Let's Talk About Cultural Identity

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-53
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
European Americans ◽  
Key Terms

It is not easy to accurately describe one's cultural identity. There are many factors to consider – from diversity narratives constructed over a single lifetime to those that have been accrued by greater populations. One way to engage this discussion is to provide an overview of diversity key terms that are most closely associated with culture. Important historical events should also be emphasized, as they provide context to many of the challenges faced in modern times. Such topics often cause friction among European Americans – many of whom are loath to judge the actions of those who share their skin color. To start this conversation, the chapter introduces the author, Kimberly, and the five interviewees, Lina, Darnell, Alice, Sheila, and Talia, who discuss their understanding of cultural identity as it applies to their lives.

scholarly journals Ritual di Bawah Pohon Asam Mbah Gosang di Pasar Peterongan Semarang

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Asiyah ◽  
Mudjahirin Thohir ◽  
Af'idatul Lathifah
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Cultural Inheritance ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
Life Problems ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Participatory Observation

Along with the development of modern times, society maintains its tradition as a unique cultural identity, including the phenomenon of rituals that take place under a large tamarind tree which is believed to be the firing of a sacred figure named Mbah Gosang, located in the middle of an urban area, precisely at Peterongan Semarang Market. The focus of the discussion which is the main objective of this research is to interpret the ritual meanings express in the ritual implementation. This research uses the theory of symbolic interactionism in explaining ritual phenomena, which in implication refers to social actions carried out by individuals in representing cultural meanings and symbols around them. The method used in this study is in the form of ethnographic methods, while the source of research data is obtained from participatory observation, in-depth interviews, and literature review. The informants consisted of the caretaker and Mbah Gosang pilgrim who had been directly involved in the implementation of ritual traditions. Based on the results of the study, the phenomenon of rituals carried out under the Mbah Gosang tamarind tree has two forms of cultural traditions in the form of a pilgrimage ritual and suronan ritual which in essence involves Mbah Gosang as an intermediary for prayer or tawassul to God. The series of ritual processions has their own symbolic meaning. Generally, people who carry out these rituals have the motivation to improve the economy, look for prosperity in life, and look for clues in dealing with life problems. The function of the ritual itself is as a form of respect for ancestors, cultural inheritance, forms of effort, reminders of death, and means of social integration, while the purpose of the ritual is to draw closer to God Almighty.

scholarly journals CHARACTERISTICS OF MADURA JAMU HERBALIST AND TRADITIONAL VALUE PRESERVATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sri Ratnawati
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Transmission Of Values ◽  
Value Preservation

Compounding herbal medicine that lives in modern times does not automatically release the traditional cultural values ??that have become a hereditary convention, which includes the value of folklore as a spirit of life. They continue to make new innovations to adjust to their times. Innovation does not mean eliminating traditional values, but through traditional change begins. This is done not by setting aside traditional systems that have taken root for decades, but instead by using cultural thinking and traditional values ??tools to direct the vision, mission of Madura herbal medicine from the past to the future. The herbalist of Madura herbal medicine as an agent who sees the importance of putting Madurese cultural values ??on every practice of making Madura herbal medicine. Local cultural values, such as genealogy, oral transmissions and folklore values ??have long given a color to Madura herbal medicine. This means, that the practice of making Madura herbal medicine, is one of the potential local wisdom traditions for the preservation of regional cultural identity in Indonesia.  Keywords: herbal medicine, herbalist, local wisdom, transmission of values, cultural preservation

scholarly journals Transformations of historical events and facts assessments in the context of socio-cultural influence of modernity

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 324-329
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Georgievna Ippolitova
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Historical Science ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
Organic Part ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Past ◽  
Transformational Process ◽  
Historical Periods

The paper shows the transformation of attitudes towards historical events, facts and personalities due to the influence of the thinking paradigms of the modern socio-cultural environment. Objectivity of historical science is a moving thing, because history itself is an organic part of culture, reflecting in its interpretations its mentality and value orientations important for society at a certain period of time. The historical process is a lively cultural stream, filled with unique signs and symbols, ways of demonstration in culture. Modernity determines the attitude of society to the historical process, the importance of personalities and their popularity. Here the historical assessment becomes a reflection of modern realities. We cannot fully feel the influence of the historical character, we can just imagine. We try on the images of the past, fantasize a bit, we give emotions and feelings, including the subjectivity of perception of historical events in modern times. The society draws historical parallels, evaluates the past from the standpoint of the paradigm of thinking that it understands, which leads to the transformation of historical assessments in different historical periods. All of the above, of course, is characteristic of the transformational process of national history, as shown in a number of examples. They reflect the interpretation characteristic of modern society rather than the position of the author. Particular attention is paid to the assessment of the Great Patriotic War, which is necessary to remember to strengthen the unity of the society and to broadcast patriotic values.

