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Ukraine and Greece - Two Diasporas: Engagement and Disengagement with the Homeland at Times of Crisis

Ukraine and Greece - Two Diasporas: Engagement and Disengagement with the Homeland at Times of Crisis

Author(s): Foteini Kalantzi,Iryna Lapshyna / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2020

Keywords: diaspora; diasporic engagement; homeland; Greece; Ukraine; crisis

This article focuses on the interrelationship between homeland and diaspora at times of crisis. It adopts a comparative lens to look into diasporic (dis)engagement with the homeland, specifically analysing the cases of Greece and Ukraine. The main research issues are how crises affect the engagement between homeland and diaspora – taking Greece and Ukraine as case studies – and which the defining contextual factors are that transform the diaspora engagement. The article unpacks the homeland–diaspora nexus concerning two states with different socio-political backgrounds, both going through severe political and economic crises. In so doing, the article gives prominence to the differentiation between the engagement of the two different diasporas with their home countries at times of crisis. Evidence suggests substantial engagement in the Ukrainian case while, in the Greek case, a more mixed attitude – leaning towards disengagement – is apparent.

The Economic Importance of the Arctic in the Modern Economy - a New Prospects and the Outline of Legal Issues

Ekonomiczne znaczenie Arktyki - nowe perspektywy i aspekty prawne

Author(s): Marta Przygodzka-Markiewicz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2014

Keywords: navigation;CCS;marine genetics resources;wind energy;law;Arctic;

In this paper new ways of economic use of the Arctic are discussed, that may be or have already been used in the region, and which are made possible by modern technology, as well as climate change. These methods primarily include the navigation of ships, which already takes place to a limited extent (including LNG transport), the use of marine genetic resources (at present 31 patents have been issued in this area) and new applications such as the carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) and wind farms. These issues raise many questions, especially in light of the risks for the environment and the role that indigenous people have in this process, which was also raised in this article. Other important issues, also mentioned in this article, are the regulations applicable to the new uses of the Arctic and indication of what rules are missing for the effective and safe development. The conclusions indicate that the use of the Arctic with the means of new technologies can have a positive impact on local communities; however they should have an influence on how this development will take place. Nor can be the international community cut off from the decision and law making process, because it is slowly starting to be a new player in the Arctic.

International Security as Investigated by Polish Think Tanks

Bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe w badaniach polskich think tanks

Author(s): Tomasz Pawłuszko / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2014

Keywords: think tanks;quantitative research;international security;NGO;

This paper focuses on a quantitative analysis of the Polish think tanks’ research potential in the area of international security. Five Polish NGO institutions of expertise were assessed. The analysis concerning the background and priorities of the activity was made for the period 2008-2013. The summary finishes with conclusions.

The pornographization of imagination. Some comments on porn studies in literary research

The pornographization of imagination. Some comments on porn studies in literary research

Author(s): Adam Regiewicz / Language(s): English / Issue: 75/2020

Keywords: porn studies; erotic literature; pornography; contemporary Polish literature

The exploration of human sexuality at the end of the nineteenth century did not immediately stimulate the development of research in literary eroticism. Its development is associated not so much with the discoveries made by anthropologists as with the influence of the Nietzsche’s philosophy and Freud’s psychoanalysis. The theory of Dionysian culture with its concept of libido (which in times of the supremacy of high culture remains hidden in the language of literature) contributed to the first wave of erotic criticism. Decades later, its development was related to feminist criticism, followed by gender studies and homoerotic studies. What seems interesting in this context is the lack of reflection on the role of the audiovisual pornographic imagination in most contemporary literature. While porn studies is present in sociology, anthropology, and film studies, it is still absent from literary studies. The article presents the mutual influence of literature and pornographic cinema, showing the limitation of the traditional tools used in literary studies in the analysis of contemporary literary descriptions of sexual acts. It examines the reason for the lack of research on this topic, paying attention to the ethical and aesthetic consequences of changing this situation. Finally, it outlines the areas of interest that porn studies could help explore.

