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Climate Change Mitigation and Preservation of the Cultural Heritage—A Story of the Municipal Park in Rumia, Poland
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Interpolation methods in GPR tomographic imaging of linear and volume anomalies for cultural heritage diagnostics
PublikacjaThis paper presents results of a ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey conducted in St. Joseph’s Church in Gdańsk, Poland. The aim of the study was to produce tomographic imaging of a renovated floor as well as the objects buried under the floor to detect linear and volume inclusions. The assumed track spacing was meaningfully greater than the single signal spacing in each track, which induced the need for interpolation methods...
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‘The Urban Walk Architecture Talk’— Bridging Socially Engaged Art, Urban Processes and Cultural Development
Publikacja“Urban Walk—Architecture Talk” is a project based on an elective seminar under the same title organized at the Faculty of Architecture of Gdańsk University of Technology. It aims at getting familiar with the topic of multi-layer and multi-sensory reception of public space, mainly by recognizing the needs of its users. Additionally, it deals with the consequences of such perception and the use of space in order to build more complete...
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Historic railway stations, documentation and revitalization of the railway infrastructure facilities - protection of cultural and social heritage
PublikacjaThe article presents problems of documentation and adaptation of buildings which constitute the cultural heritage of the railway infrastructure facilities in Pomerania in Poland. Shows the potential and possibilityto be adopted for various purposes. This problem affects many sites and buildings, railway stations, railway warehouses, residential buildings, technical buildings, water towers, trackman shelters, bridges, viaducts,...
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Persistences: analysis of the image of Gdańsk and its cultural identity through survey processes and digital architectural representation
PublikacjaThe aim of the research was to analyse the historical legacy/heritage of the city of Gdańsk in order to characterise the narrative tools which can be used to promote the cultural identity of the urban landscape. The main focus was on the city's defence system - a cultural route that is spatially limited to a relatively small area, but temporally spanning almost a millennium. The fortifications demarcate a spatial boundary, limiting...
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Historic Urban Settings, LED Illumination and its Impact on Nighttime Perception, Visual Appearance, and Cultural Heritage Identity
PublikacjaMany cities, towns and villages around the world have adopted new Lighting Emitting Diode (LED) technology in order to save energy, operational and maintenance costs. While energy-efficient, these light sources have a critical effect on the appearance of historic sites at night and the technology has unique properties and numerous inherent drawbacks that present challenges to decision makers as well as inexperienced lighting...
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Protection of historical heritage as part of the development of cultural tourism – a case study of the community of Kamieniec Ząbkowicki in Lower Silesia
PublikacjaBoth literature and economics show a changing approach to historical heritage. It is no longer seen as a resource that generates only high maintenance costs. Analyses of local government units (LGUs) show that historical heritage is a strength rather than a weakness. More and more often, it is considered in economic development strategies as an asset that creates new activities and functions, generates income, and creates jobs....
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The use of innovative application in creating new marketing space for cultural and entertainment events in the local market
PublikacjaThe following article describes the problems concerning marketing of mass events in the local market and potential solutions. In the first part the barriers that occur in communication between the organizers and the articipants are defined. In the process of identifying problems the results of research conducted for the needs article were used. In following sections the solution with use of Smartphone app is shown. The features that...
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Classification of Landscape Physiognomies in Rural Poland: The Case of the Municipality of Cekcyn
PublikacjaThis article presents a methodology and the results of the classification of the rural landscapes physiognomies conducted on the study area located in the municipality of Cekcyn, Poland. The study aimed to develop a landscape identification method that would combine natural, cultural, and visual criteria with which to implement the provisions of the European Landscape Convention. The realization of the European Landscape Convention...
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Exploring the Institutional and Bottom-Up Actions for Urban Air Quality Improvement: Case Studies in Antwerp and Gdańsk
PublikacjaThe article presents the results of qualitative studies concerning the presence of air quality management in the process of urban planning and in the public discourse in Antwerp, Belgium, and Gdańsk, Poland. We focused on the way urban planners, environmental experts, and stakeholders perceive the problem of air pollution, especially with respect to urban development policy, and whether they consider it one of the major factors...
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The Baltic Crusades and ecological transformation: The zooarchaeology of conquest and cultural change in the Eastern Baltic in the second millennium AD
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The meaning of cultural projects in the revitasation of urban Areas / Rola projektów kultury w rewitalizacji obszarów miejskich
PublikacjaArtykuł przedstawia rolę projektów kultury jako jednego z kluczowych czynników skutecznych działań rewitalizacyjnych.
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Zastosowanie założeń koncepcji efektuacji w organizowaniu wydarzenia kulturalnego – studium przypadku
PublikacjaThe paper presents how the effectuation model, which stems from the business studies, can be applied as a tool for analysing the activities undertaken as part of culture organisation. The key element of this model involves the control-based approach to the future instead of making predictions about the future. The outline of the theoretical background is followed by the results of the qualitative research, where the answers were...
