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The aim of this research project is the investigation of the forgotten landscape of transhumance in mainland Greece, focusing on areas that have been abandoned by modern society and their historical significance. The goal is to make these lands functional again by preserving their cultural heritage and developing a sustainable community that meets the needs of people, livestock, and the environment. The investigation employs a dual approach: examining transhumance as a cultural and natural practice while analyzing vernacular architecture to preserve collective memory. This involves extensive historical research and a simultaneous analysis of spatial, social, symbolic, and architectural elements. This study identifies points of convergence between cultural practices and architectural heritage, applying these insights to contemporary redevelopment scenarios. Findings reveal a significant interplay between transhumance practices and the region's anonymous architecture. Key characteristics of the landscape and its spatial identity are documented, providing insights into effective preservation and redevelopment strategies. Specific case studies validate these strategies, demonstrating their relevance to current and future efforts. This study concludes that understanding the historical context and spatial identity of transhumance landscapes is crucial for sustainable redevelopment. By preserving cultural practices and architectural heritage, this project provides a framework for revitalizing these landscapes, ensuring a balanced coexistence of people, livestock, and the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A superordinate identity that emphasizes the shared bond between people of different groups can have beneficial outcomes according to the theoretical argument of the common ingroup identity model. Unlike previous research that focuses on a single superordinate identity, we simultaneously study two superordinate identities: local identity (identification with the neighborhood) and national identity (identification with the country of residence). Our study is set in two ethnically heterogenous and low‐income neighborhoods in Sweden. Based on four waves of panel survey data, we find that both types of superordinate identities are associated with increases in interpersonal and institutional trust. The identities have distinct consequences, however. Local identity is related to local trust and national identity to national trust. These results are based on within‐individual variation. Since high trust generally has a range of positive consequences, our results point to an approach at improving communities that are often in much need of it. We observe low correlation between the two superordinate identities and high convergent and discriminant validity of the concepts. Our results may be relevant to similar neighborhoods that exist across Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study examines local identity and mental health at one of the most ethnically diverse universities in the United States to move beyond the dichotomy between international and domestic students. Participants: Undergraduate students (N = 1,098) attending a university in Hawai'i completed anonymous surveys during class. Results: Self-identified local students who were born and/or raised in Hawai'i had lower levels of depressive symptoms than non-local students, over and above their nativity status, gender, age, race/ethnicity, multiracial status, and socioeconomic background. Sobel tests further confirmed significant mediators, which suggested that locals were less psychologically distressed than non-locals because of their stronger familiarity with the "aloha spirit," rooted in Native Hawaiian culture, and their lower risk of discrimination. Conclusions: These new findings can inform mental health services and interventions to better target non-local (international and out-of-state domestic) students by considering the stress of discrimination and the protective role of cultural values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the difference between the construction of national and local identifications related to the new place of residence. It shows that local identification is more inclusive than national, and therefore may be a key to strengthening social cohesion. National and local identities can both be seen as forms of place identification (i.e., of spatial or territorial identity). The article builds on qualitative research on highly skilled migrants living in Wrocław, Poland. The empirical data shows that these migrants would rather obtain a city identification and call themselves Wrocławianie (inhabitants of Wrocław), and do not want, or only partially want, Polish national identity. Living in and experiencing Wrocław makes them feel like insiders, while experiencing Poland positions them as outsiders. While national identity is built around the difference between "us" and "them", local identity focuses on gaining knowledge about the particularity of a place and therefore allows for acceptance of heterogeneity and is easier for migrants to obtain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the several decades-old tradition of presenting jazz through festivals firstly in Yugoslavia, and consequently in Serbia, the Jazz in the Garden manifestation was founded in Belgrade in 2021. The name of the new festival apostrophises the location of the event – “Jevremovac” Botanical Garden. With the anthropological analysis of this manifestation, we will strive to demonstrate how the manifestation in development like this one influences the construction process of one part of Belgrade’s identity through its connections with the local jazz scene. We will also consider the influence of the creation of different perceptions and new meanings of the well-known city space like the Botanical Garden “Jevremovac” in which the festival is held. