Socio-cultural Community Research Articles

Self-preservation of Ethnos: Revisiting the Migration Functions

In the article, along with the generally accepted functions of migration, it is proposed to consider a new, additional function, the essence of which is expressed in ensuring self-defense and the development of the ethnic group as a single socio-cultural community. There is shown the role of migration in the settlement of peoples and the development of vast territories. There are revealed the features of ethnic migration and its main forms – refugees, forced migrants, repatriation, deportation. The concept of «ethnic migration potential» (EMF) is defined, which can be used to identify the diversity of relationships in ethnic migration processes, forecasting the stability of the ethnic group in extreme conditions and determine the threshold values of the preservation of the ethnic group integrity as a single ethnosocial mechanism. It is considered the features of the return migration of compatriots, including Russians from former Soviet republics, a program of repatriation of ethnic Kazakhs (oralmans) to their historic homeland, and the problems of ethnic Germans who migrated to Russia in the XVII century under Peter I and Catherine II, the tendency for the movement of the countries-participants of the CIS to the mono-ethnic structure of the population and the consequences of this process. The main directions of migration policy of Russia as a multi-ethnic state are proposed. The key provisions of this policy, based on Russia’s national interests and ensuring its economic security, should be achievement of stable natural growth of the population, including Russians as a state-forming people, the preservation of the status of a multinational state.

The Novgorod Kontor of Hanse in the context of the Revel’s trading strategy of the first third of the 16th century

The research was support by Russian Science Foundation, project Nr. 19-18-00183 «Economic, political and socio-cultural communications of Russia and the Baltic Area in the 15–17th centuries based on archival collections of Tallinn, Lbeck, Berlin and St. Petersburg».

The conceptual model of the artificial linguistic educational environment for achieving oral communication skills in a second foreign language

The process of studying a foreign language in Russian higher education institutions is carried out in a specially organized linguo-didactic language environment which is understood as a methodological framework designed in accordance with the peculiarities of a linguo-cultural community. It is aimed at combining learning methods and techniques to implement them into pedagogical practice, ensuring the level-by-level development of students’ language skills and complying with the international standards of language proficiency. The necessary modern basis for a linguo-didactic language environment is the use of Information and Communications Technology, which makes it possible to access the world of native speakers. The linguo-didacticlanguage environment creates socio-cultural communication patterns, provides an opportunity to become familiar with a different communication behavior, ensures students’ participation in real communication expanding the boundaries of language learning situations and enriching their communication experience. The attributes of the language environment include audiovisual materials, speaking practice, spoken and written language as well as cultural background knowledge and different learning components. The subjective attributes of the language environment include students’ cognitive activity, motivation and individual learning abilities. The conceptual model is aimed at teaching oral communication in a second foreign language in an artificial language environment which is based on the analysis and description of a current situation in the field of teaching a second foreign language at Russian universities, on perceiving a language situation as a basic education unit; on choosing the model of cross-cultural communication; on selecting the components of a natural language environment which have teaching potential and comply with the learning aims; on defining the learning methods; on creating the model of the designed environment.

“She Still Doesn’t Want Me to Tell My Next-Door Neighbor:” The Familial Experiences of Modern Orthodox Jewish Gay Men

An increasing number of scholars have identified the need to understand the contextual experiences of sexual minorities in their families, one of which includes gay and lesbian adults within devout cultural-religious groups. This phenomenological study contributes to this noted gap in the literature by accessing the familial perspectives of Modern Orthodox Jewish gay men, a subgroup of American Orthodox Jews whose potentially distinct experiences in their families and socio-cultural community are currently absent from the literature. Qualitative data was collected via individual, semistructured interviews from a sample of out Modern Orthodox gay men (n = 7), and analyzed using inductive thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Findings support pervasive and institutional homonegativity in the Modern Orthodox Jewish community; however, they also highlight the general acceptance Modern Orthodox gay men experienced from their parents in response to their gay identity. Postdisclosure, two broad themes emerged in our participants’ experience being out in their families, both of which reflect the socio-religious realities of the community in which they were raised: the importance of (a) concealing their gay identity and (b) maintaining a religious practice. These themes, and their implications for policy and practice, are discussed.

