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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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MEDIA AND JOURNALISM IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Stanisław JĘDRZEJEWSKI
Publication language: Polish
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Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023,  Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract The author analyzes possible scenarios for the development of media and journalism in a dynamically changing technological environment. He begins with a theoretical introduction describing the determinants of these transformations. He justifies the importance of technology understood as a key element [...] Read more.
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GŁÓWNE FAKTORY TRANSFORMACJI PLANETY ZIEMIA MINIPRZEWODNIK PO MEGATRENDACH
Kazimierz KRZYSZTOFEK
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023,  Publication date: 29 September 2023
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MASTER AND AI: AT THE EDGE OF A BIG CHANGE
Krystyna M. BŁESZYŃSKA
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023,  Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract The development of modern technologies stimulates transformations in the functioning of universities, challenging their existing structures, relationships, and paradigms of education. The Master-professor not only ceases to be the basic holder of knowledge, but also - as a digital immigrant - often [...] Read more.
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LECH W. ZACHER'S TECHNOANTHROPOLOGY
Magdalena SZPUNAR
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023,  Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract The author analyses the technoanthropology of Lech W. Zacher. She begins her discussion by presenting his scientific interests, calling him a technohumanist who combines a deep reflection on technology with a sensitive understanding of it. The author describes the main directions of his research, such [...] Read more.
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AN INFINITE CHESS GAME: THE HUMAN-MACHINE COMMUNICATION AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF INTELLIGENCE
Anna MAJ
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023,  Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract The human-machine relationship has been undergoing dynamic changes for several decades. However, the spectacular successes testifying to the state of development of artificial intelligence today give them the meaning of radical changes, entering new areas of human activity, causing new wave of fascination [...] Read more.
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GAMES ON THE FUTURE: PARTICULAR CASE OF EDUCATION TO INFOFREEDOM
Tadeusz MICZKA
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Numer specjalny Lech W. Zacher in memoriam
Transformations No. 3 (118) 2023,  Publication date: 29 September 2023
Abstract The article continues the idea taken from Lech W. Zacher's book Games for Future Worlds. New media have become both permanent elements of modern man's everyday life and signs of civilisational progress. They must therefore play an increasingly important role in the processes of learning, school and [...] Read more.
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PRAGMATIC OVERVIEW OF THE WORLD ENERGY CHALLENGE LONG TERM PERSPECTIVES
Filipe WILTGEN
New technologies and social changes
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 2 (117) 2023,  Publication date: 30 June 2023
Abstract This paper broadly discusses the world's energy challenge seen in a panoramic and pragmatic way with long-term perspectives observing types of current and future existing energy sources, in addition to viable and efficient forms of energy storage. Future sustainable development depends on human capacity [...] Read more.
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3D BOXES FOR CHILDREN´S HOSPITAL SECTOR
Filipe WILTGEN, Edson A. DUARTE, Bruno Eduardo TEIXEIRA, Rener WASHINGTON, Crigionaldo BREDARIOL, Nathanael DE SANTANA, Gabrielly A. G. RODRIGUES, Lucas Tomaz TEIXEIRA
New technologies and social changes
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 2 (117) 2023,  Publication date: 30 June 2023
Abstract The project for the manufacture and donation of 3D printed plastic boxes to house intravenous medications for hospital use in a children's ward aimed at development, construction, assembly and donation of a device for packaging medications in form of plastic bags similar to those used in packaging of [...] Read more.
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DO IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY AND VIRTUAL SUPERVISION ENSURE MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF NURSING EDUCATION DURING THE PANDEMIC? CONSIDERATIONS ON THE TOPIC
Dorota OZGA, Wioletta MĘDRZYCKA –DĄBROWSKA, Krzysztof OBOLEWICZ, Krzysztof JUREK, Beata PENAR –ZADARKO
New technologies and social changes
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 2 (117) 2023,  Publication date: 30 June 2023
Abstract The challenge of Covid-19 exposed and exacerbated several issues in higher education including nursing studies. The use of simulation witha ‘virtual patient in medical education allows to train and assess clinical and relational skills. The study aimed to analyse selected literature on the use of immersive [...] Read more.
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COVID MANAGEMENT IN EASTERN EUROPE. A TRAGEDY FAR FROM THE LIMELIGHT
Piotr (Peter) BOŁTUĆ, Friederike FISHER
Society-education-economy: selected problems and questions
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 2 (117) 2023,  Publication date: 30 June 2023
Abstract East-Central Europe is the region with the highest documented COVID-19 mortality rate in the world. We search for underlying causes of this situation. Relatively low trust in the governments and hectic policy lead us to the complexities of the structure of social capital (SC) in the region. We find [...] Read more.