Cultural studies ; Ethnic community ; Graubünden ; Italy ; Language ; Linguistic minority ; Mountain ; Peripheral region ; Switzerland
The Rhaetoromansch language, divided into five main dialects, is unevenly distributed in Grisons canton. Well-qualified people have emigrated. Schooling in German has intensified its decline, leaving the future of the language in grave doubt. - (DWG)
Toponymy has to be reexamined in light of human geography's recent philosophical and theoretical emphasis on power and language. The example of Zanzibar's Ng'ambo neighborhoods is used to show how toponymy and boundary-making embody a complex
in interviewing and with issues of representing others through language. Interviews with lone fathers are used to exemplify some of the ethical issues in the use of interviewing as a research method.
This paper concerns the Teda, a Saharian nomadic people whose area extends to southern Lybia, northern Chad including the Tibesti mountains and some parts of eastern Niger : their economy is based on camels and dates, they speak the Tedaga language
Canada ; Cultural identity ; Cultural studies ; Ethnic group ; Language ; Power ; Quebec ; Religion ; Sense of belonging ; Social change ; Societal relations
Cape Province ; Cape Town ; Cultural studies ; Ethnic group ; Language ; Minority ; Segregation ; Social space ; Social status ; South Africa ; Urban area
Concept ; Cultural identity ; Cultural landscape ; Cultural studies ; Ecology ; Ecumene ; Language ; Place ; Semiotics of space ; Society-environment relationship ; Value system