Legendary Ancestors, National Identity, and the Socialization of Children in Contemporary Vietnam

Nina, Grigoreva

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“…This is different from how the national textbooks try to develop the national identity for Vietnamese children. According to Grigoreva (2014), the official textbooks for Vietnamese children often attempt to shape their national identity and intergroup solidarity by emphasising their beautiful and glorious origin. Although there are different ethnic groups in Vietnam, all Vietnamese people share the same root: "Children of the Dragon, Grandchildren of the Fairy", and they share the tradition of myths and legends about the ancient past.…”

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Writing Non-fiction Books on National Culture for Vietnamese Children in the Age of Globalisation: The Process of Building Intercultural Competence

Dang,

Hà,

Phan

2024

Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community

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This paper tracks down the process of writing non-fiction books on national culture for Vietnamese children to help them understand their identity and respect cultural differences in the age of globalisation. By self-reflecting on the writing experience, this essay elucidates the process of building intercultural competence in its relationship with national identity through the case study of “Kể chuyện văn hóa Việt”. The paper provides a discussion among the three authors in the format of an interview with the co-author who also wrote the non-fiction book series that we focus upon. The first part reflects on intercultural competence as a concept, and the second half considers how the book series emerged and put this concept into practice. The research results show that constructing national identity, individual agency, and intercultural competence for children must be transferred naturally from each book’s topic to the flow of the story. In this case, the most striking feature is the main character’s interaction with his family. In addition, the context needs to integrate both global and local elements. The series creates situations in which there is a comparison between the past and the present, between Vietnam and other countries. It helps readers engage in different worldviews and address diversity by examining their community and nation, thus becoming more tolerant of others. This paper suggests guidance for creating similar books and helps the audience understand the author’s journey to create a trade book series featuring culture-related content.

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Writing Non-fiction Books on National Culture for Vietnamese Children in the Age of Globalisation: The Process of Building Intercultural Competence

Dang,

Hà,

Phan

2024

Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community

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“…In fact, 'identity' (in Vietnamese) primarily focuses on the cultural dimensions of what is known as 'Vietnamese national identity' (bản sắc dân tộc Việt Nam). As this study partly illustrates later, the ideas underlying Vietnamese national identity have been grounded in a collective memory of traditions, myths, legends, and history (Pelley, 2002;Kelley, 2012;Grigoreva, 2014). Given that the interest of this study is the politics of constructing national identity and political purposes of schooling rather than merely focusing on cultural aspects of identity per se, it is necessary to adopt a broader view (and thus translation) of 'citizenship' as a sociological term, in association with other cultural and sociopolitical determinants.…”

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“…Although the concept of identity in the Vietnamese language primarily focuses on the cultural dimensions of what is known as Vietnamese national identity (bản sắc dân tộc), collective political identity is integral to the construction of Vietnamese citizenship. Indeed, the ideas underlying Vietnamese national identity have been grounded in a collective memory of traditions, myths, legends, and history (Pelley, 2002;Kelley, 2012;Grigoreva, 2014). Roger Smith (2001) argued that the formation of collective identity, as a political construct, is central to the processes of building and sustaining a political community.…”

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What Citizenship for What Transition?: Contradictions, Ambivalence, and Promises in Post-Socialist Citizenship Education in Vietnam

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2020

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In 1986, the Communist Party of Vietnam officially approved reform policies known as đổi mới (doi moi) which transformed the country from a centrally-planned to a market-oriented economy. Since then, as Vietnam has been integrating into the global economy, the transitional society has become more open and diverse. The transformations have apparently impacted the ways in which citizenship has been understood and practiced in Vietnam. This study specifically investigates changes in state visions of citizenship as reflected in educational discourses. In addition, it examines teachers’ interpretations of good citizenship and their experiences of teaching citizenship in Vietnam’s schools.

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Song lore of the Jing (Kinh) people in China: preservation and transformation of the Vietnamese tradition

Starikova

2024

The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies

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The article is devoted to the songs of the Jing people. The research is based on the textual recordings of the songs. The Jing people, one of the 55 officially recognized ethnic minorities of the PRC, are ethnic Vietnamese who have lived in China in the territories bordering Vietnam since the beginning of the 16th century. Folk song singing is one of the important ethnic markers of Jing culture. These songs have much in common with the folk songs of the Viet people living in Vietnam, both in form and content. The article examines what features are typical for the Jing songs, what images and themes are common in these songs, how Jing people preserve the Vietnamese tradition, but at the same time construct their own.

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Legendary Ancestors, National Identity, and the Socialization of Children in Contemporary Vietnam

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Writing Non-fiction Books on National Culture for Vietnamese Children in the Age of Globalisation: The Process of Building Intercultural Competence

Writing Non-fiction Books on National Culture for Vietnamese Children in the Age of Globalisation: The Process of Building Intercultural Competence

What Citizenship for What Transition?: Contradictions, Ambivalence, and Promises in Post-Socialist Citizenship Education in Vietnam

Song lore of the Jing (Kinh) people in China: preservation and transformation of the Vietnamese tradition

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