scholarly journals The Construction of Ethnic Identity of Balkan Muslim Immigrants: A Narrativization of Personal Experiences

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Miskovic
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Chicago Metropolitan Area ◽  
Muslim Immigrants ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Global Events ◽  
Depth Interviews

This paper explores the construction of ethnic identity in the first generation of Balkan Muslim immigrants now living in the Chicago metropolitan area, with the aim of showing the intricacy of global events (civil wars in the homeland and war on terror in the host society) and local contexts (meaning- making occurring during the interviews). In-depth interviews conducted with three men were treated as a series of narratives in order to emphasize the importance of personal meaning-making. With awareness that “Muslim” can denote various subjectivities, this paper proposes research that theorizes the constant shift of identities, the interplay between ascribed and performed ethnicity, as well as the role of societal and historical mediators that influence the agency of these identities.

scholarly journals The Myth of the Emperor and the Yamato Race: The Role of the Tairiku nippô in the Promotion of Japanese-Canadian Transnational Ethnic Identity in the 1920s and the 1930s

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-58
Author(s):  
Aya Fujiwara
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Racial Pride ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The Press ◽  
Japanese Canadian

This article examines the role that the Japanese-Canadian (first-generation) issei press, the Tairiku nippô, played in transnational ethno-racial identity, focusing on the myths of the Emperor and the Yamato race. The newspaper is an invaluable source that shows Japanese Canadians’ self-image that emerged in response to intense anti-Asianism in British Columbia during the 1920 and the 1930s. The press incorporated politicized images and stories, which integrated  the Emperor and Japanese racial roots into its editorials and columns, boosting their sense of racial pride. Hirohito’s daijôsai of 1928 and Japan’s invasion of the Manchuria in 1931 served as the best opportunities to spread their myths and symbols. The newspaper also became a space where Japanese Canadians could freely express their opinions and feelings for their homeland through essays and poems, without facing any criticisms from mainstream British Columbians. An examination of such messages reveals that Japanese-Canadian Buddhist issei, and some nisei, who had strong affiliation with the Tairiku nippô, maintained their loyalty to the Emperor, and expanded the idea that they were part of the noble Yamato race. Their ideology was a factor that prompted them to support and justify Japan’s invasion of China.

Exploring a pedagogy for meaning-making in physical education

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1093-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justen O’Connor
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Range Of Movement ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Embodied Meaning ◽  
Student Meaning ◽  
Shed Light

This paper responds to calls for an exploration into pedagogies of meaning within physical education. Developing meaningful educational experiences in physical education for lifelong movement involves supporting students to explore their personal experiences in movement and to use these to derive a greater understanding of themselves and the world in which they live. Following a brief overview of the role of meaning-making in physical education, a case study is offered as a practical example for how reflection can be utilised to explore movement as meaningful. The case study presents a series of steps that provide detail about a meaning-making process undertaken during a physical education class. Data suggest that setting aside time for reflection and the generation of rich movement narratives aligned to a ‘first rush of movement’, can shed light on what students find meaningful ‘in’ movement in ways that link physical education to experiences across varying social and environmental contexts. Through giving priority to bodily understandings of movement as felt, sensory experience, participants ( n = 44) were able to express meaning across a wide range of movement contexts. I contend that the exploration of student meaning in physical education is engaging, informative, and serves to extend possibilities for what curriculum is seen as legitimate in physical education by/for whom. The paper sheds light on the use of embodied meaning-making stories as a potential springboard for further exploration and activity in physical education.

