“A City of Resurrections” and “a City of Nightmares”: London, Female Monstrosity, and the Weird Sublime in Arthur Machen’s “The Great God Pan”

Author(s): Jacek Mydla / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

As a point of departure I present the psychoanalytic interpretive strategies used to address late-Victorian, or fin-de-siecle, Gothic fictions. These strategies see in the fictions expression of the numerous anxieties that troubled Victorian at the turn of the nineteenth century. Also, one of the second-wave Gothic’s representatives, Arthur Machen’s “The Great God Pan” can be read as a fictional expression of those anxieties. The approach I propose in the main body of the article consists in seeing in Machen’s story a realisation of a new type of the sublime, called here the weird sublime. I show how Machen engages the ideas of the modern metropolis (London), the femme fatale, and of the occult to construct this type of sublimity. In particular, attention is drawn to the way in which the female element becomes fused, via the intercession of the pagan deity, with the city.

KONSTRUKCJA PRZESTRZENI MIEJSKIEJ Z PERSPEKTYWY HYBRYDY CZŁOWIEK-ROWER

Author(s): Barbara Grodecka-Poprawska / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

PL: Tekst zawiera wnioski z projektu badawczego Konstrukcja przestrzeni miejskiej z perspektywy hybryd «Rower-Człowiek» w ich codziennych trasach poprzez Wiedeń. Trzy studia przypadku (oryg. Die Konstruktion des städtischen Raums durch die Sichtweisen von hybriden „Fahrrad-Mensch-Einheiten“ auf ihren alltäglichen Wegen durch Wien Drei Fallbeispiele), przeprowadzonym w 2011/2012 roku. Projekt oparty był na koncepcji prakseologicznej Jean-Pierre'a Warniera oraz teorii aktora-sieci. Człowiek i rower poprzez wspólne doświadczenie motoryczne tworzą specyficzną hybrydyczną jedność, zwaną dalej „człowiek-rower”. Konstrukcja przestrzeni miejskiej oraz percepcja rzeczywistości z perspektywy tej jednostki zasadniczo różnią się od doświadczeń innych podmiotów. EN: The article contains the conclusions from the research project Design of Public Space From the Hybrid Perspective of the “Man-Bicycle” in Their Daily Routes Through Vienna. Three Case Studies (orig. Die Konstruktion des städtischen Raums durch die Sichtweisen von Hybriden “Fahrrad-Mensch-Einheiten” auf Ihren alltäglichen Wegen Fallbeispiele Drei durch Wien), carried out in 2011–2012. The project was based on the praxiological concepts of Jean-Pierre Warnier and actor-network theory. Through the shared experience of a hybrid motor, man and bicycle form a special hybrid unity, hereinafter referred to as “man-bicycle”. The construction of urban space and the perception of reality from the perspective of this being are fundamentally different from those of other beings.

Možnosti komunikácie pri počiatkoch mestskej society v Bratislave

Author(s): Žofia Lysá / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

V roku 1296 predstúpili pred Bratislavskú kapitulu šľachtici z Rače z jednej strany a z druhej strany, tak mešťania ako aj hostia z Rakúska a Uhorska, aby medzi sebou spísali dohodu ohľadom poplatkov za vinice na vrchu Schinberg (Schintperg, kopec v oblasti nad dnešnými Krasňanami v Bratislave). Je to prvý prameň, kde sú obyvatelia Bratislavy pomenovaní zdvojením „cives et hospites“. Následne sa táto formulácia ukotvuje v prameňoch týkajúcich sa Bratislavy najmä od 30. rokov 14. storočia. Ide o terminologické vyjadrenie faktu, že v mestskej societe sa stretli dve sociálne vrstvy? Kto boli cives a kto sa skrýval pod termínom hospites?

Демокрация и неравенство

Author(s): Antony Todorov / Language(s): Bulgarian Publication Year: 0

Democracy as political regime since Antiquity is based on a fundamental principle - the equality of free citizens. On the other hand this regime coexists with economic system of the market, which is based on competition and therefore produces inequality. This inevitably creates tension between democracy and the market, which are governed differently. Most research so far has not found strong impact of the democratic regime on social inequalities. But the issue is the opposite impact of inequalities on democracies. The article argues that deepening social inequalities unavoidably undermine democracy.

