Contemporary Global Condition Research Articles

Current debates on men and masculinities: an interview with Jeff Hearn*

ABSTRACT This interview article addresses: the state of current debates and key priority areas in Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities, including the implications for men and masculinities in contemporary global conditions: the concept of gex; gender- and sexuality-based violence and digital technology; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on men and masculinities; and methodological challenges arising with the growth of quantitative studies.

ОСОБЕННОСТИ АРХИТЕКТУРЫ СОВРЕМЕННЫХ ТЕАТРАЛЬНЫХ ЗДАНИЙ МИРА: ГЛОБАЛЬНЫЕ ТРЕБОВАНИЯ И НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЕ ПРИОРИТЕТЫ

The architecture of theatre buildings in the modern period (from the late XXth century to the present day) has gone through significant changes in the architectural and artistic image of new constructions and in technological solutions. These transformations were motivated both by the need to comply with global standards and by the desire to sovereignly formulate priorities for the development of authentic national theatres (as an essential type of cultural institution) in each country. The goal of the article is to identify the key features of the traditions of contemporary theatre architecture in different parts of the world — in Europe, in the East and, of course, in Russia. This is, first of all, the creation of “star” architecture — a technique that has become especially popular in many countries over the past three decades. The revealed features of modern theatre architecture are primarily based on the analysis of the latest techniques for developing the artistic image of a new theatre building, its role in the development of the city environment and identification of the required set of technical characteristics. It is concluded that in the conditions of contemporary globalization the necessity to embody local identity in the architecture of modern theatres becomes a priority for each country.

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Information Challenge of Doing Business in Global Conditions

In the face of the globalization of the economy, society relies on previously built sources of information, which are disseminated through the latest communication and information transfer technology. So, in the conditions of contemporary globalization, in the first place comes the new competitive factor - information. One of the indispensable conditions for the development of economic relations is the recognition of all market participants, because unpredictable situations can lead to serious economic consequences. It should be noted that the distribution of information among participants in the economy practically always carries an unequal character. The availability of scarce information offers significant competitive advantage that provides additional chances in the fight for competition. So, they represent an economic resource used in the production of goods, services, offer, demand, and the formation of the basic productive forces that are essential for doing business in contemporary conditions. Keywords: Information, data, cybernetics, knowledge, goods, services, IT etc. DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/120-12 Publication date: April 30 th 2022

Ensuring students’ information security in the process of using the project method in foreign language teaching at the university

In contemporary conditions of globalization, there is a general informatization in all spheres of society. Informatization of the learning process has become the dominant direction in the modernization of the national system of higher education. The introduction of new information and communication technologies in the educational process leads to the emergence of completely new types of information threats and risks, ignoring which leads to destabilization of the learning process and students’ mental and physical health disorders. In this regard, ensuring information security is one of the main conditions for an effective educational process. Ensuring information security is based on the identification of real and potential threats in the information space. The classification of the main types of information threats is given. The identified threats, in conjunction with the provisions of the regulatory documents of the Russian Federation, provide for the development of a teacher’s competence in the field of information security. The content aspects of competence are revealed, which reflect the features of information threats and risks that are relevant at each stage of teaching. Based on the content aspects of competence, recommendations are formulated for teachers and students on ensuring information security as part of the process of foreign language teaching.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ РОЗВИТКУ МІСЬКИХ АГЛОМЕРАЦІЙ В УМОВАХ СУЧАСНОЇ ГЛОБАЛІЗАЦІЇ

The intensity of globalization processes and the role of cities in the socio-economic development of countries and regions increase at the current stage of society's development. Agglomerations that have the status of the global (world) level play the most crucial role. he purpose of the paper is to analyze the impact of globalization processes on the peculiarities of the development of urban agglomerations in the conditions of contemporary globalization, as well as to identify problems and prospects for their further evolution. The research was carried out based on the system, synergistic, informational and human-geographical approaches; using the methods of induction and deduction, comparison, analogy, analysis, synthesis, systematization, as well as mathematical, statistical and cartographic methods. Three waves characterized the spread of globalization in historical retrospect: the first one (the first half of the 20th century) described the intensive development of cities and industry, the development of transport infrastructure; the second wave (the second half of the 20th century) marked the formation of transnational, transcontinental and global corporations, the transfer of "dirty" industries to the territory of poor third world countries; the third (the beginning of the 21st century – until now) characterizes the emergence of urbanization beyond geopolitical and administrative borders. A significant trend in the contemporary development of cities is the tendency towards developing urban agglomerations, increasing their importance in contemporary spatial transformations and processes taking place on the planet. Agglomerations within regions of the world arose quite unevenly. The largest number are in the USA, Europe, and Asia, and agglomerations are growing at an accelerated pace in Africa and Latin America. Until the 20th century, the large agglomerations were formed mostly in developed countries and regions of the world due to the available resource and economic potential. Now the processes of intensive agglomeration are characterized for cities and developing countries, where the number of agglomerations is increasing. A significant increase in the number of cities and agglomerations in countries with a low level of development leads to the emergence and aggravation of global problems of modern times.

