Information Approach to Studying Byzantine Law: the Lexis and Texts

Author(s): Jurij Ja. Vin / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

South Slavonic Apocryphal Collections

Author(s): Anisava Miltenova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,Old Slavonic,Old Bulgarian

This book represents a study of the textology, typology, sources and literary peculiarities of the so-called ’miscellanies of mixed content' in the South Slavonic tradition (from the end of 13th – the beginning of 18th c.) – less known or unknown in the Humanities. The problem is closely related to the apocryphal collections in the Balkan Cyrillic manuscripts, as the Apocrypha are a significant part of this type of manuscripts. The scope of the study is to popularize the series and texts that fill the gap in the translation and perception of the Slavonic Apocrypha. New information is presented over the sources of translations, as well as the compilation approach of Slavonic writers, which reproduces a new version of the texts. The copies of the Slavonic texts are published in the supplement. The typology of manuscripts is supported by plectograms produced in the Repertory of Old Bulgarian Literature and Letters (http://repertorium.obdurodon.org/).

COLECŢIILE BIBLIOTECII – VALOARE ŞI CONTINUITATE

Author(s): Elena Cristian,Svetlana Cecan,Natalia Culicov,Radu Moţoc,Angela Hăbăşescu,Valentina Vacarciuc,Snejana Zadainova,Elena Ţurcan,Marina Şulman,Aliona Purici / Language(s): Romanian,Russian Publication Year: 0

Acest capitol cuprinde articole care vin să valorifice colecţia de carte a Bibliotecii Ştiinţifice USARB.

Are “Numbers” Enough For Accessing The Consequences Of Migration? How Remittance Is Widening The Inequality Gap In Ghana

Author(s): Stephen Asafo Agyei / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Over the years there have been presentations of many research-works on the so-called “migration and development nexus” with several schools of thought contributing significantly towards the concept as far as the theoretical framework is concerned. In particular, the New Economic Labour of Migration (NELM) stresses on the impact of financial remittances (an aspect of migration) and how it serves as an insurance for most family members. Significantly, there have been several statistical data from the World Bank which highlight on the role of remittance and how it could be a poverty alleviation tool. Whilst these assumptions and theoretical underpinnings seem to argue in favour of how migration could be a contributor to development and poverty reduction, evidence from the grounds seem to suggest quite a worrying situation. Indeed, we cannot discuss development robustly without shedding light on inequality. Thus, the inequality gap between the rich and poor as well as the monumental regional development gap keep widening as the beneficiary of remittances are normally those within the middle and upper class and the places where these live. With reference to Ghana as a case study, the prime focus of this paper discusses how migrants’ remittance is contributing towards inequality in Ghana. To address this issue, this paper is structured into two main parts. The first part discusses statistical data on remittances to Ghana with a review on the theoretical framework on the consequences of migration. The second part delve into the issue of inequality and the role of remittances, discussing options for a better future, with higher levels of social justice.

H.P. Lovecraft’ın “Dunwich Dehşeti” Adlı Öyküsünde Posthümanist Ögeler

Author(s): F. Gül Koçsoy / Language(s): Turkish Publication Year: 0

İnsanı, diğer varlıkların üzerinde istisnai bir özne olarak gören Hümanist bakışa tepki olarak doğan posthümanist düşünce, insanın varoluşsal kimliğini sorgular. Edebiyat, sosyoloji, felsefe, siyaset bilimi ve medya çalışmaları gibi birçok disiplinle ilintili olan Posthümanizm, insana dair yeni bir anlayış getirir: insan artık Hümanizm’in parolası olan ‘bütün şeylerin ölçüsü’1 ve efendisi değil, evrenin sıradan ve mütevazı bir üyesidir. Hümanizmanın sorgulanması Friedrich Nietzsche ve Max Stirner gibi felsefecilerle 19. yüzyıla kadar götürülebilir; ancak toplumsal karşılığını bulması, İkinci Dünya Savaşı’ndan sonra özellikle de altmışlı yıllarda, feminizm ve ırkçılık karşıtlığı gibi hareketlerle birlikte postmodernitenin kendini göstermesiyle gerçekleşir. “Bu hareketler Batı demokrasisi, liberal bireycilik ve herkes için sağlandığı iddia edilen özgürlüğe dayalı Soğuk Savaş belagatinin yavanlığına meydan okumuştu” (Braidotti 27). Bunundevamında seksenli yıllardan itibaren ortaya çıkan Hümanizma karşıtı fikirler bileşkesi olan Posthümanizm, insanların Rönesans’tan beri etik anlayışların tek yapıcısı, temsilcisi ve uygulayıcısı olduğu kavramına karşı çıkar. “Aslında Posthümanistler, teknoloji yönelimli geleceğimizde dünyayı ahlaki bir hiyerarşi olarak anlamanın ve insanı da bunun tepesine yerleştirmenin artık bir anlamı olmadığını iddia ederler” (ethics).

