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The present book contains essays, studies, memoires, a speech, as well as poetic attempts whose theme is Upper Silesia. These are texts which in different versions, usually under different titles were published in the monthly “Śląsk”, in the quarterlies “Przegląd Polityczny” and “Fabryka Silesia”, as well as in “Borussia”. All the texts — as literary texts — are devoted to various aspects of Upper Silesian identity. They are attempts at diagnosing what the contemporary regionalism is, what Upper Silesia is at the beginning of the XXI century, what the so-called Upper-Silesian awakening is, what the perspectives of the Silesian dialect as a regional language are, etc. Some texts constitute attempts at portraying outstanding, already deceased persons of cultural life in Upper Silesia (Stefan Szymutko, Michał Smolorz, Jan F. Lewandowski, Feliks Netz). Some essays are theoretical in nature — they focus on seeking a research method that would include both the contemporary existence of people who identify themselves with Upper Silesia, as well as a historical perspective free from propaganda and distortions. The book is finished with a genuine speech delivered in the Sejm of the Republic of Poland at 9th October 2014. The content of the speech exposes the true defencelessness of Silesian thoughts and simultaneously motivates the title of the entire compilation.
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The starting point for the observations made in the monograph The Social Importance of Urban Public Spaces is the claim that if one wants to speak of the city these days as something more than just an administrative, demographic and economic structure, it is necessary to provide public spaces in which the denizens of the city could experience interaction both with other people as well as with the urban space itself. The way in which the inhabitants of the city interact with and confront the urban public spaces becomes, therefore, a singularly interesting research topic. It is, in fact, a multifaceted process, closely connected with both the everyday functioning in those spaces as well as the reflection upon their significance for the city or their role in creating the urban and subjective identity. The aforementioned phenomena are, in turn, connected with the varying manners of experiencing and defining the public space. The experience of the urban public space constitutes the primary research topic. In order to conduct the analysis of that experience, the author assumed the culturalist perspective, traditional for social sciences, which assumes the analysis of the social reality from the perspective of an individual. In light of that, the urban public space has been defined as an area in the city which is accessible, appealing, facilitating contact with other users of the city, aesthetic, and one which invites the people to meet, act and feel safe.The research findings analysed in this monograph come from 2012, when the preliminary research was conducted in three cities in the Upper Silesia: Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Tychy, and Żory. In each of those cities, the research sample averaged over 300 respondents. Overall, 982 people were asked to take part in the research conducted with the help of a questionnaire. In the monograph, the author compares those results with earlier results of research conducted in Katowice and Gliwice by the author himself, or with cooperation with other researchers. The use of that data, alongside the most recent research findings, allows to come to more general conclusions which go beyond the scope of case studies. The collected data allowed to formulate several conclusions regarding the social experience of urban public spaces. It is possible to enumerate in each city a number of spaces which are considered by the inhabitants to be good public spaces. Those usually entail marketplaces or other squares located in the city centre, as well as attractive recreational spaces and parks.From the perspective of the inhabitants of the cities and the users of public spaces, the mostimportant feature of such spaces is their multifunctionality, which allows their users to conduct various activities. This, in turn, epitomises the importance of marketplaces, squares and parks. The latter are, in turn, particularly important for the recreational activities conducted within the urban public spaces, as they constitute important locations in which people decide to spend their leisure time. Thus, both parks and other urban public spaces remain in direct competition with people’s homes as well as other places located outside of the city boundaries.Even though the research did not point to any elements which could be classified as “thefear of the urban space,” the inhabitants of the cities in question are charaterised by significantsocial passivity. Over 30% of respondents do not participate in freely available events which take place in urban public spaces. The only events which manage to attract larger percentages of the city inhabitants are fairs, free concerts and religious events. Social, political or civil activities do not constitute an important way of interacting with the urban space.On the basis of the theory of spatial value, a claim has been made that city centres, even inthose cities in which those centres are either lacking or difficult to establish, evoke for the most part more positive associations than shopping malls, which, for the majority of respondents, are bland and described usually in terms of shopping arrangements. Therefore, echoing the concept of spatial value, coined by Florian Znaniecki, and the division of values, coined by Aleksander Wallis, it would be possible to consider city centres to possess existential spatial values, while shopping malls posses only functional spatial values.Such spaces influence the identity of the subjects, to a certain degree, particularly that structure of it which could be called after Peter Weichhart individual spatial identity. Despite a high level of identification with the city and its inhabitants, there exists only a minority of the city inhabitants which declare that they do posses a space which would strengthen their relationship with the city, i.e. facilitate the creation of individual spatial identity.On the basis of the research findings presented in this monograph, it would be possible todifferentiate between six social roles of urban public spaces: functional, interactive, symbolic,axiological, identical and civic. Their significance in contemporary cities varies on a case by case basis. From the perspective of the city inhabitants, the functional role remains the most important, while the civic role is considered the least important.
