"With the crisis of the global capitalist economy the topic of global culture is regaining its importance and needs to be revisited from both theoretical and practical standpoints. How do we make sense of this rapid flow of global consumer culture across national borders? What is the role of corporations, governments, ONG and social movements in shaping the terms of these flows? How do these flows of money, people, culture, goods and services work in practice? How do these flows affect the lives of the majority of regular people consuming and producing in the global marketplace? Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume examines the way cultures and individuals oppose, resist and re-center globalization. Contributors are: Gwen I. Alexis, Andrea Borghini, Cory Blad, Jack Bratich, Enrico Campo, Rekha Datta, Ricardo A. Dello Buono, Peter Kivisto, Vincenzo Mele, Mihaela Moscaliuc, Nancy Naples, Ino Rossi,Victoria Reyes, Saliba Sarsar, Manal Stephan, Karen Schmelzkopf, and Marina Vujnovic"--Provided by publisher
This paper explores how policy documents carry and institutionalize smart city ideas from high policy level to concrete policy level in an urban development context. We analyze the national urban development vision for Sweden and documents in a local urban development project in a Swedish city, in order to explore what kind of roles and expectations ICT is given in these documents. We contrast this with views of how social and environmental aspects are discussed in the studied documents. In order to understand and analyze the result we apply the concept of institutional carriers from institutional theory to our findings. Our analysis shows that as carriers of how ICT can contribute to increased sustainabilityin urban development, the policy documents do not function very well. ICT aspects are not put forth by any policy-making actor, neither on national nor on local level. The notion of institutional carriers helped us understand that without a responsible actor focusing on ICT's role in smart cities, it is easy to forget or lose sight of technology ; Funding agencies: Swedish Energy AgencySwedish Energy Agency
There is presented social and political situation inUkraineat the end of the XIXth century. It is established that one of the founders of the Ukrainian school of art criticism was G. Pavlutskiy. There is viewed the historiography of the investigation namely works by N. Krasnitskaya, V. Afanasieva, O. Storchaiy, N. Nimenko,E. Kolesnik, A. Puchkov, O. Denisenko, I. Udris and others.It is established that G. Pavlutskiy was born on the 19th of January1861 inKiev, he was graduated from the University by St. Vladimir. He got his Doctor's degree in the theory and history of Art inDortmundUniversityin some time.There is characterized the scientific heritage by G. Pavlutskiy, which can be divided into three parts: antique art (especially architecture), Ukrainian art (mainly architecture), world and modern art (from antique to new futurism). There established that his first student publication "Kornelia Tacita "Dialogue about the orators: To the question of authors "Talks about orators" saw the world on the pages of "University bulletin".There is analyzed the pedeagogical activity by G. Pavlutskiy inKievschool of art by M. Murashka andKievUniversityby St. Vladimir. There is established that the subjects that were delivered by the scientist: the course of antique culture was enriched with the lectures from Byzantine Empire and Europe history of Middle Ages and Renaissance epochs, Russian and neoclassic art as well as national art of Ukraine.It is proved that inKievUniversity G. Pavlutskiy became the first representative of the university science, who basing on his knowledge and experience fully concentrated scientific interests on the investigation of Ukrainian image formation.There presented an active participation of the scientist in the work of the ХІ Archaeological Congress inKiev. It is established that from this time the sphere of the researcher's scientific interests is enlarging cardinally and Ukrainian architecture becomes the basic topic of his scientific works, especially wooden church architecture. It's marked that the researcher investigated and analyzed the objects of churches inKiev,Cherkassy, Volinji and Podilya in the ХVІІ at the beginning of the ХІХ centuries. Among them wooden and stone sacral buildings in Vinnitsya, Polonogo, Chudunov, Tripillija, Tarasha and many other Ukrainian cities and villages.It is marked that G. Pavlutskiy was involved into the work of writing multivolumed "The History of Russian Art" where his article "Evolution of Byzantia forms in Kiev and Chernigiv Rus" was published and the part which was dedicated to the Ukrainian architecture of the ХVІІ – ХVІІІ centuries, which the author named "Baroque of Ukraine".It is proved that G. Pavlutskiy logically reflects the point that international styles, especially Byzantine and Baroque styles, getting into the cultural surrounding of east Europe, were reconsidered by local masters in national spirits, the result of which were cultural and artistic facts.It is established that the researcher showed some interest to the history of Byzantine art: he highlighted a great role ofConstantinoplein the process of creative synthesizing of different methods and ways worked out in the art schools of Christian East, late antiquity which laid down the foundations of original Byzantine style. It is shown that the attitude of G. Pavlutskiy to modern art processes namely cubism and new futurism.There characterized the participation of G. Pavlutskiy in the work of many public organizations of scientific, cultural and public trends: Historical Association of Nestor's Chronicles, Moscow Archeological Association, Kiev Artists' Association, the Association of Ukrainian plastic workers.There viewed the activity by G. Pavlutskiy in the organization of Ukrainian national and cultural establishments and High Schools, namely The Ukrainian Academy of Art, The Ukrainian National