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Shaping Community: The Cultural Politics of Lumbung at Documenta Fifteen
Authors: Fleming Bridget
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT: This essay analyzes the curatorial practices of ruangrupa, the Indonesian collective appointed Artistic Direction of documenta fifteen— the latest edition of the contemporary art exhibition that takes place in Kassel, Germany every five years. Through an examination of how the concept of lumbung guided ruangrupa’s curation of documenta fifteen, this essay argues that the collective’s curation of the exhibition challenges the way in which editions of documenta are typically historicized. At stake in this analysis is a better understanding of how the ethical values tied to lumbung (friendship, solidarity, and equitable resource distribution) inform ruangrupa’s treatment of institutional space—not as a venue for museal display, but as an informal space for community-building. The exhibition has so far been largely overshadowed by controversy, but a better understanding of lumbung as a curatorial method makes it possible to critically appreciate documenta fifteen.
Magical Thinking: Performing Fragments of Yugoslav History in Irena Haiduk’s Seductive Exacting Realism
Authors: Rounthwaite Adair
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT: This article considers the possibilities and limitations of using large-scale delegated performance to address a specific national history for a global viewing audience. It does so via a case study of artist Irena Haiduk’s SER (Seductive Exacting Realism) as staged at Documenta 14 in 2017. SER is a multi-modal work that employs new and old objects, installation, audio, text, participation, and performance. It is organized conceptually around Yugo-export, a company that Haiduk incorporated in 2016 and that is based on Jugoeksport, a Yugoslav import-export company. At Documenta, it offered viewers buyable objects including dresses and shoes that connected to Yugoslav production history, and modeled ways of relating to them via delegated performance. I argue that not only the work’s paid performers but many people proximate to it—including the artist, audiences, and the producers of the objects—should be considered delegated performers within the work, and that these different constituents resonate in provocative ways with the difficult history of labor in late socialist Yugoslavia. But ultimately, what SER performs is less an analysis of Yugoslav history than a mystification of it, unearthing important aspects of the recent past while also repressing an awareness of a key dimension of the present-day ethnonationalist and capitalist realities of the successor states.
Sitting Beside the Sit-In: Art Museum Dining and Gastrocuratorial Politics in the Age of Dei
Authors: Gleisser Faye
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT: This essay challenges the persistent idealizing of art museum restaurants as spaces of diversity and togetherness and instead proposes a more expansive framework of gastrocuratorial politics to confront the colonialist and anti-Black somatic aesthetics manifest within the commissions, designs, and management of eateries in white-dominated collecting art museums. To build this argument, I cross-examine the social politics of dining environments differently but relatedly negotiated within the Tate Britain’s Rex Whistler; The Modern at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; In Situ at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Sweet Home Café at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. By better understanding gastrocuratorial relations of power and how they undermine antioppressive structural change, museums might begin to confront racial gustatory inheritances more intentionally and divest more effectively from white supremacist notions of “happy diversity” at work within hospitality protocols and foodism culture.
A Ressourcement for Restitution: Recovering an Essential Moral Category
Authors: Connors Ryan
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT: The Second Vatican Council’s call to renew moral theology has borne fruit in portions of the Catholic world in its recovery of virtue-based moral reasoning. A task that remains for theologians today is to recover those elements of the tradition that may have been forgotten in the process. The Belgian Dominican Servais Pinckaers once invited theologians “to distinguish between the container and the contents” of moral manuals. Theologians of the pre-conciliar period treated at great length the question of how to make restitution for sins against justice. This essay examines some of those treatments and suggests ways in which renewed attention to those authors and to their teaching on restitution would benefit sacramental practice and pastoral life today.
The Genius of the Roman Orations and the Collect, Secret, and Postcommunion of the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Authors: Foley Michael P.
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT: The orations of the Roman Rite are one of Christianity’s greatest literary achievements, and yet they remain relatively underappreciated. This essay examines one cluster of orations, the collect, secret, and postcommunion prayer from the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost in the 1962 Roman Missal, as an example of the orations’ antiquity and continuity, of the difficulties in translating them, and as an illustration of what happened to them in the 1970/2002 Roman Missal.
Eucharistic Revival Through Liturgical Formation: The Liturgical Movement Revisited
Authors: Magas Kevin D.
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT: This article explores how the Eucharistic Revival called for by the Bishops of the United States can be enriched through a retrieval of major themes in the twentieth-century Liturgical Movement. In particular, it explores how the concepts of liturgical participation in mystery, integral liturgical formation, and Eucharistic solidarity are developed in the thought of major voices in the movement. Ultimately, it argues that a deepened awareness of the connections between the liturgy and other moments in Christian life is a necessary prerequisite for the current Eucharistic Revival to bear lasting fruit.
From Causation to Adoration: A Defense of Symbolism through Instrumental Causality
Authors: Whitfield Mikail
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT: Two definitions of “symbol” are put forth by Alexander Schmemann in his liturgical theology: a classical definition where symbol participates in what it symbolizes, and a more modern definition in which symbol is defined in opposition to the real. With a specific focus on Aquinas’ sacramental theology, this article argues that Thomistic theology creates a foundation which supports the classical definition, despite Schmemann’s claim to the contrary. It will further show how it is not Thomism, but the development of nominalism which undercuts the classical definition of symbol and tends towards the modern understanding instead, weakening the meaning and significance of symbolism.
Planning to Participate: The Role of High School Learning Plans in Promoting College Enrollment and Persistence
Authors: Plasman Jay Stratte
Published: December 2024

