DEPRIVATION, CLASS AND IDENTITY ISSUE IN CONTEMPORARY TURKISH CINEMA

Author(s): Neşe Kaplan,Ali Bariş Kaplan / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

New economy–politics and globalization have not only been changing the structure of class but the representation of identities as well. New social roles are reproduced and also criticized by the means of cultural production in which media and cinema instruments included. In past, the class structure and attachment to identities were effected by modernization process; in a similar way; in the current state of modernization, the new cultural sphere shaped by global communication networks and global consumption attitudes have been alternating the class structure and attachment to identity. With this context, this study analyzed some contemporary social realistic films (Zerre, Araf, Köksüz, Yozgat Blues) to understand how the position of individual changes within its role with herself and its relation to social institutions through a critical approach towards the dimensions of culture and economy-politics of the change. The aim is to start a discussion over cinema, about the effect of cultural change on class and representation of identity. The theoretic frame enlightening the change of the relation of the individual with her work, family, and society was built with the help of critical works. The economy-politics result of the globalization phenomenon has isolated the individual and detached her from its position, subject of politics. The structure of class has changed, the attachment to identity has weakened. The desperation of individual belonging to nothing, is a subject of cinema as well. The isolation and the deprivation of the new individual emerges as the very “violence” itself in the fantastic world of cinema.

DIGITAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND EDUCATION: THE USES OF SOCIAL NETWORKING IN THE UAE AND CHINA

Author(s): Badreya Aljenaibi / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

Young people today are growing up in a digitalized environment. What challenges do they face in navigating this content-rich, symbolic environment? In this article, the researcher reviews university students' perceptions of media literacy by examining the use of social networking platforms (SN) in academic settings. The researcher distributed 1200 surveys evenly split between Chinese and UAE students and 998 were returned and analyzed. The findings reveal that while many students believe that media literacy should become a priority in modern curricula, this urgency is not felt by the majority of students. The researcher reviews current views and methodologies in the literature related to media literacy and its status in current pedagogy. The study draws from gravitation theory to place the use of SN tools within a broader background of communication. The Uses and Gratification Theory is also invoked to explain how SN was made attractive to campus activists and protesters in the two countries.

USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE PROCESS OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS AND A VIEW TO TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS GENERAL ELECTIONS – 28 JULY 2013

Author(s): Simge Kurban Özselçuk / Language(s): English Issue: Special/2014

Policy, based on control mechanism the regular living of community, reached different dimensions in today’s communication conditions. It is not possible to sever the policy from communication. This situation took yet more different turn by diversifying of means of communication. The person or institutions, are in touch with political communication, benefit from various communication methods for be able to manage the perceptions of the mass be able to do behavioral change upon own request and be able to affect the target groups. “Election Campaigns” are one of the first constituents come to mind when you say political communication. It is also important “what you tell” a “how you tell” to target group in communication. Management methods of the political communication, underwent change on several counts along with the introduction of internet technology to our lives. Policy, became digital by the system named as “Social Media”, makes possible interactive, open bilateral communication process. Being the social media faster and cheaper than traditional means of communication and using the social media densely by electorate, gain the upper hand to political parties in the executive process the election campaigns.

BULGARİSTAN’DAN TÜRKİYE’YE GERÇEKLEŞEN 1950-1951 GÖÇÜNÜN NEDENLERİ

Author(s): İbrahim Kamil / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2016

Bulgaria joined the Second World War on the side of Germany and was defeated. The Red Army of Russia, which is among the victors of the war, occupied the country and founded a socialist government close to itself. The Patriotic Front government preferred “the Soviet model” in its domestic and foreign policy. The government applied the policies of pressure, persecution and forced immigration to the minorities in its country, particularly to the Muslim Turks. The Turks, living near Turkish border of Bulgaria were exiled to interior regions by the order of Stalin and those, who resisted to these policies, were forced migration to Turkey in 1950-1951 years. Bulgarian government applied assimilation policies towards Turks staying in the country in the context of the secret decisions, taken by the Bulgarian Communist Party Central Committee Politburo and tried to create “a socialist society with one-nation”. In this study, the policies towards Turks in Bulgaria and the reasons of their immigrations to Turkey have been analyzed on the basis of official documents.

