Identity dramas written into the cultural borderland. Educational implications

In addition to the positive borderline effect, which is often presented in the literature, this text presents the dilemmas and tragedies of the individual, family and community, taking place on the border of cultures, religions and ethnicities. The methodological basis is the concept of the interpretation of the borderland and multi-range identity, through which I read and describe the fate of Emilia Moszczańska Kosiur Niewęgłowska presented by Grzegorz Dżus in the book “Banderowka”, published in 2020. The narration of the book’s main character allowed for presenting the process of shaping the family, individual and social identity. In this process, in the face of experiencing suspicion, helplessness, fear and humiliation, such questions dominate as: Who am I? Who am I to be? How am I to be? The author draws attention to the problem of the narrator’s internal dialogue, points to its value in the educational and humanistic context. He emphasizes how difficult but important, in the process of shaping identity, is the mediation of three areas of identity and the liberating oneself from the stigma of alienation experienced from all sides.

Folk songs encapsulate contemporary society’s cultural life. Folk songs have been used by many historians to better comprehend the culture and traditional consciousness of people who left just a few written records of their lives. As a result, folk songs can reveal a lot about their history, culture, values, and societal advancement. Folklore is a body of expressive culture that encompasses folktales, folk music, superstitions, beliefs, and other cultural expressions exclusive to a community. A folk song, on the other hand, is a song that belongs to a community’s or region’s folk music, and can have a variety of regional features. Folklore has been classified in a variety of ways, with Dorson (1972) dividing it into four categories: i) oral tradition, (ii) material culture, (iii) social folk customs, and (iv) traditional folk arts. This paper tries to explore the changing sensibilities in popular culture, particularly in the field of folk music, and the forms in which it is expressed and used as a tool to resist the status quo. This manuscript focuses on the folk traditions of traditional Irish music and Ulster Orange music in Northern Ireland and the co-existing folk music of the Koch Rajbonshis in the Assam region of North-Eastern India, trying to highlight the attached identity of the groups/community in both regions.

This paper focuses on the question whether the perceived distance between the low status of the school that is attended by the pupils, the high ambitions of these pupils, and the feasibility of achieving these goals could lead to the total evaporation of any motivation to do well at school. Is educational success of pupils in the lowest level of secondary education hampered by the realization that one’s chances to reach a highly respected social position are very limited? In this article, we, firstly, study how adolescents evaluate people in distinctive social positions and to what extent they are aware of status distinctions. Secondly, what are the expectations and ambitions of youngsters and how do they describe their own characteristics when asked to respond to questions, such as “who are you?” and “where do you locate yourself in society?”. Thirdly, we analyze their views on society, their self-images and career expectations. We want to investigate whether these images and projections differ in correlation with their level and type of education.