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Prokopovych, L., P. Prokopovych, and D. Gratii. "THE CULT OF TECHNOLOGY AS A SOCIO-CULTURAL PHENOMENON." Scientific heritage, no. 93 (July 22, 2022): 18–21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6882261.
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The aim of the study is to identify the signs of the cult in people's attitudes to technology (including digital) and analyze the factors that contribute to the formation of the cult of technology as a phenomenon of modern mass culture. Analysis of the results of the study showed that the manifestations of the phenomenon of the cult of technology in mass culture should be considered in combination with another phenomenon − the cult of the brand. After all, both of these cults are part of the cult of consumption. The sacralization of digital technology is indicated by the presence of basic elements characteristic of any religious system: from the ideology usually proclaimed by the "spiritual leader" − the founder of the technology brand, to ritual actions, sometimes even sacrificing their own body (sale of a kidney for the purchase of an iPhone, implantation of electronic chips, etc.). All these features of the cult, although they do not turn the cult of technology into a full-fledged religion, but indicate a high degree of readiness of people to join this cult, being exposed to other technologies − social. As a result, a socio-cultural phenomenon is formed, which combines the real achievements of science and technology with the mythologizing and sacralization of their perception by the minds of the mass consumer.
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Gordienko, Elena. "Vietnamese Cult of the Tutelary Spirits (Thành Hoàng) and its Place in the Vietnamese Folk Religion." Культура и искусство, no. 10 (October 2022): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2454-0625.2022.10.38939.
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This article discusses the cult of the tutelary spirits (thành hoàng) in Vietnam. These are spirits venerated as patrons of villages, rural communities and urban areas in Vietnam are expected to protect area against calamities, disasters, epidemics, wars, etc. These are mythical, historical and pseudo-historical characters who have merits to the area and its inhabitants. The veneration of them is rooted in the traditional culture. It is an integral part of the Vietnamese folk religion (tín ngưỡng dân gian Việt Nam). The spirits of the area are included in the pantheon of numerous deities and spirits (thần) worshipped by the Vietnamese nowadays despite the anti-religious policy of the Communist Party of Vietnam (in the second half of the 20th century). The article describes the main features of the Vietnamese folk religion, which is the context in which the thành hoàng cult still exists, describes the role of the cult and its connections with other phenomena of the Vietnamese folk religion. Our comparison of the thành hoàng cult with similar cults of neighboring peoples allows to identify the influence of alien religious and philosophical systems - Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, ideologies of the 20th century. This comparative analysis allows to reconstruct the origins and milestones in the development of the thành hoàng cult. The cult has not previously been studied by Soviet and Russian orientalists. I propose the first systematic description of the cult, its place in the Vietnamese religious system and its origins.
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Ensemble, Critical Art. "Performing a Cult." TDR/The Drama Review 44, no. 4 (2000): 167–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/10542040051058555.
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The Critical Acts Ensemble, CAE for short, is a tightly knit group of artists exploring intersection between art, technology, critical theory, and political activism. We have given CAE a big chunk of space to present and explain their work. Added to that is a critical essay by TDR Contributing Editor Rebecca Schneider.
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Hanlon, Michael. "Cargo Cult Science." European Review 21, S1 (2013): S51—S55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798713000124.
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There is plenty of stuff out there that looks like science, sounds like science and yet which is no more science than the ‘cargo cult’ aircraft and landing strips constructed by Pacific Islanders in the 1940s and 1950s were functional technology. My talk is not so much about the usual suspects – homeopathy, crystal healing, UFOs and the like – but other areas of cargo-cult science that sit far closer to the high altar of respectability. We take far too much for granted in science, and this can be seen in the replicability (or otherwise) of peer-reviewed studies, the phenomenon of publication bias, the so-called Decline Effect and the persistence of folk myths such as the one that describes how aeroplanes fly.
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Encarnacao, John. "Cult Musicians Versus Technology: Transcending Notions of Popular Music as Commodity." International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society 2, no. 6 (2007): 65–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1832-3669/cgp/v02i06/55635.
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Nianchen, Ren. "METALLIC ARCHITECTURE OF CHINA IN LATE MIDDLE AGES: TYPOLOGY AND ARTISTRY." Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education, no. 4(72) (December 28, 2020): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.47055/1990-4126-2020-4(72)-12.
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The article considers the use of copper-alloy and iron casting technology in China from the Song dynasty (960–1279 AD) to the Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD) inclusive. The architectural typology covers cult buildings – Buddhist and Tibetan-Buddhist pagodas, Taoist temples, and secular park pavilions. The specifics of the technology and artistic expressiveness distinguishing Chinese metallic architectural structures are identified based on concrete examples using the formal stylistic method of art analysis and technical analysis method. It is concluded that the metallic architecture did not work out new structural and art forms, the casting technique reproducing the structures and décor of wooden prototypes. This was associated with both the conservatism of visual perception and centuries-long standardized forms of cult and palace architecture. The casting technology potentialities enabled the structural and decorative features of wooden prototypes to be reproduced in every detail.
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Gogogwute, Okwudiwa, O. M. C. Osazuwa, Alfred A. Mboto, and Irenen O. Ikponmwosa. "Addressing Cultism to Strengthen Maritime Security in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria." American Journal of Political Science Law and Criminology 7, no. 5 (2025): 147–57. https://doi.org/10.37547/tajpslc/volume07issue05-17.
