bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Разработка системы продвижения услуг на международном страховом рынке как стратегия прироста портфеля страховой организации
Authors: Педь Т.И. , Смирнова Е.А.
Published: January 2025

Актуальность темы обусловлена тем, что для того что бы компания могла держаться на рынке и быть конкурентоспособной ей необходимо постоянно обновлять свой ассортимент и улучшать программы страхования, что бы охватить все больше клиентских групп и учитывать все интересы и риски. Но стоит заметить, что только лишь создать программу либо услуг мало, нужно еще ее эффективно продвигать. Для этого в ногу со временем должны развиваться технологии продаж этих услуг. Нынешним компаниям просто необходимо для отдельных групп потребителей разрабатывать новую, собственную технологию продвижения услуги или товара, что будет направлена конкретно на потенциальных потребителей.

The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that in order for the company to stay on the market and be competitive, it needs to constantly update its assortment and improve insurance programs to cover more and more client groups and take into account all interests and risks. But it is worth noting that just creating a program or few services, you still need to effectively promote it. To do this, sales technology for these services must be developed in step with the times. Todays companies simply need for individual consumer groups to develop a new, proprietary technology for promoting a service or product, which will be aimed specifically at potential consumers.
Анализ малого бизнеса в Исилькульском муниципальном районе Омской области
Authors: Дмитренко Е.А. , Грицько В.В.
Published: January 2025

Малый бизнес является важной частью национальной экономики. Как правило, его деятельность локализована на муниципальном и региональном уровнях организации социально-экономического пространства. Предприятия малого бизнеса имеют большое значение для устойчивого развития сельских территорий, поэтому важно анализировать их состояние на территории того или иного муниципального образования. В статье представлен анализ структуры малого бизнеса в Омской области и его состояние в Исилькульском муниципальном районе Омской области в период с 2014 по 2018 годы.

Small businesses are an important part of the national economy. As a rule, its activities are localized at the municipal and regional levels of the organization of social and economic space. Small businesses are important for the sustainable development of rural areas, so it is important to analyze their condition on the territory of a municipality. The article presents an analysis of the structure of small business in the Omsk region and its state in the Isilkul municipal district of the Omsk region in the period from 2014 to 2018.
Учет материальных затрат и эффективность их использования
Authors: Лопаткина О.А. , Никулина С.Н. , Шевелев В.И.
Published: January 2025

В статье на примере конкретной организации рассматривается необходимость использования нормативного метода учета затрат с целью снижения материальных расходов.

The article uses the example of a specific organization to consider the need to use a standard method of cost accounting in order to reduce material costs.
Проблемы управления дебиторской задолженности на предприятии
Authors: Савостьянова Е.Н.
Published: January 2025

В данной статье рассмотрены основные проблемы управления дебиторской задолженности на предприятии, а так же мероприятия по ее улучшению. Управление дебиторской задолженностью представляет собой достаточно сложную сферу управления оборотными активами, так как должна решать различные задачи по увеличению продаж и по снижению рисков неоплаты дебиторов.

This article discusses the main problems of managing accounts receivable at the enterprise, as well as measures to improve it. Accounts receivable management is a fairly complex area of current asset management, as it must solve various tasks to increase sales and reduce the risks of non-payment of debtors.
Инновационный потенциал менеджмента и предпринимательства
Authors: Евдохина О.С. , Бекетова А.С.
Published: January 2025

Статья посвящена изучению взаимосвязи двух понятий: инновационного потенциала менеджмента и предпринимательства. Современный менеджмент должен быть менеджментом инновационного типа, т.е. обладать определенным инновационным потенциалом. Приведены примеры реализации государственной политики по внедрению высокоэффективных инновационных технологий на предприятиях Костанайской области РК.

The article is devoted to the study of the relationship between two concepts: the innovative potential of management and entrepreneurship. Modern management should be an innovative type of management, i.e. have a certain innovative potential. Examples of the implementation of state policy on the introduction of highly effective innovative technologies at enterprises of the Kostanay region of the Republic of Kazakhstan are given.
Проблема «безбилетника» и пути ее разрешения
Authors: Туаева Д.А. , Тегетаева О.Р.
Published: January 2025

Статья посвящена исследованию проблемы безбилетника . Эта проблема чаще всего обсуждается с позиций уклонения отдельных индивидов от платежей в финансировании производства общественных благ, что снижает возможности их оптимального производства. В статье приведен анализ взглядов исследователей и рассмотрены различные подходы к изучению проблемы безбилетника. Основное содержание исследования составляет анализ трех концепций решения данной проблемы, таких как модель Линдаля, налог Кларка и концепция селективных стимулов.
Факторинг как форма финансирования коммерческой деятельности
Authors: Алиев О.М. , Ибрагимова Д.М.
Published: January 2025

Рассмотрена сущность, понятие и цель факторинговых операций. Показаны преимущества перед обычным кредитом. Рассмотрены особенности разных факторинговых операций: внутренний и международный факторинг, открытый и закрытый, без права регресса и с правом регресса, с полным сервисом и закупочный.