Co-creating luxury brands in an emerging market

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beate Elizabeth Stiehler
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Luxury Brands ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brand Knowledge ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore consumer meaning-making and brand co-creation and the role of brand value and the consumption context of luxury goods in the emerging South African market. Design/methodology/approach An extant segmentation approach that classifies luxury brand consumers into four different segments was used to guide the identification of a total of 16 luxury consumers with whom in-depth interviews were conducted. Findings The findings identify differences between four consumer segments’ levels of brand knowledge and indicate how these differing levels produce interesting meanings assigned to luxury brands which in turn co-create the brands. A framework is also proposed that maps each of the four luxury segments according to the value they derive from luxury brands and the context in which luxury consumption holds the most meaning for each segment. Practical implications Managerial recommendations concerning the implications of consumers assigning meaning and value to luxury brands and recommendations pertaining to the managing and positioning of luxury brands to each of the four luxury segments in this market are proposed. Originality/value The study provides interesting insights with regards to how consumers assign meaning and value to luxury brands in the emerging South African market. The proposed framework also uniquely demonstrates underlying behaviours within each of the four luxury segments and contributes to a better understanding of how and why these segments consume luxury brands.

Is First-Gen an Identity? How First-Generation College Students Make Meaning of Institutional and Familial Constructions of Self

2020 ◽  
pp. 152102512091330
Author(s):  
Genia M. Bettencourt ◽  
Koboul E. Mansour ◽  
Mujtaba Hedayet ◽  
Patricia Tita Feraud-King ◽  
Kat J. Stephens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Generation Status ◽  
First Generation College

Institutions increasingly use first-generation categorizations to provide support to students. In this study, we sought to understand how students make meaning of their first-generation status by conducting a series of focus groups with 54 participants. Our findings reveal that students saw first-generation status as an organizational and familial identity rather than social identities. This status was connected to alterity and social distance that was most salient in comparison to continuing-generation peers. Our recommendations include reexamining the role of first-generation-specific programming on campus, creating opportunities for meaning-making, supporting students within changing family dynamics, and exploring the interaction between first-generation status and other marginalized identities.

scholarly journals Mahasiswa Mandailing dan Kesadaran Identitas Etnik Pasca Pemilihan Presiden 2019 di Kota Medan

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Armansyah Matondang
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to determine how the awareness of Mandailing Students towards their ethnic identity and how the role of mother's communication in instilling the values of Mandailing identity from an early age. The research approach was carried out qualitatively, data was obtained through literature study, observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. The results showed that the young Mandailing generation had a low level of awareness and understanding of the ethnic existence they carried. This condition applies because there is no information inheritance from parents, relatives regarding ethnic identity and it is not taught at school.

‘We Still Wanted That Sense of Occasion’: Traditions and Meaning-Making in Scottish Humanist Marriage Ceremonies

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabella Kasselstrand
Keyword(s):  
Church Attendance ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Family Expectations ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Steep Decline ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Depth Interviews

As a secularising nation in Northern Europe, Scotland has, over the last few decades, experienced a steep decline in religious belonging, church attendance, and beliefs. Ritual participation, which is arguably an understudied dimension of secularisation, follows a similar pattern of decline, with a significant majority of Scottish marriage rituals now being conducted in secular ceremonies. Using data from semi-structured in-depth interviews with 17 married couples, this study examines the decisions that secular Scots make when planning their wedding. Moreover, it places a particular focus on humanist marriage ceremonies, which have seen a noteworthy increase in popularity since they became legally recognised in Scotland in 2005. The secular participants emphasised the role of personal convictions and family expectations in choosing a particular type of marriage ceremony. The narratives also revealed how positive attitudes toward humanist ceremonies, in contrast with civil ceremonies, are centred around their ability to create personalised, nonreligious, celebrations that nevertheless give attention to culture and heritage. Ultimately, the findings suggest that repeating history through cultural traditions are an important aspect of both secular and religious rites of passage.

