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Una mirada analítica a la enseñanza de la escritura en posgrado: revisión de prácticas documentadas en Latinoamérica
Authors: Chois-Lenis Pilar Mirely , Guerrero-Jiménez Héctor Iván , Brambila-Limón Rocío
Published: August 2020

Esta revisión documental de experiencias pedagógicas aporta al campo de la escritura en el posgrado, proponiendo como eje de análisis las diversas formas que adopta su enseñanza en las disciplinas y en los contextos actuales latinoamericanos, desde una perspectiva de los nuevos estudios de literacidad.La revisión arrojó las tendencias siguientes: a) la mayoría de las experiencias fueron desarrolladas en la modalidad de seminario o taller, b) eran orientadas por un docente especialista en lengua; c) focalizaban la revisión entre pares como estrategia didáctica, y d) promovían la escritura de la tesis o un apartado de ella. La revisión también reveló que existen tensiones entre el modelo de enseñanza de escritura que sustentan las propuestas y quién debería ser responsable de implementarlo.
Reseña: The Identity of the Professional Interpreter. How Professional Identities Are Constructed in the Classroom
Authors: Giraldo-Ortiz John Jairo
Published: August 2020

El libro La identidad del intérprete profesional. Cómo se construyen las identidades profesionales en el aula es fruto de la tesis doctoral en lingüística educativa de Alan James Runcieman. Este libro presenta un trabajo de interés para formadores y estudiantes de interpretación, así como para investigadores tanto en formación de intérpretes como en narrativa. En general, se trata de una investigación dedicada a la formación profesional de los intérpretes llevada a cabo Departamento de Traducción e Interpretación de la Universidad de Bolonia, Italia. Y, en particular, se trata de un estudio aplicado a un grupo de estudiantes de primer año de carrera. Se basó en un enfoque etnográfico mediante la realización de entrevistas individuales y grupales semiestructuradas durante el primer año académico al igual que en observaciones detalladas sobre el terreno durante idéntico periodo de tiempo. El análisis de las entrevistas se enfocó en las narrativas de los estudiantes acerca de sus experiencias, recurriendo a un área relativamente nueva de la investigación narrativa conocida como investigación de “pequeños relatos”, es decir, aquellos relatos que emergen en un “diálogo interactivo”, que a menudo son de naturaleza fragmentaria y, a veces, co-construidos por personas con experiencias compartidas. En otras palabras, el foco se dio entonces en aquellos pequeños relatos que surgieron de las entrevistas a los estudiantes y cómo ellos revelaron su relación con la institución, su concepción de ideas acerca de convertirse en intérpretes y sus identidades sociales cambiantes en ese ambiente.
Indicadores de ciencia, tecnología e innovación: hacia la configuración de un sistema de medición
Authors: Molina-Molina Silvia , Álvarez-Argaez Sol , Estrada-Hernández Jovanny , Estrada-Hernández Margarita
Published: August 2020

Universidades e instituciones de investigación enfrentan el problema de responder a la proliferación de indicadores de ciencia, tecnología e innovación requeridos por fuentes internacionales, nacionales e institucionales, además de observatorios, rankings y las mismas universidades de investigación. Por tanto, se plantea la necesidad de configurar un sistema de medición capaz de responder, de manera eficaz y oportuna, a tal proliferación. Con base en una búsqueda documental sobre evaluación de la investigación; en la compilación de los indicadores mencionados, con foco especial en Iberoamérica y Colombia; y en la aplicación de técnicas de análisis de datos cualitativos, se identificaron los datos necesarios y se diseñó un sistema de medición capaz de atender el problema bajo cuatro condiciones: concepción, estructura, procedimientos e instrumentos. Este sistema refleja la complejidad del sector; favorece la comparabilidad; se adapta a necesidades, tendencias y coyunturas; y atiende una amplia gama de indicadores, que obvian el tradicional banco de indicadores.
"Ainda não estive em parte alguma mais violento que aqui." Conflitos, querelas e desavenças nos sertões do Macacu- Capitania do Rio de Janeiro, século XVIII
Authors: Maia Cardoso Vinicius
Published: August 2020

O objetivo do presente artigo é analisar um conjunto de conflitos ocorridos no interior dos Sertões do Macacu, na capitania do Rio de Janeiro – Brasil, na segunda metade do século XVIII. Conflitos esses resultantes de complexas relações envolvendo agentes históricos de distintos estratos sociais, através de suas próprias intenções e interesses, tendo como fio condutor o conceito de economia moral, na busca de compreender espaços políticos de negociação entre esses agentes sociais e as autoridades coloniais.
Personalized Yoga Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis: Effect on Symptom Management and Quality of Life
Authors: Vasudevan Saraswathi , Devulapally Shakuntala , Chirravuri Kamala , Elangovan Vidhubala , Kesavan Niraimathi
Published: August 2020

