Balancing Act: Identity and Otherness among Latin American Immigrants and their Food Practices

Author(s): Paulette K. Schuster / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

This article deals with the identity construction of Latin American immigrants in Israel through their food practices. Food is a basic symbolic element connecting cultural perceptions and experiences. For immigrants, food is also an important element in the maintenance of personal ties with their home countries and a cohesive factor in the construction of a new identity in Israel, their adopted homeland. Food practices encode tacit information and non-verbal cues that are integral parts of an individual’s relationship with different social groups. In this case, I recruited participants from an online group formed within social media platforms of Latin American women living in Israel. The basic assumption of this study posits that certain communication systems are set in motion around food events in various social contexts pertaining to different national or local cuisines and culinary customs. Their meaning, significance and modifications and how they are framed. This article focuses on the adaptation and acculturation processes because it is at that point that immigrants are faced with an interesting duality of reconstructing their unique cultural perceptions to either fit the existing national collective ethos or create a new reality. In this study, the main objective is to compare two different immigrant groups: Jewish and non-Jewish women from Latin America who came to Israel during the last ten years. The comparative nature of the research revealed marked differences between ethnic, religious and cultural elements that reflect coping strategies manifested in the cultural production of food and its representation in two distinct domains: private and public. In the former, it is illustrated within the family and home and how they connect or clash with the latter in the form of consumption in public. Combining cultural studies and discourse analysis, this article offers fresh insight into new models of food practices and reproductions. The article’s contribution to new food research lies in its ability to shed light on how inter-generational and inter-religious discourses are melded while food practices and traditions are embedded in a new Israeli identity.

Обучение на инструктори по хранене – мениджмънт на промяната

Author(s): Diana Kireva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2017

This text presents the realization of a project for studying in Nutrition Instructor subject. This specific field of education responds to the current development of the society and the modern lifestyle, set by the globalization of food trade and the changes in food production technologies, food consumption habits and in national and international legislation in the field of foods.

Парадигмата за дара: поглед към научните концепции, направления и школи в етнологията и културната антропология

Author(s): Galin Georgiev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

The topic of the gift in its various cultural, socio -economic, religious and so forth dimensions is for a long time in the focus of the scientific attention and has been a permanent research object in the field of humanities; the topic constantly excites and provokes. To review such a world-wide topic in humanities and from the point of view of its century-old presence and the engagement of scientific huminaries and thinkers such as Claude Levi-Strauss, Jacques Derrida, Emile Benveniste, Vyacheslav Ivanov or Aron Gurevich rather than of its specific aspect or data from personal, „unknown“ field, is the challenge before this paper. The natural motive of such review (no matter how much distant it is from the orderly and consistent final result) is to trace the development and outline the fulcrums of the main theories dedicated to the gift and the exchange of gifts in ethnology and cultural anthropology. On the one hand, although more sketchily, this review is necessary in relation to their place and role for the formation of more general postulates and trends in these disciplines. On the other hand, they are examined as a separate aradigm departing from the field of study of these two disciplines but also drawing them near (together with topics such as magic, totem, taboo) a broad circle of ideas and imaginations intrinsic to man in general.

Илия Троянов, Ранджит Хоскоте. Стичането. Пътят към всички култури. Сиела, 2011

Author(s): Valentina Sharlanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

Между минало и настояще. Култура на южнокарнобатските села в началото на ХХІ в. Съст. Г. Георгиев. Бургас: 2015

Author(s): Galin Georgiev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

Историческата памет в контекста на спасяването на евреите по време на Втората световна война. Уводни думи

Author(s): Mateusz Szpytma / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2017

Икономиката среща традицията. Конструиране и употреба на културно наследство в стопански контекст

