Les multiples usages de la datcha des jardins collectifs

Omniprésents dans le paysage urbain, les jardins collectifs le sont aussi dans le quotidien de la majeure partie des Russes. Ils représentent le pendant incontournable de l’habitat collectif. Leur histoire est intimement liée à toutes les crises économiques et agricoles qu’ont pu connaître l’Union Soviétique puis la Russie postsoviétique. Objet multifonctionnel, les jardins collectifs se révèlent être de précieux observatoires pour évaluer les transformations économiques et sociales de la société russe. La datcha et le plaisir pris à y séjourner entrent dans le cadre d’une recherche de mieux vivre associant activité physique, alimentation saine, rencontres familiales et amicales. Présentés comme un complément nourricier indispensable pour les Russes, ces jardins assument aussi d’autres fonctions comme l’exercice de l’ingéniosité, le plaisir du travail de la terre et la rupture avec le quotidien.Allotments are to be found everywhere in Russia’s urban landscape. They are an inevitable aspect of collective living. Their past is intimately interwoven with all the economic and agricultural crises that the USSR and post-soviet Russia have undergone. Allotments offer an ideal vantage point from which we can observe the economic and social transformation in Russian society. The dacha and the pleasure gained in spending time there form part of a quest for a better lifestyle combining physical activity, healthy eating and reunions with family and friends. Not only a valuable source of food for the Russians, these allotments also fulfil other functions such as recycling objects, the pleasure of working outside and a break from routine.Omnipresentes en el paisaje urbano, los jardines colectivos también lo están en la vida cotidiana de la mayor parte de los rusos. Representan el complemento ineludible del hábitat colectivo. Su historia está íntimamente ligada a todas las crisis económicas y agrícolas que ha conocido la Unión Soviética y la Rusia post-soviética. Objeto multifuncional, los jardines colectivos se revelan como magníficos observatorios para evaluar las transformaciones económicas y sociales de la sociedad rusa. La dacha y el placer que se obtiene al pasar una temporada en ellas, integran el cuadro de una investigación sobre el buen vivir asociando actividad física, alimentación sana, encuentros familiares y entre amigos. Presentados como un complemento nutriente indispensable para los rusos, esos jardines asumen asimismo otras funciones como el ejercicio de la ingeniosidad, el placer de trabajar la tierra y la ruptura con lo cotidiano

Les multiples usages de la datcha des jardins collectifs

Omniprésents dans le paysage urbain, les jardins collectifs le sont aussi dans le quotidien de la majeure partie des Russes. Ils représentent le pendant incontournable de l’habitat collectif. Leur histoire est intimement liée à toutes les crises économiques et agricoles qu’ont pu connaître l’Union Soviétique puis la Russie postsoviétique. Objet multifonctionnel, les jardins collectifs se révèlent être de précieux observatoires pour évaluer les transformations économiques et sociales de la société russe. La datcha et le plaisir pris à y séjourner entrent dans le cadre d’une recherche de mieux vivre associant activité physique, alimentation saine, rencontres familiales et amicales. Présentés comme un complément nourricier indispensable pour les Russes, ces jardins assument aussi d’autres fonctions comme l’exercice de l’ingéniosité, le plaisir du travail de la terre et la rupture avec le quotidien.Allotments are to be found everywhere in Russia’s urban landscape. They are an inevitable aspect of collective living. Their past is intimately interwoven with all the economic and agricultural crises that the USSR and post-soviet Russia have undergone. Allotments offer an ideal vantage point from which we can observe the economic and social transformation in Russian society. The dacha and the pleasure gained in spending time there form part of a quest for a better lifestyle combining physical activity, healthy eating and reunions with family and friends. Not only a valuable source of food for the Russians, these allotments also fulfil other functions such as recycling objects, the pleasure of working outside and a break from routine.Omnipresentes en el paisaje urbano, los jardines colectivos también lo están en la vida cotidiana de la mayor parte de los rusos. Representan el complemento ineludible del hábitat colectivo. Su historia está íntimamente ligada a todas las crisis económicas y agrícolas que ha conocido la Unión Soviética y la Rusia post-soviética. Objeto multifuncional, los jardines colectivos se revelan como magníficos observatorios para evaluar las transformaciones económicas y sociales de la sociedad rusa. La dacha y el placer que se obtiene al pasar una temporada en ellas, integran el cuadro de una investigación sobre el buen vivir asociando actividad física, alimentación sana, encuentros familiares y entre amigos. Presentados como un complemento nutriente indispensable para los rusos, esos jardines asumen asimismo otras funciones como el ejercicio de la ingeniosidad, el placer de trabajar la tierra y la ruptura con lo cotidiano