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Uniqueness or uniformity - studies of media architecture
PublikacjaA development of media architecture is presented in light of to such phenomena as aesthetization, consumerism and digitization. This article deals with media architecture in commercial spaces. Media solutions impact on the architectural skin, making it into visible and dynamic points of the image of a post-modern city. This article presents the specificity of media solutions, depending on the function of commercial activity buildings...
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Fortifications of Hel Peninsula in Poland – history, preservation and contemporary adaptation.
PublikacjaThe Hel Peninsula fortifications are one of the largest and most interesting historic coastal fortification complexes in Poland. Built from the 1930s until demilitarisation at the end of the Cold War, they are now one of the biggest tourist attractions of the region. The article attempts to describe the history of their development, current state and selected problems related to their protection and adaptation for touristic purposes....
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Geographical and chronological knowledge in teaching the history of architecture
PublikacjaThe subject of this article is the analysis of examination results from the course, the History of Polish Architecture. These Bachelor studies present the political, economic and cultural issues of medieval and early modern architecture, and their changes over time. Basic knowledge of the administrative division and historical regions is needed for a proper understanding of the regional diversity of cultural heritage monuments...
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De-gender them! Gendered vs cooperative division of housework – cross-cultural comparison of Polish and Norwegian students
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De-gender them! Gendered vs cooperative division of housework – cross-cultural comparison of Polish and Norwegian students
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The Touristification of Italian Historic City Centres: The Lesson for Central Europe about the Airbnb Eruption
PublikacjaThe unparalleled scale of the recent growth in tourism – the rise of the number of temporary visitors – could not have emerged without the impact on other socio‑economic aspects, namely, a change on the part of the destinations. Especially historic city centres are vulnerable to such an impact that could be manifested through diverse transformations of public space usage, housing market economics, availability of services, employment...
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Do people with dementia and mild cognitive impairments experience stigma? A cross-cultural investigation between Italy, Poland and the UK
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ICT for Global Competitiveness and Economic Growth in Emerging Economies: Economic, Cultural, and Social Innovations for Human Capital in Transition Economies
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PROPERTIES OF PARAMETRIC ALGORITHMIC DESIGN OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES IN URBAN CONTEXT
PublikacjaDesign explorations of architectural avant-garde resulted in the development of digital techniques that allow solving very complex and demanding contemporary design challenges. In the architectural discourse the new design workshop seems to be symbolized mainly by the projects of sports facilities, cultural, administrative or multifunctional high-rise buildings. However for the quality of society life is more important to exploit...
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High Rise Building: The Mega Sculpture Made Of Steel, Concrete and Glass
PublikacjaHigh rise building has transformed from providing not only the expansion of floor space but functioning as mega sculpture in the city. The shift away from economic efficiency driven need is only expected to grow in the future. Based on literature studies; after analysing planning documents and case studies, it was examined whether the presumption that gaining the maximum amount of usable area is the only driving factor; or if the...
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Direct use of point clouds in real-time interaction with the cultural heritage in pandemic and post-pandemic tourism on the case of Kłodzko Fortress
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PRESERVATION THROUGH DIGITIZATION - STANDARDIZATION IN DOCUMENTATION OF BUILD CULTURAL HERITAGE USING CAPTURING REALITY TECHNIQUES AND HERITAGE/HISTORIC BIM METHODOLOGY
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Experiencing historic waterways and water landscapes of the Vistula River Delta
PublikacjaThe paper gives insights into the characteristics of Vistula River Delta water landscapes, referring to the process of creating land out of water by Polish, Dutch and German settlers. Based on this, the paper presents an integrated strategy formed upon studies in cultural geography and aesthetics, and focused on enhancing the unique characteristics of the region and its rediscovery by tourism. The long process of constructing Vistula...
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Acoustics-related aspects of historic interior modernization projects
PublikacjaThe paper presents three historic interiors in which modernization projects have been carried out having an important impact on their acoustic qualities. Two of the described case studies are positive examples of solving the problem of a natural contradictions between modern technical standards and strict discipline imposed by the heritage conservation system. On the other hand, the effect of neglecting the acoustic needs when...
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OVERLAP BETWEEN PERSONAL AND GROUP IDENTITY AND ITS RELATION WITH RADICAL PRO-GROUP ATTITUDES: DATA FROM A CENTRAL EUROPEAN CULTURAL CONTEXT
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Islam versus Architecture and Urban Order in the Time of Changes : Social and Cultural Aspects of Housing Architecture Transformation in the Arab Countries of Northern Africa
PublikacjaArtykuł jest omówieniem obserwacji tradycyjnej i współczesnej zabudowy mieszkaniowej przeprowadzonych przez autora w Algierii (1978) i Libii (1984-1988). Realizowane obecnie struktury i kultywowane formy zamieszkiwania wzorowane są na rozwiązaniach ''zachodnich'' odmiennych od rozwiązań tradycyjnych. Są one niedostosowane do wymogów środowiska naturalnego i pozostają w sprzeczności z zasadami określonymi przez Koran i sunnę. Rozdźwięk...