Author(s): Ivanka Petrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2017

The global consumption tendency leading to the increase of the share of natural and organic products could be illustrated by the growing internal attitudes and demands in Bulgaria for handmade bread prepared in small bakeries. The owners of such bakeries claim that in the course of their work and through their results they endeavor at filling a particular market niche – for healthy and environment-friendly nutrition. While focusing on the use of raw materials of the highest quality in the production of bread, they also apply cultural techniques to construct the image of bread as cultural value inherited from the past and conceptualize the technologies and ways of production as social actions signifying ‘return to traditions’. Thus the entrepreneurs stage the production and supply of a product with enormous symbol value exceeding its market price or even disproportionate to it and engage themselves in the production of cultural heritage. Of course, parallel to that the cultural valuation of hand-made bread also aims at its economizing. The text presents the narrative strategies of several bakers owning small bakeries in Bulgaria, who represent the process of production of hand-made bread by investing it with the characteristics of cultural heritage. The author analyses these strategies alongside with the examining of the self-representation of the members of Bulgarian Guild of Bakers branch organization during their participation in the Spring Fair of Crafts in Plovdiv between 23 and 26 April 2015.

Емпатия и рефлексия

Author(s): Neli Kaneva,Kristiana Buldeeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2017

Empathy and reflection are important thematical fields in today’s theoretical psychology and psychological practice. The current report outlines the essence of each one of these phenomena, their similarities and dissimilarities.

Викториански поглед към бъдещето за век напред

Author(s): Tzveta Todorova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2017

The Victorian Age (1837 – 1901) is the famous period of British Queen Victoria’s rule. At the border between the two centuries, it is quite natural for the Victorian man to look at the future of mankind in 100 years. The reasons for this interest are determined by the changes in the economic and spiritual sphere. The successful continuation of the industrial revolution, especially in technology, the intensive infrastructure development, the construction of new railways, the active colonial expansion of England in Asia and Africa, stimulate such interest.The article discusses the Victorian vision of the world for the year 2000. A project under the title: “Life in 2000” was recorded on the occasion of celebrating the year 1900. It represents a series of 12 postcards produced by the leading Dutch producer of chocolate “Theodor Hildebrand and son” who, past the pastries, undertake the printing of images illustrating the man’s ideas about the type of world after 100 years. These ideas are extremely entertaining with their subject matter and because some of them have found a place in today’s modern day.

Взаимодействие между повишаващата се динамика на деструктивността и превенцията на проблемните поведенчески прояви в училище

Author(s): Snezhana Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 9/2017

The article focuses on the relevance and importance of the issue of violence prevention in the school environment, as well as on the key role of upbringing as a protective factor for the prevention of child and adolescent problem behavior. Various forms of violence in contemporary Bulgarian society determine the aggression in interpersonal communication in school environment. The theoretical arguments in this paper are organized mainly on the idea that ignorance and underestimation of education as a protective factor exacerbate the adverse impact of numerous negative phenomena in our social reality, such as unemployment, poverty, distrust in institutions, violence in interpersonal communication, rising crime etc. Focusing on rethinking the specific ways of activating the upbringing resources in Bulgarian school is relevant to overcome the influence of destructive factors in our society. The research emphasizes the importance of professional competence of the teacher as educator, in order to implement adequate preventive initiatives related to prevention of destructive and violent behavior of adolescents.

Познаването на граматичните особености на местния диалект в помощ на учителя по български език

Author(s): Iliyana Garavalova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2017

The article considers the advantages of knowing the specific particles of the native dialect, which differentiate it from the literary norm, for teaching Bulgarian language in school. They are particularly heartening for the basic types of mistakes at students writing and verbal manifestation which can be expected and can be main criterion for the teacher in determination of that, which part of the school subject needs to be accented on.

Партньорство с родителите на ученици със СОП

Author(s): Maia Rogashka / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2017

The article focuses on the school’s experience in working with children with special educational needs. Specifics of this kind of training are pointed out, an emphasis is placed on working with parents. Good cooperation between teachers and parents is an important psychological prerequisite for students to feel the school as a desirable territory and a supportive environment for them.

За перспективите и възможностите на неформалното образование за развитие на природонаучната грамотност на учениците

Author(s): Isa Hadjiali,Yavor Kiryakov,Alexander Milushev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2018

For the last few years many researchers have been alarming about the gruesome plummeting of language, mathematics and scientific literacy of the Bulgarian students. To address this problem, the collective effort of all the factors – teachers, pedagogic experts and representatives of the education sphere, are required. The main goal of this paper is to experimentally prove the efficacy of the non-formal educational practices which are used at University for Kids for improvement of the scientific literacy of students aged 12-15. The results from the pedagogical interactions with the students and the empirical data show that the teaching of chemistry, physics and biology, organized within the summer courses (academies) at University for Kids, stimulate the development of scientific literacy at this age group.

