bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A clinical study of facial dermatoses
Authors: Bhagwat Pradeep Vittal , Chhangte Mary Zothanpuii , Kudligi Chandramohan
Published: January 2019

Background: The attractiveness of the human body has always been an important issue in the fields of sociology, psychology, psychiatry and also in the field of dermatology. Because in most societies the face is usually a body part that is visible, imperfections of its skin is also visible, therefore its flawed appearance bears the potential to become a source of misery to some. The objective of the study was to study the various dermatological conditions affecting the face.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 patients with facial dermatoses during the period Dec-2014 to May-2016. Patients belonging to age group 12 years and above and both sexes were randomly selected and included in the study after taking their consent.

Results: Out of the facial dermatoses, 75 patients had infections of the face comprising 37% of the total facial dermatoses with tinea faciei being the most common individual facial skin condition comprising 18%. Skin tumors and cysts and miscellaneous conditions of the face comprised 15% each of the total facial dermatoses. This was followed by contact dermatitis (9%), photodermatoses (8.5%), Rosacea in 5.5% of patients, Nevi in 5% of patients and pigmentary disorders being the least common facial dermatoses comprising 4.5%.

Conclusions: It is worthwhile to take note of the special nature of facial skin and the disorders that affect it.
A clinical study of cutaneous manifestations in renal transplant recipients
Authors: Bhagwat Pradeep Vittal , Rajagopal R. , Murthy P. S. , Kumar R. S. V.
Published: January 2019

Background: Chronic renal failure is becoming common entity with increased incidence of diabetes mellitus and resulting diabetic nephropathy. With the availability of renal transplantation services in many centers, increased availability of donors, improved surgical technique and availability of better drugs, the survival of renal transplant recipients has increased. The objective of the study was to study the cutaneous manifestations in renal transplant recipients.

Methods: Fifty consenting, consecutive renal transplant recipients attending the OPD and in-patients at Command Hospital Air Force, Bangalore during July 2001 to March 2003 were included in the study. Detailed history was taken and clinical examination was carried out with special emphasis on the Dermatological examination. Relevant investigations were carried out.

Results: A total of 50 renal transplant recipients were studied of which 42 (84%) were males and 8 (16%) were females. The age of patients ranged from 16 years to 60 years. Infections were the most common finding, encountered in 38 (76%) patients, followed by drug induced manifestations in 24 (48%) patients. Cellulitis was noted in 1 (2%) patient, viral infections were seen in 18 (36%) patients, fungal infection was the commonest in this study, encountered in 38 (76%) patients. Monomorphic acne was seen in 13 (26%) patients. Hypertrichosis/hirsutism were the commonest drug induced manifestation in this study, seen in 16 (32%) patients.

Conclusions: In patients with renal transplantation, superficial fungal infections and viral infections of the skin are seen more commonly. Monomorphic acne and hypertrichosis due to immunosuppressive are also seen frequently. These changes are moderately influenced by the immunosuppressive regimen used.
Yield components of winter oilseed rape regard to plant population
Authors: Anđelić Elizabeta , Antunović Manda , Stošić Miro , Iljkić Dario , Varga Ivana
Published: January 2019

The aim of this study was to analyze the yield components of winter oilseed rape depending on the plant population in 2017/2018 growing season. Three plant populatios were considered in the study: 20, 40 and 60 plants m-2. At harvest several yield components were determined: plant height (cm), plant mass (g), height of the first fertile branch (cm), number of fertile lateral branches, number of pods per plant, length of the pod (cm), number of seeds per pod, mass of seeds per pod (g), number of seeds per plant, 1000 grain mass (g) and yield of seeds per plant (g). At the plant population of 40 plants m-2 the plants were the highest (153.4 cm), with the highest plant mass (295.3 g) and the number of lateral fertile branches (5.6 branches per plant). Furthermore, the plants from 40 plants m-2 had the highest number of pods per plant (716 pieces), the longest pods (6.5 cm) with the largest number of seeds per pod (21.0) and the number of seeds per plant (15 036 seeds). The highest and significant correlation coeficient was found between number of pods per plant and plant mass (r=0.890***) and than between the number of lateral branches and number of pods per plant (r=0.850***). Linear regression showed that for every centimeter increment of pod length the number of seeds increase for 4.8 seeds at 20 and 40 plants m-2 and for 5.5 seeds per pod at 60 plants m-2. Furthermore, regression analysis showed that for every centimeter pod length increment the seeds mass per pod increase on average of all plant population for 0.02 g.
Administración de las áreas marinas protegidas del Ecuador y su impacto en el desarrollo local: Caso Provincia de Santa Elena
Authors: Montesdeoca Peralta Marlene , Villaprado Chávez Otto , Arévalo Moscoso Roberto
Published: January 2019

