scholarly journals Anthropomorphic symbolic images in the Ukrainian folk dancing culture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karyna Kinder
Keyword(s):  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
National Tradition ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
Compositional Structures ◽  
Family Routine ◽  
Symbolic Images ◽  
Folk Dancing

The purpose of the article is to define the semantics of the actional forms and compositional structures of circle dances and dancing pantomimes featuring the anthropomorphic images which are characteristic of the traditional annual calendar, rites of passage, and family routine ceremonialism laying the original background of the Ukrainian artwork. The methodology rests on the grounds of the complex approach and the application of analytical (art-critical, philosophical, cultural approaches to the field of study), historical (the Ukrainian choreography genesis study), cultural (examining functions performed by folk dancing culture in the spiritual life of the Ukrainian ethnos) and semiotic (analysis of dance signs structure and dancing symbols semantics) methods. Scientific novelty: the author has conducted a complex art critical research of the anthropomorphic images that became symbols in the Ukrainian national tradition with the determination of their in-depth semantic meaning and functional role in the national dancing art.  Conclusions. Within the imagery richness of the Ukrainian folk choreography, there are a lot of sign-symbols, character-symbols represented in dance space patterns, and figures reproduced by performers’ plastic movements. The study of the structural-verbal and symbolic features of these choreographic patterns gives reasons to claim about their undoubted archaic roots in a play mode reflecting the unique variant of the transitional ritual (passage rite) related to an individual’s life, his status, and the external world.

scholarly journals Artistic peculiarities of the philosophical works of S. S. Vasilyev-Borogonsky

Litera ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
Varvara Egorovna Stepanova
Keyword(s):  
Effective Means ◽  
Poetic Language ◽  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
Rhetorical Patterns ◽  
Symbolic Images ◽  
Personal Reflections ◽  
And Function ◽  
First Time ◽  
Role And Function

The goal of this research lies in the description of artistic uniqueness of the philosophical lyrics of S. S. Vasilyev. The author reviews the problem of the poetic language of Vasilyev’s philosophical poems from the perspective of determination of the role and function of poetic images, as well as the techniques of rhetorical patterns, stylistics and syntax as method of expressing the original philosophical views. Examination of the philosophical lyrics of S. S. Vasilyev required an overview of the context of philosophical poetry of the Yakut classics – A. E. Kulakovsky, A. I. Sofronov – the forerunners of S. S. Vasilyev.  It is worth noting that the poet scrupulously adhered to the experience and traditions of his forerunners. The lyrical works of S. S. Vasilyev were oriented towards the poetics of philosophical works of the first poets. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the poetics of the philosophical lyrics of S. S. Vasilyev is examined on the basis of literary studies for the first time. The author determines the main ideological content of the poet's philosophical lyrics: he enhanced the semantic meaning of poetic images borrowed from the folk lyrics. The designated by the poet symbolic images are comprehensible and effective means of artistic reproduction of the philosophical concepts. The rhetorical references, questions that are specific to the philosophical lyrics overall, served as the main techniques of developing the theme of the philosophical works of S. S. Vasilyev, described his personal reflections, as well as the author’s idea of the lyrical works.

Social factors of the labor activity efficiency: nature and development trends

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Vladyslav O. Studenets
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Specific Weight ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Logical Sequence ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Motivational Mechanism ◽  
Labor Remuneration ◽  
The Impact