Взаимодействие училище и семейство

Author(s): Boyko Svilenov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2018

Лекционният курс по „потестарно-политическа етнология“ – перспективи и предизвикателства

Author(s): Petya Vasileva-Grueva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2018

The article presents to the audience the structure and thematic scope of the lecture course “Potestas-Political Ethnology”. The course aims to acquaint the students of Ethnology with the emergence, development and the subject of “Political anthropology” subfield discipline. There are distinct three thematic panels, presenting not only the historical and theoretical development of the science, but also attention is paid to the perspectives and the challenges facing both the lecture and the scientific field itself.

Measuring Knowledge Management Capability Condition on the Support of Marine and Fishery Resources Utilisation

Author(s): Roberto M. K. Teniwut,Cawalinya L. Hasyim,Wellem A. Teniwut / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2017

Economically and ecologically, marine environment plays an important role in all aspects of our life. Throughout human existence, we have relied on the marine environment for food, recreational activities, economic opportunities, and so on. For that reason, it is vital to protect, sustain, and improve the coastal zone as an aquatic resources and a habitat for wildlife. Managing coastal zones require involvements from many different stakeholders; however, the integration of all knowledge types -- including local expertise and scientific knowledge -- with the policymaking is not without challenges. This paper looks at the resource based capability and knowledge-based capability perspectives in measuring the effectiveness of knowledge management in a rural coastal region, Southeast Maluku district. This research uses stepwise regression analysis method with 253 respondents. The results of this study indicate that resources based and knowledge based capabilities in this region are effective in supporting the application of knowledge capability management. However, the ability to obtain information and utilise information has not significantly impacted the development of knowledge capability management of fishery resources and marine in this region at the time of writing.

Неформални методи в обучението на ученици в република Kипър

Author(s): Milen Zamfirov,Leontiou Leontiou / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

This paper presents summaries based upon the five-year-long personal application of non-formal teaching methods with students aged 13 to 21 in the Republic of Cyprus. The authors present the main areas of non-formal education they have experienced and applied personally, namely: theatre, sports, music, arts, ecological education and photography. A special place takes the use of information and communication technologies presented by the iPads.

Рецензия на критиката на чистия разум (1781)

Author(s): Johann Georg Hamann / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2018

In this short review of Immanuel Kant’s First Critique, the author Johann Georg Hamann (a friend, co-worker and even opponent of Kant) offers a synopsis related to the fundamental theses of the transcendental criticism of reason (a new approach in those days) while paying explicit attention to the supposedly common root of origin of the varieties of human knowledge and on some basic architectonic distinctions within Kant’s system as well.

Social History as Revealed by Gesture: Changing Eighteenth-Century Styles of Meeting and Greeting

Author(s): Penelope J. Corfield / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2018

This essay explores the significance of changing styles of interpersonal greetings in Britain in the long eighteenth century (from 1700 to the 1850s). Everyday rituals of hat honour, when men removed their hats and women curtseyed, were increasingly undertaken in a brisker and much less elaborate manner. Yet there was also change within change. A new alternative style of greeting was emerging in the form of the handshake. The urban, social, cultural, and class contexts of such changes are analyzed, pointing to multi-directional historical trends in the intimate rituals of everyday life.

Формиране и развитие на функционалната грамотност в контекста на личностноориентирания подход в образованието

Author(s): Iva Stamenova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2016

This article devoted to the issue of functional literacy studied within the context of the personality-orientated approach directs our attention to the overall development of the student’s personality in the course of the educational process.The interaction between the functional literacy and the personality-orientated approach is directly related to obtaining competences in reading, mathematical and natural science literacy covered by the term of “functional literacy”, and in the other school subjects, too. Furthermore, the link between the mentioned concepts is due to the skills developed by the small pupils in the course of education in dealing with various information, by applying it in practice, by mastering their communication skills, social and emotional competence, and critical thinking, and by developing competences for solving problems at school and in life.