El presente trabajo de investigación analiza la manera como se están administrando las áreas protegidas del Ecuador y cómo esto incide en el desarrollo local, para lo cual se toman como caso de estudio las áreas marinas costeras de la provincia de Santa Elena, tales como Reserva de Producción Faunística Puntilla de Santa Elena y Reserva Marina El Pelado. Estas áreas presentan ecosistemas similares y albergan una riqueza ecológica muy diversa y de gran atracción para el turismo. En este estudio se realiza una investigación empírica y descriptiva a partir de una muestra de 120 habitantes de la provincia. El objetivo principal de la investigación es determinar el nivel de participación de las comunidades locales en la administración de las áreas protegidas y su relación con el desarrollo local. Actualmente, las áreas protegidas son manejadas y administradas por el Ministerio del Ambiente.
Experiencia de asociatividad en Ecuador: Caso Apovinces
Authors: Meza Clark Teresa de Jesús , Cisneros Terán Lobelia Janeth , Meza Clark Jorge Edison
Published: January 2019

La asociatividad surge como uno de los mecanismos de cooperación entre las empresas para enfrentar procesos de globalización de las economías. En el Ecuador, se han implementado los negocios inclusivos como iniciativas socio empresariales por medio de las cuales se vincula a pequeños productores con mercados dinámicos. Las empresas asociativas rurales son asociaciones legalmente constituidas, conformadas por pequeños productores rurales, que han conseguido resultados económicos favorables. La Asociación de Productores Orgánicos de Vinces es un ejemplo de empresa asociativa rural que se caracteriza por el cultivo de cacao fi no de aroma. El objetivo de este artículo es determinar los factores de éxito de la Asociación en su gestión. El diseño de la investigación es transversal descriptivo. El estudio muestra que la Asociación ha alcanzado algunos logros puntuales que le permiten mantenerse en el mercado con eficientes procesos productivos.
La sostenibilidad y las cadenas de valor: una mirada desde las condiciones laborales en Colombia
Authors: Arango Benjumea Jhon Jaime , Vásquez Mira Miguel Ángel , Montoya Agudelo César Alveiro , Boyero Saavedra Martín Ramiro , Cuartas Montoya Gina Paula , Arango Gaviria Juan Diego
Published: January 2019

El mantenimiento de las condiciones laborales hasta llegar al trabajo decente pasa por considerar los conceptos de sostenibilidad y de cadenas de valor. Aplicar tales conceptos implica tener en cuenta la responsabilidad de las empresas en el uso de los recursos en las dimensiones sociales, ambientales, económicas y humanas; implica considerar la división de las actividades en primarias y de apoyo, así como su relación con las dimensiones mencionadas anteriormente. La generación del valor compartido, como una extensión de la cadena de valor, hace posible la identificación y el aprovechamiento de nuevas oportunidades de mercado que tienen las empresas para desarrollar su potencial y contribuir al desarrollo económico y social, al disminuir la pobreza. El trabajo decente se convierte en el núcleo alrededor del cual gravitan la sostenibilidad de las empresas, la creación de cadenas de valor compartido, la generación de conocimiento y el mejoramiento de las condiciones laborales.
Effects of human activities on water quality assessment of Ala River in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
Authors: Fagbayide Samuel Dare , Abulude Francis Olawale
Published: January 2019

The purpose of the study was to assess the water quality parameters of Ala River found in Akure, Ondo State, Southwest, Nigeria. The river is considered one of the most important irrigation and drinking water resources in Akure, Nigeria. Three locations were chosen spatially along the watercourse to reflect a consideration of all possible human activities that are capable of affecting the quality of the river water. The water samples were collected monthly for three consecutive months (February to April 2015) at the three sampling sites. The water samples collected were analyzed for physicochemical parameters which include pH, total dissolved solids, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, total hardness, phosphate,  temperature,  calcium, magnesium, chlorine, nitrate, iron and zinc using standard methods and their environmental effects on the river were investigated. There were variations in the quality of the sampled water when compared with the World Health Organization (WHO) standards for domestic and commercial water for the selected parameters. The traces of some hazardous physical and chemical impurities in the river were above the acceptable limits, and thereby pose a health risk to several rural communities who rely heavily on the river primarily as their source of domestic water. Therefore, the law should be enforced to discourage unnecessary waste dumping and discharging of another form of pollutants into surface water in Nigeria.
Theoretical study to calculate the vibration modes of a wind turbine blade with a new composite material
Authors: ElAlaoui Rabie , Mounirv Hamid , El Mostapha Boudi , El Marjani Abdellatif
Published: January 2019

A precise understanding of the dynamics of a blade is essential for its design, especially in the development of new structures and the resolution of noise and vibration problems. This understanding involves the study of experimental and/or theoretical modal analysis. These latter present effective tools for describing, understanding and modelling the dynamic aspect of each structure, in the present work, we are going to establish the Eigen-mode of a wind turbine blade made by a new composite material â€˜hemp fibreâ€™ using theoretical calculation for flap-wise, edge-wise and torsional mode using the finite element method applied to a structure consisting of a beam embedded at one end, based on the Euler-Bernoulli hypothesis and the equation of beamâ€™s motion. Furthermore; we compare the obtained results with those of composite material made by fibreglass.

