The Construction of National Identity through Cybernetic Process: The Example of “K’na” Dance Event in Greek and Turkish Thrace

AbstractThe research field of this paper is the area of Thrace, a large geopolitical-cultural unit that was divided – due to political reasons – in three subareas distributed among three different countries: Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. A dance event that used to take place before the border demarcation but is still performed in the Greek and Turkish Thrace is that of “K’na”, a wedding dance event danced by the people of both border areas, despite of the changes in their magical-religious beliefs and the changes brought by socio-economic and cultural development. In particular, the aim of this paper is the study of the “construction” of the national identity of inhabitants both of Greek and Turkish Thrace, as this is manifested through the dance practice within the wedding event of “K’na”, through the lens of sociocybernetics. Data was gathered through ethnographic method as this is applied to the study of dance, while its interpretation was based on sociocybernetics according to Burke’s identity control theory. From the data analysis, it is showed that the “K’na” dance in Greek and Turkish Thrace constructs and reconstructs the national identity of the people who use them as a response to the messages they receive via the communication with “the national others”. In conclusion, the “construction” of the identity results from a continuous procedure of self-regulation and self-control through a cybernetic sequence of steps.

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Dance and Socio-Cybernetics: The Dance event of “K’na” As A Shaping Component of The Cultural Identity Amongst the Arvanites of Neo Cheimonio Evros, Greece

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies ◽

10.29333/ejecs/342 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 30

Author(s):

Eleni Filippidou ◽

Maria Koutsouba

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Cultural Identity ◽

Control Theory ◽

Ethnic Group ◽

Internal Control ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Research Field ◽

Dance Music ◽

Identity Control ◽

Identity Control Theory

The research field of this paper is the wedding dance event of “K’na”, as this takes place by the Arvanites of Greek Thrace, an ethnic group moved to the area from Turkish Thrace in 1923. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the three components of dance, music and song of Greek traditional dance, as these reflected in the “K’na” dance event amongst the Arvanites ethnic group of Neo Cheimonio (Evros), are related to issues of ethno-cultural identity under the lens of socio-cybernetics. Data was gathered through ethnographic method as this is applied to the study of dance, while its interpretation was based on socio-cybernetics according to Burke’s identity control theory. From the data analysis, it is showed that through the “K’na” dance event the Thracian Arvanites of Neo Cheimonio shape and reshape their ethno-cultural identity as a reaction to the input they receive from their environment. Therefore, the “construction” of their identity, as a constant process of self-regulation and internal control, is subjected to the conditions of a cybernetic process.

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Cybernetic Approach of the “Κ’na” Dance: The Construction of Ethnic and National Identity in Nea Vyssa, Thrace , Greece

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences ◽

10.2478/mjss-2018-0022 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 17-29

Author(s):

Eleni Filippidou ◽

Maria Koutsouba ◽

Vassiliki Lalioti ◽

Vassilis Lantzos

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Religious Beliefs ◽

Social Economic ◽

Political Process ◽

Research Field ◽

Cultural Development ◽

The People ◽

The Social ◽

Important Others

AbstractThe research field of this project is the area if Greek Thrace, which is a great geopolitical-cultural unity that was divided - due to political process - in three subareas that were distributed to three different countries: Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. A dance happening that took place before the lining of the boundaries to date in the Greek and Turkish Thrace is that of “K’na”. “K’na” is a female dance happening which is danced to date by the people of both areas in spite of their religious beliefs, social - economic and cultural development. The purpose of this project is to study the different expressions of this dance in Nea Vyssa and examine if these are related to matters of search and conformation of ethnic and national identity of this group under the terms of the social cybernetics. Data was gathered through the ethnographic method as this is applied to the study of dance and the interpretation of the data was based on the theoretical visuals of the social-cybernetic according to the inspection model of identity that Burke proposed. From the data analysis, we established that the dance of “K’na” in Nea Vyssa constructs and reconstructs not only the ethnic but the national identity of the groups who use them in order to react to the messages they receive via the communication with “the important others”.

