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Boian period ceramics from Teleor 008, a site in South of Romania

Author(s): Laurens Thissen / Language(s): English / Issue: 11/2014

Keywords: neolithic; southeastern Romania; Boian culture; pottery;fragmentation;

This paper is about a technological and categorisation assessment of a sample of ceramics from a small site in the Lower Danube Plain, briefly occupied during two phases of the Boian period, all probably dated to the first half of the 5th millennium cal BC. Focusing on fabric use, firing methods and aspects of pottery use, an evaluation of fragmentation and post-deposition patterns helps in assessing the site’s use life.

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Around the Bloc: Brexit to the Balkans

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English / Issue: 04/26/2016

Keywords: Balkans; Brexit; Albania; Bosnia

Commentators have a field day when a leader of the “Leave” campaign talks of a free-trade zone with Albania and others.

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Little Cucuteni pots of hope: a challenge to the divine nature of figurines

Author(s): Emma Watson,Bisserka Gaydarska / Language(s): English / Issue: 11/2014

Keywords: neolithic;Balkan;prehistory;figurines;agency;infertility;

Discussion of figurines is one of the most popular topics in the prehistory of Eastern Europe. They have been perceived as goddesses and gods, toys, individuals, dividuals, comforting miniatures, embodying personhood and more recently as “teaching devices”. Their relationship to fecundy and fertility is over-exploited but a safe haven for the majority of East European archaeologists. Here, we take on exactly the opposite view and try to build a case in which a set of figurines and a number of accompanying objects are interpreted as infertility aid-kits. The sets from Poduri-Dealul Ghindaru and Isaiia-Balta Popii are assessed in terms of recent tendencies in Western archaeological thought whereby representation and imposed meaning gives way to agency, action and performance.

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Monographic Part: Revitalization of Regional Identity

Część monograficzna: Rewitalizacja tożsamości regionalnej

Author(s): Barbara Grabowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: regional education; region; revitalization; regional identity

The author of the article raises the issue of the revitalization of regions and regional identity in Poland after 1989. She points to the need for providing regional education understood as a project “aimed at a person”. In the course of this project, the person will have the opportunity to cognize and shape themselves, build their identity. The author stresses the importance of the process of taking root in the “little homeland” as a basis for multidimensional identity.

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Monographic Part: Culture (e.g. the Art of Theatre) as a Social Educator. A Hard Lesson of Forgotten, Misunderstood or Unaccepted History

Część monograficzna: Kultura w roli edukatora społecznego (na przykładzie sztuki teatralnej). Trudna lekcja historii zapomnianej, niezrozumianej czy nieakceptowanej

Author(s): Agata Rzymełka-Frąckiewicz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: regional education; culture – the art of theatre; Upper Silesia Province

The currently reviving interest in local communities has generated discussions about the growing importance of regional education. The purpose of this education is to make students acquainted with basic knowledge on the history of their ancestors, the place and region in which they live and learn. Culture, i.e. theatre performance and film, is becoming both a valuable support for and complement to this process.

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Monographic Part: Little Educational Prodigy – the Role of Associations of Rural Development in Taking Over and Running Small Schools (on the example of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship)

Część monograficzna: Mały cud oświatowy – rola stowarzyszeń rozwoju wsi w przejmowaniu i prowadzeniu małych szkół (przykład województwa kujawsko-pomorskiego)

Author(s): Anna Rutkowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: small school; village; Associations of Rural Development; local communities

The shutdown of small rural schools is determined by a number of demographic and economic factors. The liquidation of an educational institution is a big loss for the village community, for its cultural and social capital. In Poland since 1999 more than 2 500 public schools have been closed down in the countryside. At the same time, there has been developing a social movement concerned with non government organisations taking over the closed down council schools. Measures implemented by the Associations of Rural Development related to the establishment and functioning of private schools in the country are indications of the activity of local communities and participatory democracy. Small schools – apart from the fact that they provide children the right to education and development in a familiar, safe environment – offer an opportunity to renew the communities, rebuild social capital, initiate change and preserve the identity with the locality.

