Culture is transnational

IF 1.5 2区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

International Journal of Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-11 DOI:10.1177/13678779221131349

Łukasz Szulc

引用次数: 1

Abstract

In this article, I ask that culture be properly recognized as transnational, with all the implications of transnationalism, including cultural mobility as well as cultural imperialism and colonial legacies. I first establish that we all have culture and that the culture we all have is always already transnational. In particular, I call for the contextual specificity of the dominant culture to be acknowledged and scrutinized, as well as for all cultures to be thought of as provisional assemblages of multiple and entangled scales that co-create each other. I then offer some methodological, ethical, and political propositions to advance a truly transnational cultural studies, including radically contextualizing culture, employing comparative research, and de-westernizing academia. In conclusion, I ask for a radical mainstreaming of transnationalism in cultural studies; a universal recognition of culture as transnational and a universal engagement with a transnational sense of place in the studies of culture.

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文化是跨国的

在这篇文章中，我要求正确地承认文化是跨国的，具有跨民族主义的所有含义，包括文化流动以及文化帝国主义和殖民遗产。我首先确定我们都有文化，我们都有的文化总是跨国的。特别是，我呼吁承认和审视主导文化的背景特异性，并将所有文化视为相互创造的多重纠缠尺度的临时组合。然后，我提出了一些方法论、伦理和政治主张，以推进真正的跨国文化研究，包括从根本上将文化情境化、采用比较研究和学术去西方化。最后，我要求将跨民族主义彻底纳入文化研究的主流；普遍承认文化是跨国的，并普遍参与文化研究中的跨国地位感。

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International Journal of Cultural Studies Multiple-

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

9.50%

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期刊介绍： International Journal of Cultural Studies is committed to rethinking cultural practices, processes, texts and infrastructures beyond traditional national frameworks and regional biases. The journal publishes theoretical, empirical and historical analyses that interrogate what culture means, and what culture does, across global and local scales of power and action, diverse technologies and forms of mediation, and multiple dimensions of performance, experience and identity. Dedicated to theoretical and methodological innovation in cultural research, the journal is multidisciplinary in outlook, publishing relevant contributions that integrate approaches from the social sciences, humanities, information sciences and more. International Journal of Cultural Studies publishes original research articles. The journal gives preference to papers that extend existing theory or generate new theory through interpretive engagement with empirical cases. Papers based on single country case-studies should clearly indicate and develop the broader relevance of their analyses for an international readership. The journal does not publish close readings of single texts; but it does consider critical, contextualised readings that similarly indicate and develop the broader relevance of their analyses to the field. International Journal of Cultural Studies regularly publishes special issues on urgent questions in the field as well as on specific regions, industries and practices.