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How/in what way will the strategic situation in Southeast Asia be challenged by building of Chinese ports and naval bases in Burma/Myanmar?
Vladimir Tikhonov
Målet ved denne oppgaven har vært å se hvilken påvirkning Kinas økonomiske og politikse ekspansjon har på den strategiske situasjonen i Sørøstasia. Kinas ledere må balansere det voksende behovet for energi med evnen til å garantere for sikkerheten under frakt av olje og gass. Det meste av oljen Kina importerer kommer fra Afrika og Midtøsten. Den raskeste ruta fra Afrika og Midtøsten til Kina går gjennom Malakkastredet, et av de mest traffikerte stredene i verden. Kina prøver å finne alternative ruter for naturressurser, et av alternativene er å frakte det gjennom Burma. Burma er regnet som det mest strategisk plasserte landet i Sørøstasia, og de andre nabo statene er uvillige til å la Kina få for stor innflytelse over Burma. India er spesielt bekymret over at Kina vil få for mye makt i det Indiske hav om Kina får utvikle baser i Burma.
The aim of this thesis has been to find out how the strategic situation in Southeast Asia will be influenced by Chinas economic and political expansion. China’s leaders must balance growing energy demands with the ability to guarantee security in the shipping lanes. Most of the oil Chinese industry depends on comes from Africa and the Middle East. The fastest route from Africa and the Middle East to China is through the Straits of Malacca. The Straits of Malacca are the most trafficked sea route in Asia and one of the most important shipping lanes in the world. China is trying to find additional ways to transport natural resources. One possibility is to transport resources through Burma. Burma is considered to be the most strategically important country in Southeast Asia and the neighbouring countries are unwilling to let China gain total control over Burma. India in particular is worried that China might gain too much power in the Indian Ocean if China is allowed to develop and use ports and naval bases in Burma.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2011
2011-05-19
2012-01-26
Master thesis
Brødholt, Marie. How/in what way will the strategic situation in Southeast Asia be challenged by building of Chinese ports and naval bases in Burma/Myanmar?. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24399
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URN:NBN:no-29170
123655
12020472x
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24399/3/Brodholt.pdf
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Representations of Chinese Rock : An Analysis of Contemporary Reviews of Chinese Rock-Groups
Vladimir Tikhonov
In this paper I will try to address tendencies of Orientalist representation found in certain examples of Western English-written album-reviews. When reviewing Chinese bands some music-critics have reduced contemporary Chinese rock-bands to merely being copies of Western groups. (Both good and bad) Of which some groups only seem to deserve attention because they were part of a Western protagonist’s pop-cultural “discovery” - a discovery by the West for the West. Often the protagonist (journalist, writer or compiler) is highlighted as an outstanding individual because he or she found something “rare” to present to a Western audience. I will argue that representations such as these reinvigorate Orientalism, as Edward Said defines the term. In addition, Chinese bands have sometimes been presented as under-developed; not only musically - as mere copyists - but also culturally; as members of a culturally “under-developed” state. In that way certain Western music-journalists contribute to create a discourse which furthers the conceived cultural-hegemony of the “West” over the “East.” My analysis of album-reviews published on the Internet will also try to show a tendency among certain music-journalists to compare Chinese bands solely on the basis of Western rock-tradition and Western bands. In regard to this I will address problems that might occur when one doesn’t take time to familiarize oneself with Chinese rock within its own context. I will also try to address examples of journalists placing Chinese bands on a cultural evolutionary scale of development. Some bands are depicted as “needing” more time to mature before they can live up to “our” standards. In some cases, certain journalists have predicted that China might possibly foster some good rock bands, but only after much “needed” future development. At worst, this implies that Chinese musicians at present are unaware, or ignorant of their current social and political environment; a historical development the journalist of course fully understands. An analysis of a selection of album-reviews from the period 2004-2011 will hopefully shed some light on some important aspects of Western music-critics’ representations of Chinese rock-bands. To help contextualize these tendencies within an East Asian context I have also done additional comparative analysis of contemporary Western reviews of Japanese rock-groups.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2011
2011-11-23
2012-02-20
Master thesis
Forseth, Magnus. Representations of Chinese Rock. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24404
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URN:NBN:no-30409
144036
120347458
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24404/3/Forseth.pdf
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The historical development of the political relationship between North Korea and China, and its future
Vladimir Tikhonov
North Korea is an historical anachronism in the global society of today. This paper presents a different approach in analyzing why. North Korea’s current status can be said to be the result of a long line of foreign influence on the Korean peninsula, as well as a strong cultural heritage from the Korean and the Confucian tradition. The most influential actor on the Korean peninsula has been its immediate neighbour China, which has spread its influence over the peninsula from ancient times, up until today, and will also keep exerting its influence in the future, politically, economically and militarily. To better understand the North Korean state, its society, politics and ideology that continue to confuse and amaze observers and analysts, it is crucial to understand the long history of Chinese influence. By analyzing and understanding this very special relationship and its development, the North Korean state may be better understood and its politics and actions may be better predicted. The development of the political relationship between North Korea and China is in this paper analyzed from a historical comparative analysis perspective, a political realist perspective and from a transitologist perspective. The answers that are being presented are that North Korea is becoming more and more dependent on China, at the same time as China tries to distance itself from North Korea and solve an internal debate over which direction to take in the future. However, the two countries are tangled up in an intricate and delicate web of economic aid and assistance, trade and profit, military confrontations and negotiations, and a very special form of interdependency. The political choices that one part takes influence the other directly, as it has done throughout history and will continue to do in future. This paper explains why, how and when these decisions and historical events have done so, what have been their results, and what impact they will have on the future.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2011
2011-05-11
2012-01-26
Master thesis
Øksenvåg, Øystein Nilsen. The historical development of the political relationship between North Korea and China, and its future. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24396
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URN:NBN:no-29169
121195
120204010
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24396/4/oksenvag.pdf
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Chinese media's changing relations to government, market and public
Vladimir Thikonov
This thesis looks into the changing role of the media in China since the initiation of economic reforms in 1978. The media setting has become increasingly complex since due to changes in ownership-structure, the emergence of advertising, and increasing private and foreign investment in the sector. The media situation in China is difficult to categorize, as neither western theories based on liberal thought, nor communist theories, are seen fit for the current socio-political and economic situation in China. China is special, with policies based on a communist political system, but with an economy moulded by capitalist ideas and age old Confucian precepts. On the one hand, the media has to abide by its traditional obligations to the Chinese Communist Party and the Government. On the other hand, it responds to the needs of an increasingly capitalist market. Finally, the media is also defined by its relationship with the general public. However, since the Chinese system is historically unique, there is as yet no consensus as to what the media’s role should be.
This thesis focuses on the current outlook of the Chinese media. The analysis rests primarily on empirical data from two major events that invoked massive media coverage – the Shanghai 2010 World Expo and the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize – and interviews/conversations with Chinese media professionals. The investigation reveals that there is no sense of separation between the media and the Chinese Government in the Chinese mindset. It becomes apparent that when it comes to ‘positive reporting’ or ‘positive news’, the media serves its purpose impartially of informing the public, the government and the market. However, in the case of politically sensitive information the public is excluded. According to the empirical data presented in this thesis it is fair to state that most Chinese are satisfied with the existing system, including the media. Behind this impression it is also clear that there is considerable diversity in terms of how different socio-economic groups relate to the media. The Chinese Government is bound to become more adaptable, but only to the extent where they still control and own the majority of Chinese media. The media in China today plays several roles; while they carry out the Party’s policies, report world news and entertain, at the same time they try to serve as checks for the Government, and a few are trying to set the agenda for future reforms and changes in Chinese society. The media is likely to continue to change and challenge the status quo, and with the internet the Government will continue to be challenged by the public for information.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2011
2011-11-22
2013-01-23
Master thesis
Welle-Strand, Kristin. Chinese media's changing relations to government, market and public. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24403
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URN:NBN:no-30412
143816
130341568
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24403/2/Welle-Strand.pdf
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Party membership - a short way to Heaven? : A study of individual career making among Chinese students
Mette Halskov Hansen
This thesis is a qualitative case study of how the younger generations of China value membership in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Through the use of individualisation theory it has further set out to find out whether and how Party membership is used as a career strategy in their making of a ‘career of their own’. The individualisation thesis states that as the burden of responsibility is increasingly laid upon the individual, the individual is forced to make sense of this new situation through a biographic response: a ‘do-it-yourself biography’. The analysis is based on interviews with 22 students at two universities in Beijing, Peking University and Tsinghua University.
As the CCP controls all assignments to the state and reserve most leading cadre positions to their own members, joining the Party is considered crucial to do career within the state sector. The importance the students interviewed ascribe Party membership therefore to a large degree depended on whether they aimed at a career within the governmental organs or the state-owned enterprises, or not. Among those who had applied for Party membership, the majority saw working within the system as one of their options upon graduation. However, the Party does no longer have a monopoly on career mobility. There are also other pathways to upward mobility and success that might be both quicker and more effective means to success and money than working within the system. Several students therefore did not want to apply for Party membership.
The thesis concludes that there are signs of individualisation in the way Chinese students think about career. They make strategies and take conscious choices to achieve the careers they want. In these strategies, Party membership is important for those who want to pursue state sector jobs. At the same time, the choices they make and the strategies they follow, to a large degree show the same features. This comes down to the fact that the choices they make are institutionally dependent. Their career options are dependent on their education, their contact network and whether they are admitted into the Party.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2012
2012-06-01
2013-02-12
Master thesis
Stub, Hanna Østby. Party membership - a short way to Heaven?. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2012
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24408
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URN:NBN:no-32078
165717
130630101
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24408/3/Stub.pdf
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2013-03-12T11:30:15Z
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Japans fredsgrunnlov - artikkel 9. : en studie i den japanske fredsgrunnlovens rolle.
Prof. Mark J. Teeuwen
I denne oppgaven har jeg tatt for meg og beskrevet den japanske sikkerhetspolitikken i perioden etter den andre verdenskrig og frem til i dag med det formål å forklare hvilken betydning den japanske fredsgrunnloven har hatt for utformingen av denne politikken.
Spørsmålet er om det empirisk kan påvises en sammenheng mellom grunnlovens bestemmelse og den sikkerhets- og utenrikspolitikk Japan faktisk har fulgt? Ligger det rettslige bindinger på den politiske handlefriheten når det gjelder sikkerhetspolitikken, og blir disse rettslige bindingene i så fall respektert? På det ene siden er det slik at vekslende regjeringer har fastholdt at bestemmelsen ikke kan være til hinder for opprettelsen av selvforsvarsstyrker, og at disse selvforsvarsstyrkene gjennom årene har bygget opp en ikke ubetydelig militær kapasitet, i dag med et samlet budsjett på rundt 4.856 milliarder yen (opprinnelig statsbudsjett for 2005), og med et personell på henimot 240.000 individer. Samtidig er det slik at selvforsvarsstyrkene delvis har påtatt seg oppdrag langt fra Japans egne kyster. Blant annet har Japan sendt små avdelinger til fredsbevarende operasjoner i Kambodsja (1992-93) og Øst-Timor (1999-), og japanske krigsskip patruljerte i det indiske hav under den amerikansk ledede offensiven mot Taliban-regimet i Afghanistan (2001) samt stasjonert styrker i Irak (2005-). På den andre siden er det slik at det i Japan har vært betydelig og vedvarende motstand mot remilitarisering og japansk deltakelse i internasjonale militære operasjoner i utlandet, og at denne motstanden blant annet har vært begrunnet med at slik remilitarisering er i strid med grunnloven.
I oppgaven forsøker jeg å gi noen forklaringer på nevnte motsetninger som igjen forhåpentligvis vil bidra til en dypere forståelse av Japans politiske og militære rolle i verden. Oppgaven vil forhåpentligvis også gi en større forståelse for i hvilken utstrekning, og i tilfelle hvordan, rettslige regler kan virke inn på andre samfunnsforhold.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2006
2006-05-16
2006-11-21
Master thesis
Wie-Groenhof, Anne. Japans fredsgrunnlov - artikkel 9.. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2006
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24411
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URN:NBN:no-13650
41082
061856622
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Public Sphere, Politics and The Internet in Mainland China
Vladimir Tikhonov
Every communication medium – from pamphlets, newspapers, radio to television – has two-sided influences in politics. On the one side, they can buttress authoritarian governments. On the other side, their potential in democracy promotion is also magnificent and undeniable. Especially in digital age, the improvement in freedom of expression has been more and more associated with the impact of the Internet, new media and mobile phone communication. For China, while its economic development and military power are rapidly enhancing, the possibilities of improvement in participatory politics and democracy turn into a big question. With the quick rise in information and
communication technologies (ICTs), the realization of ―cyber democracy‖ and the growth of public sphere have become a wishful thinking for the Chinese people.