The arguments and counterarguments in the boundaries of scientific discussion on monitoring the motivational mechanism of securing the labor activity efficiency are generalized. It is related to the fact that the most essential transformations are seen in the social and labor spheres in conditions of market development. The paper aims to define the social factors in the efficiency of labor activity of workers. Systematization of literature sources and approaches to solving the problem of studying the social factors of labor efficiency leads to the conclusion that Ukrainian and foreign scientists have studied the effectiveness of labor activity and the impact of social factors on its increase, but in modern conditions, there is a need for critical analysis at enterprises of various types of economic activity in Ukraine. The study of this issue was carried out in the following logical sequence: determination of results, formation of the main tasks, directions of research of labor remuneration and its structure, determination of tendencies of ensuring the labor activity efficiency. The methodological tools of the study include the system of economic laws, concepts, and categories, the fundamental provisions of modern economic theory and applied economics, statistics. The general methodological basis of the research consists of an abstract-logical complex approach and methods of statistical analysis. The indicators of labor remuneration, the minimum wages, and structures of the wage fund constitute the object of the research because they are the social factors to ensure the efficiency of labor activity. The article examines the indicators of wages, their structure, as well as the impact on ensuring the efficiency of employees. The regional peculiarities in the structure of remuneration are studied and the specific weight of the additional remuneration fund is ranked. The directions of increasing the efficiency of labor activity by strengthening the influence of social factors are offered.

An Orientalist “Journey” to Istanbul From the Super Bowl Final

2021 ◽  
pp. 706-716
Author(s):  
Feridun Nizam
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
American Football ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Super Bowl ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Historical Structures ◽  
Turkish Culture ◽  
Architectural Structures

This study is firstly built on the determination of the orientalist elements in Turkish Airlines' commercial film Journey, which was broadcast in the Super Bowl final of the 2019 American Football League, and how Turkish culture is represented in Istanbul with these orientalist elements. In the context of the sample handled in the study, Turkish architectural structures, Turkish historical structures, Turkish Islamic cultural elements, and Turkish traditions are included, and the presentation of Istanbul from the eyes of a “foreigner” with an orientalist point of view has been handled with the method of semiotic analysis. The main problem of the study is on the different presentation of the East and Istanbul, despite the usual orientalist perspective in media contents and especially in advertising. In this sense, it focuses not on anti-orientalism, but on the conclusion that orientalism is presented with the change of classical narratives.

A semiotic analysis on cultural meanings of eating horsemeat

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen ◽  
Henna Syrjälä ◽  
Minna-Maarit Jaskari
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Online News ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Drawing on food consumption research and human-animal studies, this paper aims to explore how the meanings related to a living horse may be transferred to those of horsemeat. This is accomplished by constructing a nuanced understanding of how different semantic meaning categories of accepting/avoiding consuming horsemeat relate to each other. Design/methodology/approach The current data are collected from various sources of media discussions, including online news, online discussion forums, blog postings and printed articles, generated in Finland after the year 2013. The data are analysed applying Greimas’ (1987) semiotic square to open up the semantic meaning categories appearing in the media discussions. Findings The semiotic square shows that the meanings of horsemeat arise between the binary oppositions of human-like and animal-like. In this structure, the category of human-like makes eating horsemeat impossible, whereas the category of animal-like makes horsemeat good to eat. The main categories are completed and contrasted by the categories of not human-like and not animal-like. They represent horsemeat as an acceptable food, but only after certain justifications. Research limitations/implications The data are based on Finnish media texts, and therefore, the identified categories are interpreted in this specific cultural context. Originality/value The current semiotic analysis adds to the existing food consumption research by shedding light on the cultural barriers that make something edible or inedible. By so doing, the findings present a more nuanced and dynamic understanding of the horse as a special kind of meat animal and the justifications for eating horsemeat. Consequently, the findings offer new insights concerning changing food consumption behaviours into a more sustainable direction, pointing out the hidden meanings that influence this process.

scholarly journals Determination of the Dynamic Vehicle Model Parameters by Means of Computer Vision

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Daniil A. Loktev ◽  
Alexey A. Loktev ◽  
Alexandra V. Salnikova ◽  
Anna A. Shaforostova
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Deformable Body ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Vehicle Model ◽  
The Road ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Individual

This study is devoted to determining the geometric, kinematic and dynamic characteristics of a vehicle. To this purpose, it is proposed to use a complex approach applying the models of deformable body mechanics for describing the oscillatory movements of a vehicle and the computer vision algorithms for processing a series of object images to determine the state parameters of a vehicle on the road. The model of the vehicle vertical oscillations is produced by means of the viscoelastic elements and the dry friction element that fully enough represent the behavior of the sprung masses. The introduced algorithms and models can be used as a part of a complex system for monitoring and controlling the road traffic. In addition, they can determine both the speed of the car and its dynamic parameters and the driving behavior of the individual drivers.

