The Identification Strategies of the Bulgarians in Ukraine

Author(s): Svetlana Koch / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

This article analyses the process of choosing different strategies of identification by Bulgarians in Ukraine. The present state of ‘identification processes’ against the background of ‘war of memory’ and ‘invented traditions’ places them among the priority problems of science and politics. The subject of analysis is the specifics of the formation of collective memory, which is at the root of the choice of identification strategy: commemorative practices, mechanisms for the memorialization of the past, the correlation between the local history of the group and the national strategies of Bulgaria and Ukraine. The conclusion is that the choice of identification behaviour is influenced by the efficiency of social adaptation under specific historical circumstances. The social resources at the disposal of the group in any particular moment influence the choice of vectors of collective memory and predetermine the formation of defensive practices aimed at preserving the group.

Музикантите като фенове на публиката. Образи на концертната публика и медийната аудитория

Author(s): Zhana Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2019

The research of the media publications and TV shows after 1989 with the participation of a certain group of musicians - the artists making Estrada - shows that there is an area where the power of the audience is a necessity that preserves the power of the author. The Estrada musicians describe their audience as a ‘good person’ or a child, they need to teach how to recognize valuable music. In the period 1990 - 2017 the musicians draw a couple of key images of the audience: the weddings audience, the parents and the child in the audience, the supranational symbol, the constantly reminded image of the “phenomenon soviet audience”. A key finding of the research is that the musicians clearly distinguish between “concert audience” and “media audience” as imaginary communities.

Научен отзив за международна научна конференция „(Пре) осмисляйки социализма: знание, памет и забрава за социалистическото минало”

Author(s): Zlatina Bogdanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2019

Conference report on the International science conference '(Re)thinking socialism: knowledge, memory and oblivion of the socialist past'

В новите броеве на списанията на издателство „Аз-буки“ четете

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

Указания за авторите

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

Guide for Authors

Поп Груйо Тренчов и неговата поема за Априлската епопея от 1876 г.

Author(s): Christo Temelski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2015

The article reveals some moments of the life of pop Gruyo Trenchov -an ardent revolutionary who participated in The April uprising of 1876. He is author of a poem, that reflected his memories of the heroic epic.

145 години БАН – предизвикателства и перспективи

Author(s): Ilia Todev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2015

В новите броеве на списанията на издателство ,,Аз-буки“ четете

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2015

Указания за авторите

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 6/2015

Guide for Authors

Image of the Other in Teaching History: Humanistic Potential of the Intersubjective Approach

Author(s): Svitlana Hanaba / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2020

Understanding the socio-cultural significance of the experience of the past in solving the problems of the present causes a growing interest in historical education and focuses on finding effective methodological approaches to translating knowledge about the past through education. One such approach is an intersubjective approach. The paper deals with the humanistic potential of an intersubjective approach to understanding the Other and fostering the ability to compromise through historical education. A well-considered attitude towards the Other, an inner interest and understanding of the significance of the other presence implies that in the social deprivation of hostility, the inadmissibility of domination and oppression in my Self of the world of the Other Being will be deprived. Both are understood as correlates of intersubjective constitution of reality. In dialogue interaction Otherness is not subordinated, it is assigned to my Self, it remains an “insoluble” individuality. Content analysis of history books of Ukraine has shown that they are conceptually sustained, lacking stereotyped and impartial assessments of the racial, ethnic, cultural nature of the Other. However, ambiguous historical events involving different peoples and states are not alternatively presented. The narrative in the textbook undoubtedly should be the Ukrainian ethnic group as the core of national history. At the same time, using the anthropological and territorial principles as the core of the story, the textbook should strive for Ukraine to be perceived as space where other ethnic communities whose existence is an integral part of Ukrainian history reside alongside Ukrainians. Relevant in overcoming the false image of historical education is the development of the ability to think critically about historical facts, to give them their own judgment. Understanding of the historical process from the point of view of an intersubjective approach will contribute to the formation of a person’s tendency to cultural tolerance, tolerance and dialogue with the Other, the realization that the Other is also entitled to a mistake or his own ratio, the ability to see the world in all its diversity and uniqueness.

Празниците ни са далеч повече! Междукултурно взаимодействие и празничност в бирелигиозни семейства

Author(s): Desislava Pileva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The marital partners in mixed families engage in a form of cultural transition as a result of negotiating the differences between them. This leads to the development of a new cultural model which is influenced by or even combines both partners’heritages. An important aspect of this intercultural interaction is the festivities, more particularly the manner of their functioning, especially within bi-religious families. Hence, the festive events appear to form an essential and very visible part of each partner's own cultural heritage, which the couple more or less incorporate into their mixed family’s life. This article focuses on several ethnocultural (including religious), as well as social aspects of the festivities of couples composed by Bulgarians and foreigners of the Middle East and North African countries. The text considers the place of the festivities in the lifestyle of the partners and their children, as well as the agents’attitudes, personal motivations and involvement in certain activities.

Акултурация и идентичност на юноши имигранти. Анализ на случай от Франция

Author(s): Aleksandra Kirova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

This paper draws on the author’s ethnographic research with 11 – 15 years old adolescents conducted in a “prioriy” middle school in Normandy, France (2014 – 2017) and aims to explore these immigrant students’ experiences of acculturation, sociocultural adaptation and identity formation. In particular, I present the case study of a Moroccan boy in an attempt to uncover more profound aspects of these phenomena. I use the theoretical framework of Berry et al. (2006) regarding strategies for acculturation and identity processes in adolescence in order to analyse data gathered through ethnographic methods. Then, I illustrate how methodological pluralism can produce a nuanced picture and allow for alternative interpretations. In addition, followingPollock and Van Reken’s example of a third-culture kid, I use the concept of a third culture adolescent (Pollock and Van Reken 1999) to demonstrate how a migrant student with a diffuse profile, that defines him as marginal and confused, viewed through an ethnographic lens, can be thought of as someone creating “third culture”.