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The Niger Delta region, a vital centre for Nigeria's oil and gas exports, has encountered ongoing concerns of marine instability intensified by cult activities. Cultism, defined by structured criminal organisations, facilitates offences such oil theft, pipeline sabotage, and piracy, hence undermining economic and security frameworks in the region. Adverse socio-economic situations, such as poverty, unemployment, and corruption, exacerbate the recruitment of youth into cult organisations. This study seeks to examine the relationship between cultism and maritime insecurity in the Niger Delta, emphasising socio-economic factors, the effects of cult activities on maritime operations, and the efficacy of existing security measures. This research employs a quantitative approach based on Social Disorganisation Theory, which elucidates how socio-economic instability promotes criminal behaviour. Data were gathered using structured questionnaires administered to 200 personnel of the Nigerian Police Force from Anti-Cultism Units in Rivers and Delta States. The poll evaluated socio-economic conditions, the impact of cult activities on marine security, and the efficacy of current security measures. Descriptive and inferential statistics, in conjunction with Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), were utilised for data analysis, elucidating the relationships among variables. The results demonstrate that socio-economic issues, such as poverty, unemployment, and corruption, are key catalysts for cultism, with unemployment being the most potent predictor. Cult actions, including oil pipeline sabotage, piracy, and interruptions to offshore operations, significantly undermine marine infrastructure and economic stability. Moreover, although technology-driven surveillance has proven to be the most efficacious security tool, enforcement initiatives are impeded by resource limitations and corruption. Cultism significantly contributes to maritime insecurity in the Niger Delta by exploiting socio-economic vulnerabilities and undermining weak governance frameworks. Mitigating these difficulties necessitates enhancing law enforcement, augmenting technology-driven surveillance, and tackling the socio-economic underlying factors of cultism. Integrated methods are essential for restoring maritime security and promoting regional stability.
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McDonald, Robert M. "Toyama, Kentaro. Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change From the Cult of Technology." Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 29, no. 1 (2017): 210–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jis2017291/225.
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Oroma, Dr Alikor, and Dr Orlunba Bartholomew Godstime. "Cultism in Higher Institutions in River State and its Implications for Educational Development (1960-2020)." Journal of Advances in Education and Philosophy 7, no. 04 (2023): 138–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.36348/jaep.2023.v07i04.005.
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The menace of cultism has eaten deep into the Nigerian Institution of higher learning especially in Rivers State and inspite of the jail term for airing members of a cult group caught by the authorities as proscribed in the Nigerian 1999 constitution as amended. This menace is still growing and gaining more grounds in the entire higher institutions on daily basis. Cultism constitutes a major social problem to the peace and harmony that ought to exist within the academic confines of Rivers State. Admittedly the menace have attracted so much tension and concerns of major stakeholders within and outside the educational system and it negative impact affects our universities in terms of disruption of academic calendar, vandalization of school facilities, loss of lives of both innocent and actual cult members within and outside the school environs as well as raping of students. Unfortunately, it has been reported that students who are from disorganized family background that fall prey of joining cult group either in their local environment or when they gain admission into higher institution. This however, is now seen as a very big problem that need immediate solution if the aims and objectives of educating the younger generation are to be actualized. Thus, it further indicates that some factors that motivate the emergence and sustenance of secret cult in the educational system are traceable to the faculty decadence of our immediate society, the parental or student background, the educational environment etc. This study therefore offer some policy recommendations that is needed if we are ready to curtail the activities of cultism in our society and within our educational institutions in Rivers State.
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Kazakova, M., and L. Bertulite. "Modern Recruiting Of Information Technology Professionals." Management of the Personnel and Intellectual Resources in Russia 8, no. 6 (2020): 84–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2305-7807-2020-84-86.
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The article analyzes the state, problems and modern tools of recruitment of information technology (IT) specialists. The article presents current trends in the development of the information technology industry, identifi ed as a result of a survey of employers. The problems of closing vacancies of specialists in the IT sphere are identifi ed, as such positions are the most diffi cult, since the resumes of some specialists cannot be so easily found on the work sites and enter into a dialogue. The article discusses the tools and technologies of selection of IT specialists, which are used by recruitment agencies. Special attention is paid to sourcing, where recruiters conduct in-depth analysis of a large amount of information, background of applicants, where it is important to understand and be able to fi nd the necessary data, correctly building search queries, studying social networks, etc.
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OZRILI, Yasar. "Cultural Social Actions Meet With Art: The Cultural Industry and Bank Museums in Turkey." Culture and Civilization 1, no. 5 (2023): 33–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/cult.2023.1311883.
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DOGRU, Sefacan. "The Effect of Performance Context on Formation of Jokes: The Example of Rize Jokes." Culture and Civilization 1, no. 5 (2023): 22–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/cult.2023.1268776.
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TASBASI, Abdulhan. "The Functionalist Approach and the Theory of Needs in Bronislaw Malinowskı’s Theory of Culture." Culture and Civilization 1, no. 5 (2023): 16–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/cult.2023.1263890.
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Elishev, S. O. "Protest style as a social technology for manipulative management of the mass consciousness of modern youth." Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science 31, no. 2 (2025): 30–63. https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2025-31-2-30-63.
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This article is devoted to understanding the features of manipulative influence on modern youth by various subjects of social life, testing the most diverse range of political, socio-psychological and social technologies on it. Various subjects of social manipulation (individuals, their groups in the form of anti-systems, oligarchic structures, political parties and movements, as well as public associations and NGOs, totalitarian religious sects and destructive cults, special services of foreign states and international organizations) for centuries perceived young people as a resource to achieve their selfish political goals.The result of this kind of manipulative influence was various kinds of “youth riots”, “youth”, “sexual”, “subcultural”, “countercultural”, “velvet”, “color” revolutions and coups d’état.To successfully launch the mechanism of social manipulation of youth by the manipulators of the original, a kind of “cult of youth” was created (“spiritual pedocracy” — in the terminology of S.N. Syromyatnikov and S.N. Bulgakov). Then, they instilled in young people a protest style of behavior, using this technology to direct the energy of young people against the systems of traditional spiritual and moral values, traditional religious, social, political systems, traditional institutions of socialization and relations, thereby causing irreparable harm to the process of spiritual and social development of young people.
