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This study aims to investigate the dialectal differences between two regions in Jordan, Al-Karak, a southern region, and Amman, the capital of Jordan. The study also examines the linguistic variations in phonology, vocabulary, and grammar, elucidating the distinct dialectal features of each region. A comparative analysis approach is used to analyze and contrast the linguistic features between the two dialects. The results of the study reveal phonological differences in accent patterns between Al-Karak and Amman dialects. These variations contribute to the unique phonetic characteristics associated with each region. Lexical differences are also observed, as vocabulary choices and regional expressions differ between Al-Karak and Amman. Certain words and phrases appear to be specific to one dialect but not commonly used in the other, further distinguishing the linguistic features of each region. In terms of grammar, the study highlights differences in verb conjugation, sentence structure, and word order between the two dialects, which is attributed to the distinct linguistic patterns exhibited by each dialect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the profound cultural impact of All India Radio (AIR) in Kerala through a posthumanist perspective, analyzing how the medium has shaped and been constructed by socio-cultural dynamics neglecting human centric agency. By inquiring AIR's role in Kerala’s social environment, this paper aims to manifest how a technological, social, and ecological element participates in the formation of regional identity and cultural practices. This paper argues that AIR's influence in Kerala can be understood through complex relationships involving human actors, technological advancements, and environmental factors, reflecting a posthumanist perspective that surpasses traditional anthropocentric analyses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Food tourism, or culinary tourism, has become an important driver in maintaining regional identity, affirming community values, and contributing significantly to regional development. Potato dodol is a traditional food product that has been an important part of the local culinary wealth in various regions of Indonesia. This research aims to identify and overcome the problems faced by the local potato dod dol industry, as well as develop innovative strategies to make potato dool a typical souvenir that is sought after by tourists. With a focus on authentic experiences, innovation in culinary events, and the use of social media, culinary tourism can continue to grow and provide sustainable benefits for local communities. Through a holistic and sustainable approach, food tourism not only provides an immersive experience for tourists but also brings sustainable benefits to the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research focuses on the under-studied phenomenon of maritime borders by providing a civilian perspective on how fishers live, negotiate, contest, and transcend state borders and surveillance at sea. It explores the everyday transboundary practices of Chinese fishers in the geopolitically sensitive South China Sea (SCS), examining their cross-border tactics to sustain fishing livelihoods and the mechanisms underpinning these tactics. Based on long-term, continuous ethnographic investigations, we unravel four tactics employed by Chinese fishers to elude the constraints of territorial borders: contract production, trans-territorial production, paying for the sea, and the appropriation of marine physicality. These transboundary strategies are supported by three mechanisms, including common fisher identity, historical transnational networks, and regional development structures. This research shows the agency and creativity of fishers in challenging and punctuating maritime territoriality in the context of increasing militarisation and securitisation of borderlands. It illustrates how the distinct materiality, mobility, and temporality of the ocean can be weaponised by fishers to undermine state-bordering processes. By exposing the extensive, dynamic, and complex civilian interactions and collaborations in the region, we demonstrate that the SCS is more than a geopolitical space but at the same time a social site of cooperation and solidarity. In doing so, this research contributes to studies of maritime borders and civilian geopolitical subjectivity by illuminating the flexibility of fishers in exercising powers on borders at sea. It also advances the existing SCS area studies by 'peopling' the political geography of the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reflects on the political and policy developments in the north of England over the past two decades. It highlights the increasing marginalization of the north in electoral politics and the need for devolution to address discontent and take back control to communities. The rise of mayoral combined authorities is seen as an important development in terms of governance and accountability. The article also discusses the challenges of addressing socioeconomic inequalities and the potential for broadening and deepening devolution in the future. The authors emphasize the importance of regional identity, the power of place, and the need for a new vision for the north that goes beyond conventional economic metrics. [Extracted from the article]