This thesis, by choosing the role of public sphere as a main theme, will mainly discuss the changing interactions between the government of People's Republic of China (mainland China) and citizens' freedom of expression. On the basis of comparison with the Western and other two East Asian countries (Japan and South Korea), the purpose of this thesis is to see how mainland China's public sphere has been transformed together with the changes in politics, economy and technology; and to find the uniqueness of China's public sphere and Internet-based political activism.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2011
2011-05-23
2012-01-26
Master thesis
Liu, Lina. Public Sphere, Politics and The Internet in Mainland China. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24400
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URN:NBN:no-29178
124431
120204150
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24400/3/Liu.pdf
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Identity shifts in hegemonic masculinities : The case of Japanese salarymen
Vladimir Tikhonov, Dick Stegewerns
This thesis aims to contribute to the discourse of masculinity in the context of work, family life and individual life purpose of men, through the case of young Japanese salarymen. It postulates that the hegemonic masculinity ideal in Japan is currently undergoing a transformation and attempts to uncover in which direction this transformation is headed.
There is still a gender gap in various instances of patriarchal cultures, and though an abundant catalogue of feminist literature has continued to investigate the reasons for and developments of these gender gaps, I agree with masculinity researcher Harry Brod in that ―the key to the gender gap lies in the study of men, not women.‖ (Brod, 1987).
Examining the specific cases of twelve salarymen, this thesis illuminates their views with hegemonic masculinity, gender discrepancy, gender constructionist and gender boundary theories. It builds upon already existing empirical research of Tomoko Hidaka (2010), Masako Ishii-Kuntz (1993, 2003), Romit Dasgupta (2000, 2003), Gordon Mathews (2003) and to some degree, Anne Allison (1994).
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2011
2011-05-16
2012-01-26
Master thesis
Pliassova, Ekaterina. Identity shifts in hegemonic masculinities. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24397
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URN:NBN:no-29185
122977
120204754
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24397/4/Pliassova.pdf
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Japan as an Emerging Multicultural Society : Exploring Contemporary Minority Issues Through the Case of Muslim Immigrants
Vladimir Tikhonov
Contemporary Japan, with its low birth rate and high life expectancy, is an aging society. Furthermore, the country’s population is set to rapidly decrease in the coming decades. For demographic reasons such as these, it is likely that Japan’s immigration of foreign workers will increase in the near future. Concerns have been voiced about the potential challenging consequences of a shift towards greater cultural diversity for a society with limited experience in
the matter. While the presence of distinct minority groups is nothing new in Japan, the country does have relatively limited experience with foreign minorities (who currently constitute less than 2
percent of the total population), and especially with tangibly different foreigners with cultures far removed from Japanese mainstream culture.
This thesis attempts to shed light on the current situation of Japan’s tangibly different immigrants, as well as the difficulties and challenges they are experiencing, by exploring the case of Muslim
immigrants. The findings pinpoint a number of specific policy changes that the Japanese government could undertake in order to potentially help improve the current situation of foreign minorities, as well as prepare the country for a future increase in immigrants.
Underlying reasons for the status quo of Japan’s Muslim immigrants and immigration policies are explained in light of contemporary and historical discourses on the nation and ‘Others’. In-depth
quality analyses of these discourses are conducted using the discourse-historical approach to discourse analysis, and the results illuminate potential obstacles to the development of futureoriented
immigration policies in Japan. Other findings include discoveries of historically rooted differences between Western European nations and Japan as hosts societies for Muslim immigrants. This suggests that for the future development of multiculturalism- and minority-oriented policies in East Asian nations, a context-sensitive approach might be desirable, rather than merely learning from Europe’s experience.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2011
2011-05-18
2012-01-26
Master thesis
Vestre, Eskil Olaf. Japan as an Emerging Multicultural Society. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24398
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URN:NBN:no-29157
123395
120204193
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24398/2/Vestre.pdf
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The Development of China's National Oil Policy : State Capitalism, An Explanatory Model
Vladimir Tikhonov
Since China opened its economy up to foreign investments in the late 1970s, its growth measured in GDP has centered around ten percent annually. Unsurprisingly, its energy consumption has followed and currently situated China as the second largest energy consumer in the world with the fastest increase in energy consumption per capita. Naturally, the topic of how China will secure this rising energy demand has spurred discussion not only within the Chinese government but also throughout other major energy consumers in the world, underscoring China’s potential impact on the availability and market price of energy resources such as oil and gas.
In this graduate paper I will discuss the important factors influencing the decision-making process and power relation relevant to the development of China’s national oil policy. The reason why I have chosen this topic is of course rooted in the presented problematic issues above. In addition, although this has been a widely published topic there are still uncertainties of which factors actually drives the Chinese oil related investments overseas. As a result, in this paper I will present an institutional framework which I have developed to answer exactly this issue. This institutional framework is primarily based on two overlapping theoretical frameworks, namely that of neo-mercantilism economic theory and Institutional Political Economy. Through an assessment of China’s economic model and how it has evolved since the opening up in the late 1970s, I correlated these economic frameworks to the Chinese empirical model and developed the institutional framework I refer to as China’s version of state capitalism. Based on this framework, I formulated three principles that, as will be presented in this paper, dictate the overall agenda of China’s policy in terms of the importance of State-Owned Enterprises and National Oil Companies to the Chinese economy.
These qualitative research results combined with my institutional framework and two case studies illustrating the adaptation and promotion of my research results have resulted in the conclusion that: China is not promoting a neo-mercantilist policy of “locking up” foreign oil reserves. On the other hand, the Chinese institutional framework of state capitalism which executed through its principles and coordinate between the state and the institutions through the Chinese cultural and socio political guanxi network and the nomenklatura system constitute the best explanatory model for how the Chinese national oil policy is developed and executed.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2011
2011-11-09
2013-02-18
Master thesis
Bergsager, Henrik. The Development of China's National Oil Policy. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24402
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URN:NBN:no-30736
140775
130664928
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24402/1/Bergsager.docx
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Screening China : China in popular geopolitics, 2000-2009
Vladimir Tikhonov, Unn Målfrid Rolandsen
Looking at global box-office winners from the years 2000-2009, this paper finds that the China we encounter on the silver screen, is rarely an antagonist. It is not a China that follows traditional Yellow Peril stereotypes. On the contrary, China might be the saviour of the world, as it is in 2012. Three broad, slightly overlapping categories have been defined to order the Chinese representations.
First we have the 'Magic Kingdom'. Including representations in such movies as Kung Fu Panda, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Juno, this is the China that exists on a completely different plane than the rest of the world. It is a China marked out by its difference from the rest of the world.
Secondly we have the 'China being China' category. This is the largest group, including such movies as 2012, The Departed, The Dark Knight, Rush Hour 3 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The China we encounter in this group is a China that deals with the world, and participates in international affairs.
Thirdly, we have 'America's China'. This group, containing such movies as Rush Hour 2, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Mission: Impossible 3 denotes movies where any Chinese state is absent. Americans are given a free hand to act as they please, in a China that seems more like an American colony than a sovereign country.
The key finding is that this time period can be called Sinophile – where images of a non-threatening, co-operative China dominates.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2010
2010-12-01
2011-04-15
Master thesis
Braastad, J. Steffen. Screening China. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2010
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24395
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URN:NBN:no-27014
109244
112275222
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An annotated translation of Manboksa chop o ki by Kim Sisup
Vladimir Tikhonov, Halvor Eifring
Kim Sisup (1435 1493) was a Confucian literatus, Buddhist monk and Taoist philosopher in the beginning of the Korean Choson dynasty (1392 1910). He was also politically active and wrote within various genres; poetry, travelogues and treatises on subjects such as philosophy, politics, religion and economy. In addition, he wrote within what we could classify as a more fictional genre, chuánqí. The collection Kumo Sinhwa consists of five chuánqí. In Korean history and literature history, Kim Sisup is now presented as an important writer and thinker of the early Choson dynasty. His collection Kumo Sinhwa written in Literary Chinese has been translated into modern Korean several times. Its various topics, such as the female personages, ideological elements, and comparative relation to the Chinese collection Jian deng Xinhuà by Qú Yòu, have undergone research. Also in Asia and Eastern parts of Europe has Kŭmo Sinhwa been translated and been object for research. In the Western world (Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand) however, Kim Sisup and his work Kumo Sinhwa are not well known. Very little of Kim Sisup s work has been translated into Western languages, and works in Western languages concerning him or his work are scarce. As my master thesis I therefore wished to present a work on Kim Sisup and his collection, and a natural way of doing it was through translating a section of Kumo Sinhwa into English. As the text to be translated (source text, ST) was not decided, I formulated three criteria - not previously translated into a Western language, containing various topics for future research as well as female personages (female ghosts) - in order to select ST. Among the five chuánqí in the collection, Manboksa chop'o ki - a love story between the student Yang and a ghost - fulfilled all three criteria. I discussed my translation methods through presenting the concrete problems I encountered through the translation process, such as annotated versus non-annotated translation, emphasis on source language (SL) versus target language (TL) and structural problems. I also provided examples from my translation to illustrate these problems and how I solved them. In order to place ST in a context and provide a fuller understanding of the text, background information to the source text was presented. The information consisted of a historical background where I concentrated on society, politics and religion, language and literature, and gender relations. An introduction of the author and the text itself concerning genre and structure was also presented.
As I wished to contribute to the arena of further research on Kim and his Kŭmo Sinhwa through this first translation of Manboksa chop'o ki into a Western language, I suggested several topics for future research; a discussion of the writer Kim Sisup and the male protagonist in ST concerning autobiographical traits, a discussion of whether the active and strong female personages in ST are a representation of Kim Sisup s criticism of the female ideals in Confucianism or merely a reflection of Kim s wish to create an amusing and fantastic literary experience, an identification of the Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist elements, a deeper structural analysis of the text, to mention but a few.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2005
2005-05-12
2006-08-22
Master thesis
Husstad-Nedberg, Ane. An annotated translation of Manboksa chop o ki by Kim Sisup. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2005
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24410
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27260
051301032
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Kontraktsmessige relasjoner i Kina : en studie av erfaringene til utenlandske bedrifter i energisektoren
Unn Målfrid Rolandsen
Kina har opplevd en spektakular økonomisk vekst siden reformene startet for over 30 år siden, og vil med vedvarende vekst firedoble sitt energibehov frem mot 2020. Dette er et faktum som kan skremme vannet av de fleste, all den tid Kina sitter på verdens største reserver av kull. En fortsatt økonomisk vekst på fossile premisser er ikke bærekraftig, noe Beijing også har fått med seg. Som svar på utfordringen har myndighetene, som del av stimuluspakken, satt av enorme summer til utvikling av fornybar energi. Vindkraft er et av sasingsområdene, og da spesielt offshore. For å nå sine ambisiøse mål, kanskje spesielt de teknologiske, så trenger de utenlandsk hjelp. Offshore vindkraft er en sektor Norge kan. Det er derfor duket for et industrieventy uten dimensjoner. Eller?
De internasjonale markedene for offshore energi blir mer og mer internasjonale for hvert år som går, men Kina er fremdeles et spesielt land hva angår næringsvirksomhet. Riktignok har det juridiske rammeverket kommet langt etter at kommunistene tok sin hatt og gikk, men det er fremdeles en del sentrale problemstillinger som gjenstår før landet kan kalles en fullverdig rettsstat. De største problemstillingene retter seg mot håndhevelse av kontrakter og rettigheter. Økonomien fungerer bra uten, men flere utenlandske bedrifter har problemer med å manøvrere i et relativt uforutsigbart og lite transparent marked.
Økonomiske transaksjoner sikres ved hjelp av formelle og/eller uformelle institusjoner. Institusjoner er skrevne og uskrevne regler, normer eller begrensninger som har til hensikt å redusere uforutsigbarhet, samt sette omgivelsene våre i mer kontrollerte former. Det kan være skriftlige regler og avtaler som styrer kontraktsmessige forhold og annen økonomisk aktivitet, eller det kan være lover og regler som styrer samfunnet i en mer bredere forstand. Det kan også være uskrevne normer og regler som virker atferdsregulerende.
I denne oppgaven har jeg hatt som målsetting å kartlegge det institusjonelle rammeverket som legger premissene for næringslivet i Kina. Med tanke på at rettssystemet som beskytter kontrakter og rettigheter i Kina er relativt svakt, så har jeg ønsket å besvare følgende spørsmål:
1.Hvordan sikrer utenlandske selskaper sine investeringer?
2.Er det en form for komplementaritet mellom formelle og uformelle institusjoner i kontraktsmessige relasjoner?
