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The authors examine the process of migration, work and life of scholars who came to Poland from abroad and were full-time employees in Cracow – in one of the Polish “silicon valleys”. They discuss academic environment of Cracow analysing the university’s websites and conducting in-depth interviews in two contexts: the world migration of highly qualified specialists and structural complexity of contemporary waves of migration, as well as the entire community of foreigners employed in the Polish research institutes.
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A critical analysis of the determinants of African refugeeism and an evaluation of the system of protection and humanitarian aid. The author discusses all the aspects of refugeeism and includes a reflection on both its causes and current unsatisfactory attempts at solving this problem.
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Bu çalışmada, özkurmacanın açınımını anlayabilmek için, öncelikle Philippe Lejeune’ün yaklaşımıyla özyaşamöyküsü türünün tarihsel gelişimi ve niteliklerini belirlemeye çalışacağız. Özkurmaca kavramı, açık bir biçimde Yeniötesi dönemin bir ürünüdür. Bu nedenle, yeni (fr. moderne) ve yeniötesici (fr. postmoderniste) kurama özel bir bölüm açarak, yazınsal düzlemde yenilikçilikle (fr. modernisme) yeniötesicilik arasındaki benzerlikleri ve ayrıklıkları göstermeye çalışacağız. Daha sonra, özkurmaca kavramını yeniötesici ulamına yerleştirmeye ve günümüzde de süren son tartışmaları açımlamaya çaba göstereceğiz.Bu çalışmada, çok sayıda benli anlatı yazarının yapıtlarından örnekler verilirken, son bölümde son dönemin en önemli benli anlatı yazarlarından birisi olan Annie Ernaux’nun Passion simple ile L’Occupation adlı romanlarına özkurmaca bir okuma yapmak için özel bir bölüm açılacaktır.
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The author analyses from an anthropological and a military perspective the shaping of cross-cultural awareness as well as the forms and methods of its implementation within multinational military contingents. She also attempts to evaluate the impact of taking into account the cultural factor on the effectiveness of operations conducted by international military forces. She portrays the decreasing importance of technological advantage over intangible issues. In such a situation the cultural factor plays a fundamental role, proving that it is necessary to “rearm” soldiers in cultural and cross-cultural awareness. This tool should be a means to an end, which is restoring safety and growth opportunities – with respect for local cultural norms – in countries troubled by long-term violence, poverty and a lack of perspectives for civilians.
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The author concentrates on four humanitarian and philanthropic initiatives that were undertaken in the Second Polish Republic by American social activists from such organizations as the American Relief Administration, Joint, the Rockefeller Foundation, or the YMCA. The book presents how American social norms and family values were transferred to allegedly backward Poland. The author uses gender and social class as main categories of analysis and highlights religious and ethnic dimensions of the analyzed initiatives.
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The author presents the image of a modern father - present in the child's life and involved in his upbringing. The book contains a comprehensive discussion of the topic, from the theoretical description of family history, through the psychological approach to parental behavior, to the presentation of the author's typology of fatherly attitudes. The author describes and analyzes paternal attitudes in the Polish rural environment on the example of the Płock poviat. The issues raised are also presented from the perspective of the respondents themselves, analyzing their perception of the role of the father and the feelings associated with her, as well as the factors conditioning the participation of men in childcare.
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The only inexhaustible resource whose development trend is positive is knowledge. This extraordinary capital, which represents the legacy of the effort and creative work of both the past and present generations, has made specialists from all over the world unanimously agree that we live in a knowledge-based society. Such a society can only be built with knowledge-based organizations. Global management must have a modern approach with no ambiguity. The correct solution for this is a management based on applicable procedures for recognizing people’s moral and professional competences. Competent and well-trained people are the only ones who can provide the right solution for the success of the organization. This volume collects engaging management studies from various fields of management.