Environmental sustainability is a common practice of global brands, with 90% of the top 100 Interbrand global brands making statements about environmental efforts on their websites. In this research, the authors explore how a consumer's global–local identity can affect consumer engagement with a global brand's environmental sustainability initiative. Specifically, they examine consumer engagement in response to environmental messaging based on regulatory focus, spatial construal, and temporal construal. They theorize and find, across six experimental studies, that consumers with a strong global identity are more engaged with environmental sustainability initiatives when messaging includes frames congruent with their global identity, specifically promotion frames coupled with distant spatial frames and with proximal temporal frames. For consumers with a local identity, these regulatory and construal messaging frames do not impact consumer engagement with environmental sustainability initiatives. Consumer environmental mindset mediates the effect of global–local identity on consumer engagement with environmental sustainability initiatives when such congruent frames are used, and consumer eagerness to act provides additional process explanation for the asymmetric spatial (distant) and temporal (proximal) construal effects. The findings have significant implications for the design of global brand and environmental policy messaging, particularly for consumers with a strong global identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The long-distance hiking Golan Trail in Israel is a local socio-political initiative established in the internationally and locally disputed land of the Golan Heights, facing an uncertain political future. As uncertainty increased sharply in the 1990s, the leadership of the Golan region pushed for a comprehensive conceptual strategy change, intended to build local and public solidarity and a sense of spatial-political belonging. Our findings suggest that in the early 2000s, the establishment of the trail was initiated as an integral part of the conceptual strategy change, and upon its inauguration (2007) the trail was incorporated in educational and social programmes for the Golan settlers. The article analyses social and political discourse derived from documents and interviews, to illustrate the intention of using the trail for the purpose of 'landscape normalisation'. The trail was to present the Golan as a safe and attractive destination of natural and human beauty, in addition to being a strategically important and integral part of the State of Israel. We argue that the creation of the trail and its use are an act of political symbolism, intended as a regional unification facilitator, and serving to downplay political uncertainty by boosting the perception of the Golan as geographically, socially, and politically normalized land. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the increasing importance of the global sharing economy, consumers face the decision of whether to choose an access-based option versus an owned option. However, understanding of how consumers' global–local identity may influence their preference for access-based consumption is rather limited. The authors fill this knowledge gap by proposing that consumers high in global identity ("globals") have a greater preference for access-based consumption than those high in local identity ("locals"). Such effects are mediated by consumers' consumption openness. Consistent with the "consumption openness" account, the authors find that when the desire for openness is enhanced by a contextual cue, locals' preference for access-based consumption is elevated, whereas globals' preference for access-based consumption is unaffected. However, when the desire for openness is suppressed by a contextual cue, globals' preference for access-based consumption is reduced, whereas locals' preference for access-based consumption is unaffected. Similarly, consumers' traveler–settler orientation sets a boundary for the relationship between global–local identity and preference for access-based consumption, given its close association with consumption openness. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To learn from the viewpoint of rainfed bean producers in northern Mexico about their socioeconomic dynamics and to identify the factors that affect their vulnerability, taking the Llanos region in the State of Durango as a reference. Methodology: The research was approached from a qualitative approach using the phenomenological method, employing the in-depth interview technique, the informants were men and women dedicated to bean production. Results: From the analysis of the interviews, the following five categories related to peasant vulnerability in the Durango plains were generated: low profitability, socio-productive fragility, modifications in the social structure, lack of opportunities for better living conditions and government participation, of which socio-productive fragility emerged as the central phenomenological category. Limitations: Low participation of peasant women in contrast to the number of male informants. Conclusions: The socioeconomic dynamics followed by the peasantry of the Llanos de Durango throughout its history is a multifactorial phenomenon that has resulted in a series of conditions that pose a threat to the main livelihood of rural communities in the region, which could negatively influence in the long term the supply of staple foods such as beans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

South Kanara, the region around Mangalore, Karnataka, lacks an indigenous merchant caste. The bourgeoisie here is mainly constituted by two groups--the Gauḍa Sāraswat Brahmins (GSB) and the Catholics. Both came from Goa and speak Konkaṇī, an Indo-European language, while the local speech is Tuḷu, a Dravidian language. Both groups are external to the regionalist "Tuḷu movement" and to the "bhūta cults" that define regional religious traditions outside of mainstream Hinduism. Though they have lived for several centuries in South Kanara, both groups tend to be seen as "immigrants." This constellation of an identity-conscious Tuḷu society representing "traditional" culture and a "foreign" bourgeoisie, together with the present assertions, particularly by the GSB, toward Hindu dominance, might seem to threaten plural society in the region. Yet South Kanara, accustomed to cultural pluralism for centuries, seems able to maintain a discourse on the region as an object characterized by its multiple cultures and religions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the unique identity of San Francisco artists compared to their counterparts in global art centers like New York, Paris, Rome, or London, examining how the city's climate and cultural environment shape artistic practices. Topics include the city's serene atmosphere contrasting with the urban intensity of other art capitals, the prevalence of a robust craft tradition, and evolving attitudes among local artists towards international influences and regional identity.

