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The metropolis of spirit, the metropolis of body: the future of Silesia vs economy of power

Metropolia Ducha, Metropolia Ciała: Przyszłość Śląska a Ekonomia Mocy

Author(s): Krzysztof Nawratek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1 (3)/2013

The author, assuming that identity is not given, but just a matter of construction, asks for the possibility of shaping a Silesian identity in a more or less free way. At the same time, he underlines the fact that politics based on identity exclusively, leads nowhere (for example to aggressive nationalism). The author sees an alternative in a polyphonic identity, referring to Michail Bachtin’s idea of multi-voicing. Based on this type of a political inclusivism where there is no place for the excluded (because everyone is an indispensable part of the system), the author postulates creating a beyond-local structure, notably a Silesian Metropoly. The article analyses the reason and conditions of the (im)possibility of its creation.

Conflict of Social Roles — the Case of Women in Upper Silesia

Konflikt ról społecznych — przypadek kobiet na Górnym Śląsku

Author(s): Magdalena Piłat-Borcuch / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2013

Keywords: a female, Upper Silesia, the social role, the conflict of social roles

The article (the starting point which is sociological problems of social role) outlines specific region of Upper Silesia as a region encouraging traditional division of roles between genders, especially until 1989, as well as Upper Silesia seen from today’s perspective in which the traditional boundaries give way to an egalitarian relationship between husband and wife (or partners).

The Nazi plans of the Province of Upper Silesia land development between 1939 and 1944

Nazistowskie plany zagospodarowania przestrzennego prowincji górnośląskiej w latach 1939 – 1944

Author(s): Mirosław Sikora / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 72/2013

Keywords: German land development plans; Upper Silesia; 1939; Gau Oberschlesien; Second Republic of Poland; Third Reich;

The author deals with some key issues concerning German plans of land development of the Second Polish Republic territories that were annexed to the Province of Upper Silesia in autumn of 1939. Moreover, the integration of those lands with so-called western (German) Upper Silesia. The word „plans” seems to be, as far as, justified apart from some exceptions because, both, settlement of German colonists together with privatisation, and nationalisation of the properties confiscated from Polish citizens and the country were the issues postponed by the German administration to be solved after war. The assumption made by the Third Reich authorities was that the war is going to finish soon and that the Germans will be successful. At that time, the financial resources that were to be ensured because of the economic needs, i.e. to reconstruct not only the national structure of the western part of Upper Silesia, and industrial eastern zone (Dąbrowa basin as well as Jaworzno and Chrzanów basin). What is more, the funds were to change the demographical image of the Upper Silesian cities and apply potent infrastructural investments concerning roads, railway, air and river transport, or housing sector. As early as during the war, many of projects were at the advanced stage of planning. Those planners, architects, and construction engineers who were involved in the perspective of Gau Oberschlesien, at the same time used concepts that were verified and implemented in other parts of Germany, such as the central place theory. A visible effect, documented in files that were prepared because of this study and that is available in archives, was supposed to be a significant shift concerning arrangement of urban and rural population in Upper Silesia, reorientation of the local industry and agriculture directed to new markets, especially eastern and Balkan. The works by planners that referred to broadly-taken transformation of population and economy, that were established, nearly from the start, under the supervision of the Reichskommissariat for the Strengthening of German Nationhood (the part of “the SS country”) were supported by state authorities, especially by office for land development, together with the experts employed and scientists from the main academic centers of the Third Reich.

Wyspiański, Romańczyk and the church stained-glass windows in the Dąbrowa Basin and Upper Silesia regions

Wyspiański, Romańczyk a witraże kościelne Zagłębia i Górnego Śląska

Author(s): Irena Kontny / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 5/2012

Keywords: Stanisław Wyspiański; Fryderyk Romańczyk; Upper Silesia; Dąbrowa Basi; polish art; church art; stained glass; 20th century

The article concerns the influence of Stanisław Wyspiański’s art on the stained-glass design projects of Fryderyk Romańczyk which the latter executed for the churches of Upper Silesia and the Dąbrowa Basin. In the 30s and 40s of the previous century, Romańczyk ran a well-prospering stained-glass studio whereas his art work was characterized by a good technique and clear inspiration with the art work of the Art Nouveau period in its native Young Poland variety, in which an important role was played by motifs inspired by the local Polish flora. At the beginning of the article, the authoress also discusses the only example of a stained-glass window designed by Stanisław Wyspiański, an exceptional visionary in Polish art and theatre, to be found on the territory of the present-day province of Silesia. The above stained-glass window which is to be found in the chapel of the Metropolitan Curia in Katowice and which presents Crucified Christ borne on the wings of a Seraph, was realized by the Cracow Stained Glass Studio S. G. Żeleński (Romańczyk participated in the work), thirty years after the creation of the design project; the above stained-glass work is an outstanding example of the Polish Art Nouveau style.

