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Tucson, Arizona is a site of a lively Polish-American community. Initially associated with a political organization ("Solidarity Tucson"), which actively supported the Solidarity Movement throughout the 1980s, the Polish diaspora has gradually transformed into an ethnic community very much focused on maintaining its distinctive heritage. Recent formation of the Polish folkloric dance group Lajkonik was directly stimulated by the local multicultural establishment, which promotes ethnic diversity in the Old Pueblo. Having become an integral part of the Southwestern society, Lajkonik has developed a collection of identity practices, which despite diverse influences continues to reproduce Polish cultural traits. In my ethnographic account, I examine ways, by which members of the Lajkonik group construct their diasporic identities. First, I focus on the core activities of the group, which include the practice of Polish traditions, learning folk dances and songs in a wide cultural context, and negotiating the speaking of Polish. Additional analyses, based on video recordings, of Polish classes and dance rehearsals, which show the actual mechanics of the production processes, as well as the narratives of the teacher and parent of performers, further support the account of the ethnographer. Secondly, I look into the development of Polishness for public consumption, which involves negotiation of multiple images in accordance with specific cultural events, creation of engaging stage programs, and presenting the essence of Polishness to festival audiences in Tucson. Regardless of the particular purpose of identities' productions, either for integrating community or public display, these processes simultaneously involve the quest for authenticity, building ethnic pride, and negotiations of diverse traditions. / Anthropology

Prior to the removal of monumental murals from the cathedral of Pachoras (Faras), the largely unknown cultural entity of Christian Nubia figured in scholarship merely as a peripheral outpost of Byzantine and Egyptian influence. The impressive corpus of visual evidence from Pachoras, located south of the first Nile cataract and now inundated by Lake Nasser, led Kurt Weitzmann to reevaluate its significance in a seminal essay published in 1970. By tracing artistic sources of Christian Nubian art to Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, Weitzmann initiated recognition of the close ties between Nubia and Byzantium. Since that time, however, this subject has received little art historical attention, and it continues to pose interpretive challenges. I endeavor to recuperate the Nubian wall paintings from Pachoras for mainstream Byzantine studies. To that end, I explore the depictions of three of the Pachoras bishops, with particular attention to their original location, relationship with surrounding images, and epigraphic evidence. I conceive of these tenth- and eleventh-century portraits as visual constructions of Nubian episcopal authority mapped out on the cathedral's walls. I also explore the possible meanings of the indigenous elements represented in the images of the Pachoras bishops, while considering their relationships to the eastern Mediterranean textual and visual traditions. Evidence includes the paintings with accompanying inscriptions, fourteenth-century scrolls of Bishop Timotheos, Greek and Coptic epitaphs engraved on ninth- through twelfth-century funerary steles, and a list of bishops, first painted around the turn of the tenth century. / Art History

Through the research methods of questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews, this study aims to explore the identity construction process of Chinese youth in mobile games and its influencing factors. It has been found that players' identity construction is a complex, multidimensional, and dynamic process in which gaming experiences, social interactions, consumption behaviors, and emotional responses are key factors in construction of identity. Specifically, players construct and express their self-identity in mobile games through character selection, completion of in-game tasks, and in-game social interactions; online and offline social interactions enhance players' sense of belonging and recognition of their identity; players' consumption of virtual items improves players' status in the gaming community and their sense of self-recognition; and in-game emotional experiences have a significant impact on identity construction and recognition. In addition, gender stereotypes still exist in mobile games and have some degree of influence on players' identity construction in mobile games. Further, this study also focuses on analyzing the impact of the convergence of online and offline identities on Chinese youth's identity construction. This convergence promotes youth identity in both online and offline communities, reinforcing the influence of gaming culture in players' lives and blurring their self-presentation in different environments. However, while this convergence is an irreversible trend, there are specific types of games where players are avoiding it as much as possible because they want to establish distinct boundaries between online and offline identities for a better gaming experience and to try to explore more different identities in an anonymous environment. The contributions of this study are, first, to extend the application of identity construction and identity theory to online spaces and mobile games. Second, this study analyzes the behavioral patterns and characteristics of Chinese youth's identity construction in mobile games, demonstrating the new dynamics of youth identity construction in digital culture. Third, the results of the study provide theoretical support and relevance for understanding the behavior and psychology of contemporary Chinese youth in mobile games, and provide practical references for the fields of game design and policy making. In addition, this study has certain limitations, such as the small sample size and the primary reliance on qualitative data, which may lead to generalizability of the findings to be further verified, as well as the possibility of some degree of social desirability bias. Therefore, future research can be conducted to further validate and enrich the findings of this study by expanding the sample size, combining behavioral data and empirical research. It is worth to note that with the popularization of VR, AR and AI technologies, the boundaries of identity construction in offline and online spaces may be further blurred, and identity research will also be expected to usher in new theoretical challenges and opportunities, which provides a broad space for future research.

