This article discusses some critical readings of theoretical texts on gender in Southeast Asian countries, where the intersections of past and present, of the global and the local, capitalism, post-colonialism and post-modernism define the guidelines to explore the negotiation and evolution of gender concepts. Gender issues are located not only within structures of symbolic meaning, but also in relation to the historical and political forces that have marked a plurality of post-colonial contexts, where local notions about gender (in)equality and complementarity are constantly evolving. This article claims that the previously silenced narratives of non-Western women must be given a new role and status, in a modern transnational, interdisciplinary cultural grid. Narratives of everyday common life create spaces of empathy, and consequently, projects of action and research will be conducted in order to obtain concrete and useful results. However, many narratives of the everyday practice are actually stories of violence, a type of discourse generated by extreme poverty, substantial inequality and daily contact with terror. In addition, this article also analyses the role played by female characters in the building of the nation’s narrative, both in colonial and post-colonial times, with its enduring stereotypes, dichotomies and metaphors of power.
Resumen: Este artículo aborda el concepto de la interculturalidad en las humanidades como movimiento, comunicación y dinámica, con el propósito de discutir sus consecuencias pragmáticas en el mundo académico y la sociedad. Nos proponemos examinar algunas prácticas y estrategias de interacción cultural, en su movimiento perpetuo, en una indefinición peligrosa pero estimulante de límites. En la diversidad cultural contemporánea, pasado y presente, global y local, convergen en el análisis de conceptos y objetos estrechamente relacionados con transformaciones políticas, económicas, sociales y culturales en curso. La investigación científica es también un área de intersecciones, de traducción cultural permanente, es decir, de reinterpretación, de reposicionamiento de los símbolos y signos dentro de las jerarquías existentes. Esta reflexión sobre la interculturalidad en las humanidades favorece interpretaciones contextualizadas que, en su incertidumbre, producen nuevas hipótesis, teorías y explicaciones.Palabras clave: Interculturalidad; Multiculturalidad; Poder; Diversidad; Epistemología; Traducción.Resumo: Este artigo aborda o conceito de interculturalidade nas humanidades enquanto movimento, comunicação e dinâmica, com o objetivo de discutir as suas consequências pragmáticas no mundo acadêmico e na sociedade. Pretendemos examinar algumas práticas e estratégias de interação cultural, no seu movimento perpétuo, numa indefinição tão perigosa quanto livre de fronteiras. Na diversidade cultural contemporânea, passado e presente, global e local, convergem na análise de conceitos e objetos estreitamente relacionados com as transformações políticas, econômicas, sociais e culturais em curso. A pesquisa científica também é uma área de interseções, de tradução cultural permanente, isto é, de reinterpretação, de reposicionamento de símbolos e sinais dentro das hierarquias existentes. Essa reflexão sobre a interculturalidade nas humanidades favorece interpretações contextualizadas que, na sua incerteza, produzem novas hipóteses, teorias e explicações. Palavras-chave:Interculturalidade; Multiculturalidade; Poder; Diversidade; Epistemologia; Tradução.Abstract: This article discusses the concept of interculturalism in the humanities as a movement, communication and dynamics, in order to analyze its pragmatic consequences in academia and society. We propose to examine some practices and strategies of cultural interaction, in its perpetual motion, in a dangerous but stimulating uncertainty of limits. In contemporary cultural diversity, past and present, global and local converge in the analysis of concepts and objects closely related, to economic, social and cultural ongoing political transformations. Scientific research is also an area of intersections, of permanent cultural translation, ie, of reinterpretation, of repositioning of symbols and signs within existing hierarchies. This reflection on interculturalism in social studies favors contextualized interpretations that, in its uncertainty, produce new hypotheses, theories and e...
This paper approaches the topic of tourism as a global intercultural business, resorting to notions of culture, identity, representation and territory, among other concepts used in intercultural studies. Studying global tourism not only means thinking about it in terms of the world’s economy, but also regarding issues of identity and difference, representation, heritage, history and transformation of geographic spaces into significant places. Exploring tourism as a world cultural phenomenon is a way of associating it with the ever-polemic concept of globalization, often understood as a manifestation of Western dominance. Thus, this paper will also address matters of ethics, power and cultural hegemony. Addressing tourism as an intercultural business is both an opportunity and a challenge. The opportunity to develop routes of cultural tourism while empowering and engaging communities in the protection of cultural heritage; the challenge to enhance sustainable tourism, with an impact on employment, economic growth, poverty reduction, environmental protection and the general preservation of authenticity in culture and heritage. By recognizing the value of different sections of the community, cultural resources and heritage that could otherwise be seen as ordinary become exceptional. And the exceptional is what tourists seek, as opposed to the commonplace routine of everyday life. Keywords: Intercultural, tourism, power, identity, discourse, development
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