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The article is devoted to disclosure of the tendencies in the promotion of Lithuanian physical activity. During the Soviet times, Lithuanian sports politics was oriented to elite sport and it is still. The attempts to foster physical activity of the population lie on the movement "Sport for all," but the results of the movement are not effective enough, because only a small part of the population (approximately 6%) took part in it. No one governmental institution has full and clear responsibility for the results of physical activity promotion. The poor environment of physical activity results in poor possibilities to be physically active in leisure domain. Differently, the huge expansion of the private sport, health, and beauty industries fosters the adoration of the body and overemphasizes the meaning of body image in the society. Physical activity is represented as the measure to achieve ideal body image or good health, but not as the measure of the overall culture of the human or society. Conclusions. The long-lasting, health-related physical activity-oriented national strategy is essential to foster physical activity, health, and quality of life at the national level. The multiplicity of possibilities in the physical activity would foster lifestyle activity instead of adoration of body image and would improve the psychological and physical well-being of the population.

This article establishes a discussion in the scope of memory policies based on two works of Rosângela Rennó: Cicatriz and Imemorial. The works are analyzed through a hybrid understanding of memory, articulating concepts from Sigmund Freud and Walter Benjamin, as well as from authors that allow us to relaunch issues related to the body, trauma and anachronism, such as Hannah Arendt, Didi-Huberman, Grada Kilomba and Márcio Seligmann-Silva. Through the artist's works, we revisit and articulate the bodies and the history traumas, both marked by exclusion, forgetfulness and silence. We also emphasize the need for narratives capable of harboring their marks and elaborating new possibilities of existence. In this way, we seek to expand the reverberations of the inexorable marks of bodies and times.

In one of his Treatises on Government, John Locke stated that «every Man has a Property in his own Person». The complex articulation of this apparently matter-of-fact argument has haunted the Western cultural imaginary, and has been transformed into numerous literary texts and figures. Ever since Mary Shelley started investigating an ante-litteram Foucauldian «unfolding»of life, the issues related to the «immortalization of the flesh and the amortization of the body»have become growingly relevant. In this paper, I shall aim at investigating the literary versions of the biopolitics of owning and disowning bodies, of ageing and dying offered by Kazuo Ishiguro, namely in his celebrated Never Let Me Go, and by Hanif Kureishi, who dedicated his novella "The Body" to an interrogation of the marketable value of human bodies and body parts.

A contemporary consuming society emphasizes a human body as a sign that represents a race, gender, age, social status or role and a body language that highlights emotions and feelings. A society could be analysed on the basis of a gender discourse. It is rich with social, political and cultural processes shaping gender identities, stereotypes and ideals. Changes in the 20th century influenced the alterations in a woman's roles ant attitudes towards her. A man's identity was changing as well. Some social subcultures have not been defined and analysed in history or in science. These subcultures are considered to be marginal groups: gays, lesbians and disabled. Very often they felt the ignorance, discrimination and aggression. In the second half of the 20th century the feminist movement speeded social changes all over the world. At that time a contemporary dance appeared as a complex phenomenon in art. Researchers do not outline its clear beginning or the end. It is a mix of various techniques and dancers are free from a strict movement alphabet. Representation and questioning of traditional (a woman and a man) and marginal (homosexuals and disabled) reflections of a body in a contemporary dance influenced the analysis of a contemporary dance in the social and cultural context. The subject of a diploma paper is the body's social reflections in a contemporary dance: traditional (a woman and a man) and marginal (homosexuals and disabled). The field of the subject is European and Lithuanian performances of the contemporary dance created in the last three decades. The investigation of the subject is based on the vertical (historical) and horizontal (social, cultural) analysis. After reaching the defined aim and objectives of the paper, it is possible to state that in a contemporary society the body is understood as a developing sign system interdependent with surrounding factors. The perfection of the body is taken as a natural permanent process which aim is the implementation of needs and desires. The main function of the body becomes its representation. Different woman's models and stereotypes depicted in the contemporary dance are a free interpretation. The changes in men's social roles, stereotypes and relations are hyperbolized. The contemporary dance is the art form that can reveal directly the experience of a disabled, help the society to know and understand the disability as a phenomenon and inevitability. This form of art allows the audience to recognize social subcultures, to manipulate the traditional attitudes and norms. The dance can be the form of art that educates and fosters tolerance in a society.

