scholarly journals „Tenke det, ønske det, ville det med – men gjøre det! ...”. Opposisjonsinnlegg ved Steen Buscks disputatsforsvar ved Aarhus Universitet 25. november 2011 med avhandlingen Et landbosamfund i opbrud. Sundby Mors 1660-1800, 2011.

Kulturstudier ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Finn-Einar Eliassen
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Local History ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Local Society ◽  
Agricultural Community ◽  
Administration Culture ◽  
History Of

<p>English summary</p><p><br />Steen Busck’s doctoral dissertation, Et landbosamfund i opbrud (A Rural Community Breaking etc.), is a detailed and  well-documented study of the parish of Sundby Mors in Northern Jutland in the period 1660-1800. The author analyses all aspects of this small, rural community of some 200 inhabitants in the late eighteenth century – landscape, demography, social structure, economy, administration, culture and mentality, drawing on his wide knowledge and reading, as well as nearly all available sources in public archives, to produce a very solid local history of Sundby Mors in two volumes, with nearly 1200 pages. It is a monumental work, in more than one sense. According to Busck himself, the study should be a total history, local history, microhistory and a case study of an early modern agricultural community. Although overlapping to a certain extent, these labels point in different directions, but the author does not make an effort to distinguish between them. Claiming that his purpose is to find ”typical” elements in a local society which he claims is unique, and using methods which are not comparative or synthetic, but rather descriptive and individualistic, he gets into difficulties when he tries to draw general conclusions.</p><p><br />Steen Busck’s main question is whether the parish of Sundby Mors underwent any "modernisation” dusring the studied period. However, his definitions of a "traditional” and a "modern” society represent extreme models, which would be hard to find in the real world, and so he concludes that Sundby Mors failed to modernise, although he finds changes and developments in many different fields, which seem to warrant a more nuanced conclusion. Also, his sources, which are mainly official records, are heavily weighted in favour of traditional agriculture and resident population, more likely to show stabilty than change.  And although Steen Busck draws on other local studies in  analysing the different aspects of the local society and economy, he does not attempt any general comparisons, which might indicate whether Sundby Mors was more or less ”modern” than other contemporary local societies, in Denmark or elsewhere. Admittedly, Busck faces "the pioneer’s dilemma”: the more original the study, the more unique it is, the less scope for comparisons. At present, and probably also in the future, Steen Busck’s monumental study stands alone in its thoroughness and totality.</p><p><br />And ”the taste is the proof of the pudding”. Notwithstanding the critical comments presented above, Steen Busck has written a very solid, many-facetted, interesting and readable local history of a rural parish under absolutism, demonstrating, more than anything, the growth of the state’s power in a local community. Future historians will appreciate, use and refer to his study with respect and admiration.</p>

Mythicizing History

Uprooted ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregor Thum
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Local History ◽  
Specific Location ◽  
Population Exchange ◽  
Extreme Degree ◽  
Random Assortment ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

This chapter examines how the study of local history as an “act of self-reassurance” has grown in importance as societies have become mobile and people are less tied to a specific location. Historian Helmut Flachenecker writes of modern society that one is no longer the citizen of a location primarily by birth, but rather by history. This is true to an extreme degree of the Polish city of Wroclaw, whose society came into being as the result of a complete population exchange. Societies of this kind typically yearn for tradition just as much as they lack it. Only by identifying collectively with the history of the city could a coherent citizenry develop out of a random assortment of settlers thrown together by the population shifts of postwar Poland.

The changing relationships between forestry and the local community in rural northwestern IrelandAn earlier version of this paper was presented at the IUFRO 3.08 conference “Small-scale Forestry and Rural Development,”            18–23 June 2006, Galway, Ireland.