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From 1990, a revised immigration law offered foreigners of Japanese descent (nikkei) the right to work for unlimited duration in Japan. Many nikkei came from Latin America to take on blue-collar jobs in the country’s factories. Homi Danchi, a working-class housing complex in Toyota, Japan, has since become known for its Brazilian immigrant community. Drawing on in-depth interviews, this study analyzes the self-narrated biographies of three Brazilian immigrants who actively participate in community activism in Homi. Applying Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of practice and his critique of the “biographical illusion,” this article examines how the abstract ideology of Japanese-style multiculturalism (tabunka kyōsei) is understood and practiced at a local level. It argues that our narrators’ practical desires to recreate multicultural community in Homi reapply abstract multicultural values to a local context, thereby implicitly acknowledging multiculturalism’s symbolic capital and limiting the extent of activism to Homi. Applying the symbolic capital of multiculturalism to everyday practice, in turn, makes activism meaningful and imagines a community of fellow actors, albeit to the exclusion of outsiders. Multiculturalism thereby becomes a question not primarily of coexistence, but of community-building. We also underline the role that narration of one’s own history plays in mediating between individual experience and community belonging, contributing to methodological debates about Bourdieu’s biographical method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The moral model of rural teachers is the outstanding performer of practicing rural teachers morality, which has the implication of political orientation, local identity, historical development and image diversity, and the inherent regulations such as differential coupling and interactive inspiration make the model play an important role in the growth process of rural teachers morality. To cultivate moral model of rural teachers in the new era, it is necessary to form a reasonable concept of model cultivation based on the high-quality development goals, the core socialist values and the rule of law; to develop noble moral qualities of the model by uniting families, schools and society; to innovate the model selection mechanism from the perspective of multi-level principles of social selection, diversified evaluation criteria and subject participation; to optimize the model propaganda work by utilizing the integration of various media, cyberspace security construction and restoration of life authenticity under the " Internet + Education" ; and to perfect the model reward system by consolidating the common understanding of the relationship between reward system and moral behavior, enhancing the sense of ceremony of honor conferring and the strength of material rewards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A comparative study that analyzes the relationship between archaeological interventions in the districts of Supe Puerto and Paramonga, located in the province of Barranca, department of Lima, and the identity conformation of their respective secondary school student groups. During the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this relationship is evaluated through semi-structured interviews with students from two schools. Additionally, information on archaeological interventions in general was reviewed and the most representative archaeological sites of each district were visited. The results indicate that there is a relative difference in the construction of identity between the student groups of the districts, which is understood by the current situation of the archaeological sites and the specific social interaction that occurs in the context of the archaeological practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study the nuclear configurations of declarative broad focus utterances in Yucatecan Spanish, a Mexican variety spoken in southeast Mexico in contact with Yucatec Maya, from a sociolinguistic perspective. We draw on a corpus of 276 utterances elicited from 16 speakers, eight Maya–Spanish bilinguals (four female/four male) and eight Spanish monolinguals (four female/four male). We particularly concentrate on the roles of bilingualism, gender, and their relationship to local (Hispanic) identity. Although the intonation of Yucatecan Spanish is known to be very different from Central Mexican Spanish, we find in our data a considerable number of contours that Martín Butragueño (2017) refers to as typical "Central Mexican circumflex intonation" (p. 153). What is more, this feature is distributed unevenly among speaker groups in our data. First of all, it is much more frequent in the bilingual than in the monolingual group. We suggest that this is due to the monolinguals' higher degree of identification with the local Spanish language and culture (whereas the bilingual speakers are more oriented toward the Mayan language and culture and less toward the local Spanish ones; see Uth, 2018b). Secondly, as regards gender, there are many sociolinguistic works that suggest that women tend to be less oriented toward local vernaculars than men. Building on that, we argue that a greater decrease of the supraregional circumflex configuration within the monolingual male group than within the monolingual female is to be expected. However, this hypothesis is not confirmed by our data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing flow of interregional migration can lead to the reconstruction of social capital. Unlike international migrants who tend to engage in enclave entrepreneurship, internal migrants are dispersed in host regions and experience the dual dynamic of alienation from their original social networks as well as integration into new societies. Using data collected from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS), we examine different dimensions of social capital and their effects on migrant entrepreneurship. The results demonstrate that both enclave relationships from preexisting networks and the local identity newly established in host cities have a significant positive effect on migrant entrepreneurial activities. By distinguishing self-employment from entrepreneurial activities, the two dimensions of social capital exert significant influence on employer-based entrepreneurial activities, while local identity fails to promote the impact on urban migrants. Our study calls for a nuanced and situatedness understanding of social capital and migrant entrepreneurship. • Social capital of internal migrants comprises enclave relationship and local identity. • Both enclave relationship and local identity enhance the probability of migrants' entrepreneurial entry. • The urban-rural disparities are highlighted when analyzing the different entrepreneurial activities. • Migrants with strong social capital are more likely to be employer entrepreneurs instead of self-employed. • Migrants with rural hukou need