Bohemians, Vagabonds, and Wanderers of the “Ragged Promised Land” in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road

Author(s): Daria Anna Urbanska / Language(s): English / Issue: 04/2018

The article focuses on the journey into the “ragged promised land” (80) in On the Road. It can be seen as an escape of the main protagonist Sal Paradise from his roots and from the conformity of American society. Kerouac, having a Franco-Canadian heritage, presents a marginal possibility of heterogeneity in a homogenous postwar America. The author depicts additional mentors and heroes met along the way. They are, among others, tramps and hoboes, ragged wanderers and the Fellahin of Mexico, as well as Sal’s travel companion Dean Moriarty. Sal experiences something true and meaningful among those living on the margin of society. He travels considerable distances: from coast to coast across the United States, from boarder to boarder and to Mexico. The real journey, though, is inward, a passage through the wilderness of the self, the true “ragged promised land”.

Bolek i Lolek: od widowni dziecięcej do systemu rozrywkowego. Rekonesans badawczy

Author(s): Piotr Sitarski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 03/2018

The paper examines the Polish television series Bolek and Lolek (1963 – 1986) and discusses its growth into an entertainment supersystem as defined in Marsha Kinder’s Playing with Power in Movies, Television, and Video Games. Modes of image circulation of the system are described as well as various modes of addressing the audience and expanding it to include various groups of older viewers. Special attention is paid to numerous toys and other objects produced within the system by the socialist state media industry but also by small private companies and individual fans.

Book Review: Mental Health in the Digital Age: Grave Dangers, Great Promise

Author(s): Agnes Zsila / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2016

The review of: „Mental Health in the Digital Age: Grave Dangers, Great Promise“ by Elias Aboujaoude and Vladan Starcevic (Eds.); Oxford University Press: New York, NY, 2015, 277 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19-938018-3

Book Review: The Wiley Handbook of Psychology, Technology, and Society

Author(s): Fanni Bányai / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2016

The review of: „The Wiley Handbook of Psychology, Technology, and Society“ by Larry D. Rosen, Nancy A. Cheever and L. Mark Carrier (Eds.); John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK, 2015, 1st ed., 592 pp. Hardback ISBN: 978-1-118-77202-7

BRZYDKIE SŁOWA, BRUDNY DŹWIĘK

MUZYKA JAKO PRZEKAZ KSZTAŁTUJĄCY STYL ŻYCIA SUBKULTUR MŁODZIEŻOWYCH

Author(s): Michal Jan Lutostanski / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2015

Punk’s not dead. Stare hasło, które pamiętam z koncertów sprzed trzydziestu lat, powraca echem, gdy czytam książkę doktora Michała Jana Lutostańskiego. Przy czym zawołanie to odnosi się nie tylko do punk rocka, lecz także subkultur młodzieżowych jako takich. Książka Lutostańskiego była dla mnie podróżą sentymentalną, przywołującą z pamięci to i owo. W kulturze, która zwykła traktować to, co zdarzyło się przed pięciu laty, jak zamierzchłą, paleolityczną niemal przeszłość, jest to cenne i znaczące. Po prostu.

Być jak Tony Halik. Społeczno-kulturowe determinanty wyłonienia się kategorii travelbrytów

Author(s): Anna Sarzynska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 01/2019

In recent years, the dynamic development of tourism has been remarkable. Nowadays more and more people travel for the purpose of tourism farther and more frequently. As a response to this situation, some people have decided to transform their travel into a profession, a way of life and a tool to gain popularity. They are travelbrities. It seems that the creation of this social category is primarily the result of two processes - the mentioned progress in the field of tourism, as well as the developing phenomenon of celebritism. However, this type of reflection is superficial and insufficient for such a complex topic. The aim of this article is to make a description of the social category of travelbrities, as well as the reconstruction of its socio-cultural determinants. Illustrations for the issues discussed are examples from the Polish “show-travel-business”.