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1999-2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Christine Fléchard ◽  
Matthew S. Carroll ◽  
Patricia J. Cohn ◽  
Áine Ní Dhubháin
Keyword(s):  
Land Tenure ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Local History ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Local Perception ◽  
Aesthetic Appearance ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Aesthetic

Following centuries of deforestation, Ireland has undergone a substantial afforestation programme in the last 40 years. This paper presents the results of a case study undertaken to examine local response to afforestation. The study is set in Arigna, a region in northwestern Ireland that has traditionally depended on agriculture but has experienced relatively high rates of afforestation in recent decades. Relying on documentary evidence and in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with local stakeholders, the results suggest more local resistance to afforestation than one might expect in a country that has historically experienced such massive deforestation. Among the reasons uncovered for this resistance is the history of land tenure in rural Ireland, the institutional means by which afforestation has been conducted, the tree species used, and the aesthetic appearance of the forest stands once established. Underlying all of this is an apparently widespread local perception that forestry has benefited outsiders more than locals. Yet, the study also documents local perceptions that those responsible for afforestation have responded to concerns and that resistance to afforestation may be declining, as well as the reasons for this decline. The paper concludes with a discussion of the importance of local history and community involvement in developing socially acceptable forestry.

scholarly journals National Identity Formation under Statelessness: Experience of Ukraine in Soviet Times

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (32) ◽  
pp. 70-80
Author(s):  
Olena Pokhilko ◽  
Iryna Ivanova ◽  
Daria Martynenko
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Local History ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
History Of ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Look

The issue of national identity is multifaceted, disputable and extremely important in modern society, being one of the factors that determine its vitality. This paper presents the look at the problem from pedagogical perspective. The authors aim to explore the peculiarities of the formation of Ukrainian national identity in native intelligentsia under Ukrainian statelessness in Soviet times using the life and activity of Yurii Stupak as an example. Yurii Stupak is a notable representative of Ukrainian intelligentsia, an educator, scholar, literary studies expert, art critic, local history researcher, the author of numerous works in history of education and ethno-pedagogy. The study uses qualitative methodology and is founded on the laws and categories of scientific research. The researchers applied modern research approaches (personality oriented, cultural, personified, interdisciplinary) and methods (general scientific analysis, comparison, generalization, systematization; textual analysis, elaboration of the source base and historiographical work on the selected problem; the method of retrospective analysis). The authors have established that formation of the personality of Yurii Stupak as a teacher and scholar was influenced by numerous socio-political, socio-economic, cultural-educational and personal factors. The authors prove the decisive impact of family education and learning from nationally conscious teachers at higher education institutions as well as self-education and will for constant personal and professional development on facilitating the continuity of the process of formation of Ukrainian national identity in the native intelligentsia during the investigated period. It is confirmed that national identity does not depend on the existence of sovereign statehood, but it stimulates its revival.

Frustrated Respectability: Local Culture and Politics in London's Docklands

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 523-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Moral Politics ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tabloid Press

How useful is the concept of urban community in modern society? The author considers the arguments of some observers of modernity who view local community as insignificant. Although the economic foundations of such community might well be eroded, definitions of local identity continue to have significance in lived culture and are important in shaping the political views of those who live in traditional working-class neighbourhoods. The history of London's Docklands is examined. The defence of local labour markets and the wish for the community to be viewed as respectable rather than rough, largely account for the residents' desire to mark out the boundaries of locality. The spatial limits of specific communities cannot themselves be objectively deduced from structural forces such as class or ethnic relations. Yet on a subjective level the popular desire to mark out the limits of community can be understood with reference to such forces. From the 1970s the Docklands economic base was destabilised and the foundations of the traditional community was weakened, In Bermondsey, large numbers of new residents took up residence in the 1970s. They were seen by the locals as threatening to undermine an authentic local identity. The conflict between traditional and newer residents was evident in the struggles within the Bermondsey Labour Party branches in the early 1980s, which preceded the endorsement of the ‘newcomer’ Peter Tatchell as the official Labour Party Parliamentary candidate. Tatchell was subsequently attacked by the tabloid press for his sexuality, his appearance, and his ‘trendy’ inner-city radicalism. He was presented as the very antithesis of the authentic Bermondsey worker. This campaign of villification resulted in the defeat of Tatchell in a safe Labour seat in the by-election. This defeat demonstrates how the moral politics of the New Right, which were being given expression by the press, converged with the frustrated respectability of the white working class in the area.