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The monograph aims to discuss the Armenian-Turkish relations in the media discourse of the 21st century, predominantly on the basis of French and Russian-speaking mass media on the Internet, with particular emphasis on cognitive analysis of media materials and their influence on exacerbating or alleviating the Armenian-Turkish conflict.The Armenian-Turkish conflict, triggered by the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire and lasting for more than 100 years, has been widely discussed in media coverage, including on the Internet. Most of the research material therefore comes mainly from the Internet and includes online editions of paper publications, including traditional periodicals, digitalized official publications, blogs, forums, and even Wikipedia. The choice of the research material is motivated by approaching the subject via the analysis of information transmitted in any direction, in any medium, and in any form to any recipient, because an undefined recipient (i.e. everyone) often seeks out and retains information without paying attention to its source.The above approach has also conditioned the research timeframe, which covers the first and partly the second decade of the 21st century (with the origins of the conflict in the beginning of the 20th century briefly sketched out for context). The choice of languages, on the other hand, was dictated both by the fact that the Russian and Frenchspeaking media practically “accompanied” this conflict from the first moment onward, as well as by the fact that the former reflects its Eastern and the latter its Western perception.The present study constitutes the first foray into the topic and is an essential part of understanding and improving the processes taking place in French and Russianspeaking media discourses, among other things: 1) critical analysis of the abovementioned discourses, 2) influence of the media on the processes occurring in the perception of discursive information at the level of consciousness and subconsciousness of the recipients, 3) attempts to distinguish discursive fact and falsehood from the perspective of cognitive analysis of discourse models, 4) the paradigm of truthfulness of discourse at the level of its compatibility with reality.The examples analyzed in the book in both languages are identical or at least relatively substantially similar, taking into account the perceptual characteristics of both French and Russian.The monograph presents the theoretical foundations of the research (in particular, the philosophical and socio-psychological framework), introduction to the theory of discourse (the social functions of language, the place of information in cultural and relation-forming discourse, the critical analysis of discourse, the directions of research and discourse analysis) and the channels of information flow, along with their cognitive analysis (issues related to, among other things, the specificity of the language of the media, the illocutionary structure of discourse, and the categorization of discourse are taken into account).A fundamental place in the study is occupied by the matter of the semantic structure of the so-called plexuses (as components of cognitive analysis), which, derived from K. Popper’s paradigm of worlds, create discursive space and space for empirical translation (or materialization) of discourse. In addition, the monograph covers issues related to the normative meaning of discourse in correlation with national ideology and the analysis of manipulative discourse tactics. It also presents the influence of socio-political and economic factors on the linguistic structure of discourse.Moreover, the research presented in the monograph includes the influence of the noun genocide (from Greek genos – genus, genealogy, origin, and Latin cide, from caedere – to kill, to massacre) on its subliminal reception by the participants of the discourse, as well as ethnocultural stereotypes and the specificity of the sociolinguistic analysis of the ideological propaganda war. It is worth noting that the social interaction of the understanding of genocide in Armenian-Turkish relations was also taken into account in the study.The conclusion is that the discourse includes a number of clearly separated semantic codes, which in this case can be divided into historical-patriotic, legal-judicial, religiousspiritual, visionary-analytical, economic, critical-oppositional, state and raison d’etat, civilizational-European vs. barbarian-Asian, and national superiority.
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In Poland and in Latin American countries socio-economic development has large environmental costs. The ruling elites, in the name of economic growth, do not care enough to follow the recommendations for such resource management as to reduce all types of pollution and emissions harmful to humans and the environment. The societies themselves are also not fully aware of these changes. This publication is a continuation of the topics discussed in earlier monographs, which were the result of joint research of Polish and Latin American geographers within many projects dedicated to urban issues. It is the second of the two volumes published in 2021 and contains texts presenting new case studies and new ideas about sustainable development, risk and local development in Poland, Colombia and other Latin American countries. Thousands of pages have already been written on sustainable development. However, the subject is still relevant. Processes occurring in the environment, especially the climate change, only emphasize the need for further research and discussion on the subject. In this monograph we return to the issue of understanding and implementing the idea of sustainable development in Poland and Latin America. We also join the discussion on sustainable urban development and governance. Finally, by presenting a few examples, we address the issue of the conflicting nature of sustainable development policies in some countries and regions. The book also introduces the reader to the issue of education on sustainable development. As part of the cooperation of Polish and Latin American geographers academics of the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies of Warsaw University have been lecturers at doctoral studies in urban and regional sustainable development and post-doctoral studies in Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Manizales in Colombia (Doctorado en Desarrollo Sostenible y Posdoctorado en Ciencias de la Tierra y el Medio Ambiente). Doctoral students and lecturers from the University of Manizales have visited Poland many times in joint symposia and workshops. In 2017 a Polish-Colombian monograph in Spanish was published in Colombia and in 2018 two scientific monographs, both in Spanish and English, were brought out by the University of Warsaw Press. This volume is the second of the two published in 2021 and contains only English texts on sustainable development, risk and local development in Poland, Colombia and some other Latin American countries.
