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COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONIES: HOW INSTITUTIONS INFLUENCE IDENTIFICATION?

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Ferencova M.
Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
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2005
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vol. 53
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issue 1
19-36
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The article shows how local institutions use public events, esp. commemorative celebrations reproduce categories of identification. An ethnographic material coming from Nové Zámky - an ethnically mixed town situated in south-western Slovakia is presented here. According to the last census (2001) the town is inhabited by Slovak majority and Hungarian minority. Focusing on the activities of two cultural institutions, one representing Slovaks and the other one Hungarians, two commemorative celebrations organised by these institutions are described and examined. Study of commemorative events points to the importance of the reflection of past events for identification with ethnic groups. As Paul Connerton argues, for the existence of groups and their reproduction the concept of continuity is inevitable. According to him, the idea of continuity may be created and reproduced non-verbally, i.e. through commemorative celebrations. The examined case illustrates how continuity in Slovak and Hungarian history is established. Comparison with a third non-commemorative public event, organised by the municipality, allows to study ethnic identification in relation to local identification. In the case of Nové Zámky the institution of municipality reproduces ethnic categories as elements subordinated to the category of a town resident. Similarly as ethnic identification to ethnic (or national) histories, identification with the town is closely connected to a concept of the history of the town.
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SČÍTANIE OBYVATEĽSTVA NA SLOVENSKU V ROKU 1950, MAĎARSKÁ MENŠINA A HISTORICKÉ SÚVISLOSTI

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Gabzdilová S.
Historický časopis (Historical Journal)
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2011
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vol. 59
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issue 2
263-284
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The study is devoted to questions of the census carried out in the Czechoslovak Republic in March 1950, especially in relation to the position of the Hungarian or Magyar minority and its development after 1918, with an emphasis on events after the end of the Second World War. The author offers a picture of the preparatory work, the actual census and its results in the context of the political and social situation in Czechoslovakia, characterized by the culmination of Stalinism and the so-called dictatorship of the proletariat. The author documents the extent to which the official political line of the state or discriminatory measures can influence the declared ethnic identification of people.
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