Building Virtual Age-Friendly Communities in Minecraft

A key theme of Age-Friendly Honolulu’s initiative is intergenerational exchange. The initiative believes that youth need to be aware of aging issues, demographic change, and think critically about the potential impact on their lives. The goal of the Age-Friendly Honolulu Youth Engagement Initiative is to teach youth about the role of the built environment and community features in promoting active aging and engagement among older adults. This article describes a new program in the field that teaches youth and older adults to assess the built environment and then use design thinking and Minecraft (a popular video game in which players use 3-D blocks to create virtual lands) to develop and envision ideas to improve the livability of their neighborhood.     

Un/gendering Social Selves: How Nonbinary People Navigate and Experience a Binarily Gendered World

Based on in‐depth interviews, we explore how people who do not identify exclusively or consistently as either women or men (i.e., nonbinary people) navigate a culture that bifurcates people into women or men. Using an interactionist approach, we first analyze how interviewees employ discourse (e.g., names, identity labels, and pronouns) and the body (e.g., expressions, decoration, and transformation) to present themselves as nonbinary, which we conceptualize as ungendering social selves. Second, we examine the emotional benefits (e.g., authenticity, pride, liberation) and burdens (e.g., fear, rejection, exhaustion) of ungendering. Third, we uncover the emotional, social, and structural conditions under which our nonbinary‐identified participants sometimes present themselves as binarily gendered, which we conceptualize as gendering social selves. We conclude with discussing empirical and theoretical contributions.     

Finding common ground: how superdiversity is unsettling social work education

For social work education in the Netherlands, the rapid transition towards superdiversity means that its capacity to adapt to this new reality and to adjust to diverse students’ backgrounds is fiercely challenged. The key aim of this article is to discuss how social work educators are dealing with the unsettling challenges of increasing diversity, based on the research outcomes of an explorative study amongst Turkish–Dutch and Moroccan–Dutch female professionals. Two different groups of educators were asked to comment on the outcomes of this study. One of the dilemmas for educators is to determine what can be considered supportive and inclusive and as reducing inequality in education. The authors used two key theoretical concepts, ‘superdiversity’ and ‘the capability approach’. These theoretical perspectives were used to deconstruct the rather massive concepts of diversity and social justice, by emphasising contextual approaches. Both perspectives stress the urgent need to involve students as ‘active agents of change’, by building a social work community to stimulate and facilitate an on-going dialogue. To successfully fulfil a pivotal role in the upward mobility or emancipation of ethnic minority students, social work education needs to be adjusted to accommodate diverse student groups.     

How the acculturation of Baba Nyonya community affects Malacca food identity?

ABSTRACT

The migration of the Chinese community to Malacca in the 16th century has enabled the process of cross culturing and culinary acculturation, producing a unique mixture of Baba Nyonya food. Even though Baba Nyonya food is pretty much has been localised (Malay), its Chinese representation cannot be denied. This study aims to assess how the acculturation of the Baba Nyonya community affects Malacca food identity. A quantitative methodology is employed in this study. This study classifies Baba Nyonya food acculturation through (1) types of food; (2) methods of cooking; (3) ingredients; and (4) eating decorum. From the regression analysis, this study found that Baba Nyonya cultural polarity explains significant variation in the formation of Malacca food identity. This study then elaborates on the importance of Baba Nyonya food in Malacca destination branding.     

Understanding racial literacy through acts of (un)masking: Latinx teachers in a new Latinx diaspora community

As Latinx teachers are recruited to work in U.S. schools, a continued agenda to understand their experiences is warranted. This multiple case study considers the storytelling of six Latinx teachers in a new Latinx diaspora community. It documents both their racial literacy (the ability to resolve racially stressful issues) and their experiences with (un)masking (literal and figurative ways to cover or embrace racial markers). This study reveals the tensions that arise when Latinx teachers attempt to define their identity in social spaces where their languages, bodies, and names, among other markers, are racialized when read by others. Implications for teacher education include a call to include storytelling as a pedagogical tool to develop Latinx teachers’ racial literacy skills. By experiencing storytelling in their own schooling, Latinx teachers are more likely to model such racial literacy skills in their schooling communities; thereby, empowering a generation of students to enact more humanizing behaviors.     

Spaces of Muslim Identity in Inverness,Scotland

Each generation of immigrants has its own challenges; for example, how to maintain already constructed identities among first generation immigrants and how to construct identities of the second generation of immigrants. Numerous literature suggests that the previous studies on these topics have been conducted within larger cities such as London, Glasgow or Edinburgh. This article examines how Muslim immigrants in a small city maintain and modify some aspects of their religious and cultural identities. The data consist of 30 interviews conducted with first and second generation of Muslim immigrants in Scotland, analysis of which suggests the size of the city does not appear to affect daily Muslim practices nor their ability to maintain Muslim identity. Rather, access to shared spaces, such as Inverness Masjid and the local halal meat shop, become critical to how Muslim's maintain and modify their identity in a new place.     

新形势下加强高校教师队伍建设的对策

文章在分析当前我国高校教师队伍建设面临的形势和挑战的基础上,对进一步加强高校教师队伍建设、提高教师队伍素质提出了以下对策:优化教师队伍结构,建立充满生机与活力的用人机制,拓宽教师的来源渠道,构建现代教师继续教育体系,加强师德建设和学术规范建设以及推进高校的对外合作与交流.     

当前高校学生党支部建设中存在的问题与对策

高校学生党支部是在高校党委领导下的基层党组织,担负着党在高校直接联系大学生,把党的路线、方针、政策落实到大学生群体中的重要职责,我校在开展学生党建工作时积极创新学生党支部工作模式,积累了一些经验,但也存在一些亟需解决的问题。对此应继续加强党支部组织建设,强化各支部委员职责意识;建立健全各项制度,加大党员的继续教育力度;强化大学生思想政治教育工作,端正学生入党动机;重视网络党建工作,拓展党建阵地,发挥网络服务党员的作用。     

芒飞节神话的流传及其认同功能——基于泰国、老挝、越南的研究

神话是人类精神的宝贵财富。在当代社会中,神话并非日益僵化、消亡与不合时宜的。芒飞节(Bun Bangfai)起源神话及其异文在泰国东北部、老挝和越南不同族群之间的传承与扩散,印证了神话在仪式中扮演的特殊角色,再现出神话对不同层次认同的铸就功能。这种认同包括了文化认同、族群认同、国家认同与宗教认同等。神话至今仍发挥着巨大的力量。     

略论民初孙中山的党德重构思想

孙中山从民初巩固党基与民主共和等方面阐述了党德重构的必要性和重要性 ,“修明党德”需要党员“明白党义” ,“遵守党德”、“服从命令”与“国家” ,立志“做大事” ,努力“替众人来服务”、“为中华民国求幸福”。而政党严格纪律 ,党员加强道德修养提高辨别是非能力是达此目的的必要途径。这一党德重构成为孙中山道德思想的核心 ,决定其道德思想高于近代大众道德的精英化倾向 ,是中国近代政党建设的宝贵精神财富 ,至今仍值得珍视