За татарите от Североизточна България и техните забравени гласове

Author(s): Veneta Yankova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

This article aims to provide unknown information about the traditional culture of the Tatars from Northeastern Bulgaria. This ethnic community today is experiencing a process of active linguistic and cultural assimilation. The text analyses the two main cases. The first illustrates the role of the science and the work of researchers as an important tool against forgetting. The second provides the so-called аutosanction. In this example it means suppression and destruction of relics, which are valuable ethno-cultural characteristics of the community. The observations are the result of the analysis of publications in Hungarian ethnographic editions, of fieldwork in the region of Dobrich (Dobrich, Onogur, Yovkovo) and of archival work.

ПРОУЧВАНЕ НА РИБАРСКАТА ОБЩНОСТ В ОРЯХОВО

Author(s): Nikolai Nenov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 18/2020

The study in Oryahovo is a contribution to the modern anthropological study of local cultures, communities and heritage along the Danube River. It aims to describe the cultural geography of the place, as well as the specifics of local fishing, the names of species of nets and gear, the names of boats, species of fish, the daily life of fishermen and the forms of celebration. The methodology of the historical-anthropological approach and the biographical approach is used. The authentic texts that are published are grouped in four parts – Everyday life, Environment, Fishing, Holidays. They create a collective biography, represented by the many voices of ordinary local fishermen. Fishermen's knowledge of the world around them is complex – their stories include swamps in Romania, the numerous islands on the Danube and the nuclear power plant, as well as specific places where the riverbed is clear and the nets do not get caught to rupture. Turning an individual into a fisherman is a way of life. And it is precisely the differences in this living – with devotion to the river and the local ecosystem, that make the fishermen of Oryahovo different from everyone else. We have registered many of their worldview, acquired habits, traditional practices and skills, oral knowledge – the amalgam which we define as cultural heritage. But for local fishermen, this knowledge has not yet been valorized.

Веда Словена. Адаптирано издание. Адаптация и поетически превод Росен Р. Малчев. Съставители: Миглена Христозова, Константин Рангочев. Художник Марко Марков. София: Издателство „Ракета“, 2019

Author(s): Miglena Hristozova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

Book Review

Подкрепата на българската държава за сънародниците в Голо Бърдо в периода между двете световни войни

Author(s): Svetlozar Eldarov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2014

The text presents and analyzes documents and materials related to the Bulgarians from the Golloborda Region in Albania in the period 1918 – 1939, from the funds of the Directorate of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religions and the Bulgarian Embassy in Tirana. In these letters, reports and documents set out the problems of the Bulgarians in Albania in the period between the two World Wars, they contain detailed statistics, recommendations and guidelines to improve the state of our compatriots who remained on Albanian territory.

Със самосъзнанието на българин с плава кръв

Author(s): Luchia Antonova-Vasileva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2014

The article discusses the conception of the importance of national self-determination as a criterion for belonging to a nationality. The typical case of spontaneous declarations of Bulgarian national identity is indicate in the Republic of Kosovo. The ancestral memory of aristocratic origin is expressed by specific local dialect.

Kolkata’s Foodscape: the Evolution of ‘the Calcutta palate’

Author(s): Debika Banerji,Anandita Pan / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

Kolkata’s cultural landscape can be defined by the existing foodscape. The heritage restaurants existing in the city are an amalgamation of the cultural diffusion between the different communities that reside in the city. In this paper, primarily, three food zones have been recognized, each specializing in a particular type of cuisine. The paper seeks to understand the development of the cuisines in relation to these food zones, how different communities have slowly exchanged ideas which have led to the creation of a new type of fusion cuisine, modified in accordance to suit local tastes and preferences. This acculturation process is constantly occurring and is reflected in the present day foodscape of the city.

Украинските бежанци в българските медии (25 февруари-10 май 2022 г.)

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 12/2022

The text presents results of research carried out by students of European studies (Simon Weil graduation, academic year 2021/2022), centered on the image of Ukrainian refugees and the ways in which it is constructed in the Bulgarian media. The results of the study refer to the first two and a half months of the war in Ukraine. 35 online and Internet-based media were tracked. Basic aspects of media representation are summarized in concluding text

Construction et légitimation des hiérarchies dans des organisations transnationales est-européennes (Pologne, Roumanie)

Author(s): Antoine Heemeryck / Language(s): French Issue: 4/2020

Cet article prend pour objet la légitimation des constructions hiérarchiques dans deux entreprises des pays d’Europe de l’est. La première est une multinationale en Pologne, la seconde une ONG de démocratisation en Roumanie. Le travail en Pologne et la démocratisation en Roumanie sont les secteurs qui ont été les plus exposés au changement dans la période postcommuniste dans ces deux pays. Pour comprendre le sens que donnent les acteurs à leurs relations sociales dans ces champs sociaux, trois dimensions doivent être rapportés aux enjeux actuels : le rapport au passé communiste, l’articulation à l’Occident et à l’État qui se conjuguent dans les imaginaires collectifs.