Identity Creation and Resource Controlling Strategies: Thoughts on Edomite Ethnogenesis and Development

This article begins with a parody, a fictitious set of regulations for the production of “traditional” Italian polenta. Through analysis of primary and secondary historical sources we then discuss the various meanings of which polenta has been the bearer through time and space in order to emphasize the mutability of the modes of preparation, ingredients, and the social value of traditional food products. Finally, we situate polenta within its broader cultural, political, and economic contexts, underlining the uses and abuses of rendering foods as traditional—a process always incomplete, often contested, never organic. In stirring up the past and present of polenta and placing it within both the projects of Italian identity creation and the broader scholarly literature on culinary tradition and taste, we emphasize that for so-called traditional foods to be saved, they must be continually reinvented.

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CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS: Interaction between manager, employees and stakeholders

Tourism and hospitality management ◽

10.20867/thm.10.3-4.14 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 10 (3-4) ◽

pp. 175-188

Author(s):

Hrvoje Pende

Keyword(s):

Corporate Branding ◽

Business Environment ◽

Corporate Identity ◽

Corporate Communication ◽

Corporate Communications ◽

Open Communication ◽

Identity Creation ◽

Social Patterns ◽

Communication Program ◽

Highly Correlated

The paper discusses the role and importance of corporate communications in the processes of corporate identity creation. Corporate identity is a result of the interaction between manager, employees and business environment/stakeholders. Possibilities of creating a desirable corporate identity is highly correlated with the dominant organizational and social patterns of culture. Strong, open and positive cultures give the corporation pre-requisite to communicate efficiently, which will bring the corporation into the corporate branding process with all the competitive benefits. Negative cultures does not support creation of favourable corporate identities and images. They create fear of open communication: pre-requisite of any efficient corporate communication program.

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Identity VS E-dentity

Stream: Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication ◽

10.21810/strm.v3i1.49 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 15-19

Author(s):

Katarina Kuruc

Keyword(s):

Vital Role ◽

Fourth Dimension ◽

Identity Creation ◽

Cyber Space ◽

And Shifts

In our current technologically-mediated environment there is in fact a fourth dimension that needs to be taken in to consideration which plays an equally vital role in shaping our identity: that of technology. What happens when experience takes place outside the realm of traditional reality and shifts virtually into cyber-space? Does our identity become free-floating? In other words, because experience relies on our senses and perceptions, when our experiences become mediated what happens to the process of identity creation?

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Uczenie się jako przestrzeń dyskursywnie konstruowana

Kultura-Społeczeństwo-Edukacja ◽

10.14746/kse.2017.12.13 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 273-284

Author(s):

Monika Popow

Keyword(s):

Discourse Theory ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Discursive Space ◽

Identity Creation ◽

Cultural Aspects ◽

Cultural Processes ◽

Dialogic Theory

The aim of this paper is to present the conception of learning as a discursive space. It presents the existing research in the field of critical discourse theory, cultural processes of learning as well as dialogic theory of learning. Different aspects of discourse of learning are discussed, including learning as a space for identity creation processes. Furthermore the issues of empty signifiers in a discourse of learning as well as cultural aspects of the discourse of learning and its consequences for identity creation processes are raised.

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Anonymity and Democracy: Absence as Presence in the Public Sphere

American Political Science Review ◽

10.1017/s0003055418000163 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 112 (3) ◽

pp. 459-472 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

HANS ASENBAUM

Keyword(s):

Public Sphere ◽

Democratic Theory ◽

Central Feature ◽

Identity Performance ◽

Liberal Democracies ◽

Identity Creation ◽

The Public ◽

Core Elements ◽

The Public Sphere ◽

Explanatory Concept

Although anonymity is a central feature of liberal democracies—not only in the secret ballot, but also in campaign funding, publishing political texts, masked protests, and graffiti—it has so far not been conceptually grounded in democratic theory. Rather, it is treated as a self-explanatory concept related to privacy. To overcome this omission, this article develops a complex understanding of anonymity in the context of democratic theory. Drawing upon the diverse literature on anonymity in political participation, it explains anonymity as a highly context-dependent identity performance expressing private sentiments in the public sphere. The contradictory character of its core elements—identity negation and identity creation—results in three sets of contradictory freedoms. Anonymity affords (a) inclusion and exclusion, (b) subversion and submission, and (c) honesty and deception. This contradictory character of anonymity's affordances illustrates the ambiguous role of anonymity in democracy.

