Българските училища в чужбина – историко-географско изследване

Author(s): Boian Koulov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016

At the beginning of the 21st century, about 10% of the schools, teaching Bulgarian language, history, geography and culture, are outside Bulgarian boundaries and are located on all continents that are permanently populated. The subject of this study is to reveal the attitude of the Bulgarian state to these new phenomena, to the increasing number of schools abroad that teach Bulgarian language and culture.

Survival Strategies of the Roma Deportees to Transnistria

Author(s): Petre Matei / Language(s): English Issue: 12/2019

The experiences the Roma underwent during World War II were not only complex, but alsoas diverse as can be. In order to fully grasp this complexity, one must understand thelegislative framework, bureaucratic practices, their impact on the Roma, as well as the waysin which the Roma themselves tried to cope with these measures. Oftentimes, the criteriato identify the “undesirable” Roma were very vague and subjective, leaving a lot of leewayto the local authorities and allowing them to act outside a controllable legal framework.The same formal criteria used by the authorities to deport the Roma were later used by theRoma to prove that their deportations were abusive and that the deportees deserved to berepatriated. Interestingly, those who had the best chances of survival were not, in fact, thosewho only used the legal measures available to them, but rather those who fled Transnistriaillegally. Once they arrived back home, they could use the loopholes of a complicated legaland bureaucratic system to get help and, eventually, to save themselves.

The Djurin Ghetto: Official Order, Internal Structure, and Networking Strategies

Author(s): Ana Bărbulescu / Language(s): English Issue: 12/2019

The paper approaches the topic of Transnistrian ghettos from a micro-historical perspective,reconfiguring the story of Djurin, in the Mogilev district, one of the ghettos administeredby the Romanian authorities. The perspective is both historical, and sociological, with anemphasis on Bourdieu’s theorization of the field and capitals. Official documents and oralsources will be both considered.

Vecini în vremuri de restriște. Stat, antisemitism și Holocaust în Basarabia și Bucovina (Diana Dumitru)

Author(s): Nicolae Drăguşin / Language(s): English Issue: 12/2019

Социалният маркетинг като подход за мотивиране и участие в двигателни и спортни дейности

Author(s): Ivan Sandanski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2016

Sport participation, healthy nutrition and active lifestyle of young generation occupy significant interest in contemporary societies. The potential of sport activities to deliver a range of individual and collective benefits has a straightforward link to the complex process of social development and change at individual, group and societal levels. At the same time we witness a growing concern about decreasing rates of exercising and doing sports activities, particularly among youngsters who are usually declared to be the most active strata. Recent studies reveal that it is rather a matter of specific culture, personal interest and a range of social and psychological factors than a lack of sport providers, facilities and services. What also becomes clear is that along with the progress of increasing awareness of the importance of physical and sport activities, this still does not result in adequate progress in communication strategies. The majority of promotional campaigns designed to inspire young generations to be more physically active usually have a limited time-span and do not guarantee immediate effects on improved health or other social effects. The paper deals with some of the key elements of social marketing and its implementation in promoting sport participation and active lifestyle amongst young. Social marketing has proved as a well established approach to sensitize different social groups for supporting worthy social causes. It is also used to motivate people for doing more exercise and sport participation. Social marketing includes various methods for impact geared to create, alter or deconstruct deeply embedded cultural attitudes, behaviours, stereotypes, identities and social relations at family, community or educational levels. These methods are premised on a gradual behavioural change. Social marketing can be conceptualised as a systematic implementation of well planned, targeted and coordinated programmes, strategies and campaigns aimed to create an appropriate motivation environment for meaningful and voluntary change of attitudes and behaviours. It is also connected with overcoming barriers to participation in physical, social or sports activities. At the core of social marketing is the behavioural change of social groups. It is a multifaceted approach which is used to help solve social problems, such as enhancing health, social integration, human rights or sport participation.