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The scope of research in the book is the oldest part of Mysłowice, i.e. the Old Town, which, constitutes at the same time the historical core of the town. In the area of the Old Town two parts can be distinguished: the one with preserved medieval urban layout and the other, the so-called new town – which developed in the 19th century with the impact from the train station.The book presents the changes in space and in function that occurred within the Mysłowice Old Town between 1913 and 2013. The lower end of the time range was included in the period referred to as the “golden years” of Mysłowice, dating back to the years 1862–1915. At that time, the town gained its momentum of development, when, next to the dynamic development of the mining and metallurgy industries, as well as spatial expansion, also the gateway function of the town strengthened due to its location on the border of three countries: Prussia, Russia and Austria. Unfortunately, the outbreak of World War I and, consequently, the shift of the state border to the west produced a situation that from the beginning of the 1920s, caused Mysłowice to take a negative path of development – today the town is almost unknown to the general public awareness.Despite the well-developed research on functional and spatial structures of towns located in the Katowice region, there is a clear shortage of such studies for Mysłowice. The literature on the town under examination lacks comparative studies. This proves that the present study is complementary and enriches the field with its dynamic approach and the comparative and explanatory analysis of the town’s evolution. It also allows for an entirely fresh look at the research problem – namely from the geographical and historical points of view. Additionally, this work provides valuable information on urban planning and spatial development of the Old Town district, and points to the determinants of the development of modern functional and spatial structures of the studied area.The book is theoretical and empirical in its character, which is also reflected in its layout. The first chapter contains the methodological and theoretical principles of the conducted research. Theoretical concepts explaining the functional and spatial structures of the towns were arranged in chronological order of their creation, which, in turn, allowed for obtaining a complete picture of the studied subject. The second chapter, on the other hand, presents a historical outline of the town’s development and the location of Mysłowice against the backdrop of the processes shaping other centres of the present Katowiceconurbation.The next two chapters relate to the empirical studies on restoring the functional and spatial arrangement of 1913 and 2013, and to determining the conditions affecting the development or regression of Mysłowice. Firstly, a reconstruction of the spatial arrangement and institutional base for 1913 was made, and the town's role at that time was presented, as well as its international links. The whole of the analysis was closed with an attempt to clarify the nature of the spatial and functional arrangement of the town based on the concept of gatewaytowns.The fourth chapter is devoted to contemporary research on the spatial and functional arrangement of the Old Town in Mysłowice, as well as the degree of degradation of the Old Town district and the processes of its regeneration and renewal. In explaining the recourse of the research area, a reference was made to the concept of dissipative structures in relation to the functions of Mysłowice.The last chapter presents the dynamics of functional and spatial transformations. At this stage of the study, a comparative analysis was conducted for the two selected years, and an attempt was made to explain the resulting direction of transformations. On this basis, the transformations of spatial development, the transportation system and distribution of functions in the Old Town were described. What is more, generalizations were made in the form of a scheme of conditions, urban transformations from the Middle Ages to modern times and the evolution of the importance of Mysłowice. In addition, the end result of the conducted research was the model of functional and spatial structure transformations and functions of the Old Town, also relating to the whole process of spatial evolution and showing the sinusoidal character of urban transformations. The author used a variety of methods that allowed for both the recreation of the two functional and spatial systems as well as to indicate transformations. The study included two types of research, namely the query of archival (cartographic and written) materials and an urban inventory. The result was the creation of an institutional base for two selected research periods (1913 and 2013), which were used for the reconstruction of the functional and