Temelj rada su koncepti doživljaj zajednice i valorizacija kulturne baštine na primjeru multietničke općine Vojnić s kulturnom baštinom na Petrovoj gori od umjetničke i povijesne važnosti. Kulturna ...baština omogućuje jačanje lokalnog identiteta, a time i doživljaj zajednice, kao most između prošlosti zajednice i sadašnjih iskustava. U dinamici baštine i identiteta stanovnici imaju važnu ulogu svojim odnosom prema baštini. Istraživanjem smo željeli utvrditi razlike među ispitanicima u doživljaju zajednice i valorizaciji kulturne baštine Petrove gore s obzirom na sociodemografske karakteristike ispitanika te utvrditi povezanost dimenzija doživljaja zajednice i valorizacije kulturne baštine. U anketnom istraživanju sudjelovalo je sto ispitanika. Rezultati pokazuju niže procjene doživljaja zajednice u odnosu na valorizaciju baštine. U doživljaju zajednice nema razlika po spolu ni povezanosti s duljinom stanovanja u zajednici. Mlađi stanovnici pozitivniji su prema lokalnom vodstvu i rješavanju problema, a obrazovaniji su pozitivniji prema utjecaju zajednice na pojedinca i okruženje. Hrvati u odnosu na Srbe više prepoznaju identitet zajednice te višim procjenjuju utjecaj na okruženje, ali imaju manje kontakta s članovima zajednice. Doseljeni stanovnici imaju snažniji doživljaj zajednice, više vide identitet zajednice te su pozitivniji prema utjecaju zajednice i njezinu vodstvu i rješavanju problema. Stanovnici daju visoke procjene valorizacije baštine. Žene obilaze lokalitete češće, a nema povezanosti s dobi ni s duljinom stanovanja. Srbi imaju višu razinu valorizacije baštine u odnosu na Hrvate, a iste razlike uočavaju se između domicilnih i doseljenih stanovnika. Postoji povezanost između doživljaja zajednice i valorizacije kulturne baštine. Rezultati upućuju na nedovoljnu integriranost baštine u konstrukciju lokalnog identiteta. Edukacija stanovnika o baštini te uključivanje stanovnika u aktivnosti povezane s baštinom mogli bi pridonijeti većoj uzajamnosti baštine i lokalnog identiteta s krajnjom svrhom unapređenja lokalnog razvoja.
Cilj ovoga kvantitativnog anketnog istraživanja bio je utvrditi doživljaj i iskustva rodne diskriminacije na Sveučilištu u Zagrebu iz perspektive studenata/ica te doprinos sociodemografskih obilježja ...i obilježja studiranja u objašnjavanju iskustva, svjedočenja i percepcije rodne diskriminacije. Kao polazište korištene su teorije kongruentnosti uloga i teorija grupne osviještenosti. U istraživanju koje je provedeno 2020. godine sudjelovalo je 274 studenata/ica sa Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Rezultati su analizirani regresijskom analizom (jednostavna i hijerarhijska regresijska analiza s dodatnom provjerom moderatorskog učinka svjedočenja rodnoj diskriminaciji na odnos između iskustva i percepcije rodne diskriminacije). Rezultati su pokazali da iskustvo rodne diskriminacije postoji na onim studijima gdje je nominalno izjednačen broj studenata i studentica, no postoje određeni džepovi diskriminacije poput biomedicinskih studija i integriranih studija gdje se češće osobno doživljava rodna diskriminacija i svjedoči diskriminaciji drugih. U percepciji i svjedočenju rodne diskriminacije ključan je čimbenik osobno iskustvo koje pomaže izgradnji grupne osviještenosti. Rodni stereotipi najčešći su oblik rodne diskriminacije. Kad govorimo o sadržaju stereotipa, češće se uočavaju rodni stereotipi deskriptivnog karaktera usmjerenog na oba spola, ali i preskriptivni stereotipi koji su usmjereni protiv žena na pozicijama moći. Stoga možemo zaključiti kako je akademsko okruženje iz perspektive studenata i studentica još uvijek obilježeno „staklenim stropom“, i to neovisno o dominantnoj zastupljenosti studentica na sveučilištu. No, iskustvo diskriminacije nije isključivo žensko pitanje te su svakako potrebna dodatna istraživanja kako bi se istražile dimenzije diskriminacije studenata. Rezultati upućuju na potrebu snažnije zastupljenosti teme rodne ravnopravnosti u akademskoj zajednici uz uspostavljanje institucionalne podrške u suzbijanju diskriminacije.
