American Nationalism and the “Curse of Rurality”: Urban-Rural Differences and the Notion of National Belonging

Relationship between nationalism and urban or rural environment is not one that is often studied, apart from traditional historical interpretation of it being a modern, urban phenomenon, characterized by imagery and discourse of rurality. Yet it seems that, in the last several decades, not only have nationalist conflicts mostly been rooted within the countryside and nationalist agendas won on elections in them, but that there is a more fundamental connection between nationalism and rurality. While briefly addressing this issue, this paper focuses on the analysis of 2014 GSS data, exploring the relationship between the place of living and the notion of national belonging. What is presented is a clear, but not conclusive, evidence on the presence of more nationalistic attitudes among persons living in rural areas, especially among those who spent most of their childhood in them

Age of the Jurassic hemipelagic sediments from the Ljubiš area (Zlatibor Mt., SW Serbia)

The type section of the Ljubiš Formation, (Djokov Potok, Zlatibor area, western Serbia) is characterized by abundant poorly-to-moderately preserved radiolarians. The lower part of the type section is characterized by Middle Jurassic (?Bajocian to Bathonian) radiolarian assemblages with Japonocapsa fusiformis (YAO), Takemuraella weghae (GRILL & KOZUR), Eoxitus hungaricus KOZUR, E. baloghi KOZUR, Helvetocapsa matsuokai (SASHIDA), Quarkus japonicus (YAO), Hexasaturnalis suboblongus (YAO), H. tetraspinus (YAO). Taking into account previous data from the upper part of the Ljubiš Formation, the age of the formation can be estimated to be in the interval from the ?Bajocian to Bathonian-Oxfordian. The new biostratigraphic data clearly show the onset of tectonic motion in the Middle Jurassic, documented by the presence of mass transport deposits intercalated in the radiolarite successions. This suggests a Middle Jurassic onset of ophiolite obduction which triggered the rapid deepening of the Adria margin, documented by the abrupt change from carbonate to radiolarite deposition.</p

Mogućnost komercijalnog uzgoja školjke kamenice, ostrea edulis u uslovima Kotorskog zaliva (Orahovac)