City networks binding resource peripheries to economic and political cores: a Northeast Asian perspective

ABSTRACT Under conditions of contemporary globalization and regionalization, economic connectivity is an increasingly important feature of Northeast Asia (NEA). Geographies of these connections and the role of NEA cities in the global and regional economies are increasingly variegated. This paper explores resource industries as landscapes of NEA integration in regional and global economies by focusing on the city networks of energy and mining firms. Using social network analysis (SNA) of the corporate headquarters-subsidiary relations, this paper provides a comparative study of spatialities of the NEA energy and mining city networks at different geographical scales. By distinguishing global, regional, and national scales of urban connectivity, the analysis identifies NEA cities that are strategic in linking resource extraction regions with centers of economic and political power. Based on the multiscale connectivity and SNA metrics, we draw a typology of gateway functions and discuss the positionalities of cities in NEA resources networks. By advancing the empirical understanding of NEA regional and global integration through strategic cities, this study establishes a case for the reframing of NEA as a region that is neither nationally-scaled nor geographically contiguous.

ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ КОНКУРЕНТНИХ ПЕРЕВАГ У ПРОЦЕСІ ІНТЕГРУВАННЯ ЛОГІСТИЧНОЇ ТА МАРКЕТИНГОВОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ КОМПАНІЇ

In the contemporary conditions of globalization on the one side and the lock-down reality of the COVID 19, on the other side, the synergy of marketing and logistical efforts are becoming increasingly essential for a global company to maintain a leading position on the market. The article characterizes and analysis the ways of influence of marketing decisions on logistical objectives, and, as a consequence, on the realization of strategic objectives of the company. Marketing logistics as a separate functional area of an enterprise has been specified in the article. In addition, interrelation of activities of two different business units of enterprise of doing business has been outlined on a global scale. The factors, which facilitate the integration of marketing and logistical activities, have been specified and include strengthening the differentiation of the market, making customer service providers more competitive and innovative, increasing the quality of company products, changing the product life cycle to increase demand, testing and implementing new ways to distribute products in B2B and B2C segments as well as infusing updated processes of economics and management, etc. The article also includes a thorough description of logistical activities components which ensure realization of the marketing-level strategic objectives. Based on a systematic research and analysis the global management functions, which involve both corporate marketing and logistic resources were defined. A competitive characteristic of various functional spheres of marketing and logistics within a global company was identified. They cover production, distribution and sale, volume and structure of the informational system, pricing policy and market penetration and promotion. The example of a global company is taken into account. Samsung Electronics Company has integrated all the function, which concern this work: both marketing and logistical. These functions are perfectly aligned with the strategic goals of the company, which translates effectively to the promotion and production of their products. The company gives useful examples of process management practices for other players of the global and local markets. Through the implementation of the recommendations from this article, companies can expect to optimize their logistical, warehousing and transportation costs while meeting the increasing marketing objectives each quarter.

Novelizing Non-Fiction: Arundhati Roy’s Walking with the Comrades and the Critical Realism of Global Anglophone Literature

This essay examines Arundhati Roy’s Walking with the Comrades (2011), a reportage about Maoist guerrillas engaged in an armed struggle against the Indian state, as a contemporary instance of critical realism. Drawing on theorizations of the novel and realism by Mikhail Bakhtin and Georg Lukács, I argue Roy’s reportage incorporates formal elements and techniques of the novel as well as a realist aesthetic to adapt the genre to depict adequately the life-worlds of the people from central India’s “Maoist heartland”, as they are experienced under conditions of contemporary globalization. The essay illuminates, in particular, Roy’s use of the novel’s dialogic structure, narrative discourse, and refracted focalization to fashion a realist aesthetic that seeks to map cognitively the connections between the global and the local. In so doing, Roy enacts what I call a “novelization of non-fiction” that represents a formal and aesthetic response to the historical pressures of globalization. This gestures towards a broader development in global anglophone literature: the return to a newly critical realism. Developing an understanding of realism in the context of global anglophone literature, the essay thus seeks to globalize our understanding of that aesthetic mode while underscoring its importance in depicting our contemporary moment. Furthermore, it brings a critical focus on Roy’s non-fictional writings, which have received much less scholarly attention than her two novels.

SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS: CREATIVITY AND CREATIVE CHANGE

This theoretical article is intended for complex analysis of complicated phenomena and processes of the promotion of creativity and creative changes in the main areas of the contemporary social and economic life, as well as for the current and most important issues of sustainability, social development, economic growth and technological breakthroughs. Purpose – to prepare, disseminate and implement the new concept of the sustainable social development, economic growth, innovations and technological breakthroughs, the essence of which is an integrated holistic approach to harmonization of various development processes and the use of specific managerial tools and instruments based on the ideas of creativity and creative changes.Research methodology – systematic analysis and synthesis of various scientific ideas and approaches, formulation and analysis of new insights. Findings – a new concept of the promotion of creativity and creative changes is prepared. This concept provides an integrated approach to the solution of the problems of social development, economic growth, innovation activities, technological progress and breakthroughs, as well as of the application of the specific managerial tools and instruments based on the ideas of creativity and creative changes. Implementation of this concept in the practice of the social and economic activities, research and academic studies creates various preconditions for anticipation and realization of new opportunities for social and economic development and technological breakthroughs under contemporary conditions of globalization, European integration and the creation of knowledge-based society. Research limitations – the proposed concept is limited to the cases of the research on general tendencies and the development processes of the society, as well as to the cases of the macroeconomic analysis and preparation of the strategic decisions for social, economic, political and technological development. Originality/Value – the new insights and perspective ideas provided for the priorities of the various social sciences and humanities, particularly – sociology, economics and management science, and of the application of the specific management tools, are described and analyzed. Orientation to these insights and ideas highlights new significant trends in the scientific research.

The geographically variegated connections of the Jakarta metropolitan area as produced by manufacturing firms

AbstractConnectivity in urban networks is often deemed to be an important feature of economically vibrant cities. Under conditions of contemporary globalization, the importance and geographies of these connections are increasingly variegated. Accordingly, various attempts have been made to analyse the external relations of cities and metropolitan regions, often through the lens of multilocational firms. Our purpose in this paper is to address the to‐date limited empirical knowledge about whether firms originating from different regions (i.e., firms with different headquarter [HQ] locations) create different patterns of inter‐urban relations. Drawing on the interlocking network model and using the Jakarta metropolitan area (JMA) as a case study, this paper explores how manufacturing firms with HQs either inside (further differentiating between the JMA and other cities) or outside (further differentiating between East Asian and non‐East Asian countries) Indonesia produce different patterns of external relations. Our findings indicate that each category of firms generates unique configurations of interurban relations for the JMA at the global and national scales. We argue that these variegated networks patterns not only reflect different locational strategies of firms, but also Indonesia's evolving policy orientations which have complex relations with evolving patterns of economic globalization.

Human rights under conditions of contemporary globalization: Russian and foreign regional dimension

Human rights under conditions of contemporary globalization: Russian and foreign regional dimension

Hybrid Pathways to Orthodoxy in Brunei Darussalam: Bureaucratised Exorcism, Scientisation and the Mainstreaming of Deviant-Declared Practices

This article investigates the bureaucratisation of Islam in Brunei and its interlinkages with socio-cultural changes. It elucidates how realisations of state-enforced Islamic orthodoxy and purification produce locally unique meanings, while simultaneously reflecting much broader characteristics of the contemporary global condition. The article first introduces a theoretical perspective on the bureaucratisation of Islam as a social phenomenon that is intimately intertwined with the state's exercise of classificatory power and related popular processes of co-producing, and sometimes appropriating symbolic state power. Second, it outlines the historical trajectory of empowering Brunei's national ideology, Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB). It then explores social imaginaries and bureaucratic representations of “deviant”-declared practices, before illustrating how these practices become reinvented within the parameters of state power as “Sharia-compliant” services to the nation state. Simultaneously, national-religious protectionism is paradoxically expressed in thoroughly globalised terms and shaped by forces the state cannot (entirely) control. Newly established Sharia-serving practices become culturally re-embedded, while also flexibly drawing upon multiple transnational cultural registers. In the main ethnographic example, bureaucratised exorcism, Japanese water-crystal photography and scientisation fuse behind the “firewall” of MIB. These hybrid pathways to orthodoxy complicate the narratives through which they are commonly framed.

