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Albert J Ammerman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • modeling the role of voyaging in the coastal spread of the early neolithic in the west mediterranean
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017
    Co-Authors: Neus Isern, Joao Zilhao, Joaquim Fort, Albert J Ammerman
    Abstract:

    The earliest dates for the West Mediterranean Neolithic indicate that it expanded across 2,500 km in about 300 y. Such a fast spread is held to be mainly due to a demic process driven by dispersal along coastal routes. Here, we model the Neolithic spread in the region by focusing on the role of voyaging to understand better the core elements that produced the observed pattern of dates. We also explore the effect of Cultural Interaction with Mesolithic populations living along the coast. The simulation study shows that (i) sea travel is required to obtain reasonable predictions, with a minimum sea-travel range of 300 km per generation; (ii) leapfrog coastal dispersals yield the best results (quantitatively and qualitatively); and (iii) Interaction with Mesolithic people can assist the spread, but long-range voyaging is still needed to explain the archaeological pattern.

Carla Almeida Santos - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • images of the other selling study abroad in a postcolonial world
    Journal of Travel Research, 2009
    Co-Authors: Kellee Caton, Carla Almeida Santos
    Abstract:

    Representation of Cultural Others in tourism texts is an important concern. Thus far, analyses of mass-mediated tourism representations have focused on promotional materials produced by for-profit agencies or by governments charged with encouraging development through tourism. Lacking have been assessments of materials produced by non-profit brokers with humanitarian missions. This study interrogates the promotional literature of one such agency, Semester at Sea (SAS), to determine whether its representational practices differ from the mainstream. Grounded in postcolonial theory and employing content, semiotic, and discourse analysis, it argues that although SAS embraces a mission of promoting cross-Cultural Interaction and global citizenship, the program nevertheless continues to (re)produce hegemonic depictions of non-Westerners, asserting a Western superiority ideology by polarizing the West and the Rest into binaries of modern-traditional, technologically advanced-backward, and master -servant and dec...

Neus Isern - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • modeling the role of voyaging in the coastal spread of the early neolithic in the west mediterranean
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017
    Co-Authors: Neus Isern, Joao Zilhao, Joaquim Fort, Albert J Ammerman
    Abstract:

    The earliest dates for the West Mediterranean Neolithic indicate that it expanded across 2,500 km in about 300 y. Such a fast spread is held to be mainly due to a demic process driven by dispersal along coastal routes. Here, we model the Neolithic spread in the region by focusing on the role of voyaging to understand better the core elements that produced the observed pattern of dates. We also explore the effect of Cultural Interaction with Mesolithic populations living along the coast. The simulation study shows that (i) sea travel is required to obtain reasonable predictions, with a minimum sea-travel range of 300 km per generation; (ii) leapfrog coastal dispersals yield the best results (quantitatively and qualitatively); and (iii) Interaction with Mesolithic people can assist the spread, but long-range voyaging is still needed to explain the archaeological pattern.

Philip L Pearce - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • from culture shock and culture arrogance to culture exchange ideas towards sustainable socio Cultural tourism1
    Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1995
    Co-Authors: Philip L Pearce
    Abstract:

    Ecologically sustainable development has captured the imagination and the serious attention of governments and world business. All too frequently the socio‐Cultural component of ecologically sustainable development is given secondary and cursory attention in the planning of industry futures, including the future of tourism. This review paper will argue that empowering visitors, training tourism professionals and educating host communities in the nature of Cultural Interaction are all necessary activities in order to move from a paradigm of culture shock to one of Cultural exchange, and hence ecologically sustainable socio‐Cultural development. This paper presents two opposing future scenarios for tourism development, under which key socio‐Cultural implications for four groups of participants are outlined. These groups, segmented for the purpose of analysis, are: tourism community professionals; the host community; visitors in general; and visitors who are committed culture seekers. Specific educational, r...

Joanna L Curtis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the Cultural dimension of uncertainty avoidance impacts police civilian Interaction
    Law and Human Behavior, 2017
    Co-Authors: Ellen Giebels, Miriam Sharon Danielle Oostinga, Paul J Taylor, Joanna L Curtis
    Abstract:

    This research examines how the Cultural dimension of uncertainty avoidance—a person’s (in)tolerance for uncertain or unknown situations—impacts communication alignment in crisis negotiations. We hypothesized that perpetrators high on uncertainty avoidance would respond better to negotiators who use formal language and legitimize their position with reference to law, procedures, and moral codes. Data were transcriptions of 53 negotiations from a Dutch–German police training initiative, where police negotiators interacted with a high (German) and low (Dutch) uncertainty-avoidant mock perpetrator. Consistent with accounts of cross-Cultural Interaction, negotiators tended to achieve more alignment in within-culture Interactions compared to cross-Cultural Interactions. Moreover, German negotiators, who scored higher on uncertainty avoidance than the Dutch negotiators, were found to use more legitimizing messages and more formal language than their Dutch counterparts. Critically, irrespective of the negotiators Cultural background, the use of these behaviors was a significant moderator of the degree to which negotiator and perpetrator aligned their communicative frames: Using legitimizing and formal language helped with German perpetrators but had no effect on Dutch perpetrators. Our findings show the effects of Cultural background on communication alignment and demonstrate the benefits of using more formal language and messages that emphasize law and regulations when interacting with perpetrators high on uncertainty avoidance