„Nowy Duch” w Starym Porcie – rewitalizacja Starego Portu w Reykjaviku

Author(s): Agnieszka Konior / Language(s): English,Polish / Issue: 28/2017

The article concerns the revitalization of the Old Harbor in Reykjavik, an area which isextremely important for all citizens of Iceland, for strategic reasons, but also taking intoconsideration protection of the national heritage. The aim of the case study is to presentthe revitalization process which was carried out in the Old Harbor – from a post-industrial space toa vibrant area designed for tourists and citizens, with mixed-use of the space. The article is basedon an analysis of existing data, interviews with people involved in the revitalization processand direct observation conducted in Reykjavik from May to July 2014. The author attempts to provethat the revitalization process of the Old Harbor in Reykjavik can be regarded as a good example ofactivities taken by private investors to revitalize a post-industrial space and connecting newfunctions with protection of elements indicating historical functions of the area.

„PO KATASTROFIE SMOLEŃSKIEJ”: POLSKO-ROSYJSKA WOJNA INFORMACYJNA A GEOPOLITYKA FEDERACJI ROSYSKIEJ WOBEC POLSKI W LATACH 2010-2015

Author(s): Grzegorz Baziur / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 15/2016

„STACJE GÓRSKIE” – ICH GENEZA I EWOLUCJA

Author(s): Andrzej Kowalczyk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1(2)/2009

The paper discusses the background for the emergence of such ‘mountain resorts’, their types and changes in their mode of operation. Some theoretical and practical issues will be illustrated with examples derived from Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

„SZOKI DEMOGRAFICZNE” JAKO DETERMINANTA EWOLUCJI SYTUACJI GEOPOLITYCZNEJ – PRÓBA UJĘCIA TEORETYCZNEGO

Author(s): Roman Szul / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 19/2017

The article is an attempt of analysis of the evolution of the geopolitical situation of the world from the earliest times to modern times through the lens of “demographic shocks”. By demographic shocks inadequacy of the number and dynamics of the population on a given territory in relation to some other phenomena of this territory is understood. These phenomena are capacities of sustenance of the population, needs of the economy, geopolitical status of political organisations (states, empires). As demographic shock also relevant from the political point of view changes in the composition of the population, especially ethnic composition, are considered. In particular the following developments are analysed: 1) impact of insufficiency of sustenance capacities of the population on migrations and conquests, from the ancient times to empires of the last centuries, to recent migration to Europe and America, 2) impact of shortage of labour force on import of labour force starting from the slave trade and ending by bringing of “guest workers” to Western Europe after the Second World War, 3) impact of deficit of population in relation to geopolitical status, based on examples of falls of empires of ancient times (Carthage, Rome) and modern times (Portuguese, Spanish, French, British), 4) impact of the “surplus” of population in relation to the geopolitical status based on examples of rise and expansion of big empires, 5) impact of the change of ethnic composition of the population of an area on the political situation of this area as illustrated by the impact of the increase in the share of Muslin population on the political situation in the Balkans.

„Tam przemówi do mnie dusza Wołynia”? Scenografia polityki na Targach Wołyńskich w Równem w 1934 roku

Author(s): Joanna Stacewicz-Podlipska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2017

The Fifth Volhynian Fair was organised in Równe in 1934, i.e. in conditions of a radicalisation of the prevailing social mood and a decline in support for the large-scale political project realised in Volhynia by voivode Henryk Józewski. The project, known as the Volhynian experiment, assumed the possibility of retaining the specific social structure of Volhynia, within which the Ukrainian-Polish-Jewish genius loci of the region would be protected. This “trial programme” of sorts was to serve as a matrix for the Polish policy towards the national minorities. Its success was decisive for the future of a number of correlated activities, which foresaw within the so-called Promethean programme the exploitation and steering of pro-independence tendencies within the USSR for the sake of waging a struggle against international communism. In 1934, when the vitality and political forces of Józef Piłsudski, the patron and protector of Józewski, conspicuously deteriorated and the Volhynian experiment was becoming increasingly inconvenient for the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists, the voivode faced the threat of losing the mandate of both sides – Polish and Ukrainian. In this situation, the Fifth Volhynian Fair was turned into a representative platform resounding with praise for his policies and proving to be a powerful propaganda volley. Józewski was supported by an “art-decoration commission” composed of Teresa Roszkowska and Aleksander Jędrzejewski, who designed a setting that, according to their concept, accentuated the historical cohesion of the region. Thanks to words, gestures, and images, the Fifth Volhynian Fair was to become a performative structure transforming the socio-political reality of Volhynia according to a lucidly profiled vision of the Eastern Borderlands.

