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{"title":"Civic Engagement of Christian Women in Pakistan","authors":"Tansif ur Rehman","doi":"10.32591/COAS.OJAS.0301.01001R","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32591/COAS.OJAS.0301.01001R","url":null,"abstract":"In Pakistan, which is an ideological state, the minority issue is sociological, as well as legal at the same time. Christians are the largest religious minority in Pakistan, but at all levels are facing discrimination, i.e. in socioeconomic, as well as politico-legal sphere. They are considered as a second-class citizen by masses. While the women who belong to this minority group are facing double discrimination, firstly as a woman, and then as a Christian. Interview schedule was used to collect data from the respective respondents. It is an exploratory research which was conducted in Essa Nagri (Karachi), which is one of the oldest residential areas of the city, and represents one of the largest population of Christian minority in Pakistan, i.e. around 40,000 people reside in Essa Nagri. The entire respective population comprises of poor and lower middle class, as most of the population works as sweepers, housemaids, laborers in KMC, and sellers.","PeriodicalId":231044,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal for Anthropological Studies","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128035063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Social Embeddedness of the Dance Culture in a Moldavian Village","authors":"Vivien Szőny","doi":"10.32591/COAS.OJAS.0202.01037S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32591/COAS.OJAS.0202.01037S","url":null,"abstract":"The present research examines those changes that happened between the 1940s and the 2010s to the dance culture of a Moldavian Csángó village of East Romania called Magyarfalu. In the light of a holistic approach and on the basis of archive data and fieldwork, the leading aims are to identify those adaptation practices that lie behind the transformation of the dance culture, the triggers thereof, that is the micro or macro processes which induced the adaptation in the local community and to find an answer to the following question: what is the function that dancing itself fulfils in the life of the village when the phenomenon is regarded as social practice. The results suggest that the changes in the dance culture are triggered by ecological, economic, social, and cultural mechanisms; through the adaptation practices, the dance culture’s self-organised and institutional forms allow the members of the community to attain cultural, social, and economic capital, in addition to that, satisfying certain needs and requirements of the community, contribute to the harmonious functioning of the social structure of Magyarfalu. In the present paper, the social embeddedness is demonstrated by real cases and it is proven that the theoretical frameworks of biopsychology and structural-functionalism are relevant when the anthropological eye turns upon the dance research. Abstract Cultural shift and poverty problem are two matters occurring most frequently in marginalized customary community environment. Those two matters also occur in Benteng Chinese community living in Tangerang area. This research aimed to describe the role of Benteng Chinese women in Community’s cultural and economic resilience. The method employed in this research was qualitative one with Ethnographic approach. This research took place in Kelurahan Mekarsari, Neglasari Sub District, Tangerang City, Banten Province. Eight informants were employed in this study: Benteng Chinese community, members of Lentera Benteng Jaya Resource Development Female Cooperatives, members of Cokek Sipatmo Dance group, and those related. Techniques of collecting data used were interview and observation. Data validation employed source and method validities with Spradley’s Developmental Research Sequence model analysis technique. The result of research showed that cultural and economic resilience problems can be dealt with using social capital the Benteng Chinese women affiliated in Lentera Benteng Jaya Resource Development Female Cooperatives have.","PeriodicalId":231044,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal for Anthropological Studies","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125888889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sociopragmatic Failure: Struggling with Cross-Cultural Differences in Communication","authors":"Diana Stukan","doi":"10.32591/COAS.OJAS.0201.03027S","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32591/COAS.OJAS.0201.03027S","url":null,"abstract":"Communicative norms differ from one culture to another. Therefore, if language learners lack knowledge of appropriate linguistic behaviour in different countries, they may often experience some difficulties speaking a foreign language. In this case, sociopragmatic failure occurs. In the relevant literature, there is a tendency to explain sociopragmatic failure comparing various languages to English. However, the present article analyses the examples of this phenomenon in Ukrainian as compared to Mexican Spanish using the cooperative principle, the politeness principle and a concept of face as a guideline. The data used in this paper is retrieved from the author’s personal experiences of intercultural interactions. The article suggests that sociopragmatic failure can often lead to a breakdown in communication. Thus, language teachers should provide pragmatic instruction to their learners.","PeriodicalId":231044,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal for Anthropological Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123001821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of Obstacles and Challenges Encountered by Parents in Roma Communities in Early Enrolment: Case of Slovakia","authors":"Lýdia Mirgová","doi":"10.32591/coas.ojas.0501.01001m","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojas.0501.01001m","url":null,"abstract":"The theme of this article is informing about existing policies, practices and situation (including gender disaggregated statistics) with regard to the enrolment of Roma children in pre-school and primary school in the target localities of Veľká Lomnica and Toporec. It is done by an analysis of the obstacles and challenges encountered in their adequate and timely enrolment, as well as identified solutions a description of the implemented activities and their outputs; and recommendations on how to overcome the identified obstacles and to establish long-term solutions ensuring equal access of Roma children to quality and non-segregated education.","PeriodicalId":231044,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal for Anthropological Studies","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124030424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}