Aspects Of Identity Research Articles

Міграційні процеси в Європі в умовах сучасних викликів і загроз

The article substantiates the factors influencing the development of migration processes in Europe, including: political conflicts; geopolitical changes and events in different regions of the world; financial, economic and political crises; social and ecological factors, as well as the sociocultural causes of migration, related to various aspects of culture, society, and identity. The dynamics of migration flows to different regions of the world are analyzed. The leading countries of migration flows to Europe and the reasons for changes in the number of international migrants in some European countries are identified. The volume of mass migration of Ukrainians to European countries since the beginning of the full-scale war, the demographic situation in Ukraine, which is rapidly changing both in quantitative and qualitative indicators, is studied. It is proved that the large-scale migration of the able-bodied population during the war from Ukraine to European countries will have serious consequences for the Ukrainian economy. It is substantiated that modern migration processes require deep analytical and scientific elaboration, along with development at the State level of appropriate strategic plans and tasks that would allow in the future to ensure the return of emigrants to Ukraine. In turn, the irreversibility of migration processes in modern Europe, caused by existing challenges and threats both in the world and, in particular, on the European continent, requires a substantive study of methods for regulating migration and determining long-term goals and priorities both at the supranational and interstate levels.

Gender Identification of Mobile Phone Users based on Internet Usage Pattern

Gender is an important aspect of a person's identity. In many applications, gender identification is useful for personalizing services and recommendations. On the other hand, many people today spend a lot of time on their mobile phones. Studies have shown that the way users interact with mobile phones is influenced by their gender. But the existing methods for identify the gender of mobile phone users are either not accurate enough or require sensors and specific user activities. In this paper, for the first time, the internet usage patterns are used to identify the gender of mobile phone users. To this end, the interaction data, and specially the internet usage patterns of a random sample of people are automatically recorded by an application installed on their mobile phones. Then, the gender identification is modeled using different machine learning classification methods. The evaluations showed that the internet features play an important role in recognizing the users gender. The linear support vector machine was the superior classifier with the accuracy of 85% and F-measure of 85%.

Quality Control of Ayurveda Formulations

Ayurveda, Indian traditional system of medicine as well as oldest Holistic system of healing , in relies on herbal and well as metallic formulations for maintaining health and treating diseases. The drug or substance that will be injected into a human body should be safe and shouldn't have any side effects once it has been taken so with the increasing global interest and popularity in Ayurveda, ensuring the quality and safety of Ayurvedic formulations is very crucial. This research article presents an extensive review of the current quality control practices in Ayurveda by integrating modern analytical techniques with classical Ayurvedic principles derived from various ayurveda Samhitas . Here we are going to discusses various aspects of quality control, including authenticity, identity, purity, potency, and safety, providing a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, andregulatory authorities involved in Ayurveda.

Finding My Front Porch

This essay uses narratives from the author’s life (childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood) to claim that regional identity is an overlooked aspect of intersectionality. By focusing on the intersections of queerness and the U.S. South, this essay approaches region as an example of Yep’s “thickening” intersectionality, using poetry and narrative to make the case that regional identity is a complicating, messy, and inseparable aspect of intersectional identity including preconceived cultural associations and systemic attitudes. By locating narratives along the lines of everyday performance of self, focusing on text and voice, this essay illustrates the inextricable intersectional relationship of place, space, and identity.

GRUPOS DE PESQUISA EM EDUCAÇÃO MATEMÁTICA COMO OBJETO DE ESTUDO: UMA VISÃO DO ESTADO DA ARTE

Abstract This article presents a state of the art about research groups in mathematics education as an object of study. We analyzed a set of 25 papers validated in a survey at the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations and Google Scholar, elucidating their authors, titles, themes, areas of investigation and methodological approaches. The main results evidenced the presence of articles published in periodicals, by the Oral History and Mathematics Education Research Group, and works that analyze/describe aspects of trajectory, constitution, identity, scientific habitus, functioning, collaboration and/or scientific production of the research groups. We argue that future research may privilege the magnitude of research groups in mathematics education in Brazil.

