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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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NEW NEW MEDIA – MULTITASKING – SPACE OF FLOW

Bogdan ZELER

Media in Transition Process

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013 Publication date: 30 May 2013

Abstract This paper is about the problem of the behavior of new new media’s users, using the term proposed by Paul Levinson. This phenomenon is called , by other researchers, social media, Web 2.0 or the art of shielding. Examples of such behavior common in network societies are bloggers activities, Wikipedia [...] Read more.

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MEDIA METAPHORS PERCEIVED FROM A LINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW

Urszula ŻYDEK-BEDNARCZUK

Media in Transition Process

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013 Publication date: 30 May 2013

Abstract The object of analysis in this article are media metaphors which appear in contemporary linguistics, cultural and media thought. This analysis is created as a form of models which may be used for inspecting other, new metaphors. The methodology is based on selected elements from cognitive linguistics [...] Read more.

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POST-MODERNITY AND TRANSFORMATION OF CULTURAL SPACE. ONE CULTURE OR RATHER THE MULTIPLICITY OF CULTURES?

Monika MICZKA-PAJESTKA

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013 Publication date: 27 May 2013

Abstract In this article the issue of perception and understanding of post-modernity has been considered. An attempt has also been undertaken to answer the questions: does postmodernity bring something new, and if not, does it change anything? Doesn’t it introduce confusion and chaos into the existing structures [...] Read more.

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PERFORMATIVE IDENTITY OF HOMO AESTHETICUS

Mariola SUŁKOWSKA-JANOWSKA

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 of this article joins a contemporary discussion on the problem of identity. The last one – in the context of Baumanian “liquidity” or Wolfgang Welsch’s idea of “autocreativity” – seems to be a performative one and is created by the postmodern subject that is called here, because of its aestheticized [...] Read more.

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TRAJECTORIES OF ORTEGA Y GASSET IN CULTURE

Joanna KUŹNICKA

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013 Publication date: 27 May 2013

Abstract The contemporary world is undergoing a phase of deep technocultural changes which influences the society of the 21st century, already referred to as the Web society. The accelerating change has been foreseen by one of the greatest philosophers of culture of the previous century: José Ortega y Gasset [...] Read more.

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GENIUS LOCI AS AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIGURE. SEMANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS, INTERPRETIVE CONTEXTS

Ilona COPIK

Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013 Publication date: 27 May 2013

Abstract The title of this article is the examination of the nature of genius loci phenomenon in culture as well as rethinking its status in contemporary anthropology. The subject of the analysis is the ambiguity of the concept, which functions as a multi-layered metaphor in both society and science and [...] 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

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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

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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

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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.