As mutações da sociedade atual e a aceleração do tempo histórico levam a um impulso de coesão com e no passado, de arraigo às origens, buscando pistas de identidade contidas nesse passado coletivo. Os fenômenos da globalização parecem conduzir a uma necessidade de enraizamento e de continuidade; necessidades preenchidas pela memória. Esta, na perspectiva de Maurice Halbwachs, possui ao mesmo tempo um caráter individual e um coletivo, sendo, em parte, modelada pela família e pelos grupos sociais. Revela tanto aspectos da identidade pessoal como social e aponta qual lugar os indivíduos e os grupos ocupam na sociedade. A tradição judaica é a tradição da memória por excelência e a história do povo judeu ilustra os mecanismos da memória e da lembrança. Nesta tradição os rituais e os relatos são canais que transmitem a memória através dos tempos. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi estudar como membros e familiares de uma comunidade judaica vivem a memória coletiva e o que isso significa em suas vidas cotidianas, visando apreender o processo de construção da identidade individual. Entrevistamos 13 pessoas, de cinco famílias diferentes, descendentes de judeus que imigraram para o Brasil. O contato foi proporcionado pela Sociedade Israelita de Ribeirão Preto. Para entrevistar, utilizamos o método da história oral, uma narrativa linear e individual do que os participantes consideram significativo. Neste método, a memória é uma forma de evidência histórica e deve ser analisada como tal. Considerando que na memória as pessoas constroem um sentido do passado, a reflexão ocupa um lugar fundamental para a ressignificação deste passado recordado. As entrevistas, gravadas e transcritas, são apresentadas na íntegra. Os participantes são categorizados em grupos, por família e grau de parentesco. Família 1: Maria (filha), Fernando (neto) e Calebe (neto); Família 2: Patrícia (filha) e Iracy (neta); Família 3 : Antônio (filho), Josy (neta) e Alex (neto); Família 4: Vânia (filha) e Talita (neta); Família 5: Zélia (filha), Daniel (neto) e Raquel (neta). Os nomes são fictícios visando preservar sua identidade. Nas entrevistas notamos uma riqueza pela diversidade e semelhança: são pessoas da mesma família ou de famílias diferentes, que percebem e elaboram a experiência de suas famílias de modos distintos, particulares, complementares e às vezes parecidos, que enriquece a análise e favorece a reflexão, servindo de modelo para alguns aspectos da vida. Também percebemos um processo de construção da identidade: necessidade de contar ou silenciar; como enfrentam eventos traumáticos; como preservam ou não a religião e as tradições; as mudanças ao longo das gerações; a relação com o trabalho e o meio em que vivem; os valores herdados e transmitidos para as próximas gerações, entre outros aspectos que surgiram nas narrativas. O conceito de memória coletiva iluminou a maneira de olharmos para os participantes e seus relatos. Possibilitou que notássemos o que ficou do passado no grupo estudado e o que o grupo fez com o passado. Mais do que conclusões ou pressupostos, alertamos que as entrevistas possuem infindáveis conteúdos para serem explorados e apenas alguns destes aspectos foram abordados neste estudo. / Changes in society and the current acceleration of historical time lead to a impulse and cohesion with the past, to root of the origins, seeking identity clues contained in this collective past. The phenomena of globalization seem to lead to a need for rootedness and continuity; these needs are filled by the memory. From the perspective of Maurice Halbwachs memory has both an individual and a collective character, being partly shaped by family and social groups. It reveals both aspects of personal and social identity and points which place individuals and groups occupied in society. The Jewish tradition is the tradition of memory by excellence and the Jewish people´s history illustrates the mechanisms of memory and remembrance. In this tradition rituals and accounts are channels that transmit memory through the ages. The aim of this research was to study how members and relatives from Jewish community live the collective memory and what it means in their everyday lives, in order to apprehend the process of individual identity construction. We interviewed 13 people from five different families, descendants of Jews who immigrated to Brazil. The contact was provided by the Israeli Society of Ribeirão Preto. To interview, we used the oral history method, a linear and individual narrative of what the participants considered significant. In this method, the memory is a way of historical evidence and should be considered as such. Considering that in memory people build a sense of the past, reflection occupies a key place to resignification this past remembered. The interviews were taped and transcribed, are presented in full. Participants are categorized in groups by family and