Abstract: Postsecondary education (PSE) has increasingly become a requirement in today's global economy and has subsequently been an important topic of discussion at all levels of education across the United States. Policymakers and education practitioners continue to search for ways to help students prepare for next steps after high school. One potential means of easing the transition from high school to PSE is through the completion of a career/education plan. Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, I explore how the completion of a career/education plan early in high school relates to immediate enrollment in PSE after high school and persistence in PSE. I find completion of a plan relates to higher probabilities of immediate enrollment as well as persistence. However, these results vary depending on the type of plan a student completed. Practical implications suggest that plans may be an easy tool to help improve college-going rates.
Young Guerrilla Filmmakers: Shaping Learning through Community-Centric Pedagogy
Authors: Malone Hui-Ling , Ma Jasmine Y. , Levandov Jessie
Published: December 2024

Abstract: Given that learning is not neutral or politically innocent (Giroux, 1983) and education is shaped by one's sociopolitical context (Paris & Alim, 2017), this paper shifts understandings of learning from the individual to the collective, centering community as a framework for reimagining education to advance equity. This paper explores the notion of community (Rogoff, 1994; Yosso, 2005) and how it shapes learning in an after-school filmmaking program, Young Guerrilla Filmmakers (YGF). This ethnographic study analyzes qualitative data gathered from a semester of YGF. Data drew from a group of non-traditional high school students which included field notes, video records, student work artifacts, and interviews. Youth participants learned about the intersections of race, gender and class while building filmmaking and critical literacy. In YGF, centering community shaped a learning environment where (1) students saw themselves as storytellers and leaders, (2) knowledge was drawn from the group itself and their surrounding community, and (3) students were highly engaged and empowered by their learning process. We believe that community centric pedagogy is transformative for all youth, particularly our most vulnerable. It provides a framework to elucidate the resilience, knowledge and self-determination for vulnerable youth and their communities.
"I Just Kind of Guessed": Student Constructions of Knowledge in AP Microeconomics
Authors: Gurlea Michael , Fitzpatrick Colleen , van Hover Stephanie , Cornett Ariel
Published: December 2024

Abstract: This case study explored how a teacher, Ms. Walter, and her students experienced a unit of study on market structures in an Advanced Placement (AP) Microeconomics course. We employed qualitative research methods, drawing on the work of Nuthall and Alton-Lee, to connect students' experiences of classroom instruction to their reasoning on an end-of-unit multiple-choice test modeled after the AP Exam. Findings indicate a key misalignment between opportunities to learn the content during the unit and student performance on the unit test. Despite engaging in student-centered, interactive methods of instruction, students were unable to engage in the tasks required by the assessment.
Insights from the Analysis of Ancient and Modern DNA with Population-Specific Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms
Authors: Shi Gang
Published: December 2024

Studies of modern and ancient DNA (aDNA) have substantially improved our understanding of the early history of human populations. Despite advances in whole-genome sequencing technologies, present studies of aDNA are largely based on a panel of preselected genomic variants; thus, valuable genetic information in aDNA should be further explored. This study analyzed genotype data from 19 ancient and 16 modern high-coverage shotgun human genomes. We used modern populations from the 1000 Genomes Project and the Human Genome Diversity Project as reference populations and selected single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were polymorphic in one reference population and monomorphic in the others. Ancestral spectrum analyses based on the population-specific SNPs were conducted on the 19 aDNA and 16 modern DNA samples to determine their coancestries with modern reference populations. These analyses effectively revealed the genetic affinity between aDNA and modern populations, which is also true for modern DNA. The results for the 11 aDNA samples with expected transition-to-transversion ratios agree with previous analyses; the 8 aDNA samples with excessive transition-to-transversion ratios revealed ancestral spectra indicative of a high level of DNA damage that cannot be fully explained by postmortem cytosine deamination. Additional biochemistry or bioinformatics treatments seem necessary for the meaningful study of such aDNA.
Elena Garro’s Gambit: The Politics of a Female Writer’s Intimate Archive (1935–1998)
Authors: Martínez Alejandra Vela
Published: December 2024

Abstract: Literary and cultural criticism has historically held a highly dichotomous perception of Mexican author Elena Garro, generally more interested in making value judgments about her life than in analyzing her literature. In this essay, I defend that the analysis of her intimate archive gives us new methodological tools for archival research that, far from reproducing patriarchal approximations of her work, accepts ambiguity and chaos as an inherent part of her public persona. By analyzing both the documents held in the collection “Elena Garro Papers: 1935–1998,” which Garro donated to Princeton University, and the “missing” parts of her archive, still in the hands of private owners, this article brings to the fore the material dimension of the author’s struggle to be recognized as a serious writer. I argue that Garro’s curatorship of her intimate archive illuminates the strategies (gambits) needed to solidify her place as a female author in literary history.
Time and thyme again: Connecting English spoken word duration to models of the mental lexicon
Authors: Gahl Susanne , Baayen R. Harald
Published: December 2024

