Mutual Acquaintance Research Articles

«Без Вас очень сиротливо»: М. Горький и кинодраматург А.С. Вознесенский (по новым материалам из архивов ИМЛИ РАН)

The paper deals with the history of the relationship between the bright representative of the Silver Age, the writer A. S. Voznesensky and M. Gorky. The investigation is based on new archival materials from A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Science. The life trajectories of Gorky and Voznesensky often went in parallel, since they were people of similar beliefs and the same social circle. We know about only one their meeting, which happened in Moscow in 1902, but their connection was carried out through letters and mutual acquaintances. Five letters of Voznesensky, stored in the archives of the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, cover the period from 1910 to 1936. In his letters, Voznesensky talks about himself, about the difficult situation of Soviet writers and the tragic fate of the writer Andrei Sobol. Gorky, in a letter dated as of 1910, gives an assessment of the previously unknown play by A.S. Voznesensky. These materials are shedding light on some facts of M. Gorky’s biography and allow for the fuller covering of the life and creative path of A.S. Voznesensky and for a deeper understanding of the literary process of the first third of the twentieth century in general.

Wymiana literacka między Chinami a Polską: przegląd i perspektywy

Chinese-Polish literary exchanges: Overview and perspectives Despite the great geographical distance between China and Poland, the two countries share a long and deep friendship. In recent years, literature has made frequent appearances at different levels of interactions and communications between China and Poland, demonstrating the unique role of literary exchanges in promoting the development of a relationship between two countries. This essay provides a systematic compendium, a comprehensive summary, and a multidimensional analysis of Chinese-Polish literary exchanges. Beginning with methodology, it introduces the purpose, subjects, range, levels, and theoretical tools of the study of two countries’ literary relations. Through a multi-dimensional study of literary reception, the Chinese-Polish literary exchange is divided into five periods: an early period of “mutual acquaintance”, a period of “initial development” in the first half of the 20th century, a period of “becoming mature” in the second half of the 20th century, a period of “increasing prosperity” in the new era, and a period of “new times” since 2012. The essay analyzes the contents, characteristics, and causes of Chinese-Polish literary exchanges in every period, objectively depicting the panorama of exchanges in literature between the two countries. On this basis, the patterns of Chinese-Polish literary exchanges are summarized from three dimensions: translation, imagology, and communication. Finally, suggestions are offered on how to effectively carry out the mutual promotion of Chinese and Polish literature in the future.

Fyodor Dostoevsky vs. Nikolai Kostomarov: genesis of Smerdyakov's сharacter in The Brothers Karamazov

The author examines one of the episodes of N.I. Kostomarov's Autobiography - the circumstances of his father's murder as the main source of Smerdyakov's image in F.M. Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov and its correlation with Dostoevsky's criticism of the idea “If there is no God, then everything is allowed!”. It is proved that Dostoevsky could have learned this episode in an oral transmission either personally from Kostomarov, or through mutual acquaintances with him. The connection is traced through the common Turkic origin of the surnames Kostomarov and Karamazov. It is proved that in The Brothers Karamazov Dostoevsky stands against Kostomarov's opinion about the differences between the South Russian and Great Russian families, expressed in the article Two Russian Nationalities .

UNIVERSITIES AS THE SUSTAINABILITY CENTERS: EVIDENCES FROM THE STUDENTS’ SURVEY DATA

Summary. The study was conducted within the framework of The German-Ukrainian University Technology Transfer Internship Program 2021 (GUTT.INUP 2021). The GUTT. INUP 2021 program was aimed at the exchange of pedagogical and research experience between universities in Germany and Ukraine, as well as at mutual acquaintance with the latest scientific achievements of German and Ukrainian scientists, including in the field of sustainable development. The University of Würzburg (Germany) has extensive experience in joining new member universities to the existing Bavarian Network for Sustainability in Higher Education, as well as in organizing and managing student activities in areas related to the implementation of a sustainable development strategy. At present, environmental education, the cultivation of an environmental outlook, and the involvement of students in the activities of universities aimed at implementing the basic principles of environmental sustainability as an important component of a sustainable development strategy are very relevant in the context of global climate change. Using the experience of the University of Würzburg, as well as the practice of other European universities in this field, our team conducted a survey among students from different faculties to collect their perceptions and opinions on sustainable development in higher education and environmental sustainability issues. Based on the results of the survey, we proposed a roadmap for the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv as a future center for sustainable development, including activities aimed at achieving environmental sustainability goals in the context of the sustainable development strategy. Keywords: universities, environmental education, students’ activities, environmental sustainability, sustainable development