The Czech Republic in the European Defence Agency: the question of effectiveness

The Czech Republic in the European Defence Agency: the question of effectiveness

Author(s): Kateřina Kočí / Language(s): English / Issue: 57/2020

Keywords: international organizations; the Czech Republic; effectiveness; membership; European Defence Agency

At a general level, the article focuses on the relation between states andinternational organizations. In current era, states and international organizations coexist ininternational system. Their relation has been researched many times, but the question whichis still rather unanswered relates to the management of membership of states in internationalorganizations. The states nowadays participate in hundreds of different organizations. Thetricky part that remains to be examined more in details is how to analyse the effectiveness ofthe engagement of a country in a concrete international organization. The article investigatesfurther the case of the Czech Republic and it analyses its performance and relevance inthe European Defence Agency (EDA) applying the research design which was proposedin 20122. The team of researchers proposed four criteria: objective pursued, personalrepresentation, cost/performance ratio and activities implemented. The analysis is basedon the examination of the Czech policy goals and priorities in the EDA. It also explor esthe area in more details conducting semi-structured interviews with the representatives ofdifferent Czech state bodies and employees of the Agency.

Quo vadis, V4? What is the potential of the Czech Republic to promote its interests within the framework of the V4?

Quo vadis, V4? What is the potential of the Czech Republic to promote its interests within the framework of the V4?

Author(s): Zbyněk Dubský,Kateřina Kočí / Language(s): English / Issue: 56/2020

Keywords: Central Europe; Visegrad Group; EU; the Czech Republic

The original purpose of the Visegrad Group (VG or V4 – which includes Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) was primarily to support its member states’ accession to the EU and NATO, which it successfully achieved. However, the views on the current cooperation of four Central European countries differ. Some researchers believe that the V4 has transformed since 2004 into a viable project which has become even an inspirational model of cooperation for other regional groupings. According to them, and contrary to doubts about the continuation of the V4 project, membership of the EU has given the V4 a new impulse, and its agenda has been expanded into new areas of cooperation which included EU affairs. Therefore, the V4 operates now as a distinct regional grouping within the EU (i.e. positive input regarding their commitment in several Council presidencies). Others, however, suggest that V4 cooperation seems to be labelled as a defensive project, a coalition within the EU, which is against something (recently the prominent topics have revolved around migration issues) and that it could lead to the marginalisation of the group and thus reduce its importance at the EU level. While discussing the future role of the V4, the article will focus on the Czech Republic, and its potential to promote its interests within the framework of the V4, especially in the context of its current presidency (from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020).

EXAMINATION OF STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT WITH R-SPQ-2F OF LEARNING APPROACH IN FLIPPED SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE COURSE

EXAMINATION OF STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT WITH R-SPQ-2F OF LEARNING APPROACH IN FLIPPED SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE COURSE

Author(s): Jin Su Jeong,David González-Gómez,Alejandrina Gallego-Picó,M. Carmen Conde-Núñez / Language(s): English / Issue: 6/2019

Keywords: engagement, science learning; R-SPQ-2F; flipped-classroom; sustainable education; study approach

The students’ engagement was deemed significant to research due to the changing study structures from course-based to student-centered and competence-based in sustainable science higher education. Still, its change and coping strategies is considered as somewhat unfamiliar learning environment. Research examined students’ engagement to the learning approach of a flipped-classroom model for sustainable science course with the Revised Two-Factor Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F). It assesses research proposals, which students are utilizing to learning, and engagement and individual abilities as well. The research was conducted with the students enrolled in the “Atmospheric Pollution” course of the Environmental Science undergraduate program (n=64). The results obtained through the R-SPQ-2F showed the students’ number reaching higher “deep approach” in their learning increased at the course end, while it can be observed that the students’ number marking “surface approach” below the mean value was slightly lower (pre- and post-test comparison). It can be concluded that students are employing more engagement in their works and enhancing their personal skills as well with the teaching methodology. Results obviously specified that the study structure change was a phase into correct emphasis to improve students’ engagement in the flipped sustainable science education.

