Gentrifier? Who,Me? Interrogating the Gentrifier in the Mirror

Schlichtman and Patch suggest that there is an elephant sitting in the academic corner: while urbanists often use ‘gentrification’ as a pejorative term in formal and informal academic conversation, many urbanists are gentrifiers themselves. Even though urbanists have this firsthand experience with the process, this familiarity makes little impact on scholarly debate. There is, Schlichtman and Patch argue, an artificial distance in accounts of gentrification because researchers have not adequately examined their own relationship to the process. Utilizing a simple diagnostic tool that includes ten common aspects of gentrification, they compose two autoethnographic memoirs to begin this dialogue.     

论非物质文化遗产保护与开发的关系——以桂林市为例

对非物质文化遗产,国内一直存在很多争论,其本质是保护重要还是开发重要的问题,也由此形成了很多的观点,大多数观点都是把保护与开发看做是对立的。事实上应该打破保护与开发的"对立性",建立"同一性",二者是互为手段,互相促进的。保护与开发不能确定哪个更重要,但是可以肯定的是,先有保护才会有开发。以桂林为例,应对非物质文化遗产进行分类处理,并在保护中做好开发与创新,最终实现非物质文化遗产保护与开发的协调一致和非物质文化遗产的活态存续以及创新发展。     

The Border as a Resource in the Global Urban Space: A Contribution to the Cross‐Border Metropolis Hypothesis

In a globalized urban world, cross‐border metropolises represent a spatial configuration emblematic of the interplay between the space of flows and the space of places. The multiplicity of contexts and processes at work can complicate the identification of what constitutes the singularity of the concept. In order to contribute to these reflections the present article hypothesizes that the specificity of cross‐border metropolises does not fundamentally stem from the form they take or the nature of the cross‐border integration at work, but rather from the particular role played by national borders in their formation. Opening up borders offers new opportunities for border cities and urban border regions to reinforce their positions at the heart of global economic networks, and to affirm their autonomy as cross‐border regional entities. Without minimizing the possible obstructive effects of borders, it is helpful to recognize that they might also represent a resource in the composition of cross‐border metropolitan regions.     

Interest Income Tax Evasion,the EU Savings Directive and Capital Market Effects*

The EU Savings Directive has been celebrated as a major political breakthrough in coordinating taxation in Europe. Against this background, the present paper evaluates the real‐world effects of this directive. The directive has left a loophole by providing grandfathering (exemption from withholding tax) for some securities. In this paper, we compare the pre‐tax returns of exempt bonds and comparable taxable bonds. If working around the Savings Directive is difficult for income tax evaders in Europe, then investors should be willing to pay a premium for bonds that are exempt from the withholding rate. Conversely, if such a premium is absent, then this suggests that the supply of existing loopholes (exempt bonds included) is large enough to allow tax evaders to continue evasion at no additional cost. The findings of our study are in line with this latter interpretation.     

对城镇化背景下农民专业合作社法律问题的考察

近年来,农民专业合作社发展迅速,并且将成为引领我国农业生产经营体制创新的重要主体,已经成为我国主要的市场主体之一。而根据传统的民商法理论已经不能清楚地判断农村专业合作社的法律性质,使得理论界对此产生争议。本文从对农民专业合作社的性质、类型等相关问题进行分析研究,明确其在民商事法律关系中的法律地位,并对城镇化背景下农民专业合作社发展的前景进行探究。     

Reason's shadow: Notes on the psychodynamics of obstruction

The remarks that follow are made with regard to the behavior of leaders whose self-image is threatened by a variety of conditions comprising the world problematique. Of all those conditions, surely those associated with violence and warfare are the most threatening. I would speculate, therefore, that what I've written here is especially pertinent for deliberations on how to encourage peace and disarmament.While these remarks are focused on the behavior of leaders—especially those in government—they can hold, too, for those in the public who identify with those leaders…itself another psychodynamic process. Of course, the public's contexts differ so the degree of threat and response will differ, too. This is a matter for further attention.Moreover, self-images are usually rich in content and while some aspects are threatened, others may not be or, indeed, may be attracted by new rational ideas. The resultant struggle within the psyche complicates the overt expression of these unconscious conflicts.But these dynamics mirror those comprising the problematique, especially its expression around issues of war and peace. Therefore, psychodynamic matters deserve as much attention and utilization as we now give to conventional, indeed, often ritual means, masquerading as rationality, for dealing with violence and armaments.     

Improving the effectiveness of persuasive communications: Matching message with functional profile

The functional approach to improving communication strategy has received little attention. This research attempts to partially correct this oversight by experimentally verifying the major functional hypothesis: matching message with functional profile brings about attitude change. Working adults were integrated into an experiment which was a before-after with control. The major functional hypothesis was confirmed at the 0.10 level. An associated hypothesis regarding the relative ease of changing value- expressive attitudes compared to utilitarian attitudes was confirmed at the 0.10 level. The results show the importance of matching message with functional profile and highlight the potential inherent in the functional approach.     

《三国演义》泰勒译本中中国特色文化的缺失——以《三国演义》第一回为例

从中国特色文化词汇和文体风格的角度对《三国演义》两个译本：泰勒译本和罗慕士译本的第一回进行对比分析。研究发现泰译本存在漏译、模糊翻译、误译和文体风格缺失的现象,并尝试给出了一些词汇的译法。最后提出,在顾及读者理解的基础上,对中国特色文化优先采用异化的翻译策略。     

日本枯山水嬗变过程及其在中国的 发展与创新

日本枯山水可谓之精神庭园，其形成和发展不仅与中 国文化的渗入有关，同时也与日本的自然和社会因素相关。通过 梳理与归纳相关文献与古籍，可得三方面结论：其一，枯山水原 型可溯至日本古代，其造型以模拟自然、写实为主；其二，镰仓 时代由于政治、禅宗等因素，枯山水被赋予“禅意”色彩，表现 为筑山写意之特征；其三，室町时代受宋代山水画、军事，以及 山水河原者介入造园等因素影响，枯山水最终表现为平庭写意之 样式。中国现阶段仿建的平庭写意类枯山水与禅意无关，未来应 结合中国自然和社会等因素进行演变与创新。     

城市用地功能置换中的公共空间设计--旧金山滨水区公共空间设计的成败分析

旧金山滨水区公共空间设计为我们提供了如何在城市用地功能置换中创造城市公共空间的经验,其成功的方面有:空间的形成模式,创造公共空间活力发动元素,公共交通,场所特性与空间情趣等.同时,其设计也存在不足之处,如绿地空间缺乏活力,空间铺装过于繁琐,连续空间过于单调等.借鉴旧金山滨水区公共空间设计的成功与失败,提出了7条公共空间设计的建议作为研究的结论.