The article focuses on the 2023 Electoral Landscape in Thailand's Deep South, delving into the complex dynamics of regional identity, political alliances, and electoral outcomes. Topics include the region's resistance to Bangkok's rule, the shift in electoral patterns favoring pro-establishment parties despite deep-rooted opposition, and the dilemmas faced by local politicians aligning themselves with different parties for various reasons, including identity representation and power dynamics.

Cultural identity is of great significance to the formation of group consensus and the establishment of cultural self-confidence. In order to understand the history, current situation and trend, and provide theoretical support for future research, this paper makes a quantitative analysis of knowledge map including annual publication volume, trend, distribution of authors and institutions, cooccurrence, clustering and timeline of keywords as well as emergent keywords on the literature concerning ethnic cultural identity published in "Web of Science" database for a period from 2012 to 2022, with CiteSpace software as a tool. The results show an overall upward trend with diversified ethnic and regional characteristics; major institutions including universities of the U.S., the U.K., Australia, China and other countries and regions engage in their research from different disciplines such as psychology, sociology, ethnology and education; the researchers have not formed a core group of authors despite their accumulating number; research hotspots are indicated by keywords such as national identity, identity, ethnic identity and attitude; specifically, keyword clusters fall into three categories: emotional perception, multicultural identity process and ethnic cultural adaptability; researchers probe into various issues at different stages with direct relation to international situations and regional cultures. This study has positive implications for understanding and mastering the current research hotspots and development trends of ethnic cultural identity in the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New evidence for color decoration on garments calls into question previously held assumptions about the nature of local dress styles in Roman Gaul. So-called Gallic dress, consisting of a sleeved, unbelted tunic for both men and women, accompanied by a hooded cape for men and a rectangular mantle for women, was especially popular in the northwestern provinces from the late first to the late third century CE. Most recent research on the subject has seen it as entirely local in origin and the result of the development of a Gallic/northwestern regional identity. However, recently published evidence, including a detailed study of paint remains on a corpus of funerary reliefs in eastern Gaul, a reconstructed second tunic from the textile find site at Les Martres-de-Veyre (France), and wall painting fragments from Maasbracht (Netherlands) have revealed that the sleeved Gallic tunics could in fact be decorated with two vertical parallel bands, clavi--a typically Roman tunic decoration. As a result, it is necessary to reevaluate our understanding of how Gallic dress developed, what it signified, and ultimately the extent to which we can reconstruct local dress styles in the Roman provinces when so little of the original paintwork on stone monuments survives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Across the world, many university-based early career researchers (ECRs) are experiencing an unprecedented intensification of research expectations on transition from doctoral research to academic life. Countries such as Australia have put into place national frameworks of research excellence to remain globally competitive. Pressure on universities to elevate global research rankings has soared, with many regional universities and disciplines such as education responding with a rapid escalation of research performance expectations for academics. Consequently, concerns have been raised for ECRs embroiled in intensified research agendas in these contexts. Framed by concepts of liminality and identity construction, we argue that intensified expectations do not take account of liminality experienced by ECRs during times of transition, compromising perceived academic progress. We report on the identity journeys of ECRs in a School of Education at one regional Australian university. Data was collected from nine ECRs using online focus groups and analysed using a hybrid thematic approach. Key findings indicate that ECRs transition into the Academy post-doctorate with varying experiences of identity liminality that impact their capacity to manage research expectations. ECRs experiencing shorter periods of liminality are best positioned to manage the intensified expectations of academic life while ECRs experiencing persistent liminality and identity 'struggle' are more likely to perceive a diminished sense of achievement and support. These findings have significant implications for university leadership and research supervisors, in Australia and globally, regarding the ways they support ECRs to productively navigate the hyper-invigilated audit cultures of what we have termed the neo-academy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Metro mayors heading a combined authority represent the most recent innovation in English devolution. City-region devolution has been a key way in which successive Conservative governments have sought to boost local economic growth against