„Tu było skrzyżowanie…”. O widmobraźni przestrzennej w Warszawie

Author(s): Łukasz Bukowiecki / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2016

In his groundbreaking book The Image of the City (1960), the American researcher Kevin Lynch, creator of the theory of mental maps, explores the urban dwellers’ mental images and the ways in which these images correspond to the material forms perceived in urban spaces. Bukowiecki argues that in the case of a city such as Warsaw, where the dramatic events of the twentieth century have completely reshaped the urban fabric, we must broaden the scope of our analyses of images of the city to include the social image of objects that are immaterial, imperceptible, or spectral. This approach to reading the city, which has much in common with grounded theory and which has been applied by architecture critics, literary scholars and ethnologists dealing with the space of Warsaw, can be described as an exercise in the haunted spatial imagination.

„Ufajcie demokracji”. Oblicza rumuńskiego buntu

Author(s): Bogumił Luft / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 748/2017

„Zaiste, nikt im losu zazdrościć nie może”. Robert Falcon Scott i Apsley Cherry-Garrard o swoich zwierzętach w drodze na biegun południowy

Author(s): Jacek Kurek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2015

The article is devoted to the attitudes of Robert Falcon Scott and his expedition companions towards animals on the way to the South Pole – both the animals they brought with them on the ship “Terra Nova” and those they encountered in Antarctica. Scott took 34 dogs and 19 Manchu ponies on this arduous expedition. None of them survived. This aim is to draw attention to the human dimension of the expedition, but it becomes a contribution to the history of relationships between humans and animals in Europe just before the First World War. Analysis of the reports of Robert F. Scott and Apsley Cherry-Garrard (a member of the expedition) allows us to conclude that the explorers felt a great deal of affection for the animals. In the face of their tragic fate, they often reflected on their own guilt and mistakes. The suffering of animals was marked firmly in their minds, and the only kind of justification was their desire to enrich humanity with new knowledge.

„Zielona Rewolucja”: demolowanie i rewitalizacja w kształtowaniu przestrzeni publicznej miast

Author(s): Jarosław Kazimierczak / Language(s): English,Polish / Issue: 28/2017

The starting point for the considerations presented in this paper is to outline theessence of dysfunctional urban areas as development barriers of various types that may need to bedemolished as a part of evitalization process. Urban dysfunction manifests itself in the state of disintegrationof urban space. In order to verify this thesis, there have been analyzed selected revitalizationprojects, which included demolitions of morphological elements disintegrating urban spaceand where green public space was implemented to (re)integrate the city. Based on the research results,it was found that green areas are an important structure of (re)integrating modern cities. Transportationused lands display the highest susceptibility to this type of radical revitalization projects.

„Българин по професия. Българин по потекло” (Записки върху идентичността)

Author(s): Mina Hristova / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1/2017

The aim of the article is to provide a possible interpretation of identity in one of the contested border regions on the Balkans well known for the competing politics and interests by the two bordering countries – Bulgaria and Serbia, for the past century. This region is known as „Western Outlands” in the social and political life. The communal memory of the Bulgarian minority in Bosilegrad, Serbia, leads the narration through different historical periods and their respective politics to uncover an identity which has become a survival strategy at the intricate periods. This will reveal a complex picture of the multiple identity levels where the individual and social identity are tightly related and are further shaped by the existing number of internal and external „others.“

„Български имена в Слънчевата система“ – обучение по астрономия с прилагане на иновационни методи, емоционално въздействие и ангажираност

Author(s): V. Radeva,Diana Kjurkchieva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 6/2017

The article presents an innovative extracurricular education inastronomy. The topic of the training “The Bulgarian names in the Solar system”is being studied for the first time in the Bulgarian astronomy education. Thecombination of research methods for learning and the strong emotional impact onstudents resulting from the choice of topic results in high motivation in studentsand high effectiveness in the learning process. The students’ personal attitudeand commitment towards the investigated topic contributes to a high extend tothe acquisition of lasting and profound astronomical knowledge. The result of theeducation is the creation of a richly illustrated informative database of regionswith Bulgarian names on objects from the Solar system.

