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TRENDS IN INVESTMENT ACTIVITY AND ACCUMULATION OF INVESTMENT DISPROPORTIONS IN THE ECONOMY OF UKRAINE
Authors: Toropchenko Nataliia , Trokhymets Olena
Published: September 2021

The purpose of this research is to determine the trends of investment activity and the peculiarities of the disparities’ formation in the territorial and sectoral structure of such activity in Ukraine. Methodology. The Pearson correlation coefficient to assess the relationship between GDP dynamics and the ratio of gross capital formation in the economy has been used in the article. Considering the peculiarities of the change in the methodology of calculating GDP in Ukraine, it should be noted that GDP has been calculated according to the methodology of the 1993 SNA in the period 1996-1999; according to the methodology of the SNA 2008 in the period 2000-2013, GDP data have not considered the annexed Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the period 2014-2020. It is advisable to use data from the World Bank to estimate the share of gross capital formation (in% of GDP), the set of which, in contrast to domestic statistics, fully covers the analyzed period. The choice for the beginning of the 1996 interval has been conditioned by the possibility of correct comparisons of data in a single currency. The source of GDP data is the State Statistics Service of Ukraine while the source of FDI data flows and stocks in Ukraine is the data of the National Bank of Ukraine (due to changes in the methodology of calculating FDI in 2018) Practical implications. The priorities of intensifying the investment support have been formulated (return of national capital to the jurisdiction of Ukraine, increase the uniformity of the territorial structure of capital investment, increase fixed capital formation to 20 +%, stimulate investment in military technology, NBIC convergence), including investments in science, education) based on the identified problems of investment support for the development of Ukraine's economy increasing the level of protection of property rights and guarantees of preferential treatment for investments. Value/originality. The main priorities of balanced development have been formulated (increasing the level of manufacturability of industry and services, import substitution in the production of investment and consumer goods, inclusion in global value chains, balancing the interests of large capital stakeholders, reducing dependence on external security shocks (military-political conflicts, pandemics), maintaining the level of social security, restoration of disturbed natural complexes, etc.)
Financial Inclusion in Nigeria: A Gender Gap Approach
Authors: Marx O. Wagbafor , Kemisola O. Adenegan , Yetunde O.M Oladokun , Toba Olasehinde
Published: September 2021

Ability to have access and use financial goods and services such as bank and mobile money accounts indicates the overall financial inclusion level of an economy and the higher the indices are in any economy, the better that economy is. Financial inclusion is important to realize inclusive growth in any country. It has direct impacts on the level of growth and development experienced by any economy. It can however, be skewed along gender lines as noticed overtime in the Nigerian economy and other developing economies. This study examined financial inclusion in Nigeria: a gender gap approach. It also determined the factors responsible for the gender gaps. The Global Findex (2014) dataset of Nigeria from World Bank database was used to analyse the aims of the study. In the study, 61% of the men were financially included, while only 43% of the female were financially included, with 18% gap. The gap in endowments accounted for the huge difference of the gap in outcomes as males seemed to be more naturally favoured by society than females. The level of education, wealth quintile, saved in past 12 months for farm/business purposes, sent domestic remittances in the past 12 months, paid utility bills in the past 12 months, and received wage payments in the past 12 months are the factors explaining the gender gaps in Nigeria. Thus the government and other relevant stakeholders should encourage females along these factors.
Influence study of post-processing modes on surface properties of parts made with use of additive technologies
Authors:   Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI), Nefelov I. S. , Konoplin A. Yu. ,   Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI), Filipenko A. A. ,   Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI)
Published: September 2021

It is shown that due to peculiarities of the production process of polymer material parts using methods of additive technologies, it is required to carry out post-processing of the surface of the products. The main methods of post-processing, the influence of modes on the properties of the surface and material of the part are considered. The optimal modes and methods of post-processing of parts made of ABS-plastic by FDM-printing methods are shown.
Exploring Modern Research on Socio-Economic Adaptation (The Case of the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Authors:   Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS, Kulkova I.A. , Sekicki-Pavlenko O.O. ,   Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS, Bedrina E. B. ,   Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of RAS
Published: September 2021