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Why is music present in so many aspects of our lives? One potential answer lies in the emotions we feel in a variety of situations when listening to and experiencing music. In response to music, we cry, we laugh, we shiver; we feel sadness and nostalgia, but also joy and ecstasy. However, the areas of study that analyze these diverse aesthetic experiences raise interesting questions. Are these experiences emotions? If so, what kind of emotions are they? How do these emotions arise? The author looks for answers to these questions and discovers the curiosities of musical emotions' psychology.
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School is a place where cooperation is of particular importance. Achieving the primary objective, which is the education and upbringing of children and young people, depends on the cooperation of teachers, students, parents and the local community. The following study is devoted to the topic of cooperation of school and family environments. This theoretical and empirical study discusses the main issues related to the implementation of the idea of cooperation between parents and teachers in Polish schools, as well as showcases the problems and prospects for its development. The volume is addressed to teachers, parents and those who remain committed to building a school based on dialogue.
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A bilingual book of poems by Petro Murianka (Piotr Trochanowski), originally written in Lemko and translated into Silesian. The poems introduce readers to minority literature and the linguistic and cultural diversity of Poland. Łymkowsko duszyczka is a contribution to the minority discourse and a proposition of literary dialogue between ethne living in Poland, but above all an opening of the Lemko world to Silesian recipients, most often completely unfamiliar with Lemkovyna – with the hope that they will want to get to know it better.
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Book on the public policy towards disability presents in a comprehensive manner the main system solutions for supporting disabled people in Poland. Selected problems related to the public interventions in the area of disability were also presented, and possible institutional adjustments were indicated.
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The book „Educational and professional activation of inhabitants and the quality of life in peripheral cities” edited by Adam Bartoszek and Urszula Swadźba constitutes a comprehensive, and statistically based discussion of the problems of the activation of the so-called human capital in peripheral cities of Silesian and Opole voivodship in question. The article opening the volume entitled „Human capital in a local environment” by Adam Bartoszek is a theoretical introduction to the assumptions of studies on the problems of making the human capital active at the level of local communities. The article by Bożena Pactwa entitled „Human resources and demographic processes on selected peripheral cities of Silesian and Opole voivodships” stands for a demographic analysis based on statistical data from the yeares 1995—2008. A detailed analysis by Rafał Muster entitled “Problems of the activation of the human capital on local job markets in the light of statistical analyses and opinions of those in charge of public services of employment…” deals with the issue of the activation of the human capital on local job markets of Lubliniec, Racibórz, Nysa and Prudnik. Urszula Swadźba, in her article „Educational activity as an expression of local strategies and an innovative nature of human resources in small and middle-sized cities” deals with the problem of an educational activity of people inhabiting the places in question. Another article by Adam Bartoszek entitled „Educational and professional mobility of inhabitants and the quality of life in peripheral cities” presents the results of a survey conducted in four intentionally selected peripheral cities in the Upper Silesia (Racibórz, Nysa, Lubliniec and Głogówek). The analysis was structured as a comparative diagnosis contrasting the opinions of the heads of households with the opinions of the leaders of local communities, constituting a cross-sectional representation of various communities of small and mieddle-sized cities. The article by Marek Dziewierski entitled „An identity of place and adaptation strategies of the inhabitants of small and middle-sized cities” is a summary of the stage of qualitative studies. It deals with the issue of the relationships and interdependences between a social identity of the inhabitants of peripheral cities and their life choices connected with education, work or a preferable place of living. In the final chapter of the book, Adam Bartoszek and Urszula Swadźba summarize the consequences of the mobility of human capital for the quality of life in the studied cities.
