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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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ADOPTION OF INNOVATION IN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS OF CENTRAL EUROPE
Karol I. PELC
Info – Communication Technologies and Innovations – Some Cases
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Abstract A model of innovation adoption process in interactive communication systems is presented. It combines classical approach to innovation diffusion (Rogers, 1962) with new elements of adoption analysis specific for social media and interactive communication technologies. Three models of adoption process [...] Read more.
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CONCEPTION OF THE INTEGRAL PERSON FACED WITH THE PROSPECT OF TECHNOPOLY
Tadeusz MICZKA
CONCEPTION OF THE INTEGRAL PERSON FACED WITH THE PROSPECT OF TECHNOPOLY
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Abstract The aim of the article is to consider functionality of the model of integral man in the theory and in practice of information society. It is assumed that this model-like conception of man can be still an inspiration and act as a role model for multimedia users and for modern education, despite the fact [...] Read more.
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FROM INFORMATION WAVE TO VIRTUAL CIVILIZATION
Andrew S. TARGOWSKI
Civilization Changes and Technology
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Abstract The purpose of this investigation is to define the central contents and issues of the rise and development of Virtual Civilization. The methodology is based on an interdisciplinary big-picture view of the Virtual Civilization’s elements of development and their interdependency. Among the findings are [...] Read more.
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DOES THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION TEND TO A GLOBAL WILDNESS?
Wiesław SZTUMSKI
Civilization Changes and Technology
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 3-4 (86-87) 2015, Publication date: 8 November 2015
Abstract At a certain time, Western civilization has dominated the world mainly due to the progress of knowledge and technology. It was more favorable to social development in modern and contemporary times than other civilizations. It was better, because it had an arsenal of "six secret weapons": democracy, [...] Read more.
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WEALTH OF NATIONS V.2.0
Marek CHLEBUŚ
Varia
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015, Publication date: 6 May 2015
Abstract The Collective Prisoner’s Dilemma as a multi-agent system for modeling the Artificial Society is described here. The basic purpose of the model is to examine the interference of culture and the economy. As an example of application, some interesting economic evolution patterns are studied and significant [...] Read more.
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THE WORLD ECONOMIC BREAKTHROUGH. NEW IMPETUS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE WORLD AFTER 2008
Mirosław GEISE
Varia
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015, Publication date: 6 May 2015
Abstract This article describes a process of stepped-up structural changes in the world economy. The growing strength of the BRICS group, especially China, with the concurrent reducing of economic activity in the high-developed countries, creates a distinct change in the balance of a power on a world economic [...] Read more.
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MEDIA LOKALNE W SZCZECINIE. RAPORT Z BADAŃ MEDIÓW LOKALNYCH W SZCZECINIE W 2010 ROKU, RED. JAN KANIA, ROBERT CIEŚLAK, SZCZECIN, WYDAWNICTWO NAUKOWE UNIWERSYTETU SZCZECIŃSKIEGO, 2011, 316 SS. ISBN 978-83-77241-827-2
Magdalena PRZYBYSZ-STAWSKA
Reviews
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015, Publication date: 6 May 2015
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BEYOND BORDERS - TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS A COMMON KNOWLEDGE REGION - CONCLUSIONS FROM THE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED REGIONAL DOCUMENTS OF THE SILESIAN PROVINCE AND THE MORAVIAN - SILESIAN REGION
Małgorzata SUCHACKA
Transformational Problems and Examples
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015, Publication date: 6 May 2015
Abstract The aim of this paper is a comparative analysis of regional development strategies in Silesia and the Silesian - Moravian district in Czech Republic - as two regions with industrial traditions that are in transition. The key words of these analysis are innovations and learning region. The main question [...] Read more.
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TRANSFORMATIONS OF PROFESSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
Barbara KOZIERKIEWICZ
Transformational Problems and Examples
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015, Publication date: 6 May 2015
Abstract New professions are being developed as a result of external forces, like new technologies or development of big organizations, or due to internal changes within the professions, like specialization or delegation of work to other, subordinate groups. Today these changes are more frequent than in history [...] Read more.
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SUBJECTIVE SOCIAL MOBILITY IN POLAND - A COMPARISON WITH THE RESULTS OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN MOBILITY TAKING PLACE IN POLAND IN THE YEARS 1992-2008
Katarzyna SOKOŁOWSKA
Transformational Problems and Examples
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (84-85) 2015, Publication date: 6 May 2015
Abstract The aim of this article is to analyze the factors influencing the subjective social mobility in Poland on the basis of the outcome of estimation of logit models for the years 1992.1999 and 2008. The following paper uses data obtained from a survey: the "Polish General Social Survey" (PGSS) carried out [...] Read more.