Recent years have seen dramatic socio-economic transformations that swept across the globe, especially the post-Soviet space. In this rapidly evolving world people need to adapt faster and more effectively. This study focuses on the development of knowledge in the field of social adaptation theory and aims to provide a quantitative and qualitative review of the research conducted on socio-demographic adaptation in the last thirty years. A particular focus is made on the contribution made by the researchers of the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. To this end, we chose the two main areas that the Institute’s research teams worked on — the studies of socio-labour adaptation and the studies of demographic adaptation (including migration). Our quantitative overview relied on the method of bibliometric analysis. We chose the publications indexed in such international databases as Scopus and Web of Science and on the Russian platform eLibrary. ru. Our analysis has demonstrated a growth in the absolute and relative number of studies on the social and demographic aspects of adaptation. The most influential academic journals and communities were identified. We also systematized the most significant publications to identify major research topics and trends. Our qualitative analysis has brought to light the contribution made by researchers of the Institute to the development of the anthropocentric and socio-centric approaches within the social adaptation theory. Among other things, the Institute’s specialists have shown the synthesis of the two key demographic paradigms — the theory of demographic transition and the theory of the family crisis. They also developed the theory of reproductive behaviour on the basis of the theories of the second demographic transition, consumer behaviour, rational choice, and the value of children. It was also proven that raising of the retirement age has an impact on fertility.
Russian Pro-Natalist Policy and Its Hidden Dilemma
Authors:   Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Latov Y.V. , Latova N.V. ,   Institute of Sociology of the Federal Scientific Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the RAS
Published: September 2021

The demographic policy of the Russian government, which aims to ‘preserve and increase the people’, combines two qualitatively different approaches to understanding the problem of population decline. Most often, the emphasis is placed on stimulating fertility, although there is also an understanding that it is important to raise the quality of their upbringing and education. While the focus on increasing human capital is economically justified, the desire to increase the birth rate has no such justification. The theory of demographic transition proves that stimulating the birth rate is an erroneous goal. The ‘cash for babies’ policy applied in Russia is based on the conviction that children, even those born in poor and dysfunctional families, inevitably ‘pass’ through the education system and become qualified workers. On the basis of this stereotype, the system of pro-natalist incentives is built in such a way that, in accordance with the law of diminishing marginal utility, it creates stronger incentives for poorer families and is therefore actually aimed at increasing the birth rate primarily in the poor strata, having little effect on middle-class families. Meanwhile, modern theories of social capital and labor market signals prove the limited ability of schools and universities to play the role of social elevators. International studies (in particular, in the USA) shows that state benefits for children of poor and disadvantaged families contribute to the reproduction of a culture of poverty. Therefore, when the Russian authorities provide assistance primarily to low-income and single-parent families with children, they create problems for the future. The study proposes to replace the current policy based on the principle ‘more babies but cheaper’ with a policy aimed at middle-class families and based on the principle ‘less is more’. Thus, an orientation towards stimulating population growth is replaced by an orientation towards fostering human capital.
Evidence-Based Approach in Environmental Policy-Making in Russia
Authors:   Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Kapoguzov E.Al. , Chupin R.I. ,   Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kharlamova M.S. ,   Omsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: September 2021

The article discusses the socio-economic effects of Russia’s state programs in the sphere of natural resources management, in particular those effects that, in our view, are not given enough attention within the framework of the national project ‘Ecology’. This shortcoming of the state programs can be overcome if policy-makers adopt an evidence-based approach. To this end, we propose an adjustable and flexible set of indicators of state programs. The analysis relies on the model of panel data that uses Rosstat data for Russian regions between 2017 and 2018. According to the modeling results, environmental factors have a significant influence on morbidity. An increase in emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere from stationary sources per unit (ton per capita) causes an increase in morbidity per 1,000 people (registered diseases in patients with a diagnosis established for the first time in life). Similarly, a 1 % increase in the share of industrial production in GRP causes an increase in morbidity by 3 units. Significant differences between regions of Russia were also detected. For example, in the Central Federal District, other things being equal, the incidence rate is lower by 52 units than other regions of Russia; in the North Caucasian Federal District, by 135 units, and in the Southern Federal District, by 109 units. In the North-Western Federal District, on the contrary, the incidence rate is higher by 113 units.
An exploration of psychological trauma and positive adaptation in adults with congenital heart disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Morton Liza , Calderwood Calum , Cogan Nicola , Murphy Claire , Nix Evan , Kolacz Jacek
Published: September 2021

Introduction: The growing population of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) often have lifelong experience of dealing with potentially traumatic health crises and medical uncertainty whilst facing increased vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The COVID-19 pandemic presents additional challenges for this population including increased risk of health complications, shielding and strict social distancing, changes to medical care provision and social stigma. Despite such challenges, adults with CHD have the potential to also experience positive changes, yet little is known as to what helps cultivate positive adaptation and post-traumatic growth (PTG) within this context. Methods: The current study comprised a cross-sectional, anonymous, online study exploring psychosocial measures of traumatic experiences as well as protective factors that mitigate the risks to mental health on the mental health for adults with CHD (n=236) during the pandemic. Closed and open-ended questions and a series of standardised psychosocial measures of traumatic experiences, coping mechanisms, emotional regulation and PTG were measured.Results: Findings suggest the CHD population are at increased risk of PSTD which may be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, positive adaptation may promote post traumatic growth. In particular, health adversity is associated with greater appreciation whilst emotional regulation is associated with post-traumatic growth.Conclusions: We recommend a growth-focused, psychologically and trauma-informed approach to medicine and public health, recognising the importance of supporting mental health and promoting living well with CHD during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. These findings are likely generalisable to other lifelong health conditions and shielding populations.
A Database of Habitat Conservation Plans and Related Documents Developed Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
Authors: Carter Andrew , Malcom Jacob , Harl Heather
Published: September 2021

Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, non-federal parties may be permitted to “take,” or harm, listed threatened and endangered species provided they develop an appropriate “habitat conservation plan” that details how the applicant will minimize and mitigate the impacts of their activities on the species at issue. Despite widespread use of such plans, with more than 700 approved to date, there have been few systematic analyses to determine their effectiveness in protecting imperiled wildlife. This has been driven by a lack of a centralized repository of essential habitat conservation plan documents, from the plans themselves to required monitoring reports. Here we present a new data resource of 6,290 documents related to 601 separate HCPs, assembled through a United States Freedom of Information Act request to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, supplemented by web scraping of available HCP documents online. We describe the completeness of responses, characterize the scope of documents, and identify data and research gaps.
Modeling the Responses of Dissolved Oxygen and Nitrate Concentrations due to Land Use and Land Cover Change Scenarios in a Large Subtropical Reservoir
Authors: Barbosa Carolina , Calijuri Maria do Carmo , Anjinho Phelipe , dos Santos André
Published: September 2021

Itupararanga reservoir is a large reservoir built in the Southeast of Brazil to support multiple uses, mainly hydropower generation and drinking water supply for almost 1 million people. We applied a process-based biogeochemical model and a distributed basin load model to assess the responses of dissolved oxygen and nitrate concentrations in the Itupararanga reservoir based on three land use and land cover (LULC) scenarios. The proposed LULC management actions resulted in a set of diverse ecosystem responses of the Itupararanga reservoir and the biogeochemical model highlighted the impact of allochthonous nutrient loads on reservoir water quality conditions, as well as the overall low biogeochemical turnover in the Itupararanga reservoir. The proposed modeling framework is a coupling of open science tools, which can be used to estimate future changes in the water quality of standing freshwater bodies due to likely changes in the land use and land cover in watersheds.
Optimized hourglass-shaped resonators for efficient thermal tuning of CROW filters with reduced crosstalk
Authors: Müller Juliana , Zazzi Andrea , Rajeswari Gayatri Vasudevan , Moscoso-Mártir Alvaro , Mashayekh Alireza Tabatabaei , Das Arka Dipta , Merget Florian , Witzens Jeremy
Published: September 2021

We present optimized hourglass-shaped resonator CROW filters showing an improved power consumption of up to 30% when compared with standard circular ring shapes. Metal and doped waveguide heaters are compared in terms of efficiency, crosstalk and insertion losses.
Subjectivity and social constitution: Contrasting conceptions of institutions, artifacts, and animals
Authors: Noyes Alexander , Dunham Yarrow , Keil Frank
Published: September 2021

We systematically compared beliefs about animal (e.g., lion), artifactual (e.g., hammer), and institutional (e.g., police officer) categories, aiming to identify if people draw different inferences about which categories are subjective and which are socially constituted. We conducted two studies with 270 American children, ages 4 through 10: 140 girls, 129 boys, 1 not reported; 59% White, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 1 Native American, 17% multiracial or another race, 11% unreported. We also conducted two studies with 360 American adults recruited from Amazon mechanical Turk. In all four studies we found that children and adults judged institutional categories as more socially constituted than artifactual categories (in all studies) but as less subjective (in 3 of 4 studies). Whereas younger and older children’s beliefs about subjectivity were similar, younger and older children expressed different beliefs about social constitution. Young children judged none of the category domains as socially constituted; older children differentiated between the three domains. These results support the conceptual independence of subjectivity and social constitution and suggest that concepts of institutions and artifacts differ.
PsyCalibrator: an open-source package for display gamma calibration and luminance and color measurement
Authors: Lin Zhicheng , Ma Qi , Zhang Yang
Published: September 2021

Studies in vision, psychology, and neuroscience often present visual stimuli on digital screens. Crucially, the appearance of visual stimuli depends on properties such as luminance and color, making it critical to measure them. Yet conventional luminance-measuring equipment is not only expensive but also onerous to operate (particularly for novices). Building on previous work, here we present an open-source integrated software package—PsyCalibrator (https://github.com/yangzhangpsy/PsyCalibrator)—that takes advantage of consumer hardware (SpyderX, Spyder5) and makes luminance/color measurement and gamma calibration accessible and flexible. Gamma calibration based on visual methods (without photometers) is also implemented. PsyCalibrator requires MATLAB (or its free alternative, GNU Octave) and works in Windows, macOS, and Linux. We first validate measurements from SpyderX and Spyder5 by comparing them with professional, high-cost photometers (ColorCAL MKII Colorimeter and Photo Research PR-670 SpectraScan). Validation results show a) excellent accuracy in linear correction and luminance/color measurement, and b) for practical purposes low measurement variances. We then offer a detailed tutorial on using PsyCalibrator to measure luminance/color and calibrate displays. Finally, we recommend reporting templates to describe simple and complex visual stimuli.
Embodied Cognition in Meditation, Yoga, and Ethics: An Experimental Single-Case Study on Differential Effects of Four Treatments
Authors: Matko Karin , Sedlmeier Peter , Bringmann Holger Carl
Published: September 2021

