Students' survey on urban identity

The Committee for the Protection of Monuments in St. Petersburg (Russia) conducts educational work for schoolchildren and students. Since 2016, students of the Department of Social Technologies of the RANEPA have been participating in an educational and research project on urban identity also. In 2018, we decided to conduct a monitoring of urban identity and self-identification by students collaborated with committee projects. Poll was placed in a public Internet environment, Google Surveys, everyone could fill it, however, the link was recommended to be filled by schoolchildren and student partners KGIOP projects. The survey also had a reinforcing educational function - do they know that the object “The historical center of St. Petersburg and a related group of monuments ”is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List? There were 174 answers by students who live in St. Petersburg. Many of them came from other cities, but almost all have the identity of a Petersburger. There are several open questions of the online questionnaire: What makes Petersburg different from other cities of the world? Who is a Petersburger of the XXI century and what are his qualities? What is the “spirit of Petersburg”? - they are projections in terms of psychology, therefore, using semiotic methods, one can reconstruct practices, meanings and values. Questions appeal to our claim that identity is connected with the basic needs: belonging to a place that is maintained and taken care of, managed, shared with other people, provides an opportunity for creative expression. These needs go back to Jung’s analytical psychology, but are also well known through Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in humanistic social psychology. The question of the spirit of the city allows us to understand the significant practices of the place that create the special atmosphere of the city 'genius loci', felt by the younger generation. The question on ideal Petersburger refers to projective identification and self-description. We are wondering if there are significant differences in the perception of self-identity and city identity of young city residents from previous generations, stereotypes and traditional views.俄罗斯圣彼得堡古迹保护委员会（Committee for the Protection of Monuments in St. Petersburg）面向中小学生与高校学生开展宣教工作。2016年起，俄罗斯总统国民经济和公共管理学院（RANEPA）社会技术系的学生也参与到一项关于城市身份认同的教育研究项目中。2018年，我们决定与该委员会合作，针对学生群体开展城市身份认同与自我认同监测项目。本次调研依托谷歌问卷（Google Surveys）在公开互联网环境发布，所有用户均可填写，但我们主要向参与KGIOP项目的中小学生与高校学生推荐了调研链接。此外，该调研兼具宣教强化功能，旨在确认受访者是否知晓“圣彼得堡历史中心及其相关古迹群”已被列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录。本次调研共回收174份圣彼得堡本地学生的有效答卷，其中多数学生来自其他城市，但几乎所有人都持有“圣彼得堡市民”的身份认同。本次线上问卷设置三道开放式问题：其一，圣彼得堡与全球其他城市的差异何在？其二，21世纪的圣彼得堡市民应具备怎样的特质？其三，何谓“圣彼得堡精神”？从心理学视角而言，此类问题属于投射性提问，因此可借助符号学方法重构相关实践、意义与价值体系。调研问题紧扣我们的核心论点：身份认同与基础需求密切相关——归属感源于被维护与照料的场所、可被管理与共享的空间，以及提供创意表达的契机。此类需求既可追溯至荣格的分析心理学，也在人本主义社会心理学的马斯洛需求层次理论中得到了广泛阐释。针对“城市精神”的提问，有助于我们理解塑造圣彼得堡“地方精神（genius loci）”独特氛围的核心地方实践，以及年轻一代对此的感知。而关于“理想圣彼得堡市民”的提问，则指向投射性认同与自我描述。我们希望探究年轻城市居民在自我认同与城市身份认知层面，与前代群体、传统刻板印象之间是否存在显著差异。