The importance of water accumulation of snow cover measurements in mountainous regions of Slovenia

Snow cover is a frequent phenomenon in Slovenia and even in the lowlands of the interior regions, it can last for several weeks. The properties of snow and winter weather after the snow cover has formed, determine the load of snow upon houses, trees and other objects. Water accumulation of snow cover (WASC) gives us the amount of water in snow and therefore also the weight of snow. Deep snow cover can soak its own melting water from the surface, so WASC does not decrease as fast as one would conclude from the intensity of melting. WASC is also a good indicator of winter precipitation where precipitation stations are rare and precipitation gradients are big. The researches carried out in the winter 2005/2006 showed that precipitation in the central part of the Bohinj ridge in the Slovenian Julian Alps, was about 50% higher than at its northern edge, where the meteorological station Vogel is located

Introduction: Has Cycling Got a Boost from the Pandemic?

As the COVID-19 pandemic surged around the world at the beginning of 2020, all aspects of life were disrupted. This book looks back to spring 2020 and the end of the first lockdown, when many cities around the globe took measures to give cycling more space. It scrutinises the political and material responses to increase cycling during the pandemic. The introduction presents the 9 chapters as well as some of the lessons learned

The SHAPE ENERGY Summer School - interdisciplinary debates with PhD researchers

The European Union (EU) funded Horizon 2020 ‘Social sciences and Humanities for Advancing Policy in European ENERGY’ (SHAPE ENERGY) project organised an international summer school for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) working within energy-social sciences and humanities (energy-SSH). This multidisciplinary summer school – entitled ‘Advancing Energy Policy Summer School’ – focused on how energy-SSH research can contribute to tackling the many energy-related challenges in Europe. Key energy topics were discussed with an emphasis on interdisciplinarity and on the translation of academic research into policy and practice, including: • Global energy dilemmas; • Energy transition; • Public engagement and energy citizenship; • Consumption and social practices; • Energy poverty. Advanced researchers and practitioners involved in leading European energy projects were presenting their expertise and the role of energy-SSH research for policy and practice while the summer school was also an opportunity to meet and collaborate with other ESRs from a range of disciplines. Analysing the outputs of the summer school allowed us to draw attention to four recommendations, which could serve as points of reflection during the organisation of any future ESR and/or interdisciplinary SHAPE ENERGY activities: • Make more explicit/visible the ‘implicits’ of the various disciplines and, while proposing a workshop, consider more carefully the time needed by each discipline to produce a ‘rigorous’ outcome/output. • Pay attention to the fact that mainstream economic thinking innervates all disciplines. This element should be taken into greater consideration in prospective research as it influences the way the future is envisioned and closes alternative paths that could have been taken. • Better consider the cultural background of the participants when asking them to work together, or at least make more explicit not only the rules of the exercise but also the cultural implicit behind it. • Be sensitive to the gender and age of the participants, as these obviously play a role in how individuals express and put themselves forward. As it is crucial to devote time and resources, and to employ experts when implementing gender perspectives in research programmes and policy-making; more attention should be paid to this point as well as to how older researchers might influence the youngest

Susana Narotzky & Victoria Goddard, eds, Work and Livelihoods. History, Etnography and Models in Times of Crisis

S’appuyant sur des recherches réalisées en Amérique latine, aux États-Unis ainsi qu’en Europe, les seize contributeurs de cet ouvrage collectif poursuivent l’investigation des transformations du capitalisme et donc des façons de travailler. Leurs analyses portent également sur les conséquences des crises économiques sur le quotidien et les représentations de l’avenir chez des ouvriers travaillant dans l’industrie lourde, branche soumise à une redéfinition des conditions de travail et à une in..

Persistence of pesticides in water from farm plots recently converted to organic farming

In Europe, the pervasive use of pesticides in agricultural areas has led to the deterioration of the quality of groundwater and surface water, resources earmarked for human consumption. The aim of the European Water Framework Directive 91/474 is to restore the “good ecological status” of surface water and to protect water that might be used for drinking water production by 2015. Interactions within the soil determine the fate of environmental pesticides. Water resource contamination may persist for a long time after the last use of pesticides (i.e., atrazine). Pesticide persistence is highly variable. The fate and persistence of pesticides in the environment depend on agricultural pesticide practices and on soil interactions, which are interrelated physical, chemical and biological processes that are often sitespecific. This study, which is taking place at INRA’s Mirecourt Experimental Station in the Lorraine region of France, will make it possible to evaluate the persistence and environmental resilience of pesticides in water from plots recently converted to organic farming, within the framework of the WFD. A database includes all pesticide practices from 1969 to 2004, the year of the last treatment. It is hoped that the Mirecourt study, five years after the end of pesticide use, will shed light on the long-term persistence of pesticides in water resources

