scholarly journals EM DIREÇÃO À CONTRA-ETNOGRAFIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (19) ◽  
pp. 202032
Author(s):  
Suelen Calonga
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
African Centered ◽  
European Thought ◽  
And Behavior

TOWARDS THE COUNTER-ETHNOGRAPHYHACIA LA CONTRA-ETNOGRAFÍARESUMOEste texto se organiza entre os assombros e os encantamentos de minhas descobertas enquanto tentava responder para mim mesma a questão “o que é o poder?”. A partir da encruzilhada contida na pergunta, avancei um pouco no rumo que tomei para respondê-la, mas como é típico da pedagogia de Exu, o dono dos caminhos, todas as outras trilhas que se desdobraram a partir desta me conduziram novamente para o centro da encruzilhada: o que é o poder? Sendo a encruzilhada um lugar de possibilidades abertas, hoje me permito responder com tranquilidade que poder é o controle das narrativas; sobre si e sobre “o outro”. Com base na crítica africano-centrada do pensamento e comportamento europeu (ANI, 1994) esse texto vai contar um pouco dos passos dados para essa descoberta e apontar um caminho de retomada para a autodeterminação: a contra-etnografia.Palavras-chave: Poder; Contra-etnografia; Patrimônio Cultural; Museu; Arquivo.ABSTRACTThis text is organized between the haunts and enchantments of my discoveries while trying to answer for myself the question “what is power?”. From the crossroads contained in the question, I advanced a little in the direction I took to answer it, but as is typical of the pedagogy of Eshu, the owner of the paths, all the other routes that unfolded from this one led me back to the center of the crossroads: what is power? Being the crossroads a place of open possibilities, today I allow myself to answer calmly that power is the control of narratives; about oneself and about “the other”. Based on the African-centered critique of European thought and behavior (ANI, 1994), this text will tell us a little about the steps taken towards this discovery and point a way back to recover the self-determination: the counter-ethnography.Keywords: Power; Counter-ethnography; Cultural Heritage; Museum; Archive.RESUMENEste texto está organizado entre los embrujos y encantos de mis descubrimientos mientras intento responder por mí misma a la pregunta “¿qué es el poder?”. Desde la encrucijada contenida en la pregunta, avancé un poco en la dirección que tomé para contestarla, pero como es típico de la pedagogía de Elegua, del dueño de los caminos, todos los demás trayectos que se desplegaron a partir de éste me llevaron de vuelta al centro de la encrucijada: ¿qué es el poder? Siendo la encrucijada un lugar de posibilidades abiertas, hoy me permito responder con tranquilidad que poder es el control de las narraciones; sobre uno mismo y sobre “el otro”. Partiendo de la crítica africanocéntrica del pensamiento y el comportamiento europeos (ANI, 1994) este texto contará un poco los pasos dados hacia este descubrimiento y señalará un camino de vuelta a la autodeterminación: la contra-etnografía.Palabras clave: Poder; Contra-etnografía; Patrimonio Cultural; Museo; Archivo.

scholarly journals Presentation of the Dossier

Caminhando ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Matthias Grenzer - Translation of João Batista Ribeiro Santos
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ancient Israel ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Millennium ◽  
The One ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
History Of Literature

The Pentateuch is a cultural heritage of Humanity. The world narrated in it belongs to the second millennium B.C., and the narratives, poems, and sets of laws contained therein were composed during the first six centuries of the first millennium B.C. On the one hand, by bringing together epic, lyrical, and legal poetry, the one hundred and eighty-seven chapters constitute, in the form of five books, a masterpiece in the history of literature. On the other hand, it is literature that proposes to cultivate memory, either in relation to the narrated world, or in view of the period of its composer, sometimes narrating, sometimes legislating, sometimes singing. Moreover, as literature aimed at history, the texts of the Pentateuch promote enormous theological reflection. The main goal seems to be to think God. Thus the first five books of the Jewish Bible and the Christian Bible, with their narrated models of faith and behavior, turned into poems and defined by legal formulations, became the foundational reference for the religion of ancient Israel, of which Judaism was born and, from the latter, Christianity. Also Jesus of Nazareth, in the four New Testament Gospels, is presented in relation to Abraham and Moses, and stands out as a unique teacher with regard to the laws contained in the Pentateuch.