This paper focusses on the concepts of sense of community and the valorisation of cultural heritage through the example of one Croatian municipality. This municipality is multi-ethnic, it deals with ...developmental challenges, and has a famous cultural heritage of significant artistic, historical and symbolic value beyond the local level. The paper aimed at exploring how these concepts differ regarding the socio-demographic characteristics of its habitants, and how they correlate with each other.The sense of community is an important element in community processes, being a prerequisite of social capital, community attachment and constructed local identity. The phrase “sense of community” is used according to McMillan and Chavis (1986) and their definition which includes four elements: membership (feeling of belonging or sharing personal relatedness), influence (the sense that the group matters to the individual and vice versa), integration and fulfilment of needs (living in a community means benefits with regard to living standards and that habitants value reciprocity) and shared emotional connections (members believe that they share history, experiences, common symbols). Research on the sense of community suggests that it derives both from individual and contextual factors. Members with a higher sense of community are older residents, those who have lived in the community for a longer period of time, retired people, residents with secondary education, residents with children and those who live with a partner, as well as members who are active in local groups, spend more time in outdoor community space, those more willing to have active social relationships with their neighbours and informal social control, and those with a stronger place attachment. A higher sense of community is also found in residents that envision their community as broader than a street/block, those that believe that a community can achieve goals and that community, as a value, is important to them. Contextual predictors of a sense of community are collective efficacy, citizens’ participation, place attachment. A higher sense of community exists in rural communities and communities with a lower population density. Ethnic heterogeneity is usually connected with a lower sense of community. However, some authors find that ethnic heterogeneity is indirectly connected with the sense of community through lower income, which is often the case in multi-ethnic communities. A sense of community has many positive individual and collective effects, e.g. higher level of interpersonal trust, wellbeing, quality of life, mental and physical health, willingness to remain a part of the community, stronger social capital.Cultural heritage enables community connections with the past and the present while community identity is negotiated between present needs and viewpoints and what is considered important for the past of the community. Cultural heritage archives collective memory and often becomes important when group relations should be redefined. Thus, heritage can be a factor of cohesion, confidence, provide legitimacy for community interests, but it can also become a point of dispute, a source of political and social conflict. Residents’ connection to their heritage plays a crucial role in this dynamic between heritage and identity, specifically how they value and think of heritage on an emotional and behavioural level.This paper is focussed specifically on the heritage of the Petrova gora area in Vojnić municipality, with the two most prominent heritage sites being the monument dedicated to antifascist struggles and partisans by sculptor Vojin Bakić and the Partizan hospital.Three research problems are formulated:a) To explore the sense of community and differences in the sense of community, taking into account socio-demographic characteristics.b) To explore the valorisation of cultural heritage in Petrova gora and the differences, taking into account socio-demographic characteristics.c) To assess the correlation between the sense of community and the valorisation of cultural heritage.Convenience sample of 100 residents of Vojnić municipality participated in this quantitative survey, with an approximately equal share of men and women as well as an equal share of Croats (mostly immigrants) and Serbs (mostly domiciliary). The majority of participants have secondary level education, the average age is 36 and they have lived in the community for 25 years on average. The Sense of community index 2 was used based on McMillan and Chavis’s theory, and an instrument for cultural heritage valorisation was constructed with additional questions regarding the practical usage of heritage. On the sense of community scale, we found 5 factors (the original instrument is validated with a four-factor structure): emotional significance of community attachment, recognised community identity, community influence on individuals and the surroundings, community leadership and problem-solving, contacts with community members. The instrument for the valorisation of cultural heritage has a four-factor structure: personal emotional relation towards heritage, behavioural component of valorisation, having an interest toward heritage and the significance of heritage for the citizens. Due to a lower Cronbach’s alpha reliability, the third and fourth factors are not included in the analysis.Regarding sense of community, the results showed the following:- On average, participants show a low sense of community. The higher results were identified for the “community contacts” factor, somewhat lower regarding the emotional significance of community attachment and recognised community identity. The lowest assessments are for community influence on individuals and the surroundings and community leadership and problem-solving.- There are no differences for any dimension of the sense of community between men and women.