Abstract: Effects of word frequency on spoken word duration are well documented and have long informed theories of the mental lexicon. In this study, we discuss the two theoretical constructs, 'frequency' and 'word', that are implicated by the notion of lexical frequency, in light of recent models of the lexicon that do not contain stable, discrete lexical representations, and in which lexical frequency therefore has no place. We compare two approaches (localist spreading-activation vs. discriminative learning (DL) models integrating distributional semantics) by assessing regression models of spoken word duration of English homophones grounded in each. We further show that the relationship between a homophone's form and its semantics is predictive of its duration, consistent with predictions of the DL-based model.
Operationalizing Borrowability: Phonological Segments as a Case Study
Authors: Moran Steven , Eisen Elad , Nikolaev Dmitry , Grossman Eitan
Published: December 2024

Abstract: This study provides two mathematical formalizations of borrowability. These operationalizations allow us to quantitatively evaluate the borrowability of phonological segments and to make predictions about the likelihood that speech sounds will be borrowed in language contact situations. Our approach departs from traditional borrowability hierarchies based on qualitative observations and instead provides empirically motivated models based on probability theory and statistics. Our study uses as input two large crosslinguistic segment inventory databases, and our results show that segments have markedly different borrowability profiles, highlighting their different diffusion patterns through space and time.
Getting to Know Them: Effects of Familiarity, Identity, and modeling on the Production of Singular Specific they
Authors: Queen Robin , Kramer Mathew , Cho Jeonghwa , Boland Julie E.
Published: December 2024

Abstract: The English pronoun they is currently undergoing a rapid change, in that they is increasingly being used to refer to specific (named) individuals as a singular personal pronoun. Although it has been used with a singular, indefinite antecedent for centuries, singular specific they is relatively new and coincides with rising recognition of the fluidity of gender identity and expression. For many individuals, they / them pronouns fit their gender identity best. However, such individuals are at a high risk of being misgendered because this new usage of they is neither well established grammatically nor part of prescribed use. In two experiments, adults from across the United States created short written narratives about individuals of different gender presentations. We varied whether participants saw a pronoun in the stimuli and, if so, whether they saw they, he , or she . We found that singular specific they was used less than she / he and that they -usage increased for those who reported being more familiar with it and with the LGBTQ+ community more generally. We further found that images that appeared androgynous or nonbinary were more likely to elicit singular specific they than were images that appeared binary. Finally, we varied whether participants received brief information about the person that included singular specific they . This type of modeling led to dramatic increases in they -production overall, and increases were most robust for participants who reported higher familiarity. Overall, this research illustrates that characteristics tied to social experience, modeling, and visual cues to an individual's gender identity are highly informative for the production of singular specific they . More broadly, we illustrate that language-processing costs related to language production can be boosted for users and therefore can intervene in the likelihood of misgendering.
Contraction, deletion, and inherent variability of the English copula
Authors: Labov William
Published: December 2024

Abstract: The following report presents some of the findings of several years' research on the relations between standard English and the non-standard English used by Negro speakers in various urban ghetto areas. The immediate subject is the status of the copula and auxiliary be in Negro nonstandard English. The approach to the problem combines the methods of generative grammar and phonology with techniques for the quantitative analysis of systematic variation. The notion 'rule of grammar' is enlarged to include the formal treatment of inherent variation as a part of linguistic structure. Furthermore, a model is presented for the decisive solution of abstract questions of rule form and rule relations, based upon the direct study of linguistic behavior.
Mahmoud Darwish’s “Immortal Gaza”
Authors: Suleiman-Malley Yasir
Published: December 2024

Abstract: This essay reflects on the importance of Mahmoud Darwish’s “Immortal Gaza” in outlining the strength of Palestinian solidarity amidst Israeli occupation in 1971. The author contextualizes Darwish’s essay in today’s times, alternating between the points that still resonate and the ones that have been forgotten. Ideas of immortality in the midst occupation are traced in the construction of a hopeful people working towards liberation. The author frames how Darwish sees a unified Palestinian people cannot be defeated by efforts to cause discord among the people. Darwish’s essay about Gaza ends this essay. “Immortal Gaza” personifies Gaza as an active entity focused on liberation, unconcerned with frivolous thanks that won’t lead to ending Israeli occupation. Palestine’s personification shows how Gaza becomes a global call for freedom.
Awaited
Authors: Shibli Adania
Published: December 2024

Abstract: The author narrates the moments following the announcement of her paternal grandmother’s death. This death unfolds into memories of the grandmother’s perceived coldness and isolation from others. The author notes how the grandmother wasn’t like most grandmothers. However, a sleepover at an aunt’s house brings new revelations and insight into who the grandmother had been, who she had wrapped up inside of herself. The grandmother’s past lives how the enduring threads of love and what happens when it is cut. Her cold disposition becomes a symbol of the ability to love deeply and root oneself in the depths of love. In the grandmother’s story, the author finds how a crucial moment in Palestine’s history upends and re-constructs the grandmother’s future.
From 1948 to 2024
Authors: Barakat Abeer Zeyad
Published: December 2024