scholarly journals Reflection of the national vision of the world in phraseological units

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirinova Raima ◽  
Sayyorakhon Umarova ◽  
Dildora Aliqulova ◽  
Jurakobilova Hamida ◽  
Zebiniso Bekmuradova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
National Language ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Language Community ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
The People ◽  
The World

This research paper is devoted to the thorough study of phraseological units in terms of national connotation. Phraseological units that reflect national and cultural identity are the beauty and art of language. Phraseologisms, by their very nature, are a means of expressing imagery in a language, but they also serve to reveal the national culture, character, humor, grief, and anxiety of a people. For this reason, phraseology is the most important unit of poetic language used in the literary text to fully express the image, character, character, and to illustrate and exaggerate events, happenings, and situations. The phraseological resources of each language reflect the socio-historical events, moral and spiritual-cultural norms, mental and psychological conditions, religious ideas, national traditions and customs of the people. Such phraseologies belonging to the vocabulary of a particular language community are among the national language tools. They polish the national color of the work of art and create a strong emotionality, while emphasizing the popularity and originality of the language.

Mexican American

2019 ◽  
pp. 40-77
Author(s):  
Edward Telles ◽  
Christina A. Sue
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Ethnic Identities ◽  
American Study ◽  
Linked Fate ◽  
European Americans

This chapter examines Mexican Americans’ understandings of their ethnic identities, including the meaning and importance they attribute to them and the relevance of ethnicity to their lives. It reveals how their ethnic expressions generally involve a mix of symbolic and consequential ethnicity but how ethnicity often manifests differently than the symbolic or optional expressions of ethnicity experienced by many later-generation European Americans. Many of the respondents, to varying degrees, had experiences of lacking choice regarding their ethnicity, having to negotiate both Mexican and American communities, having a sense of linked fate to co-ethnics, and being stereotyped or discriminated against—all of which signal a consequential aspect to their ethnicities. The chapter also illustrates how the full Mexican American Study Project sample is distributed along a symbolic–consequential ethnicity continuum and how these distributions vary by factors such as urban area, gender, skin color, and generation.

From Edom to Idumea Septuagint References to Edom and Idumea

Palamedes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 5-35
Author(s):  
Michal Marciak
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Historical Geography ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
Cultural Activity ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
General Terms ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Key Terms

This paper compares Hebrew (MT) and Greek (LXX) Biblical references to the Edomites and their homeland. The key terms that have been taken into account in the present paper are Edom (אדום), Edomites (אדומים), Seir (שעיר), and Esau (עשו). The purpose of the comparison of the Hebrew and Greek references is to check whether the LXX passages contain any textual differences that may reflect historical events that occurred between the time of the composition of the Hebrew Bible and the time of the creation of the Septuagint, especially the formation of the province of Idumea directly south of Judea and increased cultural activity between the Judeans and Idumeans. In the most general terms, the LXX renderings of the Hebrew terms Edom Edomites (אדומים), Seir (שעיר), and Esau (עשו) do not contain any changes that would be important in terms of the historical geography of southern Palestine or the emotional attitude of Biblical writers towards the Edomites/Idumeans. The term אדום is rendered as either Ἐδώμ (mostly) or Ἰδουμαία, and in most cases the two Greek names are used as synonyms. In turn, the Greek equivalents of עשו, שעיר, and אדומי are Σηίρ, Ἠσαῦ, and Ἰδουμαῖος. Only in some cases may we speak about important differences. First, the LXX Job appendix (Job 42:17a and 42:17b-e) reflects the very specific historical context of when the Idumeans settled directly south of Judea and became more closely connected with the Judeans, either through actual conversion or increased cultural exchange. Second, although in most cases the Greek names Ἰδουμαία or Ἐδώμ are used interchangeably, one may notice a certain preference for the term Ἰδουμαία in some parts of the LXX, which may not always be a coincidence. For instance, the term Ἰδουμαία is used only for the genealogy of Eliphas (Gen. 36). Given the fact that Eliphas also plays an important role in the genealogy of Job in the LXX Appendix and this is also the only Idumean genealogy that was known to Josephus (in Ant. 2.4-6), it may be suggested that the names of the Eliphas chieftains were particularly well known in Hellenistic and Early Roman times, and the Judeans saw them as being connected with the contemporary Idumeans. Furthermore, the LXX Samuel tends to connect David with (the conquest of) Ἰδουμαία (2 Sam. 8:12-14; while Saul’s con-s quests are attributed to Ἐδώμ). Given the tendency of 1-2 Macc. to refer to David as a model of the Hasmoneans (1 Macc. 2:57, 4:30; 2 Macc. 2:13), this tendency may not be coincidental.

