Search results for "ETHNICITY"

Dyskurs nad pojęciem "pogranicze" w polskiej socjologii. Wybrane zagadnienia

2017

The article presents the selected dimensions of the discourse with respect to the notion category "pogranicze” ("borderland”), which has been ongoing in the Polish sociology sińce the thirties of the last century, The consideration opens with Józef Chałasińskis understanding of the term "pogranicze”, with the impact laid upon the "antagonism” as the basie intergroup relationship at the contemporary Polish-German borderland. Subseąuently, basing on selected examples, the author presents the discourse over the borderland in Polish sociology during the transformation period after 1989. The observations derived from the sociological discourse depict the changes of this notion category in its un…

Intra-urban residential differentiation in the post-Soviet city: the case of Riga, Latvia

2014

Cities in many Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have transformed rapidly since the political and socio-economic restructuring started in the early 1990s. Economi reforms, growing income inequalities, changes in housing system and selective residential mobility are resulting in increasing socio-spatial differentiation among urban neighbourhoods also in Riga. In addition, litt le is known about the ethnic dimension of intra-urban residential differentiation, despite the existence of sizeable minority populations. The focus on ethnicity is important, since Riga is the only capital city in the Baltic States where the ethnic majority is outnumbered by the non-Latvian minority. This p…

Performance and age of African and non-African runners in half- and full marathons held in Switzerland, 2000–2010

2013

André Aschmann,1 Beat Knechtle,2 Marco Cribari,1 Christoph Alexander Rüst,1 Vincent Onywera,3 Thomas Rosemann,1 Romuald Lepers4 1Institute of General Practice and for Health Services Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland; 3Department of Recreation Management and Exercise Science, Kenyatta University, Kenya; 4Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France Background: Endurance running performance of African (AF) and non-African (NAF) athletes is investigated, with better performances seen for Africans. To d…

Ethnicity, 2018/15 : Ethnicity: Diversity and Homogenization

2018

"Ethnicity" – a peer-reviewed journal was established by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology (University of Latvia). The journal publishes original works about ethnicity in different fields of knowledge – sociology, history, social linguistics, social psychology, law, political science.

"If the Sidewalks of These Street Could Talk." Reinventing Italian-American Ethnicity : The Representation and Construction of Ethnic Identity in Ita…

2005

Ethnicity, 2011/5 : Ethnic Identities and Integration of the Society

2011

Ethnicity – a peer-reviewed journal was established by the Institute of Social Investigations (Daugavpils University, Latvia) and the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology (University of Latvia). The journal publishes original works about ethnicity in different fields of knowledge – sociology, history, social linguistics, social psychology, law, political science.

Etnia/etnicità

2015

Breve profilo sulla storia degli studi e sugli approcci teorici riguardanti i concetti di etnia e etnicità scritto specificamente come scheda di approfondimento per la seconda edizione riveduta di R. H. Robbins, Antropologia culturale. Un approccio per problemi (seconda edizione italiana a cura di G. D’Agostino e V. Matera), Novara, UTET Università Brief profile on the history of studies and theoretical approaches regarding the concepts of ethnicity and ethnicity written specifically as a background file for the second revised edition of R. H. Robbins, Cultural Anthropology. An approach to problems (second Italian edition edited by G. D'Agostino and V. Matera), Novara, UTET University

Ethnicity in the educational materials. A viev through the lenses of criticas pedagogy

2017

Niniejszy tekst przedstawia wyniki analizy jakościowej i ilościowej wybranych materiałów edukacyjnych (podręczniki do nauki języka angielskiego). Analiza, dokonana przy użyciu aparatu pojęciowego pedagogiki krytycznej, dotyczyła sposobu prezentacji kwestii związanych z etnicznością, a jej celem była ocena badanego materiału pod kątem wzmacniania bądź minimalizowania stereotypów etnicznych oraz stopnia, w jakim podejście autorów/ek nacechowane jest podejściem europocentrycznym. W konkluzji pracy autorka zaznacza tendencję do przedstawiania w wybranych podręcznikach etniczności w sposób uproszczony i stereotypowy, co może zakłócać proces nabywania umiejętności międzykulturowych.

Ethnicity, 2016/14 : Disputes and Ethnicity

2016

"Ethnicity" – a peer-reviewed journal was established by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology (University of Latvia). The journal publishes original works about ethnicity in different fields of knowledge – sociology, history, social linguistics, social psychology, law, political science.

Etnisyyden rakentuminen kahden saamelaismuseon perusnäyttelyissä

2015

This study examines the construction of ethnicity in the permanent exhibitions of two museums: Siida, the National Museum of the Finnish Sámi and the Nature Centre of Metsähallitus, and Ájtte, the Swedish Mountain and Sámi Museum. The study is motivated by three research questions: What kind of ethnic categories and boundaries do the exhibitions create? How is Sámi ethnicity defined by displaying cultural features? How do the exhibitions depict relationships between the Sámi and other ethnicities, governmental power, the ‘Sámi area’, and nature? The exhibitions are examined in the context of the contemporary public discussion about Sámi ethnicity; the study aims to explain how the two museu…