parentage. Family 1: Maria (daughter), Fernando (grandson) and Calebe (grandson); Family 2: Patricia (daughter) and Iracy (granddaughter); Family 3: Antônio (son), Josy (granddaughter) and Alex (grandson); Family 4: Vânia (daughter) and Talita (granddaughter); Family 5: Zélia (daughter), Daniel (grandson) and Raquel (granddaughter). The names are fictitious to preserve their identity. In the interviews we noticed a wealth of diversity and similarity: they are people from the same family or different families, who realize and elaborate their families experience in different, particular, complementary and sometimes similar ways, which enriches the analysis and encourages reflection, serving as a model for some aspects of life. Also realize a process of identity construction: need for tell or silence; how they face traumatic events; how preserve or not religion and traditions; changes over the generations; the relationship with the work and the medium in which they live; values inherited and transmitted to the next generations, among other aspects that emerged in the narratives. The concept of collective memory illuminated the way we look into the participants and their accounts. Enabled us to observe what became from the past in the group studied and what the group made with the past. More than conclusions or assumptions, we caution that the interviews have countless content to be explored, and only some of these aspects were approached in this study.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:56:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Carolina de Sousa Ferron.pdf: 539577 bytes, checksum: d0a30ee16777431cd71b7c515064b5a3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-04 / The issues of professional identity and vocational training area frequently discussed subject nowadays (DUBAR, 2005, 2009; TARDIF, 2012). In the field of Education, is no different (PLACCO; SOUZA, 2005; MARCELO, 2009). In regards to that, the interest in knowing who the teacher, the professor of pedagogy is appeared and who still chooses teaching apart from all the depreciation faced by the professionals from this area. This study aimed to identify how this teacher identity construction occurs, ie, how he became the professional he is today. In this sense, it has become pertinent to check why one chooses this profession, what motivates one to stay on it and why that even with such devaluation. For this, besides the literature about professional identity, teacher education and the history of pedagogy courses in Brazil, semistructured interviews were conducted with three teachers. The data was analyzed and organized into five categories that relate to the goals of there search. Much of the actions of these professionals today as teachers are implied in their personal stories, the way they have perceived school and how they have learned since childhood. The anguish, the learning, the knowledge that should have built their modes of being and acting and transform them on a daily basis into the professional they are today. The commitment to education does not make them give up their profession, even with such devaluation. We further note that, in order to become qualified as a teacher trainer of teachers, it is important to highlight the continuing education, always seeking new knowledge, and giving special importance to theoretical knowledge. Teacher development will never seize to exist, and it is seen as a lifelong learning. Most importantly, the formation is built by means of a work of critical reflection on practice. To constitute the professionals they are today, it is important to emphasize the importance that other teachers had in the lives as respondents, and this happens because the OTHER makes a difference, interfering with the constitution of their identities. Believing in education, liking what you do and realizing its importance in the constitution of the other, are important aspects to become a teacher trainer / As questões da identidade e da formação profissional têm sido bastante abordadas atualmente (DUBAR, 2005, 2009; TARDIF, 2012). No campo da Educação, não é diferente (PLACCO; SOUZA, 2005; MARCELO, 2009). Surgiu, assim, o interesse por conhecer quem é o pedagogo, o professor do curso de Pedagogia, que mesmo com toda desvalorização que enfrenta na profissão, ainda assim, escolhe a docência. Nesta pesquisa, objetivou-se identificar como ocorre a constituição identitária desse professor, ou seja, como ele se constituiu no profissional que é hoje. Nesse sentido, tornou-se pertinente verificar o porquê escolheu essa profissão, o que o motiva a permanecer nela mesmo com tanta desvalorização. Para tanto, além da revisão bibliográfica acerca da identidade profissional, formação de professores e a história do curso de pedagogia no Brasil, foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com três professoras. Os dados obtidos foram analisados e organizados