scholarly journals History of studying the kidney pathology in the mirror of numismatics. Report 3. Development of urology

2021 ◽  
pp. 82-88
Author(s):  
O.V. Syniachenko ◽  
M. O. Kolesnyk ◽  
N.M. Stepanova ◽  
M.V. Iermolaieva
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Historical Science ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Function ◽  
The 19Th Century

The branch of historical science of numismatics (from the Latin "numisma" - coin) originated in the 19th century and became closely connected with economics, politics, culture and law, it includes a thematic study of coins, medals and plaque. Best of all, the history of uronephrology is illustrated by various forms of the medalist educational art (exonum or paranumismatics), and the medal became the prototype of the memorial coin. This work presents a catalog of more than 400 numismatic materials (including some unique, first cited), reflects the stages of development of the study of the structure and function of the kidneys, methods for diagnosing and treating diseases, there are links to significant historical events, brief biographies of physicians who have made an invaluable contribution are mentioned into the formation of this scientific discipline. The development of urology over 520 years of historical epochs of the New and Modern times were presented, portraits on 60 numismatic materials of well-known specialists-urologists and kidney transplantologists were presented, scientific forums of urologists were reflected on commemorative medals.

Social Attitudes and Intergroup Contact in a Global World

2020 ◽  
pp. 323-364
Author(s):  
Robyn M. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Social Mobility ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Cultural Mismatch ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Global World ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
Immigrant Acculturation

Chapter 9 explores the ways culture shapes our attitudes, feelings, and the nature of intergroup contact. It discusses attitudes, prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, culture-specific and cross-national studies, and the connection between beauty, skin color, and prejudice across different cultural communities. It addresses the immigrant experience, xenophobia, immigrant acculturation and adjustment, intergroup contact, cultural collisions, and social justice. It also includes a discussion of applied cultural psychology as it relates to immigrants and intergroup contact involving work and social mobility, school and cultural mismatch, multinational business, nonverbal communication, studying abroad, and business etiquette and culture. This chapter includes a case study, Culture Across Disciplines box, chapter summary, key terms, a What Do Other Disciplines Do? section, thought-provoking questions, and class and experiential activities.

National and International Dimensions of Indonesian History

1965 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justus M. van der Kroef
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
European History ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
Historical Writing ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Central Java ◽  
North Sumatra ◽  
History Books ◽  
Culture Tradition

Among the more noteworthy features of the Indonesian government's current efforts to recover and accentuate what is believed to be the nation's “cultural identity” is the encouragement being given to the shift in emphasis in the writing of Indonesian history so as to bring out more fully the uniqueness and greatness of the Indonesian cultural achievement. This new “Indonesia-centric” approach is said to provide a much needed correction of the earlier, colonially oriented and “Western centric” type of historical writing about Indonesia, in which the Indonesian “identity” allegedly was obscured because of Western and Dutch ethnocentric prejudices, arid in which historical events in Indonesia were treated as mere appendages to Dutch or European history generally. As early as December, 1957, a seminar of historians in Djokjakarta, Central Java, was convened “in order to eliminate the colonial historian's presentation and restore the proper emphasis on the indigenous culture, tradition and history” in “the history books of the country”. More than five years later the problem still appeared not to have been resolved as yet, for at another historical seminar held in Medan, North Sumatra, in March, 1963, Indonesia's Deputy First Minister for Information, Ruslan Abdulgani, was reportedly still calling “on Indonesian writers to begin to ‘rewrite’ Indonesian history to cleanse it of what he called ‘West-centrism’”. Indonesian historians, Abdulgani urged, “must dare to rewrite our history so that it will no longer be West-centric but Indonesiacentric”.

scholarly journals The time and the space (сhronotope) of Pushkin’s tragedy «Boris Godunov» and actual problems of communication

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-11
Author(s):  
B.A. Kurkin ◽  
O.V. Murashkina
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Hermeneutics ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Boris Godunov

The article is dedicated to analysis of the time- space (chronotope) and genre of A.S. Pushkin’s «Boris Godunov». The Authors analysis the essense of the historical events not only four centuries old but repeat themselves throughout modern times. The Authors a using methods of philosophical hermeneutics and phenomenology in their research.

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