65 research outputs found
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
American studies, cultural studies et le cinéma américain des années 80
No full textAbordant le champ des american studies (plus précisément dans son premier essor dans les années 50) et la récente émergence du champ des cultural studies, l’auteur avance que les deux sont incapables de rendre compte de la réelle complexité de la production pour le grand public (dans ce cas, le film américain des années 80), parce qu’ils restent attachés à des notions de culture comme mythe, pourvoyeur de signification, transmetteur de thèmes. L’auteur propose de comprendre la culture contemporaine davantage comme un spectacle — une présentation visuelle saisissante de points de vue non signifiants — et examine au moyen de quelques façons spécifiques comment le film des années 80 travaille à inhiber, à compliquer, à détourner l’interprétation.Looking at the field of American Studies (especially in its first flowering in the 1950s) and the newly emergent field of cultural studies, the author argues that both are incapable of dealing with the real complexity of mass cultural production (in this case, American Film in the 1980s) as long as they remain tied to notions of culture as myth, purveyor of meaning, transmitter of theme. The author proposes to understand contemporary culture more as spectacle —the visually gripping presentation of non-signifying sights— and looks at some of the specific ways 1980s film works to inhibit, complicate, deflect interpretation
Protecting an estuary from floods: A policy analysis of the Oosterschelde. Vol 1: Summary report
No full textThe first volume in a series of reports describing the methodology and results of a joint research venture between RAND and the Netherlands Rijkswaterstaat. The POLANO project was founded to help the Dutch government analyze the different alternatives (open, closed, and storm-surge barrier cases) for protecting the Oosterschelde region from North Sea floods. Volume I describes the approach and summarizes the results of the complete analysis. The many impacts of each alternative--including financial costs, flood security, ecological changes, and selected economic and social effects--are presented and compared through the novel use of colored scorecards. The report shows how the impacts vary with changes in the design of the alternatives and in certain assumptions. This work, combined with special studies by the Rijkswaterstaat, was the foundation of the report on which the Parliament based its selection of an alternative in June 1976.Polan
Essentials of Petri nets
No full textThis contribution highlights some concepts and aspects of Petri nets that are frequently neglected, but that the authors consider important or interesting, or that Carl Adam Petri emphasized.19 pages, 26 figures, author prepared version of the talk given at the Sixth Advanced Course on Petri Nets, September 3-8, 2023, Toruń, Polan
Metropolitan areas in Polan: Financial dimension
No full textA situation whereby the communes have the most efficient of income sources, including several local taxes, means that a metropolitan area - which is typically composed of several districts and several dozen communes - does not have a uniform and effective system of financing its activites. It may be claimed that the system of financing local governments in Poland ignores the metropolitan areas which appear in the Polish space, causing numerous negative implications for their functioning. The first part of the paper concentrates on how metropolitan areas are being shaped in Polish space, through an analysis of tax-based incomes of communes in seven regions (Dolnoslaskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Lodzkie, Malopolskie, Pomorskie, Slaskie and Wielkopolskie). The second part of the paper refers to the growing importance of metropolitan areas for the development of European space and their common perception as engines of economic growth and sustainable development in Europe. Based on the above a research hypothesis has been formulated: a mechanism for equalising incomes of local governments which has been set up within the equalising part of general grants favours the communes which are located in the peripheries with regards to the metropolitan cities and their metropolitan areas. The author attempts to verify this hypothesis through an analysis of data on the amounts of the equalising part of the general grant which communes receive or are expected to transfer to the state budget between 2007 and 2009
MONEY, OUTPUT AND INFLATION IN AFRICAN ECONOMIES
No full textThis paper examines the long-run money-inflation relation for 36 African countries using cross-section and panel data analysis. The focus is on the recent claim by De Grauwe and Polan that the common finding in multi-country studies of a strong positive link typically reflects the presence of high-inflation countries in the sample and on Nelson's criticisms of the data and methodology employed in that study. Adjusting the De Grauwe and Polan methodology to take account of many of Nelson's criticisms, I confirm a weak long-run relation between money growth and inflation for countries when money growth and inflation are below 10%, but a strong relation when money growth and inflation move much above that number. This result is not dependent on the inclusion of high inflation countries in the cross-section and panel data samples. Copyright (c) 2008 The Author. Journal compilation (c) 2008 Economic Society of South Africa.
When University Was Replaced with Flats: The Underground Education in Socialist Czechoslovakia and Poland in the Seventies and Eighties in the Twentieth Century in Comparative Perspective
No full textThis master's thesis looks into the phenomenon of unofficial education in Czechoslovakia and Poland in the 1970s and 1980s. Comparing several initiatives, the thesis analyses the context of their origins, ways of organisation, members, motivations, themes of lectures, and the position between the dissent and the Communist regime. The author focuses on the general characterisation of the phenomenon and its connection to the unofficial sphere. Keywords: education, underground seminars, flying university, opposition, socialist regime, Czechoslovakia, Polan
Energy efficiency in the polish residential building stock: A literature review
No full textpeer reviewedThe Polish energy market heavily relies on coal. Pressured by the European Union, the Polish government has recently decided to accelerate coal phase-out and to gradually shut down all coal mines by 2049. In that context, it is necessary to assess the Polish energy market's state regarding energy efficiency, especially in the building stock. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current state of energy efficiency of residential buildings in Poland and insights into its future trends. A literature review was conducted, accompanied by focus group discussions with Polish building energy efficiency experts. The Polish energy sector is under a remarkable transformation that may be going too fast. A large gap between expectations, practices, and requirements can be observed. Raising awareness and capacity building in the energy efficiency sector, and a set of accessible guidelines should be developed so that the transformation is implemented correctly. A SWOT analysis results define the key opportunities and threats that are critical to meet net-zero emissions goals. The paper provides findings and insights on the 2020 targets status quo and raises awareness among stakeholders and fills a knowledge gap regarding energy efficiency in the Polish residential building stock.Zero Energy and Low Carbon Buildings in Belgium & Polan
Market manipulation and innovation
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this recordEnd-of-day stock price manipulation is generally associated with short-termism, long-term damage to equity values, and reduced incentives for employees to innovate. We use a sample of suspected stock price manipulation events based on intraday data for stocks from nine countries over eight years, and find evidence of negative effects of market manipulation on real investment decisions in innovation. We show that these negative effects are particularly harmful to innovation in markets with low intellectual property rights and high shareholder protection.European Union Horizon 2020National Science Center, Polan
Wydmuszka. Lektura krytyczna Miast śmierci Mirosława Tryczyka
No full textThe author deconstructs Mirosław Tryczyk’s monograph entitled Miasta śmierci. Sąsiedzkie pogromy Żydów [Towns of death. Pogroms of Jews organized by their neighbors]. This book on the anti-Jewish violence inflicted by Poles in the Białystok region in 1941 was received as revealing and innovative. It gained prominence in the media and a favorable reception in the intellectual milieus, and eminent scholars opined it as excellent. Eventually, however, it proved a cognitively reproductive work lacking professional research methodology and formulating theses unable to withstand scholarly criticism. Using the case of Tryczyk’s book’s popularity, Persak inquires about the condition of scholarly criticism and the quality of the public debate in Polan
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