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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
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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
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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
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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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TRANSFORMATIONS OF TOURISM IN THE SECOND DECADE OF THE XXI CENTURY. BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF POLISH SOCIETY
Ewa BĄCZYŃSKA
Analysis of Contemporary Societies
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4 (111) 2021, Publication date: 26 December 2021
Abstract This paper examines changes in tourism and main factors determining them in the years 2010 - 2020. The conducted research concerns not only polish society but also the generally applicable theoretical background of the spatial mobility phenomenon as well as explanation and typology of tourism. The main [...] Read more.
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SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN WITH PARENTS ABROAD. THE CASE OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Angela MOCANU
Analysis of Contemporary Societies
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4 (111) 2021, Publication date: 26 December 2021
Abstract The author analyses the social-psychological problems of children with parents abroad on the example of Republic of Moldova. The phenomenon became widespread in the early 2000s. In search of a better life, the parents decided to work abroad and to leave their children with grandparents or other relatives [...] Read more.
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NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND TRANSFORATION OF ACCOUNTANT’S PROFESSION
Anna MATUSZEWSKA
Impact of New Technologies
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4 (111) 2021, Publication date: 26 December 2021
Abstract Digital transformation in today’s global economy is a driving force of the future sustainable organizations. Duties assigned to accountants are also evolving dynamically. Duties strictly related to making records are more and more often carried out by technical and IT tools, whereas data analysis, economic [...] Read more.
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF SERVICES IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Jacek KAMIŃSKI
Impact of New Technologies
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4 (111) 2021, Publication date: 26 December 2021
Abstract Changes in the world related to advances in digital technologies and globalisation causing modern economies to emerge that assign an increasing role to services. The growth of services is related to the digital transformation of societies. The article explains why services are particularly vulnerable [...] Read more.
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THE ROLE OF SMART TECHNOLOGIES IN THEGEORGIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY
Nugzar TODUA, Ekaterine UROTADZE
Impact of New Technologies
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4 (111) 2021, Publication date: 26 December 2021
Abstract The article explores the role of smart tourism technologies in the modern tourism business. The main determinants of smart travel technologies in the paper are informativeness, accessibility, interactivity, personalization and security. Based on the conducted marketing research, the assessments of the [...] Read more.
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DIGITAL DIVIDE ON AGRICULTURE USING ICT DEVICES AMONG THE FARMERS IN WOLAITA ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA
Marisennayya SENAPATHY
Impact of New Technologies
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4 (111) 2021, Publication date: 26 December 2021
Abstract Understanding the Digital Divide in Agriculture with the advent of the computer has been providing Information Technology with ICT tools have been providing many digital revolutions not only agribusiness but also agriculture. Information and Communication Technologies have been widely acknowledged as [...] Read more.
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REPORT FROM THE 20TH SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DIGITAL FUTURE OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES AND ECONOMIES
Alina BETLEJ
Varia
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021, Publication date: 24 September 2021
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PERSONALISTIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF PEDAGOGY. INSPIRATIONS - POSTULATES - PERSPECTIVES
Maria MISIK
Varia
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021, Publication date: 24 September 2021
Abstract Personalistic ideas are one of the sources of inspiration, postulates and aspirations of pedagogy, they open perspectives of seeing a man as a person (endowed with personal dignity). Assimilating personalistic views by pedagogy contributes to the personalistic transformation of pedagogy. If personalism [...] Read more.
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REVALUATIONS OF THE TIMES OF PANDEMICS. ON THE INTERFERENCE OF THE PANDEMIC IN THE WORLD OF HUMAN VALUES
Marek REMBIERZ
The Pandemic- not only National Problems
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021, Publication date: 24 September 2021
Abstract Experiencing the destructive effects of a pandemic as a realistic view of currently unfolding events, one reads Roman Ingarden's conundrums from his analyses of human nature: "As the spiritual power of man weakens or disappears, the layer of Human Reality in the world seems to obliterate and fade away [...] Read more.
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STATISTICS OF COVID-19 IMPACT ON STUDENTS HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
Simon GELASHVILI, Marine MINDORASHVILI, Nino ABESADZE
The Pandemic- not only National Problems
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021, Publication date: 24 September 2021
Abstract Since the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread to a greater or lesser extent to almost all countries and has had a significant negative impact on all areas of public life, especially on the economy and social life. As a result, the demographic, economic, health care and social protection [...] Read more.