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The role of the public sector and business tourist associations in the urban tourism development of the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Podovac Milena
Published: January 2021

In this paper, it was given an overview of the most important state authorities, organizations and associations in terms of their importance and role in the urban tourism development in the Republic of Serbia. The Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Telecommunications, the Tourist Organization of Serbia, tourist organizations at the local level and various business and other associations in the field of tourism play an important role in the development and promotion of the urban tourism offer of the Republic of Serbia. The paper presents the results of an empirical study of the attitudes of respondents employed in the tourism sector on the development of urban tourism in the Republic of Serbia.
Behavioral models of irrational decision-making in the financial market
Authors: Dogandžić Aleksandar , Dogandžić Sonja
Published: January 2021

The decision-making process within financial management requires continuous study and analysis. Classical theory is based on the decision-making process on the hypothesis of market efficiency on rational decision-making that brings effects that can be estimated by the law of probability. Rationality in the decision-making process is always classified as expected behavior. However, in practice, human behavior is not always rational and that is why it is the subject of continuous research. It means getting acquainted with human behavior, what they do, why they do something and what are the consequences of their work. In that sense, in relation to financial management and the decision-making process, a special discipline stands out, behavioral finance, which deals with the study of this process, irrationality in decision-making or the study of inadequate use of all relevant data that could affect rational decision-making.
By-products of the oil industry as sources of amino acids in feed
Authors: Tomičić Zorica , Spasevski Nedeljka , Popović Sanja , Banjac Vojislav , Đuragić Olivera , Tomičić Ružica
Published: January 2021

A global increase in the demand for livestock products suggests that there will be a consequent rise in demand for feed, not only of cereals but of other feeds and particularly proteins. In the present study, oil industry by-products such as soybean meal, soybean cake and sunflower meal were analysed as sources of amino acids in animal nutrition. From among oilseed byproducts, the soybean meal content the most of crude protein up to 44% and the best of amino acid composition, while content of crude cellulose (about 6%) is lower in comparison to other oilseed meals. The results showed that the total amino acids in the examined samples ranged from 31.87 to 41.01%, and the total essential and nonessential amino acids varied from 13.41 to 17.38% and from 18.46 to 23.76%, respectively. Generally, the protein contained in soybean meal and cake was rich in essential amino acids. However, because of the lowest amino acid score, methionine was considered as a limiting amino acid in both soybean by-products. On the other hand, soya's meal contained higher level of lysine than other protein-based vegetable alternative to soya like sunflower meals examined in this study. Glutamic acid, aspartic acid, leucine and valine were the most abundant amino acids in all tested by-products of the oil industry. Therefore, partial substitution of protein sources in feeds with proteins from the oil industry by-products may improve feed quality.
Modeling of mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) osmotic dehydration process in sugar beet molasses
Authors: Šuput Danijela , Filipović Vladimir , Lončar Biljana , Nićetin Milica , Knežević Violeta , Lazarević Jasmina , Plavšić Dragana
Published: January 2021

Mushrooms (Agaricus bisphorus) were osmotically dehydrated in sugar beet molasses solutions at concentrations of 60%, 70% and 80%d.m., at operating temperatures of 25 °C, 35 °C and 45 °C during 0.5h, 1h, 1.5h, 2h, 3h, and 5 hours. Moisture content, water activity (aw), microbiological parameters (total plate counts, Enterobacteriaceae, total yeasts and moulds count) and content of mineral elements (potassium, magnesium, iron and calcium) were determined in the osmodehydrated mushroom samples. Response surface methodology and analysis of variance were selected to estimate the main effects of the process variables (temperature, time, concentration) on process performance and selected mushroom attributes (microbiological counts, chemical composition and mineral content). Increase in the values of applied osmotic process parameters led to the significant increase in the content of minerals (for example, an increase in K and Ca content by 269.42% and 939.03%, respectively) and a decrease in aw values (from 0.941 to 0.811), decrease in microbiological load and relative protein content (decrease by 33.07%), indicating a possibility for prolonged shelf life and suitability for further processing. The osmodehydrated mushrooms could be considered as ingredients for new functional (semi)products due to improved nutritive profile.
Influence of different chemical agents and storage conditions on the microbiological content of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) seeds
Authors: Đerić Nataša , Todorić Olja , Rošul Milana , Kocić-Tanackov Sunčica , Sikora Vladimir , Kiprovski Biljana , Mandić Anamarija
Published: January 2021

