Itinerant nationalisms and fracturing narratives: Incorporating regional dimensions of memory into peacebuilding

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1183-1199
Author(s):  
Andrea Purdeková
Keyword(s):  
Nation Building ◽  
Great Lakes Region ◽  
National Context ◽  
Dynamic Approach ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Memory Work ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Operational Action ◽  
The Impact

While conflict is often understood across multiple levels, including its regional dimension, peacebuilding and memory work are rarely put in conversation at this level. The article explores regional dimensions of memory and argues that these open a novel and analytically productive lens on the nature and legacy of cross-border conflict and can bolster peacebuilding approaches. Taking the key case study of the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and specifically the regionalizing dimensions of the Rwandan genocide, the article investigates the impact of two very different regional dimensions of memory on social cohesion. First, the article considers the more intuitive ways in which grievances that extend across borders and fractured regional memories continue to fuel conflict. Second, and pushing beyond this, the article considers the ways in which returning diaspora deploys memory born in the wider region in attempts at nation-building. The article thus deploys a dynamic approach to memory, exploring mobile memories and the ways in which regional experiences are carried and deployed back in a national context. Overall, the article urges us to extend regional lens beyond the study of conflict roots and operational action to the study of postconflict peacebuilding and commemoration.

Exploring Subbordia – the impact of suburbanisation in cross-border metropolitan regions. The case study of Szczecin and its German hinterland

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Barthel ◽  
Ewelina Barthel
Keyword(s):  
Border Region ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Metropolitan Regions ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Planning Support ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Connected Area ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Local Narratives

Abstract This paper focuses on the largely unexamined phenomenon of the developing trans-national suburban area west of Szczecin. Sadly the local communities in this functionally connected area struggle with national planning policies that are unsuitable for the region. The paper examines the impact of those processes on the border region in general and on the localities in particular. The paper investigates the consequences for local narratives and the cohesive development of the Euroregion and what position Polish and German communities took to develop the region, even without the necessary planning support. The region has succeeded in establishing grass-roots planning mechanisms which have helped to create a metropolitan-region working from the bottom up.

scholarly journals Personal Income Tax and Social Security Coordination in Cross-Border Employment – a Case Study of the Czech Republic and Denmark

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Tepperová
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Personal Income Tax ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Social Security Contributions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Neither personal income tax nor social security is harmonised within the EU. Social security systems are coordinated at EU level whereas personal income tax in cross-border situations is governed by respective double tax treaties. In most EU countries, personal income tax and social security contributions are relatively distinct payments. This article examines problems surrounding the interaction between personal income tax and social security contributions on a national and international level based on a case study of cross-border employment between the Czech Republic and Denmark. As the Czech and the Danish systems are designed very differently, the case study allows for clear illustration of the issue at-hand. The aim is to identify the elements influencing the impact of different coordination rules in personal income tax and social security contributions, illustrate and discuss the potential problems of such mismatches between the two payments. The impact on final payments differs, not only due to the different levels of coordination of the payments, but also due to the different designs of the two national systems. Thus, it would be very difficult to address all the scenarios with a one size fits all measure for all the EU Member States that would overcome the differences in this coordination.

scholarly journals Cultural and Linguistic Translation of the Self: A Case Study of Multicultural Identity Based on Eva Hoffman’s Lost in Translation

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 369-379
Author(s):  
Francesca Maria Frittella
Keyword(s):  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Intercultural Contact ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Multicultural Experiences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Lost In Translation ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The present article explores the profound impact of intercultural contact on identity, a topic that is gaining in relevance as multicultural experiences become increasingly common in globalised societies. The focus of the investigation is on the impact of culture and language upon the process of migrant identity (re) building in interaction with the new environment. Theory is applied to the analysis of Eva Hoffman’s memoir Lost in Translation-A Life in a New Language (1998), which offers a profound insight into these complex dynamics. In the first section, intercultural contact is investigated as a bidirectional translation process with both a disruptive and a reinforcing influence on individual identity, as shown through the concepts of hybridity and triangulation. The first section also highlights the points of contact between self-translation and interlingual translation to enhance understanding of their shared challenges. The second section focuses on the interconnection between language and migrant identity and argues that L2 proficiency may be regarded as the fundamental competence to accomplish successful self-translation. The depth of this impact is shown at multiple levels of identity: personal, enacted and social.

