Cultural Identity

My Irish Accent

by Ellina Nolan-Shmarkovskaya

A reflective essay for the Module "Social, Cultural and Political Issues in Counselling." A reflective essay for the Module "Social, Cultural and Political Issues in Counselling."

Cultural Identity Training Design: An Outsider's Journey Training Cultural Insiders in Hawai'i about Cultural Identity

by Jennifer Rutt

Culture is a term that has many definitions. Cultural Identity is almost as difficult to define. Thus, the task of... more Culture is a term that has many definitions. Cultural Identity is almost as difficult to define. Thus, the task of educating those from a culture different than your own – otherwise known as “the other” – about one’s culture can seem overwhelming. What exactly makes one culture different from another? What makes your culture unique? How do you represent and educate others about your culture? These are the questions that teenage 4-H members in Honolulu, HI were faced with when preparing for a Cultural Event funded by the University of Hawai’i – Mānoa. My role as a graduate intern with Hawai’i 4-H was to facilitate training workshops on cultural identity to help answer some of those questions through the lens of a Social Justice educator. However, being a cultural outsider in Hawai’i presented difficult and unique situations and discussions about whether it was appropriate for a cultural outsider to educate youth on their cultural identity.

This Training Design in Experiential Learning Course-Linked Capstone will reflect on a Case Study of four Cultural Identity Workshops I facilitated for selected 4-H clubs in preparation for the First Annual 4-H HERO (Hawai’i Educates & Respects O’hana) Cultural Event. Through this paper I will discuss my background and experiences as a trainer/trainee, the conceptual frameworks that make up the foundation of my trainer lens, training principles and their application to this case study, the social justice issues surrounding the idea of “the other,” as well as how my experiences in addition to these frameworks, principles, and issues affected and influenced my training design.

Visual Images of Russian Identity in Estonia: The Tõnismäe Second World War Memorial

by A N

Urbanism and Identity at Classical Morgantina (Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 56/57, 2011/2012)

by Justin St. P. Walsh

Workshop IRSEM 2012 : "Guerre, mémoire, identité"

by gregory cattaneo

Comme le workshop « Penser la violence », qui s’est tenu le 9 février dernier, ce workshop devrait aboutir à une publication chez un éditeur privé.

Ce workshop proposé ici explore les thèmes de la guerre, de la mémoire et de l’identité. Il a été initialement proposé... more Ce workshop proposé ici explore les thèmes de la guerre, de la mémoire et de l’identité. Il a été initialement proposé par Grégory Cattaneo, doctorant allocataire de l’IRSEM.
Associer ces trois notions à un même projet doit permettre aux jeunes chercheurs de l’IRSEM de présenter leurs recherches et d’échanger leurs approches dans un cadre pluridisciplinaire.
La guerre peut s’avérer être un terreau propice lorsqu’on l’approche à travers le prisme de la mémoire et de l’identité (deux questionnements récents en sciences humaines et sociales). En effet, si la guerre peut être instrumentalisée afin de créer ou bien d’exalter une identité, qui restera vivante à travers un travail de mémoire collective ; le sentiment identitaire et la mémoire, quant à eux, peuvent être instrumentalisés à des fins belliqueuses.

A travers ce workshop, il s’agira d’articuler ces notions de manière à produire un questionnement large et susceptible d’intéresser le plus grand nombre. Les jeunes chercheurs de l’IRSEM, ayant un attrait pour ces notions, peuvent réfléchir à un sujet  en connexion avec au moins deux de ces notions. Par exemple, le sentiment d’appartenance à un groupe à travers une identité commune ; la mémoire comme acte de résistance ou de célébration ; le concept de « mémoricide » ou la non-reconnaissance de la mémoire d’une communauté, etc.

El impacto en Chile de los procesos decimonónicos de emancipación y defensa de la soberanía nacional en las Antillas mayores

by Ricardo Lopez Muñoz

El presente informe tiene ya 17 años de haber sido redactado. Fue producto del Proyecto Nº. 1940113 del Fondo Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Fondecyt) de 1994, que tuve la suerte de adjudicarme. Los Fondecyt son convocados anualmente por la Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica de Chile.
Con todos sus defectos, me parece que este Informe aún aporta conocimientos a quien lo lea.

