Bhangra in Newcastle: Music, ethnic identity and the role of local knowledge

Ivan Ogienko (1882-1972), also known as Metropolitan Hilarion, devoted much attention to the role and place of religion in the national life of Ukrainians and their ethnic identity in their scholarly and theological works. Without exaggeration it can be argued that the problem of national unity of the Ukrainian people is one of the key principles of all historiosophical considerations of the famous scholar and theologian. If the purpose of the spiritual life of a Ukrainian, according to his views, is to serve God, then the purpose of state or terrestrial life is the dedicated service to his people. The purpose of heaven and the purpose of the earthly paths, intersecting in the life of a certain group of people through the lives of its individual representatives, give rise to a unique alliance of spiritual unity, the name of which is "people" or "nation." Religion (faith) in the process of transforming the anarchist crowd into a spiritually integrated and orderly national integrity serves as the transformer of the imperfect nature of the human soul into perfect.

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Track 2.a Introduction

Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management ◽

10.33114/adim.2019.2a ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sucharita BENIWAL ◽

Sahil MATHUR ◽

Lesley-Ann NOEL ◽

Cilla PEMBERTON ◽

Suchitra BALASUBRAHMANYAN ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Local Knowledge ◽

Ways Of Knowing ◽

Social Contexts ◽

Knowledge Systems ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

Native Communities ◽

Cultural Systems ◽

Local Practices

The aim of this track was to question the divide between the nature of knowledge understood as experiential in indigenous contexts and science as an objective transferable knowledge. However, these can co-exist and inform design practices within transforming social contexts. The track aimed to challenge the hegemony of dominant knowledge systems, and demonstrate co-existence. The track also hoped to make a case for other systems of knowledges and ways of knowing through examples from native communities. The track was particularly interested in, first, how innovators use indigenous and cultural systems and frameworks to manage or promote innovation and second, the role of local knowledge and culture in transforming innovation as well as the form of local practices inspired innovation. The contributions also aspired to challenge through examples, case studies, theoretical frameworks and methodologies the hegemony of dominant knowledge systems, the divides of ‘academic’ vs ‘non-academic’ and ‘traditional’ vs ‘non-traditional’.

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Delegation and Control Revisited

10.1093/oso/9780190672454.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Dan Honig

Keyword(s):

Foreign Aid ◽

International Development ◽

Local Knowledge ◽

Entry And Exit ◽

Country Ownership ◽

Development Organization ◽

Workplace Experience ◽

And Control ◽

The Relationship

This chapter traces the relationship between political authorizing environments, international development organization (IDO) management, and IDO field agents, drawing on the empirics presented in chapters 6 and 7. It digs into the experience of working for USAID as compared to DFID. It also extends the discussion of delegation to implementing contractors and brings this book’s theorizing of Navigation by Judgment into conversation with other foreign aid solutions aimed at incorporating local knowledge, such as establishing country offices or ensuring projects have country ownership. This chapter connects Part II’s empirics more tightly to the mechanisms theorized in Part I , particularly the role of authorizing environment insecurity and the need to “manage up” (Chapter 4) and their implications for the workplace experience of agents (Chapter 3) and the entry and exit of personnel.

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Segmental Volatility in Ethnically Divided Societies: (Re)assessing Party System Stability in Southeast Europe

Nationalities Papers ◽

10.1017/nps.2021.9 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Damir Kapidžić ◽

Olivera Komar

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Party System ◽

Ethnically Diverse ◽

Party Systems ◽

System Stability ◽

Southeast Europe ◽

East European ◽

Ethnic Parties ◽

Stabilizing Factors

Abstract This article examines the role of ethnicity and ethnic parties as stabilizing factors in Southeast European party systems. It compares two ethnically divided countries in Southeast Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, where ethnic identities that form the political cleavage are firm, and Montenegro, where they are malleable. Theoretically, it addresses the debate between scholars who either find stability or instability in East European post-communist party systems. The article traces the role of ethnicity in the formation and development of electoral contests and compares the two cases by utilizing measures of block volatility, based on analysis of official electoral data. We argue that party systems in ethnically diverse countries are stable at the subsystems level, but unstable within them. In BiH, firm ethnic identity stabilizes the party system by limiting competition between blocks, leading to closure. Malleable ethnic identity in Montenegro opens competition to non-ethnic parties seeking to bridge ethnic divisions, leading to more instability. We find that party system dynamics in ethnically divided new democracies depend on identity rigidity and cleavage salience, in addition to levels of heterogeneity.

