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This article explores how nationality is articulated as a form of art value in the art market, where art is defined in two related ways: instrumentally, in terms of its economic value, and culturally, by defining its meaning and significance. Focusing on the auction market of Irish art in London and in Dublin, and drawing upon interviews with auctioneers in both capitals, it investigates how nationality is produced and marketed as a form of cultural value for Irish art, comparing the specific dynamics of this process in both London and Dublin auction markets. Whilst the findings in this article agree with existing literature on the economic and cultural forms of art value prevalent in art markets, they add to the literature by arguing that the cultural, national element of value-making for Irish art is very pronounced.

This article explores the possibilities offered by Collins' model of interaction rituals to an understanding of the emotional dynamics of art auctions. It argues that whilst it explains how the art object becomes the focus of attention, and thus the repository of solidarity and emotional energy, it also obliterates some of the institutional aspects of the auction market that can influence such outcomes. It discusses the need to include an examination of the specific practices of auction houses operating in an international market in their capacity to target specific audiences for their sales.

AbstractIn its current state the sociology of art markets is characterized by an externalist approach to the analysis of art value in which the art object is the repository of beliefs, judgements given to it by art market actors. However, a review of the literature on art museums poses a challenge to this externalist approach by focusing on the mutually constitutive relationship between the art object, its exhibition and museum context, and viewers. The article reviews this literature exploring the advantages of this line of research for a meaningful sociology of art markets. It will argue for the need to overcome its current externalist focus with studies of the emotional dimension of art market objects as well as of the practices of art market actors.

This thesis offers an exploration into the making of an art collection for the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. Its aim is to set out a distinct methodology for a sociological approach to the study of art collecting. The theoretical framework selected for this purpose is a sociology of intellectuals, addressed through a theory of intellectual practices. It is based on Zymunt Bauman's and Pierre Bourdieu's writings on intellectuals and intellectual practices. Its main premise is that collecting is a form of intellectual practice, which takes place in a cultural field, that is, the field of contemporary art in Ireland. It seeks to answer whether intellectual practices legislate and /or translate. In addition, the thesis investigates the possibility that intellectual practices can contribute to cultural transformation. ; TARA (Trinity's Access to Research Archive) has a robust takedown policy. Please contact us if you have any concerns: rssadmin@tcd.ie

AbstractOrganizational resilience remains an under‐explored topic in the nonprofit management literature (Searing et al., 2021). Despite an increasing number of studies framed by management perspectives and organizational theory, their focus is on how forprofit organisations react against external crisis by developing 'resilience capabilities'; ways of understanding and of working designed to reduce uncertainty and restore balance to the organisation (Lengnick‐Hall, et al., 2011; Williams et al., 2017). This article draws on literature on 'resilience capabilities' and on in‐depth interviews with nonprofit fundraisers, carried out during the early stages of the Covid‐19 pandemic, to examine how they compensated for a sudden drop in financial revenue by devising alternative, strategic ways of fundraising. It argues that non‐profit fundraisers deployed cross‐capability building, which combined and merged emotion‐related and behavioural capabilities to achieve strategic, practical results.

The year 2013 ends with five important judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the interpretation of Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April that have caused a great interest due to the current economic and social time and caused the adaptation of Spanish legislation to ensure more effective consumer protection. ; El año 2013 concluye con cinco importantes sentencias del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea dictadas en interpretación de la Directiva 93/13/CEE del Consejo, de 5 abril que han ocasionado un gran interés debido al actual momento económico y social y han provocado la adaptación de la legislación española para garantizar al consumidor una protección más eficaz.The year 2013 ends with five important judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the interpretation of Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April that have caused a great interest due to the current economic and social time and caused the adaptation of Spanish legislation to ensure more effective consumer protection.

Adolescents' aggressive behavior is a growing social problem with important implications for psychosocial adjustment. The teaching of emotional skills has an important impact on reducing aggression in schools. However, little scientific evidence has shown the explanatory mechanism through which this training reduces aggression during adolescence. This article aims to provide evidence for the effectiveness of a 3‐year longitudinal intervention among adolescents in nine Spanish schools. A total of 476 adolescents participated. Results showed a reduction in physical and verbal aggression in Time 2 through the reduction in negative affect, anger, and hostile feelings, compared with an active control group. The training seems to be crucial for dealing with the emotional and cognitive components of aggression and, thus, their behavioral manifestations.

A historiographic review of the main epidemic episodes suffered by humanity from Prehistory to the 20th century is carried out, with the aim of analyzing the incidence that successive infectious-contagious diseases had in different societies at each time, regarding four study variables: social, economic, political and mentalities. Keywords Disease, population, poverty, crisis, social stigma, manipulation. ; Se realiza una revisión historiográfica de los principales episodios epidémicos sufridos por la humanidad desde la Prehistoria hasta el siglo XX, con el propósito de analizar la incidencia que han tenido las sucesivas enfermedades infecto-contagiosas en las diferentes sociedades en cada época, atendiendo a cuatro variables de estudio: la social, la económica, la política y la esfera de las mentalidades. Palabras clave Enfermedad, población, pobreza, crisis, estigmatización, manipulación.