Concept Of Identity Research Articles

Quality of Life as a Factor in Maintaining the National-State Identity Steadiness

The paper discusses the quality of life capacity as a factor in maintaining the stability of national-state identity in modern Russia. The authors reveal the topic based on the analysis of data from quantitative sociological research for the period 2013–2021 (surveys by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion and the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences). The theoretical basis of the study is the concept of social identity by G. Tajfel and D. Turner. The authors conclude that, by the mid-2010s, a consensus formed among most adult citizens in a Russian society that the quality of life was the key or one of the primary criteria for the national greatness of the country. The model of irrational prestige consumption has become widespread, the extrapolation of which was facilitated by increased access to relevant media content through increased Internet penetration and improved methods of simulation getting status goods and services. The described situation creates risks of destroying the empirical basis for supporting in-group favoritism of Russians and out-group discrimination of communities speaking on behalf of the principal opponents of the Russian Federation in the external domain. Because of this, the quality of life in the medium term gains the role of one of the key factors providing the sustainability of the national-state identity of Russians.

Disentangling the Knots of Diasporic Identity through the Prism of Postpositivist Realism in Caryl Phillips’ Crossing the River

Crossing the River (1993) holds within itself a whole history of the Black Diaspora. This history churned through the memories of various characters unfolds before the reader the experience of exile, disillusionment, and loneliness and depicts the diasporic ambivalence and hegemony of the Whites. Through a story of three black people during different time periods and on different continents as they struggle with separation from their native Africa, the novelist invites readers to see how individual stories are intertwined in the wider tapestry of collective memory. Phillips is interested in how narratives of slavery inform the contemporary migrant condition. Phillips explores the myriad associations and connecting points within black history on the imaginative terra firma of his fiction. He calls upon the reader to delve deeper into the ‘visible and obvious’ and to see how the present identities acquired their shape and characteristics; how the cauldron of collective memories, narratives, and stories produced enduring tales of affirmation and resilience. The novel acquires new contours when seen in the light of the Postpositivist realist approach. The theoretical approach enriches the thematic understanding of the novel and substantiates the idea that the concept of identity necessitates a valid epistemological inquiry.

An overview on the 20th-century Central-European novel

Over the past century, the history of Romanian literature has been dominated by nationalist approaches, necessary for the consolidation of a stable cultural identity. However, the concept of cultural identity involves changing and migratory components as well, many related to its links with other cultural identities, each of them with its own literature. This book review provides insights into the scholarly significance of Dicționarul romanului central-european din secolul XX [The Dictionary of Central European Novel in the 20th Century] coordinated by Adriana Babeți and edited by Oana Fotache, understood as a project that maps a transnational literary phenomenon. The study is examined for its uniqueness, specific linguistic diversity and multicultural scope: 250 entries about works initially published in one of the fourteen languages spoken in the region, including French and English as international languages, either part of the canon or more marginal and less known. Other reasons include its adequate combination of analysis and synthesis; the extensive team research carried out over three decades; and its socio-political relevance nowadays. The review highlights the historical, cultural, and academic contexts in which the dictionary was published, the avatars of the concept of Central Europe, several characteristics of the Central-European novel, and details about its structure, sections and features. The presentation mentions a few limitations about the availability of the titles in the languages of the region and the admitted gender imbalance and indicates several research audiences possibly interested in alternative ways of approaching novels in the context of globalization.