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Community risk assessment of rainfall variability under rain-fed agriculture: the potential role of local knowledge in Ghana

Ghana Journal of Development Studies ◽

10.4314/gjds.v13i2.4 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 66 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Emmanuel K. Derbile ◽

Dramani J.M. File

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Local Knowledge ◽

Potential Role ◽

Rainfall Variability ◽

Community Risk

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Indigenous ethnic identity, in-group warmth, and psychological wellbeing: A longitudinal study of Māori

Current Psychology ◽

10.1007/s12144-021-01636-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Carla Houkamau ◽

Petar Milojev ◽

Lara Greaves ◽

Kiri Dell ◽

Chris G Sibley ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

New Zealand ◽

Ethnic Group ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Large Scale ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Cultural Knowledge ◽

Identity Centrality

AbstractLongitudinal studies into the relationship between affect (positive or negative feelings) towards one’s own ethnic group and wellbeing are rare, particularly for Indigenous peoples. In this paper, we test the longitudinal effects of in-group warmth (a measure of ethnic identity affect) and ethnic identity centrality on three wellbeing measures for New Zealand Māori: life satisfaction (LS), self-esteem (SE), and personal wellbeing (PW). Longitudinal panel data collected from Māori (N = 3803) aged 18 or over throughout seven annual assessments (2009–2015) in the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study were analyzed using latent trajectory models with structured residuals to examine cross-lagged within-person effects. Higher in-group warmth towards Māori predicted increases in all three wellbeing measures, even more strongly than ethnic identity centrality. Bi-directionally, PW and SE predicted increased in-group warmth, and SE predicted ethnic identification. Further, in sample-level (between-person) trends, LS and PW rose, but ethnic identity centrality interestingly declined over time. This is the first large-scale longitudinal study showing a strong relationship between positive affect towards one’s Indigenous ethnic group and wellbeing. Efforts at cultural recovery and restoration have been a deliberate protective response to colonization, but among Māori, enculturation and access to traditional cultural knowledge varies widely. The data reported here underline the role of ethnic identity affect as an important dimension of wellbeing and call for continued research into the role of this dimension of ethnic identity for Indigenous peoples.

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Sugar Rush: Sugar and Science in the British Caribbean

Britain and the World ◽

10.3366/brw.2021.0369 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 128-150

Author(s):

Nicole A. Jacoberger

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Eighteenth Century ◽

Sugar Beet ◽

Local Knowledge ◽

Cane Sugar ◽

Technological Innovations ◽

Foreign Competition ◽

The Caribbean ◽

A Site

This article examines the contrasting evolution in sugar refining in Jamaica and Barbados incentivized by Mercantilist policies, changes in labor systems, and competition from foreign sugar revealing the role of Caribbean plantations as a site for experimentation from the eighteenth through mid-nineteenth century. Britain's seventeenth- and eighteenth-century protectionist policies imposed high duties on refined cane-sugar from the colonies, discouraging colonies from exporting refined sugar as opposed to raw. This system allowed Britain to retain control over trade and commerce and provided exclusive sugar sales to Caribbean sugar plantations. Barbadian planters swiftly gained immense wealth and political power until Jamaica and other islands produced competitive sugar. The Jamaica Assembly invested heavily in technological innovations intended to improve efficiency, produce competitive sugar in a market that eventually opened to foreign competition such as sugar beet, and increase profits to undercut losses from duties. They valued local knowledge, incentivizing everyone from local planters to chemists, engineers, and science enthusiasts to experiment in Jamaica and publish their findings. These publications disseminated important findings throughout Britain and its colonies, revealing the significance of the Caribbean as a site for local experimentation and knowledge.

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ETHNIC IDENTITY TRANSFORMATION OF RUSSIAN GERMANS (BY THE EXAMPLE OF MATERIALS IN THE KRASNOYARSK TERRITORY)

Northern Archives and Expeditions ◽

10.31806/2542-1158-2021-5-2-65-79 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 65-79

Author(s):

E.A. Grak ◽

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Historical Memory ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Basic Research ◽

Identity Transformation ◽

Demographic Development ◽

80Th Anniversary ◽

Mixed Marriages ◽

Russian Germans

The article considers the nature of ethnic identity transformation of Russian Germans and their descendants currently residing in Krasnoyarsk Region. Ethnic and demographic development of Russian Germans is characterized by depopulation, migration loss and irreversibility of ethnic assimilation. This actualizes the problem of finding effective mechanisms for preservation and ethnical and cultural reproduction of the German ethnic group. Analyze of the ethnic identification model of the deported Germans and their descendants allows to determine key ethnic-forming factors. It is concluded that traditional markers, such as language and religion, have lost their meaning in the process of ethnic self-identification. Their reproduction was destroyed by alien ethnic environment with the spread of nationally mixed marriages. The article notes the increased role of historical memory in the post-deportation period, which is formed through interfamilial and intergenerational communication. Images of the past are represented and transmitted, first of all, through family and other social institutions. The otherness of the Russian Germans is manifested through their opposition to Germans of Germany. The study is based on biographical interviews of deported Germans and their descendants taken by a group of Krasnoyarsk historians during a field expedition to the south of the region in 2017 in termd of the project «Ethnic groups in Siberia: conditions for cultural memory preservation» with the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. The article is dated to the 80th anniversary of the Russian Germans deportation.

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