Фолклорни елементи в разказите на циганите евангелисти

Author(s): Yana Moroz / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 101/2016

The oral stories of the Gypsies-evangelists of “Fire Church” (Pentecostal Church) in Sofia have a number of differences compared to other religious stories. While the term "testimonies" is associated with evidence for the presence and help of God, to the gypsies the term testimonies includes all miraculous and religious experiences. The testimonies are needed for several reasons: to simplify the complex structure of the Christian doctrine, to be easier to understand and communicate to other members God’s miracles, such as healing, omen, meeting God and being in the otherworld. Due to the requirements of the denomination. there are no saints, no Virgin Mary and Angels in the stories. Thus the believer has a more important role, almost comparable to the apostles, he/she is closer to God. God is no longer unattainable and frightful but close and kind, willing to help. The testimony stories include rites of passage and initiation. They bring together different groups of Gypsies in one unity- religiously and socially. The narratives have educational purpose and indicate the "right" religion for the Gypsies. After going through an initiation (and telling the story about it), the believers can take their place as complete and legitimate members of the church and thus members of the society.

90-letni Zygmunt Bauman: Schopferkraft i jego dwoistość

Author(s): Tony Blackshaw / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2016

The Translatability of Cultures

Author(s): Wolf Lepenies / Language(s): English Issue: 04/1992

The present day is not a time for scholars who, like sociologists, are trying to develop theories of the middle range or who, like historians, want to apply the lessons from the recent past to the present. Our age, which has given a new and pathos-ridden meaning to the word “change”, is longing either for eternal truth or for those interview statements that just slip off the tongue, to be forgotten immediately after the commercial break. For once, social scientists and novelists find themselves in the same boat, one too slow to gain the attention of the breathless public. This is a time for prophets and for priests who stick to their faith and for reporters who are not supposed to have any.

The Gypsy Way

Author(s): Csaba Prónai / Language(s): English Issue: 01/1995

The review of: Daltestvérek. Az oláhcigány identitás és közösség továbbélése a szocialista Magyarországon by Michael Sinclair Stewart English edition: Brothers in Song. The Persistence of [Vlach] Gypsy Identity and Community in Socialist Hungary; Translated by Tamás Sajó, Zsuzsa Szarvas, Gábor Vargyas. Budapest: T-Twins— MTA Institute of Sociology — Max Weber Foundation, 1994, 267 pp.

Teorije zavjera kao urbane predaje/ /legende s paranoidnom matricom

Author(s): Suzana Marjanić / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 2/2016

Given that Croatian folklore studies, ethnology and cultural anthropology have not yet interpreted conspiracy theories, the text emphasizes the systematic work of Krešimir Mišak, a science journalist, rock musician and science fiction author, who, as a conspiracy theory theorist, deals with the issue in the cult TV show Na rubu znanosti (On the Edge of Science; Croatian Television, airing since 2002). As far as Croatian scholarly interests are concerned only Nebojša Blanuša, an assitent professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb has dealt with the subject in his book Teorije zavjera i hrvatska politička zbilja 1980.2007 (Conspiracy Theories and Croatian Political reality 1980-2007, published in 2011).

Review of the book

Author(s): Wiesław Stawiński / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

Review of: Wiesław Stawiński - Julian Piotr Sawiński Sposoby aktywizowania uczniów w szkole XXI wieku. Pytania, refleksje, dobre rady Difin S.A., Warsaw 2014

O kształceniu studentów niepełnosprawnych w uniwersytecie

Author(s): Marek Mariusz Tytko / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2016

1. The goal of this article is to present the situation of disabled persons at the university in the 21st century on the basis of selected examples. 2. Methodology. The author used the historiographical method for the analysis of document and observation. 3. The main results of analysis. The author presents the following issues: disabled persons and the university (masters context), The University Office for Disabled Persons, educational and professional activities of disabled persons, and two models of disabilities (medical and interactive). The author also shows the problem of disability in the context of such categories as: society, state, culture, and civilization. The author discusses the formation of altruistic attitudes towards disabled persons and educational assistance for them at the university when they are studying. The article examines issues surrounding hearing-impaired persons at the university (methods of working with such students) and the blind within the context of visual culture at the university. The author presents some problems of conscience and disabled persons at the university. 4. Limitations of results of analysis. This article is a contribution to discussions of the place of disabled persons at the university. Limitations concern relations to the university. 5. Practical implications. The results of the analysis may be used in these discussions as an argument for the change of situation of disabled at the university. 6. Social implications. The results of analysis may be related to the group of disabled students at the university. 7. The originality of the article (new value, novelty). The paper is based on original sources and on situations of disabled students at the university in the context of culture and possibilities of help.