The essence, concept and purpose of factoring operations are considered. Showing the advantages over a regular loan. The features of different factoring operations are considered: domestic and international factoring, open and closed, without recourse and recourse, with full service and purchasing.
Pengembangan Sistem Deteksi Kerumunan Fasilitas Pelayanan Publik dengan Crowd Counting
Authors: P Prihandoko , Yuhandri Muhammad Habib , Pratama Abdul Hanif
Published: January 2025

Improvement of system management in public services needs special attention in an era of increasing population growth. Crowd Counting is proposed to ensure that the detection system for crowd objects in public facilities can run optimally. This study aims to develop Crowd Counting in a crowd object detection system in public facilities. This development is carried out to improve the performance of the You Only Look Once (YOLO) algorithm based on the Streamlit Framework. The performance of the YOLO algorithm can provide maximum results by combining the streamlit framework based on the image of the captured object at the train station. The test results of the development of Crowd Counting presented provide output with an mAP value of 90%, Recall 95%, and Precision 93.6%. Blackbox testing has also shown that the performance of Crowd Counting has provided quite significant detection accuracy. This research can contribute to the renewal of the detection system and be used as a form of solution in handling crowd problems in public facilities
An Unrealistic ‘Mission Impossible’? Surveying Principals’ Interpretations and Local Solutions for L2-mediated EFL in Finnish Adult Basic Education
Authors: Suomela Antti
Published: January 2025

Finnish Adult Basic Education (ABE) comprises primary and lower secondary education designed to improve adult immigrants’ participation. Completing the entire syllabus and graduating with a Finnish basic education certificate is helpful for many adult immigrants without prior basic education in finding work, continuing studies at the upper secondary level, and applying for Finnish citizenship. English has potential utility for integration in the Nordic countries, yet adult immigrants’ foreign language studies, and Finnish ABE, have been little studied. Recent government reports have indicated that ABE students seem to face exceptional challenges in their language studies, particularly their compulsory advanced syllabus English studies. The present survey study (n=35) targeting principals of ABE institutions examines institution-level foreign language education practices and principals’ views on language education. The findings indicate that ABE English education is rapid-paced, relies on a local teaching language that students have only learned for a few years, and may lack suitable instructional materials and tests. Most principals are not convinced that their students graduate with English skills sufficient for language needs in working life or upper secondary education. Varied local interpretations of national guidelines lead to inequity in language learning opportunities. The findings highlight the significance of aligning materials and local and national policies with student diversity and the evolving role of English in the Nordics.
Professional residency web system implementing artificial intelligence model
Authors: Diaz-Sarmiento Bibiana , Román-Hernández Esteban Daniel , Morales-Hernández Maricela , Salinas-Hernández Fabiola
Published: January 2025

Computer Systems Engineering students at the Tecnológico Nacional de México – Instituto
Tecnológico de Oaxaca take the Professional Residency subject in semesters nine or ten, which
has a value of 10 credits. A project related to their area of study must be developed in a company
in 4 to 6 months. To take it, it is necessary to attend different departments and carry out the
corresponding process. At the Outreach Projects office, students must submit their Professional
Residency preliminary project. A professor from the academy reviews this draft for
authorization. Once approved, an Internal Advisor is assigned. Thanks to the Recommendation
System based on Artificial Intelligence, a suggestion of teachers who could be assigned as
Internal Advisors is provided, thus facilitating the selection process and ensuring better alignment
between the project and the consultant's experience.
Le Journal des demoiselles et le théâtre de société dans les années 1830 : des textes formatifs et performatifs ?
Authors: Cooper Barbara T.
Published: January 2025

Cet article examine un petit échantillon de pièces publiées dans les années 1830 dans le Journal des demoiselles afin d’en dégager les caractéristiques esthétiques et pédagogiques. Formatifs et performatifs, à l’instar des modèles de couture, de tapisserie ou de broderie et des partitions de musique qui se trouvent dans les pages du Journal des demoiselles, ces courts textes dramatiques sont non seulement destinés à la lecture, mais sont également écrits pour servir de divertissement aux jeunes lectrices qui peuvent les monter dans le cadre des réunions de société. Ce qui est clair, c’est que les pièces parues dans le Journal constituent un des lieux où la jeune fille des années 1830 est étudiée et formée par les collaboratrices et collaborateurs du Journal des demoiselles.
Penerapan Teknologi Blockchain dalam Sistem Informasi Akuntansi Terhadap Privasi dan Keamanan Data Perusahaan
Authors: Hasya Luvita Diana , Setyawati Dyah Mieta , Isnaini Noer Anisa , Anggraini Tiara Ayu
Published: January 2025

