Concept Of Authenticity Research Articles

Rap Devil versus Rap God: impoliteness in a rap battle

Abstract Using a line-by-line analysis of the key conversational instances identified in an asynchronous rap battle between Eminem (in Killshot) and Machine Gun Kelly (in Rap Devil), this study investigates diss tracks as manifestations of impoliteness. As a framework for our analysis, we adopt an overlay of Spencer-Oatey’s rapport management model/principles and Culpeper’s framework of impoliteness strategies/formulae. The results show that both rappers tried to out-diss each other by verbalizing a multitude of insults, curses, dismissals, and more. The paper builds on the relationship between power and impoliteness, the concept of authenticity in rap, prescribed and proscribed language use in hip-hop culture, and displays of identity roles of the rappers. The findings and discussion offer novel contributions to impoliteness research, as the current study is the first to investigate impoliteness in an asynchronous rap battle between two White rappers. In light of the analyses, we define diss track exchanges as asynchronous rap battles characterized by the abundant use of coercive impoliteness for entertainment.

Organizational and technological profile of management of innovative development of enterprises: concept, content and development

Relevance. The article considers the concept and content of the organizational and technological profile of the enterprise, profile components are defined and their essential characteristics are given. The concept of profiling is developed, resource-based approach and guiding principles, methods and methods of describing the processes of management of the innovative development of the enterprise. Profile content disclosed on the basis of general, private and special principles, as well as the features of monitoring the organizational and technological management. The development of the organizational and technological profile will allow the selection and implementation of the current strategy, corresponding to the priorities of innovative activity of the enterprise and its organizational and technological potential.The purpose is expansion of scientific and methodological base of management of innovative activity of enterprises on the basis of development of theoretical bases of formation of organizational and technological profile of management of innovative development and complex description of its components.Objectives: to bring the concept and to reveal the content of organizational and technological profile of management of innovative development of the enterprise; highlight the components of the profile and give their detailed characteristics; define the principles, methods and features of creating an organizational and technological profile and increasing the strategic component of the innovative development of the enterprise.Methodology. The author's concept of formation of organizational and technological profile of management of innovative development of the enterprise is developed, which determines the vectors of its innovative development based on the study of the components of the profile.Results: terminology of formation of organizational and technological profile of management of innovative development of the enterprise is defined; its seven components are highlighted and their place and role are determined, the principles of building the profile and the features of its monitoring are highlighted for choosing the innovative strategy of the enterprise.Conclusion. Formation of organizational and technological profile of management of innovative development of the enterprise and determination of content characteristics of its components will allow the enterprise to carry out balanced innovation policy for ensuring organizational and technological stability.

The philosophical foundations of authority in Adam Smith: wealth, admiration, and systems

ABSTRACT This article explores the philosophical foundations of Adam Smith's concept of authority, focusing on its connections to ‘admiration' and the ‘love of systems'. Its primary objective is to analyse how Smith integrates moral, epistemological, and aesthetic principles into his political philosophy to explain the subordination conferred by wealth, which he identifies as the most effective form of authority. Drawing on the Wealth of Nations, Lectures on Jurisprudence, and Theory of Moral Sentiments, the article argues that Smith sees authority as rooted in human tendencies to admire systems that harmonize and explain phenomena while evoking beauty and coherence. Furthermore, this admiration includes social and political arrangements. As a result, political systems that ‘promote happiness’ are admired for their practical benefits and their ability to evoke a sense of beauty: like finely crafted machines, they inspire admiration through their elegance and order.

Crucial Changes in Polish Regulation of Parental Authority Over the Last 100 Years

The article discusses significant changes in Polish family law over the past century. It focuses on the concept of parental authority, explaining its meaning and position in Polish law in the first part of the article. The following section mentions and comments on legal documents related to parental authority during the last century. The final section investigates five legal changes in the institution under study which the author considers crucial for its development. These changes include the legal status of men and women in relation to parental authority, the legal status of out-of-wedlock children, the predominant values underpinning parental authority, the prohibition of corporal punishment, and the state’s interference with parental authority. The article argues that despite the changes in legal, political, and economic systems experienced by Poland over the last century, there has been significant continuity and stability in the development of Polish family law.