This study aimed to test different chemical agents to obtain microbiologically safe industrial hemp seeds that could be used for further food processing (with the reduced total number of microorganisms, total number of moulds and yeasts, and total number of Enterobacteriaceae). In order to obtain seeds applicable for food consumption, optimal storage temperature conditions (room temperature, refrigerator, freezer), method of seed packaging (vacuum/without vacuum), and the application of various chemical treatments (ethanol, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium hypochlorite) were tested on the certified industrial hemp seeds, produced in two consecutive years. Optimal storage conditions differed for different microorganisms, and the most optimal storage was at room temperature, for seeds produced in 2018, in the treatment to reduce the total number of Enterobacteriaceae and the total number of microorganisms. When storing seeds from 2018 in order to reduce the number of yeasts and moulds, a slightly lower number was spotted when seeds were stored in a vacuum-sealed bag, at the refrigerator/freezer temperature. For hemp seeds produced in 2019, the most optimal storage conditions were at the refrigerator (for reduction of the total number of Enterobacteriaceae) and freezer temperature (for reduction of the total number of microorganisms). For the reduction of the total number of moulds and yeasts, optimal conditions were at room temperature. Ethanol (75%, v/v) was the most effective disinfectant among the tested chemicals regardless of the initial number of microorganisms, with log reduction of 3.2 (for the total number of Enterobacteriaceae), 2.9 log (for the total number of microorganisms), and total reduction of the total number of yeasts and moulds after 10 minutes, for the seeds harvested in 2019, which were far more contaminated than the seeds harvested in 2018. Considering the price of the disinfection method with ethanol, sodium hypochlorite may be a better solution for the reduction of the number of microbiota on the seeds.
Black soya bean and black chia seeds as a source of nutrients and bioactive compounds with health benefits
Authors: Nikolić Valentina , Žilić Slađana , Simić Marijana , Perić Vesna
Published: January 2021

Recent trends in healthy lifestyle and diet made functional foods rich in quality nutrients and bioactive compounds with potential health benefits highly sought after. Some cultivated plants, such as soya and chia can provide a viable source of nutraceuticals with high fibre, protein, and protective antioxidant potential. The whole-grain flours of black soya beans and black chia seeds were used in this study. Potential nutritive and health-benefitting properties of these flours were compared by assessing their chemical composition and antioxidant profile. The content of dietary fibres such as NDF, ADF, ADL and hemicellulose determined in black chia seed sample was higher than in black soya soya beans which had higher fibre content. The total protein content recorded in black soya beans was almost as twice as high (42.26±0.14%) as chia protein content (25.04±0.20%). Black soya beans had the highest content of water soluble proteins (29.00±0.13% d.m.) with NSI (nitrogen solubility index) acounting for as much as 70.96±0.31% of total proteins, while black chia seeds had the highest content of globulins (14.64±0.07% d.m.) and NSI 58.48±0.27% of total proteins. Both black soya bean and black chia contained a high amount of total phenolic compounds (830.66±5.46 and 1201.94±16.29 mg GAE/kg, respectively) and exhibited a considerable total antioxidant capacity, which makes them good contestants for functional food ingredients with potential health benefits.
The meaning of art and culture: Strategic confusions and dilemmas regarding development of cultural and creative industry in Serbia
Authors: Đukić Vesna
Published: January 2021

The paper critically assesses theoretical and practical differences between "an original" and "a copy" of an artwork, in the context of dominant strands of thought about cultural and creative industries. One strand refers to the Frankfurt critical theory, whereby the other refers to the theory of balancing contemporary European theory of cultural policy. The first favours authenticity in arts and duality between an original and a copy, while the other critically appraises most contemporary social dichotomies in culture and arts. The paper aims to examine basic strategical dilemmas of cultural policies regarding the meaning of art and culture in the context of development of cultural and creative industries. The research starts with an assumption that dilemmas stem from unsustainable dichotomies, particularly in the context of digitalization, which additionally encourages critical assessment of the reasons "for" and "against". It is placed in the context of comparative theory of democratic transition and consolidation, particularly referring to Serbia which is crossing over from the final phase of transition into a democratically consolidated society. The research results show that the difference between an original and a copy is not such a sharp line as the Frankfurt critical theory suggests. It is demonstrated that the disappearance of the original's aura is the most visible in creative activities of industrial type, more precisely cultural industries, whose expansion has marked the 20th century and which are completely based on technical reproduction i.e. copying of artwork. On the other hand, two other pillars of creative industries typical of the 21st century are not sensitive to the difference between an original and a copy. They involve significantly more from the contemporary artistic production, including creative activities of non-industrial type, such as various types of visual and performance arts, as well as business-like cultural and creative activities which use artistic creativity to bring about added value of products and services, that can be, but are not necessarily, artistic or cultural. This is why the debates about the original and the copy do not make much sense. Actually, because of the involvement of these two pillars of cultural and creative industries, the more pertinent issue is the decay of the artwork aura reduced to an aesthetical value, without a spiritual - theurgic dimension, which secular society refuses to pose in science and education, as well as art production practice, even though it is vital for the understanding of the meaning of culture and art in the contemporary society.
Online theatre and film festivals: (Un)sustainability of digital gatherings in a time of crisis
Authors: Seničić Maša , Obradović Ognjen
Published: January 2021