Conrad Seabaugh & Company: An Inside Look at an Illinois Hinterland Merchant

Conrad Seabaugh & Company: An Inside Look at an Illinois Hinterland Merchant

Tribute to David Loye

A tribute briefly describing Raymond Bradley’s gratitude to David Loye for his friendship, support, and mentorship. Their relationship began through a mutual acquaintance, the world-renowned neuropsychologist Karl Pribram, and extended over four decades before David’s passing.

Teacher strategies that foster students’ boundary-crossing expertise when addressing problems with wicked tendencies

ABSTRACT Professionals are increasingly involved in attempts to understand and address problems with wicked tendencies, which require crossing boundaries between disciplines, organisations and stakeholder perspectives. This multiple-case study investigated six higher professional education courses in order to develop better understanding of how teachers foster the development of students’ boundary-crossing expertise through enhancing relevant learning processes in courses focussing on wicked-problem-solving in interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder contexts. We viewed students’ relevant learning processes as learning mechanisms that foster boundary awareness (identification and reflection) and boundary work (coordination and transformation) and considered teachers to be enablers of such learning processes. Data came from semi-structured interviews with teachers, students and stakeholders, observations and document study. We identified nine interrelated enabling strategies teachers used. To foster students’ observation of wickedness through boundary awareness, they encouraged mutual acquaintance, open exploration, opportunities for learning, and multi-perspectivity. To foster students’ action through boundary work, they encouraged initial contact, joint action and multifaceted perspectives on value creation. To foster the interplay between boundary awareness and work, they encouraged successive refinement and structure while embracing wickedness. Balancing the tension that students experience at boundaries when navigating complexity, uncertainty and value divergence was identified as an important element of these enabling strategies.

A Translation and Literary Analysis of Adebayo Faleti’s Poem: Ojo Ilayefun”

The concept of friendship in the Yorùbá cultural milieu is very germane to their communal life. Suffice to say that there seems to be no human being without, at least, a friend, the major issue usually is how well-grounded such friendship is, especially in times of need. Friendship development among the Yorùbá usually begins during the formative years via social interaction. However, sustaining such friendship through inter-personal relationship, which requires great sacrifices, is the most difficult aspect of it. This essay examines the Yorùbá concept of a mutual acquaintance, as depicted in one of Faleti’s poems titled “Ọjọ Ìláyẹfún.” The essay employs the hermeneutics model to undertake a literary analysis of the poem, which serves as the primary data for the study. By analyzing the representational meanings that are attributed to the concept of friend (òré in Yorùbá, the study shows that the term friendship has many metaphorical meanings in the traditional Yoruba worldview. The study also foregrounds the cultural, metaphorical, and metaphysical meanings of the Yoruba concept of mental imbalance (wèrè) beyond the conventional meaning or common knowledge about it in the Yorùbá socio-cultural milieu. The essay concludes that the Yoruba indigenous system, through several notions and metaphorical expressions about mental malady socially stigmatizes people suffering from such ailment. Mental pictures/images of incurability being rammed the native sub-consciousness, orthodox medicine has proved that it could be managed, suggesting that a lunatic could eventually be reformed, rehabilitated, and re-absorbed into the functionality of society.

Studying with Miss Bishop: Memoirs from a Young Writer’s Life

Studying with Miss Bishop: Memoirs from a Young Writer’s Life

First edition and translation of an unpublished poem (1566) from Johanna Otho to Camille de Morel

This paper presents the first full edition and translation of an unpublished (1566) poem written by Johanna Otho and sent to Camille de Morel. Both young women, linked by their mutual acquaintance Karel Utenhove, were internationally recognized for their learning. Otho’s poem is a significant contribution to the corpus of women’s Latin poetry. This paper also offers a brief introduction to the poem’s historical context and suggests contem- porary political resonances for Otho’s poem. Her poem contains allusions to the conflict between courtly life and religion, which reference the ongoing conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Europe and specifically France.