University, Kiev State University, historical and philology department of Ukrainian Academy of Science. It is marked the scientist's activity concerning the adaptation of Ukrainian language into the sphere of High Education.There showed the scientist's work which was done for the sake of preserving ancient memorials ofUkraineand returning to the cultural values, especially formRussiatoUkraine. It is marked that G. Pavlutskiy as a member of interdepartmental "Cultural commission under Ukrainian World delegation" called for transmission toUkrainenot only cultural and historical memorials but also general cultural acquisitions of Russian Empire which were made by common labour of all nations.There established that G. Pavlutskiy died on the 15th of March 1924 when he was64 inKiev. There characterized his latest work, which was dedicated to the investigation of history of Ukrainian ornament that was published in 1926. There defined the structure of the work: the author after general description of the early period of the Ukrainian ornament in a separate parts views "feral ornament", "geometrical ornament", "ornament of the Renaissance" and adds that the material finishes at the ХVІІІ century.There also viewed G. Pavlutskiy's contribution into the establishment and the development of the domestic art criticism. It is marked some interest not only for contemporary researches but also for all nationally oriented successors as a unique example of service to the concern of universal values. ; В статье рассматривается жизненный и творческий путь выдающегося украинского искусствоведа Г. Павлуцкого. Освещены основные направления научной и преподавательской деятельности ученого, его способствование развитию национального образования в Украине. Установлены приоритетные направления его общественной работы в культурологическом пространстве Украины, основные научные идеи освещенные в наиболее значительных работах. Доказан значительный вклад исследователя в развитие отечественного искусствоведения. ; У статті розглядається життєвий та творчий шлях українського мистецтвознавця Г. Павлуцького. Висвітлено основні напрямки наукової та викладацької діяльності вченого, його сприяння розвитку національної освіти в Україні. Встановлено пріоритетні спрямування його громадської роботи в культурологічному просторі України, основні наукові ідеї висвітлені у найбільш значущих працях. Доведено значний внесок дослідника у розвиток вітчизняного мистецтвознавства.
"This book explores the interplay between various semiotic modes in multimodal texts and the ways in which they are employed to express cultural translation, seeking to expand prevailing views of translation and adaptation in light of ever-changing social realities. Drawing on work from multimodal discourse studies, translation studies, and adaptation studies, Kohn and Weissbrod shed a light on the increasing prominence of the visual in multimodal texts in the act of translation in a broad sense, and specifically, in conveying cultural translation, broadly understood as the processes and experiences which communities and individuals undergo in the face of social and cultural upheavals which require them to become acquainted with new signs, uniquely encoded across different contexts. Each example showcases individual sociocultural domains while also engaging in the active role of the audience and the respective spaces these works inhabit. The book brings together work from translation and adaptation studies and multimodality and opens up avenues for new research, making it of interest to scholars in these disciplines as well as fields such as media studies, migration studies, and cultural studies"--
"The thirteen authors of this collective work undertook to articulate matter-of-fact critiques of the dominant narrative about communism in Poland while offering new analyses of the concept and examining the manifestations of anticommunism. Approaching communist ideas and practices, programs and their implementations, as an inseparable whole, they examine the issues of emancipation, upward social mobility, and changes in the cultural canon. The authors refuse to treat communism in Poland in simplistic categories of totalitarianism, absolute evil and Soviet colonization, and similarly refuse to equate communism and fascism. Nor do they adopt the neoliberal view of communism as a project doomed to failure. While wholly exempt from nostalgia, these essays show that beyond oppression and bad governance, communism was also a regime in which people pursued a variety of goals and how they sincerely attempted to build a better world for themselves. The book is interdisciplinary and applies the tools of social history, intellectual history, political philosophy, anthropology, literature, cultural studies, and gender studies to provide a nuanced view of the communist regimes in East-Central Europe"--
This book strives to understand the social and cultural dynamics in Mediterranean tourist destinations through ethnographic examples from Greece, Spain, Egypt, France, Malta and Crete. Migrants, tourists and new residents with different nationalities and personal motivations converge and share with locals in the same locations and/or create new places that mushroom all over the territories (i.e. urbanisations in the coasts). As this occurs the practices and meanings that give sense to daily life seem to blur traditional dichotomic notions such as leisure and labour, residents or locals, nationals or foreigners. The work of several social scientists, from varied backgrounds, over numerous years, using multiple research techniques to observe cultures and societies as they occur in daily practices is documented here. This book underlines the importance of focusing on the relations among the relations, that is, not simply looking at only one of the possible social pairs among these groups (i.e. tourists-locals; tourist-new residents etc.) but at how the presence of all the groups affect both the whole social and cultural processes and the relations among them.
