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Who does the English language belong to?

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Jindřiška Š.

Littera Scripta

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2008

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vol. 2

119-121

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The following contribution deals with the relation between language and its users. English is used as an example. It shows the close connection of a language use and (political) culture of a given society in the concrete historical context. It also covers the dislike of so-called original speakers for those ones who use their native tongue as a second language in different environments. The reason for that aversion of native speakers is the understandable effort to keep their own culture identity which is expressed by their own language.

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Work-Related Identity of Clinical Research Sector Employees in Poland Against Professional Transformation of the Industry

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Kozierkiewicz B.

Journal of Management and Business Administration. Central Europe

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2016

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issue 3

62-90

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Purpose: Established professions and knowledge workers identify more with their professional groups than with their organisations. The purpose of the study was to find what kind of work-related identities are shown by clinical research sector employees in Poland, what is the intensity of those identities and which one is dominant. Methodology: The study started with qualitative interviews dedicated to professional changes and to work-related identity. The latter was selected for the main quantitative part of the study and its five types were defined related to the trained profession, the practised profession, organizational, relational and task-related work identities. Intensity of these pre-defined identities was tested with a use of a questionnaire completed by 147 representatives of the sector under study. Statistical analysis of the collected data verified the research hypotheses that assumed a certain gradation of these work-related identities. Results: Professional identity related to the practised occupation was placed on the highest level followed by task-related identity. Relational and organisational identities were classified on the third and fourth levels. Identity related to the trained occupation achieved the lowest score. The employing organization type had no effect on the manifested professional identity. Originality value: As a developing new occupation, the study group itself was an interesting population for studying work-related identity. Combining the qualitative and quantitative methods enabled evaluation of the results against the professional changes shaping the sector, which can have an impact on building the work-related identity of its employees.

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Transcultural Experience and Multiple Biographies as a Research Topic

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Falski M.

Colloquia Humanistica

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2014

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issue 3

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Transcultural Experience and Multiple Biographies as a Research TopicTransculturality refers to the traditional understanding of culture as self-contained, concentrated around its own center and producing clear borders. “Trans” signifies the act of crossing; it signifies overcoming such borders. It looks at phenomena, people, and notions that are not limited to one communicational environment, but are represented in multiple locations, or contexts. Or rather-they cannot be fully ascribed to one “culture,” because they exhibit, traits of both (or more) cultures. Culture studies often describe, also, people with “trans” life stories; it is not a matter of simple crossing of borders, living a bit in one environment and a bit in another. The point is that their sense of belonging is of a mixed, ambiguous character, and their identity is blurred. It is a question of practices that they draw from two or more sources, creating a peculiar amalgam characteristic of living “in between.” Transculturality, just like multiple biographies, means both partial belonging and dual belonging, which is very well illustrated by the case studies presented in the volume: they have in a way, varied roots, which means they bear unique, hybrid fruit. Doświadczenie transkulturowe i biografie wielorakie jako temat badawczyTranskulturowość odnosi się do tradycyjnego pojmowania kultury jako samowystarczalnej, skoncentrowanej na sobie i wytwarzającej wyraźne granice. Przyrostek „trans” oznacza akt przekraczania tak wytyczonych granic. Kategoria transkulturowości skłania do patrzenia na zjawiska, biografie i pojęcia jako coś, co nie ogranicza się do jednego środowiska komunikacyjnego, lecz występuje bądź przejawia się w wielu miejscach i kontekstach. Można też powiedzieć, że nie można ich przypisać do jednej „kultury”, ponieważ reprezentują cechy dwóch (lub więcej) wspólnot kulturowych. Studia kulturowe często zajmują się osobami, czyje historie życia mają taki właśnie charakter „trans-graniczny” charakter. Nie chodzi przy tym jedynie o proste przejście granic, życie trochę w jednym, a trochę w drugim środowisku. Istotne jest to, że poczucie przynależności staje się niejasne lub wielorakie. Pojawia się na przykład kwestia praktyk związanych z dwoma lub więcej źródłami wzorców, co tworzy specyficzny amalgamat życia „pomiędzy”. Transkulturowość, podobnie jak biografie wielorakie, oznacza zarówno częściową, jak i zróżnicowaną identyfikację, którą świetnie ilustrują studia przypadków przedstawione w trzecim numerze „Colloquia Humanistica”; można by rzec, iż mają one różnorodne korzenie, przez co rodzą wyjątkowe, hybrydyczne owoce.

