Nationalism through State-Constructed Symbols: The Case of National Anthems

Kyridis, Argyris; Mavrikou, Anna; Zagkos, Christos; Golia, Paraskevi; Vamvakidou, Ifigenia; Fotopoulos, Nikos

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“…Among the types studied were Cajun music (Comeaux 1978(Comeaux , 2000Post & Joseph 1970), rock and roll (Ford 1971;Francaviglia 1978), country (Meyer 1976;White & Day 1997), popular music (Chye & Kong 1996), rap (French 2017), and Latin American music (Curtis & Rose 1983). Geographers have also looked at music themes in broader contexts including sense of place, sound, regions, identities, media and popular culture, and the producers and consumers of music (eds Burgess & Gold 2015;Canova 2013;Florida & Jackson 2009;Hudson 2006;eds Johansson & Bell 2009;Kearney 2010;Kong 1995b;Krims 2007;eds Leyshon et al 1998;Nash & Carney 1996;Shobe & Banis 2010;Smith 1994).…”

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“…The contributors to these foci are cultural, social and political geographers, but also scholars in music sociology, politics and culture examining the anthem history in a specific country or in a broader regional context. Examples of music/geography studies in broad contexts include: heritage (Lowenthal 2006;Rice 1994;Waterman 2019); culture and popular culture (Buchanan 1995;ed Norris 1989;Smith 1997); peace education initiatives (Hummel 2017;Odunuga 2013;Rippen 2005); teaching (Risinger 2013), state iconographies (Cerulo 1989(Cerulo , 1993Kyridis et al 2009); nation building, identity and unity (Connell & Gibson 2004;de Souza 2008;Erden 2019;Frolova-Walker 1998;Kong 1995aKong , c, 2006Mu 1994;Scruggs 1999;Thirumalai 2007;Zikmund II 1969); sports and anthems (Slater et al 2018); and musical instruments (Neustadt 2007).…”

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Reading and Mapping the Worldviews of Island States through National Anthems: Celebrating Deity, Identity, Landscapes and Unity

Brunn

2022

Miscellanea Geographica

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National anthems, along with the national flag, stamps and monuments, are important features of a state’s identity. The lyrics and music instill patriotism and nationalism on holidays, at sporting events, and in children at school. This study examines the lyrics of 42 Caribbean, Pacific, African, Asian and European island state anthems to identify patterns and themes. While word frequencies differ between the regions, dominant themes reflect unity, hope, a spiritual/divine heritage, home and homeland, and pleasant environmental settings. Themes reflecting times of strife, struggles and conflict are also evident.

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Reading and Mapping the Worldviews of Island States through National Anthems: Celebrating Deity, Identity, Landscapes and Unity

Brunn

2022

Miscellanea Geographica

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“…On the other hand, a survey from the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) states that 50 percent of Indonesians do not memorize the national anthem of Indonesia Raya [6] while for the younger generation based on a survey 80 percent of school children also do not memorize the song "Indonesia Raya" [7]. Lowethal (1994) explains that something that makes a symbol of identity or an icon of a country, one of which is the national anthem, it can be said that if we do not remember in detail the symbols of our country (Indonesia Raya & Pancasila) then we are included in the category of people who do not have nationalism [8]. The decline in nationalism was also caused by uncontrolled globalization that entered Indonesia.…”

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Pancasila as the Establishing Ideology of Nationalism Indonesian Young Generation

Sugito¹,

Aulia²,

Rukmana³

2021

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Character Education (ICCE 2020)

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The Indonesian as a nation cannot avoid the challenges of globalization in all spheres of life, but by sticking to the values of the Pancasila as the guiding principles of the Indonesia Country will be able to survive facing the times, because everything has been regulated in the philosophy of Pancasila. This article argues that while maintaining the spirit of nationalism, in the younger generation mindset through the Citizenship Education (PKn), it will be make them survive from negative influences and moral impairment in an era where globalization is uncontrollable, the influence of foreign cultures that able to make young people easily leaving their own culture because they consider foreign cultures more modern than Indonesian Cultures. Thus, Civics Education is very important to strengthen the morality and ethics of the younger generation, besides that a persuasive approach and dialogue to the public about the importance of Pancasila as the state ideology will make them better to face globalization and defend Indonesia's identity.

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“…National anthems have been a topic for sociological and cultural analyses, including interpretations / commentaries on their nationalism, family, sexism, suicide rates and others -with cross-cultural implications in several cases (Abril, 2012;Barnes, Pomerantz, & Yashko, 2016;Boufoy-Bastick, 2012;Gilboa & Bodner, 2009;Guerrini & Kennedy, 2009;Kelen, 2014Kelen, , 2015Kyridis et al, 2009;Lauenstein, Murer, Boos, & Reicher, 2015;Lester & Gunn, 2011;Liao, Zhang, & Zhang, 2012;Oluga, Seng, & Rajoo, 2016;Rodríguez, 2016;Siska, 2016;Sondermann, 2013;Vörös et al, 2016;Winstone & Witherspoon, 2016). Most such studies were, however, focused on a distinct theme and/or on a culturallylimited number of anthems.…”

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Topics in National Anthems

Silaghi‐Dumitrescu

2020

j.lang.lit.

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National anthems are occasionally quoted, mostly based on anecdotal evidence or arguments, to be correlated with societal features. The present study aims to identify the pervasive topics in national anthems, and then to establish whether connections may be established between these topics and some basic societal features. Upon examination of ~200 anthems, such recurring themes were identified: ancestry/past, beauty, build/work, country name, courage, democracy, enemy, ethnicity, family, man, woman, fight, flag/colours, forever/never, future, geographical references, glory, independence/freedom, joy/happiness, home/mother/father-land, law/governance, leader, love, loyalty, peace, poverty/wealth, pride, religion, revolution, sacred, sacrifice, salvation, sorrow, treason, tyrant/chains, unity, win/victory. The number of topics, as well as their bias (e.g., towards identity, or towards fight, or towards general well-being), vary widely between anthems; groups of anthems may be identified based on these tendencies. Moreover, the number of topics, their bias, and/or the date of adoption can be proven to correlate to some extent to more general societal features such as date of adoption, age of country, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, Gini coefficient, size of armed forces, inequality, inequality-adjusted human development index, and a number of parameters from the World Values Survey (WVS) database (related to religion, gender equality, attitude towards other nationalities/races, attitude towards work, attachment to democratic values etc). This set of data and the herein identified correlations may offer grounds for further, more detailed exploration of a variety of correlations between societal features and official narratives, starting with the national anthems as prime example.

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Nationalism through State-Constructed Symbols: The Case of National Anthems

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Reading and Mapping the Worldviews of Island States through National Anthems: Celebrating Deity, Identity, Landscapes and Unity

Reading and Mapping the Worldviews of Island States through National Anthems: Celebrating Deity, Identity, Landscapes and Unity

Pancasila as the Establishing Ideology of Nationalism Indonesian Young Generation

Topics in National Anthems

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