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TECHNOLOGY – VALUES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Some Reflections on Changing Relations, Meanings and Social Practices)
Lech W. ZACHER
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY – THEORIES AND INTERPRETATIONS
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016, Publication date: 12 May 2016
Abstract Narratives concerning technology and values relations requires an in-depth analysis of these two categories and also their contextualization. In social practice technology and values undergo significant changes, often revolutionary. They take systemic forms and they interact with each other. Since the [...] Read more.
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METHODOLOGICAL ANARCHISM AND ITS COGNITIVE VALUE
Magdalena SZPUNAR
Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The aim of the article is to present the basic assumptions of Paul K. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism. The article presents the value of methodological anarchism for the cognitive process, methodology and development of science, as well as the controversies associated with the application of [...] Read more.
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RECONFIGURATIONS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM – BETWEEN THE OLD DRIVING FORCES AND NEW NETWORKS
Lech W. ZACHER
Global Problems – Future – Politics – Values
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013, Publication date: 13 November 2013
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OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITY – IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE (the Case of a Transitional Economy – Poland)
Lech W. ZACHER
National Cases Augmented
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (94-95) 2017, Publication date: 30 November 2017
Abstract Requirements for the sustainability in economy and society should be tailored to a given country or region. General models which often dominate in academic discourse are an important part of necessary social knowledge (of decision makers, media, NGOs etc.). They are formulated in universally relevant [...] Read more.
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ON THE SEARCH FOR NEW INSTRUMENTS IN POLISH SUCCESSION LAW
Natalia LUBAŚ
Structures, tasks, actions
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (116) 2023, Publication date: 31 March 2023
Abstract Polish law of succession requires changes. It should be adapted to contemporary socioeconomic needs. Preparatory activities should include comparative law research. Noteworthy are the regulations of countries such as France, Spain and Italy. It is about adapting foreign solutions to Polish conditions [...] Read more.
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EMPLOYMENT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF TEMPORARY WORK: DE LEGE LATA
Krzysztof KRYSIAK
Structures, tasks, actions
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1 (116) 2023, Publication date: 31 March 2023
Abstract Temporary work is one form of flexible employment. In recent years, it has gained considerable importance bringing benefits to both the employee and the user employer. This paper presents the legal regulation of temporary work. It points out the essence of this form of employment and its three-party [...] Read more.
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MULTI-LEVEL NETWORKS OF INFORMAL STRUCTURES THE POTENTIAL HIDDEN BETWEEN TASKS, ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS
Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI
Structures, tasks, actions
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1 (116) 2023, Publication date: 31 March 2023
Abstract The issue of multi-level networks of informal structures is relatively new in sociological, psychological and economic literature. The difficulty of learning about this subject of research results not only from the complexity and situational character of interactions at the micro-social level, but also [...] Read more.
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INTEGRATION POLICY IN POLAND - MEANING, LEGAL ASPECTS, INSTRUMENTS
Grzegorz TUTAK
Structures, tasks, actions
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1 (116) 2023, Publication date: 31 March 2023
Abstract Nowadays, Poland is increasingly becoming a destination for immigrants, who are looking for better living conditions, better jobs and, finally, for permanent settlement. The growing number of foreigners makes it necessary to reflect not only on the Polish state's approach to migration issues, but also [...] Read more.
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TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHT TECH INDUSTRIES VIA INTRODUCING TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CURRICULUM IN POLISH PERSPECTIVE
Jan KAŹMIERCZAK, Bartłomiej GŁADYSZ, Alina BETLEJ
Varia
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022, Publication date: 28 December 2022
Abstract The research aims to investigate the implications of the paradigm of technology assessment (TA) for education of engineers at universities of technology in the context of sustainable development of high tech industries. We considered TA education as the most reliable solution for ensuring the innovativeness [...] Read more.
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TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE – TRANSITIONAL VIOLENCE
Karol CHROBAK
Varia
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022, Publication date: 28 December 2022
Abstract The article’s subject is transitional violence, which is closely related to transitional justice. Transitional justice refers to strategies aimed at stabilising social relations, i.e., restoring conditions that enable their effective functioning in the new social order (restitution of the so-called “ [...] Read more.
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CIVIC ENGAGEMENTOF OLDER ADULTS IN POLAND AND IN FRANCE - EXAMPLE OF SENIOR-FRIENDLY CITIES
Ewa BOGALSKA - MARTIN, Anna WACHOWIAK
Human-friendly new technologies
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022, Publication date: 28 December 2022
Abstract In all European societies, the median age is growing like never before, and this means an increasing percentage of the elderly and oldest in the total population. Combating age discrimination and age management are challenges that match these problems. In this regard, the public policies of various [...] Read more.
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PROTOTYPES ARE IMPORTANT
Filipe WILTGEN
Human-friendly new technologies
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022, Publication date: 28 December 2022
Abstract Prototypes are a fundamental part of any development. There are many ways to perform a test for an trial. Some trials have several tests in their procedures. Without Tests & Trails, a new idea does not advance in its technological maturity (TRL - Technology Readiness Level) and thus lengthens path of [...] Read more.
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THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE LIFE OF SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH IN VIEW OF DYSFUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR
Arkadiusz D. LEŚNIAK-MOCZUK, Eugeniusz MOCZUK
Research on religion
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022, Publication date: 28 December 2022
Abstract In the postmodern society, the impact of religious faith on the process of socialization among young people has been diminishing. The youth that has been brought up with the rhetoric of independence, despite the pursuit for individuality, ought to remain under indirect influence of institutions, legal [...] Read more.
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PRACTICAL ROBOTICS AS A HANDS-ON TOOL IN TEACHING
Filipe WILTGEN
Culture of innovativeness
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 4 (115) 2022, Publication date: 28 December 2022
Abstract This paper presents real application practical robotics discipline in tree different teaching cases, two at university for undergraduate electrical engineering students and other teaching practical robotics discipline with extracurricular discipline for high school students and consequently results [...] Read more.