scholarly journals THE POETICS OF THE CITY IN THE FILM “VIBRATIONS OF GRANADA” (1935) BY J. VAL DEL OMAR

Articult ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 57-68
Author(s):  
Olga V. Kolotvina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Main Element ◽  
Garden Of Eden ◽  
Green Filter ◽  
The City

The article reviewed the main cinematic techniques, themes and motives used by J. Val del Omar for the lyrical conceptualization of the image of the city in the film “Vibrations of Granada” (1935) and analyzed their semantics. It demonstrates how the documentary narrative splits into pure representation and an area of allegorical tension, supported by key metaphors as sources of expanded motives. The metaphor of the Garden of Eden represents Granada as an image of Paradise; the use of the motive of water as the main element of drama contributes to the actualization of philosophical semantics and in combination with the green filter through which the film is projected, forms the fabulous-onyric character of the narrative; the visual motive of verticality created by camera angles, editing, etc, acquires the axiological meaning of the city's spiritual aspiration upward. It is revealed that the film’s style was influenced by the optics of cinematic impressionism, the R. Flaherty’s documental aesthetics and the poetic images of F. Garcia Lorca. This artistic program permits consideration of the film as an ethnographically and existentially accentuated version of the films of the “city symphony” of the 1920s and 1930s.

scholarly journals Dengue, Zika and Chicungunha: The use of a mathematic concept to develop an educational game for helping on fighting important viral diseases

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
T. Dutra ◽  
D.P. Costa ◽  
C.F.S. Barboza ◽  
L. Alves ◽  
H.C. Castro
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Viral Diseases ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Breeding Sites ◽  
The City

<em>Dengue is the leading cause of viral death worldwide. The vector Aedes aegypti mosquito is also responsible for Zika and Chincungunha transmission, another very compromising viral diseases. As the understanding of the vector life cycle and its habitat is important for preventing and fighting against these diseases, we propose to use a mathematic concept, graphos, and a problem-based situation (the removal of potential breeding sites for mosquitoes in the player city) to design a computational game that may help on spreading information and to stimulate a players proactive virtual and real behavior. Thus this paper describes the design and construction of an educational computer game called "Graphos against mosquitos," based on graphos, a mathematics theoretical concept. We designed the Graphos game using as the main elements: a child, twelve neighborhood blocks, mosquitoes, streets and containers where mosquitoes lay eggs (tires, cans, bottles, plants with water deposits). In the game, the player (Avatar) is the main element that should "walk in" the streets (edges) of the city, removing the potential breeding grounds for mosquitoes in each block (vertices). As this game is based on the mathematics theoretical concept graphos using two dimensions, the city has two distinct vertices that are the beginning and end of it, which discriminate the beginning and end of the game. The player should remove all containers of each street, avoiding mosquitoes growth and passing only one time for each of them. As containers are removed, the player gains points and is prevented to return to the previous street. In this game the removal of all containers that pose risk of becoming mosquito breeding sites, without coming back to the previous street but only forward, is translatable into " graphos language". When finishing the game properly, it opens a final screen where the player is awarded with a medal. On this screen, the player can write his/her name, being invited to act as a "health worker" no longer in virtual form, but in the real life. Through teaching by using computational material ruled by mathematical concepts such as graphos, we hope to stimulate and contribute for fighting and controlling the vector of these serious viral diseases.</em>

A Multi-Faceted Look at the Unseen City

Horizons ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-296
Author(s):  
Maureen O'Brien ◽  
Donald McNeill
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
The United States ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Inner Cities ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Teaching Format ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
The City

AbstractThis article describes an interdisciplinary, team-taught introduction to the urban situation, called “The Unseen City.” The course began two years ago, as a three-credit follow-up to a popular Notre Dame program called “Urban Plunge,” through which undergraduates visit inner cities across the United States and experience urban problems firsthand. The aim of “The Unseen City” is to foster greater understanding of the complexities of the city, primarily through economic, political, and theological perspectives; and to allow students the opportunity to pursue their own particular interests in this field. To accomplish this, the course includes three major components: “experiential,” of which the Urban Plunge is the main element; “academic”—the class sessions, readings, assignments, and exams; and “specialized,” primarily accomplished through an open-ended student research activity. Each of these components is separately discussed, and the final section comments on some of the advantages and disadvantages of the unusual structures of the course, especially the team-teaching format and the expectations placed on students. A syllabus, with a partial reading list, is also included.