A contemporary consuming society emphasizes a human body as a sign that represents a race, gender, age, social status or role and a body language that highlights emotions and feelings. A society could be analysed on the basis of a gender discourse. It is rich with social, political and cultural processes shaping gender identities, stereotypes and ideals. Changes in the 20th century influenced the alterations in a woman's roles ant attitudes towards her. A man's identity was changing as well. Some social subcultures have not been defined and analysed in history or in science. These subcultures are considered to be marginal groups: gays, lesbians and disabled. Very often they felt the ignorance, discrimination and aggression. In the second half of the 20th century the feminist movement speeded social changes all over the world. At that time a contemporary dance appeared as a complex phenomenon in art. Researchers do not outline its clear beginning or the end. It is a mix of various techniques and dancers are free from a strict movement alphabet. Representation and questioning of traditional (a woman and a man) and marginal (homosexuals and disabled) reflections of a body in a contemporary dance influenced the analysis of a contemporary dance in the social and cultural context. The subject of a diploma paper is the body's social reflections in a contemporary dance: traditional (a woman and a man) and marginal (homosexuals and disabled). The field of the subject is European and Lithuanian performances of the contemporary dance created in the last three decades. The investigation of the subject is based on the vertical (historical) and horizontal (social, cultural) analysis. After reaching the defined aim and objectives of the paper, it is possible to state that in a contemporary society the body is understood as a developing sign system interdependent with surrounding factors. The perfection of the body is taken as a natural permanent process which aim is the implementation of needs and desires. The main function of the body becomes its representation. Different woman's models and stereotypes depicted in the contemporary dance are a free interpretation. The changes in men's social roles, stereotypes and relations are hyperbolized. The contemporary dance is the art form that can reveal directly the experience of a disabled, help the society to know and understand the disability as a phenomenon and inevitability. This form of art allows the audience to recognize social subcultures, to manipulate the traditional attitudes and norms. The dance can be the form of art that educates and fosters tolerance in a society.

A contemporary consuming society emphasizes a human body as a sign that represents a race, gender, age, social status or role and a body language that highlights emotions and feelings. A society could be analysed on the basis of a gender discourse. It is rich with social, political and cultural processes shaping gender identities, stereotypes and ideals. Changes in the 20th century influenced the alterations in a woman's roles ant attitudes towards her. A man's identity was changing as well. Some social subcultures have not been defined and analysed in history or in science. These subcultures are considered to be marginal groups: gays, lesbians and disabled. Very often they felt the ignorance, discrimination and aggression. In the second half of the 20th century the feminist movement speeded social changes all over the world. At that time a contemporary dance appeared as a complex phenomenon in art. Researchers do not outline its clear beginning or the end. It is a mix of various techniques and dancers are free from a strict movement alphabet. Representation and questioning of traditional (a woman and a man) and marginal (homosexuals and disabled) reflections of a body in a contemporary dance influenced the analysis of a contemporary dance in the social and cultural context. The subject of a diploma paper is the body's social reflections in a contemporary dance: traditional (a woman and a man) and marginal (homosexuals and disabled). The field of the subject is European and Lithuanian performances of the contemporary dance created in the last three decades. The investigation of the subject is based on the vertical (historical) and horizontal (social, cultural) analysis. After reaching the defined aim and objectives of the paper, it is possible to state that in a contemporary society the body is understood as a developing sign system interdependent with surrounding factors. The perfection of the body is taken as a natural permanent process which aim is the implementation of needs and desires. The main function of the body becomes its representation. Different woman's models and stereotypes depicted in the contemporary dance are a free interpretation. The changes in men's social roles, stereotypes and relations are hyperbolized. The contemporary dance is the art form that can reveal directly the experience of a disabled, help the society to know and understand the disability as a phenomenon and inevitability. This form of art allows the audience to recognize social subcultures, to manipulate the traditional attitudes and norms. The dance can be the form of art that educates and fosters tolerance in a society.

