TÜRKİYE’DE KAMU SEKTÖRÜNDE HALKLA İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMLERİNİN YAPISAL SORUNLARI ve ÇALIŞANLAR ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Author(s): Yener Lütfü Mert / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 30/2016

The 1980s, when the public relations departments in the public administration sector of Turkey have started to be organized and based to legal grounds and gained corporate identity, underlines a period when important transitions has occurred in public sector in the world. This transition that is experienced in the Turkish Public Sector through the impact of globalization has manifested itself by several structural changes that occurred in public relations departments in Turkey. This condition which is encountered in an environment where the judicial organization is not sufficient and that the public administrators exhibited a somewhat problematic opinion toward the public relations phenomenon seem to lead to a detrimental impact in settlement of public relations disciplines and hence on its related employees. In this study, the sources of problems that are currently experienced in public sector are discussed and the issue of what kind of solutions should be applied in order to reconstruct these departments are discussed.

Memory, Interpretation, Identity

Author(s): Wojciech Kalaga / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

The article investigates complex relations between memory, interpretation and identity, with special emphasis on the role of memory as a building material and of interpretation as a constructor of human identity. Construed as an ontological condition of subjectivity interpretation seems to be inevitably involved in the workings of memory, both individual and collective. However, the archival model of memory dominant in the Western culture effectively excludes interpretation as a mechanism of (re)constructing memory because it depicts the latter as a stable and unchangeable imprint of an experience. Likewise, the Bergsonian model, which portrays memory as a virtual space, leaves little room for interpretation. It is only when Bergson’s model is supplemented with the pansemiotic vision of C.S. Peirce – or, in other words, when the virtual space is filled with an infinite network of interpretive sign relations – that the inextricable connection between interpretation and memory in shaping human identity becomes theoretically validated.

Медийната власт като основен проблем на Конституцията на Република България

Author(s): Hristina Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2018

The “Fourth power” is associated more with the media, which explain to people what is happening in the respective country. In the modern society this is turning into a problem, because it appears to be a governors tool and in the same time – tool for control over the governors. The only possible solution is to reconsider and describe properly the communication rights in the Bulgarian Constitution. There have to be precisely described the rights for freely expressing personal opinion; for freely browsing, gathering and sharing information; for protecting personal data; for independence of self and for intellectual ownership.

Unfamiliar concepts as an obstacle for critical thinking in public discussions regarding women’s rights issues in Latvia. Reflective thinking in the ‘fake news’ era

Author(s): VEINBERG Sandra / Language(s): English Issue: 22 (2)/2018

In Europe it is now out of the question to express any doubts regarding the prevention of violence against women. The majority of the Latvian population also condemns the physical abuse of women; however, the Istanbul Convention which deals with this matter was not ratified here. A number of factors were at play, the most significant of which was pressure exerted through the direct influence of a campaign that had been organised by opponents of the broadest understanding of human rights. Such pressure was exerted on decision makers (MPs and political parties), with indirect impact on the population via social media and the news media outlets. Campaigns by interest groups which spread opposing views are not unusual in a democratic society; however, in this case there was no discussion between the opposing parties. The public domain was not open to an interaction of views and beliefs based on arguments and critical thinking, as the argument of the opponents rested entirely upon their beliefs, whereas the supporters of the convention relied upon valid proof. This article looks at the reasons behind the failure in terms of group communication to establish a constructive discussion on a topic that was so essential to Latvian society: one which served to combat and eradicate violence against women. It also seeks to establish whether the use of an irrational form of convincing technique contradicts the logic of critical thinking, and whether the emergence of unfamiliar and/or incomprehensible concepts on the agenda of a public discussion may serve to put the brakes on the constructive discussion of women’s rights issues which is so essential today to Latvian society as a whole.

Параметри на Ероса между несъзнаваното и трансценденталното

Author(s): Nevena Krumova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2016

The text covers the parameters of the Eros in various theories. It refers to its place in Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, as well as the relation between Eros, unconscious and sublimation. It also refers to the meaning of the Philosophical Eros and its place in some metaphysical theories.

Цел и роля на образованието след 16-годишна възраст

Author(s): Phil Budgell / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

In this article, the author compares school education for pupils aged 16 years and over in Bulgaria and England. At the beginning of the article, he looks at the general matrix of the curriculum and the degree of freedom of choice for students. In Bulgaria, the educational model follows the way of training students aged 14 – 16, with limited choice within the profile. In England, on the other hand, there is a significant difference: after 16 years of age, students have the complete freedom to choose which subjects to study.Further, the author focuses on teaching Bulgarian in Bulgaria and English in England to illustrate the different approaches. For this purpose, he uses the Bulgarian language requirements published by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science and the English language requirements of the Ministry of Education in England.Finally, the author examines the examination process and compares the types of questions that are included in the Bulgarian matriculation in Bulgaria and the types of questions included in the GCS A Level Exams in England.