- Younger residents have higher assessments of community leadership and problem solving, while more educated residents have higher assessments of community influence on individuals and surrounding. Other differences in connection to age and education are not found.- There are no statistically significant differences concerning how long someone has lived in the community.- Croats, in comparison to Serbs, have higher average assessments of recognised community identity and community influence on individuals and the surroundings, while also having less contact with other community members.- Immigrant residents (mostly Croats), in comparison to the domiciliary population, on average, have a higher sense of community, have a higher appreciation for community identity, are more positive towards community influence as well as its leadership and problem-solving.Regarding valorisation of cultural heritage, the results are as follows:- On average, the residents have a high valorisation of heritage and an even higher emotional relation towards heritage, and a bit lower (but still solid) behavioural component of valorisation. They recognise the possibilities for its usage in art work, tourism, sports and recreation, but not for political purposes (it is seen as somewhat of a taboo).- Women on average visit heritage sites more often than men.- There are no statistically significant differences in valorisation regarding age nor length of residence in the community.- More educated participants see more possibilities for the use of heritage in political activities.- Serbs, in comparison to Croats, have higher average assessments of heritage valorisation both in the emotional and behavioural component and perceive more possibilities in art and tourism.- Domiciliary residents, in comparison to immigrants, have higher average assessments of heritage valorisation both in the emotional and behavioural component, and perceive more possibilities for their usage in general.The results show a statistically significant correlation between heritage valorisation and sense of community as greater emotional significance of community attachment and more contacts with community members correlate with higher total scores in valorisation and particularly the behavioural component. Heritage sites are more often visited by those with more contacts with others in the community. There is no significant correlation between the sense of community and the possibilities for practical usage of heritage.To conclude, some unexpected results were found indicating that sense of community is not related to what is usually considered its predictor: domiciliary status, the length of residing in a community and belonging to majority ethnic groups at the local level. Contrary to that, immigrant residents, mostly Croats, that have lived in the community for shorter periods than the domiciliary population express an even higher sense of community in some dimensions (except contacts with community members). We can assume that their sense of community is empowered by the fact that Croats are the majority at the national level and ethnic relations are reflected at the local level regardless of the actual ethnic ratio.On the other side, the domiciliary residents (mostly Serbs) that have lived in the community for a longer period have a higher valorisation of the heritage of Petrova gora, which is one of the most famous symbols of the community. Regardless of ethnicity, both groups have higher heritage valorisation than their sense of community. This indicates that heritage valorisation is still disintegrated from the local identity, but local identity can be reconstructed by using heritage as a component of its empowerment.Local identity is both a process and an outcome of community dynamics, and heritage could be an integral part of it or strengthen it if people were more educated (particularly those with secondary education and young people) and if they had more direct experiences with the heritage through cultural activities. Heritage v
In the last thirty years, sport has undergone a significant transformation from a means of satisfying the need for physical activity, affirmation or competition with others to an extremely profitable ...industry. The development of sports has been favored by the development of mass media in terms of the creation of planetary sports idols. Consumers today are exposed to aggressive marketing policies, and manufacturers are trying to overcome information overload by exploiting recognizable symbols that consumers want to identify with through the emotional positioning of products. The authors point out the importance of merchandising as well as all the specificities that it manifests in its application in sports, with particular reference to the legal framework, and instruments for the further transfer of rights and protection of them.
Article proposes a typology of underdeveloped communities in Croatia based on types ofsocial change and dimensions of the community. The research isdesigned as a cross-case analysis with seven ...municipalities 10 represented by 29 experts in total. Three types of underdeveloped communities are recognized: latent communities have solid social fabric but do not have mobilized formal structures and are facing inertia as a type of social change; collapsed communities that have low capacity to handle incremental social changes or transitions; and disorganized communities that have faced dramatic social change and certain catastrophic events, have their structurere shaped, and struggle to organize a new community on the grounds of previous one. A common pattern that emerged between the cases is a lack of adequate community response to specific social change. All of these communities had difficulties in managinge conomic transition in early 90's and significant demographic changes reshaped existing lifestyles.