Abstract: For the author, their grandmother becomes a connection to the Palestinian homeland. The grandmother’s stories are passed down and now serve as consolation to the author in 2024. Events leading up to the Nakba and the Nakba itself were her first displacement. Passing down oral histories became a way for the grandmother to retain reclamation of the land she had been forced out of. These stories frame the author’s understanding of Palestinian displacement and violence against Palestine. The author locates their current consistent displacement in Gaza in the memories of the grandmother’s first displacement. This allows for reflection on how the contexts and plights of displacement for the grandmother have worsened in 2024 as the author’s life is filled with fleeing their home in resistance efforts to not be pushed out of Palestine.
I’m Still Alive
Authors: Baroud Maisara
Published: December 2024

Abstract: This art insert is a set of black and white ink illustrations depicting abstract bodies, bombs, buildings, arrows, donkeys, and other imagery. An artist’s statement is included.
Taken From You, This Joy
Authors: Darraj Susan Muaddi
Published: December 2024

Abstract: This essay is in two parts. The first section explores the journey a woman goes through to become pregnant. She is a teacher who struggles with a student who became accidentally pregnant in high school, while she has struggled foryears to conceive. The story follows her miscarriage of one of her twins and the later successful birth of her daughter. However, the woman is still haunted by the death of her miscarried child. The section moves almost twenty years later. The woman is watching a video of a mother who went through treatments, just as she had, to give birth to a child who has now been massacred from the attacks on Gaza. The woman explores the guilt and struggles for having been able to have a child and to live outside of Gaza. She examines the devastation of the loss of a child, of a mother’s dream, from outside forces.
Monsters Under My Bed
Authors: Nimr Sonia
Published: December 2024

Abstract: This essay examines the experience of a mother who must protect her child during the Israeli incursion into Ramallah in 2002. The narrator, a mother, is forced to try and protect her child from the shelling and bombing that occurs outside and above her home. She tries to find the best place to take shelter in case a bomb destroys her own home. Once the bombing is over, the mother expresses the concerns of how the children who have experienced this trauma will turn out. She worries and wonders for her own son. The essay ends with a reflection on current events happening in Gaza. The narrator expresses fear and sadness for the children who have lost parents, for parents who are forced to watch their children starve and die.
Israel V. The Violin
Authors: Suárez Thomas
Published: December 2024

Abstract: A professor of violin and viola discusses the oppression of the Israeli occupation when working for the Palestinian Conservatory. The efforts and methods of preventing the professor from arriving at the school, and various other happenings are discussed. Simultaneously, the story of a particularly bright music student is highlighted to explore further devastation brought to the music community.
From Gaza to Shakespeare
Authors: Yaseen Ali Abu
Published: December 2024

Abstract: In letter format, the author begs for Shakespeare to wield his pen to describe the events occurring in Palestine. Comparison and mentions of famous Shakespearean plays are used throughout the text.
Scenes from Behind the Siege
Authors: Al-Zaqzouq Muhammad
Published: December 2024

Abstract: This essay explores books during war time. A man comes across a market table selling books, sparking an immediate reaction to their presence among the refugees. Before his displacement, the narrator fought an internal battle of whether to burn or preserve his library. One of the books on the table is written by his personal friend. He begins to question whether the books are his own. Maybe his home has been raided; what may have once been sacred to him has now been stolen or burned. The narrator asks the table owner where he received the books. The two have an honest and blunt conversation about the selling of items to people from which they have been stolen from. The merchant brings insight to the ways of his shoppers and daily experiences. The narrator ponders the work and survival of both the owner and the shoppers’ during wartime.
Diotima on Eros, Eudaimonia, and Immortality
Authors: Adams Don
Published: December 2024

Abstract: In Plato's Symposium , Diotima ends her speech suggesting that erōs is the key to immortality. This raises two problems. First, if erōs is aimed at one's own immortality, then it seems selfish and not a genuine form of interpersonal love. Second, she argues that erōs leads us to procreate, but procreation is a way of producing others, not ourselves. In this article the author argues that our misunderstandings of erōs and eudaimonia account for the trouble we have in seeing how Diotima succeeds in explaining a reasonable balance between prudent self-care and genuine love of others that leaves room for a genuine, albeit exotic, personal immortality.
Lineages and Mental Powers
Authors: Vukov Joseph , Lassiter Charles
Published: December 2024

Abstract: Standard accounts of mental powers are forward-looking: They individuate powers through their potential manifestations. In this article, the authors argue that mental powers are backward-looking as well. The backward-looking dimension of a power—what they call its lineage—opens up and constrains possibilities for potential manifestations, and in doing so, individuates mental powers just as readily as standard, forward-looking accounts. The idea of lineages thus incorporates standard accounts of mental powers, even while broadening the theoretical, rhetorical, and practical reach of an empowered account.
Out of Practice: Justice as Telos of Politics
Authors: Latham-Gambi Alexander
Published: December 2024