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Monographic Part: Disabled People’s Participation in the Culture

Część monograficzna: Uczestnictwo osób niepełnosprawnych w kulturze

Author(s): Anna Nowak / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: participation; forms of participation; disabled person; culture; barriers

In the paper there are presented chosen aspects of the problem related to the disabled people’s participation in culture. An attention is focused at the notion, expressions and kinds of participation, as well as at the different dimensions of the disabled people’s participation in the culture. There is exposed a value of culture and it’s meaning in the disabled people’s life. There are indicated examples of the cultural initiatives in which disabled people participate. There are also presented the perspectives of disabled women’s participation in culture (basing at their perception of the problem), as well as the problems of the barriers blocking disabled people’s access to the culture and cultural institutions.

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The making of historical bodies: sex, race, and type in the beginnings of the Romanian physical anthropology

Author(s): Alexandra Ion / Language(s): English / Issue: 11/2014

Keywords: physical anthropology;Romania;skull;race;

Human remains are a particular type of archaeological resource, the material evidence of past individuals. From its beginnings, archaeology and osteoarchaeology seemed to have divided their understanding of the human body and focus of study: while the first was interested in the social and historical dimension of the body, the latter focused on the body-as-biological organism. However, in this process even the notion of the „biological” body is not that clear cut and stable, and the case of the early Romanian anthropology is a relevant example. The goal of this presentation is to explore the meanings that the osteoarchaeological body took in this particular context. Starting from Francisc I. Rainer’s (the founder of the Institute of Anthropology in Bucharest) research on a Paleolithic human skull, along his observations on archaeological artefacts and populations, I intend to highlight the way in which the link between archaeology and biology/anatomy was constructed through the concepts of race, genetics, functional anatomy and evolution. In his view, the body appeared as a historical entity, the locus for understanding human variability, with its different parts being considered as diagnostic elements for studying the history of humanity.

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Monographic Part: “Shit Happens” – Speech (parole) as an Open Utility of Culture which Brings about Differentiation in Times and Generations

Część monograficzna: „Shit happens” – język (parole) jako otwarte narzędzie kultury różnicujące czasy i pokolenia

Author(s): Halina Guzy-Steinke / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: culture; modernity; habit; language

Contemporary culture is diverse and does not constitute any longer a platform for the integration of a community. There are new cultural patterns, especially observed in everyday life, which are the subject of social exchange. Changing reality necessitates changing habits. Language is the utility of culture the most sensitive to changes, while at the same time fundamental for sustaining or creating new cultural qualities; on the one hand language is connected with tradition, on the other hand it allows the differentiation of the past, present and future. It seems that spoken, colloquial language (parole) that occurs spontaneously in the process of communication in everyday life, primarily among young people, is the mirror of cultural conditions in which we live.

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Monographic Part: Goodness, the Real or Desirable Value? Reflections from the Perspective of the Need for Revitalization of Goodness Through Art / Theater in the Everyday of the Social Space

Część monograficzna: Dobro – wartość realna czy pożądana? Refleksje z perspektywy potrzeby rewitalizacji dobra poprzez sztukę/teatr w codzienności przestrzeni społecznej

Author(s): Beata Mazepa-Domagała,Teresa Wilk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: goodness; value; revitalization; social space; art; theater

The presented article is a reflection of the authors on a scarcity of goodness in the social space. Taking into consideration that goodness is a prerequisite for a rewarding human existence, it is vital to be aware of the need for experiencing / the presence of goodness in all areas of human activity at every stage of human life. By recalling some titles of literature illustrating the manifestations of goodness in everyday social relationships, attitudes and actions, the authors would like to direct the readers’ attention to only selected areas which - at low cost of willingness, kindness, responsibility, may become a space where goodness will be not merely a sought-after value, but will become a genuinely real value. What is also worth noticing is the involvement and participation of art / theater in shaping positive needs, including the need for goodness.