Kamenica, ostriga, Ostrea edulis, je jadranska školjka, koja se već nekoliko decenija vještački gaji u Jadranu, najviše na hrvatskom primorju. Izuzetno je cijenjena, te stoga dostiže i visoku cijenu na tržištu. Nakon ranijih eksperimentalnih istraživanja Instituta sedamdesetih godina prošlog vijeka, ova vrsta je po prvi put, 2010. godine komercijalno uzgajana u uslovima Bokotorskog zaliva, u mjestu Orahovac kod Kotora. Institut i kompanija „D.O.O. Školjke Boke“ su u julu mesecu uvezli 9000 jedinki mlađi iz poznatog uzgajališta u Stonu (HR). Školjke su nasađene na lokaciji Orahovac u neposrednoj blizini reke Ljute u severnom delu Kotorskog zaliva. Primjenjen je prirodno-veštački način uzgoja, gde se kamenice vešaju na brodske konope povezane sa polietilenskim bovama, na dubinu 4–7 metara. Mereni su osnovni hidrografski parametri, temperatura i salinitet, kao i dužinski rast na 100 slučajno odabranih jedinki iz uzgajališta. Maksimalne temperature 27.6 T°C izmerene su u julu a najniže 11.2 T°C. Vrednost saliniteta je bila najveća u avgustu i iznoslila je 27.8 ‰ a minimum je bio u decembru 6.3 ‰. Temperaturni opseg je uobičajen za područje Kotorskog zaliva, dok su vrednosti saliniteta bile neuobičajeno niske u jesenjem periodu, čak i na dubinama 4–5 metara, što je bilo uslovljeno izuzetno velikim količinama padavina. Istraživanja pokzuju da je rast od jula do oktobra bio ujednačen i ukupno je iznosio 1cm, odnosno u proseku 0.25 cm po mesecu. Od oktobra do januara nastupa nešto usporeniji rast i ukupno iznosi 0.3 cm. Od januara ponovo nastupa nešto pojačani intezitet rasta koji ukupno iznosi 0.5 cm. Dakle u periodu od 8 meseci (jul–mart) ukupni rast iznosi 1.9 cm. Rast kamenica zavisi od mnogo faktora, a najviše od količine hrane (planktona) i temperature. Kako i naša istraživanja pokazuju, rast je najintezivniji bio u letnjim mesecima, kada su i povoljne temperature koje uslovljavaju u povećanu količinu planktonskih zajednica. Salinitet takođe igra značajnu ulogu u rastu kamenica, ali su one otpornije na kolebanja saliniteta od dagnje, koja se takođe veštački gaji. Do skoro identičnih istraživanja došao je Glamuzina u Malostonskom zlivu 2006, kada je konstatovao ukupni rast 1.7 cm za period jun–april. Merenja smrtnosti pokazala su nešto povećane vrednosti (15%) u julu neposredno posle postavljanja jedinki u more, što je verovatno uslovljeno transportnim šokom i prilagođavanju uslovima u vodi Kotorskog zaliva. U kasnijim mesecima on opada i od septembra do marta iznosi 0%. Onda se u martu 2011. pojavljuje uobičajeni problem predatora, kada ribe orade Sparus aurata, napadaju uzgajalište i čine veliku štetu, naročito na cementiranim nizovima kamenice, jer su više otvorene nego one u kašetama. Svi dosadašnji podaci pokazuju, da uslovi vode u Kotorskom zalivu, naročito na ušću rijeke Ljute, izuzetno pogoduju dobrom rastu i kondiciji ove vrste, što ide u prilog njenom komercijalnom uzgoju, ćime će se pored dagnje, Mytilus galloprovincialis, upotpuniti ponuda školjkaša, naročito u vrijeme turističke sezone na crnogorskom primorju

New data on the age of an Upper Cretaceous sediments in Brežđe (NW Serbia)

Radiolarian assemblages of Late Cretaceous age were studied in a carbonate-clastic section from the Cretaceous sedimentary cover that unconformably overlies Triassic sediments of the Jadar Block. According to the identified radiolarian associations, the studied limestone is of Santonian age. Considering the fact that these sediments belong to a broadly defined Turonian-Senonian geologic mapped unit, the obtained data are important for further more detailed biostratigraphic assignment of Late Cretaceous rocks in Western Serbia. Moreover, the obtained data are very important for interregional correlations

The Value of Measuring Eustachian Tube Aeration on Temporal Bone CT in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media

ObjectivesTo evaluate that the cross-sectional area of the air space in the Eustachian tube (ET) on computed tomography (CT) images could be useful for predicting the postoperative aeration of the middle ear.MethodsThe patient group consisted of 80 patients (80 ears) with chronic otitis media and who underwent middle ear surgery from 2006-2007 and who were followed up for more than 1 yr. The control group consisted of 100 ears of 50 individuals with normal tympanic membranes and who underwent CT for other causes (such as tinnitus or hearing loss). The largest cross-sectional areas of the aerated ET were measured on the coronal images of the temporal bone CT by a single otologist using the computer-based "Region of Interest" picture archiving and communications system. The patient group was divided into two subgroups, 1) those with good postoperative aeration and 2) those with poor postoperative aeration. The largest cross-sectional areas of the aerated ETs were compared between the patients and the controls, and between the patients with good aeration and the patients with poor aeration.ResultsThe mean cross-sectional areas significantly differed between the patient group and the control group, and between the good and poor aeration subgroups (P<0.05 each). The mean area of the poor aeration subgroup was smaller than that of the control group (P<0.05), but the mean area of the good aeration subgroup did not significantly differ from that of the controls.ConclusionThe cross-sectional area of the aerated ET, as measured on the preoperative coronal images of temporal bone CT scans, may be useful for predicting the postoperative condition of the tympanic cavity

