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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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CULTURE OF NETWORKS?

Andrzej K. KOŹMIŃSKI

Transformations of Education and Science

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 24 May 2014

Abstract The paper examines globalized academic culture from the standpoint of Polish universities standing and perspectives. Science and quality higher education are produced in international networks. Globalization enhances the influence of American culture perceived as a mix of humboldtian university tradition [...] Read more.

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SYNERGY EFFECTS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC NETWORKS: COMPARING POLISH AND AMERICAN ACADEMIC CULTURES

Dominika LATUSEK-JURCZAK

Transformations of Education and Science

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 24 May 2014

Abstract The text illustrates the phenomenon and role of collaborative networks within the research world in the social sciences. It argues that research domination of American universities is founded on the value put on collaboration onvarious stages of the research process. It also identifies several strategies [...] Read more.

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FINANCING OF SCIENCE IN POLAND INHIBITOR OR ENHANCER ?

Alojzy Z. NOWAK, Adam NIEWIADOMSKI

Transformations of Education and Science

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 24 May 2014

Abstract Sources of funding are examined and the level is estimated. Competition for grants is indicated as an emerging new source of funding intended to modernize and activate the system and to provide new sources such as EU funds and private sector funcing. The state budget still remains the main funding source [...] Read more.

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HOW TO ESTIMATE POLISH SCIENCE POTENTIAL?

Olaf GAJL

Transformations of Education and Science

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 24 May 2014

Abstract A comparison of index figures for Poland and developed countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Great Britain are presented. Among other things, it is illustrated that in Poland the number of universities per million inhabitants is the highest,the number of students is also great, but the [...] Read more.

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POLISH UNIVERSITIES IN INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS: POSITION, CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Jan SADLAK

Transformations of Education and Science

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 24 May 2014

Abstract University rankings are arecognized source of information about performance of higher education institutions in particular with regard to research and prestige. This essay presents a comprehensive analysis of the performance of Polish universities in the period 2010-2013 in the most relevant international [...] Read more.

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SATURN OF GOYA. TRANSFORMATION OF THE MYTH

Joanna ALEKSANDROWICZ

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 23 May 2014

Abstract In his painting Saturn, Goya has transformed the traditional myth version – stripped divinity of its attributes and transferred it into a universal dimension, causing an image of a father devouring his own children to start being interpreted in new socialpolitical contexts. The reception of the Saturn [...] Read more.

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ZORBA THE GREEK - A SCORE FOR LIFE-MEDIA-CULTURE A FILM BY MICHAEL CACONYANNIS IN OLD AND NEW CULTURAL CONTEXTS

Karina BANASZKIEWICZ

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 23 May 2014

Abstract Globalized societies constantly need heroes and stories that would be able to explain the meaning of the world. When religions of fathers lose their position, their place is taken by myths of the popular culture: Star Wars, Matrix, Pokemons, Indiana Jones' crusades – they all integrate multinational [...] Read more.

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TABLE MANNERS: FEASTING AND LE GRAND BOUFFE AS TWO FORMS OF MODERN CONSUMPTION.

Katarzyna PYSZKOWSKA

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 23 May 2014

Abstract The text describes two opposite forms of table manners in the context of the contemporary culture of consumption. Based on terms such as feast, feasting, etiquette, conversation, hospitality, appetite, or disgust, it is possible to point out not only the differences between feasting and le grand bouffe [...] Read more.

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BODY PRACTICES IN A CRISIS PERIOD. SOME REMARKS ABOUT THE SMELLS OF PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF POLAND

Aleksandra RZEPKOWSKA

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 23 May 2014

Abstract The presented article is based on commentaries that have appeared in the Internet forum – an online discussion site where people can hold conversation in the form of posted messages. The discussion forum contains a great numbers of subforums, each of which have several topics. The author of the article [...] Read more.

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FROM PEEKING TO THE PROFESSION. A NEW DIMENSION OF SOCIOLOGY OF FASHIO

Urszula SOLER

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (80-81) 2014 Publication date: 23 May 2014

Abstract The twentieth century brought many changes in many areas, including in the world of fashion. "Little Black Dress" Coco Chanel, the emergence of the great designers and the capital of fashion, creating brands, fashion magazines – those are all the achievements of the past century. The end of the century [...] Read more.