 

Keywords: Blade, Eigen-mode, hemp fibre, flap-wise, edge-wise, torsional, fibreglass.
Message from Editor
Authors: Soran Prof. Dr. Haluk
Published: January 2019

Dear Readers,

It is the great honor for us to publish 8th volume, 1st issue of World Journal of Environmental Research. World Journal of Environmental Research welcomes original empirical investigations and comprehensive literature review articles focusing on environmental issues. World Journal of Environmental Research is an international peer-refereed journal which publishes global research articles about all aspects of environmental areas with the aim of sharing the findings of different environmental issues to provide contributions to the scientific studies.

The scope of World Journal of Environmental Research (WJER) includes major topics such as environmental agriculture, environmental biology, environmental biotechnology, environmental engineering, environmental health, environmental nanotechnology, environmental microbiology, environmental toxicology, environmental pollution and monitoring, environmental zoology, environmental ethics and biosciences, environmental informatics, environmental biochemistry, environmental genetics, environmental botany, environmental issues related to biosciences, environmental biophysics, environmental geology.

A total number of twelve (12) manuscripts were submitted for this issue and each paper has been subjected to double-blind peer review process by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total number of five (5) high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication.

Aim of this issue is to give the researchers an opportunity to share the results of their academic studies. There are different research topics discussed in the articles. The topics of the next issue will be different. You can make sure that we will be trying to serve you with our journal with a rich knowledge in which different kinds of topics are discussed in 2018 Volume.

We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.

 Best regards,

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Consideraciones sobre el valor ortotónico de la partícula modal ἄν del griego antiguo
Authors: Him-Fábrega Rodrigo
Published: January 2019

Este estudio se propone elaborar una caracterización de las partículas pospositivas y los elementos enclíticos del griego antiguo con las herramientas de análisis de la fonología prosódica derivacional. Con tal perspectiva, se compara la aproximación de enclisis generalizada (EG) defendida por Goldstein (2016a) con la de pospositivo generalizado (PG) expuesta, entre otros, por Dover (1960). Ambas aproximaciones entrañan una interpretación del fenómeno de posición segunda, o posición de Wackernagel, y una taxonomía de las expresiones que lo sufren en griego antiguo. El análisis se concentra en el caso de la partícula modal ἄν. Examina los puntos flacos de los argumentos con los que la EG trata de justificar la idea de que ἄν es un enclítico, y muestra que los mismos se desvanecen cuando se admite la taxonomía de la PG. El aporte del estudio radica en que arroja nueva luz sobre las implicaciones de los procesos fonológicos del estrato post-léxico en la especificación del valor prosódico de ἄν, y en que los resultados se obtienen mediante la aplicación de un modelo teórico explícito, que se apoya en los conceptos de derivación y regla ordenada. Como conclusión, el análisis permite diferenciar con claridad las nociones de posposición y enclisis. Más específicamente, permite inferir que el pospositivo ἄν, contra lo que afirma la teoría de enclisis generalizada, pertenece a la clase de los términos ortotónicos, o palabras plenas.
Interval extension of the three-step Kung and Traub's method
Authors: Eftekhari Tahereh
Published: January 2019

In this paper we produce an interval extension of the three-step Kung and Traub's method for solving nonlinear equations‎. ‎Furthermore‎, ‎the convergence analysis of the new method is discussed and this method is compared to already present methods‎.
Una nota su due urne e un’ara cineraria romana recentemente apparse sul mercato antiquario londinese.
Authors: Fadda Salvatore
Published: January 2019

ItalianoNel corso di un’asta di antichità della casa Bonham’s tenutasi a Londra il 30 novembre del 2016 sono riapparsi alcuni cinerari romani: due urne e un altare dei quali si ignorava la collocazione da quando furono alienati dalla collezione di Lowther Castle nel 1947. Gli oggetti, tutti di provenienza urbana, hanno viaggiato per l’Europa attraversando diverse collezioni private rimanendo perciò lontani dal grande pubblico e dalle indagini storico-artistiche. La conseguente estrema penuria di letteratura su questi manufatti ha reso opportuna la realizzazione di questa nota, con la quale si vuole ricostruire la provenienza degli oggetti, individuarne il momento della produzione sulla scorta delle loro caratteristiche stilistiche e formali cogliendo l’occasione per affrontare alcune tematiche specifiche dell’iconografia funeraria romana. EnglishDuring an auction of antiquities held by Bonham's in London on November 30, 2016, some Roman cineraries reappeared: two urns and an altar, which were believed lost after they were alienated from the Lowther Castle collection in 1947. The objects, all of urban origin, traveled across Europe through various private collections, thus far away from the public and historical-artistic investigations. The extreme shortage of literature on these three artifacts leaded to the writing of this note which objective is to reconstruct the provenance of the cineraries, to identify the time of production by analyzing their stylistic and formal features while facing some specific themes of Roman funerary iconography. EspañolDurante una subasta de antigüedades celebrada por Bonham's en Londres el 30 de noviembre de 2016, reaparecieron algunos cinerarios romanos: dos urnas y un altar lo que se creían perdidos después de haber sido alienados de la colección de Lowther Castle en 1947. Los objetos, todos de origen urbana, viajaron a través de Europa pasando por varias colecciones privadas, lejos de el público y de la investigación histórico-artística. La extrema escasez de literatura sobre estos tres artefactos condujo a la redacción de esta nota cuyo objetivo es reconstruir la procedencia de los cinerarios, identificar el tiempo de producción analizando sus rasgos estilísticos y formales mientras se enfrenta a algunos temas específicos de la iconografía funeraria romana. Palabras Clave: Urnas cinerarias, escultura romana, arte funerario, coleccionismo de antigüedades.Keywords: Cinerary urns, Roman sculpture, funerary art, collection of antiquities.
O Povoamento Rural Islâmico no al-Andalus – Estado da investigação.
Authors: Caetano Leitão Marta Isabel
Published: January 2019