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On the so-called “Kriva Reka type” of Ludogorie chert: a petrographic perspective from the Upper Palaeolithic sites in the Giurgiu-Călăraşi area (southern Romania)

Author(s): Alexandru Ciornei / Language(s): English / Issue: 12/2015

Keywords: Balkans;Romania;Bulgaria; Lower Danube Valley; Upper Palaeolithic; Kriva Reka type;flint;

The Southern Carpathians and the Balkan Mountains define a broad physiographic area, placed at the centre of current debates on the emergence of the earliest Upper Palaeolithic and the Aurignacian technocomplex, the migration and dispersal routes of Anatomically Modern Humans in Europe, and the pre- Neolithic and the neolithization of the Balkan area. In this archaeological context and state of research, the Upper Palaeolithic sites from the Lower Danube Valley represent a relevant piece in the jigsaw puzzle of past human land use and mobility patterns. The aim of this article is to investigate the similarity between intraclastic- bioclastic cherts from Giurgiu-Călăraşi area and “Kriva Reka” type of Ludogorie chert from NE Bulgaria, by focusing on their macroscopic and microscopic traits and their geological contexts. The distribution of eluvial and primary deposits of Ludogorie chert types from NE Bulgaria reflects the sedimentary facies belts of the Lower Cretaceous Sea. Also, the alluvial deposits reveal the role played by rivers in the erosion, transport, and redeposition further and further away of the Ludogorie cherts, thus generating an extended area abundant in such materials. The geological distribution of Kriva Reka type similar cherts in Romania was confirmed in alluvial deposits around Giurgiu (Frăteşti Formation, Lower Pleistocene, and Danube’s lower terrace deposits, Upper Pleistocene). The archaeological distribution was confirmed in the Upper Palaeolithic open-air sites from Giurgiu-Malu Roşu, Slobozia-Râpa Bulgarilor, and Nicolae Bălcescu-La Vii. Their use by Boian and Gumelniţa Neolithic communities from southern Romania suggests a long time exploitation of local available cherts.

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Health as a Determinant of Human Potential

Zdrowie jako determinant ludzkiego potencjału

Author(s): ALINA DWORAK / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: health; development; determinant; potential

Health as a universally desirable value conditions the acquisition of numerous goods and resources which determine the quality of life, being the factor of social differentiation at the same time. An individual living in a particular environment has specific needs and by means of his or her behaviour aims at satisfying them. This provides both biological and social balance. Such balance ensures good physical and mental state, otherwise known as health. Human possibilities are unlimited and changeable. However, regardless of the level of the development, time and place they are good for health which ensures access to knowledge, material and intellectual resources and provide better quality of life.

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Note regarding some clay heads with human features from Şoimuş-La Avicola (Farm 2), Hunedoara county

Notă asupra unor capace de lut cu trăsături umane de la Şoimuş-La Avicola (Ferma 2), jud. Hunedoara

Author(s): Cristian-Eduard Ştefan,Radu Petcu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 12/2015

Keywords: Neolithic;Romania;Transilvany;pottery; Turdas culture

In this article, the authors present five clay lids with human traits discovered at Şoimuş-La Avicola (Ferma 2), Hunedoara County. The contexts of their discovery belong to Turdaş tradition being revealed on the occasion of some rescue excavations made on the A1 Motorway, Deva-Orăştie sector. Beside these clay lids other artifacts with human traits were also discovered in this settlement, such as anthropomorphic representations on pottery, clay “altars”, anthropomorphic vessels and clay figurines. Interesting fact is that human representations depicted on those kind of artifacts mentioned before are very similar one to another.

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The Creative Revitalization of Disadvantaged Groups

Twórcza rewitalizacja grup defaworyzowanych

Author(s): Małgorzata Łączyk,Aleksandra Pyrzyk-Kuta / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: social revitalization; disadvantaged groups; culture; social and cultural animation; creative expression; hubristic need

The subject of discussion is the creative revitalization of the disadvantaged circles, which consists in the activation and integration through creative activities, social, educational and cultural management. The study quotes specific examples of socializing, ludic, developmental, and creative initiatives. An important part of this work are case studies proving that contact with art and culture opens an individual’s mind to push their own boundaries in the quest for a perfect formula of personal existence. It is difficult to name the variables that are crucial here, but given the complex context of such activities, it seems that the key element in this process is to inspire an individual’s need for self assurance (hubristic need), which “triggers” transgressive tendencies.

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An Interrupted History of Fatherhood: How Imprisoned Men Perceive Their Fathering?

Przerwana historia ojcostwa: jak uwięzieni mężczyźni postrzegają swoje ojcostwo?