As the World Health Organization has pointed out, in the contemporary worldthere are more and more cases of overweight and obese young people.These problems are seriously tackled by the recent legislation of educationand training system (Law 107/2015), with particular regard to the preventionof obesity and stressing the importance of the physical and dietary education.Schools are, indeed, the place where it is possible to improve thehabits of the future citizen.Therefore to what extent is learning-teaching process related to body element?After a general introduction, the essay presents some considerations,regarding the international discoveries about the school system:those could be essential ideas for the didactic renovation and for the professionalismof teachers. ; Come testimoniano i dati forniti dall'Organizzazione mondiale della sanità,nel mondo contemporaneo sono sempre maggiori i casi di giovani insovrappeso e obesi.Tale problematica è stata affrontata anche dalle recenti disposizioni normativein materia di istruzione e formazione (Legge 107/2015), attraverso un esplicitorimando alla prevenzione dell'obesità, sottolineando l'importanza dell'educazione motoria e alimentare, poiché è proprio negli ambienti scolastici, infatti, che è possibile intervenire sulle abitudini del futuro cittadino del domani.In che misura il processo di apprendimento-insegnamento entra in relazionecon la sfera corporea? Dopo un'introduzione più generale il contributo intende presentare alcune riflessioni, alla luce delle scoperte attuate in ambito internazionale che investono il mondo della scuola e che possono rappresentare degli spunti fondamentali di rinnovamento per la didatticae la professionalità del docente.

In Feeling and Form (1953) philosopher Susanne K. Langer elaborated one of the most interesting philosophical reflections on the symbolic nature of dance. The present article further elaborates on these reflections and integrates them into the analyses by Daniel Stern and Rudolf von Laban. The final aim is understanding how the symbolic character of dance can be concretely articulated through body, movement and space. The main argument of the essay is that dance is able to express awareness of life as a whole. Originally, the ecological dimension (being part of nature), the political dimension (belonging to a community) and the ecstatic dimension (being part of a whole) would all be intimately bonded. This bond would be represented by dance, which may be called «the most serious intellectual activity of primitive life ». ; In Feeling and Form (1953) philosopher Susanne K. Langer elaborated one of the most interesting philosophical reflections on the symbolic nature of dance. The present article further elaborates on these reflections and integrates them into the analyses by Daniel Stern and Rudolf von Laban. The final aim is understanding how the symbolic character of dance can be concretely articulated through body, movement and space. The main argument of the essay is that dance is able to express awareness of life as a whole. Originally, the ecological dimension (being part of nature), the political dimension (belonging to a community) and the ecstatic dimension (being part of a whole) would all be intimately bonded. This bond would be represented by dance, which may be called «the most serious intellectual activity of primitive life ». ; La filosofa Susanne K. Langer ha elaborato, in Sentimento e forma (1953), una delle più interessanti riflessioni filosofiche sulla natura simbolica della danza. In questo saggio prendo spunto da tali riflessioni per collegarle con le analisi di Daniel N. Stern e Rudolf von Laban, con l'intento di comprendere come la specificità simbolica della danza si articoli concretamente nel corpo, nel movimento, nello spazio. E per mostrare come la dimensione ecologica (sentirsi parte della natura), politica (sentirsi parte di una collettività) ed estatica (sentirsi parte di un "tutto") presentassero alle origini un legame strettissimo, espresso dalla danza, «la più seria attività intellettuale della vita primitiva».