Проблемът за малките училища

Author(s): Dinko Gospodinov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

Small schools are becoming an increasingly tangible issue for the Bulgarian education system. This is the result of the effects of the negative demographic trends. As a relative share they are not less, they are most common in small towns and villages and usually fall into the group of those with low PISA results. The activity of small schools in Bulgaria is related to the existence of a wide range of problems such as diminishing student contingent, financing, material base, quality of education, provision of teachers, the presence in most cases of unfavorable external socio-economic environment, etc. The article briefly reviews the emergence of small school surveys and their main strands. The state of these Bulgarian schools is analyzed and an attempt has been made to outline the main problems in their activities.

Има ли Бог в машината? Литературата като дигитално изживяване

Author(s): Ivan Velchev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2015

This paper presents the seacrhing for the new educational forms – a process associated with rethinking of traditional standpoints and ordinary school practices in relation to the technological and humanitarian contexts created by digital technologies. To elucidate the nature of the digital game in order to raise a question about its applicability as educational tool is the main purpose of this inquiry. The digitalization engender optimistic theories about putting of the digital technologies into the educational practice but It could be asserted that these theories have to be proven in everyday school life yet. Although its undeniable potentialities technology itself is not capable to arouse a positive turn in education because the crucial cause for such a turn is human.

Родноезиковите занятия в началното училище – работилница за формиране на интегрален тип компетентности

Author(s): Mariana Mandeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2015

Some of the approved conceptions of formation of reading and writing skills in primary school are reconsidered. The expectation is to encourage functional literacy from the very fi rst years in school.

„Методика на езикознанието“ от Ст. Чакъров и М. Господинов в контекста на ранната методическа литература за обучение по роден език

Author(s): Ivan Cholakov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2015

This paper presents a publication, unexplored so far, which has an important place in the early methodical literature on the problems of language learning. The Methodology of Linguistics (1906, 1907) in two volumes by St. Chakarov and M. Gospodinov is a continuation of the Herbartian pedagogical and didactic concept that entered in our country as early the 1880s through the translation reception of Stjepan Basariček and for several decades it had dominant impact on the formation of methodical thought in the country. In this sense the Methodology under review is a milestone in the foundation of the methods of teaching Bulgarian language as a system of theoretical and practical-and-applied views, a major part of which are still relevant from the standpoint of modern scientifi c thought

Външната политика на България от телевизионния екран (представяне на научно изследване)

Author(s): Svetlana Kraeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2017

A review on the presentation of the results of a study of foreign policy claims in the election campaign for the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria on March 26, 2017. The study was carried out by Prof. Dr. Maria Neikova and Dr. Ralitsa Kovacheva under a project financed by the Scientific Research Centre (NIS) at the Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“.

Първи Славянско-романски колоквиум „Българско-френските културни отношения“

Author(s): Martin Henzelmann,Christoph Mayer / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2016

Пари за нищо? Анализ на финансирането на обучението в държавните висши училища

Author(s): Milen Velushev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2019

Less than two years before the end of the term to reach the stipulated in Strategy “Europe 2020” and The Strategy for the development of higher education of Bulgaria in the period 2014-2020 targets regarding the higher education in Bulgaria. Presently there is no reason for optimism in this regard as the system of higher education continues to generate the discontent of all stakeholders with the quality of education. The review of the multitude of normative documents, regulating this system can help in the identification of the problems and search for possible solutions. And since the system is dominated by state-owned higher education schools it is only logical to ask ourselves whether at least part of the problem is in the system’s relationship with the State.

Изграждане на социолингвистична компетентност в контекста на смесеното обучение за медицински цели

Author(s): Teodora Valova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2019

This paper examines improving sociolinguistic competence as a basic element of communicative competence in Second Language Acquisition. The study presents and analyzes data from research of “frequency” and “logic” properties of comparisons in Bulgarian language learning as foreign for medical students in blended learning environment with using literary texts. Methods of Scaling were used to carry out the study. The results and their analysis are relevant to establishing the didactic potential of learning in EasyClass online platform. Emphasis is placed on the role in mediating of literary text on the understanding of the specific rhetorical functions of comparisons and their extension into a middle linguistic register relevant to the purpose of patient-centered communication.

Brojčano kretanje Židova na području Bjelovarsko-križevačke županije (1857. - 1918.)

