This study analyzed university students' awareness of cultural heritage in Sivas, Turkey. Researchers conducted surveys and focus groups with over 1,000 students. They found students had low levels of awareness across different cultural assets, particularly activities like festivals, intangible heritage like folk songs, and local minstrels. The study aimed to understand reasons for low awareness and develop suggestions to improve students' knowledge and engagement with Sivas's cultural heritage. Focus groups with students and tourism representatives provided input on raising cultural heritage awareness.
American Research Journal of Humanities & Social Science (ARJHSS) is a double blind peer reviewed, open access journal published by (ARJHSS).
The main objective of ARJHSS is to provide an intellectual platform for the international scholars. ARJHSS aims to promote interdisciplinary studies in Humanities & Social Science and become the leading journal in Humanities & Social Science in the world.
The presentation focuses on indigenous knowledge systems and science and their role in rural and agricultural development. Both knowledge systems are important to the modern man. They are a science which can be used profitably to further progress and without contradictions.
American Research Journal of Humanities & Social Science (ARJHSS) is a double blind peer reviewed, open access journal published by (ARJHSS).
The main objective of ARJHSS is to provide an intellectual platform for the international scholars. ARJHSS aims to promote interdisciplinary studies in Humanities & Social Science and become the leading journal in Humanities & Social Science in the world.
The presentation focuses on indigenous knowledge systems and science and their role in rural and agricultural development. Both knowledge systems are important to the modern man. They are a science which can be used profitably to further progress and without contradictions.
Culture Shift in the Context of Language Shiftinventy
Research Inventy : International Journal of Engineering and Science is published by the group of young academic and industrial researchers with 12 Issues per year. It is an online as well as print version open access journal that provides rapid publication (monthly) of articles in all areas of the subject such as: civil, mechanical, chemical, electronic and computer engineering as well as production and information technology. The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published by rapid process within 20 days after acceptance and peer review process takes only 7 days. All articles published in Research Inventy will be peer-reviewed.
Role of Traditional Knowledge in The ConservationAhmad Xubair
This PPT is about the Introduction of Traditional Knowledge, How it protects the biodiversity and their characteristics along with the protection methods of traditional knowledge
NFL stars visit with students at Museum of Nature & Science.
NFL Stars and North Texas students huddled up at the Museum of Nature & Science during Super Bowl week. Super Bowl XLV One World Super Huddle was held at the Museum on Monday, Jan. 31 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Students from eight Dallas/Fort Worth area schools visited with Museum educators and NFL stars for special programs of learning and playing.
In India, housing is essentially a private activity. The state intervenes only to provide legal status to the land. The state intervention is also necessary to meet the housing requirements of the vulnerable sections and to create a positive environment in achieving the goal of ‘shelter for all’ on self-sustainable basis.In view of the above aim, the government introduced Housing and Habitat Policy in 1998, which aimed at ensuring the basic need ‘Shelter for all’ and better quality of life to all citizens by harnessing the unused potentials in the public, private and household sectors. The central theme of the policy was creating strong Public/Private partnership for tackling the housing and habitat issues.
Voting and Voter Suppression: An Analysis of Rhetoric in Online Messages by C...inventionjournals
This study is a qualitative content analysis that addresses how four civil rights organizations used rhetorical strategies and tactics to focus on voting and voter suppression leading up to Election 2012. The organizations involved in this study were the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Urban League (NUL), National Action Network (NAN), and ColorOfChange.org (COC). This study examines 82 press releases, official statements, blog posts, and miscellaneous public relations materials. It also explores how often the organizations referenced joint efforts between one another. Three rhetorical strategies and tactics are used in this study: identification, protest-framing theory, and vilification. Findings show that the predominant use of antithesis, a part of identification, suggests that the organization sought unity, primarily among members of its organization and state branches, against several perceived enemies, including the American Legislative Exchange Council, some Republicans, and the Tea Party Victory Fund. Findings also show that the organization missed several opportunities to publicize how they were working together.
The effect of organizational culture and reward on civil servants performance...inventionjournals
This research aims at investigating the effect of organizational culture and reward on civil servants performance mediate motivation and job satisfaction. The design of this research using by survey method with a questionnaire based cross-sectional study. Simple random sampling is used in the determination of the sample with a total of 170 civil servants. Data analysis methods used in testing the hypothesis is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Organizational culture and rewards positive and significant effect on work motivation and job satisfaction, work motivation positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, further more organizational culture, reward and work motivation positive and significant effect on civil servants performance. Work motivation and job satisfaction is not as mediating variable to explain the effect of the organizational culture and rewards on the civil servants performance. The practical implications of this research by providing improved understanding of civil servants in improving the individual performance. The limitations of this study on the sample size using only civil servants, thus limiting the ability to generalize the results of the research findings. Originality of research provides basic configuration against the development of modeling by using Structural Equation Modeling and conceptual models that proved the effect of organizational culture and reward on civil servants performance using motivation and job satisfaction as a mediating variables, which in previous studies carried out partially.
Rethinking the Theories Geopoliticses for One Hegemonic Of World Power for Bricsinventionjournals
The interpretation theories of the geographical reality of the contemporary world, in front of a perspective geopolitics, in its great majority, are restricted to a model based on French traditional regionalism, in principle, based on interpretative theoretical framework of the geographical French school, of century XIX, in this sense, necessary the intellectual search is done for overcoming of this paradigm, for the interpretation of the geographical and geopolitics phenomena, in function of the new world reality, in the powers new centers perspective. Therefore, the construction still in course of a world multipolar rebounds in the new centers emergency, like BRICS, it should think then, to the new possibilities light linked to the new bias theoretical and a new interpretative action, to objectify this goal, have as point of central reflection the theories neoeurasian and meridionalista, like compensation, was boarded the theory proposition of the multi-function geographicalgeopolitics scales. The ways thrashed for that goal were: The thought organization through the interpretative methodology of the two theories, soon after, an interpretation of a new possibility, where the central point are BRICS, followed by the new interpretative possibility of the proposition of multi-function scales geopolitics and result in a new theoretical cutting and of action in the world arena for this group in function of the current theories eurasian and meridionalista only attend a partial interpretation of the world reality.
Unsatisfaction Pacient in Healthy Industrial in Indonesiainventionjournals
The porpose of this article is to assess and comparethe needs of public health services withthe healthcare business in Indonesia in line with the increased catastrophic disease and the high prevalence of mental disorders due to economic pressures, unhealthy lifestyle, poor environmental conditions, workload and family company which result in the detriment of state finances and family economy. Meanwhile, high education has made people, with upper middle income, havegood awareness of personal hygiene and tend to seek health services that can provide information and education on current health, including in selecting the type of insurance. Most of them entered the Y gene, as tech-savvy, and want the best facilities, including in selecting hospitals, laboratories, and medicines. This research uses descriptive qualitative approach byexploring the primary data and secondary data to obtain conclusion that healthcare business is very prospective.Although this business hasa formidable challenge, it will not be diminished by the development time.In 2014,healthcare businessinpharmaceutical industry in Indonesia reached IDR 58.2 trillion, and the government has determined the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industriesas the mainstay and priorities until 2035, given the high amount of expenditures per capita on health service each year.The increased level of life satisfaction in terms of healthcareresults in the high level of satisfaction of patients and families with health providers, but the concern isstill more focused on the high price of medicines and services.
