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Middle managers, their organization and knowledge sharing: Examination of knowledge sharing maturity
Authors: SzabÃ³ Lajos , Csepregi AnikÃ³
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the role of middle managers in the knowledge sharing process by presenting the results of a survey aiming to reveal the elements of middle managers knowledge sharing maturity and individual and organizational characteristics affecting them. The paper is based on quantitative research. The data were gathered through questionnaires. Based on 400 usable survey responses, the authors applied principal component analysis, decision tree, analysis of variance, and post-hoc test to reveal the elements of middle managers knowledge sharing maturity and the differences individual and organizational characteristics result in them. The study results indicate that middle managers knowledge sharing maturity is measured with four elements and based on individual and organizational characteristics there are differences in certain elements. The originality of the paper is that past research did not investigate middle managers or their knowledge sharing maturity, only focused on the organizational level of knowledge management maturity. The effect of individual and organizational characteristics on knowledge sharing maturity has not been investigated either. This paper focuses on these aspects. The results of the survey could help not only middle managers, but top managers and other employees as well in learning how to foster knowledge sharing.
THE SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPLICATIONS OF THE US DRUG WAR
Authors: Robinson Matthew , Jones Maggie , Jones Maggie
Published: February 2019

In this paper, the authors outline key facts pertaining to the US drug war, including its stated goals and objectives, and then offer an assessment of the empirical evidence related to its (in)effectiveness in achieving these goals. Data illustrate that drug use is not down, that availability of drugs is not down, that the price of drugs is not down, that access to drug treatment has not increased, and that deaths and illnesses associated with drugs use are not down. The authors also identify major costs associated with national drug control policy and weigh these against its benefits. This analysis permits a conclusion with regard to whether the drug war is a good or bad policy. Finally, the authors utilize major theories of justice to identify whether the drug war is consistent with social justice. The analysis shows that the drug war does not commonly accepted definitions of social justice.
DEMAND FOR FUEL WOOD AND ITS SUBSTITUTION POSSIBILITIES IN URBAN AREAS OF UMUAHIA METROPOLIS OF ABIA STATE
Authors: Iheke Onwuchekwa , R. O. , Osuji J.
Published: February 2019

Fuel wood has grown in importance as a major source of energy for most households especially for cooking. An estimated 2.5 to 3.0 billion people rely on wood for fuel, both for warmth and food preparation. In Africa, wood is depended upon for up to 58% of all energy requirements and in many savanna areas, demand for fuel wood far exceeds the rate of growth. With the hike in price of other energy sources especially petroleum products due to partial withdrawal of subsidy and epileptic electricity and power outages, fuel wood demand and usage has been on the increase. The situation provides the rationale for this study. Specifically, the study analyzed pattern of fuel wood utilization, and substitution by the households, preference of energy source by the households, and determinants of demand for fuel wood. Purposive and random sampling technique was used in choosing the sample. The data collected using structured questionnaire and interview schedules were analyzed using descriptive statistical tools such as frequency tables, percentages and inferential statistical tools such as regression analysis. Results showed that the predominant use of fuel wood was for cooking, following by roasting and frying and that the major substitute for fuel wood was kerosene followed by cooking gas. The most preferred energy type by the households was cooking gas which was ranked first, followed by kerosene which was ranked second. The significant variable influencing the quantity of fuel wood demanded were gender, household size, income, years of education, price of fuel wood, and price of kerosene which is the major substitute for fuel wood. The own price elasticity was less than one, indicating that the demand for fuel wood was inelastic. There should be a revisit in the withdrawal of subsidy of kerosene and cooking gas used by the average Nigerian, in the face of rising inflation which reduces the purchasing power of households. This is so to ensure sustainability of forests from where this fuel wood are being harvested and avoid degradation of the environment. The Nigeria Government should hasten to invest in the development of cooking gas, as an alternative fuel source, instead of continuous flaring of this gas, which contributes to global warming.
EFFECT OF GOALBALL SPORT ON PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS
Authors: Atan Tulin , Ayca Merve
Published: February 2019

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of three month goalball sport on physical performance of visually impaired students. 38 visually impaired male students attending to the primary school were participated the study. 19 of them were separated as an exercise group (age; 13.15Â±1.59 years) and the rest 19 subject were separated as a control group (age; 13.30Â±1.43years) randomly. Exercise group do goalball sport three days a week for three months. Before and after the exercise program some physical performance tests were applied to all 38 students. To measure the physical performance; audial reaction time, 10 m running time, standing long jump, grip strength, vertical jump, and flexibility values were measured. The physical performance measured before the start of the three month exercise did not show meaningful difference between two groups (p>0.05). But when the values after three month were compared, it was found that audial reaction time, standing long jump, grip strength, 10 m speed running time, vertical jump and flexibility levels of the group doing goalball exercise was statistically better than that of the control group (p<0.01 and p<0.05). As a conclusion it has been seen that the goalball sport enhance the physical performance of visually-impaired students.
SOCIAL CAPITAL PRESENCE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT COMMERCE MECHANISM IN SOUTH SULAWESI PROVINCE
Authors: Meiyani Eliza
Published: February 2019

