Personal Narrative, Educational Research and Multipolar Cosmopolitanism

Author(s): Morwenna Griffiths / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

I argue that the current discussion of cosmopolitanism and the cosmopolitan order demonstrates that more attention needs to be paid to the significance of contextual as opposed to generalizable knowledge of education, especially in relation to diversity and injustice within and between regions of the world. This is a familiar, if not uncontroversial, epistemological position in educational research, except that many such arguments ignore the unjust distribution of resources, voice and influence across the post-colonial world. This injustice has been widely discussed in relation to economic and macropolitics but is less often noticed in relation to the global use of educational research in policy and practice. In this article I argue that the use of personal narrative research may be a means for the less resourced, less heard, less influential parts of the world to resist implementing educational policy which is based in research carried out in other contexts, and which may be pernicious in its unintentional effects. It may also be a way of persuading the West to relinquish its modernist hope of overarching universals of propositional and practical knowledge, and acknowledge that the world is not only plural but variously multipolar, a world in which a range of poles exist in tension with the others.

Risk-Taking Attitudes and Lottery Experiment

Author(s): Jozef Nemec,Tomáš Želinský,Matúš Kubák / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

We carry out framed lottery game experiments with the aim to study whether economic agents behave in accordance with expected utility theory. We control for socio-economic background of the participants and we use Domain-Specific Risk-Taking [DoSpeRT) scale to detect, which of the five risk domains [ETHICAL, FINANCIAL, HEALTH, RECREATIONAL, SOCIAL) have most impact on risky behavior in a lottery game. We find out, that females are more rational than males in non-risky environment and males are more rational in a risky environment. Also, the evidence of more frequent use of risky strategy by males is found.

Application of Wagner’s Reframing of the „Social Origins“ Theory in the Czech Republic

Author(s): Zuzana Prouzová,Vladimír Hyánek / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

If we look for an alternative to the Salamon-Anheier Social Origins Theory, for methodology we find it in the article by Wagner (2000), Reframing „Social Origins“ Theory: The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Wagner introduces an alternative concept based on a historical and institutional analysis of intersectoral dynamics and structural changes. Wagner tries to reformulate social origins theory in such a way that its shortcomings are eliminated; mainly its a historical character and the lack of respect for changes, which take place in the public space. He introduces a new variable, the so-called elasticity of institutional change, that is the relation between percentage change of non-profit providers and government providers.

A case for Cosmopolitan, pragmatic sociology in the context of migrant youth integration

Author(s): Sirkka Komulainen / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Migration has become increasingly political and urgent on a global scale (Cuomo, 2011; Castles, 2014). Europe (the primary focus of this paper) has witnessed unprecedented flows and moves of migrants a great deal of whom are young people and young adults. Public discourses on migration matters continue to be polarised, especially around the migrations of young men. Nations that may have previously expressed a great deal of solidarity towards immigration are growing reticent in their public accounts.

The “Self” And The “Other” In Postcolonial Britain: Towards A Genealogy Of The British Immigration Regime

Author(s): Iva Dodevska / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This note outlines a research program investigating the British immigration regime from a perspective that considers its embeddedness in colonialism. It seeks to advance a genealogy (in a Foucauldian sense) of the production of the racialized immigrant through immigration policy and legislation, undertaking a discourse analysis on landmark legislation governing cross-border movement of people and access to British citizenship, as the two inseparable aspects of Britain’s complex immigration regime. A conceptual approach is proposed, and some preliminary insights are discussed.

A/simetrija životinja i žena: Ekofeministička perspektiva diskursa o placenti

Author(s): Neda Radulović / Language(s): Croatian Publication Year: 0

The present paper offers an analysis of dominant and alternative narratives about placenta, and especially placentophagia. It will examine the cultural construction of disgust and ask why most people find the idea of eating their own placenta objectionable, whilst recognizing animal organs as gustative and healthy. The important hypothesis of this paper is that the dominant, patriarchal narratives construct placenta as abject and that the abjectification of placenta is based on the human/animal dichotomy. By looking at the changing attitudes to placenta in the context of birth culture until the 18th century, as well as contemporary (and contrasting) narratives about placenta, this paper offers ecofeminist, and feminist–vegan conceptualization of placentophagia. The ecofeminist perspective will shed light on placenta as a case study showing how patriarchal culture constructs narratives that represent women and animals in both symmetrical and asymmetrical ways. The asymmetrical treatment of women and animals, as the narratives about placenta will show, refers to the speciest privileging based on the in/exclusion from the category of human.

