Theater Criticism in Search of Lost Identity. Stories of Professionalization: Book review

Book review: Miruna Runcan, Teatrul în diorame. Discursul criticii teatrale în comunism. Fluctuantul dezgheț 1956-1964 [Theater in dioramas. The discourse of theater criticism in the communist era. The fluctuant thaw 1956-1964] (București: Tracus Arte, 2019

ON SEARCH CAPABILITIES OF THE DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION ALGORITHM

This paper examines the algorithm of differential evolution that has appeared rather recently. This algorithm ascribed by its developers to a class of evolutionary algorithms is a comparatively non-complicated technique o f solution search as applied to multiparameter optimisation tasks. Nevertheless, there are two essential factors preventing from wide application of the considered solution search technique. One of them lies in the principle of coding vectors (variables) that constitute a population the algorithm works with. The second problem is of pure technical character: in the process of search, stagnation occurs, or impossibility to find new solutions, when there is no optimal solution in the population and the vectors available are not heterogeneous. Besides studying search possibilities (limitations) of the differential evolution, some ways to cope with the problem of stagnation so-as to raise the performance of the algorithm are also suggested

07-20-2016 SWOSU Physics Program Seeking Help with Pratt Project

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s physics program is seeking information about graduates—with either a major or minor in physics—from the years 1956-1964 who went to work in the space program and contributed to NASA’s Lunar Program

The Frankfurt School and the young Habermas: Traces of an intellectual path (1956–1964)

The aim of this study is to discern intersections between the intellectual path of the young Habermas and the issues addressed by the Positivismusstreit, the dispute between Popper and Adorno about methodology in the social sciences. I will present two perspectives, focusing on different temporal moments and interpretative problems. First, I will investigate the young Habermas’ relationship to the intellectual tradition of the Frankfurt School: his views on philosophy and the social sciences, normative bases of critical theory and political attitudes. Second, I will reconstruct Habermas’ contemplation of the Positivismusstreit, in light of his social scientific research programme in the 1960s. The thesis supported is that Habermas developed a position diverging from those of Adorno and Horkheimer, and that his position reasserted the agenda of the ‘first critical theory’. This article highlight the discontinuity between the first and the second generation of the Frankfurt School, the constructive openness to other philosophical and sociological traditions, as well as the aporias of a theory of knowledge not yet oriented towards the programme of reconstructive sciences

La revista Cuadernos de Ágora y sus relaciones con Latinoamérica

La revista Cuadernos de Ágora (1956--‐1964) fue una revista de posguerra dirigida por la poeta Concha Lagos. Su corta trayectoria (casi ochos años) se caracterizó por el espíritu independiente y participativo, además tendió puentes hacia otras revistas fuera del territorio español, tanto en Europa, como en Latinoamérica. En el presente texto se presenta un resumen de las relaciones poéticas entre España y Latinoamérica desde la perspectiva de Cuadernos de Ágora

"Industrial Policy Cuts Two Ways: Evidence from Cotton Spinning Firms in Japan, 1956-1964"

A number of studies have revealed that the effect of industrial policy on productivity growth is negative. Is this because industrial policy fails to control the activities of firms, or because it can effectively control them? This paper attempts to answer these questions, using firm-level data from the cotton spinning industry in Japan for the period 1956-64. It has been determined that industrial policy cut two ways during this period. Industrial policy effectively controlled the output of cotton spinning firms, which contributed to the establishment of a stable market structure during the period. On the flip side, such policy constrained the reallocation of resources from less productive large firms to more productive small firms. Combined with the negative productivity growth of large firms during this period, industrial policy resulted in negative industry productivity growth.

Industrial Policy Cuts Two Ways: Evidence from Cotton Spinning Firms in Japan, 1956-1964

A number of studies have revealed that the effect of industrial policy on productivity growth is negative. Is this because industrial policy fails to control the activities of firms, or because it can effectively control them? This paper attempts to answer these questions, using firm-level data from the cotton spinning industry in Japan for the period 1956-64. It has been determined that industrial policy cut two ways during this period. Industrial policy effectively controlled the output of cotton spinning firms, which contributed to the establishment of a stable market structure during the period. On the flip side, such policy constrained the reallocation of resources from less productive large firms to more productive small firms. Combined with the negative productivity growth in large firms during this period, industrial policy resulted in negative industry productivity growth.

Sputnik Reevaluated: Pedagogic Debate in Connecticut Secondary Schools, 1956-1964

This thesis examines the reaction to the October 1957 Sputnik launch in the Connecticut secondary schools. In addition, the paper analyzes the rhetoric used by politicians, teachers, and parents in the state. Important debates regarding the appropriate scope of federal control over education and the necessary pedagogic method to win the Cold War were had around Connecticut in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Connecticut educators managed to retain local decision-making ability in their individual schools, but pedagogic methods and curricular structures were changed dramatically in Connecticut as a result of the Sputnik launch.Department of History, The Ohio State UniversityNo embarg

All That Jazz: Federal Cultural Exchanges and Jazz Diplomacy, 1956-1964

This thesis examines federally funded jazz tours as an expression of international cultural exchanges during the Cold War, specifically from 1956 to 1964. This thesis argues that the use of cultural exchanges represented one outgrowth of an expanded federal government after World War II. Furthermore, cultural exchanges were an expression of “soft power” during the Cold War, or power expressed by the nation through cultural means instead of the projection of military power. The division between public and private spheres in American life was often blurred. As the government’s influence grew, the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA) blended theses spheres by its very existence as an organization chartered by the federal government yet privately operated, with the purpose of advising the State Department and administering cultural exchanges. The State Department tended to send classical groups to Europe, and the developing world received more jazz tours. While some cultural affairs offices with the State Department expressed racial attitudes that were demeaning towards the ethnic groups in their host countries, the government sent different kinds of groups to different regions primarily for strategic reasons. Even as the government used jazz musicians in order to further its strategic interests, the musicians gained professional exposure and furthered their careers. Black jazz artists also found opportunities to advance the cause of black equality through coverage of their tours in American media outlets. American journalists overwhelmingly supported cultural exchanges, and that support translated into support for international jazz tours sponsored by the government. Since most of those tours were conducted by black musicians, the media’s support for the jazz tours created a positive image for black Americans as a whole. While the government intended the use of soft power to influence international audiences, cultural exchanges had unintended consequences at home as well. Also, government funding increased dramatically for jazz tours relative to classical tours from 1956 to 1964. While officials in the government generally only considered cultural exchanges from a strategic standpoint, the media also portrayed the exchanges through an idealistically positive lens. However, both the idealistic viewpoints and the strategic considerations supported cultural exchanges and jazz tours