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Bezpieczeństwo człowieka – synergia wolności i odpowiedzialności jednostki

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Harasim K.

Prosopon. Europejskie Studia Społeczno-Humanistyczne

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2016

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issue 3(16)

69-78

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The aim of this article is to discuss social filiation of individual identity by presenting chosen theoretical trends in social sciences. Identity, often treated as an issue connected only to psychology, does not exist without its social dimension, which is exemplified by the attitude of an individual to prosocial actions. With regard to the multi-range specificness of responsibility, I will try to explain which components of the individual’s identity and which stages of personal development are key In this field. I am also interested in identity as a source of socially expected and accepted behaviour, especially protective actions.

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Zagrożenia procesu integracji europejskiej w ujęciu politycznym, społecznym i tożsamościowym

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Niedźwiecki S.

Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski

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2015

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vol. 2

113-128

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The aim of this article is to present the threats that are related to process of European integration. These are not external threats, however, but factors which appear inside the united Europe. The article intends to analyze these elements on two surfaces. The first one are the factors which have a negative impact on the success of European integration process i.e. disintegrating factors or conceptions of “multi-speed Europe”. The second surface are factors which threaten the EU member states such as the loss of a national identity for some bigger entity like a European nation or society.

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Supervision for advocacy: supporting self-care

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FARKAS K. J., ROMANIUK J. R.

Society Register

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2021

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vol. 5

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issue 4

23-40

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The objective is to examine the intersection of advocacy for social change, the individual’s emotional costs of advocacy, and the use of trauma informed care in supervisory practice to encourage and support advocates and their work. Supervision models exist, but none address the needs of advocates who might become targets for scorn and persecution. The literature on trauma informed care provides a direction to improve the support and supervision of advocates, especially those who use their personal experiences as examples in their work. We reviewed data bases and relevant literature regarding supervision and the principles of trauma informed care. Periodical literature was reviewed for examples of those affected personally and professionally by their advocacy efforts. Review of the literature revealed little new knowledge on supervision but provided a base to apply the principles of trauma informed care to support and encourage advocacy for social change. This paper suggests the use of trauma informed care in supervisory relationships and advocacy work. This is an original approach to encourage and uphold advocates in difficult times.

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Social identity and influences of informational technologies

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JERKOVIC V., HILCENKO S.

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2013

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vol. 4

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issue 2

46-53

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The identity is one of the key issues of modern society and when we take into account the influence of media and information technologies on the livelihoods of individuals then it becomes clear how fast identities have been changing and how qualitative transformations they suffered. In the post modern times computers present an unavoidable decor of present but simultaneously they entice with their utilities all users of this scientific and technical paradigm. Social identity is not what it used to be and its relatively loose structure comprises a sequence of even non consistent characteristics of the structure of identity that have not even been imaginable, until recently, in a such configuration they exist today. New technologies and the way people spend their time at work or their free time determine the development and establishing of the identity structure whilst new specific identities have appeared due to free access to information with the whole latitude of using new media. This phenomenon often reflects on what we refer to as generation gap and additionally on everything that democratic and neo-liberal environment supports in terms of certain behavioral patterns acceptance. Computers, mobile phones of new generation and the Internet, as the totality of informational domain, have offered the post-structural multiversity pandemic of a new world that changed in as much it conceived the pluralism of identities and brand new assemblies of values and attitudes. The onset of a new world was possible due to the concept of a new human that appeared, who has a general common denominator in information technologies.