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Zou, Chengzhang. "THE PRINCIPLE OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE OF TWO SYSTEMS AS A DOCTRINE AFTER THE 20TH CONGRESS OF THE CPSU IN 1956." Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Public Administration 15, no. 1 (2022): 16–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2616-9193.2022/15-3/9.
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The purpose of the article is to analyze one of the key moments in the history of the Soviet Union – the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in February 14-25, 1956. The task is to investigate the relationship between the two main ideas that were expressed at the sessions of the Congress by N. S. Khrushchev and party comrades: exposing the personality cult of J. V. Stalin and rethinking the idea of peaceful coexistence of the two systems, proposed by V. I. Lenin. The history of philosophy in Stalin's period, the struggle of dialectics with mechanists is analyzed, the influence of J. V. Stalin on changes in philosophy, which has acquired a dogmatic character thanks to the cult of personality, is demonstrated. Dialectics with its unity of opposites, being at the basis of all phenomena of nature and society, creates contradictions in the understanding of certain phenomena. That is why the concepts of "peace" and "war" acquire opposite connotations. After the exposure of the cult of personality, it is time for a new ideology, part of which is the recognition of terror in past and a peaceful orientation in foreign policy. The article analyzes the critical literature and transcripts of the congress' reports.
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Sajjad, Muhammad, Orangzab ., Muhammad Irfan Chani, and Muhammad Sohail Tahir. "Cargo cult agile: Use of information technology by senior executives for decision making activities." Revista Amazonia Investiga 9, no. 27 (2020): 180–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.34069/ai/2020.27.03.19.
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Cargo cult agile is a metaphorical notion for senior executives (SEs’) who have latest and costly information tools at workplace but their use for decision making is very limited. The study initiated to measure the use of information technology (IT) by senior executives for decision making activities. For this very purpose, territory of Islamabad, Pakistan were chosen for survey. Target population were top ranked officers or executives from the public organizations. Access to these executives were a big challenge, so the snowball sampling was the only technique which were employed in this study. A semi structured interview technique was used for data collection. This semi structured interview was divided into four portions. In first portion, simple and direct questions were asked about the routine tasks performed by senior executives while using their personal computers or laptops. Second portion consisted of questions related to hardware knowledge while the third portion have the questions about use of web, emails or blogs. The fourth and utmost important portion of this semi structured interview consisted of questions related to decision making activities. All responses were recorded on piece of papers in hard form and later transformed into percentages. It was found that most of the senior executives use their personal computers or laptops for drafting or for instant communication using internet. The real essence or tasks of these executives are impugned in decision making activities as per the title or resources they availed. But unfortunately, they have been stuck in minion jobs of IT which can be easily performed by their subordinates. The study highlighted and identified the cult of this modern era and urged the senior executives to effectively utilize the IT for decision making activities.
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Etzkowitz, Henry. "Mistaking dawn for dusk: quantophrenia and the cult of numerology in technology transfer analysis." Scientometrics 97, no. 3 (2013): 913–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-1007-7.
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Albano, Caterina. "Moving Emotions: Affect, the Archive and the Moving Image." Cultural History 7, no. 2 (2018): 187–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/cult.2018.0173.
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This article considers the significance of the moving image as an archival record and its implications for the ways in which memory interacts with history. As a defining technology of recording and documenting, film is entangled with history in its making: however, what kinds of narrative ensues from images whose contextual references are opaque to us? What can we garner from footage whose indexical connections have been lost? By focusing on the artistic practice of filmmakers Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, I suggest a reading of early-twentieth-century archival film footage, including found footage and home movies, in terms of affect. Gianikian and Ricci Lucchi's approach focuses on the procedural features of the frame and an excavation of the features that can be drawn from its defining connotations. Through an excavation of the most minute details within the frame, they point out the kind of ‘presence’ that film projects back to us as gesture, expression, and movement and abstract from them forgotten memories of everyday encounters and the affective forms that mundane actions took. In particular, I shall focus on works by Gianikian and Ricci Lucchi's that deal with encounters with ‘the other’ and the visual practices of representation that inform them. The legibility that Gianikian and Ricci Lucchi's approach brings to a reading of archival film footage is indicative for broader methodological considerations of the ways in which the moving image encodes affect and emotion. This is relevant for an understanding of what Lauren Berlant refers to as the ‘realm of the social’ by uncovering the structures of perception and representation of the past and the significance that they might take in the present.
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Colling, Leandro. "Ataques recentes às perspectivas das interseccionalidades." Revista Periódicus 2, no. 17 (2022): 51–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i17.50166.
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O artigo destaca a importância das interseccionalidades e critica textos de Wilson Gomes e de Richard Miskolci que atacam ativistas e movimentos identitários no Brasil que usam perspectivas interseccionais em suas lutas. Foram analisadas as reflexões do primeiro autor, publicadas no site da Revista Cult, e o livro Batalhas morais, de autoria do segundo. Conclui-se que os autores responsabilizam os movimentos sociais identitários, especialmente quando atuam em perspectivas interseccionais, por problemas na democracia e pela ascensão da extrema direita no Brasil.
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Roy, James. "The Myth of Areïthoos Korynetes and Related Cult in Arkadia." Kernos, no. 36 (December 31, 2023): 9–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/kernos.4543.
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Marsya Safira Sutrisno, Fatma Yufita Melisiana Angkasapuri, Vini Marianie Vici, and Willy Gunadi. "The Influence of Brand Image, Social Environment and Cult Brand on Behavioral Intention of Smartphone Users." Jurnal Manajemen 14, no. 3 (2023): 441–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.32832/jm-uika.v14i3.14362.
