This thesis explores the identity perceptions of the Armenian and Jewish communities in the context of Ankara. Purpose of the study is to understand the ways the members of these communities experienced the social, spatial, political and cultural changes in the capital-city after the establishment of Turkish nation-state / and in what ways they draw on these experiences in terms of their identifications, self-understanding, and feelings of belonging. For this purpose, life-story narratives of people who were born in the early Republican era and of the following generation were collected through oral history methodology. As a result of the analyses of these narratives, multiple, fluid, contextual, and contingent character of identity in terms of the Armenian and Jewish communities in Ankara is pointed, and it is concluded that community identity for the members of these communities was symbolically constructed.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2002. / "A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History, Dept. of History and Classics." eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2002. / "A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History, Dept. of History and Classics." eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2008.

Nesta tese analisamos a atuação dos movimentos sociais indígenas na Bolívia, e seus discursos sobre autonomia. Nosso foco é o CONAMAQ Consejo Nacional de Ayllus y Markas del Qullasuyu. Por entendermos que não existe enunciado sem posição, mapeamos os discursos que operam na esfera pública boliviana a fim de compreender qual a posição do CONAMAQ. Este mapeamento consistiu na análise também dos discursos da CSUTCB Central Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia e do Estado Plurinacional de Bolívia. Descrevemos os discursos nacionalistas e indianistas bolivianos, em especial o katarismo, para analisar a constituição dos agentes, de seus posicionamentos e do modo como interagem. Nossa intenção foi definir o campo de relações, simultaneamente prático e discursivo, no qual se codificam os sistemas de diferenças que compõem o contexto em que circulam os agentes e seus discursos. Encontramos evidenciados no processo de construção do Estado Plurinacional na Bolívia, dois discursos com base nos quais se estabelecem posições discursivas, organizam-se movimentos sociais e criam-se agentes na esfera política pública: o camponês-indígena e o indígenaoriginário. Com base nisso, propomos analisar o encontro dos discursos sobre direitos do CONAMAQ, do Estado Plurinacional e da normativa do direito internacional sobre direitos dos povos indígenas, com ênfase no debate sobre o direito à autonomia. A fim de demonstrar que os contatos e encontros entre os níveis discursivos local (identificados como CONAMAQ e Estado plurinacional), e internacional (entendido como a normativa de direitos dos povos indígenas constituída por organismos internacionais), se interpenetram e apresentam diferentes pontos de contato, constituindo embates discursivos na esfera pública local e, também, na internacional/global. / In this thesis, we will analyze the actions of the indigenous social movements in Bolivia, and their discourses on autonomy. Our focus is the CONAMAQ Consejo Nacional de Ayllus y Markas del Qullasuyu. As we understand there is no utterance without a position, we mapped out the discourses that operate in the Bolivian public sphere in order to understand the position of the CONAMAQ. This mapping out consisted also in the analysis of the discourses of the CSUTCB Central Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia and of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. We describe the Bolivian nationalist and indianist discourses, especially the katarismo, to analyze the constitution of the agents, of their positions and of the way they Interact. Our aim was to define the field of the relations, at the same time practical and discoursive, in which the systems of differences that make up the context where the agents and their discourses navigate are encoded. Two discourses are to be found evident in the process of construction of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, two discourses based on which discoursive positions are established, social movements are organized and agents are created in the public political sphere: the indianpeasant and the originary-indian. Based on this, we attempt to analyze the encounter of the discourses on rights of the CONAMAQ, of the Plurinational State and of the rules of the international law on the rights of indigenous peoples, with an emphasis on the debate about the right to autonomy. In order to demonstrate that the contacts and encounters between the local (identified as CONAMAQ and Plurinational State) and international (understood as rules of law regarding the rights of indigenous peoples elaborated by international organizations) discoursive levels are intertwined and show different points of contact, creating discursive clashes in the local public sphere, and also on an international/global level.

