scholarly journals Between the Critique of Socialism and Childhood Nostalgia: The Memory of Soviet Era in the Life Stories of the 1970s Generation

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-28
Author(s):  
Irena Šutinienė
Keyword(s):  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Political Systems

The article examines the autobiographical memory of the 1970s generation about the Soviet era. This generation, born in 1970–1979, is interesting for research because of its socialization in two different social and political systems: its childhood and adolescence date back to the Soviet period, while the beginning of adulthood coincides with the collapse of socialism and the restoration of democracy. Based on an analysis of life stories of the 1970s generation, the article explores features of memory of this generation, how it corresponds to the discourse of autobiographical memory of the Soviet era, as well as the generation’s role in the intergenerational transmission of Soviet-era family memory.

scholarly journals “As quiet as a mouse”: Media use in Azerbaijan

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (s1) ◽  
pp. 893-911
Author(s):  
Ilgar Seyidov
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Media System ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
The Media ◽  
The One

AbstractDuring the Soviet period, the media served as one of the main propagandist tools of the authoritarian regime, using a standardized and monotype media system across the Soviet Republics. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, 15 countries became independent. The transition from Soviet communism to capitalism has led to the reconstruction of economic, socio-cultural, and political systems. One of the most affected institutions in post-Soviet countries was the media. Media have played a supportive role during rough times, when there was, on the one hand, the struggle for liberation and sovereignty, and, on the other hand, the need for nation building. It has been almost 30 years since the Soviet Republics achieved independence, yet the media have not been freed from political control and continue to serve as ideological apparatuses of authoritarian regimes in post-Soviet countries. Freedom of speech and independent media are still under threat. The current study focuses on media use in Azerbaijan, one of the under-researched post-Soviet countries. The interviews for this study were conducted with 40 participants living in Nakhichevan and Baku. In-depth, semi-structured interview techniques were used as research method. Findings are discussed under six main themes in the conclusion.

scholarly journals Drug Addictions and Sexual Violence in Childhood and Adolescence: Analyzing Life Stories

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andréa Marques Leão Doescher ◽  
Andreza Marques de Castro Leão ◽  
Paulo Rennes Marçal Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence

scholarly journals HUNGARIANS OF TRANSCARPATHIA IN RELATIONS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND HUNGARY AT THE TURN OF THE XX-XXI CENTURIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-327
Author(s):  
Efim Iosifovich Pivovar ◽  
Alexander Stanislavovich Levchenkov ◽  
Alexander Vladimirovich Gushchin
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Period ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Media ◽  
Hungarian Population ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The article is devoted to the influence of the problem of the status and situation of the Hungarian population of the Transcarpathian region of modern Ukraine on the Ukrainian-Hungarian relations. Based on a wide range of sources - legislative acts, interstate agreements and other diplomatic documents, statements of politicians and public figures, published in the Hungarian and Ukrainian press, as well as in the media of other countries, the dynamics of changes in the approaches of the two countries to the Hungarian issue in Transcarpathia throughout the post-Soviet period is studied. The prerequisites and reasons for the aggravation of relations between Ukraine and Hungary in the 2010s are determined, including both the features of the historical, cultural and socio-economic development of Transcarpathia itself, and the transformation of the political systems of the two countries. The key factors that provoked the acute Ukrainian-Hungarian crisis in the mid-second half of the 2010s were the educational and language policy of Kiev, aimed at Ukrainization, as well as the refusal to make concessions on the autonomy of the Hungarians of Transcarpathia. At the same time, the issue of Transcarpathian Hungarians is only part of a larger problem of Ukrainian domestic and foreign policy - an attempt to form an ethnocentric model in a multicultural society.

Early Interculturation, Late Interculturation – Does It Make a Difference in Our Memories?

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 116-126
Author(s):  
Rachid Oulahal ◽  
Patrick Denoux
Keyword(s):  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Correspondence Principle ◽  
The Other ◽  
Elderly Subjects ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Intercultural Experience ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Present World

Abstract Our research is in the perspective of intercultural psychology and addresses the question of memories an intercultural situation leaves for individuals who experience it during their life. More precisely, it is through the autobiographical memory that our research analyzes the articulation between identity and memory processes in relation to a life experience in an intercultural situation, whether it is a life in a multicultural environment, a migration towards a new cultural environment, a plurality of cultural affiliations or many other configurations that the present world is filled with and for which the cultures contact is put in the foreground. The autobiographical memory retains representations of our past and plays a fundamental role in building a sense of identity and continuity of existence. Our article presents results from an analysis based on the life stories of 5 elderly subjects who had intercultural experiences. It would seem that early intercultural experience directs life discourse towards a principle of coherence in autobiographical memory, emphasizing what the participant was rather than what he achieved. On the other hand, Late intercultural experience orients it to a correspondence principle in autobiographical memory, attaching to actions and temporality of life experience and highlighting achievements rather than individuals self perception.

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