Funnene mine bekrefter at det er en komplementaritet mellom formelle og uformelle institusjoner. Tilstedeværelsen av klare, kontraktsmessige betingelser, samt vedtatte prosesser for hvordan man løser eventuelle disputter, kan sammen med relasjonelle normer for fleksibilitet, solidaritet, bilateralitet og langsiktighet skape den nødvendige tilliten som trengs for å sikre samhandel. Dette er aspekter som flere av bedriftene peker på. Det benyttes en formell kontrakt i bunn, mens en relasjonell kontrakt partene imellom er svært viktig.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2010
2010-04-29
2010-10-26
Master thesis
Kastmann, Pål Arne. Kontraktsmessige relasjoner i Kina. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2010
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24391
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URN:NBN:no-24754
101914
102348022
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24391/1/Kontraktsmessigexrelasjoner_ferdig_29x04x10.pdf
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The Downward Spiral : Non-regular employment and consequences of labour market reform under Prime Minister Koizumi
Vladimir Tikhonov
This paper is an examination of how the Japanese labour market has changed over the last twenty years through neoliberal reform, as exemplified by the “structural reforms” of the Koizumi Cabinet of 2001-2006. The transition from a labour force consisting mostly of
regular workers with a fringe of temporary and part-time workers to the present-day situation, where more than a third of the workforce is in non-regular employment was by no means an overnight affair attributable to the Koizumi Cabinet alone, yet the increased pace, scope and consequences of the Koizumi reforms make this a fruitful time frame for further scrutiny.
Japan is not alone in having a flexibilized labour market; many Western nations have levels of temporary employment just as high. Where Japan differs, however, is in her drastically lower number of immigrant workers, spawning the urgent need to make her workforce capable of caring for the growing ranks of elderly, as well as for themselves. The lack of job stability and a social safety net, as well as the difficulties people face when trying to get out of the spiral of non-regular employment, makes sure that for many, the image of Japan as ichioku-sochu-ryu, or “middle-class nation”, is but a distant memory.
2013-03-12
2011
2010-12-01
2012-01-30
10000-01-0
Master thesis
Thorshaug, Petter. The Downward Spiral. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24394
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URN:NBN:no-29166
109241
120232529
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24394/2/Thorshaug.pdf
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Chinese Tibet : Tibet Autonomous Region's Path to welfare colonialism
With my master s thesis I wanted to shed light on some of the many contradictions in TAR. I want to look at the status of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in China today and see how some of these contradictions are created. Lhasa bears the traits of a colony city. This poses two questions: Firstly, can TAR be seen as an internal colony of China? And secondly, does doing so help to at least partially explain Tibetans frustrations? In order to answer these questions, I use two theoretical frameworks well suited to look specifically at aspects of dependency: internal colonialism and welfare colonialism.
With the theories of internal colonialism and welfare colonialism, I will show how Tibetans have no control over the policies that affect their lives, and with a limited influence on their own lives they are to a large extent excluded from taking part in developing their own region. On the basis of this, I will look at the current system of social security in TAR and compare it to Guangdong province to see how such a system is organized differently in TAR compared to other regions of China and look at whether it is possible to see how those differences affect people.
Tibetans receive social security benefits through the same programs as in the rest of China, but the economic structure of the program is different from mainland China. The health care insurance system is subsidized directly from the central government, whereas in a province like Guangdong, the system is funded mainly on provincial and local level. The TAR government would not be able to initiate social security schemes in TAR if it was not subsidised by the central government. While the social security schemes will benefit the Tibetans, they are also politically created, dictated from the patron to the client in a clientilistic relationship. With no real political or economic control over their own budgets, Tibetans in TAR have little power to decide how they implement social security.
The central governments policies in TAR are paternalistic, based on the assumption that it knows better that the Tibetans what is best for them. If Tibetans had the possibility to a greater extent take part of the economic development of their region, they would perhaps not feel such a need to oppose their Chinese leaders. The challenge for the Chinese authorities lies in the need to implement important structural change to enable Tibetans to take responsibility for development efforts in their own region, empowering Tibetan workers.
2013-03-12
2017-04-12
2011
2011-11-25
2012-04-23
Master thesis
Amundsen, Ingri Kværne. Chinese Tibet . Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24405
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URN:NBN:no-30735
144977
121215369
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24405/1/Amundsen.pdf
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Who is the repeater of Buddha's name
Halvor Eifring
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2008
2008-11-14
2009-11-04
Master thesis
Sollien, Therese. Who is the repeater of Buddha's name. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2008
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24413
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URN:NBN:no-21577
86862
093661606
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24413/1/thesis.pdf
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Shamanism and Chinese goddesses : Xi wangmu and Nugua
Vladimir Tikhonov
The two Chinese goddesses Xi wangmu and Nugua might have roots as far back as the Shang dynasty (c.1600-1046 BC).They can with certainty, through texts and iconography be placed in the timeframe of the Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-256 BC).
Xi wangmu or Queen Mother of the West is described as a mountain goddess with the fangs of a tiger and the tail of a leopard. Her hair is white and unkempt, and she usually wears a crown made of jade. In iconography she is presented with an entourage consisting of a hare, a toad, a nine-tailed fox, three birds or a three legged bird. Sometimes she is also depicted with men with animal masks or heads, and robed longhaired men with wings. A mythological account from c.300 BC tells us she is goddess of plague and calamity, while during the Han dynasty (206 BC -220 AD) she was believed to have the power to bestow immortality upon man. Worshipers of Xi wangmu started the first recorded millenarian movement in China in the year 3 BC.
The physical attributes of the goddess Nugua is that of half snake and half human. She has been described as the first reigning queen and is sometimes said to be one of the Three Sovereigns. Nugua has been designated as the creator of men, family and music. She also rescues the world from a great cosmic disaster. Nugua is a weather controller and is frequently associated with dragons. In iconography from the Han dynasty she is often depicted holding a compass in her hands and as such is the goddess of the centre.
Both Xi wangmu and Nugua display shamanistic traits. They have the ability to heal and guide souls heavenwards. Their appearances give associations to shaman’s costumes. Xi wangmu has so many similarities to an actual shaman that I assume she must have been viewed as a divine primordial shaman by her worshipers. While Nugua is a deity whose attributes fits well with a shamanistic religion.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2010
2010-05-11
2010-10-26
Master thesis
Lindgren, Linda Anett. Shamanism and Chinese goddesses. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2010
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24392
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URN:NBN:no-26008
102530
102347891
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24392/3/EastxAsiaxthesisxLindgren.pdf
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Kant in China : A Study on the Introduction and Interpretation of Immanuel Kant's Philosophy from Late Qing China
Rune Svarverud
This thesis examines the introduction and interpretation of Kant from late Qing China.The thesis is divided into five parts. The first part introduces the historical context in which Kant was introduced and interpreted. The historical context considers both China and Japan, due to the use of Japanese sources by the early authors writing on Kant’s philosophy. The historical analysis also examines some aspects of the reception of Western science and philosophy when these can provide insight into the reception of Kant. The second part introduces Kant’s philosophy. The third part is an analysis of the first substantial Chinese texts on Kant by the Journalist and author
Liang Qichao (梁启超, 1873 – 1929). The fourth part is an analysis of the scholar and poet Wang Guowei (王国维, 1877 – 1927) and his texts on Kant.
2013-03-12
2012
2012-06-04
2013-02-18
10000-01-0
Master thesis
Saidi, Arash. Kant in China. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2012
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24409
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URN:NBN:no-31919
165856
130664790
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24409/2/Saidi.pdf
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Japan ends its yen loans to China : A study of the role of ODA in the bilateral relationship
Vladimir Tikhonov
Summary
Japan has provided China with ODA since 1979, 75% of this aid has been given as yen loans. The loans have greatly contributed to China’s economic growth through funding of industrial infrastructure projects. Next year when China hosts the Olympic Games in Beijing, Japan will phase out these loans. Although it will continue to provide China with grant assistance and technical cooperation the ending of the loans will have an impact on their future bilateral relationship. This is not only due to the amount of money that has been given but also due to the important role the loans have played since their initiation.
The yen loans have been at the core of Japan’s engagement policy towards China. Through engagement Japan has sought to encourage peaceful and stable developments in China, both in terms of an open economy and in terms of a stable society. At the outset of Japan’s aid program to China in 1979, China represented a potential huge market for Japanese trade, and Japan wanted to encourage China to keep up its open and reform policy which had been announced by Deng Xiaoping the previous year.
After the Tiananmen Square Incident in 1989, Japan started to reconsider its aid to China. The incident was a clear indication that considering Japan’s motives for engagement, the policy did not achieve the desired results. The Japanese public was outraged by the actions taken on June 4 1989 and the public was to gain a more decisive say in the domestic Japanese politics as the LDP rule came to an end in 1993. That year a coalition government implemented new electoral rules and later governments established administrative reforms which gave the public more insight into and influence over Japan’s foreign aid policy making.
As Japan suffered an economic recession after the burst of the bubble economy in the early 1990s, the public started to debate how much aid Japan should give and to which countries. China became a target for this discussion with its rapid economic growth, rising military expenditures, and actions it took that were deemed threatening to Japan’s national interests, such as the nuclear tests in 1995.
This paper argues that the decision to end the loans is the result of a process that started in the early 1990s and which caused the Japanese foreign aid policy makers to review their engagement policy towards China. The ending of the yen loans can be seen as the end of a stage in the bilateral relationship, but Japan will continue its engagement policy towards China through grant assistance and technical cooperation. The target areas will no longer be industrial infrastructure but environmental conservation and human resource development in China. These are areas that are important to Japan’s national security today.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2007
2007-11-14
2008-07-11
Master thesis
Brekkan, Mari Boie. Japan ends its yen loans to China. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2007
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24412
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URN:NBN:no-19739
67558
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24412/1/oppgave.pdf
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Rocks in the Water : The Liancourt Rocks Dispute
Professor Vladimir Tikhonov
The Liancourt Rocks, known also by the name ‘Dokdo’ in Korean, and ‘Takeshima’ in Japanese, are two tiny islets situated between Japan and the Korean Peninsula in the Sea of Japan. The islets have been the source of bilateral tension and conflict due to the fact that both Japan and the Republic of Korea claim sovereign title.
In a time of imperialist progress and expansionism, Japan incorporated Liancourt Rocks in its territory in 1905, well before the conclusion of the Shimonoseki and Eulsa treaties which ultimately left Korea deprived of the right to conduct foreign relations as a Protectorate of the Japanese Empire. This move is regarded as incorporation of ‘terra nullius’ in Japan, while it is regarded as a blatant and illegal annexation of Korean territory among Koreans. Both sides, therefore, hark back to 18th and 19th century documents to build their case.
An important basis of the argumentation is the body of maps being produced in the pre-modern period. The inaccurate, confusing and sometimes obviously erroneous mapmaking tradition makes this argumentation problematic. The maps lay a weak foundation as evidence for both sides in that seemingly all claims based on these can easily be countered by pointing to the interchanging of appellations to the islands and islets of the Sea of Japan. It is also important to be aware of the differences of the function the traditional map compared to a modern map. The modern map establishes a national territorial identity, while the traditional map lack this dimension. Nevertheless, we see a tendency to read old maps as if they convey claims of national territory and sovereignty.
In a time of confusion and ambiguous signals from the victorious Allied Powers regarding the territorial composition of Japan after the collapse of the Empire in 1945, the young state Republic of Korea, liberated from its colonial shackles, established a permanent presence of personnel on the Liancourt Rocks. This occupation has since been regularly protested by Japan, and bilateral agreements on the delineation of exclusive economic and fishery zones have been made without resolving the issue of sovereignty. The dispute, therefore, continue to be an element – and cause – of bilateral tension between ROK and Japan.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2009
2009-05-14
2010-01-25
Master thesis
Bardum, Henrik Thon. Rocks in the Water. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2009
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24415
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URN:NBN:no-22612
91789
100179711
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24415/1/LiancourtxRocks.pdf
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Her Story : Lesbians in Japan and South Korea
Vladimir Tikhonov
Lesbians in Japan and South Korea have long been ignored in both academic, and in social context. The assumption that there are no lesbians in Japan or South Korea dominates a large population in these societies, because lesbians do not identify as such in the public domain. Instead they often live double lives showing one side of themselves to the public and another in private. Although there exist no formal laws against homosexuality, a social barrier in relation to coming out to one’s family, friends or co-workers is highly present. Shame, embarrassment and fear of being rejected as deviant or abnormal makes it difficult to step outside of the bonds put on by society’s hetero-normative structures.
What is it like to be lesbian in contemporary Japan and South Korea? In my dissertation I look closely at the Japanese and South Korean society’s attitudes towards young lesbians, examining their experiences concerning identity, invisibility, family relations, the question of marriage and how they see themselves in society. I also touch upon how they meet others in spite of their invisibility as well as giving some insight to the way they chose to live their life. Some may choose marriage because it is considered common sense; others might attempt to stand up to society’s expectations and chose a different life path. Ironically however, some of the methods used inadvertently contribute to maintaining their invisibility, consolidating the myth that ‘there are no lesbians in Japan or South Korea’.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2012
2012-05-30
2013-01-23
Master thesis
Fylling, Elise. Her Story. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2012
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24407
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URN:NBN:no-32073
165518
130380865
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24407/3/Fylling.pdf
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Public health crises on Chinese front pages : An analysis of media discourses about SARS and the tainted milk scandal
Prof. Vladimir Tikhonov, Qi Wang
This paper seeks to explore the impact the two national health crises - SARS and the tainted milk scandal - might have had on the public sphere in China. In both cases, insufficient information and government cover-ups hindered effective handling of the situations and worsened the outcome.