Foreign body and food bolius impaction in the upper gastrointestinal tract is a common clinical situation in emergency departments throughout the world. The majority of foreign bodies will pass through the gastrointestinal tract and naturally go out with the stool, but in about 1/5 of cases the foreign bodies must be removed. The impaction of a foreign body in the upper gastrointestinal tract is the second leading cause of urgent endoscopy after bleeding. The aim of this retrospective descriptive study is to review a quarter-century (25 years) experience of removal foreign bodies from the upper gastrointestinal tract by flexible endoscopic approach in Republican Vilnius University Hospital (RVUL). We conclude that the endoscopic removal of foreign bodies by a qualified specialist is an effective and safe method with a great success rate of the procedure using an endoscope with accessories: loop, basket and forceps, which significantly reduces the length of hospitalization and requirement of surgery.

Foreign body and food bolius impaction in the upper gastrointestinal tract is a common clinical situation in emergency departments throughout the world. The majority of foreign bodies will pass through the gastrointestinal tract and naturally go out with the stool, but in about 1/5 of cases the foreign bodies must be removed. The impaction of a foreign body in the upper gastrointestinal tract is the second leading cause of urgent endoscopy after bleeding. The aim of this retrospective descriptive study is to review a quarter-century (25 years) experience of removal foreign bodies from the upper gastrointestinal tract by flexible endoscopic approach in Republican Vilnius University Hospital (RVUL). We conclude that the endoscopic removal of foreign bodies by a qualified specialist is an effective and safe method with a great success rate of the procedure using an endoscope with accessories: loop, basket and forceps, which significantly reduces the length of hospitalization and requirement of surgery.

Foreign body and food bolius impaction in the upper gastrointestinal tract is a common clinical situation in emergency departments throughout the world. The majority of foreign bodies will pass through the gastrointestinal tract and naturally go out with the stool, but in about 1/5 of cases the foreign bodies must be removed. The impaction of a foreign body in the upper gastrointestinal tract is the second leading cause of urgent endoscopy after bleeding. The aim of this retrospective descriptive study is to review a quarter-century (25 years) experience of removal foreign bodies from the upper gastrointestinal tract by flexible endoscopic approach in Republican Vilnius University Hospital (RVUL). We conclude that the endoscopic removal of foreign bodies by a qualified specialist is an effective and safe method with a great success rate of the procedure using an endoscope with accessories: loop, basket and forceps, which significantly reduces the length of hospitalization and requirement of surgery.

Today, talking about citizenship education means dealing with examples of multiculturalism and intercultural education. In this regard, the sense of belonging to a community through an effective contribution to its construction is very important. In the pluralist European Union therefore, promoting the civic sense of belonging to the social body is possible if we start from an awareness of being an active part of it. Through a targeted training project in schools, it is possible to identify the substantial resources and opportunities that derive from an awareness of being part of the same community body. ; Parlare di educazione alla cittadinanza, oggi, significa confrontarsi con le molteplici istanze della multiculturalità. Di fondamentale importanza, in tal senso, si rivela il senso di appartenenza a una data comunità in base al fattivo contributo alla sua edificazione. Nell'Europa pluralista si tratta, dunque, di promuovere il senso civico di appartenenza al corpo sociale a partire dalla presa di coscienza di esserne parte attiva, mediante una mirata progettualità formativa che sappia individuare i nodi problematici ma anche le straordinarie risorse e opportunità derivanti dalla consapevolezza di essere inseriti nel medesimo corpo comunitario. Una consapevolezza che passa attraverso la scuola e la progettualità formativa ivi realizzata.