scholarly journals NILAI KERUKUNAN DAN KEKELUARGAAN ETNIS JAWA DALAM TRADISI AMONG-AMONG (Studi Pada Etnis Jawa Di Desa Magelang Kecamatan Kerkap Kabupaten Bengkulu Utara)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yatiman Yatiman ◽  
Anis Endang SM ◽  
Sri Narti
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Maternal Blood ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
The People ◽  
Cooked Food ◽  
Banana Leaves ◽  
The Village

The tradition among all is a Javanese tradition carried out to commemorate the birthday of someone in the Javanese calendar. One of the Javanese who still carries out the traditions among the Javanese is in Magelang Village, Kerkap District, North Bengkulu Regency. This study aims to examine the value of harmony and family values ​​of ethnic Javanese in the tradition of among those in the village of Magelang. The method of this research is qualitative research using Roland Barthes's semiotic analysis. Determination of informants in this study was purposive sampling and data collection using observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. Based on the results of the study, it can be seen that Charcoal (symbolizing the furnace in the kitchen), money (all human needs purchased with money), rice (indicating cooked food), banana leaves (as a base for eating), red porridge (symbolizing maternal blood), porridge white (symbolizing father's sperm cells), fern leaves (as traditional medicine), dadap leaves (as traditional medicine when children are sick), eggs (as the center in ngepong emong), and urap (symbolizing ancient simplicity), while developing myths about the tradition of among the people is that this tradition is carried out to ask for the safety of the child to avoid being disturbed by supernatural beings. The value of harmony and family values ​​of Javanese ethnic in Magelang Village are maintained and intertwined with the implementation of these traditions. The community still adheres to the philosophy "manganese manganese is important to collect" to become their foundation in maintaining harmony and kinship between them.

scholarly journals The image of China in K. Balmont’s poem “The Great Nothing”

Litera ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Polina Vadimovna Porol
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Chinese Painting ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Silver Age ◽  
Two Cultures ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Significant Attention

This article reviews the image of China in Konstantin Balmont’s poem “The Great Nothing”. Significant attention is given to interpretation of the poem. The author refers to the cultural and historical realias of China, as well as mythology and philosophy. Genesis of the image of Zhuang Zhou and peculiarities of his perception by the poet is revealed. The goal of this work consists in determination of semantic saturation of the image of China in reception of Konstantin Balmont. The line of reasoning and conclusions of the author of this article are founded on the critical research and contrast of two cultures. Analysis of the poem is conducted from the semantic perspective with search for textual parallels. The study reveals the poet's reference to the traditions and philosophy of China ("Sunyata”, concept of symmetry, treatise “Zhuang Zhou”, concept of Chinese painting), use of mythopoetic images (Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix); interprets the image of dragon and its variation in cultural tradition of Russia and China; defines the words used by the poet for describing linguistic realias of Chinese culture (the expression "Go West"). The novelty of this research consists in the analysis of K. Balmont’s reception, and identification of the source that motivated the poet to create a poem. Examination of the semantic  saturation of the image of China in the poetry of K. Balmont gives a new perspective upon understanding the culture of the Silver Age.

scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF VIRULENCE PROPERTIES OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS IN VITRO: STATE-OF-ART

2016 ◽  
pp. 100-108
Author(s):  
T. P. Shmelkova ◽  
E. V. Sazanova ◽  
A. L. Kravtsov ◽  
T. A. Malyukova ◽  
Yu. A. Popov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Pathogenic Microorganisms ◽  
Informative Parameters ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
Causative Agents ◽  
State Of Art ◽  
Virulence Properties