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Situating Social Identity through Language Convergence in Online Groups

Social Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-984-7.ch091 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 1433-1444

Author(s):

Scott L. Crabill

Keyword(s):

Social Identity ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Online Discussion ◽

Online Communication ◽

Discussion Board ◽

Board Members ◽

Discussion Boards ◽

Identity Creation ◽

Online Groups ◽

Face To Face

According to social identity theory, individuals create and maintain their social identity through group membership. During face-to-face interactions within a group, people assess various verbal and nonverbal cues to influence the perceptions of themselves by others. However, in the context of online communication these cues are not as readily available. A screen name can be viewed as part of an individual’s “social identity creation”: a message that members of online discussion boards interpret and react to while trying to situate themselves within the group. This chapter explores how language convergence can function as a cue that facilitates situating social identity within online in-groups. Results of a content analysis of 400 screen names suggest that the screen names of discussion board members serve as an organizing variable for participants to situate themselves socially within the context of online interaction.

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Knowledge Management

Handbook of Research on Knowledge-Intensive Organizations ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-176-6.ch033 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 552-561 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dariusz Jemielniak ◽

Jerzy Kociatkiewicz

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Research Area ◽

Contemporary Society ◽

Identity Creation ◽

Management Literature ◽

History Of ◽

Knowledge Intensive ◽

Intensive Work ◽

Current Business

Knowledge management and knowledge-intensive work are two of today’s hot buzzwords, though both already have a history of managerial usage. While some authors claim that knowledge is the most important organizational asset in contemporary society, others retort that much of knowledge management literature and practical solutions are just perfunctory and propagandist and many, if not most, managerial polices rely on manipulation of emotions and identity creation. This chapter aims to capitalize on this fascinating and timely research area. We want to present the current business fad of knowledge-management in terms of excess and forgetful repetition of ideas. We look at knowledge management as an idea of highly suspect utility, and search for explanations for and possible counterbalances to its ubiquity.

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The Significance of Megalithic Monuments in the Process of Place Identity Creation and in Tourism Development

Open Geosciences ◽

10.1515/geo-2018-0040 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 504-516

Author(s):

Alicja Edyta Krzemińska ◽

Anna Dzikowska ◽

Anna Danuta Zaręba ◽

Katarzyna Rozalia Jarosz ◽

Krzysztof Widawski ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Place Identity ◽

Sacred Sites ◽

Cultural Elements ◽

Identity Creation ◽

Positive Elements ◽

Large Numbers ◽

Under Construction ◽

Technical Solutions ◽

Vital Element

Abstract All over the world and for thousands of years, megaliths have been significant cultural elements, as well as sacred sites and places of power. Nowadays megaliths act as a strong magnet for tourists, who appreciate their history, esoterica and magic. Some megaliths were used for astronomical observations, so vital to maintain the continuity of harvest and crop. Other megalithic constructions were erected for funerary purposes, and served as individual or collective burial chambers. Megalithic structures are usually referred to as belonging to the European Neolithic but it has to be stressed that some megalithic constructions date back to the Bronze Age, and some were also built on other continents. Megaliths are a vital element of landscape and for historical reasons they are a sui generis monument, commemorating prehistorical cultures. At the same time, along with the remaining elements of the natural and cultural environment, they create a unique image of place identity, attracting large numbers of tourists. Interestingly, despite the strong attraction exercised by megaliths, there are still many places where tourism does not develop as rapidly as might be assumed. For the above-mentioned reasons, a comparative analysis of several megalithic sites has been conducted in Poland, Sweden, Portugal and Denmark. The following elements have been analysed: the megaliths immediate surroundings, the existing and planned or under-construction tourist and communication infrastructure, as well as architectural and spatial technical solutions and development. Also the key negative and positive elements have been defined which influence the tourist potential of the places in question, and constitute the tourism attractiveness factors of a region.

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