to make greater efforts to develop local identity to achieve larger incorporated businesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to identify and analyze the elements of local identity specific to Olcea commune, Bihor County, Romania. This approach is needed in the context of the growing manifestation of two complementary phenomena, regionalization, and globalization. The complementary use of observational, cartographic, analytical, deductive, and historiographical methods led the research to identify the main elements of identity specific to the place, namely : local language, occupations, household as a central element of the rural universe, gastronomy, and traditional dress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effects of cultural identity on perceptions about and preference for global and local brands remain less understood. Using consumer cultural identity theory, this study tests assumptions that cultural identity drives perceived brand globalness and localness. It also examines how such perceptions shape brand value assessments and preference formation. The study draws on consumer data from two prominent emerging African markets, South Africa and Ghana, to test the hypothesized relations through structural equation modelling. The findings support predictions that individuals' cultural identity drives their perceptions of brands as local/global. Specifically, global identity drives global brand preference in both countries, but local identity was a weak driver of local brand preference in Ghana. The perceived value of local brands impacts local brand preference more than foreign brand preference. The study highlights several contributions on the pathways to global or local brand preferences that should benefit international marketing scholars and branding professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to explore the identification choices of highly skilled migrants employed by companies in the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone in south-west Poland in order to discuss how their identity is constructed and performed, especially how conflictual identifications are managed. Analysis of qualitative data shows the migrants call both their place of origin and their new place of life home. They identify as inhabitants of their new city and talk about gaining some traits of Polish national identity but they stress strong national identity related to their home country. Conflicts of loyalties in these hybrid identities are solved through a label game. Migrants identify with groups at different scales, from local groups, through city and national, to supranational. By playing with the scale of groups they can avoid conflicting identifications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of urbanization, residents' local identities have become an important topic in the study of cultural and urban geography. Changing village committees to neighborhood or community committees (i. e., "village conversion") is an important way of urbanization, bringing many changes to the lifestyle of local residents; in particular, the mixed residence of immigrants and local residents has had an important impact on local residents' local identity. These two types of residents constantly interact and integrate to reform the local identity and become the key to the sustainable development of rural society. The impact of urbanization on urban development has expanded from large to small and medium-sized cities. However, academic circles pay less attention to differences in the local identity of residents in small and medium-sized cities. This article takes the village Y community in Lingbao City, a small and medium-sized city, as an example. The measurement of local identity mainly draws on the representative and mature relevant measurement scales, which are designed based on three aspects: local functional identity (interaction, participation, and satisfaction), local emotional identity, and intention to stay. The interview refers to the relevant influencing factors of local identity, mainly concentrated in aspects such as system, housing, individuals, local natural environment, and social culture. We designed an interview outline and specific questions based on the local identity scale. The research data were obtained through questionnaire surveys and semi-structured qualitative interviews. We used statistical test, factor analysis, qualitative research, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. We also conducted in-depth discussion on the changes in rural communities in the process of urbanization-after the "village conversion, "the group differences, and the influencing factors of local identity between local residents and immigrants in the process of population space and identity transformation. The research findings include: 1) The local identity level of local residents is higher than that of immigrant residents. The differences are mainly reflected in functional community participation, emotional community significance, and decision-making attention; 2) Local residents pay more attention to community participation. Although immigrant residents are concerned about the living environment of the community, their participation in the community is obviously lacking. The main reason for the difference is the continuity and imperfection of village rules and regulations in the process of community construction; the emotional identity of local residents and immigrant residents are significantly different. The former forms a self-constructed connection type emotional identification, and unites self and community into an inseparable whole, while the latter generates the other's gaze-dependent emotional identity, attaching the self-emotional identity to the evaluation of the community by others. The intention to leave and stay shows household registration-age heterogeneity, local residents' willingness to stay is clearer than that of immigrant residents, young residents are more willing to move out of the community, preferring to experience the environment and life outside the community. The intention to stay was based on the results of functional identity and emotional identity. 