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Since they appeared, the studies of Science, Technology & Society (STS) have been interested in education as the key to help the citizens of tomorrow to participate in the discussions dealing with the future of technoscience. In Spain, the STS subjects became part of the secondary school programs since the educational reform. Nevertheless, the analysis of the textbooks used in Catalonia shows that a deterministic vision of science & technology - both of them thought as entities with their own logic of development, independent from social reality - coexists with a neutralistic conception, which considers technoscience as a basic tool that can be used by humanity either in a correct or an incorrect way. The student has the perception that science & technology shape the social reality, but that are somehow independent from society.

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Aquest article recorre els últims vint-i-cinc anys de l'educació social a Catalunya. L'objectiu és oferir una breu aproximació al recorregut que s'ha fet en l'àmbit de la legislació que més afecta l'exercici professional d'aquest sector, oferir una mirada general als principals programes i repassar l'evolució i el reconeixement de les diferents figures professionals. Per finalitzar plantejant alguns reptes pendents en l'evolució del discurs de l'educació social. ; This article recapitulates the last twentyfive years of social education in Catalonia. It aims to offer a short description of the path taken by legislation most affecting professional work in the sector, and to provide a general view of the main programmes, and go over the evolution and recognition of various important roles in the profession. It ends by outlining some of the challenges outstanding in the evolution of social education discourse. ; El presente artículo recorre los últimos veinticinco años de la educación social en Cataluña. El objetivo es ofrecer una breve aproximación al recorrido que se ha hecho en el ámbito de la legislación que más afecta al ejercicio profesional de este sector, ofrecer una mirada general a los principales programas y repasar la evolución y el reconocimiento de las distintas figuras profesionales. Para finalizar planteando algunos retos pendientes en la evolución del discurso de la educación social.

Through a shifted and enriched approach, combining history and anthropology/sociology, this book addresses the forms of social integration and the multiple cultural hybridizations produced by slavery in the societies of Europe, Africa and America during the medieval and modern periods. Analyzing the normative contours used to define the identity of the slave, it then discusses his attempts and modalities of integration in the host societies, measuring the socialization process that may have resulted. Questioning the social mechanisms of the ancient societies that presided over the mixing of populations, as attested by the sources, is one of the areas that historians in this field (Atlantic societies, Maghreb) are most interested in. Among their main projects is that of deconstructing illusions of "racial" and cultural homogeneity in contemporary societies. A work on the acculturation and agency capacity of slaves, on the capacity of enslaved persons (not only freed) to exist as actors in the social sphere, particularly in the Iberian peninsula and the Mediterranean area, is the aim of this work. By proposing a history of Mediterranean brewing, it challenges preconceived ideas about cultural divisions and civilizational confinements.

El model de comunicació científica canvia amb l'aplicació de les noves tecnologies a les xarxes socials i la crisi, i amb ella les retallades, estan afectant el desenvolupament de la ciència i la tecnologia. Ellis Rubinstein, editor de la reputada revista Science durant nou anys, membre del Fòrum Econòmic Mundial i assessor de diversos governs ens visità, convidat per BIOclusterUAB, i ens parlà de la seva visió al respecte. Exposà els pros i els contres d'una comunicació científica tan ràpida i sense filtres i del futur que li augura, així com de la necessitat de seguir invertint en ciència, tot i la recessió econòmica. Rubinstein proposa apostar, des d'una bona gestió del balanç entre recerca bàsica i aplicada i de petites inversions en talent jove, per una economia basada en la ciència i la tècnica com a alternativa al sistema econòmic actual, ja obsolet, per poder sortir d'aquesta crisi. ; El modelo de comunicación científica cambia con la aplicación de las nuevas tecnologías en las redes sociales y la crisis, y sus recortes, están afectando el desarrollo de la ciencia y la tecnología. Ellis Rubinstein, editor de la reputada revista Science durante nueve años, miembro del Foro Económico Mundial y asesor de varios gobiernos nos visitó, invitado por BIOclusterUAB, y nos habló de su visión al respecto. Expuso los pros y los contras de una comunicación científica tan rápida y sin filtros y del futuro que le augura, así como de la necesidad de seguir invirtiendo en ciencia, a pesar de la recesión económica. Rubinstein propone apostar, desde una buena gestión del balance entre investigación básica y aplicada y de pequeñas inversiones en talento joven, por una economía basada en la ciencia y la técnica como alternativa al sistema económico actual, ya obsoleto, para poder salir de esta crisis. ; The scientific communication model changed with the implementation of new technologies in social networks, while the crisis and its cutbacks are affecting the development of science and technology. Ellis Rubinstein, editor of the renowned journal Science for nine years, member of the World Economic Forum and advisor to various governments visited UAB, invited by BIOclusterUAB. During his visit he spoke on the pros and cons of such a quick and unfiltered scientific communication, about its future and the need, despite the current economic downturn, to continue investing in science by correctly managing the balance between basic and applied research and small investments in young talent, thus setting the goal on an economy based on science and technology as an alternative to the current obsolete economic system and as the way of overcoming this crisis.

Aquesta tesi doctoral, presentada a l'Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, ens proposa una nova mirada a l'obra d'Enrique Tierno Galván. Estem davant d'una tesi d'història intel·lectual que informa també sobre un temps i un país. ; Esta tesis presentada en el Instituto de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales nos propone una nueva mirada a la obra de Enrique Tierno Galván. Estamos ante una tesis de historia intelectual que informa también sobre un tiempo y un país ; This dissertation presented at the Institute of Political and Social Sciences proposes a new look into the work of Enrique Tierno Galván. We are before a dissertation of intellectual history that also informs about a time and a country.

This research analyses the patterns of social interaction of a specific group of young people who play on-line games in a cybercafe in Barcelona. This group can be classified as a hybrid -on-line/ off-line- since their face-to-face interaction alternates with, and is frequently superimposed on, their virtual interaction. This means that the delocalization that accompanies other uses of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) occurs only in a limited way. What does take place is a reinterpretation of the forms of social interaction of whatever group of young people; at the same time, there is also an interpretation of new information technologies, adapting them to traditional forms of socialization. It is possible to observe how physical place and cyberplace are united and intermingled in various ways, as are face-to-face life and cyber-experience.

Too often we forget that culture is not a social fact but a concept. In this article it will be argued that cultures do not exist, in spite of their apparent pervasiveness within the social sciences and in daily life. A question will be raised as to the ideological role of the idea of culture, that is, what effects does it produce in the social construction of reality? To do that, the concept and its uses will be criticized, noting that the very concept and its use in daily life represents practices of classification and segregation. Finally, it is suggested that the concept of culture should be abandoned and that we should look forward to new ways of conceiving human diversity more suitable to a situated ethical thinking.