Ползи от изграждането на национална система за трансфер на кредити в професионалното образование и обучение

Author(s): Emiliana Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2016

This article examines one of the most debated tools - the system of credits transfer in vocational education and training - ECVET. Despite substantial differences between the two credit systems – ECTS in higher education and ECVET in the field of secondary education and training (the first is based on students’ workload and the other – on competencies) there are already proven opportunities for joint implementation. The text gives specific examples and solutions for their compatibility.

За подобряване на резултатите от национални външни оценявания

Author(s): Galina Evdenova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2016

The text focuses on the analysis of the National external assessment results in Vratza District. There are shown specific problems and factors that influence the quality of education. An action plan for implementation of tasks set is being presented.

СЪВРЕМЕННИ ПОКЛОННИЧЕСТВА НА БЪЛГАРИ В РУМЪНИЯ

Author(s): Evgenia Troeva,Valentina Vaseva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

The paper presents observations on the pilgrimage of Bulgarians in Romania. On the one hand, the research interest focuses on pilgrimages of representatives of the Bulgarian communities in Romania to famous monasteries and churches in the country. At the same time, the tendencies in the crossborder pilgrimages of Bulgarians from Bulgaria visiting churches and monasteries in neighbouring Romania are presented. Personal observations and field interviews, as well as materials in the media on the topic under consideration, are used as source material. Bulgarians visit in Romania religious topoi popular among the Christians, especially places related to Bulgarian history. In this sense, these pilgrimages are an expression of religious feelings and of national identity. Observations on pilgrimage as a religious practice show that this traditional form offers to believers meaningful messages for their spiritual world and social life.

НАЦИОНАЛНИТЕ ПРАЗНИЦИ НА ТУРСКАТА РЕПУБЛИКА В МИНАЛОТО И СЕГА

Author(s): Kalina Peeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

The objective of the present article is to analyse the Turkish holiday system introduced after the proclamation of the Republic and supplemented over the decades with new occasions for national celebrations. Four of Turkey’s “great holidays” introduced under Mustafa Kemal are discussed as events targeted at creating certain emotional states serving to support the Kemalist regime and to create a sense of national belonging in the minds of the Turks. The changes introduced in the national holiday system after the military coup of 1980 are also brought into focus. That was the time when the then Turkish statesmen began to pursue a policy of “Turko-Islamic synthesis” that restored the Islamic festivities – prohibited during the early years of the Republic and traditionally celebrated by left-wing political forces – back into the national calendar. Last but not least, the national holiday known as Democracy and National Unity Day, born of the attempted military coup in 1916, is also presented.

Nigeria, the African Union and Regional Integration (1963 – 2019)

Author(s): Ayodele Haruna MUSTAPHA / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

The study adopted qualitative historical and descriptive methods. The historical dimension considers the antecedents of the Nigeria’s Foreign Policy with respect to Africa as centre piece of its external relations since her independence till the current period. The descriptive and analytical aspects of the methodology focus on the analysis of Nigeria foreign policy objectives based on the empirical validation, while the description approach deals on the impacts/ role of Nigeria on the continental integration of Africa and finally, the admissions of Nigeria into African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA), its challenges and prospect for economic and political integration. Key informants’ interview was conducted with diplomats, academics and scholars through structured questions and Focus Group Association (FGA) as primary and secondary source entails data collected from textbooks, internet, materials, journal paper etc. The study adopted role theory to x-rays, midwife and validate the nexus between the roles of Nigeria towards the African Union and regional integration for economic and political realization.