Creative Industries: Development Processes Under Contemporary Conditions of Globalization

The article deals with the processes of developing creative industries under conditions of a growth in the worldwide economy and globalization, discloses the role of the sector of creative industries and shows its place in the system of the modern global economy. The paper presents a comparative analysis of theories and theoretical approaches intended for the sector of creative industries and its development as well as defines regularities and specificities characteristic of the development of creative industries. Particular attention is shifted on the growth and development of creative industries considering the current challenges of globalization and on the most important specificities of the developing sector in the context of the challenges of economic globalization. The paper examines the trends reflecting the place of the sector of creative industries in the economy of the modern world, including the tendencies indicating changes in the export of the products created in this sector. The article considers the issues of developing creative industries and reveals priorities of future research.

Orbits of Contemporary Globalization

Contrary to the commonly accepted view, human beings were global (i.e., migratory and without borders) to begin with and then localized as they started to reduce hunting and gathering and got into agriculture and animal husbandry. When they were migratory, humans exchanged genes, tools, cultures – in effect, they were already globalizing. In the second part of this commentary, I analyze the contemporary conditions of globalization. I suggest that today we are experiencing a market centered iconographic culture; and the possibilities for richer and more inclusive symbolic cultures exist, and need to be cultivated.

The Concept “Trans-Regional Political Institution”

Considered in the paper transregional Institute, they are a new political format in the development of the multidimensionality of the conditions of contemporary globalization. The BRICS is increasingly developing global opportunities for effective, intensive and equitable international cooperation not only in the interests of the participating countries, but also ensure a maximum level of stability, security and progress of the world system, its progressive and steady development. The study of various aspects of TRANS-regional development of modern political institution, represented by the BRICS, is caused by the fact that the mechanism of its development depends not only on economic interests but also on political stability and regional cooperation of its member countries.

A Unified Scene? Global Fictions in the C21

The twenty-first century has been marked by an unprecedented intensification in globalisation, transnational mobility and technological change. According to Peter Boxall, there has been a ‘turn in the fiction of the new century’ to reflect this ‘contemporary global condition’ (Boxall 141). This article examines how British and American literature engage with twenty-first century culture to reflect this emergent globalised state.

Global Aestheticscapes: Re-imag(in)ing the Global Experiences of Selected Filipino Artists Through Their Installation Artworks

This paper attempts to look at the contemporary global condition of Filipino art production by using the term “aestheticscapes”1 as a critical category of analysis. The confluence of the terms “aesthetics” and “-scapes” allows us to stretch the language of aesthetic production in a global scale of interactions, exchanges, contacts, circulations, negotiations, and amalgamations of geo and ethnoaesthetic positions. Significantly, “aestheticscapes” magnify the conditions of epistemic relations between global powers and discourses of the agencies of the artists via history, geography, aesthetic epistemes, and other social narratives. By looking at the installation artworks of selected Filipino diasporic, migrant, and mobile artists; this paper proposes that the conditions of global openness and mobility of ideas and people produce possibilities of reimagining and reworlding art history and art theory using the narrative of diasporic, migrant and mobile lives of artists and their works. This paper also suggests that aestheticscapes construct a platform of epistemic inquiry that fleshes out the different perspectival situatedness and conditions of aesthetic positions in global artworld and world art (studies).

Domination and migration: an alternative approach to the legitimacy of migration controls

Freedom as non-domination provides a distinctive criterion for assessing the justifiability of migration controls, different from both freedom of movement and autonomy. Migration controls are dominating insofar as they threaten to coerce potential migrants. Both the general right of states to control migration, and the wide range of discretionary procedures prevalent in migration controls, render outsiders vulnerable to arbitrary power. While the extent and intensity of domination varies, it is sufficient under contemporary conditions of globalization to warrant limits on states’ discretion with respect to admission. Reducing domination requires, rather than removing all immigration restrictions or democratically justifying them to all, that there be certain constraints on states’ freedom to control migration: giving migrants a publicly secured status somewhat analogous to that enjoyed by citizens, subjecting migration controls to higher legal regulation, and making immigration policies and decision contestable by those who are subject to them.

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF BIRD FLU SPREADING IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

here is no doubt that food no longer become commodities trading, according to the laws of supply and demand, but food issue became at the front of important issues to the State, because it is a strategy issue, which can not be left to contemporary global conditions and variables. Also, it is impossible to say that it will be safe, because food is a vital necessity and indispensable for human. Also local food production with appropriate amounts make stable life and community is turning for construction and development.