Elite Perceptions of a China-Led Regional Order in Southeast Asia

How do Southeast Asian states perceive a China-led regional order? To answer this question, we conducted a survey of elites from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, countries that are “least likely” to acquiesce to a China-led regional order. Our survey indicates that although most elites view China as influential and have a cultural affinity with it, they do not perceive China as having the authority to preside over the regional order. They do not identify with China's political values and the normative order it propounds. Our survey also reveals the salience of ASEAN as the region navigates great power rivalry. We explain these views by drawing from the concept of legitimate authority. Our findings are significant; if China cannot persuade its Southeast Asian neighbours of its right to lead, it will be even harder for China to exercise global leadership.

Decay without mourning: future-thinking heritage practices

ABSTRACT This paper seeks to further heritage theory and practice by considering decay as a transformative process contributing to heritage formation and value. Informed by our expertise in a variety of fields bordering heritage studies, we highlight the interplay of generative and degenerative aspects in different modes of decay and suggest that partnering with decay epistemologically, artistically, academically, practically, and democratically would allow heritage to be understood not as a rearguard action against loss but rather as a creative and generative process. To explore these ideas, we draw on several cases in geographical locations with unique socio-political and socio-environmental conditions, namely South Africa, Japan, Brazil, and Antarctica. We investigate different domains including archives and museums, heritage practices, landscapes, indigenous knowledge, environmental history, and nature conservation. We argue that decay is tightly linked to the concept of authenticity and acts as a code that holds a key to both past, present and future values of heritage, depending on the positionality and institutionalisation of the interpreter.

The stakes of “Imitation”: debating modern poetics and national identity in late ottoman literature

ABSTRACT In the late nineteenth century, Ottoman culture witnessed a concerted effort to develop a national literature on par with modern European literature and culture. This was also the time when Ottoman intellectuals began to develop a systematic approach to literary analysis. Debates on the imitation, translation, and adaptation of Western forms were central to this period. This article examines the evolution of the concept and practice of imitation as part of these debates. This detailed analysis of the theoretical discourse surrounding the concepts of imitation and authenticity contributes to the broader field of literary theory and comparative literature. By introducing the theoretical rigor inherent in Ottoman-Turkish intellectual practice and highlighting its specific conceptual tradition, the article not only bridges the gap of non-Western critical thought in contemporary literary history, but also offers a fresh perspective on the much-debated East–West paradigms and cross-cultural approaches in literary studies and beyond.

Authenticity in Interactive Experiences

Building on our previous work presented at the Eurographics GCH conference, this paper further explores the characteristics of an “authentic experience”, developing a framework that can be applied to the development of XR and hybrid applications in the field of cultural heritage. While recognising the broader concept of authenticity, we have not focused on an in-depth analysis of it. Instead, we focus specifically on “authentic experiences”. Here, we have extended the definition of authenticity beyond realism or sense of presence, proposing instead a multi-dimensional approach to engaging users cognitively, emotionally, and sensorially (the “Self” dimension) and, at the same time, including two otherfundamental dimensions (the “Others” and the “World”) intrinsically connected to the “Self”. We have then further detailed these three dimensions, which are the pillars of the perception of authenticity, identifying their “components” and “elements”. Finally, we transformed the elements into “actionable” design indications, setting the ground to further develop specific design (UI and UX) strategies for digital heritage and serious game applications.

The “dispersed” market: trading vegetables in Bamberg’s vegetable-growing district

Based on field observations, interviews, personal websites and news publications, the article takes a detailed look at the trade in Bamberg vegetables in a traditional vegetable-growing district. I ask the following questions: why, despite logistical and transportation inconveniences, buying vegetables from the producer is in demand and popular in today’s Germany? what can the convenience of the supermarket be opposed to? and what can sellers who have grown their own produce offer the sophisticated resident of a wealthy German city? The collected field material shows that the sale/purchase of vegetables in the stalls of the “dispersed market” occupies a certain niche in the consumption culture of the city dwellers and realizes a specific, emotionally loaded purchasing experience, which speaks of the eventization of trade. This different experience of consumption is purposefully constructed as if it is rooted in tradition and referring to some idealized past and notions of homeland, as well as to the concept of urban authenticity.