Applying interdisciplinary theoretical analysis within a framework that cross-references studies in the fields of performance, cultural policy, film and screen media, this paper examines transformations of festivals in digital environment during the Covid-19 pandemic. Festivals are cultural and artistic showcases that present and value certain content, as well as places of public gathering and critical debate, on which we particularly focus in this study. After a brief theoretical remark on what theatre and film encounters represent as places of real physical meetings, we move on to online festivals and events of similar nature which take place in digital surroundings. We then set out to analyse two online festivals, using the case study method on FIST - Festival of International Student Theatre (2020) and my Darling Quarantine - Short Film Festival (2020). These examples help us examine the potential advantages and disadvantages of online festivals, and also their specifics: by moving to the digital realm, online festivals lose their exclusivity given by space-time and geographical limitations. Thus, it is necessary to find new models of functioning that can contribute to having quality collective discussions and transnational exchanges of knowledge and ideas. FIST has accomplished this through opening a space for debate through live online chat, making viewers an integral part of the performance. Likewise, my Darling Quarantine has proven itself as a place of collective effort through its creative cooperative programming. We conclude that the critical and socio-cultural potential of online festivals is exceptional, therefore they should not necessarily be thought of as surrogates or extensions of live events, but as authentic cultural practices.
Critical thinking in the digital era: Click or critique
Authors: Čigoja-Piper Danica
Published: January 2021

This paper starts from a premise that critical thinking is a threat to the owners of capital in the media, but that a critical view of the world is also an essential need of journalists and wide public. That is why there are so many changes in the work of modern journalists. The paper, through empirical insight, points out the inevitable pitfalls that stand in the way of the development of critical thinking among journalists employed in new media. The main goal of the paper is to investigate survival of the role of critical thinking in the digital environment media, which keep developing faster and faster in the (never clearly stated) conditions where critical thinking remains foreign to most Internet users. Possible strategies of resistance against exclusively market-oriented media are also pointed out at the end of the paper.
Critical thinking on Serbian digital portals
Authors: Domazet Sanja
Published: January 2021

The paper explores critical thinking in columns as a genre of analytical journalism, taking on the peculiarities of digital media such as hypertextuality, multimedia and interactivity. Through an analysis of over eighty columns from various portals, the topics of columns in online journalism will be considered, deriving which journalists write analytically today and whether they write critically. The research sample has enabled analysis of 85 columns published in the period from July 1 to July 31, 2020 on the N1, Nova.rs and Pečat portals. Out of the total of 85 published columns in the given period, 13 columns were published on the N1 television portal, 19 on the Pečat portal and 53 on the Nova.rs portal. The main goal of the research was to determine whether and to what extent critical thinking was present on these online portals.
Culture of resistance: The theatre that changes the world
Authors: Ristić Maja
Published: January 2021

The main goal of this paper is to point out the power of the alternative and independent theatre in changing society, based on the scientific research of prof, dr Milena Dragićević-Šešić. The first part of the paper offers deliberations on the theories of reflection and shaping of Victoria de Alexander, according to which art and theatre always reflect social events. In the second part of the paper, we will analyse the work of independent theatre troupes (Dah teatar, Mim Art.) during the nineties, and their resistance to the regime of Slobodan Milošević - a significant contribution to the struggle for freedom of thought and the right of every human being to take to the streets freely. And the streets were indeed cordoned by police during the student and civil protests. This paper wants to point out the importance of the applied theatre for spreading of culture and the influence of the theatre on the audiences. The work was written based on the sociological theories of art of Victoria de Alexander, the theory of applied theatre by August Boal, and also the studies of dr Milena Dragićević Šešić: Art and Alternative, Culture of Resistance and Indian Theatre.
Experimental evaluation of organic substrates for germination testing of soybean seed
Authors: Milivojević Marija , Branković-Radojčić Dragana , Vukadinović Radmila , Kojić Jasna , Dumanović Zoran , Petrović Tanja
Published: January 2021