3) The difference in local identity is in the process of human-land interaction, community management system, local natural, cultural environment, and the result of differences in resident status. This study further enriches the research on the connotation of local identity while simultaneously promoting the social integration of residents in small and medium-sized cities. It promotes local community identity and provides a scientific basis for promoting the healthy development of cities. It helps to improve the identity of different groups in the changes of the community, promote the establishment of a new "city" identity of local residents, and enhance the integration of immigrant residents, both of which are important propositions for future urban and rural governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It has been argued that supporting a restrictive view on the inclusion of immigrants finds its origin in a localized feeling of group identity. We test this hypothesis with a household survey in the Belgian city of Ghent (n = 3735). The results show that local and national identities are salient, but also that regional, European, and cosmopolitan identities are supported simultaneously. Especially the regional, Flemish identity is strongly associated with a restrictive, ethnic attitude toward new groups in society. A European identity was not significantly associated with this restrictive attitude. Our conclusion is that not just the geographical scale of group identity is important in explaining anti-immigrant sentiments. The specific historical connotations of every geographical level should be considered. A comparison between generations, i.e. parents and their late adolescent children, suggests that this association between specific group identities and ethnic citizenship norms is equally present among younger cohorts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article aims to present the constituent elements of a project in progress that aims to investigate the archival sources available from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, to retrace the development of agriculture and identify and analyze the cultivation techniques adopted in the past, before the development of intensive cereal growing. The sounding of archival documentation represents the founding element of the research which, with a view to interdisciplinarity, wants to contribute to identifying the techniques and timing of tillage and fertilization of the soil, the crops adopted and the rotations applied in order to report information retrieved from documents to agronomic production results and soil and climate reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article proposes a general framework for interpreting the historical context of the production of a political discourse on "tourism" in Portugal during the first decades of the 20th century. During this period, and in the absence of a stable institutionalized policies, an informal network of social actors had a central role in the definition of public action in the field of tourism. The practical conditions of elaboration, sharing and diffusion of a common language about tourism had a great relevance in the making process of this "tourism world". More specifically, I aim at emphasizing the importance of tourism in the reflection on the way of local and national political actions must be connected and the definition of the limits of the State action. My argument is illustrated through the analysis of the debates surrounding the definition of the administrative framework best suited to implement a tourism policy at the same time coherent at the national level and efficient at the local level. This debate finds its apogee during the First National Congress of Tourism organized in Lisbon, in January 1936. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This analysis is based on the investigation of Romanian-vernacular built environment and the specific structures used in traditional vernacular architecture and furniture that inspire it on a conceptual level. This was possible by researching settlements specially chosen for determining what the main characteristics of vernacular are, based on the following criteria: presence of specific structures in the construction and furniture, diversified utilisation patterns of wooden species, architectural and furniture joints, scale, proportion and general characteristics of the interior space. The case studies illustrate and provide some conclusions in this regard but they provide also an additional practical experience to the theoretical analysis through on-site investigation. The purpose of the research in the village of Stroești, situated in Argeș County, was to investigate and evaluate a series of rural landmarks that can provide the necessary data to draw conclusions regarding the forms of manifestation of specific vernacular architecture and based on this experience to be able to outline a guide containing concepts for value-adding in contemporary design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A strong local community identity often goes together with the rejection of refugees and other migrants. However, there is also the possibility that such a local identity actually stimulates the reception of refugees. Based on the social identity perspective and our ethnographic fieldwork we examine this possibility in the context of the small town of Riace in Southern Italy. The analysis demonstrates that there is a local identity of hospitality that is construed as a continuation of the town's past. This identity of local hospitality is enacted and maintained in various ways in the life of the town in which the mayor as an entrepreneur of the local identity plays a critical role. However, there are also some challenges to the future of the local identity of hospitality that relates to available financial resources and competition over local opportunities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Localist identity or preference for local identity to national identity is likely to be susceptible to situational exposure. In the Chinese metropolis of Hong Kong, as the yellow ribbon is the icon of localism, yellow paper used in the questionnaire is likely to induce the localist identity. This inducement is the focus of the present study of 527 Hong Kong college students. Results reveal that the student given a yellow paper questionnaire reported a significantly stronger local, Hongkonger identity than did the other given a questionnaire of another color. Moreover, local and localist identities reported were significantly stronger and national, Chinese identity reported was weaker in the student from poorer family background given the yellow questionnaire than in the other. That is, family income per capita reduced the color cueing effects on identities. These results imply the situational influence of iconic color on youth's identities and resultant social impacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

