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Environmental dynamics recorded at Dupljaja loess section (Southeastern Carpathian Basin, Northern Serbia)
No full textAbstract: Dupljaja loess-palaeosol sequence in southeasternmost sector of the Banat Loess Plateau (Serbia), situated in the southeastern Carpathian (Middle Danube) Basin, is important for understanding the evolution of the Last Glacial climate and southeastern Carpathian as a potential corridor for human migration throughout Europe. The Dupljaja loess-palaeosol sequence in the southeasternmost sector of the Banat Loess Plateau, Serbia, is of significant paleoenvironmental importance. Situated within the southeastern Carpathian (Middle Danube) Basin, it provides valuable insights into the climatic evolution during the last glacial period and highlights the southeastern Carpathians as a potential migration corridor for early humans across Europe. The stratigraphic pattern of the Dupljaja section from the Holocene to the Last Glacial period mirrors analogous profiles in the northern Serbia, with the robust support based on luminescence dating and the correlation of magnetic record with the Marine Oxygen Isotope stratigraphy. Importantly, the grain size data from the section provides crucial insight into egional dust accumulation dynamics on the southeastern Banat Loess Plateau. Three distinct depositional modes are identified: two finer modes were dominant in the Holocene and late Last Glacial intervals, whereas a coarser mode prevailed in the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 interval. To better understand these variations in grain size records, we have undertaken a comparative analysis of regional palaeoclimate model data between the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and typical Greenland Stadial and Interstadial conditions. Model results indicate slightly drier regional climate conditions during the LGM than during stadial, while granulometry data suggests that the deposition of coarser loess during MIS 3 is related to drier conditions in the local source area (the Danube River alluvial plain), resulting in coarser material available for aeolian action. We propose that the drier hydroclimate of the Danube Palaeolithic corridor associated with steppic and more seasonal environmental conditions between 53–37 ka may have facilitated migrations of anatomically modern humans from southwest Asia into Europe.International
Conference Geospatial and
Environmental Dynamics -
Lamination, 15-16th
November 2025, Novi Sad -Saopštenje štampano u izvod
Литерарна сведочанства о болести и смрти у епистолографији Плинија Млађег
No full textIn his literary letters, one of the first of its kind in Roman literature, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus writes about various topics concerning the everyday life of Romans. His collection consists of stylistically revised (epistulae curatius scriptae/litterae curiosius scriptae) actual letters addressed to family members and friends, which the author personally selected and published. Although Pliny is considered an optimistic writer, the epistolary part of his work is often intertwined with topics related to various diseases and health conditions, aging, (premature) death, suicides, and as a counterweight to all this is the omnipresent desire for fame and immortality.The aim of this paper is to shed more light on the phenomenon of illness and death from a literary aspect. We will explore relevant excerpts and provide a broader picture when looking at this topic. Literary creativity was Pliny’s greatest pleasure and thepath to immortality. His letters, full of piety for ancestors and care for descendants, should guide us nowadays.У својим литерарним писмима која су једна од првих те врсте у римској књижевности Гај Плиније Цецилије Секунд говори о разноликим темама из свакодневног живота Римљана. Римски државник Трајановог доба и литерата широког образовања, био је зачетник ове новекњижевне врсте настале под снажним утицајем античке реторике. Његову збирку чине стилски обликована (epistulae curatius scriptae/litterae curiosius scriptae) стварна писма упућена пријатељима и блиским особама, која је аутор лично одабрао и објавио. С тим у вези, можемо рећи да се у Плинијевом стварном адресату заправо огледа широки римски аудиторијум. Циљ нашег рада био је да се на богатом и шароликом материјалу који ова збирка пружа додатно осветли феномен болести и смрти са литерарног аспекта. Премда Плиније важи за ведрог писца, будући да његова писма садрже