Angela Carter’ın Spekülatif Romanlarında Hümanizm Eleştirisi ve Posthümanist Belirsizlik

Author(s): Barış Ağir / Language(s): Turkish Publication Year: 0

Rönesans ve sonrasında Batı düşüncesinde etkin bir felsefi söylem olarak kendine yer edinen Hümanizm, Orta Çağ Hristiyanlığının “Tanrı merkezli bir varlık ve toplum tasavvuru” (Evkuran 39) olan teosentrik dünya görüşünün reddedildiği ve odağını Tanrı’dan insana kaydıran “homosentrik paradigmayı”1(Best ve Keller 180) ifade etmektedir. Nicola Abbagnon’un tanımlamasıyla “hümanizm insanın değerini kabul eden; onu her şeyin ölçütü olarak tanımlayan, insanın doğasını, yetilerinin ölçüsünü (sınırlarını) ya da ilgilerini konu edinen bir felsefedir” (763). Aydınlanma ve Modernite ile birlikte düşünsel zirvesine ulaşan hümanizm, insanları Tanrı’nın vesayetinden kurtararak, seküler değerlerin benimsenmesini, teknolojik egemenliği ve bilimsel akılcılığı teşvik eder. “Batı medeniyetinin seküler ve rasyonel doğrularını bariz bir şekilde yansıtan” (Davies 9) hümanizm, insan-dışı yaşam biçimlerinde olmadığını iddia ettiği temel bir insan özünde ısrar eder. Dolayısıyla, hümanizm ve ona eşlik eden kapitalist düzen Ben / Öteki, Erkek / Kadın, Doğal / Yapay, İnsan / İnsan Olmayan vb. ikili karşıtlar yaratır. Egemen aklın öznesine dayanan bu karşıtlıklar posthümanist söylemde eleştirilmektedir. Çeşitli anlam kalıplarına açık, “birden fazla ve birbiri içine geçmiş” (Ağın 1) anlamlara sahip bir kavram olan posthümanizm, hümanist söylemin iddialarını kabullenmeyi reddederek, hümanizmin hegemonyasına meydan okumayı ve onu dönüştürmeyi amaçlayan bir dizi eleştirel söylemler bütünüdür. Gülnur Güvenç’e göre “posthümanizm, hümanizmin neden olduğu bunalımları açıklayan, düzenleyen veya bunlarla başa çıkmaya yönelik fikirler içeren bir şemsiye terim olarak kabul edilir” (49). İkili karşıtlıkları aşma yönünde, insanı fiziksel ve ontolojik olarak değişime uğratan gelişmiş teknoloji kültürüne posthümanizm de özel bir önem atfetmektedir. Posthümanizmin doğayı ve ekolojiyi de kapsayan tekno-bilimsel felsefesi, artık saf olmayan ve teknolojiyle dönüştürülmüş özneler üzerinde durmaktadır. Andy Miah’ın da belirttiği gibi, “teknolojik değişim posthümanizmin çağdaş temsillerinin bir merkezi haline gelmiştir” (271). Bu atfedilen tekno-kültürde organik ve doğal olmayan “insan/makine, hayvan/organizma/insan, fiziksel/fiziksel-olmayan melez” dönüşümler gibi “posthuman’daki ‘post’ ön eki insanın sınırlarını aşan hem ‘sonra’ hem de ‘öte’ anlamını işaret eder” (Buran 126). Bu bağlamda posthümanizm insanın tarihsel bir eleştirisinden yola çıkarak hümanizm sonrası döneme önceliğini verir ve teknolojinin dönüştürücü etkisini de göz önünde bulundurur (Yeşilyurt 9). Anti-hümanist, feminist ve postmodern düşünürlerin fikirleri ekseninde gelişen posthümanizmin özünde yatan niyet, hümanizmin insanlığa dayattığı totaliter büyük anlatıları parçalayarak, onları çeşitlilik ve akışkanlık fikirleriyle değiştirmektir. Bu özellikleriyle posthümanizm klasik hümanist kavramların eleştirisini yapan, yüksek teknoloji kültürünün dönüştürücügücüne vurgu yapan postmodern bir düşünce olarak da kabul edilebilir.

