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2. 1. The Taizhou Movement : Being Mindful in Sixteenth Century China

   Author : Johanna Lidén; Olof Sundqvist; Roger Greatrex; Joachim Gentz; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Taizhou movement; Confucianism; Neo-Confucianism; Wang Gen; religious ideas; religious praxis; self-respect; self-protection; calming the mind; Wang Yangming; Buddhism; Yan Jun; Daoism; He Xinyin; Luo Rufang; religious persecution; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to define and analyze the religious ideas, praxis and organizations of the Taizhou movement using the earliest sources from the Ming dynasty. The Taizhou movement originated with a salt merchant named Wang Gen (1483–1541), who became a disciple of the well-known Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Yangming (1472–1529). READ MORE

4. 2. Embodying morality : Girls' socialization in a north Vietnamese commune

   Author : Helle Rydström; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Body; Vietnam; Gender; Morality; Girls; Child Socialization; Education; Confucianism; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : This study argues that Vietnamese girls' socialization is inseparable from the symbolic and biological meaning of female and male bodies. Socialization is not so much about "sex" (i.e. biological sex) or "gender" (i. READ MORE

5. 3. Narratives of Change : Youth Participation in Vietnamese Development Programs

   Author : Yên T. Mai; Tora Holmberg; Suruchi Thapar-Björkert; Elina Oinas; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; participation; development; capacity-building; civil society; Vietnam; civic engagement; public sphere; narratives; frames; boundary; youth; collective action; Confucianism; authoritarianism; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : In development studies, the definition of what good "development" entails remains a contentious topic. In particular, the "participatory turn" in development practices has faced criticism due to its vague conceptualization, underlying assumptions, and often paradoxical outcomes. READ MORE

6. 4. Hand-in-Hand in the Peach Flower Land : Analysis of Huí Cadre Agency in the Literature Propaganda Magazine Kāidū River in the North-West Borderland of China

   Author : Kim Jarle Wroldsen; Irmy Schweiger; Jenny White; Rune Steenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethnic; minzu; cadres; literature; china; xinjiang; propaganda; ideology; islam; confucianism; discourse; nationalism; maoism; Asiens språk och kulturer; Asian Languages and Cultures;

   Abstract : This thesis studies how mínzú (ethnic) agency is effectuated through propaganda literature among Muslim minority cadres in the Yānqí Huí Autonomous County of the Xīnjiāng Uyghur Autonomous Region of North-West China in the 2010s. The aim is to understand to what extent and in what ways mínzú identification can have a socio-politically significant impact on the activities of mínzú cadres in a restrictive environment and in a medium where mínzú agency is controversial and difficult to implement. READ MORE

7. 5. The “Good Child” and Nation-Building in Japan: Faith, Equality and Utilitarianism in The First Japanese Primary School Reader

   Author : Martin Nordeborg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Japanese language; education; Meiji; nation-building; identity; discourse; dialogism;

   Abstract : Education is said to be one of the cornerstones of bringing a people together, of building a nation. The Fundamental Code of Education in 1872 (Gakusei) envisioned a common school for all children in Japan. Although the implemention would take time, the feudal division of learning was now to be replaced by a national network of schools. READ MORE