Agricultural commerce in South Sulawesi Province, especially the products, is mostly operated in form of informal relation between commerce practitioners. Due to imperfect condition in the market, social capital thrives and becomes bread and butter in operating entire market system. This article belongs to social system analysis on agricultural product commerce in South Sulawesi as an effort to comprehend the condition constituting background of the operating market system.  Writing contents are fetched from previous studies on commerce of various agricultural product commodities as well trader behavior.
THE PROCESSES ANALYSIS OF URBANIZATION, SPATIAL ARTICULATION, SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL DIFFERENCE IN THE DYNAMICS OF NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT IN THE FRINGE AREA OF MAKASSAR CITY, INDONESIA
Authors: Surya Batara
Published: February 2019

The study aims at analyzing process of urbanization and spatial articulation as the determinant of social change, and finding out social capital differences between migrant and local community in the dynamics of new city development in Metro Tanjung Bunga area. The findings show that spatial articulation in Metro Tanjung Bunga area was initiated by the development of new functions as a stimulating factor of urbanization and infiltrative and expansive migration to Metro Tanjung Bunga area. Spatial articulation causes coexistence of two kinds of mode of production in mastery of reproduction of space which is dominated by capitalist mode of production. It also has an effect of social change and social capital difference between migrant and local community. Occupational differentiation drives process of social interaction between local community and migrant in purpose to establish social relationship and social relations. Economically, the establishment is integrative for basic needs compliance and in effort to maintain existence of local community. Social change portrays differences of social capital, social order and life style between expansive migrant,infiltrative migrant and local community.
Methods used in Implementing Games programs and their Effects on Academic achievement in Secondary Schools in Rongo Sub-County, Migori County, Kenya
Authors: Derrick OkinyiDeya , F. C Indoshi, , P. Oracha
Published: February 2019

Generally, it has been established that games are part of non-formal curriculum and they do complement the formal curriculum. However, in secondary schools, games have been treated as second rate. Methods used in implementing of games programs varies from one school to another because of the varied support given and its value in enhancing academic achievement has not been established. The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation of games and its contribution to students academic achievement in secondary schools in Rongo Sub- County, Kenya. The objective of this study was to determine methods used in implementing games programs in secondary schools in Rongo Sub-County secondary schools and their effects on academic achievement.The study adopted correlation, survey and ex post facto designs. The target population included 50 games teachers, 50 head teachers and 2000 form four students in 50 schools in Rongo Sub-county that sat for the Rongo Sub-County Examinations in the year 2010. Saturated sampling technique was used to select 46 games teachers and 46 head teachers used in the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 700 form four students who were a divided into two equal groups (n=350) named as experimental group and control group. Students questionnaires, games teachers questionnaires, games teachers interview schedules, head teachers interview schedule and an observation schedule for games facilities were used to collect data. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics while qualitative data was received in verbatim form, transcribed and reported according to emerging themes. Findings for the study the study further established that academic achievement had some relationship with the level to which a student participated in games programs. It was recommended that school administrations should provide adequate material and support for implementing games and special attention should be given to the academic wellbeing of participants in games since games do contribute to better academic achievement of students.
Competitive relations and communication in team sports
Authors: Curitianu Ioana Maria
Published: February 2019

The sporting environment is a rich, unique, and salient context in which to study the basic and applied nature of a variety of social dynamics. Issues such as leadership, collective efficacy, team cohesion, and group goal setting undoubtedly have great theoretical and practical value within sport teams. Sport is completely permeated by the question of the diversity which it vividly enacts. The same way sports blends sporting spirit, competition drive and fair play it should also blend culturally different envisaged notions of non-uniformity, diversity, enrichment through other culture, other skin color, other language and other style of living. All disciplines are concerned to a more or less intense degree, depending on their popular support or lack of it and on the culture which they convey. Multiple origins and complex careers are now a hallmark: handball, rugby, basketball as well as individual sports like athletics, judo and tennis have their champions stemming from diversity, who form the tip of an equally variegated iceberg of school and amateur sport (Diamond P., Hausman J., 1994).
Urban sustainability challenges : Democracy and spatial injustices in Tunisia
Authors: Mahmoud Abdesselem
Published: February 2019