Can One Eat Art? The Political, Socio-Economic and Artistic Role of Food in Peter Greenaway’s Film The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, And Her Lover

Author(s): Malgorzata Kowalewska / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/2018

The aim of the article is to present the relationship between food and politics based on the example of Peter’s Greenaway film The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover. This particular Greenaway’s film is compelling for the purposes of the presented analysis, as he is an accredited painter and he uses food as references to historic paintings. In my article, I analyse the role of food (as an element of scenography in Greenaway’s film) as a means of explaining political and social problems presented. I will reference to history of art, political and social situation, as well as approach to food in the upper class in Great Britain in ’80s of the 20th century

Celebryta ponowoczesny – w pogoni za sławą

Author(s): Bartlomiej Kotowski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 01/2019

Nowadays, almost anyone can become a celebrity although not everyone is. Contemporary world and late modernity favour and support any shape and form of celebrity. Existence and actions of celebrities are concurrent in theirs indication. To be a celebrity requires an ongoing battle for their very existence, remaining on “top” and endearing the public. It is not an appearance belonging to a subjective ego. Functioning in micro and macro scale or being on so called “their turf” demands constant effort, perpetual remaining in the centre of attention, cultivating social consciousness of the perception of “me – celebrity” enlisting strong actions in the real world as well as in the virtual world. Furthermore, commerciality is not foreign in those actions and they are rarely free from elements of absurdity.

Celebrytyzacja uczestniczek i uczestników protestów

Author(s): Karolina Gembara / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 01/2019

In the article the author analyses viral images of the Turkish Spring, of clashes on the Israeli-Palestinian border, as well as some other iconic protest photographs. By following the impact these photographs make through the social media, it shall be observed how individuals captured by photojournalists become “protest celebrities”. This process, called celebritisation, resembles how famous people within the entertainment industry gain instant recognition, as a result of a singular act. The author proposes observing political protests in the same way we look at popular culture, and the way it produces celebrities, often against their will. Analogies shall be drawn and differences point out between traditional celebrities and protest celebrities using performative theory questioning the agency of celebrities.

Children in Youtubers’ web (analysis of selected sociocultural aspects of the Youtuber scene)

Author(s): Erika Moravcíková / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2/2017

The present paper focuses on a relatively new sociocultural phenomenon of YouTubers, who are hugely popular mainly among members of the Generation Z (i.e. people aged 15-20). Internet social networks, the YouTube channel and mainly YouTubers (authors of audio-visual works posted chiefly on YouTube) represent a significant cooperative and participatory platform taking part in the shaping of thinking, values and patterns of behaviour in children and the youth. This contribution is aimed at reflecting on this problem through the prism of trends representing a driving force inside the media industry and show business from its inception to the present. We will also take a closer look at the marketing potential of YouTubers and YouTubering, and the birth of new-era celebrities in the process.

Co design może zdziałać? Dom jako zespół relacji

Author(s): Kamil Kuhr / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 02/2017

An interpretation of „Better Shelter” by Ikea provides a point of departure for cultural analysis of the term „home”. By asking what design can do and how it affects different understandings of home territories, I prove that common meaning of „home” is a justification for the antagonistic division into us and them. As an alternative, I suggest that home territories should be seen as performative spaces (David Morley). I analyze „The Microbial Home” with reference to Judith Butler’s theory of bodies-as-living-set-of-relations in order to show that homes are analogous sets-of-relations. In this context, design would be a way of thinking that creates inclusive spaces and addresses social issues (i.e. global migrations, environmental degradation).

Co jest stawką mobilności pracy? Granice, migracje, współczesny kapitalizm

Author(s): Sandro Mezzadra / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 21/2016

The talk starts with a short discussion of some influential works on the mobility of labour in historical and contemporary capitalism. Drawing upon a book I recently published with Brett Neilson, Border as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labour, I then discuss the significance of the proliferation of borders in the global age from the point of view of “late” capitalism. In the last part of the talk I focus on the subjective stakes of the politics of migration, providing instances from many parts of the world (including the Asia-Pacific region).