Influence of Occupational Stress on Teachers' Performance in Public Secondary...inventionjournals
The cost of occupational stress has been very high in many organizations. Stress can undermine the achievement of goals, both for individuals and for organizations. Managers are in dilemma over what interventions need to be employed to minimize the cost associated with occupational stress on organizational performance. This study investigated the influence of occupational stress on performance of teachers in Nyeri South Sub-County, Nyeri County. This study employed descriptive survey research design. Data collection was undertaken using questionnaires which were issued to teachers and principals from 12 out of 34 schools. There was a total of 72 respondents, 12 were principals while the rest were other teachers. Stratified random sampling and simple random sampling was used to pick schools and teachers respectively. The data was analyzed using statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics involving frequencies and percentages was used to explain the findings of the study. The study established that the teachers have many activities to carry out in the process of executing their main duty of teaching. These include preparing professional documents including: lesson plan, schemes of work, records of work and student progress record as well as administering, marking and analyzing examinations. In carrying out other duties other than teaching, some respondents indicated that they are not very comfortable, while others indicated that they are comfortable. Regarding interpersonal relationship majority felt that it was good but some indicated that it was bad and very bad in some cases. The study established that most of the resources were adequate or satisfactory but other resources were inadequate in some schools. Most respondents indicated that there were administrative factors that affect teachers negatively. Communication was either good or bad. The study also established that the academic performance of most of the schools in Nyeri south sub –county was average, with a few being above average while the rest were below average. The study specifically recommends that the government should ensure that they are enough teachers in schools to avoid work overload and that the various stakeholders should ensure that there are adequate resources to create a conducive environment. Team building and conflict resolution seminars and workshops should also be held to enhance good interpersonal relationships and those in administration should attend more seminars and workshops concerning administration including the principals, deputy principals and the heads of departments in the schools.
A Study on Emerging Challenges & Opportunities for Indian Banking Sectorinventionjournals
Banking sector is treated as a backbone of a nation as it plays multifarious role for the all total growth of a developing country like India. The banking industry in India has a huge canvas of history, which covers the traditional banking Practices from the time of Britishers to the reforms period, nationalization to privatization of banks and now increasing numbers of foreign banks in India. Therefore, Banking in India has been through a long journey. Banking industry in India has also achieved a new height with the changing times. The use of technology has brought a revolution in the working style of the banks. Nevertheless, the fundamental aspects of banking i.e. trust and the confidence of the people on the institution remain the same. Here commercial banks cater to short and medium term financing requirements, while national level and state level financial institutions meet longer-term requirements. Banking industry in India has also achieved anew height with the changing times. Most of banks provide various services such as Mobile banking, SMS & Net banking and ATMs to their customers for their convenience. The use of technology has brought a revolution in the working style of the banks. Banking today has transformed into a technology intensive and customer friendly model with a focus inconvenience. However, changing dynamics of banking business also brings new kind of risk exposure
Inclusion in Physical Education: Changing To Includeinventionjournals
The debate on the inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream schools has increased in recent years due changes in education policy. From this, many teachers began to rebuild their teaching practices in order to obtain the participation of all students in activities, including those students who had some type of disability. This paper aims to discuss some pedagogical strategies that can promote the inclusion of children with disabilities in Physical Education classes, founded in the area literature. The results show that the the pedagogical practice of physical education teacher should be planned, well executed and new knowledge must be generated so that the activity objectives are achieved safely and benefit of all students.
The Implication of Financial Compensation and Performance Appraisal System to...inventionjournals
The purpose of this study is to analyze and prove the influence of the system of financial compensation and performance appraisal on job satisfaction and job motivation and its implications on the performance of employee. The research type is explanatory research. The research population is all employees of PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur. The sample in this research is 140 employees. The sampling technique is ladder population of proportional with amount of population in every stratum. The data is analyzed by using the approach of Smart Partial Least Square (SmartPLS). The research result indicates that financial compensation has an effect on job satisfaction. Financial compensation does not have an effect on job motivation. Performance appraisal system of employee has an effect on job satisfaction. Performance appraisal system of employee has an effect on job motivation. Financial compensation does not have an effect on employee performance. Performance appraisal system of employee does not have an effect on employee performance. Job satisfaction has an effect on job motivation of employee. Job satisfaction does not have an effect on employee performance. Motivation has an effect on employee performance. Performance appraisal system of employee is stronger in influencing employee performance than financial compensation. Performance appraisal system of employee that is applied by PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur can change the job climate in the company.
Culture Shift in the Context of Language Shiftinventy
Research Inventy : International Journal of Engineering and Science is published by the group of young academic and industrial researchers with 12 Issues per year. It is an online as well as print version open access journal that provides rapid publication (monthly) of articles in all areas of the subject such as: civil, mechanical, chemical, electronic and computer engineering as well as production and information technology. The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published by rapid process within 20 days after acceptance and peer review process takes only 7 days. All articles published in Research Inventy will be peer-reviewed.
Role of Traditional Knowledge in The ConservationAhmad Xubair
This PPT is about the Introduction of Traditional Knowledge, How it protects the biodiversity and their characteristics along with the protection methods of traditional knowledge
NFL stars visit with students at Museum of Nature & Science.
NFL Stars and North Texas students huddled up at the Museum of Nature & Science during Super Bowl week. Super Bowl XLV One World Super Huddle was held at the Museum on Monday, Jan. 31 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Students from eight Dallas/Fort Worth area schools visited with Museum educators and NFL stars for special programs of learning and playing.
In India, housing is essentially a private activity. The state intervenes only to provide legal status to the land. The state intervention is also necessary to meet the housing requirements of the vulnerable sections and to create a positive environment in achieving the goal of ‘shelter for all’ on self-sustainable basis.In view of the above aim, the government introduced Housing and Habitat Policy in 1998, which aimed at ensuring the basic need ‘Shelter for all’ and better quality of life to all citizens by harnessing the unused potentials in the public, private and household sectors. The central theme of the policy was creating strong Public/Private partnership for tackling the housing and habitat issues.
Voting and Voter Suppression: An Analysis of Rhetoric in Online Messages by C...inventionjournals
This study is a qualitative content analysis that addresses how four civil rights organizations used rhetorical strategies and tactics to focus on voting and voter suppression leading up to Election 2012. The organizations involved in this study were the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Urban League (NUL), National Action Network (NAN), and ColorOfChange.org (COC). This study examines 82 press releases, official statements, blog posts, and miscellaneous public relations materials. It also explores how often the organizations referenced joint efforts between one another. Three rhetorical strategies and tactics are used in this study: identification, protest-framing theory, and vilification. Findings show that the predominant use of antithesis, a part of identification, suggests that the organization sought unity, primarily among members of its organization and state branches, against several perceived enemies, including the American Legislative Exchange Council, some Republicans, and the Tea Party Victory Fund. Findings also show that the organization missed several opportunities to publicize how they were working together.
The effect of organizational culture and reward on civil servants performance...inventionjournals
This research aims at investigating the effect of organizational culture and reward on civil servants performance mediate motivation and job satisfaction. The design of this research using by survey method with a questionnaire based cross-sectional study. Simple random sampling is used in the determination of the sample with a total of 170 civil servants. Data analysis methods used in testing the hypothesis is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Organizational culture and rewards positive and significant effect on work motivation and job satisfaction, work motivation positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, further more organizational culture, reward and work motivation positive and significant effect on civil servants performance. Work motivation and job satisfaction is not as mediating variable to explain the effect of the organizational culture and rewards on the civil servants performance. The practical implications of this research by providing improved understanding of civil servants in improving the individual performance. The limitations of this study on the sample size using only civil servants, thus limiting the ability to generalize the results of the research findings. Originality of research provides basic configuration against the development of modeling by using Structural Equation Modeling and conceptual models that proved the effect of organizational culture and reward on civil servants performance using motivation and job satisfaction as a mediating variables, which in previous studies carried out partially.