em cinco categorias que respondem aos objetivos da pesquisa. Muito das ações dessas profissionais hoje como professoras está imbricado em sua trajetória pessoal, em como percebiam a escola e o aprender desde a infância. As angústias, as aprendizagens, os saberes que devem ter, constroem seus modos de ser e agir e as transformam a cada dia nas profissionais de hoje. O compromisso com a educação não as fazem desistir da profissão, mesmo com tanta desvalorização. Observamos ainda que, para se constituir como professora formadora de professores é importante valorizar a formação contínua, sempre buscar novos saberes, dando especial importância ao conhecimento teórico. O desenvolvimento dos professores é contínuo e é compreendido como uma aprendizagem ao longo da vida. É importante destacar que a formação se constrói por meio de um trabalho de reflexão crítica sobre as práticas. Para se constituírem nas profissionais que são hoje, ressalta-se a importância que outros professores tiveram na vida das entrevistadas, isto é, a relação com o outro interfere de maneira significativa em nossa constituição identitária. Os resultados deste estudo mostram que acreditar na educação, gostar do que faz e perceber sua importância na constituição do outro são aspectos importantes para se tornar um professor formador

Though technically not a new phenomenon historically or geographically, non-binary identities arestarting to be more visible in Sweden, and have become a topic of both discussion concerninghuman rights and anti-discriminatory practices, but also mockery. In this thesis I wanted to have acloser look at how Swedish people identifying as neither wholly male nor female presentthemselves on social media in text and image, as well as how they describe the resistance they meetin regards to their identity and choices of presentation. Its theoretical basis lies in works of JudithButler, Jack Halberstam and Lee Edelman to examine which societal structures the subjects of thisstudy have to relate to. The source of my empirical material are ten Instagram accounts, which wereanalysed via an integrated discourse psychology/discourse theory approach. During the period ofmaterial collection, an incident in the shape of a public debate concerning trans questions had aconsiderable impact on the lives of the subjects of this study, consequentially making it a significanttheme of the thesis. The results show the difficulty of trying to hold a balance between or outsidethe gender and/or sex binary in a society which only recognizes male and female, as well as theconflicts of identity which can arise when one’s gender identity clashes with other importantpersonal values.

Cette thèse s'intéresse à l'engagement dans une démarche de VAE de professionnels de l'animation socioculturelle. Les exigences de professionnalisme renforcent sensiblement les logiques de professionnalisation. Des apports nouveaux en ce domaine semblent alors utiles pour nourrir les connaissances d'autant que le rapport à la formation est une situation privilégiée d'observation de l'articulation et de la négociation entre les dynamiques identitaires d'un sujet, d'une part, et les logiques institutionnelles, d'autre part. L'évolution des métiers de l'animation renforce les rhétoriques de la professionnalisation. Ce mouvement s'inscrit dans un contexte social caractérisé par des transformations convergentes travail/formation apportant une conception nouvelle du professionnel : autonome, responsable et adaptable. Cependant, les savoirs et les valeurs acquis ainsi que la production d'un ethos professionnel participent de la construction de représentations identitaires, de cultures professionnelles et favorisent la socialisation. La signification subjective de la professionnalisation est donc ce qui permet au sujet de mobiliser les ressources subjectives pour l'élaboration de son expérience tout en intégrant des contraintes objectives. Le choix de la VAE comme objet d'analyse s'inscrit dans cette double perspective. Elle constitue une expérience singulière dans la mesure où elle place le sujet au centre du processus. Si cette nouvelle modalité d'obtention de diplômes apporte des droits nouveaux, elle introduit dans le même temps des paradigmes pédagogiques centrés sur l'individualisation des parcours mais aussi une demande de reconnaissance. La question qui est au centre de cette recherche est de savoir comment les sujets construisent leur expérience, en tant qu'expérience de l'expérience. Le rapport à la formation ne s'inscrit pas seulement dans une logique d'acquisition de savoirs mais dans la capacité des sujets de maîtriser leurs expériences d'apprentissage successives. Celles-ci sont une construction du versant subjectif du système pédagogique, se révèlent dans des dynamiques identitaires et combinent les logiques institutionnelles que les sujets doivent articuler entre elles : l'adhésion aux normes pédagogiques