a background of local authority austerity, and now form a part of the Johnson government's 'levelling up' agenda. However, the perspective of voters is often overlooked in these debates. City-region devolution is a top-down innovation, with a focus on city-region economics rather than democratic renewal or engagement, and there is so far very little academic literature on identifying the drivers of public support for mayoral combined authorities. This study draws on survey responses of voters in the Liverpool City Region and explores a number of potential drivers of support for the Liverpool City Region combined authority, including party support, English, British and European identity, left–right and other value positions, and the role of place in driving support. It finds that support for devolution to the Liverpool City Region is driven by whether one lives in the centre or periphery of the city region, support for the Labour Party, left-wing, socially liberal and European identities, as well as being female and older. This paper also lays the groundwork for further research into drivers of public support for city-region devolution in England. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although prior research is congested with constructs intended to capture consumers' dispositions toward globalization and global/local products, their effects appear to replicate with difficulty, and little is known about the underlying theoretical mechanisms. This investigation revisits the relationship between prominent consumer dispositions (consumer ethnocentrism, cosmopolitanism, global/local identity, globalization attitude) and perceived brand globalness as determinants of consumer responses to global brands. Drawing on selective perception and social identity theories, the authors consider several theory-based model specifications that reflect alternative mechanisms through which key consumer dispositions relate to brand globalness and affect important brand-related outcomes. By employing a flexible model that simultaneously accounts for moderating, mediating, conditional, and direct effects, we empirically test these rival model specifications. A meta-analysis of 264 effect sizes obtained from 13 studies with 23 unique data sets and a total sample of 1,410 consumers raises concerns regarding the (potentially overstated) utility of consumer dispositions for explaining consumer responses to global brands. It also reveals a need for further conceptual contemplation of their function in international consumer research and managerial practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War" by Martin Plaut and Sarah Vaughan is a comprehensive account of the Tigray conflict, which was the world's deadliest and least understood war. The book provides a valuable assessment of the violence, despite the challenges of limited access to information and the spread of false information on social media. The authors offer separate accounts of the war, with Vaughan focusing on Ethiopian history and political culture, while Plaut emphasizes the role of Eritrea. The book highlights the complex dynamics of the conflict, including historical origins, competing visions of the Ethiopian state, and localized grievances. However, it may overstate the role of external factors in explaining the conflict, as internal political dynamics and miscalculations also played a significant role. Overall, the book provides important insights into the Tigray war, but it is incomplete due to the ongoing nature of the conflict and limited fieldwork. [Extracted from the article]

This article deals with "Benzulul" a story that gives its name to the first work of the Chiapas writer Eraclio Zepeda Ramos. This and other publications of the well-known "Ciclo de Chiapas" are linked to the sociohistorical environment of the authors who participated in the cultural projects and public policies of the government of Lázaro Cárdenas del Río to serve the indigenous population, delineating the national identity and homogenizing language. To question these notions, a historical analysis of the author's context and his work is presented; subsequently, a general literary review of the regional elements of "Benzulul" (1959) is carried out while values that scholars have expressed around the work are retaken and their considerations are elaborated based on the theoretical contributions emanating from the theory of literature, history, and cultural studies. It's concluded that "Benzulul" is a work product of the context in which it arises. In it, the regional reality is articulated with the vision and voice of the author who, like others, became involved in the actions carried out by the government to serve the indigenous population with an acculturation project. It is worth saying that the objectives of these policies were modified with the intervention of artists and intellectuals, which resulted in a conception of identity-based on diversity and the resignification of indigenous and mestizo characters, no longer perceived as victims or being's exotic but as universal subjects, with vices and virtues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author's intention is to substantiate the thesis involvement in local and regional activities, identification with the values of the region (tradition, culture, language/dialect) strengthens patriotism, attachment not only to the small homeland, but also the country of origin. This thesis is supported by the biography of an activist and publisher, Marta