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE BENEFITS IN CASH ON ENTERING THE REGIONAL LABOR MARKET

Dolžnost socialne države je poskrbeti za državljane, ki so brez dohodkov, ali pa so le-ti tako nizki, da jim ne omogočajo zadovoljevanja minimalnih življenjskih potreb. Slovenija premore veliko socialnih transferjev, da državljane obvaruje pred revščino. Ena izmed teh pomoči je tudi denarna socialna pomoč, do katere je opravičenih veliko brezposelnih oseb. Prejemanje tovrstne pomoči pa lahko postane razlog, da prejemnik postane neaktiven, ker se mu delo za minimalno plačo ne izplača. Namen diplomskega dela je, ugotoviti, kolikšen vpliv ima denarna socialna pomoč pri vstopu na trg dela ter, ali prejemnike spodbuja k iskanju zaposlitve. Tematika je preučena na dveh različnih regijah v Sloveniji. Za raziskavo so bili uporabljeni javno dostopni statistični podatki. Pri analizi statističnih podatkov sem ugotovila, da DSP nima bistvenega vpliva pri zaposlovanju, saj se število brezposelnih oseb manjša, prav tako pa tudi število prejemnikov. To smo lahko opazili tudi na podrobneje raziskanem trgu območne službe Murska Sobota, ki velja za regijo z visoko stopnjo registrirane brezposelnosti ter z velikim številom prejemnikov DSP-ja, in Nova Gorica, kjer je stanje na trgu dela in sociale pod državnim povprečjem. Za prejemanje te vrste pomoči je potrebno izpolnjevati veliko pogojev. Prav tako ne gre za dolgotrajno pomoč, ki bi jo bilo mogoče koristiti v nedogled, zato je njen vpliv na zaposlovanje minimalen. Ne moremo pa zares vedeti, koliko oseb resnično potrebuje to vrsto pomoči ter, ali je razlog, da se ne želijo zaposliti zaradi visokih prejemkov. Država problem že rešuje z različnimi programi za spodbujanje k ponovnemu vstopu na trg dela.It is a welfare state’s duty to provide for citizens without income or citizens with such low income that does not cover their basic needs. Slovenia has many social transfers to protect its citizens from poverty, one of which is social assistance benefits in cash. Many unemployed people are beneficiaries of this assistance, which can also lead to recipients becoming inactive, since working for a minimum wage is not worth it. The purpose of this thesis is to determine what is the impact of social assistance benefits in cash among unemployed on entering the labor market and whether it encourages the recipients to seek employment or they prefer to remain inactive. The topic was studied in two different regions in Slovenia. Publicly available statistical data were used for the research. In analyzing the statistical data, we found that social assistance benefits in cash has no significant impact on employment, as the number of unemployed people is decreasing, as well as the number of recipients. This was also observed in closely researched market of the Murska Sobota regional office, which is considered to be a region with high rate of registered unemployment and a large number of recipients of social assistance benefits in cash, and Nova Gorica, where the condition of the labor market and social welfare is below the national average. A set of conditions need to be met in order to receive this type of assistance, however, this is not a long-term assistance that could be received indefinitely, therefore its impact on employment is minimal. We cannot know for certain how many people truly need this type of assistance and whether they are reluctant to find a job because of it. The state is already working on the issue with various incentive programs to encourage people to re-enter the labor market

Applicability of the realestate register data for the analysis of the existing housing stock within municipality of Kobarid

Main aim of this diploma thesis was to verify and investigate in details the usefulness of real estate register data for the analysis of the existing house stock within the Municipality of Kobarid.\ud The first part of this thesis contains the analysis of real estate register data. Our primary intention was to present major characteristics of the existing housing stock such as residential building analysis according to its actual use, construction material types of residential buildings, types of heating and roof and façade renovation. Our qualitative data analysis and its results are based on inspection of several residential buildings within Municipality of Kobarid. \ud Results of our qualitative data analysis lead us to the conclusion that in the field of residential buildings data there are opportunities for improvement, because the actual state of residential buildings is not entirely and completely in accordance with the real estate register data

Qui bouge, qui reste dans le couple ?

Nous aborderons tour à tour le cas où la conjointe conserve le même lieu de résidence, celui des mobilités successives, des femmes travailleurs mobiles, pour terminer par un questionnement sur le poids de l’assignation à être mobile pesant sur les hommes. Le présent papier est issu d’une recherche menée auprès de couples bi-actifs avec enfant(s) dont au moins un des conjoints, pour des raisons professionnelles, fréquente plusieurs lieux de vie et passe habituellement des nuits à l’extérieur d..