Prikazi

Author(s): Rifat Alihodžić,Šerbo Rastoder,Safet Hadrović Vrbički,Senad M. Karađuzović,Sead Bandžović,Sait Š. Šabotić,Ismet Dedeić,Kostas Mavrakis,Alen Peričić,Selma Đečević / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 83-84/2020

Reviews of: 1. Zlatko Karač, Alen Žunić „Islamska arhitektura i umjetnost u Hrvatskoj. Osmanska i suvremena baština“, „Islamic Architecture and Art in Croatia. Ottoman and contemporary heritage“, Arhitektonski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, UPI-2M PLUS Zagreb, 2018. Review by: Rifat Alihodžić; 2. „Modernost Zlatka Glamočaka“, Review by: Kostas Mavrakis; 3. Gani Karamanaga „Gradski Pazar“, Review by: Šerbo Rastoder; 4. Šerbo Rastoder, „Murteza Karađuzović (1865 - 1941), muftija crnogorskih Muslimana“, Almanah, Podgorica, 2019, Review by: Alen Peričić; 5. Mehmed Pargan „Grad u cvatu magnolije“; Izdavač: BMG Bosanska medijska grupa, Tuzla, 2018., Review by: Safet Hadrović Vrbički; 6. „Slovo o knjizi“, Review by: Senad Karađuzović; 7. Harun Karčić „Šerijat i pravni pluralizam u Evropi: primjeri koegzistencije religijskog i sekularnog prava na Starom kontinentu“, Centar za napredne studije, Sarajevo, 2018, str. 206., Review by: Sead Bandžović; 8. „Slike Aldemara Ibrahimovića - arhitektura sjedinjenog vremena“ (uz izložbu Aldemara Ibrahimovića u Modernoj galeriji u Podogorici), Review by: Selma Đečević; 9. Enes Pelidija, “Osmanisti Bosne i Hercegovine do kraja XX stoljeća”, knj. I, Mostar, 2019, 237 str., Review by: Sait Š. Šabotić; 10. „Sandžački Bošnjaci u brčanskom kraju: Posavina u srcu, Sandžak u duši“, Review by: Ismet Dedeić

„Пирин пее 2018“ – между изворния фолклор, художествената самодейност и професионалното изкуство

Author(s): Petyo Krastev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

Pirin Pee Festival is an event which demonstrates in a specific way the concepts for safeguarding and popularization of tradition. In its core is the scenic representation of examples of traditional local culture. All this provokes mutual interaction between different points of view to ancient singing and music making – authentic folklore, the motors of the event who are the performers and the organizers (they are mainly connected to amateur art practiced in the different chitalishta) and, on the other hand, those who stay behind the artistic interpretation of the local culture within the frame of professional art. In this context the festival is a place for active keeping to the tradition and its influence in the present as well as in the future. All that contributes to the specific, colorful contemporary picture displayed on the festival that is further observed or enriched by specialists, performers and connoisseurs.

„Пирин пее 2018” и живата песенна традиция на село Брезница

Author(s): Mariana Manoleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

The article outlines some of the main aspects of safeguarding of the local singing tradition in the village of Breznitsa, Gotse Delchev region. Its present state and the tendencies for change have been outlined on the basis of the analysis of the participation of the groups for folk singing in Pirin pee 2018 sabor. In the focus of attention are Breznichanki folk formation and the woman singing group at the local chitalishte (cultural centre) “P. R. Slaveykov – 1938”. The author analyses mainly the repertoire which shows the attitude to the tradition and the ways of its safeguarding. On this basis two main lines of development have been found – one, which includes strict keeping to the local peculiarities of the traditional singing style and a second one, which includes specifics certifying for influences coming far beyond the local level.

История на българските фолклорни танци от европейска гледна точка

Author(s): György Németh / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

The European dance culture is homogeneous. Many of the European dances are not only related to each other but are also variations of each other. Their area of distribution (the ancient Roman Empire) indicates that a common dance ancestor had already existed in antiquity. This ancient dance is the so called Faroe step. The ideology of humanism resulted in a worldview in which the human being and his free will become the measures of everything. Human needs and interests are put in the centre of the new worldview. The worth of the individual increases and he is gradually released from his shackles, life turns into a priority, a demand for individual gratification appeared: amusement, entertainment, dance. From the local variants of the Faroe step used in the ancient rituals has developed in a fanlike manner the European dances (including the Bulgarian ones) with their incredibly rich tempos and rhythm were developed. They were all inspired by the dominant instrumental musical accompaniment.