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Entering the current digital and globalization era, people socialize using communication technology in all their activities. This makes the technology and communication industry develop very rapidly, one of which is the smartphone. This study aims to determine the effect of brand image on behavioural intention, the influence of social environment on behavioural intention, and the influence of brand cult on behavioural intention. This research was conducted by distributing questionnaires online to research samples domiciled in Jabodetabek (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi) and have used the same smartphone for three years. A total of 233 respondents were collected using a purposive sampling technique. This study was analyzed using the PLS-SEM method. The results of this study indicate that brand image and brand cult have a positive and significant effect on behavioural intention. In contrast, the social environment has a positive but insignificant effect on behavioural intention. This shows that brand image and culture have a big impact on the smartphone industry and are determining factors that attract consumers to repurchase smartphone products. Based on the research results, the company is expected to be able to express its activities through marketing that consumers can realize and can also build a product that can meet the needs and desires of consumers. Companies must also have a differentiator from other brands outside of product, delivery, messaging, or marketing strategies.
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Chagas, Vitória Santos, José Gonçalves das Neves, Ana Patrícia Duarte, Neusa Maria Bastos Fernandes dos Santos, and Danilo Nunes. "A responsabilidade social e o comprometimento organizacional no setor hoteleiro: o papel moderador da cultura organizacional." Revista de Gestão e Secretariado 15, no. 3 (2024): e3603. http://dx.doi.org/10.7769/gesec.v15i3.3603.
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Em meio à globalização e às questões relacionadas ao desenvolvimento sustentável, que impactam diretamente nas políticas sociais e econômicas, as organizações vêm enfrentando desafios e mudanças recorrentes. Sua adaptação e sucesso dependem cada vez mais de suas ações voltadas para a responsabilidade social, o comprometimento organizacional e, principalmente, o papel da cultura organizacional como moderadora nesse processo. As principais referências para este artigo foram o modelo europeu de RSO (2001), o modelo teórico tridimensional de CO de Meyer e Allen (1991) e o quadro de valores concorrentes de Quinn - CULT (1983).
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GULIEVA (ZANUKOEVA), F. Kh. "CULT OF LABOR IN KARACHAY-BALKARIAN PROVERBS AND SAYINGS." News of the Kabardin-Balkar Scientific Center of RAS 6, no. 104 (2021): 229–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.35330/1991-6639-2021-6-104-229-236.
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Kruk, Mirosław P. "Echoes of Iconoclasm in the Modern Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth." Studia Historica Gedanensia 13 (2022): 149–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/23916001hg.22.010.17430.
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On the wave of the so‑called II iconoclasm, which encompassed northern Europe, similar movements, or rather local iconoclastic actions, were revealed in the Polish Republic in the modern period (16th–18th century), wherever the voice of the dissenters was more intense, especially those representing more radical fractions of Protestant circles. Examples of iconoclastic acts from various regions of the former Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth resemble occurrences known from the period of Byzantine iconoclasm although these parallels are more clearly visible in the literary aspect, as the political‑religious freedom in the Polish‑Lithuanian Commonwealth allowed for the publication of even openly anti‑Catholic texts. Criticism of Polish Protestants towards Catholic religious practices was directed mainly against three manifestations of public religiosity, which they stigmatised in their polemics: Processions, the cult of selected Marian images, and the cult of relics and devotional practices related to the votive offerings. In this publication, certain problems are hinted at in relation to these manifestations of public devotion widespread in Res Publica Poloniae.
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SUBASI, Doga Filiz. "“I am a musician above all”: Flamenco, Lorca, and Duende." Culture and Civilization 1, no. 5 (2023): 42–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/cult.2023.1362669.
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DEMIRCI, Elif Sebnem. "Cultural Basis of Beliefs Related to the Relationship of Animal and Rain in Turkey." Culture and Civilization 1, no. 5 (2023): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/cult.2023.1243081.
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Lasmane, Skaidrīte. "Edvarta Virzas diskursi Latvijas 20.–30. gadu mediju ekoloģijā." Aktuālās problēmas literatūras un kultūras pētniecībā: rakstu krājums, no. 25 (March 4, 2020): 325–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.37384/aplkp.2020.25.325.
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The confusion of the present and the prophesied future with the past, as well as the combination of poetry and publicistics, political ideology and literature, rational and emotional, or different genres, point to the interplay of multiple-factor hybrids whose research is facilitated by the concept of media ecology. In 1920–30s’ media ecology, the imaginative texts of the poet and political publicist Edvarts Virza stand out in the unquestionable resistance to urbanization, technology and industrialization trends, to liberalism, parliamentarianism and individualism, everything that today is defined as the cultural indications of globalism. He has expressed resistance to globalism and internationalism, or cosmopolitanization, with three discourses of opinion journalism characterized by cult features – the creation of traditional peasantry and sacralized cult of ancestors, glorification of the authoritarian power of a wise and neat landowner/manager, and national or Latvian Latvia’s emotional, imaginative and inspiring communication. With these three poetic discourses of media environment – traditional agrarianism, authoritarianism and national discourse – Virza is to be recognized as influential creator of 1920–30s’ Latvian media environment and the descriptor of imaginativeley expressive of this environment, considered controversial then and now.
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Rifler, Jean-Pierre. "Wine and Health; it's a Story." Nutrition and Food Processing 2, no. 1 (2019): 01–07. http://dx.doi.org/10.31579/2637-8914/023.
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Wine is the fruit of the vineyard and the work of man. Since the highest antiquity, wine has been an important element of ritual and sacrificial practices. In Greece, he was both a cult object and a symbol of culture.
