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THE USE OF CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING LITERATURE: SHAKESPEARE ON A SMALL SCREEN

Author(s): Vesna Suljić / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2022

Due to the world health, social, economic and political crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic which started in 2020, continued into 2021 and will probably extend its effects into years to come, the educational sector has been affected in many ways – from students’ inability to attend classes in the classroom, to the sudden change of teaching methodology from traditional methods which used technology sparingly and occasionally to the new methods which require the teachers’ and students’ constant reliance on their computers, smart phones, different applications and communication platforms. Students needed to cover materials planned in the course outlines, meet learning outcomes, and on the top of that stay motivated and inspired to learn while the world around them did not know where it was going. This paper will present the delivery of the course on Shakespeare conducted in the Department of English Language and Literature at International University of Sarajevo – firstly in the classroom, then online. It will describe the teaching methods and changes to the previous course format necessitated by the move to online teaching; compare the new and previously used technology in the same course; describe the teacher’s and students’ involvement; and present the final result of the students’ project titled “The Reading Theatre”. The students’ achievements and their and the teacher’s evaluation of the course content will be outlined at the end of this paper.

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Influence of social media on EFL undergraduate students’ academic learning performances during Covid-19 lockdown period

Author(s): Benraghda Abdelmadjid,Meriem Boutaghane,Souhila Benterkia,Abdelmadjid Benraghda / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

Due to the spread of the pandemic, the learning system has changed which affected the students’ performance to master the English language appropriately inside classrooms. Social media is an essential means that facilitate the learning process for both learners and teachers. Therefore, this study aims to find out if the students are affected negatively or positively in their learning process through the use of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how social media contributes to EFL students. This study has been carried out using a qualitative interview conducted with 9 (male and female) students. In this study, the findings revealed that third-year EFL students beneficially used social media applications; they were impacted positively by the adoption of social media in learning the English language. So, students’ learning performances were improved. Also, the COVID-19 pandemic affected their English language skills positively.

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Aplicarea dreptului Uniunii Europene în contextul pandemiei COVID-19

Author(s): Kriszta Portik / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic emerged in the spring of 2020 has generated unprecedented challenges worldwide and as well at EU level. The public health crisis had a major impact on the EU economy and on the living standards of the EU citizens. In order to find the right answers to the challenges brought up by the pandemic, the ensurance of a good and enhanced cooperation between the EU institutions and the national authorities of the Member States was necessary. The crises generated by the pandemic has revealed the insufficient character of the EU competencies in the public health domain and has imposed the adoption of extensive financial aid measures at the level of the Member States. The paper at hand presents the general measures adopted at EU level in response to the pandemic, in order to minimize the negative economic effects, with special accent on the state aid measures adopted in the EU and in Romania, in special.

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Radicalizarea discursului românesc despre romi în spaţiul public: pandemia, alegerile sau AUR?

Author(s): Norina Herki / Language(s): Romanian Issue: LXI/2022

The commitment of EU to fight against racism, xenophobia and hate crime has been strengthened in 2013, with the adoption of the European Parliament of a resolution calling on “the role of national authorities responsible for fighting discrimination to be strengthened in order to facilitate accountability for the promotion of hate speech and incitement of hate crime”. However, hate speech against the Roma minority in the public space, especially on the internet, social media, still occurs and shows a need to prevent and combat negative stereotyping, stigmatization and ethnicizing crime and criminalizing the Roma. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, diversity governance and minority protection have been even more challenged and this papers aims at examining the public discourse and phenomenon of hate speech against Roma communities and individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania, through the lens of a few selected case studies which have featured prominently in the media. Special attention will be given to the political discourse on the Roma minority during this time, as the pandemic period coincides with the rise to power of the far-right populist party the Alliance for Romanian Unity (AUR).

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ANALIZA POSTOJEĆIH MODELA ZAPOŠLJAVANJA OSOBA S MENTALNIM TEŠKOĆAMA U BIH

Author(s): Ljubo Lepir / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 5/2022

The employment of persons with mental disabilities is a very demanding area of social policy since the realization of the universal right to work is burdened with many challenges. In the first place, these are real problems of adapting persons with mental disabilities to work processes, which arise from limited possibilities of using individual competencies. On the other hand, community stereotypes and prejudices further complicate the inclusion of people with mental disabilities in work processes. Difficulties arise from the practice of not applying existing legal solutions, as well as from the constant lack of institutional capacities that should provide systemic support for the employment of these people. Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a signatory to international documents in this field, established a formal legal framework for employment of people with mental disabilities, which is based on the practice of employment of people with disabilities. Entity laws and funds for professional rehabilitation and employment of people with disabilities form the basis of this framework. The analysis of the employment of people with mental disabilities shows that in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in addition to institutional models, there are noninstitutional innovative solutions created by the active participation of user associations.