Социалната отговорност на бизнеса като атестат за добро корпоративно управление

Author(s): Galina Kurteva / Language(s): Bulgarian Publication Year: 0

The social responsibility of small and medium-sized enterprises, regarded as the implementation of activities that benefit both business and society and help to maximize the positive impact of business on society, is a current and less explored topic. The article presents the results of the study of three aspects of the manifestation of corporate social responsibility in Bulgaria – the employment of young people and disabled persons and the training of employees. The author’s views of the impact of the social activities of companies on their competitiveness are revealed.

Социалната отговорност като политика на устойчиво потребление

Author(s): Nadia Mironova / Language(s): Bulgarian Publication Year: 0

Social responsibility as a policy of matching stakeholder interests has many dimensions. On the one hand, it is the social responsibility of the business. On the other hand, it is the policy of the government to promote sustainable production and sustainable consumption. A third party is the individual consumer behavior predetermined by the above two in addition to psychological, cultural and behavioral factors. The purpose of this report is to support the development of policies that promote sustainable consumer behavior.

Бългaрия – рeгиoнaлeн хъб нa Индустрия 4.0

Author(s): Evgenia Georgieva Duncheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Publication Year: 0

The present is a Summary of the Report on the researching strengths and weakness of Bulgaria for Digital Transformation of Industry (Industry4.0) and the ambition to become a digital hub in The Balkans. The experience and successful policies of our and other countries are presented. The report contains the following parts: Analytical socio-economic analysis, capacity analysis for scientific research and analysis of ICT potential. SWOT analysis summarizes the findings; Strategic – the strategic and operational objectives for achieving the vision; Challenges.

The Past as Part of a City’s Identity

Author(s): Krzysztof Bierwiaczonek,Tomasz Nawrocki / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Empowering Community: Theatre of the Oppressed as a Tool of Homeless People’s Emancipation

Author(s): Eliška Černá,Lenka Polánková / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In the chapter we describe a process and outcomes of a research project which aimed to find out knowledge about “social housing” for those who are poor, and how we can co-produce, within what action strategies, such knowledge. We take pedagogy of the oppressed as a theoretical grounding. Emancipatory action research is chosen as a research design, specifically theatre of the oppressed: a participatory methodology that can be used for knowledge co-production. In the chapter, we introduce screenplay of theatrical performance Having Home Means Being Housed!. Further, we present business with poverty in flats as a central theme. Specific action strategies were co-developed while performing the play. Key common issues identified within them are decisions not to give up, building solidarity and making the problem public. In the final part of the chapter we discuss the use of theatre of the oppressed as a tool of empowering marginalised communities.

Yerel Halkın Ekoturizm Algısı: Kilis İli Örneği

Author(s): Melda Akbaba,Ebru Mercandağı / Language(s): Turkish Publication Year: 0

As a result of large-scale migration waves from rural areas to cities with the industrial revolution, people forced to live indoors and the intense pace of business life has affected people negatively. For this reason, people have started to tend towards areas where they can relax and have a pleasant time in their spare time. In addition, the preference of people to go to well-known destinations, especially on holidays, has led to the formation of overcrowding in these destinations. Accordingly, due to mass tourism, the carrying capacity of destinations with tourism potential has been exceeded and the environment has been damaged, and the concept of sustainability has emerged depending on the awareness of the pressure on the environment. This situation has shown its effect on the emergence of the concept of ecotourism. Ecotourism contributes to the protection of the natural and cultural environment, to transfer the cultural heritage to future generations, to ensure the continuity of biodiversity, to increase the welfare of the local people, to increase social relations, and to both countries and local people economically. In this context, the perception of the local people about ecotourism is important. At this point, the development of ecotourism is directly proportional to the perception of the local people. The aim of this study is to measure the ecotourism perception of the people living in Kilis city center. For this purpose, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 15 people. This study was designed as a qualitative research. The interview was examined by making suggestions for the answers given by the participants to the questions.

SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN CZECHIA: TOWARDS FLORIDA'S NEW URBAN CRISIS?