ResumoO presente artigo mostra o estado actual da investigação sobre a organização do território, em Período Medieval Muçulmano, no espaço geográfico que abrange grande parte da Península Ibérica. Pretende-se, deste modo, dar a conhecer as várias abordagens existentes dentro daquela temática, onde se insere as fortificações, os assentamentos rurais e os meios de produção, e fazer uma breve reflecção acerca das várias questões que permanecem pendentes. AbstractThis article shows the current state of the research on the organization of the territory, in the Muslim Medieval Period, in the geographical space that covers much of the Iberian Peninsula. In this way, the aim is to present the various approaches that exist within this theme, including fortifications, rural settlements and the means of production, and to reflect briefly on the various issues that remain open.
Um retrato do mundo funerário romano no Nordeste Alentejano (Portugal) à luz do contributo de Abel Viana e António Dias de Deus
Authors: Silva Rolo Mónica
Published: January 2019

No presente artigo apresenta-se uma visão geral de um conjunto de espaços funerários explorados, entre as décadas de 40 e 50 do séc. XX, na região do actual Nordeste Alentejano (Portugal). Os trabalhos de escavação ficaram a cargo de um grupo de funcionários da Colónia Correccional de Vila Fernando (Elvas, Portalegre), contando com a colaboração, a partir de 1949, do arqueólogo Abel Viana (1896-1964). Trata-se de uma amostra de 22 arqueossítios com evidências de natureza funerária, de características e cronologias diversas, em contexto rural no território da antiga província da Lusitânia. Documenta-se a prática dos dois ritos funerários – incineração e inumação, nalguns dos espaços de necrópole coexistindo entre si, como, por exemplo, em Torre das Arcas (Elvas, Portalegre). O espólio exumado, vasto e bastante diversificado, aponta para um âmbito cronológico lato, compreendido, entre a II Idade do Ferro (séc.s III/ II a.C.) e a Antiguidade Tardia (séc.s VII/ VIII d.C.). A maioria dos arqueossítios estudados documentam uma continuidade de uso funerário, mais ou menos prolongada, sugerindo a respectiva estabilidade como lugares de memória e de referência na paisagem.
Dinámicas migratorias y movimientos de población en Lusitania: el caso de Olisipo Felicitas Iulia
Authors: Ortiz Córdoba José
Published: January 2019

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo principal estudiar las dinámicas de inmigración y emigración existentes en el municipio lusitano de Olisipo Felicitas Iulia, la actual ciudad de Lisboa. La base fundamental del estudio está constituida por la documentación epigráfica relacionada con dicho municipio.
Verona: la città oltre le mura
Authors: Cavalieri Manasse Giuliana
Published: January 2019

L’insediamento più antico sorse nel corso del V sec. a.C. sulla collina di Castel S. Pietro e alle sue pendici, in corrispondenza di un agevole passaggio dell’Adige. Lì il nucleo indigeno continuò a svilupparsi, acquisendo sempre maggiore importanza, soprattutto a partire dalla metà del II sec. a.C., con l’apertura della via Postumia (148 a.C.) che collegava Aquileia con Genova e che proprio qui superava il fiume.
A propósito de uma taça romana da colecção de arqueologia da Fundação da Casa de Bragança.
Authors: Silva Rolo Mónica
Published: January 2019

No recente presente trabalho aborda-se a recente ‘descoberta’, entre o acervo do Museu-Biblioteca da Casa de Bragança (Vila Viçosa, Portugal), de uma taça proveniente do arqueossítio romano de Tróia (Grândola, Portugal) e cujo paradeiro estava desconhecido desde a década de 1860. Trata-se de uma peça em prata, decorada com uma representação de xenia, que terá resultado de um achado fortuito ocorrido em meados da segunda década do séc. XIX. Posteriormente adquirida pelo 1º Duque de Palmela (1781-1850), viria a ser oferecida por este ao rei D. Fernando II (1816-1885). A propósito desta peça, e com o intuito de contribuir para a clarificação da história que lhe está associada e de ilustrar o gosto pela Arqueologia cultivado pelos membros da Família Real, apresenta-se alguma da documentação constante do Arquivo Histórico da Fundação da Casa de Bragança, designadamente documentação de secretaria de D. Fernando, entre a qual se incluem cópias dos relatórios das escavações realizadas pela Sociedade Archeologia Lusitana em 1850 e recibos de compra de peças arqueológicas.
Reseña de: RUIZ BUENO, MANUEL D.: Dinámicas topográficas urbanas en Hispania. El espacio intramuros entre los siglos II y VII d.C.
Authors: Barroso Romero Rafael Antonio
Published: January 2019