Abstract: Those advocating practice-dependent approaches to political philosophy have tended to conceptualize justice as a constraint on politics—a position the author calls the "constraint model." This article instead argues that justice is a distinctive purpose or telos of politics—the "internalist model." If the internalist model is sound, justice is no more a constraint on politics than beauty is a constraint on art. The author argues that the constraint model cannot meet two challenges: It cannot distinguish the principles of justice from the requirements of political legitimacy, and it cannot explain how we can gain critical purchase on our practices without collapsing into practice-independent theory. By contrast, the internalist model is able to meet these challenges.
Experimental Realization of Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion
Authors: Hasani Mahmood , Motaharifar Mobin
Published: December 2024

Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion (SPDC) is a cornerstone phenomenon in nonlinear optics, where an incident high-energy photon is transformed into a pair of lower-energy photons. This quantum process serves as a fundamental tool for generating entangled photon pairs, heralded single photons, and squeezed light, making it indispensable in the realms of quantum communication, quantum computing, and precision metrology. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study on the theoretical foundations and practical realization of an SPDC experimental setup, developed for the first time at the Photonics Research Laboratory at Amirkabir University of Technology.
Our setup features a self-grown potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) nonlinear crystal, illuminated by a 450 nm blue laser, to achieve parametric down-conversion into infrared photon pairs at 900 nm. By integrating a custom-designed transimpedance amplifier with a BPX65 photodiode, we have successfully amplified and detected the weak SPDC signal, demonstrating the feasibility of achieving high sensitivity with low-cost, widely available components. The experimental results align closely with theoretical predictions, showcasing the effectiveness of the system in detecting photon pairs with minimal resources.
This study underscores the accessibility and scalability of SPDC technology, providing a blueprint for constructing versatile quantum optics experiments in resource-limited settings. By bridging the gap between theoretical insight and experimental realization, we aim to inspire further exploration of SPDC's potential in both foundational research and practical applications, laying the groundwork for future innovations in quantum technologies.
Molecular detection of Anaplasma platys in Pshdar Kurdish shepherd dogs of Sulaymaniyah Province, Iraq
Authors: Arif Eman D. , Khan Karwan M. Hama , Al-Sada Israa H. Abd , Al-Barzinji Yousif M. S.
Published: December 2024

Background and Aim: Anaplasma platys is a dog pathogen that causes anaplasmosis in various hosts, including humans. It is a rickettsial pathogen that causes cyclic thrombocytopenia in primary canine recipients and is spread by the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. This study aimed to map the genetic sequences of Anaplasma spp. isolates comparable with those of different global locations and determine the infection status of Pshdar Kurdish shepherd dogs from three regions in Sulaymaniyah province who did not exhibit clinical indications for Anaplasma.

Materials and Methods: A total of 75 dog blood samples were collected from the center of the Sulaymaniyah, Dukan, and Ranya districts in the Sulaymaniyah province and subjected to polymerase chain reaction to determine the 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene of A. platys.

Results: Only two dogs (2.7%) were positive for A. platys. The 16S rRNA gene of A. platys was sequenced and registered in the National Center for Biotechnology Information GenBank with accession number OR467538. With four nucleotide changes, the sequence exhibited 99.72% similarity to strains identified as human infections and those found in recognized tick vectors.

Conclusion: We conclude that the blood of Pshdar Kurdish shepherd dogs in the Sulaymaniyah region of Iraq contains a small number of A. platys. Moreover, the phylogenetic tree of the isolated species, A. platys, was significantly similar to other strains of A. platys found worldwide. In the Kurdistan region of Iraq, this study represents the first molecular detection of the 16S rRNA gene of A. platys.

Keywords: 16S ribosomal RNA gene, Anaplasma platys, blood, dogs, polymerase chain reaction.
El concepto simbólico-hermenéutico del Laberinto de Fortuna de Juan de Mena
Authors: Simon Éva
Published: December 2024

La obra maestra de Juan de Mena se clasifica en la literatura de visiones. En los conceptos que expone el autor expresamente o con alusiones, por medio de símbolos y metáforas, se puede divisar la tradición filosófico-teológica escolástica de la Edad Media y, naturalmente, los conocimientos bíblicos del autor, quien, en vez de repetir los pensamientos de los grandes escolásticos, en su obra aplica los conceptos filosófico-teológicos con alguna variación en particular. Así es la introducción del libre albedrío como posible causa de la pérdida de la posición privilegiada de una persona y su caída de la rueda de Fortuna. Sin embargo, es mucho más peculiar la descripción de su arrebato y el relato de su experiencia interior y mística. No solo la narración de la escena del arrebato y la imagen conclusiva de la visión demuestra el profundo conocimiento teológico del poeta, sino todo el concepto y la estructura de la obra que, transformando el laberinto, símbolo de extensión horizontal que representaba el caos que se vivía por entonces en Castilla, en un símbolo de extensión vertical, tradicional alegoría de la imprevisibilidad del hado. Así, con esta obra Juan de Mena no solamente es predecesor de la literatura mística del siglo posterior, sino nos presenta un tratado filosófico-teológico en forma de poema.
Juan Vaccaro – Francesc Sánchez Barba: El largo camino hacia la Europa comunitaria I
Authors: Lénárt András
Published: December 2024

Reseña del libro El largo camino hacia la Europa comunitaria I de Juan Vaccaro y Francesc Sánchez Barba.
Viktória Semsey: Paralelos y convergencias en la historia del exilio político español y húngaro 1849-1873
Authors: Nagy Marcel
Published: December 2024

