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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
Journal article
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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CONFLICT, COMMUNITY AND PERSONALIZATION, OR WORLDVIEW POLARIZATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM
Magdalena FILIPIAK
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Transformations No. 4(123)2024, Publication date: 31 December 2024
Abstract The article aims to understand worldview polarization. This goal results from two assumptions. Firstly, there is a need to supplement the definition of social polarization by considering the philosophical understanding of worldview. Worldview polarization will be understood more broadly than social [...] Read more.
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THE WORLD OF TECHNICAL NORMS – BETWEEN LAW AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Krzysztof ŁOKUCIJEWSKI
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Transformations No. 4(123)2024, Publication date: 31 December 2024
Abstract Technical norms (standards) play an important role in the modern world of norms and directives. The current phase of technological revolution is largely related to the development of artificial intelligence. Thus, there is a rapidly growing number of problems that can only be solved by means of technical [...] Read more.
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AVIATION EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN THE YEARS 2013-2023
Magdalena RZEPKA
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Transformations No. 4(123)2024, Publication date: 30 December 2024
Abstract This article focuses on the pedagogical and social aspects of sports aviation. Its research aim was to answer the question: How many contemporary women during the decade 2013-2023 were subject to the educational impact of sports aviation? At the beginning, the educational aspects of aviation were described [...] Read more.
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FROM KUDURRU TO TOKEN. THE REAL ESTATE MARKET'S PATH TO TOKENIZATION
Mateusz A. BONCA
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Transformations No. 4(123)2024, Publication date: 30 December 2024
Abstract The main questions posed in the text are the following: can the economic power of the blockchain network overcome a thousand-year-old tradition of state power controlling real estate transactions and hence this power will soon be unnecessary, or will legal supervision over real estate remain? Maybe [...] Read more.
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BETWEEN WISHFUL THINKING AND THE REALITY OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES' IMPACT ON HUMAN LIFE
Janusz GOLINOWSKI
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Transformations No. 4(123)2024, Publication date: 30 December 2024
Abstract With the revolution in artificial intelligence and the development of machine learning techniques, algorithms are becoming tools that increasingly affect various aspects of our lives. These issues directly change our daily functioning, both in the social and political context. First of all, there is [...] Read more.
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NATO CORPS AS A PRODUCT OF CONSUMER CULTURE
Wioletta BRYNIEWICZ, Żaneta STASIENIUK
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Transformations No. 4(123)2024, Publication date: 30 December 2024
Abstract The article analyses photographs posted on the website of the NATO Corps in Szczecin. The authors point out that some of the photographs on the website contain content that falls within the three forms of consumer culture: pleasure, senses and travel. Read more.
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THE PERMANENCE OF IDENTITY VERSUS/AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION: TWO ARMENIAN DIASPORAS IN POLAND
Ewa NOWICKA, Wojciech POŁEĆ
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Transformations No. 4(123)2024, Publication date: 30 December 2024
Abstract The community of Armenians living in Poland has been marked by great diversity in life trajectories and fates. That ostensibly homogenous community is divided into two groups (the Polish Armenians who have constituted a legally recognized national and religious minority in Poland for centuries, and, [...] Read more.
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THE MCDONALDIZATION OF STREAMING SERVICES IN POLAND: A CASE STUDY OF NETFLIX
Wojciech WELSKOP
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Transformations No. 4(123)2024, Publication date: 30 December 2024
Abstract This article analyses Netflix, the first and one of the most popular streaming services in Poland, from the perspective of George Ritzer’s McDonaldization theory. The text employs exploratory research methodology, as well as descriptive, analytical, and synthetic methods. A qualitative analysis was [...] Read more.
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DETERMINANTS OF CREATIVITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Małgorzata MAJKOWSKA, Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI
Publication language: English
scientific paper
Transformations No. 4 (123) 2024, Publication date: 30 December 2024
Abstract The purpose of this article is to attempt to describe and explain the relevant important factors influencing creativity in the digital and artificial intelligence (AI) era. Creativity occurs at the interface between the human cognitive system, which is supported by knowledge and experience, and knowledge [...] Read more.
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DIGITAL MIND & CONNECTED INTELLIGENCE: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM MEDIA ART EXPERIMENTS? (conversation on 9th December 2023, Silesian Science Festival in Katowice, Poland)
Derrick de KERCKHOVE, Anna MAJ
Publication language: English
artykuł naukowy|Varia
Transformations No. 4(123)2024, Publication date: 30 December 2024
Abstract At the beginning of the digital revolution, Derrick de Kerckhove developed the idea of connected intelligence, highlighting the concept of connection and interaction, global exchange and conversation, which appeared in the Internet era. Today, generative artificial intelligence in large language models [...] Read more.