Against the backdrop of recent history and developments within Chinese media, I analysed how the official party-paper, the Renmin Ribao, and the Guangdong-based weekly Nanfang Zhoumo covered the two crises. By doing so, I was able to study the relationship between official and more liberal discourses and how these developed over time in the context of crises.
In my analysis I paid special attention to different groups’ degree of access to the debate and to which topics that were discussed. When examining the use of language in the discourses, I observed how the terms “scientific” and “openness” were applied in the rhetoric of leaders in 2003 and 2008. I also found several examples of how government critique was raised between the lines in the Nanfang Zhoumo.
I argue in my paper that the crises have contributed to a widening public sphere in terms of topics that are acceptable to discuss within the limits of censorship. At the same time, the Chinese leadership has adopted a more proactive and humble approach to crisis management, something that might strengthen the Party’s position in terms of legitimacy as well as its ability to carry out unpopular reforms on the local level.
In order to acquire a broader understanding of the dynamics of a public sphere in an East-Asian regional context, I looked at how national media covered a similar crisis in South Korea. I found that commercial pressure and strong nationalist sentiments could put a critical public debate at risk also in a democratic country where media is not owned and controlled by the government.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2011
2011-12-01
2012-02-20
Master thesis
Borgen, Gøril Frømyr. Public health crises on Chinese front pages. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24406
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URN:NBN:no-30419
145635
120347520
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24406/3/Borgen.pdf
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Rights and responsibilities : intellectual disability in China : family, governmental and non-governmental care
Mette Halskov Hansen
According to the latest official survey (2005) there are 5.54 million people with intellectual disabilities in China. The large majority of these are still confined to the home, depending on their families for any needed assistance. One of the organisations that do provide services for people with intellectual disabilities is Huiling. Huiling is a Chinese non-governmental organisation currently operating in twelve cities all over the country. When founded in 1985, it was the first organisation offering services to people with intellectual disabilities in China. The two questions discussed are: First, who has responsibility for the welfare of people with intellectual disabilities in China? Second, what are the general and more specific strategies Huiling is pursuing in the organisation’s work with and for people with intellectual disabilities? The short answer to the first question is the family, yet there has been some changes in the last two decades that may indicate there is an increased awareness on disability-issues in China, and as a result the government is offering more services to people with intellectual disabilities, and is also opening up for more non-governmental organisations to do the same. The short answer to the second question is that Huiling, from starting out as provider of care in the form of covering the most basic needs, like eating and a place to sleep, has developed and now works towards the more ambitious goal that “persons with intellectual disabilities should have the same rights as others.” The organisation now works actively, and with several approaches, towards giving people with intellectual disabilities a more visible and independent role in society. Huiling can be said to have a double objective with its services: On one side it tries to influence society to accommodate people with intellectual disabilities. This is primarily achieved through the organisation’s stress on an active use of the public space, and through what may be called a “deinstitutionalised” service model. On the other side, it tries to influence and train people with intellectual disabilities, in order for them to better adapt to society. In this regard, the organization not only stress each individuals equal rights, but also the responsibility to do ones best, relating to work, relations to others and self development.
2013-03-12
2013-03-12
2009
2009-06-24
2010-04-27
Master thesis
Revheim, Ingri. Rights and responsibilities. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2009
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24416
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URN:NBN:no-23051
93072
100934900
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24416/1/IngrixRevheim.xMasterxsxThesis.pdf
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24416/2/IngrixRevheim.xMasterxsxThesis.pdf
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Exploring the Improvement of Labor Standards in China : A Case Study Based on Fieldwork Conducted in Three Enterprises in Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou City in Zhejiang Province
Mette Halskov Hansen
China’s rapid economic development during the last 30 years has been largely driven by the employment of cheap labor in labor-intensive industries. Millions of farmers have migrated to the bigger cities to work in the modern economy. Cheap labor has turned China into the biggest exporter and the second biggest economy in the world. However, it has also come at great costs. Chinese workers have been working for many hours under rough conditions and for a lousy pay. Now, signs are indicating that the workers no longer are willing to settle for anything. The number of labor disputes has risen at a rapid pace in recent years and factory managers on the east coast are reporting that they are having a harder time finding workers. Both the government as well as factory managers are now trying to find ways to maintain social stability as well as creating incentives to keep workers in the manufacturing industries. This thesis explores some determinants for improvement of labor standards in China, by focusing on the newly established labor laws, the role of the trade union and collective bargaining, CSR and decrease in surplus labor. It is a qualitative case study and the main analysis is based on fieldwork conducted within three enterprises in Xiaoshan in Zhejiang province. The data collected during my fieldwork consists of in-depth interviews with workers, trade union representatives and managers, participant observation, and primary literary sources.
All in all, the data collected suggests that the decrease in surplus labor, and the lack of skilled workers, gives some workers more bargaining power, however, this is not the case for all. I will argue that the weak position of the trade union makes it challenging to improve the situation for the workforce as a whole.
2013-05-09
2013-05-09
2012
2012-11-19
2013-05-08
Master thesis
Hetland, Kjersti. Exploring the Improvement of Labor Standards in China. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2012
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/34950
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URN:NBN:no-33659
172700
131561375
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/34950/2/Hetland.pdf
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Seeking Balance between Individual and Society : Comparison of the Luxury Consumption Motivations between Chinese and Japanese Youth
Rune Svarverud
The purpose of this study is to explore the distinctions of luxury consumption motivations between Chinese and Japanese youth in the context of institutionalized individualization. It compares the different consumption motivations among Chinese and Japanese young people, as well as their respective inclinations between traditional and individualist consumption. It aims at identifying the underlying social factors that influence and contribute to the luxury consumptions in today’s China and Japan.
Individualization theory is applied in this study to help understand the root of the differences (and similarities) between Chinese and Japanese luxury consumption motivations, especially their individualist tendency in luxury consumption today. The study uses mainly qualitative methods in a case study of the Core Region of the Yangtze River Delta in China, however, quantitative approach also has been used when deal the statistical data. The research methods adopted in this study are questionnaire survey, semi-structured interviews and document analysis.
The research findings indicate the obvious difference of luxury consumption motivation and practice between Chinese and Japanese youth: the Chinese incline to be private self-conscious consumers who are influenced more by personal effects and the luxury consumption in China express obviously individualistic tendency; whereas the Japanese incline to be public self-conscious consumers who are influenced more by interpersonal effects, the luxury consumption in Japan inclines to be collectivist traditional one while individualistic tendency emerges. However, the research also finds, in the context of institutionalized individualization, there is also common place between Chinese and Japanese luxury consumption: both the Chinese and Japanese youth try to seek balance between the individual and the society even in consumption field. Furthermore, the study also contributes knowledge about the variety of individualization, it display the distinctive individualization paths of China and Japan from the perspective of consumption.
2013-05-09
2012
2012-11-23
2013-05-08
10000-01-0
Master thesis
Lu, Ying. Seeking Balance between Individual and Society. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2012
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/34951
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URN:NBN:no-33637
173240
13156241x
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/34951/2/Lu.pdf
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The Other World in Murakami Literature and the Reception of Murakami Haruki in China
Reiko Abe Auestad, Vladimir Tikonov
Murakami Haruki is one of the most prestigious Japanese novelists alive who gains a phenomenal readership around the world. One of the major discourse handled in Murakami’s oeuvre is ‘the other world’—a world that is both co-existing with and beyond reality. In three decades the form, function and implication of ‘the other world’ in Murakami Literature has been developed, extended, alternated and transtextualized. The oeuvre of Murakami presents multidimensions and complexity of time, space and metaphor. The first part of this paper is aiming to discuss the representation of ‘the other world’ in Murakami’s works in different periods—Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore—with interpretation of their implications respectively. The analysis will be contextualized. After the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, Murakami Haruki initiated his interviews book Underground with the gas attack victims and further investigated the perpetrators— the cult Aum Shinrikyo—through his interviews with several former cult followers. Part I of the thesis will examine how such issues take on in Murakami’s ‘the other world’ and how did they changed its connotations.
The second part of this paper deals with the reception of Murakami Haruki’s works in China. Popular literature gains largest readership in post-Tiananmen era in China dues to the policy changing toward economy and culture. Three stages publications of Murakami literature shape a petty bourgeoisie image of Murakami’s novels. Murakami becomes a popular culture icon among young readers in China. Chinese scholars employ Chinese philosophy to interpret Murakami literature, which give us a glimpse of how Chinese read Murakami into their local culture. Several motifs have been highlighted among Chinese in reading Murakami Literature such as the works take on of war history, traumatic memories, student movement, spirit searching.
2013-09-05
2013-09-05
2013
2013-05-27
2013-08-29
Master thesis
Yu, Lu. The Other World in Murakami Literature and the Reception of Murakami Haruki in China. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2013
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/36866
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URN:NBN:no-37993
181463
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/36866/1/YUxLU-Master.pdf
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A Long Journey: The History of the Chinese Immigration to Oslo
Kwan, Yen Yin
This thesis is a historical analysis of the Chinese immigration to Oslo from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. It aims to identify the four main different waves of the Chinese immigration to Oslo — first wave (the 1960s – the 1970s): Chinese seamen working on Norwegian ships settled down in Norway; second wave (the mid-1970s – the 1980s): The families of the seamen immigrated as family reunification; third wave (the late 1970s – the 1980s): Chinese cooks immigrated as skilled workers; and fourth wave (the mid-1980s – the early 1990s): Chinese students who stayed and settled down. The history of Chinese immigration to Oslo is rather short when compared to other Western European countries such as Britain, France and the Netherlands. Yet, the Chinese migratory route to Oslo is diverse in spite of its short history. To better understand how these waves happened in their particular timeframes, it is important to recognize the diverse factors that caused different groups of Chinese people to arrive in Oslo in different periods. The causes, processes and perpetuations of Chinese immigration to Oslo are the main subjects that this study has examined. In order to collect the main sources for this thesis, I have chosen oral history and textual analysis as the methodological approach. With a comprehensive discussion and presentation of my collected historical evidence, I have demonstrated how the history of Chinese immigration is well embedded with the immigration history in Norway. The goal of the study is to provide a larger perspective of the immigration history in Norway and to present a group of immigrants that does not get much attention in Norwegian society today. Even though the number of Chinese immigrants is relatively insignificant in comparison to other immigrant groups in Norway, there are many things that is unknown regarding the Chinese community, including their history, culture and their adaptation to mainstream society. Hence this study has not only aimed to provide the initial start for more academic study on Chinese in Oslo or even in Norway, but has also aimed to strengthen the general Norwegian knowledge of Chinese immigrants.
2014-03-11
2014-03-11
2013
2014-03-11
Master thesis
Kwan, Yen Yin. A Long Journey: The History of the Chinese Immigration to Oslo. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2013
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/38816
URN:NBN:no-42236
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/38816/1/YenYin_Master-thesis_DUO-repro.pdf
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oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/24414
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(un)Recognized Discrimination: : A Study of Sexual Harassment and the Disparity between Law and Practice in the South Korean Workplace
Vladimir Tikhonov
ABSTRACT
During the last four decades, the active participation of South Korean women in the country’s economy has increased steadily. This has been followed by the enactment of several legal acts aimed to protect female workers from discrimination at the workplace. As this study will show, there exists a great disparity between the level of legal protection against sexual harassment and the actual practice of it in the workplace. While approximately 50 to 80 percent of female workers are thought to have experience sexual harassment in the workplace, less than one out of ten report the offence. To understand what causes this great disparity, I will focus on the country’s socio-political background and its influence on legal measures, the social consciousness, employers’ sense of responsibility in preventing and handling sexual harassment, the perception of female workers by their male counterparts, and the personal experiences of sexual harassment faced by women. This is provided as a necessary framework to understand the gender relations and hierarchy under which sexual harassment thrives. The thesis is partly based on my own fieldwork–a series of interviews with women who have experienced or otherwise dealt with sexual harassment and partly on analyses of relevant literature. It gives us insight into the thought processes behind the decisions of women on whether or not to report sexual harassment.
2014-01-09
2014-01-09
2008
2008-11-24
2014-01-08
Master thesis
Tho, Ragnhild Finne. (un)Recognized Discrimination:. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2008
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24414
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URN:NBN:no-22608
87356
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24414/1/MasterxThesisxFallx2008.pdf
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2014-12-26T05:02:28Z
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The Qing and Russia in Central Asia : A Comparative Study of Motives for Political Expansion
Rune Svarverud
The Peoples Republic of China’s Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region, or eastern Central Asia, is an area that has recently seen large scale ethnic unrest, as the native Uygurs have protested violently against Chinese domination in the region. This thesis is a discussion of the background for why Xinjiang today is under Chinese rule. To and a half centuries ago, in 1755-59, the Manchu Qing dynasty (1636-1911) conquered Xinjiang and incorporated it into their state, and this conquest contributed significantly to Xinjiang’s present status as Chinese-ruled territory. In this thesis I discuss what motives might have driven this Central Asian expansion by the Qing. By employing a theoretical framework that focuses on five types of motives for state expansion, namely resources, commerce, overpopulation, security, and ideology, I examine the Qing annexation of Xinjiang comparatively with the Russian Empire’s policies toward western Central Asia (the Central Asian segment that the Russians ended up expanding into, and which today is known as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), and conclude that the Qing expansion was primarily the result of ideological motives. The reason was that the state which ruled Xinjiang at the time, the Junghar Khanate, had close relations with the Tibetan Buddhist establishment, which was an establishment that the Manchus depended on in order to keep their state intact. The Qing was therefore determined to conquer Xinjiang and eradicate its ideological adversary.