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Dulam, Bumochir. "Respect for the State: Constructing the State on Present Humiliation and Past Pride." Inner Asia 11, no. 2 (2009): 259–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/000000009793066550.
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AbstractRespect for the state authority remains central in Mongolian political culture. Respect (hündetgel), a technology engaged in the construction of the notion of the state, produces the state power. People unite with the state in deference to the cult of the state and this enhances the power of the state, giving the state an after-life of its own. This paper discusses the dialectical relationship between people's respect for the rules and customs of the former state(s), which now come down to represent an abstract state devoid of historical context, and their engagement with the actual state.
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Durán, Cintia. "TIEMPEROS: Meteorological specialists from the pre-hispanic indigenous cosmogony of Mexico, and the use of technology to promote astronomy and atmospheric sciences." Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 15, S367 (2019): 273–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921321000715.
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AbstractThe cult of the mountains, the wind and the request for “good rain” constitute today,the fusion of pre-Hispanic religious beliefs and meteorological knowledge in the agricultural development of central Mexico. Understanding this cult of the earth, from an indigenous perspective, led by certain specialists who have extensive knowledge of the landscape and meteorology, called Tiemperos, is a fundamental and necessary feature for the development of atmospheric sciences and the inclusion of rural villages in environmental research, carried out in certain areas of Mexico. Understanding the world in which these specialists are inserted is complex if one does not have a joint vision of the ethnographic data and the social relevance that the Tiemperos have on the communities. During 2018 I carried out an investigation on the request of rain and “goodweather” rituals that are carried out year after year in certain areas of central Mexico. From that initiative we developed an educational model and a prototype weather station that could be designed, built and adapted to the needs of each community, considering the traditions and teachings of the local Tiempero. Making use of microcontrollers, basic electronics, and a traditional indigenous technique, each station was built and designed with the people of the community where it would be installed, with the idea of involving and enriching scientific meteorological knowledge, which could be useful for each community. The project, still in development, included meteorological stations designed by the author and built by the communities, a series of educational exercises for children involved in the project and the proposal of a “goodweather” ritual using the data collected by the meteorological stations, with the intention of using technology and science-based information with traditional indigenous practices giving way to new forms of research and inclusion of science in remote communities in Mexico.
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Jin, Cuiling, and Jiapei Li. "Application of VR Technology in Jewelry Display." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2021 (May 15, 2021): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5516156.
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As a special symbolic cultural carrier that reflects people’s material life and spiritual state, jewelry plays an increasingly important role in life. How can we accelerate brand promotion, promote jewelry product sales, and establish a rapid market response mechanism? High efficiency, high quality, and low cost to meet consumers’ increasingly personalized and diversified needs are the problems we currently need to solve. The purpose of this article is to explore the application of VR technology in jewelry displays and provide a brand new idea for jewelry display. In order to realize the virtualization of the jewelry design process, this article uses the Cult 3D VR platform to complete the design and realization of the interactive function of the jewelry virtual model, uses the Photoshop software to design the jewelry virtual display system interface, and finally completes the jewelry virtual display system in the Dreamweaver software integration and release. Through detailed example application, the feasibility of the viewpoint of this subject was effectively verified. In this paper, the two algorithms BRSK and SURF are used in conjunction, and the multiscale expression characteristics of BRISK in space and the rotation-invariant characteristics of SURF are used. Studies have shown that the experimental results of the rotation performance of the method in this paper show that the accuracy is improved by 60%, and the time-consuming is relatively less. Therefore, under the premise of ensuring the rapidity, the method in this paper can guarantee the accuracy and time cost of control matching.
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Nielsen, Hans Ingolf, and Kjell Bertheussen. "The Medi-Cult® Hybritest for In Vitro Toxicology and Quality Control." Alternatives to Laboratory Animals 17, no. 3 (1990): 199–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026119299001700313.
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The Medi-Cult® Hybritest is presented as a new, general test for in vitro toxicology and routine quality control for cytotoxicity in a variety of products. The test is based upon the growth rate of a sensitive, anchorage-independent cell line, which proliferates rapidly in a protein-free medium, thereby avoiding neutralisation of toxins by serum proteins.
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Salvo, Carolina, and Alessandro Vitale. "A Web-based decision support system for sustainable urban planning and management." TERRITORIO, no. 106 (September 2024): 165–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/tr2023-106019.
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Urban and territorial planning processes are characterized by a high level of complexity that makes tools management dif?cult. This research presents a Web-GIS prototype for supporting urban planning and management decision-making processes towards social, economic and environmental sustainability. It is designed according to open-source technology and aims to de?ne new planning top-down and bottom-up approaches. The design criteria of this innovative platform respond to the essential principles of transferability, modularity, scalability, and data interoperability. This new tool is applied to a case study to demonstrate how it can support planners and local authorities in urban planning and management processes.
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INGLESE, FRANCESCA. "“Watch Out For The Sharks”: Gender, Technology, and Commerce in the American Song-Poem Industry." Journal of the Society for American Music 7, no. 3 (2013): 295–315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1752196313000230.
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AbstractSince the early 1900s, song-poem entrepreneurs, often referred to as “song sharks,” have fueled a diffuse and largely hidden American industry that produces music to accompany the poems and lyrics of amateur writers. These entrepreneurs have long been demonized in the popular media for preying on the naiveté of their clientele. Yet despite charges of exploitation, this musical equivalent of the vanity press has survived for over a century. Although the vast majority of song-poets and their song-poems have remained in obscurity, in the 1990s, song-poems developed a cult following among record collectors; as “anonymous collaborations,” these recordings highlighted tensions between poignant personal expression and impersonal commercial rendering that appealed to listeners with a penchant for the obscure. This article draws on advertisements, sheet music, media coverage, and personal interviews to piece together a history of the song-poem industry, with particular focus on the gendered dimensions of the practice, the role of technology in the production process, and the multiplicity of meanings embedded in song-poems for both song-poets and collectors.