Reseña del volumen mencionado en el título.
Reseña de: RIBICHINI, S.; SICRE DÍAZ, J. L.; MARCO SIMÓN, F.; DOMÍNGUEZ MONEDERO, A. J.; ORIA SEGURA, M.; MARTÍNEZ ROJAS, F. J.; MONTERO HERRERO, S. C.: Profecía y adivinación en las religiones de la Antigüedad
Authors: Barroso Romero Rafael Antonio
Published: January 2019

Reseña de la obra FERRER ALBELDA, E.; PEREIRA DELGADO, A. (eds.) (2017): Profecía y adivinación en las religiones de la Antigüedad, Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla.
Reseña de: HERNANDO SOBRINO, M. R.: Alejandro Javier Panel (1699-1764) y la epigrafía hispana. Un jesuita francés en el “infierno abreviado”
Authors: Abascal Palazón Juan Manuel
Published: January 2019

Recensión al libro de R. Hernando sobre Panel.
Music as an Instrument of Making a Sociocultural Otherness
Authors: Žikić Bojan , Milenković Miloš
Published: January 2019

The notion of "music" should be viewed as a synesthetic concept: impressions about it are not transmitted exclusively through the sense of hearing, but also to the visual perception. The effect of music can be seen as intellectual and emotional, as a relation towards the played or pronounced at the lyrics, but also towards the very appearance or performance of the musicians, to the musical piece performing and so on. In other words, we do not only communicate by playing and listening to music, but also understanding it – in terms of cultural and social phenomenon. Those who use the concept of music understood in such a way even do not have to be musicians, because socially and culturally understandable and relevant messages can be transmitted through the simple broadcasting of a certain music audio or video recordings, or by taking a stand towards some musical piece. Music represents a medium to expression of a sociocultural otherness in Western civilization, at least from the Middle Ages, but also represents a way of producing that otherness. By producing of otherness, we mean "discovered", namely, conscious and intended individual acts to the use of music as a synesthetic concept for the purpose of transmitting a cultural message about a certain kind of otherness in a given sociocultural context, and which, for immediate reference, takes the sender of such a message. Our aim is to present a mechanism of that producing of otherness in such a way, by considering examples to different types of musical pieces (Rock and Roll, film music, classical music, etc.), different types of otherness (ontological, political, ethnical, etc.) and different sociocultural contexts from closer and further past, as well as from the present.
Ethical and Aesthetical in Collaborative and Participative Art Practices: Lexicon Tânja Ostojić
Authors: Čubrilo Jasmina
Published: January 2019

In this paper theoretical concepts and paradigms through which and within which the challenges, ambiguities, contradictions of the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary participative and collaborative artistic practices, are recognized and explained, will be analyzed on the example of the artist Tanja Ostojić's project named Leksikon Tânja Ostojić, started in 2011. Participatory or collaborative artworks are almost always realized through various nonartistic practices, likely on the boundary of political or social engagement, and often in the absence of standard artistic practices, media, materials, expressions, even without any visual character. These artworks are being generated and constructed by different situations in response to specific contexts. Their already conventional structure, beside artists, implies the involvement of the public sphere and its subjects, the establishment of a close relationship with the existing or newly established social group in a certain period. The method on which these modern participatory art practices rely on is certainly cooperation. The third key element of participative and collaborative practices is a social problem that becomes 'material' for work. Therefore, in this paper functions and meanings of artists and the community in colabrative and participative artistic practices will be considered, on the basis of an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary art history, as well as on the basis of current debates within contemporary art studies.
Socialization and Social Integration of Children with Disabilities: Theoretical Frameworks
Authors: Filipović Mirko , Matejić Đuričić Zorica
Published: January 2019

In the context of modern social model of disability, this paper presents some of the leading theoretical frameworks that define the key problems of socialization and social integration of children with disabilities. Transformed into a social-scientific research, problems of physical, mental or social disability were given a new meaning: instead of individual "psychologically deviant acts," disability is interpreted as a consequence of the "continent of social relations." Second, and equally important, rather than the status (state) of disability, the focus turn on the very process of social relations that structure the phenomenon of deviance. Within the research of social processes that defined the context of individual development of children with disabilities, two problem circles were opened: firstly, general issues of socialization of these children, and secondly, issues related to the problems of their social integration in the formal education system. In the final section, key implications of different approaches have been derived: to provide conditions for active participation in social life for all members of the community date, regardless of the existence of physical or social barriers.
From Electroacustic Music to Byzantine Cantillation and Vice Versa: Vladimir Jovanović, Composer
Authors: Pavićević Aleksandra , Blagojević Gordana
Published: January 2019