2014-01-09
2014-01-09
2009
2009-12-03
2014-01-08
Master thesis
Løvold, Thomas Ohren. The Qing and Russia in Central Asia. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2009
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24417
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URN:NBN:no-24747
97640
140038590
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24417/1/ThexQingxandxRussiaxinxCentralxAsia.pdf
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2020-07-09T22:30:29Z
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Poverty Alleviation through Ecotourism in the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage Site, Yunnan China
Vladimir Tikhonov and Koen Wellens
Based on the material gathered from two months of fieldwork, this thesis explores the relations between ecotourism and poverty alleviation in the villages within the Three Parallel Rivers of the Yangtze (Jinsha), the Mekong (Lancang) and the Salween (Nu) rivers (henceforth TPR) in north-west Yunnan, China. The purpose of this research is to examine the mechanism of community-based ecotourism activities (horseback riding, nongjiale) and the dynamics of collaboration in maintaining these ecotourism activities, as well as to examine the role of community-based participation to secure and improve people‘s livelihoods.
When it comes to conceptualizing ecotourism in the Chinese context, it is indispensable to understand state-led New Socialist Countryside Construction (shehuizhuyi xin nongcun jianshe, hereafter NSCC) which was inspired by the Saemaul Movement (1971-79) and which was led by the dictator Park Chung-Hee in South Korea. In this regard, this paper provides a brief comparison between NSCC and the Saemaul Movement.
Through a case study of the Yubeng village, this paper examines the collaborative mechanisms of managing local residents‘ innovative tour programs – horseback riding along the trails – and explores the functions of the self-organized rotating system to secure their livelihoods and improve their standards of living based on an interdisciplinary analysis. As a result of environmental degradation generated by horses, the horseback riding business has been criticized, and indeed threatened due to a governmental decision to expand infrastructure – i.e road construction, and other collaborative and market-oriented interventions.
Another case based on the representative collaborative and market-oriented model – illustrated by the Pudacuo National park, which has been mainly operated by an alliance of stakeholders from both governmental agencies and the tourism industry – will be analyzed based on the impacts upon local residents.
Finally, in order to play an active role in securing and improving their standards of living, it is worthwhile to examine how the Chinese peasants have received loans, especially from microfinance programs, which are designed for the rural poor. This will be depicted by the last case addressed in this thesis – nongjiale (农家乐) in the villages of Bingzhongluo county - which explores the mechanism of a microfinance program and examines to what extent such a microfinance program facilitates rural tourism.
2014-01-09
2014-01-09
2011
2011-06-03
2014-01-07
3020-07-06
Master thesis
Cho, (Jenny) Juhyung. Poverty Alleviation through Ecotourism in the Three Parallel Rivers World Heritage Site, Yunnan China. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24401
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URN:NBN:no-29182
127697
120232103
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24401/1/thesis.pdf
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The way to the 1930s' Shanghai female stardom : from the pioneering actresses of the late Qing to the popular female film stars of the 1920s and 1930s
Vladimir Tikhonov
Shanghai’s film industry of the Republican era (1912-49) saw the emergence of female stardom, which reached its zenith in the 1930s. This thesis explores the dramatic transformations from the illegitimate use of women in female roles in the late-Qing theatre to the overwhelming star status some actresses achieved in the 1930s Shanghai cinema. Compared to the art of female impersonation that was treasured in the traditional theatre in both China and Japan, women’s capacity – rooted in their physical bodies – to present female roles more realistically and naturally significantly contributed to the legitimization of their acting in the realism-oriented modern theatre and cinema. When female stardom rose in the imported foreign medium, film, the content of star images, centred on figures of virtuous women, swordswomen of the 1920s, and genuine, innocent girls of the 1930s, was largely shaped and manipulated by prevailing ideologies embedded in films. Sexualized images of actresses, on one hand, were always a significant part of their appeal to the audience, but on the other hand, constantly invited various forms of sexual exploitation. The historical connection between performing and prostitution even brought certain legitimacy (in a psychological sense) to such exploitation, and brought more scepticism about women engaged in performing. A group of female film stars rising in the 1930s and recognized as genuine artists eventually could shake off such scepticism and won a positive public opinion.
2014-01-09
2014-01-09
2010
2010-11-26
2014-01-07
Master thesis
Zhou, Yuan. The way to the 1930s' Shanghai female stardom. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2010
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/24393
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URN:NBN:no-27010
108900
112275605
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/24393/1/Yuan_Zhou_2010_thesis_Shanghai_Stardom.pdf
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Korean Culture and Transformation of National Identity
Park, Eunjung
Korea
culture
National
identity
Transformation
This thesis investigates how the Korean national identity has been constructed in Korean culture-related texts aimed at two different groups, overseas Koreans and foreigners, by comparing Korean culture-related texts published especially after 2000s. It mainly demonstrates the interrelation between the Korean government's overseas Korean/foreigner policy and the collective/social/cultural memory building in culture-related texts. It shows that collective/social/cultural memory has been appropriated for the needs of the Korean government in the neo-liberal globalization process that has taken place in Korea. At the same time, the thesis also presents the ambiguity of the criteria which can draw a line between overseas Koreans and foreigners in recent times, because the gukmin (Nation people in Korean) as a citizenship identity is becoming reinforced (which can include both groups into the same category). However, I pose that the multicultural perspective still was not deeply considered in this transformation of the national identity. For the Korean government, both groups are still regarded as objects to be socialize into the Korean way. The most interesting finding is the ethnicized concept gukmin , which is generally deployed by appealing to ethnic attachment to the nation indirectly. Particular elements (Korean, indigenous, traditional) still prevail in most culture-related texts. With politically conservative shift trends in Korea, there was also generally found conservative reinterpretations of the collective/social/cultural memory throughout most of the culture-related texts.
2014-09-08
2014-09-08
2014
2014-09-09
Master thesis
Park, Eunjung. Korean Culture and Transformation of National Identity. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2014
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/40870
URN:NBN:no-45496
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/40870/1/Eunjung-Park-MAthesis-.pdf
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oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/43028
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A Study of Japanese Loanwords in Chinese
Chen, Haijing
Japanese
Loanwords
Modern
Chinese
Linguistic
factor
Social
factor
Since Japanese language makes extensive use of Chinese characters in its writing system, and a large portion of its vocabulary is borrowed from Chinese in ancient times, it makes people to believe that Chinese always has the overwhelming influence on Japanese. However, the situation is completely changed since modern times. A great number of Japanese words entered into Chinese. Nevertheless, many Chinese people still think that nowadays Chinese language is in a dominant position in linguistic exchange between Chinese and Japanese. The goal of this research is to give people better understanding of the significance of Japanese loanwords in modern Chinese. In this paper, I analyze the channels, classifications, characteristics and influences of Japanese loanwords in different time backgrounds. The findings are mainly based on about one thousand Japanese loanwords that I collected from dictionaries and academic papers. The main results are that Japanese loanwords take an important part in creating new words and formating modern Chinese. Research also indicates that both linguistic factor and social factor affect loanwords, meanwhile, the host language and society are influenced by loanwords. Therefore both Chinese language and society affect the intakes of Japanese loanwords, at the same time the Chinese language and society are also influenced by Japanese loanwords.
2015-03-09
2015-03-09
2014
2015-03-09
Master thesis
Chen, Haijing. A Study of Japanese Loanwords in Chinese. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2014
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/43028
URN:NBN:no-47412
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/43028/1/A-Study-of-Japanese-Loanwords-in-Chinese.pdf
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Raiding the Garden and Rejecting the Family--A Narratology of Scene in The Dream of Red Chamber
Raiding the Garden and Rejecting the Family--A Narratology of Scene in The Dream of Red Chamber
Chen, Zhonghong
The
Dream
of
Red
Chamber
Scene
Narratology
By conducting a close reading and a structural analysis, this thesis explores a narratology of scene in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber(Honglou meng《红楼梦》). The terminology of scene in the Western literary criticism usually refers to a structual unit in drama and a mode of presentation in narrative . Some literature criticists also claim that scene refers to a structural unit in narrative , though without further explanation. One of the main contributions of this theis is to define the term of scene , apply it stringently to the novel, Honglou meng, and thus make a narratology of scene in this novel. This thesis finds that scene as a structural unit in drama is characterized by a unity of continuity of characters, time, space and actions that are unified based on the same topic. Topic plays a decisive role in distinguishing scenes . On the basis of the definition of the term of scene , this theis also reveals how scenes transfer from each other by analyzing scene transitions . This thesis also finds that the characteristic of the narration in Honglou meng is character-centered ranther than plot-centered , by conducting research on the relationship between scene , chapter and chapter title . On the basis of these findings, this thesis also finds that scene influences the development of plot by two means: one is to adjust the speed of narrative , and the other is to adjust the intensity of narrative . By these two means the plot changes in accordance with a periodicity of fast 快and slow 慢 and also strength 强and weakness弱 . Last but not least, this theis compares the novel Honglou meng with the traditional Chinese drama Honglou meng Chuanqi 《红楼梦传奇》(The Legend of the Honglou meng), and looks into the differences and similarities of the scenes and scene transitions between these two literary genres. Scenes are topic-based in the traditional Chinese novels, while they are song-based in the traditional Chinese drama. Due to the length and influence from oral literature and the characteristic of containing large length, the plot in each chapter of the traditional Chinese novel presents the characteristics of huanjin jishou缓进急收 (develop slowly but finish fast). In the traditional Chinese drama, however, in order to grasp the attention of the audiences and to attrack them back after one section is finished, the plot in one chu is presented according to the rule of jijin huanshou 急进缓收 (develop fast but finish slowly).
By conducting a close reading and a structural analysis, this thesis explores a narratology of scene in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber(Honglou meng《红楼梦》). The terminology of scene in the Western literary criticism usually refers to a structual unit in drama and a mode of presentation in narrative . Some literature criticists also claim that scene refers to a structural unit in narrative , though without further explanation. One of the main contributions of this theis is to define the term of scene , apply it stringently to the novel, Honglou meng, and thus make a narratology of scene in this novel. This thesis finds that scene as a structural unit in drama is characterized by a unity of continuity of characters, time, space and actions that are unified based on the same topic. Topic plays a decisive role in distinguishing scenes . On the basis of the definition of the term of scene , this theis also reveals how scenes transfer from each other by analyzing scene transitions . This thesis also finds that the characteristic of the narration in Honglou meng is character-centered ranther than plot-centered , by conducting research on the relationship between scene , chapter and chapter title . On the basis of these findings, this thesis also finds that scene influences the development of plot by two means: one is to adjust the speed of narrative , and the other is to adjust the intensity of narrative . By these two means the plot changes in accordance with a periodicity of fast 快and slow 慢 and also strength 强and weakness弱 . Last but not least, this theis compares the novel Honglou meng with the traditional Chinese drama Honglou meng Chuanqi 《红楼梦传奇》(The Legend of the Honglou meng), and looks into the differences and similarities of the scenes and scene transitions between these two literary genres. Scenes are topic-based in the traditional Chinese novels, while they are song-based in the traditional Chinese drama. Due to the length and influence from oral literature and the characteristic of containing large length, the plot in each chapter of the traditional Chinese novel presents the characteristics of huanjin jishou缓进急收 (develop slowly but finish fast). In the traditional Chinese drama, however, in order to grasp the attention of the audiences and to attrack them back after one section is finished, the plot in one chu is presented according to the rule of jijin huanshou 急进缓收 (develop fast but finish slowly).
