Territorial Identity Research Articles

Language markers of national identity in Ukrainian migrant prose

The article presents a linguo-cultural analysis of modern prose works on migration-resettlement. The basis of the research methodology is the formation of lexical-thematic and lexical-grammatical groups, associative-semantic microfield "language", related to the socio-cultural reflection "one's own - another's". Stylistic functions, value-asciological content of names of persons by national and ethnic affiliation, names of immigrants as foreigners, names of products, dishes, drinks, as well as folklore are noted. The stylistic functions of grammatical stylists - conceptual epithets that specify the national-cultural and territorial identity of the characters - are separated. Emphasis is placed on the specific role of intimating pronouns that reflect the socio-cultural reflection of "one's own - another's". Emphasis is placed on the sociolinguistic aspects of contexts-dialogues about language, forms of proper names, which reflect the confusion of linguistic and cultural codes. It is concluded that the characters, according to the authors of modern migrant literature, are endowed with various civilizational identities, among which the national one is indicative. The linguosophy of migrationism is aimed at the subjectivization of the life of an ethnos (ethnoses), nations, countries, through the multitude of representations of which cognitive, emotional, behavioral, ritual features of linguistic and cultural consciousness objectified in generalized-image constructs appear. Emphasis is placed on the sociolinguistic aspects of contexts-dialogues about language, forms of proper names, which reflect the confusion of linguistic and cultural codes. It is concluded that the characters, according to the authors of modern migrant literature, are endowed with various civilizational identities, among which the national one is indicative. The linguosophy of migrationism is aimed at the subjectivization of the life of an ethnos (ethnoses), nations, countries, through the multitude of representations of which cognitive, emotional, behavioral, ritual features of linguistic and cultural consciousness objectified in generalized-image constructs appear.

Проблеми розмивання та деструкції національної ідентичності

The article analyzes different types of identity and finds that both regional, ethnic and national, belong to the territorial identity, and regional is more volatile and unstable iv contrast to ethnic, which, in addition to territoriality involves in its consideration of historical component – memories, memory of ancestors. The article also traces the influence of cultural memory on the formation of national identity. Studies of cultural memory are interdisciplinary in nature and are the subject of reflection in various scientific discourses (historical (F. Aries, J. Lefebvre, P. Nora, F. Fure), culturological (F. Yates, M. Foucault), sociological (M. Halbwax), philosophical (A. Bergson, E. Durkheim, A. Mole), psychological (W. Wordsworth, Z. Freud), etc.). Cultural memory is formed over the centuries and transmits cultural content in the form of texts, images, inscriptions, monuments, rituals, all indicators of tradition. It is a prerequisite for self-identification, as it connects knowledge about the past and present life situation of a particular social group. The issue of cultural memory is an important research issue. Songwriting transforms the cultural memory of Ukrainians and through the emotional component of the song (folklore) forms different types of identity. Mnemics of modus, decoded and incorporated into regional culture, are stable guardians of traditions that are broadcast not only limited territories, but are able to spread to unlimited areas. Thus, regional culture penetrates into various layers of national culture, supplementing and enriching it with cultural meanings. Cultural memory is most vividly formed in the Diasporas, which is explained by the desire to preserve national identity outside the homeland. The ways of expressing identity by folk songs are outlined. National-cultural identity is defined as a sense of belonging to a national community, consideration of one’s personality through the prism of identification with its symbols, values, history and culture. The significance of folk song practices for the formation of national identity is substantiated. Cultural regional identity in modern conditions is characterized. The region covers the history of Ukrainian culture in a new perspective and contributes to the study of individual territorial centers as unique and inimitable units in not only historical, geographical and art aspects, but also is important in cultural discourse. The appeal to primary source, in particular the folk song, makes a mechanism for the preservation of national integrity, transforming through the emotional component of song performance into cultural memory, which forms the identity itself. Cultural memory combined with historical experience will result in national identity and conscious being.