Landscapes of Heimat in post-war German cinema

by Stefan Zimmermann

Zimmermann, Stefan (2008): Landscapes of Heimat in post-war German cinema. In: Lukinbeal, Chris und Zimmermann, Stefan (Hrsg.): The Geography of Cinema – a Cinematic World. Stuttgart. S. 169-180.

The oblivion – element of the cultural identity

by Simona Mitroiu

Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, no.6/2006

The cultural identity is constructed around the elements kept in
memory, but the configuration of the identity in... more The cultural identity is constructed around the elements kept in
memory, but the configuration of the identity in time is given by the oblivion, which permanently acts on it. The knowledge of a person is accomplished both through the identification of the memorized elements and the sum and the character of the things which were forgotten. The oblivion is the cultural power conferring shape to the personal and collective identity and it has a double signification: the oblivion like an injury of the memory and the oblivion like the power of life. Along the memory, the oblivion assures the base of the identity’s constructing process, the way in which we define ourselves as human beings, reporting permanently to the others, both to those who share common elements with us, and to those who are different.

Map languages Anatolia,North Syria and Upper Mesopotamia 1700 BC.

by Joost Blasweiler

Explanation of the languages of Anatolia, Upper Mesopotamia and North Syria around 1700 BC after the destruction of the karum and city of Kanesh. With gegographic and historical information.
Comments are welcome !

The Jordan Valley: The Cemetery at Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan

by Jack Green

In: M.A.S. Martin, "Egyptian-Type Pottery in the Late Bronze Age Southern Levant", Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean XXXIX, Vienna, Pp.162-174 (2011).

This chapter focuses on the Egyptian-type pottery found in the cemetery at Tell es-Sa'idiyeh cemetery (96 vessels),... more This chapter focuses on the Egyptian-type pottery found in the cemetery at Tell es-Sa'idiyeh cemetery (96 vessels), broadly dating to the late 13th to the 12th centuries BC, corresponding with the late 19th and 20th dynasties. The chapter lists the pottery assemblage from the cemetery (both University of Pennsylvania and British Museum excavations) according to Martin's typology. It also discusses fabrics, production and decoration and the posited role of the Egyptian-type pottery in the cemetery in relation to cultural identity, funerary rituals, and status expression.

Autobiografia da Angola colonial: Memórias da mulher dum chefe de posto (1945-1975)

by Daniel Melo

Darfur: Ground Zero for Africa’s Crises of Identity

by Patrick James Christian

A psycho-Historiography of Darfur's Tribes in Conflict
Nova Southeastern University Graduate School of Humanities & Social Science, Department of Conflict Analysis & Resolution

Introduction 2
Darfur: A Broken Place 3
Identity Disintegration in Darfur 5
Applying identity conflict theory 6
The Arabs 8
Arab Identity Subordination of Islam 9
Arab Hierarchical Ownership of the Islamic Ummah 10
Islamic Universality and the Fractured Identity of Arab Muslims 10
Islamic Universality of Ethnic Inclusion versus African Diffusion 12
The Africans 12
The Language of Religion and of Slaves 17
Islam and Paganism: the Sacred and the profane in Contest in Darfur 18
Law & Social Order: Sharia versus African Communal Justice 20
Psychological and Emotional Trauma as Spoilers to Identity Definition 22
“Intervention” Resolving Identity Conflict & Managing Psychological Trauma 24
Securing the Population 24
Stabilizing the Population 25
Rebuilding the Psycho-Sociological Structures of Human Societies 26
Conclusion 27
References 29
Notes 36