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AbstractUsing a retrospective design, the authors assessed several different aspects of social support (perceived, received, satisfaction with received, and support seeking) in 95 spouses of cancer survivors. The goals of the investigation were to (a) describe in detail the differences between husbands and wives on these support dimensions and (b) explore whether the relation between support and adjustment was different for husbands as compared to wives. While husbands and wives were generally similar‐in their general perceptions of available support and in the amount of support they reported seeking, consistent with our hypothesis, compared to husbands of breast cancer victims, wives of prostate cancer victims reported receiving more support and being more satisfied with the support they received. Measures of social support predicted husbands'reports of marital satisfaction and adjustment, but not wives'reports. Partial correlation analyses indicated that sex differences in these support‐adjustment links were not attributable to differences in age, or in the time between completing treatment and participating in the study. Sex differences observed in the present study are interpreted as highlighting the need for theory development to account for the complex mechanisms underlying links between supportive transactions and marital satisfaction and adjustment.
The interrelations between engagement in CSR activities and the company's performance are still one of pivotal managerial problems. Ample findings related to this issue seem to reveal a rather hazy than clear picture. In this paper, an attempt has been made to complement this problematic issue with the results of the survey conducted among a group of Polish large and medium‑sized family businesses. The aim of the paper is to analyse relationships between the self‑assessment of the company's performance and its engagement in various CSR activities. It seems to be interesting to identify what kind of relationship and mutual influences can be found between the company's economic and non‑economic activities and whether its value aspects, in their broad meaning, exist. To identify this relationship, two groups of linear regression models were adopted (CSR activities or the self‑assessment of the company's performance as dependent variables). The ultimate conclusion drawn seems to confirm that the problematic area mentioned above should be described rather by a circular than linear direction of influences which were called a multilevel chain of interferences.
Analyzing neighbourly relations in multicultural societies, this book develops a concept of good neighbourhood and argues that cultural capital in various forms is the determining variable in building good-neighbourly relations. This work breaks new ground by offering a conceptual integration of different, mutually interdependent forms of capital: intercultural capital, cross- cultural social capital and multicultural capital. These forms of capital are linked to different educational and cultural policies of the state as well as to civil society involvement at different levels of implementation. Grounded in extensive fieldwork, the book not only provides critical insights into neighbourly relations in culturally diverse border regions of East Central Europe, but the concept developed through a rich theoretical base can be usefully adapted and widely applied to other contexts. Scholars and graduate- level students in geography, international relations, political science, social anthropology and sociology as well as policy practitioners with an interest in the negotiation of coexistence, minority issues and social and political cohesion in multicultural societies will find this an illuminating read. --
1. K12 Schools and COVID-19: Context and Framing -- 2. COVID-19: What Is and Is Not Known -- 3. Schools and the Pandemic -- 4. Deciding to Reopen Schools -- 5. Reducing Transmission When School Buildings Are Open -- 6. Recommendations and Urgent Research -- Epilogue -- References -- Appendix A: The Committee's Review of Existing Evidence -- Appendix B: Guidance Documents Collected by the Committee -- Appendix C: Example District Plans for Reopening Schools -- Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff.