Rethinking the Theories Geopoliticses for One Hegemonic Of World Power for Bricsinventionjournals
The interpretation theories of the geographical reality of the contemporary world, in front of a perspective geopolitics, in its great majority, are restricted to a model based on French traditional regionalism, in principle, based on interpretative theoretical framework of the geographical French school, of century XIX, in this sense, necessary the intellectual search is done for overcoming of this paradigm, for the interpretation of the geographical and geopolitics phenomena, in function of the new world reality, in the powers new centers perspective. Therefore, the construction still in course of a world multipolar rebounds in the new centers emergency, like BRICS, it should think then, to the new possibilities light linked to the new bias theoretical and a new interpretative action, to objectify this goal, have as point of central reflection the theories neoeurasian and meridionalista, like compensation, was boarded the theory proposition of the multi-function geographicalgeopolitics scales. The ways thrashed for that goal were: The thought organization through the interpretative methodology of the two theories, soon after, an interpretation of a new possibility, where the central point are BRICS, followed by the new interpretative possibility of the proposition of multi-function scales geopolitics and result in a new theoretical cutting and of action in the world arena for this group in function of the current theories eurasian and meridionalista only attend a partial interpretation of the world reality.
Unsatisfaction Pacient in Healthy Industrial in Indonesiainventionjournals
The porpose of this article is to assess and comparethe needs of public health services withthe healthcare business in Indonesia in line with the increased catastrophic disease and the high prevalence of mental disorders due to economic pressures, unhealthy lifestyle, poor environmental conditions, workload and family company which result in the detriment of state finances and family economy. Meanwhile, high education has made people, with upper middle income, havegood awareness of personal hygiene and tend to seek health services that can provide information and education on current health, including in selecting the type of insurance. Most of them entered the Y gene, as tech-savvy, and want the best facilities, including in selecting hospitals, laboratories, and medicines. This research uses descriptive qualitative approach byexploring the primary data and secondary data to obtain conclusion that healthcare business is very prospective.Although this business hasa formidable challenge, it will not be diminished by the development time.In 2014,healthcare businessinpharmaceutical industry in Indonesia reached IDR 58.2 trillion, and the government has determined the pharmaceutical and medical equipment industriesas the mainstay and priorities until 2035, given the high amount of expenditures per capita on health service each year.The increased level of life satisfaction in terms of healthcareresults in the high level of satisfaction of patients and families with health providers, but the concern isstill more focused on the high price of medicines and services.
Influence of Occupational Stress on Teachers' Performance in Public Secondary...inventionjournals
The cost of occupational stress has been very high in many organizations. Stress can undermine the achievement of goals, both for individuals and for organizations. Managers are in dilemma over what interventions need to be employed to minimize the cost associated with occupational stress on organizational performance. This study investigated the influence of occupational stress on performance of teachers in Nyeri South Sub-County, Nyeri County. This study employed descriptive survey research design. Data collection was undertaken using questionnaires which were issued to teachers and principals from 12 out of 34 schools. There was a total of 72 respondents, 12 were principals while the rest were other teachers. Stratified random sampling and simple random sampling was used to pick schools and teachers respectively. The data was analyzed using statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics involving frequencies and percentages was used to explain the findings of the study. The study established that the teachers have many activities to carry out in the process of executing their main duty of teaching. These include preparing professional documents including: lesson plan, schemes of work, records of work and student progress record as well as administering, marking and analyzing examinations. In carrying out other duties other than teaching, some respondents indicated that they are not very comfortable, while others indicated that they are comfortable. Regarding interpersonal relationship majority felt that it was good but some indicated that it was bad and very bad in some cases. The study established that most of the resources were adequate or satisfactory but other resources were inadequate in some schools. Most respondents indicated that there were administrative factors that affect teachers negatively. Communication was either good or bad. The study also established that the academic performance of most of the schools in Nyeri south sub –county was average, with a few being above average while the rest were below average. The study specifically recommends that the government should ensure that they are enough teachers in schools to avoid work overload and that the various stakeholders should ensure that there are adequate resources to create a conducive environment. Team building and conflict resolution seminars and workshops should also be held to enhance good interpersonal relationships and those in administration should attend more seminars and workshops concerning administration including the principals, deputy principals and the heads of departments in the schools.
A Study on Emerging Challenges & Opportunities for Indian Banking Sectorinventionjournals
Banking sector is treated as a backbone of a nation as it plays multifarious role for the all total growth of a developing country like India. The banking industry in India has a huge canvas of history, which covers the traditional banking Practices from the time of Britishers to the reforms period, nationalization to privatization of banks and now increasing numbers of foreign banks in India. Therefore, Banking in India has been through a long journey. Banking industry in India has also achieved a new height with the changing times. The use of technology has brought a revolution in the working style of the banks. Nevertheless, the fundamental aspects of banking i.e. trust and the confidence of the people on the institution remain the same. Here commercial banks cater to short and medium term financing requirements, while national level and state level financial institutions meet longer-term requirements. Banking industry in India has also achieved anew height with the changing times. Most of banks provide various services such as Mobile banking, SMS & Net banking and ATMs to their customers for their convenience. The use of technology has brought a revolution in the working style of the banks. Banking today has transformed into a technology intensive and customer friendly model with a focus inconvenience. However, changing dynamics of banking business also brings new kind of risk exposure
Inclusion in Physical Education: Changing To Includeinventionjournals
The debate on the inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream schools has increased in recent years due changes in education policy. From this, many teachers began to rebuild their teaching practices in order to obtain the participation of all students in activities, including those students who had some type of disability. This paper aims to discuss some pedagogical strategies that can promote the inclusion of children with disabilities in Physical Education classes, founded in the area literature. The results show that the the pedagogical practice of physical education teacher should be planned, well executed and new knowledge must be generated so that the activity objectives are achieved safely and benefit of all students.
The Implication of Financial Compensation and Performance Appraisal System to...inventionjournals
The purpose of this study is to analyze and prove the influence of the system of financial compensation and performance appraisal on job satisfaction and job motivation and its implications on the performance of employee. The research type is explanatory research. The research population is all employees of PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur. The sample in this research is 140 employees. The sampling technique is ladder population of proportional with amount of population in every stratum. The data is analyzed by using the approach of Smart Partial Least Square (SmartPLS). The research result indicates that financial compensation has an effect on job satisfaction. Financial compensation does not have an effect on job motivation. Performance appraisal system of employee has an effect on job satisfaction. Performance appraisal system of employee has an effect on job motivation. Financial compensation does not have an effect on employee performance. Performance appraisal system of employee does not have an effect on employee performance. Job satisfaction has an effect on job motivation of employee. Job satisfaction does not have an effect on employee performance. Motivation has an effect on employee performance. Performance appraisal system of employee is stronger in influencing employee performance than financial compensation. Performance appraisal system of employee that is applied by PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur can change the job climate in the company.
Anger Control in Adolescence: Effectiveness of the CognitiveBehavioral Approa...inventionjournals
The aim of the study is to examine of effectiveness of the anger control group counseling program which is prepared on the basis of cognitive behavioral approaches and implemented. Study design is pre-post test, experiment and control group model. Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon signed ranks test was used in the data analysis. Multidimensional School Anger Inventory and The Way of Coping Inventory were used as instruments. According to the findings of the research, the differences occurred between experiment and control group after the application of the group program in some sub-scales of Multidimensional School Anger Inventory and Ways of Coping Inventory. Moreover, the participants in the experimental group have been had also statistically significant differences
Dinámica sobre el Parlamento Universal de la Juventud. Se presentan tres imágenes, cada una de ellas lleva a tres temas que a su vez proponen preguntas para el diálogo.