Reconsidering Self and Identity According to Mullah Sadr

The current study is based on a hypothesisThe Islamic philosopher Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi (1572-1641 AD), known as Mulla Sadr, reconsidered all previous Islamic philosophical discussion related to the concepts of self and identity. SoThe focus has been placed throughout the paragraphs of this articleA study on presenting Mulla Sadra’s views related to the self and identity, as well as his theory of knowledge and his vision about the formation of human identity through the accumulation of experience and the cognitive unity between the subject and the object, which he presented on the basis of the approach with the philosophical vision of the relationship between matter and image, which is philosophically traditional and known since Aristotle, and which was common and prevalent among people. Muslim philosophers in general. The beginning came in this studyWith fast and intense presentation. The legacy of the School of Transcendent Wisdom includes the most important stages of Mulla Sadra’s spiritual and intellectual development and all the historical, social, and political circumstances that accompanied the emergence of his star as a philosopher, then moving on to present his most important philosophical ideas about the human self, knowledge, and reason, and his own arguments about the immateriality of the soul. This study also addressed his most important ideas about the theory of knowledge and the independence of human cognitive abilities, as well as the influence of experience and its role in forming an identity for the mind, a variable and unstable identity that is formed gradually through accumulation and ultimately contributes to defining a special qualitative identity that emerges clearly through disparate patterns of thinking, which represents... The culmination of Mulla Sadra's reconsideration, which distinguished him from all the Muslim philosophers before him, including Ibn Sina and his theses about the self and self-awareness.

Generational translation in the Jewish Museum, Berlin

Abstract This paper addresses the challenge museums of catastrophic history face, striving to translate between history and memory in creating a meaningful and sensitive experience for individual visitors, not only evoking the past but also impacting the present and future. This study focuses on the Jewish Museum Berlin and asks how the museum can impact individual visitor journeys and concurrently address the public demand for memory, the contradictions between museum mission and public perception, and the perceived distance of visitors from historical events. The study builds on memory and translation studies research and the concepts of history, story, and identity. An analysis of entangled memory (Feindt et al. 2014), here applied as an inspiration for generational translation, shows how the crossover between memory and translation studies provides insight into the work of memory museums. Previous research and the history, mission, identity, architecture, and conflicts of the Jewish Museum Berlin show that museums – as (unfinished) collective memories – allow the creation of space for individual reflection and the interpretation of past and present to create a narrative. The work of memory museums is complex, but the concepts of generational translation and entangled memory are valuable tools in provoking and enabling meaningful experience and reflection.

Narratives of a Nation: Iraqi Literature in the Post-2003 Era

This review study offers developments of post-2003 Iraqi literature towards the concept of national identity while relieving socio-political turmoil. As such, the review study notices the synthesis of different scholarly approaches emphasizing themes and narrative shifts in contemporary works of Iraqi fiction. In such a context, diasporic literature and ethno-religious identity by Yasmeen Hanoosh in 2019 are differed from Al-Musawi in 2020 and Abbas in 2020 while discussing trauma and displacement both within Iraq and its diaspora. Khudayir 2017 looks at narrative techniques since the year 2003, Ali 2019 looks at literature as a preserving medium of the national identity from foreign influence, Ghareeb 2018 is more concerned with the cultural memory, and Abbas 2020 with displacement. Generally, it is apparent that Iraqi literature transforms from the pre-2003 dominant secular credentials to diversification in the marginalised identities, in addition to the role played by diasporic writers who brought about changes to what previously was a single-mode narrative. In such a nuanced analysis, it allows the representation of the way in which most of those themes are narrated by Iraqi authors-trauma, resilience, identity : contemporary Iraqi fiction is full of a life and transformative potential in building up cultural resilience and social justice.

Can Architectural Identity Be Measured?

The sustainable breadth of architectural identity is a remarkable phenomenon with many dimensions. These dimensions are melded together to produce an architectural form. Form as the final architectural product is shaped by the visual cues that produce symbols as a powerful tool in identifying a specific architectural trend. This study aims to construct a theoretical framework for the permanence of local identities to answer the main assumption, which is the following: Can identity be measured? It endeavors to clarify the main effective parameters that affect the permanency of architectural identity. It assesses the measurement variables of architectural identity based on multiple architectural perspectives and different points of view. The methodology of this study contains two broad approaches: a checklist and a questionnaire. The results provide a new model that includes three significant poles of architectural identity (mental images, originality, and building regulation). The findings enhanced the sustainability concept of architectural identity, which forecasts the permanency of architectural identity.