Co-occurring substance-related and behavioral addiction problems: A person-centered, lay epidemiology approach

Author(s): Barna Konkolÿ Thege,David C. Hodgins,T. Cameron Wild / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2016

The aims of this study were (a) to describe the prevalence of single versus multiple addiction problems in a large representative sample and (b) to identify distinct subgroups of people experiencing substance-related and behavioral addiction problems. Methods: A random sample of 6,000 respondents from Alberta, Canada, completed survey items assessing self-attributed problems experienced in the past year with four substances (alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and cocaine) and six behaviors (gambling, eating, shopping, sex, video gaming, and work). Hierarchical cluster analyses were used to classify patterns of co-occurring addiction problems on an analytic subsample of 2,728 respondents (1,696 women and 1032 men; Mage = 45.1 years, SDage = 13.5 years) who reported problems with one or more of the addictive behaviors in the previous year. Results: In the total sample, 49.2% of the respondents reported zero, 29.8% reported one, 13.1% reported two, and 7.9% reported three or more addiction problems in the previous year. Cluster-analytic results suggested a 7-group solution. Members of most clusters were characterized by multiple addiction problems; the average number of past year addictive behaviors in cluster members ranged between 1 (Cluster II: excessive eating only) and 2.5 (Cluster VII: excessive video game playing with the frequent co-occurrence of smoking, excessive eating and work). Discussion and conclusions: Our findings replicate previous results indicating that about half of the adult population struggles with at least one excessive behavior in a given year; however, our analyses revealed a higher number of co-occurring addiction clusters than typically found in previous studies.

Croatian Youth and Populism: A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Populism “Breeding Ground” among the Youth in the City of Zagreb

Author(s): Augustin Derado,Vanja Medugorac,Vanja Dergic / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2016

A number of recent international studies have reported the growing electoral success of populist parties among younger age groups. In this study, authors analysed the “breeding ground” for populism among the youth in Zagreb using the results of the Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement (MYPLACE) project in Croatia. A mixed methods approach was employed with thematic analysis of 61 semi-structured interviews and regression analysis on a survey sample data of 1,216 young people aged 16–25. Qualitative analysis indicated analogies to Cas Mudde’s three core concepts of populism (the “good people”, the “bad elite” and the “general will”) among interviewees’ opinions.In addition, common ideological features of populism (nationalism and radical egalitarianism) were to a degree present among the interviewees’ attitudes. In the quantitative part of this paper, the authors narrowed the analysis of populism to the radical right variant of populism, and – given the lack of prominent populist actors in Croatia – to support of ideas rather than political parties. The attitude towards a political system with a strong leader not constrained by parliament was chosen as the outcome since it holds significant populist potential in contemporary democracies. Analyses showed the connection of the anti-elite, anti-systemic attitudes – as well as authoritarianism and a few right-wing political attitudes –with the strong leader preference. Both qualitative and quantitative results of this study indicated that the “breeding ground” for populism exists among the youth in Zagreb. Additional research is required to further examine that complex and previously unexplored topic.

Cuteness and aggression in military picturebooks

Author(s): Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer ,Jörg Meibauer / Language(s): English / Issue: 3 (34)/2016

As a subspecies of ideologically loaded picture books, this chapter focuses on military picture books. This term encompasses picture books dealing with war and the roles of soldiers. In the first part, taxonomy of military picture books is created which is exemplified by telling examples. The second part focuses on a particular narrative problem of military picture books that is of interest to a cognitive theory of picture books (as pursued by Kümmerling-Meibauer & Meibauer 2013). On the one hand, it is not possible to represent war as a good thing across the board; on the other hand, war is depicted with respect to certain scenarios of self-defense. The narrative solution seems to be that “cute” characters (that is, anthropomorphic animals and vehicles) are introduced who serve as positive military protagonists that have to fight against aggressive characters representing the enemy. In military picture books, there is a contrast between cuteness and aggression that is astonishing when regarding the typical pedagogical demands on the accommodation of picture books to the child’s cognitive abilities.

Człowiek i algorytm. Ku automatyzacji rozgrywki w grach crowdsourcingowych

Author(s): Sonia Fizek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2017

This paper provides an introduction to the emerging phenomenon of the automation of play. It discusses the roles of human and algorithmic players focusing on so-called crowdsourcing or citizen science games, in which thousands of human players perform various tasks to advance scientific research, and by doing so help train the algorithms that may automate the process in the near future. Although much emphasis is laid on one specific genre, Fizek’s aim is to provide directions for further discussion and conceptualize the automation of play within the wider theme of the human-machine relationship and the automation of the everyday.