Обреди и празници в селата Долен и Сатовча – песенната традиция на християни и мюсюлмани

Author(s): Milko Boshnakov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

The article presents main rites and feasts in the villages of Dolen and Satovcha. The specifics of the singing tradition of the Bulgarian Christians and Muslims are described. The author finds that despite of the fact that some traditional rites and feasts such as Peperuda, maiden chain dance on Bayram, etc. are no longer performed, the songs connected to them continue to be performed.

Ethnic Upbringing as a Part of the Ethnic Culture

Author(s): Sholpankulova Gulnar Kenesbekovna / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The necessity of studying the problem of ethnic education as part of ethnic culture. Growth of ethnic consciousness of people of Kazakhstan in the modern paradigm of social development has a number of features that are also manifested in the cultural and educational aspects of life. Professional culture – is the art, science, literature, philosophy, theology, etc. All these areas are also quite closely related with ethnicity and are not to designed spontaneously, on a conscious level to serve their people, preserve and develop its ethnic culture. For arts and literature, this function is more important than for philosophy, theology and science, although they have ethno-specific features. Folklore is played very important role, if it is properly comprehended in the professional culture. The level of ethnoculture is directly related with the dialectic development of material and spiritual culture. It means that continuity in the development of spiritual ethnoculture, at firstly master and use heritage of their ancestors, and the secondly, to be critical to him, creatively processing desired samples to use them for the benefit of society. With the changing social, economic and ideological situation, ethnographic images of our life and changed the place of our folk culture and its Ethnopedagogical orientation. Urgency of the problem dictated by the lack of scientific validity of pedagogical conditions of ethnic education of future professionals in a multicultural space in the theory of pedagogy.

Начало на подготовката на детски учителки в град Шумен

Author(s): Snezhana Vacheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

The article examines the educational process of kindergarten teachers in Shumen city at the end of the XIX century. It describes the prerequisites for the development of educational institutions where the future kindergarten teachers are trained. Emphasize is given to the role of community and charity for the development of young girls education in the city. It reviews the undergoing changes in the methods of the Ministry of Education in respect of the educational process of pedagogical specialists as well as the associated educational challenges. The article also analyzes the curriculums and provides information for the trainers and teachers.

Стандарти за преподаване, учене и критическо мислене

Author(s): Antoniya Krasteva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

The new educational situation requires students to learn how to think, establish and develop critical thinking skills, which are the core of the key national regulations. In this context, the focus is put now on the outline of Program Standards (RWCT), encouraging students' critical thinking and self-learning.

Изследване на нагласите на университетски преподаватели за приложение на изследователско обучение

Author(s): Rumyana Neminska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

Based on an empirical research, the article traces trends in the development of research teaching in an academic setting. The problem is addressed in two areas: scientific-theoretical and reflexive-empirical. The scientific and theoretical part presents the relation between the quality of training and research training. The reflexive-empirical section presents the results of a study conducted among academic staff. The survey used to conduct the survey examines areas such as reflection and self-reflection in teaching. Theoretically justified conclusions are presented. The current trends in the research training of students at Bulgarian universities are outlined.

Ислямът и комунизмът като локални явления: ролите на възрастните хора в едно родопско село

Author(s): Detelina Tocheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

The article analyses the contemporary role of the elderly in a village community through the lens of the local notions and practices related to “Islam“ and“communism“. These two ideological commitments can be found only among the elderly people. The members of the younger generations show respect but also stay at significant distance from religious practice. They unanimously consider communism as an ideology that is fading away. In spite of this lack of engagement, over the past three decades, the tensions between the local expressions of Islam and communism, as well as their numerous entanglements, have played a key role in shaping social relationships, moral reasoning and community cohesion in the village. The article is based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in a village located in the southern part of the central Rhodope Mountains.