Concept Of Ambivalence Research Articles

Navigating environmental fragility: (Mal)coping and adaptation strategies in the socio-environmental system of the Mtendeli Refugee Camp, Tanzania

The study conducts a systems analysis of coping and adaptation strategies in Tanzanian refugee camps, focusing on the Mtendeli camp as a case study. It explores the environmental changes during the stages of the camp's establishment, development, and closure, along with the responses of local actors. Employing qualitative interviews and remote-sensing data analysis, the research reveals a spectrum of strategies employed by the camp management, host community, and refugees. The findings highlight the interdependence of these strategies and stress the need to address both structural limitations and individual agency, considering the concepts of structural ambivalence and temporal dynamics. Notably, the concept of ‘(mal)coping’ is introduced to describe coping strategies that have short-term benefits but contribute to long-term environmental degradation. The study contributes to a deeper understanding of coping and adaptation dynamics in refugee camp environments.

Who are the people of Cyprus? The national identity building process in Cyprus from the late 19th to the early 20th century

Abstract This article offers a nuanced examination of the complex identity dynamics among the Christian and Muslim communities in Cyprus during the late 19th and early 20th century, particularly in the aftermath of British administration replacing Ottoman rule in 1878. The article draws attention to the profound impact of this historical transition on the identity formation processes of both communities. Despite the shared wartime experience of the First World War, the Christian and Muslim communities in Cyprus failed to construct a cohesive identity rooted in their common geographical space. Drawing on Zygmunt Bauman’s concept of ambivalence, the article explores the complex process by which Cypriot communities sought to align their identity with larger nations, namely Greece and Turkey, rather than grounding it in their local context. The article contends that the genesis of their ambivalence can be traced back to 1878 when British administration replaced Ottoman rule on the island.

From general rejection to individual normalization: Ambivalences in discourses on intimate partner violence by young Spaniards.

Violence against women continues to be a serious social and public health problem all over the world, despite its high level of social condemnation. The aim of this study is to include the concept of ambivalence in order to analyze the perceptions that young people have of intimate partner violence (IPV). We conducted a qualitative study based on 20 semi-structured interviews with young Spaniards (men and women) who were segmented according to involvement or not in activism against IPV. A critical discourse analysis was performed based on situational, attitudinal and temporal ambivalences. The results show the presence of ambivalent discourses that express a high level of condemnation towards IPV and, at the same time, justify certain violent practices when considering the situational framework. This leads to discursive contradictions when considering jealousy in a couple's relationship, the responsibilities of violence that women suffer and the social origin of IPV. These ambivalences are influenced by the social context, as those involved in activism against IPV express a more coherent discourse that does not justify or accept any kind of violence. Nonetheless, non-activists represent ambivalences in their attitudes towards IPV studied in this research. The results suggest the need to reflect on the strategies used with young people to eradicate IPV by considering the ambivalent nature of attitudes.

Maternal Ambivalence in Lucrecia Martels Salta Trilogy

Lucrecia Martel is celebrated as one of Argentina's premier female directors, with her distinctive body of work gaining international recognition. This paper delves into Martels oeuvre, particularly her acclaimed Salta Trilogy: The Swamp (2001), The Holy Girl (2004), and The Headless Woman (2008). Through a close examination of these films, the paper explores Martels unique narrative style, which is notably characterized by a childlike perspective and an unconventional emphasis on sound. These elements play a crucial role in shaping her portrayal of motherhood within the trilogy. The analysis reveals that Martel presents motherhood as a multifaceted and often contradictory experience, deeply influenced by personal, familial, and societal pressures, encapsulating the concept of maternal ambivalence. By investigating the intricate relationships between mothers and their children and the recurring motif of the call, the paper underscores the emotional disconnection and psychological struggles inherent in these maternal roles, offering a profound insight into the complexities of motherhood as depicted in Martels films.

