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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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THE SEPARATE THINKING OF THE METROPOLIS. TRANSFORMATIONS OF CCCB’S CULTURAL PROJECTS
Aleksandra KUNCE
Transformations of Culture
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013, Publication date: 27 May 2013
Abstract The author deals with problems of the separate thinking of the metropolis. The metropolitan locality is defined by specific thinking, characteristic celebration of life, local pride, roots and at the same time by tolerance, openness and hospitality. This paper undertakes a concept of metropolitan locality [...] Read more.
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THIRD STEP AUDIOVISUALITY – REALITY OR FANTASY?
Tadeusz MICZKA
Transformations of Culture
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013, Publication date: 27 May 2013
Abstract The starting point for my reflections concerning contemporary cultural paradigms is the category of mimesis indicating one of the most important qualities of audiovisuality which is copying thanks to image and sound techniques – reality. While characterizing transformation of mimesis I enumerate three [...] Read more.
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THE TRANSFORMATION - A NEW PARADIGM OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION
Wiesław SZTUMSKI
Idea of Transformation as a Paradigm
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013, Publication date: 27 May 2013
Abstract Thise article includes a reflection on the formation of a new paradigm functioning in the evolution of the sociosphere. The author understands transformation as a specific qualitative change - a relatively short-lived and slow change, on the contrary to revolutionary changes. The economy focused on [...] Read more.
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TRANSFORMATIONS AT THE WORLD AND PEOPLE (AN ATTEMPT OF RECOGNITION AND INTERPREATION)
Lech W. ZACHER
Idea of Transformation as a Paradigm
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013, Publication date: 27 May 2013
Abstract It goes without saying that various transformations of the world and people are an essence of human condition, especially in the long run. However transformations are very diversified in time and space. They lead rather to growing diversity than to universal patterns of development. Various human actors [...] Read more.
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VIRTUAL REALITY IN THE RESEARCH OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND FOLKLORISTS
Katarzyna ORSZULAK - DUDKOWSKA
Reviews
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012, Publication date: 25 October 2012
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URBAN LOGISTICS AN A CHANCE OF CITY DEVELOPMENT
Krzysztof SZELĄG
Varia: Consumption, Consultation, City
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012, Publication date: 25 October 2012
Abstract Urban logistics can be either a barrier or a chance for cities' development. Such logistics can be used in urban management. However the logistics of economic units are not the same as urban ones. The characteristics of urban logistics are discussed in depth. Read more.
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PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF REGIONAL GOVERNANCE. BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION DRAFT INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ŁÓDŹ 2020+
Waldemar MAŃKOWSKI
Varia: Consumption, Consultation, City
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012, Publication date: 25 October 2012
Abstract In the last decade of the XX century and the first decade of the XXI century, a global, turbulent world has developed. One of the consequences is the transformation of the state, world and regional economy as well as civil society. Countries and regions, in the process of change look for a new paradigm [...] Read more.
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THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND CONSUMPTION
Anna OLEJNICZUK-MERTA
Varia: Consumption, Consultation, City
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012, Publication date: 25 October 2012
Abstract The article contains reflections on the impact of consumption on the development of a knowledge society. These considerations are based on bringing the essence of the knowledge society, the conditions and factors shaping that society. Consumption is shown as an important factor in the development of [...] Read more.
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BIOPOWER AND A SLAVE, A „ CAMP MUSLIM” AND AN UNEMPLOYED PERSON
Edward KAROLCZUK
Anthropology – Psychology – Human Hybridization
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012, Publication date: 25 October 2012
Abstract The opposite of traditional politics is biopolitics. According to Michael Foucault, it was the force which told people to live and let them die by grace. Biopolitics became indispensable for the development and existence of capitalism. The Nazi biopolitics involved depriving its victims of their own [...] Read more.
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TECHNO-ORGANIC HYBRID AS A MAN OF THE FUTURE? FROM THE IDEA OF TRANSHUMANISM TO CYBORG ANTHROPOLOGY
Ewa M. WALEWSKA
Anthropology – Psychology – Human Hybridization
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012, Publication date: 25 October 2012
Abstract Innate biological features of our species have given us the possibility to produce a variety of tools which allow us to introduce numerous modifications within the human body and to expand artificially our mental and physical abilities. In order to do this, we use high-tech devices, such as prostheses [...] Read more.