Cross-Border Regionalism in European Integration Strategies: A Conceptual Dimension

At the turn of the millennium, the issues of borders and border territories that arose as a result of the reinterpretation of the place and role of national states and supranational entities became the focus of social analysis. Scientific attention to cross-border strategies of European integration processes is determined both by a new vision of the phenomenon of regionalism and the characteristic features of territorial identities. The relevance of the study of crossborder regionalism lies in the awareness of the increasing specific weight of territoriality in the modern world system and the need to find algorithms to answer the challenges of our time, which are marked by “binding to the territory”. The purpose of the article is the theoretical and methodological study of models and concepts of cross-border cooperation, which are formed under the influence of interconnected processes of globalization and regionalization within the European space. The current conditions of functioning of countries in the context of cross-border cooperation necessitate the substantiation of conceptual approaches to uncovering the essence of the cross-border region as a methodological construct. The application of geopolitical and geohistorical methodology determines the representation of the essential characteristics of cross-border regionalism as well as the determination of the role and place of border regions in European integration strategies. As a result of the study, it was proven that the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation depends on the extent, to which the historical traditions, mentality and social attitudes of the population of the border areas are taken into account in the process of creating Euroregions. It has been found that the minimization of risks caused by the long-term development of societies within various state organizations directly depend on the degree of scientific understanding of the specifics, potential and opportunities of cross-border regions, as well as the variability of value orientations and behavioral stereotypes. It was determined that the “transparency” of borders is a powerful resource for the balanced development of states, increasing the role of cross-border dynamics in the sphere of economy, culture, and ecology. The practical significance of the study is determined by the representation of spatial trends in the coordination of European integration strategies, the development of regional identity, and the decentralization of decision-making. Increasing scientific knowledge about cross-border regionalism will help to better understand the role and place of Ukraine in the modern world and bring it closer to entering the European political space

HRYHORII SKOVORODA: UKRAINIZATION OFTHE IMAGE

Within the article the attempt is made to study the perception of the XVIII century philosopher Hryhorii Skovoroda’s image and its philosophy through the prism of the later national identities. The fact is stressed that the statement of the issue concerning the Hryhorii Skovoroda’s image Ukrainization and the history of its solution turns out to be the consequence of the process of establishing the Ukrainian modern self-identity which started in the ХІХ century. The situation is emphasized that within “all-Russian” identity one can come across its three variations: Skovoroda is a “Russian” (meaning “all-Russian”); Skovoroda is a “Malorussian” (meaning a representative of a regional variant of a “Russian” identity) and Skovoroda is a “Ukrainian” (meaning a native from the land that is called Ukraine). At the end of the ХІХ century Skovoroda’s image was interpreted within Ukrainian personal identity. The conclusion is made that during ХІХ-ХХ centuries and even nowadays two national identities for Skovoroda’s personality remain relevant: Ukrainian and Russian. The Russian one is a result of the XVIII-XIX centuries “all-Russian” syncretism state being transferred into the modern particular Russian national self-identity. The process of Hryhorii Skovoroda’s image Ukrainization (in other words its extraction from the “all-Russian” context) developed through several stages. At the beginning of the ХІХ century he was “Ukrainian” because he had a Ukrainian territorial identity and was related to Slobidska-Ukrainian province. Later he became “Ukrainian” because he represented “simple” Ukrainian people. Finally he is “Ukrainian” because he belongs to the Ukrainian ethnic nation and therefore his philosophy belongs to Ukrainian philosophical culture.

The sustainable development of a large area. A case study. Kratos 2020

Applied experience of democratic participation during a multi-agent integrated planning, organized from the bottom up in a territorial mosaic of Vast Area. The debate was feed through the weaker and local actors of governance (understood as "conversation", landscape), feeding awareness, and improve of endogenous processes of sustainable development. The Strategic Plan as a conscious mode to dilate time, and not like a final goal, a spontaneous harmonious link between hierarchies of the territorial attraction centers. A polycentrism of continuity and proximity to the creation of a territorial identity that leans on the environmental and cultural strategy to is determine. A real experience inspired by non-deterministic theoretical scientific approaches (and subordinated to the result); but it based on democratic ideals, while respecting the role of the institutions, ensuring a high value to the cardinal principle of consultation between the government bodies at various levels and encouraging their participation in the territory in a planned and orderly manner in respect of all local actors. The experience is certainly interesting for today's and future operators who will contribute to enhancing the sustainable development of the area, finding utopian guide and inspiration for democratization processes, with the hope that it can become a concrete best practice for developing good democracy and the determination of a coordinated and strategic planning of territories within the European Economic Space. &nbsp