Welcoming, Trust, and Civic Engagement: Immigrant Integration in Metropolitan America

2020 ◽  
Vol 690 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-81
Author(s):  
Dina G. Okamoto ◽  
Linda R. Tropp ◽  
Helen B. Marrow ◽  
Michael Jones-Correa
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
First Century ◽  
Immigrant Incorporation ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Downstream Effects ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Depth Interviews

Prior studies have sought to understand how immigrants integrate into U.S. society, focusing on the ways in which local contexts and institutions limit immigrant incorporation. In this study, we consider how interactions among immigrants and U.S.-born within receiving communities contribute to the process of immigrant integration. We emphasize the extent to which immigrants perceive that they are welcome in their social environments and the downstream effects of those perceptions. Drawing on new representative survey data and in-depth interviews with first-generation Mexican and Indian immigrants in the Atlanta and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, we examine what constitutes feeling welcomed and how these perceptions are associated with immigrants’ interest and trust in the U.S.-born and with their civic participation. Our focus on two metropolitan areas with long-standing racialized dynamics, coupled with new waves of immigration, provides insights about the role of welcoming contexts in immigrant integration in the twenty-first century.

‘Things were good during Tito’s times, my parents say’: How young Croatian generations negotiated the socially mediated frames of the recent Yugoslav past

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 932-951
Author(s):  
Tanja Vuckovic Juros
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Young People ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Family Members ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Media ◽  
Depth Interviews

How do new generations in a society negotiate different perspectives of a controversial past available from various sources? How do they use the past to make sense of their lives? Using in-depth interviews with 72 young members of the first two Croatian post-Yugoslav generations, this study analysed how these young people acquired elements of their repertoires on the recent Yugoslav past from family members, school and the media, how they assessed these elements in terms of plausibility and legitimacy, and how they appropriated or questioned them. The study’s findings suggest that the credibility of the socially mediated perspectives of the past was increased by the emotional bond with the sources who adopted the role of witnesses, and by the fit with the personal concerns of the meaning-making audience. As a result, the most successful were the frames transmitted by the communicative sources through social interaction, rather than by the institutionalized sources.

Are They Really Different: The Entrepreneurial Process from the Perspective of First and Second Generation Immigrant Entrepreneurs

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (03) ◽  
pp. 263-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Chababi ◽  
Samia Chreim ◽  
Martine Spence
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Opportunity Identification ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
First And Second Generation ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Research And Policy

There is limited research on similarities and differences in entrepreneurial experiences of first and second generation immigrant entrepreneurs. Using in-depth interviews with Lebanese entrepreneurs in two Canadian cities, we analyze how entrepreneurs belonging to two different generations of immigrants experience and enact opportunity identification and assessment, and business development and operation. The analysis shows that first and second generation immigrant entrepreneurs diverge in their views of macro-institutional structures (such as regulation), risk, trust, and the role of divine providence in the entrepreneurial venture. The findings highlight the importance of understanding how first generation immigrant entrepreneurs’ past frames — developed in the pre-migration context — interact with the environment in the country of settlement in shaping entrepreneurial undertaking. The study also highlights second generation immigrant entrepreneurs’ perceived similarities to and differences from mainstream entrepreneurs. Implications for research and policy are addressed.

scholarly journals Ethnic Identity of Kazakhstani Russians: The Dynamics of Change and the Place of Russia as a Kin State

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukhtar Senggirbay
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Cultural Differentiation ◽  
The Government ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract The aim of this paper was to find out how the ethnic identity of Russians residing in Kazakhstan has changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. What qualities and characteristics distinguish ethnic Russians in Kazakhstan now? What are the main factors shaping their identity? To what extent Russians see aligned with their homeland and with the mainstream Kazakh society. What is the role of Russia in promoting a sense of attachment to the homeland? The case of Kazakhstani Russians was analyzed applying the various methods of qualitative research, including surveys, in-depth interviews, content analysis of the publications, and the speeches of political figures and activists. In addition, the methods of participant observation helped in understanding the cultural differentiation of the Russian religious organizations in Kazakhstan. The research revealed the significant changes in the identity patterns of ethnic Russians in Kazakhstan, which resulted from the process of consolidation of the vigorous state-protected ethnic Kazakh identity. Losing the previous dominant position in demography, the Russians bowed to the inevitable Kazakhification of the society. The change in the language preferences shows that the new generation of Russians is gradually accepting the new trend – Kazakh–Russian bilingualism – which is being promoted and implemented by the government of Kazakhstan and by the overwhelmingly ethnocratic Kazakh political elite.

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