In this paper, the author addresses spatial injustices in Tunisia, and seeks to which extent social and territorial inequalities could hamper democracy. Many urban disparities and social anomies such as informal sector, terrorism, unemployment, and usustainable development process threaten the vulnerable democracy transition in Tunisia. The author described and analyzed urban planning process since independency to noawadays. He analyzed the successive economic development policy makings undertook by a mono-party Nation-State. The top down development policies implemented until nowadays entailed a big gap between coastal areas and inland. The former benefitted of its site across the sea shores and proximity to Tunis and former regime. Many factors fostered export industries and tourism activities. The latters were left behind due to their lack of resources and urban planning policy dominated by neo liberal capitalist development in favor of Tunis urban primacy and the littoral where concentrated most foreign and local investments. Urban disparities and inequalities in Tunisia join in a networked society where local and global actors play a key role in economic, social, and urban development process in Tunisia. Tunisian society is a subsystem within a global system (Wallerstein2012), and what is happening is not conjonctural, but it is due to global social movements (Sassen 2007 ; Castells 2012 ; Braudel, 1992 ; Amin, 2003). Terrorism, pollution, inequalities are not per se, but are the negative results of a a myriad of factors: economic, politics, cultural, emotional, aesthetics, social and urban morphologies. Many economic, social, and political actors intervened and interconnected in public and private arenas and triggered those anomies. Fair urban policies are expected to be achieved through a multilevel governance in order to implement the revolution objectives in Tunisia. Otherwise, a representative democracy only, won't fulfil the well-being expected by large Tunisian people. Sustainable urban governance requires a multi-scalar bottom-up and top-down policy-making. In Tunisia, after democratic transition success, the state should be revamped, and compensate its deficit. A sustainable urban planning implies a holistic policy framework involving private and public sectors, and civil society actors locally, regionally, and globally.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN SURGICAL DISCIPLINES
Authors: Tagarakis Georgios I , Dikeos Costas , Tsolaki Fani , Daskalopoulos Marios , Bougioukakis Petros , Haralaboboulos Vasilis , Tsilimingas Nikolaos , Polyzos Nikolaos
Published: February 2019

In continuation to our previous article 1 regarding the significance of clinical protocols in surgical disciplines, we would like to present the next two of our protocols, designed after meticulous study of the related literature and after the evaluation of worldwide experts opinion on the subject 2-12. We would like to emphasize again the fact that, clinical protocols act both as a medical as well as a managerial tool, aiming at the improvement of clinical services provided to our patients, with the application of the means available each time at the least possible cost The rationale behind is that since health treatments have a cost and resources are limited, the integration of managerial and financial efficiency within clinical efficiency is crucial 13, 14, 15,16. As Bachtsevani et al. 14 put it, it seems the use of evidence-based guidelines can improve outcomes in relation to organizations in the sense of decreased admission rates, length of stay, and less resource utilization, which reduces costs. Such monitoring mechanisms intend to evaluate, reassess and improve the clinical care not only in terms of outcomes but also in financial terms for the benefit of the patient welfare, and the hospital as an organization denoting in this way the significance of evidence-based medicine 15,17 Evidence has also shown that the greater the strength of the evidence incorporated, the greater the quality of the guideline and the greater its potential to maximize the use of resources and improve quality of healthcare18.
DECOMPOSITION OF SBM TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF THE SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM INTO RADIAL EFFICIENCY AND MIX EFFICIENCY: A STATE-WISE ANALYSIS IN INDIA
Authors: Mohapatra Rangalal
Published: February 2019

This paper is an attempt to decompose the non-radial technical efficiency in terms of a scalar called SBM of efficiency (input Oriented) of the performances of 23 states of India in the 10th class examination. Applying CCR, BCC and SBM models for five inputs and two outputs obtained from the Statistics of school education, 2010-11 (MHRD, Govt. of India), the efficiency scores were computed and the SBM efficiency scores were decomposed into technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency, scale efficiency and mix efficiency. The mean TE scores are 0.86 with a SD of 0.17 and mean PTE score of 0.92 with SD of 0.09. Out of 23 states 10 states achieved MPSS status and 13 states were in efficient. As per the SBM score, out of 23 states 10 states  fully SBM efficient with score equals to 1 and hence they are TE, PTE and Scale efficient implying most productive scale size. But more than half of the states (13) are inefficient with Assam being the lowest performer (0.18) followed by Kerala (0.22), Rajasthan (0.25) and Chhattisgarh (0.31). The states with low SBM score due to PTE and MIX are Assam, Karnataka, Maharastra, Odisha, Rajasthan and UP. The states having low score due to low PTE and low SE are Assam and Karnataka. The states with low SBM score due to low PTE, MIX and SE are Assam and Karnataka. The study emphasizes, merger of small private schools, increase in the appointment of both trained male and female teachers, Creation of more class rooms. One important implication of the result is that the state should focus more on the giving special coaching to the SC/ST students and the girl students especially in English, math and science.
COMMUNITY POLICING AS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING SECURITY IN KENYA
Authors: Kungu David Mwangi
Published: February 2019

Security is a basic necessity in every society as it is a watershed for development and prosperity in all sectors of the economy. However, for a long time this has been elusive both in the urban and rural areas. The insecurity experienced in many societies ranging from terrorism, cattle rustling to petty crimes has had devastating effects inducing loss of lives and massive destruction of property. In managing the security situation, the police resources in terms of personnel and equipment seem to have been strained as insecurity levels soar. It is believed that the criminals and perpetrators of insecurity live within same society and therefore, members of the society can identify them thus community policing was muted in Kenya. This study therefore, aimed at evaluating community policing as a security enhancing strategy. The study was guided by the Abraham Maslows hierarchy of needs which identifies security as a great concern which must be satisfied. The study adopted a case study research design with Koibatek District as the case. The target population for the study was 1679 members of community policing at the sub-location, location and Division levels, from which a sample of 265 was picked using stratified sampling, purposive sampling and simple random sampling. Data was collected using questionnaires and interviews and analysed descriptively where percentages and frequencies were computed and presented in tables, pie charts and graphs. The study established that there are community policing structures which have been clearly laid down at all levels as per the community policing manual. Further, community policing plays a significant role in reducing crime though riddled by a number of challenges such as mistrust and lack of capacity to handle crime. The study recommends that a strong partnership be created between the police and the members of the public and that capacity building through training is required to make the community policing committees effective.
Can Governance in Revenue Sharing Be a Pathway for a Win-win Situation between Peoples Livelihood Improvement and Conservation
Authors: Twinamatsiko Medard , Rugunda Grace Kagoro , Basheka Benon , Herdt Tom De
Published: February 2019