Author(s): Emil Drápela / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Since the 1990s, there has been an increase in interregional differences in housing prices in Czechia. These differences largely depend on the size and economic strength of the municipality or regional centre, but there exist also differences between regions. The article uses the indicator of housing construction intensity (HCI) for the twenty-two-year period 1997-2018 per 1 km2, which is processed at the level of municipalities using spatial autocorrelation (Anselin Local Moran's I) and hotspot analysis (Getis-Ord Gi*), and presented in GIS. By comparing the results of both methods it was found that the interregional differences in the popularity of the Czech regions are significantly influenced by their distance to the main economic centres. On the contrary, the hypothesis that some regions with a worse environment, a higher share of the socially weak population and a low supply of above-average jobs will be the cause of the negative push effect has not been confirmed. In discussion, the current situation is compared with Richard Florida's concept of “New Urban Crisis”, to which arrival in Czechia it indirectly points to, although the initial conditions in Czechia are significantly different than in the US.,

THE SMART CITIES OF ROMANIA: AN OVERVIEW

Author(s): Ioana-Maria Ursache,Constantin-Marius Apostoaie / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The ‘smart city’ emerged as a complex strategy, involving different urban aspects and dimensions. The European model is currently built on six domains: smart mobility, smart governance, smart economy, smart people, smart living and smart environment. The current paper investigates how Romanian cities have implemented smart city strategies and how are they evolving from a more practical perspective. While the vast majority of initiatives are concentrated in the capital city and other important regional centres, not all projects are functional and have yet to generate benefits for citizens. With regard to the status-quo in Romania, smart cities are rather in the adaptation phase, having emerged from tensions between modern and traditional forms of governance and socio-economic and environmental goals. The aim of this paper is to critically asses how close are Romanian cities to the conventional smart city by analysing how and which smartness factors have been translated in the seven Romania’s regional development centres – Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Brașov, Constanța, Craiova and Ploiești.

Interdisciplinarnost u urbanoj povijesti: povijest i perspektive

Author(s): Irena Benyovsky Latin / Language(s): Croatian Publication Year: 0

Urban history is a relatively new field within historiography that has been intensively developed within the European historiographies during the last decades, embracing interdisciplinary approach (though the interdisciplinarity should be included in all the historiographical investigations, especially in the field of medieval studies). However, methodologies of investigation of (medieval) city, as a quite complex socio-spatial organism in the wider European context, are still in the defining process, especially within the Croatian historiography. Investigation of urban history includes results and methodological patterns of other disciplines such as art history, geography, linguistics, and/or archeology. In the European historiographies one can even notice and trace formation of a methodological approach that is quite specific for the urban history and includes knowledge of certain specialized techniques such as design and creation of informational databases. This contribution reveals some research examples and discusses position of (medieval) urban history in the European and particularly Croatian historiographical realm, methodologies of investigation and types of used primary sources.

Public and Private Space in Early Medieval Towns: Istrian Cases

Author(s): Maurizio Levak / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

At the turn from Late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages, profound changes took place in the organization of urban life. Towns could no longer function on the same social and economic foundations as they did in the classical period, as it was precisely these foundations that underwent major structural change. A different way of living and earning one’s livelihood implied adjustment to the new circumstances, which was also reflected in the reorganization of space within the city walls.

The Beginnings of Medieval Towns in the Slovenian Lands and Their “Founders”: Controversies and New Interpretations

Author(s): Miha Kosi / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In the territory of present-day Slovenia, there are 78 urban settlements which were created or existed as early as the Middle Ages. Among these, there are 23 towns and around 55 boroughs or market-towns. Three towns – Koper/Capodistria, Izola/Isola, and Piran/Pirano – are situated at the Adriatic coast of Istria and belong to the Mediterranean cultural circle, with a continuity of habitation since the Antiquity. In their evolution and features, they crucially differ from inland towns. Three urban settlements evolved in Prekmurje during the 14th century, and their development was rather specific, typical of the Hungarian Kingdom. All the rest (72) emerged within the Holy Roman Empire – in the lands of Carniola, Styria, Carinthia, and Gorizia. In this study, I will refer to the inland urban settlements that emerged in the framework of the medieval Empire.

Dubrovnik’s Burgus of St Blasius in the 13th Century

Author(s): Irena Benyovsky Latin / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

There are a number of studies on the urban development of medieval Dubrovnik, which analyze the basic way of its expansion beyond the old city walls and its spatial formation to the north, which resulted in the final articulation of its urban area and the construction of the new city walls by the end of the 13th century. But regardless of these research results, the level of urbanization in 13th-century Dubrovnik is still a matter of debate among the historians, archaeologists, and art historians. An especially under-researched area is the situation of urban space regarding property or possessions, as well as the location and residential mobility of specific social subjects and their real estate, which are all crucial elements in understanding the city’s urban evolution. This article aims at analyzing the development of Dubrovnik’s burgus of St Blasius as it was transformed from an extra-urban territory into a suburb and then, at the turn of the 14th century, into a central area of the medieval city.