instituées, la construction de stratégies, la maîtrise subjective des éléments qui les portent. C'est bien à cette « expérience » que cette recherche s'intéresse pour comprendre si les sujets enquêtés ont la capacité de construire et de gérer toutes les dimensions d'une expérience de formation, qui se nuance diversement selon leur position dans le système pédagogique et selon les situations sociales qui les caractérisent. En articulant de manière inductive l'analyse des entretiens issus d'une enquête menée auprès de 42 animateurs socioculturels, des logiques mises en jeu et des processus d'élaboration d'une interprétation de la situation ont été repérés chez chacun des sujets. De même que des types de rapport à la formation liant construction de l'expérience et interaction avec le système pédagogique ont été mis en évidence. Ceux-ci conduisent à trois formes identitaires typiques qui désignent les modes d'intégration dans le système pédagogique et les dynamiques qui lient rapport à la trajectoire passée, vécu de la formation et anticipation de l'avenir. Si les témoignages recueillis sont le reflet de la complexité de l’univers de la formation, les formes identitaires dégagées ici ne sont en aucun cas à considérer comme un inventaire de nouvelles catégories sociales à partir desquelles il est possible de hiérarchiser, grouper et désigner objectivement les sujets en formation. D'autres articulations sont explorées. / This thesis is interested in engaging in a process of VAE subjects belonging to the professional group of community workers. Professionalism demands that circulate in institutions significantly strengthen professional logics. New contributions in this area seem to be useful to feed all the knowledge that the report to training is a privileged observation position of articulation and negotiation between identity dynamics of a subject on the one hand and the institutional logic, on the other.The development of business of animation, itself linked to the profound changes at work in society, strengthens rhetoric of professionalization. This move is part of a social context characterized by convergent transformations work / training bringing a new design professional: autonomous, responsible and adaptable. However, knowledge and values gained and the production of a professional ethos participate in the construction of identity representations, professional cultures and promote socialization. The subjective meaning of professionalization is thus about mobilizing subjective resources for the development of his experience while integrating objective constraints. The choice of VAE as an object of analysis is in this dual perspective. It is a unique experience in that it places the subject in the center of the process. If this new modality graduation brings new rights, it introduces at the same time teaching paradigms centered on the individualization of course but also a request for recognition.The question that is central to this research is how the subjects are building their experience, as an experience of experience. The report to training is not only anchored in a process of acquiring knowledge, but in the ability of the subjects to control their subsequent learning experiences. These are construction of the subjective side of the educational system, appear in identity dynamics and combine the institutional logic that subjects must articulate them : adherence to established educational standards , construction strategies , mastery subjective elements who wear them. It is this "experience" that this research is interested in understanding whether respondents’ subjects have the ability to build and manage all the dimensions of a learning experience, which variously grade according to their position in the educational system and in social situations that characterize them. This work is not only realizes the sole educational report, it commits the relational sphere but also anchoring in a professional identity and position in the the organization of work.Articulating inductively analyzing interviews from a survey of 42 community workers, with other elements observed in the course of VAE, logic in play and the process of developing an interpretation the situation were located in each subject. Similarly, the type of report to training binder construction experience and interaction withe educational system was highlighted. These lead to three typical forms of identity that designate the modes of integration in the educational system and the dynamic linking compared to the past trajectory, experienced training and anticipation of the future. If the evidence collected reflects the heterogeneity and complexity of the universe of training, identity forms identified here are by no means to be considered as an inventory of new social categories from which it is possible to prioritize, group and objectively identify the subjects in formation. Other joints are explored.