This study aimed to assess the feasibility of personalized yoga therapy intervention in a private setting and its effect on quality of life (QOL), sleep quality, and symptom relief among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). A single-group pre- and post-experimental study was conducted among 10 members of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of India between December 2017 and April 2018. At baseline and during follow-up, QOL, sleep quality, symptoms, and pain were assessed using the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, MS Symptom Checklist, and visual analogue scale, respectively. The intervention comprised 12 private customized yoga sessions of 1 hour duration and three group sessions, all spread over 3-months. Patient feedback and direct observations by the yoga therapist we re documented at each session. Ten patients (seven female, three male, age 31–52 years) were enrolled in the yoga intervention; seven completed 8–12 sessions, and three completed fewer than 5 sessions. Therapist-to-patient ratio was 1:2. All domains except sexual function showed clinically significant improvement in QOL scores. Statistically significant improvement was found in social function (p = 0.014) and change in health status (p = 0.029) scores after the intervention. Although there was improvement in pain and sleep quality, these changes were not statistically significant. Patients reported improvement in symptoms with practice of yoga alongside lifestyle changes. The study supports the feasibility of this 3-month yoga intervention for patients with MS. Studies with larger sample sizes are required to confirm our findings.
Information Openness of the State and Municipal Service: Panopticon Model
Authors: Koval E. A. , Palchikova M. V.
Published: August 2020

The paper is devoted to the study of prospects and regulatory limitations of the development of the concept ‘information openness of the state and municipal services’. The authors focus on how the public function affects the activities of state and municipal employees not only in but also out the service. The principle of openness of the state and municipal service in modern society obliges to take a responsible approach to any information posted publicly on the Internet, even if it is not related to the service. Big data technologies and the analytical capabilities of neural networks allow us to collect information from various sources and deanonymize them by comparing them. As a result, any state and municipal employee who is present in the public space can be subjected to public control procedures at any time. The panopticon model is used as an explanatory model. It is transformed in the conditions of digitalization of modern society. Alongside the synopticum, the panopticon expands the supervisory capabilities of the government, but at the same time makes its representatives visible to the mass "observer". The model of a new panopticon determines the risks of the emergence and reproduction of social tension and distrust between the authorities and the population. This is also as any member of the public can act as an expert without having expert knowledge and skills. In order to avoid the termination of the information openness development of the power in the new panopticon, it seems promising to educate the citizens in the area of regulatory (legal and moral) grounds for the state and municipal employees’ activities. It is important to include rules governing the presence of the authorities in social media and determine the degree of responsibility of those violating the rules of behavior in public space into the administrative ethics codes.
Coronavirus Pandemic 2019-nCoV (COVID-19) as Force Majeure
Authors: Idrisov Kh. V.
Published: August 2020

The paper is devoted to the legal analysis of the consequences of a new coronavirus infection, due to which the World Health Organization declared a pandemic. By its nature, this infectious phenomenon refers to a force majeure event. Within the framework of the scientific research, the author describes the concept of force majeure, as well as the features of emergency and unavoidability that make up this legal category. In addition, a number of regulatory legal acts regulating public relations in this area are subject to legal analysis, both adopted earlier and published literally from the very beginning of the spread of coronavirus infection throughout the territory of the Russian Federation. Along with the analysis of the regulatory legal acts, the paper also provides judicial practice on the issue under consideration. Based on the legal analysis of the issues under study, it is concluded that adequate legal regulation of the consequences of the coronavirus infection within the framework of relations between civil law subjects will guarantee the participants mutual bona fide behavior in accordance with the norms established by civil law, and in the case of unfair behavior — the implementation of civil liability measures for such subjects. In conclusion, it is noted that prompt and qualitative regulation of the consequences of the coronavirus infection is one of the key tasks in the legal field in the current situation, since contract law, which includes provisions on force majeure, plays an important role in the development and maintenance of stability of civil turnover, providing all its participants with legal guarantees for the implementation of the basic norms and rules established in the Civil Code of the Russian Federation concerning the conclusion and execution of contracts.
Lamellar macular holes: the evolution of ideas about pathogenesis and the clinical picture. The development of diagnostic approaches. Modern classification
Authors: Zhogolev Konstantin S. , Bayborodov Yaroslav V.
Published: August 2020

This review presents the development of modern ideas about the pathogenesis of lamellar macular holes, anatomical changes, as well as the formation of a modern classification based on the expansion of diagnostic capabilities, and differences from other similar conditions of the vitreomacular interface. An evolutionary breakthrough in the investigation of this disease was associated with the widespread introduction of optical coherence tomography, while the development of its resolution allowed us to detect some features of epiretinal proliferation that occurs in lamellar macular holes, which are also addressed in the review.
Tactical Analysis Through Objective Data in Football
Authors: Yamanaka Akira , Otsuka Hiroshi , Deguchi Tatsuya , Okihara Ken , Otsuka Dota , Uchida Shinya , Garcia Jorge Diaz-Cidoncha , Khoo Selina , Stroud David , Sugiyama Masahiro
Published: August 2020