The Cross, African(ness), and Identity in Mark's Passion Narrative

In this article, the Markan Passion Narrative has been juxtaposed with Africanness, shedding light on vital aspects of Jesus' identity and the significance of his sacrifice within an African context. While existing scholarship has explored African characters in the New Testament, little attention has been paid to how the Markan Passion Narrative engages with African(ness), especially concerning Jesus' crucifixion, death, and resurrection. This article aims to delve into this relationship by conducting a literary analysis of symbols, themes, and narrative techniques employed in the Passion Narrative, considering the historical and cultural backdrop of its composition. The study seeks to uncover how these elements resonate with Mark's account and African(ness), contributing to discussions on social identity and ethical issues confronting contemporary African societies.

КАЗАКИ В ПОГРАНИЧНЫХ РЕГИОНАХ РОССИИ В КОНТЕКСТЕ СВО: ИДЕНТИЧНОСТЬ И ВОИНСКИЕ УСТАНОВКИ

The topicality of the research problem consists in the lack of representative studies on the commitment of the Cossacks to participate in the Special Military Operation (SMO). The objective of this paper is to describe the Cossacks’ identity and reveal their value profile. This is done in order to highlight the Cossacks’ military attitudes as a factor of participation in SMO, on the basis of their social portrait. The study of the problem is based on structural-functional analysis, which connects identity with the fulfillment of social roles and status positions of social groups. The fundamental empirical method employed was a questionnaire survey. The survey was conducted across all thirteen military Cossack societies. The sample size was 2480 respondents. Additionally, the method of analyzing documents was employed, including messengers in social networks, information platforms, and official websites of public authorities. The following positions can be identified as significant findings. The survey of the Cossacks revealed that approximately 30% of respondents considered military service to be an indispensable aspect of the Cossacks’ existence. The age group most likely to support the state policy of involving Cossacks in border protection, including direct participation in combat operations, is the 35-plus category. The distinctive characteristics of this group are awareness of SWO combat operations, cooperation with Cossacks participants of these operations, and wide support of the Presidential Decree on partial mobilization. The findings of the study indicate that representatives of this group are between one and a half to two times more willing to personally participate in military actions than non-registered Cossacks. These results were confirmed in the documents summarizing the interim results of Cossack participation in the SMO. Consequently, up to and including November 2023, twenty-five thousand Cossacks from eighteen Cossack volunteer detachments were directly involved in the line of combat resistance (LCR). It is notable that men in the 18-23 age group are much less likely to demonstrate adherence to the traditional military complex of the Cossacks. The potential avenues for further research into the issues raised in the paper include the monitoring of Cossack youth socialization, their orientation towards the construction of masculine characteristics and the military-service aspect of the Cossack identity.

Toward Gender Justice

AbstractThis article reflects on our experiences of facilitating the Bible studies for the Just Community of Women and Men pre‐assembly gathering to the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in August–September 2022. Working with the text of Acts 8:26‐40, commonly known as the baptism of an Ethiopian eunuch, the article reflects critically on our own facilitation as well as participant feedback from the workshop. It begins with a description of how the Bible studies were planned and developed, based on an adaptation of the contextual Bible study method. Thereafter, it reflects on how participants brought three aspects of the eunuch's identity – gender, race, and religion – to bear on the multiple and intersecting challenges faith communities experience in their various local contexts. The participants’ insights and the facilitation of the Bible study revealed the ongoing importance of embodied and lived experiences in the process of biblical interpretation. This article contributes to the ongoing reflections on the pedagogical and transformative underpinnings of contextual Bible study as a method of faith engagement in diverse ecumenical contexts.

