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- Thylefors, Ingela, et al.
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Same but different: Headtechers' perception of leadership in Kenya and Sweden
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In: Africa Education Review. ; 4:2, s. 42-59
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Abstract. This article compares Kenyan and Swedish headmasters views on leadership. Data was collected by 20 interviews in each country and analysed to generate descriptive categories, themes and conceptual ideas. In order to support the qualitative analysis differences between the two groups were tested by Chi2. Kenyan and Swedish headmasters have a lot in common. They describe and analyse their role along the same dimensions. Even though similarities dominate the picture some differences appear. The Kenyan headmasters, for example, emphasize results and a vertical and external dependency in contrast to the Swedes, who stress staff concern, development and a reliance on horizontal relationships. This difference in orientation is reflected in the perception of staff needs. The Kenyan headmasters regard them mostly as a hindrance to goal achievement while the Swedes express them in terms of consideration. Noted differences could be interpreted in terms of situational as well as cultural factors.
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- Álvarez López, Laura, et al.
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Afro-Latin American religious expressions and representations : Stockholm Review of Latin American Studies No. 4, March 2009
- 2009
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The creation and re-creation of Afro-Latin American religious movements and traditions all over the Americas is an ever-changing process. Although popular, intellectual, and judicial actors have defined Afro-Latin American religions as magic, sorcery, or merely folklore, today they are becoming increasingly respected, visible, interrelated, and recognized as national culture. Attempting to discern symbolic meanings of cultural and religious manifestations in Afro-Latin American religious communities – be they in the form of saintly images, speech patterns or narrative – scholars, increasingly seconded by practitioners, have described the ongoing processes of creation and re-creation as acculturation, transculturation, métissage or syncretism and more recently as creolization, hybridization or dialogue. In that sense, a common denominator for a large share of studies of Afro-Latin American religions is that they deal with various aspects of representations. Representing is part of everyday life as people collectively name and define the world and therefore, representations influence the dissemination of knowledge, construction of social identities as well as social transformations. Furthermore, besides their West and Central African antecedents, Afro-Latin American religions share aspects as the colonial past, the multicultural origins, Christian mission and campaigning, as well as movements such as negritude, noirisme, Black Power and transnational youth culture that together have created conflicting expressions and representations of, and within, Afro-Latin American religious communities in Diaspora settings. Such representations, of course, induce responses within Afro-Latin American religious communities. Within these communities – sometimes influenced by scholars and at fora such as international conferences – there are contestations of representations of an African or Afro-American heritage and ongoing debates about the alleged purity of religious practices. The aim of this volume is to explore how Afro-Latin American religions and some of their shared basic features, such as communication with spiritual beings, identities and the use of magic, are represented, self-represented and understood in their various socio-cultural contexts.
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- Álvarez López, Laura, et al.
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Introduction
- 2009
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In: Stockholm Review of Latin American Studies. - 1654-0204. ; :4, s. 3-10
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Attempting to discern the symbolic meanings of cultural and religious manifestations in Afro-Latin American religious communities – be they in the form of saintly images, speech patterns or narratives – scholars, increasingly seconded by practitioners, have described the on-going processes of creation and re-creation as acculturation, transculturation, métissage or syncretism and more recently as creolization, hybridization or dialogue. In that sense, a common denominator for a large share of studies of Afro-Latin American religions is that they deal with various aspects of representations. Representing is part of everyday life as people collectively name and define the world. In this way, representations influ- ence the dissemination of knowledge as well as the construction of social identities and social transformations.
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- Alvarez López, Laura, 1968-, et al.
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Introduction
- 2009
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In: Stockholm Review of Latin American Studies. - Stockholm : Stockholms universitet. - 1654-0204. ; :4, s. 3-10
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- Thylefors, Markel, 1967
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Có phải hiện đại hóa Đức Chúa” trong tín ngưỡng Vodou của Haiti? Những nhận xét về Đức Chúa Olowoum và phong trào tái châu Phi hóa ở Haiti : (Vietnamesisk översättning av "'Modernizing God' in Haitian Vodou? Reflections on Olowoum and reafricanization in Haiti.")
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This article explores processes of religious change within Haitian Vodou from the perspective of "reafricanization" and "desyncretism." As a case in point serve attempts to introduce Olowoum as the Vodou Godhead, thus replacing the Christian Bondye, or Lord. While the introduction of new elements, such as Olowoum, into Vodou seems fraught with little opposition from practitioners, the same can not be said regarding attempts to exclude religious elements (such as Catholic saints) from Vodou. A guiding reflection is also that reafricanization and desyncretization are best understood as contemporary expressions of Vodou’s long-standing tradition of religious adaptability. [Haitian Vodou, Olowoum, reafricanization, desyncretization, anti-syncretism]
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