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19. Yüzyılın Son Çeyreğinde Malatya'da Yaşanan Afetler, Sosyal, Ekonomik Krizler ve Yardım Faaliyetleri

Author(s): Abdurrahim Fahimi AYDIN / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 31/2022

Disasters such as earthquakes, fires, famine, locust invasions and cholera caused unfortunate disasters in Malatya in the last quarter of the 19th century. In addition to all these, the immigrant and Armenian question has deepened the issues. Each devastating event triggered another disaster. Although the issues were tried to be resolved with local measures at the beginning, these measures were not sufficient. Problems were tried to be solved with the joint aid of the state and the people. The Ottoman Empire has acquired a number of principles while settling the refugees. The main purpose of these principles is to provide food for immigrants. An order has been established in which they can provide their salaries and shelter within the framework of humanitarian aid. The black market became widespread with the increase in demand for foodstuffs during the war years, the decrease in production and the cessation of imports as a result of the closure of transportation routes. The state has made intensive efforts to provide the necessary nutrients and basic consumer goods for the feeding of the poor people, the Army and civil servants, and to prevent price increases. In order to combat speculation, basic consumption items have been pledged.Cords and lazaretto were opened to combat the cholera epidemic, and the rest of the food was met. Due to the magnitude of the damage and financial loss in the earthquake, it was decided to collect aid for the victims of Malatya in all Ottoman provinces in order to heal the wounds of the disaster victims. While the people of Malatya were going through difficult times, they showed a good example of the fusion of the state and the nation, and carried out contractual activities with the state in needed areas.

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Working From Home – Why Aren’t We Happier?

Author(s): Annabelle Olivia Utamalie,Audrey Amanda Sasmito,Jyureiko Sagita Mailoa,Willy Gunadi / Language(s): English Issue: 79/2022

This study seeks to determine the impact of working from home policies due to COVID-19 restrictions towards work-life balance and job stress, and the effect of work-life balance and job stress on job satisfaction during the pandemic. It also approached the possibility of workload as a moderating variable between WFH and work-life balance, and WFH and job stress. Changes during the pandemic caused a difference in working conditions employees must adapt to. Using a regression analysis including 200 respondents of Indonesian employees, the results confirmed the relationships between WFH to work-life balance and job stress, and work-life balance and job stress towards job satisfaction. Workload did not have a moderating effect between WFH towards work-life balance or job stress.

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When an Old Disease Meets a New Illness: The Virus of Antisemitism during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Alexandru Muraru / Language(s): English Issue: 15/2022

During the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers and observers from various social fields noted a qualitative and quantitative increase in the most diverse antisemitic reactions. The history of antisemitism provides a solid explanation for this phenomenon. The social and economic crises and the epidemics – particularly the plague epidemic of the 14th century – show that societies had a violent reaction and blamed the Jews for the unwanted effects hard to explain under those circumstances. An overview of historical facts from open and public sources regarding these conspiracy theories and their violent outcomes makes up the former part of this paper. The latter part focuses on the antisemitic discourse and the multiplication of conspiratorial reactions during the Covid-19 pandemic and concludes the existence of three stances within this pattern, namely hate speech against the Jews, the Jewish conspiracy to rule the world and get rich, and Holocaust denial or trivialisation. Numerous reports, studies, research, and scientific papers noted the increase in antisemitism against the pandemic backdrop. They represented resources for the qualitative analysis in this paper’s latter part. The primary conclusion shows that – in the pandemic context and through social media – the antisemitic discourse and acts increased significantly, without adding any novelty or depth to the conspiratorial ideas.

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The Approach of the Albanian Reality to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Author(s): Lorela Dema,Stela Kapo,Jonad Kosova,Eneda Sala / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2022

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities. The ways in which autism, culture and the education system interact have not yet been explored sufficiently, even more so when it comes to Albania. Through literature reviews, interviews, and case studies we aim to further investigate how autism is assessed and treated within the Albanian school system and how culture can affect the parent-teacher-child triangle. We also investigate the implementation of laws and policies regarding inclusive education, and its benefits to autistic individuals, specifically in the development of social skills that further help them to integrate into society. We also try to figure out the difficulties autistic individuals face within the school system and in their day-to-day life in Albania, as well as how Autism Spectrum Disorder affects the families of these individuals. This qualitative study found that the reality in Albania is not supportive enough towards autistic individuals. With further research into the field, we might be able to back this statement up with empirical data as well as figure out how this condition can be improved.

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Lühikroonika

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 1-2/2022

Chronicle of events.