Hand in hand: Consuming symbols, language and identity in post‐ETA Basque society

AbstractThis study examines the evolution of ethnic symbol consumption in the Basque Country following the end of ETA's violent activities in 2011. It delves into the shifting political and cultural context of the Basque provinces during this period, underscoring the impact that terrorism and its cessation have had on creating distinct patterns of cultural consumption. The focus then turns towards the case of the ‘Hand of Irulegi’, an Iron Age relic discovered in 2022 that allegedly contains the oldest inscription in an ancestor of Euskera—the Basque language. The paper argues that the rapid adoption of the Hand of Irulegi by Basque society as an ethnic symbol is directly related to transformations in the conception of Basque identity in the aftermath of ETA's dissolution. These transformations include, mainly, the intentional forgetting of recent historical events by a large segment of Basque citizens and the emergence of Euskera as the main fulcrum of contemporary Basque cultural identity. The Hand, due to its chronological remoteness and its exclusive association with the Basque language, seems to be custom‐made to serve as a symbol for this new type of identification.

Critical Science: A systematic literature review of empirical research (1979–2022)

AbstractThe Critical Science Approach (CSA) was developed in 1979 with the intent to create a consistent conceptual identity unifying the Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) profession's philosophy, knowledge, and practice. This systematic literature review examines empirical CSA research published between 1979 and 2022 to better understand what the CSA means for the profession. A total of 71 articles met the criteria with the CSA highly integrated in 22 of those articles. Results illustrate a need for increased CSA scholarship, continuity in keyword usage within the CSA language, and collaboration among preprofessional programs and professional organizations to support and sustain a CSA paradigm shift.

Cosmopolitanism Represented in Ocean's Eleven Movie Script

Globalization has become a primary concern today, leading to significant shifts in social relations and making various global issues more visible. It is characterized by conditions where one can move easily from one place to another. Thus, it blurs the meaning of one's identity and citizenship. Hence, this research uses a structuralist approach and cosmopolitanism. The object of this research is Ocean's Eleven movie script which contains similar issues. The aim is to discover how cosmopolitanism is represented in Ocean's Eleven movie script and to find what kinds of cosmopolitanism are experienced by Ocean's Eleven characters. The researcher used the structuralism approach, Stuart Hall's concept of representation, cosmopolitan identity, and imaginative cosmopolitanism. Then by applying literary criticism, the researcher found that the representation of cosmopolitanism in Ocean's Eleven movie script is shown through character, dialogue, and narration. In addition, the cosmopolitanism shown by the characters of Ocean's Eleven is included in cultural cosmopolitanism. Based on the results, this research can be used as a model for further researchers in finding cosmopolitanism issues in literary works.

Dancing around gender expression and sex talk: LGBTQ+ asylum policy in the United States

In this article, I argue that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ current guidelines for LGBTQ+ asylum adjudication are both underinclusive and improperly restrictive. They are underinclusive because they are insufficiently attentive to LGBTQ+ applicants’ right to protection from persecution on the basis of gender expression. They also flatten the concept of gender identity by conflating it with transgender identity, thus reconsolidating a transgender/cisgender binary that impedes asylum officers’ ability to find cognizable those gender identities that exceed these two terms. The guidelines are also improperly restrictive because they forbid specific discussions of sex acts during the asylum interview. To be sure, this proscription is a response to widespread recent reports of abuse of applicants around the world. Nevertheless, it overcorrects for the problem and, in turn, hinders asylum officers’ ability to elicit detailed testimonies as well as impedes, in all likelihood, the ability of some applicants to furnish credible testimonials.

Ukotveni v pohybu: reflexivní identita mladých dobrovolníků

This paper combines the framework of collective and reflexive volunteering with emerging adulthood theory in order to investigate volunteer work in communities as a source of reflexive identity. In the theoretical part, it looks into the concept of identity from the reflexive modernization perspective, volunteer communities, and emerging adulthood. The empirical part is based on qualitative biographical research with an emphasis on the position of sociological romanticism. It analyzes six biographical interviews with young adult volunteers and with one focus group that four of them were involved in. The outcomes indicate that volunteers in the age of emerging adulthood incline to communities and to shared identity, no matter how their life situation pushes them to reflexive behavioural patterns. After reviewing their life course as a set of important milestones, they interpret their volunteer and community experience as a biographically passing but indispensable chapter in life. This experience persists in their personal identity in the sense of a fixed point that can help them choose their next path in life.