spatial plan of the Old Town. In addition, during the compilation of empirical data, a series of statistical methods were applied that later allowed for the comparison of results for the two years, including Zioło’s synthetic index, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and Doi’s method, etc. However, in the interpretation of cartographic materials, the method of town plan analysis developed by Conzen was used, which was conducted based on the sequence of chronologically listed plans of Mysłowice.The book uses both sources typical for historical research (diaries, newspapers), geographical research (cartographic materials) and urban research (sketches and urban planning documentation). In addition, iconographic sources proved to be helpful allowing for, among others visualizing the content of the literature and town plans. Cartographic materials consisted of archival plans and maps of Mysłowice, both large and small-scale, dating from the 19th, 20th and 21st century. The written materials, in turn, comprised mainly address books (Adressbuch) of Mysłowice from 1901–1914, as well as The Official List of Telephone Network Subscribers of 1929. These materials were used to reconstruct the institutional base for 1913. Moreover, other written sources used in the study were historical monographs devoted to the town, the press, and even literary passages, for example Pamiętniki (Diaries) by Kraszewski.The particularity of the research on spatial functionalism refers in the present study to the level of individual buildings, or parcels, of the Old Town district of Mysłowice. Such a approach was possible thanks to obtaining access to the abovementioned historical source materials, as well as detailed field studies undertaken in 2013. Each of the disciplines referenced to in this study provides a different perspective on the town. The geographical perspective refers to the attributes of space and relationships, the economic approach – to functional values, the historical view – to aspects of spatial transformations over time (historical dynamism), and the urban approach – to planning practicality. The conducted research and explanations refer to the evolutionary approach and also to the system approach by showing the transformations of the Old Town against the background of the whole urban centre. The basic theory, applied in the research, were the principles of the genetic and functional approach relating to the evolutionary research conduct. Moreover, in order to offer a fuller understanding of the direction of the ongoing changes of urban space, a reference was made to the theory of dependency on the path of development, which allowed for explaining, in general terms, the direction of the economic and spatial evolution of the town. In turn, the difference between the two distinguished stages under examination required the use of another two theoretical approaches: the gateway cities concept (for 1913) and the notion of dissipative structures (for 2013). The preparation of models referring to the applied theoreticaldepictions after each stage of the research constituted a specific form of a summary and systematizing the ongoing changes. The book is one of the few studies combining various kinds of cartographic, written and material sources. This necessitated using methods that had to conform to the research relating to the past as well as the present.The book presents a study based on two time frames “taken” from the course of the historical evolution of the town, therefore they could constitute a prelude to further, much more in-depth analyses. Moreover, such research can be conducted for other towns of the Katowice conurbation and even of the Upper Silesia region. This would allow for a comparative analysis of inner-city changes taking place in various urban centres and a determination of the trajectory of future changes. On the other hand, the studies on space and economy of the Old Town could be helpful in developing local regeneration programmes, zoning plans for the Old Town district and a study of conditions and directions of spatial development.
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The present volume consists of two parts. The contributions in the first part offer first of all a theoretical analysis and outline some perspectives for the functional macro-regions in the eu, while in the second part the papers are basically case studies in the sub-national regions concerned. This combination of the top-down and bottom-up approaches gives the specificity of this edited volume and it provides a big advantage, since the danube strategy – the danube Region strategy, with a usual abbreviation, dRs – can only be approached at the same time from “above” in the framework of the eu2020 general strategy and from “below” through the efforts of its constituent parts, i.e. the countries, sub-national regions and localities, including the capital cities.
