322 research outputs found
In the circle of the 20th century dystopia. About reading the novel “Otok snova” by Damir Miloš
No full textThe article is an attempt to show the novel Otok snova (Island of Dreams,1996) by Damir Miloš as an example of a dystopian text. The author portrays the presented world of the book, first, as a postmodern consumer space where the pursuit of attractions is a dominant human activity, second, she presents the same picture through the prism of hyperbolic deformation. In the novel the original idyll takes the contours of hell, as she suggests. However, the reflection does not finish in a defeatist way. The author indicates a possibility of transition from dystopia to micro-utopia, but only in the case of reading the novel in the context of other works written by Damir Miloš
Contributions to the Hypermapping of Dioclatianʼs Palace; Layered Space and Conceptions of Place
Get PDFThe new book on Diocletian’s Palace brings interesting new readings and interpretations of the Palace and broadens this interpretative substratum with a projective dimension, by posing questions about the possible new interventions and sensible design procedures to be performed in such delicate urban field without compromising its layered integrity. The book consists of four essays by four authors – Sasa Zivkovic, Leslie Lok, Ana Šverko and Damir Gamulin
A Damastion Tetrobol – Fake or Original?
Get PDFAutor Damir Kovač godinama skuplja novac Damastija i piše o njemu. Numizmatički materijal nabavlja uglavnom od raznih aukcijskih kuća te na numizmatičkim susretima u Münchenu, Beču i drugdje. U posljednje vrijeme novac Damastija najčešće nudi poznata američka aukcijska kuća CNG - Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, PA (dalje: CNG). Na jednoj od njezinih renomiranih aukcija kupio je autor tetrobol grada Damastija, sretan da je obogatio zbirku novim primjerkom novca iz toga još uvijek enigmatičkoga grada. No na temelju analiza toga novca koje su obavili poznati stručnjaci pojavila se sumnja u to da je taj tek kupljeni tetrobol izvoran. Autori prikazuju tijek događanja kojima su potaknuli izradu tih analiza kupljenoga tetrobola i citiraju te analize. Tim vlastitim iskustvom autori žele upozoriti numizmatičare na oprez
pri kupovanju numizmatičkoga materijala.The author Damir Kovač has for years collected Damastion coins and written about them. In most cases he acquired numismatic material from various auction houses and at numismatic meetings in Munich, Vienna and elsewhere. More recently, Damastion coins have usually been offered by the well-known American auction house CNG – Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, PA (hereinafter: CNG). At one of its renowned auctions the author purchased a tetrobol of the city of Damastion, happy to have enriched his collection with a new coin from that still enigmatic city. However, analysis of that coin by well-known experts raised doubts about the originality of the recently purchased tetrobol. The authors show why they had the tetrobol analysed and cite the analyses results. Based on their own experience, the authors want to caution numismatists to be careful when purchasing numismatic material
Temu "dizajniranja" (muzejskih izložaba) gledamo vrlo široko i otvoreno
Get PDFOblikovanje izložaba vidimo kao jedan od najpotentnijih alata za stvaranje i prezentaciju novog znanja na temelju akumulacije postojećih znanja. Radi komuniciranja izložbenog narativa, otvoreni smo za sve medije, materijale i pristupe oblikovanju, od ambijentalnih, tekstualno-informativnih, multimedijskih, grafičko-ilustrativnih ili pak participativnih. Balansiranje odnosa između odabira pristupa i korištenja medijima u odnosu prema temi određuje karakter konačnog rješenja
M8: The Adriatic Highway: Infrastructure as a Generator of Territory
Get PDFInfrastruktura kao generator teritorija jest umjetničko istraživanje koje koristi likovnu analizu kao osnovu razvijanja kvalitativnih kartografskih metoda izvan egzaktnih okvira geoinformacijskih tehnologija. Uloga Jadranske magistrale ponajprije u turističkim transformacijama prethodno nepovezanog i nerazvijenoga agrikulturnog dužobalnog pojasa, analizirana kroz prvo sustavno korištenje aerofotogrametrijskih snimaka iz razdoblja uoči njezina dovršetka 1965., služi kao organizacijska i sadržajna potka valorizacije ovoga opsežnog obuhvata. Sekvencija prolaska magistralom iskustveno je oblikovala ovaj prostor, rekombinirajući njegove sastavnice na potpuno drugačiji način u odnosu na prethodne itinerere koji su ga obuhvaćali, poput shematizirane kasnoantičke Tabule Peutingeriane ili idealizirane kontinuirane panorame Giuseppea Riegera iz 1853. Transformacijom izvorne rute i izmještanjem prometa na trasu buduće Jadransko-jonske autoceste nastavlja se vizualna reorganizacija obalnog prostora. Postupkom bliskim klasičnim metodama sažimanja videosekvencija, magistrala je također podijeljena u sekvencije, a potom na arbitraran broj točaka koje čine nasuprotno snimljeni fotografski prikazi. Na njima se umjesto kontinuiteta analiziraju upravo prekidi i promjene u njemu, kao svojevrsni komprimirani zapis kojima se isključuju istovjetni podaci. Kroz niz jednostavnih odrednica koje ih karakteriziraju prate se transformacijski procesi, dominantno korištenje zemljišta, elementi prirodnog ili izgrađenog okoliša. Ovako se stvara otvorena matrica podataka koja omogućava rekombiniranje elemenata, ovisno o odabranoj metodi klasifikacije. Kroz statističku učestalost prevladava se inicijalna arbitrarnost