ФРАГМЕНТАЦИЯ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА И ДИНАМИЗМ СОВРЕМЕННОЙ СИСТЕМЫ ГРАНИЦ

The forms, political and other factors of the dynamism of spatial boundaries are considered in the light of modern approaches in border studies. One of borders’ paradoxes lies in their inertia and at the same time high and increasing dynamism. It led to the creation of the concept of bordering, that is, the constant change in the functions and regime of borders, their significance for public opinion under the influence of political institutions, the practice of cross-border interactions and the international political and economic situation. The dynamism of the system of borders is determined by the increase in their number and length, reflecting the fragmentation of the world political space at all levels, the growing diversity of types of modern polities and the differences between them. In particular, the number of small states and, accordingly, the number of pairs of state borders are multiplied. The limited niche that small countries are forced to occupy in the international division of labor, as a rule, requires a specific regime (high openness) of borders and the delegation of part of sovereignty to other political actors. Large differences between polities, different ratios of kinds and the level of sovereignty results in the diversity and variability of the functional types of borders. Multilevel processes of integration and regionalization provoke an active redistribution of functions between state and other borders. Border issues are inseparable from the increasingly dynamic evolution of territorial identities, in particular, under the influence of international migration. Finally, the dynamism of borders is associated with their use as a tool for managing social and political processes. The configuration, functions and regime of borders, the asymmetry of cross-border flows are both a mirror and a factor of power of neighboring states and regions.

High-Speed Rail Stations and Airports: Symbolic Infrastructures of Mobility as “Places of Globalisation”

In the current era of mobility, airports and high-speed train stations have turned into necessary infrastructures of any world city. Beyond connecting places physically and energizing economically the cities in which they are located, they play a prominent role in the consolidation and maintenance of world cities, as they are also symbolic facilities, linked to dominant leisure-consumption practices. This more immaterial perspective is emphasised, especially in the face of the greater presence of non-aeronautical uses in these places, which has caused a change of conception in their architectural design, in the leisure-consumption activities that are developed in them and in the attempts to project territorial identities in a world context where homogenisation patterns printed by globalization are generalised. Therefore, in the face of those anthropological conceptions that define them as “non places”, they can be referred to as “places of Globalisation”, that are defined, or are at least heavily influenced, by the contemporary emphasis on leisure, consumption and global mobility.

On the Problem of Mediatization of Intra-Territorial Conflicts in China: A Historiographic Aspect

This article explores the role of the media in covering the conflict potential of mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The aim of the study is to analyze the media’s influence on the transformation of public opinion on issues of ethnic or territorial identity. Based on Chinese and Western media coverage, the reasons for unbalanced coverage of intra-territorial conflicts as well as the impact of stereotypes on political behaviour are identified. On the basis of the analysis the role of specific media in neutralizing the intra-regional conflict potential is determined, as well as the peculiarities of the technology of public opinion molding on the part of mainland China.