Memasuki era digital yang semakin canggih, privasi dan keamanan telah menjadi isu yang sangat penting dan menantang. Teknologi blockchain telah muncul sebagai solusi menjanjikan untuk meningkatkan privasi dan keamanan data perusahaan. Teknologi blockchain adalah teknologi terdesentralisasi yang memungkinkan informasi disimpan dalam blok-blok yang terhubung dan diautentikasi oleh rantai kunci khusus, karena proses penyesuaian, pencatatan, dan pelaksanaan transaksi tidak dapat diubah atau dibatalkan. Ia menawarkan privasi dan keamanan tingkat tinggi karena datanya sulit untuk dimanipulasi, namun transparan karena pengguna dapat dengan mudah memverifikasi validitas data. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana penggunaan teknologi blockchain dalam meningkatkan privasi dan keamanan data perusahaan. Tinjauan literatur yang komprehensif digunakan sebagai metode penelitian ini, untuk mengumpulkan informasi tentang fitur utama teknologi blockchain yang terkait dengan privasi dan keamanan data perusahaan. Studi ini menunjukkan bahwa teknologi blockchain dapat menawarkan keuntungan yang signifikan dalam hal transparansi, keandalan, integritas data, dan kontrol kepemilikan data meskipun terdapat tantangan yang harus diatasi, seperti skalabilitas dan biaya operasional namun teknologi blockchain memberikan potensi besar untuk melindungi data dari pelanggaran data perusahan.
Faktor Yang Memengaruhi Minat Berkarir Sebagai Akuntan Publik pada Mahasiswa Progam Studi Akuntansi Universitas Gunadarma
Authors: Setiawan Andika Dimas , Nofiyanti Rina , Sari Diana
Published: January 2025

Perkembangan entitas bisnis memunculkan peluang dan tantangan terhadap pemenuhan akuntan publik yang berfungsi untuk pengungkapan kewajaran suatu laporan keuangan entitas, yang dapat digunakan oleh para pemangku kepentingan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis faktor yang diperkirakan memberikan pengaruh terhadap minat berkarir sebagai akuntan publik pada mahasiswa program studi akuntansi Universitas Gunadarma yang terdiri dari Motivasi Diri, Kecerdasan Intelektual, Penghargaan Finansial dan Pertimbangan Pasar Kerja. Populasi adalah mahasiswa program studi akuntansi tingkat 4 yang aktif pada tahun akademik 2022/2023 berjumlah 540 mahasiswa. Instrumen kuesioner digunakan dalam penelitian ini dan berhasil dikumpulkan sebanyak 155 responden. Metode pengambilan sampel pada penelitian ini adalah non probability sampling dengan teknik convinience sampling, penentuan jumlah sampel menggunakan rumus Slovin dan teknik analisis data menggunakan regresi linier berganda. Uji hipotesis dilakukan secara parsial dan simultan, sedangkan keeratan variabel bebas terhadap terikat menggunakan koefisien determinasi dengan alat olah data SPSS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan secara parsial Motivasi Diri berpengaruh terhadap Minat Berkarir, sedangkan Kecerdasan Intelektual, Penghargaan Finansial dan Pertimbangan Pasar Kerja tidak berpengaruh terhadap Minat Berkarir. Pada pengaruh simultan semua variabel bebas dinyatakan berpengaruh terhadap minat berkarir sebagai akuntan publik pada mahasiswa Universitas Gunadarma.
Supporting a Child’s Resilience in the Context of Collaborative Partnerships Between Parents and Teachers
Authors: Dybowska Ewa
Published: January 2025

Research Objectives and Problems: The aim of this article is to analyze the factors that support and strengthen a child’s resilience from the perspective of the synergistic cooperation between supportive adults—parents and teachers. The central research question is: How can family-school partnerships support and nurture a child’s resilience?
Research Methods: This paper employs a synthetic-analytical review of relevant literature. It also reviews selected findings from previous research.
Structure of the Article: The discussion begins with a definition of resilience and a characterization of a resilient child within the school environment. It emphasizes the importance of partnerships between parents and teacher, which is expressed, among other things, through their shared commitment to strengthening the child’s resilience.
Research Findings and Their Impact on Educational Sciences: Resilience is a process that helps children to thrive in a rapidly changing world. Partnerships between the child’s significant adults—mainly parents and teachers—enhance the effectiveness in fostering resilience. A child’s resilience builds up when the adults who spend the most time with them work synergistically, rather than acting independently. The analyses presented are founded on education and family sciences. They take into account research from various cultural contexts; hence, the conclusions and findings have international relevance.
Conclusions and Recommendations: Promoting and supporting resilience is one of the key challenges of today’s educational process. Resilience enables children facing difficult situations or the pressures of disadvantage to achieve healthy development, well-being, success, and ambitious life goals. Caring, attentive and supportive adults—whether parents or teachers—must be sensitive and vigilant to prevent difficult experiences from becoming chronic, as this could undermine the process of building resilience and deplete the resources needed to maintain it. Adults in the child’s life should be responsive, observant, and, most importantly, actively present to provide consistent support and guidance.
E-COMMERCE DAN WTO: VISUALISASI BIBLIOMETRIK ATAS TREN DAN POLA PENELITIAN GLOBAL
Authors: Santiago Dicky , Kartikasari Cynthia Yohanna , Prarono Aluisius Hery
Published: January 2025