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Adam Bede Revisited: Social Stigma and the Formation of Deviant Identity

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Bonner N., Shayegh E.

Crossroads. A Journal of English Studies

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2015

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vol. 8

EN

In Adam Bede, George Eliot explores the way a society divides its members into categories and how these categories contribute to the formation of an individual’s identity. In the mid-nineteenth century authors in the naturalist tradition often discussed this dialogical relationship between individual and society, the specific roles for social gaze, the labeling and degrading. Eliot shows an acute of these labels that no one shapes identity without their influence. According to Nancy Anne Marck, Adam Bede introduces the theme of “emerging social consciousness” where the characters gain broader awareness of human interdependence through an experience of suffering (447). This is particularly evident when examining Eliot’s characters of “lesser fortune.” Once we’ve investigated how Eliot portrays these negative social forces throughout the novel, the labeling and the stigmatization, we will return to how Eliot addresses the larger question permeating her novel of education: how one judges another against the backdrop of community values.

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Ograniczenia w kształtowaniu się społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Ukrainie

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Maliszewska A. M.

Adeptus

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2015

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issue 5

40-52

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This article centers on key difficulties that hamper the development of a civil society in independent Ukraine. A special emphasis is put on phenomena such as: lack of a homogeneous national identity, non-existence of the collective memory shared by all Ukraine citizens, the Soviet mentality, oligarchic structures, and failure to build social capital. The work is based on the scientific literature on a civil society in Ukraine.

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Celem artykułu jest próba przedstawienia przeszkód stojących na drodze rozwoju społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Ukrainie po uzyskaniu przez nią niepodległości. Duży nacisk położony został na ukazanie takich zjawisk, jak: brak jednolitej tożsamości narodowej Ukraińców, nieistnienie jednej pamięci zbiorowej podzielanej przez wszystkich obywateli, mentalność sowiecka, oligarchiczna władza oraz niewypracowanie kapitału społecznego. Pracę przygotowano na podstawie literatury naukowej poświęconej kwestii społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Ukrainie.

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Ograniczenia w kształtowaniu się społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Ukrainie

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Maliszewska A. M.

Adeptus

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2015

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issue 5

EN

Obstacles on the path towards a civil society in UkraineThis article centers on key difficulties that hamper the development of a civil society in independent Ukraine. A special emphasis is put on phenomena such as: lack of a homogeneous national identity, non-existence of the collective memory shared by all Ukraine citizens, the Soviet mentality, oligarchic structures, and failure to build social capital. The work is based on the scientific literature on a civil society in Ukraine. Ograniczenia w kształtowaniu się społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na UkrainieCelem artykułu jest próba przedstawienia przeszkód stojących na drodze rozwoju społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Ukrainie po uzyskaniu przez nią niepodległości. Duży nacisk położony został na ukazanie takich zjawisk, jak: brak jednolitej tożsamości narodowej Ukraińców, nieistnienie jednej pamięci zbiorowej podzielanej przez wszystkich obywateli, mentalność sowiecka, oligarchiczna władza oraz niewypracowanie kapitału społecznego. Pracę przygotowano na podstawie literatury naukowej poświęconej kwestii społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Ukrainie.

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New Urban Middle Class and National Identity in Poland

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Galent M., Kubicki P.

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2012

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vol. 179

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issue 3

385-400

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This article discusses the question of the emergence of new forms of collective identities brought about by the recent social and cultural changes and their influence on Polish national identity. Specifically, it attempts to analyse those evolutionary changes which have been transforming the character of this identity from an exclusive, ethnic model towards a pluralistic, civic one. The article aims to show that the most significant agent of these processes is a new urban middle class whose growing role in the Polish society challenges traditional national discourses. The article advances a thesis that we are witnessing an emergence of a new platform of identification which significantly blurs the overwhelming contours of traditional national identity and instead strengthens on the one hand local identification and on the other, a cosmopolitan one.