scholarly journals Demographic types of small cities in Poland

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wioletta Kamińska ◽  
Mirosław Mularczyk
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Diversity ◽  
Population Trends ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
Urban Agglomerations ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
The City ◽  
Element Method

Abstract The aim of the study was to determine the demographic types of all small cities in Poland in 2013 and to identify the standards of their spatial diversity. The following questions were posed: Which demographic types are dominant among the small cities of Poland? Is there a relation between a specific demographic type and the size of the city? Does the structure of small cities according to their demographic types relate to their distance from main roads and urban agglomerations? The study applied the Webb’s typology, the K. Doi leading element method, the departure from average indicator, and the nonparametric Chi squared test. The spatial regularities were identified based on the created maps. The results of the study show that small cities of Poland in 2013 were represented by all demographic types, but most of them were regressive. They were established in 80% of small cities. The main element determining the population trends of small cities was the negative migration balance, which was observed in 80% of the surveyed areas. It was also established that the population of small cities has a slight impact on population trends. The most important aspect of their development is the distance from agglomerations and main roads.

scholarly journals Urban regeneration of the industrial zone in Smederevo: Comparative analysis

Tehnika ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 565-571
Author(s):  
Marko Milosavljević ◽  
Milica Dobričić
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Entire Area ◽  
Direct Communication ◽  
Basic Goal ◽  
The City

This paper has a focus on Urban Regeneration, with the "still-active" industrial complex as the main element, on the Eastern outskirt of the City of Smederevo. It includes revitalization and networking with the cultural assets of the city, emphasizes their importance in terms of traditional and tourist conditions, in direct communication with a necessary urban methods for the revitalization of the entire area and the City of Smederevo. Due to the Comparative analysis of the "good practice" examples of the similar cities in Italy, the valorization of space and approaching the basic goal of the research has been performed. The aim of the research of this paper is to achieve the most effective urban regeneration and the new level of intervention along with the settings of guidelines for improving the quality of the completely coverage of the zone in which the complex is located, not only the certain zone of the industrial complex.

As mulheres de fibra/ Women and fiber

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diogo Dubiela
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Solidarity Economy ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
National Movement ◽  
The Status ◽  
The City

Sinopse: As mulheres e a fibra é um videodocumentário etnográfico com o grupo de mulheres Art&Mãe - vinculado a Cooperativa 20 de Novembro do Movimento Nacional de Luta pela Moradia (MNLM), na cidade Porto Alegre – Brasil. Mostra a dinâmica de trabalho do grupo com a fibra de garrafa PET e sua produção de sentido no mundo contemporâneo, a etnografia como relação de troca, aprendizado e formação de rede. No decorrer do processo etnográfico, a fibra de garrafa PET é alçada ao status de elemento diacrítico-estético, o qual carrega em si a expressividade máxima do encontro de mundos, por isso a fibra é o principal elemento da instalação etnográfica que resulta de todo o processo. A produção audiovisual versa também sobre sociabilidade urbana e feminina, economia solidária, amizade, imagem e arte. Synopsis: Women and fiber is an ethnographic videodocumentary with the group of women Art&Mãe - linked to the November 20 Cooperative of the National Movement for Struggle for Housing (MNLM), in the city of Porto Alegre - Brazil. It shows the work dynamics of the group with PET bottle fiber and its production of meaning in the contemporary world, ethnography as a relation of exchange, learning and formation of network. In the course of the ethnographic process, PET bottle fiber is elevated to the status of a diacritic-aesthetic element, which carries within itself the maximum expressiveness of the meeting of worlds, so fiber is the main element of the ethnographic installation that results from all process. The audiovisual production also deals with urban and feminine sociability, solidarity economy, friendship, image and art. Palavras-chave: imagem, trabalho, etnografia, arte, economia solidária Key-words: image, work, ethnography, art, solidarity economy Ficha técnica: Autor:Diogo Dubiela. Direção: Diogo Dubiela. Câmera e montagem: Diogo Dubiela. Trilha sonora original: Felipe Bischoff. Gravação e mixagem da trilha: Kevin Brezolin. Produção: Diogo Dubiela e Grupo Art&Mãe Participaram do filme: Cenira Vargas da Silva, Neiva Regina Canabarro, Eloina Souza, Eva Lopes, Jussara Costa da Silva, Adriane Fernandes de Melo, Vanilda da Rosa, Marli Klippel Ramos, Maria Conceição Lima, Maria Terezinha Guimarães, Isabel Silva, Marilene Dias, Rosa da Silva Moreno, Lúcia das Graças Soares, Terezinha de Jesus, Eliane Fernandes de Melo. Apoio: Art&Mãe/Cooperativa 20 de Novembro/MNLM e NAVISUAL/PPGAS/UFRGS. Credits: Author:Isabela Andrade de Lima Morais Direction: Diogo Dubiela. Camera and mount:Diogo Dubiela. Soundtrack: Felipe Bischoff. Track recording and mixing:Kevin Brezolin. Production: Diogo Dubiela and Grupo Art&Mãe Participated in the movie: Cenira Vargas da Silva, Neiva Regina Canabarro, Eloina Souza, Eva Lopes, Jussara Costa da Silva, Adriane Fernandes de Melo, Vanilda da Rosa, Marli Klippel Ramos, Maria Conceição Lima, Maria Terezinha Guimarães, Isabel Silva, Marilene Dias, Rosa da Silva Moreno, Lúcia das Graças Soares, Terezinha de Jesus, Eliane Fernandes de Melo. Support:Art&Mãe/Cooperativa 20 de Novembro/MNLM e NAVISUAL/PPGAS/UFRGS.