Tactical analysis in football has rarely been conducted using a mathematical model with numerical data (although tactical analysis through objective data has been used more often). Therefore, this study establishes principles for tactical analysis in team sports using numerical data, through a mathematical model based on the location of the players and the ball. A competitive match between Sanfrecce Hiroshima (home) and Ehime FC (away) in the third round of the Japanese Emperor’s Cup 2011 was filmed and used for the match analysis. Observations were made by a team analyst as well as extracted from official match records. The main procedure in the research flow was to establish a mathematical offence/defence model based on tactical concepts in football, which was applied for the location of players, which, in turn, was quantified from video images in order to categorise a team’s tactical performance (in relation to attacking or defending). Furthermore, the authors focused on attacking categories and identified different types of passes during a specific period, as well as comparing these findings with an actual match video. The results obtained from the numerical data derived from applying the offence/defence model led to the same overview as the tactical analysis produced by a team analyst. In addition, the results when categorising types of passes (as extracted through the mathematical model) again mirrored those retrieved from an actual match video. This leads to the conclusion that the offence/defence model could provide relevant insight into types of attacks. The data revealed that football tactical analysis can be successfully performed using a numerical model, which might possibly enable automatic tactical analysis of football games without a match analyst.
Cultivation Methods of Students’ Lifelong Physical Education Consciousness in High School Physical Education
Authors: Li Mu
Published: August 2020

In recent years, under the reform of new curriculum education and teaching in China, students’ learning pressure in cultural courses is getting bigger and bigger, especially in senior high schools. Due to the increasing learning pressure of cultural courses, students’ physical fitness is neglected in education, which makes students’ physical fitness decline, thus directly affecting the learning state of senior high school students. Therefore, in the education of senior high school students, attention should be paid to physical education methods, students’ lifelong sports awareness should be cultivated, and the quality of physical education methods should be enhanced so that students’ physical fitness can be improved and their full physical and mental state can be put into study.
Mobile Health Technology for Hypertension Management: A Systematic Review
Authors: Almasi Sohrab , Hosseini Azamossadat , Emami Hassan , Sabahi Azam
Published: August 2020

Hypertension is a chronic condition, and a major risk factor for other chronic conditions requires management. Considering the growth and extensive use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies and their capabilities, it is essential to examine the effects of these technologies on hypertension control and self-management. The present systematic review examined the effect of using mHealth technologies in controlling blood pressure and investigated the functionalities of mHealth technology on self-management aspects of patients with hypertension. A systematic search was conducted on PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Scopus databases. Clinical trials in English investigating the use of mHealth technologies for blood pressure control published from 2005 to 2018 were included in this study. The functionalities of these technologies were also investigated. These functionalities were divided into five categories of monitoring, alarms, feedbacks, education, and communication. The most frequently used technology for hypertension control was smartphones in the 15 articles examined. Moreover, the most frequent functionalities used for self-management of hypertension were communications and reminders, education, monitoring, and feedback, respectively. In the majority of the studies, these functionalities were employed in combination with mHealth technologies, a feature that affects hypertension control and self-management. The use of mHealth technologies, such as smartphones, positively affects hypertension self-management and reduces blood pressure. Functionalities such as communication and reminders, education, monitoring, and feedback are effective in hypertension self-management programs. The simultaneous use of these functionalities combined will be more effective in hypertension self-management programs.
Uterine Conserving Surgery in Patient With Cervicovaginal Agenesis: A Case Report
Authors: Deldar Pesikhani Maryam , Ghanbari Zinat , Borna Seddigheh , Pourali Leila , Chegini Hossein , Lotfi Zahra
Published: August 2020

Congenital absence of the vagina with variable uterine development known as Mullerian agenesis or Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. Cervicovaginal agenesis in the presence of normal uterus is very rare. Conservative surgery has recently been suggested in patients with congenital cervicovaginal atresia in order to relieve the symptoms and maintain fertility. A 13-year-old female referred to a pelvic floor clinic, because of primary amenorrhea and severe cyclic pelvic pain. Ultrasonography revealed a large amount of blood accumulation in the uterine cavity, and also, the cervicovaginal agenesis was reported. Both ovaries were normal. A neovagina was created by dissection of the space between the bladder and rectum. Under ultrasonography guidance, two Pezzer catheters were inserted between uterine ending and neovagina, so the catheters kept the canal patent, a soft mould was applied to prevent the vaginal stricture. Cervicovaginal agenesis, accompanied by normal functional endometrium, is a rare but challenging Mullerian anomaly in the case of surgical treatment. One of the successful conservative treatment in a fully educated patient is the vaginal reconstruction and uterovaginal anastomosis by stenting and continues the application of vaginal mould.
Anterior Myocardial Infarction in Late Pregnancy: A Case Report
Authors: Mirzaeian Sara , Pourhoseini Seyedeh Azam , Sakhaee Mohammad Hossein , Jafarzadeh Esfehani Reza
Published: August 2020