Doctors of Tomorrow – A Pipeline Program for Getting a Head Start in Medicineinventionjournals
Purpose: Pipeline programs have long been embraced as a strategyto recruit students from groups underrepresented in medicine into medical careers. Despite the prevalence of these programs, we know little about why students seek out participation and even less about their perceptions of the potential long-term benefits. This study explored the motivations and expectations of pipeline program participants. Method: Twenty-three high school students participated in the Doctors of Tomorrow (DoT) program, a high school and medical school partnership pipeline program from September 2014 through March 2015. Data for this study included students’ application essays, critical incident narratives, focus group discussions and transcripts from individual interviews. Thematic analysis was used to analyze all narrative materials and transcripts. Results: Our analysis of all program data revealed that DoT participants were motivated to participate in the program to learn about becoming a physician, gain access to individuals in medicine and develop a competitive advantage over other students when applying to college and medical school. Conclusions: Barriers to careers in medicine for individuals from groups underrepresented in medicine is well documented. These findings suggest that students seek to participate in pipeline programs as astrategy to secure goal-oriented, experiential encounters to help improve access points and mitigate barriers to becoming physicians
Analysis Factors of Hospital Services Quality and User Satisfactioninventionjournals
This study aims to identify the factors of service quality and user satisfaction Hospital type B in East Java and constraints the government's efforts in improving the quality of hospital services. Technique of the analysis of data in this study using descriptive analysis and factor analysis and also obtained by interview to director of hospitals. The results showed that hospital users are women with the quality of hospital services is good, but there is still an effort to improve and based on that service quality established by 5 factors; clarity of procedures, employee competence, professionalism, effectiveness and competence. While user satisfaction built by 3 factors are tangible, reliability and empathy. Constraints faced by the government in improving service quality is the limited medical and paramedical personnel, facilities and infrastructure, including the availability of medical equipment, low public awareness of service and the poor public image of hospital services.
The importance of tangible and intangible cultural heritageAleAlvarez27
This document talks about the importance of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and all that it imvolves. as well as the benefits for the comunities.
Malaysia is not only unique country with a multicultural diversity but also has a rich and numerous culture and heritage treasures. Therefore, as technology growth across world, many cultural heritages might become missing without any effective efforts in preservation and conservation of the culture and heritage. Within this scenario, the qualitative study was conducted through documents review, a field observation followed by a face-to-face interview with corresponding respondents to empirically ascertain the narrative history and uniqueness of Gasing Leper Terengganu which further propose an alternative approach in preserving Gasing Leper Terengganu’s heritage.| Publisher: International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS)
Architectural Means of Expression in the Creation of Contemporary Heritage In...Anna Rynkowska-Sachse
Heritage Interpretation Centres are specially created facilities for evaluation of the cultural and/or natural heritage of a given area and its transformation into an educational, cultural or tourism product. Approach to heritage and architectural means of expression in the creation of contemporary Heritage Interpretation Centres and the impact on users, especially European ones, are presented on the example of buildings from South Africa (The Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre, Alexandra Interpretation Centre, Freedom Park). Field studies of selected buildings allowed an assessment of how effective and easy to read the message of cultural heritage was for people from the outside, and by what architectural means it was possible.
People's lives tend to the outside world, leading to the waning of cultural preservation values due to the ease with which foreign cultural influences enter and threaten the existence of local culture. To avoid the decline of the younger generation's interest in traditional art, it is necessary to carry out an idea of preservation through education, in this case, social studies subjects at school. This study aims to analyze the relationship between traditional art and social studies as a learning resource. The traditional art discussed in this study is panting music which is traditional arts in South Kalimantan. This is done to get a pattern for preserving traditional arts through social studies subjects. The research method used is qualitative. Data collection is done through observation, interviews, and documentation. Informant this research panting music players, and social studies teachers. The various data obtained are then reduced, presented, and then concluded. The researcher triangulated and extended the observations. The study's results confirmed panting music performance activities could be packaged as social studies learning resources. This is done by integrating class VII textbooks on the theme of cultural and ethnic diversity in the Indonesian traditional musical.
E. Bryan - Traditional Knowledge Digital Repository - Considerations for Domi...Emerson Bryan
Description:
Traditional knowledge (TK) is knowledge, know-how, skills and practices that are developed, sustained and passed on from generation to generation within a community, often forming part of its cultural or spiritual identity. The Kalinago Barana Aute has been a fixture on the landscape of Waitukubuli for years, however, aside from the direct encounter with the indigenous peoples, physical access to the Council, and limited literary and artefacts within various repositories such as the Documentation Centre, the Dominica Museum or the Ministry of Kalinago Affairs in Roseau. However, there is a clear need to expand access to not just the physical artefacts accessible via these repositories, but also through the development of a specific resource to support the work of the Kalinago Council to revive, assist and maintain Kalinago traditions through song, dances, herbal medicine and some aspects of the ancient Kalinago language. Such a repository would support Dominica’s ratification of the UNESO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2003. This support of a repository is especially critical for the continued survival of the Kalinago’s heritage, as the Commonwealth of Dominica is also a small island development state, and therefore has to remain competitive should it hope to realize the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs ), and especially under goals 11 and 13.
Also, the role and participation of indigenous peoples such as the Kalinago in global concerns such as traditional medicine, oral tradition, climate change, disaster risk reduction, tourism and sustainable development require great access to resources, including in cyberspace, to drive awareness of the Kalinago, as well as provide access to perspectives specific to Dominica, and the rich cultural heritage of these indigenous people .
Objectives:
The presentation will:
• Introduce some definitions on the subject of traditional knowledge
• Discuss the global and regional initiatives aimed at addressing traditional knowledge
• Consider some “Implementable” current best practices for developing a TK Repository
• Describe some necessary stages which must be considered for a proposed Kalinago TK Repository
Description of what is ethnography and how it can be used to study a particular group. How to use ethnography in the development of a specific group/community tourism interest
Hierarchical Digital Twin of a Naval Power SystemKerry Sado
A hierarchical digital twin of a Naval DC power system has been developed and experimentally verified. Similar to other state-of-the-art digital twins, this technology creates a digital replica of the physical system executed in real-time or faster, which can modify hardware controls. However, its advantage stems from distributing computational efforts by utilizing a hierarchical structure composed of lower-level digital twin blocks and a higher-level system digital twin. Each digital twin block is associated with a physical subsystem of the hardware and communicates with a singular system digital twin, which creates a system-level response. By extracting information from each level of the hierarchy, power system controls of the hardware were reconfigured autonomously. This hierarchical digital twin development offers several advantages over other digital twins, particularly in the field of naval power systems. The hierarchical structure allows for greater computational efficiency and scalability while the ability to autonomously reconfigure hardware controls offers increased flexibility and responsiveness. The hierarchical decomposition and models utilized were well aligned with the physical twin, as indicated by the maximum deviations between the developed digital twin hierarchy and the hardware.
Sachpazis:Terzaghi Bearing Capacity Estimation in simple terms with Calculati...Dr.Costas Sachpazis
Terzaghi's soil bearing capacity theory, developed by Karl Terzaghi, is a fundamental principle in geotechnical engineering used to determine the bearing capacity of shallow foundations. This theory provides a method to calculate the ultimate bearing capacity of soil, which is the maximum load per unit area that the soil can support without undergoing shear failure. The Calculation HTML Code included.
Overview of the fundamental roles in Hydropower generation and the components involved in wider Electrical Engineering.
This paper presents the design and construction of hydroelectric dams from the hydrologist’s survey of the valley before construction, all aspects and involved disciplines, fluid dynamics, structural engineering, generation and mains frequency regulation to the very transmission of power through the network in the United Kingdom.
Author: Robbie Edward Sayers
Collaborators and co editors: Charlie Sims and Connor Healey.
(C) 2024 Robbie E. Sayers
Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two type of water scarcity. One is physical. The other is economic water scarcity.
Student information management system project report ii.pdfKamal Acharya
Our project explains about the student management. This project mainly explains the various actions related to student details. This project shows some ease in adding, editing and deleting the student details. It also provides a less time consuming process for viewing, adding, editing and deleting the marks of the students.