Augustine of Hippo

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Brooke
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
Original Sin ◽  
Garden Of Eden ◽  
City Of God ◽  
Augustine Of Hippo ◽  
Stoic Philosophy ◽  
The City ◽  
The Church

This introductory chapter analyses the fourteenth book of The City of God against the Pagans (c. fifth century CE) by Augustine of Hippo. Book 14 contains the analysis of Adam and Eve's life in the Garden of Eden and their subsequent Fall. This is an episode central not only to his theological project, in that Augustine single-handedly created the doctrine of original sin that dominated the thinking of the Church for so long, but also to his political theory, because it provides the setting for the central categories of the work's overall argument. More importantly, the chapters in book 14 contain by far the most sustained rumination on Stoic philosophy to be found in the entire work.

scholarly journals SPATIAL REPRESENTATION OF DESTROYED CITIES OF SYRIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-503
Author(s):  
M.I. Alsuleyman
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Spatial Representation ◽  
Satellite Images ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Suburban Area ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Early Reconstruction ◽  
The City

An objective comprehensive assessment of the extent of destruction in post-conflict regions is a topical theme of scientific and applied importance. In March 2019, an atlas of 15 destroyed cities in Syria was developed and published under the aegis of the United Nations (based on satellite images). Maps of the atlas make it possible to assess the destruction of the spatial structure of cities. Catastrophic spatial destruction is the loss of 75-100% of the center's buildings, most geographic sectors of the city and its suburban area. In the process of analysis 8 (out of 15) cities under analysis are included into this category. Most of these cities are centres of the destroyed historical axes of settlement in Syria. The main element of scientific novelty of the study is the typology of spatial destruction of cities and their suburbs. In this work the transition from the typology of destroyed cities to the modeling of options for their primary (early) reconstruction has been made.

scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSES AND THE QUESTION OF CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT IN A CITY

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas KAČERAUSKAS
Keyword(s):  
Creative Class ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Social Formation ◽  
Environmental Discourses ◽  
Interdisciplinary Character ◽  
Creative Workers ◽  
The City ◽  
Creative Environment

The paper deals with the different environmental discourses and the question whether the city is a creative environment. The theses have been developed as follows: 1) there are different environmental discourses including technological, sociological, ecological, religious, philosophical (ethical), urban, and discourse of creativity; 2) a novelty of a discourse follows from the interdisciplinary character, i.e. From a combination of the discourses; 3) a city both attracts and turns away the creative workers: here there are many occasions of creative activities and spreading of creation, however at the same time there is an anti-ecological environment that also uniforms creation; 4) although cosmopolitanism and globalism are intimately connected, they could be evaluated as two contrary principles: the first one is to be connected with the principle of difference, the latter – with the principle of unification; 5) although there are many debates concerning such social formation as the creative class, it is the main element and engine of a creative society.

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

ASHA Convention 2013

ASHA Leader ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 46-48
Keyword(s):  
Ice Cream ◽  
Annual Convention ◽  
The City ◽  
Rich History

This year's Annual Convention features some sweet new twists like ice cream and free wi-fi. But it also draws on a rich history as it returns to Chicago, the city where the association's seeds were planted way back in 1930. Read on through our special convention section for a full flavor of can't-miss events, helpful tips, and speakers who remind why you do what you do.

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