Liguda-Pawletowa, who pursued ambitious social goals through her emotional bond with Silesia, by book-publishing and distribution of Polish literature in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Big Things—oversized three-dimensional representations of everyday objects, often situated on the roadside—have received minimal academic attention to date, despite being a popular phenomenon across several countries including Australia and Canada. Sometimes dismissed as "lowbrow" or commercialised art forms, they are, in fact, landmarks that can be investigated as material evidence of the identities and values of the communities—local, regional and national—who build, maintain and visit them. This article takes a comparative approach to the 1,075 Big Things in Australia and 1,250 in Canada, revealing chronological, geographical and typological trends that highlight the capacity of these structures to represent their surrounding regions. In doing so, this article also demonstrates the value to be gained through studying Big Things as networks of meaning that evolve over time, reflecting the changing nature of their host societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper offers a comprehensive overview of modern regionalism in France, with a particular focus on the territorial administrative organization and its far-reaching effects on cultural, political, and economic regionalism. Drawing from the principles underlying the French regionalization process, we emphasize the decentralization initiatives aimed at empowering local authorities and nurturing regional identities. Our analysis traces the evolution of regionalism in France, from a historical era of centralization to the current state of territorial administrative organization, highlighting the multi-dimensional nature of regional development. Furthermore, we explore the cultural, political, and economic facets of regionalism, illuminating their interconnectedness and their impact on regional dynamics. By delving into the French regionalization model and its outcomes, this paper aims to enhance our comprehension of modern regionalism in France and its broader implications for governance and socio-economic development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a fascinating article, Peter Sinnema points to the prominent role that (illustrated) newspapers play in the work of Jules Verne (1828-1905).[10] In I Around the World in Eighty Days i (1873), Phileas Fogg reads the I Illustrated London News i all over the globe. Let me start by expressing my sincere gratitude to the participants of this roundtable discussion. As far as the digital turn in media history is concerned, my colleague Melvin Wevers, the I Living with Machines i project, and the I impresso i project apply sophisticated digital methods to analyze the I mer à boire i of digitized newspaper collections.[20] As far as the illustrated press is concerned, there is (luckily) still much work to be done. The main aim of my book was to chart the transnational shape of the visual news culture: to prove that Van Gogh and Yoshiiku could not only see the same illustrations but also understand them within the same context. [Extracted from the article]

Inspired by the transnational turn in the humanities,[1] Smits' monograph challenges the dominant nation-oriented paradigm in periodical studies, as well as the long-held assumption that the media consumption became only truly global by the twentieth century. There are many instances of illustrations of the region which travelled from periodical to periodical, across national borders. The Illustrated London News, July 16, 1870, 60-62. 17 Smits, Thomas. [Extracted from the article]

As a model of the combination of nostalgia and creative products, ethnic cultural heritage carry the function of shaping and spreading geo-culture. Its unique geo-cultural context, as a link, shows the historical inheritance of local culture. The deep deconstruction of its emotional identity helps to strengthen this identity and stimulate more cultural and creative designs with national and local characteristics. While culture prospers, the local cultural and creative economy is strengthened and cultural confidence and national self-confidence are further enhanced. Based on the New Year paintings of Wuqiang in Hebei, which have a strong folk vernacular and geo-cultural character in northern China, in the process of using the reconstructed pattern elements for clothing design, 156 questionnaires were collected through questionnaire interviews and fsQCA was used to analyze the emotional identity of products with high geo-cultural recognition. The study finds that while the injection of regional culture plays a role in the development of products, people's emotional identification with vernacular cultural and creative products actually depends on a combination of causal paths, with beauty and elegance more important than place and humanity as commonly believed to reflect geographic cultural identity. fsQCA was used to analyze the emotional identity of products with high geo-cultural recognition. And understand the emotional components of vernacular cultural products and how emotional factors influence people's identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the dominant narratives of ethnicity have been centered on the issues of ethnic identity and nationalism as a form of pre-given category, the invocation of 'land' remains marginal to ethnic politics. Many studies on the politics of ethnic homelands