Student information management system project report ii.pdf
A Study of Awareness of Cultural Heritage: Sivas Sample
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A Study of Awareness of Cultural Heritage: Sivas Sample
Ph. D. Şükran KARACA1
, Ph. D. Gülşah AKKUŞ2
,
Ph. D. Ercan ŞAHBUDAK3
, Research Assistant Mustafa IŞKIN4
,
1
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
2
İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi
3
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
4
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
ABSTRACT: This study analyzed the awareness of the students at Cumhuriyet University toward the cultural
heritage of the city of Sivas. The study set out from the result of another study carried out previously at the
exploratory level and limited number of students1
. The findings of the previous study revealed that the cultural
heritage of the city was not known enough by the university students.
This study followed three-stage process. In the first stage, The Scale of Cultural Heritage Awareness applied in
the previous study was developed, and a survey was applied to the students at Cumhuriyet University central
campus. In this stage, students’ levels of awareness for the cultural values of the city were detected, and Mann
Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis H tests were conducted to determine whether there were differences between
various groups.
In the second stage of the study, four separate focus groups were created in order to determine the reasons of
the low levels of cultural heritage awareness of the students who were reached via pollsters and surveys. The
focus-group studies dwelled on the suggestions students developed in an effort to improve students’ views and
awareness of the cultural heritage. In the last section of the study, a focus-group meeting was held with the
tourism representatives in Sivas, the results of this meeting were shared, and solution offers were developed in
order to raise awareness1
.
Keywords: Cultural Heritage, Awareness, Sivas
I. INTRODUCTION
Cultural heritage can be defined as the function of passing on the knowledge to the next generations,
resulting from the oral or nonverbal traditions, the types of traditional production, performance arts, applications
in social life, rituals, festivals, and, most importantly, experiences created by the past generations (Jokilehto,
2005: 16; Vecco, 2010: 622). The concepts of heritage mentioned here are intangible ones. Apart form these
intangible elements; the tangible elements are cultural structures, temples or sanctuaries, bridges, and
monuments and buildings having a cultural value, all of which were inherited by past generations (Unesco,
2012:3).
In order for a cultural asset to be accepted as a heritage, it must be owned by the society. A cultural
asset should be accepted and protected by society, its continuity should be ensured if it is an intangible cultural
asset, and it should be recognized by people. Only if these conditions are provided, a cultural asset will be
accepted as a heritage (Mourato and Mazzanti, 2002: 51).
On the other hand, cultural heritages are of importance for their environments. As a result of the
increasing awareness of cultural heritage, so many tourists will want to visit these places (Ratanakomut, 2006:
5). With the tourists arriving, rest areas, refreshments facilities, transport sector, and giftware industry will
develop and create the possibility of employment. Thus, the awareness of cultural heritage may be seen as an
important element (Shankar and Swamy, 2013: Bedate, 2004: 101).
Furthermore, awareness is a significant component in the protection of cultural heritage. The people
living in the neighborhood of a cultural heritage may harm it when they have not enough conscious (Unesco,
1972). In the cases of lacking enough conscious for intangible cultural heritages, these intangible cultural
heritages are on the risk of being extinction. When there is not sufficient awareness for tangible cultural assets,
these assets could not be protected and are damaged (Unesco, 1999; Unesco, 2003).
Due to the abovementioned reasons, the levels of awareness of the cultural heritage stakeholders must
be improved. Awareness is an important component bothfor the protection of cultural heritage and for
transforming the cultural heritage to a gain factor (Dümcke and Gnedovsky, 2013: 7).
This study focuses on students’ level of awareness of cultural heritage. In accordance with the obtained
results, it was evaluated what can be done to increase the levels of awareness of cultural heritage in Sivas.
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II. LITERATURE REVIEW
When analyzed, the previous studies are seen to generally focus on the definition of the concept of
cultural heritage (Unesco, 2012; Jokilehto, 2005; Vecco, 2010; Alzahrani, 2013), the protection of cultural
heritage assets (Shankar and Swamy, 2013; Unesco, 1972; Teo and Huang, 1995; Unesco, 2013), the economic
values of cultural heritage assets (Ruijgrok, 2006; Kim, et. al., 2007; Mazzanti, 2002; Choi, et. al., 2010; Bowitz
and Ibenholt, 2009; Badate, 2004; Mazzanti, 2003), and the administration of cultural heritage (McKercher et.
al., 2005; Aas, et. al., 2005; Taylor, 2007).
Studies on the awareness of cultural heritage are limited. In this topic, Ratanakomut (2006), and
Shankar and Swamy have carried out studies. Ratanakomut (2006) suggested that awareness of cultural heritage
of the society is based on the factors such as being explorer, respect, regulations, reviving the cultural heritage
and rewarding in order to raise awareness. He also emphasized that it is important to increase and maintain the
awareness of cultural heritage.
Shankar and Swamy (2013) also touched on the awareness of cultural heritage in their study. They
pointed out that the awareness of cultural heritage is an important factor in terms of protection and
administration of the cultural heritage, creating awareness takes time, and it needs local support. It was also
emphasized that awareness is generally the most well-known and accentuated component of the cultural heritage
administration and this is one of the most effective ways of providing the respect of public towards the cultural
heritage and protecting it.
III. METHOD
A three-stage approach was followed in this study carried out to determine the awareness of the
students at Cumhuriyet University toward the cultural heritage of the city of Sivas. In the first stage, students
were applied a face-to-face survey with the method of quota sampling; in the second stage, four separate group
works composed of students were performed. In the last stage, a focus-group meeting was held with the tourism
representatives in Sivas.
In the first stage of the study, the survey form that was created by interviewing with the representatives
of the provincial directorate of culture and tourism consists of 7 sections. The first 6 sections are the questions
prepared to determine the awareness of the students at Cumhuriyet University toward the cultural heritage of the
city of Sivas. The Scale of Cultural Heritage Awareness developed by the researchers in a previous study was
reviewed and enriched as a result of the assets in the report of Protecting the Cultural Heritage and Developing
the Tourismin Sivas prepared by The Governorship of Sivas The Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism
in 2001, and the interviews with the officials in The Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism. Cultural
heritage assets consists of the topics of mosques, madrasah, museums, bridges, inns, mansions, handicrafts,
local dishes, cultural and art activities / festivals, minstrels and the culture of minstrelhood, folk songs and folk
dances. There are 62 items concerning to cultural heritage in the scale.
In the first part of the survey, students were asked how much knowledge they have about the
outstanding historical structures in Sivas and whether they have seen those structures. In the second part, they
were asked how much knowledge they have about the handicrafts in Sivas and whether they have buy them; in
the third part, about the prominent foods in Sivas cuisine and whether they have tasted them; in the fourth part,
about the activities performed in Sivas and whether they have attended those activities. In the fifth part, students
were asked about the minstrels who are living/lived in Sivas, their level of knowledge about the minstrels, and
whether they have listened to those minstrels. In the sixth part, there are questions concerning the students’
knowledge and experiences about the minstrelsy culture, Sivas folk songs and folk dances.
In the scale of knowledge, participants were asked how much they know about the cultural assets in
Sivas (1: I don’t know, 2: I know a little, 3: I know well); in the scale of experience, i) how often they visit
historical structure (1: I have never visited, 2: I have visited a few times, 3: I have visited several times), ii) how
often they purchase handicrafts (1: I have never purchased, 2: I have purchased a few times, 3: I have purchased
several times), iii) how often they eat local dishes (1: I have never eaten, 2: I have eaten a few times, 3: I have
eaten several times), iv) how often they attend the activities (1: I have never attended, 2: I have attended a few
times, 3: I have attended several times), v) how often they listened to minstrels (1: I have never listened, 2: I
have listened a few times, 3: I have listened several times), vi) how often they visit intangible culture, etc. (1:
never … - 3: several times …).