Lessons Learned by Organisations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lessons Learned by Organisations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s): André de Waal,Julie Linthorst,Caroline Hetterschijt / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: COVID-19; Organizational Consequences; Organizational Actions; Lessons Learned; Impact on Business;

The COVID-19 caught many organisations off guard. The same is true for the academic ‘future of work’ literature, which hardly pays any attention to a disruptor like a pandemic. In the past months a catching up in the academic and especially the professional literature regarding COVID-19 could be noticed. However, this literature does not describe the actual actions organisations take to deal with the implications of COVID-19. In this article, based on a literature review a classification scheme of possible actions is drafted. Subsequently, 19 European organisations were interviewed and the actions they are undertaking are put in this classification scheme. In addition, the positive outcomes of these actions are collected as are the lessons learned by the organisations in these past months. The research results help further academic research in mapping the implications of and actions to combat disruptors like pandemics. They also help organisations prepare themselves better for the inevitable next crisis.

Fungi, Technocultural Hybrids and Inorganic Nonhumans. Speculative Ecologies in Contemporary Performative Arts in Poland

Grzyby, technokulturowe hybrydy i nieorganiczni nieludzie. Ekologie spekulatywne w polskich sztukach performatywnych ostatnich lat

Author(s): Mateusz Chaberski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 162/2021

This article analyzes selected “speculative gestures” (Debaise, Stengers) in contemporary Polish performative arts which stage speculative ecologies. Speculative ecologies are different ways of thinking about ecology, alternative to the modern concept of nature as inert matter separated from humans and bereft of all agency. The analysis aims to unravel some nonanthropocentric modes of distributing agency between humans and nonhumans and ways of knowing they posit. The article focuses specifically on selcted hybrid projects emerging from a fusion of artistic strategies, scientific protocols and new technology design. Examples discussed here demonstrate how the initiators of such projects at the intersection of nature, culture and technology perform three types of speculative ecologies: by staging polyphonic assemblages (Lowenhaupt-Ting) as contingent encounters between human and nonhuman lifeways, by questioning received notions of natural environment, and by registering the agency of abiotic existents as proper ecological actors.

A STILL LIFE OIL PAINTED BY HENDRIK VANDER BORGHT IN 1650 WITH ANCIENT COINS FROM DACIA: A HIGHLY EDUCATED WORK AND A POLITICAL MANIFESTO

A STILL LIFE OIL PAINTED BY HENDRIK VANDER BORGHT IN 1650 WITH ANCIENT COINS FROM DACIA: A HIGHLY EDUCATED WORK AND A POLITICAL MANIFESTO

Author(s): Francois De Callatay / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: Hendrik Vander Borght; painting; ancient artefacts; Transylvania;

An oil painting by Hendrik Vander Borght and dated 1650 displays an assemblage of Roman vases (6 in clay and 2 in glass) and 11 ancient coins (3 Greek, 3 Roman Republican and 5 Roman Imperial), depicted with an astonishing accuracy, allowing a precise identification for most of them. From an archaeological point of view, such a grouping of coins can only come from ancient Dacia. It is argued here that the painting is organized in order to display a political manifesto for the good ruler, strong, but not autocratic. It may refer to the general uncertainty felt soon after the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) which ended the Wars of Religion, but it may also be more precisely related to Transylvania at a time when the young and adventurous George II Rákóczi was recklessly preparing to invade Poland, after having succeeded in 1648 his father George I, whose reign was remembered as a golden age for Transylvania.

Elements of Visual Communication of Educational Institutions on Social Networks

Elements of Visual Communication of Educational Institutions on Social Networks

Author(s): Martin Vanko,Anna Zaušková,Michal Kubovics / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: Facebook; Instagram; Social Media; Social Networks; Visual Communication;

The use of social networks in 2021 can no longer be described only as a trend of a properly set marketing strategy of entities, brands, or organizations, but as a marketing standard. Nevertheless, it is appropriate to perceive social networks as a unique tool of communication through which predetermined marketing goals can be clearly, distinctly and, above all, effectively met. The presented paper points out the necessity of the correct use of visual elements in the communication of educational institutions focused on the segments of media and marketing on social networks. The authors, based on a descriptive analysis of quantitative data on the communication of selected educational institutions on social networks, present the basic differences in the success of the communicated content over the selected period. The main aim of the paper is to point out the need to implement properly set up visual communication on social networks, which is even greater in educational institutions because their primary target group belongs to the majority of the total population using the above-mentioned social media tools for reciprocal communication. The correct categorization and characteristics of individual elements of visual communication can ultimately determine the steps leading to the achievement of relevant results.

