A Semiological Analysis of Urban Space in Transitional Cultures
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(2019), the Vardar River As a Border of Semiosphere – Paradox Of
Geographia Polonica 2019, Volume 92, Issue 1, pp. 83-102 https://doi.org/10.7163/GPol.0138 INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES www.igipz.pan.pl www.geographiapolonica.pl THE VARDAR RIVER AS A BORDER OF SEMIOSPHERE – PARADOX OF SKOPJE REGENERATION Armina Kapusta Urban Regeneration Laboratory Institute of Urban Geography and Tourism Studies Faculty of Geographical Sciences University of Łódź Kopcińskiego 31, 90-142 Łódź: Poland e-mail: [email protected] Abstract As suggested by its etymology, regeneration usually carries positive connotations while its negative aspects tend to be belittled. However, any renewal results in major morphological, physiognomic, functional or social changes, which imply changes in the meanings encoded in space. These transformations are not always welcome and they may lead to public discussions and conflicts. Skopje 2014 is a project within which such controversial transformations have been taking place. The area surrounding the Vardar River and its banks plays a major role here. On the river banks monumental buildings were erected, bridges over the river were modernised and new ones, decorated with monuments, were built for pedestrians. Bridges can be considered a valuable component of any urban infrastructure as they link different parts of a settlement unit (in the case of Skopje – left (northern) bank and the right (southern) bank; Albanian and Macedonian), improve transport, facilitate trade and cultural exchange. In this context, referring to Lotman’s semiosphere theory, they may become borders of semiotic space, which acts as a filter that facilitates the penetration of codes and cultural texts. Yet, in multicultural Skopje meanings attached to bridges seem to lead to social inequalities as they glorify what is Macedonian and degrade the Albanian element. -
Ellul, Jacques the Meaning of the City
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO COL 5037S SLA SLA325F MAGIC PRAGUE QUESTIONS OF LITERARY CITYSCAPE Fall 2014 We 10-12, Graduates 10-1 TBA, INSTRUCTOR: Veronika Ambros Phone: 416- 926 1300, ext. 3200 Office Hours: Thursday 12-1, St. Joseph Street Alumni Hall, #405, We 1-2 Centre for Comparative Literature BT; or by appointment Email:[email protected] Magic Prague 23/09/2014 2 Prague as a meeting point of different cultures attracted a variety of artists and scholars. Inspired by the book Magic Prague of the Italian literary scholar Angelo Ripellino, this class explores the myth of Prague in selected works by Jan Neruda, Franz Kafka, R.M. Rilke, Paul Wegener, G. Apollinaire, B. Hrabal, and others. A number of secondary texts will help to discuss questions of literary cityscapes, of centre and margin, of multiculturalism and nationalism in different genres. Readings in English and for the specialists in the original. Requirements: Undergraduate students: Attendance and participation - 20% 2 essays (5 pages, 30% each) - 60% 10 reader responses every class - 20% due every Monday at noon Deadlines: First essay: October 17 Second essay: November 28 Graduate students: Attendance and participation: 10% Presentation: 20% 1 essay (20 page) 50% 10 reader responses every class - 20% due Monday noon Deadline: December 5 The written assignments have to follow the MLA guidelines: www.mlahandbook.org The following books can be purchased: Neruda – Prague Tales http://www.amazon.com/Prague-Tales-Central-European-Classics/dp/9639116238 Ripellino – Magic Prague http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Prague-Angelo-Maria-Ripellino/dp/0330337793 Weil – Life with a Star http://www.amazon.com/Life-Star-Jewish-Lives-Jiri/dp/0810116855 Kundera – Ignorance http://www.amazon.com/Ignorance-A-Novel-Milan- Kundera/dp/0060002093/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408124915&sr=8- 1&keywords=0060002093 Magic Prague 23/09/2014 3 Program 1 September 12 Introduction 2 September 19 Legends and Poetry All Jirásek, Alois, Old Czech Legends 1992 4-30; “Tales of the Ghetto” 101-112. -
The Devils' Dance