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The book „The State that Works. On Finnish Public Policies” summarizes few years of author’s research into various aspects of functioning of the Finnish state, depicting them in a broad, historical and cultural perspective.The aim of the books is the description and analysis of mainly internal factors relating to the political processes and public policy-planning that allowed Finland unprecedented development and promotion to the group of most economically and technologically advanced states in the world. It was possible to achieve even though in the mid-21 century Finland still remained a peripheral country with the economy based on a basic production and export of the wood, it’s only natural resource available on a mass scale.In the introduction, author describes crucial geographical, historical and cultural factors determining he institutions’ building processes and the situation of Finnish society before gaining the independence in a year 1917 and in the first decades of sovereign Finnish state.In the following parts, devoted to economic, educational and social policies, he describes political processes and concrete solutions implemented in these spheres which at the turn of the XX and XXI century allowed achieving aforementioned success and increase in the affluence and quality of life of Finnish people.In the concluding chapter, author pays special attention to the role of education, knowledge and science in planning and designing or public policies in Finland as a key factors allowing the radical transformation of Finnish economy and society. The books ends with a discussion about the major challenges that Finnish state and society confront at the moment and most promising future research fields.
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The work touches upon cognitive bases of the educational process. Increase in the roleof individual subjectivity oriented towards the value of truth, which is present in didacticprocess because of social and cultural changes taking place, as well as the acceptance ofknowledge pluralism in didactics, determines the necessity of reconstructing the process ofeducation.Contemporary division of the educational conceptions into classical, humanistic, integrativeand constructionist ones determine the changeability of important features ofthe stages the educational process. That is why the present research concentrates oncognitive bases, that is important elements existing in each process and determiningthe course of the educational process. By definition, the relation between the subjectlearner and the subject of her/his cognition is important. A reference was made to the cognitionaspects accepted in didactics, notably the axiological one determining a direction ofthe process via cognitive values, the social one showing an attitude of knowledge to reality,the philosophical one describing world qualities and their cognitive representations, as wellas the psychological one defining the actions of an individual cognition.Theoretical and methodological assumptions of the research on cognitive bases werepresented. The justification of the two stages of research, the theoretical and empirical one,was indicated. The first stage includes a reconstruction of the types of learner and teacheractions from the didactic studies conducted so far, the features of their subject of cognition,and a description of cognitive actions from the perspective of psychology and logic. Theirgeneralization was used to create a model of cognition-transformation which is called ofknowledge.The second stage of research covered the results of empirical studies on the use ofknowledge transformation in a description of the course of the educational process inthe educational practice in the junior high school. The types of knowledge dominant inthe educational practice as well as their connection to a differentiation of individuallearners’ cognitive experiences were described.Finally, the perspectives of studies on cognitive bases of the educational process werepresented.
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The purpose of the study is to diagnose the importance of social media for self-esteem, modes of online self-presentation and body image behavior of young adults. The monograph presents the research results which confirm that, among other things, for about 30-40% of young adults, social media are a space that significantly affects attitudes toward their own bodies. This is because they constitute a space for creating one’s own image, a source of motivation to engage in behaviors aimed at improving body image and taking care of one’s appearance, but also a space for social comparisons relating to one’s body image. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of forming a strong “bodily self” and an internal locus of control, the need for prevention of disorders related to body image disorders, psychoeducational interventions and the role of health education in the context of the research issue undertaken in the study.
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The author analyses inhibitory control, one of the most popular concepts in contemporary research in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. Inhibitory control is often viewed as one of the earliest developing executive functions, which are the basis for goal-directed human behaviour. The quality of executive functioning is confirmed as one of the most important early predictors of typical and impaired development in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. In the first part of the book, several perspectives on defining inhibitory control are presented. Inhibitory control is described from the point of view of executive functions, functional systems, problem-solving processes and brain mechanisms. The second part of the book includes the author’s original theoretical framework for inhibitory control development, which is based on Lev S. Wygotsky’s cultural-historical psychology. Moreover, difficulties in assessing inhibitory control development are discussed. The final part of the book comprises a presentation and discussion of the results of a research project seeking to test some hypotheses based on the theoretical framework for inhibitory control development.
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