-oriented education (local-oriented education) flourished in Imperial Japan of the 1930s, inspired by Heimatkunde (local studies) in Germany's elementary schools. This paper explores the rhetoric which naturalised the shift from love of Heimat to love of nation in Heimat-oriented education in Imperial Japan of the 1930s, focusing on Heimat-oriented education in peripheral regions to which Japanese identity and non-Japanese identity were attributed. Heimat-oriented education in peripheral regions was conducted mostly in accordance with the official rhetoric "similar but not equal", yet also partially putting a spin on it. The spin had the effect of strengthening the naturalisation of the shift from love of Heimat to love of nation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To what extent does local variation exist in the expressed interests of planta- tion museum tourists? While the study of plantation museums is of growing importance in the tourism literature, these existing studies have tended to focus on a single site or a single region. This study examines data collected at several southern plantations across multiple smaller areas in the U.S. Southeast. Specifically, we are curious about tourists' interests in select topics, such as slavery and the role of women on the plantation, among others in three regions: River Road, Louisiana; Charleston, South Carolina; and James River, Virginia. We hypothesize that each region has absorbed different local identities and histories that constitute multiple Souths. Employing conditional inference trees on plantation museum tourist interest ratings and rankings, we find varying social representations by in these local communities, with interest in Enslaved playing an important role in the variation of these imaginings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Globalisation is considered to be a defining phenomenon for the present society having a decisive impact in the outlining and evolution of local identiy elements. The main purpose of the study is to localise, record and analyse the cellars found in Sălacea in order to preserve, promote and profit from their use in tourism. The methods used were the study of the speciality literature and onsite visits. Therefore, a series of specific software programs were used, the results having created a digital data base which may be considered as an informational support for other scientific procedures, including the identification of a series of opportunities for local development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We focus on the results of the field trips done in Romania, to Rimetea (Torocko, Eisenmarkt) (Alba County) and Viscri (Deutschweißkirch, Fehéregyhaza) (Brasov County), during an international research project, and on the relation between successful tourism strategies and cultural assets in the form of architectural heritage commodification and protection. The hypothesis of our research was that local identity expressed through vernacular architectural heritage is one of the main resources supporting future sustainable development. The empirical part is based on case study evidence and qualitative methods (observation, interviews, and focus groups). An original part of our research is that the observations on the architectural heritage were processed and interpreted using drawings and analyzed in relation to the findings resulted from interviews and focus groups. We concluded that the two case studies could be considered development models for other settlements capitalizing on vernacular architecture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The term local television has traditionally been used to refer to providers who report on what happens in a municipality or city. However, this article aims to open a dialogue about the term proximity television that, based on theories of cultural proximity, is considered a broader and more precise concept to refer to an increasingly heterogeneous phenomenon. Thus, it allows to refer to a diverse reality of providers ranging from hyperlocal media, which can be televisions in a neighborhood of a city, to supramunicipal or even regional televisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays small cities often lose population. In countries which are forerunners of the demographic transition, depopulation is mainly driven by out‐migration of youth. Through a case study of students from small Russian cities, this paper explores the nature of the association between local identity (LI) and migration intentions. The study suggests that young people with a stronger LI are on average more prone to return to their native cities after graduation. This 'traditional' relationship may be related to the difficulties in maintaining strong ties to a place of personal significance when not residing there in the Russian context. However, overall, youth tend towards a negative association with their cities and LI is formed as an opposition: the denial of place validity. Therefore, both way associations are possible. While a strong LI may influence the intention to migrate, it may also develop as an adaptation mechanism for those forced to return. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article offers the concept of tangential attachments as a way to interpret the meaning of urban regeneration for local residents. This contribution to the critical study of cultural regeneration allows us to consider the multiple ways in which urban transformation can impact on local identities and attachments to place. It recognises the sometimes fleeting and at-arms-length connections residents can have to places of urban regeneration, and thereby positions the experience of urban regeneration as one part of complex, processual relationships between people and place. The article extends literatures which critique the social and cultural impacts of regeneration, and offers a more nuanced understanding of how people engage with regenerated urban environments. Principally, it offers a framework that goes beyond a binary presented by some in the literature between the enhancing and undermining of attachments. The article does this by drawing on phenomenogical perspectives of place and the concepts of memory and affect. The empirical work presented in the article demonstrates the