Myocardial infarction (MI) in pregnancy is a rare and critical topic. In time diagnosis and management is mandatory for preventing both mother and fetus from possible mortality and morbidities. Both traditional cardiovascular risk factor and some factors which are present during pregnancy are related to MI during pregnancy. Management of ST-segment elevation MI during pregnancy is almost the same as other women. In the present report, we have discussed a case of anterior ST-segment elevation MI during the late third trimester of pregnancy, which ended up in a successful vaginal delivery. However, in the post-partum period, the patient developed severe bleeding and uterine atony, which was managed medically and with the massage.
Identification of a Novel Non-Stop Mutation in PDE6C Gene in an Iranian Family With Con-Rod Dystrophy
Authors: Nasiri Shahram , Talebi Farah , Mohammadi Asl Javad , Ghanbari Mardasi Farideh
Published: August 2020

Cone-rod dystrophy (CORD) is one of the most common genetic eye disorders. Recent genetic studies have demonstrated that it is a genetically heterogeneous disease among patients. Molecular genetic analysis of the 22 genes was performed in a family with Cone-rod dystrophy. Bioinformatics was applied for Next Generation Sequencing, and the variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. In this study, the nonstop mutation in the PDE6C gene (a normal stop codon is 859th codon of PDE6C located in exon 22 TAA (Stop) --> CAA (Gln) = Stop859Q) leads to a termination-site change and run-on into the 3' untranslated region (UTR) that predicts an extended protein which was found in the family. This mutation has not been described in patients with the CORD phenotype. Also, this is the first study indicating that a nonstop mutation in the homozygous state in PDE6C is responsible for the congenital recessive CORD phenotype.
East & West: Searching out for the Beauty Ideal
Authors: Batchuluun Sergelen , Narandorj Orgilbold
Published: August 2020

This article describes the results of a comparative analysis of the ancient Greek sculpture Doryphoros in the western and eastern art canons, as well as the selected sculptures of the Bodhisattva Bodhisattva Maitreya from Gandharan, Indian, Nepalese, and Mongolian art. The authors also explore and integrate the aspects of the artistic notion of an ideal beauty, including aspects of oriental philosophy, aesthetics, human body’s proportion and compilation theory. This comparative analysis is based on G. Zanabazar’s sculpturing features and his skills through theoretical aspects. Studies have shown that Zanabazar’s Bodhisattva Maitreya is fully compatible with the classic western proportions and Buddhist strict canon. We show that both western and eastern artistic iconography have been developed to produce perfection in anthropomorphic expression. The classic correspondence was in religious art, as the western mentality seems to be the opposite and the imitation of both nature and the beauty of one’s sense of beauty.
Keywords: human body proportion relevance with art, corporeality, Buddhist art, Zanabazar, Bodhisattva Bodhisattva Maitreya, golden ratio, artistic canon
Translation from Artistic Language (the New Delimitation of Art)
Authors: Bulatova Anastasiya , Melnikova Svetlana
Published: August 2020

The aim of the article is to delimitate the art zone for our current era. The problematic relationship between the general public and contemporary art is well known and often discussed. The viewers often find it difficult to relate to contemporary artworks or even to understand why they are considered art. We are searching for the appropriate forms to support the viewers in the quest to improve perception of contemporary art by the public. Among the new approaches, we highlight the conception of contemporary art as based not only the category of beauty, but also the communicative act which can translate important social sense(s). This point of view we have found in conceptions of J. Dickey, A. Danto and E. Oryol. To help an ordinary art consumer discover the social sense, we suggest using facilitative discussion technique designed by American teachers A. Hausen and F. Yenawain, and the mediation technique practiced by the UIBSI (Yekaterinburg).
Keywords: contemporary art, communication, message, mediation, excursion, facilitative discussion
Buddha’s Image in Modern Art: Expert and Critical Approaches
Authors: Demenova Victoria , Urozhenko Olga
Published: August 2020

