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IMMIGRATION AND INTER-GENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF CULTURAL VALUES: POLISH FAMILIES IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY AND IN THE U.S.

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Rymek-Gmytrasiewicz M.

Psychological Studies

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2006

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vol. 44

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issue 1

47-60

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This paper is a report from a research project designed to study inter-generation value transmission among Polish families in the homeland and among immigrant families in the U.S. Research problems concerned inter-group and within family comparisons on four dimensions: Humanism, Sarmatism, Materialism, and Liberalism. Participants made a sample of 113 parent-adult child pairs from Poles residing in Warsaw and Polish immigrants in Baltimore (USA). Emic Culture Values and Scripts Questionnaire (Boski, 2005) was the research instrument used to measure values in their descriptive (national culture) and evaluative (self-expressive) levels. Cultures of the two countries differed greatly on value-descriptive plan: Poland was characterized by the two former, while American culture, by the latter two. Additionally, Humanism and Liberalism were evaluated considerably higher than Materialism and Sarmatism; neither country of residence, nor generation significantly contributed to these differences. Contrary to earlier reported studies in the literature, transmission coefficients in Poland were much higher than on immigration. These differences occurred at the level of global similarity between parents and their adult children, as well as at the level of specific value transmission paths. Conclusions Immigration hampers smooth value transmission in families; thus children differ psychologically from their parents more than in the home-land situation. Parental liberal values promote a large spectrum of value orientations among their children, suggesting adoption rather than propagation mechanism of culture transmission. Also, values are more reliably reproduced along subject derived country-localized attributions than along researcher's theoretical dimensions.

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MIGRACJE POLSKICH PROFESJONALISTÓW I PROFESJONALISTEK: WYJAZDY I POWROTY

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Grzymała-Moszczyńska H., Grzymala-Moszczynska J., Golinska A.

Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny

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2011

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vol. 37

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issue 4(142)

145-164

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The aim of this study was to explore issues related to emigration of Polish Professional and their return to Poland. The reasons, perceived advantages and disadvantages of each departure and return, as well as further life plans were examined. The research was carried out using semi- structured interviews, the contents of which were then subject to qualitative analysis. The results indicated the desire for personal and professional development as major goals of emigration. Reasons for returning to Poland included: a desire to function in the circle of close friends and family, to prevent child marginalization among peers in the country of migration and to maintain ties with Poland. The professionals researched during their stay abroad were positive about their decision to migrate. Return to Poland is perceived by them as a challenge because of the difficulty of finding employment in line with their very specialized professional competence gained during their time abroad. However, the professionals studied after returning to Poland were mostly well adapted to this situation.

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INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL SUPPORT OF CHILDREN OF CHINESE IMMIGRANT FAMILIES (Kinai bevandorlo csaladok integracioja es szocialis tamogattotsaga)

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Nguyen-Luu L. A., Fulop M., Goodwin R., Gobel K., Martin-Rojo L., Grad H., Berkics M.

Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle (Hungarian Psychological Review)

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2009

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vol. 64

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issue 1

139-156

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By means of the report of 218 Chinese mothers the authors' questionnaire study aimed to investigate integration and social support of Chinese immigrants living in four European countries: Hungary, Germany, Great Britain and Spain, with a special focus on the Hungary group. Compared to the other groups, the Chinese living in Hungary showed a lower degree of local language competence and a lower level of intention to keep in contact with the host groups. On the other hand, they had stronger transnational links with Chinese people in other countries and in China. However, their intention to keep in contact with other Chinese in the host country was not stronger relatively to that of other groups. It even showed a smaller extent compared to the Great Britain group. Among the friends of the children of the Chinese living in Hungary there was a greater proportion of Chinese children than in the other groups. Besides family, school proved to be the most significant source of all types of social support. It was the case for emotional, practical and informational social support in all the four investigated groups. The findings pointed out the important roles of school and education at several levels. The authors' respondents evaluated the general level of integration of the Chinese into the host society less positively than the school integration of Chinese children in the host society. However, the Hungary group saw the latter as less successful than the other groups did. Satisfaction with school and education as well as their predicting factors are also considered in the study.

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THE IRISH AND JEWS: AMERICANIZATION IN THE STREETS AND ON STAGE

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Barrett J.

Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny

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2009

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vol. 35

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issue 3(133)

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Focusing on relations between two American ethnic groups which would seem not to have much in common, the Irish and the Jews, the essay explores a process of immigrant acculturation in the streets, through the city political machine, on the vaudeville stage, and in the music and performance between 1900 and the 1930s. Although Ireland was generally thought to be a tolerant society with regard to Jews, Irish American urban communities were often characterized by a degree of anti-Semitism. Irish gangs sometimes attacked Jews in the streets and some of the popular culture representations of the Jew propagated by Irish performers were derogatory. The Tammany machine in New York integrated Jews in an effort to hold their power base in the city, though anti-Semitism resurfaced among the Irish in the face of the Great Depression. Yet both vaudeville in the early twentieth century and the Tin Pan Alley music and films of the World War One era and the 1920s depicted sympathy, attraction, and even romantic love between the two groups. Relations between the two groups suggest the full range of possibilities - from violent confrontation in the streets to political competition and cooperation, from fictional representations of one another on stage and in song to romantic love and intermarriage. In their complexity and uneven quality, these relations helped to shape a new urban culture that was the creation not of one group or another but, rather, the product of inter-ethnic acculturation.

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VOLUNTEERS AND FOREIGN STUDENTS IN EUROPEAN UNION. COMPARISON OF THE ACCULTURATION PROCESS

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Olczak E., Penczek M.

Psychological Studies

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2006

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vol. 44

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issue 1

85-97

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This article is a summary of two researches. The main aim was to check what the acculturation process looks like in two groups of young people: European Voluntary Service volunteers and Socrates – Erasmus students. Both the volunteers and the students decide to spend some longer time (up to one year) abroad. Their main aim is to study or work, and on the other hand, get to know the other culture, language and how to live in another country. Despite many similarities between these two groups of young people, their acculturation process can be different. The students are staying mostly in the international environment of other Erasmus students and the volunteers are working in the local organizations with people living in that particular area. Both the volunteers and the students prepare themselves for their projects already in their home country. Despite this their reception of the new culture is still based on stereotypes. But those stereotypes do not influence the degree of acceptance of the new culture, as well as the degree of adaptation to the new circumstances. Furthermore, if the differences between the home and the guest country are bigger, then adaptation problems could be more significant. That is why preparation for such a long stay abroad should be complex.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JAZZ AND ETHNIC MUSIC IN ESTONIA IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY (Dzassi ja rahvamuusika suhetest Eestis 20. sajandi I poolel)

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Lauk T.

Mäetagused

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2009

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vol. 41

7-32

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This article covers an underexplored facet in the Estonian cultural history - expansion of jazz music into our cultural space and facts related to this, focussing on mutual influences between jazz and Estonian ethnic culture. Although we have been long accustomed to the fact that jazz music is an inseparable part of our culture scene, debates on what is jazz are still ongoing and there does not yet exist an overall and widely accepted definition. The relations between village bands and jazz are studied from the point of view of several acculturation theories. The article presents an overview of the situation in the Estonian music culture in the 1920s when jazz appeared in Estonia. This was an extremely favourable moment for new development - the state and the people had recently liberated themselves, thus there existed a natural wish to get oneself free from the cultural pressure dictated by politics. It appears that in several places in the region south of the Tartu-Viljandi-Parnu imaginary line people have tried to play jazz with village bands. This refers to the start-up of the acculturation process in this region between the local ethnic music and the afro-American jazz music, which had intruded into our cultural space. In order to understand the singularity of this phenomenon, the article examines in greater detail the type of ensemble called a village band in Estonia. While studying these village bands, it appeared that the village bands venturing to play jazz-like dance music were divided into two broader style-based groups. The article covers bands of both of these groups in greater detail, presenting an analysis of their makeup as well as their repertoires. Music played by those bands should be defined as Estonian-(ethnic)-music-inspired jazz-like dance music (the first group) or jazz-inspired ethnic dance music (the second group). For a more specific classification the term 'village jazz' could be used. For comparison, the article covers also haitarijazz – a symbiosis of jazz and ethnic music appearing in Finland in the 1920s-1930s. Recently more and more voices could be heard suggesting that jazz should be studied together with ethnic music, because the origin and development of jazz bear a number of common features with it.

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Transkulturace: možnosti využití a rozšíření konceptu

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Krizova M.

Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)

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2008

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vol. 95

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issue 1

15-35

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The article aims to introduce and explore the concept of 'transculturation'. Unlike the affiliated concept of 'acculturation', capitalized widely in anthropology, sociology and other branches of social sciences, the concept of transculturation had until recently commanded little attention outside the limited area of Latin American studies. The concept, originally formulated in the 1940s by Cuban sociologist Fernando Ortiz, accentuates the mutual character of cultural interaction, the active participation of 'subordinate' groups in the process, as well as the unique character of the resulting cultural formation. That is, the processes of enforced cultural exchange (for example, through colonial expansion) are perceived as not only destructive, but also creative. While the concept of transculturation had commonly been applied within the frame of American or African history and anthropology, the present article proposes the advantages and possibilities of its use in the study of (Central) European millieu - be it in the study of German-Jewish-Czech interaction in the nineteenth century, or in the study of Protestant-Catholic cultural exchange after the year 1620.

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POSTAWY POLAKÓW WOBEC OBCOKRAJOWCÓW

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Wiśniewski R.

Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny

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2011

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vol. 37

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issue 2(140)

221-234

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The article presents the outcome of the research of Polish Measurement of Attitudes and Values (PPPiW) on the attitudes of the Poles towards foreigners carried out in 2009 and 2010. The Bogardus Social Distance Scale was used in the analyses in order to describe the social distance between the Poles and the foreigners. The outcome facilitates the comparison at the local (Warsaw) and the national level together with the description of different perspectives towards strangers. According to respondents, immigrants should integrate themselves into the society by learning Polish and by accepting local axiomatic and normative rules. Although the Poles are likely to accept foreigners as their neighbours or work colleagues, they are less keen on them as potential partners of their children. According to the acquired data, Polish citizens express positive feelings towards „different” cultural groups but think in stereotypes.

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AKTUÁLNE PROBLÉMY KULTUROLOGICKÉHO VÝSKUMU DOLNOZEMSKÝCH SLOVÁKOV

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Michalík B.

Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied

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2015

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vol. 18

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issue 3

-

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The main goal of this contribution is to point out a few problematic spheres, where the generally accepted not quite correspond to the real situation. We emphasize that the path to the general knowledge of the culture of Slovaks living in Low Land is through the realization of research in widest context of theory in as many localities as it is possible. We present a view of the seven problematic issues, which in the context of the current research of Slovaks living in Low Land can be considered as relevant. First, there is the problem of the meaning of terms ethnic enclave and ethnic diaspora. Secondly, the consideration of degree of acculturation and the transfer of the meaning from term "language island" to term "cultural island". Thirdly, we are considering terms of ethno-cultural and ethno-confessional aspects of identity. The fourth problematic sphere is relation between local and ethnic identity. The fifth problem is the urban and rural environment and their contexts affecting acculturation in the minority sector. The sixth circuit is relation between ethnic identity and civic identity. Seventh problem is the minority policy in the European Union, its relative instability and undeniable impact on the acculturation of minorities.

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EUROPEJCZYCY, EUROEMIGRANCI – CZYLI O ASPIRACJACH I SKUTECZNEJ AKULTURACJI. PRZEGLĄD BADAŃ I PRÓBA WERYFIKACJI KONCEPCJI STRATEGII RELACJI MIĘDZYKULTUROWYCH J. BERRY’EGO

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Łużniak-Piecha M.

Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny

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2016

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vol. 42

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issue 2 (160)

231-246

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Mechanizmy akulturacji zyskują rosnącą uwagę badaczy i praktyków. Jednakże etnocentryczne spojrzenie na relacje pomiędzy grupą większościową i mniejszościową może zarówno zakłócić wnioskowanie naukowe, jak i prowadzić do narastania uprzedzeń. Dlatego istotnym aspektem badań nad akulturacją jest poszukiwanie czynników i zmiennych decydujących o skuteczności przystosowania. Analiza programów badawczych pokazuje, że bardziej trafne mogą okazać się badania skupione na porównaniach międzykulturowych, dotyczących definicji „sukcesu akulturacyjnego”, niż próby narzucenia przedstawicielom różnych kultur jednej efektownej typologii strategii i postaw w relacjach między kulturowych.

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Acculturation mechanisms are gaining increasing attention of researchers and practitioners. However, an ethnocentric view of the relationship between majority and minority groups can disrupt scientific reasoning and lead to the accumulation of prejudices. Therefore, an important aspect of research on acculturation is the search for the factors and variableswhich determine the effectiveness of adaptation. An analysis of research agendas shows that exploring the cross-cultural differences of the definition of “acculturative success” seems to be more effective and accurate than considering/using an impressive typology of strategies of intercultural relations imposed on the representatives of different cultures.