Не­фор­мал­ни ла­ич­ки од­зив на об­ја­вљи­ва­ње књи­ге Цр­ква — ка за­јед­нич­кој ви­зи­ји

The document The Church — Towards a Common Vision (TCTCV) of the Commission for Faith and Order within the World Council of Churches was published in Serbian, as a book, co-published by the Christian Cultural Center “Dr. Radovan Bigović,” Institute for Systematic Theology of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Belgrade and Biblical Cultural Center, 2020, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Both the TCTCV book and the pandemic represent a spiritual and existential challenge. They provoke reception, reflection. Therefore, it is necessary to capture the contemporary context and meaning of publishing and researching literature dedicated to the topic of ecumenism in our Church. It is also expedient to look at history and significance of ecumenism as a general mission of the Church. The notable ecclesiocentricity of the book TCTCV can arouse our greater interest in orthodox and ecumenical ecclesiology, their comparative research, as well as in re-examining our own role and invocation in the ecumenical movement. Through statistical, epistemological, and contextual analysis of the concepts of the text of the book, we noticed some specifics and possibilities of encouragement for inclusive lay, consultative-democratic, and political-theological approaches in ecumenism. The grace of reading the book TCTCV is manifested, among other things, through arousing contemplation over the mystery of the Church, unity, communion. This secret could be explored mentally and spiritually, through a personal relationship, together, based on the experience of participating in a concreate community of the Church. The axiom about the Church as a community is at the heart of the content of this book, as well as the universal call to the Christ-loving hearts of many to use the book as an instrument for mutual acquaintance, rapprochement, and striving for a common, Eucharistic understanding of the Church and universal Christian unity. In general, this was the vision of Bishop Nicholai Velimirovich while participating in the ecumenical movement and infusing in it his own orthodox experience of the Church. It was also very impactful on prof. Dr. Radovan Bigović, who further elaborated modern ecumenical attitudes, clear and solid guidelines for our contemporary orthodox ecumenical orientation. Both of them, bishop Nicholai and Dr. Bigović are ecumenical and inclusive (unifying) persons and as such our encouraging paragons for ecumenical mission and above all ecumenical love. Relied on them and other ecumenical theologians we are gifted with an opportunity to get involved and to continue building our ecumenical tradition in which publishing plays a significant role.

Переписка князя А. Д. Кантемира с сестрой и пути развития эпистолярного жанра в России XVIII в.

The paper is to study the correspondence by A. D. Kantemir with his sister, M. D. Kantemir, in the context of development of the epistolary genre in Russian literature of the 18th century. It turns out that it began to advance to leading positions as early as the first third of the 18th century (as evidenced, in particular, by the writer of the time of Peter the Great “Annexes, how to write different compliments...”), a friendly letter plays a decisive role in the communication between the prince and the princess. This is a kind of family-friendly correspondence. Its character changes over time: in 1732–1740 it is mostly confidential and confessional, in 1741–1744 — business. Probably, such changes occurred under the influence of external factors: the state of health of Kantemir was steadily deteriorating, what he tried to conceal from his sister not to upset or frighten her, yet he did not want to lie to her either. At the same time, he had neither the strength nor the time to discuss anything, except the cases when he was in a hurry to arrange, feeling the approach of death. Obviously, for these reasons, personal topics were hushed up. But even transferred to the business register, the correspondence between brother and sister Kantemir remained invariably friendly. Whatever character it wore, it displays such features as empathy, sincere participation of one correspondent in the events of the life and experiences of another (hence the special warmth in appeals to the addressee, including in prescripts and clauses), the presence of friendly jokes, as well as its own kind of “secret writing”, an allegorical language, understandable only to the correspondents. Princess Maria suggested that Cantemir adopted nicknames for mutual acquaintances, and in the letters of Princess Maria these nicknames realize their literary potential. They are two-pronged (the Princess alternately actualizes the “human”, then the “animal” plan of content, long anticipating the method of switching the narrative from the “animal” to the “human” plane, characteristic for the satire of M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, including his tales) and are quite satirical. The presence of literary — first of all, poetic — insertions is considered to be one of the features of friendly literary writing, the appearance of which in Russian literature is traditionally dated to the second half of the 18th century. The correspondence between the Prince and Princess Kantemir is closely connected with the tradition of sentimentalism, thanks to its confidential, confessional and friendly tonality. The study demonstrates that this correspondence enriches academic understanding of the essence and history of formation of the friendly literary writing.