Two Faces of Self-determination in Political Divorce

ICL Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Liu
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Real Problem ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Parent State ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
The Right

AbstractFor decades, international law has denied the right to secede even if it enshrines self-determination. Existing scholarship explains this contradiction by opposing the right to self-determination and the principle of territorial integrity: self-determination itself does not justify a valid claim to the disputed territory. This article, against conventional wisdom, argues that the opposition is superficial. The real problem lies within the notion of self-determination itself. Self-determination contains within it two opposite faces: one breeds separatist movements; the other supports unification and territorial sovereignty. Historically, self-determination grounded both union and separation in the rise of the nation-state; secessionist self-determination only came into play when epochal wars had weakened the sovereignty of the parent state. Conceptually, the ambiguity of self-determination makes defining the ‘self’ a daunting task for the law, especially when both the parent state and the seceding group make national claims.

Territorial Justice in Israel/Palestine

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-304
Author(s):  
Margaret Moore
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Justice Theory ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Territorial Rights ◽  
State Of Israel

AbstractThis Article examines the two dominant theories of territorial justice — one associated with justice, the other with self–determination. It applies these theories to the case of Israel/Palestine, and to ongoing claims by political actors with respect to territorial rights there. It argues that justice theory seems to straightforwardly suppose the territorial rights of the State of Israel, at least if historical and retrospective considerations are not at the forefront, though once they are brought in, this argument can be deployed in support of a number of different political positions. The self–determination argument, it is argued, is somewhat less indeterminate and seems to most straightforwardly support a “two–state” compromise. However, as with justice theory, its assumptions can be challenged on a number of fronts, and could also be deployed to buttress other arguments. The merits and challenges of both theories are analyzed through this case study.

The Political Significance of Cultural Nationalism: The Slavophiles and Their Notion of a Russian Enlightenment

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 441-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Rabow-Edling
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Political History ◽  
Cultural Nationalism ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The Political ◽  
Important Distinction ◽  
Voluntary Membership ◽  
Political Form

For nearly a century, the contrast between a cultural and a political form of nationalism has been upheld. In the early twentieth century, Fredrich Meinecke made a distinction between the political nation, or Staatsnation, based on a common political history and a shared constitution, and the cultural nation, Kulturnation, based on a shared cultural heritage. The most important distinction between the two is that while membership in the former is voluntary, membership in the cultural nation is a matter not of choice, but of common objective identity. Meinecke maintained that political nationalism derived from the spirit of 1789, i.e. from the idea of the self-determination and sovereignty of the nation. Cultural nationalism, in contrast, was a striving for national individuality, characteristic of anti-Enlightenment German thought.

scholarly journals Ethnoreligious dichotomization in Serbian epic poetry

Sociologija ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-132
Author(s):  
Nemanja Kostic
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Epic Poetry ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Class Relations ◽  
Social Ranking ◽  
Determination Process ◽  
The One ◽  
Interactionist Approach

By using certain theoretical settings of ethno-symbolic and interactionist approach to the phenomena of nation and nationalism, this paper?s aim is to explain and reconstruct various pre-modern forms of ethno-religious dichotomization widely present in Serbian folk epic poetry. In that purpose, the paper displays ideas about ?other? communities that were nurtured in the Serbian epic poetry, where these ideas were interpreted as a reflection and consequence of concrete socio-historical circumstances. Special attention was given to examining the interconfessional and inter-class relations, which could have vastly influenced the self-determination process for the members of Serbian ethnic community. In other words, the factors of religious affiliation, social ranking and ethnicity are recognized as key determinants in establishing ethnoreligious dichotomization in the epic literature. The findings of the study showed that the most pronounced and most represented ethno-religious boundary in the epic poetry was set in relations to the Ottomans and Islam. On the other hand, the scarcity, incoherency or the lack of distinction of the dichotomization in relations to non-Ottoman communities, Greeks, Bulgarians, Hungarians, ?Latins?, Albanians and Arabs show that this boundary was not particularly defined, unlike the one with the Ottomans, who were different not only in terms of ethnicity, but also in terms of religion and class.

