318 research outputs found
Melinda Mitu, Sorin Mitu, Ungurii despre români. Naşterea unei imagini etnice
No full textCon un incredibile sforzo bibliografico, Melinda e Sorin Mitu ricostruiscono l’immagine dei Romeni presso la cultura ungherese, fornendo al lettore le immagini mentali e le rappresentazioni ideologiche che hanno contribuito a tipicizzare i romeni negli scritti di intellettuali e politici ungheresi. Il volume è infatti scritto sulla base dell’analisi di una vasta varietà di documenti, comprendenti manoscritti, discorsi, saggi, diari di viaggio ed articoli di giornale in lingua ungherese che ha..
Autorità nella collegialità e libertà nella comunione. Premesse antiche a realtà ecclesiastiche recenti
No full textIl concetto canonico di "libertà", definito dal can. 8 del concilio di Efeso (431)con riferimento alla Chiesa di Cipro, assume un permanente valore istituzionale, in qualche modo riproposto nella comunione cattolica dall'istituto dell'Archiepiscopus Majo
Pierrick Sorin. Comedy in Video Art
No full textThe article reveals the genre-stylistic specificity of artworks of the French video artist Pierrick Sorin, created between the 1980s and the 2020s. It studies the methods and techniques characteristic of P. Sorin’s work, particular attention being paid to his use of comic techniques. The novelty of the research lies in the consideration of P. Sorin’s creative work as an integral artistic system in its development. The relevance of the present study is determined by the need to expand ideas about the principles of shaping and the features of drama in the genres of contemporary art.
The article shows that P. Sorin developed the techniques and methods of video art in an original and spectacular way. Out of the creative methods used by the artist, the author of the article focuses on the following ones: the attraction of expressive means of other arts (cinema, circus, music hall, variety theatre, etc.) and the combination of modern technical and technological solutions with the style of comedy films, buffoonery, and clowning, which is manifested in the plots, expressive means, the specifics of the characters. The classification of P. Sorin’s works proposed by the author includes video art, optical theatres (miniature installations), stage performances and scenographic works.
The author comes to the following conclusions: the plot structure of P. Sorin’s works, depending on the genre, includes miniature scenes-sketches, parody films that repeat scenario designs of the originals, and series of sketches combined in a holistic performance by means of recapitulation. In his scenographic works, P. Sorin creates a comic discourse, a play with the viewer based on technical attractions. The comic techniques characteristic of P. Sorin’s work are: comic absurdity, illogical or impossible combination of elements, the method of inconsistency, the method of unexpected, repetition, and the use of taboo topics
<i>Entrenchment, wealth, power, and the constitution of democratic societies</i> by Paul Starr
No full textEntrenchment, Wealth, Power, and the Constitution of Democratic Societies, by Paul Starr, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 2019. 280 pages, hardcover.Why should we, as Management scholars and educators, care about a book on political diagnosis? The answer is twofold. First, the calibre of the author (Paul Starr), an awardee of both Bancroft and Pulitzer Prizes, a former policy advisor to the Clinton administration, and the author of The Transformation of American Medicine (1982), a book with a profound impact on American policy circles. Second, the core concept (entrenchment) of the book, and its potential to advance the process of institutional development, and the ways in which we can reform and change our institutions to better meet the current and pressing needs of the many, rather than preserve the unequal privileges of a few. In light of the geopolitical, social, and environmental pressures we see currently rising across the world (George, Howard-Grenville, Joshi & Tihanyi, 2016; Howard-Grenville, Buckle, Hoskins & George, 2014) there is no better time to examine whether and how we can address some of these grand challenges by reforming and improving our institutions
A benchmark study of the multiscale and homogenization methods for fully implicit multiphase flow simulations
No full textAccurate simulation of multiphase flow in subsurface formations is challenging, as the formations span large length scales (km) with high-resolution heterogeneous properties. To deal with this challenge, different multiscale methods have been developed. Such methods construct coarse-scale systems, based on a given high-resolution fine-scale system. Furthermore, they are amenable to parallel computing and allow for a-posteriori error control. The multiscale methods differ from each other in the way the transition between the different scales is made. Multiscale (finite element and finite volume) methods compute local basis functions to map the solutions (e.g. pressure) between coarse and fine scales. Instead, homogenization methods solve local periodic problems to determine effective models and parameters (e.g. permeability) at a coarser scale. It is yet unknown how these two methods compare with each other, especially when applied to complex geological formations, with no clear scale separation