Life Space Research Articles

Locating the Ideal State: The Practice of Place by Far Right and Islamist Parties

ABSTRACT This article explores the co-constitutive practice and conceptualisation of place in political parties at opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. Illustrated with examples from the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir in Denmark (DK) and the Netherlands (NL) and the far right Party for Freedom (NL) and the Danish People’s Party (DK), we seek to better understand the role of place and space in the translation of ideology to practice. With the concept of lived space central to our argument, we propose that ‘ideal places’ – be they Caliphates or ethnically and religiously homogeneous nation-states – are precisely co-constitutive in that one party’s utopia is the other’s dystopia. However, pointing to the essence of co-constitutive opposing ideals does not suffice when addressing members, recruits, voters, or wider audiences; ideals must be realised, enacted or performed in order to move, drive and inspire people. Thus, we ask, how do political parties turn ideals into something tangible and practicable? Our argument is that a better understanding of the role of place through the concept of lived space helps explain the apparent success of ideologically driven non-conformist parties in Western Europe.

Examining space, silence, and agency in language socialization of an international student in the EAP and mainstream courses

AbstractThis article draws on the concept of the Production of Space (Lefebvre, 1991) to interpret the silence of one female international student from Japan in two semesters of study in a New Zealand Tertiary institution. Data from an English for Academic Purposes course and mainstream courses, and from various sources including video/audio recordings of classroom interactions, interviews, diaries, field notes, institutional documents are presented. The findings show that silence is produced by the academic social space in three aspects of perceived, conceived, and lived. The new perceived space of learning positioned the focal student as unfamiliar in her new habitat. The conceived space also silenced the focal student because the conceived space exerted socio‐academic norms in which the individual was not invested. Finally, the lived space produced a silent individual in the sense that she appeared as less powerful in her interactions with other peers because her sociocultural and linguistic capabilities were not on a par with those of other peers. The study concludes that space is an active, dynamic, and social being that regulates the individual's interactions and that silence should be understood in relation to one's positioning by the social space, and the appropriation of space by the individual in social space. Notably, despite being positioned as a silent individual by the academic social space, the international student exercised agency both to respond to her specific temporal needs in the host learning context and to realize her future aspirations.

ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ РОЛІ ТА МІСЦЯ ПРАКТИЧНОЇ СКЛАДОВОЇ У КОНТЕКСТІ ЯКІСНОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ ЗДОБУВАЧІВ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ

This work considers the issues of students' practical training as an integral component in modern technologies of degree education. This issue acquires particular relevance at the present time, when there is an increase in competition in the market of educational and scientific services, and Ukraine is advancing through integration into the European educational space. It is noted that without radical changes in the system of higher education, including without matching the labor market, without increasing the professional level of the nation, it is impossible to ensure the innovative development and competitiveness of educational activities in the country. Besides, innovative development of economy requires high level of education and practical training of specialists. Lagging of content and quality of education from labor market needs, from trends of world economic development leads to growth of unemployment and dissatisfaction of domestic employers. It is suggested to establish a hereditary relationship between educational approaches and labor market demands: what students master in educational technology should materialize in practice or in the production sphere. The main role in this should play practical skills, which the student acquires at the enterprises during the internship at all stages of education. The study showed that a specific system of training can play a big role in the issue of forecasting the needs of the labor market. The necessity of introducing new directions of marketing strategy was noted. The main of which is determined by the expediency of introducing gradation of master's education level according to three reasonable variants of master's programs, in accordance with the future vision of learning outcomes, the role of future specialist in the labor market and aspiration for direction of self-realization in the life space. Each of these stages should shape the student's specific skills, mindset. It is shown that at all learning levels attention should be paid not only to theoretical-methodological tasks and expert methods of their substantiation, but also not to leave unattended the approaches aimed at activation of students' creative search. The peculiarity of such approach during the practical work of students is emphasized The possibility of forecasting the needs of the labor market, taking into account general educational trends through the implementation of a model for the development of systemic partnership: government, business and higher education, with the active participation of employers is proposed. Key words: higher education levels, student, practical training, employment, euro-integration, labor market.