tangential nature of attachments to urban regeneration, and is comprised of original in-depth research interviews with residents of a local community in Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the concept of locality is problematised through perceiving the relationship between the global and the local on the example of the new-wave music scene that developed in Yugoslavia at the beginning of the 1980s from the Slovenian perspective. Created initially in London and New York, punk and then new wave sparked the development of an authentic music scene in Yugoslavia. Singing in the local languages and dealing with local themes made these music genres a local musical and cultural phenomenon, which is the underlying thesis of this paper. The theoretical framework in which that thesis is considered is founded on understanding new wave as a cultural phenomenon and the observation of the correlation between the concepts of music and the place through the notion of the music scene. The analysis has shown that new wave can be considered to be a local music phenomenon because an authentic music scene existed during the 1980s, but also that, in that period, punk was present to a greater extent, so, according to the respondents' perception, it is a more significant local marker than new wave. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current article studies the20th century poetry in Chile by examining the relation between the food imageryand the rural communities, in particular those located in the central region of the country. These are represented as lost and vanished communities, which implies the gradual disappearance of customs, traditions and local identities. Additionally, in the poetic texts the urban food system is represented as an alienated and foreign space, linked to fragmented and marginalized identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Canvey Island, located on the north side of the Thames Estuary, has experienced periodic inundations since its earliest periods of settlement. The island was sparsely populated until the late 1800s when a series of developments, including the construction of fixed links to the mainland, attracted migrants from the East End of London who went on to form the core of the present-day population. The recent and relatively homogenous nature of this migration pattern has led to a local perception of difference from the more established communities of the adjacent Essex shore. The latter factor has contributed to a growing push for local autonomy on the island, which has connected with broader national political trends. The article identifies the manner in which experiences and perceptions of insularity can foster distinct senses of local difference and marginalisation that result in autonomy initiatives at grassroots levels. With regard to the latter, parallels are also drawn with previous local autonomy initiatives in the United Kingdom, particularly those of the Isle of Dogs in 1970. The article also emphasises the role of the imagination and representation of locality in promotional, popular cultural and political discourse that informs senses of community identity in various ways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The declaration of the National Musical Bands Contest in Paipa as intangible cultural heritage of Colombia involved a strenuous negotiation between the organizing institution Corbandas and the Ministry of Culture. These two entities aligned each with mutually exclusive theoretical perspectives: Corbandas assumed a position based on the modernist paradigm of monumental heritage, while the ministry based its approach on postmodern discourses about intangible cultural heritage. This process of negotiation took ten years and it ended in 2013, when after an ethnographic research process, the two entities came to an agreement that included this cultural expression into the representative list of Colombian intangible cultural heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study dwells on the role and the importance of fairs, and particularly about "Beiu? Fair", in conserving, promoting and capitalizing the identity of the local elements. The combined use of the observation, cartographics, analisis, deduction and historiographical methods led to the identification of the main identity elements specific to the place, namely: name, the space-time localization, the involved actors and the products that are bargained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper discusses a set of spatial attributes referring to urban places and design, principally focusing on the urban riverfronts and their expressions of perceived quality and spatial identity. River landscapes, riverfronts and designed urban places along the river banks are among the most visible, strong and prominent features of the river cities. They bring certain uniqueness and potential to boost urban quality and to develop places for people. Following our earlier reviews and meta-analyses, we tackle some essential defi nitions and regularly employed characteristics that refl ect the importance and relevance to riverfront development. We debate a list of place-related attributes and explain their role regarding human perception, formation of local identity and their relation to places' appeal, in the case of two different European river cities, Ljubljana and Lisbon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the past 30 years, culture has been used as a means for revitalising neighbourhoods and branding the urban economy. Often, culture-led urban policies have had undesirable consequences in terms of rising rents, displacement of former residents and changes in the economic and retail landscape, i.e. gentrification. However, this process is not univocal, and displacement may not occur while disrupting community life. In this paper we explore the changes that have occurred in San Francisco, a working-class neighbourhood of Bilbao where the attraction of cultural industries has been used to revitalise the area and change the city image. We employ a framework that considers the built form, the cultural cluster organisation and the socioeconomic and demographic changes and we rely on different sources of evidence, including neighbourhood level socioeconomic data, personal interviews and a participatory evaluation, to capture the edges of this complex phenomenon. Our analysis suggests a less deterministic and more complex characterisation of culture-led neighbourhood transformations beyond the revitalisation/gentrification discourses, since conflicts may be driven not by economic transformations and social class replacement, but by the symbolic representation of space and the ‘right to the neighbourhood’. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to establish a theoretical framework for the analysis of what I propose to call "naïve museums" by making reference to three actual instances of the phenomenon in contemporary Romania. All these naïve museums - as I venture to call them - are quasi-anonymous, private collections, mainly ethnological in character, set up out of passion by people few of whom have any specific expertise. What unites them is the enthusiasm and creativity they bring to the task of gathering, selecting and displaying objects they consider representative of the local culture. Thus, naïve museums must be approached from the perspective of their creators' intuitive museological discourse, as they most often emphasise one particular type of local identity and are pervaded by their founders' biography and tastes and strongly marked with their own creative touch. In something of a contrast with the culturally composite character of the mainly rural areas where such museums are springing up in contemporary Romania, their creators configure a local identity that makes strong references to an undefined, remote and idyllic past. Taking as a guiding principle Eric Hobsbawm's understanding of tradition as a social construct and practice of modernity, I will subject to analysis three such naïve museums by using the principle of the "syntax of objects," a theoretical framework designed to reveal the meanings enshrined in these museums by their creators, themselves merely agents who constantly interpret and transform, through verbal and object discourse, both their local culture and their museums [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Driven upon the theoretical frameworks of the recently outlined field of vexillgeography, the study of interconnections between flags, society, and space, and critical toponymy together with elements of regional identity studies, this article analyzes 310 informal flags of the official and vernacular regions of Minsk, created by Belarusians during the unprecedented nationwide protests in 2020. Applying the mixed methods approach, this study unveils that the toponymically motivated vexillgeographic projections of the political struggle emerged as the essential spatial attributes of local urban identity for the protesters' community. This article contributes to vexillgeography and critical toponymy, unpacking the potential novel research vein of the intertwined spatio-political relationships between flags and urban toponyms as the modalities of local urban identities forging. • This short communication analyzes 310 informal flags of the official and vernacular regions of Minsk • The toponymically motivated vexillgeographic projections emerged as the spatial attributes of local urban identities • The article is unpacking the research vein on the intersection between vexillgeography, toponymy, and identity studies [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Self-promotion and reinterpretation of local identity is becoming increasingly important in rural communities. Local identity building is succeeded very differently by rural municipalities and regions. The paper analyses the role of small towns in local identity creation. There are varying interpretations of places in Hungary as ways of achieving meaningful territorialisation. Small towns based on their leading and central position within the micro regions can dominate the place-making processes. Using the example of six Hungarian rural micro-regions we analyse how rural small towns position themselves by local image building. The aim of this paper is to investigate interactions between territorial position and innovative capacity of rural towns through the analysis of symbolisation process and image building. We purpose to introduce a concept of a place oriented approach and demonstrate its usefulness for analysis of rural innovation and place-based development. The case-studies are based on qualitative methods: document-analysis, semi-structured interviews, transect walking and participatory observation. The paper analyses the process of local community and identity building in six rural micro-regions. We seek to understand how small towns position themselves in place-making, the aim of 'placing' themselves in the territorial hierarchy of the settlements of micro region. Our results suggest that small towns play very different roles in local image building. Characteristics and territorial scope of local cultural heritage significantly determine the innovative capacity of small towns in local image building where there is a wide range of meanings procedures and processes of place-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anomalous phenomena, actual or otherwise, can be perceived as regional or even national symbols. This preliminary paper takes a look at the various ways whereby such phenomena manage to become expressions of a communal identity, such as by erecting monuments, building museums, or even issuing stamps, and how they come into existence, survive, and remain viable as a local expression. Regarded in this way, these disputed phenomena are virtually modern day versions ofgenii locii– protective spirits of places or regions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Animation is a reflection of folks' lifestyle via a set of signs and symbols in the cultural industry which can be a potential platform in contributing to the establishments of national identity. Western countries and Japan seem to be prominent pioneers which are becoming the most influential animation in the creative industry. Kluang Man was inspired by Batman & Robin, while anime style could be identified in Anak-anak Sidek, Yokies and Sang Wira in the late 90's. Apparently, these have proven that Malaysia is also not an exception. Datuk Lat, a well-known local cartoonist, admitted that Malaysian animation lacks a sense of identity in developing character design, especially amongst today's apprentice generation. Therefore, this paper will investigate the development of local identity focusing on the characters' physical design selected from the most prevalent animations in Malaysia. Content Analysis was used to analyze the characteristic differences between the five chosen leading characters. The