Pojmovi, teorije i koncepti vezani za interspolnost

Author(s): Erin Vlahović / Language(s): Croatian Publication Year: 0

1. Pojmovne odrednice interspolnosti - varijacije spolnih karakteristika; 2. Često postavljena pitanja

Zamanın Bedensel Dönüşümü: Osmanlı Gelecek Anlatılarında Posthümanist ve Transhümanist İzler

Author(s): Seda Uyanık / Language(s): Turkish Publication Year: 0

Modernitede tarihsel zaman anlayışı, döngüsel olmaktan çok doğrusal ve art zamanlı şekilde, düz bir çizgide ilerler. Bu çizginin sonu olan ölümü yaşamın uzantısı olarak gören anlayış, –hayatın sonluluğunu denetleyebilir olmasının insana verdiği güçle– yerini ölümü dışlayan, yaşam ile ölüm arasına keskin sınırlar çizen bir anlayışa bırakmıştır. Dolayısıyla insana ölümlülüğü hatırlatan bütün imgeler, insan eliyle toplumsal yaşam alanlarının dışına çıkarılmıştır. Bazı kutsal öğretilerde kendine yer bulan ölüm sonrası hayat ve cennet imgesi, toplum düzenini mükemmel dünya tasarımları içerisine sığdırmaya çalışan ve kendini Tanrısallaştıran insan tarafından dünyevileştirilmiştir. Jean Baudrillard’ın dediği gibi modern toplumlarda kapitalist düzen, ölüler ve yaşam arasındaki birliği parçalamakta böylelikle iktidarların var olabilmesi ve ileride tüm yaşamı sınırları içine alabilmesi için önce ölümü denetlemeye çalışmaktadır (Baudrillard xiii). Söz konusu eğilim de insanın parçası olduğu dünyevi iktidar uzamlarının yeniden üretilip güçlenmesine ve ölüme meydan okuyan insanı denetim altına almasına neden olmuştur. Bu dürtüyle hareket ederek doğasına, özüne yabancılaşan ve kendi kurduğu üretme-tüketme kültürünün öznesi hâline gelen insan, tüm kutsiyetlerinden sıyrılmış olur. Bahsedilen eğilimin teolojik bağlamdaki dönüşümü ise dikkate değerdir.

Kapitał ludzki w środowisku lokalnym — zarys założeń badawczych

Author(s): Adam Bartoszek / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Zasoby ludnościowe i procesy demograficzne wybranych miast peryferyjnych województwa śląskiego i opolskiego

Author(s): Bożena Pactwa / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Problemy aktywizacji kapitału ludzkiego na lokalnych rynkach pracy w świetle analiz statystycznych i opinii osób zarządzających publicznymi służbami zatrudnienia. Analiza porównawcza

Author(s): Rafał Muster / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Aktywność edukacyjna jako wyraz strategii lokalnych oraz innowacyjności zasobów ludzkich w małych i średnich miastach na przykładzie Nysy, Raciborza, Głogówka i Lublińca

Author(s): Urszula Swadźba / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Edukacyjna i zawodowa ruchliwość mieszkańców a jakość życia w miastach peryferyjnych

Author(s): Adam Bartoszek / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Tożsamość miejsca a strategie adaptacyjne mieszkańców małych i średnich miast

Author(s): Marek Dziewierski / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Między rozwojem a peryferyjnością kapitału ludzkiego — wnioski o mobilności i jakości życia w środowisku lokalnym

Author(s): Adam Bartoszek,Urszula Swadźba / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

Variety druhé modernity: kosmopolitní obrat v sociální a politické teorii a výzkumu

Author(s): Ulrich Beck,Edgar Grande / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

