Completing the Circuit: Routine,Reflection, and Ethical Consumption

Efforts to explain why some people incorporate ethical concerns into everyday shopping for food and household goods, while many do not, have so far left significant variation in “ethical consumption” unexplained. Seeking to move beyond explanations that rely mainly on differences in consumers' social class, gender, and political engagement, I draw on concepts associated with “practice theory” to argue that ethical consumption is closely tied to people's willingness and ability to spend time, while shopping, on distinct activities associated with breaking old routines and establishing new ones. The central insight of practice theory is that most consumption is the product of unconscious routine. And it is precisely because consciously departing from routine is, according to my study, a fundamentally time‐consuming process, that lack of time emerges as a crucial obstacle to translating abstract ethical concerns into concrete action as a consumer.     

Protective factors and risk factors of being a victim of couple violence in women and men / Factores de riesgo y protección de ser víctima de violencia en la pareja en mujeres y hombres

The aim of this study is to determine the risk factors and protective factors of being a victim of couple violence, considering cultural conventions, coping, social support, external attribution and violence in childhood. A non-probabilistic sample of 223 women and 177 men was used. The risk factors in the sample as a whole were being male, the coping strategy of accommodation, violence in childhood and external attribution, while the protective factors were partner support and an active coping style. The study concludes with suggestions for interventions and research.     

Negotiating Gendered Subjectivity in the Enterprise Culture: Metaphor and Entrepreneurial Discourses

An enterprise culture is one in which ‘certain enterprising qualities — such as self reliance, personal responsibility, boldness and a willingness to take risks in the pursuit of goals — are regarded as human virtues and promoted as such’. Work is not seen as a constraint upon the individual but rather as an opportunity for self‐fulfilment. The pervasiveness of enterprise culture has led to observations that it influences aspects of social life beyond the workplace. However, the kind of self that is imagined in enterprise culture is also a male self, with female entrepreneurship measured against a male norm. In this article, then, we present evidence of metaphor as a strategy for coping with the gendered expectations embodied by life in enterprise culture. We show how metaphor is simultaneously an index of and a resource for understanding gendered subjectivities in enterprise culture.     

我国农业传统文化与后现代农业发展的相关思考

现代农业的发展是以功利性为特征的,受经济目标的逐利影响,正逐渐步入生态困境。后现代农业发展阶段将出现农业生态观的原始回归,这将为我国农业传统文化功能的发挥创造机遇。我国后现代农业发展阶段应重视传统农业文化的诉求,挖掘本土农业文化资源,加强对外引文化的审视,提高农业自我创新能力。     

论中日茶道文化的意境与精神气质

中日茶道文化是东方文化中的两朵奇葩,但是由于诸多原因,中日茶道文化在意境和精神气质上有着较大区别:中国的茶道仪式自然随和,圆润融通,日本的茶道仪式则过于拘于程序和礼节;中国将饮茶发展为日常生活艺术,日本则将饮茶变为俨然清规;中国茶文化是雅俗共赏的大众文化,日本茶文化则是高高在上的仪式文化。     

以引导应用能力为主的《高职计算机文化基础》教学思考

基于当前计算机技术的发展现状和学生的特点,分析高校计算机文化基础课程教学特点以及教学中发现的一些问题,探讨了旨在加强学生素质教育,以引导学生应用能力为目的教学方法中可以改进的几个方面。     

大学英语教学中母语文化的教学模式探讨

基于"中国文化失语症"这一严重而又尴尬的现象,以及中国外语教学长期以来对母语文化教学忽视的现状,立足于母语文化教学在中国外语教学中的必要性,从教学目标、教学原则、教学内容和教学方法等四个方面进行母语文化的教学模式构建,探讨了切实可行的中国母语文化教学模式。     

美国《双语教育法》颁布的社会背景研究——基于霍姆斯的四模式分析框架

在美国的中小学校除英语之外讲各种语言的学生,或者说那些不会讲英语的学生,他们的教育需求长期得不到妥善的解决。1968年颁布的《双语教育法》表明,美国联邦政府承认了美国学校体制中长期存在的只能使用英语教学的单语教学问题,如何使教学语言多样性是一个亟待解决的核心问题。以霍姆斯的四模式为分析框架,把颁布《双语教育法》时纷繁复杂的社会背景置于规范模式、组织制度模式、精神状态模式和自然环境模式中进行分析,结果显示:(1)移民人口剧增并逐步扩展到新的区域,给美国公立学校造成了巨大压力;(2)司法判例对所实施的隔离但平等原则的彻底否定催生了新的希望;(3)少数族裔群体谴责主流社会的不公平,他们要求身份认同和获得更多权利的呼声愈来愈大;(4)联邦政府对保障国防安全、消除贫困现象等多重利益的考量,促成了《双语教育法》的颁布。     

基于思维法则学的跨文化信任框架——综合中国本土化思想与西方理论的尝试

以"承诺式信任"和"说服式信任"作为2个极端点,以"调节式信任"作为连续体的中间状态,提出了"信任的连续统一体"模型。该模型解释了中国情境下基于"关系"和"面子"的信任,以及西方基于认知、基于情感的信任;从调节式信任的角度,提出了跨文化信任的框架,分析了跨文化信任构建过程的一些阶段及调节策略;给出了关于发展中国管理理论、促进管理科学中国学派走向世界的思考。     

高校学生社团在弘扬民族文化中的作用

民族文化对民族的延续和国家的存亡,无论在任何时候都具有特别重要的意义,在培育民族优秀精神品格方面也起着其他方式难以替代的重要作用。在高校,大学生社团作为文化传播的主体,具备弘扬民族文化不可估量的优势。充分发挥学校领导的作用、建立健全民族文化类社团的良性机制、发挥社团成员聪明才智、激发大学生对民族文化的兴趣、注重打造精品民族文化类社团,致力于弘扬民族文化途径的探索,在大学生群体中开展民族文化活动,对民族文化的传承和发展都具有重大的促进作用。