The problem of construction and demolition waste management on the example of Lower Silesia

Problemy gospodarki odpadami budowlanymi i rozbiórkowymi na przykładzie Dolnego Śląska

Author(s): Renata Sosnowska-Noworól / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 243/2012

Keywords: construction; demolition; waste; waste recovery and re-use; law; fees

This paper presents the issue of construction and demolition waste management in the context of the possibility of waste recovery and re-use. Special attention was paid to the failure to enforce work on waste producers that is economically and environmentally legitimate and desirable. As an effective method to solve the described problem the author indicates the consistent use of legal and administrative instruments including environmental fee which are in compliance with the applicable regulations in the area of waste management.

University and intellectual apostolate

Uniwersytet i apostolat intelektu

Author(s): Piotr Roszak / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 21/2009

Keywords: university; intellect; apostolate; Western civilization

The article presents a peculiar mission of the University of Navarra – an ambitious program carried out for over 50 years, outlined by its founder – St. Josemaría Escrivá, a program which reflects a logic of the thinking and the work, whose primary objective is to sanctify by working in the world. It deserves a special attention on account of its “interdisciplinarity” (in the sciences and the humanities) as its own feature of projects implemented by the UN, its internationalization, and such modeling of the culture, which reflects the authentic values.

The American university exposed

Uniwersytet amerykański zdemaskowany

Author(s): Curtis L. Hancock / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 21/2009

Keywords: university; America; Western civilization

The Author describes and explains the present culture of the American university. He focuses on such issues as: prominent status of the physical sciences in curricula, influential role of the social sciences in the campus, affinity of the university and the “baby boom” generation, po-litical affiliation of “baby boomers”, and tolerance as a species of relativism. He concludes that the American university is awash in ideology, especially in the Left-Wing ideology that spawns many corruptions.

The informative barriers of sustainable development strategy in Lower Silesia communities

Bariery informacyjne strategii zrównoważonego rozwoju w gminach wiejskich Dolnego Śląska

Author(s): Agnieszka Becla / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 229/2011

Keywords: sustainable development; rural community; informative barriers

The article presents the role of information in the sustainable development strategy and discusses all stages of preparation and implementation of the sustainable development strategy in the community. It also presents the informative barriers existing in this range in Lower Silesia and shows the possibilities of their limitation.

Fallows archipelago. Excerpt to the future geopoetics of Cieszyn Silesia region

Archipelag odłogi. Fragment do przyszłej geopoetyki Śląska Cieszyńskiego

Author(s): Paweł Paszek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 23/2014

Keywords: Cieszyn Silesia; literature; poetic of experience;

This article represents preliminary insights into the issue of Cieszyn Silesia from two complementary perspectives – recently popular category called “geopoetics” and the notion of “oicology”,understood as a peculiar practice of anthropological thinking of (and rethinking) home (oikos). Cieszyn Silesia is not only described in this article as anestablished territory in terms of geography and history,butit is also discussedas a “little homeland” and as a space which has its individual identityand narration predetermined in some way by the semiotics of a borderland space. However, narration on the problem of Cieszyn Silesia, just like any other, still demands some revisions, corrections, re-readings and further continuations. The article indicates the importance of metaphor being a component ofevery story and constituting a medium for meanings (also the individual ones) which contribute to the ongoing happening of community.

Wrocław functional area as the core of the Lower Silesia Voivodeship

Miejski obszar funkcjonalny Wrocławia jako rdzeń województwa dolnośląskiego

Author(s): Stanisław Korenik,Dorota Rynio,Alicja Zakrzewska-Półtorak / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 452/2016

Keywords: functional urban area; integrated territorial investments; regional development

The article presents the essence of the functional urban area as the initiator of development processes and the description of its effect on the possibilities and range of actions necessary to improve connections between the core city and the associated territory, possible through the use of integrated territorial investments (ITI). The subject of research is Wrocław Functional Area. The aim of the analysis is also to identify the key areas of integration identified in Wrocław Functional Area ITI Strategy and assess the implementation of this strategy. The authors used the descriptive method, the analysis of literature and source documents, the deductive method and the empirical inference.