The goal of this article is to formulate the main criteria for the analysis of contemporary art in general, with a specific focus on works including sacred image of Buddha, from an art-historical perspective. The development of an expert assessment approach in this area is a necessary step because most researchers of contemporary art containing various religious or sacred images describe them only from an artistic viewpoint or explore the general cultural context. The authors present several questions as assessment criteria, answers to which will be able to help the experts reach their conclusions. What is the purpose of creating an image? What role does the material chosen by an artist play in shaping the artistic image? Does the multidimensionality of meanings appear in the artistic image of the work? Does the work refer to a non-finite? While discussing these issues, we analyse the works of Pema Namdol Thae, Climent Brie, Nam Joon Paik, Yeshe Gombo and others.
Keywords: contemporary Buddhist art, Pema Namdol Thae, analysis and criticism of contemporary art, examination of contemporary art.
The Work of Modern Art: In Search for the New Meanings
Authors: Moskalyuk Marina , Serikova Tatyana
Published: August 2020

The article discusses the characteristics of contemporary art works and the specifics of its interaction with the audience. We demonstrate that contemporary art is not so much a way of reflecting on the world around us, but rather a way of learning about it, as well as a peculiar game (provocation) whose meanings are unknown and closed for discussion. Today it is impossible to provide unambiguous answers to the challenges faced by the art practice of the twenty-first century. Nevertheless, it is necessary to consider topical issues, outline ways to study them, structure groups of facts, and determine methods for their research and description. The priority during this process is to identify the qualitative components of the works of contemporary visual art. To do this, it is necessary to determine the features that distinguish contemporary works from those created at the previous stages of art development. Further research is required for this problem. Here we use as case examples the works of Krasnoyarsk artists Anna Osipova and Alexander Surikov, who combine both classical and actual characteristics.
Keywords: contemporary art, communication, Anna Osipova, Alexander Surikov
Technical Study of Judith with the Head of Holofernes from Nizhny Tagil Museum of Fine Arts. New Materials for Attribution
Authors: Ilichev Denis , Kulesh Nikita , Mingaztdinov Mikhail
Published: August 2020

We performed a technological investigation of Judith with the Head of Holofernes (a copy of Cristofano Allori’s work) from the Nizhny Tagil Museum of Fine Arts to clarify the painting’s attribution. According to the current attribution, the copy was created in the 17th century Italy. Pigment analysis using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy was undertaken in order to provide indicators of the approximate date of the Nizhny Tagil copy. The analysis results – supplemented with evidence from UV-imaging and micro-imaging, radiographic examination and studies of the paintings’ support, ground and paint layers – agree with the existing attribution but do not necessarily confirm it. Comparison of the technical characteristics of the Nizhny Tagil Judith with the techniques of Western and Russian painting allows us to extend the dating. In addition, certain fragments of the painting were examined to provide insight into specifics of differences between the copy and the original, which turned out to be mainly the results of previous restorations.
Keywords: 17th century Italian painting, painting technique, canvas, pigments, ground, X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy, x-radiograph, cross-sections
The Problem Field of Ethico-Cultural Evaluation of Contemporary Art
Authors: Gomes Karolina-Dzhoanna
Published: August 2020

The challenges of contemporary art include its perception by the public and society in general. Modern art has long utilized provocative and deliberately disruptive acts and statements as one of the tools that allow it to produce public reaction. However, today such actions and statements increasingly face explosive responses from offended audiences, especially amongst the more conservative parts of society. Often such reactions do not limit themselves to the expression of public indignation but proceed to courts and demands to officially sanction offensive art. This article contributes to the polemic around offensive art by identifying problems in contemporary practice of art evaluation in Russia and its limitation, and suggesting ethico-cultural evaluation as a comprehensive approach to analyse the art event or work as insulting or morally dangerous. The identification of problems is based on analysis of existing experts’ statements on the artworks denounced as offensive. The theoretical framework of the research is provided by regulatory legal acts, critical research on vilification laws and the theory of humanitarian evaluation.
Keywords: ethico-cultural evaluation, hate speech, religious feelings, Russia, Article 282, Article 148, religious offense, offensive art
The Challenges of Assessment: The Projects of BRICS Cultural Diplomacy
Authors: Kurumchina Anna
Published: August 2020

This article explores the challenges of expert assessment of the projects in the sphere of cultural diplomacy organized between the BRICS countries. Such assessment is necessary whenever there arises a controversial or unclear moment relating to understanding of a given phenomena. In this case, a specialist or a group of experts in the required field of knowledge are appointed to carry out the research of the object and to provide recommendations. Assessment is an important management instrument essential for decision making process and for removing contradictions. The cultural assessment is aimed at revealing and identifying perspective and vectors of development for culture, for people and society, as well as forecasting the fundamental directions of communicative processes. For the BRICS cultural projects, the assessment is crucial first and foremost for developing the foundations of the future BRICS unified cultural policy, taking into account the characteristic features of this organization, identifying its strengths and weaknesses and opportunities for BRICS development and the growth of its global influence.
Keywords: cultural assessment, BRICS, cultural policy, cultural projects.
“Examination of Memory” and the Formation of Modern Socio-Cultural Space
Authors: Popova Victoria
Published: August 2020

