Academic Scientific JournalsDeterminants of Ethnic Pride among New Zealand’s Polish Immigrants
Keywords:
promoting Polish culture, Polish cultural organizations, survey research, New ZealandAbstract
The survey research and respondent interviews described in this article were conducted in late 2019/early 2020 to assess the determinants of Polish identity among first and second-generation New Zealand born individuals of Polish descendant -- the generation first born in New Zealand whose parent(s) was/were born in Poland or the second generation born in New Zealand whose grandparent(s) was/were born in Poland and whose parent(s) was/were born in New Zealand. Many of these individuals were related to the Polish child refugees that came to New Zealand in 1944. The article begins with a brief literature review on the subject. This is followed by a description of the research methods used, findings that pertain to a target audience, and a strategy for promoting Polish identity with this target audience. This strategy should prove useful to Polish cultural organizations in New Zealand (and perhaps elsewhere) in their efforts to develop programming that successfully promotes Polish identity with their audiences.
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