Basque Identity in the 21st Century

A dynamic conception of identity is not about asserting traits or searching for primordial essences but about the processes and contexts of its dynamic and living production including its social futures. Looking forward to contributing to Basque Studies this article offers an analysis of the complexities of contemporary reconfigurations of identification processes by focusing on the problem of Basque identity in the 21st century. I propose an approach not linked to the "Homeland/Diaspora" model but rather to a form of multifaceted and trans-local dynamics that arises from interaction with multiple places and contexts of cultural production and collective identification. The analysis pivots around a case study concerning a family of five, who emigrated to Argentina in 1973 and returned to the Basque Country 30 years later. The essay belongs to a wider anthropological project about the everyday production of national values and contemporary forms of Basqueness beyond ethnicity both in Argentina and the Southern-Spanish Basque Country.

수학영재들이 조립제법 일반화 과정을 유추하는 사례연구

The synthetic division in school mathematics is introduced as a method to easily obtain the quotient and remainder in the division of polynomials, but it is limited to when the divisor is a first-order polynomial and is handled mechanically based only on calculation convenience. Accordingly, in this paper, we studied how analogical thinking is expressed in synthetic divison and generalization of synthetic division in long divison for mathematically giftedstudents. In mathematically gifted students when the divisor is a quadratic polynomial and further in the generalization of synthetic division. At first, mathematically gifted students were unable to find the quotient and remainder using long division method when the divisor polynomial was quadratic, and found the quotient and remainder using the concept of identity. However, by analyzing the principle of long division process and comparing it with synthetic division method, they were able to find the quotient and remainder when the divisor polynomial was quadratic. By analogy, synthetic division was completed. Later, in the generalization of synthetic division, the principle of synthetic division was described and a method for calculating the quotient and remainder was successfully presented. Therefore, the analogy is positive for developing mathematical thinking and fostering an investigative attitude to understand the detailed principles of synthetic division by analyzing long division process, breaking away from the simple mechanical synthetic division when the divisor is a linear polynomial and developing an attitude of inquiry that can make generalizations.

A New Perspective on Islamism: Understanding Its Concept, Idea, and Framework of Identity

A New Perspective on Islamism: Understanding Its Concept, Idea, and Framework of Identity

조직 구성원의 또 다른 나 : 시민 정체성의 개념과 조직 맥락에서의 적용 가능성 탐색

조직 구성원의 또 다른 나 : 시민 정체성의 개념과 조직 맥락에서의 적용 가능성 탐색

Exploring the Ethical and Technical Data of Machine Consciousness: Hazards, Implications, and Future Directions

The study of machine consciousness has a wide range of potential and problems as it sits at the intersection of ethics, technology, and philosophy. This work explores the deep issues related to the effort to comprehend and maybe induce awareness in machines. Technically, developments in artificial intelligence, neurology, and cognitive science are required to bring about machine awareness. True awareness is still a difficult to achieve objective, despite significant progress being made in creating AI systems that are capable of learning and solving problems. The implications of machine awareness are profound in terms of ethics. Determining a machine's moral standing and rights would be crucial if it were to become sentient. It is necessary to give careful attention to the ethical issues raised by the development of sentient beings, the abuse of sentient machines, and the moral ramifications of turning off sentient technologies. Philosophically, the presence of machine consciousness may cast doubt on our conceptions of identity, consciousness, and the essence of life. It could cause us to reevaluate how we view mankind and our role in the cosmos. It is imperative that machine awareness grow responsibly in light of these challenges. The purpose of this study is to provide light on the present status of research, draw attention to possible hazards and ethical issues, and offer recommendations for safely navigating this emerging subject. We want to steer the evolution of machine consciousness in a way that is both morally just and technologically inventive by promoting an educated and transparent discourse.