This article analyses the contemporary Russian sociocultural space, exploring the degree of influence of memories of the past on modern society, the use of images of the past in the formation of actual culture. Cultural memory is a major factor in modern socio-cultural space: it contributes to the way people experience their surroundings and their identity through chosen images and artefacts of the past. Professional assessment by the experts is an important tool in understanding how cultural memory works and how it is utilized in socio-cultural experience. This article presents an attempt to reveal the mechanisms of interpretation of the content of cultural memory and the representation of its meanings by means of culture. The article discusses such problems as the process of preserving, transforming and transmitting cultural memory, as well as the possibility of humanistic knowledge in matters of ”memory examination”, analysis and forecasting of the development of the socio-cultural sphere.
Keywords: culture, cultural memory, collective memory, commemorative practices, cultural assessment
Cultural Assessment of Commemorative Practices: Methodological Aspects
Authors: Shub Maria
Published: August 2020

This article explores the theoretical-methodological and instrumental-methodical foundations of contemporary professional cultural assessment of commemorative practices. Today cultural expert assessment is an indispensable tool to interpret various objects and processes, as well as providing practical advice. Cultural assessment is in demand due to the increasing complexity of contemporary cultural processes. Memory practices constitute a highly relevant, ubiquitous and important part of this cultural production. Cultural examination of commemorative practices is carried out on two main levels – the institutional and security level (identification, description, classification, protection of monuments and memorial culture) and cultural (the study of the causes and of the inner mechanisms of the development of memorial processes, forms of their objectification, identification of trends in their development, their socio-cultural and functional capacity etc.). The second level, which the main content of this article, is implemented within several levels: methodological, empirical, procedural, interpretative and symbolic, analytical.
Keywords: assessment, cultural assessment, past, memory, cultural memory, commemoration, commemorative practices.
The Crisis of Humanities in Contemporary Society: Causes and Effects
Authors: Tarasova Olga
Published: August 2020

This article analyses the impact of information revolutions on culture, society, and education, as well as the individual. Contemporary technological consumer society presents a pathological model of relations between human beings and being – a situation that results in many social and cultural problematic features. This article explores these features of modern civilization from a philosophical (ontological) viewpoint, demonstrating that the current crises of humanities is rooted in this deeper ontological situation. The described features of modern information and cognitive metabolism in culture and education show the situation of the “ontological impasse”. In the current sociocultural situation, individuals have lost themselves as thinking entities and education has lost itself both as an institution and as a means of realizing the potential of a person’s spiritual and cognitive transformation. Knowledge has lost its value and sacredness, becoming based on pragmatism, usefulness and comfort. To overcome this situation, deep existential and ontological shifts are required.
Keywords: person, culture, education, information and cognitive metabolism, writing, orality, knowledge, understanding, awareness.
Cultural Assessment: Issues of Methodology
Authors: Sinetskiy Sergei
Published: August 2020

This article gives a brief overview of works devoted to the topic of expert assessment in humanities and cultural studies. It considers cultural assessment from the perspective of the value-normative approach to culture (the corresponding definition is given). The author substantiates the subjective approach to cultural assessment as differentiated from the assessment carried out with the help of special technical methods. The article then explores the key meaning of basic notions ”assessment” and ”culture” and demonstrates how their synthesis forms the concept of ”cultural assessment”. This article is an attempt to distinguish cultural assessment from other methods which are carried out in the field of culture and works of art (art, literary and philological assessment). There are five main parameters that should be analyzed. They are: the values inherent to the object; norms immanent to the object; object resistance to foreign cultural influences; alongside with an object’s ability object to reproduce and communicate its own value-normative content and be applied to cultural policy by the engaged actors. The author explains how to achieve the objectification of results for this type of assessment. In conclusion, this work proves cultural assessment to be an efficient tool, which also allows specific interpretation of its results in the context of cultural diversity and contradictions between the bearers of cultures.
Keywords: culture, cultural assessment, values, norms, cultural policy.
The New Aesthetics and Traditions of the Russian Stone and Jewellery Art in the Collections of Yekaterinburg Jewellery Houses
Authors: Denisova Elena , Gruzdeva Irina
Published: August 2020

