaining time, often a year, with the accomplishment of particular tasks, reflections on their lives or photo projects. In their blogs, the young adults demonstrate an age awareness that is often overlooked in aging studies. The paper argues that young adults use countdown blogs to cope with their aging experiences and, in doing so, they apply a particular economic rhetoric and emerge as entrepreneurs of themselves - an identity concept that Foucault presented in the late 1970s. Foucault, however, did not consider the themes of age as symbolic capital nor the marketing strategies that entrepreneurship of the self imply. In a close reading of a sample of twenty-one countdown blogs, the paper suggests new complexities in Foucault's concept. At the same time, it argues that young adults today have developed creative strategies in terms of multimedia projects and heightened self-scrutiny to cope with the finitude of time, the expectations of age-appropriate behavior and the coercions of neoliberal consumer culture.     

“事业线”：青年女性的职场新污名

“事业线”在现代社会背景下有了全新的意涵与表征。它从手掌这一中性的身体意象中“逸出”而投射到了女性的胸部,同时形成了对女性身体的物化和贬损,而这种现象在青年女性的职场生活中显得尤为突出。在身体社会学的视野中看来,“事业线“是一种青年女性的职场新污名。这一污名来源于男性的凝视、身体资本的积累逻辑以及身体消费便利性等因素间的相互作用,并负面地影响了青年女性的身体健康。探索新污名的生成机制、社会后果以及治理策略对青年女性在职场中的和谐发展有着重要的现实意义。     

Analysis of the Behavior Logic of Young Migrant Workers＇ Flash Marriage when Returning Hometown during Spring Festival——Based on the Case Study of D Village in Henan

基于田野调查,考察了D村青年农民工春节返乡“闪婚”现象,通过对该婚恋模式程序性仪式的展示,力图全面透视当地青年农民工“闪婚”这一婚恋模式的实践背景和行为逻辑,以及在这种行为逻辑背后所彰显的子辈权利意识兴起与父权衰落的农村家庭代际关系变迁。     

大学生与务工返乡青年农村创业刍议

改革开放尤其是党的十六大以来,我国农村经济社会建设在取得显著成就的同时,城乡失衡的矛盾和问题在某些方面也日益突出。如何统筹城乡发展,缩小区域差距成为“十二五”时期重大攻坚课题。立足农村发展实际,对大学生与务工返乡青年农村创业进行相关研究有历史和现实意义,大学生和务工返乡青年创业竞合将成为农村经济社会发展的强劲动力源,是当前统筹城乡发展有效的途径之一。     

网游青少年:网络负面形象的建构与实证

网络游戏已经成为青少年的一种普遍娱乐方式,而网络新闻在公众对网游青少年玩家的认识过程中起着重要作用,它们经常从不同角度来报道并放大具有典型意义的网游青少年玩家个案,以此建构网游青少年玩家的形象并引导人们对该群体的印象存储。通过对11年来人民网与新浪网中相关报道的内容分析,发现网络新闻对网游青少年玩家媒介形象构建时出现偏差,形成对网游青少年玩家污名化形象建构的影响。     

“文化语境”的变化对当代羌族剪纸的影响及对策建议——基于茂县羌族剪纸的调查

羌族剪纸是羌族文化艺术的精华。经历了2008年“汶川大的地震”、灾后重建、城镇化发展之后,羌族剪纸的“文化语境”正发生着较大变化。以茂县羌族剪纸为例,其变化的外部原因包括现代流行服饰的融入、自然灾害、城镇化进程以及茂县手画花样市场的兴起对花样剪纸的冲击等,而内部原因则表现为传统习俗的变化、宗教祭祀的淡化及服饰审美观念的变化等。因此,羌族剪纸传承和发展需注意处理好传承与传播、活态与活用、变与不变等关系。     

The Impact of Change within the “Cultural Context” of the Contemporary Art of Qiang Paper Cutting-Based upon an Investigation of the Art of Paper -Cutting in Mao County

The original meaning of “cultural context” refers to the socio -cultural background relating to language communication .The cultural context of the Qiang art of paper -cutting in Mao county discussed i...     

中央苏区时期毛泽东关于关心群众生活的重要论述及实践探析

毛泽东基于中央苏区各方面资源受局限的实际情况,从巩固新生苏维埃政权和提升群众生活水平出发,提出必须关心群众生活。毛泽东以群众组织起来为中心脉络,把建立具有集体经济性质的合作社作为制度前提,通过建立新的金融制度、开展反剥削的商业斗争和开办专业技术学校,全面实践关心群众生活的系列论述。当下,应当充分吸收毛泽东关心群众生活重要论述的精髓,坚持以人民为中心的发展理念,提升人民的获得感、幸福感和安全感,发挥人民群众的劳动创造力。     

试论毛泽东关于农民问题的论述对新农村建设的启迪

毛泽东关于农民问题的论述科学地回答了农民在革命和建设中的地位与作用、农民的局限性以及对待农民问题的科学态度和政策等一系列基本问题,形成了一个完备的思想理论体系.在当今构建社会主义和谐社会的历史条件下,我们要认真坚持和发展毛泽东关于农民问题的思想理论,充分发挥农民的主体作用、积极维护和实现农民的经济利益和政治利益,全面提升农民的综合素质,培养社会主义新型农民,不断促进社会主义新农村建设.