E-commerce telah menjadi bagian penting dari perdagangan internasional yang berkembang dengan pesat, sehingga diperlukan regulasi untuk mengelola tantangan dan peluang yang timbul. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi literature tentang peran serta World Trade Organization (WTO) menciptakan kerangka kerja yang mengatur perdagangan elektronik atau e-commerce di pasar global.  Artikel ini mengadopsi pendekatan bibliometric untuk memahami pola dan tren dalam literatur dalam tata kelola perdagangan global dengan mengevaluasi dampak akademis dari penelitian dan publikasi. Studi ini memanfaatkan aplikasi Harzing PoP, untuk pengumpulan data dari Google Scholar untuk mencari publikasi ilmiah yang relevan. Selanjutnya, studi ini menggunakan VOS Viewer untuk memvisualisasikan jaringan artikel. Dari 978 artikel yang diakses menggunakan Harzing PoP, cluster yang dihasilkan dari aplikasi VOS Viewer ada 7 (tujuh), yaitu (1) organization, WTO member, (2) regulation framework, (3) digital trade, (4) international commerce, (5) digital divide, (6) strategy, (7) trade rule negotiation. Studi ini berkontribusi pada perkembagan teori perdagangan internasional, khususnya e-commerce. PoP membantu melakukan analisis peringkat (ranking analysis) berdasarkan topik yang dipilih.
 
Kata kunci : e-commerce, regulation, global economy, WTO.
COASTAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN EFFORTS TO CONSERVE LAKE TONDANO
Authors: Towolioe David , Pioh Novie R. , Areros William A.
Published: January 2025

Abstract This study aims to analyze and describe Coastal Community Participation in Lake Tondano Preservation Efforts. This research uses a qualitative approach through observation, interviews, document research, primary and secondary data sources, and uses data analysis techniques. The focus of this research utilizes 5 indicators of community participation according to Huraerah. The Minahasa Regency Government seeks to involve local communities through socialization and training in order to achieve effective results in order to preserve Lake Tondano. However, the lack of coordination between the community, village government, and related authorities is still an obstacle. The community also still carries out activities that can unwittingly affect the state and environment around the lake. Although the community has a very good contribution, there needs to be more active awareness in the preservation of Lake Tondano. Minahasa Regency government can facilitate and actively involve the surrounding community in preserving Lake Tondano and also for the local community to be more sensitive to the state of the surrounding environment and more actively participate in contributing to the preservation of Lake Tondano.
Differentiation of regional development and economic security threats
Authors: Li Mengda
Published: January 2025

Aim. The work aimed to develop an approach for assessing the significance of regional differentiation in ensuring the economic security of the Russian Federation (RF).

Objectives. The work analyzes the evolution of theoretical ideas on economic security, explores approaches for assessing the impact of regional differentiation on sustainable economic development and their legal consolidation, and structures the risks of economic security caused by the increase in regional differentiation.

Methods. The study employed comparative and historical analysis, monographic and legal research methods, and structural and graphical modeling.

Results. The article proves that high regional differentiation is a critical factor affecting eco[1]nomic security both for individual regions and the country as a whole. While differentiation is historically present in all states, its manifestations vary. In Russia (earlier, in the USSR), regional differentiation has traditionally been pronounced, which is due to the significant number of regions that constitute the country, as well as the diversity of their inherent economic conditions. Recent economic instability, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-Russian sanctions, has intensified threats to economic security linked to regional differentiation.

Conclusions. Socioeconomic regional differentiation significantly exacerbates economic imbalances. Reducing this differentiation would enhance economic security, improve living standards, foster social harmony, and mitigate potential conflicts associated with the uneven distribution of goods and resources. This requires interdepartmental cooperation at the federal, regional, and municipal levels, as well as active involvement of public organizations and businesses in regulatory efforts in the subject area.
Health Information Media for Outpatient Services at Puskesmas OPI Palembang Based on a Website
Authors: Salsabilah Engga , Megawaty  , Fatoni  , Amalia Rahayu
Published: January 2025

The advancement of information technology has significantly influenced various aspects of life, especially in the delivery of healthcare services. Websites now play a pivotal role in providing healthcare services and information to patients, acting as a vital medium of communication. Puskesmas OPI Palembang is a healthcare institution serving the community, consisting of several departments (polyclinics), including the Maternal and Child Health Room, the Elderly Room, Special Room 1 for Respiratory Diseases, Special Room 2, General Examination Room, Dental and Oral Room, Laboratory Room, Pediatric Room, and Immunization Room. At Puskesmas OPI Palembang, a blog is currently the primary medium for disseminating health service information, alongside brochures, e-flyers, and promotional materials distributed to the local community through free health education initiatives. For outpatient health services, patient registration is still managed using paper-based records. To improve services, a website has been developed to serve as an effective platform for patients to access information about the health center, doctor schedules, polyclinics, and outpatient services, including patient registration. The website provides essential details such as the health center's location, contact information, and doctor schedules, including names, working hours, and practice days. Patients can register online by completing personal information, complaints, preferred polyclinic, and doctor details. The website was developed following the Planning, Design, Coding, and Testing phases of the Extreme Programming methodology.
The Quality of Life in Heart Failure Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) Patients: A Phenomenon of Obesity Paradox
Authors: Rachmawan Yogi Puji , Pratiwi Witri , Helda Helda
Published: January 2025

