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BUSINESS COMMUNITIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCALITY

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Niklass M.

Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia

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2008

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issue 2(55)

108-130

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In this paper, the author analyzes the results of an empirical study carried out in two Latvian towns (Valmiera and Cesis). In the course of March and February of 2008, three semi-structured interviews were conducted with the representatives of non-governmental organizations which lobby business interests in these towns and a discussion was organized with eight board members of Cesis' Entrepreneurs Club. The author examines the views and ideas of the interviewees and discussants on the development of their hometowns, and also looks at the interactions among business communities, respective town councils and other stakeholders. Finally, he argues that although localities (villages, towns, cities, regions) are becoming more and more alike thanks to the introduction of various technologies, the expansion of markets, (sub)urbanization, the spread of ideas and the adoption of uniform lifestyles, 'locality' with its specificity, prevalent structures, dominant ideas and practices still has a considerable effect on the outlooks and actions of people residing there.

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IN DEFENDING THE 'LOCAL HUMAN'. LOCALITY AND MOBILITY IN FRONT OF PRACTICES OF HOSPITALITY (W obronie 'czlowieka lokalnego'. Lokalnosc i mobilnosc wobec praktyk goscinnosci)

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Pisarek A.

Anthropos?

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2011

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issue 16-17

67-80

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The essay institutes a wide aspects concern about locality issue. Author has used Arjun Appadurai's theory and makes a trial to answer - What does really mean 'locality/local' on the world, in which spatial locality, the scope and scale of daily interaction communities do not always coincide with each other? The consequence of such trials is extremely relative process of concrete place, recognition of its liquidity and paradoxically - motility. Moreover, we can say that the submitted paradigm causes radical modification of thinking which is understanding in such a way: locality as the team factors which permanently separate 'here' from 'there'; these two categories are found in a continuous, permanently way from the new and the newly. It is possible that key which has introduced into the new locality formula which would be able to cope with some parts of these dilemmas at least, is way of consideration in terms of hospitality. Author argues with described way in the Moltz and Gibson's book, so far called 'Mobilizing hospitality: the ethics of social relations in a mobile Word'. Their trial constitutes mobility metaphors in the centre, which are thematically related and directed into the marginalization process of local dimension of human life. He also revels against considering of contemporary cultural phenomenon exclusively from perspective of mobility. Author stand on the side with host, not guest (arrival ). As he convinces, it is a very difficult and risk decision, especially if we look on contemporary reflection of anthropological and philosophical field research. Mainly a method should stay the same, but local aspect and field research becomes at least burdensome. In fact, no wonder that image of man-the-spot in the world has significant potential. As author assures the most significant changes appear in the way of establishment and consolidation these two dichotomies in which local aspect is loosing. He would like to prove that factors such as: mobility, globalization compel for reformulation of the local meaning, but not to complete elimination of the idea.

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Lokální aspekt volební podpory kandidátů do Senátu Parlamentu ČR

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Malcová K.

Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review

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2012

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vol. 48

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issue 2

283-314

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The article focuses on the local aspect of electoral support for candidates to the Senate, the upper house of Parliament of the Czech Republic. Senate elections use a majority run-off system in single-member constituencies. First, the article describes the friends-and-neighbours effect, a process of electoral geography whereby voters prefer their own local candidate (i.e. a resident of the particular municipality or area) to opponents from geographically more distant localities. Second, the article examines the phenomenon of ‘local voting’ in elections to the Czech Senate. The analysis covers all electoral contests from 1996 to April 2011, including by-elections (except in the four largest cities by population owing to a methodological problem). The data ﬁle comprises a total of 1420 candidates and their election results at the municipal level aggregated to three geographically deﬁned areas. It speciﬁcally examines differences in electoral support for a candidate in his/her home locality (municipality of residence), in a nearby neighbourhood up to 10 km away, and the rest of the constituency. Finally, the article focuses on the role of the home municipality’s size and monitors how local voting affects the level of voter turnout.

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TRANSGRESJA LOKALNOŚCI JAKO WYNIK MIGRACJI NA OBSZARZE POGRANICZA

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Wojakowski D.

Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny

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2013

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vol. 39

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issue 1(147)

129-147

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This article is devoted to analyzing how lifestyles typical in the modern world, related to migration and work, modify one's perspective on the local space in the context of a bor¬derland and become the basis for constructing a specific concept of locality. Such a concept, recognized in the researched cities of southern Poland, seems to be a regional (i.e. Central European) form of circumstances identified by R. Robertson as glocalization. The analysis of empirical material is preceded by a description of the theoretical sociological context of the researched phenomena, i.e. different ways researchers have framed space, with special attention given to relational concepts of space (M. Castells, J. Urry), which find their analogies in the empirical material. The analysis of individual interpretations of local space focuses on the issue of such representations of physical space, which underline its relational, network character. Next, the consequences of such an understanding of space for the interpretation of locality, i.e. all that can be described as close, homely, related to place, are analyzed. These consequences, termed as the extension and transgression of locality, do not follow solely from the assumptions concerning the nature of space made by the respondents. A factor responsible for reshaping their representation of locality is, first of all, migration in all its aspects and forms, i.e. emigration from the researched communities, immigration from the outside, internal and international migration, from rural to urban areas. In the specific conditions of the borderland it is possible to see that locality in the eyes of the respond¬ents crosses national and state boundaries. A vision of locality is reflexively confronted with an absolutist understanding of national and state space. In the testimonies there are visible attempts at lifting the border, contesting such an understanding of space. The choice of a relational, postmodern narration resembles the specific situation of borderland-ness of migrating persons.

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On Some Reinforcements of Bell's Theorem

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Bigaj T.

Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria

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2008

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vol. 17

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issue 2(66)

127-146

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The article discusses the possibility of strengthening Bell's theorem by eliminating the premise of determinism from the derivation of Bell's inequality. A recent argument due to H. Stapp purporting to derive a contradiction with the quantum-mechanical prediction from the counterfactually interpreted assumption of locality is critically analyzed. An alternative derivation is proposed, which is based on the assumption of locality, as well as Einstein's criterion of physical reality.

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GENERAČNÝ A LOKÁLNY ASPEKT VNÍMANIA BEZPEČIA SLOVÁKMI VO VÝSKUME ESS (VÝSLEDKY 2. – 6. KOLA ESS)

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Homišinová M.

Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied

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2014

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vol. 17

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issue 1

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The aim of the paper is to present results of the ESS project concerning the individually perceived safety by Slovak respondents which was monitored by two variables: characteristics of security situation and reflection of personal experience with crime. Slovak data from rounds 2 – 6 were compared and the perceived individual safety was analysed from generational and local aspects.

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ROMOVÉ, ČESKOSLOVENSKO A TRANSNACIONALISMUS

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Budilová L. J., Jakoubek M.

Sociológia (Sociology)

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2014

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vol. 46

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issue 5

487 – 503

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The fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe and the emergence of two independent states – the Czech and Slovak Republics – brought wide-ranging changes in how inhabitants' identity is perceived in these states. The division of Czechoslovakia established new borders, which, nevertheless, did not have any strong effects, either on migratory movements between the newly founded states, or on the perception of group identity for some of the Roma/Gypsy groups in these countries. The EU integration process in recent years has brought about new opportunities – movements of people, job opportunities and more intensive labour migrations. We discuss the problem of identity of aparticular Roma/Gypsy group and the effect that recent social and political changes have had on their perception of who they are. The core of our investigation concerns questions of identity (local identity, kinship identity, state identity, European identity or a trans-national Roma identity?). We will discuss interrelationships between various strata of identities and the extent to which these relationships are influenced by the contemporary processes of EU integration.

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Pierogi z fiżonem. Praktyki jedzeniowe i tożsamość Brazylijczyków polskiego pochodzenia w południowobrazylijskiej wsi

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Bielenin-Lenczowska K.

Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny

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2018

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vol. 44

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issue 1 (167)

23–47

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Celem tego artykułu jest analiza codziennych i świątecznych praktyk jedzeniowych potomków imigrantów polskich w Brazylii w kontekście ich tożsamości zbiorowych i indywidualnych. Badania były prowadzone metodą obserwacji uczestniczącej, autorka prowadziła również wywiady formalne i nieformalne, a także obserwowała aktywność Brazylijczyków polskiego pochodzenia w internecie (Facebook, blogosfera). Autorka skupia uwagę przede wszystkim na jednym produkcie: pierogach, które są uważane za „typowe jedzenie” potomków Polaków. Pokazuje, jak pierogi, jako danie łatwe do przygotowania, pożywne i tanie, są reprodukowane w społeczności polonijnej w przestrzeni domowej i publicznej, stając się częścią programu kulturowego diaspory podczas różnego rodzaju świąt i festiwali. Argumentuje, że pierogi, podobnie jak inne produkty uważane za „typowe”, są podatne na patrymonializację, ponieważ stoją w centrum tożsamości diaspory. Jednocześnie proponuje wyjście poza perspektywę etniczną i narodową i pokazanie, że zwyczaje jedzeniowe stanowią element tożsamości wiejskiej, środkowo-europejskiej, wspólnej z potomkami Ukraińców czy emigrantów z Pomorza Zachodniego, związanej z podobnym trybem życia i sposobem gospodarowania.

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Th e purpose of this article is to analyze the daily and festive food practices of descendants of Polish immigrants in Brazil in the context of their collective and individual identities. Th e research was conducted by the participant observation method, the author also conducted formal and informal interviews, and also observed the activity of Brazilians of Polish origin on the Internet (Facebook, blogosphere). Th e author focuses primarily on one product: dumplings, which are considered “typical food” for descendants of Poles. She shows how dumplings, as an easy-to-prepare, nutritious and cheap dish, are reproduced in the Polish community in the public and private spaces, becoming part of the cultural diaspora program during various festivals. It argues that dumplings, like other products considered „typical”, are susceptible to patrimonialization because they are at the center of the identity of the diaspora. At the same time, it proposes to move beyond the ethnic and national perspectives and show that eating habits are part of the rural, central-European identity, shared with the descendants of Ukrainians and emigrants from Western Pomerania, related to a similar way of life and modes of farming.

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Odnajdując i tracąc miejsce. Łódzki underground wobec doświadczenia miejskiej codzienności.

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Filanowski B.

DYSKURS: Pismo Naukowo-Artystyczne ASP we Wrocławiu

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2018

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vol. 26

188-202

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Finding and losing a place. The Łódź underground against the experience of urban everday life The Łódź underground had emerged from the punk aesthetic, yet it ab- sorbed successive genres surprisingly quickly: hardcore, industrial, later also, among others, techno and rave. It utilized diverse forms of expres- sion: most of all sound, but also projections, site-specific actions, graphic design or fashion. The article, drawing from the memories and output of several most important participants of the movement, poses the ques- tion, in what way the underground so easily absorbed new genres and aesthetic patterns on the one hand, while on the other – it remained so strongly separate. The separation is revealed in the tension between experiencing new, experimenting musical and aesthetic trends, and the overwhelming eve- ryday life of the post-industrial city. This tension was the reason why the underground movement was so intensely performative in its character, in which new knowledge and new inspirations were mostly created in action.

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