ACTORS OF TECHNOSOCIAL CHANGES IN AFTER NETWORK SOCIETY SELECTED PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS

Alina BETLEJ

New Technologies and Social Change

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (106-107) 2020,  Publication date: 17 December 2020

Abstract Interactions between humans and new technologies result in changes that can be called technosocial in modern civilisation. Rapid technological developments affects the social world. The implications of technosocial fusion are the first symptoms of after network society. The ongoing scientific development [...] Read more.

LAW AND POLITICS (SEEKING THE STARTING POINTS)

Stanisław KAŹMIERCZYK

New Technologies and Social Change

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (106-107) 2020,  Publication date: 17 December 2020

Abstract Work is not focused on policies designed by governments or other authorities or parties. The author assumes that the law in its existence has the production of politics. In this phenomenon, the most important mechanism is the judicial application of the law. According to the author, the law being applied [...] Read more.

COVID-19 IN THE TIME OF GLOBALISATION: THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF PANDEMIC

Violetta KRAWCZYK-WASILEWSKA

Informational and Cultural Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 16 June 2020

Abstract The article is culturalist’s contribution to the current discussion on socio-cultural aspects of COVID-19 pandemic. In the frame of Introduction the COVID-19 disease is presented as a biological, ecological and epidemiological phenomenon.It also requires a cultural and social approach. First paragraph [...] Read more.

CAN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY TEACH US ANYTHING?

Alfred SKORUPKA

Informational and Cultural Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 16 June 2020

Abstract As representatives of a western civilisation with two lungs: Europe and America - in general, we are proud and satisfied to assess our position in the world, but also, in recent years, we have looked with concern at China, which is growing into the world's first economy and could seriously undermine [...] Read more.

ORANGE ALTERNATIVE AS A FORM OF SURREALISM À LA POLONAISE ON THE BACKGROUND OF CREATIVITY PEDAGOGY - SELECTED CONTEXTS

Marta CYWIŃSKA

Informational and Cultural Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 16 June 2020

Abstract This text will be an attempt to answer the question of how to analyze creativity and understand the mechanisms that govern it, especially during the transformation period. The concepts of "create" and "creativity" come from the Latin "creatus" and creare". The educational model containing creative contexts [...] Read more.

CONTEMPORARY NAMING TRENDS IN AN URBAN AREA. EXAMPLES OF ŁÓDŹ AND PABIANICE

Aleksandra RZEPKOWSKA

Informational and Cultural Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 16 June 2020

Abstract Present article is a contribution to so-called “cultural onomastics”. It concerns the contemporary naming trends and the names of hair and beauty salons in Poland and is based on the examples of Łódź and Pabianice – two urban areas located in central Poland. For the purpose of the analysis the authoress [...] Read more.

COOPERATION OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BY A PRESENT RECIPIEN

Aleksandra RZEWUSKA, Łukasz WOLSKI

Informational and Cultural Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 16 June 2020

Abstract The article directly concerns the constantly growing role of the consumer on the market of goods and services. The authors describe the related trends, which have intensified in recent years. The first of these concepts is prosumption, which indicates the emergence of a new type of consumer who combines [...] Read more.

SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE INNOVATIVENESS OF ENTERPRISES FUNCTIONING IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Jerzy BARUK

Informational and Cultural Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 15 June 2020

Abstract In this article the author discusses the issues of innovativeness of enterprises functioning in the Member States of the European Union. The theoretical aspects of innovations treated as an important factor of the development of economic entities are presented in the first part of the article. In the [...] Read more.

THE ROLE OF NGOS’ NETWORKS IN THE PROCESS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND IN CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT IN THE EU

Elena V. KUCHERYAVAYA

Informational and Cultural Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 15 June 2020

Abstract The aim of the article is to present the results of the research, conducted by Author at the University of Warsaw in 2016-2017 years. There is an analysis of the functioning of democratic structures in the process of European integration, in which non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play important [...] Read more.

SKIN, BODY AND CODE AS THE NEW SUBJECT OF HACTIVISM

Anna MAJ

Informational and Cultural Challenges

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (104-105) 2020,  Publication date: 15 June 2020

Abstract The paper shows certain contemporary artistic strategies of resistance, based on hacking and hacktivism, which subject is skin, body and code. Author distinguishes such strategies as: 1) hacking of wearable technologies and sousveillance, 2) hacking of bodies and biological surveillance, and 3) humorous [...] Read more.