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Exploration of Cultural and Creative Products in Libraries under the Background of Cultural and Tourism Integration
[Purpose/Significance] The research on the cultural and creative products in libraries under the background of cultural and tourism integration is conducive to the in-depth exploration of cultural connotation and systematic exposition of the era value contained in collection resources, and has an important guiding value for reform, innovation and high-quality development of libraries in the new era. [Method/Process] Using online investigation and literature analysis, this paper sorts out the background of libraries' services in cultural and tourism integration, and the current situation of theoretical research and practical exploration of cultural and creative products development, and analyzes the relationship between them. [Results/Conclusions] The development of cultural and creative products and the integration of cultural and tourism are the \"two wings\" of a library. The integration of culture and tourism provides an external extension for the development of cultural and creative products in terms of development subjects, relied resources, products categories and marketing groups. The development of cultural and creative products provides a feasible path for the realization of cultural and tourism integration, such as material carriers, bearing medium and effective platform. Under the background of cultural and tourism integration, the development of cultural and creative products should jointly set up a working team and train skilled people in products development, integrate cultural and tourism elements to develop cultural and tourism products, and improve the cross-border marketing system and actively carry out network marketing and word-of-mouth marketing.
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Parochialism, social norms, and discrimination against immigrants
Ingroup bias and outgroup prejudice are pervasive features of human behavior, motivating various forms of discrimination and conflict. In an era of increased cross-border migration, these tendencies exacerbate intergroup conflict between native populations and immigrant groups, raising the question of how conflict can be overcome. We address this question through a large-scale field intervention conducted in 28 cities across three German states, designed to measure assistance provided to immigrants during everyday social interactions. This randomized trial found that cultural integration signaled through shared social norms mitigates—but does not eliminate—bias against immigrants driven by perceptions of religious differences. Our results suggest that eliminating or suppressing ascriptive (e.g., ethnic) differences is not a necessary path to conflict reduction in multicultural societies; rather, achieving a shared understanding of civic behavior can form the basis of cooperation.
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Communication Skills of Library Staff
Throughout the historical ages, migration movements have occurred due to different reasons such as wars, internal disturbances, environmental disasters, economic depressions, technological developments, and education. Efficient integration of individuals into society as a result of migration depends on the development of a multicultural perspective. Libraries are among the leading institutions today in terms of recognizing different cultures. Libraries serve everyone in society without any discrimination. In multicultural societies, immigrants can quickly and easily access all kinds of information they need from cultural libraries and information centers so that they can adapt to their new places and get equal service in cultural and social fields. For instance Canada, which is an example of a multicultural society, people who have been in the country were interviewed in the study aiming to evaluate the communication skills of staff working in library services. The data obtained with the semi-structured interview technique were subjected to thematic analysis. As a result of the analysis, a total of seven sub-themes were determined with two themes, ‘Library Services' and ‘Communication Skills'.
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Socio-cultural integration and holistic health among Indigenous young adults
Background
Research on associations between social integration and wellbeing holds promise to inform policy and practice targets for health promotion. Yet, studies of social connection too frequently rely on overly simplistic measures and give inadequate attention to manifestation and meanings of social integration across diverse groups. We use the term
socio-cultural integration
to describe expanded assessment of both social and cultural aspects of belonging and connection.
Methods
We examined 7 distinct indicators of socio-cultural integration, identified heterogeneous patterns of responses across these indicators using latent profile analysis, and determined their relevance for wellbeing using survey data from a study with Indigenous communities in the U.S. and Canada. Wellbeing was measured using holistic ratings of self-rated physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
Results
Latent profile analysis (LPA) of responses to the 7 socio-cultural integration variables yielded a 3-class model, which we labeled low, moderate, and high integration. Mean scores on self-rated physical, mental and spiritual health were significantly associated with LPA profiles, such that those in the low integration group had the lowest self-rated health scores and those in the high integration group had the highest health scores. With the exception of similar ratings of cultural identification between low and moderate integration profiles, patterns of responses to the diverse socio-cultural integration measures varied significantly across the 3 latent profiles.
Conclusions
Results underscore the importance of expanding our assessment of social integration with attention to the interrelationships of family, community, culture, and our environment. Such concepts align with Indigenous conceptions of wellbeing, and have relevance for health across cultures. More concretely, the indicators of socio-cultural integration used in this study (e.g., cultural identity, having a sense of connectedness to nature or family, giving or receiving social support) represent malleable targets for inclusion in health promotion initiatives.
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Yang’s Cultural-Ecological Psychology: A Perspective for Interpreting Cultural Change
Kuo-Shu Yang (d. 2018) developed a cultural-ecological psychology when researching how personality traits can change under the influence of environmental factors. Such factors can include sociocultural values that might affect personality dispositions and behavior. Within this general perspective, Yang also developed two supplemental theories: (1) a cultural theory of personality motivation that expands on the psychology of Abraham Maslow, and (2) a cultural theory of personality development in which Yang describes the various kinds of adaptation responses that persons exhibit when they encounter cultural change. With respect to such adaptation responses, Yang indicates that the response of cultural integration can support a person’s health and continued social functioning. In order to facilitate an acculturation response of integration, Yang recommends the indigenization of new cultural values. In this way, Yang proposes that empirical methods can be indigenized by researchers when they develop culturally-integrated approaches to inquiry in the human sciences.
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