results found that only Boboiboy's character is highly influenced by the Japanese styles especially the facial features and haircut. Nevertheless, Usop Sontorian, Bola Kampung, Upin-Ipin and Kampung Boy are still standing strong on their own while sustaining the local identity without the influence from other animations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An archaeological project and a community museum in Agua Blanca, Ecuador, have helped catalyse a remarkable process of ecological and cultural awareness complemented by economic advances. Some twenty-five years after the museum’s inauguration, as well as visiting the archaeological site and museum, tourists can observe the Machalilla National Park’s distinctive flora and fauna, camp, hike, swim, stay in village homes, buy locally made handcrafts, and eat in the community restaurant. These initiatives have been set up by the village in collaboration with local, national, and overseas agencies, in ways which spread benefits as widely as possible. After the introduction of a new constitution in 2008, which recognizes the multi-ethnic character of Ecuador’s population, Agua Blanca and adjacent communities asked to be officially recognized as ‘Pueblo Manta’ — an identity derived from the area’s pre-Spanish archaeology. Agua Blanca’s experience shows that much can be achieved through confidence in cultural identity, and that locally managed community tourism brings tangible economic benefits to local people, while serving to protect vulnerable archaeological sites from destruction. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Starting from the description of sample surveys and research on spatial mobility (migration and daily mobility) and on other dimensions strictly connected with this topic (local identity and housing projects) organized and conducted by the University of Pisa over the last fifteen years, this article presents an extensive and in-depth overview of methods that can to be used for analysing this type of statistical information and the type of results that can be achieved, with particular focus on the biographical approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. This article aims to identify the different themes explored in the comic strips published by the Basque newspaper Egin (1977/98) during its first year of operations. This nationalist newspaper had a great impact on the Basque society during the Spanish transition to democracy because it was the first left-wing publication in the Basque Country and because it devoted a whole page to graphic humour. Method. The study is based on the thematic analysis of the comic strips published in the entertainment section of the aforementioned newspaper throughout 1977. Quantitative techniques were used to identify and measure the frequency of occurrence of the diversity of issues and themes. Results and conclusions. The results show the clear preference of cartoonists for issues related to the promotion of democracy, as well as the existence of an opposition within the premises of traditional Basque nationalism against the new form of nationalism promoted by leftist movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The voluntary local and regional responsible behaviour of non-governmental actors (e.g. companies, patrons or foundations) and the impacts of their actions on society, economy and planning have been receiving growing attention in geographical debates, ranging from governmental research projects and topic-related events to scientific literature. One of the major questions becoming apparent in this debate is how to foster voluntary responsible behaviour in order to address those local and regional shortcomings, the nation state is not able to address itself. A better understanding of the underlying reasons of responsible behaviour is estimated to be of crucial importance in order to answer this question. By focusing on empirical literature dealing with the reasons of corporate citizenship activities of companies, the article reveals the aspect "improvement of the corporate im- age" as one of the most important levers of voluntary responsible behaviour that has not yet received much attention in geographical research. The article draws on the relevant literature of marketing and consumer behaviour in order to demonstrate the functional, intrinsic and social dimensions of the corporate image for a company's target groups as well as the benefits for the company itself. In addition the concept of local identity and its impact on the need of local companies to be known as responsible corporate citizens is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the implementation of Magical Villages Program in El Oro, State of Mexico, in order to understand the achievements and restraints for local development. The methodology is based on the approach of Arocena (2002), in order to analyze local development from three variables: mode of development, system actors and local identity. It concludes that it is necessary situate the local population as central actors in the process construction of local development, in order to support agreements for solving common problems and equitable distribution of the proceeds generated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A post-development theorist claimed that development has failed because of its overbearing tendencies, because the whole concept of development and its practice has become ideological, reflecting Western hegemony over the rest of the world, and because it has wrestled development attempts away from the people in local contexts. This paper is an attempt to examine post-development critique of development and to argue against those who are of the opinion that post development is misguided or that there is no sense in it. It argues that the sense in post-development has to do with its bottom-up approach to development which pays attention to the tradition of the local societies. The problem, however, is that within the post-development discourse, much attention has not been paid to the specific roles that tradition and cultural values play in the transference of this power to the extent that the society develops in its own terms. This paper attempts to fill this gap by focusing on two elements of tradition, namely, cultural identity and indigenous knowledge and how they can foster the process of development to the extent that local cultural autonomy is not minimised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]