القيم التربوية في تصميم الطوابع العراقية كعنصر لإحياء الهوية بعد عام 2003

The current study aims to identify the educational values in the design of Iraqi stamps and their reflection in reviving the concept of identity. The research problem is outlined in the question about the nature of the educational values in the design of Iraqi stamps and their reflection in reviving the concept of identity after 2003. The research hypotheses are: 1- The Iraqi stamp has a national identity after 2003 2- The Iraqi stamp has educational and aesthetic values The previous studies are reviewed next followed by sections of the theoretical framework. The first section is about the concept of educational values. The second section explains the concept of identity and its nature, and the third section is dedicated to Iraqi stamps and their characteristics. In regards to the research procedures, the research community was limited to the Iraqi stamps issued after 2003, which were (484) stamps, with (4) stamps being excluded due to poor printing. Then, the stamps were divided into topics consistent with educational values for convenience of analysis. The result is (5%) of each topic was equivalent to (25) models or stamps. After adopting observation as an approach of research and a system of indicators of the theoretical framework, a model analysis form was designed to obtain a set of results, the most important of which are: Aesthetic values was on the top of list by (80) recurrences, with the highest recurrence rate of up to (35.24%), which indicates the aesthetics, organization and organization of stamps. Moreover, postage stamps carried multiple functions, including, social, historical, economic and cultural identity. The study is finalized with the following conclusions: 1- The Iraqi postal stamp after 2003 carried a national identity. 2- The Iraqi postal stamp has aesthetic and historical values that bear the features of the Iraqi environmental heritage.

Navigating Identities in Flux: Exploring Diasporic Black Identity Issues in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

This paper critically explores the concept of identity in diaspora literature through Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, highlighting the identity crises and rebuilding efforts of the African diaspora within a postcolonial context. It examines the challenges faced by these individuals, such as racial discrimination, isolation, and prejudice in Western societies, and how they impact their quest for belonging. Utilizing identity theory, the study analyzes the experiences of characters like Ifemelu, Obinze, Uju, and Dike to understand their struggles with cultural displacement and the search for identity in either their homeland or abroad. Adichie’s narrative emphasizes the importance of maintaining cultural identity and self-confidence against the backdrop of global diaspora challenges. The paper concludes by recognizing Adichie’s significant impact on altering global views of Africa and her efforts to enhance African cultural pride, positioning her work as a key contribution to the discourse on diaspora and identity. Through Americanah, Adichie offers a profound insight into the diasporic experience, promoting a richer, more nuanced understanding of cultural diversity in our interconnected world.

Cultivating Professional Identity: The Vital Role of Practical Teaching Experience for Future Educators

This article endeavors to investigate the impact of three years of teaching experience acquired during student teaching training on the professional identity of aspiring educators. The ensuing literature review expounds upon the concepts of identity and professional identity. To scrutinize this subject comprehensively, a quantitative study was conducted, the details of which are elucidated in the subsequent section devoted to research methodology. The findings of this study underscore the paramount significance of fostering a sense of belonging and mission as integral components that underpin the means of support, adaptability, and PI development, particularly pertinent to student teachers and, especially, those immersed in the practical experience phase, as discerned through their self-perceptions. The principal conclusions and insights drawn from the cumulative body of research evidence underscore that, despite the recent recognition accorded the pedagogical training processes and their multifaceted impact on various aspects of a student’s life as a future educator, the teaching profession still remains underappreciated. The finding that emerged during this study underscores the heightened significance of teaching practices as an essential element in the preparation of a prospective graduate who aspires to become a pioneering educator in shaping the future of generations to come. The investigation surveyed 216 students pursuing teaching degrees, analyzing their professional identity development throughout their academic journey. Results revealed a positive association between the students’ advancement in their training curriculum and the enhancement of their professional identity. Specifically, as students progressed further in their studies, there was a discernible growth in their identification with the teaching profession.