In un contesto globale capitalistico ed eteropatriarcale, si stanno sviluppando prospettive etiche che riguardano gli animali non umani e opzioni politiche ecologiste divergenti e spesso inconciliabili. Alcune prospettive femministe possono aiutarci ad affrontare dilemmi morali che sorgono dai conflitti d'interessi tra questi movimenti sociali critici. Negli ultimi decenni gli studi postcoloniali, ecofemministi e postumanisti hanno suggerito di superare le dicotomie e l'individualismo attraverso un approccio interdisciplinare e una critica al pensiero illuministico. Lo scopo di questa tesi è quello esplorare queste alternative attraverso l'analisi di testi letterari di finzione fantastica -fantascienza, finzione speculativa e realismo magico- scritti da donne femministe. In tutti questi testi saranno importanti i rapporti con la natura e l'alterità non umana. La tesi è composta da tre grandi blocchi: nella prima parte ho elaborato un quadro teorico ampio che possa aprire uno spazio di dialogo trasformativo tra questi tre assi -femminismi, ecologismi e animalismi- e che possa aiutare ad immaginare altri mondi fuori dall'ordine simbolico patriarcale. Nella seconda parte analizzerò con questi strumenti i testi scelti, concentrandomi sul forte carattere politico e critico dei generi letterari di cui parlerò. Nella terza parte raccoglierò delle conclusioni, proposte e strategie pratiche di resistenza che siano inclusive e impegnate nel reciproco sostegno di questi movimenti. ; En este contexto globalizado, capitalista y heteropatriarcal, se están desarrollando perspectivas éticas centradas en los animales no humanos y también opciones políticas de carácter ecologista. Estos dos caminos a menudo son divergentes e incluso parecen irreconciliables. Algunas teorías feministas pueden servir de ayuda a la hora de afrontar los dilemas morales que surgen de los conflictos de intereses entre estos movimientos sociales críticos. En las últimas décadas, los estudios postcoloniales, ecofeministas y posthumanistas han trabajado hacia la superación de las dicotomías y el individualismo a través de un enfoque interdisciplinar y una crítica al pensamiento ilustrado. El objetivo de este TFM es el de explorar estas alternativas a través del análisis de algunos textos literarios de ficción fantástica -concretamente ciencia ficción, ficción especulativa y realismo mágico- escritos por autoras feministas. En todos ellos cobrará importancia la relación con la alteridad no humana y la naturaleza. El TFM se compone de tres grandes bloques: para la primera parte he elaborado un marco teórico amplio capaz de abrir un espacio de diálogo transformativo entre estos tres movimientos -feminismos, animalismos y ecologismos- que nos pueda ayudar a imaginar otros mundos posibles. En la segunda parte, con la ayuda de estas herramientas, analizaré los textos escogidos prestando atención al fuerte carácter político y crítico de estos géneros literarios. Por último, en el tercer bloque están recogidas las conclusiones, propuestas y estrategias prácticas de resistencia que tengan un carácter inclusivo y aboguen por apoyo mutuo entre movimientos. ; Máster Erasmus Mundus en Estudios de las Mujeres y de Género. XII Edición

Leopardi wrote Dialogue Between Fashion and Death in 1824 when the Industrial Revolution had already shown signs of strengthening. This dialogue is resonating work that deals with the powerful connection between dress and mortality. Fashion and Death, as Leopardi proposes in the poem, are of the same breed, both the executing decay and destruction on the body's and the mental identity. The piece presents Fashion as a fictional character in conversation with Death, that is, like Death, actively responsible for human suffering and Fashion depends from Death. Before Leopardi, Fashion was a Goodess with pathetic mood, while for him Fashion isn't a modern phenomenon camouflaged with classical apparatus, an artificial Goodess, but a trascendental and inherent entity like a Death. Usually, philosophers, semiotics and sociologists have made use of the poem putting it in connection, only, with body, because it is rendered particularly profound and lasting in the context of contemporary fashion, or moreover, contemporary fashion writing. Aesthetics and trends in fashion, more so than ever before, constantly toy with symbolism and representations of death and human frailty. This dialogue has since been adopted into the context of fashion discourse as a powerful rendering of fashion's capacity to engage with our own transience. On the other hand, this paper is making a strong point that the Leopardi's poem focuses on the habitual fashion instructs people in the way they think, on the relationship between fashion and democratization of society, and on the habit in the way society thinks.