Designing Communication-centered Book Review Writing Class and Its Educational Effects

본 연구는 대학 글쓰기 프로그램 중 서평쓰기에 주목하여 소통 중심의 강의를 설계하고 실제 강의에 적용ㆍ분석하여 그 교육적 효과에 대해 논의하고자 하였다. 2장에서는 먼저 서평쓰기 과정에 내재하는 소통의 양상을 텍스트와의 소통, 작가와의 소통, 사회 문화적 소통, 담화공동체 내 소통으로 구분하였다. 그리고 이와 연계하여 서평쓰기의 교육과정을 실제 교육내용에 따라 읽기과정, 사고과정, 담론참여과정, 쓰기과정의 4단계로 구분하고 각각의 내용에 맞는 교육활동을 설계하였다. 3장에서는 서평쓰기 강의 설계에 따라 실제 강의를 운용하며 경험한 문제와 학습자들이 겪는 어려움, 그리고 지도방안에 대해 논의하였다. 서평쓰기 강의의 교육적 효과는 학습자의 차원, 교양교육의 차원, 교수자의 차원으로 구분하여 설명하였다. 다양한 소통의 양상과 실제 교육과정을 연계하여 설계한 서평쓰기 강의는 텍스트에 대한 비판적 읽기와 확장된 사고, 능동적 상호작용을 토대로 학습자의 적극적인 수업 참여를 유도하고 문제해결 능력을 신장하는 데 기여할 것으로 기대한다.The purpose of this study is to design communication-centered class focusing on book review writing, one of the university writing programs, and then apply it actually to class and analyze and discuss its educational effects. Chapter 2, first, this researcher divides the aspects of communication internalized in the process of book review writing into communication with text, communication with the author, socio-cultural communication, and communication in a discourse community. In connection with it, this study divides the curriculum of book review writing into four steps, the reading process, thinking process, discourse-participating process, and writing process, according to the actual contents of education and designs educational activities properly for each of the contents. In Chapter 3, actually operating class according to the design of book review writing class, this author discusses problems experienced, learners difficulties, and teaching methods. Book review writing class educational effects are explained here in learners perspective, the aspects of culture education, and also the instructor s viewpoint. Book review writing class designed by combining the actual curriculum with various aspects of communication is expected to contribute to encouraging learners active class participation and enhancing their problem-solving ability based on their critical reading about the text, extended thinking, and active interaction.

A proposal to establish indicators for the evaluation of municipal councils’ socio-cultural policies

How can municipal sociocultural policies promote community empowerment, citizenship or social cohesion? What objectives should be proposed at the municipal level to promote processes of sociocultural community development? How can we identify local needs in order to stimulate community development processes? In response to these questions, this paper proposes indicators to evaluate sociocultural policies that will enable us to obtain useful information and, at the same time, contribute to produce changes and possible outlines for strategic interventions. The proposal describes a system of flexible and rigourous indicators intended for municipal technicians and politicians interested in evaluating their sociocultural actions and strategies. We present the result of a research process which included validation by experts and technicians in or related to sociocultural community development, and the application of this system based on a case study of a Spanish municipality. Among the proposed indicators specific consideration is given to the support of local creators and the promotion of civic creativity, as well as the use of sociocultural activities as a strategie to contribute to cultural and civic diversity.

Advanced academic literacy development: a case study of a successful Chinese doctoral student

ABSTRACTThis study investigates the process and its effect for a doctoral student's advanced academic literacy (AAL) development in the context of student-supervisor relationship (SSR). The data sources comprise an authentic three-year tutorial record and 68 reflective learning journals written by a successful Chinese doctoral student of linguistics. The case shows that the participant developed a cognitive, cooperative, dialogic and instructive student-supervisor relationship and her learning activities in doctoral education are rich and constructive. The participant built her expertise mainly through knowledge acquisition and by a significant amount of academic writing practice for publication. Aided by her supervisor, the participant successfully joined as a research member the given sociocultural community. This socialisation promotes her professional identity transformation. The findings also reveal some weaknesses in the participant's AAL development, such as a lack of solid theoretical knowledge base, meaningful peer interaction, and in-depth integration into the international academic community.