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The paper looks at the course of the process of local development in changing systemic and economic conditions in specific zones, namely border regions. Local development is one of the aspects of territorial development that is implemented at the municipal and administrative district level. It is expressed through favourable changes, the source of which are, in particular, local natural and material resources and the characteristics of the local community that are conducive to the development. In the result of these changes the needs of the residents are more fully addressed, and their welfare improved. It includesa number of factors relating to the social, economic and spatial sphere. What is a new determinant of the local development in border regions is the integration process causing the „erosion“ of the borders. This applies to intra-EU borders, because of the fact that at the same time on the external border a noticeable sealing process takes place, and this necessitates verification of theoretical concepts explaining the mechanisms of the development in these areas. The paper is aimed at the identification of the determinants of the local development of Polish border regions, with a particular focus on the role and function of the border as a factor modelling this process. The research problem consists in the identification of factors and barriers to the local development in the border regions, with the emphasis on the elementspointing to the specificity resulting from the neighbourhood of the border. The methodology of the paper is based on a compilation of quantitative methods, which have been supplemented with a range of qualitative information. The specificity of the conditions of the local development in the border regions has been tested in the three types of neighbourhood:• the border region of A type – between the countries of the so-called ‘the old’ EU and Poland, in this case represented by the Germany-Poland border (PL-DE)• the border region of B type – between the countries of the so-called ‘the new’ EU, represented by the border regions of Poland-the Czech Republic (PL-CZ), Poland-Slovakia (PL-SK) and Poland-Lithuania (LT-PL)• the border region of C type – that constitutes an external border of the EU, represented by the border regions of Poland-Belarus (PL-BY), Poland-Ukraine (PL-UA) and Poland-Russia (PL-RU).Accordingly, the area of the research comprised the municipalities and administrative districts immediately adjacent to the state border. The total number of the territorial units included in the study is 164 municipalities and 56 districts.In accordance with the aspects of local development, a comprehensive inspection of the theories of social, economic and spatial development was carried out, and subsequently the concepts whose assumptions would be adequate to the conditions observed in the border regions were sought amongst them. The assessment of the determinants in the individual border regions allowed establishing where the conditions are the most favourable for the development. Moreover, it had been assumed that together with an increasing distancefrom the border its influence decreases, and also that a greater number of border crossings positively stimulates the process of local development. In addition, the influence of the local government, Euro-regions and the EU programmes on the condition in the border regions was verified.The paper presents the change in the character of the border and the circumstances surrounding its formation, with particular emphasis on the period after 1989. It also comprises a parametric evaluation of the stage of the development of the border regions in the system of the municipalities and administrative districts, and the correlation between its condition and the existence of the border crossing and the type of border region.The participation of the border regions in the demographic, financial and economic potential of the country was diagnosed, along with the dynamics of the changes in this field in the years 1995–2015. In addition, the issue of macro-economic differences between the countries was discussed. The impact on the local development was also investigated on the basis of the level of trade and exchange, differences in prices, differences in the condition of labour and real estate markets. In the social sphere, the attention was paid to the multiculturalism of the border regions and the issues of social activity. What was emphasised was the importance of tourism and the role of EU programmes designed for the border regions.It was found out that the conditions for the development of the local Polish border regions are diverse, which results from the very character of the border. The overall assessment of the determinants of the development is positive. The actions of the state and the EU aimed at integration are supported with numerous measures focused on the cross-border cooperation. In the border regions, there are still favourable economic differences that allow obtainingbenefits of the exchange. It has been confirmed by a growing level of expenditure in the border regions and a greater number of travellers. Further development requires developing a common identity of the border regions originating from the common ground of the cultures and nations. The community of goals and further understanding is the basis of trust, which constitutes the foundation of social capital. More and more plentiful is the evidence that the inhabitants of these regions are beginning to see the border as an opportunity for development, not as a barrier to it. The contact between the sides of the border is also easier, which is the result of the reduction in its formal rigor and the development of technical infrastructure. The border region of A type is the best developed, whereas the rate of changes indicates that its advantages over the other border regions are decreasing. The most favourable conditions for local development in terms of economy prevail in the regions adjacent to the borders with Germany and Ukraine, while as for the social sphere – in the regions bordering with Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and slightly less favourable at the border with Lithuania. The worst situation (in terms of both of the aforementioned fields) was observed at the border with Russia and Belarus.