Modernleşme sürecinde kimlik bunalimi: iktibas hukuku ile bir analiz

Author(s): Fatih Becer / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 33/2017

Individuals and their communities are constantly innovating and developing. This development is the same whether it is in the political sense, in the form of a reflection of capitalism with a focus on profit and exploitation, or in the context of elements such as science and technology. In this process, the conflict of departure from the essence happens internally in closed social structures that are influenced by innovation but cannot accept the new situation. In brief; under the influence of technology and mass media, the drift and change towards a central identity take place through the birth of a decentralized society structure from a traditional social structure. It is a definition of modernization and the crisis of identity which is formed in this process. Together with modernization, it is also possible that there is a change and identity confusion in the same way in many different societies like Alevi, Sunni, Kurdish, Turkish, Gypsy, Circassian. In this study, it will be focused on definitions from the traditional society towards modern society, which is based on developments and innovations, will be tried to analyze the identity crisis that is the result of the reflections going towards a single identity structure called centralized identity. Besides, an analyze will be realized about the effects of the law on the social structure during the modernization process.

Haci Bektaş-I Veli ve humanizm anlayişi

Author(s): Ahmet Özalp / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 33/2017

It seems like it is an obligation to examine some motifs in order to understand the socio-psychological viewpoint of Anatolian culture. Within this viewpoint, the examination of certain people who has affected Anatolian people sociologically becomes important. Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli is the most important person among this certain people. The examination of this person’s life and thought in terms of humanistic approach will ease to find answers for some questions related to sociology and social structure in Anatolia. The main purpose of this study which examines Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli’s thought structure in terms of humanism traces based on symbolic approach is to study Veli’s life with a socio-psycologic viewpoint.The method of this study is based on literature search of Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli’s humanistic thought traces and the interpretation of these thoughts with symbols. The reason of this study is to show how much importance Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli attaches to human life and individual values.

Ratna subjekt-konstitucija malih naroda

Author(s): Ugo Vlaisavljević / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 04/1998

Može nam se desiti da kada danas, nakon rata, govorimo o pomirenju u Bosni i Hercegovini ne znamo o čemu govorimo. Upravo zato što stvara teškoće već u samom svom postavljanju, pitanje pomirenja može biti prilika da po prvi put uočimo ili dokučimo ono što inače ne vidimo, što je kao pismo u čuvenoj Poeovoj priči skriveno u svojoj evidentnosti. Sta je to dakle suviše očevidno da bi bilo primijećeno? To je subjekt pomirenja. Kada postavljamo pitanje o pomirenju - pitanje koje se danas ne može zaobići, mada se čini da se postavlja "spolja", prije od "stranaca”, od "promatrača" zbivanja nego od samih učesnika - polazimo od uvjerenja da već znamo ko to treba da se pomiri. Može nam se desiti, i dešava nam se, da niko ozbiljno ne uzima pitanje o subjektu pomirenja. Izgleda da je suviše jasno ko to treba da se pomiri. Ali upravo tu se vidi koliko još malo znamo o onome o čemu toliko mnogo govorimo: o stvarnosti Bosne i Hercegovine, o ratnoj stvarnosti (na Balkanu je stvarnost, društvena, kulturna, politička, psihička, itd., stvarnost uvijek u svom bitnom smislu ratna stvarnost.).

‘Global’ Identity or the (Ir)Reducible Other: The Cultural Logic of Global Identity in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Man with the Twisted Lip

Author(s): Jin Lee / Language(s): English Issue: 27/2016

After the Syrian civil war, deaths of those fleeing crisis areas have tragically become a regular news item. Not new to the world, however, such crises emerge from tensions between identity and difference as codified in international politics, whereby refugees and migrants become the Other and subject to unyielding universals, such as the law or narrow concepts of what is right. Indeed, the cultural logic of “global identities” informing the current refugee and migrant crisis seems recurrent, as exemplified in the recent cases of the Tamils from Sri Lanka and the Somalis. The cultural logic of global identity is also reflected in the popular nineteenth-century novella by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man with the Twisted Lip, in which the main character disguises himself as a professional beggar to appeal to middle class values in order to incite their guilty consciences. Drawing on Ian Baucom, Marc Shell, and Jean-Joseph Goux, this article argues that the main character’s actions reflect and embody the cultural logic of the global politico-economy in late nineteenth century London. As such, Doyle’s novella illustrates the Derridean notion of hospitality by revealing that “identity and difference are mutually constitutive” (Baker 109) and offers insightful commentary on the current refugee and migrant crisis.