High germination of seeds and seedling establishment are critical for soybean production since it determines crop density and eventually affects the yield. Accurate evaluation of the germination potential of sowing material is valuable, as well as initial quality assessment of newly harvested seed. ISTA Rules prescribe alternative methods for soybean seed germination: sand, between paper, top of paper covered with sand and since 2020 organic growing media. In the Seed Testing Laboratory at the Maize Research Institute soybean germination is conducted in the sand at 20<=>30°C. The objective of this study was to evaluate several available organic growing media and compare results obtained with the standard laboratory method. Five soybean seed lots of different quality were tested in four germination growing media (3 organic and sand), at two temperature regimes (25 °C and 20<=>30°C). Statistical analyses showed that all types of organic growing media were of the same quality. Slightly higher germination in organic growing media was obtained in the experiment at 20<=>30°C compared to sand, but those differences were not statistically significant. When testing was done in germinator with 25°C positive effects of organic growing media were identified and this impact was significant, especially for low-quality seed lots. The experimental outcome was to continue with routine practice and use organic growing media for retesting of seed lots with lower germination as an alternative substrate.
Grain properties of yellow and red kernel maize hybrids from Serbia
Authors: Nikolić Valentina , Božinović Sofija , Vančetović Jelena , Radosavljević Milica , Žilić Slađana
Published: January 2021

Physical traits, kernel structure and chemical composition of five yellow and five red kernel maize hybrids were the subjects of this study. The 1000-kernel weight, a physical indicator of grain quality, ranged from 325.76±7.47 g (ZP 555 red) to 375.63±4.18 g (ZP 606). The hard endosperm fraction content varied between 57.66±0.93% (ZP 4007) and 67.08±0.42% (ZP 366 red). Regarding chemical composition, starch was predominant constituent ranging from 66.80±0.18 (ZP 4007 red) to 72.96±0.37 (ZP 606). The highest protein content was detected in ZP 606 (10.72±0.11) and the lowest in ZP 7007 red hybrid (8.63±0.04%). Milling response was highly influenced by hard endosperm fraction content (0.81**), and starch content was strongly correlated to 1000-kernel weight (0.77**). Whole-grain maize flours produced from yellow and red kernels without removing the germ are naturally gluten-free and can be used as functional food ingredients. All yellow and red kernel maize hybrids investigated in this study showed good quality parameters regarding physical properties and variations in chemical composition which makes them suitable for different industrial uses, primarily for food and feed production.
Identification of soybean Kunitz-free progenies in full-sib crossing
Authors: Srebrić Mirjana , Kovačević Dragan , Perić Vesna
Published: January 2021

Kunitz trypsin inhibitor (KTI) is part of the anti-nutritional complex present in soybeans. Soybean grain without KTI can be used in the diet of non-ruminants without prior heat treatment. In order to obtain soybean lines with reduced content of anti-nutrients in the grain, in the first place without KTI, we crossed the adapted genotype of standard grain quality (variety Kador) with the genotype without KTI, less adapted to our growing conditions (variety Kunitz). A segregating generation was obtained from which the three most productive F3 lines, heterozygous for the presence of KTI, were selected for the new crossing cycle. Two combinations of full-sib (FS) crosses with different numbers of successfully crossed plants were realized. Determination of the presence of KTI in progeny developed from selected lines originating from Kunitz x Kador crosses and their combinations of FS crosses was performed using protein markers on a native polyacrylamide gel. Based on the electrophoregram, it was noticed that the bands corresponding to the KTI position are not of the same intensity. The analysis was done from a group sample, so it is possible that the sample contains grains with and without KTI. Ten progenies of maternal lines and five progenies of FS crosses without a band corresponding to the KTI position were identified on the electrophoregram. A total of four progenies with grain yield per plant at the level and better than the more productive parent can be considered promising for the further selection process.
Influence of phytohormones on vegetative propagation of different forms of pannonian thyme (Thymus pannonicus All.)
Authors: Filipović Vladimir , Ugrenović Vladan , Maksimović Zoran , Popović Vera , Paunović Danica , Šarčević-Todosijević Ljubica , Popović Slobodan
Published: January 2021