The work of Ethnology of the Gagauz village of Bălgarevo. The identity of the Bulgarian Gagauz represents the ethnogenesis and hypotheses about the origin of the Gagauz. The author interprets the ethnic identity of the Bulgarian Gagauz from a village in the northeastern part of Bulgaria. Based on the outputs of field return research, empirical data and through the projection of the actors themselves, it identifies the basic characteristics of Gagauz identity: origin, language, religion and tradition. The author describes the symbols and signs important for the community itself and answers the question of whether it is possible to label the current Bulgarian Gagauze as an ethnic group, how they identified themselves and on the basis of which attributes. The space is given by the ongoing revitalization changes against the background of new economic and socio-cultural processes. The work is supplemented by case studies and research reflection.

Anatolia has been the cradle of many different cultures throughout history. One of these was the Celts who migrated from Europe to Anatolia in the 3rd century BC and had various impacts on the settlement pattern of the region called Galatia after their arrival. Therefore in Anatolia urbanization history we know them as Galatians. The main statement of this thesis is that, cultural identity is not a static, inherent quality, but a dynamic and contigent aspect of the existence of people. Therefore cultural identity should be regarded as a pattern continuum. In thisd study, in order to predict the Galatian settlement pattern until thr Roman dominance in the late 1st century BC in Anatolia, European Celtic settlement pattern has been reviewed as well as archaeolgical evidence and the Celtic language. The Hallstatt and the following La Tene periods in European history have been investigated since La Tene period is isochronic with Galatians in Anatolia. From the archaeological evidence in Europe, it is clear that the Celts established defended settlements, mastered the art of iron working and mining, and traded with the classical world. In previous literature, Anatolia Celts/Galatians have been regarded as nomads who were involved mostly in warfare. However, the location of their forts and village-like settlements along the ancient trade routes implies that they were settled people who were engaged in production and trading activities as well, similar to La Tene in Europe. Settlement types and their distribution pattern, linguistic and archaeological evidence investigated in this thesis verify that Celtic cultural identity in the history of Europe and Anatolia should be regarded as a pattern continuum.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-119).

This work deals with transnational ties of reemigrated Volhynian Czechs and ethnic return migration of descendants of non-reemigrated Volhynian Czechs. Dissertation was founded on fieldwork in West Ukraine and in the Czech Republic. Researches of reemigrated Volhynian Czechs were studied in terms of integration or adaptation into the Czech (Czechoslovak) society, but this work, in first part, critically shows immigration narrative of Czech (Czechoslovak) social sciences; there were also transnational ties to Ukraine to which reemigrated Volhynian Czech refers as a meaningful. Next part of this work deals with ethnic return migration of descendants of non-reemigrated Volhynian Czechs. Descendants of compatriots have with Ukrainian ethnic consciousness, but Czech state allows them short-term and long-term stays in the Czech Republic thanks to ancestors, so that they are attracted with Czech surroundings, express wishes to migrate into the Czech Republic and they even could obtain permanent residency more easily due to Czech ancestors. Czech state facilitates migration flow from West Ukraine to the Czech Republic according to presume "closeness" of descendants of compatriots to Czech nation. Common reference of Czech social sciences and Czech state is nationalism which products social reality....

The importance of the thesis derived from the perspective offered: issues concerning immigration and integration often have been dealt with approaches which stress the conflictuality between faiths and cultures, or unload on the immigrant, meant as individual, the burden of a failed or successful "integration". ​In countries such as France, where concepts such as integration and assimilation continue to engage in the public debate even though they are dealing with the third and fourth generation of immigrants, the fallacy of these approaches is relevantly shared among scholars. Hence, my choice to highlight the negative inputs entered by the State/society, and perceived as threat and discrimination by the French with Arab origins, is justified by the need for a different approach. In fact, among the final results of the thesis, appears the trend (more or less extended among the young "Beurs") of re-establishing their identity on ethnicity and religion rather than their French nationality, since not always perceived by peers and institutions/authorities as pure French.