9 Resisting and Remaking Heritage Work: An Archaeology of the Surface in Acre's Old City

ABSTRACTThe Old City of Acre (‘Akka) is home to a predominantly Palestinian community within the larger Israeli municipality of Acre. Bounded by late eighteenth and early nineteenth century land and sea walls, the Old City's dense mix of Ottoman and Crusader‐era architecture sits on a peninsula less than one square kilometer in area on the Mediterranean coast. In 2001, the World Heritage Committee designated the Old City as a UNESCO World Heritage site, intensifying the Israeli state project of developing the city as an international tourist attraction. This chapter examines contemporary interventions on the surfaces of the Old City by way of photographic surface survey. Documented surface interventions include residents’ deposition of bread for animals to eat and fishermen to use as bait and surface adornments that reflect local aesthetic values. An archaeological analysis draws attention to an expansive repertoire of local care practices. Residents selectively appropriate the language and work of “heritage” to represent their own histories and serve their own aspirations against the grain of the state project, offering an alternative theorization of heritage that insists on maintaining ‘Akka as at once a historic and livable space.

Space Habitats Should Be 1 g Shielded Space Platforms, Not on Low Gravity, Radiation Exposed Moon or Mars

AbstractPrevious missions have subjected astronauts to confined space, weightlessness, and increased radiation. These impair astronaut comfort, performance, and future health. The exploration and future settlement of space will depend on the long‐term presence of individual humans. This requires the development of space platforms where humans can work and live in health for many years, perhaps generations. A livable space platform must provide adequate volume, gravity, and radiation shielding. This seems easier to do in deep space or Low Earth Orbit (LEO) than on the surface of the moon or Mars. Permanently habitable deep space platforms will enable scientific and technical research, space tourism, space mission preparation, space industry development, and military surveillance and operations. The first fully habitable space station would probably be in LEO for convenience and lower cost.

The role of sensors in the production of smart city spaces

Smart cities build on the idea of collecting data about the city in order for city administration to be operated more efficiently. Within a research project gathering an interdisciplinary team of researchers – engineers, designers, gender scholars and human geographers – we have been working together using participatory design approaches to explore how paying attention to the diversity of human needs may contribute to making urban spaces comfortable and safe for more people. The project team has deployed sensors collecting data on air quality, sound and mobility in a smart city testbed in Norrköping, Sweden. While these sensors are meant to capture an accurate ‘map’ of the street and what is going on along it, our interdisciplinary conversations around the sensors have revealed the heterogeneity both of smart city planning and spatial formulations of the city. The discussions have given rise to questions regarding the work that goes into constructing the sensor box itself, as well as the work of deploying it, and how these influence the ‘map’ that the sensors produce. In this paper, we draw on Lefebvre to explore how the sensors themselves produce smart spaces. We analyze how the box depends on perceived space to function (e.g. requiring electricity), and simultaneously it produces conceptualizations of space that are influenced by the materiality of the box itself (e.g. sensors being affected by heat and noise). Further, we explore how the (in)visibility of sensor technology influences lived space.

Mapping of an occupation

This paper offers a sociological analysis of a performative experience of mapping in New York's Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement in 2011. It delineates the transformation of the declaration of the OWS into a graphically rendered "list of grievances" by the artist Rachel Schragis through a participatory process in the occupied space of Zuccotti Park. Drawing on the continuous transition between the ideas, the three-dimensional lived space, and the two-dimensional flat surface of graphical cartography, it demonstrates the ways in which the collective-performative map-making embodied and transcribed the interconnection between the perceived, conceived, and lived space-time(s) (Lefebvre 1974, Harvey 2006) within the occupied space of the OWS.

Commodification of the Urban Community Image: An Instagram Case Study of Motivational Quotes and Skyscraper Photo

Rapid technology advancements, particularly social media Instagram, have brought people’s daily lives and urban environments into the domain of visual culture. Instagram’s young users are presently sharing motivational quotes adopted in activities and work with the use of a skyscraper as a background. The trend of encouraging quotes and skyscaraper photographs exemplifies the community’s orientation, which refers to a lifestyle or a typical phenomenon of Indonesian urban culture. This article intends to investigate the image of society by using Instagram to post encouraging phrases and patterns of space production-consumption using images of buildings taken by young people. The method of social semiotics was employed in this article with qualitative approach. Guy Debord’s Spectacle of Society (1967) theory and the postmodernist perspective are also discussed. Instagram creates a dichotomy with its picture of modern society and stunning metropolitan areas. Consumption and self-commodification are discussed in the context of capitalism through artistically potrayed public life performances on Instagram. As a result, a new concept of conflicting urban spaces emerges. On the one hand, an idealized portrayal of communal life and urban space exists, while the other side of a city with dense populations is ignored. This study is limited the social media platform Instagram and the Jakarta metropolitan area in Indonesia. There has never been a conversation about the convergence of urban settings with social media as a spectacle before.