The paper examined the impact of the application of three different phytohormones (INCIT 2, INCIT 5 and INCIT 8, all based on a-Naphthalene Acetic Acid (NAA)), with the cuttings of two forms of Pannonian thyme (the L-16 form, with hairy leaves, and the L-9 form, with hairless leaves), established during two periods (March and May), on the percentage of the rooted cuttings and the morphological properties of the seedlings. As the control, the variant without the application of the phytohormones was taken. The research was conducted in the period from 2019 to 2020, in a plastic greenhouse, using the plant collection of the Institute for Medicinal Plants Research "Dr Josif Pančić", which is located in Pančevo city, Serbia (44°52'20"N; 20°42'06"E; 74 m.a.s.l.). For this research was used the Pannonian thyme species (Thymus pannonicus All.) from the Lamiaceae family, which is grown and produced at the Institute. Plant establishment was carried out in four repetitions with 33 cuttings per each variant. Standard measures of care were used during the period of production of Pannonian thyme. The measurement was performed after 60 days from the date of conducted the experiment. The following parameters were measured: the percentage of rooted cuttings (%), the mass of the rooted plantlings (g), the mass of roots (g), the length of rooting (cm) and the number of root hairs of the formed rootings. The measuring was done using a ruler, millimetre paper and an analytical balance. Given the results achieved, INCIT 2 proved to be the most suitable phytohormone for the rooting of Pannonic thyme cuttings, with the average percentage of rooted cuttings of 61.3%. The lowest rooting percentage was recorded in the control variant, only 29.4%. Satisfactory rooting was found in the cuttings treated with INCIT 8 (57.6%). The L-16 form cuttings showed a higher rooting rate, an average of 53.8%, whereas the L-9 form cuttings had a lower average percentage of rooted cuttings (45.0%) for both plant establishment periods. Greater success and quality in the rooting of cuttings was recorded in the second (May) period of plant establishment, averaging 58.1%, which was higher by 17.4% than the percentage of rooted cuttings in the first establishment period (40.7%). It is important to note that the rooting of the L-9 form was significantly higher in the second establishment period (58.1%) than that in the first establishment period (31.9%).
An examination of the relationship between experimental climate and dimensions of the creative organization
Authors: Strugar-Jelača Maja , Bjekić Radmila , Aleksić Marko , Berber Nemanja
Published: January 2021

Today's business environment imposes the need to continuously generate creative ideas not only for companies to grow, but also to survive in a hypercompetitive environment. Forming a creative model of organization and stimulating employees' creative behavior is one of the priorities, which can be achieved by establishing a parallel organizational culture and a creative climate. So far, some authors have identified these two terms as equal, while others emphasize the need for their separation. The paper indicates the differences in understanding of organizational culture on the one hand and climate on the other. The subject of the research is reflected in the analysis of the factors of importance for the formation of a creative organization. The paper aims to determine whether or not there is a positive relationship between the experimental climate and the dimensions that describe a creative organization model with a focus on organizational culture. The research hypotheses were generated and empirically analyzed based on a survey conducted on a sample of 145 employees in organizations in the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The survey was developed by combining two methodologies formulated by G. Ekwall, "Creative Climate Model," and T. Amabile, "Organizational Creativity Model." Statistical methods, such as correlation analysis and analysis of variance, ANOVA, were applied in the paper. The obtained results indicate that there is a positive statistically significant relationship between all three dimensions of creative organizational culture, such as flexible management system, motivation for greater achievements and freedom to use resources to form an experimental climate in the organization. Furthermore, by applying ANOVA, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference in the degree of experimental climate prevailing in the organization depending on its size, while no statistically significant difference between the organizations depending on their legal form was confirmed. Finally, the paper highlights management measures to encourage the creation of a creative work environment.
OpenDaylight and OpenNebula integration: Testing traffic management
Authors: Belkadi Omayma , Vulpe Alexandru , Laaziz Yassin , Halunga Simona
Published: January 2021

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Cloud Computing are now two of the most adopted technologies, on which many organizations are working to enhance every day. For instance, SDN is particularly emerging to solve networking complexity in cloud data centers, so we see many attempts to integrate Network and Cloud Managers. In this paper, we address an integration of these two technologies, particularly a yet undiscussed combination of two popular frameworks: OpenNebula and OpenDaylight. These open source solutions are widely used for cloud management and network management, yet there are no developed modules for communication between the two. Therefore, we propose a simple way for OpenDaylight to manage OpenNebula's compute nodes, using a common component they both support: OpenvSwitch. We compared OpenNebula with the popular OpenStack cloud manager, as it is attracting more attention in both academia and industry, by evaluating some relevant time metrics and discussing the differences of the proposed technologies. Then, we deployed a test topology to conduct some traffic management techniques in this integration. Our results show that OpenNebula's deployment time as well as clean-up time is significantly lower than OpenStack, but OpenStack takes less time to the running state, besides proving the simplicity of traffic management in OpenNebula using OpenDaylight.
Comparing simulation model for objective QoE video evaluation with real IPTV test scenario during appearance of packet losses
Authors: Goran Nermin , Begović Alen , Škaljo Namir
Published: January 2021

