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The Case of John and Juliet: TV Reboots, Gender Swaps, and the Denial of Queer Identity 《约翰与朱丽叶的故事:电视重启、性别互换和对酷儿身份的否认》

Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2022-0189

Mareike Jenner

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Social Connection when Physically Isolated: Family Experiences in Using Video Calls 物理隔离时的社会联系:使用视频通话的家庭体验

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2022-0165

I. Kačāne, M. Hernández-Serrano

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A Russian Aristocrat in the Principality of Liechtenstein: Life Trajectories, Material Culture, and Language 列支敦士登公国的俄罗斯贵族:生活轨迹、物质文化和语言

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2022-0172

Irina Grinevskaya

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The Mirror Image of Sino-Western in America’s First Work on Travel to China 美国第一部中国游记中的中西镜像

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2022-0176

Jing Yang

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Domestication of Russian Cuisine in the United States: Wanda L Frolov’s Katish: Our Russian Cook (1947) 俄罗斯美食在美国的本土化:旺达·弗洛洛夫的《卡蒂什:我们的俄罗斯厨师》(1947)

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2022-0182

Sasha Razor

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Rousseau’s Herbarium, or The Art of Living Together 卢梭的植物标本馆，或共同生活的艺术

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2022-0167

Synne Ytre Arne

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Strategies of Localizing Video Games into Arabic: A Case Study of PUBG and Free Fire 电子游戏的阿拉伯本土化策略——以《绝地求生》和《Free Fire》为例

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2022-0179

Shatha Jarrah, Ahmad S. Haider, S. Al-Salman

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Youth and Intergenerational Transmission of Cultural Intelligence in Latvia, Spain and Turkey 拉脱维亚、西班牙和土耳其的青年与文化智力的代际传递

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2022-0183

I. Kačāne, Y. Şentürk, Marta Rovira Martínez

{"title":"Youth and Intergenerational Transmission of Cultural Intelligence in Latvia, Spain and Turkey","authors":"I. Kačāne, Y. Şentürk, Marta Rovira Martínez","doi":"10.1515/culture-2022-0183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2022-0183","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The article is based on the data obtained from the qualitative research on intergenerational dynamics of cultural socialization representing 31 family cases in Latvia, Catalonia (Spain), and Turkey. It is aimed at exploring in what ways young people’s (age range 14–25) cultural intelligence is shaped and how the degrees of openness to inter-group communication are developed. The article focuses on the everyday interactions of young people around their neighbourhoods, by examining their reported perceptions and modes of participation. It also explores the experience of young people with cultural diversity, and cultural interactions as a cultural capital, including how intergenerational relationships and dynamics take part in the formation of cultural intelligence of young people. The research findings on the transmission of cultural intelligence demonstrate that openness and experience are crucial in adapting to various forms of intergroup communication, such as intercultural processes, culturally diverse environments, and interactions with people from different cultures. Consequently, expanding cross-cultural experiences and broadening experiences can effectively challenge and redefine stereotypical biases, ultimately reaching broader segments of societies and enhancing effective communication both within the home country and beyond.","PeriodicalId":41385,"journal":{"name":"Open Cultural Studies","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41411451","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}

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Aspects of Visual Content Covered in the Audio Description of Arabic Series: A Corpus-assisted Study 阿拉伯语系列音频描述所涵盖的视觉内容方面:语料库辅助研究

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2022-0174

N. Darwish, Ahmad S. Haider, Hadeel Saed

{"title":"Aspects of Visual Content Covered in the Audio Description of Arabic Series: A Corpus-assisted Study","authors":"N. Darwish, Ahmad S. Haider, Hadeel Saed","doi":"10.1515/culture-2022-0174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2022-0174","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract People with visual impairment need a special form of audio-visual translation (AVT) to have access to multimedia products such as series and movies. Audio description (AD) is an AVT mode that describes what is happening in the images through words. It is a necessary accessibility tool that allows the blind and visually impaired to visualize scenes through spoken material. This study examines the types of information covered in the AD of the Jordanian Netflix drama series ‘Madrast Al-Rawabi LilBanat’ (AlRawabi School for Girls) following a corpus-assisted approach. Subsequent to watching the series and transcribing the verbal AD content, the researchers conducted frequency and concordance (KWIC) analyses using the Wordsmith 6 (WS6) software package to identify the categories of information covered in the AD. The findings showed six categories, namely description of characters, description of actions, interpersonal interactions, description of settings, emotional states, and on-screen texts. This study recommends conducting further research on AD in the Arab world to expand the accessibility services provided by official TV channels and streaming platforms.","PeriodicalId":41385,"journal":{"name":"Open Cultural Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42813620","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}

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On the Happening of “Frank’s Place”: A Neo-Heideggerian Psychogeographic Appreciation of an Enchanted Locale 论“弗兰克的地方”的发生:新海德格尔对一个迷人场所的心理地理欣赏

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Open Cultural Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/culture-2022-0180

A. Urie

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