Gösterişçi Tüketim Davranışı Ekseninde Yeni Orta Sınıfların Tüketim Pratikleri

Today, individuals live in a daily life space where they are addicted to fashion and what is constantly renewed. Consumption practices, guided by the symbolic values of consumption objects, have been a means of class mobility for individuals in different income groups as a status indicator. Certain types of consumption practices have become the means and purpose of creating a lifestyle, ensuring its continuity, and creating differences by making use of the artificial attractiveness of consumption objects. The motivation to be different from the other has become possible with consumption practicies that are reproduced, valued and given meaning, which have the potential to indicate the social position, class position and prestige of the individual. In this article, the dynamics and dimensions of differentiation and separation forms embodied by consumption practices are discussed.

Participation in daily activities after acute illness hospitalization among high-functioning older adults: a qualitative study.

To describe high-functioning older adults' experiences of participation in daily activities and perceived barriers and facilitators to participation one- and 3-months post-acute hospitalization. Older adults discharged after acute illness hospitalization are at risk for functional decline and adverse health outcomes. Yet, little is known about the subjective experience of resuming participation in meaningful activities beyond the immediate post-discharge period among high-functioning older adults, a mostly overlooked sub-sample. Qualitative descriptive longitudinal study adhering to the COREQ guidelines. Forty two participants ages ≥65 years (mean age 75, SD ± 7.9) were recruited from internal medicine wards. Semi-structured interviews were conducted at participants' homes one-month post-discharge, followed by a telephone interview 3-months after. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Participants perceived the hospitalization as a disruption of healthy and meaningful routines. This first key theme had unique expressions over time and included two sub-themes. At one month: (1) reduced life spaces and sedentary routines. At 3months: (2) a matter of quality not quantity - giving up even one meaningful activity can make a difference. The second key theme was described as a combination of physical and psychological barriers to participation over time. These themes demonstrated the profound impact of the hospitalization on behavior (participation) and feelings (e.g., symptoms). The third key theme was described as a dyad of intrinsic and extrinsic facilitators to participation. Acute illness hospitalization may lead to subtle decreases in participation in meaningful health-promoting activities, even among high-functioning older adults. These changes may impact overall well-being and possibly mark the beginning of functional decline. This study highlights the need for a more comprehensive assessment of participation, relevant for high-functioning older adults, to enable person-centered care. Intervention programs should address the modifiable barriers and facilitators identified in this study.

Pengembangan Multimedia Pembelajaran Dengan Aplikasi Lectora Inspire Pada Materi Bumi Sebagai Ruang Kehidupan di Kelas X SMA Negeri 5 Surakarta

<p><em>The aim of this research are to knows (1) To determine the feasibility of developing multimedia learning applications for Lectora Inspire on earth material as a space of life in class X IPS SMA N 5 Surakarta. (2) Knowing the effectiveness of multimedia learning Lectora Inspire applications on the material of the earth as a space of life after being implemented in class X IPS SMA N 5 Surakarta.</em></p><p><em>The research method used in this research is the research and development method with ADDIE development models namely Analyze, Design, Development, Evaluation and Implementation. Data collection techniques with interviews, questionnaires, tests and documentation. Data analysis techniques with multimedia feasibility analysis of the questionnaire by the validator and calculation of effectiveness with the T test with a confidence level of 5% of the data that has been calculated with the normality test.</em></p><p><em>Based on data analysis, the results of the research are known as follows: (1) Multimedia learning of Lectora Inspire applications on the material Earth as Life Space in class X SMA N 5 Surakarta is feasible to use by obtaining a value of 5 (very feasible) based on the results of validation. (2) Multimedia learning application of Lectora Inspire on the material of Earth as Life Space in class X SMA N 5 Surakarta is effective to be used in the learning process based on the T Test to obtain the results of Sig. (2-tailed) is 0,000 so less than 0.05 then Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Keywords : </em><em>Development of Learning Multimedia, Lectora Inspire, ADDIE, Earth as Life Space.</em></p>