The aim of this article is to explain benefits of the simulation model for objective QoE (Quality of Experience) video evaluation in order to find similarities with real IPTV (Internet Protocol TeleVision) system distribution in a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) network. In DSL networks, it is known that packet losses appear suddenly and might have a "burst" character, at any time during IPTV service delivery. In addition, these packet losses usually appear in groups and lead to huge degradation of the IPTV video service, which decreases a customer's QoE guaranteed level. Hence, estimation of this degradation in an access network is crucial and this paper explains a simulation model based on SSIM (Structural Similarity Index) analysis, which can be used as one perceptive video quality assessment by imitating a real environment with packet losses. To check this, we compared simulation model cases with the real ones in IPTV video distributed over DSL and exposed to different packet loss appearances.
Génesis de un concepto: el habitus de Pierre Bourdieu (Postfacio a la obra de Erwin Panofsky: Arquitecture gothique et pensé scolasthique)
Authors: Arribas Macho José María
Published: January 2021

En 1967, Editions Le Minuit publicaba en francés la obra del gran historiador del arte Erwin Panofsky: “Architecture  gothique et pensé escolastique”, donde se explica cómo los hábitos mentales producidos por la escolástica medieval habrían influido en el nacimiento de la arquitectura gótica. La traducción francesa era de Pierre Bourdieu, y llevaba un  postfacio escrito por él mismo. La relevancia del postfacio reside en que ahí encontramos por primera vez la fundamentación teórica del concepto de habitus, idea que, aunque implícita en trabajos anteriores de Bourdieu, aún no había sido formulada como un concepto angular de su sociología. En el artículo se analiza el campo intelectual de la sociología durante la Francia de postguerra, así como el papel del estructuralismo en la sociología de Bourdieu y en la institucionalización del habitus.In 1967, the French translation of Erwin Panofsky’s work: Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism (The Arch abbey Press, 1951, Latrobe, Pennsylvania) was published by Les Editions de Minuit. Inside those pages, the great Art historian explained the connections between the rise of gothic architecture and the medieval scholastic thought. The translation was made by Pierre Bourdieu, but the book included a post face written by him. The relevance of the post face, resides in that the concept habitus appears for the first time with all its theoretical and sociological extension.  While the idea was used before in prior Pierre Bourdieu’s works, it had not yet been mentioned as a relevant cornerstone of his sociological framework. In this article we analyses the intellectual field of sociology in the French postwar period, the role of structuralism in the Bourdieu’s Sociology and the institutionalization of the habitus.
The Internet at the Service of Society: Business Ethics, Rationality, and Responsibility
Authors: González Wenceslao J.
Published: January 2021

Serving the community is what the Internet — in the broad sense — does in many ways, within the knowledge society. The layers of its ontological structure — technology infrastructure, the Web, and the cloud computing and practical applications (apps) — are in principle at the service of society. This service is carried out by companies, which are ethically assessable insofar as they are “social subjects.” Their public service purpose at the three layers during the coronavirus lockdown is considered here.Within a framework of business ethics, this article looks deeply at companies as “social subjects.” They contribute decisively to a multilayered reality that reaches half of the world's population. The analysis of this network of networks is carried out through rationality and responsibility. Thus, this paper analyzes its ethical responsibility based on the social ontology of business firms and the ethical problems according to the kind of rationality involved in the companies — micro, meso or macro — in accordance with their goals. Then, from the perspective of service to society, this study reflects on business ethics of the Internet — in the broad sense — in two directions: 1) the need for evaluative rationality or rationality of ends, because instrumental rationality or rationality of means is insufficient for ethics, and 2) the importance of combining individual responsibility with social responsibility.
Chomsky y la nueva teoría de la referencia
Authors: Acero Juan José
Published: January 2021

El presente ensayo expone las principales ideas de Chomsky acerca de la Nueva Teoría de la Referencia. Contra dicha teoría, y específicamente contra propuestas bien conocidas de Kripke y Putnam, aduce Chomsky distintos argumentos. Las conclusiones de esos argumentos son las siguientes: (i) que en los lenguajes naturales no hay nombres lógicamente puros; (ii) que no existe ninguna relación de referencia que conecte las palabras con las cosas; (iii) que los conceptos que maneja la así llamada teoría de la referencia no responden a las exigencias metodológicas de la ciencia natural; y (iv) que el significado sí «está en la cabeza». Tratando de poner al descubierto los supuestos en que se fundan estas tesis, el ensayo identifica los siguientes cuatro:su naturalismo metodológico, su pragmatismo en materia de ontología, su perspectivismo conceptual y su racionalismo.
Adán y Eva. Una antropología darwinista
Authors: Claramonte Sanz Vicente
Published: January 2021

