Search results for "minorities"

The planning research agenda: plural cities, equity and rights of citizenship

2010

Today it is self-evident that across the world we all -- more or less -- live in plural cities. A number of factors connected to development and underdevelopment processes as well as to the phenomena of social polarisation on a world scale are seen to be connected to this transformation. As a consequence, new, unexpected geographies are being created and old phenomena are taking new forms and dimensions. In this new geography of exclusion, fostered by the mechanisms of the new capitalist system and the crisis of the welfare state, inequality in cities is spreading significantly. What are the objectives and issues of planning research in these new urban circumstances? How is it possible to d…

The phenomenon of multiculturalism. The case of Poland

2017

One of the most important global processes nowadays is migration. Its result is, interalia, the deepening multiculturalism. It can take the form of a social phenomenon, political project or society. In this article we have focused on multiculturalism as a social phenomenon. It means the presence of different cultures with an ethnic background of their diversity in a specific social space and historical moment. They exist together and accept the mutually distinct ethnic (cultural) difference. The origins of the phenomenon of multiculturalism go back to ancient times, although then the phenomenon did not have a scientific framework of analysis. Such ones appeared in the 70s and 80s of the twe…

Le blog du DFK Glatz, vitrine électronique de la minorité allemande

2015

International audience; Le Deutscher Freundschaftskreis Glatz est présent sur internet grâce à un blog mis en place début 2010. Pour le Cercle d'amitié allemand de Glatz, il s'agit d'une opportunité d'informer sur les activités et les besoins de l'association de la minorité allemande vivant dans le Comté de Glatz en Basse-Silésie. Partagés entre les actions caritatives au bénéfice des plus démunis et les manifestations culturelles classiques (littéraires, musicales) ou relevant de l'identité allemande (célébration de Noël), les billets du blog soulignent toujours le dynamisme de l'association et de ses membres, sans oublier de rappeler que ces activités ne sont possibles que grâce à la géné…

Otthon és haza : tanulmányok a romániai magyar kisebbség történetéről

2013

The goal of this thesis is to show, through the history of the Hungarian minority in Romania, what drives the self-organisation of a minority community, and to what degree, in what respect is this historical, social phenomenon specific. Beside the theoretical introduction, the thesis consists of eight chapters, organised into three larger blocks. The structure reflects a methodological distinction as well: in the beginning, some case studies are offered; these are followed by presentations of institutional and conceptual history; in conclusion, an interpretive model is offered. The first part, entitled Cleavages, contains three case studies. These present in detail the major historical turn…

Strategies for conservation of a minority language. Between convergence and hybridization

2019

The Arbëresh linguistic varieties constitute a rich field of investigation for interesting phenomena of language attrition and contact. Because of the ancient and prolonged situation of bilingualism between Albanian and Italo-Romance varieties an interesting set of phenomena of code-switching, loan, convergence and hybridization has presented itself. This research concerns the Arbëresh linguistic minority of Greci, a small town in the Campanian region of southern Italy. Within Arbëria, the widespread archipelago of Albanian-speaking communities which occupies a vast territory in southern Italy, the preservation of Arbëresh presents very different sociolinguistic situations. Inside Arbëria G…

Considerazioni su alcune dinamiche sociolinguistiche in contesto siculoalbanese

2015

This study investigates diverse sociolinguistic dynamics relating to Sicilian Albanian communities. In light of a survey of the socio-demographic and socio-economic aspects characterising the communities under scrutiny, it has emerged that these communities have a twofold configuration: on the one hand, the community of Piana degli Albanesi presents features of mobility and typically “urban” details, on the other hand, the communities of S. Cristina and Contessa Entellina can be distinguished by an apparent state of isolation and typically “rural” traits. By contrast to what mainstream tendencies may encourage thinking about, the urban socio-economic structured community is sociolinguistica…

Fare rotta verso nuove terre: la diaspora greco-albanese della prima età moderna

2021

The contribution aims to frame the diasporic phenomenon of the 15th-16th centuries of the Balkan populations from areas roughly corresponding today to Albania and Greece, reading it according to a plurality of levels and intertwining that characterize the Mediterranean modern age history. Specifically, the paper summarizes the most recent reflections on the subject and focuses on the reasons that triggered the migration flows and on the historiographical narration over the centuries.

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

Il trattamento dell'identità in due minoranze storiche di Sicilia, in Bardhyl Demiraj, Matteo Mandalà, Shaban Sinani (a cura di), Studime Ne te prof.…

2015

Due gruppi di minoranza etnica e/o linguistica immigrati in Sicilia tra il XII e il XVI sec. (Albanesi e Galloitalici) vengono messi a confronto nel trattamento della loro identità culturale. Two minorities immigrated in Sicily between XII and XVI century (Albanian and Galloitalians) are confronted in the treatment of their cultural identity.