Social networking websites are: face book, twitter, beebo, orkut etc. The fact is that this technological advancement is changing the urban sociology drastically. Its effects range from personal friendships to political movements. The demonstrations in Iran were mainly organised through face book and twitter. They had a major role in the overthrow of Tunisian president. There are wide spread protests in Egypt also. People of Egypt were demanding the end of Hosni Mubarak's regime and Egyptian government has banned both face book and twitter because people were demanding that president Hosni Mubarak should resign. These websites don't start any movement but people who start movements use them to contact public. Previously it was difficult to arrange demonstrations and political parties had to announce in advance, which gave the government the chance to put a ban or just block the area where demonstration was to be held but now what they do is they just announce it one hour before the actual time and the government has no time to control it, that is why these websites have made political demonstrations more effective. On the personal level they have made it easier to maintain contact with your friends but the level of close friendships is reduced. Previously we used to have few friends and one or two were very close friends but now we have hundreds of friends but no one is close. Besides dedicating more time to online activities means we have less time to actually go out and meet friends. This phenomenon is very common in the developed world. It is a major change and we still don't know where this change is leading. The other aspect of technological advancement is that now knowledge is not restricted. Everybody and anybody can learn whatever they want all they need is an internet connection. The fact is nobody can close the internet. So internet in effect is the new super power in the world. America is not the super power internet is because America cannot close the internet but internet can close America.
This article considers the role of community and voluntary organisations in promoting rural social inclusion against a backdrop of social exclusion and the fragmentation of community life into "territories" arising from sectarian politics. It reviews the evolution of the European Union's (EU's) policy to support local community development work and examines aspects of three local partnerships, two of which were initiated and funded by the EU and had strong involvement by voluntary and community sector representatives. The third is a locally based community body that has been remarkably successful in making links across the political and sectarian divide and in obtaining development funding from the EU. The article concludes by considering the contribution that local partnerships may make in promoting better coordinated and integrated local policy action against poverty and social exclusion and their effectiveness in promoting proto-democratic patterns of behaviour and developing a collaborative culture that will enable people with diverse and sometimes hostile interests to mediate and negotiate shared perspectives. (Original abstract)
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the issues currently involved in social and environmental sustainability in the clothing industry.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopts a case study approach to investigate a business that operates successfully in this challenging market.FindingsAs a consequence of increasing demand for ethical clothing, it has become standard practice for UK clothing retailers to develop CSR policies which impact upon their methods of garment sourcing and partnerships with suppliers. There is also a significant trend for retailers to offer ethical clothing ranges made from organic cotton or produced by Fair Trade manufacturers. The paper includes a case study on People Tree, which sells Fair Trade clothing sourced from developing countries. People Tree is rare amongst clothing companies in that it provides customers with a transparent view of its production sources via the internet. The company provides an example of how socially responsible and environmentally sustainable global sourcing can be applied in practice.Research limitations/implicationsThe study focuses on aspects of sustainability in an individual retailer. This could be extended to other ethical retailers in different countries, and a longitudinal study of such companies could be conducted.Originality/valueLiterature on ethical fashion companies and their use of socially responsible strategies is sparse, and there is a lack of research that covers both social and environmental sustainability in this market. This paper fills some of the gaps.
Objective: Correlational studies have frequently linked neuroticism to lower well-being and poorer social adaptation. In this study, we examined the longitudinal associations of neuroticism with life satisfaction and aspects of social adaptation (i.e., loneliness, number of close friends, and interpersonal trust). Method: Cross-lagged panel models (CLPMs) and random intercepts cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPMs) were used to analyze the prospective associations between variables in a nationally representative adult sample from Germany (N = 5,663 to 11,079 per analysis; 2-4 measurement waves with lags of 4-5 years). Results: CLPMs indicated that higher neuroticism was related to lower life satisfaction, higher loneliness, fewer friends, and lower interpersonal trust, but not vice versa. At the within-person level, RI-CLPMs revealed similar findings with increased neuroticism predicting decreases in life satisfaction, increases in loneliness, and decreases in interpersonal trust. Indices of social adaptation partially mediated the link between neuroticism and life satisfaction at the between-person but not at the within-person level. Exploratory multigroup analyses support the generalization of the cross-lagged effects of neuroticism on life satisfaction and social adaptation across age, gender, and geographical regions (East versus West Germany). Conclusions: These findings highlight the role of neuroticism in shaping psychosocial outcomes over time.