Internationalization of Tourism Destinations: Networking systems management

This paper aims to fill a gap in the existing research about the internationalization of tourism destinations through a systematic review of the literature focusing on publications presented between 2007 and 2017. The research followed the assumptions of the non-probabilistic snowball sampling technique. In addition, the computer programs VosViewer, for bibliometric analysis, and NVivo 10, for content analysis were used. Tourism destinations’ internationalization is a combination of: (i) integration of organizational interest with stakeholders’ interests; (ii) understanding that what moves these elements are endogenous and exogenous business opportunities; (iii) integrating external opportunities in the destination by aligning them with its territorial identity; (iv) achieving coherence between the previous three components through the implementation of a governance model; (v) a governance model that facilitates the destination’s organization by conciliating interests, resources and opportunities; (vi) and the DMOs that coordinate the dynamics generated between the elements of this system, making it possible to organize the supply following its territorial identity. The internationalization process of tourism destinations highlights factors different from the internationalization of companies. In the first scenario, politics, planning, and territory internationalization strategies should target different kinds of reflections according to the level of intervention (local, regional, national or international). In the second, it is essential that supply is aware of investment opportunities abroad, financial packages to support businesses, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The current period exposed the fragility of the tourism sector and how external threats can influence it. Thinking about the internationalization of tourism destinations shows how important it is to organize the tourism offer in accordance with the challenges the sector faces, at the same time as explaining the role of DMOs. Until now, this theme has been mainly studied from the perspective of demand, creating a gap in the existing knowledge about the organizational systems.

Drivers of vulnerability to climate change in the southernmost region of Bahia (Brazil)

The region that comprises the Atlantic Forest is one of the most degraded areas of the planet, being especially vulnerable in climate change scenarios, which project a mean temperature increase between 2ºC and 3ºC by 2070 for the Brazilian Northeast region. This article aims to analyze the main drivers of socio-environmental vulnerability in the Atlantic Forest region that comprises the southernmost identity territory of Bahia (Brazil) and their potential consequences for coping with climate change. To this end, historical data on land use and occupation was spatialized and evaluated, along with socioeconomic indicators and legal environmental adequacy in the municipalities that make up this territory. The results indicate four structural drivers that generate regional vulnerabilities: the persistence of deforestation; the continuous expansion of monoculture areas; the maintenance of low levels of well-being of the population; as well as a picture of legal environmental liabilities. Based on the analysis of these data, strategies are proposed to increase the adaptive capacity to climate change in this region, especially considering the role of municipalities as a central actor in the implementation of adaptation actions by incorporating into their existing planning instruments indicators and strategies that address the multiple current challenges, especially when the federal government seems to be neglecting climate change.

Key Identity Features of Urban Youth: The Case of Krasnodar Krai

This article is devoted to the study of urban youth local identity in a large and medium city. This identity is manifested in everyday interaction with the urban community, its socio-political institutions and visitors and affect the level of public and political participation, the presence of constructive civic practices. The aim is to identify and describe the main components and place of local youth identity in the system of social identities in large and medium-sized cities of Krasnodar krai (Krasnodar, Novorossiysk, Sochi and Armavir). The empirical basis of the study was made up of focus group transcripts conducted with various groups of young people (schoolchildren, students, and working youth). To verify the conceptual model a modified version of the Kuhn-McPartland method was used. On the basis of the conducted empirical research, the place of local identity in the system of urban youth social and territorial identities was revealed. The dependence between the size of a city and a cohort of young people and a local identity was shown. Such components of young people local identity as awareness of the city and its socio-political life, attitude towards representatives of other communities, a sense of their involvement in city life, the desire to stay and live in the city, the will to work for the benefit of the city, to participate in its socio-political life. The study made it possible to identify the valence of youth identity (negative, neutral, positive). The trajectories of young people spatial mobility that affect the degree of actualization and valence of local identity were also described. The dependence between the strength of youth local identity and participation in public and political activity for the benefit of the city and the region, participation in the activities of public and political organizations has been revealed.

What is Syrian nationalism? Primordialism and romanticism in official Baath discourse

AbstractThis article addresses the evolution of Syrian nationalism, showing how the early pan‐Arabist ideals of the Baathist founders morphed into a cult of personality focused narrowly on emotional attachments to the regime. Current Syrian state nationalism is a “constructed primordialism” consisting of vague and sentimental concepts of the Syrian people and their history, despite the fact that the Syrian state in its current territorial identity has only existed for a few decades and incorporates a diverse mosaic of ethnic, cultural, religious and national backgrounds. In the absence of a cohesive pre‐existing community to form the basis of Syrian national identity, the regime tempered its nominal commitment to Arabism with heavily Romanticized rhetoric emphasizing familial bonds of love and devotion between the people and the leader. This primordialist construct has thwarted the emergence of a civic‐oriented national identity in Syria and contributed to tensions underlying the current civil war.