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BETWEEN UNIVERSAL SCIENCE AND NATIONAL POLITICS. NATURE OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE YOUTH OF THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH (YIVO) (Polish title - below)

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Kijek K.

Kwartalnik Historii Żydow

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2010

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issue 2(234)

157-193

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(Title in Polish - 'Miedzy uniwersalna nauka a narodowa polityka. Charakter projektu badan nad mlodzieza Zydowskiego Instytutu Naukowego (JIWO) w Polsce miedzywojennej'). The purpose of this article is to trace back the context of the birth of one of the most valuable source materials for studying the history of Jews in Poland's 2nd Republic, i.e., a collection of autobiographies of youth, written in response to three competitions organized by the Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO) of Vilnius in the years 1932, 1934 and 1939. In it, the author seeks to trace back the theoretical and methodological inspirations of the organizers of research into the personality of Jewish youth (Yugfor), and the course of the competitions themselves. The scientific context of the research is followed in conjunction with the social and political goals pursued by YIVO. By reconstructing the scientific and political bases for research, both discussions among Jewish scholars and among them and other scientific communities (chiefly Polish and US ones), or finally the manner in which the competition was presented to the Jewish audience, the article seeks to reconstruct the full context in which this specific source materials were created. Thanks to this it would be possible to interpret more fully the autobiographies, and at the same time, through an analysis of the political and social goals of YIVO, reveal new aspects of the political activity of the Jewish minority in Poland between WWI and WWII. One element of that activity were studies of the youth, which from the point of view of the YIVO milieu was a key group for building the programme of Jewish national autonomy.

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What’s New About the New Immigration? A Historian’s Perspective over Two Centuries

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Kamphoefner W. D.

Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny

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2019

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vol. 45

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issue 3 (173)

7–27

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For a historian of immigration observing current debates, less disturbing than what people don’t know about immigration history, are the things they “know” that simply aren’t true. Recent immigrants are often held up to an impossible standard of the melting pot that was a much slower and more messy process than it appears in the romanticized hindsight of public memory. This paper offers an overview of the process of negotiation and mutual accommodation that has always figured prominently in the integration of immigrants into our society over the past two centuries. Except for the origins of immigrants and the color of their skin, little has changed over the last two centuries. English is alive and well, even on the Mexican border and the West Coast. In Amy Tan’s autobiographical novel, The Joy Luck Club, an immigrant mother laments that her daughter’s Chinese vocabulary hardly extends beyond “pee-pee” and “choo-choo train,” asking plaintively, “How can she be her own person? When did I give her up?” Immigrant parents have been asking that question for a long time. Some things never change.

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Akulturace expatriotů v českém prostředí (vyšší manažeři versus „český lid“)

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Gärtner M., Drbohlav D.

Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)

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2012

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vol. 99

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issue 4

385-406

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Acculturation of expatriate executive managers was examined in the sample of 16 sojourners transferring managerial know-how to companies in Czechia, using a structured longitudinal interview survey including in depth personal interviews. The interviews were conducted six and eighteen months after the arrival of respondents in Czechia. The respondents were contacted as they became available during the period 2006 to 2010. The results indicate that acculturation of sojourners in Czechia proceeded, as expected according to the international literature, broadly in line with the Hofstede’s acculturation “U“ curve (Hofstede 1997). The qualitative analysis points to a number of problems, the sojourners had to deal with during their acculturation including: dependence on communication in English, while recognising potential advantages associated with the knowledge of Czech language, cultural distance – particularly the uncertainty arising from the inability to correctly predict Czech behaviour, lack of openness limiting the Czech ability to form a broader world view, lack of mutual respect between the Czech co-workers, a degree of Czech xenophobia and underestimation of certain predictors of successful acculturation such as social engagement with the Czech hosts. Research also points to a number of helpful coping strategies.

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FRANKISH RITUALS IN THE NORMAN WORLD. PERVADING PATTERNS AND THE PHENOMENON OF ACCULTURATION (Frankijskie rytualy w normanskim swiecie. Przenikanie wzorów i fenomen akulturacji)

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Falkowski W.