описе лежерне свакодневице и учене доколице, екфразе велелепних имања и вила, епистолографски део његовог стваралаштва често прожимају теме везане за разне болести и стања, старење, (преурањену) смрт, (само)убиства, а као контратежа свему томе стоји свеприсутна жеља за славом и бесмртности. Већи број помена болести и смрти не треба да буди посебну позорност имајући у виду високу стопу смртности тога доба, а и свакако представљају део свачије свакодневице. Са друге стране, оно што смо ми могли закључити на основу анализе релевантних ексцерпата, болест и смрт јесу погодна тема за само литерарно писмо. Отворена, тј. јавна писма углавном су се писала у устаљеним стилским и садржинским оквирима, те нису служила само да информишу већ да поуче, посаветују и охрабре. Адхортативни мотиви сами по себи происходе из поменуте тематике.Литерарно стваралаштво Плинију је представљало највеће задовољство и пут ка бесмртности. Његова писма, пуна пијетета према прецима и бриге према ближњима треба и данас да нам буду путоказ и прибежиште
Early Fowlers of Europe: evidence for bird exploitation during MIS 8/7 from Velika Balanica cave (Serbia)
No full textEuropean early hominins have typically been pictured as hunter-gatherers relying on the large mammalian prey
that they hunted or scavenged using heavy-hafted stone or sharpened wooden implements to bring down and
dismember the prey, while fowling is regarded as a subsistence adaptation that occurs rather late in Neanderthal
and modern human cognitive evolutions. Here we explore how early Neanderthals from Velika Balanica (VB)
might exploited birds for food – as they are considered elusive prey for humans up to MIS 5 due to their flight
escaping capabilities and low caloric return rates, or possibly feathers – as some of identified cutmarks might
suggest. From layer 3, dated to MIS 8/7, out of 25 identified bird bones 5 specimens contain cutmarks – 2 of them
on medium-sized birds, and 3 on tiny passerines. Apart from human processing, one bird’s ulna contains a raptor
beak puncture, while 2 talons of a medium-sized raptor have also been recovered. On the base of this evidence,
associated with a high proportion of human processed bones, fireplaces, and high lithic density, we argue that
early Neanderthals inhabiting VB during the Middle Pleistocene were in good ecological grasp of their environment
and acquired birds for a variety of reasons not primarily connected to their main subsistance pattern
Jasna Tijardović Popović (Split, 1947 – Belgrade, 2023): reconstruction of the routes of finding freedom
No full textU radu se analiziraju okolnosti u kojima se formira i razvija kustoskokritičarska praksa Jasne Tijardović izvan i unutar institucija sveta umetnosti kroz koje
se profesionalno kretala i mapiraju se specifičnosti njene prakse muzejske edukatorke.
Obe ove prakse bile su oblikovane doslednim i temeljnim preispitivanjem sistema i
jezika umetnosti te zaokupljenosti pitanjem da li prevazilaženjem uslova sopstvenog
funkcionisanja kao društvene prakse umetnost može da redefiniše te uslove, vredosni
sistem društva i konačno sopstvenu društvenu artikulisanost. Glavna teza rada je
da je svaka od ovih profesionalnih aktivnosti predstavljala doprinos emancipaciji i
profesije i života i da je imala performativne efekte.The article analyzes the circumstances in which Jasna Tijardović’s
curatorial and critical practice, formed and developed both outside and within the
art institutions through which she moved professionally, mapping the specificities
of her practice as a museum educator as well. Both practices were shaped by a
consistent and thorough reexamination of the system and the language of art and
a preoccupation with the question of whether, by overcoming the conditions of its
own functioning as a social practice, art can redefine those conditions, the value
system of society, and ultimately her own social articulation. The main thesis of
the article is that each of these professional activities represented a contribution to
the emancipation of both the profession and life, and that they had performative
effects
A few Insights into Serbian Medieval History in a Kurdish Source from the 16th Century
No full textKurdi, indoevropski narod koji je u VII stoleću potpao pod vlast
Arapa i primio islam, u poznom srednjem veku naseljavao je prostor
s neodređenim granicama između planina Ararat, Taurus i Zagros i
obuhvatao je područja današnje jugoistočne Turske, severne Sirije, se-
verozapadnog Irana i severoistočnog Iraka. Budući granična oblast
