‘Allowed into a Man's World’ Meanings of Work–Life Balance: Perspectives of Women Civil Engineers as ‘Minority’ Workers in Construction

This article discusses how women working as civil engineers within the UK construction industry perceive work–life balance and considers strategies they use to achieve this. The findings are presented of a qualitative research project that explored the experiences of women in this role, focusing on the subcultural context of a profession that is dominated by the values of presenteeism and infinite availability. A feminist post‐structuralist framework is used to analyse how women negotiate their personal and professional time and the extent to which their other roles as carers and nurturers unsettle male work practices in this highly gendered profession. There are gradually increasing numbers of women in professional construction roles and their success appears to depend on being able to fit in to the dominant masculine culture of long working hours and the male pub gathering. Despite an increased presence, women's minority status in construction continues to challenge their professional identity and this is central to the conflict many face between the dual roles of corporate worker and private non‐work person.     

How Women Engineers Do and Undo Gender: Consequences for Gender Equality

The image of engineering as a masculine profession has reproduced the perception that engineering is unsuitable for women. While various strategies have been used to try to increase the number of women entering engineering education and employment, their success has been limited. At the same time it has been argued that the way gender is ‘done’ in work can help diminish or increase inequality between the sexes. Using empirical research exploring women engineering students’ workplace experiences, this article considers how gender performance explains their behaviour and attitudes. Butler implied that doing gender can result in our being ‘undone’. This was specifically found to be the case for the women students in this study, who performed their gender in a particular way in order to gain male acceptance. In doing this they utilized certain coping strategies: acting like one of the boys, accepting gender discrimination, achieving a reputation, seeing the advantages over the disadvantages and adopting an ‘anti‐woman’ approach. These strategies are part of women's enculturation and professionalization in engineering, yet they also fail to value femaleness. In ‘doing’ engineering, women often ‘undo’ their gender. Such gender performance does nothing to challenge the gendered culture of engineering, and in many ways contributes to maintaining an environment that is hostile to women.     

Parental involvement in the development of a culture‐based school curriculum

This study focuses on parental involvement in Sámi schools when developing a culturally sensitive school curriculum. The research recognizes a number of competing and complementary interests that play a role when constructing structures and policies in curriculum development. Two Sámi schools in Sweden with 115 pupils, their parents and 27 teachers were included in a longitudinal three‐year study. Interviews, school visits, videotapes and document analysis were used to gather information. The results indicate the invisible existence of culture‐based school practice and curriculum texts. The lack of contact among homes, schools and community culture was obvious. Parents and teachers expressed an interest in developing a culture‐based local curriculum through a process of reflecting on and creating an education incorporating the past, the present and the future. The study showed that parents, pupils and teachers experienced increased awareness in culture‐based schoolwork. The study pointed to a desire for cooperation between home and school in the development of a culture‐based school curriculum and a school practice supported by a culturally responsible teacher.     

国学引领文化产业繁荣论

中华国学是民族智慧结晶,是文化创意火种,重视它才能认识并开发广州龙文化、羊文化、节庆文化的底蕴,以龙舟竞渡精神,将南海神庙、黄埔古港、南沙天后宫串联成线,利用广东文化强省的政策优势、传媒优势、智力优势、制造业、文化产业优势、商都消费优势等,建好广州棋都以及国际会展集团、名城旅游集团、海上丝绸之路、越秀中华文化城、南粤演艺大观园、羊城国艺创意园等,以中华国学创意促进广州文化产业大繁荣。     

广州城市阅读文化初探

本文通过对阅读文化的界定和剖析,从中探讨广州阅读文化产业发展的现状及未来趋势。     

The perceptions of female media professionals in Kuwait about their job: an empowerment perspective

This study explores the perceptions of women who work in the media in Kuwait—a conservative, male-dominated society. It examines how female media professionals are treated and explores the factors that either encourage or discourage the empowerment of Kuwaiti women working in this field. In-depth interviews were conducted with five female media professionals and academics in Kuwait in order to develop measures of perceptions towards their profession, media organizations, and the general outlook of Kuwait society. The perceptions of a sample of 237 female media professionals were measured using a fifty-one-item questionnaire. An exploratory factor analysis shows that the respondents’ perceptions are grouped into eight sets of variables. The results show that, while the respondents feel empowered by education, regulations, and the current lifestyle in Kuwait, their cultural upbringing, self-image, and societal outlook discourage their empowerment.     

论传统文化与大学生核心价值观的培育

五千年生生不息的历史文化积淀是中华民族的根和魂。新时代高校如何用优秀传统文化涵养社会主义核心价值观,成为必须解决的重要课题。文章以山西警官高等专科学校2012、2013级学生为对象,进行了深入调查与研究,着重从教育改革新理念的树立、理想信念教育的加强、加大传统文化教育软硬件设施的投入和多元化教学渠道的开辟等四个方面进行了初步探索。文章认为传统文化教育与大学生社会主义核心价值观培育具有内在统一性。     

培养医学生阅读风格促进中华医药传统文化教育

阅读从来就是培养文化和传承文化的重要途径,阅读风格的培养是涵养医学人文品格的重要内容。重构大学生阅读兴趣,提升医学生阅读层次,通过漫阅读、深阅读、精阅读、动阅读等多元形式,引导大学生在书籍的海洋里涵养身心,以提高医学生全面素质,培养医学人文精神,传承中华医药传统文化。     

网络微文化初探

网络微文化指的是一种进入个人互联网时代后逐渐形成并发展的注重微观和个体,以个体性、平等性为核心的价值观念和行为模式的全新社会文化现象。网络微文化在兴起和发展中有其独特的基本内涵和深远的社会影响。网络微文化的健康发展也需要国家正确的引导,包括推进高新技术的发展、发挥网络微文化的正能量和推进网络微文化健康发展的系统工程。总之,对于网络微文化的正确探索和理解已成为人文、社会学者以及相关政府决策部门需要面对的时代课题。     

基于社会转型视角的区域乡村文化体系重构策略研究

借鉴管理学有关组织文化的层次结构,构建了包括生态文化﹑物态文化﹑制度文化﹑行为文化﹑精神文化五个方面在内的乡村文化体系构架。在此基础上,深入分析了社会转型对传统乡村文化的冲击,最终针对上述问题,提出了社会转型背景下重构传统乡村文化体系的策略,从而为引导乡村文化的合理演变提供了有益的参考与借鉴。