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Salnikova, Irina V. "On Technology of Manufacturing Medieval Ritual Silverware (Based on Materials from the Museum of the History and Culture of the Peoples of Siberia and the Far East, IAE SB RAS)." Archaeology and Ethnography 18, no. 7 (2019): 87–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2019-18-7-87-97.
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Purpose. The collection of the Museum of history and culture of peoples of Siberia and Far East at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS has a unique section of ritual objects produced by the Ob Ugrians during Middle Ages. The collection features unique objects made of silver, which allows us to make a conclusion that silver had a sacral meaning for the Khanty and Mansi, and the material itself was closely connected with a complex of cosmological and mythological conceptions. Results. We conducted XRF analysis for a series of silver objects of cult and identified three objects made with the use of a special laborious technology by means of cold hammering from three sheets of silver. Conclusion. The article gives a full description of the objects and describes the semantics of the images presented. We provide the results of element composition of the metal and identify a circle of analogues. The artifacts considered included a metal plate with a solar sign made with gilding, with an engraving around it on the surface of metalwork, a stylized profile of attenuated heads of elks facing each other (the drawing was created later); the second item being a metal plate with a central part in the form of a medallion depicting a horseman who strikes a man lying at the horse’s legs with a spear (it was made by means of engraving on a ready form); and the third item being a platter with the images of an eagle owl standing on the back of a deer and a duck flying up. The plots of the silver items evidently have a cult significance and correspond to some mythological constructs. The unique technology of their three-layer composition is accounted for by mythological conceptions and enhances a sacral significance of the items.
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Noori, Mohammad Qasem. "The Study of the History and Development of Ancient Cities around the world." Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies 4, no. 4 (2022): 197–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/jhsss.2022.4.4.24.
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Cities first appeared between 6000 and 5000 B.C., but they were mostly based on Neolithic agrarian society. Later, with the development of the plough, the wheel-cart, the boat, metallic utensils, etc., and the system of watering fields, the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, and Indus valleys began the production of excess food grains. As a result, a social structure developed in which some social classes, including societies of traders, artisans, and religious leaders, could seize some of the crops that the peasants produced. These groups relocated to urban areas to engage in non-agricultural occupations. Thus, a culture of certain groups with the ability for writing and accounting, as well as knowledge of the solar calendar and bureaucracy, arose in the river basins. There is evidence that the town cult first appeared around 3000 B.C. After this, the ancient urban process stopped for almost 2000 years. Ancient towns experienced eclipses.
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Fumiko, Miyaza. "Development of Miroku belief in the cult of Mount Fuji of early modern Japan." Journal of Daesoon Academy of Sciences 17 (June 2004): 173–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2004.17.0.9.
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Zhang, Yu. "The Cult of Craftsmanship in China: The Industrial Hand and the Artisanal Hand in the Age of High Technology." Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 36, no. 1 (2024): 151–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/mclc.2024.0051.
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The figure of the craftsman has become a popular national symbol in the past decade with tremendous discursive power. This essay explores the cult of craftsmanship and its meanings in contemporary China by examining two widely-known TV documentary series, The Artisans of the Superpower (Daguo gongjiang, 2015 ) and Masters in the Forbidden City (Wo zai Gugong xiu wenwu, 2016 ), as well as its film version under the same title (2016). The Artisans of the Superpower demonstrates the “industrial hand,” which showcases how handiwork is used to symbolize the strength of a rising China and present a self-reliant, creative, and technologically advanced nation. Masters in the Forbidden City presents the “artisanal hand,” which presents another form of labor, restoration, bringing antique national treasures closer to viewers in a quotidian working environment. Despite their differences, I argue that these two representations of craftsmanship — the industrial hand and the artisanal hand — jointly constitute a form of nation-crafting that presents China’s hard and soft power. Moreover, the notion of “one profession, one life,” promoted as a virtue in both documentaries, establishes a form of solid, stable values in response to China’s intense hyper-capitalist working culture characterized by precarity and flexibility.
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MacDonald, Tanis. "“Out by Sixteen”: Queer(ed) Girls in Ginger Snaps." Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures 3, no. 1 (2011): 58–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jeunesse.3.1.58.
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The Canadian cult-horror film Ginger Snaps (2000) was marketed as a wry and wrenching adolescent female version of B-movie transformation narratives, conflating puberty with monstrosity while exposing how excesses of representation alter the effect of gender as a technology of feminine identity. Ginger Snaps complicates horror-film convention by emphasizing the intense relationship between the Fitzgerald sisters, suggesting that lesbian desire is part of the sisters’ resistance to normativity, best revealed by their blood pact to be “out by sixteen or dead in the scene.” By matching the heterosexual male werewolf’s appetite for the female body, Ginger’s teen-lesbian werewolf poses a visual and sexual conundrum in the contemporary Gothic horror film.
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Dibin, Sekaran. "Arti cial Intelligence in Human Resource Management-A Review of Opportunities and Challenges." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 7, no. 2 (2019): 11–14. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3575271.
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Digitalization has in uenced and is in uencing our education, occupation, lifestyle, achievements, possessions, relations, beliefs, and perception of life. The biggest workplace disruptor is next-generation digital technologies. The dynamic nature of digitalization is itself a challenge to the organization as a whole and particularly human resource management since employees are the most valuable assets in an organization.To create a modern organization digitalization will be required at all connected levels.The motivation of the study is to analyze and determine the opportunities and challenges of AI in HRM in the Indian context.Organizations that do not adopt newer technologies will nd it dif cult to survive. Since digital technology will result in both direct and indirect implications of the employees and the organization, it has to be studied.A detailed survey of existing literature on the context was studies throughly. The ndings of the study will give a deeper understanding of the implications of digital technology for HR Managers and all the stakeholders concerned.