Yoga is an embodied contemplative practice entailing multiple components, such as ethical teachings, postures, breathing practices, and meditation. Little is known to date how these different components affect aspects of embodied cognition. This single-case multiple-baseline study explored the differential and incremental effects of four different combinations of yoga components on body awareness, emotion regulation, affectivity, self compassion, and distress tolerance. Fifty-seven healthy participants with no regular yoga or meditation practice were randomly assigned to three baselines (7, 14, and 21 days) and four conditions: Mantra meditation alone (MA), meditation plus physical yoga (MY), meditation plus ethical education (ME), and meditation plus yoga and ethical education (MYE). All the interventions lasted for 8 weeks. Forty-two participants completed the treatment and were included in the analyses that involved visual inspection, effect size estimation, and multilevel modeling. All four treatments improved body awareness, emotion regulation, self-compassion, and distress tolerance to a similar extent. Body awareness and emotion regulation developed continuously and simultaneously over time. The MA condition had the least favorable effect on affective experience, while the ME condition enhanced valence the most and the MY condition was the most effective in preventing negative affective responses. Even though mantra meditation on its own negatively influenced daily affect, it can be assumed to be the driving force behind the improvement of the other variables. This points to the central role of meditation in increasing interoception, self-awareness and the processing of bodily and emotional stimuli.
Understanding Gun Ownership in the Twenty-First Century: Why Some Americans Own Guns, But Most Do Not
Authors: Schutten Nathaniel , Pickett Justin , Burton Alexander L. , Cullen Francis T. , Jonson Cheryl Lero , Burton Velmer S.
Published: September 2021

The gun ownership literature is vast, with dozens of studies seeking to explain who owns guns and why. We build on this literature in two key ways. First, we introduce a new variable into the fold: moral concern about harming others. We theorize that this concern actively inhibits gun ownership. Second, we direct theoretical and empirical attention to a predictor of gun ownership that has frequently been overlooked in the contemporary gun literature: childhood socialization. Using data from a national sample of 1,100 adults, we find that moral concerns about harm represent a barrier to gun ownership and limit the number of guns people own. By contrast, childhood socialization has the opposite effect. Furthermore, we find that childhood socialization is not only the strongest predictor of owning guns but also fully mediates the relationship between gender and gun ownership.
ISLAMIC CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (I-CG) DAN ISLAMIC CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (I-CSR) : TEORI DAN PRAKTIK
Authors: Gustani Gustani
Published: September 2021

Buku ―Islamic Corporate Governance (I-CG) dan Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility (I-CSR) : Teori dan Praktik‖ ini merupakan hasil adopsi dari Tesis penulis pada program studi Magister Akuntansi Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung dengan judul ―Analisis Pengaruh Pengungkapan Islamic Corporate Governance (ICG) Dan Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR) Terhadap Disiplin Pasar dengan Kinerja Keuangan Sebagai Variabel Intervening (Studi Empiris pada Bank Syariah di NegaraNegara QISMUT)‖. Buku ini terdiri dari 4 Bab, yang meliputi Bab 1 tentang Pendahuluan, Bab 2 tentang Islamic Corporate Governance (I-CG), Bab 3 tentang Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility (I-CSR), dan Bab 4 Studi Empiris: Pengaruh I-CG dan I-CSR Terhadap Disiplin Pasar Bank Syariah Di Negara – Negara QISMUT.
1846: Canada’s FirstInquiries Act
Authors: Mitchell Tom
Published: September 2021

Historical accounts of commissions of inquiry in Canada make only passing reference to the seminal 1846 Inquires Act. None explore the provenance of this legislation beyond a few sentences of the most general conjecture. This paper contends that Canada’s first Inquiries Act was a by-product of a political crisis that grew out of the politics and institutional processes integral to the resolution of claims for rebellion losses in Canada during the 1840s. As the events associated with the passage of the 1849 Rebellion Losses Bill would disclose, this crisis posed an existential threat to the viability of the Union. The passage of the Inquiries Act, precipitated by the immediate contingencies of the rebellion losses crisis, marked for Canada a fundamental shift in constitutional authority dating back to 1688. The Act embraced methods of inquiry denied to the Crown since the late seventeenth century. Though created by a democratic legislature, the Inquiries Act revived a Crown-driven inquisitional approach to public inquires long since inoperative in Great Britain. The Act thus marked a shift in the relationship between state and citizen, and opened a new terrain for the long struggle to protect the individual against the all-powerful state.
Water in the Wilderness: The Group of Seven and the Coastal Identity of Lake Superior
Authors: Gapp Isabelle
Published: September 2021

