scholarly journals Speech 21.04.2021, 12.00: Excellence Award of the Romanian Sociological Association (ARS) for the paper Capital in post-communist Romania, Romanian Academy Publishing House, 2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-228
Author(s):  
Florin Georgescu
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
Romanian Academy ◽  
Benjamin Constant ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Communist Countries ◽  
Scientific Endeavour

s early as the dawn of modern age, Benjamin Constant (1819) wrote that the current democracy, unlike the ancient one, based on slavery and perpetual wars, is based on capital, while Braudel (1979) shows that capitalism as a concept could not exist without the other concepts preceding it in the sequence they occur in society, i.e. capital and capitalist. Therefore, I regarded capital, meaning the foundation of both democracy and capitalism, as a particularly challenging object of study from the standpoint of its formation, development, location in the economy and ownership in post-communist Romania. I deem the amount, quality, origin and behaviour of capital are pivotal for a solid democracy and an efficient functioning of capitalist market economy in our country. The book Capital in post-communist Romania, based on long data series, may cast a historical perspective on the economic and social phenomena and processes under scrutiny. They are meant to help devise and implement public policies for making the objectively necessary corrections to the Romanian society after such an intricate transition, as well as to prepare the actions for securing Romania’s future development. I viewed this scientific endeavour as useful after identifying a shortage of information and, against this backdrop, of analysis on economic and social results of Romania’s transition, also by comparison with other former communist countries.

scholarly journals Special Section Editorial: Toward a Geographical Software Studies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Burns ◽  
Nick Lally
Keyword(s):  
Special Section ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Digital Maps ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Software Studies ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Object Of Study

Geographic concepts have always been implicated in calls to study software as a political, cultural, or social phenomena, even if they have not always been named as such. “Software structures and makes possible much of the contemporary world” writes Matthew Fuller in the introduction to Software studies: a lexicon1—a succinct summary of the central problem guiding software studies, gesturing towards the spatial implications of software. So too in the insistence on the materiality of software do we find software studies bringing forth software as material thing that exists in and through space, in sites and scales as diverse as voltage differences in circuits, nation states, digital maps, and networks of computers. As geographic theory has long insisted, space is not just a container for software, but is actively produced by software in its various material, situated, and socio-technical contexts. Influenced in part by the exciting work that has developed in software studies in addition to geography’s own rich history of engagement with technology, a growing number of geographers have turned to software as an object of study, producing theories and methods to understand the relationship between computation and space.This special section emerged from our effort to bring together a group of scholars working on geographical approaches to software studies at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) in 2016. Spanning four sessions, presenters expressed a variety of orientations towards software, with diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding how software has come to structure the world. This introduction is a brief summary of some of those approaches, but more importantly, it suggests some of the ways that software studies and geography might productively learn from and build upon each other. These cross-disciplinary discussions are important as we come to terms with the growing power of software in our everyday lives and attempt to build critical practices that not only study, but also build other ways of knowing the world through computation. Ultimately, we frame the discussions that follow in ways we hope will encourage software studies scholars to grapple with the spatial implications of software.

scholarly journals Review of the Volume ”O scurtă istorie a bibliotecilor bizantine” [A Brief History of Byzantine Libraries], Author: Silviu – Constantin Nedelcu, Lumen Publishing House, 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-86
Author(s):  
Edith Adriana UNCU ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Theology ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
Byzantine Empire ◽  
Bachelor Degrees ◽  
History Of ◽  
Romanian Academy ◽  
Orthodox Theology ◽  
The University

The volume, “A brief history of Byzantine libraries”, published by Lumen Publishing House, from Iași, Romania, in 2020, is authored by Silviu-Constantin Nedelcu, a librarian at the Library of the Romanian Academy within the National Bibliography Service. He has two bachelor degrees, one issued by the Faculty of Orthodox Theology "Justinian Patriarch" from Bucharest, specializing in Orthodox Pastoral Theology (2011), followed by a master's degree at the same faculty, and another issued by the University of Bucharest, specializing in Information and Documentation Sciences (2015). The author also has a PhD degree awarded by the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest (2013-2018) with the thesis "The journal" The Churce's Voive": A critical study and bibliographic index". The book is prefaced by Protos. Assist. Prof. PhD. Maxim Vlad from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, covers 128 pages (including bibliography), representing in fact the re-edition of the author's bachelor's thesis, based on a seminar paper regarding the Librarian in the Byzantine Empire (330-1453), defended by the author in 2013 at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest.

scholarly journals Review of the Collected Scientific Works of Mikhailovsky N. K.«Human. Thinker. Public Figure (on the 175th anniversary of his birth): Ed. G. N. Mokshin». (Voronezh: The Publishing House of VSU, 2017. 300 p.)