This article presents a review of the leading jewellery companies in Yekaterinburg. We present a comparative analysis of the range of products, focussing on the new stylistic design techniques and technological features of the jewellery collections and stone-cutting works produced by the leading jewellery houses. Examples of the most significant works in the premium class segment are discussed. We demonstrate how modern Russian jewellery art creatively combines and develops Russian and European historical jewellery tradition while striving to absorb and utilize cutting-edge techniques, materials and technologies. The wide range of resulting artworks and approaches to modern jewellery-making highlights the successful combination of historical and modern approaches. More sophisticated technology allows the jewellery artists to implement new ideas while creating increasingly technically complex works. We analyse the works by the leading Yekaterinburg jewellery houses: MOISEIKIN, CHAMOVSKIKH, Natasha Libelle, Ringo, Maxim Demidov, Jewellers of Ural.
Keywords: jewellery collection, design, translation method, quatation method, transformation
Art Discourse of the Yekaterinburg Avant-Garde: From the 1960s Basements to the 1980s Exhibitions
Authors: Golynets Galina
Published: August 2020

This paper is devoted to the first domestic international conference Avant-Garde Movements in the Soviet Fine Arts: History and Modernity organised by the Department of the Art History of the Ural State University, by the Regional Department of Culture and by the White Gallery under the direction V.A. Malinov. The conference took place on January 19–21, 1990 in Sverdlovsk in the Cinema House. This event, which united art critics of the Urals, Siberia, Moscow, Kiev and Sofia, was one of the first sophisticated attempts to consider the issues faced by art movements which were not officially recognized and, therefore, existed “in the underground”. Due to various objective and subjective circumstances, local cultural strivings of that time were expressed more fully in painting and graphics than in other art forms. Sverdlovsk visual arts became well-known far beyond the region and played a special role in the city’s artistic life. The exhibition focused on the members of the art partnership ”Surikova, 31”. Almost two hundred artists and over six hundred works were presented in the 1987 exhibition. The exhibition stunned the public due to the age range of the artists, the explosion of movements and styles, and most of all the freedom of expression. Since then, exhibition activity has emerged from the basements and become public. Materials from the Ural conference 1990 are still interesting and relevant as part of the history of non-official art both in Sverdlovsk/Yekaterinburg and Russia in general.
Keywords: modernism, avant-garde, Artists’ Union, socialist realism, underground, the second avant-garde, nonconformism, postmodernism.
Issues in Attribution and Expert Assessment of the Decorative Porcelain Objects
Authors: Mikhailova Tatiana
Published: August 2020

This paper explores the main issues in professional attribution and methodology for the expert assessment of decorative porcelain works. Expert assessment of such works consists of a range of examinations, including studies of technological peculiarities, marking of items, stylistic, heraldic and epigraphic analysis. The history of Russian porcelain is heavily influenced by various trends in European art, as well as events in Russian history. In each stage of development of locally produced porcelain, marks on the items were used in different way and presented a different range of information. Interpretation of these marks provides an important source of attribution and establishment of provenance and, therefore, is of vital importance for any professional working with Russian porcelain. This article provides information on the porcelain markings from the establishment of first porcelain factories in eighteenth-century Russia during the imperial period, before discussing markings on Soviet porcelain and, finally, giving examples of contemporary marks used by modern Russian factories.
Keywords: attribution, expertise, porcelain, decorative plastic, sculpture, decoration, brand names, hallmarks, author’s signatures
The Sources of Far-Eastern Motifs in Ural Artistic Iron Casting
Authors: Vinokurov Sergey
Published: August 2020

Based on the works by the Kasli and Kusa iron factories from the collection of the Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, this article explores provisional and established sources used as models for the production of cast iron pieces in “Oriental style”, both as standalone images and as decorative details. The article describes historical context and conditions that facilitated the popularity and appeal of the Far-Eastern artistic traditions to the Russian craftsmen, and examines examples of borrowings, feature transformations and perceptions of the “exotic” images by factory workers. Many items found in the museum collection reflect several waves of “oriental” fashion, which reached Russia from Europe. Despite the distance of Yekaterinburg from the metropolitan centres, these influences reached Ural cast iron makers relatively quickly due to the fact that commissions from Moscow and Saint-Petersburg customers constituted the major part of local production. The conclusions presented here are that these works, and their possible sources, provide an evidence of a close connection between the regional Ural arts and crafts and European artistic process.
Keywords: chinoiserie, Japonisme, Art Nouveau, Ural artistic cast iron, Kasli cast iron, Kusa cast iron cross-cultural communication, Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts
Design Discourse: An Outline of the Terminological Apparatus
Authors: Bystrova Tatiana
Published: August 2020

Design is a relatively young field, increasingly in demand in modern culture – not only within its professionally established limits but also as a technique for generating new ideas and products in business, education, urbanism etc. Strengthening the professional boundaries of design as a form-building activity whose purpose is harmonization of human material environment can be done through a discursive approach. It provides the opportunity to “equalize” the material and ideal origins of design. This article explores the implementation mechanisms and the specific language means of design discourse. The necessity of giving conceptual status of such terms as “concept”, “sketch”, “layout”, “module”, “thing” and various others is shown. This research into the social-communicative aspect of design allows to develop an original and relevant system of concepts that can help not only to analyse the design processes and forms but also to establish its limits. This could help to address a number of more concrete theoretical problems, including specific design methods that distinguish it from artistic, architectural, marketing and general research methods.
Keywords: design, design discourse, design thinking, form, objectivity, project, project implementation, concept
Universal Design as a Tool for the Humanization of Social Consciousness in Design Practice
Authors: I. Isachenko Victoria , A. Kurochkin Valeriy
Published: August 2020