Dampak Terpaan Informasi Media Digital terhadap Perkembangan Pariwisata dan Perilaku Masyarakat Bali

In this millennial era many tourism industries use digital media as a means of promotion. The digital media has greatly influenced tourism development and community life. Media exposure has a positive and negative impact on its users. Media information exposure can affect the socio-cultural community. It is necessary to master and control information technology to give us benefits. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of media information exposure to the development of tourism and the behavior of Balinese people. The type of data used in this study is quantitative and qualitative deriving from secondary data sources. Data collection techniques use documentation study sourced from government reports and online news media. The results show that exposure of digital media information has a positive and negative impact on the development of tourism and the behavior of Balinese people.

The representation of multilingualism and citizen identity in a series of public service advertisements

ABSTRACT Social reality is refined and redefined through media. This article explores the representation of discourse of multilingualism in a series of Hong Kong government public service advertisements called Faces of Hong Kong. Given the role of advertisements in social reproduction and the construction of identities and subjectivities, there is scope to explore how public service advertisements that include a subset of advertisement texts, reflect and are governed by market ideologies. This article focuses on the cultural reproduction of differences and identities, and sees the ideology conveyed in public service advertisement as a powerful trope operating across different sociocultural communities. A critical reading of the promotional series suggests that discourses on English as a global language and Hong Kong as a multilingual and multicultural city are strategically co-opted to further neoliberal ideologies. This has implications for policy practices.

Ethnic tolernity as the need for positive adoption of European values

The article analyzes ethnic tolerance during the development of the information society, according to the attributive characteristic of the life of society, which penetrates into the educational sphere and is one of the main tasks of nation-building, - in modern conditions, the main goal of the Ukrainian state should become the subject of the implementation of the model of education centeredness, - as a factor in the humanization of a crisis society, which establishes the essence of the aforementioned ideals of the Ukrainian idea. The purpose of the article is to form a reflection of the phenomenon of ethnical tolerance is an essential feature of the processes of modern nation-building: the emergence of contours of the global information as a complex social and controversial phenomenon in modern conditions of state formation, which is based on the formation of humanitarian conceptualization. The term communicative-information society includes a global unified information industry, for the development of which the development of the education system (areas of education center) is required. In Ukraine, a single socio-cultural space - a global Internet network - is being created, and an increasing role of telecommunication and radiocommunication facilities is being promoted, which promotes the development of a network and online society. Article results: As we can see from analysis of previously shown - it is no coincidence that education is considered - as a new social concept of socio-cultural communication in the global information society. Ethnic tolerance in modern conditions affects the transformation of society, in which the reaction of the phenomenon of the transition of the Little Russian ethnos to the Ukrainian political nation took place; which as a historical ethnos existed in the Middle Ages in the form of the state of Kievan Rus, which today begins to actively develop in the process of developing the European direction of the Ukrainian State

Low Carbon Concept of Sruni Village through The System of Renewable Energy

Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world. The highest population density exists in urban areas and gradually becomes lower in periphery or rural. Therefore the city in Indonesia often looks slum because of over density. The village is the smallest part of a city. In crowded cities there are often slum villages. This paper highlights a model of slum villages in Wonosobo, Sruni village, and solutions to transform socio-cultural communities through renewable energy design based on low carbon concept. The method used is quantitative method based on demographic data of Sruni village, Wonosobo. Based on data and analysis, it is found that renewable energy that can be applied in Sruni village are sanitation, drainage and water waste management, solid waste, rain water harvesting, water wheel and solar panel energy. At the end of the discussion, it is concluded that there are needs to be re-densification or verticalization of the house, in order to obtain more public green open spaces. Meanwhile, based on quantitative analysis, Sruni village needs rain water harvesting system, additional 1 unit of communal Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) serving 80-100 households gray and black water, and 1 units of water wheels to accomodate electricity need of four inhabitant RTs in Sruni village .

