Niematerialny świat Dul-dul at. O procesie zanurzania w świat Innych, o relacjach, ludziach i innych bytach

This essay is a non-linear record of memories from the author’s anthropological field- work in southern Kyrgyzstan. The research concerns a place called Dul-dul at, a site of petroglyphs with a dominant motif of animals interpreted as a pair of horses. The area at the foot of the rock with petroglyphs is also a pilgrimage and ritual site for healing and spiritual practices. The narrative of memories shows the transformation not only of the place of research, but also of the researcher: between the first stay (in 2006) to the last (in 2019). Subsequent studies reveal the dependencies of people involved in social rela- tions on the material and non-material world of Dul-dul at. Consecutive memories reveal layers of knowledge and ignorance, and how the researcher penetrates the community of the Others and the way they perceive the world.

ONCE MORE ABOUT THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THE ARMENIAN PITIASHKHS (BDEAŠXS)

At present, it can be assumed with great confidence that the main function of the Armenian pitiashkhs-governorships was mi¬litary. They were responsible for protecting the external border of neighboring small allied states, and in this matter the entire ar¬my of the satellite state was subordinate to them. Thus, the pitiashkhs of Gugarq were responsible for pro¬tec¬ting the external border of the kingdom of Iberia (Virq), the pi¬tiashkhs of Ałdzniq were responsible for protecting the external border of the kingdom of Osroene (Edessa), the pitiashkhs of the Nor-Shirakan sides were responsible for protecting the external bor¬der of the kingdom of Adiabene (Assyria), and the pitiashkhs of Kor¬duq were responsible for protecting the external border of the kingdom Aruastan (Migdonia). As compensation for their ser¬vice, the pitiashkhs received control over small areas of the neighboring satellite states. Probably, such an Iranian institution of pitiashkhs was introduced in Armenia by Tigran II during the acceptance of the rights and duties of the king of kings. Analysis of information from Armenian sources shows that several border principalities / governorships also had similar pi¬tiashkh functions. Thus, specific rela¬tions were formed between some individual pitiashkhs of the Ar¬menian Kingdom (the bdeašxs) and neighboring states, which sometimes led to sepa¬ra¬tist tendencies. One of the striking examples of this is the relationship between the Armenian principalities / governorship of Gardman on the right bank of the Kura River and the kingdom of Albania Proper on the left bank of the Kura. In the 4th century the principalities / viceroyalties of the Eas¬tern side of Armenia (Gardmanatsiq and Gorozuayq - “Gargara¬tsiq” who were separated from Syuniq) - on behalf of the king of Greater Armenia, performed military pitiashkh functions with respect to the Albanian and Bağasakan kingdoms on the left bank of the Kura, bearing supreme responsibility for the pro¬tec¬tion of their external (northern) borders.

Natural Language Learning

This thesis is a small step towards automated learning of natural languages. With the use of a parser that incorporates machine-learning algorithms, our algorithm is able to learn mean-ings of words representing relations in simple sentences, that describe relative positions of two points on a 2D plane. Our SentenceLearner program can create simple sentences describing rela-tions between two points on another 2D plane using data, collected by a statistical parser from sentences given for training, based on n-grams of five words. In this thesis I show that association of simple relations expressed in training sentences with the positional relations of a corresponding pair of points on a 2D plane is possible without the use of any machine-learning algorithm in some circumstances.

Natural Language Learning

This thesis is a small step towards automated learning of natural languages. With the use of a parser that incorporates machine-learning algorithms, our algorithm is able to learn mean-ings of words representing relations in simple sentences, that describe relative positions of two points on a 2D plane. Our SentenceLearner program can create simple sentences describing rela-tions between two points on another 2D plane using data, collected by a statistical parser from sentences given for training, based on n-grams of five words. In this thesis I show that association of simple relations expressed in training sentences with the positional relations of a corresponding pair of points on a 2D plane is possible without the use of any machine-learning algorithm in some circumstances.

Digital Cleavages and Risk in the Platform Economy in Belgium

The adoption of digital technologies challenge existing institutional approaches towards labour markets segmentation and dualisation by dissolving the employer-employee nexus. When national governments adapt to digitalisation by deregula-tion they risk to fostering "flexibility at the margin" which can reinforce digital cleavages at the intersection of tasks, skills and new technology. This is because deregulation threatens the existing country-based employment and industrial rela-tions structures by favoring companies fissuring the labour markets while reducing employment protections for all workers. In the paper we illustrate this argument by shedding light on the case of Belgium as one of the countries in Europe with a gen-erous and encompassing system of collective bargaining and strong employees' representation structures, and which has been experiencing a deregulatory trend in response to digitalisation, following the introduction of the 2016 law "De Croo".