This paper challenges the wilderness ideology with which the Group of Seven’s coastal landscapes of the north shore of Lake Superior are often associated. Focusing my analysis around key works by Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Franklin Carmichael, I offer an alternative perspective on commonly-adopted national and wilderness narratives, and instead consider these works in line with an emergent ecocritical consciousness. While a conversation about wilderness in relation to the Group of Seven often ignores the colonial history and Indigenous communities that previously inhabited coastal Lake Superior, this paper identifies these within a discussion of the environmental history of the region. That the environment of the north shore of Lake Superior was a primordial space waiting to be discovered and conquered only seeks to ratify the landscape as a colonial space. Instead, by engaging with the ecological complexities and environmental aesthetics of Lake Superior and its surrounding shoreline, I challenge this colonial and ideological construct of the wilderness, accounting for the prevailing fur trade, fishing, and lumber industries that dominated during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A discussion of environmental history and landscape painting further allows for a consideration of both the exploitation and the preservation of nature over the course of the twentieth century, and looks beyond the theosophical and mystical in relation to the Group’s Lake Superior works. As such, the timeliness of an ecocritical perspective on the Group of Seven’s landscapes represents an opportunity to consider how we might recontextualize these paintings in a time of unprecedented anthropogenic climate change, while recognizing the people and history to whom this land traditionally belongs.
A Crisis in National Unity?: The Chicken and Egg War, 1970–1971
Authors: Nurse Jodey , Muirhead Bruce
Published: September 2021

This article examines the now largely forgotten, but then important, “Chicken and Egg War” of 1970–71. The chicken and egg war began when the Quebec government established the Fédération des producteurs d’œufs de consommation du Québec (FPOCQ) in 1970, a marketing board that began to restrict the price, grading, and sale of all eggs in Quebec, including egg imports from other provinces. The new board disrupted egg sales in Manitoba and Ontario, and it was not long before a series of legislative retaliations among the provinces took place, including strict import controls on broiler chickens and eggs and the seizure of out-of-province produce. Although predominantly contained to the neighbouring provinces of Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, this event was significant because it resulted in appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada, claims made concerning the rights of provinces vis-à-vis the federal government, and the restriction of agricultural goods, in this case, poultry and eggs, across provincial boundaries. This episode also had serious political ramifications, including fractured relationships among farmers, consumers, other industry stakeholders, and politicians and heightened tensions surrounding the legality and authority of provincial agricultural marketing boards. Ultimately, this “war” provided a significant impetus for the federal government to establish a national system of supply management in the egg and poultry sectors, a system that remains today.
Writing in Their Time: A Queer and Feminist Analysis of Vancouver’s 1979 Writing in Our Time Series
Authors: Aubin Mathieu
Published: September 2021

The 1979 Writing in Our Time series became Vancouver’s most attended reading series, bringing light to the viability and international status of the city’s literary scene. While it has largely been remembered as a celebration of Vancouver’s literary culture, more marginalized voices of Vancouver’s literary communities have highlighted the series’ implications for gay male and female writers in the city. This article considers whose time was actually represented by the Writing in Our Time series. I suggest that while it gave gay men the opportunity to be onstage and speak about their concerns, including the homophobic attacks against bill bissett in the House of Commons that prompted the series, Writing in Our Time provided women limited opportunities to publicly share their work while relying upon their invisible labour to succeed. Through the production of a new socio-cultural history of the series, including an analysis of printed publications, oral histories, and audiovisual documentation of the events, this article demonstrates that Writing in Our Time was catalyzed by attacks on a gay writer, relied on women’s invisible labour, showcased the androcentric relations of Vancouver’s literary scene, and sparked resistance from feminists to women’s peripheral position in the series. I argue that, due to their proximity to or distance from heterosexual white males in power within the scene, the series simultaneously supported gay writers in Vancouver’s literary scene and further marginalized women by reinforcing sexist social hierarchies. The effects of these androcentric relations led to greater dialogue about issues affecting gay men within the series and by women about sexism within and outside of the series at that time.
Reading (Re)conciliation in White Settler and Chinese Canadian Narratives: From Liberal toward Transformative Approaches
Authors: Fachinger Petra
Published: September 2021

This article explores how four settler narratives situate themselves differently within the reconciliation discourse in response to the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. In my reading of Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s The Spawning Grounds (2016) and Jennifer Manuel’s The Heaviness of Things That Float (2016) alongside Doretta Lau’s “How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?” (2014) and Amy Fung’s Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being (2019), I show how these narratives express different degrees of critical reflection on the settler colonial state and differ in their acknowledgement of Indigenous resurgence. I adopt David B. MacDonald’s distinction between “liberal reconciliation,” which is based on a “shared vison of a harmonious future,” and “transformative reconciliation,” which “is about fundamentally problematizing the settler state as a colonial creation, a vector of cultural genocide, and one that continues inexorably to suppress Indigenous collective aspirations for self-determination and sovereignty” as a critical framework.
THE ROLE OF DIGITAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN ARMENIA
Authors:   Ph.D. in economics, Scientific researcher, assistant, M. Kotanyan Institute of Economics of the NAS RA, Armenian National Agrarian University, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, Voskanyan Gohar
Published: September 2021