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Self-Control as Self-Regulation: A Return to Control Theory

Deviant Behavior ◽

10.1080/01639625.2016.1206730 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 38 (8) ◽

pp. 895-916 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Chae Mamayek ◽

Raymond Paternoster ◽

Thomas A. Loughran

Keyword(s):

Control Theory ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Self Control

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ASPEK NILAI MORAL DALAM AKUN FACEBOOK JOKOWI

Jurnal Penelitian Humaniora ◽

10.23917/humaniora.v18i2.5190 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 38

Author(s):

Joko Santoso ◽

Atiqa Sabardila ◽

Agus Budi Wahyudi ◽

Dwi Haryanti ◽

Naimul Faizah ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Data Collection ◽

Negative Emotion ◽

Control Device ◽

Self Control ◽

The People ◽

Linguistic Unit ◽

Distributional Method ◽

Method Substitution

This study aims at (1) identifying the lingual form of disfemism in Joko Widodo's Facebook account; (2) describing the addressing form containing sarcasm in Joko Widodo's official Facebook account; and (3) identifying the sarcasm expression used by the operator and the uploader of the account. The object of this study is polite expressions. Linguistic unit of the expressions can be in the form of word, phrase, clause, and sentence. The data of this present study are sentence or sentences in Jokowi's official Facebook account that contains positive connotation words. The data contexts of this research are discourse containing positive connotation sentences, the topic of discourse written by people in Jokowi's account, the identity of the participant, and the context of extra-lingual that is based on the importance of the operator of the president's social media account. The data collection was conducted through documentation technique. The data in Jokowi's official account were copy-pasted. Then, the data were being read intensively to note the positive connotation utterance. The data analysis was conducted through referential (identity) method, pragmatic (identity) method, translational (identity) method, and articulatory phonetic (identity) method. The referential (identity) method was used to identify the topics that were stated by the uploader of the account. The pragmatic (identity) method was used to identify the background of (profession, organization etc) that appeared in their writings. The translational (identity) method was used in describing the origination of the language they use. It is possible that through the use of this method, this study finds the register on that account. Finally, the phonetic (identity) method was used to identify the utterance characteristic they stated. The positive or negative emotion of the speaker, usually, marked by the special pronunciation. To establish the data analysis, this study uses distributional method: substitution technique and paraphrase technique. Based on the data analysis, this study shows several results. First, the euphemism utterance in Jokowi's official Facebook account using any levels, i.e. word, phrase, clause, and sentence. Through those levels, the writer presents suggestions and critics to the owner of the account Joko Widodo. Second, the functions that are stated through that account are expression device, communication relationship to the leader, integration device, and self-control device. Third, the topics stated by the people in that account are about the depiction of Joko Widodo that in their opinion, Joko Widodo shows pretending, the existence of Megawati in the election of Joko Widodo as a president, the increasing of IDR currency and other things at the beginning of his leadership. The expression shows hatred towards the elected president. Furthermore, they also express about Jokowi's unability to establish the IDR currency and his leadership is judged as not good. In addition, to the people, especially netizen are invited to disbelieve to his leadership.

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INTERPRETASI MAKNA PENDIDIKAN AGAMA HINDU DALAM KEKAWIN SATRUGHNA

Jurnal Penelitian Agama Hindu ◽

10.25078/jpah.v2i1.458 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 125

Author(s):

Ni Komang Sudi Arini ◽

I Wayan Darna ◽

I Made Dharmawan

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Religious Education ◽

Ethical Behavior ◽

Great Influence ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Self Control ◽

Interview Method ◽

Data Analysis Technique ◽

The People ◽

Analysis Technique

The development of science supported by the communication and information technology indirectly has brought great influence to the life of society. Changes that occurred resulted in various things including among others on the awareness and love of the people to the culture and the value of the nation itself. Therefore, it is necessary for human resources who have a solid identity, such identity can grow from the inheritance and development of noble values of the nation as it is found in written sources in the form of literary works. Kekawin satrughna is one of literature that contains many noble values of national culture and the meaning of Hindu education in it so it needs to be studied more deeply. The problem in this research are: (1) How is the structure of kekawin satrughna?; (2) How does the character of the satrughna figure contribute to ethical behavior ?; and (3) How is the interpretation of the meaning of Hindu religious education in kekawin satrughna?. The theory used in this research is structural theory, hermeneutic theory and theory of meaning. The technique of determining informant using purposive sampling technique, data collection method used is library method, interview method and documentation method, then analyzed by descriptive data analysis technique and comparative data analysis technique.The results showed: (1) The structure of the kekawin satrughna consists of synopsis, theme, plot, characterization, and background. All these elements together are interconnected into unity that serves to build kekawin satrughna. (2) Contribution of character of satrughna to the ethical behavior of bhakti satrughna character, satrughna responsibility character, diligent character and hard work of satrughna, as well as social character of satrughna. All these satrughna characters can be used as guidelines in today's life, so that ethical behavior can be shared by everyone. (3) Interpretation of the meaning of Hindu religious education in kekawin satrughna is the meaning of leadership, the meaning of love, the meaning of loyalty and the meaning of self-control.