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-235
Author(s):  
A V Myrikova ◽  
O E Puchnina
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
State University ◽  
Public Figure ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
The 19Th Century

Nikolai Konstantinovich Mikhailovsky is a prominent figure in the history of Russian social and political thought, a classic of populism, a vivid publicist, public figure, authoritative thinker, teacher of Russian life and «ruler of the thoughts» of the post-reform Russia in the 19th century. Collection «N. K. Mikhailovsky: The man. Thinker. A public figure (on the occasion of his 175th birthday)», published in Voronezh on the basis of the Voronezh State University, was able to unite the researchers of populism thoughts from all over the country. The collection includes articles by authors from different cities of our country: Voronezh, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Barnaul, Tambov, Taganrog, Surgut, Krasnoyarsk, Orel, Balashov. The collection contains articles by leading specialists on this subject - V. V. Blokhin, V. V. Zvereva, G. N. Mokshina, A. A. Shirinyantsa, A. I. Yudin and others.The diversity of topics and approaches to the analysis of Mikhailovsky’s works, selected by the authors of the collection, provides a comprehensive view of the object of study and the breadth of ideological coverage.The publication of the collection of scientific articles «N. K. Mikhailovsky: The man. Thinker. Public figure» is a landmark event for contemporary humanitarian thought, the history of social and political thought and the history of the social movement in Russia. It represents a successful combination of high professional analysis, relevance and acuteness of topics and can be recommended to specialists in the field of the history of populism thought, and to all those interested in the history of Russia of modern times.

Five Poems

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Traian Coșovei ◽  
Adam Sorkin ◽  
Andreea Scridon
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Founding Member ◽  
Romanian Academy

Traian T. Coșovei (1954–2014) was a Romanian poet of the ’80s generation. He was a founding member of the “Cenaclul de Luni” literary circle, a group that would eventually set the tone for much of postmodern Romanian poetry. He was the recipient of a series of prizes, including the Prize of the Romanian Academy and the International Nichita Stănescu Prize. Coșovei published over twenty books of poetry, literary criticism, and prose. These poems are drawn from the collections Ninsoarea electrică (Bucharest: Cartea Românească Publishing House, 1979) and Greva căpşunelor (Bucharest: Libra Publishing House, 2004).

A state of flux: Histories of social media research

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stine Lomborg
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Moving Target ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Social Media Research ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Media And Communication

This article sets out to map the broad contours of social media research, teasing out in particular the ways in which the scholarly literature in the fields of media and communication research has addressed social media as a phenomenon since the emergence of the term ‘social media’ in the early 2000s. As a communicative phenomenon and research object, social media would appear to be in flux. Changes to existing services, the emergence of new services, and the disappearance of previously popular services testify to the sense of social media as a moving target. Researchers of social media seem to accept change, rather than continuity, as a condition for the study of social media. This is evident in our choice of research topics and data sources, but also in our discourses on social media. By examining the sense of flux of social media research in a historical perspective, this article aims to provide useful directions for future media and communication research on social media. Specifically, it suggests ways to stabilise social media as an object of study and to install a greater historical awareness in social media research.

scholarly journals La emergencia de las fábricas de moler en la Vega Alta del Segura

2019 ◽  
pp. 191-212
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Trigueros Molina ◽  
Rubén Alcaraz Pérez ◽  
Víctor Yelo López
Keyword(s):  
Operating Systems ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
Current Context ◽  
A Current

El presente estudio analiza desde una perspectiva histórica siete molinos hidráulicos harineros en las demarcaciones de Cieza, Abarán y Blanca (Vega Alta del Segura, Región de Murcia) durante la Edad Moderna. Lo que se pretende es reconocer los agentes que condicionaron el establecimiento de estas fábricas; quiénes fueron sus fundadores, sus propietarios, sus sistemas de funcionamiento; cómo evolucionaron estos ingenios desde el punto de vista de la propiedad; qué cifras rondaban sus arrendamientos. El estudio se remata con el contexto actual de estos molinos desde el punto de vista patrimonial. Para componer este trabajo ha sido esencial utilizar documentos históricos derivados de los Protocolos Notariales del Archivo Histórico Provincial de Murcia. The present study examines seven  hydraulic mills a current and historical perspective on the demarcations of Cieza, Abarán and Blanca (Vega Alta del Segura, Región de Murcia)  during the modern age. What is intended is to recognize agents which conditioned these stablishment of these factories; how were the founders, owners; what were their operating systems; as these mills were evolving from the point of view of the property; what price averaged ther leases. The study is topped with the current context of these mills from the heritage point of view. To compose this study it has been essential to use historial documents the Protocols Notary of File Historical Provincial of Murcia. 

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