Various methods for evaluation of virulence properties of causative agents of infectious diseases in vitro were analyzed: molecular-genetic, cultural-biochemical, immunologic, physiologic. Predominant use of molecular-genetic methods, expediency of a complex approach, relevance of search of novel informative parameters of virulence are noted. Study of biological properties of pathogens in vitro is the first screening stage of evaluation of their virulence.

scholarly journals Ukrainian paroemias with somatic components

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 113-121
Author(s):  
Nataliia Vorona ◽  
◽  
Nataliia Pilipenko-Fritsak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Moral Values ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
World Outlook ◽  
The World ◽  
Illustrative Material ◽  
Different Parts

The paper is devoted to the analysis of Ukrainian paroemias with somatic components, determination of their quantitative ratio, and semantic meaning of the most common representative ones. Paroemias in the present study mean proverbs and sayings, that help to understand the linguistic picture of the world, a person's place in this world, the paradigm of his/her ideas about himself/herself, the environment, moral values, and so on. The close connection of somatics with everything that surrounds a person, contributes to the symbolization of the functions of different parts of the body, plays an important role in modeling the somatic fragment of the linguistic picture of the world. The conditionality of the consideration of somatisms is explained by the fact that they perfectly represent the anthropocentric worldview, and paroemias with somatic components allow to combine anthropocentrism with nationcentrism. The paper analyzes the research published during the last 5 years, which deals with various aspects of this issue and concludes that there is a lack of thorough research with a comprehensive consideration of somatic phraseological units, especially Ukrainian. The aim of the research is to reveal the meanings inherent to Ukrainian somatic paroemias, ways to reproduce the thinking and mentality of the Ukrainian people, to identify the place of paroemias with somatisms among the great variety of Ukrainian proverbs and sayings. The object of the study is 720 paroemias from the collection «The best proverbs and sayings of the Ukrainians», compiled by O. A. Popova. The paper contains a large number of examples and illustrative material. The description and analysis of paroemias with somatic components enable to determine what percentage of Ukrainian paroemias are somatic components and which of these elements are primary or secondary ones, and values they correspond to. The study presents figures and information illustrating and confirming the main aspects of the article. The analysis of a large number of paroemias with somatic components such as head, arm, eye, mouth, leg, heart, and ear showed that the most representative somatic components of Ukrainian paroemias are head, arms, and eyes. The authors conclude that Ukrainian paroemias with somatic components are an example of combining the universal in each culture with a specific ethnonational. The widespread use of somatisms in the Ukrainian paroemias is explained by the nature of human development of the world around us and by the principles of anthropocentrism and anthropomorphism of the world perception in human consciousness. Further study of the Ukrainian paroemias with somatic components will enrich our knowledge of the interaction of language and culture of the Ukrainians, will contribute to the further study of the world outlook of the Ukrainian nation.

scholarly journals Albania, a Wonderful Example of Coexistence and Religious Tolerance

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Evalda Jera
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Religious Tolerance ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Tradition ◽  
History Of

If we refear to the history of humanity we note that the tolerance of human society is too early, it was born togather with the man. It should be noted that religious beliefs in Albania are and has always been characterized by a strong feeling and a sincere harmony which is reflected in the relations between people with different religious beliefs, as well as between religious people and atheists. Albanians are both Christian and Muslim, Catholic, Orthodox, and Bektashi. For centuries territories populated by Albanians has been remarkable for a unique interfaith tolerance. Religion has never been in the past and is not now a source of conflict in society. In the history of the Albanian religious, communities have always succeeded with a peacefully cooperation. This tolerance stems from the awareness of the Albanians that they belong to the same nation having a strong ethnic identity regardless of external factors affecting the determination of Albanians from other religions. In the Albanian national tradition, religious tolerance is one of the main characteristics of Albanian people morality . The interest of the nation has always been primary in relation to religious matters, it is first of all beeing Albanian. Albanian as well said Pasko Vasa in the nineteenth century "never churches and mosques can separate usbecouse the religion of Albanians is Albanianhood" and so, because of this we create a big example, a wonderful cooperation, a peaceful atmosphere and open the way for peace and friendship between people not only in Albani but worldwide.

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