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The book presents the interactions that take place in the glacial systems and defines the mechanisms that control these processes. The purpose of this book is to investigate how glacial systems react to changing climate.The conducted analysis applied a set of field studies from 2007—2014 carried out in southern Spitsbergen between van Keulenfjorden fiords in the North and Hornsund in the South. The widely applied radar sounding is an effective research method in the glaciated areas thanks to its noninvasiveness, mobility, wide depth range of the survey area constituting the glacial system, as well as simplicity in distinguishing the structures within the glacier due to their contrastive dielectric properties. The analysis focused on the processes undergoing in particular components of the glacial system (i.e., snow cover, firn, the interior of the glacier in various hydrothermal states, water drainage system) that constitute a complex interacting with the natural surroundings and is thus conducive to the formation of a glaciosystem.The research shows the glacial systems of Svalbard as responding gradually to the relatively fast environmental changes. Hence the view of the glaciers as indicators of such changes needs to be regarded with caution and due consideration of their delayed response time under a given climate scenario and the potential process that might continue even after the factor that caused the changes has already ceased.The book is addressed to all the individuals who study glacial processes and the reaction of glacial complexes in the Arctic to the environmental changes, and to experts who use geophysical surveys, predominantly radar systems in the glaciated areas. It will also be of interest to aficionados of Earth’s frigid zones.
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The fourth edition of the popular handbook discussing the geological units of Poland with regard to stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrography and tectonics. It presents the geological units in order from the oldest (the East European platform) to the youngest (the Carpathian Mountains, Paleogene and Neogene basins of central Poland). The valuable additions to this handbook are numerous illustrations (maps, cross-sections, and charts), two folded geological maps of Poland and a stratigraphic table. The handbook for students of universities where geology and related sciences are taught.
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This publication is an effect of collaboration of the Institute of Regional and Global Studies of the University of Warsaw with the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima and other universities from Latin America, Asia and Europe. A collection of selected texts is devoted to sustainable development of peripheral regions in Latin America and some parts of Europe (Albania, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain) and Asia (Nepal). These texts discuss natural, social and cultural conditions and possibilities of development of rural regions and peripheral urban areas, with particular attention to mountainous regions, as well as possibilities of tourism development in rural areas. They fall within the current discussion carried out in the academic environment and planning on the opportunities and constraints to the development of peripheral areas.
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Asian regions and cities have become important international actors but the phenomenon of international engagement of regional and local governments in the Asian countries is still not sufficiently described and recognized in the scientific literature. So far, the research on paradiplomacy mostly concentrated on Europe and North America. However, as shown in this study, the regularities present in Western countries are not necessarily universal. The distinctive features of each Asia n country create quite unique contexts, in which sub-regional actors have to develop their international strategies. Same of those contexts were presented in this study in order to provide better understanding of the conditions of paradiplomacy in Asia.
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The book is dedicated to the social structure of Lviv and Łódź. The contributions included in the volume provide a theoretically-oriented overview of the research on this subject, performed with the use of various approaches and methods.
