Search results for "ethnic"

Comparative statistical studies on the physical anthropology of the late Medieval period (A.D. 1000–1500)

1984

Continuing previous studies on preceding temporal periods, a total of 162 skeletal series from the late Medieval period are analysed. The dendrogram reveals an east cluster as in the other periods but a west cluster is not evident possibly because western Europe is represented by very few series. Moreover, we find a Scandinavian and a Turk cluster. Regional or ethnic pooling of the original series gives an affinity structure which is more influenced by geographic proximity than by ethnic relation. This structure predominantly reflects differentiations of skull width and length and to a lesser degree of facial height. The diachronic trend appears again, but in this period there is only a sli…

Multi-professional work practices in the field of immigrant integration – examples of collaboration between the police and social work

2017

Development of the professional competences and work practices are required when promoting successful immigrant integration in a constantly diversifying society. One work method applied in this field is multi-professional collaboration. Cooperation between the authorities at the local level reduces the overlap between services and brings together expertise and resources, resulting in not only added value but also more proactive and less costly service.  Thus, collaboration can involve actors from various sectors, like NGOs or ethnic minority communities. In this article examples of collaboration in two different multi-ethnic contexts are introduced: first, in school and second, in a suburb.…

Adrano, Efesto e i Palici. Culti, interazioni etniche e middle ground nella Sicilia antica

2015

Stranieri o nativi che fossero (εἴτε εἶεν ξένοι εἴτε ἐπιχώριοι), coloro che si accostavano ai santuari dei Palici, di Adrano e di Efesto assumevano un atteggiamento ricettivo e fiducioso, effetto di una strategia “macroretorica” che offriva forme di transazione e di mediazione in un quadro diffuso di conflittualità tra individui e tra gruppi. In questo volume, il ricorso al modello interpretativo del middle ground e al concetto di “porosità” culturale mostra che sia le comunità indigene sia quelle greche si ridefinivano in modi differenti nei diversi contesti spazio-temporali e adattavano la propria struttura identitaria alle più svariate circostanze: dal punto di vista di una “ecologia cul…

Aspetti della storiografia moderna su ethne e religioni nella Sicilia antica

2013

Obiettivo del testo è tentare di indicare alcuni aspetti del dibattito storiografico moderno sul rapporto tra etnicità e culti nella Sicilia antica, partendo dal presupposto, credo ampiamente condiviso, che ogni ricostruzione storica del passato è anche un terreno di scontro sul presente dello storico. Vi è insomma un rapporto fondamentale tra presente e passato, rapporto che si inscrive dialetticamente nella tensione comprendere il presente mediante il passato e comprendere il passato mediante il presente. In questa prospettiva orientare la questione delle origini in una direzione piuttosto che in un’altra diventa funzionale a opzioni ideologiche e a strategie di legittimazione politica, c…

Developmental Aspects of Ethnic Identity: Links with Acculturation, Attitudes and Perceived Intercultural Relations

2009

Relational Ethnic Tourism in Sicily. Linguistic minorities and rural development.

2010

Mass tourism has contributed to the spread of English throughout the world, and to portrait local traditions and languages as archaic and folkloristic cultural traits, not a part of real life. Under globalization and the thrust to linguistic homogeneity, local minority language communities are going to weaken their cultural heritage, when conforming to English speaking mass tourists expectations. This is not, however, necessary nor unavoidable. Evidence of the contrary exists: in some cases tourism plays a fundamental role to preserve minority languages (Greathouse-Amador 2005). In the past, languages were not considered as attractors in tourist markets; they showed their potentialities to …

Relational ethnic tourism and the role of linguistic minorities for rural development

2009

La vicenda arbereshe tra storia e mito. RES ALBANICAE, vol. 1, p. 201-212, ISSN: 2279-7173

2012

L'articolo traccia una ricostruzione delle vicende storiche della minoranza albanese insediatasi in sicilia e in calabria tra xv e xvi secolo, vicende rivissute dai nuclei arberesh attraverso il ricorso a narrazioni mitiche e l'affermazione di una propria identità etnico-religiosa. reconstructing history of albanish peoples who migrated to sicily and calabria between xv and xvi century. history is reconstructed by arberesh peoples by recurring to miths and ethnic, social and religious identity

Reconsidering cultural tourism: an anthropologist's perspective

2012

After returning home from fieldwork on the Guarani reservation in Misiones, Argentina, the author was approached by one of his colleagues and asked about the difference between ethnography and ethnic tourism. The immediate response was, what do you mean by ‘ethnic tourism’? After a moment of silence, he responded that, to him, ethnic tourism meant people traveling to interact with indigenous people and experience their lifestyles and customs. This thought process brought about the interest in writing this reflective research note. This short opinion piece teases out the importance of aboriginal peoples and their culture as heritage attractions and proposes the role of anthropology in creati…

"To ńyma nasz fajer!", czyli o śląskiej polityczności. Elementy integracji i dezintegracji w procesie kształtowania się fenomenu śląskiej etniczności

2022

Przedmiotem artykułu jest analiza elementów integracji i dezintegracji w procesie kształtowania się fenomenu śląskiej etniczności. Autorka proponuje teoriopolityczną interpretację procesów, jakie zaszły na Górnym Śląsku w ostatnich trzech dekadach. W tym celu proponuje posłużenie się kategorią śląskiej polityczności, która ma oddawać specyfikę życia politycznego w regionie. Te jest oparte na wielokierunkowych relacjach podmiotów politycznych wyrażonych w diadzie integracja-dezintegracja. Stanowi ona schemat interpretacyjny pozwalający je opisać w negatywnej zależności, gdy integracja jednego podmiotu jest uwarunkowana dezintegracją drugiego. W tekście autorka proponuje ustrukturyzowanie życ…