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The Hegelian Phenomenological Exposition of the Problem of Social Identity: A Theoretical Framework for Managing Difference in Multi-Ethnic Societies

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Adekeye D. O.

Dialogue and Universalism

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2018

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issue 2

159-175

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The process of constructing a social reality where “difference” becomes a social asset rather than a monster that threatens peace and progress must commence with a phenomenological understanding of social interactions within and among human societies. In my opinion, Hegel, more than any other thinker, has constructed a phenomenological framework that adequately captures and represents the nature of group interactions within human societies. This paper explores the Hegelian phenomenon of social identity, and, especially, characterizes the interactions between and among various social identities. It is a modest effort to contribute theoretically to the available discourse on the management of “difference” in multi-ethnic societies.

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Tożsamość społeczna a globalizacja

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Dziekanowska M.

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, Studia Sociologica

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2008

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issue 18

33-48

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Kiedy zmiany społeczne mają charakter ewolucyjny, a dana społeczność jest względnie zamknięta, formowanie się tożsamości zbiorowych odbywa się w sposób płynny i niemal zrutynizowany. Każda radykalna zmiana powoduje istotne modyfikacje tożsamości, a nawet może prowadzić do jej kryzysu. Otwarcie się wspólnot lokalnych sprawiło, że zwiększyła się liczba punktów odniesienia i ich zakres. W miarę nasilania się procesów o charakterze globalnym, zamiast tożsamości formowanych przez kontekst lokalny, pojawiają się obok nich także tożsamości ponadnarodowe. Globalizacja kwestionuje stałość i niezmienność porządku legitymizowanego tradycją, przyczynia się do fragmentacji rzeczywistości oraz jej relatywizacji. Nowoczesne społeczeństwa są społeczeństwami wyboru, w których absolutne nakazy zostały zastąpione przez możliwość wyboru spośród wielu opcji. Anthony Giddens mówi o czterech podstawowych dylematach człowieka współczesnego, które zakłócają procesy formowania tożsamości. Są to następujące zjawiska o charakterze biegunowym: unifikacja – fragmentacja, bezsilność – kontrola, autorytet – niepewność, doświadczenie osobiste – doświadczenie urynkowione. Można więc postawić tezę, że globalizacja powoduje nie tylko to, że ludzie inaczej żyją, ale także to, że ludzie stają się inni. W warunkach późnej nowoczesności przekształcenie tożsamości jednostki dokonuje się pomiędzy globalizmem a lokalizmem.

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The formation of collective identity takes place in a fluent and almost routine way when the social changes are evolutional and a given community is relatively closed. Every radical change results in essential modification of identity and may even lead to its crisis. Local communities’ opening caused the increase of points of reference and their scope. With the increase of global processes instead of identity formed through local context new international identities appear. Globalisation questions stability and invariability of the traditional order and causes relativity of reality and its division into fragments. Modern societies are societies of choice in which absolute orders are replaced by a possibility of choice from many options. Anthony Giddens mentions four basic dilemmas of contemporary man which disrupt the processes of identity formation. These are: unification–particularisation, helplessness–control, authority–insecurity, personal experience–market experience. One may conclude that globalisation does not only mean that people live different but also that they become different. In the condition of late modernisation the change in identity of an individual is done between globalisation and locality.

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Social identities, societal change and mental borders

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Petrjánošová M., Lášticová B.

Human Affairs

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2011

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vol. 21

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issue 2

196-212

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In this paper we investigate the relations between cross-border mobility, national categorization and intergroup relations in a changing Europe. It focuses on young adults (N=34) commuting on a regular basis between the city of Bratislava (the capital of Slovakia) and the city of Vienna (the capital of Austria). Our study draws on the social identity perspective, however, we consider social identity as a discourse of (not) belonging, similarity and difference, which is continually (re)negotiated within a given social context. Semi-structured qualitative interviews, focus groups and drawings of the border area were used as research instruments. We have identified different types of experience in various subgroups of participants framed by (1) age at the time of arrival in Austria; (2) different mobility motivations and goals; (3) interaction setting; (4) the political and economic situation in Slovakia at the time of arrival to Austria linked to perceived status differences. On the individual level, the motivation to integrate or its lack seems to be a crucial element in the ingroup construction and perception of intergroup relations.