Survey forms finalized by reviewing through pre-test were applied to 50 students chosen with
convenience sampling method between November and December 2014 through 3% sample received via quota
sampling from 40.000 students at Cumhuriyet University central campus. Within the scope of the research, 1200
students were applied survey by face-to-face method, and after eliminating incomplete and incorrectly filled
survey forms, total 1128 survey forms were evaluated. Pollsters consist of 13 selected and educated students at
the Vocational School of Tourism Management.
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In the second section of the research, four separate group works were performed, one of which consists
of the pollster students, and three of which consist of the students having participated in the survey. In the focus-
group study, the main topics were students’ thoughts toward the awareness of cultural heritage, their / other
students’ awareness, their suggestions for raising the awareness, and so on.
In the last section of the research, a focus-group meeting was held with the tourism representatives in
Sivas in August 2015.
IV. THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
The hypotheses created in the scope of the study are the following:
H1: There is a statistically significant difference between whether students are from Sivas and their awareness
toward cultural heritage.
H2: There is a statistically significant difference between students’ levels of income and their awareness toward
cultural heritage.
H3: There is a statistically significant difference between students’ classes and their awareness toward cultural
heritage.
H4: There is a statistically significant difference between the duration students lived in Sivas and their awareness
toward cultural heritage.
H5: There is a statistically significant difference between the satisfaction of the students from living in Sivas and
their awareness toward cultural heritage.
H6: There is a statistically significant difference between level of interest students have for culture tourism and
their awareness toward cultural heritage.
V. ANALYSIS OF DATA
The data obtained from the research were evaluated with SPSS statistical software. 1128 survey forms
were assessed in terms of compliance with the t test and variance analysis, and nonparametric tests were applied
since the data did not comply with the normal distribution. The averages of variances in the scale were
calculated and grouped by their main topics. In the scale, 24 historical artifacts were evaluated under the title of
“historical structures”; 5 handicrafts in “handicrafts”; 8 local dishes in “local dishes”; 14 activities in
“activities”; 7 minstrels in “minstrels; and 4 intangible cultural heritage in “ICH”. Furthermore, the mean scores
of the scales of knowledge and experience were taken, and their awareness scores were calculated.
In line with the developed hypotheses, whether students’ awareness of cultural heritage show
differences by i) whether they are from Sivas, ii) their income, and iii) their classes was analyzed with Mann
Whitney U test; and by i) the duration the students live in Sivas, ii) the satisfaction they have for living in Sivas,
and iii) their level of interest for culture tourism was evaluated with Kruskal Wallis H test.
VI. FINDINGS
6.1. Descriptive Findings
When looked at the demographic properties of the students having participated in the study, it is seen
that genders show almost equal distribution (Table 1). When it comes to the age distribution, the students under
and over 20 show equal distribution, whereas, by level of income, participants having income of 500 TL and
under constitute about one-fifth of all participants. A-third of the participants are first-grade students and the rest
are upper-grade ones. The duration students reside in Sivas comprises of three groups; a group of 16,3%
including a part of the first-grade students lived in Sivas for at most three months at the time of conducting the
study. A group of 54,1%, the least majority of which is the second-grade students, had been living in Sivas for
between 1 and 5 years; whereas 29,6% of the participants who are from Sivas or whose families were residing in
Sivas had been living in this city for more than 5 years. About one-third of the students are from Sivas, and
6,6% families of those students reside in the counties of Sivas.
Table 1. Demographic Features of the Students Participating in the Study
Variances Groups f % Variances Groups f %
Gender Female 578 51,2 Years of
residence
Fewer than 1 year 184 16,3
Male 550 48,8 1-5 years 610 54,1
Age 20 years and under 558 49,5 Over 5 years 334 29,6
Over 20 years 570 50,5 Hometown Sivas 404 35,8
Out of Sivas 724 64,2
Personal
Income
/ Allowance
Under 500 TL 241 21,4 Place of
Residence
of Family
Sivas city centre 324 28,7
Over 500 TL 887 78,6 Sivas county 75 6,6
Out of Sivas 729 64,7
Grade First-grade 384 34
Upper-grades 744 66
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The faculties and schools at which the students are studying are the following: Faculty of Engineering
(15,8%), Faculty of Education (14,6%), Faculty of Letters (13,6%), Faculty of Economy and Administrative
Sciences (13,1%), Cumhuriyet Vocational High School (8,6%), Sivas Vocational High School (7,2%),
Vocational Health High School (3,7%), Faculty of Theology (3,3%), Faculty of Medicine (3,2%), Faculty of
Science (3%), Faculty of Communication (2,3%), Faculty of Dentistry (1,3%), Faculty of Fine Arts (0,8%),
Faculty of Veterinary Science (0,7%), Faculty of Architecture (0,4%), Faculty of Technology (0,4%), Faculty of
Pharmacy (0,3%) Vocational School of Tourism and Hotel Management (0,2%), and School of Physical
Education and Sports (0,1%).
6.2. Findings regarding General Awareness
Students’ views concerning cultural assets were summarized in 6 titles in Table 2. When the scores in
the scale of awareness between 1 and 1,65 are regarded as low, 1, 66 and 2,32 as medium, and 2,33 and 3 as
high, the awareness toward activities such as festivals (A.O.= 1,27), toward intangible cultural
heritageassetssuch as folk songs, folk dances and tradition of minstrelsy (A.O.=1,51), and toward minstrels the
city has grown up (A.O.=1,64) is seen to be extremely low. Students’ awareness toward handicrafts such as
silversmithing, cutlery (A.O.=1,72), historical structures such as mosques, madrasahs, mansions (A.O.=1,76),
and local dishes such as peskutan soup and Sivas meatball (A.O.=2,01) is at medium level. Students’ general
awareness of cultural heritage is regarded as low (A.O.=1,65). In the next section, analysis of variance was
performed as to various groups in order to understand whether low level of awareness is at the same level for all
participants.
Table2. Arithmetic Mean of the Participants regarding the Awareness of Cultural Heritage
Knowledge Experience Awareness Level of Awareness
Cultural Heritage
1.Historical Structures 1,84 1,69 1,76 Medium
2.Handicrafts 1,88 1,55 1,72 Medium
3.Local Dishes 2,07 1,96 2,01 Medium
4.Activities 1,33 1,21 1,27 Low
5.Minstrels 1,71 1,56 1,64 Low
6.ICH 1,53 1,50 1,51 Low
General Status 1,73 1,57 1,65 Low
6.3. Discrimination Tests
6.3.1. Test results for Mann Whitney U
Whether students’ awareness of cultural heritage show differences by i) whether they are from Sivas,
ii) their income, and iii) their classes was analyzed with Mann Whitney U test. Initially, students’ awareness
score distributions by their hometown, income and class were examined. In the interpretation of the results,
medians were used since the groups separated by income and classes show similar distributions; mean ranks
were used since the groups separated by hometown show different distributions (Table 3).
It can be seen that students’ awareness of cultural heritage show statistically significant difference by
whether they are from Sivas. They hypothesis “H1: There is a statistically significant difference between
whether students are from Sivas and their awareness toward cultural heritage” was accepted in terms of all
cultural assets. Statistics were given in Table 3.
When looked at whether students’ awareness of cultural heritage shows difference by their classes, it is
seen that the awareness of upper-grade students who spent much more time is higher than first-grade students.
So, the hypothesis “H2: There is a statistically significant difference between students’ levels of income and
their awareness toward cultural heritage” was accepted in terms of all variables except “minstrels”. Similarly,
these results were given in Table 3.
When the awareness of cultural heritage of the students whose personal incomes are 500 TL and under
are compared to those whose are over 500 TL, the awareness of students whose personal incomes are low (2,06)
toward local dishes is higher than those whose personal incomes are high (1.94) (U = 97.935, z = -1,997, p =
.046). The hypothesis “H3: There is a statistically significant difference between students’ classes and their
awareness toward cultural heritage” was accepted only in terms of local dishes but were rejected in terms of
other variables.