EKONOMICKÉ, SOCIÁLNÍ A ENVIRONMENTÁLNÍ DOPADY ROZVOJE MĚSTA NA PŘÍKLADU MĚSTA KUŘIM

Author(s): Jaroslava Hédlová,Dominika Tóthová / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

Some smaller cities in the Czech Republic are undergoing significant territorial development. However, the rapid growth of the city, in combination with socio-economic changes, leads to substantial pressure on the city's economy, residents and the environment. Therefore, in further developing the territory, emphasis must be placed on its sustainable development. Using the example of Kuřim, this article shows what effect its growth can bring. Currently, the construction of a new residential district of Záhoří is taking place, the completion of which will cause a rapid increase in the number of inhabitants in Kuřim. The paper's main goal is to evaluate the impact of its planned development in the following years based on the analysis of the current situation in the city of Kuřim. This evaluation is based on the fundamental pillars of sustainable development, i.e. economic, social and environmental. The newly built residential complex will create a new public space in the city, which will function as an independent unit. The land will be taken economically during construction, and the necessary civic amenities will be created. Due to the geographical proximity of the city of Brno, the current high offer of jobs and the creation of new ones, the unemployment rate is not expected to increase.

HISTORICKÝ A URBANISTICKÝ VÝVOJ MESTA BANSKÁ BYSTRICA A JEHO REFLEXIA V ULIČNEJ NOMENKLATÚRE

Author(s): Jozef Petrikovič,Lucia Petrikovicova,Henrich Grežo,František Petrovič / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

As part of urban toponymy, urbanonyms are subject to constant changes. Until the end of the 19th century, they mainly served an orientation function within the city. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, they became an effective tool for political propaganda The aim of the contribution is the historical-urbanistic development of the city of Banská Bystrica in the context of the development of street names in its historical core. In the article, we used the historical-geographical method to identify certain trends in the naming of streets and squares. We consider it one of the most important methods used in this type of work, as it has been applied on several levels. The result of the analysis is a historical overview of the development and changes in street names and their names for the period from 1918 to the present. Socially unmotivated street names prevail in Banská Bystrica. Thus, the city mainly used local and historical names when naming and renaming streets. It was mainly influenced by the changing political situation. Despite this, the art and culture category has the largest representation, with the writer's names dominating street names.

TURISTICKÁ ATRAKTIVITA MĚST ČR VE SVĚTLE NÁVŠTĚVNOSTI ZAHRANIČNÍCH TURISTŮ 2018 A 2020

Author(s): Jiří Vystoupil,Martin Šauer,HELENA KUBÍČKOVÁ / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

The goal of this article is to analyse and compare the tourist attractiveness of the cities in the Czech Republic from the foreign tourist point of view before the COVID-19 pandemic (in 2018) and during its peak (in 2020). To assess the tourist attractiveness of cities, two indicators were utilized in the study - the indicator of the intensity of foreign tourism (the ratio of overnight stays to the number of inhabitants) and the share of overnight stays of foreign tourists. The study embodies 191 cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants. Firstly, the results confirmed the patent dominance of Prague (69% of all overnight stays in 2018, the intensity 12.3), and the overall dominant position of 42 cities with urban conservation zone (92% share of overnight stays, the intensity 7.6) and above all of the spa towns (14.7% share of overnight stays, the intensity almost 14). Secondly, the results confirmed the expected consequences of the pandemic on the most tourist-attractive cities in 2020. The share of overnight stays fell to 24% compared to 2018. Likewise, the indicator of the intensity of foreign tourism fell from 4,0 to 1,0 with a milder impact on the most important spa towns (the share of overnight stays of foreign tourists slumped to 30.3%, the intensity dropped from 13.9 to 4.2).

Air Quality – An Essential Componentof Quality of Life: The Case of The Republic of Moldova

Author(s): Larisa Savga,Rodica Perciun,Vicoria Popa / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This chapter by Larisa Şavga, Rodica Perciun, and Viorica Popa addresses the critical issue of air quality and its impact on the quality of life in the Republic of Moldova. It explores the negative effects of climate change on sustainable development and the need for new economic models to address environmental imbalances. The chapter reviews the progress and challenges in reducing air pollution, referencing the European Environment Agency's reports on premature deaths related to pollution and the EU's Zero Pollution 2030 objectives. It discusses the historical and current state of air quality, the legislative framework, and the efforts to align Moldova's policies with EU standards. The authors also emphasize the importance of clean air for public health and the role of various pollutants in air quality degradation.