СИСТЕМА ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ РУССКО-УКРАИНСКОГО НАСЕЛЕНИЯ РОССИИ

The article discusses the identity system of the Russian-Ukrainian population of Russia. The study determined the hierarchy of basic identities (civil, regional, ethnic) and shows the predominance of civic identities in combination with ethnic and territorial identities, ranking second and third respectively. It was revealed that the hierarchy of identity levels is determined by the influence of internal and external factors.

"The railroad" vehicle for the reconstruction of the historical memory of Girardot from the oral accounts of railwaymen. Case study: life stories of three railwaymen


 
 
 The economic, political, social and technological development of the territories reflected in the world today are narrated through stories that represent their territorial cultural identity, therefore, capturing these events as a starting point for the reconstruction of a Memory is essential, especially if they are told by their protagonists. Reason for which this qualitative biographical research arises. For the study, semi-structured interviews were carried out with three railway pensioners, also, a theoretical triangulation was applied under the concepts of historical memory, cultural heritage and oral stories, and finally, an opinion poll was carried out to understand the importance of the railway and its reconstruction from the individual narratives of the railwaymen. The compilation of the oral accounts of the three railway pensioners will obtain the recognition of the narratives as fundamental vehicles for the reconstruction of the memory of Girardot, just as, such a historical journey made possible the analysis of the close relationship of its inhabitants with this, what that achieved an approach to the realities and practices of individuals in the historical journey for the reconstruction of the memory of a city.
 
 

Pietrificare la ricchezza. Edifici, identità sociali e territoriali tra XI e XIII secolo

From the mid-eleventh century onwards, Europe has seen a significant increase in the construction with durable materials (stone and brick), no longer reserved to a few, large, construction sites. It was a structural transformation, linked to the emergence of new individual, social and territorial identities. The Petrifying Wealth project – presented in the contribution – aims to investigate this process within Mediterranean Europe (Spain, southern France, Italy).

Playing Dumb: Diplomacy and Dramatised Multilingualism in Thomas Heywood’s If you know not me, you know nobody, part 2

Contrasting Thomas Heywood’s diplomatic scenes in If you know not me, you know no bodie or The Troubles of the Queene Elizabeth (1605), with Francis Thynne’s The Perfect Ambassadour (1578) and Jean Hotman’s The Ambassador (1603), this study considers, with Peter Burke, language culture “in terms of linguistic, cultural and social conflicts as well as of collective solidarities and identities”. It approaches languages in terms of communities as loci of construction and reconstruction of national and territorial identities. Observing Heywood’s Latin-based diplomatic multilingualism, this article examines the process of delocalizing one’s language into a linguistic other and its physical re-localizing on the stage. It probes how diplomatic multilingualism reflects the difficult construction of the English self at the turn of the seventeenth century in terms of absorptiveness and defiance. It analyses how it dramatises the English ambivalence regarding the concepts of community and commonwealth. The first section examines the use of foreign languages in early modern English diplomacy and posits that, after Thynne’s reflection on diplomatic multilingualism, Elizabeth’s Latin should be construed as an object of a proto soft power. Heywood’s transfer of Elizabeth’s diplomatic multilingualism on the stage partakes of a cultural strategy. Thus the article shows how Heywood paradoxically recreates diplomatic otherness as local language. Lastly, it assesses the concord provided by Elizabeth’s stage multilingualism as coercive and potentially inefficient if not handled with measure.

The Bretons in French Politics: Regional Mobilization within and beyond the Central State

AbstractThis article revisits the French region of Brittany on the basis of sustained empirical research over a 25-year period. It identifies the twin use of influence and identity as forming a key part of an accepted and largely diffused territorial repertoire, based on affirming distinctiveness for reasons of vertical linkage, as well as horizontal capacity building. This article explores the different facets of this model of territorial influence. The two twin dimensions concern: first, a well-versed mechanism of lobbying central institutions and actors to defend the Breton interest; second, the use of territorial identity markers to forward the regional cause, relying on social movements and a broad capacity for regional mobilization. Within this overarching context, the Breton case demonstrates an intelligent instrumental use of identity and identity markers, but mainstream Breton forces recognize that this only makes sense in the light of the national level of regulation and structure of opportunities. The logic of this position is to integrate the Brittany region into a national model of territorial integration, while playing up identity markers to secure the maximum benefit for the region.