This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation. The study uses empirical realities from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an afromontane Gorilla sanctuary that was recognized by UNESCO in 2005 as a world heritage due to its rich biodiversity. Governance is an important procedural dimension of equity that entails decision making processes and how local people are involved in matters that most affect them. The paper uses a Policy Arrangements Approach to illustrate the procedural dimension of the Justice and Equity Framework. A mixed method approach was used to generate results in this paper. Household surveys, key informant interviews and Focus Group Discussions were employed for data collection. Linear and Multi Logistic Regressions were used to determine the level of significance and relationships that exist between governance, peoples livelihoods and conservation support. Polychoric Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to generate indices of livelihood improvement and conservation support. Results revealed that meaningful involvement, leadership composition on committees, local capacity, information flow and awareness and accountability significantly influence peoples livelihoods and conservation of Bwindi. Local people are not only concerned about distributive equity in benefit sharing but also the procedural dimension. This entails being part of revenue sharing projects from the design phase to the evaluation phase. The study recommends the use of equity framework in revenue sharing in order to increase greater involvement of local people in decision making processes.
Notes on Sociology of Globalization
Authors: Yanitsky Oleg N.
Published: February 2019

The notes contain some comments related to the ongoing debates on sociology of globalization concentrated on U. Becks idea of cosmopolitisation and the shaping of cosmopolitan communities. A forthcoming paradigm shift in social sciences;the definition of cosmopolitanism and the establishment of cosmopolitan communities; what is the first phase of cosmopolitisation showed; an idea and possible scenarios of it realization; critics of cosmopolitisation theory concept; cosmopolitanism vs. corporate (or cluster) nationalism; and what is going now and what should be done are main issues in question.Author concluded that: the evolutionary potential of existing sociology is not exhausted; an anthropological shock should be avoided; much more attention should be given to the study of economic and political sources of current disasters; and that local and global sociologists should be much more active in public arena and environmental politics.
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PREMATURITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD OF CHILDREN FROM PLEVEN, BULGARIA
Authors: Kamburova Mariela
Published: February 2019

Prematurity has a negative impact on physical development and health by increasing the demand of health and social services in early childhood of preterm children.
Effect of Spearmint (Mentha spicata) on Performance and Blood Serum Parameter of Broiler
Authors: Saad Elamin Huda Mohammed , Mohamed K.A. , A. Mukhtar Mukhtar
Published: February 2019

The present study was planned to evaluate the response of broiler chicks to diets containing graded levels of spearmint (Mentha spicata).  A total of 200 , five days-old, unsexes (cob) broiler chicks were used. Chicks were weighed individually and assigned randomly to five groups of 40 chicks per treatment and each treatment was subdivided to four replicates of 10 chicks each. Five experimental diets were formulated (A, B, C, D and E) to meet the nutrient requirements of broiler chicks. The experimental parameters examined were growth performance, serum metabolite, electrolyte and enzyme activities and economic appreciable. Diet (A) Negative      Control (NC), a basal diet without antibiotic or spearmint,  diet B as Positive Control (PC) basal diet supplemented with antibiotic (Neomycin 16 mg/Kg), diets C,D and E were basal diet  supplemented with spearmint at levels of 1,1.5,and 2%, respectively. Result obtained showed that addition of spearmint improved significantly (P<0.05) the performance (body weight gain and feed conversion ratio) of broiler chicks compared to group fed on NC while no significant (P<0.05) differences between chicks fed on diets supplemented with spearmint  and PC group observed, no significantly difference was found in feed consumption between all treated groups. The mortality rate did not influenced by the dietary treatments. Results revealed no significant differences (P<0.05) observed among all treatment groups in the carcass dressing percentages, Supplementation of broiler diets with spearmint at various levels was resulted in significant (p>0.05) reduction of abdominal fat, serum cholesterol, and AST enzyme activity compared to both NC and PC groups while the levels of urea, total protein, glucose and ALP and serum electrolytes levels remained unchanged. The highest profitability ratio (1.13) was obtained from the diet (E) supplemented with 2% spearmint. This study showed that spearmint when added as growth promoter in broiler diets has a similar effect on performance as that of antibiotic without any adverse effects.
Dormitory Culture: Meaning, Features, Functions and Cultivation Value
Authors: Ding Xiaosheng
Published: February 2019