Background: Obesity place patients at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). There may be an inverse relationship between obesity and CVD prognosis-a phenomenon known as the “obesity paradox”. Obese HF patients might have a better prognosis, especially in terms of quality of life (QoL).
Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the QoL of HF patients based on obesity classification.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the HF clinic of Hasna Medika Cardiovascular Hospital, Cirebon, Indonesia. Samples were HFrEF patients who had received medication at the HF clinic for at least 6 months and the patient must have received optimal guidelines directed medical therapy (GDMT) with at least 3 pillar drugs according to Indonesian heart failure guidelines. Inclusion criteria were HF patients with ejection fraction <40% on echocardiographic examination. Exclusion criteria were HF patients with motor impairments, such as post-stroke, severe osteoarthritis, paralysis, and patients who did not receive optimal GDMT.
Results: A total of 40.3% sample were obese, 9.7% were underweight and 67.5% had central obesity. Coronary artery disease (89.6%), smoking (67.5%) and hypertension (49.4%) were the most common comorbidities and risk factors found. About 12.3% of sample experienced rehospitalization 3 times a year. Based on Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)-12, about 3.2% of the sample had poor QoL, 55.8% had good QoL and 9.7% had excellent QoL. HFrEF patients with excellent QoL had a proportion of 66.7% obese and 20% overweight. While there were no obese patients in HFrEF patients with poor QoL. The proportion of HFrEF patients with excellent QoL who had central obesity was 80%. Meanwhile, 65.1% of HFrEF patients with good QoL were obese.
Conclusion: Obese HF patients have better QoL outcomes. This phenomenon is called obesity paradox. A good quality of life in HF patients is an important goal of HF management in addition to reducing mortality.
 
Received: 02 December 2024 | Reviewed: 17 December 2024 |
Revised: 24 December 2024 | Accepted: 10 January 2025.
Factors Related to Personal Hygiene of Traditional Jamu Handler in Bantul District, Indonesia
Authors: Suryani Dyah , Indriani Atika Rahma , Suyitno Suyitno
Published: January 2025

Background: Foodborne disease is the contamination of pathogenic bacteria that multiply in drinks. Traditional jamu handlers, people who process conventional jamu, need to implement and understand the importance of personal hygiene to avoid bacterial contamination.
Aims: This study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitude, sanitation facilities and infrastructure, participation in counseling, and level of education with personal hygiene in traditional jamu handlers in Kiringan Village, Bantul District, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia.
Methods: This study used a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design, involving 73 traditional jamu handlers who were selected by simple random sampling from a population of 90 handlers. The dependent variable was the personal hygiene of jamu handlers, measured using an observation checklist and categorized as "appropriate" or "not appropriate" based on an average score of 7.12. Independent variables included knowledge, attitudes, sanitation facilities and infrastructure, participation in counseling, and education level, which were assessed using questionnaires and observation sheets. Statistical analysis included identification of respondent characteristics to describe the sample and bivariate analysis to evaluate the relationship between independent and dependent variables.
Results: The finding of this study showed that the level of knowledge, attitude, availability of sanitation facilities, participation in food safety counseling, and education level had a significant relationship with personal hygiene practices in traditional jamu handlers. Higher education levels had the most significant impact on improving good hygiene practices.
Conclusion: Personal hygiene of handlers was influenced by knowledge, attitudes, sanitation facilities and infrastructure, participation in food safety counseling, and level of education. It is suggested to increase awareness and implementation of personal hygiene when processing traditional jamu and routinely attend food safety counseling to increase knowledge.
Received: 24 December 2024 | Reviewed: 28 December 2024 |
Revised: 13 January 2025 | Accepted: 23 January 2025.
The Primacy of the Performative. Positioning of the Benjamin Translations in the Romanian Translation Culture
Authors:   West University of Timisoara, Kohn Gabriel
Published: January 2025

Reading a translation is not a single text-related experience or event. Behind every translation, there is an entire historically developed ecosystem of many other translations. This paper focuses on the translational ecosystem of the Romanian translations of the works of Walter Benjamin. This includes 15 translations, 13 translators, 10 publishers and 1 author: Benjamin. These figures articulate a first, clearly heterogeneous, irregular, perhaps even slightly chaotic image of the Romanian translation corpus of Walter Benjamins’ works. At the same time, we argue, this corpus is to be regarded less as an archipelago of scattered texts than as a constellation of translations. This constellation may be lacking a central translation project but features, nevertheless, an internal coherence. Based on the internal logic of this text formation and the transfer practice behind it, the analysis attempts to outline its position within contemporary Romanian „Translationskultur“, as defined within the German theoretical tradition.
Between the Maelstrom and Freedom: Literary Perspectives of the Conflict in the Colombian Amazon
Authors:   West University of Timisoara, García Cadena Heidy Natalia
Published: January 2025