Cilj ovoga kvantitativnog anketnog istraživanja bio je utvrditi doživljaj i iskustva rodne diskriminacije na Sveučilištu u Zagrebu iz perspektive studenata/ica te doprinos sociodemografskih obilježja ...i obilježja studiranja u objašnjavanju iskustva, svjedočenja i percepcije rodne diskriminacije. Kao polazište korištene su teorije kongruentnosti uloga i teorija grupne osviještenosti. U istraživanju koje je provedeno 2020. godine sudjelovalo je 274 studenata/ica sa Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Rezultati su analizirani regresijskom analizom (jednostavna i hijerarhijska regresijska analiza s dodatnom provjerom moderatorskog učinka svjedočenja rodnoj diskriminaciji na odnos između iskustva i percepcije rodne diskriminacije). Rezultati su pokazali da iskustvo rodne diskriminacije postoji na onim studijima gdje je nominalno izjednačen broj studenata i studentica, no postoje određeni džepovi diskriminacije poput biomedicinskih studija i integriranih studija gdje se češće osobno doživljava rodna diskriminacija i svjedoči diskriminaciji drugih. U percepciji i svjedočenju rodne diskriminacije ključan je čimbenik osobno iskustvo koje pomaže izgradnji grupne osviještenosti. Rodni stereotipi najčešći su oblik rodne diskriminacije. Kad govorimo o sadržaju stereotipa, češće se uočavaju rodni stereotipi deskriptivnog karaktera usmjerenog na oba spola, ali i preskriptivni stereotipi koji su usmjereni protiv žena na pozicijama moći. Stoga možemo zaključiti kako je akademsko okruženje iz perspektive studenata i studentica još uvijek obilježeno „staklenim stropom“, i to neovisno o dominantnoj zastupljenosti studentica na sveučilištu. No, iskustvo diskriminacije nije isključivo žensko pitanje te su svakako potrebna dodatna istraživanja kako bi se istražile dimenzije diskriminacije studenata. Rezultati upućuju na potrebu snažnije zastupljenosti teme rodne ravnopravnosti u akademskoj zajednici uz uspostavljanje institucionalne podrške u suzbijanju diskriminacije.
This quantitative research aimed to analyse the experience of gender discrimination at the University of Zagreb from the students' perspective and assess the contribution of socio-demographic characteristics and study characteristics in explaining the experience, witnessing and perception of gender discrimination. The role congruity theory and the theory of group awareness were used as a framework. The research was conducted in 2020 with the participation of 274 students from the University of Zagreb. The results were analysed by regression analysis (simple and hierarchical regression analysis with additional verification of the moderating effect of witnessing gender discrimination on the relationship between the experience and perception of gender discrimination). The results showed that the experience of gender discrimination exists in fields where the number of male and female students is nominally equal. However, certain areas, such as bio-medical studies and integrated studies, stood out as pockets of discrimination, where students were more likely to personally experience gender discrimination and witness discrimination against others. In the perception and witnessing of gender discrimination, a key factor is personal experience that helps build group awareness. Gender discrimination is perceived as a group, social and political issue rather than a matter of personal factors or success. Descriptive gender stereotypes targeting both sexes, but also prescriptive stereotypes directed against women in positions of power, are more often observed. Therefore, we conclude that, from the students' perspective, the academic environment still exhibits characteristic of a glass ceiling, regardless of the predominant presence of female students at the university.
A distinctive form of posttreatment support for persons in recovery from alcoholism (alcohol use disorders) is the club of treated alcoholics (CTA). These groups are in the tradition of Alcoholics ...Anonymous with several important distinctions: the CTA groups are led by a health or social care professional, family members are included in the group, and groups are encouraged to be active in local community. This is a descriptive study of 40 randomly selected CTA groups with a focus on how participation in these groups improves the level of psychosocial functioning in the participants with a focus on how the participants relate to each other and the assigned health care professional.
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