Reseña del libro Paralelos y convergencias en la historia del exilio político español y húngaro 1849-1873 de Viktória Semsey.
Procesos de focalización en español e inglés con atención especial al orden de palabras
Authors: Berke Orsolya
Published: December 2024

El objetivo principal del presente estudio es examinar los procesos de focalización en español e inglés, dedicando especial atención a cómo estos procesos influyen en el orden de palabras en ambas lenguas. Tal análisis contrastivo es justificado porque el orden de palabras en el primero puede ser determinado por la estructura informativa, mientras que en el segundo depende más estrictamente de la función oracional. Primero, se presentará el marco teórico que se relaciona con los métodos de focalización en general y en los dos idiomas, y después se expondrá un análisis contrastivo de un corpus paralelo de las dos lenguas. Los corpus son textos equivalentes siendo las traducciones del mismo texto (originalmente francés) en español e inglés. La obra examinada es la novela titulada El principito. La comparación de los corpus se realizará mediante la comparación de ejemplos concretos de los textos. Entre los resultados del análisis cabe destacar, por una parte, que en el corpus español no se documentan tantos casos de focalización mediante la modificación del orden de palabras cuantos esperaríamos en una lengua de orden de palabras libre y, por otra, que en el corpus inglés predomina el uso de focalizadores léxicos y la focalización mediante estructuras pasivas, caracterizando estas los párrafos descriptivos no dialogados.
Securitización de la migración como expresión de violencia transpolítica y el enfoque de Seguridad Humana de la ONU como alternativa de Desecuritización
Authors: Guevara Parra América Celeste
Published: December 2024

En un escenario de profunda inequidad social y económica a escala mundial, particularmente en América Latina, para muchos migrantes el desplazarse de su país se presenta como la mejor o incluso la única alternativa para acceder a una existencia en condiciones que les permita vivir dignamente. Respecto a la recepción de venezolanos, la región ha experimentado cambios en las políticas migratorias, con algunos países dificultando su entrada, lo que ha llevado a un aumento en el uso de rutas peligrosas y pasos fronterizos informales. El texto hace una crítica a la securitización de la inmigración e introduce a la Seguridad Humana como enfoque que incluye en la definición de seguridad áreas centradas en las personas y los grupos sociales (amenazas como el hambre, la enfermedad y la represión) y no solo las vinculadas a la seguridad nacional y a la defensa del territorio por medios militares. Se subraya la importancia de desecuritizar la migración y de adoptar políticas inclusivas y humanitarias que reconozcan no solo el aporte en términos productivos de la migración sino especialmente la dignidad y los derechos de la población migrante.
Tourists and good places in the metaverse
Authors: Nurjamilah Pipih
Published: December 2024

In tourism, good places are where destinations offer positive experiences, making tourists want to return, talk, and recommend them to others and even dream to migrate there. As technology evolves in the age of the metaverse, the question arises whether virtual destinations can provide such experiences. This study aims to understand how a good place is created in the metaverse by exploring the concepts of sense of presence and place. A literature review examined how place and destination in the metaverse relate to avatars and these senses. Insights were gathered on how current technology enhances immersive experiences in the metaverse, focusing on how avatars perceive themselves, how the sense of place is constructed, and how tourism activities generate enjoyment and happiness, turning virtual destinations into good places. The study found that the sense of presence is shaped by self-resembling avatars, immersive devices, and user interaction with the virtual environment, while the sense of place is influenced by interaction, time spent in the environment, and its design. Ultimately, the combination of an enjoyable sense of presence and place contributes to creating a good place in the metaverse.
Házhoz megy a kultúra – A kultúrafogyasztás területi aspektusai a magyar lakosság körében
Authors: Sulyok Judit , Madarász Eszter , Lőrincz Katalin
Published: December 2024

Napjainkban a kultúrának gazdasági és társadalmi szempontból egyaránt kiemelkedő szerepe van, egyrészt szolgálja a helyiek életminőségének javítását, másrészt az ideiglenes térhasználók, a látogatók elvárásainak is megfelel. Jelen tanulmány az alapvető szocio-demográfiai és területi jellemzők elemzésén túl turisztikai kontextusba helyezi a kultúrafogyasztást. Vizsgálja, hogy a szokásos lakó[1]és munkakörnyezetben vagy azon kívül realizálódik-e a kulturális kínálat igénybevétele, illetve, hogy az utazási tapasztalatok miként hatnak a kultúrafogyasztásra, a lakóhelyen elérhető kulturális kínálat értékelésére. A kutatási kérdésköröket kvantitatív felmérés keretében vizsgáltuk 2023 januárjában 1000 fős reprezentatív minta segítségével. A kutatási eredmények szoros összefüggést mutatnak a szocio-demográfiai és területi háttér, a kulturális javak fontossága és az azokkal való elégedettség, valamint a kulturális fogyasztás között. A tanulmány eredményei fontos következményekkel járnak a kutatók, a politikai döntéshozók, a kulturális intézmények és a kulturális fogyasztás révén a jóllétük javításában érdekelt egyének számára. Az eredmények rávilágítanak arra, hogy a szocio-demográfiai és a területi egyenlőtlenségekkel foglalkozni kell a szabadidős tevékenységek népszerűsítése során.
Hagyomány és nyitottság – Négy megoldásra váró terület a hazai gasztronómiában
Authors: Kovács Dezső , Horeczki Réka
Published: December 2024