„ВИ СТЕ КРИВИ КАО НАРОД“ – КОСОВО И МЕТОХИЈА, ПРОШЛОСТ, САДАШЊОСТ, БУДУЋНОСТ

Author(s): Čedomir Popov / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 122/2006

Review of: "Vi ste krivi kao narod" - Kosovo and Metohija, part, present, future; Proceedings from the International Scientific Conference held in Belgrade 16-18. March 2006; editor: academician Kosta Mihailović, SANU, Belgrade 2007. by: Čedomir Popov

„ЈУГОСЛАВИКА“ - ПРОШЛОСТ И САДАШЊОСТ - ПОЛЕМИКЕ О ИСТОРИЈИ У ДРУГОМ ИЗДАЊУ „ЕНЦИКЛОПЕДИЈЕ ЈУГОСЛАВИЈЕ“ 1981-1989

Author(s): Kosta Nikolić / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 2/2003

Scientific historiography did not manage to crucially influence the creation of historical conscience as far as the processing of themes on past in the second edition of Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia are concerned. Reality of Yugoslavia was contradictory and full of conflicts of various types in which even historians participated, each in their own way, sometimes even without being aware of it. The governing establishment feared the revealing of the past because it could spoil previous historical picture, especially the one that had nothing to do with the Second World War and state-political organization of SFRY. In addition to this, partisan generation was still very present in the public scene. Thus for them every reexamination of history was the conviction of their gained rights and casting of an unjust shadow on their own past. While Serbian historiography showed a great level of disunity, disharmony and hiding behind the principles of non-interference in political and ideological clashes in Yugoslavia of that time, by which it did support one concept, Croatian Marxist historiography was consistently defending the views of its Establishment, slowly preparing the field for overcoming the rigid national approach. The clashes between Serbia and Croatia in historiography showed two completely different concepts in the interpretation of the common past, two separate currents, as if these were two different histories.

„РАЗОМ НАС БАГАТО, НАС НЕ ПОДОЛАТИ”. GEOPOLITYCZNA RYWALIZACJA POLSKO-ROSYJSKA O UKRAINĘ W OKRESIE POMARAŃCZOWEJ REWOLUCJI I PO JEJ ZAKOŃCZENIU

Author(s): Grzegorz Baziur / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 07/2014

In the first part the author described the circumstances of the independence of Ukraine in 1991, the situation in Ukraine socio-political and economic to the autumn of 2004, the problem of separatism on the line: Western Ukraine - Ukraine East. The main part of the article is dedicated to the Orange Revolution: its causes, the conduct and consequences. The author discusses its course in the period 22 November 2004-23 January 2005, noting the protests and Polish diplomacy, the EU and Russia around Ukraine. He discussed the attitude of the government and the opposition, the role of the Polish and the EU in bringing about a repeat of 26 December 2004 the second round of the presidential election won by the candidate of Our Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko. In the last part of the text the author showed the decomposition of the camp “orange”, completed in January 2010, the victory of pro-Russian Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych in the next presidential election. In its effect on Ukraine to favor returned oligarchs and Yanukovych's policy towards Russia was more dependable than in 2005-2010. The consequence of his policy was the crisis of the Ukrainian system, completed “Euromajdan” – the second revolution years of 2013-2014 and the collapse of Yanukovych. Its aftermath was the annexation of Crimea by Russia and support is still provided for pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country – but that requires a separate analysis.

„Скривена незапосленост“ у Републици Србији – обесхрабрени за тражење посла

Author(s): Natalija Mirić / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 10/2013

In conditions of difficult economic situation in our country, discouraged persons, the category of inactive population, are gaining in significance. Because the job seekers are convinced that the jobs are not available, not all the discouraged job seekers do meet the definition of unemployment. But they want to work and are able to work when the job is offered, and an unused portion of labor resources can appear in the context of "hidden unemployment".