Report on the International Scientific Conference “Theoretical and practical aspects of constitutional identity”, 13 December 2022

Report on the International Scientific Conference “Theoretical and practical aspects of constitutional identity”, 13 December 2022

Hybridity and Blurred Boundaries- Studying the Cosmopolitan Spirit in Individuals in the Three Texts of The Woman Warrior, My Beautiful Laundrette and The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

This paper aims to understand what being cosmopolitan entails by delving into three texts- The Woman Warrior, My Beautiful Laundrette and The In-Between World of Vikram Lall. Each text will discover different aspects of national identity and the contrast it presents to the modern understanding of the term cosmopolitan. The paper will raise questions on what nationalism means in

Russian and Slavic Identities of Contemporary Youth: Value-Sense Correlations and Political Dimensions

The study is aimed at identifying the ideological and value bases and structural and content characteristics of the Slavic identity of the youth in Russia and Eastern Europe. The aim is to identify the ideological and value bases and structural and content characteristics of the Slavic identity of the youth in Russia and Eastern Europe. The object of the study was the youth of the Slavic countries (Bulgaria, Serbia and Russia), who in their everyday life experience constantly encounter these or those images and symbols, which eventually affects their self-identification. In the course of the empirical part of the study, at the first stage formalized interviews were conducted to identify the value and semantic structure of the concept of “Slavic identity”, the system of national and European values, political, ideological and identification orientations. The second part of the empirical study was aimed at identifying the value-semantic structure and correlation of Russian and Slavic identity of Russian youth, the system of its national and European values, political, ideological and identification ones. The main research method was a questionnaire survey containing both closed and open-ended questions, using direct ranking and rating scaling techniques, as well as the method of free associations. The results of the study showed that young people in Eastern Europe are largely oriented towards European values, and despite Euroscepticism over time the EU symbolic policy is bearing fruit, especially among young people in these countries. In the understanding of Russian youth, Slavic identity is more an attribute of culture and history, which is not significant for real life. Therefore, it is obvious that the Slavic identity of both Russian and European youth correlates poorly with their political behavior. Meanwhile, in Russia there is a good potential for work in this direction due to the more pronounced cultural and historical aspects of Slavic identity.

ЖАНРОВА СИСТЕМА ІНДОНЕЗІЙСЬКОЇ ПОЕЗІЇ В ПЕРІОД БАЛАІ ПУСТАКА (1920–1933)

The research is aimed at analyzing the genre system of Indonesian poetry during the Balai Pustaka period in order to reveal the importance of this stage for the development of Indonesian literature and the nation's self-identification. The relevance lies in establishing the contribution of the lyrical genres of this period to the formation of Indonesian literary and cultural identity. The main questions of the study include the analysis of forms and genres of Indonesian poetry of the Balai Pustaka period, the study of the role of the "Balai Pustaka" publishing house in the formation of this poetry, identifying common and unique features of this period in literature, and revealing the influence of historical events on the genre system of poetry. The research is based on the analysis of texts by Indonesian poets Mohammad Yamin, Sanusi Pane, and Rustam Effendi. As a result of the research, it was found that this period was transitional in the history of Indonesian poetry, combining traditional genres with new forms, and the role of the "Balai Pustaka" publishing house in this process was emphasized. The period of 1920–1933 was critical in forming the Indonesian poetic tradition and defined key aspects of literary identity. This era was marked by the flowering of lyricism, as well as the appearance of new genres such as sonnets. Poets of that time expressed their feelings and thoughts in verse for the first time, contributing to the formation of a national cultural image.

