Regionally-focused Concepts as the Core of Personal Regional Identity: Structure and Content

Download or read book Regionally-focused Concepts as the Core of Personal Regional Identity: Structure and Content written by Kulikova Nadezhda and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal connection with the territory of residence (regional identity) remains highly significant for modern people; it defines the motives of their regionally-focused behavior. Regional identity is formed through creation of an individual u201cimageu201d of the region of residence reflected in specific personally-axiological units u2013 regionally-focused concepts forming the regional identity conceptual sphere.The research objective is to identify the structure of such concepts inherent to young people aged 16-19. Selection of this age group is justified by the fact that at this particular period the personality is actively engaged in the process of self-identification. The research was conducted in February 2018. The sample included 61 members residing in the Sverdlovsk region.Research questions:1.tWhat territorially-focused concepts are presented in the respondentsu2019 consciousness?2.tWhat is the factor structure of the regional identity conceptual sphere in adolescence?The respondents were offered to define 10 concepts which, in their opinion, comprehensively characterize the Sverdlovsk region and range them from 1 to 10. The factor analysis method was applied to the information obtained to define the regionally-focused concepts structure.The following concepts were mentioned by the respondents most often: Yekaterinburg city, forests, mountains, plants (the Sverdlovsk region is characterized with developed industry), rivers, frost, Sverdlovsk Teacher Training College (the place of the respondentsu2019training), museums, Bazhov (the famous Ural writer), 1905 Square (Yekaterinburg historical centre), Church on Blood (built on the place of the Romanovs family execution), malachite (the Ural ornamental stone), Grinvich (the largest shopping centre in Yekaterinburg), winter, u201cPlotinkau201d (the architectural centre of Yekaterinburg), friends, Passazh (the large shopping centre situated in Yekaterinburg central square), Vysotskiy (the cult Soviet poet and the name of the first Yekaterinburg skyscraper), Ganina Yama (the place where the royal remains were buried).Qualitative analysis of the concepts most presented allows distributing them in 4 groups: climatic objects (rivers, mountains, etc.), cultural objects (museums, 1905 Square, etc.) architectural objects (Grinvich, Plotinka, etc.) and historical figures (Bazhov). Quantitative analysis allowed identifying a 6 factors model of the regional identity conceptual structure. The obtained results will be applied in studying the mechanisms forming personal regional identity in adolescence.