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The article explores the language, cultural space, and meaning on the Cro-dance phenomenon, a Northwest European electronic dance music which used Croatian and English language lyrics during the 1990s. Several Cro-dance performers such as Nina Badrić, Vanna, and Tony Cetinski are mentioned. The author also discusses the sociolinguistics of hip-hop, vernacular languages and nationalism, and debates concerning the cultural identity of Croatian popular music.

The article explores the question of identity and looks at the experiences of French-Cambodians who were born or lived in France and chose to move to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The author discusses biocultural perceptions using the example of French journalist of Martinique origin Harry Roselmack as an example and the French-Cambodians' need to develop a Cambodian identity.

The article focuses on the uses and representations of nostalgia among trade organizations such as the compagnons du Tour de France, an active French organization of craftsmen and artisans. According to the article, the Tour de France is an initiation period during which apprentices learn their trade in various areas of France except their own region. Two aspects of the Tour de France are considered including the one which provokes the sentiment of loosing one's regional origins and the nostalgia felt after the end of the Tour.

The article discusses the pride and satisfaction many Bretons are said to feel in their cultural identity and in their quality of life. Topics mentioned include reverence for the past and ancestors of Bretagne, the impact of the tourism industry on local society, and the usefulness of a regional identity in economic development.

The article discusses social and cultural aspects of housing in Bretagne, France. Topics mentioned include the changes brought by modernity, the differences between the popularity of communal or individual housing among French and Breton people, and the sense that the Breton identity and traditional Breton culture were being lost.

The article discusses the Festival interceltique de Lorient, a cultural festival in Lorient, France. Topics mentioned include the history of festivals in Bretagne, the relationship between the tourism industry and local culture, and the changes brought to traditional Breton music by encounters with other forms of music.

The article discusses the self-deprecating style of humor that arose in Bretagne, France, in the 1990s from an ethnological perspective. Topics mentioned include the jokes about Breton stereotypes that were popular in the high Middle Ages, lists of the types of vocabulary common in Breton humor, and the use of common themes such as poverty, uncleanliness, and stupidity.

The article focuses on the Armenians of Quebec and the establishment of private space collections for the perpetuation of the foundational elements of Armenian culture. Topics include background on Armenian communities and history in Quebec, the phenomena of small domestic museums and collections of everyday life, and the emergence of diasporic cultural symbols and representations of Armenia in diaspora.

The article describes the program of the University of Corsica, France, in Human and Social Sciences, concerning the inventory and development of the sociocultural inheritance. This program includes disciplines such as popular religiousness in Corsica, urban history and patrimony, and history of played sports.

The article explains that language in Corsica, France, represents a strong factor of identity belonging. The article offers an ideological analysis of the history of linguistic claim in Corsica. The author describes three categories of resistance to linguistic domination in relation to dominant linguistic ideologies. According to the article, speaking Corsican will always be an important link to the island's history and culture, especially since it will be used more and more at school.

The article gives an analysis of the fundamental notions that make the peculiarity of the Corsican society, including its insularity, its strong identity, and its social archaism. The article draws a comparison between the society of the island of Corsica, France, and that of the contemporary Russian Federation, which, according to the author, are both paternalistic and do not consider individuals as free and responsible.

This article discusses the problems associated with biomedical advancement. The author notes that while developments in biomedicine help provide a better quality of life, there are often ethical and cultural matters that must be taken into consideration. For example, the ability to fix defects in the body calls for different and increased demands. Also, a population that is living longer demands more from the public health system. Other concerns are also examined.

The article focuses on research into the collaboration of Romanian intellectuals with communist authorities during the period of communist control under Nicolae Ceauşescu. The article mentions the case of a prominent Romanian professor, Sorin Antohi, who admitted working for the Romanian secret police during the past. The author examines the ways that historical memory is socially constructed in Romania.

The article focuses on the village of Gouise in France. The author discusses how the village has not had a church for over a century, but the residents and the mayor have retained a desire to have public ceremonies in the form of masses to mark special events. The article mentions the village's decision to hold a special mass for the bicentennial of the French Revolution. An unrealized plan to reassemble a church from relics of disassembled churches is also discussed.

The article focuses on a case study of a town in northern England, which was formerly connected to the coal mining industry. The author conducted an anthropological study of the relationships among the village's older residents and their social identities. The author seeks to discover ways that collective memory is not simply defined by monuments and rituals, but also by social relationships among human beings.