47 research outputs found
Mobility, Identity(/ies) and Various Functions of the Urban Space: Case Studies from Belgrade and Athens
No full textТема броја - Мобилност, идентитет(и) и различите функције урбаног простора: студије случаја из Београда и Атине
(ур. Гордана Благојевић и Манолис Г. Варвунис) / Topic of the Issue - Mobility, Identity(/ies) and Various Functions of the
Urban Space: Case Studies from Belgrade and Athens (eds. Gordana Blagojević and Manolis G. Varvounis)
The material and symbolic presence of Cyril and Methodius’s work in the Bulgarian monumental landscape: affirming and removing the past
No full textThis chapter deals with the material presence of Saints Cyril and Methodius in the everyday life of Bulgarians. It will be maintained that the two Slavic apostles represent one of the most important pillars of Bulgarian national identity and that, by virtue of their work in creating the Slavonic alphabet (the Glagolitic script from which Cyrillic was later derived), they occupy a prominent role in the materiality of the country’s cultural space. This is evident both in their visible representation through statues and other monuments, and in their commercialization through consumer goods and gadgets for locals and tourists. Cyril and Methodius are the most revered saints in the Bulgarian Church, and their national holiday on May 24, established in the early nineteenth century, has been uninterruptedly celebrated to this day.
Nevertheless, as I will argue, the ubiquitous presence of Saint Cyril and Methodius and of their work as a way to affirm the prestige of Bulgarian cultural tradition stands in great contrast to the exclusion of the narratives, identities and cultural contribution of the Turkish and Muslim communities in the material culture of the country
Гласник Етнографског института САНУ 71 (2) / Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA 71 (2)
No full textТема броја - Мобилност, идентитет(и) и различите функције урбаног простора : студије случаја из Београда и Атине ( ур. Гордана Благојевић и Манолис Г. Варвунис) / Topic of the Issue - Mobility, Identity(/ies) and Various Functions of the Urban Space : Case Studies from Belgrade and Athense (eds. Gordana Blagojević and Manolis G. Varvounis)
Historical and ethnological influences on the traditional civilization of Pomaks of the Greek Thrace
No full textThe traditional society of the Pomaks is structured on a series of contrasts which characterize their traditional system of values. The problems they face as much in the boundaries of the Muslim minority of Thrace, as well as in the frames of the wider Greek society of the region have defined their cultural expression
GREEK PROVERBIAL PHRASES FROM MODERN SATIRICAL PARAPHRASES OF TEXTS AND TITLES OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
No full textThis study presents the phenomenon of satirical paraphrase of ecclesiastical texts, some of which acquired in the passage of time pro- verbial use in the daily life and communication of the Greeks. The study is focused on: a) proverbial phrases from corruption of liturgical phrases and texts, b) proverbial phrases from the corruption of ecclesiastical administrative titles of Metropolises and c) metropolitans proverbial phrases from the corruption of hymns and prayers
Greek Proverbial Phrases from Modern Satirical Paraphrases of Texts and Titles of the Greek Orthodox Church
No full textThis study presents the phenomenon of satirical paraphrase of ecclesiastical texts, some of which acquired in the passage of time proverbial use in the daily life and communication of the Greeks. The study is focused on: a) proverbial phrases from corruption of liturgical phrases and texts, b) proverbial phrases from the corruption of ecclesiastical ad-ministrative titles of Metropolises and c) metropolitans proverbial phrases from the corruption of hymns and prayers
Fluid structure interaction modelling on flapping wings
No full textFlapping wings display complex flows which can be used to generate large lift forces. Flexibility in wings is widely used by natural flyers to increase the aerodynamic performance. The influence of wing flexibility on the flow can be computed using numerical analysis with Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI). The influence of inertial, elastic and aerodynamic forces is quantified using a 2D wing. A sinusoidal flapping motion is imposed on the leading edge of the vertical wing. The inertial force on the wing dominates for high mass ratios and the wing deflection is rather independent of the flow. For a low mass ratio, the wing deformation scales with the increasing elasticity. The maximum lift and lowest drag were found for the wing with large flexibility and low mass so the passive deformation by aerodynamic forces creates a favourable shape for lift production. Flexible translating and revolving wings at an angle of attack of 45 degrees show that chordwise flexibility decreases both lift and drag, however the lift over drag ratio is increased. The flow around both wings forms a coherent structure with a Root Vortex (RV), Tip Vortex (TV), Leading Edge Vortex (LEV) and Trailing Edge Vortex (TEV). The LEV on the revolving wing is stable for approximately up to half the span because vorticity is transported outward in the vortex core. The flowfield and LEV breakdown are consistent with experimental data of the same wing. The translating wing builds up circulation but the LEV detaches quickly near the centre of the wing. Chordwise bending reduces the angle of attack which decreases the distance to the core of the shed LEVs.Aerodynamic
On the investigation of utility functions on optimal sensor locations