Diplomatic and peacekeeping initiatives by the international community in emerging cultures in conflict have failed to... more Diplomatic and peacekeeping initiatives by the international community in emerging cultures in conflict have failed to stem the violence and resolve the underlying conditions. Based primarily on political analysis, such initiatives do not address the underlying causes of the civil war at the individual, family, and tribal levels. This paper examines the psychological and sociological motivations for the violence within and between the Arab and African tribes of Darfur, to include motivation exploration of ethnic defections, failing cultural identity markers, and the effects of cognitive dissonance of the personal and social identities of the Darfur tribes. Research suggests that the identities of the African and Arab tribes are deeply contested over ethnicity, tribalism, religion, race and the generational memory that historical narratives provide. This fundamental identity conflict is overlaid by decades of violent physical, psychological and emotional assault upon the population. The result is a fundamental change of the psycho-sociology of tribal life and threatens disintegration and disestablishment of large group identity. The resulting societal and leadership breakdown of and within the tribes creates conditions of warlord-ism commonly found in ungoverned states such as Somalia. The paper concludes that the international community will ultimately fail unless measures are taken to create conditions for survival of the tribes physically, psychologically and sociologically.

Written oral history: Dimensions of identity of Chukotka’s indigenous people in the works of Rytkheu

by Ivan Sablin

published in AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, vol. 8, no. 1, 2012, pp. 27–41.

Through the examination of two autobiographic works of Chukchi writer, Rytkheu, this study demonstrates the research... more Through the examination of two autobiographic works of Chukchi writer, Rytkheu, this study demonstrates the research potential of indigenous literatures, offering a new perspective on the past and present of indigenous peoples. The study seeks to provide new interpretations of identity in Chukotka, the northeastern extremity of Asia, of the 1930s and 1940s and to contribute to the identity debate in indigenous studies. In the article identity is understood as a multidimensional whole, with the discussed dimensions being based on ethnicity, nationality, occupation and place of residence. The article pre-eminently addresses the identity of the coastal sea-mammal hunters of Chukotka.

Symbols of Power in Rituals of Violence: The Personality Cult and Iconoclasm on the Soviet Empire’s Periphery (East Germany, 1945–61)

by Alexey Tikhomirov

published in: Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, Volume 13, Number 1, Winter 2012, pp. 47-88.

Author challenges journalists to develop an inclusive media

by David Robie

Robie, D. (2007, August 27). Author challenges journalists to develop an inclusive media. AsiaMedia, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) International Institute.

Journalists have a vital role in creating a media of inclusiveness and helping New Zealanders develop their sense of... more Journalists have a vital role in creating a media of inclusiveness and helping New Zealanders develop their sense of identity, says the author of a new book on cross-cultural reporting.
Carol Archie, author of Pou Korero: A Journalists' Guide to Maori and Current Affairs being launched at AUT University today, says cross-cultural dialogue rather than separate media is healthy for the country.

TRADICIONES TEXTILES DE ATACAMA Y TARAPACÁ PRESENTES EN QUILLAGUA DURANTE EL PERÍODO INTERMEDIO TARDÍO

by Carolina Aguero

Carolina Agüero

1998. Boletín del Comité Nacional de Conservación Textil 3: 103-128. Santiago, Chile.

Este trabajo forma parte de un proyecto que busca investigar el problema dela etnicidad en Quillagua durante el... more Este trabajo forma parte de un proyecto que busca investigar el problema dela etnicidad en Quillagua durante el Período Intermedio Tardío. Tanto la etnohistoria como la arqueología proporcionan información acerca de que en dicho lugar convergieron grupos humanos con diferentes tradiciones culturales, principalmente de Atacama y de Tarapacá. Hasta el momento se había considerado principalmente a la cerámica para identificar estas distintas tradiciones culturales. En esta oportunidad, veremos que podemos aportar al respecto a través de análisis de textiles procedentes de colecciones arqueológicas depositadas en museos, como de prendas recuperadas de excavaciones realizadas por nosotros en Quillagua.

VESTUARIO E IDENTIDAD CULTURAL EN TARAPACÁ DURANTE EL PERÍODO INTERMEDIO TARDÍO

by Carolina Aguero

Carolina Aguero

2010. In Actas del XII Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Chilena, Valdivia (2006). Sociedad Chilena de Arqueología, Fondo Nacional de Fomento del Libro y la Lectura del Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.