Maternal Ambivalence in Avni Doshi’s Burnt Sugar and Zehra Naqvi’s The Reluctant Mother

ABSTRACT This article examines the concept of maternal ambivalence in the Indian cultural milieu through a critical analysis of Avni Doshi’s Burnt Sugar and Zehra Naqvi’s The Reluctant Mother. These novels illustrate how societal glorification of maternal archetypes imposes significant emotional burdens on mothers who defy established norms, leading to inner conflicts laden with guilt, uncertainty, and the struggle to balance personal aspirations with societal expectations. We demonstrate how the novels subvert the entrenched heteropatriarchal order and advocate for a departure from rigid standards of what Andrea O’Reilly calls ‘patriarchal motherhood’. The article focuses on the mother–child relationship, which is characterised by ‘ambiguous intersubjectivity’ and ethical dilemmas linked to maternal discontent. We argue that a phenomenological exploration of maternal ambivalence, in conjunction with cultural norms, offers valuable insights into the complexities of maternal subjectivity and mirrors the conflicts within the maternal psyche. This approach grounds conceptions of gender and motherhood in lived experiences rather than normative ideals, providing a unique lens to examine social realities beyond individual literary works. We show how maternal ambivalence lies at the heart of the motherhood experience and how these narratives vindicate the individuality and autonomy of mothers.

Hybridity and Cultural Duality in E.M Forster’s Character Dr. Aziz: A Post-Colonial Analysis

The study examines the impact of British influence on Indian culture and its people, leading to a dualism in their personalities, as conceptualized by Homi K. Bhabha's notion of hybridity. The analysis of Forster’s novel and the character of Dr. Aziz using Bhabha’s concepts of hybridity and ambivalence reveals that British culture poses a significant threat to the native culture, eroding the ancient histories of Indian cultures in the younger native generation. This qualitative research, based on the findings of this study, also opens up a new dimension for researchers in the same field or those interested in hybridity, or A Passage to India. This research is qualitative in nature, and the data was collected from the novel A Passage to India. The research also identifies that Dr. Aziz appears to be influenced by the English lifestyle and attempts to emulate English behavior on multiple occasions, seeking friendship with English people and even organizing and leading a trip for them to demonstrate his honor and responsibility. However, after facing accusations, he refrains from accepting the friendship of the English until they cease to rule India, displaying dual and hybrid behavior. The study also uncovers the influence of the English language and cultural values on Indians. Considering that Forster wrote the novel A Passage to India during his visits to India, it is evident that he witnessed the scenario during the British Raj, lending credibility and trustworthiness to the events described in the novel. This provides a satisfying validation of the research results.

Butler, Hegel and the Role of Recognition in Organizations

AbstractIn the past decade, the concept of recognition appears to have acquired an important theoretical position in the work and organization literature. While in principle recognition denotes a positive and social form of freedom, in current-day organizations recognition may be often negative or instrumental. In order to capture this ambivalence in organizational recognitive conditions, the recent work of the American philosopher Judith Butler appears particularly applicable. The purpose of this paper is to explore theoretically to what extent her views on recognition shed new light on the variety of recognition patterns in current-day organizations. Towards that purpose, this paper first turns to the ‘master-slave’ episode in the work of Hegel and its influential interpretation by Kojève, which are at the heart of Butler’s reading and conception of recognition. As a second step, the ambivalent conception of recognition in the work of Butler is discussed and critically assessed, while in the final section this conception is extended to work and organizations.

Концепт «сонце» у збірці Ганни Гайворонської «Ключі від Сонця» як ознака ідіостилю письменниці

In Anna Hayvoronska’s collection «Keys from the Sun» of 2022, the multicultural concept «the sun», which is rooted in the mythopoetic worldview and has its roots in the folklore tradition, is used 70 times, therefore its research is in the work of a mystic who creates poetry where «the sun is in a hat», «where a clear moment smells of Dinets watercress», is extremely relevant. The article analyzes the multicultural ambivalent concept of «the sun» in the collection of Anna Gaivoronska’s «Keys to the Sun» and the poetry published in open sources (the writer’s Facebook page) in 2022–2024. The following research tasks were performed: the literary component of the concept «concept» was highlighted, the core of the meaning of the concept «sun» was systematized, the ambivalent concept «sun» in the poetry of H. Hayvoronska was characterized, the influence of sun worship on the idiostyle of mysticism was analyzed. He following research methods are used in the work: descriptive when analyzing the poems of the collection, mythopoetic for researching the content of the concept of the «sun» in culture, literature, and poets, comparative-historical for characterizing the concept in Ukrainian literature, comparativetypological for understanding the concept in the collection «Keys to of the sun». It has been found that the concept of «sun» in the text of Hanna Gaivoronska, which represents life, the Higher Power, creativity, light, victory, is a synthesis of the author’s understanding with the folklore mythopoetic tradition of national awareness through a universal, originally mythological picture of the world. The dominance of the «sun» concept in the idiostyle of Anna Hayvoronska testifies to her deep rootedness in the national soil, the presence in her artistic consciousness of the mythopoetic canon and mental features of the Ukrainian ethnos.