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Designing with Green and Blue – Climate Adaption Proposals for Lowland Areas of Gdańsk
PublikacjaThe paper gives insight into issues explored within the framework of the SOS Climate Waterfront workshop that took place in Gdańsk in June 2019. The aim of the study was to propose solutions that will decrease the number of flooding events and span the gap between flood prevention strategies and the provision of other benefits such as ecological, urban, cultural and social. Historical cartography enquiries and research by the design...
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O kulturowych i leksykalnych problemach tłumacza (na materiale języka fińskiego) [On cultural and lexical problems of a translator – based on the translations from Finnish]
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Colour Terms in Five Linguistic Images of the World: The Semantic Perspective
PublikacjaSocial and cultural factors shape the linguistic perception of colour. At the same time, colour terms co-create the linguistic image of the world, which allows us to interpret reality and profile our statements and beliefs. This paper presents six basic colour terms: white, black, red, green, yellow, and blue (both as adjectives and as nouns) in the five different linguistic images of the world of the following languages: English,...
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Regionalne obserwatorium kultury w wojewwdztwie podlaskim - uwarunkowania i planowane kierunki rozwoju (Regional Cultural Observatory in the Podlaskie Voivodeship - Conditions and Development Trends)
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How does stakeholder pressure influence CSR-practices? A construction industry model based on a European sample
PublikacjaThe stakeholder pressure is one of the most vital powers which determines CSR implementation and can provide organizations with the motivation to adopt corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, as the stakeholder theory claims. The current investigation replications Kowalczyk’s (2019) study, who examined the same structure of relations based on the Polish sample. The essence of this replication is to find out whether CSR-...
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Women's Entrepreneurship in Poland- Opportunities and Barriers According to Young Women Entering the Labour Market
PublikacjaWomen entrepreneurship is an important issue for both economic and social reasons. However cultural factors have an additional impact. In Poland women represent more than 50% of the population, nonetheless only 35% of people who run their own business are women. Main research questions in the current study were: What are the determinants of the above mentioned imparity? Do young women evaluate themselves as entrepreneurial? Do...
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CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IN POLAND. CAN ART BECOME AN EFFECTIVE TOOL OF URBAN REGENERATION?!
PublikacjaThe main aim of the paper is to examine the role of creative placemaking in shaping the urban environment in Polish cities. It also focuses on challenges and obstacles that creative placemaking projects encounter in Polish realities. Creative placemaking is a “micro-development” strategy (Johnson 2009) that focuses on cultural participation, com¬munity engagement and highlights the social role of arts and culture. Artistic interventions...
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Integrating Art into Places in Transition - Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston as a Case Study
PublikacjaAmong the many projects realized in public spaces, some are truly unique – and these are the ones that build the identity of a place. The aim of this paper is to examine how integrating art and cultural strategies into public space can enhance and reinforce the sense of a place. Particular attention is devoted to urban spaces that we call “places in transition”, where public art improves the city’s imaginative capacity, enlivens...
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Implementation of the Concept of Flexicurity in the Selected Countries of Central Eastern Europe
PublikacjaThe CEE countries have to create their own flexicurity policies which would take into account the employment policy guidelines, cultural traditions and socio-economic development. The aim of this article is to examine and evaluate the implementation of the flexicurity concept on the basis of the adopted set of composite indicators. The study covers 9 countries of the CEE region, and the research period covers the years 2007 and 2013....
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SHAPING PLACES THROUGH ART. THE ROLE OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IN PHILADELPHIA
PublikacjaThe aim of a paper is to examine the role of creative placemaking in shaping urban environment. Art and artists have a long history of contributing and changing cities. Nowadays art and cultural activities become the revitalization tools, helping to start and sustain the process of change in the areas in crisis. The process of creative placemaking brings art to people and people to art, enhancing creativity in lives to transform...
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POLITECHNIKA GDAŃSKA W LITERATURZE
PublikacjaW artykule przedstawiono w jaki sposób Politechnika Gdańska funkcjonuje w literaturze pięknej. Politechnika ukazywana jest jako miejsce nauki, ale także miejsce wydarzeń historycznych i kulturalnych, jej istnienie jest zakorzenione w świadomości gdańszczan, a przede jest to miejsce w którym spędziło się najlepiej wspominany okres w życiu – okres studiów i pracy zawodowej. Wymienione zostały publikacje informacyjne, ale przede wszystkim...