This work assumes that if the Pica-Tarapacá Complex that developed during the Late Intermediate Period was a... more This work assumes that if the Pica-Tarapacá Complex that developed during the Late Intermediate Period was a socio-political unit, a)liation to this group should somehow show in its material culture. Textiles should therefore have been produced on the basis of a shared technology, expressed in terms of a regional !yle. We explore how regional clothing exposes cultural identity, revealing the socio-political complexity put into pra&ice within the Tarapacá territory. Textile data from garments are used to consider problems related to, both, regional and inter-regional intera&ion, and its links with the rise and !rengthening of sociopolitical identities.

Out of Sight, Close to the Heart: Regionalist Voluntary Associations in the Portuguese Empire

by Daniel Melo

published in: e-Journal of Portuguese History, vol. 5, n.º 1 (Summer 2007)

This article focuses on regionalist voluntary associations in the former Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique... more This article focuses on regionalist voluntary associations in the former Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique during the twentieth century, relating them to the issues of social capital and plurality of identity, and linking them to the context of the Portuguese Diaspora. It studies the contribution made by associations based on regional ties in an imperial and ultranationalist space, and analyzes how that same contribution not only strengthened the social capital in their communities, but also upheld identities, which were less closed and more plural, despite the prevailing action of colonialism. Furthermore, the work of these popular institutions made it possible to enlarge the geographic and social contexts of regionalism, a Western phenomenon that has been re-assessed by scholars over the last few decades.

Este artigo propõe um olhar cruzado sobre o associativismo regionalista nas ex-colónias de Angola e Moçambique, relacionando-o com as problemáticas do capital social e das identidades plurais e articulando-o com o contexto diaspórico.
Analisa o contributo das associações que assumiram um vínculo regional num espaço imperial de sobrecarga nacionalista e o modo como esse mesmo contributo permitiu não só o reforço do capital social nas suas comunidades como a afirmação de identidades menos fechadas e mais plurais, apesar do colonialismo actuante.
Além disso, o labor destas organizações populares tornou possível o alargamento dos contextos geográficos e sociais do regionalismo, um fenómeno do mundo ocidental que teve, nas últimas décadas, uma redobrada atenção por parte da academia.

EUROPEAN OTHER: OTHER THAN WHAT? Identity Construction of Europe by Othering: A Case Study of Turkey and the EU Relations from a Cultural Perspective

by GUL PINAR ERKEM GÜLBOY

published in Europolis, 5/2009

This paper aims to emphasize the “othering” concept as the constructing
element of the identity and to show the... more This paper aims to emphasize the “othering” concept as the constructing
element of the identity and to show the transformability of the identity and
othering concepts on the basis of European identity. The other is created by the
self to help and strengthen the construction and acceptance of the new identity
of the self. Therefore, both the self and the other are abstract concepts of
construct, and are open to change. The paper will focus on the EU-Turkey
relations as a case study to show that the European identity and its definition of
its other have changed throughout time depending on the historical framework
of the world. Most of the time, ideology, power structures and religion are
influential on these changes. The constructed European identity will either
create a multicultural and open society to be all-encompassing, or a culturally
homogeneous society trying to assimilate its minorities and exclude Turkey.

Old Testament Personal Names among the Britons: Their Occurrence and Significance before the Twelfth Century

by John Reuben Davies

published in Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Volume 43, No. 1 (2012), pp. 175-192 (the pdf found below is slightly different from the published version, and has different page numbers).

Abstract: This article considers the cultural implications of the distinctive use of Old Testament personal names by... more Abstract: This article considers the cultural implications of the distinctive use of Old Testament personal names by Brittonic-speaking peoples (Welsh, Breton, and Cornish) in the centuries down to ca. 1100. An argument is made that the origin of the tradition is early, developing among the Britons in the Roman and
sub-Roman periods. The case is made for the geographic dispersal of the practice, for the constructedness of British ecclesiastical identity, and the maintenance of the tradition among successive communities of the Brittonic-speaking peoples despite their other differences.