A Family Resemblance: Migration, Work and Loyalty

Author(s): Frédéric Décosse / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Ayoub and Malika Amrani are husband and wife, former farm workerswho, for many years, came to France on OMI contracts to do seasonal work for a farmer in the Bouches-du-Rhône area. In the early 1970s, the young woman’s father and uncle, fellahs2from the Moroccan Prerif who had emigrated to the city, found a contract in the city of Grans, on the Crau plain, and gradually “sponsored” the next generation of migrants. In 1990, when Malika was recruited to join them, there were about ten family members already working on the farm. Though she was formally employed as a farm worker, she actually worked as a “servant” for the farmer and his family. Against the advice of her employer, who wanted nothing to distract her from her work, she got married and held a big wedding in Fez, to which her employer was invited. Ayoub, her husband, was recruited to work in the orchards. As a newlywed, Malika had more and more trouble accepting the abuse and bullying her parents had endured until then. She became increasingly opposed to her employer. 2000 marked a breaking point, when Ayoub fell from an apple tree and was seriously injured. His pelvis was fractured. Their employer was reluctant to report it as a work-related accident. The couple stood up to him, and the following year, none of the family’s contracts were renewed. It was a form of retaliation. It was a collective punishment, as if to remind the migrants that they were bound to their employer by the same duty of loyalty. This incident would have lasting consequences on Malika’s relationship with her family, who accused her of being selfish. In the meantime, Malika became a prominent figure in the movement to defend seasonal migrants’ rights, almost in spite of herself. Her story was the subject of several articles in the media and was taken up by the Collectif de défense des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers (Collective for the Defense of Seasonal Agricultural Workers) (CODETRAS).

Asigurarea competitivităţii şi relevanţei bibliotecii prin transformarea digitală.

Author(s): Lilia Ababii,Tatiana Prian / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Traditional libraries changed into hybrid libraries, libra ries with important digital collections that fulfill the function of information and knowledge management institutions that carry out their activities in a new context dominated by technologies. Digital transformation is the only way that can ensure the university library's competitiveness and relevance.

MANAGEMENTUL EDUCAŢIONAL ÎN BIBLIOTECI: NIVELURI ŞI CONŢINUTURI

Author(s): Ludmila Corghenci / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The author argues the need for effective management of training, increasing the skills of library staff. It is important to show flexibility, a differentiated attitude depending on the level of education of the new employees, the time of employment, their acceptance of lifelong learning.

IMPACTUL REPOZITORIULUI INSTITUȚIONAL ÎN COMUNICAREA ŞTIINȚIFICĂ

Author(s): Silvia Gorceag,Olga Chirilov / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The article presents an incursion into the stages of establishment and development of the Scientific Repository of the National Institute of Economic Research, which were determined by the principles of Open Access and Open Science. It also reveals the content and impact of open access publishing, both on increasing the visibility of authors and institutional scientific results.

RESEARCHGATE – PLATFORMĂ DE COLABORARE ŞI COMUNICARE ŞTIINŢIFICĂ

Author(s): Mihaela Staver / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Online communications in academic networks are becoming an essential part of everyday scientific practices and opening new opportunities for scientific activities. The academic social network ResearchGate is an advantage for expanding the process of communication between researchers, generating visibility, collaboration and cooperation. The study aimed to present the opportunities of the ResearchGate platform and to provide a clear picture of the way of activity of the members of the ,,Alecu Russo" Bălţi State University, including the Scientific Library, for regis-tration in ResearchGate, which offers amazing possibilities of communication and collaboration with the academic world.

STIMULAREA INTERESULUI PENTRU LECTURĂ, STUDIU ŞI CERCETARE PRIN INTERMEDIUL EXPOZIŢIILOR ON-LINE

Author(s): Ala Lîsîi / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

In the article the most important advantages and opportunities of online exhibitions are reflected, their impact is identified in the process of capitalizing on the info-documentary resources of the USARB Scientific Library, the opinions of SL USARB users about the effectiveness of online exhibitions are presented.

