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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
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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BEHAVIOURAL COMMUNICATION PATTERNS OF TUMBLR MICROBLOGGING PLATFORM'S USERS’
Anna BARON
Information Society – Cyberspace
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 21 October 2012
Abstract In my text I am focusing on the most popular behavioural communication patterns of Tumblr microblogging platform's users". I am beginning my reflection on them from a brief presentation of the idea behind microblogging, after which i am focusing on the description of the conception behind creating Tumblr [...] Read more.
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THE OBSESSION WITH TOUCH. TOWARDS THE TACTILE DIMENSIONS OF COMMUNICATION
Barbara ORZEŁ
Information Society – Cyberspace
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 21 October 2012
Abstract We are drifting towards the new possibilities of human"s sensorium. Today's communication can be indeed described in words: „Everything touches everything". MultiTouch screens, voice gestures, swyping - we are almost everywhere able to find aspects of communication related to the human body. [...] Read more.
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BIG DATA SOCIETY SELFWRITING AND SELFSHOWING TECHNOLOGIES: TOWARDS THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES
Kazimierz KRZYSZTOFEK
Information Society – Cyberspace
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 21 October 2012
Abstract From the beginning of cultural history the collecting, recording and processing of data have been the basis for obtaining information for decision making. Creating and improving tools for measuring have an impact on the development of empirical research, both quantitative as well as qualitative. Information [...] Read more.
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ANDREW IS NOT A NAME. ANDREW IS A STATE OF MIND MEM „ADVICE POLE” AND THE CONTEMPORARY TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE POLISHNESS
Magdalena KAMIŃSKA
Information Society – Cyberspace
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012
Abstract Internet humor is highly productive sphere of autoreflexive cyberculture texts. It is also still more popular alternation of comparative folklore type, so called photoshoplore. On its field, cybercommunities` participants are ironizing and giving some critical expression for such communities and their [...] Read more.
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QUASI-REALITY AND THE CONDITIONS FOR ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN IT
Ewa POLAK
Information Society – Cyberspace
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012
Abstract Artificialization of reality accompanies the contemporary world"s transformation. It concerns social structures, economic activity and effects, forms of political activity, interpersonal relations, communities, a professional, family and home environment, the natural environment, human reactions etc [...] Read more.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – THEORY AND PRACTICE
Konrad PRANDECKI
Sustainable Development – Eco-innovations
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012
Abstract The theory of sustainable development is based on the assumption that it is necessary to avoid possible future threats likely to constitute a barrier to the development of humanity. Such an approach requires numerous restrictions, in particular linked to the excessively heavy consumption. These initiatives [...] Read more.
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FACTORS DETERMINING THE INCREASE IN IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM IN CORPORATE WORLD
Wojciech PRZYCHODZEŃ
Sustainable Development – Eco-innovations
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012
Abstract Today, no one seriously denies the need for sustainable business practices—the viability of a business depends on healthy ecosystems and just societies. Rather than merely promoting their socially responsible activities, firms should combine their unique resources and expertise to build sustainable [...] Read more.
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THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN PROMOTING ECO-INNOVATION (REVIEW OF LITERATURE)
Justyna PRZYCHODZEŃ
Sustainable Development – Eco-innovations
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012
Abstract Environmental policy is one of the main eco-innovation determinants. It influences companies’ behavior by determining its competitive environment, financial performance and future development. Environmental policy is effective in promoting ecoinnovation when it is properly designed and when companies [...] Read more.
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INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THE ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT
Roman BURYTA
Innovations - Risk
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012
Abstract Today’s world described by Zygmunt Bauman as “Liquid Times” is subject to frequent and major transformations. Poland, as a part of the world"s economy, is also undergoing constant social and economic modernization. Part of this change is an adaptation of risk recognition and an assessment in the management [...] Read more.
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IN SEARCH OF THE RISK DEFINITION
Paweł ŻUKOWSKI
Innovations - Risk
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012
Abstract The main aim of the article is to review the various definitions of risk as a means towards formulating a definition of risk. Being a universal phenomenon risk has a dual nature. On one hand it is positive (as a chance). On the other hand it is negative (as a danger). The dual meaning and its prevalence [...] Read more.