El artículo sugiere algunas observaciones sobre una antropología darwinista planteada a partir del conocimiento científico disponible. Al efecto, señala la importancia del estudio del genoma humano como fundamento de una reflexión filosófica de segundo grado sobre la naturaleza del ser humano, subrayando las grandes similitudes entre el Homo sapiens y las especies evolutivamente más próximas. Además, a partir del estudio del ADN mitocondrial y del cromosoma Y, centra la atención en el principio de coalescencia evolutiva entre seres humanos, gracias al cual es posible afirmar que todos ellos son miembros consanguíneos de un mismo linaje. Concluye proponiendo algunas inferencias que muestran analogía entre determinados mythos y el logos científico actual
ERRAR PRINCIPIOS DE AMOR, UNA ENREDADA Y DESCONOCIDA COMEDIA DE PEDRO ROSETE
Authors: Domínguez de Paz Elisa María
Published: January 2021

Resumen: El objetivo de este trabajo es el de estudiar la comedia de enredo, Errar principios de amor (1646), de Pedro Rosete Niño. Se trata de una pieza muy poco conocida dentro de su corpus teatral y como ocurre con otras comedias del citado dramaturgo, esta ha quedado arrumbada al más injusto de los olvidos. Se trata de textos que es preciso recuperar, pues representan, sin duda alguna, un valor en nuestro rico patrimonio cultural y teatral.Abstract:This article aims to study a comedy of intrigue, Errar principios de amor (1646), by Pedro Rosete Niño, a very unknown play within his own theatre corpus. As it is the fact with other comedies by the same playwright, this text has suffered the most unjust neglect. Consequently, this is a situation that needs to be reverted, as his works do represent, beyond any doubt, a valuable example of our rich cultural and theatrical heritage.
La Música en Educación Infantil: Análisis comparativo de los currículos autonómicos de España
Authors: López Melgarejo Alba María , López Nuñez Norberto
Published: January 2021

The transfer of the Spanish State to the Autonomous Communities with full competences in education during the last two decades of the 20th century, currently allows two different levels to be found where official curricula are developed: the national and the autonomous ones. This double conception is the starting point of this study where it is intended to delve into the differences and similarities of a specific curricular element, the contents. The purpose of this study is to establish the differences and similarities between the music content present in the curricula of the different Spanish autonomous communities and the Royal Decrees published that contain the minimum teachings for the second cycle of Early Childhood Education for the Spanish national framework. With its own methodological design within the field of Comparative Education and using the CARMEN questionnaire based on the comparative analysis of curricular elements as the main research instrument. The results reveal that the presence of the musical contents in the different blocks there are starting differences regarding the national documents taken as a reference. Changes in the contents of the regional documents with respect to their national documents were more frequent for the LOGSE period than in the LOE period. It has been verified that there is no influence of the political party present in order to establish a greater or lesser degree of similarity in the minimum teachings. Educational curricula are not used in Spain as an ideological tool at the service of the ideals of one political party or another.
La mercantilización de la Educación Superior a través del modelo universitario inglés: elementos clave, críticas y posibilidades
Authors: Menéndez Álvarez-Hevia David , Hernández-Castilla Reyes
Published: January 2021

This article provides a theoretical reflection on the challenges associated to the practices of marketisation and the economising trend of higher education. We refer to the English university experience to illustrate how the tendency to marketisation transforms relationships between agents, functions, organisation and the form it is understood higher education. The article focuses on three fundamental elements fundamental elements that explain the marketisation of the English higher education. Firstly, we discuss the transformation of the student into consumer and the higher education into a commodity. Secondly, we explore the concept of employability, focusing on pedagogical implications and showing how it promotes instrumentalised conceptualisations of university education. Thirdly, we discuss practices associated with evaluation and enhancement of competition by taking as a reference the systems used to assess teaching and research activity. We provide a critical analysis of these three elements and discuss ideas to reconfigure the transformation caused by the process of marketisation. Besides critical arguments, this article also provides forms to reconfigure practices associated to marketisation. Rather than rejecting marketisation, we suggest a reorientation that eases the most pernicious effects of this trend that is already present in the European university models.
Los organismos internacionales como sistemas marcadores de tendencias en la Universidad global
Authors: Rappoport Soledad , Thoilliez Bianca , Alonso-Sainz Tania
Published: January 2021

Different authors report a deep transformation of the classic mission of the University which this article proposes to identify as new paradigms (lifelong learning and learning based competencies), new perspectives (internationalization and employability), and new values (social responsibility and sustainability). Different international organizations account for and promote this trend. In order to delve into the characteristics and scope of the changes, a study has been carried out. It examines documents published in the last 10 years by three international organizations in the field of education: UNESCO, OECD and OEI. To achieve this goal, a systematic document screening process was carried out. The following aprioristic dimensions were identified in the selected materials: lifelong learning, competency-based learning, internationalization, employability, social responsibility and sustainability. In addition, associated emerging themes were sought. The result of the study allows us to provide evidence on the issue and make a useful documentary classification available to continue investigating global trends in the university environment.
Contribución de la educación superior a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible desde la docencia
Authors: Ramos Torres Débora Isabel
Published: January 2021