Roczniki Historyczne

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2008

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vol. 74

7-30

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The author utilizes the chronicle of Dudon of Saint-Quentin (written circa 1020) as the basis for an analysis of the way Frankish rituals and customs were used by Norman society in the 10th century. The differences between Norman and Frankish behaviour and rituals marked the borderline between the Carolingian culture area and that of Normans, as well as inside their society between social and political supporters of the dynasty and its opposition. The rituals taken over from Franks evolved into symbolic but clearly defined sign of belonging to the ruling elite and constituted a visible indicator of the social position.

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Komplementarita západního a východního pojetí misijního poslání církve: Příspěvek ke studiu křesťanských kořenů Evropy

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Ambros P.

Studia theologica

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2005

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vol. 7

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issue 3

93-99

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The difference between the Christian East and Christian West stems among other things from divergent approaches to the Church's missionary activity. The knowledge of the genesis of European civilization from this point of view may grant us a better understanding of the nature of our Western heritage.

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Losy reemigrantów z Francji w okresie PRL i III RP

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Pełczyński G.

Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny

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2019

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vol. 45

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issue 2 (172)

275–291

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W okresie międzywojennym było we Francji ponad 500 000 emigrantów z Polski. Po wojnie komunistyczny rząd polski postanowił sprowadzić ich do Polski. W latach 1946–1949 z Francji do Polski przyjechało ok. 70 000 osób i zamieszkało głównie na Dolnym i Górnym Śląsku. Było im trudno przyzwyczaić się do życia w Polsce ze względu na różnice kulturowe, ogromne zniszczenie kraju, a także niesprzyjającą sytuację polityczną. Niektórzy wrócili do Francji. Większość jednak znalazła w Polsce swoje miejsce, w większej czy mniejszej mierze zachowując więzi z Francją.

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In the interwar period, there were over half a million Poles in France. After the war, the communist Polish government decided to bring them back to Poland. In 1946–1949, about 70,000 people came from France to Poland. They lived mainly in Upper and Lower Silesia. They found it hard to adjust to living in Poland, with the country having been devastated during the war and being ruled by an increasingly dangerous communist regime. Some, therefore, returned to France but most of them chose to remain whilst retaining their ties with France.

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IMMIGRATION AND INTER-GENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF CULTURAL VALUES: POLISH FAMILIES IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY AND IN THE U.S.

MIGRACJE POLSKICH PROFESJONALISTÓW I PROFESJONALISTEK: WYJAZDY I POWROTY

INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL SUPPORT OF CHILDREN OF CHINESE IMMIGRANT FAMILIES (Kinai bevandorlo csaladok integracioja es szocialis tamogattotsaga)

THE IRISH AND JEWS: AMERICANIZATION IN THE STREETS AND ON STAGE

VOLUNTEERS AND FOREIGN STUDENTS IN EUROPEAN UNION. COMPARISON OF THE ACCULTURATION PROCESS

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JAZZ AND ETHNIC MUSIC IN ESTONIA IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY (Dzassi ja rahvamuusika suhetest Eestis 20. sajandi I poolel)

Transkulturace: možnosti využití a rozšíření konceptu

POSTAWY POLAKÓW WOBEC OBCOKRAJOWCÓW

AKTUÁLNE PROBLÉMY KULTUROLOGICKÉHO VÝSKUMU DOLNOZEMSKÝCH SLOVÁKOV

EUROPEJCZYCY, EUROEMIGRANCI – CZYLI O ASPIRACJACH I SKUTECZNEJ AKULTURACJI. PRZEGLĄD BADAŃ I PRÓBA WERYFIKACJI KONCEPCJI STRATEGII RELACJI MIĘDZYKULTUROWYCH J. BERRY’EGO

BETWEEN UNIVERSAL SCIENCE AND NATIONAL POLITICS. NATURE OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE YOUTH OF THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH (YIVO) (Polish title - below)

What’s New About the New Immigration? A Historian’s Perspective over Two Centuries

Akulturace expatriotů v českém prostředí (vyšší manažeři versus „český lid“)

FRANKISH RITUALS IN THE NORMAN WORLD. PERVADING PATTERNS AND THE PHENOMENON OF ACCULTURATION (Frankijskie rytualy w normanskim swiecie. Przenikanie wzorów i fenomen akulturacji)

Komplementarita západního a východního pojetí misijního poslání církve: Příspěvek ke studiu křesťanských kořenů Evropy

Losy reemigrantów z Francji w okresie PRL i III RP