“CULTURE OF IDENTITY” AND “IDENTITY OF CULTURE”

In this paper I am interested in special relation between individual aspect of culture which is connected with identity, forms and narrative discourses that establishes it and the issue of common culture, reference to social aspects of culture. Problems between individual identity and common culture are complex and interlaced; what is more, their meanings reflect always-already one another. (Hall) According to postcolonial theorist Homi Bhabha hybridity can be final consequence of locating culture in between and mimicry, as an inner strategy of the postcolonial subject, is final consequence of the same strategy where identity might be in between. Nevertheless, Stephen Adam Schwartz detects numerous paradoxes within cultural studies especially in relation between the terms “identity” and “culture”.&nbsp

Gadamer’s Hermeneutics – from “Philosophy of Listening” to Literary-Theoretic Praxis

Polazeći od osnovnih postavki Gadamerove filozofske hermeneutike, u članku se tematizira mogućnost njene primjene u književnoj teoriji. Prostor Gadamerova promišljanja, a tako i njegove hermeneutike, otvara pitanje »kako je moguće razumijevanje«? Odgovori na to pitanje impliciraju etičko-estetski zahtjev »filozofije slušanja« u kojoj se mora uspostaviti dijalektika pitanja i odgovora. Proces dolaska do značenja tako se odvija u jeziku, koji nam omogućuje, u najgorem slučaju, da se stvari barem približimo, ako ne i da je razumijemo. Tumačeva situacija obilježena je njegovim predrasud(b)ama, preduvjerenjima (Vorurteil), a situacija teksta prezencijom, ali i temporalnošću. Upravo je temporalnost umjetničkog djela osnova Gadamerovu poimanju tradicije, odnosno predaje, kojoj, pod Heideggerovim utjecajem, Gadamer pridaje regulativni karakter. Procijep između dvaju horizonata, tradicijsko-povijesnog i predrasudno-tumačeva, rješava se »stapanjem horizonata« (Horizontverschmelzung) kao krajnjim ishodom dijaloga, a to stapanje ujedno postaje temeljem razumijevanja. Iako je Gadamerova hermeneutika bila kritizirana, ona je ujedno nezaobilazna u proučavanjima interpretacije (književnog) teksta.Beginning with basic postulates of Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics, the article challenges the possibility of its application in literary theory. Ther space of Gadamer’s thought, as well as his hermeneutics, opens up a question: “how understanding is possible”? The answers to that question implicate ethico-aesthetical claim of “philosophy of listening” where this dialectics of questions and answers should be established. The proccess of coming to meaning is happening in language, that makes possible, in the worst circumastances, at least to approach to the matter of things, if not to understand it. The interpreteur’s situation is marked with his prejudices, prethinking (Vorurteil), and the situation of a text by its presence, as well as with temporality. It is precisely temporality of artwork, that is the foundation of Gadamer’s conception of tradition, i.e. heritage, which is, under Heidegger’s influence, supplied by regulative characteristics. The gap between two horizons – traditionally-historical and prejudice-interpreteur’s – is solved by “merging of horizons” (Horizontverschmelzung) as the final result of dialogue, and that merging is at the same time the basics of understanding. Even though Gadamer’s hermeneutics was criticized, it was also unsourmountable in the studies of interpreting (literary) texts

Big Brother – from Simulation towards the Contemporary Myth (reading / watching Matjaž Zupančič’s play Hodnik [The Corridor])

The role and significance of the reality show in the context of the current media situation is examined in this article through analysis of the contemporary Slovenian playwright Matjaž Zupančič’s play, Hodnik. This drama is one that enables exemplification of Baudrillard’s theoretical deliberations on simulation as the consequence of media images that offer recipients a full circle stripped of a referential. The seductiveness of play in the reality show spectacle utilises elements of mythological patterns, in which the privileged position is that of the authority having the greatest supervisory power. Simulation of mythological patterns within the show in the form of survival, organisation, and lack of technological devices is actually nostalgia for the reality that has disappeared from digitalised society, while also being a potential for regeneration of new contemporary mythological representations

NACIONALIZACIJA KONFESIJE, KONFESIONALIZACIJA NACIJE

The main analytical aim in this article is to address some contemporary tendencies of national and religion identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the ground basis of some sociology references (mainly works by Anthony Smith, Benedict Anderson and Adrian Hastings) the question of national identity has important investigatory attention. Importance of the religion identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina with its four, and since lately, three religion communities can be linked to the similar importance of the developing practices of national identity. By putting those two practices inside one phenomenon, this article operates with formulations such as «nationalization of religion» and «religionization of nation». That analytic approach opens new set of some important issues that are crucial for understanding identity policies in contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mapire