As a significant component of school culture, the dormitory plays vital parts in ideological and extra-class education. Dormitory culture, with its practical cultivation, has gained increasingly wide attention nowadays. Through studies about the meaning, features and functions of dormitory, this work further elaborated its specific cultivation value.
A Survey on the Impact of Instructing Stress and Pronunciation Rules on the Proficiency and Effective Communication among Students of Medicine and Affiliated Fields
Authors: Meymeh Maryam Heydarpour , Khadembashi Naghmeh
Published: February 2019

It has been observed that most students in the field of medicine/medicine-related experience great difficulties in correct pronunciation. Some researchers put emphasis on teaching the phonetic features and phonological rules in order to improve the pronunciation of learners. They have presented so many techniques but unfortunately these techniques have been ignored by most Iranian EFL instructors, and instead, meaning as well as structure has been given more priority.The purpose of this study, therefore, is to determine whether teaching word stress patterns and pronunciation has any significant effect on more accurate pronunciation and consequently on the effective and meaningful communication. In this experimental study, 30 Audiology students and 30 Optometry students in their 4th semester who had passed their general English course were used as subjects. 15 out of each group were treated as control and 15 others as Experimental Group. A pre-test was administered based on 1) general proficiency and 2) A word stress test pattern. Treatment (teaching word stress rules) was given to the experimental group while the control group received none. After the treatment, the results based on the two pre-test and post-test were compared and analyzed through SPSS.Results showed that the P value before the treatment was not significant (P= 0.690) while the post test which was administered after the treatment was of a noteworthy significance (P<0.001). This indicates the effect of treatment. Regarding the importance of teaching stress and pronunciation patterns, our findings revealed that teaching those rules can be the main reason for fluency and a precise pronunciation, which has been ignored in almost all of the educational syllabi used to teach English to the students of Shahid Beheshti Medical University. Analysis also indicated that subjects in the experimental group possessed a better mean compared to the controlled ones. Also based on the repeated measure analysis, the correlation between the scores before and after treatment was significant (p<0.001).
Thevalidation and correlations with empowering leadership and self-efficacy scales
Authors: Sebnem  ASLAN Assoc. Prof. Dr. , DemetAkarcayUlutas Instr.
Published: February 2019

Empowering employees becomes a current issue as leadership approach as well as a managerial means of contemporary approaches. Empowering employees is predicted to impact on self- efficacy positively. In the first phase of the study, the investigation of validity and reliability of empowering leadership and self-efficacy scale were conducted among healthcare employees in Turkey. In the second phase, the relationships between empowering leadership and the sub- dimension of empowering leadership and self-efficacy were searched. The related scales were performed among 550 healthcare employees, who were selected randomly from 7 different hospitals of states that in different regions of Turkey. Empowering leadership scale of Amundsen and Martinsen (2014), and General Self-efficacy scale of Chen, Gully and Eden (2001) were used to measure designed model within the study. As the results of the study, a new version of empowering leadership scale, which is consisted of 2 dimensions and 5 questions in each dimensions and has reliability and validity in Turkish, was reached. Moreover, a new self- efficacy scale that is insisted of one dimension and 4 questions and has reliability and validity in Turkish was obtained within the analyses. Empowering leadership as total score, sub-dimension of empowering leadership as autonomy and development supportaffects on self-efficacy positively.
THE EFFECT OF TEAM LEADERS ON MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES
Authors: Durmaz DYakup , DUSUN ZeynepDerya , DEMIR Beyhan
Published: February 2019

These days, due to the technological developments and increasing competition, business managers have an important role in reaching the business goals. In order to reach the goals, managers should have leadership qualities and value motivation and performance of employees. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of leadership qualities of managers on motivation and performance of employees considering basic leadership qualities. Employees motivation increase depending on the leadership qualities managers have. It has been confirmed that there is a strong and directly proportional relationship between leadership or managers and performances of employees. The aim of this study is to understand how leadership qualities affect the motivation of employees.
Strategy formulation for SMEs in Greeces uncertain environment
Authors: KARAOULANIS ANDREAS
Published: February 2019

Greeces contemporary financial environment is still toxic, something which devastates the whole market spectrum and especially SMEs which struggle to survive.This paper aims to suggest some strategic movements which will be able to help SMEs in Greeces contemporary financial environment in order to survive and overcome the financial and uncertainty problems the vast economic crisis provoked.
JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT IN THE CLASSROOM:THE SOCIAL EXCHANGE PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Mottey Rejoice
Published: February 2019

The study investigated the relationship between students perceptions of justice and empowerment in the Ghanaian classroom. Three hundred and sixty five senior secondary and technical school students purposively and conveniently sampled, completed questionnaires on classroom justice scales comprising; distributive, interactional and procedural justice scales. Correlation analyses indicated a significant positive relationship between classroom justice and student empowerment. Regression analyses revealed procedural justice perceptions as the only predictor of student empowerment . Results are discussed within the framework of the social exchange theory.
Un histórico complejo arquitectónico y paisajístico de características homogéneas: las Villas Tuscolanas de la época moderna
Authors: Strollo Rodolfo Maria
Published: February 2019