European-enlightenment and national-romanticist sources of cultural memory: Reflections in contemporary debates

Each society is marked by a selective cultural memory which, beside events and traditions whose importance is emphasized, is also constituted by its parts and contents whose influence is either diminished or forgotten. Our society, too is marked by such kind of memory, with obvious reduction, value oppositon and, in sum, general duality within the reception of cultural memory, which is always more complex than it appears in political speeches, mother-tongue reading books or history textbooks. For this reason, an examination of construction and reception of cultural memory, with an emphasis on traditions of Enlightenment and Romanticism, stems from a necessity to answer a set of questions regarding the contemporary relation to the past, the way ‘distance’ or ‘proximity’ to the latter is constituted, and especially the way in which contemporary practices mark, change and make use of cultural history. Starting from the assumptions that shaping cultural history, its heritage and ‘memory’ is closely connected to the beginnings of nation-building and that cultural memory is a never-ending political process, it is my intention in this research project to examine the rivalry, juxtapositions, ‘interruptions’ and new foundations of traditions, focusing on the interdependent relation of Enlightenment and Romanticist strands, and particularly on their unmarked, empty spots. Just as cultural memory is a result of two opposed processes – foregrounding and oblivion – so this research is similarly devoted to a double and apparently paradoxical task. On one hand, the accent is on the resurrection and reinforcement of integrative segments of these traditions which, at the time of their emergence as well as in subsequent interpretations, were mostly neglected. On the other hand, there is the need to keep pace with what is required by the current ‘acceleration of time’, which amounts to nothing else but the necessity to forget. Briefly put, the aim is to point to disciplinary-interdependent, more nuanced and more communicative ways of viewing these relations, which would diminish the exclusivism and profound opposition within the contemporary reception of the traditions examined

Things talked about while we remain silence and things we’re silence about while talking: The starting assumptions for an anthropology of silence about the nearest past

Ratovi u bivšoj Jugoslaviji devedesetih godina prošlog veka doveli\ud su ovaj region u centar medijske pažnje i probudili odgovarajuće interesovanje i u\ud akademskoj teoriji Zapada. Pošto su poslednjem ‘otkrivanju Balkana’ posredovali\ud upravo ratovi, navijački, površni ili egzotički pristup pitanjima raspada SFRJ kao\ud akademskoj temi nije neočekivan. S druge strane, u tematizovanju pitanja svoje savremenosti\ud i najbliže prošlosti akademska javnost Srbije nije bila ni približno aktivna;\ud iz najrazličitijih razloga, ali pre svega zbog nesklonosti sistematskim istraživanjima,\ud formiranje znanja i predstava o ovim temama uglavnom je ostavljala medijima, publicistima,\ud kolegama izvan svoje akademske zajednice ili nekom kasnijem vremenu.\ud Uprkos tome što su predstave o poslednjim ratovima neretko počivale na stereotipima\ud i propagandi, kao i činjenici da formirano znanje o ovoj problematici pati od grubog\ud pojednostavljivanja, ova pitanja su retko bila podsticajna za domaće istraživače.\ud Posebno su izbegavane teme velikog nasilja, pa su izvan akademske pažnje ostali i\ud najmarkantniji ratni događaji, možda i zato što se smatralo da bi ono po čemu su region\ud i Srbija postali poznati najbolje bilo što pre zaboraviti.U retrospektivi, pak, savremeno\ud akademsko ćutanje o poslednjim ratovima teško je posmatrati izvan kontinuiteta\ud sa ćutanjem iz vremena socijalizma i rata koji mu je prethodio. Zato se ovim\ud tekstom ne pokreću samo pitanja razloga netematizovanja najbliže prošlosti i uticaja\ud ćutanja u socijalizmu na ono što je došlo posle njega, već se podstiče istraživanje semantike\ud i funkcija ćutanja i prećutkivanja u poslednjim ratovima, kao i uzajamni odnos\ud između ćutanja i konstrukcija društvenog pamćenja.\u