in the property fields. This paper develops the first comparison benchmark study of these two methods and extends their applicability to fully implicit simulations using the algebraic dynamic multilevel (ADM) method. At each time step, on the given fine-scale mesh and based on an error analysis, the fully implicit system is solved on a dynamic multilevel grid. The entries of this system are obtained by using multiscale local basis functions (ADM-MS), and, respectively, by homogenization over local domains (ADM-HO). Both sets of local basis functions (ADM-MS) and local effective parameters (ADM-HO) are computed at the beginning of the simulation, with no further updates during the multiphase flow simulation. The two methods are extended and implemented in the same open-source DARSim2 simulator (https://gitlab.com/darsim2simulator), to provide fair quality comparisons. The results reveal insightful understanding of the two approaches, and qualitatively benchmark their performance. It is re-emphasized that the test cases considered here include permeability fields with no clear scale separation. The development of this paper sheds new lights on advanced multiscale methods for simulation of coupled processes in porous media.Reservoir EngineeringNumerical Analysi
Civil Society and National Identity in Nineteenth-Century Transylvania
No full textCivil Society and National Identity in Nineteenth-Century Transylvania. In this paper, we will attempt to provide an overview of the phenomenon of association in modern Transylvania, to emphasize its origins, and to analyze the functions it fulfilled in relation to the national identity. The association phenomenon is based on communication and the creation of a public space in which individuals share their ideas. The nationalities of Austria-Hungary chose to build their public space separately by creating parallel civil societies that were most often in competition. This tradition is still producing effects in Transylvania.
Rezumat: Societate civilă şi identitate naţională în Transilvania secolului al XIX-lea. În acest studiu vom încerca să schiţăm o imagine de ansamblu asupra fenomenului asociaţionist din Transilvania modernă, să îi evidenţiem originile şi să analizăm funcţiile pe care le-a îndeplinit, în relaţie cu identitatea naţională. Fenomenul asociaţionist se bazează pe comunicare, pe crearea unui spaţiu public în care indivizii îşi împărtăşesc ideile. Naţionalităţile din Austro-Ungaria au preferat să îşi construiască acest spaţiu public în mod separat, prin crearea unor societăţi civile paralele, de cele mai multe ori aflate în competiţie. Este o tradiţie care mai produce încă efecte în Transilvania.
Cuvinte-cheie: societate civilă, asociaţii politice şi culturale, identitate naţională, Transilvania, epoca modern
Mutual Images of Romanians and Hungarians in Proverbs Collected in the Nineteenth Century
No full textThis article analyzes Romanian and Hungarian proverbs collected in the nineteenth century that convey images of the Other. These were published mostly in the masive collections of proverbs, sayings, and riddles edited by András Dugonics, Ede Margalits, and Iuliu Zanne. Proverbs speak first of all about the differences between “us” and “them,” about the negative traits of those around us, by which we identify ourselves and which highlight our superiority and “normality” in relation to dangerous and peculiar strangers around us. Peasants did not reflect on their neighbours in order to outline an objective portrait of them, but to display and reinforce their own cultural features, setting themselves apart from the strangers surrounding them. For this reason, they usually mocked and did not praise the Other. Mockery and ridicule were much more common than positive assessments, regardless of whether the relations between the two communities were good or bad. In this general framework, the popular images of the two peasant communities were agreeable and conveyed a sense of closeness and familiarity rather than a high degree of otherness, as was the case with the imagological relationships maintained with the Gypsies or the Jews.
Rezumat. Acest articol analizează proverbe româneşti şi maghiare culese în secolul al XIX-lea care transmit imagini ale celuilalt. Acestea au fost publicate în mare parte în colecţiile masive de proverbe, zicători şi ghicitori editate de András Dugonics, Ede Margalits şi Iuliu Zanne. Proverbele vorbesc în primul rând despre diferenţele dintre „noi” şi „ei”, despre trăsăturile negative ale celor din jurul nostru, prin care ne identificăm şi care ne evidenţiază superioritatea şi „normalitatea” în raport cu străinii periculoşi şi ciudaţi din jurul nostru. Ţăranii nu reflectau asupra vecinilor lor pentru a contura un portret obiectiv al acestora, ci pentru a-şi etala şi întări propriile trăsături culturale, deosebindu-se de străinii din jurul lor. Din acest motiv, de obicei i-au batjocorit şi nu l-au lăudat pe Celălalt. Batjocura şi ridicolul erau mult mai frecvente decât aprecierile pozitive, indiferent dacă relaţiile dintre cele două comunităţi erau bune sau rele. În acest cadru general, imaginile populare ale celor două comunităţi ţărăneşti erau agreabile şi transmiteau un sentiment de apropiere şi familiaritate mai degrabă decât un grad ridicat de alteritate, aşa cum era cazul relaţiilor imagologice întreţinute cu ţiganii sau cu evreii.