A gasztronómia minden társadalmi formában különleges alkotási és fogyasztási folyamatot takar, mely különböző helyszíneken és formában naponta ismétlődik. A gasztronómián keresztül visszatükröződnek egy adott korszak hétköznapi társadalmi viszonyai, légköre, jellegzetességei, sőt bizonyos értelemben a nemzet karaktere is. Az ételek, italok, édességek stb. megmutatják az adott társadalmi környezet lehetőségeit, a szakácsok, cukrászok és más szereplők felkészültségét, kreativitását, valamint a rendelkezésre álló alapanyagok, fűszerek mennyiségét és minőségét. A tanulmány a Baranya vármegyei gasztronómiához, vendéglátáshoz kötődő szereplők véleményét mutatja be azon faktorok mentén, melyeknél leginkább szükséges a változtatás.
A zarándoklatok elemzése a kulturális fenntarthatóság szempontjából – A japán példa
Authors: Pécsek Brigitta
Published: December 2024

A tanulmány célja a japán zarándoklatok fenntarthatóságának elemzése a kultúra szemszögén keresztül. A helyszín kiválasztásának oka a japán ember különleges viszonya a természethez, ami a vallási turizmus gyakorlásában is tetten érhető, különös tekintettel a kulturális fenntarthatóságra. Ennek illusztrálásához az ország vallási turizmusának rövid bemutatása nyújtja az alapot, beleértve a fa kultikus szerepének taglalását. Ezután az iszei nagyszentély példáján keresztül nyer megvilágítást Japán fenntarthatóságról vallott nézete és egyedi hozzáállása a kulturális tudás átörökítéséhez. A tanulmány a dokumentumelemzés módszerét használja, és a nemzetközi források között jelentős mennyiségű japán szakirodalmat is feldolgoz, hogy a kutatás minél hitelesebb alapokra helyeződjön. A tanulmány célja egy olyan gyakorlat bemutatása, mely új szempontot hoz be a kulturális örökség, az eredetiség és a fenntarthatóság témakörébe, valamint javaslatot is vázol a tárgyalt esetre.
A vállalati humántőke-tényezők szerepe a KKV-k exportjában a globális versenyképességi projekt adatai alapján
Authors: Sipos Norbert , Venczel-Szakó Tímea , Bankó Zoltán
Published: December 2024

A szerzők kutatásának célja, hogy nemzetközi kontextusban vizsgálják a kis- és középvállalkozások (KKV-k) exportjához kapcsolódó vállalati humán tényezők szerepét. Feltételezésük szerint a KKV-k exportjának legfőbb akadályai a belső vállalati tényezők, amelyek az erőforrás- és képességalapú (resource-based view – RBV) megközelítéssel jól vizsgálhatók. Bár a KKV-kat célzó hasonló kutatások száma korlátozott, különösen a fejlődő gazdaságok esetében, eredményeik hozzájárulnak a vállalati humán tőke RBV szempontból azonosított elemeinek exporttevékenységben betöltött szerepének mélyebb megértéséhez. Elemzésük a Globális Versenyképességi Projekt (Global Competitiveness Project – GCP) keretében 2018 és 2023 között végzett felmérések adatain alapul. Az eredmények szerint az exporttevékenység szempontjából elengedhetetlen a piacok ismerete és az idegennyelv-tudás. Ugyanakkor fontos a vállalati belső adminisztratív rutinok és folyamatok megfelelő kidolgozottsága. Az alkalmazottakkal kapcsolatos problémák komoly akadályt jelenthetnek, így a belső konfliktusokat kell elsőként kezelni. Az ösztönzési rendszerek finomhangolása pedig pozitívan befolyásolja a KKV-k exportját.
Felkészülés a munkaerőpiaci kihívásokra – A tudományos diákköri tevékenység átfogó kompetenciafejlesztő szerepe
Authors: Koloszár László , Mitev Ariel Zoltán , Takácsné György Katalin , Wimmer Ágnes
Published: December 2024

A munkaerőpiaci elvárásoknak és kihívásoknak megfelelő képességek fejlesztése a gazdasági képzésekben egyre inkább határozott elvárás. A magyar felsőoktatásban hét évtizedes hagyományokkal rendelkező tudományos diákköri (TDK) tevékenység ennek eredményes és hatékony támogatója. A TDK-folyamat keretében tanulóközpontú, élményalapú kompetenciafejlesztés történik a tanárok facilitátor-szerepe mellett. A hallgatók maguk által választott témákban, mentori támogatással végeznek kutatást, készítenek tudományos igényű dolgozatokat, mutatják be azokat szakértő zsűrik és társaik előtt saját intézményeikben, majd a legjobbak a tudományterületenként szervezett országos TDK-konferenciákon is. A szerzők cikkükben e folyamatot tekintik át és elemzik a kompetenciafejlesztés és a hallgatói élmény szempontjából, a közgazdaságtudományi területen szervezett konferencián részt vevő hallgatók véleményével is illusztrálva a módszer eredményességét. A tapasztalatok azt jelzik, hogy az egyszerre versenyként, szakmai konferenciaként és a közösségi események által fesztiválként is működő rendezvénysorozat nemcsak a szakmai kompetenciák, hanem a – XXI. század munkaerőpiacán egyre fontosabb – szoft képességek fejlesztésének is hatékony eszköze, melynek további előnye, hogy a résztvevők élményként élhetik azt meg.
Új szerepben a fogyasztók – A prosumption vállalati vonatkozásai
Authors: Csuvár Ádám , Zilahy Gyula
Published: December 2024