in South Asia has further marginalized the notion of 'land' in the study of ethnicity and nationalism and overemphasized ethnic identity as a dominant approach to understand the relationship between state and society. However, land is fundamental to ethnic claims for belongingness in a previously colonized society where indigenous land policy has been reconfigured by the intrusion of British colonialism—took away native land for private interest and subsequently remodified land and citizenship criteria. This article examines an ethnic demand for a homeland in the Darjeeling Hills by bringing to the fore the discussion on land contestation, linguistic politics, and regional aspiration for belongingness. The movement for Gorkhaland in Darjeeling Hills has been articulated as a demand for recognition of Gorkha as Indian citizenship and reflects a distinct attachment of Gorkha to land. Although there has been very little discussion on the issue of land in the demand for Gorkhaland and focused solely on ethnic identity and the development of the Nepali language, we argue in this article that the ethnic movement in Darjeeling has its genesis in the contention of ethnic differences in control over land, resources, and identity, and it is land that has historically framed the politics of ethnicity in the region. Therefore, 'land is identity' and must be viewed as a fundamental unit of analysis in ethnic politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In recent years, rewilding has been attracting growing attention as novel, process‐oriented concept supporting ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation.Rewilding aims to strengthen the adaptive capacity of ecosystems by restoring natural processes and withdrawing anthropogenic interventions. Yet, diverging understandings, conceptions and definitions of rewilding result in a somewhat fuzzy concept.So far, the scientific discussion focused primarily on biological and ecological effects and success factors of rewilding. However, particularly in Europe, which is characterised by densely populated areas and a long history of landscape cultivation, rewilding affects also socio‐economic and socio‐cultural dimensionsBased on a synthesis of current scientific publications, we argue that rewilding should be understood as an increase in wildness, that is restoring the autonomy of natural processes and self‐sustaining ecosystems in order to overcome the improper dualistic understanding of human‐nature relationships in which humanity is outside of nature.We identify knowledge gaps and emphasise the need for inter‐ and transdisciplinary research on rewilding to develop a holistic approach to biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration. In this context, we particularly emphasise the temporal dynamics of changes in landscapes, which are often long‐term and therefore difficult to monitor, the openness of rewilding processes and the associated uncertainty about end states, as well as the complexity of human‐nature relations and the associated value pluralism. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Regionalism has become a prevalent feature of international affairs, however the process of regional cooperation and integration has not occurred uniformly across the globe. Despite the global trend, regionalism in the western Balkans is a nascent process that started mainly after the 2000s. This study aims to explore the driving forces in the establishment of various forms of regional cooperation in the Western Balkans and strives to understand to what extent cooperation at the regional level has produced a change in the nature of regional politics? The paper distinguishes between cooperation and integration. Findings primarily show that regionalism in the Western Balkans is promoted process mainly through the EU integration agenda. Out of 30 analyzed regional arrangements, 15 were developed during 2011-2022. This also coincides with EU credible enlargement criteria which conditioned membership to regional cooperation and reconciliation. The study concludes that reginal initiatives are technical in nature and not sufficient to produce a regional community with an embraced regional identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In line with the common ingroup identity model, the present research investigated whether factors beyond contact conditions are associated with the emergence of a shared identity perception and outgroup attitudes. Concretely, we reasoned that higher consumption of global news would be positively related to a stronger global identity, which in turn would be negatively correlated with ethnocentrism. In contrast, consumption of local news should be associated with a local identity, which would then be positively related to ethnocentrism. To test these ideas, one cross‐sectional (N = 576) and one longitudinal study (N = 410) were carried out at an Austrian university. As hypothesized, global news consumption was associated with a stronger global identity, which then accounted for reduced ethnocentrism. However, only in the cross‐sectional study, we found empirical evidence that local news interest is positively correlated with ethnocentrism mediated by local identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article problematizes the discourse on Central Europe by tracing a trajectory from the twentieth-century geopolitics and region-building projects based on identity politics to the contemporary geopoetics and literary self-identifications shaped