i izgrađuju kartografske sekvencije kojima se detektiraju intrigantni obrasci i nova sagledavanja prostora.Infrastructure as a Generator of Territory is an art project that uses visual analysis in order to develop qualitative cartographic methods beyond the exact boundaries of geoinformatic technologies. The role of the Adriatic Highway in the transformations of the previously disconnected and underdeveloped agricultural litoral took place primarily owing to tourism. This has been analyzed by using, for the first time systematically, aerophotogrametric surveys from the period preceding its completiton (1965). The highway has been the organizational and conceptual basis for evaluating this extensive undertaking. The sequence of passage along the Magistral road has structured this space experientially by recombining its components in an entirely different way as compared to the previous itineraries, represented in the schematized late antique Peutingeriana or the idealized continuous panorama of Giuseppe Rieger from 1853. By transforming the original route and displacing the trafic to the future Adriatic-Ionian, motorway the visual reorganization of the literal was continued. By using a procedure similar to the classical methods of contracting video sequences, the Adriatic Highway has likewise been divided into sequences and then further to an arbitrary number of points rendered by the photographic scenes shot from the opposing angles. Rather than showing the continuities, they primarily analyze disruptions and transformations as a sort of comprimated recording that excludes identical data. A series of simple defining features makes it possible to observe the transformation processes, the prevalent uses of land, and the elements of natural or human-made environment. This creates a matrix of data that allows for a recombination of elements, depending on the selected method of classification. Statistical frequency helps overcome the initial arbitrariness and construct cartographic sequences that make it possible to detect intriguing patterns and to view space in a fresh way
Qalandar-name. Chapter 2. “Praise and blessing upon Muhammad Mustafa”
No full textThe present fragment contains the translated continuation of a medieval poetic text “Qalandar-name” written by the Crimean Sufi author Abu Bakr Qalandar. This fragment contains the second chapter devoted to praising (Salawat) the Prophet Muhammad, after which the poet will glorify his righteous caliphs (al-Khulafa al-rashidun). As it appears from the author’s praises, he was a follower of Sunni Islam and, at the same time, a representative of the Sufi order (tariqa). Titles and names that Abu Bakr Kalandar uses in his chanting of Muhammad, are very familiar both to researchers of the Islamic religion and ordinary Muslims. He calls the Prophet the Lord (Sayyid) of both worlds, Elect, Light, Leader of all the prophets and saints. The author mentions some famous miracles of the Messenger of Allah, such as the night journey (Isra) and ascension to the seventh heaven (Mi’raj), the moon’s splitting and inanimate objects’ speaking. He also makes an allusion to the mystical interpretation of the Qur’an in relation to the hair of the Prophet. The Persian text is translated by Milyausha Ismagilova, a postgraduate student. Translation edition and comments are supplied by Damir Shagaviyev, Head of the Department of History of Public Thought and Islamic Studies of the Sh.Marjani Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan).
* Continuation of the article. See beginning of the article in: Golden Horde Review, 2014, no. 2(4), pp.243–252
The smell and colour of words. Attempts at intersemiotic translation and synaesthesia in Damir Miloš’s works "Smetlar" and "Bijeli klaun"
Get PDFThe aim of the intersemiotic and conceptual prose of Damir Miloš is to overcome the limitations
of language and literary description, especially when presenting reality through the
prism of sensual experience, both visual and olfactory. In Miloš’s prose the interconnectedness
of art forms, often perceived today as a symptom of a literary crisis or a trend towards
intermediality, becomes a special and convenient pretext to use intersemiotic translation,
visuality and synaesthesia as a means of presenting sensuality in literature. The Croatian
author creates a world in which his protagonists, marked with certain incapacities or hypersensitivity
of senses (an absolute sense of smell, colour-blindness or blindness), conjure up
their own individual and subjective reality. Thus, Miloš stresses the postmodern aspect of the
multiplicity of truths and perspectives
Qalandar-name. Chapter 3. “Praises to Abu Bakr, Commander of the Faithful”
No full textThe presented fragment is the next part of the translation of the medieval poetic text “Qalandar-name” written by Abu Bakr Qalandar, the Sufi scholar from the Crimea. This Chapter is devoted to praises to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (The Truthful), the Successor of the Prophet Muhammad, the first of the four Righteous Caliphs (al-Khulafa al-Rashidun). Within the nine rows the author mentions the virtues of Abu Bakr making the main emphasis on truthfulness, loyalty and sincerity of this Prophet’s companion. The Persian text is translated by Milyausha Ismagilova, the postgraduate student. The translation’s edition and comments are supplied by Damir Shagaviev, Head of the Department of History of Social Thought and Islamic Studies at the Sh.Marjani Institute of History of AS RT (Kazan).