Author(s): Joanna Knapik,Hanna Przybyła-Basista / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: fatherhood; fathers in prison; parental relationships; father’s involvement

This paper is concerned with the experience of imprisoned fathers, their perception of fathering, and relationships with their children. It is an exploratory research work performed with participation of 35 men sentenced to prison. The objective of this research was to deepen the understanding of fathering among the imprisoned fathers. The following research questions were posed: „What does it mean to be a father?”, „Does imprisonment mean an interruption in being a father?” „How the imprisoned men understand their role as fathers?” The obtained results enabled a better understanding of the specificity of being an imprisoned father and have helped in the construction of a questionnaire to measure father’s engagement of imprisoned men. Finally, based on an analysis of the results an educational programmme for imprisoned fathers has been worked out.

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Social Change Caused by the Fall of Communism in Poland in the Perception of Two Generations: Social Workers and Their Adolescent Children

Zmiana społeczna wywołana upadkiem komunizmu w Polsce w percepcji dwóch pokoleń: pracowników socjalnych i ich dorastających dzieci

Author(s): Maria Chodkowska,Zdzisław Kazanowski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: social change; communism; generation

The subject of this article is perception of one of the most significant changes the Polish nation has experienced, i.e. the fall of communism in Poland. This article takes into consideration generation differences while evaluating the changes in different spheres of social activity, like individual functioning, life of the Polish nation and the lot of the world. For the purpose of our research, an original and unique procedure provided with the author research device has been created. In the gross, 490 people were examined, including 245 adults and their 245 children who had left primary school. The analysis takes into account generation differences in the perception of the intensity of the change consequences, as well as their value, positive or negative, depending on the actual estimation of the influences. The analysis of the outcome of the research is preceded by an introduction presenting the notion of social change as a subject of social science analysis.

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The Visual Medium about Education in Polish Press Discourse

Przekaz wizualny na temat edukacji w polskim dyskursie prasowym

Author(s): Justyna Dobrołowicz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: education; discourse; visual medium; opinion-forming press; analysis of discours

The aim of this article is analysis of visual materials (about school and education) which was published in 2009–2010 in 5 polish opinion-forming weeklies: “Newsweek”, “Polityka”, “Wprost”, “Przegląd”, “Gość Niedzielny”. Visual language is understood by me as language of discourse. When I analysed texts in visual language I used one method – analysis of discourse. The reason is one: this is opinion of researcher who goes about problematic of discourse, R. Wodak. She pays attention to the fact that we can observe many new texts which are connection of written and and visual elements. The reason of this fact is one – exponential development of new technologies. We can observe many interactions and between visual elements and written meanings. Moreover, visual elements have huge impact on written meanings. We can’t ignore this fact in analysis.

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Science and Media. Selected Ways of Presentation of Scientific System in Contemporary Channels of Mass Communication

Nauka a media. Wybrane sposoby prezentowania elementów systemu naukowego we współczesnych środkach masowego przekazu

Author(s): Łukasz Jach / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 44 (1)/2015

Keywords: autopoietic systems; image of science; television; popular science magazines; Internet

In contemporary times science takes more and more important position. Scientific topics are interesting not only for professional researchers, but also for wide groups of people who wave contact with them via modern media. The problem is that the view of science in TV, press or the Internet is commonly distorted. Media show scientific area as something what is easy to understand and full of intuitive or absolutely sure results, which are very easy to apply. One of the consequences of described situation can be replacing another subsystems of contemporary society (e.g. religion, law, family, economy) by the scientific system. The article shows set of examples of problematic ways of presentation science, scientists and the results of scientific researches. The main theoretical background of presented considerations are the concepts of Niklas Luhmann, Jozef Życiński, Michael Hanlon and John Brockman.

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Around the Bloc: Violent Protests in Moldova

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Around the Bloc: Violent Protests in Moldova

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English / Issue: 04/26/2016

Keywords: Moldova; Chisinau; protests; demonstrations; Snap; elections; resignation;

Anti-government demonstrations take a turn for the worse as many police injured.

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Around the Bloc: Czech Students Defend Muslim Classmate

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Around the Bloc: Czech Students Defend Muslim Classmate

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English / Issue: 04/26/2016

Keywords: Czech Republic; Khaleb; student; Muslim; Expulsion; support; video

After school principal bombarded with anti-Islam messages, he and students stand behind girl originally from Yemen

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