„Тъз история да се изкове на каменна плоча“ – за фолклорната биография на мястото и дописването ѝ

Author(s): Vladimir Demirev / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 17/2019

A variant of interpretation of the folklore biography of the place Zhelyovi kamani near the village of Orizari in the region of Tvarditsa is submitted with a view to the opinion about the folklore biography of the place as a main topos with centre-organizing functions in the settlement space and an active participant in the construction of the settlement biography. The affair in question is the attitude to this biography, motivated through myths, legends, traditional ritualism in the local knowledge. It is expressed in the active appreciation towards the inherited knowledge and its own interpretation of its aspects even “faking” of the contents through the view of a local resident.

Японците

Author(s): Bratislav Ivanov / Language(s): Bulgarian

Bratislav Ivanov's new book is dedicated to the values and traditions of the Japanese culture. Already in the early twentieth century, French scientist Henry Dumolard draws attention to the fact that the Japanese people are guided by their logic and draw conclusions that are often incomprehensible to Europeans. To understand the Japanese people, we need to know the values that form the core of their culture. A key to their understanding is the geographical environment, mythology, religion, and Japan's history.

საერთაშორისო სამეცნიერო ჟურნალი „აღმოსავლეთმცოდნეობის მაცნე“

Frequency: 1 issues / Country: Georgia

The journal "Herald of Oriental Studies" was created in 2018 on the basis of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of Batumi  Shota Rustaveli State University. 

The journal publishes scientific articles, reports from international scientific conferences (forums, symposia, etc.), reports and reviews of scientific expeditions. The journal has an international editorial board.

Scientific spheres and directions of the journal: 

History, politics, geography, source study, history-geography, chronology, history of religion, archeology, ethnology, ethnography, linguistics, culture, literary criticism, translation, cultural anthropology.

The concept and goals of the journal:

Batumi State University named after Shota Rustaveli has extensive experience in studying the problems of oriental studies.

In 1990, on the basis of the pedagogical institute, Batumi  Shota Rustaveli State University opened a large center of oriental studies.

May 29, 2015 by the decision  No. 55 of the Academic Council of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, there was created the Department of Oriental Studies at the Faculty of Humanities of Batumi State University, the main task of which is to serve national ideals and support the formation of civic consciousness, in parallel with the training of highly qualified personnel in the field of Oriental studies, therefore, naturally, the department takes an active position in the process of public , educational or state building.

"Herald of Oriental Studies" is a collection of works of the Department of Oriental Studies of Batumi  Shota Rustaveli State University. It covers the history of the East, politics, archeology, ethnology, source studies, linguistics and literature, as well as other important issues.

We think this collection will help a wide range of readers interested in oriental studies.

ფითიარიგას ადგილმდებარეობისათვის

Author(s): Nino Charekishvili / Language(s): Georgian / Issue: 4/2020

Pitteyariga should have been also an important geographic point for Hittites. Unfortunately there are so few materials about Pitteyariga. It is mentioned in contracts and religious texts. Pitteyariga appears in Treaty „Mida of Paḫḫuwa“(Arnuwanda I) and „Treaty of Šuppiluliuma I with Šattiwaza of Mitanni“,„Treaty of Šattiwaza of Mitanni with Šuppiluliuma I (Šuppiluliuma I); It is mentioned in religious texts connected to the names of Šuppiluliuma I, Muršili II, Ḫattušili III, Šuppiluliuma II. And also in the text „Prayer of Arnuwanda I and Ašmunikkal to the Sun-goddess of Arinna“;in ritual text of „Fragments of the AN.DAḪ.ŠUMSARfestival“; in ritual text „Festival for Ištar of Šamuḫa“. In these texts Pitteyariga is mentioned only as ordinary geographic point.Pitteyariga should have been navy city while texts indicate on its port function. From the pray text of Hittite king Arnuwanda and queen Ašmunikkal we learn, that Kaškians conquered some settled points in the east and among them was Pitteyariga. Because of constant military actions between Hittites and Kaškians Hittites could have at least a little influence over Pitteyariga. Although written sources say nothing from this point of view. Unfortunately there are only few materials about Pitteyariga,but on the basis of existed sources we can approximately define location of Pitteyariga, from this standpoint attention shall be paid to Halys river, the Hittite Marasantia (today Kizilirmak) which flows above Sivas on open lowland, despite of the fact that it is not a wide river, those times it could be used by small boats. I think that Pitteyariga, and Arziya and Šamuḫa were supposedly located right on Halys river (in the north-east of Sivas lowland. More exactly, we shall place Pitteyariga in the upper point of Halisi river, then comparatively below we shall place Šamuḫa, and Arziya supposedly shall be placed between Šamuḫa and Pitteyariga, this is nowadays part of Kizilirmak river which is located between Sivas and Zara. So Pitteyariga, as well asŠamuḫa,should have been port city of „upper Land“and it would be important for Hittites to obtain control over it.