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Kajian tentang Perwujudan Nilai Juang pada Tari Turak (Studi Kasus Kecamatan Suku Tengah Lakitan (STL) Ulu Terawas Kabupaten Musi Rawas Sumatera Selatan)

KAGANGA Jurnal Pendidikan Sejarah dan Riset Sosial-Humaniora ◽

10.31539/kaganga.v1i1.231 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Ira Miyarni Sustianingsih ◽

Risa Marta Yati

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Research Field ◽

The Public ◽

The People ◽

Central District ◽

Research Procedure ◽

History Of ◽

Three Stages ◽

Surrounding Areas

Turak Dance is a traditional dance belonged to the community in the Central District of Lakitan (STL) Ulu Terawas Musi Rawas Regency of South Sumatra. Now adays, the existence of Turak Dance is less known to the public in the region of Musi Rawas Regency, both in the terms of performances and the values contained in this dance. The research design was qualitative research with ethnography approach. This research procedure includes three stages: (1) preparation field stage; (2) research field stage, including: data collection techniques, determining subject and object of research, and clarification of data; and (3) data analysis and reporting of research. Based on the results of this research it was known that this dance was created in the history time of the people in Tanjung Sakti (now changes into the Central Tribe Lakitan (STL) Ulu Terawas the arrival of Dutch entourage guests and envoys from the Kingdom of Palembang who intended to control the territory of Tanjung Sakti. Turak Dance at this moment began to be introduced to the community in the region of Musi Rawas Regency and surrounding areas. However, many of the fighting values that exist in this dance less informed to the wider community, because only a few prominent leaders who know the history of the emergence of this Turak Dance. Keywords: Juang Value, Turak Dance

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Divided National Identity in Moldova

Journal of Nationalism Memory & Language Politics ◽

10.1515/jnmlp-2017-0004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 58-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Vladimír Baar ◽

Daniel Jakubek

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Political Discourse ◽

Historical Context ◽

Field Research ◽

Research Field ◽

Archival Research ◽

Republic Of Moldova ◽

The People ◽

The Creation ◽

The Republic

Abstract This paper discusses the competing processes between Moldovan and Romanian identities for the creation of a national identity in the Republic of Moldova. The issue of a common national identity for the people of the Republic of Moldova has been a problem since the beginning of this state’s independence. Throughout the 25 years of independence, different concepts of a Moldovan nation have competed in public, scientific, and political discourse. As a result of the historical context, the region has a linguistic specificity, which is based on the example of the Romanians, Moldovans, and Russians living in this region. Through archival research, field research, and interviews with Moldovan intellectuals and officials, this study recognizes the need for a national identity in the creation of unity and a sense of nationalism for Moldovan citizens.

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Parasympathetic Concomitants of Habitual, Spontaneous, and Instructed Emotional Suppression

Journal of Psychophysiology ◽

10.1027/0269-8803/a000171 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 78-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Asmir Gračanin ◽

Igor Kardum ◽

Jasna Hudek-Knežević

Keyword(s):

Negative Emotion ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Experimental Manipulation ◽

Task Demands ◽

Self Control ◽

Integration Model ◽

Sinus Arrhythmia ◽

Emotional Suppression ◽

Emotion Experience ◽

Similar Relation

Abstract. The neurovisceral integration model proposes that different forms of self-regulation, including the emotional suppression, are characterized by the activation of neural network whose workings are also reflected in respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). However, most of the previous studies failed to observe theoretically expected increases in RSA during emotional suppression. Even when such effects were observed, it was not clear whether they resulted from specific task demands, a decrease in muscle activity, or they were the consequence of more specific self-control processes. We investigated the relation between habitual or trait-like suppression, spontaneous, and instructed suppression with changes in RSA during negative emotion experience. A modest positive correlation between spontaneous situational and habitual suppression was observed across two experimental tasks. Furthermore, the results showed greater RSA increase among participants who experienced higher negative affect (NA) increase and reported higher spontaneous suppression than among those with higher NA increase and lower spontaneous suppression. Importantly, this effect was independent from the habitual suppression and observable facial expressions. The results of the additional task based on experimental manipulation, rather than spontaneous use of situational suppression, indicated a similar relation between suppression and RSA. Our results consistently demonstrate that emotional suppression, especially its self-regulation component, is followed by the increase in parasympathetic activity.

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