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Nuralim, A. E., and G. K. Niyetalina. "KAZAKHSTAN EXPERIENCE OF VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCING OF TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS." Central Asian Economic Review, no. 5 (January 20, 2024): 109–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.52821/2789-4401-2023-5-109-121.
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The economy cannot function without a high-quality technology production sector. To do this, a connection between science and business must be established. Supporting technology entrepreneurship is the fi rst step in building communication amongst them.Technological entrepreneurship is a high level of commercialization of high-tech technologies with high added value. Technology-based entrepreneurship needs an eff ective ecosystem where venture capital investment is developing, as it is a high-risk investment tool. The following indicators demonstrate the relevance of the study: R&D expenditures in the country’s GDP have signifi cantly decreased over the past 10 years; the rating of the Republic of Kazakhstan in GEM, according to the indicator «Access to entrepreneurial fi nance» – 38th place out of 45 countries; the rating in the Venture Capital & Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index – 54th place.The purpose of the study is an analytical and empirical review of venture investment in technological entrepreneurship in the Republic of Kazakhstan.The research methodology is based on the methods of basic statistics, logical analysis, correlation and regression analysis, questionnaires, and content analysis.The originality of the work lies in the study of a phenomenon of gaining momentum in the country as venture fi nancing of technological entrepreneurship, through a survey of technological entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.The results of the study show that venture fi nancing signifi cantly aff ects the development of technological entrepreneurship. However, this method of fi nancing is mainly available only to large enterprises. The authors come to the conclusion that techno-trainers fi nd access to venture fi nancing moderately diffi cult and mainly rely on personal fi nances.
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Meijers, D. J. "The Lure of Antiquity and the Cult of the Machine. The Kunstkammer and the Evolution of Nature, Art and Technology." Journal of the History of Collections 9, no. 1 (1997): 167–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhc/9.1.167.
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O. Y., O. Y. "THE CULTURAL MISSION OF CLASSICAL UNIVERSITY." UKRAINIAN CULTURAL STUDIES, no. 1 (2) (2018): 74–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/ucs.2018.1(2).18.
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The article is devoted to the analysis of historical dynamics of university and its classification of cultural types. The main part of attention is concerned over the classical model of university and its transformations. The university carries out a social institution. It has absence of its own an autonomous field of culture, which is a form of spiritual rather than social production. Education is a set of social institutions that produce the social structure directly, that is, social technology with the purpose of human and social production of the new model. The society of the late Modern becomes a collection of social institutions (not only educational, but also legal, political, economical, and even in a certain sense cultural) and industries (specialized fields of material production). Education in this sense is a form of human production in general, while economics, politics and law are generally aimed at the indirect production of people through the logic of much complicated institutes movement: economics, politics, law (goods, power structures and laws). Depending on the national model of education, universities determine the priority of certain educational strategies. The university as a social technology, based on the new sample of the anthropological model, forms disciplinary practices that function for production of habitus and cultural capital, and also provides identification "under the auspices of the concept of culture" (B. Readings) in the Modern era. This cultural-historical period is characterized by the fact that social control is carried out not with the help of personal coercion, but of the passage through institutions. A higher educational institution in the era of Modernity is the most consistent embodiment of the idea of a social institution as an intermediary between spiritual and material production. Culture in this context acts as a form of "high culture," that is, as a way of human existence just like this, with value orientations on the foundations of universal cult of reason. The "Cultural Mission" of the University is a mediation between the regulatory ideas of the Modern and a certain type of state that is, to be a social technology of nation-building. The technology of cultivating reason is provided by studying at the Philosophy Faculty and is an obligatory philosophical component for other faculties in the German model, created by V. Humboldt. The formation of the cult of universal reason and self-sufficient subject is the basic task of the classical university and its leading sociocultural function and cultural mission.
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Di Leo, A., and M. Tallini. "Irrigation, groundwater exploitation and cult of water in the rural settlements of Sabina, Central Italy, in Roman times." Water Supply 7, no. 1 (2007): 191–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2007.022.
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Archaeological surveys conducted in Sabina, about 50 km away from Rome, intended to reconstruct the ancient agricultural and pastoral landscape. They identified interesting remains of roman small family farms at Montenero Sabino and Mompeo (province of Rieti), villages located near Via Salaria (the “salt way”) and the Farfa stream, a tributary of the Tiber River, which in ancient times, both were the main trade routes of central Italy, linking Rome to the Apennines and to the Adriatic coast. There a network of underground channels and tanks, fictile water pipes and pools, at times connected to one another, was found. Many of them are still used today, given the low population growth and the lack of modern industrial development of this area and to its isolation, in spite of its proximity to Rome. Moreover the study area holds a votive stone dedicated to the Sabine-Roman goddess of water Vacuna, a multiform Sabine and Central-Italic goddess with many characteristics and functions, known also as Minerva-Bellona-Victoria, Feronia, Caerere, or as Angerona-Angitia. It was related to an agricultural-pastoral shrine for the cult of water whose anthropological relevance still survives in yearly livestock fairs and in the local worship of the Holy Mary of parturients.
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Sukmaniara, Maria. "Virtual Hologram Learning As A Publishing Media Of Nusantara Culture, Study Case: Mabayang-Bayang Tradition In Sengkiding Village." Sociae Polites 23, no. 1 (2022): 265–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.33541/sp.v23i1.4107.