Author(s): Ljiljana Dobrovšak / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 4/2011

The paper states some of the most basic historical and statistic data regarding the Jewish community in the Bjelovar-Križevci County between 1857 and 1918. In the period between 1857 and 1922, the name and the borders of the Bjelovar-Križevci County changed on several occasions (the Bjelovar County, particularly the Križevci County, then the Bjelovar-Križevci County, and finally the Bjelovar-Bilogora County); similarly did the borders of the interior districts, which fact hindered the research to a certain extent. Hence, this paper focuses on the demographic changes in the period between the census of 1880 and the census of 1910. Though the presence of the first Jews in the area of the Bjelovar-Križevci County was recorded rather early – at the beginning of the 19th century, more precise demographic reports are dated only after 1851, or rather 1857 – the year of the first official census. Each of the censuses between the 1850s and 1918 (1857, 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910) listed a higher number of Jews; finally, in 1910, 2,406 Jews inhabited the Bjelovar-Križevci County, mostly the Bjelovar district and the County’s urban area (Bjelovar, Koprivnica and Križevci). In the area of the Berak Municipality, very few Jews lived (a couple of families), while they had never inhabited Podgarić.

Ролята на преводача като културен медиатор: предаване на думи от хинди на български език

Author(s): Elena Georgieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2016

The current article focuses on two main tasks: linguistic – to draw out the basic principles of rendering Hindi words into Bulgarian language, as well as culturological – to show the importance of a translator’s mission and his role as an intercultural mediator. Apart from the phonetic and phonological aspect of the matter, the article refers also to the clearly semantic point, related to the way of incorporating words and terms in a text’s integrity, no matter if it is a translation or any written work, related to Indian culture. The survey is based on several publications of the department of Indology (Indian Studies) in Bulgaria and on the author’s book „Pen, Chocolate And Two Rupees“ (in co-authorship with Nikolay Yankov). The method is holistic and attempts to offer a comprehensive insight into the connection between languages while correlating it with the one between cultures, placing the translator’s personality in the centre of this relation.

CULTURE, LANGUAGES AND CUSTOMS IN THE BALKANS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF WESTERN TRAVELERS OF THE 15th CENTURY

Author(s): Ivayla Popova / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2019

The present study focuses on texts of Western Travelers (Konrad Grünemberg, Pietro Casola, Arnold von Harff, Felix Fabri) and data pertaining to the culture, languages and customs of the Balkan people. Curious details about wedding and funeral customs in the Balkans we can found in the travel notes of Konrad Grünemberg. Arnold von Harff provides valuable data on Balkan languages – Slavic, Greek, Albanian and Turkish, including short dictionaries of these languages. In the travel notes of Western pilgrims and travelers, the ethnic diversity of the Balkans is consistently reflected. The western texts state that the majority of the Balkan population was Christian Orthodox. At the same time, there is interesting information on the minorities of Gypsies and Jews in a suburb of Modon, and their characteristic cultural features are discussed at length.

Педагогическая инноватика в действии

Author(s): Galina Shamonina,Leonid Moskovkin / Language(s): Russian Issue: 4/2019

This paper deals with the analysis of the ten-year experience in the work of the International Qualification School “Modern Pedagogical Technologies in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language”. The main trends in the development of the school stand out; two stages of its history are highlighted: the formation stage and the sustainable development stage. At the first stage of the school’s work, main modern pedagogical technologies were analysed and the main direction of the school’s work for all the forthcoming years was outlined - the study of productive innovative technologies in teaching Russian as a foreign language. A fundamental model of teaching these technologies was developed. It involves instructive classes of lecture or seminar type, development of a project by the attendees at the School, presentation of projects, selection of the best project, awarding the winners, appraisal of the experience of this work by its organizers and performers. At the second stage of the school, the attendees were introduced to theatrical, excursion, and music technologies, as well as movie-technology. In addition, the organizers of the School sought to present a broad picture of modern pedagogical technologies in general, to give an idea of the state and functioning of the modern Russian language.

За някои медийни метаморфози (как „чалгари“ стават „лидери на граждански каузи“)

Author(s): Ventsislav Dimov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2019

The proposed article shares observations on with the construction of the image of the star in ethno-pop music and the role of the media and media music, with two cases - Slavi Trifonov and Azis. At first glance, they seem very different, but they are actually quite similar - as with the mechanisms of media imposition of the image of the star and the use of the media in the construction of public resources and attachment to civilian causes. The article attempts to interpret current cultural phenomena through their media projections, using Joseph Nye's theoretical statements on soft power; Tyler Cowen's for the Economics of Glory.

Process-relations in “Time Experience”

Author(s): Serghey Gherdjikov / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2019

I analyze here process-relations in time experience. My thesis is that McTaggart’s series A and B are process-relations. I demonstrate how McTaggart’s unreality thesis should be replaced by a relativity thesis: Series A and B are relations of processes: asymmetrical and ordered. The coordinate system of time experience is centered in our living body, in its life process, which is directed against entropy increasing: biological arrow. From that flowing position we first experience series of events and they all are ordered in direction past–present–future. From the same position we experience a “backflow”: we first expect, then perceive, and then remember an event in a series: future–present–past. Life process, directed against entropy increasing, which I call “biological arrow” is basic explanation of time experience. Time as such does not exist – only processes (series of states) exist. I suggest some small experiments to demonstrate my main points and to argue against the transcendental phenomenology of “time consciousness”.