Connotation

Abstract: This study investigates how the ethnic visibility of Taiwan Hakka is improved through language use. The usage of a unique Hakka symbolic code is focused on. Based on data from the four Taiwan major newspapers, an analysis with text techniques shows that the code emerges along with social-political developments in Taiwan, with its meaning turning from negative to positive connotation. Its frequency is highly correlated with major political events in Taiwan, with peaks during the two or three years before presidential elections. It illustrates semiotic innovation, extending from Hakka to Hakka non-human, to non-Hakka, and to non-Hakka non-human frames. The salient image it creates increases Hakka ethnic visibility and enhances their ethnic identity. A significant implication is that minority ethnic groups can employ a unique symbolic code, empowering it with positive connotation. Through extensive language use, its representation can raise their ethnic visibility and enhance their et...

Abstract: Culture is to be lived and to be learned. The connotation of cultural symbols is negotiated and learned within a culture (Sturken & Cartwright, 2004). When we are part of the dominant culture using another’s cultural objects, we may not know the context of that object, which may lead to cultural appropriation. In this paper, I review appropriation through three different domains: appropriation in art, appropriation in media and technology, and appropriation in cultural studies. I specifically chose to use denotation and connotation as the means to analyze interview text and visual data because these two coding systems are able to draw the cultural meanings embedded in the texts beyond the surface level of understanding. Findings can be categorized into three threads: 1) cultural appropriation in virtual worlds, 2) caring about cultural appropriation, and 3) solutions to cultural appropriation in virtual worlds. This research suggests that cultural exchange and mutual respect are the solutions to cultural appropriation in virtual worlds. Visual literacy will help virtual world residents learn how to read, see, decode, and create virtual imagery.

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the acculturation of Islam and local culture in the Javanese traditional wedding ceremony. This research uses a qualitative approach. Collecting data by interview, observation, and documentation. The location of this research is in Kedungjati, Grobogan. Data analysis using the semiotic theory of Roland Barthes. The result of this research is that the ritual of siraman in Javanese traditional wedding in Kedungjati has connotation, denotation, and myth meaning as in the semiotic analysis of Roland Barthes. The siraman ritual has sixteen stages of the process, namely the installation of bleketepe , sungkeman , ngracik toyo , praying , siraman , sesuci , pecah kendhi pratolo , pondhongan or gendongan , ganti busana , pangkas rikma , tanam rikma , pagas tumpeng , Dulang pungkasan , adol dawet , itung duwit , and simpen pedaringan .