Dynamics of territorial identity and perception of the status of the region by residents of the Kaliningrad region in 2016–2020

The article deals with the specific of the territorial identity’s perception and status of the region by residents of the Kaliningrad region. Special attention was paid to 2016–2020 as a period characterized by geopolitical instability and militarization in the Baltic Sea region. +e research method is mass surveys of residents of the Kaliningrad region with subsequent statistical analysis of the data. Ideological types of respondents were used as a predictor calculated in accordance with the method of D. Nolan. On this basis two main hypotheses (H1 and H2) and two particular hypotheses were formulated: Liberal Democrats are in favor of giving the region a special economic status (H1a) and feel more like residents of Europe and the planet Earth (H2a); Social Etatist would like to see the region as an ordinary region (H1b), their identification has a pronounced pro-Russian character (H2b). It was found that among residents of the Kaliningrad region the pro-Russian identification options remain the absolute dominant, and there is a distance from the Eurocosmopolitan categories. +e most attractive status for the region for majority of residents is an area with a special economic status within the Russian Federation. The ideological type as a whole did not have a significant impact on the assessment of territorial identity and the perception of the administrative status of the region. The first hypothesis was not supported: only Liberal Democrats prefer to choose the actual area (the rest — the area with a special economic status). +e second hypothesis was partially confirmed: Social Democrats and Social Etatist consider themselves mainly as residents of the city or village where they now live; Liberal Democrats and Liberal Etatist define themselves more as a citizen of the world, a resident of the planet Earth.

Georgian Path to Secularism: A Case of ‘Cultural Defense’

ABSTRACT This article intends to understand the dynamics and particularities of the Georgian path to secularism by analyzing whether equal respect for all religions and freedom of conscience -principle of secularism- are fully realized in post-Soviet Georgia and whether state’s neutrality towards minority religions and church-state separation -operative modes of secularism- is truly secured. Employing the data obtained from interviews conducted in Tbilisi and Batumi in 2015–2017 and the related literature, it inquiries into concerns about ineffectual realization of principles of secularism due to the weaknesses in the operative modes of secularism. Research data revealed that weaknesses in the separation between the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) and the state and the state’s neutrality towards minority religions are the result of the power of the GOC caused by its historical significance and ‘cultural defense’, exacerbated by a perception of threat to territorial integrity and national identity. Weaknesses in the operative modes of secularism and cultural defense both conduce to the unequal treatment of religious minorities, which is reflected in the legal framework and newly established institutions, leading to the Georgian path to secularism.

Linguocognitive modeling of the image of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra (based on the data of federal mass media)

This article is dedicated to the problem of linguocognitive modeling of image of the region in the context of modern globalization processes and territorial identification among other constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The data of federal mass media published over the period from January 1, 2015 to January 31, 2021 served as the material for this research. The relevance of this article is defined by the interest of modern science in the problems of structural organization, substantive characterization, and typological specification of the image of separate territorial entities. The application of linguocognitive approach reveals the implicit properties of the phenomenon “the image of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra”, which is of crucial practical importance for representation of the region in the overall territorial arena of the Russian Federation. The conclusion is made on feasibility of constructing the linguistic image of the region based on its economic attractiveness (46%), cultural-historical attractiveness (17%), and spatial characteristics (11%). Each type of identification includes certain attributes of factual, associative, or symbolic nature. The scientific novelty lies in description of the conceptual model of regional linguistic space of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, as well as the external image of the region based on the acquired data. The general methodology for determining the conceptual framework of representations on the region can be extrapolated to the practice of other Russian regions and identification of the similar processes of image design. The research perspective is determined by expansion of the material, modeling of the internal linguistic image of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, and conducting comparative studies.