One century after the Bolshevik Revolution: towards a « French History » of Soviet Heritage (original) (raw)
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For a lecture in Moscow on intangible heritage, I wanted to offer to the audience some excerpts from my writings. This way I offered a sort of reader or an expanded lecture. Most of my writings are here, at academia.edu but almost all of the books are freely available at https://www.mnemosophy.com/the-vault I apologize for my careless use of English; there is a price to becoming lingua franca and maybe we should not refrain from showing all the faces of globalization.
How could the assumption onto our Human Complex Life within the centennial realm after the World War 1 fits in the worldwide-view made by the globalization / regionalization realities and postmodern aspirations? There is, here and now, a “possible turning point” proposal to take account on the state of art, at least, in the related arena of a comprehension on consciousness [Cognitive Science, Artificial Life and Intelligence, Neuroscience]. There is a proposed re-focusing by Science [Inter/Trans/Co-disciplinarity, Integrative Science], Culture and Religion [not only through the wide spectrum of Theology] So, there is a significant explanatory gap (that exists between the subjective qualities of our perception and the physical systems that we call the brain, the community, the society, Humankind) is symbolized per se by our subjective-objective tensions, limitations and paradoxes. It may be a proper turning point to approach subjective-objective gap of ourselves. As above presented, as related to our gap, within the centennial realm after the World War 1, the approach(es) is(/are) used starting from ourselves. Now, on another part, a new insight “subject-object reversal” is elicited by aiming out of: conventional understanding (“what else is true?”) and constraining explanation (“what is science?” / “what is culture?” / “what is religion?” – but not as currently these three ‘isolated’ inquiries, yet as an integrative set of inquiries – toward an innovative systemic single inquiry on). These “what is” are equivalent to prolong just ourselves per se beyond “our gap” and so, to face ourselves toward the (re-)construction of a “HUMAN COMPLEX of OUR 1918-2018 WAYS”. Is this construct a new term within a possible “Science/Culture/Religion” triad? Is this triad a possible pavement in order to LEARN TO LIVE AND TO PROGRESS TOGETHER? Could a NETWORK OF (the contemporary) NETWORKS implement these new constructs? Into this Study-Report it is proposed to each (e-)reader to firstly comprehend the INTEGRALITY of three symbolic patterns [‘The Boethian Wheel of Life/Fortune/World’; the inquiring war sense image embedded into a Transylvanian majolica plate; the interbellic inter-ethnic friendship photo from a Sibiu area] associated to the basement of this Study-Report related to the Academic, Interdisciplinary and International Summer School “CENTENARY 1918-2018”, Sibiu, Rasinari, Busteni – Romania. These firstly to be comprehend three symbolic patterns are considered necessary [and maybe ‘sufficient’ too within a positive integrality] to (re)present the composed images related to the project book_Volume 1: “SCIENCE/CULTURE/RELIGION” // Network of Networks // LEARN TO LIVE AND TO PROGRESS TOGETHER. I.e. a 2017-2018-2019 an International Consortium Project [this project book_Volume 1 is containing 25 contributions from all the three classical ‘isolated’ “SCIENCE and CULTURE and RELIGION” very long term human domanins – the stahe is still open for other contributions on]. After the presentation of the affiche “INVITATION to the SUMMER SCHOOL”, there is the ‘ADVANCED’DRAFT [and then the more details program] of the << PROJECT SUMMER SCHOOL CENTENARY / SCOALA DE VARA ‘CENTENAR’ >>. This contains the following iterative [April-July 2018] and interactive [within all implied parties and personalities involved] elements: concept, interactive ORGANIZATION, communication management, enrollment-DEFINITION and knowledge dissemination (including a desired interactive site) understanding/explaining/revealing the << PRIORITIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TRANSYLVANIAN AND BASARABEAN ROMANIAN SPACE FOR THE THESAURUS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE / REMEMORATIONS 100 YEARS FROM THE GREAT UNION >>. Also, there are presented the data of the 37 Personalities [ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF THE FAMILY NAME] who will present during this SUMMER SCHOOL actions 10-15 minute (e-) communication / with or without written text (MSWord file); oral intervention; participation in the debate; explicit opening letter to any of the first activities of the days submitted, open points / open lessons / communications / posters / demonstrations / book presentations / exhibition stand, etc. Also and also, there are presented the data of the 45 persons applying for the COST program of the European Union (Deadline 27 April 2018) / and the respective institutions from 15 countries /// "SCIENCE / CULTURE / RELIGION - A NETWORK OF NETWORKS – LEARN TO LIVE AND TO PROGRESS TOGETHER (2019- 2022)". The Study-Report paged SUMMER SCHOOL PHOTOES are followed by the data on the extensions of the SUMMER SCHOOL -ACADEMIC, INTERNATIONAL, INTERDISCIPLINARY- SIBIU and RASINARI "CENTENARY of the Great Union" Sibiu and Rasinari, August 13-19, 2018 / Busteni, August 20-24, 2018. There are, also, at least 10 personalities who did not succeed in the application 'REGISTER' in the COST program of the European Union (deadline 27 April 2018) / and the respective institutions from 5 countries: France, Italy, The Netherlands, UK, Romania. Also there are presented the data on the 13 [*]personalities that were (e-*)presented (their or colleagues’) books and/or studies during the four main days + the extension of the Summer School – and – the postponed part or/and the next steps extensions of the SUMMER SCHOOL -ACADEMIC, INTERNATIONAL, INTERDISCIPLINARY- SIBIU and RASINARI "CENTENARY of the Great Union" at Rasinari, Friday [and Saturday] August 17 [and 18], 2018 – mostly on the Sub_Project: RASINARI "The first SMART VILLAGE from Marginimea Sibiului”. Other documents and comments are provided – as a fair interface to the (e-)reader of this Study-Report – implicitly inviting him/her to be a partner/participant at the prospected ‘100 + 1’ edition within 2019 summer, and within the desired yearly continuity… This Study-Report contain (within its annexes) the two 2018 academic programs of (bi)monthly sessions within systemic/cybernetic and/or interdisciplinary approaches; these two 2018 academic programs are – the first an advance, the second a consequence of the events and the debates/proposal taken in relation to the wide spectrum of this SUMMER SCHOOL -ACADEMIC, INTERNATIONAL, INTERDISCIPLINARY- SIBIU and RASINARI "CENTENARY of the Great Union" Sibiu and Rasinari, August 13-19, 2018 / Busteni August 20-24, 2018. Keywords a NETWORK OF (the contemporary) NETWORKS, Academic Interdisciplinary and International Summer School “CENTENARY 1918-2018”, (bi)monthly sessions within systemic/cybernetic and/or interdisciplinary approaches, globalization / regionalization, “HUMAN COMPLEX of OUR 1918-2018 WAYS”, Inter/Trans/Co-disciplinarity, LEARN TO LIVE AND TO PROGRESS TOGETHER, our Human Complex Life, RASINARI "The first SMART VILLAGE from Marginimea Sibiului”, Science, Culture, and Religion, Science/Culture/Religion, “Science/Culture/Religion” triad, subjective-objective gap of ourselves, subjective-objective tensions/limitations and paradoxes
Historiography of Now: Russian/Soviet Monuments under Debate in Europe
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Études et Travaux XXXVII, 2024
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Muzeologia a kulturne dedicstvo / Museology and Cultural Heritage 2/2023
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