Dialogue on Posthuman Life, Death and COVID-19

Dialogue on Posthuman Life, Death and COVID-19

Author(s): Francesca Ferrando,Asijit Datta / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: COVID-19; Death; Dialogue; Posthuman; Posthuman Life;

This interview between Francesca Ferrando (New York University) and Asijit Datta (University of Calcutta) is an extended and exhaustive effort to weigh the pressing concerns of posthuman life, death, and philosophy in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. Philosophical discourse on matters related to dualism, humanism, anthropocentrism, during a phase when exposed human bodies are susceptible to a deadly, mutating virus itself, warrants some paradoxical attention. There has never been a more suitable age and a period to discuss the onto-epistemological anxieties against the background of biotechnological advancements. Akin to an inverse ouroboros, the latest medical equipment or a favourable vaccine for diseases is part of the reparation process undertaken to balance out the damage perpetrated by capitalism. Questions from the interviewer traverse topics involving the Anthropocene, non-human animals/others, genetic mutations, ethnic crises, ethical response towards the dead, posthumanism as spirituality, and the posthuman multiverse.

EFFECT OF IPAD USE ON SAUDI CHILDREN’S CLASSIFICATION OF AND JUSTIFICATIONS REGARDING LIVING THINGS: A SOCIO-CULTURAL LEARNING PERSPECTIVE

EFFECT OF IPAD USE ON SAUDI CHILDREN’S CLASSIFICATION OF AND JUSTIFICATIONS REGARDING LIVING THINGS: A SOCIO-CULTURAL LEARNING PERSPECTIVE

Author(s): Fayadh Hamed Alanazi / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2019

Keywords: living things; iPad; primary school students; biological justifications; socio-cultural perspective;

This semi-empirical research utilises a structured interview interview approach to explore Saudi children’s ideas about living things and to examine the effects of iPad use based on a socio-cultural perspective involving group work and discussion. The sample comprised 40 grade 1 children; 20 were empirically taught using iPads according to a socio-cultural perspective, and 20 were taught in the traditional teaching style. The structured interview approach in which children classified 21 cards (7 animals, 7 plants, and 7 artefacts) as living or nonliving things. The results indicated that children had varied misconceptions regarding the classification of and justifications about living things, especially regarding plants. The use of iPads according to a socio-cultural perspective had a positive effect on children’s knowledge development. Children in the iPad group performed better in categorising different types of animals and plants and in justifying their views.

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF LEARNING STEM-RELATED SUBJECTS THROUGH SCIENTIST-TEACHER-STUDENT PARTNERSHIP (STSP)

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF LEARNING STEM-RELATED SUBJECTS THROUGH SCIENTIST-TEACHER-STUDENT PARTNERSHIP (STSP)

Author(s): Hidayah Mohd Fadzil,Rohaida Mohd Saat,Khalijah Awang,Durriyyah Sharifah Hasan Adli / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2019

Keywords: authentic science; qualitative methodology; Scientist-teacher-student partnership (STSP); STEM;

Science education is facing an immense challenge due to students’ lack of engagement with science education. This issue calls for a collaborative and integrative teaching strategy such as the Scientist-Teacher-Student Partnership (STSP). This research employed a qualitative research methodology supported by quantitative data, to explore students’ perceptions of learning science through STSP. It involved 125 students in Grade 10 from four schools, eight science teachers and seven scientists from a university situated in Kuala Lumpur. The data were collected through survey questionnaire and interviews. The collected qualitative data were analysed using constant comparative techniques and the quantitative data arising from the responses of the survey were calculated as mean scores and standard deviations. The findings showed that the tripartite collaboration brings educational benefits to all groups. Based on the student’ perspective, four (4) main themes emerged. The students found that 1) the partnership enriched their learning experiences, 2) they acquired procedural skills through hands-on experiments, 3) they had the opportunity to explore emerging topics in science, and 4) they were exposed to various career opportunities in STEM-related fields. This research has promoted greater articulation of STSP as a mechanism for educational reform in STEM.