El Complejo de las Villas Tuscolanas constituye un grupo de edificios monumentales – a menudo inscritos en grandes complejos externos – que pueden ser considerados globalmente como un vasto y articulado fenómeno arquitectónico y paisajístico, cuya particularidad ha suscitado gran interés en muy diversos ambientes y momentos, manifestandose en una determinada – pero no limitada – extensión territorial: la ladera Tuscolana del relieve lacial de los Colli Albani. Se reconocen los siglos XVI y XVII como el período de máximo esplendor, aunque el fenómeno se fija en la época romana, e igualmente contemplan significativas transformaciones en tiempos recientes. Su vasta extensión territorial junto con los aspectos socio-económico-políticos, artístico-figurativos y geográfico-territoriales propios de su historia, muestra cuán amplia y complicada puede ser una lectura global del fenómeno.
La memoria cultural en la obra y el pensamiento de Rosario Camacho.
Authors: Sánchez Luque María
Published: February 2019

Es unánime la afirmación contundente (y así lo demuestra sobradamente este homenaje), de que la monumental producción científica de Rosario Camacho ha transformado el paisaje de la provincia de Málaga y a todos nos ha dado otros ojos con los que mirar, no solo esta tierra, sino cualquier otra ciudad, cualquier otra manifestación cultural que nos rodea. Durante décadas hemos asistido a la peor versión de la «tragedia de la cultura» de la que hablara Georg Simmel. Se ha abierto un abismo entre el objeto cultural y el sujeto que lo produce y que lo alimenta de significado; con esa disociación se ha incrementado exponencialmente nuestro desapego por las manifestaciones del pasado. La teoría del patrimonio cultural ha querido restaurar estos lazos a través de la institución, ya sea administrativa o académica, con un éxito loable pero siempre insuficiente. De poco puede servir el adoctrinamiento institucional si la sensibilidad y el compromiso con la cultura se quedan encerrados en las oficinas y en las aulas, si aquellos que la producen y la reciben día a día no están directamente involucrados.
Hilma af Klint, esoterismo occidental y el problema de la creatividad artística moderna
Authors: Pasi Marco
Published: February 2019

La relación entre esoterismo y arte moderno ha dejado de ser terreno inexplo- rado. En los últimos treinta años, ha ido construyéndose una bibliografía ex- tensa en relación a este asunto, y se han celebrado exposiciones importantes dedicadas al mismo en instituciones artísticas de primer nivel. Existe hoy en día la creencia extendida de que desde mediados del siglo XIX hasta la II Guerra Mundial, e incluso posteriormente, la espiritualidad alternativa y el esoterismo (en cualquiera de sus formas) han influido enormemente en la manera en la que se ha desarrollado el arte moderno
Incluir o replantear: cómo exponer e historizar a las mujeres artistas
Authors: Barcenilla Haizea
Published: February 2019

El artículo analiza dos exposiciones individuales dedicadas a sendas mujeres artistas de las vanguardias, Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) y Eileen Gray (1878-1976), en museos de reconocido prestigio. Se pretende estudiar la forma en que la articulación del formato expositivo en estos casos trata de legitimar relatos hegemónicos de la historia del arte, intentando integrar en ellos el trabajo de ambas artistas, a pesar de las claras contradicciones que este presenta para dichos relatos. Se presta especial atención a las estrategias discursivas y expositivas utilizadas, haciendo hincapié en la ausencia de lecturas de género, a pesar de las fundamentales aportaciones realizadas desde ese campo sobre ambas artistas.
Adventure Series de Tracey Moffatt y las láminas de L’Encyclopédie de Diderot
Authors: Caro María
Published: February 2019

Comparativa entre las láminas de la Enciclopedia ilustrada de Diderot y la obra Adven- ture Series de Tracey Mo att en busca de referencias que nos sean útiles en una posterior aproxima- ción hermenéutica. El análisis que llevamos a cabo, para poner de relevancia una posible faceta de inventario en esta obra fotográ ca de Mo att, se basa en tres aspectos determinantes: primero, en las estructuras formales de ambas obras –su disposición en viñetas–; segundo, en el acto de apropiación que pudieran suponer para sus autores; y tercero, en el trance narrativo y evocativo que ambas obras fomentan.
La primera indagación cubista de Picasso: Espacio interior I, II y III (Horta de Sant Joan y Barcelona, 1898-99)
Authors: Luque Teruel Andrés
Published: February 2019

Una hoja con diversos dibujos de Picasso conservada en el Museo Picasso de Barcelona, titulada Niño y otros croquis, documentada en Horta de Sant Joan y Barcelona, en 1898-99, presenta tres interpretaciones sucesivas de un mismo espacio, variantes en las que se ensayaron y anticiparon la inversión espacial y la búsqueda de las nuevas fórmulas pictóricas que condujeron al cubismo. La revisión de ciertos aspectos de las pinturas, dibujos y apuntes de la época permite establecer conexio- nes que habían pasado inadvertidas y discutir con nuevas perspectivas la procedencia del cubismo.
El expresionismo en Centroeuropa. El caso de Polonia: Bunt (Rebelión) y Ekspresjoniści Polscy (Los Expresionistas Polacos), 1917-1922
Authors: Ruiz Artola Inés
Published: February 2019