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This is 1903, a time when the word „Ghetto“, particularly in Jewish context, already may have sound slightly pejorative, but had no connotation yet as it got few decades later through Shoah. This is a book providing a portrait of the urban quarters and places of Prague formed and characterized by the Prague Jewish life. // A CEEOL-"Digsimile" (digital Faksimile) of the original, published in 1903 by the VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG DER BÖHM. GRAPHISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT „UNIE“ IN PRAG. The Digsimile of the original illustrated book can be used for citation as if you would cite an extract from the original (pagination is the same).
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Marina Matešić's and Svetlana Slapšak's book Gender and Balkans incorporates two studies on gendering of Balkanism, i.e, on the gendered reading of Balkanism. In the forst part, the authors write about the historical practice of presenting the Balkans by male travelers only to contrast them with the travelogues by women authors of the 18th and 19th centuries, who broke down patriarchal representations of the Balkans. Analysing travelogues by Mary Wortley Montagu, Emily Strangford, Dora d’Istria, Jelena Dimitrijević, Maria Karlova, Paulina Irby and Georgina Mackenzie, Matešić and Slapšak infer that their protofeminist role frequently went hand in hand with their imperialist tendencies. The second study is about the gender situation in the 20th century Balkans. It questions the concept of gender, its appropriation for various arbitrary theses, and its subsequent contamination. The authors also indicate that the notion of mobility is politically marked. Svetlana Slapšak was born in 1948, in Belgrade, where she graduated in classical philology at the Faculty of Philology. Her PhD thesis was on the Vuk Karadžić's dictionary and calcs from Greek language. Slapšak worked at the Institute for Literature and Arts in Belgrade, and from 1986, she has been a professor at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. She has published more than 50 books, and 400 scientific papers in anthropology, gender studies, Balkanology, and feminist criticism. She translated numerous books from latin, old Greek, French and English into Serbian language. For her work she was awarded several literary and peace awards. Marina Matešić was born in Split. She graduated in philosophy, literature and gender studies, and obtained her PhD with the thesis on gender anthropology at the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis in Ljubljana. She won scholarships as a guest researcher at the Duke University in the USA, and the Humboldt–Universität in Berlin. Her areas of interest are the construction of gender and sexuality, cultural identities and migrations, feminism, Balkanology and postcolonialist criticism.
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published in 1908 by Wilhelm Heims Publisher in Leipzig.
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The brochure provides the generalized analysis of the main factors influencing the local processes of formation and transformation of political identities in Poltava city community. The content and specificity of identity policy in the city are determined, their constitutive role in structuring the political and social field of Poltava is proved
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Prvo izdanje “Geološkog vodiča kroz Bosnu i Hercegovinu” je objavljeno na bosanskom jeziku 1999. godine (Hrvatović, 1999). Drugo izdanje vodiča je proizašlo iz potrebe da se prikažu novi podaci o rezultatima istraživanja brojnih geologa koji su, nakon prvog izdanja, objavljeni u naučnim radovima, monografijama, disertacijama i udžbenicima. Ovo izdanje vodiča sadrži 97 slika koje prikazuju geološke karte, stubove, profile i fotografije koje se odnose na prikaz tektonostratigrafskih jedinica i stijena Dinarida Bosne i Hercegovine. Vodič sadrži sljedeće: – samostalna poglavlja o tektonostratigrafskim jedinicama koja omogućavaju istraživačima i studentima da razumiju distribuciju i stratigrafiju geoloških formacija, grupe formacija, supergrupe formacija i mineralnih sirovina, – poglavlje o glavnim tektonskim strukturama i – poglavlje o geološkoj evoluciji Dinarida Bosne i Hercegovine. U ovom izdanju vodiča, treći dio prvog izdanja “Geološkog vodiča kroz Bosnu i Hercegovinu” koji opisuje trasu-profila koji presijeca Dinaride od Brčkog na sjeveru do Neuma na jugu je uključen u detaljniji opis tektonostratigrafskih jedinica Dinarida Bosne i Hercegovine.
