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Society and Lifestyles: Towards
Enhancing of Social Harmonizationthrough Knowledge of Subcultural
Communities
The project aims to extend knowledge about values and religions inEurope by investigating communities representing various values andreligious beliefs in Eastern European countries; to enhance theintegration of communities with different values and religions into the
life of the society-at-large based on harmonious coexistence ofindividuals and sub-groups.
The area of research is Eastern Europe because the cultural heritage
after a half-a-century of the Communist rule is sharply different fromthe cultural heritage of Western countries. There has not been anysystematic, comparative research on values and religions in this regionto date.
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SALresearch
fields
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Communication with other
groups: close contacts and
rejections
Expressions of tolerance andintolerance in different
communities
Solidarity and opposition to
ethnic/religious minorities and
other minority cultures
Elements of nationalism in
neo-religious and other groups
Prevailing attitudes towards
different communities insociety (media, family, work
and school). (From the
stand oint of rou members
Search for cultural identities
including values, beliefs, rituals,
norms of behavior etc.
Perception of individualidentity
Meanings attached to the
values that constituteidentity
Impact of subcultural
values on individualidebtities
The role of symbols (including
ethnic ones) used by members ofsubcultural groups and
transformations of their
meanin s that occur
Description of community
members behaviour
Identifying community
environmentSpecific objectives
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Methods This project will use an interdisciplinary approach, based on the methodology
of cultural/social/political/linguistic anthropology and sociology.
It will be implemented throughfieldworkemphasis on in-depth integration ofresearchers into the community with the purpose of revealing the meanings ofthe life-world and the principles for its formation in groups under analysis,
with the aim of understanding the meanings (including origins) of values andreligions, which arise in various communities and later spread into the society-at-large.
The research methodology includes the development of an electronic archive
system for analysis and systematisation of qualitative data.
The originality of the project is field verification, which will be performed onan experimental basis in Kaunas (Lithuania). It is focused on the establishmentof a sociocultural environment for communication between groups, researchersand members of the society at large. The centre will provide appropriatearchives, assembly, studio and other space.
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These investigations will provide EU politicians withinformation about resistance groups and movements iEastern Europe. Thus, the problems they bring withthem can be better understood..
The recommendations generated by the research areexpected to be applicable at different levels, rangingfrom individuals to institutions of different functionand at various scales: leisure, work places, educationinstitutions, mass media as well as governmentalinstitutions such as ministries. The recommendations
will be formulated regarding to the needs and rights oindividuals of varied identities, genders, cultures andvalues.
The project aims to enhance tolerance and facilitatejoint efforts between diverse social groups with regarto factors, such as age, gender, ethnicity, religion andcultural tastes. Further, it expects to initiate discussioabout arising social problems. Mutual understandingwill facilitate the integration of the new countries intthe social and cultural sphere of the EU whilesimultaneously preserving their authenticity.
Expected results
in theoryPolicy relevance of the project
Identifying processes leading to the
division of the society into individual
subgroups with different identities
Modeling of mycrodynamics of society
Revising of the theoryof subculture
Individual research discourses based on
general objectives of the project
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