in relation to place and time. The different historical circumstances that opened and closed “the short twentieth century” produced different experiences and understandings of Central Europe. German Mitteleuropa and the renaissance of the idea of Central Europe at the end of the Cold War are the two moments in the geopolitical legacy of the concept. This paper, however, focuses on the second geopoetic, literary pole of the conceptual trajectory of the discourse on Central Europe, which is nourished by negative categories and consists of particular articulations of being a Central European in a time of historical discontinuities and crises. The paper addresses several contemporary writers’ self-identifications based on “autobiographical sites”, which provide insight into some shared articulations of certain elements of the Central European myth (problematic identity, spatial in-between-ness and sense of transience, mobility of borders, idealized Habsburg monarchy). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study follows the works of Eagle Glassheim dedicated to the post-war development of the Most region, which resulted in the devastation of the local environment in the 1970s and 1980s. It inquires about how the new regional identity of the settlers was formed in the area of present- -day Lipno, to what extent it was affected by the industrial development of the locality and how it influenced the attitude of the locals to the inhabited landscape. In comparison with Glassheim’s conclusions, the study explains the different consequences of the post-war development of the Lipno region. Despite extensive industrial interventions in the landscape, the region became a popular and sought-after tourist destination. A fundamental role in this development is attributed to water as a natural landscape element with the ability to erase traces of artificial interventions in the landscape, as well as unwanted cultural and histori cal traces of the original German settlement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The internationalization of communication studies has become a trending topic over the past decades, and there have been many efforts to increase the geographical diversity of the discipline. International collaboration has succeeded in internationalizing the field, and different world regions offer particular strategies for cooperation. However, there is no "royal road" for successful internationalization, and different world regions follow their own trajectories. In this article, we discuss the historical, cultural, and disciplinary features of Central and Eastern European (CEE) communication research and then provide an analysis of the region's international collaboration in research publishing over the past 20 years. Results point to a growing level of CEE internationalization with expanding geographical diversity, but intra-regional collaboration is still weak. We argue that to raise the international competitiveness of the region, CEE communication scholars might have to develop a regional identity by increasing strategic cooperation between different countries of the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay uses narratives from the author's life (childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood) to claim that regional identity is an overlooked aspect of intersectionality. By focusing on the intersections of queerness and the U.S. South, this essay approaches region as an example of Yep's "thickening" intersectionality, using poetry and narrative to make the case that regional identity is a complicating, messy, and inseparable aspect of intersectional identity including preconceived cultural associations and systemic attitudes. By locating narratives along the lines of everyday performance of self, focusing on text and voice, this essay illustrates the inextricable intersectional relationship of place, space, and identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Southern Illinois has been known as "Egypt" or "Little Egypt" for nearly 200 years. In popular culture, the name "Egypt" evokes images of gold, mummies, exploration, and human achievement, but to 19th-century Americans its biblically linked allusions conjured up darker impressions. This article pinpoints the origins of an Egyptian identity in Southern Illinois and its evolution to reflect the negative qualities of moral degeneracy and ignorance caused by the antebellum moral, religious, and ethical arguments surrounding the issues of slavery and white supremacy. Throughout the turbulent 19th century, Egyptian Illinoisans strengthened their regional cohesiveness in spite of and in response to political and social upheavals and retained a shared group identity even as they clashed with waves of multicultural immigration. This article uses an interdisciplinary approach to elucidate these trends by intertwining concepts in Egyptology, American history, theology, political science, and reception studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present article focuses on how storytelling events serve as a tool in reinforcing local identity. The case study presented here centres on Bjurholm, a small rural town in northern Sweden, where a local storytelling society called Bjurholms Berättarakademi has been emphasizing municipal community building as a singularly important task. Initially offering public storytelling evenings and festivals celebrating prominent local storytellers, it soon shifted strategy and instead concentrated on storytelling