2015-03-09
2015-03-09
2014
2015-03-09
Master thesis
Chen, Zhonghong. Raiding the Garden and Rejecting the Family--A Narratology of Scene in The Dream of Red Chamber. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2014
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/43033
URN:NBN:no-47451
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/43033/1/Master-Thesis-EAST-4591-Chen-Zhonghong.pdf
nor
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/45758
2017-12-08T09:19:25Z
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Are You a Good Chinese Musician? The Ritual Transmission of Social Norms in a Chinese Reality Music Talent Show
Zhou, Miaowen
reality
TV
talent
show
The
Song
of
China
media
ritual
ritualization
norm
The sensational success of a Chinese reality music talent show, Super Girls Voice (SGV), in 2005 not only crowned many unknown Chinese girls/women with the hail of celebrity overnight, but also caused hot debates on many subjects including whether the show triggered cultural, even political democracy in China. 10 years have passed and China is in another heyday of reality music talent shows. However, the picture differs from before. For instance, not everybody can take part in it anymore. And the state television China Central Television (CCTV) joined the competition for market share. It actually became a competitive player of reality by claiming to find the best original and creative Chinese musicians whose voices CCTV previously avoided or oppressed. In this thesis, I will examine one CCTV show, The Song of China (SOC), in order to examine what the norms of good Chinese music and musicians are in the context of reality music talent shows. My work will hopefully give you some insights into the characteristics and the wider social and political influences of such reality music talent shows in the post-SGV era. I carried out a content analysis with support of theories such as media ritual, ritualization and social norms on SOC s first season. Media rituals and ritualization became powerful tools to unfold: how SOC appeared to stand in for the credible place of presenting and evaluating real, original and creative music and musicians; how SOC repetitively reproduced the distinction between media (CCTV) and ordinary people (musicians) and naturalized the power of the media (CCTV); how the Chinese musicians and audience of the program can be governed through the program. Furthermore, through the rituals and ritualization, norms of good Chinese music/musicians were transmitted. In short, good Chinese music should be creative in a way that combines Chinese elements with western music style; and good Chinese musicians/people should possess many particular virtues, they respect authority, and consider themselves as the successors of the Chinese cultural heritage and as contributors to the globalization of China s popular culture. These norms, in return, reinforced the power of CCTV. Through the prism of SOC, we can see how recent Chinese reality music shows, instead of empowering common people, has become a new place where the authorities, CCTV, and the state leave their marks.
2015-09-07
2015-09-07
2015
2015-09-07
Master thesis
Zhou, Miaowen. Are You a Good Chinese Musician? The Ritual Transmission of Social Norms in a Chinese Reality Music Talent Show. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2015
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/45758
URN:NBN:no-49666
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/45758/1/Zhou-Master.pdf
eng
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/49713
2017-12-08T09:19:26Z
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Teahouses and the Tea Art: A Study on the Current Trend of Tea Culture in China and the Changes in Tea Drinking Tradition
Li, Jie
Chinese
tea
culture
tradition
he subject of this thesis is tradition and the current trend of tea culture in China. In order to answer the following three questions whether the current tea culture phenomena can be called tradition or not; what are the changes in tea cultural tradition and what are the new features of the current trend of tea culture; what are the endogenous and exogenous factors which influenced the change in the tea drinking tradition , I did literature research from ancient tea classics and historical documents to summarize the development history of Chinese tea culture, and used two month to do fieldwork on teahouses in Xi an so that I could have a clear understanding on the current trend of tea culture. It is found that the current tea culture is inherited from tradition and changed with social development. Tea drinking traditions have become more and more popular with diverse forms. It closely combined with the social economy. Moreover, the changes in tradition are influenced by human beings and the social environment. The requirements for convenience and equality have influenced the changes in tradition endogenously while the economic and political influences as well as western cultures and development of mass media are the exogenous factors which have made the changes in tea drinking tradition.
2016-03-08
2016-03-08
2015
2016-03-08
Master thesis
Li, Jie. Teahouses and the Tea Art: A Study on the Current Trend of Tea Culture in China and the Changes in Tea Drinking Tradition. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2015
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/49713
URN:NBN:no-53430
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/49713/1/MA-Thesis--Jie-Li.pdf
eng
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/49676
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Cultivating Confucian Virtues Through Buddhist Meditation: The «Meditation Essentials» in Yuán Huáng's Program of Self-Cultivation
Sjøstedt, Gunnar
Yuan
Huang
Liaofan
meditation
Ledgers
of
Merit
and
Demerit
no
mind
Neo
Confucianism
Buddhism
secularism
individualism
syncretism
egocentrism
soteriology
The present MA thesis is the first ever comprehensive study of Jìngzuò yàojúe 靜坐要訣 ( Meditation Essentials ), a Chinese meditation treatise authored by Confucian scholar-official Yuán Huáng (h. Liǎofán, 1533–1606) but largely based on a work lectured one millennium earlier by Buddhist Tiāntāi monk Zhìyǐ (538–597). Its main contribution is the discovery of a link between sitting meditation and the practice of keeping morality ledgers. The primary concern has been, through an analysis and contextualization of the text, to catch a glimpse of how Yuán Huáng conceptualizes and re-conceptualizes meditation, and what the answer to this question might impart in terms of new knowledge about the late Míng period (c. 1530–1644). One aspect in particular of this reconceptualization emerged as particularly significant, and thus became the argumentative focus. This is how meditation relates functionally to the author s other self-cultivation practices, i.e. what role it plays in what I call his program of self-cultivation. Yuán Huáng is today known mainly for his practice of merit accumulation through the keeping of daily Ledgers of Merit and Demerit . I argue that meditation as conceived by Yuán Huáng must be understood in relation to this practice, and that this relation consists in seeing meditation as an important prerequisite for the karmic efficacy of merit accumulation; meditation is, above all, a way to rid the mind of self-centred desire and cultivate humaneness (rén) in its place, thus instilling in the practitioner the selfless no-mind required for good deeds to result in good karma. Accordingly, the original soteriological goal of Buddhist meditation is partly lost; it is secularized and confucianized, in the sense that it becomes part of a self-cultivation program that aims for moral fulfilment and societal harmony in the here and now. This is demonstrated through a three-step process, with each step involving a progressively broadened perspective: First, I contrast the Meditation Essentials with the work on which it is based, pointing out the significant differences, as well as the likely underlying reasons for them. Second, I compare it to the author s works on merit accumulation, demonstrating the overriding concern with selfless virtues in both through a discussion of the three fundamental concepts no-desire , humaneness and no-mind . Finally, I use the resulting picture of Yuán Huáng s conception of meditation to uncover a similar approach to meditation latent in preceding and contemporaneous Neo-Confucian meditators, centring on Liú Zōngzhōu in particular. Thus ending the thesis on a note of wider implications, I contend not only that the relation between meditation and morality ledgers is not exclusive to Yuán Huáng, but furthermore that the perceived efficacy of sitting meditation for the purpose of weeding out self-centred desire and intentions was one significant reason for its introduction into Neo-Confucianism.
2016-03-08
2016-03-08
2015
2016-03-08
Master thesis
Sjøstedt, Gunnar. Cultivating Confucian Virtues Through Buddhist Meditation: The «Meditation Essentials» in Yuán Huáng's Program of Self-Cultivation. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2015
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/49676
URN:NBN:no-53453
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/49676/7/Sjoestedt-2015.pdf
eng
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/52067
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Entering the Inner Circle - An ethnographic analysis of South Korean Winner fans and their relationship with their Japanese counterparts
Bakke, Thea
hallyu
japan
k-pop
south korea
victimhood nationalism
korean wave
2016-09-07
2016-09-07
2016
2016-09-07
Master thesis
Bakke, Thea. Entering the Inner Circle - An ethnographic analysis of South Korean Winner fans and their relationship with their Japanese counterparts. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2016
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/52067
URN:NBN:no-55586
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/52067/1/masteroppgave-endelig.pdf
eng
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/52149
2017-12-08T09:19:27Z
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Halal in Japan : History, Issues and Problems -The effect of the "Halal Boom" Phenomenon on Japanese Society and Industry
Adidaya, Yoza Achmad
Halal in Japan
Halal
日本におけるハラール、ハラル観光、ムスリムフレンドリー
The development of Halal has recently spread in Japan and become a new trending topic in Muslim tourism and Japanese businesses. But Halal in Japan is not that new. It is said that Halal first spread along with the Japanese economic bubble in the 1980s, where foreigners from Muslim countries come to Japan for work and created the demand for consuming Halal. However, the topic of Halal is becoming a new hot issue in Japan because of the increasing number of Muslims tourists from Southeast Asian countries after the Japanese government enacted the regulation exempting visas for tourism purposes for most ASEAN countries. This has caused the number of inbound tourists from Indonesia and Malaysia (which is known as a Muslim majority country) to increase significantly during the past few years, and has created a new unique opportunity for many Japanese industries, especially those related to tourism. The expanding Halal business in Japan has also led to the emergence of Halal certification bodies. According to Masayuki Numajiri, this phenomenon is referred to as the “Halal boom”. However, the development following the Halal boom is not as smooth as expected. My findings reveal that the spread of Halal in Japan has caused problems, because some Japanese business persons regard Halal only as a tool with which to make as much money as possible from Muslim consumers. Problems such as inauthentic Halal marks (fake Halal), different standards of certification, the confusing terms of “local Halal” and “Muslim friendly”, Halal slaughtering issues and the anti-Halal movement are said to be things that can impede Halal from spreading more widely in Japanese society. In this research, I focus on how the Halal boom mentioned by Masayuki Numajiri has affected Japanese society and industry in general. I also focus on the problems of the development of Halal in Japan following the Halal boom. In this Master’s thesis, I employ qualitative methodology based on fieldwork, interviews and questionnaire.
2016-09-07
2016-09-07
2016
2016-09-07
Master thesis
Adidaya, Yoza Achmad. Halal in Japan : History, Issues and Problems -The effect of the "Halal Boom" Phenomenon on Japanese Society and Industry. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2016
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/52149
URN:NBN:no-55676
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/52149/5/oppginnlev-ea997fbd-e41c-436f-9332-ced0fbc8cccbYoza_Achmad_Adidaya_Masterthesis.pdf
eng
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/52216
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A Cultural History of ‘Redness’ in Chinese Civilization – The Origins: from the Neolithic up to Qin
Wu, Wei
2016-09-07
2016
2016-09-07
3016-05-30
Master thesis
Wu, Wei. A Cultural History of ‘Redness’ in Chinese Civilization – The Origins: from the Neolithic up to Qin. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2016
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/52216
URN:NBN:no-55731
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/52216/5/Thesis---IKOS---Wei-WU.pdf
eng
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Not in Two Minds: Philosophy of Mind and Action in Zhu Xi's (1130.1200) Interpretations of the Counsels of the Great Yu
Sydskjør, Anders
One of Zhu Xi’s (1130-1200) most important texts, the Preface to the Mean and Commonality 中庸序 (date of composition: 1189) is organised as a long recontextualisation and commentary on a sixteen character long passage from the Old Text Shangshu 古文尚書. His commentary tantalisingly describes the text as telling us something of importance regarding the nature of the mind and its role in one’s interactions with the world. What he there writes has typically been interpreted as espousing an ideal of strict self-denial and a subjugation of the self to moral laws. This thesis argues that his meaning is almost precisely the opposite; by reading of the Preface in light of near-contemporary discussions of the text with his students. It argues that Zhu in the Preface elaborates a responsive theory of the mind and on that basis a theory of moral action as moral responsiveness. His responsive theory of the mind sets out to describe the sorts of things that give shape to one’s responses to the outside world; this includes the state of one’s body, brute contingency and most importantly one’s moral nature. The theory of moral action developed on this basis is one that seeks to describe how one can avoid being a victim of the whims of fate, and even in the most adverse conditions lead a flourishing life; not free from contingency but in a creative co-existence with it. The way this thesis achieves this result is by taking the commentary form seriously; where previous interpreters have assumed Zhu to be a systematic philosopher deriving doctrines from abstract principles, this thesis reconstructs what Zhu says as attempts to interpret a text. It does this in three steps, divided over three chapters: It first reconstructs the lively debate that was taking place during the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties on precisely how to interpret the passage from the Counsels of the Great Yu; it then reconstructs the assumtptions Zhu ascribes to the text by interpreting several arguments Zhu makes as arguments for a particular reading of a text; in the last chapter these assumptions are read back into the Shangshu text through the lens of several illustrations Zhu uses to arrive at the picture of responsive action described above.
2016-09-07
2016-09-07
2016
2016-09-07
Master thesis
Sydskjør, Anders. Not in Two Minds: Philosophy of Mind and Action in Zhu Xi's (1130.1200) Interpretations of the Counsels of the Great Yu. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2016
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/52253
URN:NBN:no-55776
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/52253/1/Masteroppgave-Anders-Sydskj-rDUO.pdf
eng
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/54557
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Portrayal of Foreigners in Traditional Chinese History and Literature
Agøy, Erling Torvid Hagen
My thesis examines how foreigners have been portrayed in traditional Chinese literature, with the underlying question being to which degree the traditional Chinese world-view was adhered to in different eras and circumstances, as this world-view had many implications for the views on foreigners. Attention is given to which factors could influence perceptions of the outside world, and to when the world-view came to change. I defined foreigners as those not recognised by the Hàn Chinese of their era as being part of the central Chinese civilisation. After explaining the traditional Chinese world-view, I explored these questions in a series of case studies analysing the portrayal of foreigners in a number of texts from different periods: the Hòu Hàn Shū (5th century AD), the Dà Táng Xīyù Jì (7th century AD), a selection of Táng poetry (7th to 9th century), the Yuán Shǐ (1370), the Sānguó Yǎnyì (14th-16th century), the Hǎiguó Túzhì (1843-52) and the writings of Liáng Qǐchāo and Lǔ Xùn (late 19th to early 20th century). These texts vary in genre from formal dynastic histories, poetry and travel accounts to popular novels and private gazetteers and essays. In this thesis, I have found that while the influence on the Chinese view of foreigners from the traditional world-view can be discerned in all the writings I have analysed, there have been many exceptions to this world-view. Exceptions of varying degree can be found in most of my selected material. These could be caused by a variety of reasons, such as religion, historical circumstances and personal experiences. Here, while exotic aspects were frequently stressed, foreigners were portrayed as equal or superior to the Chinese, and were able to play various roles. A reverence for tradition, however, kept on influencing the Chinese world-view for much of history. Genre has been proven to have been important, as exceptions were more apparent in religious and popular literature and certain poems than in other works, which adhered more closely to the traditional world-view. This shows there could be differences between popular and élite views. The Chinese world-view has been shown to not have been completely dominant throughout China’s long history of interactions with foreigners. This thesis makes clear that this world-view gradually came to change due to foreign pressure especially in the period between my last two case studies, or between the 1840s and the late 19th and early 20th century, but also that change happened over time and may have started much earlier.
