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Towards a positive cross-cultural lexicography: Enriching our emotional landscape through 216 âuntranslatableâ words pertaining to well-being
Although much attention has been paid to culture-specific psychopathologies, there have been no comparable attempts to chart positive mental states that may be particular to certain cultures. This paper outlines the beginnings of a positive cross-cultural lexicography of âuntranslatableâ words pertaining to wellbeing, culled from across the worldâs languages. A quasi-systematic search uncovered 216 such terms. Using grounded theory, these words were organised into three categories: feelings (comprising positive and complex feelings); relationships (comprising intimacy and pro-sociality); and character (comprising personal resources and spirituality). The paper has two main aims. First, it aims to provide a window onto cultural differences in constructions of wellbeing, thereby enriching our understanding of wellbeing. Second, a more ambitious aim is that this lexicon may help expand the emotional vocabulary of English speakers (and indeed speakers of all languages), and consequently enrich their experiences of wellbeing. The paper concludes by setting out a research agenda to pursue these aims further
Cultures and Communities in the Anthropology of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Entrepreneurial Networking in China and Russia: Comparative Analysis and Implications for Western Executives
A Summary of the Fight Colorectal Cancer Working Meeting: Exploring Risk Factors and Etiology of Sporadic Early-Age Onset Colorectal Cancer
Molecular tumour pathology - and tumour geneticsMTG2 - Moleculaire genetica van gastrointestinale tumore
A political ethnography of rural communities under an authoritarian regime: The case of Belarus
Cet article explicite dâabord les conditions dâune enquĂȘte dâethnographie politique menĂ©e dans les campagnes de BiĂ©lorussie entre 2006 et 2013. Une triple difficultĂ© a Ă©mergĂ© : enquĂȘter principalement auprĂšs des classes populaires ; effectuer cette ethnographie dans un milieu, le monde rural, oĂč lâĂtat, par ses structures Ă©conomiques et administratives, est omniprĂ©sent, et oĂč le contrĂŽle sur les personnes est particuliĂšrement marquĂ© ; travailler sur le politique dans un rĂ©gime autoritaire hĂ©ritĂ© de lâUnion soviĂ©tique qui nâadmet pas de mise en cause et de dĂ©bat critique. Lâarticle caractĂ©rise ensuite les modalitĂ©s de mise en Ćuvre dâune âethnographie en pointillĂ©sâ, qui sâest avĂ©rĂ©e fructueuse pour recueillir du matĂ©riau, et reposant essentiellement sur trois techniques : la âdĂ©cĂ©rĂ©monialisationâ de la situation dâenquĂȘte, la familiarisation avec les enquĂȘtĂ©s et la symĂ©trisation des relations par lâexposition de soi. A noter que cet article est traduit dâun texte intitulĂ© âEnquĂȘter en BiĂ©lorussie. Une ethnographie politique des mondes ruraux en rĂ©gime autoritaireâ. La version originale est accessible librement sur le site du BMS, sous la forme dâun document complĂ©mentaire Ă la version publiĂ©e de lâarticle.This article firstly explains the conditions for a political ethnography survey conducted in rural Belarus between 2006 and 2013. Three difficulties became apparent: conducting a survey primarily among the lower classes; carrying out this ethnographic study in an environment â the rural world â in which the State, via its economic and administrative structures, is omnipresent, and in which there is particularly strong control over the people; and studying politics in an authoritarian regime inherited from the Soviet Union, which does not tolerate challenges to its authority or critical debate. The article then characterizes the implementation procedures for a âdiscrete ethnographyâ, which proved to be a fruitful approach for the collection of material, based primarily on three techniques: the âdeceremonializationâ of the survey situation, familiarization with the subjects of the survey and the symmetrization of relationships by self-exposition. It is worth noting that this article is the translated version of an article called âEnquĂȘter en BiĂ©lorussie. Une ethnographie politique des mondes ruraux en rĂ©gime autoritaireâ. The original version is openly available on the BMS website as a complementary document to this article