“A Sweet but Grave and Sad Melody”: Music and Emotion in Exequies in Post-Tridentine Italy

This article investigates the relation between music and emotions at exequies in Italy between ca. 1560 and ca. 1660. Mapping the lexicon used to describe music in funeral books, I highlight the coexistence of two diverging semantic domains, sadness and sweetness. Their juxtaposition corresponds to an aesthetic principle that informed the conceptualization of the entire ritual's artistic setup—as divided between the mournful and the pleasurable. Reading funeral orations, moreover, I show that the ambivalent terms with which the experience of exequial music was verbalized mirrored an ambivalent conception of the liturgy for the dead and, ultimately, of death itself.

아동의 초기부적응도식과 친구관계의 질의 관계: 정서표현양가성의 매개효과

The purpose of this study is to explore the mediating effect of ambivalence over emotional expression in the relationship between children's early maladaptive schema and friendship quality. For this purpose, data from 388 5th and 6th grade elementary school students in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do were collected. The main findings are as follows. First, elementary school students' early maladaptive schema showed a correlation with ambivalence over emotional expression, but no significant correlation was found between early maladaptive schema and quality of friendship, ambivalence over emotional expression and quality of friendship. Specifically, there was a positive correlation between early maladaptive schema and ambivalence over emotional expression. Second, it was found that emotional expression ambivalence had no mediating effect in the relationship between elementary school students' initial maladjustment and the quality of friend relationships. These research results suggested the need for further exploration of the concept and role of early childhood maladaptive schema and ambivalence over emotional expression among Korean children. Based on these results, the limitations of this study were discussed.

Ambivalence in Female Characters in Reply from Tibet and Letter from a Lhasa Merchant to His Wife

This article analyses the themes of love, longing and fear of abandonment felt by the female characters Hisila in Reply from Tibet and unnamed wife of unnamed narrator in Letter From A Lhasa Merchant to His Wife. Torn between love and fear of abandonment/social ostracization or of non-fulfi llment of love, both Hisila and the wife exhibit conflicting feelings of deep love alongside strong indifference or even scorn towards their lover Yami and husband respectively. This article studies these contrasting emotions under the critical framework of psychoanalytic concept of ambivalence which denotes prevalence of two polar emotions or attitudes towards a person, object or situation. The article concludes that Hisila’s rejection of Yami’s marriage proposal alongside urging him to become her brother, and the wife’s converting into nun but saving her husband’s letter until her death testifies the ambivalence in these characters.

Mismatch Between Older Persons’ Generative Concern and Internalized Generative Capacities: Leveraging on Generative Ambivalence to Enhance Intergenerational Cohesion

ABSTRACT Studies have shown how generativity, the concern for establishing and guiding the next generation and safeguarding its wellbeing, functions as an intergenerational conduit, bridging the developmental stages of older individuals with those younger. Yet, applications of generativity, as a means to bridge generational gaps within rapid social change, remain underexplored in the intergenerational field. Using Singapore as a case study, and through focus group discussions with 103 older persons, this paper examines how older Singaporeans express their generative concern and internalize their generative capacities across different social settings and rapid socioeconomic transformation. Mismatch between older Singaporeans’ generative concern and capacity contributes to ambivalence – mixed feelings about guiding younger generations – which emerges out of older Singaporeans’ struggles with cultural change prompted by economic progress, as well as concerns about their place and value in a technologically advanced global city-state. The concept of generative ambivalence can add value to policy perspectives on intergenerational cohesion, as it considers people’s attempts to forge commonalities and mutual reciprocity despite differences (e.g. gender, age, race, skills), as well as highlights intergenerational complexities beyond superficial binaries. Policies aimed at bringing generations together must be intentional in creating opportunity structures that go beyond categorical differences, where multiple generations can thrive interdependently.