ქართულ-ოსური ურთიერთობები და სამაჩაბლო

Author(s): Giorgi Sosiashvili / Language(s): Georgian / Issue: 4/2020

During the XVII century resettlement of the ethnic Ossetian population from the Northern Caucasus had begun in the upper side of Didi Liakhvi Gorge. The Ossetian settlements had first appeared in the mountainous villages. During the Soviet era we had witnessed an artificial burial in oblivion of the Ossetian migration to Georgia and the research of the issue had been conducted in distorted manner.Unfortunately, many Georgian scholars had their input in this case. With the laboring from the ideologists of the Communist party to create a long history for ethnic Ossetians residing in Georgia, had encouraged the Ossetian pseudo-scientists to make the myth of ethnic Ossetian long-term residence in Georgia a subject of scholarly research. It is known that after the Mongol invasions, the Ossetians residing on the Southern part of Russia had been in difficult situation, and the survivors of the invasions had decided to resettle in the mountainous areas of the Northern Caucasus. As according to the historical sources, the resettlement of the ethnic Ossetians from the southern valleys of Russia to Georgia had begunin the II part of the XVII century. The process of the assimilation had occurred of the Scythian-Sarmatianand Alans after their resettlement with the peoples who had created the (Kolch-Koban culture (In Georgian sources a term “Ovsi, Ovsebi” is preserved as the ethnonym of the Ossetian people). The Alanshad oppressed the local population and consequently had taken over their territories. In order to better illustrate this, we can mention the “Dvali’s”. Part of the member of Dvali’s had to resettle to the Georgianlowlands and the rests had mixed with the Alans. On the territories resided by the “Davli’s the Ossetianlanguage had been put in practice. Vakhushti Batonishvili abruptly distinguishes the Dval language from the Ossetian language: “They have an ancient language, Dval language, however they speak Ossetian.”The process of Dvali’s becoming Ossetians is described by R. Topchishvili, as non single act, as the assimilation process had been going on for a long time and it had mainly occurred during the XVI-XVIIcenturies. During the I part of the XVII century ethnic Georgians (with Georgian surnames) had residedin Dvaleti, however in XVIII century the population there had consisted of ethnic Ossetians. After theiradjustment in Dvaleti, during the I part of the XVII century part of the ethnic Ossetian population hadresettled to the upper part of the river Terek (Truso Gorge) and the other part had resettled to the DidiLiakhvi Gorge- Magran-Dvaleti. The resettlements of the Ossetians had been followed by relapses. Thenewly settled population had often attacked the local population, which had resulted in fatal occurrences,as this is attested in the Java Deed, which is dated back to the 30s of the XVII century. In the Deed, ween counter the facts of the Ossetian population attacking the local population. Special administrative units (Samouravo) had been specifically been created for Ossetian population, and the heads of the administrative units had been tasked with gathering taxes. It should be noted that the confrontation of the resettled Ossertian and local Georgian population did not have ethnic disposition, as the then relapses had bared social character. The Ossetian from the Northern Caucasus had attacked the local population with the sole purpose of possessing the horticultural products and the cattle. Unlike the local population,they had not been accustomed to paying taxes, or live with the state regulations, lodging, or lodger’s life was new to the ethnic Ossetians and their recalcitrance towards the government had been conditioned by the reason.