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Aligning Who I Am with What I Do: Pursuing Language Teacher Authenticity

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Gregersen T.

Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition

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2015

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vol. 1

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issue 1

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This study explores the dynamic, interactive relationship between teacher identity and authenticity. Through an examination of several socio-cultural (social identity, situated learning, and image text) and psycholinguistic (individual differences) second language acquisition theories, a conceptualization of identity is provided. Subsequently, language teacher authenticity is characterized from both a philosophical and pedagogical perspective and connected to the notion of teacher identity. The final section of the paper presents research-based applications that include reflecting critically, redefining personal credibility, discovering one’s personal style, displaying emotion and recognizing diversity to facilitate the positive-broadening quest of aligning one’s identity (i.e., who I am) with authenticity (i.e., what I do).

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"Ještě je 400 míst volných v tachovském okrese!": příspěvek k "malým dějinám" reemigrace a dosídlení Tachovska v narativních inteview na začátku 21. století

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Kotrbatá I.

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

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2010

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vol. 97

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issue 3

265-280

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The article presents the results of the social-anthropological field research realized in the town of Tachov and several adjacent villages (especially Lesná, Mýto). It focuses on the mapping of the so called small history, identified through the biographical method, that is, stories related to the lives of the interviewed persons. It analyzes the situation during and after the return migration and final settlement of the region, as it is presented in the memories of the participants of the provesses of settlement, as well as their descendants. The article is structured into several blocks according to the priorities of the narratives, ascertained during the field research. These priorities are: memories of the industry of the pre-war era, the theme of return migrants and settlers, their integration and mutual relations with other ethnic groups. At the same time, it was possible to create an image of the spontaneous tale-telling repertoire. The main purpose of the research was to follow-up with the researches of the region realized in the 1970s and 1980s and to supplement them with new data.

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Racial Fraud and the American Binary

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Harrelson K. J.

Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture

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2022

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vol. 6

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issue 3

44-61

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In response to recent controversies about racial transitioning, I provide an argument that deceptions about ancestry may sometimes constitute fraud. In order to arrive at this conclusion, I criticize the arguments from analogy made famous by Rebecca Tuvel and Christine Overall. My claim is that we should not think of racial transitioning as similar to gender transitioning, because different identity groups possess different kinds of obstacles to entry. I then provide historical surveys of American racial categories and the various types of passing common in American history, in order to distinguish the potentially fraudulent from the relatively innocent styles of passing.

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Problemy tożsamości społecznej Polaków mieszkających w Niemczech

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Nowak W.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2013

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issue 3(348)

257-271

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The aim of this paper is to present the results of research on social identity of Poles and Polish speaking persons staying in Germany, particularly in its ethnic dimension. The research method applied to attain this purpose is content analysis of data gathered during individual in-depth interviews conducted in 2012 with Polish migrants living in Germany. Firstly, the methodological assumptions of the reported research project are presented. Secondly, chosen aspects of theoretical discourse on the category of (social) identity are introduced. Finally, the opinions of interviewed Poles and Polish speakers living in Germany on key issues related to ethnic aspects of their social identity are being analysed. The results of fieldwork are examined in relation to chosen previous similar research projects findings.

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ATSEVIŠĶU DZĪVESVIETU PIESAISTES UN PILSĒTAS IEDZOEVOTĀJU KOPĪBAS SAJŪTAS ASPEKTU IZPĒTE ZVIEDRIJĀ, SOMIJĀ UN LATVIJĀ

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Larisa Ā., Ilona S.