В поисках эпистем, или Научная рецепция некоторых идей М.М. Бахтина

The article examines the conceptual positions of M.M. Bakhtin in the context of further studies of laughter culture and comedy, including Soviet film comedy. Revising the tradition of universal application of Bakhtin’s ideas in the analysis of many artistic phenomena that has developed in science, the author emphasizes their ambiguity and significance only as one of the research approaches to the complex study of culture. And at the same time, the concept of ambivalence, which structured the theory of carnivality and Bakhtin’s philosophy, acquires special relevance in the conditions of the modern epistemological crisis and the paradigm of multivariance, uncertainty and nonlinearity of the world and man. It is M.M. Bakhtin’s ambiguous and incomplete philosophy that seems to be the mainstay in the development of a new methodology of cognition (also due to its “open form”).

POSTCOLONIAL IDENTITY IN THE NOVEL THE DUKE OF SHADOWS BY MEREDITH DURAN: HOMI K BHAB`HA’S POSTCOLONIAL THEORY

This study delves into the development of a fresh cultural identity experienced by Julian, a mixed-blood descendant, using the processes of hybridity, mimicry, and ambivalence as outlined in Meredith Duran's novel, The Duke of Shadows. The research applies the theoretical framework of Homi K. Bhabha, specifically focusing on his concepts of Hybridity, Mimicry, and Ambivalence. Its primary objective is to discern how Julian's postcolonial identities evolve based on Homi K. Bhabha's theories and to elucidate how Julian sustains his cultural identity as the narrative unfolds. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach, this research primarily sources its data from The Duke of Shadows, a 2008 novel comprising 314 pages and 21 chapters. The data collection method is centered around note-taking, and data analysis follows the methodology established by Miles and Huberman, encompassing data reduction, data display, conclusion drawing, and subsequent verification. The study's findings underscore that Julian's emerging mixed-blood cultural identity manifests through hybridity, mimicry, and ambivalence, reflecting the inherent ambiguity in his status as a mixed-blood individual. By the story's conclusion, Julian is depicted as maintaining his cultural identity by continuing to blend elements of Indian and British cultures, even after attaining the title of The Duke of Auburn.

Illuminating proximate ambivalence: Affect, body, and space in COVID-19 digitally-mediated teaching and learning

We offer the concept of proximate ambivalence to highlight the ambiguity inherent in the social and spatial relations of higher education’s digitally-mediated teaching and learning that replaced in-person seminars during the COVID-19 pandemic. By proximate ambivalence, we refer to one’s simultaneous proximity and distance in relation to an object, person, or space. We employ affect theories (i.e. collective bodies and affective atmospheres) and affective methodology—grounding our analysis in our lived experiences as illustrative examples—to demonstrate how proximate ambivalence manifests. We first show how proximate ambivalence manifested as digital technologies facilitated and disrupted collective bodies’ emergence. Second, we illuminate how proximate ambivalence materialized as affective atmospheres changed while differentiated spaces and the transitions therein faded. We argue that proximate ambivalence helps reveal interconnections between affect, bodies, and space in digitally-mediated teaching and learning.

School-age-educare teachers in an ambivalent school practice - empirical examples in the wake of policy changes in Sweden

ABSTRACT In recent decades, there have been policy changes affecting School-Age Educare (SAE) teachers in Sweden. Today, SAE teachers must be aware of the historical underpinnings, educational policy aims, and a ‘new’ undergraduate teacher education program. The aim of the present article is to explore in what way SAE teachers, graduated from the basic teacher program in 2020, describe their professional roles and experiences, during their first year in school practice. In order to analyze how SAE teachers experience structural tensions in school practice, Merton’s [(1976). Sociological ambivalence and other essays. The Free Press] concept of sociological ambivalence will be employed. The findings show examples of the ambivalent positions for SAE teachers within the school organization as well as outside schools. Consequently, the ambivalent positions for SAE teachers, along with the reform aim to transform the ‘traditional’ SAE teacher into ideas focusing on compulsory school teaching need attention when it comes to recruiting SAE teachers for future practice.

