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This volume addresses the question ‘What role does religion play in the maintenance, revival and/or shift, of languages?’ The chapters in this volume explore the complex and dynamic relationship between religion and the maintenance, revival and/or shift of languages in different multilingual multicultural contexts, under diverse sociopolitical conditions, at different points in time. The 12 chapters cover data from Algeria, India, Israel, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, UK, USA and Uganda and discuss the impact of context, ideology, identity and education on the following religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, and some religions closely associated with China such as Confucianism and Taoism, and their respective languages and varieties of language in these regions. The languages discussed by the writers in this volume include Arabic, English, Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Pali, Sanskrit, Tamazight and Yoruba.
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Indigenous efflorescence refers to the surprising economic prosperity, demographic increase and cultural renaissance currently found amongst many Indigenous communities around the world. This book moves beyond a more familiar focus on ‘revitalisation’ to situate these developments within their broader political and economic contexts. The materials in this volume also examine the everyday practices and subjectivities of Indigenous efflorescence and how these exist in tension with ongoing colonisation of Indigenous lands, and the destabilising impacts of global neoliberal capitalism. Contributions to this volume include both research articles and shorter case studies, and are drawn from amongst the Ainu and Sami (Saami/Sámi) peoples (in Ainu Mosir in northern Japan, and Sapmi in northern Europe, respectively). This volume will be of use to scholars working on contemporary Indigenous issues, as well as to Indigenous peoples engaged in linguistic and cultural revitalisation, and other aspects of Indigenous efflorescence.
Ainu --- Sami (European people) --- Social conditions. --- Laplanders --- Lapps --- Saam (European people) --- Saame (European people) --- Saami (European people) --- Same (European people) --- Samer (European people) --- Samit (European people) --- Arctic peoples --- Ethnology --- Finno-Ugrians --- Ainos --- Indigenous --- Revitalisation --- Anthropology,
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This book discusses the revitalization of decayed inner-city neighborhoods. It explores the role of social capital in stabilizing and turning around distressed communities, and it highlights the roles that local actors can and do play in the revitalization process.The Art of Revitalization takes two Chicago neighborhoods, Englewood and North Lawndale, as case studies. Zielenbach discusses them in the context of racial change and urban decay in Chicago since World War II. The account of the changing neighborhoods is fascinating and clear, and the strength of the author's portray
Urban renewal --- Community development, Urban --- Inner cities --- Central cities --- Ghettos, Inner city --- Inner city ghettos --- Inner city problems --- Zones of transitions --- Cities and towns --- Urban cores --- Community programs, Urban --- Neighborhood improvement programs --- Urban community development --- Urban economic development --- City planning --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban policy --- Citizen participation --- Government policy --- Social aspects --- RENOUVEAU URBAIN --- U.S.A. --- DEVELOPPEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE URBAIN --- REVITALISATION --- GEOGRAPHIE HUMAINE --- ILLINOIS --- CHICAGO
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Mit Blick auf Herausforderungen, wie Strukturschwäche, Überalterung und Entvölkerung, gilt es in Japan seit der Dreifachkatastrophe 2011 mehr denn je, mithilfe verschiedenster Bottom-Up- und Top-Down-Initiativen ländliche Regionen wiederzubeleben. Nicht nur sollen Regionsanwohner in ihrer Heimatverbundenheit gestärkt, sondern periphere Gebiete selbst als attraktive Arbeits- und Lebensräume inszeniert sowie langfristig umstrukturiert werden. "Postkoloniale" Abhängigkeiten von Wirtschaftsmächten in den Großstädten, sozioökonomische Gefälle zwischen Stadt und Land sowie Versäumnisse im Hinblick auf Langzeitplanung und Wissensentwicklung sind nur eine Handvoll der Ursachen, die die heutigen Herausforderungen ländlicher Provinzen prägen. Von Graswurzelinitiativen zur Rettung traditioneller matsuri über Anime-Tourismus bis hin zur Heiratsmigration berichtet der Band von Hintergründen, Folgen und Wechselwirkungen der Probleme in Japans Regionen. Der dritte Band der Reihe "Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung" zeichnet so ein Japan der Regionen, dessen Image stets zwischen nostalgischem Rückzugsort und abgehängtem Landstrich, belebender Alternative zur Großstadt und menschenleerem Geisterdorf wandelt.
Cultural and Social Science Research on Japan, Demographic change, revitalisation of Japanese regions, diversity of the periphery, remigration, Furusato-zukuri, marriage migration, rural Japan, media construction, social reality, Anime Tourism, Iwami, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, structural weakness, ageing, depopulation, bottom-up initiatives, top-down initiatives, homeland solidarity, post-colonial dependency, socio-economic disparities, traditional matsuri, grassroots initiatives, nostalgic place of retreat, suspended area, ghost village. --- Japan. --- Ländliche Region. --- Revitalisierung. --- Strukturschwäche. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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