Sökning: "Ethnic Chinese"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ethnic Chinese.

  1. 1. Amerta Movement of Java 1986-1997 : An Asian Movement Improvisation

    Författare :Lise Lavelle; Språk- och litteraturcentrum; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; improvisation; everyday movements; individuality; physicality; nature and spiritual life; identity; cultural roots; transformation; blosssoming; new developments; communication; bodily expression; flux; intercultural dialogue; Languages of South and South-East Asia; Chinese; Kinesiska och språk från Syd- och Sydostasien;

    Sammanfattning : Amerta Movement is free bodily movement combining the wisdom of Asia with contemporary western dynamics. It is both a concept and a practice. Life is viewed in terms of flux. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Culturally Significant Key Component of Qigong, ‘Heart adjustment’, is Lost in Translation

    Författare :Jing Li; Mikael Quennerstedt; John Jouper; Ingemar Wedman; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; concept of Qigong; ethnic sport; Heart adjustment; quality of Qigong; Qigong; Qigong state; standard of Qigong; state of unity; Three-adjustments;

    Sammanfattning : Qigong is a Chinese traditional ethnic sport that is practised worldwide. In the West it is often applied as an Eastern mind-body intervention. Although clinical trials have reported its positive effects, some scholars have questioned the research design and methodology. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Between Modern Schooling and Cultural Heritage : Education and Ethnicity in Southwest China

    Författare :Wei Wang; Pedagogik; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Modern schooling; Cultural heritage; Ethnic minority education; Teacher; Teacher education; Teacher educator; Multicultural education; Internal Orientalism; Xishuangbanna 西双版纳 ; Qianjiang 黔江 ; Dai 傣族 ; Tujia 土家族 ; China;

    Sammanfattning : Since the late 1970s, China has experienced remarkable socioeconomic development. The trend towards marketisation and modernisation overturned culturally-rooted lifestyles, and more and more ethnic minorities in China have started to regard their traditional cultures as irrelevant to their livelihoods and future and chosen to move away from them. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Navigating the foreign quarters : Everyday life of the Swedish East India Company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830

    Författare :Lisa Hellman; Leos Müller; Gunlög Fur; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Canton; Macao; Everyday Life; Swedish East India Company; China; 18th century; 19th century; Global history; Maritime History; Port city; Practices; Gender; Masculinity; Groups; Space; Communication; Material culture; Trust; Kanton; Macao; Vardagsliv; Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniet; Kina; 1700-tal; 1800-tal; Globalhistoria; Maritim historia; Hamn; Praktiker; Genus; Maskulinitet; Grupper; Rum; Kommunikation; Materialitet; Tillit; History; historia;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the everyday life of the Swedish East India company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830. Through a focus on everyday practices, analysed on the basis of ethnicity, class and gender, I show how the Swedes and other foreigners led their everyday life in a constant interplay between adaptation to and transgression of Chinese rules. LÄS MER

  7. 5. A typology of comparatives in Sinitic : grammaticalization, patterns and language contact

    Författare :Ansaldo Umberto; David Gil; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; General Linguistics; allmän språkvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation offers a window on the grammatical diversity of Chinese languages, hereafter referred to as Sinitic. It focuses in particular on comparative constructions of southern varieties such as Cantonese, Minnan and Hakka and compares these to northern Mandarin as well as some non- Sinitic languages of Southeast Asia. LÄS MER