scholarly journals FORMATION OF ARCHIVAL SERVICE IN NORTH OSSETIA IN 1920-1930s

Kavkaz-forum ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
И.Т. ЦОРИЕВА
Keyword(s):  
Historical Memory ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Local History ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
State Institute ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
North Ossetia

В современном обществе архивы как носители объективной памяти народов, хранители уникальных документальных свидетельств о прошлом имеют особую культурную значимость. Их деятельность создает прочную основу для обеспечения непрерывности и преемственности историко-культурного процесса, что обусловливает высокий общественный статус и объясняет научный интерес к истории архивного дела в России и в ее национальных регионах. В статье рассматривается процесс организационно-правового оформления архивной службы в Се­верной Осетии, входившей до 1924 г. в состав Терской области, затем Горской республики. Выясняются особенности организации и развития архивного дела в регионе в 1920–1930-е гг. Отмечается, что в исследуемый период архивы стали, в частности, активными участниками развития краеведческого движения. Начало созданию архивной службы в Терской области было положено в апреле 1920 г., когда здесь была установлена советская власть. На протяжении двух десятилетий архивная служба Северной Осетии прошла путь от объединения разрозненных ведом­ственных архивных фондов до создания государственного института, выполнявшего культурную миссию сохранения исторической памяти, его практического использования в интересах развития краеведения, различных отраслей науки, образования. Результаты исследования позволяют заключить, что к концу рассматриваемого периода социально-культурная и политическая роль архивов в обществе оценивалась властью высоко. Это объясняет, почему в преддверии войны они были переданы в ведение Наркомата внутренних дел СССР, то есть директивно стали государственным активом сохранности и защиты его интересов. In modern society, archives that are carriers of the objective memory of peoples, keepers of unique documentary evidence of the past, have a special cultural significance. Their activities create a solid foundation for ensuring the continuity of the historical and cultural process, which determines a high social status and explains the scientific interest in the history of archiving in Russia and in its national regions. The article examines the process of organizational and legal registration of the archival service in North Ossetia, which until 1924 was part of the Terek region, then the Mountain Republic. The features of the formation and development of archiving in the region in the 1920s – 1930s are clarified. It is noted that during the period under study, the archives, in particular, became active participants in the development of the local history movement. The organization of the archival service in the Terek region was begun in April 1920, when Soviet power was established. Over the course of two decades, the archival service of North Ossetia has gone from uniting disparate departmental archival funds to the creation of a state institute carrying out the cultural mission of preserving historical memory, its practical use in the interests of the development of local history, of various branches of science and education. The results of the study allow us to conclude that by the end of the period under review, the social, political and cultural role of archives in society was highly assessed by the authorities. This explains why, on the eve of the war, they were transferred to the jurisdiction of the USSR People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs, that is, by directive they became a state asset for the preservation and protection of its interests.

scholarly journals The Biographical Method as a Methodological Tradition in Russia: A Review of Projects and Publications

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-228
Author(s):  
Natalya Veselkova
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Chicago School ◽  
Local History ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Commissions

The biographical method in sociology and related disciplines is considered to be firmly rooted in the Western tradition of the first half of the twentieth century (the Chicago School, as well as the Polish memory contests started by F. Znaniecki), while the Russian experience remains largely neglected and unnoticed. The article presents an analytic review of six themes/stages of this movement and their contemporary reception: (1) the N. Rybnikov Institute of Biography, (2) Historical Commissions and Societies, such as Istpart, and others, (3) the Communist Academy, (4) monographic studies and the Central Bureau of Local History, (5) the History of the Civil War and the History of Factories and Plants, Cabinets of Recordings and Memoirs, and (6) the Commission on the History of the Great Patriotic War. All of these initiatives are known to researchers, but so far, they have been studied within the narrow confines of separate disciplines, and almost without regard to the biographical method. A detailed account of these themes in the biographical method context provides us with new optics allowing to reveal the general effects of biographization as the self-reflection of modern society, either with scholarly participation or without it. The review takes into account historical realities and is placed within an interdisciplinary field. The internal continuity is traced in all analyzed projects. Their common features include the articulation of social relevance, the temporal regime, and the organizational specificity of work and its methodological characteristics. The latter are given a detailed account in terms of their relevance to the methodological precepts of contemporary humanities and social sciences.