Sociālo Zinātņu Vēstnesis

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2014

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issue 2

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The present research work makes a contribution to the studying of social identity, place attachment and sense of community for citizens. The objects of investigation are practical aspects of social identity, place attachment and sense of community for citizens in Sweden, Finland and Latvia. Sociological survey had been used. The most active participants of survey in all tested regions were women at the economically active age (Helsinki, Riga) or retired (Norrkoping). The majority of those, who are living more than 20, 30 and 40 years in the same neighbourhood, live in Riga. The most active people, who participate in local arrangements, are in majority in Helsinki. People mentioned that they participate because they want to be updated on the future plans of their neighbourhoods. Finnish people want to feel the sense of community. Latvian people want to affect the future of neighbourhood and to explore the arrangements for to get acquainted with neighbours. The data might be reflecting common situation for all countries: the economically active people are busy at work. The Latvian data indirectly indicate to low level of communication between inhabitants and local actors or official representatives of municipality. Perhaps, there is a good tradition to participate in different gallops, surveys and people feel results (effectiveness) of those activities there in Sweden and Finland. Riga respondents are not so optimistically tuned on effectiveness of those arrangements. In spite of high readiness of participation in surveys and gallops, people assess their possibilities in neighbourhood development too low (Sweden, Finland). And vice versa, 67% of Latvian respondents assess their possibilities of participating in neighbourhood development more realistic and 10% totally dissent with this. People, in general, want to influence, to improve (if is not yet excellent, suitable, safe), may be also, to be proud of their neighbourhood. In general, there are mentioned all local actors to be important and be involved in neighbourhood development. Finnish respondents of survey highly assessed the role of local associations and local policymakers. Safety was the number one issue in all three cities. It seems that in Norrkoping people are quite satisfied with the comfort of their neighbourhood, and in Riga and Helsinki there could be some room for improvement. Regarding the commercial services the present situation is viewed best in Riga, where 67% of the respondents partly or totally agree with the statement. The question about good sense of community seems to divide opinions in every city. It’s difficult to say, about the underlying factors in each city or each neighbourhood.

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When mere multiple group memberships are not enough: Individual self-expansion through involvement in social groups and self-efficacy belief

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Besta T., Tomiałowicz E., Bojko J., Pytlos A., Kosakowska-Berezecka N., Bäck E., Vazquez A.

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2018

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vol. 49

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issue 1

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Who does the English language belong to?

Work-Related Identity of Clinical Research Sector Employees in Poland Against Professional Transformation of the Industry

Transcultural Experience and Multiple Biographies as a Research Topic

Bezpieczeństwo człowieka – synergia wolności i odpowiedzialności jednostki

Zagrożenia procesu integracji europejskiej w ujęciu politycznym, społecznym i tożsamościowym

Supervision for advocacy: supporting self-care

Social identity and influences of informational technologies

Adam Bede Revisited: Social Stigma and the Formation of Deviant Identity

Ograniczenia w kształtowaniu się społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Ukrainie

Ograniczenia w kształtowaniu się społeczeństwa obywatelskiego na Ukrainie

New Urban Middle Class and National Identity in Poland

The Hegelian Phenomenological Exposition of the Problem of Social Identity: A Theoretical Framework for Managing Difference in Multi-Ethnic Societies

Tożsamość społeczna a globalizacja

Social identities, societal change and mental borders

Aligning Who I Am with What I Do: Pursuing Language Teacher Authenticity

"Ještě je 400 míst volných v tachovském okrese!": příspěvek k "malým dějinám" reemigrace a dosídlení Tachovska v narativních inteview na začátku 21. století

Racial Fraud and the American Binary

Problemy tożsamości społecznej Polaków mieszkających w Niemczech

ATSEVIŠĶU DZĪVESVIETU PIESAISTES UN PILSĒTAS IEDZOEVOTĀJU KOPĪBAS SAJŪTAS ASPEKTU IZPĒTE ZVIEDRIJĀ, SOMIJĀ UN LATVIJĀ

When mere multiple group memberships are not enough: Individual self-expansion through involvement in social groups and self-efficacy belief