The purpose of the article is to present the essence and significance of the digital economy, to analyze the work done in the field of digital economy in the Republic of Armenia, to present clear proposals for the development of the digital economy in the Republic of Armenia. In order to achieve the set goal, the article presented the researches of Armenian and foreign authors on digital economy, the positive-negative sides of digital economy, the work carried out in the field of digital economy, as well as a number of problems hindering the development of digital economy in Armenia. As a result of the studies and analyzes, clear recommendations were presented, the application of which will contribute to the development of the digital economy in the Republic of Armenia.
ІНФОРМАЦІЙНА КУЛЬТУРА В КОНТЕКСТІ РОЗВИТКУ СУЧАСНОГО МЕДІАПРОСТОРУ ТА МЕРЕЖЕВИХ КОМУНІКАЦІЙ
Authors: Ісайкіна Олена
Published: September 2021

Публікація присвячена дослідженню інформаційної культури в контексті розвитку сучасного медіапростору та мережевих комунікацій. В умовах інтенсивних інформаційних обмінів медіапростір перетворився на важливу складову функціонування та розвитку сучасного суспільства, оскільки він через всю сукупність каналів формування, передачі та зберігання інформації трансформує людську свідомість. Сучасне комунікаційне суспільство характеризується постійним примноженням, прискоренням, ущільненням і глобалізацією комунікацій, кількість яких невпинно зростає, змінюється, все більше людей залучається до комунікаційного процесу, взаємозв’язки між окремими комунікаціями стають все ширшими. Розвиток соціальних мереж активно модифікує комунікацію, окреслюючи нові форми контакту виробників контенту зі споживачами, суб’єктами мережевої комунікації дедалі більше стають самі користувачі.
У статті проаналізовано статистичні показники кількості інтернет-користувачів та користувачів соціальних мереж у світі та Україні. Доведено, що за останні роки ( у тому числі й через обмеження спричинені пандемією COVID-19) стрімкий розвиток соціальних мереж, як засобу інформаційного обміну, набув таких масштабів, що його можна вважати новим етапом у формуванні внутрішньосуспільної системи мережевих комунікацій. Саме тому виникає потреба значного підвищення загальної культури, як окремої особистості, так і соціальних груп в цілому, а головне її інформаційної складової – інформаційної культури.
Зроблено висновки, що культура інформаційного суспільства володіє цілим рядом особливостей – мережевим принципом функціонування і поширення, віртуальним характером, короткочасною, спонтанною формою подачі інформації. У межах даної культури об’єктивно змінюється значення і роль особистості. Тому не слід забувати про можливість негативного впливу нових інформаційних тенденцій на вже існуючі культурні та моральні цінності, а також на людство в цілому. Розширюючи можливості доступу до інформації, необхідно враховувати, що сама по собі інформація не має корисності як такої, корисності вона набуває тільки при її логічному осмисленні та перетворенні у плідне знання.
New taxa of gall midges from the Russian Far East (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
Authors: Fedotova Z.A. , Sidorenko V.S.
Published: September 2021

Twelve new species and seven new genera of gall midges from Primorsk Territory are described: Dentifibula hastata sp. n., Aculeatodiplosis fasciata gen. et sp. n., Tuguridiplosis phaseoliformis gen. et sp. n., T. abdita sp. n., T. cordata sp. n., Stenohypodiplosis sejuncta gen. et sp. n., Samaradiplosis devexa gen. et sp. n., Montosidiplosis crenata gen. et sp. n., Dissimilidiplosis strumosa gen. et sp. n., Tonsidiplosis incurva gen. et sp. n., T. rostriformis sp. n., and T. tuberculata sp. n. Trisopsis tjanshanica (Marikovskij, 1960) is transferred to the genus Tonsidiplosis, comb. n.
New data on Hydrellia from NW Russia (Diptera: Ephydridae)
Authors: Przhiboro A.A.
Published: September 2021

Two uncommon species, Hydrellia tarsata Haliday and H. flaviceps Meigen, are recorded for the first time from Russia and from its north-western part, respectively. Larval habitats, host plants (Stratiotes aloides L.) and braconid parasitoids of both the species are indicated for the first time. H. tarsata is shown to develop abundantly within the lake littoral zone. The braconid Chaenusa opaca Stelfox is recorded from Russia for the first time.
Tożsamość i wspólnotowość Polaków jako istotne elementy bezpieczeństwa narodowego w świetle analizy treści komunikatów medialnych – wyniki badań
Authors: Drapikowska Barbara
Published: September 2021