The relationship between the artist and the time in which he creates is almost always two-way – the historical moment forms choices, styles and artistic expression, while the artist himself becomes the symbol of the epoch, with its individuality and particularity. In music as the most abstract act of creation, this connection may not be so obvious. It is relatively easy to get out of time frames, and its interpretations often lose the connection to the historical context in which they originated. The aim of this paper is to illustrate the various aspects of this connection, as well as to show a rich life path and the development of an artist, on the example of the life and professional path of the composer Vladimir Jovanović (1956-2016). He crossed the path from electroacoustic music to composing in the key of the Byzantine, Ecclesiastical, Liturgical expression, pointing to various aspects of the musical and creative postmodern, searching for this ideal form of artistic inspiration, which is always a quest for Truth. At the end of his life, he worked at the same time on composing in both music genres, whose messages in his pieces were constantly intertwined.
Understanding, Creation and Listening to the Music on YouTube Website: The Case of Viva Vox Choir
Authors: Ajduk Marija
Published: January 2019

Listening to music nowadays is unthinkable without the YouTube Channel through which not only we can get to the desired sound, but also extend our music knowledge to virtual travels through space and time. Due to new technologies, it is possible to get into the music worlds of the sixties, eighties, nineties, and through the music from that period to revive the elapsed epoch, at least briefly. It is also possible to listen to Rock and Roll, classical music, hip hop, techno or any other type of sound that we define. Although YouTube is a website that allows people to show and watch any video clip (which does not have to be musical), much of the material is actually of a musical character, so this site as such will be analyzed in this paper. The idea behind this research is based on the hypothesis that YouTube, through its decade of existence, influenced the understanding, creation and listening to music, which I am trying to show through the analysis of the case study of the Belgrade choir Viva Vox. Namely, after one song uploaded on YouTube, the life of this choir has changed, wherefore the local choir has become a world famous phenomenon. I base my analysis on YouTube website primarily on his social dimension, which means that I consider this page as an important “place” of gathering, where people under their pseudonyms feel free to express their attitude about what they have heard, which in fact often reflects their relationship to everyday life.
One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away: Anthropological Analysis of the Music Fountain on Slavija Square
Authors: Pišev Marko
Published: January 2019

The paper tries to determine what exactly means when the city and the state (indirectly) authorities call some object “the new symbol of Belgrade.” This scientific problem is considered on the case of a musical fountain on Slavija Square. What kind of symbol is that and on what basis it is attributed to this status? What should a musical fountain represent, as the “new” symbol of the capital? On these and other questions, I will try to answer with anthropological analysis to mise-en-scène and symbolic of the fountain. Under the mise-enscène I mean everything that lies around the fountain, which can be implicitly or explicitly brought it to a spatial connection. The symbolic plane of the fountain includes, inter alia, its musical content, which will also be considered in the text.
Serbian Underground Festival: Music Scene “In a Small”
Authors: Radovanović Bojana
Published: January 2019

Serbian Underground Festival is a manifestation devoted to "extreme" music genres (metal, hardcore, punk and their subgenres), which is being held in Belgrade in the last few years. In this paper, I will try to show how this festival can be observed and analyzed as the music scene "in a small", considering that its program, apart from the musical/performing aspect, involves ingathering of all the elements of the scene - organizers, journalists, photographers, artists, publishers, writers, audience – at the same place. To do this, I will more closely define terms such as "music scene", "extreme music genres", and underground, that is, "underworld", relying primarily on the findings of Keith Kahn Harris. The analysis of the Serbian Underground Festival as a scene is based on theoretical assumptions of intensity, conceptual limitations and influences of the festivals performed by Timothy Dowd, Kathleen Liddle and Jenna Nelson. Understanding this festival as the one possible model of this mechanism, the goal of my paper is the contribution to a better understanding of the functioning modus on domestic underground scene and its place in a contemporary context.
The Centennial of the October Revolution and the Politics of History
Authors: Subotić Milan
Published: January 2019

This paper analyses the relation of Russian political elite and public towards the commemoration of the October Revolution centennial. By reminding us about the commemoration of the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989, the author has shown the differences in the way those two historical events, that have crucially marked the long XIX century and the short XX century of European and World history, have been memorialized. Considering that commemorative practices and selectiveness in a representation of the past is decidedly influenced by current politics, the author used the centre part of his text to interpret the relations of the post-Soviet political elites towards the October Revolution. Through the usage of "politics of history" concept the author interprets the process of change of the anniversary of the Revolution from the "foundation myth" of the Soviet era, first into the "Day of Reconciliation and Accord" after 1991 and then, since 2005, into a "Day of a National Unity" to be celebrated on November 4, and not even as a non-working day. During the rule of Vladimir Putin, the October Revolution ceased to be the useful symbolical resource in constituting the Russian historical self-consciousness and desirable system of societal values. Since it is incompatible with the ideals of "statehood", values of social stability and the emphasis of the millennial historical continuity, the jubilee of the October Revolution in today's Russia is primarily marked as a reminder on the dangers of social conflict. Politics of history, based on the ideals of unity in face of foreign enemies and internal danger of "coloured revolutions", is founded on the conservative ideology that naturally tends to marginalize the Revolution in the collective memory.
Imagining the Ister/Danube in Ancient Thought and Practice: River, the Scordisci, and Creation of Roman Imperialistic Space
Authors: D. Mihajlović Vladimir
Published: January 2019