MOTIVAREA ŞI MOTIVAŢIA ÎN BIBLIOTECĂ. STUDIU DE CAZ: BIBLIOTECA ŞTIINŢIFICĂ USARB

Author(s): Angela Hăbăşescu,Valentina Vacarciuc / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

Motivation represents one of the most important problems of employees in any organization, including libraries. This paper discusses the results of the survey, conducted in April 2022, regarding motivation of librarians, their views on motivation, the effect of motivation on achievements,the role of motivation, the level of satisfaction of USARB Scientific Library employees and the effort the university managements are making to motivate librarians.

ÎN LUMEA LUI CARAGIALE - 170 DE ANI DE LA NAŞTERE

Author(s): Veronica Barbaroş,Ala Lîsîi,Ludmila Răileanu / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The most representative moments from the life and work of the Romanian playwright and novelist Ion Luca Caragiale are reflected in the communication. Also, the most important works of the writer from the collection of the USARB Scientific Library are used.

Digital Transformation Challenge of Transversal Competencies of Information Society: The Case of the National Library of Lithuania

Author(s): Saulė Jokūbauskienė / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Information society in our days displays digital transformation from both individual and organizational perspectives which explores the challenge of creation and the need for transversal competencies to fit into changing world and state policies within strategic intelligence decisions in upcoming years. The aim of the paper is related to strategic objectives emerging within public discourse in the case of the National Library of Lithuania determining the relation of public communication to strategic guidelines emerging during the process of such communication and collaboration and other important key transversal competencies. Information society in our days displays digital transformation from both individual and organizational perspectives which explores the challenge of creation and the need for transversal competencies to fit into changing world and state policies within strategic intelligence decisions in upcoming years. The aim of the paper is related to strategic objectives emerging within public discourse in the case of the National Library of Lithuania determining the relation of public communication to strategic guidelines emerging during the process of such communication and collaboration and other important key transversal competencies

Space Security Through Main Ir Theories

Author(s): Burak Şakir Şeker / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

When the space age started during the Cold War, two sides of the Cold War have dominated the space actions for a long time. Space has of course been considered as a means to advance security and decrease security of the adversary regarding the atmosphere of the Cold War. That’s why for a long-time space security have been defined as a state’s ability to place assets to space without being interfered. But today there is much more complex situation in the space when we consider that states, international organizations and even individuals are doing space experiments and launching many objects to space which makes the space more crowded. That’s why today we are in need of wider approaches rather than only military based ones in order to explain the complicated situation of space.

Diversificarea formelor şi metodelor de comunicare a documentelor în biblioteca universitară

Author(s): Ala Lîsîi,Ludmila Răileanu,Veronica Barbaroş / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

The article reflects the most important forms and methods of document communication used in the USARB Scientific Library. It is argued the application of new forms and methods of valorization and promotion of the Library’s collections at a distance,which offer amazing possibilities to satisfy users’ requests under the most favorable conditions and circumstances.

Създаването на национален електронен архив – неясни перспективи

Author(s): Antoaneta Totomanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Publication Year: 0

The article substantiates the need to create conditions for depositing, registration, storage, and provision for the use of electronic documents distributed on the Internet. Their belonging to the national documentary heritage has been proven. The difficulties in depositing network resources are shown. The uncertain prospects for the creation of a national electronic archive in the country are outlined.

Probable Istanbul Earthquake and its Consequences as A National Risk

Author(s): Ali Bilgin Varlık / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The proven history of settlement in Istanbul dates back approximately 3 thousand years, and its history as a capital city dates back to 1600. The city has always preserved its feature of being a geopolitical, economic, and cultural centre of the regions covering the approaching lines of movement and communication between the Asian and European continents. Due to this feature, it became the capital of the empires that played a major role in the domination of the Old World and a crossroads where tribes met. Nevertheless, thanks to this award, it has become a center of attraction for the great powers dominant in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

Ethical regulations of AI in academic publishing – an overview

Author(s): Atanaska Cholakova / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This article addresses key ethical questions surrounding AI in academic publishing and provides a short overview of existing policies and guidelines from major publishing organizations. Publishers today face the challenge to completely reshape their attitude towards new technologies and traditional methods of publishing and regulations shaping the publication process from start to finish. Comprehensive AI policies are required at every stage – from author’s guidelines to detailed instructions for editors and reviewers. The evolving publishing landscape raises important ethical considerations, extending beyond the publishing process itself to fundamental concepts such as authorship. A reevaluation of authorship as an institution is essential, along with a phenomenological approach to understanding the role of technology in generating meaning and mediating new ideas. While AI challenges traditional publishing, it also offers tools to combat unethical practices in publication process today.