Metaphorical Underpinnings of Panels in Comics

Metaphorical Underpinnings of Panels in Comics

Author(s): Michał Szawerna / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2014

Keywords: metaphor; comics; events; summary scanning; nominalization; image schemas

In the field of comics studies, which evolved from a mere topic area into a burgeoning field of inquiry at the turn of 1980s and 1990s, the dialogue about meaning in comics was initiated by practicing cartoonists, who proposed new lines of research and introduced serviceable terminology which remains in use even today. These early contributions may have provided a solid basis for the investigation of meaning in comics, but they were repeatedly criticized for their lack of an academic orientation prerequisite for serious-minded comics scholarship. With the onset of the new millennium, it was linguistic theory that came to be called upon with increasing frequency to provide the missing orientation. Recent observers point out that for over a decade linguistics in general, and cognitive linguistics in particular, has informed much of the most insightful comics research. This paper is an attempt to contribute to the intersection of cognitive linguistics and comics scholarship by demonstrating that a number of conceptual metaphors whose linguistic manifestations have been studied in considerable detail facilitate, either separately or jointly, the conceptualization of the main formal unit of comics: the so-called panel. It appears that depending on what individual panels are taken to refer to (events, states, periods of time, visual fields, portions of the world of the story), they are metaphorized in different ways (as objects, containers, windows onto the world of the story), in accordance with a central tenet of conceptual metaphor theory whereby metaphors highlight some aspects of the metaphorized concept and simultaneously hide others. On the one hand, this paper adds to the growing body of research demonstrating that metaphor is a conceptual mechanism which transcends language; on the other, it adds to the dialogue about how comics achieve meaning by discussing the metaphorical underpinnings of the panel, and by framing this discussion in terms of cognitive linguistics, a scholarly tradition with which comics studies have successfully intersected.

Information-communications Competencies of Teachers as a Requirement of Contemporary Teaching and the Lifelong Learning Concept

Informacijsko-komunikacijske kompetencije nastavnika kao zahtjev savremene nastave i koncepta cjeloživotnog učenja

Author(s): Merjem Sušić / Language(s): Bosnian / Issue: 15/2021

Keywords: information-communication competencies of teachers; lifelong learning; digital competence; e-learning and teaching; strategies of inciting teachers to use information communication technologies;

This article aimed to make a theoretical review of the importance of ICT education of teachers in service of preparation for more efficient performances required by their profession in the context of general globalization changes they are exposed to. In that sense, a review of the advantages of ICT utilization and the requirements of lifelong learning which sets informatical skills as an imperative had been presented, emphasizing the role of teachers, since it requires working on self-improvement, as well as directing others towards competent, critically observed and purposeful usage of modern technological achievements. Some of the priorities for the development of higher education in B&H have been presented, where in the context of scientific research work for the 2016-2026 period, providing all of the public higher education institutions with ICT equipment is planned, which indicates that the teachers working in these institutions must possess the competencies for their utilization, especially because institutions of higher education should play the role of one of the main promoters of lifelong learning.

A Word on Conceptual Metaphor Th eory in Current Academic Discourse: Inspired by Ariadna Strugielska’s (2012) Paper: “Alternate Construals of Source and Target Domains in Conceptual Metaphor”

Słowo o Teorii Metafor Pojęciowych w bieżącym dyskursie akademickim: komentarz do artykułu Ariadny Strugielskiej (2012) “Alternate Constuals of Source and Target Domains in Conceptual Metaphor”

Author(s): Kamila Turewicz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2013

Keywords: conceptual metaphor theory; academic discourse; conceptual domains; discretness; categorization; monosemy, informativeness