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The Activism of Dance Performance in Appalachia: Utilizing the Arts to Address Social and Environmental Crisis and Injustice in the Mountains

Author(s): Theresa L. Burriss / Language(s): English Issue: 39/2022

For well over a century, the human and more-than-human of Central Appalachia have endured oppression and exploitation, primarily due to natural resource extraction. In spring 2008, the author led a dark tour to a mountaintop removal coalmining site in Southern West Virginia for colleagues, which included Dance Professor Deborah McLaughlin. As a result, the two collaborated on three evening-length dance/theater works highlighting social and environmental crises and injustices in the region. The performances incorporated contemporary dance, poetry, the spoken word, and the visual arts, as well as contemporary and traditional music. The first, Eating Appalachia: Selling Out to the Hungry Ghost, focused on mountaintop removal coalmining and its environmental and cultural destruction. With Sounds of Stories Dancing, the duo paid homage to millions of mountain residents forced to leave the region to find stable employment, despite longing to remain. In the final piece, The Shadow Waltz, they honored the lives of coalminers with black lung disease, as well as their families. This essay discusses the challenges of creating art that critiques socially constructed messages portrayed as given truths, as well as the educational and social successes of daring to dance truth to power.

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Стратегии за оптимално възприемане на противоепидемичните мерки срещу Covid-19

Author(s): Yosif Yosifov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2021

The effective COVID-19 crisis management requires the development of strategies for the optimal adoption of the epidemic response measures and for influencing the behavior of individuals, leading to their sustainable implementation. The article outlines mechanisms for segmenting and targeting messages and interventions in the field of public health, based on social networks as a channel of communication, as well as by controlling fake news and misinformation.

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In vitro fertilization from an anonymous donor – dilemmas from the aspect of bioethics and the child’s right to know his/her biological origins

Author(s): Ana Čović,Bogdana Stjepanović / Language(s): English,Serbian Issue: 4/2022

In recent decades, we have witnessed significant changes in the field of family law and a changed social reality, which brought with it changes in legal regulations in international law and comparative legislation of various countries. When discussing the issues that concern human life, death, health, and in this relation the abuse of certain medical devices and treatments, it appears that the issues that give rise to the strongest controversy are the issues of euthanasia and abortion, the issue of organ donation, as well as the issues of surrogacy and in vitro fertilisation, especially in situations when the donor is anonymous. In this situation, the question of the child’s right to know his/her biological origins may reasonably be raised, since this is one of his/her fundamental, guaranteed rights, the exercise of which does not depend, and can never depend, on the willingness of the state, i.e., its authorities, and individuals who participate in the birth of a child with the use of reproductive technologies. The question is raised as to whether the right to plan a family and the right to decide freely on having a child in these situations are in complete contrast with the right of the child to have access to the truth about his/her biological origins and biological parents, regardless of primary motivation for making decision on the participation in this process, this process also acquiring over time some elements of genetic engineering, and the result of which is a living being with conscience, emotional, social, and psychological needs, but also all the rights that derive from natural law, given by God, which exists independently of the legislator, that can govern any matter in a way that at a certain time (does not) correspond to a wider social consensus. The authors will present in this paper an overview of certain comparative legal solutions in this area, as well as court rulings that call into question the legality and ethics of the procedures implemented so far, as well as their consequences that we are still to face in the years to come, with the aim of establishing whether the right to decide freely on having a child in these cases and the child’s right to know his/her biological origins are in complete contrast or whether these two rights may be reconciled after all.

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За корпоративната социална отговорност в сферата на здравеопазването

Author(s): Yosif Yosifov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

In recent years, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been recognized as an important part of socially sustainable business models and has become common practice in many countries. The purpose of this article is to reflect the increasing role that CSR has in healthcare and its impact on the stakeholders. The latter should, in a dialogical mode, become agents of change and contribute to improving the health of the population. On the other hand, researchers in the field of public health and social dialogue should analyze how CSR can have a positive impact on the health of the population in the short and in the long term. This would only happen by identifying the role that the business plays in the sustainable development and the sustainable health of the population, regardless of the stage of economic development of a society. The Corporate Social Responsibility offers the opportunity for business organizations to address universal health challenges through shared management; personal and professional responsibility; holistic approach to medicine and cooperation for the corporate good. The article looks at the theoretical foundations for motivating corporate social responsibility in the healthcare sector, which are linked to ethical and moral aspects in different cultural settings. The principles of passive and active social responsibility have been introduced and their impact on the social and market goals of the healthcare facilities has been presented so that the responsible behavior in hospitals can be determined. A number of practical examples from the Scandinavian countries, Sri Lanka, India, Guinea, Brazil and others are presented, analyzing the role of CSR in the development of modern technologies such as telemedicine and mobile applications, on the one hand, and the fight against corruption, on the other. In conclusion, the healthcare organizations, especially the hospitals, should balance their financial and clinical outcomes with corporate responsibility. It is critical for them to respond to stakeholder requirements through guarantees of efficiency, ethical conduct and value. In this way, the adequate corporate governance and the corporate strategy create together a gold standard of social responsibility.