in schools and villages, by pupils and villagers, and addressing urgent local topics at special events. The tenuousness of relying on only a handful of activists and the problem of continuity has been countered through collaboration with other local societies, as well as by embracing new media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As the Communist and Congress Parties continue their downfall in West Bengal, two parties relying heavily on identity politics are entrenching their positions as the main political forces of the state: the Trinamool Congress with its pro-Bengali discourse and the Bharatiya Janata Party with its pro-Hindu discourse. Yet, we know little about how the political mobilization of these different regional and religious identities interact in potentially conflicting manners and inform political choices, especially among groups and individuals who identify with both. This paper interrogates the relationship between regional identity, religious identity and political opinions in the state of West Bengal. Backing its conclusions with the results of a qualitative study investigating multi-ethnic Hindu religious organizations, this article argues that, although strongly identifying as a Hindu favours the endorsement of Hindu Nationalist political ideas, identification to the Bengali identity is a stronger determinant of one's vote. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Politicians construct identity, reach supporters, and show their stance toward issues and colleagues through language. This study examines intervocalic /d/ and coda /s/ elision in the speech of the former Andalusian president, Susana Díaz, comparing her tendencies with those of others to determine how she navigates peninsular indexical fields in scripted and unscripted speeches over four years. Díaz's rate of elision increased in scripted speeches late in her presidency, unlike her peers. These changes result in part from the indexical meaning of regional variants, changing identity goals, and her intended audience. Her regional variant use both reinforces her solidarity with her region and supporters, and reflects behavior demonstrated by other peninsular politicians. • Regional variation of intervocalic /d/ and coda /s/ is used by politicians for identity construction, contributing to Andalusian identity. • Former president of Andalusia, Spain, Susana Díaz deviates from local female speech norms in her regional production of these two phenomena. • Díaz patterns more like non-politicians and conservative politicians than her own party for coda /s/, whereas in the elision of intervocalic /d/ in the participle <-ado>, she is the most extreme of all groups, eliding almost categorically. • When combined with information about her audience and political environment, these results reflect the reality of Díaz's identity as a speaker of a stigmatized dialect, a member of the Socialist Party, and a woman holding a position of major power in Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the article is to highlight the crisis parameters of the development of the border society in the conditions of modern challenges associated with the Russo-Ukrainian war and the study of the influence of the multidimensional cross-border space on the formation and functioning of hybrid identity, algorithms for the formation of specific identification models of coexistence in border social spaces, variable local and regional cultural practices. Scientific approaches. The phenomenon of the border society did not occupy a prominent place in the humanitarian discourse for quite a long time, the combination of globalization processes with the phenomena of regionalization in areas adjacent to the borders and the application of the methodology of "cross-stories", geopolitical, geocultural and network approaches in their research made it a fashionable brand. The scientific novelty of the study of the social space of the border is determined by its consideration in the context of cross-border social networks, in which the "intersection" of various socio-cultural markers, identification matrices, behavioral stereotypes occurs and the transformation of local values, meanings and symbols is observed. The main conclusion. The local society of the border region is characterized by the presence of powerful conflict-causing factors of socio-cultural development, the multi-vector nature of cultural codes and the hybridity of identifications, the emergence of specific interpretations of social reality. Any border society, despite the additional opportunities that are due to easy crossing of the border, is a zone of increased social mobility and corresponding identification risks. And this means that without thorough scientific research and analytical monitoring of the processes taking place in border areas, it is impossible to find out the origins and consequences of the exacerbation of social problems abroad, to generate new identification strategies aimed at supporting socio-cultural stability and the formation of a sustainable identity. Modern challenges related to the military confrontation between Ukraine and Russia require a careful study of the influence of border states on the processes of hybrid identity formation and awareness of the risk-genic specificity of the ukrainian-russian border society, which, being at the intersection of civilizational borders, has its own logic of development, burdened with a powerful conflict potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]