К вопросу о дискурсивных параметрах типологизации политических партий

The newest trends in the development of political parties and their ideologies have caused the emergence of a set of new concepts, such as catch-all parties, electoral-professional parties, cartel parties, firm parties, and parties in power. These concepts are focused on the functions a party performs, and not on the discursive considerations, so, they do not encompass the entire spectrum. For instance, populist and regionalist parties are hard to localize in the given models. On the other hand, such discursive concepts as “niche” parties or “horseshoe” spectrum, as well as the widespread Hans Eysenck’s “political compass”, suggest their own ways to typologize party phenomena. They complement each other but do not form a coherent matrix integrating all the significant elements of party discourses. Intentionally leaving structural-functionalist classifications aside, the authors propose to synthesize the established discursive typologies with some newly-emerged parameters and to localize party actors along such axes as economic agenda (conventionally, right or left), political agenda (conventionally, right or left), the scope of discourse (from “niche” to “catch-all”) and the salience of identity aspects. The latter should be combined with the indication of the loyalty level: ethnic/regional, national, or civilizational. The scope of discourse is found as a result of thematic analysis of party programs/manifestos and the identification of the presence and quantity of significant thematic blocs: economy, security/internal affairs, foreign affairs, education/culture, values/rights. The final matrix is illustrated in the example of the Belgian party system based on expert scaling. The Belgian case is chosen because the Belgian party system contains the entire ideological spectrum inherent in Western Europe and is relatively stable. While proposing the employment of qualitative methods, such as thematic analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and expert scaling, the authors think that it is possible and desirable to further develop the parameters by applying quantitative methods.

Suvremene migracijske motivacije mladih Hrvatske — vrijednosni i identitetski aspekti

According to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, the net migration in Croatia, i.e., the difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants, has shown a negative trend in the last few years. Even though it is important to know the emigration demographic data, it is also important to include the wider context in the research, i.e., the social factors behind the emigration of youth. Therefore, the main goals of this research were: 1) to determine the average importance of personal and social components of identity and the average representation of self-actualization-related, conventional and hedonistic values orientation among young emigrants, and to compare them to the youth population in Croatia; 2) to examine whether there is a connection between the social identity, value orientations and sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, education) of young emigrants and their migration motivation; and 3) to examine which characteristics of young emigrants are the best predictors of their intention to return to Croatia. The research was carried out as part of the flzaJEDNO srce, jedna dusa, jedna Hrvatska« project, which was encouraged by the Humanitarian Association of Father Mladen HrkaÊ. The research included 934 first- generation emigrants aged 18 to 40 in Europe and 977 young persons aged 18 to 40 from Croatia. The research results show that participants from both groups attach high average importance to the determinants of both aspects of identity, as well as to three value orientations. However, expatriates attach greater importance to all measured identity and value categories. It was also found that older men from the age group of 18 to 40 with a lower level of education and participants with a more pronounced social identity and a more pronounced hedonistic value orientation emigrate most often. In contrast to the migration motivation, the intention to return is expressed more among younger emigrants, with a less pronounced hedonistic value orientation and a more pronounced social identity.

The Ideational Meanings of Multimodal Texts Presented in an EFL Textbook

This study explores the ideational meanings of multimodal texts in an EFL textbook entitled “Bahasa Inggris: When English Rings a Bell”. This study aims to describe the meanings of visual and verbal modes from ideational aspects. The visual modes were analyzed by using Visual Grammar Design framework (Kress van Leeuwen, 2006). Meanwhile, the verbal modes were analyzed using Systemic Functional Grammar theory focusing on the Transitivity system (Halliday, 1994). The ideational aspects of this study focus on components like participants, processes and circumstances. This study applied Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis (henceforth SF-MDA) methodology. The findings of this study found that the dominant process types used in realizing the ideational meaning of the verbal text is relational process. Meanwhile, the ideational meaning of visual text is realized mostly through speech process. This study showed that the presentation of multimodal texts in the EFL textbook is relevant to the teaching and learning activity for the Junior high school students. Keywords: multimodality, ideational meaning, systemic functional grammar, multimodal analysis

Do Ethnic-Racial Identity Dimensions Moderate the Relations of Outgroup Discrimination and Ingroup Marginalization to Self-esteem in Black and Latinx Undergraduates?