između dveju onovremenih sila, Osmanskog carstva i Persije pod di-
nastijom Sefevida, prostor na kome su Kurdi živeli bio je poprište
čestih borbi. Kurdski jezik, koji ima nekoliko dijalekata, pripada
zapadnoiranskoj grupi indoevropskih jezika, sa mnogim posuđenica-
ma iz persijskog, arapskog, sirijskog i turskog jezika. Glavni izvor za
srednjovekovnu istoriju Kurda je istorijsko delo Šaraf-name, izašlo
iz pera kurdskog istoričara, državnika i vojnog delatnika Šaraf-han
Bitlisija, koji je živeo u drugoj polovini XVI stoleća. Završni deo
ovog opsežnog spisa, tzv. Hatime, obuhvata trovekovni period, od stu-
panja na presto Osmanske dinastije na izmaku XIII do kraja XVI stole-
ća. U njemu se nalazi nekoliko sporadičnih i fragmentarnih podataka
o srpskoj srednjovekovnoj istoriji (Marička bitka, Kosovska bitka,
Đurađ Branković, Smederevo, Beograd).The Kurds, an Indo-European people, are the indigenous inhabitants of the
upper regions of eastern and southeastern Asia Minor and the neighboring territories. The Kurdish language, consisting of several dialects, belongs to the Western
Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, incorporating numerous borrowings from Persian, Arabic, Syriac, and Turkish. During the medieval period, the
Kurds were organized into tribes, living within a clan-tribal culture and a militarytribal structure. Due to the lack of sources, little is known about their ancient past.
They came under Arab rule in the 7th century and embraced Islam, with history
recording their frequent uprisings against the caliphs. In the 13th and 14th centuries,
they were under Mongol domination. Kurdistan, the region inhabited by the Kurds,
served as a border zone between the Ottoman Empire and Persia under the Safavid
dynasty, often becoming a battlefi eld.
Kurdish leaders, whether as vassals of the Persian shah or the Ottoman sultan, strove for centuries to maintain as much autonomy as possible. The principal
source on medieval Kurdish history is the historical work Sharaf-nama, authored by
Sharaf Khan Bidlisi, a Kurdish historian, statesman, and military fi gure who lived
during the second half of the 16th century. The concluding section of this extensive
work, known as the Hatime, covers a period of three centuries, from the rise of the
Ottoman dynasty at the close of the 13th century to the end of the 16th century.
Within this work, there are a few sporadic and fragmentary references to
Serbian medieval history, including mentions of the Battle of Marica, the Battle of
Kosovo, Đurađ Branković, Smederevo, and Belgrade. Taken together, the accounts
provided by Sharaf Khan Bidlisi regarding Serbian medieval history are scant and
fairly concise. Delivered succinctly in just a few sentences, they may not offer substantial historical value but are at least literarily intriguing–for instance, the account
of the Battle of Kosovo. Viewed chronologically, these accounts briefl y outline the
decline and eventual fall of the Serbian medieval state.Since these observations come from a writer at the end of the 16th century –
offering a kind of bird’s-eye view of the past based on earlier sources – they do not
signifi cantly enrich our current historical understanding. However, a certain freshness lies in the fact that these accounts are delivered by an author from a geographically distant and culturally exotic region, providing a unique perspective on Serbian
medieval histor
Украјински рат – буђење Царства
No full textШта је Европа Русији? Како ће и куда Русија даље, након отпочињања Украјинског рата (2022) и разлаза за Западом? На ова и друга питања покушава се дати одговор у овој књизи. Износи се преглед ставова руских интелектуалаца, од 19. века до данас, о односу Европе и Русије. Представљају се класична словенофилска, евроазијска и нововизантијска позиција, као и њихове савремене варијанте. Објашњава се руска концепција империје, као и српско виђење значаја руског Царства (Пашић и Калајић). У последњем делу књиге говори се о неким новијим појавама русофобије у Србији
What is epistemic in epistemic democracy?
No full textЕпистемичка демократија, која током последњих
деценија постаје доминантан приступ проучавању
демократије унутар савремене политичке филозофије,
подразумева широк спектар теорија које демократију
доводе у везу са питањима истине, знања и формирања
веровања. Традиционално, епистемичку демократију
можемо одредити као скуп аргумената којима се
брани способност „широких маса” да доносе исправне
одлуке, а који своје почетке дугују филозофима
просветитељства, пре свега Русоу и Кондорсеу.