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Technology has developed and affect so many aspects of people’s lives. The presence of increasingly rapid technology could be an effective medium to be use to distributing information. Virtual Hologram Learning is a technology product that is formed from the combination of two coherent light rays in microscopic form. Virtual Hologram Learning can be used as a medium of information for the people of the archipelago in terms of culture and use to preserve the culture of the archipelago. Bali is an island known as an island that has abundant cultural diversity has a unique cultures called Mebayang-Bayang Tradition from Sengkiding Village, Klungkung. Which is held every Pengrupukan (a day before Nyepi) involves the villagers pulling the cow bones. The method used in this study is a qualitative method which aims to understand the factors that influence the research subject (Sengkiding villager) want to carry out the tradition. The type of data used is primary data sourced from the results of direct observations from the informants who has understanding about this tradition. Furthermore, the data will be published through Virtual Hologram Learning as a form of publishing Nusantara culture.
 Keyword: Virtual, Hologram, Publishing, Cult
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Buzi, Paola. "The Third Dimension of Coptic Books: Sacrality in Materiality." Religions 15, no. 1 (2023): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel15010004.
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Books are complex objects. They have an undeniable material dimension, because they are artifacts characterized by a refined technology that has evolved over the centuries, and at the same time, they are vectors of intellectual products, consisting of the work(s) that they convey. However, books may also have a third dimension, since they embody the sacrality of a cult, belong to a performing rite, are offered to god(s) for the salvation of a soul, etc. Therefore, they incorporate an intrinsic sacredness for the simple reasons that they contain certain texts and are used on certain occasions to perform a certain rite. This paper explores the sacred aspect of Coptic codices and their third dimension, analyzing in particular the special case of books buried with a deceased person.
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BOZKANAT, Esra. "IF WALTER BENJAMIN EXPERIENCED NFT: REVIEWING CRYPTO ART THROUGH HIS EYES." Moment Journal 9, no. 1 (2022): 35–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.17572/mj2022.1.3551.
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This study aims to examine crypto art in the context of aura (halo), uniqueness, testimony, and, authenticity by evaluating digital NFT technology from the perspective of Benjamin, who has only experienced image technologies such as photography and cinema. The research argues that the aura did not vanish with crypto-art in fact, an aura similar to the one described by Benjamin (1935) has never emerged. In this context, the study argues that the uniqueness that Benjamin said was separated from the work of art by technological reproduction is returned to the work of art with more advanced technology named blockchain. The study seeks an answer to the question: "Is aura possible for an NFT?". The study argues that the cult value in traditional art has replaced by the value of ownership with NFTs, the notion of uniqueness has turned into digital scarcity, the state of being tied to the ceremony has been replaced by freedom, and the new form of the aura is that art is freedom from the maternal archetype.
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Jose, Vimala, and K. Nirmal Babu. "Efficient Plant Regeneration Through Protocorm-like Bodies Derived from Shoot Tip Cultures of Vanilla planifolia Andr." Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology 28, no. 1 (2018): 91–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ptcb.v28i1.37201.
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A protocol for obtaining a ready source of protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) was developed in Vanilla planifolia. MS containing BA 1 mg/l, IBA 0.5 mg/l, tryptone/peptone 2 g/l and 2% sucrose was used to induce PLBs from axillary bud explants. PLB formation from the shoot/root tips involved the direct conversion of the apices without an intermediate callus stage. PLBs either directly developed into plantlet or produced secondary protocorm like bodies. Thin cell layer culture of protocorm like bodies can be used as a commercial application of tissue culture technology for mass micro-propagation. The details of production of PLBs and their transformations in culture are also discussed. The plantlets derived from PLB were rooted in culture and established in the field after hardening.Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 28(1): 91-98, 2018 (June)
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Booth, Paul. "Board, game, and media." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 22, no. 6 (2016): 647–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856514561828.
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Interactive media board games reflect a changing media culture. Converging media text and technology with game play mechanics and rules, these board games exist as a hybrid form of game and media. In this article, I examine interactive paratextual board games – games based on media products that utilize other forms of media to produce random or immersive experiences. While previous discussions of media franchising investigates game paratexts through industrial and economic shifts, I explicate aesthetic, ludic, and textual concerns of cult franchises through an analysis of three interactive board games, namely, Isaac Asimov’s Robot VCR Mystery Game, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive VCR Board Game, and the Indiana Jones DVD Adventure Game. Ultimately, I argue that these interactive paratextual board games manifest, reflect, and augment early convergence culture characteristics, revealing that interactive board games exemplify contemporary new media characteristics.
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Syafrizal, Syafrizal, and Chinta Pratama Saputra. "OZONATION PROCESS TO ENHANCE BIODEGRADABILTY OF PETROLEUM WASTE BY PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA BACTERIA IN MINERAL SALT MEDIUM." Scientific Contributions Oil and Gas 37, no. 1 (2022): 25–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.29017/scog.37.1.619.
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Contamination of petroleum waste has endangered the environment, yet its processing technology isnot effective and effi cient. It is becaused that by petroleum waste is diffi cult to be degraded by bacteria dueto many complex bonding compounds containned in this oil waste. Therefore, this study used ozonationas pretreatment process with the aim to enhance the biodegradation process. The variations in operatingconditions performed in this study are dose of ozone and pH. The bacteria used as a degrading agent isthe Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The results show thatozonation process can the enhancebiodegradabilityas indicated by the increase of degradation and population growths of bacteria. In addition, the abilityof the bacteria P. aeruginosa in degrading petroleum waste is varied with ozone doses and pH values.The highest percentage of degradation achieved at dose of 0.53 g ozone/h and pH 7.48 are approx from56.52% without ozone pretreatment to 79.32% after 7 days incubation.