The impact of the Iraq War 2003 on the British Society: A postcolonial study of Simon Stephens’s Motortown (2006)

This study explores the postcolonial impact of the 2003 Iraq war on British society, focusing on Simon Stephens's Motortown. The study addresses the contested field of postcolonialism, rejecting war while examining the transformation of culture and society resulting from colonialism. It explores nationalism, space and place, and the fusion of colonial and indigenous cultures. Concepts like hybridity, ambivalence, and the frame of war are explored within the postcolonial framework. Drawing on Homi K. Bhabha's influential work, The Location of Culture, the study examines the position of colonizer nations and their identity. Bhabha's concepts of cultural hybridity and colonial ambivalence illuminate the interactions between colonized nations and imperial colonizers, shaping the identities and cultures of both. Judith Butler's Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? is incorporated, exploring how certain lives receive grief and political protection, while others remain invisible within social and political structures. By applying Butler's and Bhabha's concepts, the study analyzes the impact of the Iraq war on British society as depicted in Stephens's Motortown. This research contributes to understanding the cultural and social effects of the Iraq war on British society within a postcolonial framework and reveals the dynamics of power, hybridity, and ambivalence in the post-war context.

A woman should be scared: maternal ambivalence in Under the Shadow

ABSTRACT Mothers in horror films have been theorized as monsters through concepts such as the monstrous-feminine (Creed, 1993) and the monstrous-maternal. In this paper, I examine how this figuration of the maternal is taken up in the British-Iranian horror film Under the Shadow (dir. Babak Anvari, 2016). The film hybridizes the ‘maternal horror film’ with the genre of the Iran-Iraq war film, which also bears a complex relation to the figure of the mother. Drawing on the concept of maternal ambivalence, I argue that Under the Shadow posits in the mother protagonist and the feminine jinn (spirit) that haunts her a tension that unsettles the longstanding dichotomy between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ mothers in horror films. The film’s ambivalent position on mothers is expressive of a general cultural ambivalence toward mothers in post-revolutionary Iranian cultural politics.

Understanding Nuance and Ambivalence in Intergenerational Relationships Through Fiction.

The term "intergenerational relationships" is widely used in gerontological literature and age-related policies. However, discussions of the term often tell us surprisingly little about what it means or why it matters. We suggest that this is due to a reductivism and instrumentalism in 2 main discourses within which intergenerational relationships are usually discussed. First, intergenerational relationships are often conceptualized through a binary "conflict/solidarity" lens, reinforcing an entrenched "generationalism". Second, they are predominantly constructed as a problem to be addressed within debates on how to tackle intergenerational segregation. Neither of these discourses provides much room for a more nuanced understanding of how intergenerational relationships are experienced or why they are meaningful. In this paper, we discuss how fictional narratives can introduce imagination and a richer vocabulary into discourses concerning how people of different ages relate to each other. We present findings from reading groups where adults discussed novels depicting themes of older age, intergenerational relationships, and time. In discussing the fictional narratives and characters, participants reflected on the significance and meaning of intergenerational relationships in ways that went beyond dichotomous and instrumentalist discourses. Drawing on the concept of lived ambivalence, we argue that fictional representations of intergenerational themes can elicit more meaningful reflections on the complexities and contradictions of relationships across age groups. We conclude that a more nuanced understanding of intergenerational interaction can inform gerontological discourses and policy, but also that gerontological awareness of social challenges concerning age relations can inform interpretations of fictional narratives.

Linguoculturology and the Linguistic Picture of the World through the Neuropsychological Prism

The authors consider linguoculturology through the science of neuropsychology. They define and clarify the concepts necessary for the review of linguoculturology and the linguistic picture of the world through neuroscience, which can reveal the impact of culture and language on human consciousness. The problem is that the research on unconscious processes is not sufficiently widely disclosed and remains little studied. The goal is to identify the relationship between language and cultural concepts that most effectively affect the human subconscious. The tasks are to determine the relationship between culture and language through the neuropsychological prism of response triggers; to consider the manifestation of culture, which is reflected in the language, in unconscious - psychic suggestion; to establish the interdependence of national-specific features of the genesis of the linguistic worldview through ambivalent concepts. The relevance lies in the growing attention of the international community on the correlation of truth and “fake”, acceptance and rejection, as well as a broad interest in the field of neuropsychology. The methodology of this work is a descriptive review of EEG (electroencephalogram), MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), and sound recording devices. The main conclusions. Human triggers (triggers) are inseparable from culture, language, and communication methods that lead to a narrowed perception of one’s own response. The manifestation of culture is reflected in the language, influences the people’s perceptions and their beliefs, where suggestion affects human consciousness.