Artificial intelligence as an electronic person

With the development of technology, artificial intelligence is becoming an important part of the creative process, which raises many questions about traditional ideas about the author and copyright owner within the framework of current legislation. The article examines aspects related to artificial intelligence as a potentially new subject of copyright, analyzes its individual legal aspects in which artificial intelligence can be considered as an independent subject, and provides examples of existing precedents. At the same time, the current legislative gaps in the use of artificial intelligence as an author are being investigated, and issues related to the possibility of recognizing copyrights to works created by artificial intelligence, including the use of the term "creativity" in relation to the results of its activities, are being considered. The methodological basis is the universal dialectical method of cognition. General scientific and specific scientific methods were used : formal-logical, structural-functional, formal-legal and others. As a result of the conducted research, it was concluded that it is possible to introduce into legislation, along with a legal entity and an individual, a new entity – an electronic person. The scientific work formulates the author's concept of "electronic person", which has gained special relevance in the conditions of digitalization of modern society. It is assumed that an electronic person will be able to act as a subject of legal relations in the field of copyright, able to create new original works, recognize ownership of the results of his creative activity. In addition, the legal consolidation of an electronic person will establish the possible actual limits of the legal liability of artificial intelligence in the Russian Federation and determine who invested in it erroneous or deliberately incorrect source data that could harm both the individual and society as a whole.

The Labyrinth: using new music experience in the performance of historical music

The education of a classical violinist – or mine at least, and I see scant evidence that anything else holds today – begins based on a mainstream Romantic ideal consisting of works, geniuses, and concepts of musical authenticity. This is quite useful as a tool to cajole the young violinist into learning the essentials of tone production and playing styles but is at odds with a questioning attitude towards normative traditions that might allow the musician greater interpretive freedom after gaining that technique. While the historically informed performance (HIP) movement was an early, important manifestation of this sort of questioning attitude, the experimental/avantgarde tradition, which has run parallel to these others from the early twentieth century, has not often been applied to the interpretation of historical music. The experimental tradition does not assume conventional tone production or historical authenticity: instead, it is asking the musician to interpret the symbols on the page according to their own artistically informed predilections and contexts to produce new performances emanating from the artwork, thereby transferring more responsibility for the performance from the composer to the musician. To what extent might the experience of the performer be allowed to contribute to the performance of a historical work? As part of a three-year artistic research project in Stockholm, I have been looking into ways of using interpretive techniques gleaned from the study of new music and applying these to historical works. This article describes some existing research that questions the traditional interpretive paradigm, along with the ontology of a musical work and its interpretation, and concludes with a case study, “The Labyrinth,” showing one way that these sorts of attitudes can be put into practice for a genre of music to which they seldom, if ever, have been applied.

Autoridad y espiritualidad en Simeón el Nuevo Teólogo: una nueva perspectiva de autoridad

Thanks to the historical processes of Christianity, the scandals, the lack of coherence, and the new leadership paradigms of authority has become blurred. Because of this, questions about the authority concept in the Church have emerged. For this reason, it is necessary to consider: How to rethink the Church’s authority and its exercise according to current problems? Owing, Simeon the New Theologian is used to rethinking the Church’s authority from his theology of the experience of God. Therefore, expose the main topics of his life and Theology. Then, present the relationship between authority and his theology. After that, propose some reflection on authority for the church today. Finally, the conclusion.

Where is democracy nestled? Reflections on organizational degeneration based on an artists’ cooperative

PurposeThis article presents a compelling case study of a workers’ cooperative in the cultural sector. It offers a unique opportunity to delve into the tensions between managerial and democratic control, particularly in the context of heightened artistic claims. The pivotal role of an accountant in management for nearly two decades sparks a thought-provoking question about the potential for cooperative degeneration.Design/methodology/approachOur research employs a rigorous qualitative method, utilizing semi-structured interviews of six key members and a comprehensive analysis of legal, accounting and other media documents.FindingsOur findings offer a significant perspective, refuting any indications of organizational degeneration. The decision-making processes continue to uphold democratic principles. While the manager and his administrative staff wield substantial authority, this is justified by their duty to preserve the collective. This duty is executed under democratic control, facilitated by information transparency. The low level of democratic participation poses a challenge, but the manager’s initiatives are aimed at addressing this. The effectiveness of this control, however, relies on the active participation of the members, which acts as a strong deterrent against organizational degeneration.Originality/valueThe originality of our contribution lies in our reference to Chester Barnard whose reflections on industrial democracy have been forgotten, reflections linked to his conception of managerial authority. We also highlight the importance of empowering individual members, which leads them to consider the consequences of their actions. As a result, the manager is not placed in a situation where he has to decide alone, as the scope of his unilateral powers is de facto delimited.