2017-03-10
2017-03-10
2016
2017-03-10
Master thesis
Agøy, Erling Torvid Hagen. Portrayal of Foreigners in Traditional Chinese History and Literature. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2016
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/54557
URN:NBN:no-57700
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/54557/1/EAST4591-Master-s-Thesis-in-East-Asian-Culture-and-History--Erling-Hagen-Ag-y.pdf
eng
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/58096
2017-12-08T09:19:28Z
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Analysis on Media Coverage of Kim Jong-Un in the Norwegian newspapers, Aftenposten: After emergence of Kim Jong-un in the North Korea from Sep 2010 to Des 2016
Sim, Jinha
the Propaganda Model
Media analysis
Kim Jong-un
Aftenposten
North Korea
2017-09-07
2017-09-07
2017
2017-09-07
Master thesis
Sim, Jinha. Analysis on Media Coverage of Kim Jong-Un in the Norwegian newspapers, Aftenposten: After emergence of Kim Jong-un in the North Korea from Sep 2010 to Des 2016. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2017
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/58096
URN:NBN:no-60920
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/58096/1/Analysis-on-Media-Coverage-of-Kim-Jong-Un-in-the-Norwegian-newspapers--Aftenposten_Jinha-Sim.pdf
eng
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/57987
2020-06-04T22:39:48Z
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Attacked by Māra. Tiantai Zhiyi (538-597) and the Birth of Chinese Buddhist Meditative Demonology
Gundersen, Guttorm Norberg
Demonology
Buddhism
Meditation
Mara
Tiantai
Zhiyi
2017-09-07
2020-06-01
2017
2017-09-07
Master thesis
Gundersen, Guttorm Norberg. Attacked by Māra. Tiantai Zhiyi (538-597) and the Birth of Chinese Buddhist Meditative Demonology. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2017
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/57987
URN:NBN:no-60863
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/57987/1/Attacked-by-Mara---Gundersen.pdf
eng
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/60804
2018-03-10T23:05:38Z
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Where Did the Concept of Environment Come from and Where Is It Found? - A Conceptual History of Environment in Modern China
Xu, Qionglan
environment
conceptual history
China
This thesis addresses when and where the modern concept of environment arose in human history, as well as the shifts in people’s perception of the environment and environmental change in modern China, by applying conceptual history to Chinese discourse. Thus, I use conceptual history as a methodology for studying the history of forming, using and developing the concept of environment in Euro-America and its integration and interaction with traditional Chinese ideas and the Chinese responses to the concept and environmental change in the 20th and early 21st centuries. Before the term environment became a modern concept (i.e. before the 19th century in Euro-America and the 20th century in China), its use first as the state of being surrounded and then life circumstances was similar in Euro-American and Chinese discourses. The shifts in the use of the term (i.e. English environment, German Umgebung and Umwelt, and Chinese huanjing 环境) started from the formation of the biological concept of interaction between living creatures and the environment via the English term environment in the mid-nineteenth century. The significance of such conceptual change is that the development of a modern biological idea changed the way that people look at the surrounding world. Before the formulation of modern biology, people viewed the surrounding world as nature, while after it, people see the surrounding world as the environment. More importantly, in the development of scientific knowledge, starting from modern biology, the concept of environment has become more and more abstract and complex – as it includes the thinking of philosophy, sociology, biology, ecology, economy, etc. In Chinese discourse, before the modern environmental concept (i.e. biological sense of the environment) was introduced from the West to China, the use of the ancient term huanjing (environment) was the same as it was in the ancient western world (i.e. the surroundings). After the introduction, the Chinese perception of the environment basically followed the same path of development as the western region had experienced. The reception of the new concept of environment coming from Euro-America was a complex combination of western environmental concepts, Japanese kankyō (環境, environment), western knowledge of hygiene and the Japanese hygiene administration system, as well as the global and China’s own domestic environmental movements. The conceptualization process for environment in Chinese discourse was also closely associated with the conceptualization of the two Chinese ancient terms weisheng (hygiene) and wuran (pollution). Moreover, the concept of environment is still changing. It started in the 1910s, but the greater shifts appeared in the 1920s, 1970s and 2000s. People’s perception of the surroundings, the natural environment, life circumstances, public hygiene and health, pollution, as well as the virtual environment (such as information environment), reflects a process of human recognition of the environment, in which the human self-centered tendency becomes more and more exposed. Ideas of the human-environment relationships (e.g. ecological development and sustainable development) reflect the political ideology at both local and global levels. The concept of environment is of course connected with the term environment, but it is far more than a term. Not only has it become more and more abstract and keeps expanding, but it abides in people’s ideologies and serves as a weapon in social and political movements toward achieving a particular goal in human history.
2018-03-10
2018-03-10
2017
2018-03-10
Master thesis
Xu, Qionglan. Where Did the Concept of Environment Come from and Where Is It Found? - A Conceptual History of Environment in Modern China. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2017
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/60804
URN:NBN:no-63442
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/60804/1/master-s-thesis---Qionglan-Xu.pdf
eng
oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/60835
2022-02-23T10:16:44Z
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The Physiology of the Mind in Chinese Medicine: Interpretation of the 五神 “Five Spirits” in Zhang Jingyue’s Categories of the Canons (1624)
Mai-Thi, Minh Khai
Abstract This thesis will argue that psychological theory was always a central part of Chinese scholarly medicine. Such theories were prominent already in the early literature and continued to be discussed and elaborated in the further development of the medical discourse. Even so, they have not received much academic attention and are therefore often overlooked in the wider discussions of Chinese and East-Asian theories of the mind. This study is the first in-depth analysis of the conceptual model known as the “five spirits” (wushen 五神). It is also the first to explore this topic specifically from the angle of medical discourse. The analysis is based on a 17th century medical commentary that has not yet been translated or thoroughly discussed in any international publication. Theory is an abstract representation that seeks to explain why and how a certain phenomenon occurs. To understand such abstractions, one has to be familiar with the basic concepts, arguments, and practices of that theoretical field. The meaning of a chemical formula, for example, cannot be derived from its symbolic representation alone, but relies on a comprehension of how it relates to actual processes in nature. The goal of this study has been to understand the Chinese medical conceptualization of the mind not just as an abstract theory, but also as a concrete interpretation of mental and physical functions. However, since it was articulated in a language and style of reasoning unfamiliar to modern readers, such concrete implications can be harder to see. The main argument of this thesis is that to understand this model of the mind, we need to analyse its terminology, conceptual structure, and interpretation in the medical discourse. It is further hypothesized that such an understanding can be obtained from an attentive reading of medical commentaries. The main source of this study—the Categories of the Canon (Leijing 類經)—is a late Ming dynasty commentary to the two main texts of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon (Huangdi Neijing 黃帝內經). Chinese scholars describe it as one of the most influential works in the medical commentarial tradition. It was chosen because it had been recommended by a renowned Chinese physician as a reference to the five spirits. In itself it is only a small segment of the larger medical discourse. Yet as a commentary, it reaches back to the early formative literature and across the later developments, thereby providing us a glimpse of the extended historical dialogue between medical scholars. Keywords: Chinese medicine, mind, psychology, physiology, body-mind relationship, Neijing, Leijing, commentarial tradition, Zhang Jingyue, Zhang Jiebin.
2018-03-10
2018-03-10
2017
2018-03-10
3022-02-23
Master thesis
Mai-Thi, Minh Khai. The Physiology of the Mind in Chinese Medicine: Interpretation of the 五神 “Five Spirits” in Zhang Jingyue’s Categories of the Canons (1624). Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2017
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/60835
URN:NBN:no-63462
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Japan's "Overseas Shinto Shrines" as Cultural Heritage in Present-Day China: A Case Study of the Nation-Founding Heroes Shrine
Chen, Zuoyi
2018-03-10
2017
2018-03-10
3017-12-01
Master thesis
Chen, Zuoyi. Japan's "Overseas Shinto Shrines" as Cultural Heritage in Present-Day China: A Case Study of the Nation-Founding Heroes Shrine. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2017
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/60866
URN:NBN:no-63490
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/60866/8/MA-CHEN-THESIS.pdf
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The Emergence of New Written Histories Amongst Tibetan Pastoralists in Post-Mao China: The Case of Amdo Wongtak Tsowa
Cairangsanzhou, Cairangsanzhou
post-Mao China
Amdo
historiography
pastoralists
Wongtak
Tibet
Since the end of the last century, a wave of literary production has taken place in the Tibetan region known as Amdo in the west of China. Though fiction and poetry writing has been at the center of this movement, texts on the history of local pastoral communities have also mushroomed at an unprecedented rate. These texts about the history of pastoral Tibetans have been written neither from the official state perspective nor from the point view of the subalterns – those who have been the “people without history” for centuries. This dissertation is a case study of this newly emerged history writing amongst Amdo Tibetan pastoralists in post-Mao China. The analysis focuses primarily on three different texts about Wongtak (Bong stag), a Tibetan pastoral community with more than eighteen sub-groups. This dissertation examines the language and linguistic techniques employed in these texts to understand not only their style but their underlying messages and the ways in which they glorify past people and events. These texts use different styles and approaches for diverse purposes and agendas; some follow the traditional textual tradition of Tibetan historiography while others follow the official gazetteer style of the modern Chinese state. This dissertation is also concerned with how these history texts reclaim their landscape and reinforce their Tibetan identity in a precarious era by presenting various arguments for their Tibetanness, while simultaneously negotiating a space for their existence by agreeing with some portion of official history. For instance, on the one hand, two of the texts assert their Tibetanness by making an argument for the Sakya origins of Wongtak pastoralists, while another text aims to refute a non-Tibetan origin narrative presented in official documents assembled by the provincial government of Qinghai in the 1950s. On the other hand, one text concludes that Kunlun, a Taoist sacred mountain, is located in Wongtak, even though Chinese scholars are having difficulty drawing a unanimous conclusion about its location. As a first attempt to understand newly written history texts on Amdo pastoralists by their own members, this dissertation aims to provide a set of multi-faceted answers to questions about why and how these histories are written and aims to open further avenues of discussion about these new Tibetan history texts in post-Mao China.
2018-09-07
2018
2018-09-07
3018-05-25
Master thesis
Cairangsanzhou, Cairangsanzhou. The Emergence of New Written Histories Amongst Tibetan Pastoralists in Post-Mao China: The Case of Amdo Wongtak Tsowa. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2018
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/64292
URN:NBN:no-66841
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/64292/1/thesis.pdf
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2018-09-07T22:09:57Z
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Culinary Integration and Sweet Imagination: The Case of Japanese Confectionery under Globalisation
He, Yiting
Food culture
localisation
Japanese cuisine (washoku)
Japanese confectionery (wagashi)
globalisation
The Japanese food boom in recent years makes Japanese cuisine one of the most popular food around the world. There are also many academic studies on different aspects of Japanese food culture, among which, culinary globalisation is one of the popular discussed topics in recent years. Japanese traditional confectionery or wagashi, as one part of Japanese cuisine, has also gone global. In this thesis, I will discuss how wagashi goes global by investigating a case study of a wagashi company in Taiwan called Toukaya. Wagashi’s exquisite appearances represent the changing seasons. Toukaya makes adjustments and innovations on wagashi designs and uses local ingredients to make wagashi, which makes the traditional confections more appealing to local people and also shows more possibilities and flexibilities for wagashi under the trend of globalisation.