Jämställdhet och mäns medellivslängd

The average life expectancy of men in Sweden has rapidly approached that of women over the past twenty years. Deaths related to the consumption of alcohol and tobacco as well as to suicide have decreased among both sexes. However, this means that more men than women are being saved to live longer lives, since these causes of death are more common among men than women. Surprisingly, the relatively strong status of women in Swedish society may be an important factor underlying the levelling out of the gender differences in average life expectancy. As women's entry into the labour märket during the 1960s and 1970s resulted in an expansion of women's life space into previously male domains, this has also resulted in men's increased engagement with child care and household work during the 1980s and 1990s. The fact that men have taken on a more concrete responsibility for child care may in turn have significance for attitudes towards taking risks in traffic and the over-consumption of alcohol and smoking, both among men and in society in general. An overall greater impact by women's views on which societal issues should receive high priority is perhaps of even more importance. For example, the relatively prominent position of women in society led to early priority being given to child safety issues. All in all, this means that we have a society where health risks are viewed from a more "feminine" perspective than was previously the case, and that both women and men adopt more pronounced attitudes towards safety and care, which influences trends in health. This article shows that gender differences in average life expectancy are caused by factors that are highly sensitive to social change. There is no reason to mystify the fact that women live longer than men by attributing it to something inaccessible in women's biological nature. There is a great and still undeveloped potential in the study of how gender differences in average life expectancy arise/exist that can lead to new perspectives in our knowledge about the determinants of public health. Improved public health is one of many arguments for a more gender equal society.

‘Theatre, Revolution and Love’: Moral–aesthetic education in Asja Lācis' proletarian children's theatre

Abstract This article explores the educational philosophy of Asja Lācis' proletarian children's theatre. Taking her post–First World War encounter with Russian street children as a starting point for my inquiry, I argue that Lācis regards the theatre as a rehearsal space for life. Here, children are to be absorbed into the craft of theatre, with the aim of honing their moral and aesthetic sense as a (self-guided) reorientation of their attention and desire towards (the possibilities of) the Good. Demarcating a porous educational theatre space that provides practical artistic opportunities for this education of attention, Lācis hopes to structure children's aesthetic, social, material and sensory engagement with their surroundings, whilst also ensuring their individual freedom as moral agents. Respecting children's ways of engaging in the world, Lācis posits theatrical improvisation as the key activity. Here, children create their own stories and metaphors about how life might be lived, thereby practising attention to, ‘testing’ and reflecting upon, the (possible) Good Life. The educator's pedagogical gesture is hereby that of observation: She pays attention to the social–artistic tensions that occur, as potential heralds of the child's unique way of embodying (and conceptualising) the Good Life. Theatre is here understood as a (negative) dialectical site of education, one that acknowledges the dark and uncertain relation between the child's commitment to the Good, and its (uncertain) coming into being in daily life. The student–teacher relationship can indeed become a pedagogical conduit for this search for (and embodiment of) wisdom, but cannot provide a blueprint as to how the journey might be conducted, or predict how the Good will manifest. It is in the ‘loving’ non-action of the educator, who honours the unpredictability of the arrival of virtue, and the unexpected form that it might take, that children's theatre is considered ‘truly revolutionary’: becoming a witness to Eros's (strange) presence in the child's unique gesture as a result.

The Geomediatized Geographies of Marginalized Older Digital Citizens

In this article, I approach the Danish digitalization strategy as a Lefebvrian conceived space, focusing on how its ideology and spatial codes denote a normative vision for how citizens should and ought to be. Drawing on the non-media-centric concept of geomediatization and a feminist new materialist approach to gentrification as assemblage, the article explores the lived spaces of older (64+) marginalized citizens living in Sydhavnen, Copenhagen, an area currently undergoing gentrification. By focusing on the interplay between digitalization of the public sector and urban gentrification, the article sheds light on an emergent power geometry in which the potential for belonging is carved out differently for different citizens. In doing so, the article critically explores the more-than-representational geography of the digitalization strategy and contributes to the budding field of geomediatization studies.