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Współczesny świat jest zdominowany przez miasta, które są motorem jego rozwoju. Ulegają one jednak ciągłym przemianom, a współcześnie – w okresie intensywnych, dynamicznych zmian geopolitycznych i społeczno-gospodarczych – borykają się z wieloma trudnościami. Problemy rozwoju miast są poważnym wyzwaniem, wymagają interdyscyplinarnego podejścia oraz umiejętności zintegrowanego zarządzania i sterowania. Celem monografii jest przedstawienie wybranych nurtów, metod, narzędzi oraz działań determinujących przekształcenia współczesnych miast, które traktuje się tutaj jako złożone systemy powiązań gospodarki, społeczeństwa, środowiska i przestrzeni. W publikacji wyróżniono przede wszystkim te kwestie, które służą polepszeniu funkcjonowania współczesnych miast, poprawie jakości życia ich mieszkańców oraz przyczyniają się do rozwiązania wielu złożonych problemów. Książka adresowana jest do teoretyków i praktyków zajmujących się zagadnieniami rozwoju i rewitalizacji miast, planowania przestrzennego i urbanistyki. Do jej lektury zaproszeni są również studenci oraz absolwenci w szczególności takich kierunków, jak: gospodarka przestrzenna, studia miejskie, ekomiasto, prawo, geografia urbanistyczna, ekonomia, urbanistyka, socjologia miast czy ochrona środowiska. Monografia dedykowana jest więc osobom, które interesują się miastami i procesami ich rozwoju.
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ORIGINAL PREINTED IN GERMAN FRACTURA FONT: PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU’LL BE ABLE TO READ (see Introduction.pdf) Published in 1895 by the Central Committee of the Russian Lutheran Church // From the introduction: In the last two years, it is primarily the Estonian and Livonian parish Augmentaioln Funds that have been incorporated into our administration - because they serve similar purposes to our Support Fund. In Reval, two foundations with special provisions were also handed over to the district committee. All in all, this amounts to more than 100,000 rubles, by which the annual bill is now larger. This deceives the eyes of the uninitiated and they will draw false conclusions. It is in keeping with the spirit of the Gospel not to collect treasures or accumulate capital; for we should not place our trust in money, but in the spirit as the true comforter. Hence, the Central Committee doesn’t set out to accumulate treasure. But where it receives foundations for the benefit of the church, it has no right to carry them out in any other way than the founders have ordered in their friendly disposition.
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The book introduces the issue of productive culture of teaching and learning in broader didactical context. In the first part of the book, three areas of productive culture of teaching and learning are as theoretical framework presented: 1. clarity, structure, coherence, 2. cognitive activation, instrumentalization, semantization, 3. Supportive learning environment. The second part of the book presents 17 didactic case studies that have been developed by teams that consisted of researchers and teachers from schools. The aim of didactic case studies is to highlight key areas of productive culture of teaching and learning.
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The Atlas of Czech Dialects - Nominative Singular Feminine is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between experts from the Dialectology Department of the Institute of Czech Language of the Czech Academy of Sciences and experts from the Department of Geoinformatics of the Faculty of Science of Palacký University in Olomouc. The Atlas presents not only the dialectal phenomena that are declining and disappearing, but also the phenomena that are still alive. The main analytical dialect maps show the morphological differences in the territory of the Czech national language. The accompanying maps of spelling variations illustrate the overall territorial picture of the word form under study. In addition to the dialect maps and brief expert dialectological comments, the atlas contains texts describing the realities of former rural life, farming methods and customs, infographics, links to audiorecords and illustrative images created by artificial intelligence tools. The expert explanations are complemented by rich dialectal material, while the popular format of the texts ensures accessibility to a wide range of people interested in our dialect. Data from the Questionnaire for Research on Czech Dialects, processed into thematic maps, are brought to life by photographs taken by dialectologists half a century ago during field research.
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