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Taikoja ja tenhoa Oxfordissa: raportti Living in a Magical World: Inner Lives -konferenssista ja Spellbound-näyttelystä
2018
Oxfordissa pidettiin 17.–19. syyskuuta kuluvan vuoden merkittävin magian, esoteeristen alojen ja taikauskon tutkimuksen kansainvälinen konferenssi Living in a Magical World: Inner Lives, 1300–1900. Samaan aikaan Oxfordin Ashmolean Museumissa pyörii yhteistyössä konferenssijärjestäjien kanssa kuratoitu näyttely Spellbound. Magic, Ritual, Witchcraft (31.8.2018 – 6.1.2019), jossa on esillä laaja valikoima magian ja taikauskon historiaa keskiajalta 1900-luvulle. Lyhyt reportaasi arvioi sekä konferenssin että näyttelyn antia.
Dreams and Themes in the texts of the “Reaalifantasia” group : Unnatural Minds in Anne Leinonen’s Viivamaalari and J. Pekka Mäkelä’s Muurahaispuu
2017
This article deals with the unnaturally functioning and frame-breaking dreams and the unnatural minds they are connected to in the novels Viivamaalari (2013) by Anne Leinonen and Muurahaispuu (2012) by J. Pekka Mäkelä. The dreams in the novels are discussed as examples of the poetics and thematics of Reaalifantasia, a young Finnish group of authors who in their writings combine fantasy elements with features of other genres. These minds and dreams as well as the ideologically charged themes they foreground are analyzed using the concepts and viewpoints of unnatural narratology. peerReviewed
Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti, XXXI
2021
The articles of Latvian and foreign researchers published in this issue represent various branches of humanities and social sciences. Researchers have used various research methods to help understand the research potential of scientific atheism and Soviet spirituality phenomena and their versatility and multi-layered nature.
Gallium preference for the occupation of tetrahedral sites in Lu3(Al5-xGax)O12multicomponent garnet scintillators according to solid-state nuclear ma…
2019
Abstract In this study, the distributions of aluminum and gallium atoms over the tetrahedral and octahedral sites in the garnet structure were investigated in mixed Lu3Al5-xGaxO12 crystals by using 27Al and 71Ga magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and single crystal 71Ga NMR. The experimental study was supported by theoretical calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) in order to predict the trends in terms of the substitutions of Al by Ga in the mixed garnets. Both the experimental and theoretical results indicated the non-uniform distribution of Al and Ga over the tetrahedral and octahedral sites in the garnet structure, with a strong preference for Ga occupy…
Electronic shell structures in bare and protected metal nanoclusters
2016
This short review discusses the concept of the electronic shell structure in the context of metal nanoclusters. Electronic shell structure is a natural consequence of quantization of fermionic states in a quantum confinement, where the symmetry of the confining potential creates energetically close-lying sets of states that reflect the symmetry of the potential. It was introduced in cluster physics in early 1980s and initially influenced greatly by the related model of nuclear shell structure from 1950’s. Three application areas are discussed consisting of free gas phase clusters, clusters supported by insulating oxides or oxide thin films, and clusters that are synthesized by wet chemistry…
Superfluid weight and Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition temperature of twisted bilayer graphene
2019
We study superconductivity of twisted bilayer graphene with local and non-local attractive interactions. We obtain the superfluid weight and Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition temperature for microscopic tight-binding and low-energy continuum models. We predict qualitative differences between local and non-local interaction schemes which could be distinguished experimentally. In the flat band limit where the pair potential exceeds the band width we show that the superfluid weight and BKT temperature are determined by multiband processes and quantum geometry of the band.
Zum Wandel translatorischer Normen. 1930 und 1953 als polnische Übersetzungskontexte von Thomas Manns "Der Zauberberg"
2018
The changes of translation norms. 1930 and 1953 as contexts of the translation of The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. The author presents the preliminary considerations related to a planned study the purpose of which is to reconstruct the history of the Polish translation of Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain) by Thomas Mann and examine its impact on the Polish reception of the work. Since each of the two parts of the novel were translated by different translators and because the second volume was translated twice (in 1930 and 1953), the translation contexts are very significant. The concept of context is presented in conjunction with the historically variable understanding of translation st…
Maģiskā reālisma semiotika filmās
2015
Maģiskais reālisms ir grūti definējams termins, bet viena no tā galvenajām iezīmēm ir dažādu sociālu un psiholoģisku aspektu izpausme. Šī maģistra darba mērķis ir filmu ‘Pusnakts Parīzē’, ‘Pī dzīve’ un ‘Putncilvēks’ semiotiska analīze, balstoties uz Kristiana Meza filmu semiotikas teorijām, tai pašā laikā analizējot arī maģiskā reālisma elementu pielietojumu šajās filmās. Analīze parāda, ka maģiskais reālisms tiek izmantots, lai runātu par tādiem aspektiem, kas maģisko reālismu cieši sasaista ar traumas diskursu. Tomēr nav novērojams, ka režisori izmantotu konkrētu sintagmātiskos tipus, lai uzsvērtu maģiskā reālisma idejas, lai gan redzams, ka ar dažu tipu palīdzību ir iespējams gan salīdzi…
Kuvat ja magia Marsilio Ficinon ajattelussa
2011
Käsillä oleva tutkimus keskittyy kuvien ja symbolien rooleihin Marsilio Ficinon filosofiassa ja astrologisen magian teoriassa. Päätarkoituksena oli tutkia kuvien toimintaa ja siihen liittyviä teoreettisia taustaoletuksia, kuten käsityksiä ihmisen luomistyön arvosta ja muodoista universumin hierarkian operatiivisina osina. Tavoitteena on ollut välttää kuvamagian tutkimusperinteeseen toisinaan liittyneitä marginalisoivia näkökulmia; magia on pyritty sen sijaan näkemään osana maailmankuvien, tieteen, uskomusten, uskonnollisuuden ja parannuskäytäntöjen historiallista kehitystä, ja kuvien merkitystä on lähestytty niiden käyttötapojen kautta. Ficinon edustamassa emblemaattisessa traditiossa käsit…
Lapsas tēls un tā ietekme uz japāņu folkloru
2021
Japan is and has been for thousands of years a very spiritual nation that is influenced by three different religions as well as folklore and myth. The three main religions in Japan being Shintoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, all three offer its followers different moral perspectives that in Japan meld with each other and the folklore that is dominated by strange creatures and horrific monsters. Japanese folklore is also populated by real animals that have been given special abilities and powers which make them a part of the supernatural world. The yōkai, which are a great example of folklore, are made up of demons, shapeshifters, spirits, and all other sorts of various creatures. Like many…