THE STUDY OF PLACE NAMES IN THE KARAKALPAK HEROIC EPOS “YER ZIYUAR”

Annotation. The toponyms of the Karakalpak epos “Yer Ziyuar” demonstrate the national and cultural originality of the conceptions of space in this article. The study was based on the dastan “Yer Ziyuar”, a variety from the repertory of Kurbanbay zhyrau that was featured in volumes 24-47 of a 100-volume scholarly edition released by publishing house in Nukus city. The importance of studying toponyms in heroic epos through the definition of their semantics and etymology, which allows revealing linguistic and cultural distinctiveness of Karakalpak language, determines the study's relevance. The linguistic and cultural aspect is considered the toponymic vocabulary and reveals the features of toponyms functioning in the epic text.
 Color designations and numbers are determined to be one of the components in the composition of complicated toponyms using the structural-semantic analysis method. There was also a study of toponyms and their variations (oronyms, hydronyms, and macrotoponyms), which are used in the design of the dastan plot. Toponyms are not only the name of geographical objects, but also contain in their semantics vivid cultural and historical information. Toponyms that functioned as precedent units were discovered among the toponyms in the epic text. In Karakalpak linguistics, and particularly in Karakalpak folklore, such prior units represent linguocultural and linguocognitive features. In a folklore book, toponyms define the life space of the major characters and identify the most significant or memorable geographical items for the narrators. As a result, we can observe that there are true toponyms of Samarkand, Bukhara, Tashkent, Kokand, and Turkestan in the heroic epos “Yer Ziyuar”, which could have appeared in the epos and been fixed in its text at a later stage. The names of these cities, on the other hand, have been recorded in history since very ancient times, although their inclusion in the epic “Yer Ziyuar” could have been considerably later. Nonetheless, the dastan “Yer Ziyuar” mirrors the dynamism of real-world topography.
 Thus, toponyms in the dastan “Yer Ziyuar” serve as a point of reference not only in time, but also in the Karakalpak people's communicative space, as well as a means of conveying historical and cultural occurrences. As a result, the most essential work of current onomastics is to research epic toponyms, their genesis, and derivation.

Rethinking urban storm water management through resilience – The case for using green infrastructure in our warming world

Urban flooding is one of the greatest threats to life and property, further exacerbated by the impacts of a warming climate. Balancing the increasing demand for liveable space with infrastructure for urban stormwater management presents a planning conundrum. Traditional thinking and design in urban stormwater is reaching limits in adequacy, or have foreboding implementation costs. We argue that a shift in design philosophy from resisting flooding to resilience can reframe this challenge towards viable solutions. We also propose that a simpler way of assessing urban flood resilience is needed to make the shift away from a single event design approach. To that end a Simple Urban Flood Resilience Index (SUFRI) is developed as the basis and the tool for rethinking urban flood management in a future climate. SUFRI offers a “simple” framework for urban flood management as it is based only on hydrologic and hydraulic modelling. We use SUFRI to evaluate the use of green infrastructure in combatting the threat of urban flooding in warmer climatic conditions. Results show that green infrastructure remains effective during more frequent storms (~ 80th percentile) that can occur in warmer climatic conditions and retrofitting or converting a smaller than expected percentage of the urban landscape (up to 5 %) can yield appreciable benefits. Overall, we show that the flexibility and adaptability needed to address the highly variable urban flood response in warmer climates is implicit within resilience based flood management approaches.

Preliminary analysis of reliability and validity of the Life Space Questionnaire as a real-world mobility measure for people with lower limb loss: A technical note.

People with lower-limb loss (PLL) often have reduced mobility that translates into limited community access. The Life Space Questionnaire (LSQ) measures a person's real-world mobility within their home environment and community but has not been used among PLL. This study assessed preliminary LSQ test-retest reliability and discriminant validity from subjective and objective balance and walking measures in PLL. In addition, LSQ was hypothesized to have an inverse association with overall health status. Nine subjects were analyzed with mean age 48.2 ± 13.1 years and 4.8 ± 3.9 years' time since amputation. Six had transtibial and three had transfemoral amputations due to diabetes (4), vascular disease (3), and trauma (2). The primary outcome was the LSQ, a 9-level scale quantifying the extent to which people accessed their life space including home, yard, and community. Test-retest reliability for the LSQ was moderate (intraclass coefficient = 0.61 with 90% confidence interval: 0.19-0.87). Discriminant validity from balance and walking function was demonstrated by lack of correlation between LSQ score and the Activities-specific Balance Confidence and Berg Balance Scale and the Prosthetic Evaluation Questionnaire mobility subscale and walking speed (r < 0.50, P > .05). LSQ correlated with health status assessed with the Charlson Comorbidity Index (r = -0.84, P = .005). In this sample of PLL, the LSQ demonstrated moderate test-retest reliability as a measure of real-world mobility distinct as a construct from subjective and objective balance or walking measures. People may access their communities using various levels of assistance and methods of transportation. For this sample of PLL, health status was most strongly associated with LSQ score.