A prosumption (termelve fogyasztás) jelensége korunk számos problémájára kínál megoldást. A fogyasztók profitálhatnak az általuk előállított áruk és szolgáltatások értékesítéséből, megtakarításokat realizálhatnak, javulhatnak emberi kapcsolataik, illetve örömük származhat az általuk végzett kreatív tevékenységekből. Hasonlóképpen, a vállalatok is előnyökhöz juthatnak a prosumer-ek által ingyenesen vagy térítés ellenében számukra végzett tevékenységek hasznosításából. A társadalom szempontjából a prosumption hozadéka lehet a jogegyenlőség növekedése, a demokratizálódás, az erőforrások hatékonyabb felhasználása, a körforgásos gazdaság megvalósításának elősegítése, a marginalizált régióknak nyújtott gazdasági előnyök vagy a gazdasági folyamatok megnövekedett rugalmassága. A szerzők tanulmányukban a prosumption vállalati vonatkozásait vizsgálják a stakeholder elmélet és az üzleti modell koncepcióját segítségül hívva egy esettanulmányon, nevezetesen a háztartási méretű erőművek terjedésének példáján keresztül. Eredményeik azt mutatják, hogy a prosumption e modern formája nemcsak a termelve fogyasztók életében, hanem az érintett vállalatok működésében is jelentős változásokat okoz.
Projeto de desenvolvimento de produtos para sistema de combate a incêndios aplicado a bibliotecas
Authors: Lima Geovana Pires , Santos Caio Leonardo Ferreira dos , Fernandes Sabrina Pereira Farias , Ferreira Luiza de Souza , Lima Daniel Pires Araujo
Published: December 2024

A descoberta do fogo auxiliou o ser humano a sobreviver. Nesse sentido, ao longo da história o seu uso foi cada vez mais expandido, como para proteção, aquecimento, iluminação e também a preparação de alimentos, porém o poder destrutivo dos incêndios trouxe perdas imensuráveis ao longo da história, sendo um grave problema atualmente. Nesse contexto, esse trabalho apresenta uma proposta de solução auxiliar para incêndios em bibliotecas, cujos livros são altamente inflamáveis e não pode ser protegido com agentes extintores mais usuais, como água, visto que também prejudica a integridade deles. Para tanto, empregou-se o processo de desenvolvimento de produtos, em que foi elaborado o projeto informacional e conceitual. Inicialmente, foi realizada a definição do problema, mapeada as necessidades dos clientes e então convenção destas necessidades em requisitos de engenharia. No intuito de obter assertividade na elaboração da solução final e embasar todo o processo, utilizou-se algumas ferramentas e matrizes como: matriz QFD, morfológica e a TRIZ. Ao final do processo, foi proposto um conceito de produto de acionamento automático, independente de ação humana, que se trata de um dispositivo disposto acima das estantes, com sensores de temperatura ou fumaça, que quando acionados liberam uma manta abafadora que cobre toda extensão da estante, visando a proteção dos documentos dispostos nas estantes, conservando esses materiais apropriadamente, além de retardar o avanço do fogo, até o acionamento de mecanismos de combate. Para maior estudo e compreensão das possibilidades de aplicação da solução sugere-se a sua prototipação e teste.
Análise exploratória para medir a eficiência técnica de uma ferramentaria com a aplicação da DEA (Análise Envoltória de Dados)
Authors: Moretto Bianca Fogaça , Hamdan Yuri Dias , Piran Fabio Sartori
Published: December 2024

Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a eficiência da ferramentaria de uma empresa do segmento metal mecânico, responsável pela fabricação de moldes para injeção de alumínio, plástico e magnésio, utilizando Análise Envoltória de Dados (DEA). Foi realizado um estudo de caso longitudinal, em um período de 50 semanas, compreendido entre janeiro de 2021 e dezembro de 2021, utilizando a abordagem de benchmarking interno combinada com a análise de incidentes críticos. O modelo DEA utilizado foi o CRS orientado a output. Dentre os principais resultados, evidenciou-se que 14 unidades de tomada de decisão (DMU’s), representando 28% do período, obtiveram o valor máximo de eficiência (100%) e a eficiência média do setor foi de 92%. Na análise de incidentes críticos foram identificados 8 eventos (7 internos e 1 externo) que afetaram ou contribuíram para os níveis observados de eficiência. Concluiu-se que a aplicação de benchmarking interno gerou autoconhecimento sobre o setor. Os indicadores de eficiência técnica calculados utilizando o modelamento DEA foram vistos positivamente pela gerência, como uma ferramenta de grande importância para tomadas de decisões.