Brazilian Gymnastics in a Crucible: A Media Data Case Study of Serial Sexual Victimization of the Brazilian Men’s Gymnastics Team

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
pp. S1-25-S1-35
Author(s):  
Michelle E. Seanor ◽  
Cole E. Giffin ◽  
Robert J. Schinke ◽  
Diana A. Coholic
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Developmental Systems ◽  
Social Connectivity ◽  
Sport Culture ◽  
The Media ◽  
Holistic Interpretation ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Media Data

Elite gymnastics sport culture is presently under global scrutiny. Largely ignited by the highly publicized case of serial sexual abuses in USA Gymnastics, multiple national gymnastics teams have disclosed stories of athlete abuse. Our author team utilized media data to investigate the serial sexual abuses that occurred on the Brazilian Men’s Gymnastics Team. Using media data to conceptualize athlete maltreatment is novel and facilitated our holistic interpretation of athlete maltreatment across multiple levels of athletes’ developmental systems. The authors traced the media coverage temporally and identified four overarching themes: (a) uncovering the case (subthemes—the Brazilian sport context; the Brazilian men’s gymnastics context; the club context), (b) before abuse was identified (subthemes—the coach–athlete dyad: before disclosure; the athlete: a lost childhood; social connectivity: isolation; the gymnastics system: mechanisms of abuse), (c) when abuse was recognized (subthemes—the coach–athlete dyad: athlete resistance; the athlete: identifying the impact; social connectivity: building connections; the gymnastics system: consequences of abuse), and (d) the legacy of abuse (subthemes—the coach–athlete dyad: ongoing abuses; the athlete: cyclical victimization; social connectivity: expanding connections; the gymnastics system: after abuse). Utilizing media data facilitated our culturally contextualized interpretation of athlete abuse to present tailored recommendations for practitioners.

scholarly journals The killing fields of KZN: Local government elections, violence and democracy in 2016

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Elizabeth De Haas
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Killing Fields ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Various government initiatives focus on the promotion of social cohesion for nation building. The impact of social cohesion on levels of violence is also the subject of research. This article argues that despite official rhetoric organs of state - are used  in KwaZulu-Natal to  serve party political interests by targeting cohesive groupings struggling for their constitutional rights. Violence is promoted and nation building retarded.  The main case study cited is that of violence-wracked Glebelands hostel in Durban. Since it is also argued that what is happening in Glebelands is not an isolated case reference is also made to the similar targeting of the shack dwellers’ movement Abahali baseMjondolo.

scholarly journals Based on COVID-19, Analysis of The Strategic Model of E-commerce Enterprises – a Case Study of Xiaohongshu (RED)

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 250-257
Author(s):  
Chuyue Chen ◽  
Haitao Ouyang ◽  
Jiaqi Tan ◽  
Fan Wu ◽  
Yuqian Zhan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Strategic Model ◽  
Operating Strategies ◽  
The Impact

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, e-commerce and social media pervade people’s daily life, while offline businesses suffer from loss from traffic. In this paper the SWOT analysis method is employed to examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for RED, which, as one of the top content social e-commerce platforms in China, achieves outstanding performance under the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper tackles RED’s unique marketing and operating strategies, as well as its weaknesses that relate to operation and costs, and threats that relate to competitors and commercialization. Beside these disadvantages, profitable opportunities also arise from internal and external environment. At the end, the paper provides suggestions for capturing profitable opportunities under the pandemic and Chinese new regulations on cross-border e-commerce.

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