Унутар савремене епистемичке традиције, можемо
уочити четири паралелна тока истраживања:
испитивање агрегације судова приликом већинског
гласања, испитивање епистемичких својстава јавне
делиберације, приступ који се ослања на филозофију
прагматизма и приступ заснован на епистемологији
врлина. У овом раду ћемо испитати шта је заједничко
сваком од ових приступа. У том циљу, епистемичку
демократију ћемо довести у везу са два најчешћа
вида аргументовања у прилог демократије:
процедурализмом и инструментализмом. Према
процедурализму, демократија је пожељна јер је
сам процес одлучивања у којем у једнакој мери и на
слободан начин учествују сви грађани интринсично
правичан. Инструментализам подразумева
гледиште да је демократија пожељна у односу
на недемократско одлучивање јер доводи до
повољних исхода, као што су економски раст или
испуњавање интереса највећег броја грађана, али
и до избегавања неповољних, као што су глад или
ратови. Иако највећи број заступника епистемичке
демократије истовремено (барем у некој мери)
заступа и инструментализам, тврдићемо да се
свако инструменталистичко одређење епистемичке
демократије суочава са приговором да се не може
пружити прецизан критеријум за разликовање
исправних од несправних одлука. Насупрот томе,
показаћемо, чисто-процедурални епистемички
аргументи у прилог демократије не западају у исти
проблем, због чега им треба дати предност.This paper examines the foundations and approaches
within epistemic democracy – a field in political
philosophy that links democracy with truth, knowledge,
and belief formation. We explore four main approaches
to epistemic democracy: judgment aggregation in
voting, the epistemic qualities of public deliberation,
a pragmatist approach, and virtue epistemology. The
paper explains procedural and instrumental defenses of
democracy: proceduralism values democracy for its fair
and inclusive decision-making process. At the same time,
instrumentalism sees democracy as superior because it
produces favourable outcomes, such as meeting the public
interest and avoiding social harm. Key mechanisms for
epistemic democracy include Condorcet’s jury theorem,
the “miracle of aggregation”, the Hong-Page diversitytrumps-ability model, and John Dewey’s deliberative
model. Each mechanism suggests that large and diverse
groups can make better decisions under ideal conditions
than individual experts or small, homogenous groups.
The paper discusses the tension between proceduralism
and instrumentalism in epistemic democracy, noting that
a purely instrumental approach faces the challenge of
defining clear criteria for “correct” political decisions,
given the diversity of values in democratic societies. We
maintain that epistemic democracy could overcome this
issue by incorporating procedural fairness without rigid
standards of correctness. Ultimately, we suggest a version of a “pure epistemic proceduralism” theory, emphasising
democracy’s intrinsic epistemic value in promoting
mutual responsibility and fostering a collective pursuit
of truth rather than arriving at externally defined correct
answers. This approach, combined with the inherent
value of epistemic virtues (like openness and intellectual
humility), offers an epistemic defense of democracy that
respects pluralism and democratic legitimacy without
relying on strict standards of correctness
Material foundations of ecological rationality
No full textThe ecological approach to rationality, exemplified in theories such as Gerd Gigerenzer’s Fast and Frugal Heuristics, posits that different decision-making procedures are rational in various decision environments. In this regard, the ecological approach sharply contrasts with standard normative theories like Expected Utility Theory, which is often viewed merely as an analysis of bounded rationality. In this article, I aim to provide philosophical foundations for the ecological approach as a framework for normative rationality. I draw on John Norton’s Material Theory of Induction to argue that the appropriate method for addressing uncertain evidence is domain-dependent and sensitive to the environment, as the ecological approach suggests. Furthermore, I argue that, motivated by insights from material theory, we should re-examine the claim that consistency requirements are universal standards of rationality in three ways: first, the plausibility of consistency axioms depends on the decision environment; second, the application of standard theories is contingent upon the structural conditions of that environment; and third, arguments for axioms, such as money-pump arguments, are plausible only in specific domains. Finally, I argue that the ecological approach can provide a substantive account of rationality norms and that its performance-related criteria for these norms should facilitate the evaluation and modification of agents’ decision-making. These arguments underscore the advantages of the ecological approach over standard theories while situating it within the broader philosophical framework of induction