This article examines La vorágine by José Eustasio Rivera, Hijos de la nieve by José Libardo Porras, and Mi fuga hacia la libertad by Jhon Frank Pinchao from the perspective of the sociology of literature, highlighting the interplay between social, cultural, and political factors in Colombia's Amazon region. Through a contextualized analysis, the study explores how these narratives depict the consequences of natural resource exploitation, from the rubber industry to the impact of drug trafficking on Colombian society. The study delves into the literary representation of social and environmental conflicts, the portrayal of various social groups (indigenous communities, settlers, drug traffickers), and the perspectives offered on issues such as resource exploitation and drug trafficking. It also addresses the representation of forced displacement and territorial disputes in these works.
An instance of ante imprimatur censorship: self-censorship
Authors:   West University of Timisoara, Gheo Radu Pavel
Published: January 2025

The institution of censorship in the communist regime is still an insufficiently explored field of study. The present study proposes at first a simple, yet functional classification of the acts of censorship imposed at that time on printed texts in general, and on literary texts in particular; it is what I have called here “ante imprimatur censorshipˮ and “post imprimatur censorshipˮ. The first refers to the censorship of texts written during the communist period and subjected to censorship before reaching print. The second illustrates the more complex – and more common – status of texts published before 1948 and reissued during the communist period after being mutilated by censorship through cuts and omissions.
Subsequently, the study focuses on a particular case of ante imprimatur censorship: self-censorship, which is the preventive censorship of a literary text by its own author before submitting it for publication. Self-censorship is the most volatile and difficult type of censorship to analyze, especially due to the rarity of examples of self-censored texts. Nevertheless, there are a few volumes published during the communist period with so-called ˮdeliberate deletionsˮ made by the author, volumes that have been reprinted after 1989 by the same author in their complete, uncensored version, with the previously (self-)censored passages marked in the text. The present analysis of this specific type of censorship – self-censorship during the communist regime – is based on such a volume, an occasional journal written by Petre Stoica, published in 1988 and then reissued in 1998, in its uncensored version.
Memory and Ideology in the Prison Memoirs of Romanian Communism
Authors:   West University of Timisoara, Tucan Dumitru
Published: January 2025

This study explores the ideological and rhetorical differences between two types of memoirs written by individuals imprisoned under Romania’s communist regime. Most of these memoirs focus on documenting, from a personal standpoint, the shared experience of suffering in communist prisons, with an emphasis on exposing the injustices of the regime and preserving the dignity of those who endured repression. In contrast, memoirs by former members of the Legionary Movement are a unique case; they depict suffering through a spiritual and mystical lens, framing it as a form of martyrdom. These texts often recast the prison experience as a religious act, elevating it beyond mere physical suffering and aligning it with core tenets of Legionary ideology. This study contrasts these two memorial approaches, emphasizing the risk of ideological distortion in portraying historical trauma. While the first type of memoirs aims for reconciliation and understanding, the latter mythologizes suffering to reinforce extremist ideologies, thereby shaping contemporary political and cultural narratives in Romania.
Fluid Identities – Negotiated Identities. Language and Identity in Contemporary Bessarabian Prose
Authors:   Jagiellonian University Krakow, Pușcașu Ana-Maria
Published: January 2025

This study explores the complex relationship between language and identity in contemporary Bessarabian prose, starting from the hypothesis that in Moldova, more so than in other contexts, language and identity are particularly fluid and strongly negotiated within specific contexts. They are also significantly shaped by speakers’ perceptions and their interactions with audiences. The analysis focuses on three novels published after 2010 (Tatiana Țîbuleac's Grădina de sticlă, Sașa Zare's Dezrădăcinare, and Dumitru Crudu's Un american la Chișinău). Using a theoretical framework based on Le Page and Tabouret-Keller's concept of 'acts of identity,' which emphasizes the capacity of linguistic behavior to reflect both personal identity and the search for social roles, the study examines how these dynamics are portrayed in the novels. Additionally, the study identifies three defining aspects of the relationship between language and identity: the inferiority complex, the unpredictability of linguistic behavior, and the controversial nature of the language standard. These features reveal a fluid and problematic identity connected with the 'Moldovan language,' which at times is viewed in relation to Romanian identity and deemed inferior, while at other times, the Romanian-Moldovan distinction results in feelings of double alienation and imposture. Ultimately, the study highlights how language serves as a means of negotiating identity within a complex framework of competing linguistic and cultural norms.
Review of Lavinia Similaru, El universo femenino según Galdós, Beau Bassin, Editorial Académica Española, 2021, 151 p.
Authors:   Universitatea Transilvania Brașov, Borcan Virgil
Published: January 2025

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Review of Felix Nicolau, Știința minciunii responsabile. Tratat de embolii culturale, București, Editura Litera, 2024, 304 p.
Authors:   West University of Timisoara, Pungă Loredana
Published: January 2025

Review
Review of Emanuela Ilie (coordonator), Un dicționar al exilului feminin românesc. Autoare emblematice, volume reprezentative, București, Editura Eikon, 2024, 567 p.
Authors:   Universitatea din Oradea, Tomoioagă Anca
Published: January 2025