The paper considers cultural and imaginative construction of the Ister/Danube, and its implications in the creation of the limes area of the provinces of Moesia and (part of) Pannonia. It discusses how the Danube was used as an element in construing the Scordisci as a Roman enemy and (pseudo)ethnic tribe, what was the meaning of this connection, and did such conceptualization have real repercussions in the area of waterscape associated with the ‘tribe’. It is proposed that the Danube emerged as a hydrographical frontier thanks to its specific longue durée symbolic meaning of liminality embedded in the imperialistic agency in the course of creating provincial/frontier/imperial space. The basic point is that the ancient imagological tradition had an important effect on the construction of Roman imperial space thanks to the intellectual and political elites' capacities to shape powerscapes by projecting their own conceptualizations of the world into the webs of relations under their influence.
Oscar Wilde in the Wild West: Caricature, Effeminacy and Celtic Primitivism
Authors: Radovanović Aleksandar
Published: January 2019

This paper goes back to 1882 in order to re-visit Oscar Wilde’s lecture tour of the United States and examine it in the context of contemporary perception of effeminacy and Anglo-Saxon view of Celtic otherness. Taking into consideration the specific cultural circumstances of the United States, Anglo-American and Anglo-Irish relations, the paper focuses on the contemporary caricatures of Oscar Wilde as a reflection of gender and racial prejudice evoked by his effeminate and culturally divergent figure. Looming as a backdrop of Wilde’s lectures is the British perception of the United States as an exotic cultural space whose primitivism excites romantic fascination, but whose economic rise and growing political influence provoke anxiety over the prospects of imperial order and Britain’s status as a global leader. Wilde did not arrive in New York as an Irishman, but as a cultural emissary of England. Assuming the role of an aesthetic missionary who revealed modern tendencies of English art to the materialistically inclined American society, Wilde made his performances an implicit confirmation of mother country’s cultural superiority. The effeminacy of the eccentric lecturer was partly accepted as an artistic pose and manifestation of European sophistication, but it was also interpreted as a symptom of degeneration which subverted his masculinity, as well as a mark of Celtic backwardness which prevented integration with the Anglo-Saxon race.
Relations of the Third Kind: Crisis, Critique and Politics
Authors: Blagojević Jelisaveta , Stošić Mirjana
Published: January 2019

The paper discusses the concept of Maurice Blanchot of the relations of the third kind and its political implications. These relations are not characterized by some specific quality, but rather the absence of these qualities. In this manner, autrui evades all traditional dichotomies characteristic of the West European tradition of thought: being and nothingness, subject and object, me and others, presence and absence, etc. In the words of Roberto Esposito, Blanchot’s autrui is perhaps best defined as situated “on the intersection where one is constantly translated into the other: nothingness is translated into being, presence is void by absence, interior spills into exterior”.

Thinking and politics that are not the tools of power, authority and maintenance of status quo, now more than ever, seem to be in the hands of the relations of the “third kind”, places where they intersect, intertwine and negate the positions of subject and object, “dishonourable men”, Locke’s parrot, Derrida’s cat, Jean-Luc Nancy’s “hearts”, Herman Melville’s scribe Bartleby etc. Only from these locations it is possible to pose the necessary different questions – the questions whose answers are still unthinkable from today’s perspective.
New Tendencies in Development of Kinetography in Serbia and the Region
Authors: Karin Vesna
Published: January 2019

Play and music are an inseparable phenomenon of human expression, encompassed by the single term – dance. Recording of dance performances, as well as transcription of dance music, are the primary tasks of ethnomusicological analysis in Serbia, and in Europe as well. This enables the understanding of the process of inner constitution of dance and dance music, and the path is opened for their observation in the sphere of the contextual. To this aim, the main tool of analythical observation of dances is kinetography, and the basic object of ethnomusicological analythical thinking are the kinetographs.

The system has been developed and perfected over time, mainly in ballet and modern dance. Ethnochoreologists and recorders of traditional dances also use kinetography, but a problem is encountered in the process, since the traditional dances include the movements not existing in ballet and modern dance. Therefore in the recording of traditional dances the creation of new signs is needed. The paper focuses on the renewed interest in kinetography, since on the grounds of the analysis of the responses of the informants on the subject it has been established that the recording of dances, and even of the stage movement, has its potentials. The author raises the issue of the redefinition of the term kinetography and its affirmation, pointing to the necessity of its further development in Serbia and the region as well.
On Postsecular Paradigm and Influence of Religion in the Field of New Medical Biotechnologies – Some Introductory Remarks
Authors: Ivanović Zorica
Published: January 2019