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become entrenched in higher education institutions (HEIs) for their commitment to training people with relevant key competencies to address them. The article examines how teaching has been configured as the dimension with the greatest potential to incorporate sustainable development and how, together with research, it is considered one of the main areas of contribution to the achievement of the SDGs, concretized in the integration of these objectives to the study plans of the official degrees that, as a training action, are carried out. From the review of the Report of the Second World Survey of the International Association of Universities on Higher Education, Research and Sustainable Development, the annual Report of the Agreement on the SDGs of the Global Alliance and the Dossier of the Spanish Network for Development Sustainable, each SDG analyzes the relevant actions of integration of these Global Objectives in the teaching function and references to experiences as case studies. The analysis of the results shows a high variability between the universities regarding the degree of approach of each of the SDGs and the tendency to identify as well-established work, the one carried out with SDG 4, as a priority from teaching. The case studies analyzed show a significant differentiation regarding the types of actions they carry out and their trends. The use of surveys such as those analyzed are insufficient to observe the development of integration in the curricula, more experiences such as that developed by REDS are needed, as well as online platforms in which teachers present their experiences of curricular redesigns and incorporation from the SDGs to the curricula and mapping of the new degrees that are emerging.
Capitalismo académico digital
Authors: Saura Geo , Caballero Katia
Published: January 2021

This article examines the processes involved in the digitalisation of Higher Education. The main aim is to analyse how digital capitalism, governing by digits, the power of digital metrics and the academic networks are making changes in the production of academic knowledge and in the academics’ professional lives. To explain the digital academic capitalism as the current framework that make compite universities in the global market, we will make a review on concepts that have completely modified the academia rules and culture, such as economy of knowledge, academic capitalism, governing by numbers and the neoliberal rationality of performativity. Next, we will focus on how rankings among universities and accountability systems have become ways of quantified control that have undermined the original purpose of universities. Subsequently, we will analyse the new form of academic capitalism and governing centred on digits as a step forward in the change of Higher Education. The most important impact indexes and digital alternative metrics (almetrics) will be revised to understand the new metric culture in the academia. Finally, we will study the role of social academic platforms as “Academia.edu” and “ResearchGate” in the context of digital academic capitalism and its influence in the academic subjects that become quantified and digitalised.
School principals’ preparation in Spain and in the USA: alignments between higher education and supranational recommendations
Authors: Tortosa Álvarez Carmen
Published: January 2021

This article tackles one of the relevant issues related to the professionalization of school principals’ role: their pre-service training or, in other words, the mandatory training they receive before they can take the roles as public-school principals. The research conducted about the cases of Spain, and specifically the Region of Madrid, and the USA, and specifically the State of Washington, let us draft some conclusions on their policies and practices on this matter within these countries and regions. Also, the study of the recommendations by the international organizations selected leads us to further understand and explain the alignments between those recommendations and the real policies and practices on principals’ pre-service preparation programs in Spain and the USA. This article aims to serve education stakeholders to further develop their work towards the improvement of the professionalization of the school principals’ role.
¿Quién le pone el cascabel al gato? Un análisis comparativo de las agencias de garantía de la calidad de la educación superior
Authors: Pedró García Francesc
Published: January 2021

Higher education quality assurance agencies have expanded around the world in a very short time as an attempt to professionalize the public regulation of processes of enormous complexity in a sector characterized by a proverbial autonomy of institutions. This contribution presents a comparative analysis of the reasons that have led to such an expansion, as well as the convergences and divergences that are emerging worldwide. Despite the contextual differences, in which the various configurations of agencies operate, the truth is that there are common problems that are practically universal, including the question of their independence and their relative inability to externally be accountable. Finally, the contribution sheds light on the main criticisms they receive, which relate primarily to the risk of regulatory capture by the higher education institutions themselves, which they are supposed to regulate.
La educación terciaria tecnológica en el Mercosur. Caracterización desde una perspectiva comparada
Authors: Briasco Irma
Published: January 2021

This paper presents the progress of a study carried out within the framework of the MERCOSUR Nucleus of Studies and Research in Higher Education (NEIES, 2020). In it, a characterization was made, from a comparative perspective, of the offer of technological tertiary education and of institutional management models in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay; including national and binational case studies (Brazil-Uruguay), surveys and interviews with managers of institutions to study the dynamics of transformation at the macro and micro levels (institutional management) resulting from policies for the sector. The trajectories and profiles of those who comprise them were also analyzed, given the centrality of those who explain or sustain these institutional models. Given the length of this article, we will limit ourselves to presenting only a part of it, the macro-level situation of higher technological education in MERCOSUR countries, from a comparative perspective.