Wharton, Hemingway, and the Advent of Modernism

Wharton, Hemingway, and the Advent of Modernism

Scientific Associations as Communities of Practice for Fostering Collaborative Knowledge Building: Case Study of IAKM

Knowledge building is a social process that is driven by the willingness of people to share their expertise and create new knowledge. Scientific Communities of Practice (CoPs) are communities of professors and researchers whose aim is to foster scientific knowledge generation. In the KM literature, research concerning this kind of CoPs has been substantially neglected so far. The present research analyses the case study of the International Association for Knowledge Management (IAKM) seen as a scientific CoP where members are mostly academics with research interests in developing and promoting knowledge management. Based on a collection of quantitative and qualitative data about member collaborations and scientific production, the study investigates the structure of interactions and the collaborative processes of IAKM members and the specific mechanisms of knowledge building within this CoP, seen as a paradigmatic example of scientific community. Members were asked to respond to a survey regarding their collaborative activities carried out with other IAKM members in the period of 2011 – 2020. The descriptive analysis revealed the kind of collaborations, the distribution of interactions across the community, and the dynamic patterns over time. A follow-up social network analysis was used to provide deeper insight into the community structure and dynamics. The research found that a CoP can really be useful for progress in a scientific field because it can provide a platform for trust and mutual acquaintance that reduces barriers to collaboration and knowledge building across different universities, professional roles, countries, and cultures, which is increasingly important for the progress of science. Most importantly, IAKM exhibited a cohesive and active core membership with pivotal roles played by a number of active members, which contributed significantly to the growth of the Association and, in general, to the advancements in the field of KM through collaborative knowledge building.

KOMI (ZYRYAN AND PERMYAK) LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE IN THE FINNISH LANGUAGE

The paper deals with the Finnish translations from the Komi literature and folklore, its purpose is to review the available Finnish publications from the Komi-Zyryan and Komi-Permyak literatures, as well as to identify some common features of the Komi-Finnish translation activity. It is established that Komi folklore was first published in the Finnish language in the 1880s-1890s, and fiction - in the 1920s, however, the main part of the available translations date back to the period after the 1980s. The increase in the intensity of mutual translation activities among the Finno-Ugric peoples since the 1990s is connected with the establishment and development of contacts in the literary sphere: the Association of Finno-Ugric literatures appears, writers' congresses are regularly held. One of the goals of such cooperation is mutual acquaintance with literary creativity, which is carried out primarily through literary translation. About four hundred of the Komi-Zyryan and Komi-Permyak works are presented in Finnish. Translations into Finnish are carried out not only in Finland, but also in Karelia, where the Finnish language is used as a literary language. Translations made in Finland are characterized by an exceptional dominance of poetry, with intermediary language used very rarely, transcriptions are made directly from the original language. In Karelia there is interest in the Komi prose, but translators work using the Russian language.

Lockdown: A chance to strengthen the relationship or to widen the gap for tunisian couples?

IntroductionGeneral lockdown due to the outbreak of Corona virus is a major change in people’s lives. Some mental health professionals consider it as a traumatic event with potentially serious psychiatric repercussions, especially on married couples.ObjectivesDetermine the consequences of the lockdown on married couples.MethodsAn online survey conducted on social media during Mai 2020.ResultsA total of 223 married persons filled our survey with 86,1% females. Marriage was traditional in 17%, through mutual friends and acquaintances in 0,4% and after a love story in 84,3%. Families were not consenting to the marriage in 5,4% and 28,7% of participants did not consider that they knew their partner enough prior to marriage. The mean duration of marriage was 2 years and 10 months. Having children was reported in 77,1%. Before the general lockdown, 1,79% described their relationship as “bad” compared to 5,82% during; sharing house chores raised from 56,44% to 68,44%. And taking care of children by both parents during the lockdown raised also from 55% to 67,22%. Frequency of sexual intercourse was the same in 57,4% and lower in 23,8%. The lockdown was an opportunity to discover new things in their partner for 28,4% and 19,7% did not consider the lockdown as a chance to spend more time with their partner.ConclusionsThe lockdown gave us a chance to study the impact of the absence of social life on married couples.DisclosureNo significant relationships.