Leopold Kohr theorist of economic decentralisation

The work of Leopold Kohr has attracted attention from social scientists in the field of international political studies, but few political economists have studied his theoretical argument in detail. Few students have tried to unite economic and polit-ical arguments to understand his contribution in a more analytical way. We will argue that Kohr's principal theory (diseconomies of scale) was inherently econom-ic, an attempt to elaborate on the concept of scale in a broader perspective and in a more complex way, including the idea of quality and, in particular, power rela-tions. In this paper, we try to make sense of Kohr's idea of decentralisation by studying his contributions from a political economy perspective. Moreover, con-clusions will be drawn that relate Kohr's view to present-day governance problems in the European Monetary Union, in which actual governance reflects all dangers that this scholar feared.

Let’s Talk about Archives. Archival Gordian Knot in the Soviet Ukrainian-Polish Scholarly Collaboration (the 1950s-1960s)

The article explores an unknown aspect of Soviet Ukrainian-Polish scholarly rela-tions: the collaboration between historians on issues pertaining to archives during the Thaw (1950s-1960s). At the core of this academic collaboration was the desire of Polish scholars to access the former Polish archives, the main bone of contention be-tween the PRL and the USSR. In this paper, I will reveal the mechanism of the Krem-lin’s control over the archives, as well as the politics of access to them by Poles, which provoked multiple crises at the highest levels. The Soviet politics of scholarship, and particularly of the most ideologized social science, history, differed from that of other countries and other forms of state politics in its tight control and censorship. However, despite the tight control and numerous obstacles, Soviet authorities failed to impose their rules on Polish scholars. Ukrainian historians played an important role as they could procure the necessary archival inventories and provide their Polish colleagues with access to the archives. The foregoing produced results quite opposite to Mos-cow’s expectations, fostering the creation of an informal collaborative network.

Theory of states multilateral interaction on the example of BRICS activities

The object of study is the BRICS activities as a special format of multilateral interaction between states. We consider the theory of above-mentioned interaction and cooperation of countries, which are expressed in the implementation of a joint policy on a number of issues. The evolution of BRICS and its unification in the international legal space contributes to ob-servance of common interests and views of BRICS participants on the prob-lems of modern international relations, reflects the objective trends of world development and the formation of a multipolar system of international rela-tions, ensures the interests of individual major state actors in broad interna-tional integration. The relevance of the issues under study lies in the fact that individual features of the international legal status of BRICS are investigated, which make it possible to effectively influence the challenges of modern world. The legal status of BRICS is fundamentally different from traditional legal approaches to international organizations and acting as a special subject of world politics, creating the most trusting conditions for interaction, BRICS focuses on other principles of world order within the framework of a new model of global relations.

AMUR RIVER TRANSPORT IN INTERACTION OF THE AMUR REGION (RUSSIA) AND THE HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE (CHINA) IN THE 1990S

The purpose of the article is to analyze the significance of the Amur River transport activity in the 1990s for interregional Russian-Chinese cross-border coopera-tion in the Far East. Using the materials in Chinese as well as archival documents, the author examines the process of border ties resumption between Russia and China in the Far East after the normalization of rela-tions between the countries. The peculiarities of the river fleet functioning on the Amur during the period of socio-economic reforms of the last decade of the 20th century in Russia are studied. The characteristic of the Amur River transport potential is presented. The prob-lems of the Amur River transport in the development of cooperation between the Russian Amur Region and the Chinese province of Heilongjiang in the context of Rus-sian-Chinese relations at the interstate and interregion-al levels are structured.

On Competition in Public Law Proceedings

The analysis of the materials of judicial practice shows a large number of violations of the principle of competition in the processes related to the public law type. In addition, there are widespread cases of non-compliance by state bodies and officials, both at the pre-trial stages and in court proceedings. The paper focuses on the public legal process, considers its goals and objectives in the mechanism of legal regulation, dwells upon the composition of partici-pants, their interests, as well as the means used to resolve a legal dispute. Based on the specifics of the branch research on competition, most modern sci-entific works consider its existence in the procedural sphere exclusively as a legal principle. This circum-stance actualizes the study of public types of the process based on the understanding of competition as a phenomenon that has a variety of forms of manifestations. The peculiarity of public law rela-tions allows the author to talk about the specificity of the expression of competitiveness in the jurisdic-tional process of the type under consideration, to establish the ratio of its main elements in it, and also to characterize the existing forms.