The Model of Using Culinary Heritage in Tourism. The Example of Upper Silesia

Model wykorzystania dziedzictwa kulinarnego w turystyce. Przykład Górnego Śląska

Author(s): Arkadiusz Ochmański / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2016

Keywords: culinary heritage; the regional cuisine of Upper Silesia; a tourism product

The term cultural heritage refers to the body of the heritage of societies produced in the process of historical development, passed from one generation to another. Its scope includes both material and non-material elements. Cuisine constitutes an important component of the second group. It is an indicator of the richness and variety of culinary heritage. Therefore it is no wonder that the state and self‑government authorities along with regional tourism organisations create initiatives whose purpose is to create an inventory of the local culinary resources and their use to promote local production in the food market, also as a value which generates the movement of tourists. Therefore it is worthwhile to observe the extent to which tourism based on the resources of culinary heritage develops. The aim of the present work is to demonstrate the model of using culinary heritage in tourism, prepared on the basis of research in subject literature and the analysis of the use of selected traditional products in Upper Silesia within the framework of the tourism-related offer of the region.

University versus time challenges

Uniwersytet wobec wyzwań czasu

Author(s): Andrzej Piotr Perzyński / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/1998

Keywords: university; higher education; time challenges;

Bardzo często słyszy się stwierdzenie, że uniwersytet przechodzi kryzys, że wstrząsają nim wielkie i poważne problemy. Prawdą jest, iż te problemy istnieją i że to one w wielu przypadkach stanowią poważne przeszkody w rozwoju działalności uniwersyteckiej. Wystarczyłoby wymienić niektóre z nich: umasowienie, niedostatek środków ekonomicznych, brak bodźców ze strony wielu profesorów i studentów, niewystarczające relacje między uniwersytetem a społeczeństwem, nasilona specjalizacja itd. Nie sposób negować doniosłości tych argumentów w strukturze i rozwoju jakiejkolwiek instytucji uniwersyteckiej. Biorąc to pod rozwagę, należałoby nie zapominać o powinności otwarcia się na wszystkie inne aspekty życia oraz o poczuciu realizmu.

Prince of Persia in Silesia in 1923? The results of the preliminary research

Perski książę na Śląsku w 1923 roku? Wyniki wstępnych badań

Author(s): Tomasz Gacek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 81/2017

Keywords: Zabrze;Afghanistan;Iran;mining industry;

In the local history of the city of Zabrze in the 1920s, there is a picturesque figure of an alleged prince of Persia and nephew to the Shah of Iran, who was supposed to be acquiring knowledge of the modern mining industry in the Guido mine. The author summarises the information pertaining to the mysterious Middle Eastern aristocrat published in the press at that time, and then confronts it with some media reports published over a quarter a century later referring to a visit of an Afghan dignitary – a senior official at the ministry of the mining industry of that country – in the USA. There is much circumstantial evidence to justify the supposition that the same person is being referred to.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ROAD - the prof. Dr. MOMCILO LUBURICI, President of the Christian University "Dimitrie Cantemir" -

LA ÎNCEPUT DE DRUM - mesajul prof. univ. dr. MOMCILO LUBURICI, Preşedintele Universităţii Creştine „Dimitrie Cantemir”-

Author(s): Momcilo Luburici / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2010

Keywords: university; education; excellence; scientific research; security;

Our university is an active, prestigious, reputable institution, open to all horizons, with major strategic objectives aimed at the modernization and quality of university education, the outstanding quality of graduates, progress, quality of life and environment, performance, excellence. These can only be achieved by the coherence and consistency of efforts in all the plans, including in the field of scientific research in the field of security. Of course, we by security do not only understand the safety of the citizen, property and institutions as an effect, but also the essential condition of the functioning of society, ie the level and quality of the state of interdependence and interconnection between all components of the state, society and individual life, which generates and materializes this effect.

MULTIPLIER EFFECTS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF UNIVERSITY SPENDING - CASE STUDY OF SECTORAL AND SPATIAL ASPECTS OF EXPENDITURES OF SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA

MULTIPLIER EFFECTS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF UNIVERSITY SPENDING - CASE STUDY OF SECTORAL AND SPATIAL ASPECTS OF EXPENDITURES OF SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA

Author(s): Katarína Melichová,Mihal Hrivnák,Oľga Roháčiková / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2017

Keywords: university; input-output analysis; multiplier effects; regional multiplier;

Many empirical studies focus on quantifying the side effects of universities' location in a local economy, argumenting with the fact that today, universities are one of key players of the local economy since they create jobs, boost tax revenues and stimulate local economic entities through their spending. In this case study, we analyse direct, indirect and induced economic effects of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra via its expenditures on goods and services provision on local and regional economy. We adopted a GIS-based approach to demonstrate the spatial aspects of university spending and its suppliers and regionalised input-output multipliers to estimate the multiplier effect of the university on the local economy, which allows for sectoral disaggregation of indirect and induced effects.