* Continuation. See the beginning in: Golden Horde Review. 2014. № 2(4). P.243–252; № 3(5). P.207–214. Russian translation from Persian by a graduate student M.R. Ismagilova. Academic edition of the translation and comments by D.A. Shagaviev, Head of the Department of History of Social Thought and Islamic Studies at the Sh.Marjani Institute of History of AS RT (Kazan)
Urban Planning Research : Pedagogical Notebook Vol. 2
No full textPedagoška bilježnica 2 nastavlja se na prvu ‘bilježnicu’ posvećenu kolegiju Istraživanja u urbanom planiranju koju je, baš kao i sam kolegij, kreirala prof. dr. sc. Ivana Šverko, u želji da se splitskim studentima arhitekture pruže osnove istraživačkog urbanizma u mediteranskom kontekstu. Ideja pedagoške bilježnice je doprinos prepoznavanju faze istraživanja kao nezaobilazne početne etape cjelokupnoga složenog procesa urbanističkog planiranja i projektiranja, i poznavanju istraživačkih metodologija u specifičnim prostornim i društvenim okolnostima.
Jedan od idealnih konkretnih predložaka za ostvarenje tog nastavnog cilja je ulica Zrinsko-Frankopanska, razvijena na liniji rimske centurijacije splitskog poluotoka, koja povezuje povijesnu, južnu, i noviju, sjevernu gradsku luku.
Duž Zrinsko-Frankopanske, te iznimno važne gradske ulice se, gotovo bez vremenskih praznina, nižu građevine od antike do 21. stoljeća i nalaze najrazličitiji javni sadržaji.
Studenti su ovu gradsku ulicu mapirali, istraživali i analizirali pomoću povijesne analize, morfološke analize prostorne povezanosti, zelenila, odnosa javnog i privatnog, dostupnog i nedostupnog prostora, namjene, urbane opreme itd, pri čemu su bilježili i relevantne svakodnevne ljudske aktivnosti poput odlaganja smeća, kao i one poput položaja i sadržaja grafita, ne isključujući u analitičkom postupku ni morfografiju – deskripciju forme bez referiranja na njezine izvore i razvojni proces.
Studenti su bili usmjereni na to da nakon istraživačke faze u projektantskom procesu reagiraju na detektirane probleme ciljanim poboljšanjem i preoblikovanjem onoga već postojećega te da otvore mogućnosti alternativnog korištenja prostora do onoga stupnja projektantskog procesa kad zadatak preuzima arhitekt ili dizajner.
Predstavljanjem istraživanja konkretnog segmenta želimo kroz ovu skriptu studentima pomoći u sagledavanju složenosti urbanog tkiva, definiranju osnovnih gradotvornih elemenata, istraživanju razvojnih procesa, tipoloških i morfoloških odlika gradnje te naposljetku detektiranju svega što čini “ukupnost gradskog prostora”. Želimo ih usmjeriti da kao arhitekti, sa svojim specifičnim znanjima i alatima, uz uključenje svih ostalih relevantnih struka u procese urbanističkog planiranja i projektiranja, izgrade visoka stručna i etička načela te stasaju u novu generaciju odgovornih graditelja grada.The Second Pedagogical Notebook is a continuation of the first ‘notebook’, dedicated to the Urban Planning Research course. The course and the notebook were created by Prof. Ivana Šverko, with the aim of offering students of architecture in Split the basics of urban planning research in a Mediterranean context. The idea behind the pedagogical notebook is to contribute to the recognition of the research phase as an essential starting point in the entire, complicated process of urban planning and design, as well as an understanding of research methodologies in specific spatial and social conditions.
One of the ideal real-world templates for realising this goal is Zrinsko- Frankopanska Street, which developed along one of the Split peninsula’s Roman centuriation lines. This street connects the historical southern city harbour with the newer, northern one.
Zrinsko-Frankopanska is an exceptionally important city street, and along its length there are a range of buildings dating from the ancient period to the 21st century, with almost every historical period represented. It is here that the most diverse range of public facilities can be found.
The students mapped, studied, and analysed this city street, using historical and morphological analysis of spatial connections, greenery, the relationship between the public and the private, the accessible and inaccessible spaces, purpose, urban equipment, and so on. In doing so, they also noted relevant everyday human activities such as disposing of rubbish, as well as things such as the position and content of graffiti. They also included morphography – the description of forms without reference to their sources and development process – in their analytical approach.
After the research phase, the students were instructed to target the problems they detected by proposing improvements to the existing elements, or by redesigning them. They were also required to open up the possibility of alternate uses for the space, up to the point in the design process when an architect or designer would usually take over.
By presenting the study of a specific segment in this book, we wish to help students consider the complexity of the urban tissue, define the basic urban elements, research development processes, the typological and morphological characteristics of constriction and, ultimately, to identify everything that constitutes the “urban space as a whole”. We wish to guide them so that with their unique knowledge and tools, and their inclusion of all the other relevant professions in the processes of urban planning, they can become architects with sound professional and ethical principles, and develop into a new generation of responsible city-builders
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