Celem artykułu było określenie sposobu przedstawiania zagadnień tożsamości i wspólnotowości, w wybranych popularnych serialach telewizyjnych takich, jak „Ranczo”, „Ojciec Mateusz”, „Na dobre i na złe”. Kwestie tożsamości i wspólnotowości stanowią ważne elementy bezpieczeństwa narodowego w wymiarze społecznym. Dotyczy to zwłaszcza współczesnych uwarunkowań, w których różnice pomiędzy narodami zacierają się w wyniku globalizacji. Obszar kultury i społeczeństwa nie jest obcy tym zmianom, a są one możliwe dzięki rozpowszechnieniu się środków masowego przekazu. Ich rozwój umożliwił lokowanie wzorców społecznych i prezentowanie ich w różnych zakątkach świata. Seriale są jednym z produkcji, które współczesne stacje telewizyjne mają do zaoferowania widzom. Ich popularność zależy od przekonania odbiorców o realności prezentowanych treści oraz utożsamiania się z bohaterami. Kwestia przedstawiania ważnych zagadnień społecznych może kreować zarówno postawy, jak i zachowanie osób, dla których telewizja jest podstawowym medium informacyjnym.
Dziennikarstwo immersji w perspektywie zwrotu afektywnego
Authors: Żyrek-Horodyska Edyta
Published: September 2021

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest omówienie głównych założeń dziennikarstwa immersji, rozwijającego się obecnie w środowisku cyfrowym. Autorka skupia się na pokazaniu ewolucji tego pojęcia, jak również na scharakteryzowaniu jego najważniejszych cech. Zagadnienia te zostają zaprezentowane w kontekście teorii zwrotu afektywnego, który w sposób widoczny oddziałuje na współczesną mediasferę, inicjując powstawanie wielomedialnych, immersyjnych projektów dziennikarskich. Szkic przynosi krytyczne omówienie kilku z nich (The Displaced, The Daily 360, Hunger in L.A.).
Iluzoryczny dotyk i pozorna głębia. Haptyczność i immersja w filmie 3D
Authors: Zwolan Marcin
Published: September 2021

W niniejszym artykule złudzenie haptyczności i immersji zostaje rozpoznane jako symptomatyczne dla kina 3D. Przedmiot badań stanowią zaś rozważania nad trwałością tej iluzji. Artykuł składa się z trzech części. Pierwsza obejmuje zagadnienia teoretyczne tłumaczące taktylność i immersję w obrazie 3D za pośrednictwem koncepcji hiperhaptyczności Miriam Ross oraz hipotezy trzech rodzajów realizmu w odbiorze obrazu stereoskopowego autorstwa Yonga Liu. W drugiej części wspomniane zjawiskazostają uwzględnione w analizie czterech nietuzinkowych filmów 3D: Grawitacji Alfonso Cuaróna, Love Gaspara Noé, Harakiri: śmierci samuraja Takashiego Miike oraz Jaskini zapomnianych snów Wernera Herzoga. Trzecia część jest poświęcona filmowi. Długa podróż dnia ku nocy w reżyserii Bi Gana, który posłuży jako przykład trwałego wykorzystania immersyjnej natury obrazu 3D oraz pomoże w sformułowaniu konkluzji na temat potencjału przyszłych zastosowań tej technologii w kinie artystycznym.
TikTok w kontekście wspólnoty - relacje i reakcje użytkowników aplikacji w czasie pandemii
Authors: Sawicka Urszula Teresa
Published: September 2021

Artykuł stanowi próbę wyjaśnienia globalnej popularności aplikacji TikTok, którą zdobyła w bardzo krótkim czasie. Tekst prezentuje również analizę wybranych nagrań dotyczących problematyki koronawirusa, które pojawiły się i zyskały zainteresowanie użytkowników w czasie pandemii. Intencją prowadzonych badań było sprawdzenie, w jaki sposób członkowie TikToka reagują na zagrożenie zdrowia i życia związane z chorobą COVID-19 oraz jak odnajdują się w nowej sytuacji społecznej, która wytworzyła się w obliczu trwającego stanu epidemicznego. Analizy zmierzały zatem również do określenia roli, jaką omawiana aplikacja pełni w czasie pandemii. W tekście zostało poruszone także zagadnienie wspólnoty. W tym kontekście rozważania zmierzały do odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy w obliczu globalnego zagrożenia COVID-19 możemy mówić o wytwarzaniu się na TikToku wspólnoty bądź wspólnot skupionych wokół tematu koronawirusa.
Editor’s Introduction
Authors: Kowalsky Sharon A
Published: September 2021