The collection of rare publications in local history of Kostanay Regional Universal Scientific Library

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darikha Dyusibaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Local History ◽  
Rare Book ◽  
History Of ◽  
Small Holders

The origins and characteristics of the rare book collection of L. Tolstoy Scientific Library are discussed. The focus is made of the unique publications in the local history of the late 19-th – eary 20-th century. The publications cover the history of the region and comprising vast document array. Several publications are described in detail, e. g. «Migrant small-holders in Turgay Oblast», «Essays in the Natural History of the 1- st and 2-тв Maurzum volost of Turgay Oblast», statistical reports, land management instructions, «The Proceedings of Kustanay Society of Local Lore and History», etc. The problem of the collection preservation and digitization is discussed.

The Antonov rebel detachments in the territory of the Balashov uyezd of the Saratov gubernia (1920–1921)

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Sergei V. Lyovin
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Local History ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

The Civil War is one of the largest tragedies in the history of our country. One of its dramatic episodes is the rebel movement led by A.S. Antonov which took place in the Tambov gubenia in 1920–1921 and was brutally suppressed by the Bolsheviks. Its scope is evidenced by the fact that it went beyond the borders of the Tambov gubernia. Separate detachments of Antonovites from the autumn of 1920 to the summer of 1921 raided the territory of the Balashov uyezd of the neighboring Saratov gubernia. The paper attempts to consider the way the uyezd authorities fought the rebels and the way civilians treated them. On the basis of an analysis of the local archival material most of which has not yet been put into scientific circulation, periodicals and the local history literature the author comes to the following conclusion: every time the invasions of Antonov’s detachments into the territory of the Balashov uyezd were so rapid that the local authorities did not manage to organize a proper rebuff, and the peasants, for the most part, supported the rebels since they saw spokesmen and defenders of their interests in them. Only frequent requisitions of peasants’ property by Antonovites as well as the replacement of the surplus appropriation system (Prodrazvyorstka) by the tax in kind (Prodnalog) led to the fact that since the spring of 1921 the support of the rebels by the local population ceased.

ZAANGAŻOWANIA KOŚCIOŁA KATOLICKIEGO NA RZECZ MIGRANTÓW – PRZESŁANKI DOKTRYNALNO-PRAWNE

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (`1) ◽  
pp. 49-68
Author(s):  
Piotr Wojnicz
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Human Migration ◽  
Religious Orders ◽  
Important Thing ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Catholic Church

The Catholic Church is naturally associated with migrants and its history and doctrine areinextricably linked with the migration of people. Many of the documents of the Catholic Church referto the history of human migration. The responsibility of the Catholic Church for migrants has deephistorical and theological roots. The Catholic Church sees both the positive and the negative sidesof this phenomenon The pastoral care of migrants is a response to the needs of these people. It doesnot replace the territorial structures. They both work closely together and complement each other.The primary objective of the pastoral care of migrants is to enable migrants to integrate with thelocal community. An important element of these structures are religious orders of men and women.The most important thing for migrants is the Christian attitude of the local community tothem. Church repeatedly stressed the importance of hospitality to migrants. Both human andChristian attitude towards migrants expresses itself in a good reception, which is the main factorin overcoming the inevitable difficulties, preventing opposites and solving various problems. Thisattitude helps to alleviate the problems associated with the process of social integration.

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