Important Part Of Identity Research Articles

Herbas kilmingos XVII–XVIII a. Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės moters gyvenime – svarbi identiteto dalis

The Coat of Arms in the Life of a Noblewoman in The Seventeenth-Eighteenth Century Grand Duchy of Lithuania: An Important Part of Identity Heraldry and its research have deep traditions in Europe. In Lithuania, interest in this field is a more recent phenomenon. The late beginning of heraldry research was partly influenced by the loss of Lithuania’s independence. At present, researchers’ attention is focused mainly on the periods of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, also looking at Lithuanian heraldry of the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries, and conducting thorough research into the coats of arms of the state, its cities, and towns. Research on the heraldry of the nobility, such as the heraldry of the political elite in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania – the families of Goštautas, Pacas, Radvila, Sapiega, and others – is also conducted. The heraldry of the noblewomen of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has received less attention. This article focuses on the heraldry of the noblewomen of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It lso aims to discuss the significance of the coat of arms in the noblewoman’s life in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during that period and to introduce the traditions of heraldry, the formation and use of noblewomen’s coats of arms in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Analysis of the heraldic sources related to noblewomen revealed that the coats of arms of the noblewomen of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania appeared in seals, literature, portraits, tombstones, etc. The coats of arms were often oval or traditional shield-shaped. Also, very often the noblewomen of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania used shields with a crest. In various cases, compared to men’s coats of arms, women’s coats of arms are more decorative, embellished with plant and floral motifs. Over the course of time, the noblewomen’s coats of arms became a unique means of representation and an important part of identity. Keywords: heraldry, coat of arms, seal, noblewoman, Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Power, Belonging, and Respectability

Power, Belonging, and Respectability

Music and intergroup relations: Exacerbating conflict and building harmony through music

This article describes the ways in which music is an important part of identity, and hence serves some similar functions to other forms of identity-related communication (e.g., language). It will describe how music is used to incite intergroup hatred (e.g., among soccer fans, military music) and to support valued identities (anthems, etc.). Relevant literature on stereotyping (including stereotyping of groups related to music) is included. The article also discusses how music is used to reduce intergroup hostility (e.g., via cross-cultural musical collaboration and contact). The article connects the various literatures from communication, social psychology, sociology, and ethnomusicology, providing a broad overview of the many connections between communication, music, and social identity. It closes with a research agenda for those interested in studying intergroup communication and music.

Log House – A Blueprint for Future Energy Efficient Buildings?

Log houses are the oldest way to build homes in Northern Europe. Still today, almost all the buildings in many rural villages in Finland, Estonia and other countries are log houses. They are a very important part of identity in the built environment. In today's building industry, however, log houses stand mainly for the vacation homes, for the nostalgia in us. In the discussion on energy efficient buildings, however, the log house hardly plays any role at all. But there is no reason why log houses wouldn’t work as sustainable buildings. Wood is an ideal material for energy efficiency, has a negative carbon footprint and is widely available as local material. Therefore, this log house project in a village near Tampere was designed to study the potential of the log house in both modern, sustainable architecture and energy efficiency. The log house is built with a double log wall. This way, it is possible to reach passive house level insulation with massive wood walls because the double log wall eliminates the usual thermal bridges in a wood construction as both walls are load bearing. The biggest challenge is bringing the natural properties of a log house – the settling of the wood and lacking air tightness in the joints when the wood dries out – together with the air tightness as the key element for energy efficiency and building physics. To reach a reliably airtight envelope, a new method was engineered for building the log walls: The inner wall was built first. After that, a vapour barrier was wrapped around it, and only then the outer wall was raised. This way, bringing the vapour barrier to its place was not only easy, but also very accurate and safe – the only seam in the vapour barrier was bringing together the start and end point. Another challenge is the building physics as the façade can’t be ventilated. The insulation lies directly behind the outer wall. WUFI-analysis shows, however, that the wall construction is still on the safe side with the moisture. The airtight envelope is an important factor, as is the adaptive vapour barrier that is very tight at low relative air humidity and up to 100 times more open at a higher air humidity. The project shows that a log house is a truly sustainable building with a low carbon footprint, airtight building envelope and a safe building physics. Together with the long tradition in Northern Europe they are worth a deeper view in the field of sustainable building.

THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONAL IDENTITY FORMATION PROBLEM CHILD PRESCHOOL

The article analyzes the theoretical approaches to the study of the formation and establishment of personal identity of the child of preschool age. Considered domestic and foreign studies of personal identity, such as its philosophical, social, psychological and pedagogical aspects. The basic definition of the phenomenon of identity. The essence, structure, content and functions of personal identity. Determined that the identification is an important part of identity, ie, condition and structure identification, which zorhanizovuye its formation. Also obvious organic relationship between personal and social identity. It is a social phenomenon that always exists in human life as a process. He became strengthens, broadens, deepens and provides a definition of it themselves, for themselves and for others. The analysis of current research on the problem of personal identity of the child of preschool age and the main factors influencing this process, which is the family, gender identity, age dynamics, assessment of adult self-esteem, level of thinking, personality and individual characteristics, level of socialization experiences I-concept in general exert direct influence on the formation of personal identity of the child of preschool age. This phenomenon plays a decisive role in the formation and development of personality, is a kind of criterion of socialization and begins to form early in the life course of the child. Despite this, especially the transition from spontaneous to more or less conscious identification preschool child in psychological and pedagogical literature is almost covered. Therefore, the study of individual identity in preschool children and educational opportunities to influence the process and form the basis of our further research.

O corpo adolescente: contributos para a compreensão da sua representação

Saber como os jovens representam o corpo e o corpo ideal, enquanto realidades significativas, foi o nosso objectivo. Iniciámos o processo de investigação empírico através da recolha dos dados por associação livre de palavras inquirindo 278 jovens estudantes. Concomitantemente, efectuámos 30 entrevistas complementares. Em resultado do percurso efectuado, e tal como havia sido esperado, deparámo-nos com a representação de um corpo adolescente de existência ambígua. Reunindo em si o positivo e o negativo, o saber e o não saber, o querer e o não querer revelou-se um importante espaço de identidade e metamorfose, em permanente devir. Deste modo, as diferenças evocadas contribuíram para a construção de uma significação simbólica virtualmente “desancorada” das tautologias, das distorções, dos medos, tensões, paradoxos e estigmas, em que habitualmente o corpo adolescente se vê enredado.

Identity Style and Spirituality in a Collegiate Context

Though exploration of religion has been considered an important part of identity since Erikson's original work, little research has explored the connection explicitly. This study investigated the relationship between identity and faith development in undergraduates (N = 153) from a private, Catholic university and a public college. Participants completed measures of identity style, identity distress, spiritual exploration (willingness to question beliefs, valuing doubts, openness to change), and strength of faith. Higher informational identity style scores related to stronger faith and higher scores on all measures of spiritual exploration. Higher normative style scores related to stronger faith and less value placed on religious doubts. Identity distress was related to greater questioning of beliefs and expecting future change in those beliefs.

The Landscape of Narrative and the Dialogical Self

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Coming out in the age of the Internet: Identity "demarginalization" through virtual group participation.

Internet newsgroups allow individuals to interact with others in a relatively anonymous fashion and thereby provide individuals with concealable stigmatized identities a place to belong not otherwise available. Thus, membership in these groups should become an important part of identity. Study 1 fou