Exemplification in academic discourse structure

Author(s): Ewa Kucelman / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

The study examines the role that exemplification plays in academic discourse. As the latest approaches emphasize, discourse is an interaction activity involving as participants both the writer and the reader. In order to ensure the proper understanding of his/her message, writers make use of different discourse strategies such as reformulation, specification, generalization or elaboration. We focus on how exemplification, viewed as the satellite, contributes to the better recognition of the subject matter, which is understood as the nucleus. In the first two sections of the study, we present an overview of discourse relations which call for the use of constructions applied in exemplification. The second part, which is based on the linguistic material obtained from a close scrutiny of two classic articles from the field of linguistics and one linguistic textbook, is devoted to the description of how exemplification contributes to specification and elaboration. We try to find and describe the specific relations, for example set-member, whole-part, process-step and object-attribute which hold between the nucleus and the satellite. Finally, we attempt at listing discourse areas which call for exemplification. The study illustrates that what are known as separate discourse relations are in fact closely related.

Systems Thinking: Analysis of Electronic Patient Records Implementation and Knowledge Transfer Practice. BP Trust in the UK, NHS

Author(s): Firas Masri,Trevor Wood-Harper,Peter Kawalek / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

This paper aims to enlighten a new approach to study the Knowledge Transfer (KT) through Systems Thinking (ST) in relation with the implementation of Knowledge Management System (KMS) at the practice of the healthcare. Thus, integration between the KT and ST aims to open a door for a new literature about Knowledge Management theory in the healthcare context. This paper used many key philosophical concepts drawn from the ST theory and KT to investigate deeper understanding of the issues around KMS implementation practically in the context of the hospitals. In favour of these objectives, this paper conducted a case study on the implementation of the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) at BP Trust in the UK. Base on the business case of the project, EPR is perceived as a representative of KMS initiative project in the Trust.

Književnost i pamćenje

Author(s): Tvrtko Kulenović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 01+02/2000

Američki filozof George Santayana napisao je da oni koji ne pamte historiju dolaze u situaciju da im se ona ponovi. Ta se poruka očigledno nastavlja na latinsku izreku da je historija učiteljica života, historia magistra vitae e st Ne smijemo je shvatiti doslovno, jer, kako kaže Milan Kundera u svojim esejima o romanu, život je uvijek složeniji od naše misli o njemu, i jedino roman može s njom da se nosi jer i ne polazi od pretpostavke da će nešto 'smisliti', ali se čini da ipak imamo pravo reći da historija nije nikada nikoga ničemu naučila, odnosno, kako je glasio slogan festivala "Zima Sarajevo 1994. godine” Historia magistra vitae non est.

Avro-Amerikan Hegemonyası Ve “Avrupalı Bir Yönetmen” Olarak Lars Von Trier

Author(s): Selma Köksal,Özlem Denli / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 89/2017

Lars von Trier’s filmography invites the audience to complex and multi-faceted reflections on Western culture and civilization. The cultural and historical entity, which we term ‘Euro-America’, is located at the center of Trier’s intellectual and artistic endeavor as well as his critique of modernity in a broader sense. This essay presents a discussion on relevant themes and topics underlying Trier’s filmography from the perspective of film study and political science. We present and examine key films by the Danish director with a view to unearth the bases of his approach to interpersonal, political and moral aspects of modernity in general, and to Euro-American civilization in particular. Our investigation traces central elements dominating these works, such as the ideas of collective guilt, penance and human nature, as well as Trier’s perception of European history as a perpetual presence on contemporary Western civilization. We reflect upon Trier’s aesthetic and stylistic choices in these films, and give critical assessments of the ways in which these elements both augment and clash with his deep-seated ‘political claustrophobia’ and complete moral condemnation of Western-bourgeois culture.

Modern literature after the 1960s in Korea

Author(s): LI Sanggum / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

Since the beginning of the 1990s in Korea, the category and definition of new generation literature have become the topic of heated debate. One may understand this tendency as ‘generation severance’, ‘alienation between social classes’, or the ‘consumption oriented culture of the masses’. Here, we call the literary youth born in approximately 1960 ‘the new generation’. In literature, the new generation refers to the appearance of a new culture and way of thinking. This generation passed their childhood in the 1970s and faced no such great difficulties as their parents combating poverty. However, they grew up under the indirect influence of a dark political outlook and suppression. Generally, they have a great affection for the culture produced by mass media. If we compare their development process with the literary stream in Korea, the 1960s could be defined as the era of literature for independence and strong self-awareness, the 1970s as the era for people, the 1980s as the era for the rights or emancipation of labor, and the 1990s as the era of new generation literature. Meanwhile, the appearance of the ‘Korean Wave’, or so-called ‘Hallyu’, has become one of the most beloved popular cultural phenomena both in Asia and in other countries since the late 1990s.