Specific Form of Identity among Namibian Czechs

Bibliographic Data

ID15068609
AuthorsPavel Miškařík (0000-0002-4806-7453, Department of Ethnology and World Studies , University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava , Slovakia, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume19
Issue2
Pages12-33
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnologia Actualis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1339-7834 • E-ISSN: 1339-7877
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.2478/eas-2020-0002
OpenAlexW3106928329
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

The main goal of the paper is to explain specific ways in which the group of so-called Namibian Czechs identifies itself and how we can conceptualize their specific form of identity. For this reason, the article presents specific theoretical concepts focused on identities such as diaspora or transnational and bicultural identity. In recent years, all three of these concepts are gaining more attention, and an ever-growing number of communities are labelled as diaspora, transnational, or bicultural. Affiliation with one of those categories can potentially lead to a variety of political claims for such a group. The article aims to explain which of the concepts is best suitable for the group of Namibian Czechs, a group of fifty-six former child war refugees, who were educated and accommodated in Czechoslovakia between 1985 and 1991

Biculturalism · Collective identity · Diaspora · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology

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