Ways Of Self-representation Research Articles

Серапіс у системі світоглядних традицій населення римської провінції Азії

In the process of the formation of empires or significant in terms of size and variety states, sooner or later the question of unification of the population arises. One of the means of such consolidation is changes in spiritual culture. In the Hellenistic period, such processes were particularly vivid, and one of the manifestations of the integration of society was the creation of new cults. One of them was the cult of Serapis. The peculiarities of the role of Egypt and the western coast of Asia Minor in the economic life of the Mediterranean became the guarantee of this cultural and religious integration. Archaeological and numismatic sources allow us to trace the main ways of spreading the new cult and their local features. The topic of the iconography of Serapis and other Egyptian deities is not new, but the article focuses on the Roman province of Asia, where the figure of Serapis became one of the ways of preserving Greek identity. On the basis of a significant array of numismatic sources, the main types of representation of Serapis and local specificity are shown. Since the region was one of the centers of worship of Hades, there is a combination of these cults, and Serapis begins to be depicted as the ruler of the underworld on a throne, with a spear, and Cerberus at his feet. Also, the bust of Serapis was often placed on coins with the personification of such important phenomena as the personification of the demos or the personification of the senate. Thanks to coin types with Serapis, it is possible to reconstruct the cults of other local deities, the symbolism of which is placed together. The long-term use of coin types, their stability and wide geography indicate that Serapis was an important symbol and way of self-representation of the population of the province in the regional market.

Superare il guado. Riflessioni su archeologia, storia sociale e modelli di autorappresentazione delle disparità: alcuni esempi dalle comunità antiche e moderne

Starting from personal observations about contemporary expressions of gender / age / status-based exclusion and disparity, the paper aims at synthetizing the most relevant theoretical issues about possible ways of self-representation in “traditional” and ancient societies, through the analysis of case-studies from pre-roman communities in Central Italy, focusing on the role of the individuals, as they emerge mainly from the funerary record. After a brief review of the research history, the paper analyses the differences between the Middle-Thryrrenian peoples (as Etruscans, Faliscans and Latins) and those settled along the Middle-Adriatic coast. The formers are characterized by princely burial habits, which probably reflect the role of exceptionally rich individuals (both males and females); on the other hand, in the “Italic” regions of Abruzzo and Molise, the archaic communities seem to be organized on an egalitarian basis and with a lower visibility for adult women, although this may reflect a “contrastive” intent, emphasizing the differences with the wealthy Tyrrhenian lifestyle. Then, the paper outlines cases of inequality and abuse from the Veneto region and from Etruria and Latium vetus, connecting them also to the phenomenon of ancient and modern slavery and evidencing the impact of individual suffering as a possible incentive towards social change.

Virtual labyrinths: Nancy K. Miller’s and Susan Gubar’s narratives of cancer

Abstract In the midst of the age of memoir, where the demarcation between public discourse and private lives has been eroded, a number of life-writing genres figure prominently as identity narratives. Specifically, illness narratives proliferate in both digital and non-digital forms, thus becoming powerful social and cultural forms to understand illness today. This article aims to analyze how online forms are bringing relevant changes both to the genre and to the actual communication of cancer experience. Nancy K. Miller and Susan Gubar choose different forms (visual diary and blog, respectively) to help readers “acknowledge the place of cancer in the world”. Having lived in cancerland for a while, both reject widespread stereotypes about illness, such as being a cancer survivor, the role of the good patient or the need to reject negative emotions such as anger, fear or sadness. Specifically, I will use the concept of automediality in order to explore how subjectivity is constructed in their use of images and new media. This concept may help us further explore the ways in which online forms offer new ways of self-representation and mediation between technology and subjectivities.

Blogosphere as the Way of Self-Representation and Developing Reporter’s Creative Potential

Nowadays Internet has become the most influential way of content’s spreading. Blogs, social networks and messengers turned into platforms for full-fledged marketing and journalistic product promotion. Some experts think that this trend is positive, but other experts consider it to be negative. This study considers features of professional domestic reporters’ blogging, and examines the way network activity optimizes their professional potential.

Selfie-Viewing and Facial Dissatisfaction among Emerging Adults: A Moderated Mediation Model of Appearance Comparisons and Self-Objectification.

With the visual turn in online communication, selfies have become common on social media. Although selfies as a way of self-representation provide people with more chances to express themselves, the adverse effects selfies could bring to users’ body image need to be treated seriously. This study tested whether selfie-viewing behaviour on social media was related to facial dissatisfaction and whether appearance comparisons played a mediating role. Moreover, the self-objectification was examined as a moderator between selfie-viewing behaviour and facial dissatisfaction via appearance comparisons. Results showed that more selfie-viewing was associated with higher facial dissatisfaction, and this relationship was mediated by appearance comparisons. The study also found that self-objectification moderated the indirect relation between selfie-viewing and facial dissatisfaction via appearance comparisons. Gender differences were also found to affect the mediation model. Our research provides new insights into the interactions between social media use and perception of body image.

ЖІНОЧЕ СПОЖИВАННЯ В УСРР У 1920–1930-ТІ РОКИ: СТЕРЕОТИПИ ТА РЕАЛЬНІСТЬ

Для жіноцтва в будь-які часи було важливо яскраво одягатися, бо до цього спонукали правила андроцентричного світу. Тому більш актуальними в даному дослідженні постають такі питання: по-перше, чи стала радянська жінка повноцінним споживачем; по-друге, чи змінювалася її платоспроможність; по-третє, як відрізнялося споживання таких соціальних страт, як городянки і робітниці, селянки й колгоспниці, дружини командирів Червоної Армії, стахановки.