When Peter Hallama approached the Aspasia editorial board about publishing the proceedings of a conference he was organizing on Socialist Masculinities, we jumped at the opportunity. It seemed that Aspasia, as a journal of women’s and gender history, would be the perfect venue to showcase the innovative and important historical scholarship being conducted on masculinities in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Although the COVID-19 pandemic delayed his plans and necessitated holding a virtual conference, the results that make up the contents of this volume do not disappoint. As Hallama mentions in his Introduction to the Special Forum articles, and as Marko Dumančić highlights in his concluding Comments, the works included here reflect a deep engagement with the lived experiences of men, assessed through memoirs, diaries, photographs, newspapers, and internal party documents. These articles explore some of the many and shifting masculinities constructed throughout the region during the socialist period, showing that individuals and the state constantly engaged in their negotiation and renegotiation.
Behind Closed Doors?
Authors: Diac Cristina
Published: September 2021

This article explores the relationship between men, spousal violence, and politics in Romania in the 1950s and aims to analyze how the Romanian Communist Party (RCP), as an institution, dealt with spousal violence perpetrated by its officials. The RCP was a significant player within state socialist regime. Thus, the way the Party managed the discussed cases of spousal violence gives an idea about how gender relations functioned in reality, beyond the official discourse and the letter of the law. This article argues that spousal violence was the result of inequality within the family and a manifestation of patriarchy and male dominance. This analysis draws on files from the archive of the Committee of Party Control of the Central Committee of the RCP, which contains cases of Party members with a history of spousal violence.
Cosmonaut Gossip
Authors: Fraser Erica L. , Tonkykh Kateryna
Published: September 2021

The diaries of Nikolai P. Kamanin, a well-placed official in the early Soviet space program in charge of cosmonaut selection and chaperoning, have been an important source for historians since their publication in the 1990s. This article reevaluates the diary entries from 1961 to 1965, using the framework of gossip. The diaries’ salacious tales of infidelity, drinking, and other violations of communist morality provide cultural historians with as much insightful material as the parallel technological entries have done for historians of science and space engineering. The cosmonaut gossip that Kamanin records comprised a mix of knowledge production and moralizing that built and reinforced his self-fashioning among the Soviet elite. Furthermore, reading the diaries (a private text) through the lens of gossip (a public act) helps us see how socialist masculinity was forged in part through the specific hybridized private-public performances required of elite men.
Comment: Socialism’s Mal(e)contents
Authors: Dumančić Marko
Published: September 2021

This article reflects on how the authors in this Special Forum collectively advance the work in the subfield of critical masculinity studies. The several significant themes emerging in this collection of articles include: persistent state intervention in gender relations, the impact of longstanding patriarchal norms, the rapidly changing postwar gender equilibrium, and the continuing significance of war and martial masculinity. Furthermore, the Special Forum illuminates the importance of micro-histories and ego-documents to the study of masculinities in Central and East Europe. Finally, by framing agency as a relational process affected by a variety of constraints, these authors’ work marks a productive forward movement for the future study of critical masculinity studies more generally.
The Legal Construction of the Notion of Anti-White Racism in France
Authors: Möschel Mathias
Published: September 2021

This article focuses on the legal construction of the notion of anti-White racism in France. By analyzing cases litigated under criminal law, it describes how a right-wing NGO has been promoting this notion via a litigation strategy since the late 1980s, initially with only limited success. Public debates in mainstream media in the 2000s and intervention by more traditional antiracist NGOs in courts have since contributed to a creeping acceptance of anti-White racism both within courtrooms and in broader public discourse. This increased recognition of anti-White racism is highly problematic from a critical race and critical Whiteness perspective.
Business Cooperation between ASEAN And SCO: The Institutional Dimension
Authors:   HSE University, Russia, Moscow, Kanaev Evgeny А. , Vaseneva Ekaterina А. ,   HSE University, Russia, Moscow
Published: September 2021

The paper assesses prospects for strengthening contacts between Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) under the auspices of their respective institutions of business cooperation. The specificity of dialogue between ASEAN and SCO is revealed, possibilities and limitations of fostering business ties within the frameworks of ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) and SCO Business Council (SCO BC) are analysed, the most likely scenario under which this cooperation can be energized is specified. According to the authors' position, this intensification of contacts is possible only in case ASEAN BAC and SCO BC are synergized with China's mega-strategy the Belt and Road Initiative. Under other scenarios, including the “business-as-usual” format of cooperation between ASEAN and SCO business communities in the framework of ASEAN BAC and SCO BC, progress is unlikely.
On the Chinese Origins of the Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University, Russia, Moskalev Petr E.
Published: September 2021

The article is dedicated the certain aspects of the biography of Thaksin Shinawatra – a former Prime-Minister of Thailand (2001–2006) and one of the wealthiest businessmen in the history of Thailand are described. The history of his family is told from the moment of the arrival of his great-grandfather from China to Thailand, up to the moment when Thaksin was forced to step down from office as a result of the coup d’etat in 2006.