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Table 3. Mann Whitney U Values Indicating Differences between Groups and Mean Ranks and Medians as to
Cultural Heritage
Hometown Class Income
Cultural Heritage Sivasa
Out of
Sivasa
U Firstb
Upperb
U 500 TL
and underb
500 TL
overb
U
1.Historical Structures 774.88 447.10 61.254* 1.58 1.73 168.914* 1.77 1.67 101.330
2.Handicrafts 697.08 490.52 92.684* 1.50 1.70 170.295* 1.70 1.70 103.174
3.Local Dishes 788.60 439.45 55.712* 1.81 2.00 161.626* 2.06 1.94 97.935*
4.Activites 769.29 450.22 63.512* 1.11 1.14 157.893* 1.14 1.14 104.091
5.Minstrels 639.93 522.41 115.774* 1.54 1.57 147.899 1.57 1.50 101.872
6.ICH 684.67 497.44 97.699* 1.29 1.50 162.338* 1.42 1.42 103.936
a
Mean Rank, b
Median
* p < 0.05
6.3.2 Test Results for Kruskal Wallis H
The change in the cultural heritage awareness levels of the students is tested with Kruskal Wallis scale
according to students’ i) time spent in Sivas, ii) satisfaction they have because of living in the city and iii)
interest in cultural tourism (Table 4).
Distribution of the students’ scores for the time they have spent in Sivas, satisfaction level and interest
in cultural tourism is checked at first. As all the variables of the groups were similar; medians of the groups
were used interpreting the results.
Median values of cultural heritage awareness showed meaningful difference accordingly the time spent
in Sivas. In the multiple comparison test that was done in order to determine the source group / groups of the
difference, Bonferroni correction method and Dunn procedure were used. The meaningful levels after corrected
p values were given in Table 4. H4: The hypothesis of “there is a meaningful statistical change in students’
cultural heritage awareness level responsively with the time they spend in Sivas” is expected for all groups
excluding the “minstrels” variable. For the minstrels variable a meaningful difference between those who lived
in Sivas for more than 5 years a) shorter than a year and b) those who lived in the city 1-5 years.
H5: When the hypothesis of “there is a meaningful difference between the satisfaction level of living in
Sivas and cultural heritage awareness” is analyzed; the hypothesis is accepted for the groups in which the
satisfaction level is high and rejected for the groups in which the level is low or intermediate. The post hoc tests
showed that this difference resulted from the difference between the group of high satisfaction level and the
other two groups. It is also found out that the students whose satisfaction level is higher, the awareness level is
higher, too.
H6: When the hypothesis of “there is a meaningful statistical difference between students’ level of
interest in cultural tourism and cultural heritage awareness” is analyzed; it is accepted in the low cultural
tourism interest level group excluding the minstrels variable; it is also accepted for the medium interest level
group for the historical sites, handicrafts and non-solid cultural heritage objects and it is accepted for the high
interest level group in the aspects of historical sites, handicrafts, minstrels and non-solid cultural heritage
objects. With the post hoc tests it was found out that the difference is obvious for all groups in the aspects of
historical sites, handicrafts and non-solid cultural heritage objects; for low, medium and high interest level
groups in the aspects of local food and activities; and between low and medium interest level groups in the
aspect of minstrels. It is also clear that the awareness level is high for the students whose cultural tourism
interest level is high.
Table 4. Kruskal Wallis Values Showing the Differences Between Cultural Heritage Awareness Groups
Time Spent in Sivas Satisfaction Level for Living
in Sivas
Interest in Cultural Tourism
Cultural
Heritage
Lessthanayear
1–5Years
Morethan5
years
x
Low
Medium
High
x
Low
Medium
High
x
1. Historical
Structures
1,35 1,63 2,08 376,034 1,58 1,65 1,85 89,561 1,63 1,69 1,83 39,511
2. Handicrafts 1,20 1,60 2,00 172,098 1,50 1,65 1,80 24,824 1,50 1,70 1,80 34,852
3. Local Dish 1,50 1,81 2,62 323,350 1,75 1,84 2,25 74,148 1,81 1,94 2,13 23,204
4. Activities 1,00 1,10 1,36 261,866 1,07 1,13 1,21 49,586 1,10 1,14 1,14 14,945
5. Minstrels 1,50 1,50 1,64 32,955 1,50 1,50 1,57 20,436 1,50 1,50 1,57 30,350
6. ICH 1,21 1,42 1,75 91,587 1,38 1,42 1,58 45,203 1,29 1,42 1,50 33,996
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6.4 Qualitative Research
Five different focused group studies were carried out for the research. The first four studies were
applied on students and the last one is done with tourism staff. The first focused group study was done by 13
interviewers. 4 of the interviewers are from Sivas and only families of two live in Sivas. Most of them are
Tourism school students. The problems, reactions of the participants to the context, interviewers’ observations
of the students’ awareness level and the interviewers’ opinions on the methods to increase the awareness level
were added into the research.
The participants of the other 3 student groups are the volunteering students who wanted to fill in the
survey. In the first focused group, students from Sivas and the students from other cities were interviewed
together and in the other three groups all students were interviewed separately. 34 students were interviewed in
total. Only 8 of the participants are from Sivas. All the participants are students of different departments and
their ages are 18 – 34. During the interviews students were asked whether they are aware of the cultural
heritage, reason of their awareness level, how to create that awareness and their opinions about the survey
context.
The interviewer students were marked with A; all other focused groups were put together and marked
with digits. Interviewer group students are marked from A1 to A13. The second focused group consists of the
students marked as 1 – 10; the third focused group consists of the students marked as 11 – 16; and the last one
is marked as 17 – 21.
6.4.1. Focused Group (First Part)
In this part, results of the focused group studies were evaluated together. We can divide the results into
two main sub-groups: (1) whether they have awareness and (2) advices.
During the focused group studies, students were asked whether they or the people around them are
aware of the cultural heritage and in accordance with the results of the qualitative study it is found out that both
the students from Sivas and the others have little or no awareness. In fact, a student from Sivas (15) stated that
“I was born and bred in this city an I am totally ashamed of myself. There are lots of things that I don’t know
about my hometown.” In a similar manner, a student from another city (A6) said “This is my fifth year in Sivas
and I have heard about it just last year” for the Ulu Mosque of Divriği which is in UNESCO’s world cultural
heritage list.
When the students are asked why aren’t they aware of cultural heritage; two main answer groups
appear highlighting the autogenous and environmental handicaps. Autogenous causes are disinterest, ignorance,
not having the chance of learning about the heritage and financial issues; and environmental causes are, not
being informed about the heritage, not being made public and the difficulty of reaching the knowledge.
One of the students’ (1) saying “All of we are at our twenties. Neither the history, nor the culture is in
our agenda” emphasizes the share of disinterest in cultural heritage awareness level. However, there are students
who are interested in minstrels, local food and culture.
Although there are some students stating the reason of disinterest on cultural heritage is financial
problems, most of them are in favor of not having the chance to see the cultural heritage option. One of the
female students (A3) stated that she attends to the tours that their department organize. However, she somehow
feels uncomfortable on those tours. Evaluating the environmental problems, lack of advertising takes the first
place but the most striking part of this aspect is the people around the students’ not giving / sharing information
about the cultural heritage with the students. Students complain about illiteracy and disinterest of the people
about the cultural heritage. The students from Sivas (2, 11) summarized the situation saying “our parents have
never taught us about the cultural heritage.”
One of the students from other cities (A2) told that he asked a question about Şifaiye Madrasah to a
waiter working in there and the waiter scolded him instead of answering the question; and upon another
student’s (A6) question, the respondent directed him to a tourist information office. The students from other
cities mostly complained about the attitude of the local people and tradespeople about giving information of the
cultural heritage. On the other hand, in the group there are students from other cities stating they gave
information about their hometown and local culture to their guest students, but they could not observe the same
level of interest in the students from Sivas.