Tématem této studie je nezbytnost kosmopolitního obratu v sociální a politické teorii. Klíčová otázka úvodní kapitoly dovádí kritiku „metodologického kosmopolitismu“, která se objevila již ve zvláštním čísle časopisu British Journal of Sociology, o krok dál. Táže se, jak sociální a politickou teorii zachytit v teoretické, metodologické a normativní rovině, aby se vyrovnala historicky nové, provázané modernitě, jež ohrožuje samotné její základy. Jakými způsoby se může vypořádat s fundamentální křehkostí a proměnlivostí společenských dynamik (nezamýšlených vedlejších efektů, dominancí a mocí), vzniklých na počátku jednadvacátého století pod vlivem globalizace kapitálu a rizik? Jaké teoretické a metodologické potíže před námi vyvstávají a jak mohou být formulovány v empirickém výzkumu? V následujícím textu jsme rozpracovali kosmopolitní obrat ve čtyřech krocích: za prvé představíme hlavní konceptuální nástroje pro teorii kosmopolitních modernit, za druhé dekonstruujeme západní modernitu s pomocí příkladů z výzkumu individualizace a rizika a za třetí se pokusíme vyrovnat se základní obtíží metodologického kosmopolitismu, totiž s otázkou vymezení odpovídající jednotky analýzy. Nakonec se budeme věnovat normativním otázkám, perspektivám a dilematům teorie kosmopolitních modernit, a to ve vztahu k politickému zprostředkování a výhledům na politickou realizaci.

Reflexe a revoluce ornamentu postindustriální doby

Author(s): Jana Horáková / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

Svůdnost hraní počítačových her či zpracování slov, obrazů a zvuků v prostředí počítačů spočívá v pocitu, že je můžeme snadno ovládat. Tato zdánlivě neomezená možnost manipulovat s objekty uloženými v digitálním prostředí však není příležitostí k uživatelově tvořivosti osvobozené od limitů fyzického světa, jak bylo často deklarováno proponenty rozšiřování informačních a komunikačních technologií (dále IKT), ale manifestací předem naprogramovaného souboru možností, fontů, kontrastů a ohýbání čar, které programují aktivitu uživatelů, určují pravidla hry a v důsledku standardizují individuální projevy příslušníků postindustriálních společností.

Současná nová

Author(s): David Kořínek / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

Od počátků masového rozšíření internetu prostřednictvím World Wide Webu mluvíme nejen v odborném diskurzu, ale i v širším společenskovědním kontextu o novomediálním umění. Pod označením nová média si většinou představíme podmínky k tvorbě umožňující snadnou manipulaci s digitalizovaným materiálem. Po prvotním okouzlení v devadesátých letech minulého století jsme však nabyli pocitu, že se tento druh umění z galerií velmi rychle vytratil. Nové se stalo starým a galerie obsadilo umění ještě starší. Kupodivu se to netýká jen našeho pocitu podmíněného životem v zemi, kde se vše nové po počátečním okamžitém nekritickém přijetí stává stejně rychle nedůvěryhodným a pofiderním.

Summary

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This book attempts to capture the momentum, a moment of transformation, where the complex processes related to the expansion of heterogeneous cosmopolitan modernity intersect and converge, processes that influence and change both Euro-American civilisation and the planet as a whole, and along the way transform the state, economic, cultural and social arrangement, the practises and the notions used in order to understand our existence in the world. The authors of the studies that make up this publication look at the problem from several selected aspects falling within the domains of sociology, culture and new media art, which have in common an effort to put current phenomena into more general and more profound social, political and cultural contexts. They strive to avoid presentism in order to observe the processes gathered under the umbrella of „cosmopolitan modernity“ from the point of view of the longue durée.

Perspective teoretice asupra identității etnice

Author(s): Petru Vîrgă / Language(s): Romanian Publication Year: 0

în cele ce urmează voi încerca să prezint câteva perspective în definirea conceptului de identitate etnică. Una dintre tendințele contemporane care se manifestă în științele socio-umane este hibridarea metodologică și conceptuală. Acest fapt este evident în cazul tratării conceptului de identitate etnică, deoarece, dincolo de contradicțiile ce caracterizează fenomenul, apelul la modele din sociologie și psihologie duce la creșterea puterii explicative și la înțelegerea mai bună a problematicii.