Folklore and Jazz Narratives of Transformation and Interpretation Author's Concept of Volodymyr Hodlevskyi in “Introduction and Tokata” Composition

The purpose of the work is to define and specify the folklore-jazz narratives of the transformational-interpretive authorial concept of Volodymyr Hodlevskyi in the composition “Introduction and Toccata”, to propose an algorithm for the introduction of the latest artistic possibilities when mixing folklore and jazz, as a promising trend of the modern musical environment. The research methodology consists in considering analytical and systematic approaches to reveal the main principles and methods of applying folklore and jazz in compositional practice, as well as in approbation of the influence of the folklore-jazz direction on the artistic and performing aspect of the modern accordion and legend art of Ukraine in the first quarter of the 21st century. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the analysis and approbation of the transformative-interpretive author's concept of Volodymyr Hodlevskyi was conducted on the example of the author's composition “Introduction and Toccata”; the capacity and universality of the artistic and stylistic content of a certain author's composition are considered; new ideas and perspectives are proposed regarding the disclosure of the author's transformative-interpretive conceptual thought in the mixing and synthesis of folklore and jazz. Conclusions. Folk-jazz narratives of the modern transformative-interpretive author's concept of Volodymyr Hodlevskyi’s “Introduction and Toccata” consist in the introduction, improvement, growth and adaptation of modern artistic possibilities by mixing folklore, as a stronghold of traditional and stable ornamentation of cultural heritage, and jazz – modern, contemporary and the newest musical continent, which constantly needs development and modification in the prism of the improvised content of the present and transcription into the future cultural and artistic space.

Employment quality in the new socio-economic reality: theoretical and methodological foundations

The article contains scientific arguments for aggravating social and labor problems, especially employment in its various manifestations. It substantiates the need to update the theoretical and methodological foundations of employment in general and its quality in particular. A modern view of the employment institute is presented. The author's concept of employment quality has been revealed. The proposed conceptology of employment quality is based on the latest theoretical and methodological foundations and opens new horizons for further scientific and applied research. First of all, it concerns development of theoretical, methodological and applied principles of employment quality assessment. It is proven that the newest trend of the current digital age is the emergence and intensive reproduction of gaps in the quality of jointly distributed labor as part of various types of both standard and especially non-standard forms of employment. The article's key quintessence is the authors' vision of employment quality as a prerequisite for sustainable people-dimensional development and justification of the need to move the institute of employment quality to the epicenter of theoretical and applied research, which should become a platform for scientific support of formation and implementation of a new social and labor policy. Further research in the field of scientific support for social and labor development has received scientific interpretation.

The Diversity of N-Glycans of Chlorella Food Supplements Challenges Current Species Classification.

N-glycans have recently emerged as highly varied elements of Chlorella strains and products. Four years and eighty samples later, the increasing N-glycan diversity calls for a re-examination in the light of concepts of species designations and product authenticity. N-glycans of commercial products were analyzed by matrix-assisted time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) supported by chromatography on porous graphitic carbon with mass spectrometric detection. Although 36% of 172 products were labeled C. vulgaris, only 9% presented what could be taken as a C. vulgaris type N-glycan pattern. Respectively, 5 and 20% of the products matched with C. sorokiniana strains SAG 211-8k and SAG 211-34, which, however, carry entirely different structures. Furthermore, 41% presented with one of four frequently occurring glyco-types while 26% of the samples showed unique or rare N-glycan patterns. These glycan signatures thus profoundly challenge the stated species designations. By no means do we want to question the presumed health benefits of the products or the sincerity of manufacturers. We rather aim to raise awareness of the fascinating but also concerning diversity of microalgal N-glycans and suggest it as a means for defining product identity and taxonomic classifications.

Bildung and the moral topography of the self

Abstract The ideal of authenticity that developed in the Romantic era emphasized that both individuals and places find their own authentic process for cultivating their identity and humanity, a notion that has become controversial in modern philosophy. This article will explore the concepts of authenticity and place and discuss their relevance for Bildung theory today. Based on the works of Charles Taylor, we will argue that Bildung can be seen as constituted by and constitutive of language and moral spaces that go beyond the self and its individuality. In this view, Bildung can be understood as a ‘moral topography of the self’ with both substantial and procedural aspects. However, language and moral spaces (i.e. communities) can both enable and constrict our Bildung processes. Drawing on Rahel Jaeggi, we thus argue that alienation is an equally important concept to understand the complex and dialectical relationship between individuals and communities in our current moment.