The Logic of Right

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Dien Winfield
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Science Of Logic ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Philosophy Of Right

Hegel, who pioneers presuppositionless, foundation-free autonomous reason in his Science of Logic and the ethics of self-determination in his Philosophy of Right, might be expected to follow parallel itineraries in both works. Hegel develops logical determinacy into the three successive domains of the contrastive determinacy of the Logic of Being, the determined determinacy of the Logic of Essence, and the self-determined determinacy of the Logic of the Concept. On the other hand, he develops self-determined conduct as a self-ordered system of intersubjective structures of rights, falling into three domains: Abstract Right, Morality, and Ethical Community, dividing Ethical Community itself into the three spheres of family, social, and political ethical community. This chapter examines whether the division of the Philosophy of Right has an intrinsic necessity and completeness and whether that necessity and completeness can be confirmed through any correlation with the categorial division of the Science of Logic.

Terra santa, un brand territoriale (mentre la Palestina muore). Inserto fotografico

2012 ◽  
pp. 101-117
Author(s):  
Marco Bistacchia
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Political Instability ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
National Project ◽  
Peace Agreements ◽  
Economic Stagnation

The dismemberment of the territory on one hand and the eclipse of laic nationalism on the other have caused (are at the origin) of the flare up of the Palestinian national fabric and revives the concerns for an imminent deterioration of the interreligious cohabitation. The peace agreements swindle as planned in Oslo and tragically born out by the establishment of a dual government in Gaza has been perceived by the population as a crisis, currently irreversible, of the self determination national project. In such a scenario of political instability and economic stagnation the already tiny Palestinian christian community, on the strength of the international economic endorsement, seems to be determined se non hanno ancora deciso chiaramente), as far as they pledge, to abandon the sinking Palestinian ship and by shutting up ethnic bonds among the members of the community they would opt for an alternative way to the anticolonial resistance.

Is the Self Essential? Handling Reductionism

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 723-732
Author(s):  
Joseph Tloczynski
Keyword(s):  
Social Functioning ◽  
The Self ◽  
Personal History ◽  
The Other ◽  
Essential Nature ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Levels Of Functioning ◽  
Supporting Structures

The nature of the self has been addressed by persons in various areas of psychology. The explanatory constructs have often reduced the self to other phenomena or structures. The self has been reduced to biology, cognition, social functioning, personal history, and consciousness. However, there are theories which characterize the self as an agent which is not simply reducible to its functions and supporting structures. The difference between reductionistic and nonreductionistic theories is the difference between a self who is created by awareness and behavior and a self who becomes aware and creates behavior. Most theories of personality argue on one side or the other. There are also theories which simply ignore the argument and use the term “self” vaguely. This article argues for a unitive concept of the self as essence, which precedes existence on all levels of functioning. It is argued that our essential nature is akin to that which has been termed spiritual.

scholarly journals Serbian Traditional Singing between intangible Cultural Heritage and World Music

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 941
Author(s):  
Vladimir Ribić ◽  
Nataša Mladenović-Ribić
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
World Music ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
International Level ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Unesco Convention

The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) leaves the protection and identity determination of intangible cultural heritage to the nation-states. On the other hand, world music audience is interested primarily in identity self-determination of the performers. Because of this, world music phenomenon enables safeguarding and international promotion of Serbian traditional singing independently of cultural policies at the national and international level.

Providing Freshmen with a Good “Starting-Block”

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikaël De Clercq ◽  
Charlotte Michel ◽  
Sophie Remy ◽  
Benoît Galand
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Student Adjustment ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Pivotal Phase ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Study Task ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Belonging ◽  
Intention To Persist

Abstract. Grounded in social-psychological literature, this experimental study assessed the effects of two so-called “wise” interventions implemented in a student study program. The interventions took place during the very first week at university, a presumed pivotal phase of transition. A group of 375 freshmen in psychology were randomly assigned to three conditions: control, social belonging, and self-affirmation. Following the intervention, students in the social-belonging condition expressed less social apprehension, a higher social integration, and a stronger intention to persist one month later than the other participants. They also relied more on peers as a source of support when confronted with a study task. Students in the self-affirmation condition felt more self-affirmed at the end of the intervention but didn’t benefit from other lasting effects. The results suggest that some well-timed and well-targeted “wise” interventions could provide lasting positive consequences for student adjustment. The respective merits of social-belonging and self-affirmation interventions are also discussed.

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