Self-Representation among Dark-Skinned Individuals on the Discourse of Beauty

This article aims to see how’s dark skin people perceive the color of their skin either it’s beautiful or ugly . Up until now, being beautiful categorized as those with fair skin, including Indonesian. This is important to be seen because how you represent yourself related to your identity − who you are or how do you want to be seen . Either they are confident with their skin or not, it is their way of self representation which they got from identity negotiation . But, among dark skin people there always be people who confidently represents their identity against the beauty discourse or counter-discourse . Previous literature reviews show there are two reason can cause counter-discourse: recognition and negotiation. Recognition is an act actor does to fight the mainstream discourse, meanwhile negotiation is about negotiating about what they have. My argument here is women can counter the discourse because of negotiation, they have free choice and body autonomy. Also, they have power to counter the discourse by bargaining power. This article uses qualitative research with in-depth interview towards nine female informants with spesific range of age: 16 – 24 because those ages are ages with huge internet usage . Skin tone classification for informant selection is based on Fitzpatrick skin type scale . Research findings show seven from nine informants have done counter the beauty discourse. Informants also explained how their personality or skills could be their bargaining power which made them easier to counter the beauty discourse. Beside that, informant also have done negotiate their identity from accepted the beauty discourse about desirable skin tones, into counter it. The process did not come out of the blue, but also it need both internal and external factors role. Internal factor is self-consciousness about beauty itself while external factors from family, peer or media socialization.

CINE CON MIRADA LOCAL. Práctica política que recupera y resiste

Desde hace diez años Víctor González, habitante del corregimiento de Villa Paz, impulsa una práctica de memoria y visibilidad. Con la colaboración de personas de su comunidad ha realizado películas que resignifican actividades locales, proponiendo la reactivación de sistemas simbólicos y prácticas de larga duración de la región, que por diversos motivos, han entrado en desuso o están siendo modificadas. Este artículo presenta el análisis de sus producciones, en clave de las representaciones que se configuran a partir del video, buscando dar cuenta de la mirada que se construye sobre el contexto en el que surgen.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN THEATER & THE DECONSTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM

Lorraine Hansberry was an African-American playwright who used her plays as a way of protest against the injustice towards the African descendants in the USA and fought against the prejudice and discrimination faced by her people at that time. Her work was a site for many discussions that were very relevant to further movements such as the civil rights one. She showed in her work that although the USA was supposed to be the Land of Opportunity, the prosperity of this land as well as the ideals from the American Dream were not available the same way to all citizens, just to those who could fit the mainstream American stereotype. This article is going to show that Theater can be an important way of self-representation, a site for relevant discussions, and a way of subverting patriarchal discourses.

How Vladimir Putin’s Divorce Story Was Constructed and Received, or When the President Divorced His Wife and Married the Country Instead

When the Russian president divorced his wife in 2013, social media crowds coined plenty of the Internet memes to interpret the news. Anastasia Denisova, Doctoral Researcher at CAMRI, examined the framing of the story in traditional and new media and came to the surprising findings.

Representation in Participatory Video: Some Considerations from Research with Métis in British Columbia

Participatory research is now a central approach for shaping relationships between the academy and marginalized communities and people. Somewhat less developed has been the concern for ensuring that participatory processes have research products that are inclusive and accessible as well. Participatory video has emerged as a key tool in putting together process and product in ways that provide avenues for marginalized communities to participate in both forms of self-research and ways of self-representation. In this essay, the authors discuss the development and progress of two participatory video projects underway with Métis communities in British Columbia. The conditioning factors for the degree and distribution of control over self-representation within participatory video are at least as complex as those within participatory research itself, but none the less doors are opening for marginalized communities via new digital technologies.

Negotiating Skills in the Global City: Hungarian and Romanian Professionals and Graduates in London

The international mobility of professionals and graduates is one of the most dynamic transnational types of movement and represents an increasingly large component of global migration streams. The global competition for talent, the expansion of the knowledge economy and the increasing globalisation of markets and companies contribute to the increased importance of these mobility flows. Yet academic debates persist around who and what is meant by ‘highly skilled’. This paper highlights the importance of social context and immigrant agency in the assessment of skills and human capital. It draws attention to the substantial difference between ‘highly skilled’ and ‘highly qualified’ immigrants. The analysis presents original empirical data collected in 2005 through an online survey (N=133) and 54 semi-structured interviews with East European professionals and graduates living and working in London. It argues that the social aspects of skills are essential components of skill construction, especially in the changing social contexts of migration. It concludes that being skilled is an outcome of negotiations around the value and the value-attached significance of employable human capital. The negotiators are, on the one hand, the highly qualified migrants themselves and their ways of self-representation of the value of their credentials, knowledge, skills and abilities; on the other hand, they are the employers and their ways of perception, assessment and judgement of employable human capital.

"European Original Fiction": A National Resource and Different Ways of Self-Representation

Original television fiction that has been created at a national and regional level plays a leading role in European countries. This paper presents research on the editorial strategies, cultural indicators, and scheduling of new fiction productions on national television networks in some of Western Europe's major countries during the second half of the 1990s. The reasons behind Western Europe's strategic choices in national television production are related to the recent history of European broadcasting, the present audiovisual landscape of these countries, the role of commercial and public service television companies, and the values of the producers and professionals behind the productions. These factors are today converging towards a greater importance for national television production in Europe.