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Dopady nástupu koronavirové krize na trh práce v ČR

Author(s): Pavel Kaczor / Language(s): Czech Issue: 5/2020

The paper focuses on the effects of the coronavirus crisis on the labour market in the Czech Republic in the period February to July 2020. Registered unemployment indicators are analysed from the macroeconomic point of view taking into consideration significant regional differences concerning the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper also includes a comparison of the first months of the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the labour market in the Czech Republic with the onset of the economic recession in 2008. The author both identifies the most obvious differences between the causes of the coronavirus crisis of 2020 and the 2008 recession, and demonstrates the significant regional differences between the impacts of these two events. Moreover, the study of the relevant time series reveals the significantly differing nature of the increases in the number of registered unemployed during the first four months following the onset of the two recessions. The author suggests that the main tools available for eliminating the recessionary impacts on the regions of the Czech Republic comprise the diversity of the business environment and the willingness of employers to be flexible. In addition, a further topic considered by the author concerns the over-dependence of certain companies and regions on foreign tourism and the consequent reluctance to boost domestic demand by charging more attractive prices.

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Prywatyzacja stresu

Author(s): Mark Fisher / Language(s): Polish Issue: 45/2022

In the article, Mark Fisher elaborates on the observation made in 2008’s Capitalist Realism about the relationship between neoliberalism (the destruction of unions, the privatization of public services, the „flexibilization” of the labor market), its ideological justification (Thatcher’s „there is no alternative”) and mental health, especially its medicalization and privatization. According to Fisher, the leftist remedy for the problems described in the main part of the article is not to reproduce the past forms of political organization, but to return to the project of „left modernism”, which has never really been realized.

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Guiding Word-Of-Mouth (WOM) Through Organic Social Media for Effective Strategic Communications: a Literature Review

Author(s): Aybars Tuncdogan,Aidan Hughes / Language(s): English Issue: 11/2022

The advantages of social media, including rapid information dissemination and easy access at little or no cost to the user, have placed them at the heart of communications. As a result, regardless of who they are (e.g., governmental organisation, NGO, terrorist group), all strategic communicators today have to utilise social media. More specifically, it is necessary for strategic communicators to have a good understanding of how to guide word-of-mouth communications. While there is an emerging dialogue in the strategic communications journals about social media, it is still at a nascent stage. However, this area has received substantial attention from marketing scholars over the years. In this literature review paper, we aim to contribute to the development of this growing stream of research by summarising findings of the marketing literature on social media and word-of-mouth communications that are useful for strategic communications purposes. Overall, this paper has implications for the theory and practice of strategic communications.

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Zapis „żałosnego, irlandzkiego dzieciństwa” w dylogii autobiograficznej Franka McCourta

Author(s): Magdalena Krzyżanowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2022

The article aims to analyse and interpret the topic of poverty in the memories of Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes and ‘Tis). Using sociological literature by, i.a, Ruth Lister and Zygmunt Bauman, the study presents the biography of the protagonist and his mother, marked by the phenomenon of inherited poverty. Drawing attention to the problem of irony and intertextuality in the literary works, the author argues that language is insufficient to express the experience of poverty and to be individualised from its system. The author of the article puts forward the thesis that the Irish writer’s dilogy is only seemingly of a confessional and personal nature, being more a story about the universal fate of an Irishman, a person affected by the problem of poverty.

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Bezdomność i wiedza. O ranach dzieciństwa w „Płynąc do domu” Deborah Levy

Author(s): Anna Kisiel / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2022

The aim of this article is to analyse childhood wounds of Joe Jacobs, the protagonist of Deborah Levy’s novel Swimming Home, through the prism of psychoanalytically grounded trauma studies. By means of studying Jacobs’s family life and his precarious relationship with Kitty Finch, a woman he has just met, I demonstrate how trauma and an unceasing sense of homelessness construct the protagonist’s identity. I note that Jacobs, a Holocaust survivor, strives for – but is incapable of – coming home, while Kitty functions as a mirror that reflects his repressed self-knowledge. As it turns out at the end of the novel, it is Kitty who guides him home: home which, as a locus of trauma, happens to be accessible only through death.

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A SOCIETY OF SOCIAL DIFFERENCES: ISOLATING THE RICH AND THE POOR IN THE 17th-CENTURY KINGDOM OF NAPLES DURING A PLAGUE EPIDEMIC

Author(s): Idamaria Fusco / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

In this essay I will deal with plague and preventive measures in two epidemics which broke out in the Kingdom of Naples in 1656 and in 1690. The prevention was the most effective solution against the disease, but it was not always adopted. Differences between isolating the rich and isolating the poor existed, and they contributed to the plague spreading, as it happened especially in the 1656 disease. However, by the end of the 17th century a greater awareness of the importance of prevention had been reached, as well evidenced by the experience of the better managed 1690 epidemic.

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