Information from the life of the university

Informacje z życia uczelni

Author(s): Barbara Popiel / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2018

Keywords: university; information; education

Information about trainings, seminars, conferences, projects carried out at the university

Good Practices in University Relations with Alumni Based on the Results of Empirical Research

Dobre praktyki w zakresie relacji szkół wyższych z absolwentami w świetle wyników badań empirycznych

Author(s): Andżelika Kuźnar,Joanna Żukowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 43/2018

Keywords: university; alumni; good practices; fundraising; friendraising

The research has concerned SGH case study, so the recommendations are concentrated on this university. The SGH should clearly define the goals and priorities of cooperation with alumni. The priority should be to organize these relations and outline the desired model of cooperation. We recommend that in the long term one alumni organization should be created, institutionally related to the university.

Cieszyn Silesia: a look at regionalism from the perspective of social geography

Śląsk Cieszyński: spojrzenie na regionalizm z perspektywy geografii społecznej

Author(s): Roman Matykowski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 12/2021

Keywords: Regionalism; identity; regionalism syndromes;Cieszyn Silesia;

The multidimensionality and multifacetedness of relations between residents and the area they inhabit in the form of regionalism, as well as the activities of organizations aimed at the development of pro-regional attitudes have found themselves in the field of interest of various scholarly disciplines, including geography. Roman Matykowski’s aim in this article is to examine this phenomenon from the perspective of geography, which in various periods of its development also used the achievements of other disciplines (e.g., sociology). In the second part his article, Matykowski uses the perspective of social geography to present selected results of his research on the specific regionalism in Cieszyn Silesia.

Initiation of the establishment of a technology business incubator at university for agripreneurship (study case at Bengkulu University, Indonesia)

Initiation of the establishment of a technology business incubator at university for agripreneurship (study case at Bengkulu University, Indonesia)

Author(s): Ridha Rizki Novanda / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2022

Keywords: university; technology; support; innovations.

Purpose. This paper aims to analyze aspects related to the establishment of business incubators at Bengkulu University as well as what factors are most expected by students towards the establishment of technology business incubators at this university.Results. The results of data collection were processed using the partial least square method to analyze aspects related to the establishment of business incubators at Bengkulu University as well as factors are most expected by students towards the formation of technology business incubators at this university. This research show that support variables were found had a significant effect on the initiation of the Technology Business Incubator at Bengkulu University. Support is providing research and business development assistance and access to technology used for students in agripreneurship. Support is the latent variable requested by five manifest variables: (1) access partnership programs from the ministry, (2) professional network access, (3) technology access, (4) access international relations, and (5) job creation.Scientific novelty. Support variables were found had a significant effect on the initiation of the Technology Business Incubator at Bengkulu University. This research explains a lot about the novelty of the type of establishment of pilot incubators in universities in poor areas.Practical value. The results are useful in initiating the creation of a business incubator that meets the requirements. The results of this study can be used as a reference in establishing a business incubator at the university level. It is important to ensure access to funding, to professional services, to technology, to international relations, and an understanding of the importance of creating jobs.

THE THIRD MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY AS A CONTINUATION OF THE POLISH INTELLIGENTSIA ETHOS. THE CASE STUDY OF THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY

THE THIRD MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY AS A CONTINUATION OF THE POLISH INTELLIGENTSIA ETHOS. THE CASE STUDY OF THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY

Author(s): Małgorzata Abassy / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2023

Keywords: university; intelligentsia; Poland; third mission;

The objective of this study is to examine to what extent the attitudes of university lecturers are a continuation of Polish intelligentsia ethos and to what extent – they are a response to contemporary socio-economic challenges of an academic environment. The research hy- pothesis put forward by the author stipulated that the third mission of the university should be perceived as having more axiological than practical dimension as cooperation with the economic and social environment of the university encompasses the values developed by the culture of education in the process of historical growth of the nation.The primary source of the research were the results of a questionnaire survey conducted on a sample group of students and lecturers at one of Poland’s largest universities.The results indicate the tendency to return to the classic ethos of the Polish intelligentsia in which the protection of diversity and national identity came first, contrary to global trends.