Inspired by Strugielska’s (2012) article “Alternate Construals of Source and Target Domains in Conceptual Metaphor,” where the linguist presents a number of arguments questioning applicability of Conceptual Metaphor Th eory (CMT) to the analysis of linguistic meaning, I attempt to reanalyze some of the arguments through reference to primary sources: Lakoff and Johnson (1980), Lakoff (1990), Kövecses (2000, 2002, 2005, 2011). The issues of direct concern are: dichotomous nature of conceptual domains and their assumed discretness, the issue of differentiating the conceptual structure form the semantic structure and cognitive metaphorical projections from the relation of categorization, the question of monosemy constraint and degree of informativeness of metaphorical projections. The issues are discussed in the source article in the context of works whose authors question validity of CMT on the basis of (naturally occurring) language data from corpora. My own reanalysis of the examples discussed exhibit the extent to which metaphorical projections between the source and the target domains can provide motivations for the language expressions, accounting for their metaphoricity. At the same time, employing analytic tools available within Cognitive Grammar, I demonstrate that the extent of the contribution of metaphorical projections to respective semantic structures is determined by the position of the source domain in the matrix of the respective profile/base alignment.

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS’ ADAPTATION TO NATURAL SCIENCE STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS’ ADAPTATION TO NATURAL SCIENCE STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Author(s): Rita Birzina,Dagnija Cedere,Liva Petersone / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2019

Keywords: adaptation to studies; first year natural science students; personal and academic factors; transferable skills;

The mass-approach in higher education promotes the broadening of students’ number and diversity therefore the question about the young people’s readiness to adapt to studies becomes more and more topical. Students who enrol in the natural science faculties of the University of Latvia (UL) are motivated and have high assessment in biology and chemistry as school subjects. However, the studies already during the 1st term prove that students encounter problems to get adjusted to the study process. In order to find out the key factors that determine the adaptation of the first-year students to studies, an e-questionnaire was developed and 79 students from the Faculty of Chemistry and Faculty of Biology were surveyed. Institutional and personal factors that are focused on the application of transferable skills are mainly those that affect the students’ adaptation in the first term of studies. At the same time such issues of the academic factor as students’ prior knowledge in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics and their skill to learn independently are intrinsic for students’ successful studies.

Constitutional Identity and Ultra Vires Review in Germany

Constitutional Identity and Ultra Vires Review in Germany

Author(s): Sven Simon / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: constitutional identity; ultra vires review; Germany; EU law; Bundesverfassungsgericht; CJEU

This article aims to provide insight into the relationship between constitutional identity and ultra vires review in Germany. First, a brief introduction is provided on the issue of the relationship between EU law and national law, then the diverging grounds for validity are presented concerning the interpretation of the CJEU and of the German Federal Constitutional Court. After the detailed analysis of the German case law, limits of a national reservation are scrutinised. In the end, a conclusion is drawn up.

Fashion as an Aesthetic Form of Life: A Wittgensteinian Interpretation

Fashion as an Aesthetic Form of Life: A Wittgensteinian Interpretation

Author(s): Elena Abate / Language(s): English / Issue: 61/2021

Keywords: Fashion; dressing; Wittgenstein; form of life; grammar;

Fashion is an aesthetic practice which concerns the ordinary sphere of our life: it is associated with everydayness and it is a source of endless aesthetic experiences. The purpose of this paper is to validate a new perspective on fashion based on Wittgenstein’s later aesthetic conception. In Philosophical Perspectives on Fashion (2017), Matteucci introduces the idea of combining the Wittgensteinian concept of “form of life” with fashion. In accordance with this thesis, the paper aims at showing how fashion is constituted as a “form of life”. Specifically, I shall argue that fashion is an “aesthetics form of life” which structurally employs a language of an aesthetic type – one with a specific grammar (or set of rules) of its own. I claim that there is in fashion a contact point between the grammar of language and socially encoded aesthetic responses: fashion follows slavishly its own grammar, through its cyclical seasonality, while at the same time tending to creatively reinvent itself. Thus, anyone who daily commits to the practices of fashion acquires sensitivity to its rules, contributing to a social dialectic of identification/diversifi cation typically belonging to fashion itself. Finally, on the basis of the claim that fashion is a “form of life”, and indeed since fashion is primarily an aesthetic practice, I claim that Wittgenstein’s aesthetic notions can coherently be related to fashion as well: concepts such as ‘aesthetic reaction’, ‘gesture’, and ‘correctness’ will be shown to be crucial to an analysis of the aesthetic phenomenon of fashion.