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Conditions of Iranian international trade in terms of lifting the sanctions: A case study of Polish-Iranian trade perspectives
PublikacjaThe main aim of the paper is to identify the areas and determine the feasibility of trade between Polish and Iranian companies in relation to historical and cultural conditions. The authors describe the complexity of the issue of foreign trade, the determinants of relations between Poland and the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Iranian economy – its features, strengths and weaknesses, and consequences of the recent UN, EU, and...
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Public Lighting in a Context of Regeneration Processes in Polish Cities
PublikacjaThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on the role of electric lighting design in urban regeneration processes. The landscape of the modern city is the result of an accumulation of the various physical, economic, social and cultural layers over the centuries. Urban lighting may be described as one of the physical layers which due recent developments in the technology of efficient light sources overcomes a major evolution. With...
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City and Urbanity in the Social Discourse
PublikacjaThe aim of our article is an attempt to present the concept of urbanity that has been shaped throughout centuries along with the development of European civilisation and now entered a new phase of social production of space based on cultural dimensions. The future of the majority of World’s population is connected currently with the urban life with the assumption that qualitative characteristics of life in the 21st century define...
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Etyka - o konieczności dyskursu etycznego w organizacjach
PublikacjaDo budowania zasad dobrego funkcjonowania organizacji, do odkrywania mechanizmów jej funkcjonowania, analizowania ludzkich potrzeb i możliwości ich realizowania, do wpływu warunków ekonomicznych i kulturowych na sposób funkcjonowania organizacji – do tych problemów przywiązuje się wielką wagę w naukach o zarządzaniu. Czy równie dużą wagę przykłada się – i docenia – rangę zachowań ludzkich w sferze moralnej, wpływ zasad etycznych...
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Potencjał kognitywno-kulturowy dzielnicy a innowacyjne strategie rehabilitacji w kontekście społecznej indywidualizacji. Studium przypadku: Mouraria, Lizbona = Innovative Public Space Rehabilitation Models to Create Cognitive-Cultural Urban Economy in the Age of Mass Individualisation. Case of Mouraria, Lisbon
PublikacjaInnovative Public Space Rehabilitation Models to Create Cognitive- -Cultural Urban Economy in the Age of Mass Individualisation. Case of Mouraria, Lisbon. This paper deals with the issue of sustainable urban rehabilitation interventions in city cores focused on value creation through culture-led development as a tool for building a cognitive city. The objective is to analyze cases of rehabilitation of public space by culture-led...
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Der Begriff des Mythos bei Cassirer: zwischen UIdealismus, Ethnologie, politischer Philosophie und allgemeine Kulturphilosophie
PublikacjaDer Mythos war eines der bevorzugten Forschungsobjekte Cassirers, denen er zwei Bücher, zahlreiche Artikel und wichtige längere Aufsätze widmete. In diesem Artikel versuche ich Cassirers Mythendeutung kurz zu rekapitulieren, um ihre Position in der Gesamtheit seines philosophischen Systems festzulegen und ihr Erklärungspotenzial zu gewinnen. In erstem Teil handle ich das allgemeine Problem des mythischen Denkens hauptsächlich aufgrund...
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How can HSR promote inter-city collaborative innovation across regional borders?
PublikacjaMany studies have shown that high-speed rail (HSR) can reshape the spatial pattern of economic geography. However, there needs to be more logical argumentation and rigorous empirical design on the paths and mechanisms involved. This paper considers the impact of the border effect on HSR links and innovation clusters from the perspective of inter-regional collaborative innovation. It provides a logical and compact theoretical...
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Politics and urban artifacts in cities: what are they and how are they interconected?
PublikacjaThis research, analyses the effect of politics on a city and its image, via their control over the formation or changes on urban artifacts. It analyses the concepts introduced in Aldo Rossi’s architectural monograph, The Architecture of the City, in the chapter titled ‘Politics as Choice’, and his idea that a city’s image is a reflection of its political institutions and the choices people in authority make. Monuments and architecture...
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Intercultural interactions at multinational corporations' workplace: Grounded theory.
Publikacjaenvironments is a new challenge for employees and managers. The aim of the paper is to analyze the social interactions in multicultural environments of multinational corporations (MNCs) as well as to propose a model of intercultural social interactions in MNCs’ specifi c context. Design/methodology/approach: The grounded theory approach was applied to create a model of intercultural interactions in MNCs. The data was obtained during...
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Kształtowanie mikrośrodowiska jako miejsca wspólnoty.
PublikacjaThe work concerns the field of architecture and covers shaping housing environment. It is an attempt to reactivate a category of neighbourly community and present it from a new perspective, namely as an effect of a conscious cooperation of the architect and future inhabitants. Its essence is the idea of microenvironment, perceived as a place of housing community. The following are involved:- application of the idea of the place...