Análisis de los grupos Bunt (Rebelión) y Ekspresjoniści Polscy (Los Expresionistas Polacos) de Poznań y Cracovia respectivamente, casi desconocidos en la comunidad cientí ca in- ternacional y que aportará, con amos, una mayor amplitud de miras en cuanto al conocimiento e interpretación del fenómeno del expresionismo en centroeuropa. Se contemplan su historia, sus actuaciones y relaciones, tanto estilísticas como reales, para demostrar que el mapa que conforma este movimiento artístico podría ser construido sobre una base conceptual de suma relevancia: el expresionismo como estado de la sensibilidad artística en la región centroeuropea.
Julio Romero de Torres en la colección Deering de Sitges: su relación con Miguel Utrillo y el mundo artístico catalán
Authors: Sánchez Sauleda Sebastiá
Published: February 2019

Análisis de la relación de Julio Romero de Torres con Miguel Utrillo, uno de los impul- sores del modernismo catalán, y con el coleccionista norteamericano Charles Deering, creador de Maricel en Sitges (Barcelona), a partir de cuatro cartas inéditas que aportan nuevos datos sobre la amistad que mantuvieron y que se tradujo en la incorporación de diversas obras del pintor cordobés a la colección del magnate establecido en Sitges.
Interiores y Hannah y sus hermanas: artistas y creadores en el cine de Woody Allen
Authors: Casado Pérez Francisco
Published: February 2019

Las reflexiones acerca del arte y las que tienen a los artistas que producen las obras como protagonistas son ejes fundamentales en la obra del cineasta neoyorquino Woody Allen. Mediante el estudio de dos de sus películas, Interiores y Hannah y sus hermanas, se analizan las diferentes actitudes de sus personajes al hacer frente a sus pulsiones creativas y cómo estas afectan a sus comportamientos en sociedad. En la primera, prácticamente todos los personajes proyectan en sus vidas sus insatisfacciones a la hora de desarrollar su arte, ya sea la escritura, la fotografía, la decoración, el cine o la interpretación. En la segunda, dos personajes, un pintor y un guionista televisivo, ofrecen más claves para dilucidar el amargo valor que da Allen a la labor artística.
Grupo escolar de Alfarnate (Málaga): colegio y casas para maestros de José María Santos Rein
Authors: Romero Bueno Sergio
Published: February 2019

Este artículo estudia y destaca el valor arquitectónico del grupo escolar de Alfarnate (un colegio y once viviendas para maes- tros), por su singularidad constructiva de claro tinte racionalista y por desarrollar un funcionalismo propio del Movimiento Moderno. Su atrevida modernidad, para un lugar alejado del núcleo urbano de Málaga, trascendió la arquitectura popular y tradicional para establecer su prevalencia como solución a los problemas de escolarización y de habitabilidad en la zona rural en los años sesenta del siglo XX. Documen- tamos y analizamos las vicisitudes que el arquitecto José María Santos Rein consiguió superar para realizar la obra y aportamos un estudio formal para dejar constancia de su existencia tras la inevitable demolición de las once casas en el año 2011.
Ricardo de Orueta y el escultor Pedro de Mena
Authors: Romero Torres José Luis
Published: February 2019

En el año 2014 se ha conmemorado el primer centenario de la publicación de la monografía escrita por Ricardo de Orueta sobre el escultor Pedro de Mena y Medrano, artista granadino activo en la segunda mitad del siglo XVII. En este artículo analizamos algunos aspectos de la metodología, las ayudas que el autor recibió de dos historiadores malagueños y las dudas que tuvo Orueta sobre la autoría de algunas esculturas. También comentamos las atribuciones erróneas reproducidas en otras publicaciones relacionadas con Orueta, cuando estudió de nuevo a este escultor granadino con taller en Málaga.
Katherine S. Dreier e la Société Anonyme: un’altra storia del modernismo
Authors: Subrizi Carla
Published: February 2019

Prima che il Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) inaugurasse la sua apertura nel 1929, un altro Museum of Modern Art era già esistito. Si chiamava Société Anonyme-Museum of Modern Art 1920, dove il 1920 era un’indicazione aggiunta proprio dopo il 1929 per sot- tolineare la data di inizio di una storia che non doveva essere equivocata. Da allora e no al 1950, la Société Anonyme divenne un riferimento storico e culturale fondamentale per l’arte americana e internazionale. La stessa nascita del MoMA avrebbe avuto non poche relazioni con questa piccola società di artisti. In pochi anni la Société Anonyme raccolse inoltre un patrimonio straordinario di opere poi divenute la base delle collezioni americane museali più signi cative tra gli anni Quaranta e Cinquanta.
María Cañas. Soplar ironía sobre los rescoldos de la historia.
Authors: Garnelo Díez Isabel , Sedeño Valdellós Ana María
Published: February 2019