Mapire enables one to navigate historical maps of the Habsburg Empire. The name Mapire came from the words Map and Empire, implying the very essence of the portal. The main goal of the portal, as its creators say, is to create an international collaboration to make this content available to the world in a common interface using latest GIS features. Mapire has been created in collaboration between the following institutes: • Austrian State Archives as the owner of the first and second military surveys • Hungarian National Archives as the owner of Hungarian cadastral maps • Croatian State Archives as the owner of Croatian cadastral maps • Hungarian War Archives as the owner of the third military survey • City Archives of Budapest as the owner of the maps of Budapest • Arcanum Adatbázis Kft as the developer and operator of the project • Department of Geophysics and Space Science, ELTE as the scientific backgroundInternetski portal Mapire korisnicima omogućuje pregledavanje starih karata Habsburške Monarhije. Naziv Mapire nastao je sintezom riječi karta (eng. map) i carstvo (eng. empire) čime se može naslutiti sadržaj portala. Glavni cilj portala je, kako kažu i njegovi kreatori, stvoriti međunarodnu suradnju kako bi se taj materijal ponudio u obliku jednostavnog sučelja potkrijepljenog suvremenim GIS rješenjima. Internetski portal Mapire nastao je suradnjom sljedećih institucija: • Austrijski državni arhiv kao vlasnik karata prve i druge vojne izmjere • Mađarski nacionalni arhiv kao vlasnik katastarskih planova Mađarske • Hrvatski državni arhiv kao vlasnik kopija katastarskih planova Hrvatske • Mađarski vojni arhiv kao vlasnik karata treće vojne izmjere • Gradski arhiv grada Budimpešte kao vlasnik povijesnih karata Budimpešte • Arcanum Adatbázis Kft kao izvođač projekta • Department of Geophysics and Space Science, ELTE kao znanstvena podrška projekt

Integrated Sensor Systems for Smart Cities

Smart cities are ubiquitous topic today, and emerge as preferred concept for future development of human lifestyle. In the international literature, there are only a few articles dealing critically with the topic of the smart cities, and even fewer of them are interdisciplinary. Integrated sensor systems are a prerequisite for developing the concept of smart cities in practice because individual sensors can hardly meet the demands of the smart cities for complex information. This paper provides an overview of the theoretical concept of smart cities and the integrated sensor systems. The article promotes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the smart cities, where geomatics should also contribute due to the fact that most of the information has a spatial component

LONGITUDINAL STUDIES OF IQ STABILITY IN CHILDREN WITH CHILDHOOD AUTISM – LITERATURE SURVEY

Background: In this paper we present a survey of the literature dealing with IQ stability in children with childhood autism (CA) over the last ten years. Nowadays there is no clear evidence on this topic. Subjects and methods: We used the online “PubMed” database. By inputting the following key words: (autism and IQ and child) and (stability or outcome or follow-up) we obtained a total of 78 references. Out of those 78 references, some papers were left out in line with the exclusion criteria, so this survey includes 23 papers altogether. Results: The average initial IQ point is in the range from borderline intelligence to mild mental retardation. Out of a total of 23 studies, the majority, 19 of them, generally state that there are no changes in IQ, 8 studies mention increased IQ, while 3 studies demonstrate a decrease in IQ. Some studies register different results in the same study. At an individual level, single studies show a similar trend to the general results. Conclusion: The majority of studies state that the IQ points will remain the same. Today the generally accepted belief is that therapy should be started intensely and early. Some children with good progress may attend regular school

Utjecaj trajanja sunčeve izloženosti na aktivnost ciklooksigenaze 2 u tkivima spojnice

Pterygium is a multifactorial proliferative pathologic change of bulbar conjunctiva. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the duration of exposure to solar radiation (expressed in years) on the incidence of positive cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) finding in conjunctival tissue in two groups of patients. Group 1 consisted of 68 patients with primary pterygium having undergone conjunctival autograft transplantation. Group 2 consisted of 43 patients with morphologically unchanged conjunctivae that were harvested during cataract surgery. All 111 specimens were submitted to immunohistochemical staining for monoclonal COX-2 antibody (1:100; M361701 MO A-HU, Dako, Santa Clara, California, USA). The immunostaining intensity in the surface epithelium was scored using the following grading system: 0 no immunostaining; + weak immunostaining (few cells being positive focally or scattered); ++ medium immunostaining; and +++ strong immunostaining (diffuse staining throughout the tissue). The analysis of COX-2 activity yielded 29 (42.6%) positive findings in group 1 and 27 (62.8%) positive findings in group 2. Group 2 consisted of statistically significantly older individuals with a history of considerably longer sun exposure. Statistical analysis proved the duration of exposure to solar radiation to be the most important factor in positive COX-2 findings.Pterigij je multifaktorijalna proliferativna promjena bulbarne spojnice. Svrha rada bila je ustanoviti utjecaj duljine trajanja solarne ekspozicije (u godinama) na incidenciju pozitivnih nalaza aktivnosti ciklooksigenaze 2 (COX-2) u dvjema skupinama tkiva spojnica. Prvu skupinu činilo je 68 operiranih bolesnika s primarnim pterigijem metodom autotransplantacije spojnice. Drugu skupinu činile su morfološki nepromijenjene spojnice 43 bolesnika operiranih zbog katarakte. Ukupno 111 uzoraka spojnice je imunohistokemijski analizirano pomoću monoklonskih antitijela COX-2 (1:100; M361701 MO A-HU, Dako). Analiza aktivnosti COX-2 spojnica pokazala je u prvoj skupini 29 (42,6%), a u drugoj skupini 27 (62,8%) pozitivnih nalaza. Druga skupina bila je statistički značajno starija i sa značajno većom duljinom solarne ekspozicije. Statističkom analizom dokazala se duljina solarne ekspozicije kao najznačajniji čimbenik za pozitivnost nalaza COX-2