This review is an analytical presentation of the content of scientific articles and monographs published in the last few years and devoted to the problems of socio-economic development of the ...territories of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF). Since the legal recognition of the AZRF, many empirical studies have been devoted to the issues of its socio-economic development. However, the literature review in them is limited to the selected narrow subject of scientific work. This circumstance creates an urgent need for a comprehensive analysis of currently relevant directions in the study of socio-economic processes in the AZRF. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the diversity of vectors of scientific search in modern Russian studies of social and economic processes in the Arctic. The limitation of the study is the significant growth of publications on the topics of interest to us, caused by the variety of private issues covered in the latest Arctic studies. Therefore, we have selected only a few representative works that reflect the multi-vector nature of Arctic research in contemporary Russia. As a result of analyzing the works, we have found that Arctic research is characterized by both thematic and geographical diversity. The authors conditionally divide contemporary Arctic studies in Russia into three directions: interregional comparative studies within the boundaries of the entire AZRF, regional case studies, and local studies (at the level of municipalities). It is important to note that within the framework of the last two directions of research the key contribution to the multiplication of empirical material and its conceptual understanding is primarily made by scientists from regional scientific and university centers. Another peculiarity of Russian Arctic research is the shift of interest towards the study of the urban environment, industrial centers, and urbanism, while economists and sociologists pay insufficient attention to the study of the rural periphery. The observed deficit of local studies of social and economic processes in the rural Arctic in the future may lead to the rapid development of this direction in modern Russian science.
В статье представлен опыт работы автора по изучению творчества дальневосточного писателя Н.Д. Наволочкина в рамках литературного краеведения. Описываются применяемые методы и приемы знакомства ...учащихся с творческой биографией художника слова, формы внеаудиторной деятельности (экскурсии, проектная деятельность, проведение краеведческого диктанта, создание квеста и т.д.). Использованы историко-культурный, биографический методы, а также методы педагогического наблюдения, сравнения и логического сопоставления. Обосновываются актуальность и необходимость применения этих методов в практике преподавания, так как изучение региональной литературы не только знакомит студентов с историко-культурными процессами, проходящими на Дальнем Востоке (переселение, освоение природных богатств, развитие территорий), но и прививает любовь и уважение к «малой родине», почтительное отношение к литературному, культурному, научному наследию писателей и ученых Дальнего Востока.
Preserving and providing access to local archives is one of the roles performed by public libraries in New South Wales. This role is not mandated, nor is it a stated priority for public libraries. ...Local government records are regulated by legislation, but what of the other records documenting the lives of rural and city communities? In many cases the library's local studies collection becomes the default home of the archives of local community organisations and of individuals whose personal papers are acquired by libraries. In some cases, the library shares the role of maintaining local archives with historical societies, museums and universities. The result is a functioning example of distributed custody, where public libraries and other local institutions take responsibility for local archives. This paper is a case study that draws on two major surveys of local studies collections undertaken by the State Library of NSW, the first in 1984 and the second in 2013-2014. It concludes that public libraries have been critical for over 50 years in ensuring that local archives have been acquired and managed, despite there being no explicit regulatory or policy frameworks for doing so.
The change of functions of rural areas of Volchikha district in Altai krai during the post-Soviet period and its factors are analyzed in this article. The aim of this work was to study local factors ...and the consequences of social and economic changes in rural Altai. Qualitative sociological methods and methods of field survey are mainly applied. Statistical approaches are used for verification of data and materials from the Tomsk Archive confirm the information on enterprises and farms received from respondents. Based on the analysis of the obtained materials, the following conclusions are made. The development of rural settlements within a homogeneous area was stabilized under the effects of a number of local factors: physical-geographical conditions, economic-geographical position, and informal institutions. The impact of historical and ethnic factors on the development of some settlements is also significant. On the background of a widespread population outflow to cities, old-developed villages located in more favorable natural conditions at the forest–steppe boundary decay less intensively in comparison with settlements of the Soviet period in the middle of the dry Kulunda Steppe. The most successful old-developed villages are located closer to the district center, because residents may receive services there and specialists from the district center can work in the village and improve its quality of life. The strength of public relations within the village is of great importance: more heterogeneous villages without social traditions disappear faster. It may be concluded that local factors are significant for the development of rural settlements on the background of a homogeneous steppe region.
In the framework of the modeling of composite beam structures, the eXtended Variational Formulation (XVF) is carried out to couple different kinematics. The purpose is to take advantages of efficient ...models and reduce the overall computational cost without loss of local precision. In this way, the structure is divided into non-overlapping domains with different kinematics. Local domains of interest are described with advanced models, such as refined Sinus model, to precisely describe local behavior, while the remaining global domain uses simple classical models. Each of the kinematics needs a suitable Finite Element (FE) approximation, therefore the coupling of different FE approximations is also addressed. The present approach is assessed on homogeneous and sandwich structures. It is compared with classical Multiple Point Constraints vias penalty. The study has shown the need of the introduction of a new operator for the layered structures. The results are very promising.
This article analyzes the work of a distinguished Russian philosopher, historian, and political scientist Alexei A. Kara-Murza. Kara-Murza has been developing unique genres of philosophic study, ...including philosophical travelology and a local study approach that lies at the junction of the philosophical investigation into the history of Russia and historical examination of local places. The method he is advancing could be called an "intellectual topography of Russian history." This method of philosophical-historical research pioneered by Kara-Murza assumes an inquiry into the genesis of ideas, images, and artistic and historical associations that have been emerging as the cultural spaces of Russia and Europe meet and mingle: the semantic topoi of cultures that encourage thinkers and writers into creative and philosophical reflection.
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