La artista María Cañas (Sevilla 1972), es licenciada en Bellas Artes, con doctorado en Estética e Historia de la Filosofía por la Universidad de Sevilla. Dirige Animalario TV Producciones, un espacio de creación dedicado a la cultura del reciclaje en los ámbitos de la videocreación, el videoclip, la instalación, la imagen digital y los proyectos en Internet. Su obra ha sido expuesta en festivales, ferias, eventos, centros de arte, museos y galerías nacionales e internacionales y ha participado en programas de investigación como «Sobre capital y territorio III» (2012), dentro del programa UNIA arteypensamiento, de la Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (Sevilla). Asímismo, su obra ha sido galardonada con numerosos premios y reconocimientos entre los que son destacables: Premio Ibn Batuta FIAV (Francia), Premio Memorimage Videocreación (Reus), el Premio Román Gubern de Cinema Assaig de la UAB (CaixaForum Barcelona), Hamaca y Festival de cine de Gijón, entre otros.
Arjones Fernández, Aurora: Santa Margarita de «Il Parmigianino» en la colección del Ayuntamiento de Málaga.
Authors: Rodríguez Marín Francisco José
Published: February 2019

Las obras de arte, como las personas, arrastran a veces un largo y azaroso periplo vital que acaba constituyendo parte esencial de su acervo y de su valor patrimonial. Este es el caso de la pintura que da origen a este libro, conocida comúnmente como Desposorios místicos de santa Margarita, generada en el efervescente panorama artístico de la Roma del Renacimiento, y que recaló en Málaga en 1872 tras la donación de un súbdito inglés, Guillermo B. Newberry. Con ella quiso completar la obra benéfica de los legatarios del médico inglés Guillermo Noble, presidiendo, como cuadro de altar que es, la capilla del hospital benéfico creado en esta entonces bulliciosa ciudad portuaria.
Vázquez Astorga, Mónica: Cafés de Zaragoza. Su biografía, 1797-1939.
Authors: Carretero Calvo Rebeca
Published: February 2019

Con una prosa clara, ágil y muy documentada, y a través de una edición cuidada y atractiva, Mónica Vázquez Astorga, profesora titular de Historia del Arte de la Universidad de Zaragoza, presenta un exhaustivo recorrido histórico por la ciudad de Zaragoza desde los años finales del siglo XVIII hasta el término de la contienda civil para trasladar al lector al acogedor, espacioso y, sobre todo, lujoso, interior de los antiguos cafés de la capital aragonesa. Se trata de un texto ricamente ilustrado mediante numerosas imágenes retrospectivas, anuncios de periódicos y planos de los distintos locales y sus reformas que la autora ha acopiado pacientemente en diferentes archivos y bibliotecas –principalmente zaragozanos– y que presentan a esta urbe como una auténtica «ciudad de los cafés».
Marzo, Jorge Luis y Mayayo, Patricia: Arte en España (1939-2015), ideas, prácticas, políticas.
Authors: De Haro García Noemi
Published: February 2019

Un sinnúmero de presos políticos en el patio del antiguo penal de Santa María recibe a quienes se asoman a las páginas de este libro. Es la primera de las más de seiscientas imágenes que lo ilustran. Estoicos, cabizbajos, desafiantes, cansados, preocupados, inquisitivos, todos mantienen el orden de formación impuesto, aguantan el sol y la cabeza rapada en 1948. Resulta significativo que se elija una imagen como esta para abrir un libro sobre «arte»: una fotografía anónima que seguramente no se realizó con voluntad estética alguna, que retrata (contra su voluntad) a personas cuyos nombres desconocemos, cuyo número no se puede saber porque se extienden más allá de los límites de la imagen, cuyas historias solo podemos imaginar al observarles en ese patio carcelario, casi una década después de acabada la Guerra Civil. Paradójicamente, los retratados parecen interpelarnos con sus miradas (muchos, casi todos, miran en la dirección de la cámara), también lo hace el lugar en el que se encuentran, un antiguo convento que fue prisión hasta el inicio de los años ochenta, que encerró el sufrimiento de presos políticos pero también de muchos otros, no todos tan famosos como El Lute que logró fugarse de allí en 1970. Este espacio fue declarado «Lugar de la Memoria Histórica» en 2014. El libro que nos ocupa se publicaría un año más tarde.
Noriega, José: Zapato de niebla para la poesía.
Authors: Valladares González Rosa María
Published: February 2019

Si no conociera al editor me atrevería a decir que es un creador; pero sé que sonreiría añadiendo a continuación que esa palabra, de la que tanto se abusa, es para los dioses, que echan rayos o alzan paraísos con solo apuntar sobre la nada con su dedo índice. Así que tendré que sustituir mi primera intención por la de trabajador en el mundo del arte tan curioso como incansable. Muchas son las disciplinas en que ha destacado, y una de ellas es la de editor de libros ad libitum (tampoco le emociona la etiqueta de libros de artista que considera pretenciosa y un saco con más teatro que espectadores). En 1992, su penúltima guerra, fundó la editorial de poesía El Gato Gris Ediciones, y en ella están esos magníficos libros seleccionados para importantes exposiciones dentro y fuera de España.
Abraham Janssens y su Lamentación sobre Cristo muerto: una copia de taller inédita en España
Authors: Romero Dorado Antonio
Published: February 2019

Con este texto queremos dar a conocer una nueva obra del pintor flamenco Abraham Janssens conservada en España. Se trata de la Lamentación sobre Cristo muerto que alberga la Iglesia Mayor de Sanlúcar de Barrameda, en Andalucía.