Discusses the difficulty in rendering culture-specific or language-specific elements in film subtitled translations of dialogue. Indicates the strategies used by subtitlers when confronted by these phenomena. Analyzes four French films rendered in Danish subtitles with regard to these issues. (HB)

Critical theory and feminist theory offer to nurses points from which to approach change as nursing struggles for autonomy, accountability, and control over the profession. Nurses need to examine the forces that influence the profession as well as the individual and group identities of nurses. (Author)

Discusses the culture of technology, how it differs from the past, why change is needed, what are the problems associated with the change, and how technology education programs should be implemented. (JOW)

Defines and illustrates the main tools used in intercultural research: ethnography, ethnicity, social interaction, identity, and culture. These are the ongoing product of intersecting processes. All are social accomplishments, influenced by the context in which they occur. The anthropologist and native jointly participate in these enterprises. (17…

Raimes' article on the history of second-language approaches to teaching writing is reviewed and criticized for its failure to support a social context approach to teaching writing. Raimes' response to Canagarajah supports her original position. (11 references) (LB)

Interpretive approaches to the study of children address the fundamental question of how children come to invest cultural resources with meaning. The theoretical rationale and the key premises of these approaches are described. A discussion of interpretive methodological principles focuses on ethnographic methods. (MM)

An acculturation scale completed by 262 male and 203 female Asian adolescents in Britain and their family background information were compared to a 1974 sampling of 43 boys and 55 girls. In the current group, girls scored higher than boys, Hindus and Sikhs higher than Muslims, and those from manual work backgrounds lower than those from nonmanual…

Explores language as a cultural commodity through examination of the different values of rhetoric in Arabic- and English-speaking cultures, as evidenced by the language of the war against Iraq, and through examination of the role of language in determining economic status in France, the United States, and England. (18 references) (Author/CB)

Examines how the cultural revolution in China has changed, to some extent, the rules governing the use of address terms, discussing the close interrelation between the use of address terms and cultural values and how the change in mental outlook has led to the depreciation or appreciation of certain terms. (Author/CB)

Compares Freire's approach to education with enterprise education (small business development as in the Durham University model). Concludes that there is more common ground than expected; educational approaches that ignore economic realities are inappropriate; and a bigger role for enterprise education focused on small businesses is possible. (SK)

Describes the emergence of the publication of artists' books as a historical phenomenon, particularly as a late twentieth-century innovation. Outlines the traditions and forms of various artists' books of the past several decades. Provides extensive coverage of this genre of book coverage, including numerous photographs. (HB)

Describes the work of rural-circuit medical librarians and explains the development of mapping techniques and information systems they use, based on an oral history. Discusses the use of oral history as a research method; cultural landscaping and mapping; and maps as cultural artifacts. (LRW)

Explores effect of the cultural story of the creation of the universe and development of civilization on the course of human history. Notes that our current story leaves us at a crossroads between progressive disconnection from the natural world and reestablishing a connection. Advocates reconstructing all human systems to develop an intellectual…

Although educational improvements have occurred over the past 30 years, few have had optimal effects. Three functional areas (teacher-organization-intervention) jointly influence an innovation's success. Realization of innovations appears to be more influenced by subjective experiences and culturally bound opinions than by well-managed…

Reports on a research project concerning face-to-face tutorials in the Open University of Hong Kong's distance education system, including students' expectations of the benefits and their satisfaction. Compares results with those reported for distance learners in the West to assess the impact of cultural context on student attitudes to tutorials.…