Emphasizing the failures of the local government on introduction and protection of the local cultural
objects, students complained about the locked down historical places for restoration work for long periods of
time. A student (12) stated that it is not easy to reach to the historical places even in the city center. He wanted
to visit the Congress Building but he was not accepted into the building because of an ID card issue.
For increasing the cultural heritage awareness level, students advices were like organizing tours,
students and the staff of the Tourism Department’s running introduction activities, using the spring fest and the
media for introduction. The most preeminent wish of the students is free tours especially for Tourism
Department students.
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The students pointed the lack of the plates giving info about the cultural heritage. The plates are not
visible or there are no plates at all. A12 said that big plates or maps giving the direction to important historical
places could be placed in the city center. Another idea about introduction was more efficient usage of the open
air advertisements. Students advised using everything visible to people to arise curiosity. In order to increase
university students’ awareness level varied activities should be organized during the spring fest and mobile
applications should be coded, the participating students said. On the other hand, students of the Tourism
Department want to take place in activities introducing the cultural heritage and want the department take
further steps organizing such activities.
One other question directed to the participating students was whether the survey constituting the
quantitative part of the study created awareness on them or the other students they applied the survey. All the
pollsters said “it arose curiosity in all participants” or “created awareness” and they had to give extra
information to the participants. The pollsters’ feedback proves that even the survey created awareness on its
own. Some of the pollsters (A5, A8, A9, A10, A13) reported that some participants took photos of the survey
form; some pollsters ( A1, A2, A11) said that some participants took notes from the form; and one pollster (A6)
told that there were participants who filled in the form but did not give it back and took it with them. A
participant (7) said “I want to take this form and see the answers one by one, it lit a fire in my mind”. Some
participants reported that they heard about Ulu Mosque fo Divriği, local food, handicrafts, names of the folk
dances and minstrels for the first time by the survey form. When the quantitative study was being carried out
(November – December, 2014) one of the participants (3) who spent less than three months in Sivas said “I had
no interest for the first three months, but the survey arose curiosity in my mind”; and one other (22) said even
the survey itself changed his/her attitude towards the cultural heritage and his/her level of awareness.
6.4.2. Focus Group (Second Part)
Focus group interviews were carried out in two main steps in the study. In the first step, students were
taken into group interviews and in the last part group interviews were carried out with tourism staff of Sivas.
The results of the focused group study, that was done with students, were shared with representatives of tourism
business and reasons of the low cultural heritage level was evaluated. In this context possible solution
suggestions were created to increase the cultural heritage awareness level.
To the focused group meeting, tourism representatives of Governorate, Directorate of Culture and
Tourism, City Hall, ORAN Development Agency, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chamber of
Merchants and Craftsmen attended.
Representatives of the tourism business and institutions stated that the study will arise cultural heritage
awareness on the local people and university students. One of the most striking findings of the interviews is the
difference in the views of the public and private sectors. While the representatives of the public sector were so
sensitive, the private sector representatives were not taking the situation seriously. On the other hand, it looked
as if the private sector left the awakening awareness issue totally to the public sector.
Another point that drew our attention was both sectors saying they are aware of the need for protecting
cultural heritage but the local people are not so. In the interviews representatives stated that cultural objects are
not protected properly, restoration work is not done well, carefully and on time (particularly the Gök Madrasah)
and local people are not protective enough. They also pointed out that the environment work of the Ulu Mosque
of Divriği could not be completed, the old houses around the mosque could not be restored, the green pass to the
castle could not be created and many problems occurred during the restoration work of the Congress Museum
and Buruciye Madrasah. Besides, the shops in the madrasahs and Taşhan spoil the historical fabric of these
buildings.
One of the important points that shone out in the interviews was unsuccessful highlighting of the
historical fabric of such a historic city. Failures in protecting the Hititian artifacts and in highlighting the
buildings of the Seljukian era was one of the significant subjects. The issue of not being able to publicize the
local food was also discussed. Restaurants’ ignoring the local food and not including them in their menus was
another criticized subject.
Representatives did some evaluation to increase the cultural heritage awareness level and gave the
following advices: Sivas, as an ancient city, has been able to protect many historic objects to day. ın this context,
particularly in the tourism week, many activities should be organized throughout the year. With seminars and
education programs informational drawback should be overcome. Planning should be done in accordance with
the facts of the city and with cooperation of other cities tourism activities should be increased.
For university students and other non-local people, some touristic attraction sources should be
developed and periodical tours should be run. The role of the housewives should not be ignored and they should
be included into introductive activities. Taking short films of traditions and sharing them on social networks
would be of help.
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In order to increase the potential, compass of the publicity work should be increased to regional scale.
Brochures and other introductory materials that are capable of introducing the city should be created in order to
strengthen the touristic activity potential. Doing the introduction in national and international scale can make
touristic activities a lot more lucrative for the whole city. Radical steps should be taken restoring and protecting
the historical buildings.
“Tourism is sea – sand and sun” motto should be changed and importance of cultural tourism should be
illuminated. Following these steps, that historical city can be a main center of cultural tourism. As well as its
potential profit, cultural tourism can wake and protect the cultural heritage of the city.
Being one of the oldest cities of The Turkish Republic, Sivas has a special place in this region. Even
this situation alone is a significant reason for attracting historians, students and a lot of tourists. As an highly
traditional city, Sivas has a rich kitchen and some handicraft experience like art of ceramics. Handicrafts
industries are good at making of souvenirs. If this branch of industry can be promoted to a better level, it can
contribute to cultural tourism activities.
On the other hand, tour operators should develop programs introducing the city and the banks should
raise loans for touristic facilities in order to introduce cultural and historical values better.
In the interviews, another pointed out important problem of tourism was the insufficient and inefficient
introduction. Although there are some important steps taken with aim of overcoming this problem, officials state
that introductory activities should be revised by professionals.
VII. RESULT
In the study it is found out that cultural heritage level of university students is so low and the result is
coherent with the previous recon. Students’ awareness marks are lowest at traditional activities, minstrels and
non-solid cultural heritage; and at medium level in the historical sites, handicrafts and local food. Regarding
84% of the students have lived in Sivas for more than a year and 30% more than 5, the result is shocking.
In the analysis carried out with the aim of differentiating cultural heritage awareness levels in groups it
is found out that; i) students from Sivas are more aware than the students from other cities ii) students who spent
more time in Sivas are more aware than freshmen, iii) students whose income is less than 500TL are more aware
than those with higher income (only in local food), iv) students who spent more time in Sivas are more aware
than those who spent little time, v) students who are happy to live in Sivas are more aware then those who are
not, vi) students who are interested in cultural tourism have higher marks than those who are not. Interesting
finding was that the students of lower income class are more aware of the local food. Effect size is not
calculated for Mann Whitney test but checking the medians the difference can be interpreted to be low.
In the focused group studies that were carried out to find the reasons of low awareness level and
solutions; it was concluded that reasons were mainly personal and environmental. Students admitted their
disinterest in cultural heritage; on the other hand they complained about not being encouraged to learn about
cultural heritage and even when they want to do so, they can not reach the sources. Interviews and observations
done with the students showed that even the study itself arose awareness in the students. Students gave advices
on the ways to increase cultural heritage awareness level and wanted to take part within the activities that could
be run to increase the level.
In the interviews done with tourism representatives, they told that cultural tourism potential of the city
is so high but neither the local people nor the university students are aware enough of the cultural heritage, and
promised that they will maintain the proper support.
In future researches, cultural heritage awareness level of students from every grade should be studied
and methods should be developed to be applied in formal or non-formal education. For better support, important
people of the city should be made aware.
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