Cuvinte-cheie: Români, Maghiari, proverbe, secolul al XIX-lea, imagologie istorică
Article: history; Received: 19.02.2023; Revised: 03.11.2023 Accepted: 17.12.2023; Available online: 30.01.202
The Typology of the Providential Leader in the Modern Romanian Political Imaginary
No full textIn this paper, we will attempt to provide an overview of the typology of the providential leader in the Romanian political culture. The providential ruler is a political myth which gives meaning to modern societies, divided along the fault lines of diverging economic interests and ideological beliefs. We propose a classification centred on the symbolic functions exercised by the political figures. The Saviour, the Martyr, the Vigilante and the Constructor are the four mythical constellations that can adequately structure the specific roles played by the Romanian providential leaders.
Rezumat: Tipologia conducătorilor providenţiali în imaginarul politic român modern. În acest studiu vom încerca să schiţăm o imagine de ansamblu asupra tipologiei liderilor salvatori din cadrul culturii politice româneşti. Conducătorul providenţial este un mit politic, care dă sens unor societăţi moderne, divizate de-a lungul liniilor de falie ale unor interese economice şi credinţe politice divergente. Vom propune o clasificare centrată pe funcţiile simbolice exercitate de personajele politice. Salvatorul, Martirul, Justiţiarul şi Constructorul sunt cele patru constelaţii mitice care pot să structureze în mod adecvat rolurile specifice jucate de conducătorii providenţiali români.
Cuvinte-cheie: imaginar politic, România modernă, conducător providenţial, bazin semantic, propagandă
Book Review: Laurenţiu Vlad, „Istorii româneşti ale ideii de “Europa”, secolele XVII-XXI (imagini, note, reflecţii)”, Iaşi, Institutul European, 2021, 340 p.
No full textEurope, and Romanian stances on the European paradigm seem to no longer represent today’s topics of keen interest for Romanian readers with a penchant for history, unlike in the 1990s, when collections such as “The Construction of Europe” or “The Third Europe” were published by Polirom, and when authors such as Alexandru Duţu, Adrian Marino or Victor Neumann wrote about such issues. Notwithstanding all this, Professor Laurenţiu Vlad from the Bucharest University has deliberately ignored this recent trend and, under the auspices of the European Institute, brought back to our attention the Romanian histories of the European idea, convincing us that they deserve to be further explored
Romanian Attitudes and Stereotypes Towards Hungarians During the 1848 Revolution
No full textThis article analyses the Romanian political attitudes towards the Hungarians during the 1848 Revolution. The main sources used are the political statements of the revolutionaries, selected from political manifestos, historical works, letters or press articles. Their analysis highlights Romanian symbols, stereotypes and ideological positions, in relation to the Hungarian revolution. The conflicting nature of the relations between the Romanians and the Hungarians, and the fact that this situation was interiorised precisely when modern national solidarities were gaining shape meant that their images of the other would become a stock ingredient of the two peoples’ political mythologies. The image of the age-old enemy, who had for centuries been their opponent, was to serve as the cornerstone of national identity both for the Romanians and for the Hungarians.
Rezumat: Acest articol analizează atitudinile politice ale românilor față de maghiari în timpul Revoluției de la 1848. Principalele surse utilizate sunt declarațiile politice ale revoluționarilor, selectate din manifeste politice, lucrări istorice, scrisori sau articole de presă. Analiza acestora evidențiază simboluri, stereotipuri și poziții ideologice românești în raport cu revoluția maghiară. Natura conflictuală a relațiilor dintre români și maghiari și faptul că această situație a fost internalizată tocmai în momentul în care solidaritățile naționale moderne prindeau contur a făcut ca imaginile reciproce să devină un ingredient de bază al mitologiilor politice ale celor două popoare. Imaginea dușmanului, care le-a fost adversar timp de secole, avea să servească drept piatră de temelie a identității naționale atât pentru români, cât și pentru maghiari.
Cuvinte-cheie: români, maghiari, Revoluția de la 1848, stereotipuri etnice, imagologie istoric
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