Социально-политический аспект в женской поэзии Ирана (на примере лирики Форуг Фаррохзад)

The most important aspect in the study of a literary text as a form of sociocultural communication is the identification of its social orientation, the ability to generate ideas and influence their active functioning in the social space. The article deals with the socio-political aspect of the Forough Farrokhzad lyrics. She was the brightest representative of the new style in Persian poetry known as «she’r-e now» («new poetry»). The tools of feminist literary criticism were used as methodological basis of the work. During the study, all the poetic material of Forough Farrokhzad was analyzed, and some of the presented poetic passages were translated to Russian for the first time by the author of this article.

Harmonizing Higher Education at the Regional Level: The Case of ASEAN and the Philippines

Education is in the heart of Southeast Asia’s quest for equitable human development throughout the region. This has never been more pronounced than when the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) formed the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) in 2003, ushering in a number of regional directives and initiatives to harmonize higher education among ASEAN member states. Yet, the process has not been easy due to fundamental differences in higher education structure, quality, and processes among member countries. In light of this, the study traced the institutional arrangements and policy responses that have taken place at both regional and national levels in pursuit of integrating higher education in the region. First, it reviewed the key mechanisms that ASEAN has established to foster harmonization. It then discussed the experience of the Philippines in relation to the three components of harmonization, namely, qualifications framework, quality assurance, and credit transfer. It showed that while the government has shown sufficient response to its regional obligations through legislation and administrative issuances, it needs to do much more to show its commitment and ensure involvement of all higher education institutions in the integration process.

Son Preference among the Educated Urban Middle-class in North India

The prevalence of son preference among different socio-cultural and religious communities in India is an expression of patriarchal culture and values which highlights men’s social dominance and women’s subordinate position within this society. This qualitative study sheds light on how urban middle-class married mothers in the states of Delhi and Haryana, India, view and practice son preference. I conducted semi-structured interviews with 45 urban married, educated middle-class mothers who were recruited through the technique of snowballing. This research finds son preference to be deemed natural and acceptable by the urban middle-class women interviewed during the course of this study because of the various socio-cultural advantages associated with having a son. Old-age support, enhanced social status, women’s social dependency on men are some of the various socio-cultural benefits that participants attributed to the popularity of son preference. However, despite the prevalence of son preference, daughter aversion was not evident among the participants; they provided the same love, care, and education career opportunities to their daughters as they did to their sons. The research concludes that daughters’ social status is gradually improving as social attitudes among the urban middle-class are changing. This article suggests that women’s acceptance of son preference signifies that they have internalised their own gender subordination to the extent that they consider men to be socio-culturally and biologically superior to them. In order to examine this acceptance of gender subordination by women, I have employed Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of symbolic violence and symbolic capital.

Premises, Perils, and Promises of ASEAN Integration

This article is aimed at analyzing the premises, perils, and promises of ASEAN integration. Beyond examining the region’s situation, this article will also draw lessons from the European Union and various incipient Latin American integration projects. Specifically, this article will address the following questions: (a) How does the ASEAN’s founding myth affect the ASEAN integration project’s general direction? (b) What is wrong with ASEAN’s current neoliberal framework? (c) What country will be the likely hegemon of the ASEAN economic and socio-cultural community? (d) Is a solidarity-based, people-centered, grassroots-driven, and non-neoliberal model for ASEAN integration possible and sustainable? (e) What lessons can be drawn from the European and Latin American integration schemes?

Person of the Month: Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934)

