“IT’S LIKE A WALK IN THE PARK” - ON WHY ARE WALKING SIMULATORS SO CONTROVERSIAL

Paweł GRABARCZYK

Man and Nature – Changing Relations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016

Abstract The paper is devoted to controversies in computer games studies connected with game classification and characteristics. Controversies on walking simulators are discussed in depth; also historical roots of these games and their ergodicity. Read more.

HUMAN BEING AND NATURE IN RADICAL TRANSFORMATION, OR WHY WE STILL VISIT DERELICT PARKS IN SILESIA

Aleksandra KUNCE

Man and Nature – Changing Relations

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016

Abstract The author addresses the problem of the philosophy of the “derelict park”. The reflections are organised around Fazaniec – border park, established in the Upper Silesia in mid-nineteenth century by count Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch. A local human being lives and constructs his or her life off the beaten [...] Read more.

INDIAN SOCIOLOGY: INDIGENIZATION AND CHALLENGES

B.K. NAGLA

Research for Practices

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016

Abstract The topic of the paper is the discourse present in the Indian Sociology refering to indigenization of the social sciences. After making conceptual clarifications the author presents the context of the discourse and analyzes Indigenizing Approaches to Research, Indigenization of Indian Sociology and [...] Read more.

D. UZNADZE’S THE PLACE AND THE ROLE OF THE THEORY OF "ATTITUDE" IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF THE ADMINISATRATION AND MANAGEMEN

Vazha KAKABADZE

Research for Practices

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016

Abstract In the presented scientific research Georgian psychologist D.Uznadze's theory of "attitude" firstly is related with management an administration system. This article emphasizes that healthy human behavior and feelings are not only a reaction on the for influence over environment. The environment has [...] Read more.

THE ISSUE OF THE SUBJECT IN POST-MODERNITY. DISCUSSING THE CHANGE IN THINKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT

Monika MICZKA-PAJESTKA

Research for Practices

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016

Abstract The following article considers and analyzes the issue of the subject and subjectivity emerging from the changing reality. It identifies and examines the areas of the formation of the socio-cultural space, inter alia that regarding language, experience, symbolism and imagery, as well as values important [...] Read more.

CODES OF ART&SCIENCE: CULTURAL MEANINGS AND IDEOLOGY OF THE AESTHETICS VERSUS USER EXPERIENCE FIELD RESEARCH

Michał DERDA-NOWAKOWSKI

Philosophying on Art And Aesthetics

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016

Abstract The contemporary reflection on interactive art becomes insufficient when a researcher is not able to test an artwork and check their theses in cognitive process. Exploring interactive art should therefore include user experience as the most important element of research process. Thus, the significance [...] Read more.

FROM CYBERBRICOLEURS THROUGH CYBERLEADERS TO CYBORGS: EMERGING ARTISTIC STRATEGIES AND POSSIBLE TACTICS OF RECEPTION

Anna MAJ

Philosophying on Art And Aesthetics

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016

Abstract The main interest of the paper is to show how the roles of contemporary new media artists are evolving towards the spheres which do not necessarily belong to Art as traditionally understood. The Author analyses strategies which characterise the research and experimental factor (in its scientific meaning [...] Read more.

THESES ON ETHOSOPHY (ART AND ESTHETICS)

Bogusław JASIŃSKI

Philosophying on Art And Aesthetics

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016

Abstract The paper presents a new vision of philosophy and a new diagnosis of the world. The author tries to construct a new civilizational and philosophical paradigm. It is called ethosophy. Ethosophy is the wisdom of existence in ethos. Read more.

FROM ANTONIO SANT'ELIA'S „CITY OF THE FUTURE” TO THE CONTEMPORARY VIRTUAL CITY

Tadeusz MICZKA

Media

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016

Abstract The author of the presentation concentrates on the period in the history of architecture which tried and is still trying to replace the opinion that city is a place when man lives with an opinion that city can be a space where man will be more and more liberated from various restrictions. The futurist [...] Read more.

PHILOSOPHICAL SOURCES OF MARSHALL MCLUHAN’S LAWS OF MEDIA: CICERO, FRANCIS BACON AND GIAMBATTISTA VICO

Bartłomiej KNOSALA, Aleksandra KUZIOR

Media

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016

Abstract The main aim of this article is to point out the philosophical roots of Marshal McLuhan’s thought. The starting point is McLuhan’s last posthumous book entitled Laws of Media. In this book, McLuhan openly points to the intellectual tradition, which he feels part of and which he creatively develops. [...] Read more.