Guided by social identity and intergroup theory, we tested how two facets of ethnic-racial identity—felt typicality (perceived similarity to other ingroup members) and ingroup ties (felt closeness to other ingroup members)—potentially buffer the negative effects of outgroup discrimination and ingroup marginalization on self-esteem. Participants included 407 Latinx (65%) and Black (35%) undergraduates (Mage = 24.72 years, 79% women, 21% men) who completed an online survey. Our analyses yielded three key findings. First, both outgroup discrimination and ingroup marginalization predicted lower self-esteem; however, this association was significantly stronger with ingroup marginalization than outgroup discrimination. Second, the association between ingroup marginalization and self-esteem was reduced when ethnic-racial identity variables were controlled. Felt ethnic-racial typicality additionally moderated the association between ingroup marginalization and self-esteem—whereby the negative association was stronger when individuals felt higher ethnic-racial typicality. Our findings expand understanding of the impact of marginalization and discrimination from those within and outside of one’s ethnic-racial group, respectively. We also discuss the differing roles of ethnic-racial identity when experiencing outgroup discrimination and ingroup marginalization.

Ideational Factors in the Paradiplomacy Activities of Indonesian Cities

Indonesian local governments conduct paradiplomacy activities after the central government implements the regional autonomy regulation. Several cities in Indonesia have established cooperation with other cities in other countries, including nongovernment organizations. Economic factors such as trade and investment, and local development are the driving factors of this cooperation. However, ideational factors, such as identity, cultural similarity, and historical aspects, may influence the decision of Indonesian cities to conduct paradiplomacy. This study discusses ideational factors for explaining paradiplomacy activities in Indonesia and focuses on city identity by examining the sister city cooperation of Bandung and Surabaya. By adopting the constructivist perspective in international relations (IR), this study finds that personal identity (corporate and type identity of city) influences local governments’ selection of city partners and cooperation fields. However, corporate identity is the driving factor for a sister city, and the type identity becomes the identity that is projected, constructed, and strengthened in the activities of the sister city. Theoretically, this study supports the adoption of IR theories that mainly explain the behavior of the state to elucidate these sub-national actors’ behavior in their international activities.

Psychological and pedagogical aspects of gender identity in adolescents

Psychological and pedagogical aspects of gender identity in adolescents

ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ ЭТНИЧЕСКОЙ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ: КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ

Ethnic identity as a phenomenon of human nature has a mobile nature, which depends on various factors that accompany a person's life. The author analyses this aspect of ethnic identity, which is closely related to the term "transformation". It is analysed this term in order to further substantiate the significance of the process of transformation of ethnic identity into an all-Russian civic identity. The study is based on the analysis of the relationship of ethnic identity with such factors as the natural and biological maturation of the individual, the emotional and evaluative attitude of the individual to his identity, external historical and cultural events. These factors, as the analysis showed, determine two key scenarios for the transformation of ethnic identity. The first scenario is associated with the process of transformation of ethnic identity with respect to positive ethnic identity, recognized as the norm of interethnic interaction. This process is realized within one form of identity, in particular ethnic. The second scenario assumes the participation of a different form of identity, in particular the all-Russian one. Much attention is paid by the author to the correlation of these forms of identities, different points of view of individual scientists on this issue are given. The significance of such a form of identity, which combines both the values of ethnic identity and the all-Russian civic identity, is substantiated. Such a process of transformation of ethnic identity into an all-Russian civic identity involves the generation of a new supra- ethnic identity, in which the traditional ethnic identity does not disappear anywhere, but becomes the basis for the adoption of other, in particular civic all-Russian values.

Tracking farmland investment in Australia: Institutional finance and the politics of data mapping

AbstractTracking farmland purchases is central to interpreting transnational finance's growing power in agrarian restructuring. Australia's public Register of foreign land ownership reveals little about agrarian change, however. In presenting the first comprehensive mapping of farmland purchases made between 2008 and 2020, this paper examines the ways that financial investments are altering farm ownership patterns in Australia. First, we show that most foreign owned land has been purchased by only 10 pastoral companies, which are implicated in speculative development activities. Second, foreign investment in cropping and horticulture is more significant than it appears in the Register, with investments in agricultural infrastructure increasingly driving land use change. Third, we illustrate the deepening entrenchment of institutional finance. By engaging with the findings from our dataset as well as with the politics of data that have shaped the availability of information, the paper progresses understandings of the financialization of farmland in both its material and ideational aspects.