Over the last couple of decades the phenomenon denoted as “return of religion” has become the subject of discussion in the social disciplines and humanities. Various authors stress that the social relevance of religion is becoming more obvious in the public and political spheres of the contemporary secular societies, as well as in the international relations and world politics. According to some interpretations, these phenomena allow thinking and talking about the contemporarity as a “postsecular age”. The paper discusses the basic assumptions of the postsecular paradigm and points to the limitations of the very concept of “postsecularity”. At the same time, the aim of the paper is to point to the importance of the relationship between religion and policy in the field of the new medical biotechnologies as one, but not exclusive aspect of anthropological research of the religious responses to the new possibilities raised by the biotechnological innovations.
Unpacking the Packed. The Life and Future of Archaeological Collections
Authors: Ćosić Natalija
Published: January 2019

Due to the strong influence of heritological concepts and the concern for the future of heritage, an ever increasing accumulation of the past is taking place, as well as the unconrolled influx of cultural goods into museums. Consequently, an increasing number of museums expresses anxiety for the future of the collections stored in the already overcrowded depots.

Concerning the large quantity of material, the archaeological collections form a special category, differing in the ways of collecting and the dynamics of growth of the number of objects in the museum funds. The existing approches to the collecting of archaeological record include the unpredictable annual increase and in itself present an untenable concept of long-term management of archaeological heritage. The consequence is the neglect towards the already collected material in the post-excavation phases, as the vital part of the “life” of archaeological objects. At the same time, the huge amount of inaccesible material points to the professional horror vacui, fear that a certain proof or trace will be lost from the process of understanding the past, or to the tendency to safeguard the imperative of preserving the heritage for the future generations. Due to the poorly regulated processing of archaeological remains the issue arises of how the traditions of collecting and organizing of artefacts influence the value assessment of archaeological record and formation of the images of the past. Bearing this in mind, the paper presents a critical assessment of the problem of long-term management of archaeological material and museum collections. The possible paths of changes in the practice of usage and redefinition of value of the “unpacked” archaeological heritage are also discussed.
Roman Baths in Čačak – (In)Feasibility Study
Authors: Aleksić Čevrljaković Marija , Gojgić Aleksandra
Published: January 2019

The case of the Roman baths in Čačak presents the study of the marginalization of the heritage of Western Serbia. Although situated in the modern centre of the city Čačak, from the time of their discovery in 1970, the baths have remained hidden from the public view, considered as an obstacle by the inhabitants, local small business and the city administration. The theoretical consideration of the location of the baths indicates minimal risks for their successful revitalisation in relation to their environment, but in reality the attempts at their material preservation have been utterly unsuccessful. The missing link in effective revitalization of this site is the lack of the constructive relationship baths – individual – community, of the climate they mutually create in the space, or the particular characteristics of the space itself. The key for the protection of cultural heritage in Serbia lies in the education of the local public, cooperation with the local authorities in the changes in the urbanistic policies of the city, and taking the cultural heritage as the incentive for local development and identity, and the example of the Roman baths in Čačak may indicate the path for overcoming the obstacles.
Stećci as (Inter)National Heritage: Three Case Studies
Authors: V. Mihajlović Vladimir
Published: January 2019

Stećci, the monumental mediaeval tombstones, are one of the most characteristic traces of the past in the region of the Western Balkans. Their monumentality, frequency and the prominent place in the local landscape have influenced that, apart from the significance for the local population, they have attracted the attention of foreign travellers, and from the second half of the 19th century they have become the object of scientific interest. In this manner, over the last two centuries, stećci have been promoted into heritage. Illustrated by three paradigmatic examples, the paper points to the “elusiveness” of stećci, i.e. to the fact that they engender various interpretations, due to their materiality and aesthetics, but to their frequency and spatial distribution as well. At the same time, they influence the establishment and abolishment of frontiers – national, cultural, religious and other.
“Life is Love”: The Vinča Script and the Invention of Heritage
Authors: Vuković Jasna
Published: January 2019

The paper discusses the ways in which cultural heritage is invented and accepted by the public on the grounds of the spurious pseudo-scientific idea of the Vinča script, illustrated by one Bronze Age artefact. The miniature clay spindle whorl from Vatin bearing incised signs is abundantly mentioned in the pseudo-scientific literature as one example of the Vinča script whose message is deciphered: “life is love”, the “translation” attributed to Radivoje Pešić, although in his writings the method of translation is not mentioned at all. However, thanks to the media and especially via the Internet, the Bronze Age object becomes the Neolithic one, and his various (pseudo-scientific) interpretations reach the public space, creating the image of deeply spiritual and philosophically inclined Vinča civilization. The greatest danger lies in the fact that the maxim “life is love” and the idea of the Vinča script in general are emphasized as a part of the cultural heritage and advertised, among other, in the sector of cultural tourism. Since heritage is seen as usage of the past as a cultural, economic and political resource, the issue of heritage is additionally complex in our environment, where it is literally invented. It is therefore extremely important for the professional archaeologists to devote more energy to the domain of public archaeology, sharing information, taking part in education, and influencing the awareness about cultural heritage in the public sphere.