The "Sernur text" in the lyrics by Zoya Dudina

This work is carried out within the framework of the current direction of modern philological science related to the study of local supertext (local text) in the national literatures of Russia. The subject of the research in the article is the "Sernur text" in the lyrics of the modern Mari poet Zoya Dudina, considered by us on the material of her poems included in the collection "Kuanyshym, kuemndal..." (Rejoiced, hugging a birch...) (2012). In this aspect, the lyrical works of this author are studied for the first time in the Mari literary science. The article identifies, describes and analyzes the main components of the "Sernur text" (images, motifs, artistic details, author's assessments and the ideological and conceptual component of individual lyrical texts and the collection as a whole), their place in the artistic structure of Zoya Dudina's lyrics. The methodology of the research consists of a historical-genetic and structural-semantic analysis of the author's lyrical texts, which allows us to identify and describe the structural and semantic levels of the "Sernur text", textual elements of the local subtext, revealing the author's concept of the world and man, the character of the lyrical heroine. The most important textual elements of the "Sernur text" in Zoya Dudina's lyrics are toponyms and anthroponyms and related spatial and character images – reconstructing/ transforming their primary etymological or real meanings, expressing one or another author's axiology. The main meaning of the "Sernur text" is summarized in the very title of the book (rural space, the land of ancestors, the Mari world), which carries the idea of the lyrical heroine's "merged" life with the Mari world and the world of nature. The structural and semantic levels of the "Sernur text" and textual elements of the local subtext (images and motifs, artistic details, documentary realities, framework components, etc.) reveal the author's concept of the world and man, imbued with respect for folk mythological culture and ancestral memory, their reflection in modernity, as well as the character of the lyrical heroine Zoya Dudina, marked by a genuine and grateful love for his native land.

Developing Concepts of Authenticity: Insights From Parents' and Children's Conversations About Historical Significance.

The present study investigated children's understanding that an object's history may increase its significance, an appreciation that underpins the concept of historical authenticity (i.e., the idea that an item's history determines its true identity, beyond its functional or material qualities, leading people to value real items over copies or fakes). We examined the development of historical significance through the lens of parent-child conversations, and children's performance on an authenticity assessment. The final sample was American, 79.2% monoracial White, and mid-high socio-economic status (SES) and included 48 parent-child pairs: 24 with younger children (R=3.5 to 4.5 years) and 24 with older children (R=5.5 to 6.5 years). Parent-child pairs discussed three books we created, with three storylines: a museum (culturally authentic) storyline, a clean-up (personally authentic) storyline, and a control storyline. Across measures, conversations suggested that authenticity may begin as a "placeholder concept" that is initially rooted in a broad appreciation for the significance of old objects and only later filled in with specifics. This placeholder initially directs children's learning about authenticity by linking, in an unspecified way, the value and significance of objects to their past. For example, we found that young children appropriately appealed to history (vs. perceptual or functional features of objects) in contexts regarding authentic objects but struggled in determining which objects were more significant on the post-test assessment, suggesting that they attend to object history but are not yet sure how histories matter for making authenticity judgments. We also found some evidence that directing children's attention toward conceptual information related to object history may in turn direct them away from material or perceptual considerations, as seen in trade-offs in parents' and children's conversations. Together, this exploratory report offers many new avenues for work on the development of authenticity concepts in childhood.

Impure blood: specialists, institutions, and cultural authority in the context of AIDS in Brazil

In this article, we examine the concept of cultural authority in the context of the professionalization/corporatization of medicine at the end of the 20th century, and its political and moral contours since the HIV/AIDS epidemic in São Paulo. Based on journalistic articles collected from the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo (1986-1989), we seek to highlight the place of medical expertise, examining the discourses produced about the disease in Brazil, in bases that show the emergence of social actors, disputes for credibility and the clinical authority under challenge. We analyze public narratives about AIDS, situating the place of authority. We argue that such discourses, in the context of sexual panic, did not occur outside a dynamic of therapeutic/clinical authority and the profession's own norms, which also immediately made visible the role of physicians, specialists and other health professionals, in dialogue with the moral grammar of the socially current illness. The conclusions illustrate the link between Brazilian medicine at the end of the century and the local-global history of AIDS, concentrating historical and political movements that disputed the scientific and moral meanings of the disease, fractured by the clash between authorities in the scientific, sanitary and clinical fields.