GDSS Prototype Model for Supplier Selection at MDM Cooperative

MDM is a trade cooperative business unit that supplies healthy food options for consumers around the Andalas University campus. So far, the selection of suppliers that provide supply goods to the stores is only based on the trust between both parties, which is the principle of mutual acquaintance and kinship. The problems that may arise from a process like this are the lack of the right supplier, unavailability of goods, relatively higher product prices, late delivery, and low-quality goods. Therefore, we need a GDSS that is capable of overcoming these problems. This GDSS helps in decision-making by determining the right supplier for each of the stores owned by the MDM Cooperative. The methods used are AHP, TOPSIS, and BORDA, involving six criteria and five tested alternatives. The AHP method is used to obtain the weight of each criterion taken from the pairwise comparison matrix. The TOPSIS method is used to determine which suppliers get priority for supply goods. Combining the AHP and TOPSIS methods can reduce the weaknesses of the TOPSIS itself by giving subjective weights. The use of the BORDA method can provide maximum results in selecting this supplier. This GDSS also involves three decision-making bodies: the head of the cooperative, the deputy, and the treasurer. The results of this prototype can show the best alternative selected based on the ranking method.

Wincenty Pol (1807–1872) — Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872) — relacje i korelacje artystyczne

Wincenty Pol (1807–1872) romantic poet, guardian of the national tradition — Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872) representative of Polish Romanticism in music, restorer of the national opera, author of several hundred solo songs.Pol and Moniuszko knew and inspired each other with their work, which was significantly influenced by folklore from the borderlands. Moniuszko’s masses, litanies and cantatas were one of the incentives for Pola to address the issue of religious music in his lectures.Both were connected with four Polish scientific and cultural centers: Vilnius, Warsaw, Krakow and Lviv, where they met in 1865.The poet and composer had mutual friends and acquaintances: recognized composers-conductors, writers and poets, music critics and actors. They both considered art as one of the means to educate the society living under the partitions. They entered the history of Poland as defenders of the native language and culture.

Comparative study of the communicative behavior of Russians in comparison with Chinese

The contradictory situation of globalization and active business contacts between the citizens of Russia and China is formed with insufficient mutual acquaintance of the participants of communication with the linguistic, cultural and behavioral differences in the mentalities of both ethnic groups. The study of these differences facilitates both direct understanding of someone elses utterance, and the creation of positive contacts that are not burdened by conflict factors. In these conditions, it is particularly important to know the set of verbal and non-verbal means of utterance of Russian and Chinese-speaking participants in communication, including phraseological and label-gesture features. The main concept of kinesics is that the faces of people are no less than their words, you can judge many, including their current psychological and emotional state. The study of nonverbal means of communication is based on the idea that each of the attributes of the body, be it shape, size, etc., acquires its own meaning under certain conditions. Author it is concluded that it is necessary to combine the actual linguistic and communicative skills of those who communicate with their creative comprehension, comparing them with the corresponding phenomena in their native language and native culture.

Forgotten acquaintance of Maksym Rylskyi: Valia Mykhalchuk (from comments on writer’s letters)

The article addresses some issues within comments on Maxym Rylskyi’s epistolary heritage. Based on the analysis of the preserved correspondence between the writer and Yaroslav Vitoshynskyi in the 1950s—1960s, in comparison with the discovered archival documents, an assumption was made that there were inaccuracies in the comments on Maksym Rylskyi’s published correspondence. According to the author of the paper, the letters don’t tell about Valentyn Mykhalchuk, some person that remains thoroughly unidentified, but about composer Valerian Mykhalchuk who became a victim of political repression in 1937. The biographical information of the possible mutual acquaintance of both correspondents is taken from his investigative case. Given the possible high level of inaccuracy in this type of sources, since the arrestees used to give deliberately false testimonies under pressure, thus incriminating themselves and others, only non-political information was included in the analysis. An important source was the retained materials of the retrial, including the characteristics of people who knew Valerian Mykhalchuk personally. It’s true that such documents may also contain memory errors due to their diachronic nature in relation to the events described, so they should not be trusted unconditionally. The proposed hypothesis requires further validation, which, if confirmed, not only corrects the error made in the comments to Rylskyi’s published correspondence but also broadens the knowledge about the writer’s social circle in the 1920s and 1930s. In addition, the paper indicates the incorrect dating of Maksym Rylskyi’s poem “The ‘Brothers’ Liberator’ is going on…”