THE DEVILS’ DANCE TRANSLATED BY THE DEVILS’ DANCE HAMID ISMAILOV DONALD RAYFIELD TILTED AXIS PRESS POEMS TRANSLATED BY JOHN FARNDON The Devils’ Dance جينلر بازمي The jinn (often spelled djinn) are demonic creatures (the word means ‘hidden from the senses’), imagined by the Arabs to exist long before the emergence of Islam, as a supernatural pre-human race which still interferes with, and sometimes destroys human lives, although magicians and fortunate adventurers, such as Aladdin, may be able to control them. Together with angels and humans, the jinn are the sapient creatures of the world. The jinn entered Iranian mythology (they may even stem from Old Iranian jaini, wicked female demons, or Aramaic ginaye, who were degraded pagan gods). In any case, the jinn enthralled Uzbek imagination. In the 1930s, Stalin’s secret police, inveigling, torturing and then executing Uzbekistan’s writers and scholars, seemed to their victims to be the latest incarnation of the jinn. The word bazm, however, has different origins: an old Iranian word, found in pre-Islamic Manichaean texts, and even in what little we know of the language of the Parthians, it originally meant ‘a meal’. Then it expanded to ‘festivities’, and now, in Iran, Pakistan and Uzbekistan, it implies a riotous party with food, drink, song, poetry and, above all, dance, as unfettered and enjoyable as Islam permits. I buried inside me the spark of love, Deep in the canyons of my brain. Yet the spark burned fiercely on And inflicted endless pain. When I heard ‘Be happy’ in calls to prayer It struck me as an evil lure. -
Aesthetic Space: the Visible and the Invisible in Urban Agency
Aesthetic Space: The Visible and the Invisible in Urban Agency THÈSE NO 6445 (2017) PRÉSENTÉE LE 16 MAI 2017 À LA FACULTÉ DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT NATUREL, ARCHITECTURAL ET CONSTRUIT LABORATOIRE CHÔROS PROGRAMME DOCTORAL EN ARCHITECTURE ET SCIENCES DE LA VILLE ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE POUR L'OBTENTION DU GRADE DE DOCTEUR ÈS SCIENCES PAR Mirza TURSIĆ acceptée sur proposition du jury: Prof. B. Marchand, président du jury Prof. J. Lévy, directeur de thèse Prof. M. Jakob, rapporteur Prof. L. Matthey, rapporteur Dr L. Pattaroni, rapporteur Suisse 2017 Acknowledgements First, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my advisor Prof. Jacques Lévy for his continuous support, motivation and thoroughness. His incisiveness and intellectual acuity were fundamental throughout the research and writing phases of this thesis. I thank him for teaching me that one should not find their way, but invent it. Additional thanks go to Prof. Bruno Marchand, Prof. Michael Jakob, Prof. Laurent Matthey and Dr. Luca Pattaroni for their participation on my thesis committee. Their feedback and ideas remain an invaluable inspiration for my future scientific activities. My sincere thanks also go to Prof. Ognjenka Finci, Prof. Lemja Chabbouh Akšamija and Prof. Adnan Pašić for their crucial support at the very beginning of my academic odyssee. I recognize that this research would not have been possible without the Swiss government, from which I received a three-year excellence scholarship through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS). I am particularly grateful to Karin Delavy-Juillerat and Nathalie Miazza for their unfailing support from my very first day at the EPFL. -
International Scientific Journal Theoretical & Applied Science
ISRA (India) = 3.117 SIS (USA) = 0.912 ICV (Poland) = 6.630 ISI (Dubai, UAE) = 0.829 РИНЦ (Russia) = 0.156 PIF (India) = 1.940 Impact Factor: GIF (Australia) = 0.564 ESJI (KZ) = 5.015 IBI (India) = 4.260 JIF = 1.500 SJIF (Morocco) = 5.667 OAJI (USA) = 0.350 QR – Issue QR – Article SOI: 1.1/TAS DOI: 10.15863/TAS International Scientific Journal Theoretical & Applied Science p-ISSN: 2308-4944 (print) e-ISSN: 2409-0085 (online) Year: 2019 Issue: 01 Volume: 69 Published: 09.01.2019 http://T-Science.org Muxtorqul Hasanovich Pardaev Candidate of Historical Sciences, dr. Senior Research Fellow at RFA SECTION 12. Geology, Anthropology, Archaeological Research Institute Archaeology. Samarkand, Uzbekistan DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL CIVILIZATION IN DZHIZAK (JIZAX AND ZOMIN) Abstract: This article deals with the formation and development of the cities of Jizzakh and Zaamin in north- western Ustrushana. Key words: Ustrushana, city, development, Djizak oasis, Zomin, Feknon, Kharakana, Sabat. Language: English Citation: Pardaev, M. H. (2019). Design and development of cultural civilization in Dzhizak (Jizax and Zomin). ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 01 (69), 36-40. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-01-69-8 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2019.01.69.8 Introduction as Kaliyatepa, the city of Kurgantepa, rural The long-term “silence” was documented in settlements, such as Kingyrtepa, Almantepa, written sources about the history of people, the place Pardagultepa, Komilbobotepa, Yakubbobotepa in the of cities, the village, their general and specific early Middle Ages, such as Urda, Kizlartepa, features after the works of the authors of antiquity. -