Review
Review of Duoda, Manual pentru fiul meu. Liber Manualis, traducere, introducere și note de Gabriela Radu, Timișoara, Editura Universității de Vest din Timișoara, 2023, 170 p.
Authors:   West University of Timisoara, Subi Maria
Published: January 2025

Review
Review of Silvestro Amelio, Conciones Latinae Muldavo, studii introductive, ediție de text și glosar de Gh. Chivu și Florentina Nicolae, București, Editura Academiei Române, 2023, 600 p.
Authors:   West University of Timisoara, Tara George-Bogdan
Published: January 2025

Review
Review of Anca Pârvulescu, Manuela Boatcă, Creolizarea modernului. Transilvania la răscrucea imperiilor, traducere din limba engleză de Ciprian Șiulea, revizuită de autoare, Sibiu, Editura Universității „Lucian Blaga”, 2024, 249 p.
Authors:   West University of Timisoara, Popescu Stelian
Published: January 2025

Review
Interview
Authors:   Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iași, Raiu Sergiu-Lucian , Vieru Roxana
Published: January 2025

Interview
2023 Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul Art Fair: The Chinese Art Collectors’ Collecting Motivations and Taste
Authors:   Korea Association Of Cultural Economics, Wang Yuxin , Kwon Cheeyun
Published: January 2025

The number of Chinese visitors to the Frieze Seoul art fair has been increasing in the past two years. The Chinese art collectors have shown great interest in the Korean art market and artists. This has led to the purchase of artworks, impacting on the Korean art market. Based on in-depth interviews, this study analyzes the collecting motivations and taste of 10 Chinese VIP art collectors (from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) who visited Seoul during the Seoul Art Week from September 6-9, 2023. The collected data were coded using the NVivo 14 and analyzed by Strauss and Corbin’s grounded theory research method. The analysis resulted in 112 concepts and 25 sub-categories, which derived into 12 categories. The core categories of the Chinese art collectors’ motivations in purchasing Korean art included 1) economic investment, 2) aesthetic taste, 3) social leisure, and 4) emotional connection characteristics. The significance of this study is to deeply understand the phenomenon of purchasing artworks by analyzing the collecting behavior and psychological factors of Chinese art collectors during the 2023 Frieze and Kiaf Seoul Art Fair.
Co-evolution of the Burra Charter and International Heritage Discourse
Authors:   Korea Association Of Cultural Economics, Lee Hyun Chung , Jung Sangchul
Published: January 2025

This study examines the background, content, and revisions of the Burra Charter from the perspective of its innovation and co-evolution with international heritage discourse. Through this analysis, the paper captures the influence of the Burra Charter on international heritage discourse, identifies the direction of their co-evolution, and explores the factors that enabled the Burra Charter to produce and sustain its innovative qualities, offering key insights for advancing heritage discourse in Korea.
Adopted in 1979, the Burra Charter was developed based on the Venice Charter to enhance Australia’s heritage practices. However, it demonstrated innovation by critically recognizing the limitations of the Venice Charter and introducing differentiated heritage concepts and conservation approaches. The 1999 revision actively embraced emerging heritage discourse shaped by the advancements in heritage studies during the 1980s and 1990s, renewing its innovative aspects and illustrating its co-evolution with international heritage discourse. In contrast, the 2013 revision failed to adequately reflect the broader social roles of heritage that had become significant within international discourse since the 2000s, leaving it in a state of stagnation. Nevertheless, the newly defined concept of “place” provided an integrated perspective on heritage, serving as a critical methodological framework for ongoing research aimed at developing this perspective further.
The findings indicate that the Burra Charter's innovation stemmed from its ability to consider the specificities of Australia's heritage context within an international framework, critically evaluate international heritage discourse, and simultaneously adopt it proactively.
Analyzing the Importance of Factors in Artwork Sales Channel Selection Using AHP Methodology : An Artist-Centric Perspective
Authors:   Korea Association Of Cultural Economics, Son Wonyoung , Han Sang Jin , Suh Byung Wan
Published: January 2025

This study analyzes the determinants and importance of art distribution channel selection from the perspective of artists as suppliers in the Korean art market. While previous studies have focused on consumers, the factors that influence artists' choice of sales channels have been overlooked, and it is difficult to draw general conclusions due to the individual circumstances of artists and the complex preferences of the market.
To address this gap in the literature, this study utilizes a comprehensive approach by surveying 16 art professionals and practicing artists with an average of more than 15 years of experience. These experts were consulted using two methods: the Delphi technique and the hierarchical analysis method (AHP). Through these methods, a total of 22 determinants were derived and synthesized from previous studies.
The study's primary findings indicated that aesthetic perfection of the artwork (0.1241), buyer's perception of artistic value (0.1123), and market reliability (0.0796) were significant factors in selecting an art sales channel from the perspective of the artist. Conversely, the convenience of the distribution process and the speed of sale were deemed relatively less important.
This study aims to address limitations of existing consumer-centered research and explore the balance between supply, intermediate, and demand in the art market. It focuses on the perspective of suppliers and employs analytic hierarchy process methodology in art market research, addressing the dominance of qualitative research in the field. The study offers insights into the artist's perspective and policy implications for fostering a robust art market. It also serves as a unconditional framework for future research on art sales channels from the perspective of suppliers.
Peasant agency, collective action, and institutions in early medieval societies: an approach from NW Iberia
Authors: Carvajal Castro Álvaro
Published: January 2025