This paper considers design as a socially responsible tool that can and should be used to challenge existing social and cultural conditions and facilitate the humanization of social consciousness and design activity. Providing inclusivity is undoubtedly a goal of design, and many countries today are engaged in facilitating such changes in urban environments. Universal design is one of the most important tools that can meet the challenges of creating a comfortable living environment and developing an inclusive mindset. We demonstrate the potential of universal design using examples of the design projects developed by the students of the Department of Industrial Design, Ural State University of Architecture and Art. These projects show a wide range of possible applications of the principles of universal design and demonstrate the potential of universal design to facilitate and engender new understanding of inclusive and accessible environment that can help reshape public consciousness regardless of whether or not such projects are actually put into practice.
Keywords: universal design, disabled people, humanization of social consciousness, humanization of design activity, inclusive mindset
Design Research as a Discipline: Understanding the Present and Predicting the Future
Authors: Khalmurzayeva Elmira
Published: August 2020

This article examines the role of design research in contemporary design education for master’s level students. The author discusses the general role of design research in the development of modern design and argues that for today’s design professionals good grounding in research during the training period is indispensable. Teaching design research for master’s level students means introducing them to one of the key skills in developing innovations. The article presents experience of teaching design research for students at a master’s level design educational program in Kyrgyzstan. Combining the best international approaches, design research was introduced as one of the central components of the new educational programs. Several courses teach students major trends and tools in design research, allowing them to expand their horizons and to bridge the gap between theoretical and practical knowledge. It is to be hoped that future development of this programme will produce ground-breaking results in local design education.
Keywords: design research, design research methods, innovation development.
Exhibition Environment for Visitors with Visual Impairments
Authors: Semenenko Darya , Nazarov Yuri
Published: August 2020

This article discusses the organization of the exhibition environment for visually impaired visitors. We present a number of examples of modern displays designed for people with visual impairments. Among them are the exhibitions Touch the Prado, See the Invisible, Touch the Uffizi, the project The Language of Sculptures in Braille, as well as other exhibitions – pioneers among the exhibitions for visually impaired visitors. We describe the main types of tactile exhibits, as well as the key required to provide information and adopt the space for people with visual impairments in public buildings. Besides adapting the premises, museums should also have well-designed programs for all categories of visitors to specialized exhibitions. The main goal of museums that are working on exhibitions for people with sight disabilities should be creating atmosphere that immerses them in the world of art and also helps them to get maximum experience of learning about the exhibits.
Keywords: exhibition, visually impaired people, adaptation, museum, art, tactility, inclusivity, touch, information, accessibility, perception
Axiology and Praxeology of Design Thinking
Authors: Pankina Marina
Published: August 2020

This article discusses the methodological and axiological foundations of design, the determinants of design, objective and subjective aspects of design, and designer’s value guidelines. Since the earliest stages of its history, design as a type of creative practice existed and developed an integral connection with mass production. Unlike architecture or visual, decorative and applied arts, design forms a part of economic production and communicative processes, and also influences economic, marketing, political and ecological situations. This article demonstrates the evolution of systemic and environmental approaches to design, the transition from methodological, functional and morphological techniques for solving of problems within individual concepts of design to axiological, philosophical and ecological approaches. Design is characterized by the following features: an interdisciplinary approach; team work; empathy; the need for prototyping and testing of the object; and inclusion in sociocultural processes. The design object is analysed in terms of its value to the consumer.
Keywords: culture, value, design, methodology of design, design thinking, empathy, consumer
Designing an Interactive Technological Book for Children with Mental Disabilities
Authors: Rodrigues Aguilera Guillermo
Published: August 2020

Graphic design works as a medium between human beings and technology, and can be transformed according to human needs. Graphic design has a potential for developing adaptive educational material for children with mental disabilities. At the same time, graphic design can be integrative with innovative digital technology in order to modernize education process in our digital era. This article describes an attempt to develop a graphic design project aimed at the creation of an innovative solution for schools for children with special need. By combining graphic design and technology, it was possible to create an interactive book that could help children and teenagers with mental disabilities in their learning processes and improve their quality of life. The experiment took place in one of the specialized schools in Yekaterinburg (Russia). The proposed project factored teachers’ opinions (obtained through teachers’ interviews) into the development process, and was subsequently tested in the classroom.
Keywords: graphic design, mixed reality, education, children, digital learning, special needs, mental disability, interactive book