2018-09-07
2018-09-07
2018
2018-09-07
Master thesis
He, Yiting. Culinary Integration and Sweet Imagination: The Case of Japanese Confectionery under Globalisation. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2018
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/64328
URN:NBN:no-66867
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/64328/1/Master-s-thesis--Yiting-He.pdf
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2019-09-10T22:32:12Z
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Der Adler im Drachenhort - German Imperialism in Kiautschou in the Context of Sino-German Perception
Streiss, Yannik Robert Caspar
China
Sino-German interactions
German Imperialism
Perception
Kiautschou
19th century
Late Qing dynasty China
Germany
This thesis is concerned with the exploration of the different Sino-German perceptions and consequences thereof within the colonial context of the German leased Kiautschou concession in China during the years of 1897 and 1914. This master thesis is an addition to the previous scholarly investigations of the Sino-German relations regarding foreign colonialism in China and thus connects the field of German imperialism with the Colonial and Postcolonial research on perception and action within the colonial sphere. One of the central findings the thesis presents is that, while in the context of modern Imperialist analysis the period is often divided into two clearly distinct timeframes, the spectrum of perceptions presented within the different interactions of individuals, groups and institutions in and outside of the concession paint a vastly broader spectrum of viewpoints present at any given time. It shows that perception and actual political action are not always equal. The investigation of different events within a larger context of ideas, demonstrates a more diverse field in which different actors act and write according to different interpretations of the world around them. The paper also finds that within the semi-colonial context certain layers among the colonized Chinese subjects indeed had some form of agency which constructed unique perceptions and is frequently expressed and narrated by interaction patterns within the colonial field. Finally, the thesis finds that the German view, while not always directly influencing Kiautschou policy, was quite diverse even up until the dawn of World War I.
2019-09-09
2019-09-09
2019
2019-09-09
Master thesis
Streiss, Yannik Robert Caspar. Der Adler im Drachenhort - German Imperialism in Kiautschou in the Context of Sino-German Perception. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2019
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/70117
URN:NBN:no-73232
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/70117/1/EAST4591_Yannik_Streiss.pdf
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oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/70212
2019-09-10T23:46:16Z
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Residents’ Perception towards Rural Tourism Development in China: A Case Study of Sideng Village
Li, Qiaoyuan
2019-09-09
2019
2019-09-10
3019-05-28
Master thesis
Li, Qiaoyuan. Residents’ Perception towards Rural Tourism Development in China: A Case Study of Sideng Village. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2019
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/70212
URN:NBN:no-73322
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/70212/1/QIAOYUAN-LI-_-Master-Thesis.pdf
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Women, the Clan-based Gender Order, and Rituals of Rebellion: A Case Study of Qiqiao Festival in Xicun
Guo, Ruijiao
2019-09-09
2019
2019-09-10
3019-05-28
Master thesis
Guo, Ruijiao. Women, the Clan-based Gender Order, and Rituals of Rebellion: A Case Study of Qiqiao Festival in Xicun. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2019
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/70213
URN:NBN:no-73284
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/70213/1/Master-s-Thesis-Guo-Ruijiao.pdf
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How do Chinese We-media Set the Agenda of Foreign English Teacher in China?
Qu, Jingyi
Agenda Setting
Foreign English Teacher
We-Media
2019-09-09
2019-09-09
2019
2019-09-10
Master thesis
Qu, Jingyi. How do Chinese We-media Set the Agenda of Foreign English Teacher in China?. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2019
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/70198
URN:NBN:no-73404
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/70198/5/JingyiQu-MAThesis-4593-0531.pdf
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2019-09-10T23:46:28Z
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Remembering Herself, Remembering the Nation: The Autobiographical Writings of Xie Bingying
Graff, Hans Kristoffer Andersen
funü wenxue
historical contingency
national memory
agency
Kuomintang
autobiography
Xie Bingying
This thesis deals with the autobiographical writings of the Chinese writer Xie Bingying (謝冰瑩, 1906-2000). Xie rose to fame after she published her War Diaries (congjun riji 從軍日記) in 1929, a short series of letters Xie wrote while participating as one of the first Chinese women soldiers in the National Revolutionary Army (guomin gemingjun 國民革命軍) during the Northern Expedition (beifa zhanzheng 北伐戰爭). This and later autobiographies assured her place in both history and scholarship as a representative of the May Fourth generation of radical women writers. However, this thesis shows that her later move to Taiwan has been completely neglected by western scholarship. In Taiwan, Xie significantly rewrote important parts of her life story, creating a narrative that downplayed or removed her early radicalism, and conformed to the national memory which was being constructed in post-war Taiwan under the Kuomintang’s rule. By looking at Xie’s writings through the lenses of autobiographical theory, the concept of national memory, and the question of personal agency, this thesis sets out to explore how Xie’s writing of her life story developed, and how it changed from the portrayal of a decidedly leftist self, to a nationalist self. This thesis finds that in Xie’s major rewriting of her life story, she switches gradually from a leftist discourse of the “masses” (qunzhong 群眾) and “society” (shehui 社會) to one of “nation” (minzu 民族) and “country” (guojia 國家). However, equally important, the emphasis on revolution (geming 革命) and rejection of feudal society (fengjian shehui 封建社會) is present throughout Xie’s writings. This thesis argues that in contrast to the predominant image of the Kuomintang as primarily a conservative, traditionalist political force, through Xie Bingying’s writings, one can see the construction of a Kuomintang as a modernizing, and anti-feudal party which glorified revolutionary rhetoric, and fought for women’s liberation.
2019-09-09
2019-09-09
2019
2019-09-10
Master thesis
Graff, Hans Kristoffer Andersen. Remembering Herself, Remembering the Nation: The Autobiographical Writings of Xie Bingying. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2019
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/70275
URN:NBN:no-73413
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/70275/7/Master-s-thesis---Hans-Kristoffer-Andersen-Graff-pn.pdf
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2019-09-10T22:33:43Z
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Lost in Hong Kong: Feeling at Home in the Cinema of Wong Kar-wai
Li, Wan Hsi
2019-09-09
2019
2019-09-09
3019-06-03
Master thesis
Li, Wan Hsi. Lost in Hong Kong: Feeling at Home in the Cinema of Wong Kar-wai. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2019
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/70070
URN:NBN:no-73279
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/70070/1/EAST4591_WHLi_MA_V19.pdf
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2019-09-19T22:40:34Z
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Suicide Legislations in Conquest Dynasties: A Socio-Legal Study on Xianbei, Tangut and Jurchen Regimes
Gao, Rong
inner Asia; suicide; law; customary law; conquest dynasties
2019-09-18
2019-09-18
2019
2019-09-18
Master thesis
Gao, Rong. Suicide Legislations in Conquest Dynasties: A Socio-Legal Study on Xianbei, Tangut and Jurchen Regimes. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2019
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/70406
URN:NBN:no-73538
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/70406/1/6-3-final-Gao-Rong.pdf
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2020-03-10T23:45:58Z
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Rethinking History of Subalterns in China from Late Qing to Nanjing Decade: Postcolonial Approach on Studying the Power Asymmetry between Chinese Subalterns and Western Missionaries within Christian Educational Institutions
Guo, Wenjing
Chinese subalterns
missionaries.
postcolonialism
Christian schools
Education in China was largely dominated by Christian schools which were mostly financed by Western sponsors during late nineteenth to early twentieth century. This had positioned Chinese students, educators, Christian disciples and educators in a subordinated situation vis-à-vis Western missionaries. Through careful reexamination of historical texts by contextualizing Christian schools into China’s semi-colonial history, this thesis probed into the agency of Chinese subalterns and explored the miscellaneous tactics that Chinese subalterns used to negotiate power and influence vis-à-vis their Western masters. It was evident that China’s independent sovereignty, especially Nanjing government attempted to expand its authority vis-à-vis Western forces had contributed to the stronger position that Chinese subalterns stood compared to subalterns from other full-fledged colonies. It was thus the various techniques that Chinese subalterns used to maximize their benefits bear special traits which were differed from Subalterns Studies in other countries.
2020-03-09
2020-03-09
2019
2020-03-10
Master thesis
Guo, Wenjing. Rethinking History of Subalterns in China from Late Qing to Nanjing Decade: Postcolonial Approach on Studying the Power Asymmetry between Chinese Subalterns and Western Missionaries within Christian Educational Institutions. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2019
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/73832
URN:NBN:no-76964
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/73832/8/MA-thesis-Fall-2019-Wenjing-Guo.pdf
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2020-09-09T23:46:48Z
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Chinese Wine Consumption A study on increased Chinese wine consumption and the development of taste
Jiang, Wei Jie
2020-09-08
2020
2020-09-09
3020-06-02
Master thesis
Jiang, Wei Jie. Chinese Wine Consumption A study on increased Chinese wine consumption and the development of taste. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2020
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/79268
URN:NBN:no-82378
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/79268/1/Master_thesis_East4593_Wei_Jie_Jiang.pdf
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2020-09-09T04:32:19Z
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Independent Migrant Workers’ Organizations in the South Korean Public Sphere and Society: Focusing on Their Discursive and Performative Activities
Dunai, Polina
South Korea
social movement
performative activities
migrant workers
protest signs
semiotics
migrant workers’ trade unionism
The independent migrant workers’ movement in South Korea, represented by the Migrant Trade Union, is an example of a unique formation in South Korea. Thus, it is of interest to us as a subject of academic research. The MTU is the first legalized migrant-based umbrella organization for all the migrant workers in South Korea struggling to protect their rights and improve their working conditions. After the MTU separated from the South Korean NGOs and established their own union, they have had to maneuver between the South Korean public sphere, the South Korean government, and society at large to achieve their goals. To gain a better understanding of the MTU and its interaction with the surrounding environment, their means of manifestation of demands, requests, discontent, and opinion were chosen to be analyzed. In the scope of this study, protest placards used by migrant workers and their performative activities were examined to identify their strategies, central purposes, and tactics, since they best reflect the essence of any type of organization. The results of the research revealed principal audiences the MTU is addressing and for what purposes, the major obstacles they are facing while defending their liberties, and the nature of the cooperation with the South Korean public sphere. Moreover, the results demonstrated challenges to engage the South Korean society to support their movement and aspirations to create a unified migrant worker identity.
2020-09-08
2020-09-08
2020
2020-09-08
Master thesis
Dunai, Polina. Independent Migrant Workers’ Organizations in the South Korean Public Sphere and Society: Focusing on Their Discursive and Performative Activities. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2020
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/79247
URN:NBN:no-82356
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/79247/1/IKOS---EACH---Master-Thesis---Polina-Dunai-2020.pdf
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2020-09-23T23:47:21Z
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#MeToo in South Korea and Japan – a comparative study of newspapers’ coverage of the MeToo-movement in South Korea and Japan
Blegeberg, Inger Helene Johnsen
South Korea
sexual violence
social movement
Japan
sexual harassment
feminism
#MeToo
women's movement
This thesis aim to shed light on how the global MeToo-movement was received, perceived and reported by the media in South Korea and Japan, and how this affected the individual countries. The use of MeToo flourished in South Korea, and the media were consistently following all the high profile cases. In contrast, only a handful of MeToo-stories have breached the news media in Japan. By using online newspapers, three Korean and two Japanese MeToo stories have been retold by compiling information from articles, and then analyzed and compared. The political shift in South Korea made it possible for the MeToo-movement to gain support from the top, as President Moon early on openly declared his support. On the other hand, the unchallenged conservative ruling party in Japan has stayed quiet on the topic of MeToo and sexual harassment, even when their own politicians were involved, and the movement were left struggling at a grassroots level. This political difference is reflected in the freedom of press that has significantly improved since the Moon presidency started, while Prime Minister Abe’s government has been putting more pressure on the media not to write about topics that does not benefit the country. Nonetheless, it is still too early to see the long-term results of the movement, and despite the excessive coverage by the media in South Korea, recent surveys shows that not much has changed in the workforce yet, calling for the question if the result of the movement really differed that much in the neighboring countries.
2020-09-22
2020-09-22
2020
2020-09-23
Master thesis
Blegeberg, Inger Helene Johnsen. #MeToo in South Korea and Japan – a comparative study of newspapers’ coverage of the MeToo-movement in South Korea and Japan. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2020
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/79913
URN:NBN:no-82992
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/79913/1/-MeToo-in-South-Korea-and-Japan--Blegeberg.pdf
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oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/84202
2021-03-19T23:32:06Z
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The Choice to Have a Second Child and the Practice of Motherhood in China
Wang, Jia
Reproductive choice
Second-child policy
Motherhood practice
Inter-family negotiation
This study focuses on women from a middle size city in Liaoning province who gave birth to a second child after the transformation of the family planning policy in China. I conducted ten interviews to investigate the decision-making processes of having another child and the practice of motherhood. The result shows that women in the sample of this study made reproduction choices out of negotiations with family members and personal choice. Some women think having two children is ideal in a family. Additionally, family members’ fertility desire and their preference for the gender of the child affect the reproductive choice of women. Financial aid and unpaid work provision from the older generation are significant for their offspring to have two children. Furthermore, most of the women also believe mothering is a reserved job for women. This study focuses on women who live in small cities and enriches the understanding of their perceptions of motherhood and reproductive choices.
2021-03-19
2021-03-19
2020
2021-03-19
Master thesis
Wang, Jia. The Choice to Have a Second Child and the Practice of Motherhood in China. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2020
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/84202
URN:NBN:no-86937
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/84202/1/Thesis-Jia-Wang.pdf
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oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/88378
2021-09-24T22:00:26Z
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Green Funeral: A New Imagination of Death
Qiu, Yewen
2021-09-23
2021-09-23
2021
2021-09-24
Master thesis
Qiu, Yewen. Green Funeral: A New Imagination of Death. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2021
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/88378
URN:NBN:no-91029
Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/88378/1/green-funeral.pdf
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