Oʻzbekiston Tarixi
O‘ZBEKISTON RESPULIKASI OLIY VA O‘RTA MAXSUS TA’LIM VAZIRLIGI TOSHKENT MOLIYA INSTITUTI Sh.Shayakubov OʻZBEKISTON TARIXI (MA’RUZALAR MATNI) TOSHKENT – 2018 1-mavzu. “O‘zbekiston tarixi” fanining predmeti, uni o‘rganishning nazariy- metodologik asoslari, manbalari va ahamiyati REJA: 1. O‘zbekiston tarixi predmeti. 2. O‘zbekiston tarixini o‘rganishning metodologik asoslari va manbalari. 3. Barkamol avlodni shakllantirishda Vatan tarixining ahamiyati. Tayanch so‘z va iboralar: Tarix fani predmeti. Metodologik tamo- yillar. Dialektik metod. Ilmiylik. Xolislik. Tarixiylik. Ijtimoiy yonda- shuv. Vorisiylik. Milliy Istiqlol g‘oyasi. Vatan tarixini davrlashtirish. Moddiy manbalar. Yozma manbalar. Tarixiy xotira. Vatan tarixini o‘rganishning ahamiyati. O‘zbekiston tarixi predmeti Har qaysi mamlakat, har bir xalq qzining uzoq va betakror tarixiga ega bqlganidek, O‘zbekistonning, qzbek xalqining tarixi ham boy va sermazmundir. Qadim zamonlardayoq Turon, Turkiston deb e’tirof etilgan ona vatanimiz turli tarixiy yozma va arxeologik manbalarga kqra Xitoy, Hindiston, Eron, Misr, Rim kabi qadimiy va buyuk mamlakatlar qatori dunyoda mashhurdir. Vatanimiz jahon tarixining turli xalqlar, tsivilizatsiyalar tutashgan eng qaynoq, shiddatli chorrahalaridan biri bqlib, bu zaminda mahalliy aholining fors, hind, xitoy, yunon, arab, rus xalqlari bilan ma’lum darajada aralashchuvi sodir bqlgan, ularning madaniyati, fani, san’ati va umuman turmush tarzi bir-biridan bahra olgan, mushtaraklashgan. Tariximiz ildizlari necha-necha ming yillarga borib taqaladi. O‘zbekiston xalqining boy va qadimiy davlatchilik tajribasi bor. Hozirgi O‘zbekiston hududida dastlabki mustaqil davlat tuzilmalari miloddan avvalgi birinchi ming yillik boshlaridayoq paydo bqlib, qariyb 3000 yil davomida takomillashib borgani va dunyo davlatchiligi rivojida eng yuksak darajaga kqtarilgani jahonga ma’lum. Vatanimiz tarixi qzbek xalqining jahon tarixi va madaniyati xazinasiga ulkan hissa qqshganligidan guvohlik beradi. -
The City As a Personality and Its Projection in Urban Semiotics
Matej Jaššo The ciTy as a personaliTy and iTs projecTion in urban semioTics observaTions on spaTial idenTiTy Now the city, which had weighed and tasted Urbanity and urban semiotics deprived of the ideological support it enjoyed and smelled them, which had used all its po- The problems of urbanity, recurrent in di- in the first part of the 20th century, shatte- wers save one, prepared to use its final ability, scussions of urban planners, space planners, red by imperial conflicts, and degraded and the power of speech. It did not speak with the architects, economists and sociologists, may fragmented, a concept we can still agree on? rage and hostility of its massed walls or to- divide or unite these professionals, foresha- It is hard to say. wers, nor with the bulk of its cobbled avenues dowing future trends prevalent in social and fortresses of machinery. It spoke with the discourse. Approaches to these problems Post-modernist urban development is apt to quiet voice of one man. are characteristic and representative for create ‘representative spaces’, understood as Ray Bradbury, The City the ways of thinking at the onset of the 21st areas of projection of values, thoughts, ideas century: systems are becoming increasingly or principles. Ugliness, paradox, deforma- complicated and paradigmatic limitations tion and allusion have become legitimate are disappearing, to be replaced by uncerta- narrative strategies for the creation and inty of future developments. The old, still revitalisation of urban space. Traditional relevant definition of urbanity as the unique interpretations of urbanity, based on a socio- quality of the city which enables communi- ecological foundation (urbanity as density cation and facilitates social contacts in the and diversity of urban communities), on the urban environment is constantly undergo- diametric opposition of the public and the ing theoretical experiments. -
Art, Ritual, and Representation: an Exploration of the Roles of Tsam Dance in Contemporary Mongolian Culture Mikaela Mroczynski SIT Study Abroad
SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad SIT Digital Collections Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection SIT Study Abroad Spring 2008 Art, Ritual, and Representation: An Exploration of the Roles of Tsam Dance in Contemporary Mongolian Culture Mikaela Mroczynski SIT Study Abroad Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection Part of the Dance Commons, and the History of Religions of Eastern Origins Commons Recommended Citation Mroczynski, Mikaela, "Art, Ritual, and Representation: An Exploration of the Roles of Tsam Dance in Contemporary Mongolian Culture" (2008). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 57. https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/57 This Unpublished Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the SIT Study Abroad at SIT Digital Collections. It has been accepted for inclusion in Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection by an authorized administrator of SIT Digital Collections. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Art, Ritual, and Representation: An Exploration of the Roles of Tsam Dance in Contemporary Mongolian Culture Mikaela Mroczynski S. Ulziijargal World Learning SIT Study Abroad Mongolia Spring, 2008 2 Mroczynski Acknowledgements: I am amazed by the opportunities I have been given and the help provided to me along the way: Thank you to my friends and family back home, for believing I could make it here and supporting me at every step. Thank you to the entire staff at SIT. You have introduced me to Mongolia, a country I have grown to love with all my heart, and I am infinitely grateful. Thank you to my wonderful advisor Uranchimeg, for your inspiration and support. -
Essential Study in an Effort to Improve Satisfaction Tourism Travel
International Journal of Management (IJM) Volume 11, Issue 2, February 2020, pp. 105–113, Article ID: IJM_11_02_011 Available online at http://iaeme.com/Home/issue/IJM?Volume=11&Issue=2 Journal Impact Factor (2020): 10.1471 (Calculated by GISI) www.jifactor.com ISSN Print: 0976-6502 and ISSN Online: 0976-6510 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed ESSENTIAL STUDY IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE SATISFACTION TOURISM TRAVEL Abdullah Said Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia ABSTRACT Increased travel satisfaction will have an impact on improving economic, social, preservation of cultural heritage, rejuvenation and conservation of biodiversity. This paper prepares several important studies that are essential for efforts to increase tourist satisfaction. This study will be the basis of research for conditions that require innovation in the development of travel satisfaction, satisfaction of tourists, and the impact of their development. Keywords: Satisfaction, tourism, travel. Cite this Article: Abdullah Said, Essential Study in an Effort to Improve Satisfaction Tourism Travel, International Journal of Management (IJM), 11 (2), 2020, pp.105–113. http://iaeme.com/Home/issue/IJM?Volume=11&Issue=2 1. INTRODUCTION In various countries tourism plays an important role in community economic growth (Aimagambetov, et.al, 2017; Arimavičiūtė, 2015; El-Said & Aziz, 2019; Chand, et al., 2015; Manyara & Ndivo, 2015; Gražulis, Narkūnienni, & Arbidane, 2017; Salleh, et.al. 2013) Therefore the development of tourism requires strategies and policies that are able to create economic opportunities as well as satisfaction and comfort for tourists. Optimization of Tourism in Indonesia appears in the increasing number of tourist visits. BPS Statistics Indonesia data (2019) shows that the increase in the number of tourist visits in February 2019 increased by 6.12 percent compared to February 2018. -
Nature and Nomads: Service Approach to Mongolia Tours Jesse E
SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad SIT Digital Collections Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection SIT Study Abroad Spring 2018 Nature and Nomads: Service Approach to Mongolia Tours Jesse E. Shircliff SIT Study Abroad Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection Part of the Asian Studies Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Growth and Development Commons, and the Tourism Commons Recommended Citation Shircliff, Jesse E., "Nature and Nomads: Service Approach to Mongolia Tours" (2018). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 2857. https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/2857 This Unpublished Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the SIT Study Abroad at SIT Digital Collections. It has been accepted for inclusion in Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection by an authorized administrator of SIT Digital Collections. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Nature and Nomads: Service Approach to Mongolia Tours Jesse E. Shircliff Gettysburg College SIT Mongolia June 8, 2018 Shircliff 1 Table of Contents Introduction . 4 Methods . 11 Results . 15 Discussion . 25 Appendix . 32 References . 35 Shircliff 2 Acknowledgements: Thank you to Ulzibagsch and Shijir who arranged the program. маш их баярлалаа to Maralaa(bagsch) and Sarabagsch. Би монгол хэл дуртай! And to the rest of the SIT crew who helped out. Thank you to my advisor, Nicole Schaefer-McDaniel. You were very fast and constructive. I appreciated your advice (and yoga classes). Shircliff 3 Abstract: Tourism has potential to diversify Mongolia’s geopolitically challenged economy. Tourism development and promotion has increased since 1990, and there is reason to expect continued sector growth. -
Early Stages of Archaeological Study of the Kashkadarya Oasis
CURRENT RESEARCH JOURNAL OF HISTORY 2(7): 26-33, July 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37547/history-crjh-02-07-06 ISSN 2767-472X ©2021 Master Journals Accepted 23th July, 2021 & Published 28thJuly, 2021 EARLY STAGES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE KASHKADARYA OASIS Nilufar Rajabova Associate Professor, Department Of World History, Karshi State University, Uzbekistan ABSTRACT The article analyzes the first stages of studying the archaeological sites of the Kashkadarya oasis from a historical point of view. Beginning in the 18th century, Europeans began to record information about the Kashkadarya oasis. Their main focus is on highlighting the lifestyle of the population, as well as information on historical monuments. In particular, in memoirs, reports and brochures, A. Burns, N. Khannykov, V.V. Bartold, N. Maev, V. Krestovsky, B. Litvinov, D. Logofet, A. Validov, I. Kastane, L. Zimin, you can get a lot of information on this topic. Despite this, the first studies were mostly brief. Most importantly, the attention of architects and art critics is focused on the history of architectural structures in Shakhrisabz, built during the reign of Amir Temur and the Temurids. However, attempts to shed light on the history of the cities of Karshi and Shakhrisabz based on written sources consisted in a collection of the first archaeological observations, historical artifacts and manuscripts. Noteworthy is the information written by N. Khannykov, V.V. Bartold, N. Mayev. Subsequent studies also made extensive use of their memoirs. B. Litvinov's information about the Kashkadarya oasis was supplemented by his drawings. According to Logofet, the history of the city of Shakhrisabz is emphasized, and archaeological excavations show that its history goes back two thousand years. -
Searching for Antidotes to Globalization : Local Insitutions at Mongolia’S Sacred Bogd Khan Mountain
SEARCHING FOR ANTIDOTES TO GLOBALIZATION : LOCAL INSITUTIONS AT MONGOLIA’S SACRED BOGD KHAN MOUNTAIN by David Tyler Sadoway B.E.S. Hons. Co-op (Urban & Regional Planning), University of Waterloo, 1991. Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Resource Management in the School of Resource and Environmental Management Report No. 291 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY April 2002 This work may be reproduced in whole or in part. ii Approval page iii A b s t r a c t The Bogd Khan Mountain (Uul) is a sacred natural and cultural site—an island-like forest-steppe mountain massif revered for centuries by Mongolians. This sacred site is also a 41, 651 hectare state-designated ‘Strictly Protected Area’ and a listed UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of global significance (1996). Bogd Khan Uul is adjacent to the nation's capital, largest and fastest growing city—Ulaanbaatar. This case study employs an inter-scale research frame to draw linkages between current resource management problems at Bogd Khan Uul while at the same time examines the capacity of local, national and multilateral institutions to address these. In the process the research provides a glimpse of centuries old Mongol traditions—human ingenuity shaped by understandings that have co-evolved with the cycles of nature. The study provides contemporary insights into the dramatic changes that affected Mongolia and its institutions during its tumultuous global integration in the final decade of the second millennium. The study’s inter-scaled Globalocal Diversity Spiral (GDS) framework focuses upon Bogd Khan Uul site-specific issues of forest and vegetation over-harvest, animal overgrazing and problematic tourism development; and key contextual issues of material poverty and local traditions.