This paper engages critically with the idea that the individual household is the basic unit of social production and reproduction in peasant societies. Building upon a relational approach to agency and a critical approach to institutions, it argues that in order to develop a comprehensive theoretical framework on peasant agency in early medieval societies, we must account for the attested forms of collective action and consider the institutions that may have served as an interface between individual and collective agency. To demonstrate the potential of such approach, the paper addresses the role of property and commons as institutions mediating access to natural resources and conditioning individual agency. For this, the paper focuses on the extant written sources from NW Iberia. Ultimately, the aim is to explore avenues for dialogue between different disciplinary and methodological approaches to peasant agency in early medieval societies.
Unveiling a hidden subject: peasant agency in the Douro river basin (5th- 7th centuries)
Authors: Cardoso Daflon Eduardo
Published: January 2025

The peasantry formed the most numerous group in the vast course of history in its dialectical diversity and specificity. However, the peasants’ importance was not matched by an equal research effort from historians. Something especially true during any pre-capitalist context in which the absolute relevance of this social class is shaded by the historiographical fascination about the ruling classes of yore. Hence, the present paper aims to contribute for understanding the protagonism of the “hidden subject” that was the early medieval Iberian peasantry between the 5th and 7th centuries. This class is frequently seem as static or – at most – passive. To frame a clearer picture of such an elusive social group this text presents a regional analysis with the articulation of written and archaeological sources in order to capture the peasant agency in the process of struggle with the aristocratic powers. The main hypothesis is that the process of aristocratic weakening in the Douro river basin during the 5th century ensured greater autonomy for this region peasants and that between the 6th and 7th centuries there is a new onslaught of a renewed aristocracy articulated with the State Visigoth. There was, without a doubt, a partially successful aristocratic advance, however, I would like to emphasize precisely the resistance imposed by the peasantry in a long-lasting effort to preserve their living conditions.
La práctica del caleado como marcador material de agencia campesina durante la revolución agraria de la Edad Moderna en el Cantábrico oriental
Authors: Narbarte Josu , Aisteran Mattin
Published: January 2025

Las transformaciones agrarias ocurridas durante la Edad Moderna (siglos XVI-XIX) en el Cantábrico oriental ofrecen un marco óptimo para analizar la agencia campesina a través de sus huellas materiales. Estos cambios, tradicionalmente explicados desde la narrativa de la 'revolución del maíz', supusieron una importante reorganización de los paisajes rurales de la región, dando lugar a los modelos de agricultura 'tradicional' que pervivieron hasta comienzos del siglo XX. Sin embargo, la complejidad de esos procesos, así como los agentes sociales que intervinieron en ellos y las relaciones que se establecieron entre los mismos, no han sido todavía estudiados en profundidad. Este trabajo propone una aproximación a distintos registros (documentales, orales, toponímicos, arqueológicos y geoarqueológicos) relacionados con el caleado como práctica de gestión agraria en este periodo, con el fin de analizar las relaciones sociales y ecológicas que subyacen a su desarrollo y expansión. Para ello, se toman en consideración varios casos de estudio en Gipuzkoa y Navarra, en los que se viene interviniendo en los últimos años desde una perspectiva de Arqueología Agraria. Estos registros muestran el importante nivel de penetración que alcanzó esta práctica como un componente fundamental de los regímenes agrarios que se establecieron tras la introducción del maíz. Además, se constata cómo este tipo de prácticas se llevaban a cabo de un modo relativamente informal y descentralizado, lo que explica su escasa visibilidad en las formas de acción social más institucionalizadas. Se observa, así, la importancia de aproximarse a las prácticas concretas y cotidianas del campesinado en su relación con la tierra y el trabajo, como única vía para descodificar la complejidad de procesos que convergen en la transformación histórica de los paisajes rurales preindustriales.
The “arenas of struggle” of peasant agency in early medieval times: a theoretical and archaeological approach
Authors: Tejerizo García Carlos
Published: January 2025

The main aim of this paper is to explore the possibilities and limits of the application of the concept of agency to tackle early medieval peasant-based societies. While this concept has achieved great success in archaeology since the 1980s onwards, it has rarely been applied for medieval contexts. However, recent historiographical developments and approaches within medieval archaeology invite to consider its applicability to expand our understanding of this social group. Through two case studies located in central Iberia considering the emergence and development of post-Roman peasant-based societies, I will argue that an archaeology of peasant agency during early medieval times is not only possible, but also necessary in order to overcome overoptimistic and biased approaches to these societies. Furthermore, it will be argued that this archaeology depends on the complex analysis of the relationship between agency and structure and the detection of those “arenas of struggle” through which the agency of different social groups are displayed.