DAĞILAN YUGOSLAVYA DÖNEMİ ve SONRASI KOSOVA TÜRKLERİNİN SİYASİ DURUMU

Author(s): Taner Kotle / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 8/2010

Josip Broz TİTO’nun 1980’de ölümünden sonra, Yugoslavya içinde 20 yıl sürecek olan dağılma sürecinin başladığı tarihtir. Tito tarafından oluşturulan Sosyalist Federatif Yugoslavya Cumhuriyetleri içinde tırmanan etnik milliyetçilik, başta dini,siyasi ekonomik görüş ayrılıkları dağılma sürecinin kanlı bir biçimde tamamlanmasına neden olmuştur. Dağılma sürecinde ilk olarak Slovenya ve Hırvatistan Milletvekillerinin Belgrad’ta Yugoslavya Parlamentosunu protesto ederek terk ettiklerinde Yugoslavya’da tansiyonun birdaha düşürülemediği kanlı savaşların başladığının en büyük işaretiydi. Sırplar ise bütün bu gelişmelere rağmen Yugoslavya’nın tek varisi oldukların ve SFYC temsil ettiklerini idda etmekteydiler ve Yugoslavyanın bölünmesine asla izin vermeyeceklerinin federasyonu oluşturan herhangi Yugoslav devleti tarafından federasyondan ayrılma talebinde bulunulursa buna karşı gerekirse JNA-Yugoslavya Halk Ordusu tarafından müdahele edeceklerinin belirtiyorlardı. JNA-Yugoslavya Halk Ordusunun % 75 Sırp subay ve askerleri oluşturuyordu.Bu bakıma JNA Sırpların kontrolü içindeydi.20 yıl sürecek olan dağılma süreci içinde 1980-1999 Yugoslavya içinde gerçekleşen Slovenya, Hırvatistan, Bosna ve Hersek, Kosova Savaşlarında bizzat JNA-Yugoslavya Halk Ordusunun silahlarıyla donatılmış olan Sırplar girdikleri köy kasabaları yerlebir etmişlerdir.

Disruption and the Changing Concept of Leadership

Author(s): M S S El Namaki / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2017

Leadership is a catch all concept and the subject attracts intensive attention. Yet the concept, as it stands today, is obsolete. The prime parameters of people and tasks have lost content with people performance parameters going through palpable change and the fundamentals of the task seriously disrupted. Those developments are rendering concepts of leadership in their current professional and conceptual framework, blurred. Gamely and fashion prone colourful presentation of “leadership” are taking over. A serious search into the heart and soul of leadership and a formulation of building blocks is, therefore, needed. It should be serious and it should be conceptual and operationally cogent.

DIVERSITY AND POTENTIAL: THE LATINO ELECTORATE IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS

Author(s): AARON T. BELL / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2016

A record 27.3 million Latinos will be eligible to vote in the 2016 US elections. This paper encapsulates a series of panel discussions at American University’s Annual Latino Public Affairs Forum on the potential impact of the Latino vote, and supplements those discussions with academic research and polling data on Latino politics and political behavior in the United States. Panelists – including academics, community activists, and pollsters – identified several factors that may shape electoral outcomes, including the diverse makeup and interests of the Latino community, immigration’s role as a wedge issue, and partisan and non-partisan effort to engage with, register, and turn out voters. While the Democratic Party is likely to find success among Latino voters at the national level given the current climate of Republican Party politics, the GOP may make a better showing in local and state elections, where candidates can downplay the national party’s anti-immigrant rhetoric in favor of other issues.

Do fabryki! Lenin Negriego i cięcie podmiotowe (1968-1973)

Author(s): Michael Hardt / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 20/2016

Tekst stanowi fragment doktoratu Michaela Hardta Sztuka organizacji: źródła ontologii politycznej u Gilles’a Deleuze’a i Antonio Negriego. Autor analizuje w nim dialog, jaki Antonio Negri podejmuje z pismami Włodzimierza Lenina w okresie intensywnych walk społecznych i przekształceń składu klasowego we Włoszech w latach 1968-1973. Doszukując się w tym spotkaniu kluczowego zwrotu teoretycznego w myśli włoskiego marksisty, Hardt przekonuje, że to właśnie w tekstach rosyjskiego rewolucjonisty Negri odnalazł narzędzia pozwalające mu wyjść poza ograniczenia krytycznego marksizmu, uznającego klasę robotniczą przede wszystkim za obiekt wyzysku, przez uczynienie kwestii jej podmiotowości centralnym zagadnieniem i punktem wyjścia teorii.