An Assessment of User Preferences on Artificial Pathway Lighting in Urban Parks with Special Reference to the Greater Colombo Region

Being a globally immerging concept, urban parks play a critical role in converting cities to liveable spaces, where artificial lighting directly affects the users’ night-time experience. Therefore, addressing user needs and preferences helps achieve a successful lighting design. This study was conducted at four popular urban parks in Colombo: Viharamahadevi Park, Independence Square, Urban Wetland Park and Diyatha Uyana, where the urban park users’ subjective responses towards three lighting parameters: brightness, Correlated Colour Temperature (CCT), and luminaires of the existing pathway lighting design, selected based on the appropriateness in terms of pathway lighting, and the practicality of assessing them within the chosen urban parks, were evaluated. The reasons for the said preferences were investigated under three overarching themes: perceived safety, perceived quality of light, and restorative experience. Data collection was done through a mixed methods approach under two main steps, namely the literature review survey and the case study survey. A sample of 10 participants (5 males and 5 females) were selected at each location through convenience sampling. Questionnaires were given to the users to rate their preference towards the existing pathway lighting conditions on a scale from 1 (very unsatisfied) to 5 (very satisfied). The user responses were analysed together with existing brightness levels measured using a digital lux meter, in-situ observations and photographic analysis of user behavioural patterns at case study locations, so as to further strengthen the outcomes. Aligned with literature, the user preferences were found to be directly associated with their perception of the lit environment. The results revealed that the majority of the users opted for change in the current lighting design, although they were both negatively and positively affected by it, indicating that the user needs and requirements are not effectively addressed in this regard.&#x0D; Keywords: User preference, Artificial lighting, Pathway lighting, Urban parks

Colour, Abstraction and Fantastic Sunsets

This essay provides a study of colour as a dematerialised object through which to consider Blackness and art making. I ask how colour has been employed by Black artists as a critical component of their practices, proposing that a critical study of colour can help us understand how Black artists navigate the art landscape and create spaces of imagination, possibility, and life for themselves. Foregrounded by Darby English’s book, 1971: A Year in the Life of Color (2016), I consider Alma Thomas’ A fantastic sunset (1970), David Koloane’s Mgodoyi III (1993), and various exhibitions by Serge Alain Nitegeka. Although rooted in Black studies, I also consider British artist Marlow Moss’ painting Composition in yellow, black and white (1949). Here I’m interested in how colour can be usedto expand notions of intersectional identities through a queering approach. Colour is read as an effective tool of creation, resistance, and refusal. Through this text I consider Fred Moten’s riff on Fannie Lou Hamer, ‘Refuse what has been refused to you,’ as a potential approach and method, while considering colour as a method of refusal. That is to say, what does it mean when Black artists gravitate towards or away from a certain colour? How are these choices influenced by what they have been refused and what they choose to refuse?

Linguocultural Adaptation of Migrants in the Context of Educational Migration to Russia

International educational migration is an integral element of the modern world, which actualizes the problem of adaptation of educational migrants. Linguocultural adaptation is especially interesting, because it determines the strategy of adaptation and the result of the further integration of the migrant in the new society. The purpose of the article is to study the linguistic and cultural adaptation of the subjects of international academic migration in the context of the new space of everyday life. The empirical basis of the research was the results of an interregional study within the framework of a qualitative approach using the methods of in-depth and semi-structured interviews, conducted in March-April 2021. 20 informants were interviewed. The case study method became the tactic of the qualitative approach, the Krasnodar Territory and the Novosibirsk Region acted as local cases. In the Krasnodar Territory, people from Arab-Muslim countries were interviewed, students from China were interviewed in the Novosibirsk Region. The analysis of the interviews allowed us to identify the factors that determine the success of linguocultural adaptation of educational migrants, as well as the main difficulties in the process of formation of language competence and, consequently, linguocultural adaptation of both students from Arab-Muslim countries and Chinese students. The research showed that attention to the ethno-national characteristics of foreign students, to their system of motivation in organizing the learning process, inclusion in the culture of the host community, contribute to faster and more successful linguocultural adaptation. It was concluded that new types of identity are determined in the process of linguocultural adaptation by the degree of empathy of the migrants’ native culture. The research results can be used in the formation of adaptation programs for educational migrants in Russian universities.