Lev Vygotsky was an early 20th-century developmental psychologist who was a Soviet psychologist, the founder of an unfinished theory of human cultural and bio-social development commonly. Vygotsky conjectured that youngsters build up their practices and propensities from their societies and through relational encounters; he alluded to this marvels as social contemplation. He contended that higher reasoning created because of sociocultural communications and alluded to shared information of a culture as a disguise. For instance, a kid who realizes that utilizing the can is a private action has disguised a social standard. Vygotsky’s zone of proximal advancement (ZPD) remains a famous hypothesis in the field of formative brain research to delineate a kid’s learning procedure. The zone alludes to the traverse of time it takes a kid to continue from the beginning periods of taking in another errand to the time when the youngster can finish the new assignment autonomously. Vygotsky asserted that youngsters figured out how to accomplish additionally difficult errands with the guide of somebody more educated. Vygotsky alluded to this type of social help as a framework: the way toward helping a kid accomplish something without really doing it for him or her. Platform rehearses must be always changed in accordance with meet a tyke’s new abilities. For instance, a multi year-old’s zone of proximal advancement concerning taking in the letters in order may incorporate knowing the letters in order tune freely, yet indicating and recognizing letters is something he or she may require a platform to accomplish. As the kid figures out how to perceive letters, his or her folks or educators may framework the kid into perusing or composing. Numerous contemporary child rearing books exhort platform youngsters.

STUDI PERBANDINGAN PARADIGMA FUNGSIONALISME STRUKTURAL VS STRUKTURALISME LEVI-STRAUSS

This study aims to compare two paradigm functional paradigm (structural) vs. structuralism Levi-Strauss. To answer questions about both these paradigms will use a comparative study between functionalism paradigm theory or functionalism (structural) and developed structuralism Levi-Strauss as well as how both of these paradigms looking at a structure in understanding the symptoms of socio-cultural community. In the discussion of this study describes each paradigm in accordance with the basic assumptions, models, concepts and how each of these paradigms that analyze the social phenomena of culture in society by means of analysis of different fungsionalisme- (structural ) considers language as all that exists in the community has a social function and integrate with each other structurally, but developed structuralism Levi-Strauss understand the socio-cultural phenomenon kinship system, mythology and socio-cultural issues that exist in society as a structure of the language.

Интерпретация на културното наследство чрез визуални изследвания в реална, „ин ситу“ и музейна среда

The interpretation of the cultural heritage is presented in the context of the possibilities of ICT for the promotion of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Examples for the use of Augmented reality (AR) for the presentation of European cultural heritage are explored. There were presented opportunities for interpretation of the cultural heritage through visual research with information and communication technologies (ICT) in real “in situ” and museum environment by examples from Bulgaria for the use of the “Method of interaction of the arts in interpreting and presenting the cultural heritage through Information and Communication Technologies “and in particular with the use of augmented reality, introduced with the dissertation work “Protecting Bulgaria’s cultural heritage in the context of the synthesis of architecture and Fine Arts” (Nenov 2016). The possibilities of the method are discribed in the projects for “Revitalization of Ancient and Medieval fortress Hotalich Sevlievo” and a project for virtual presentation of the archaeological sites of the cultural heritage with category “national significance” – “Ancient and Medieval Fortress in the Horizon neighbourhood” and “Temple of Kibela Balchik” – an interactive and children’s museum in open and indoor, created by a team with head arch. Ivelin Nenov. These sites have created an environment for interpretation and presentation of the cultural heritage through visual interactions in a real “in situ” and museum environment. The specific methodology used by the team to investigate the examined objects could serve as a basis for a new approach for documention, exhibition, preservаtion and socializiation of ruinous cultural heritage. The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that have been used are presented as an extremely flexible tool for the promotion of tangible and intangible cultural values among a wide range of target groups of local and foreign socio-cultural communities.

Social Media and OPSEC / An Analysis through Sociology of Security

When virtual social relations and online interactions have increased in our age media also had a transformation. Social media is a phenomenon which came with wide usage of internet by modern society and individuals. On the one hand it has created opportunities for a more democratic way of communication, participation and dialogue between members of different socio-cultural groups, communities, friends and family members, colleagues, Etc.; on the other hand this new version of media has caused criminal risks, security gaps and vulnerabilities to contemporary threats varied from fraud to cyber-attacks, terrorism, identity theft, ransomwares and so on. Even “old types” of crimes in real life can begin from social media and virtual reality. All these problems are related to several subdisciplines of sociology: sociology of communication, sociology of crime, sociology of security are among them. In this paper we will analyze the topic though sociology of security’s prism. Also, we will discuss what can be the functionality of OPSEC as a measure, which has military background and widely used later on by civilian sectors including corporate security as well.

Current aspects of socio-cultural communication

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