No full textStructural Health Monitoring uses data collected from sensors placed on structures to determine their operating condition and whether maintenance is required. Often, optimal sensor placement strategies are used to find the optimal locations for the identification of their modal properties, structural parameters and/or abnormal behaviours under the influence of model and measurement uncertainty. An approach that has been frequently used to solve the problem of sensor placement is the Bayesian experimental design. This approach chooses the locations using the data measured by the sensors to reduce the prior uncertainty of the parameters that are being inferred. The Bayesian experimental design minimizes the uncertainty of the parameters to be inferred through the use of metrics called utility functions. Most of these metrics are based on functions of the posterior distribution. In this paper, the use of three utility functions (Bayesian D-posterior precision, Bayesian A-posterior precision, and Expected Information Gain) is investigated for the problem of sensor placement. The case study chosen consists of a beam with translational and rotational springs connected to the ground subject to an impulsive load. The goal of the analysis is to select the most informative position of a sensor in order to update the distribution of two uncertain physical parameters of the beam based on natural frequencies extracted using the Eigensystem Realization Algorithm. It is shown that for the case investigated, the three utility functions yield the same optimal sensor location.Mechanics and Physics of Structure
Different Identities and Functions of Urban Space: a Comparative Study of the Circumstances in Belgrade and Athens / Различити идентитети и функције урбаног простора: упоредно проучавање прилика у Београду и Атини
No full textThe results of the research created as part of the project will
be presented at the Second Serbian-Greek Conference „Different
Identities and Functions of Urban Space: A Comparative Study of
the Circumstances in Belgrade and Athens“ which the Institute
of Ethnography SASA realizes in cooperation with the Laboratory
for Folklore and Social Anthropology, Department of History
and Ethnology, Demokritus University of Thrace (Republic
of Greece), as the project holder. This four-year project began
in June 2019. The project is managed by dr Manolis G. Varvounis,
professor at the Demokritus University of Thrace and director
of the Laboratory for Folklore and Social Anthropology on
the Greek side, and dr Gordana Blagojević, Principal Research
Fellow of the Institute of Ethnography SASA on the Serbian side.
The aim of this scientific conference is to present and analyze
different ways of using urban space from a diachronic perspective,
in a comparative study of the two capitals: Athens and
Belgrade. Through this conference, we will point out the multilayered
identities and functions of urban space, as well as the contemporary
challenges that its inhabitants are facing. Urban space
will be viewed as a platform in which various types of activities
take place: social, business, economic, cultural, religious, sports, recreational, etc. We will address topics related to urban activities
that reflect class, cultural, gender, age, ethnic and other diversity.
Analyzing the role of the individual and the local community, we
will try to look at the wider social network of various factors that
influence formation and functioning of public spaces in these cities.The Second Serbian-Greek Conference, 29th – 30th November 2021. Online event. Book of abstracts (ed. Gordana Blagojević) / Друга српско – грчка конференција, 29 – 30. новембар 2021. Онлајн дешавање. Књига апстраката (ур. Гордана Благојевић)
Symbolic Functions of the Urban Belgrade Landscape Components – Children’s Perspective
No full textУ овом се антрополошком раду урбани пејзаж Београда посматра као систем знакова, те се следствено томе говори о функционалним аспектима
оних саставница урбаног пејзажа главног града којима су деца основно-школског узраста приписала статус симбола. Рад се у методолошком
смислу ослања на резултате два теренска истраживања – првог, које је марта 2021. године спроведено у ОШ „Кнегиња Милица“ на Новом Београду, и
другог којим је новембра 2022. године повећана репрезентативност узорка, повишена старосна граница испитаника те проширен територијални
обухват града у коме живе деца која су учествовала у истраживању – која
збирно дају узорак од 70 деце узраста 7–14 година. Циљ рада је да пружи
допринос (за сада ретким) прилозима који се налазе на пресеку две субдисциплине – урбане антропологије и антропологије деце/детињства, те
да подстакне даља истраживања у овој области.This anthropological paper views the urban landscape of Belgrade as a
system of signs, consequently discussing the functional aspects of those
urban landscape components, which children attributed the status of
symbols. In a methodological sense, the work is based on the results of
two field surveys – the first one, conducted in March 2021 in the Primary School “Kneginja Milica” in New Belgrade, and the second one, from
November 2022, which increased the representativeness of the sample,
raised the age limit of the respondents, and expanded the territorial coverage of the home city of the children who participated in the research
– providing collectively a sample of 70 children aged 7–14. The aim of the work is
to provide an input to the (so far rare) contributions at the intersection
of two subdisciplines – urban anthropology and anthropology of children/childhood, as well as to encourage further research in this areaТема броја - Мобилност, идентитет(и) и различите функције урбаног простора: студије случаја из Београда и Атине (ур. Гордана Благојевић и Манолис Г. Варвунис) / Topic of the Issue - Mobility, Identity(/ies) and Various Functions of the Urban Space: Case Studies from Belgrade and Athens (eds. Gordana Blagojević and Manolis G. Varvounis)
