Gender as a socio-cultural construct of assignment of role, responsibility, value, attitudes and status to two different sex . Women as a socio-culturally devalued gender in Indian society and the facets of valuation or devaluation has a historical perspective. In this paper attempt is made the status of women in different times and initiatives taken by society to ameliorate the condition. But in spite of several constitutional measures or different plane or policies taken by government, till date their social status has not changed. So along with Government different Non Governmental organisations should come forward for their empowerment.
The authors of this paper reflect on the socio-cultural contexts for defining the role of counsellors. They indicate the differences and similarities of the role of the counsellor in different countries and cultures in the context of contemporary social changes. The authors emphasise the complexity of a counsellor's role indicating context-related issues (social, cultural, political) in which counselling itself, understood as a social process or/and 'culture product' is anchored.
The purpose of the research is to identify and analyze the main components of effective management of project activity as a unique generator of the competitiveness of management of socio-cultural industries that can ensure the implementation and high level of viability of socio-cultural projects in the conditions of globalization. The methodological basis of the study is the dialectic principle of cognition, the systematic approach and the most important provisions of the theory and practice of management. The general scientific and interdisciplinary methods of research are used, in particular, abstract-logical, modeling and sociocultural. Scientific novelty consists in the application of cultural and psychological approaches to the substantiation of a holistic system of necessary qualities, features of the functioning and implementation of project management, subjective factors of efficiency, which play an essential role in shaping its competitiveness. Conclusions. An effective project management is defined as a strategic tool for the development of the socio-cultural sphere, the features of which are: firstly, that its holistic concept is based on the interaction of economic, cultural, socio-psychological, creative and technological aspects; secondly, its effectiveness depends on the effective management of time, material and human resources, the project team, the introduction of innovations and the effective use of investments, as well as from the implementation of creative potential, professional competences (multicultural, speech, information, political, social and psychological, etc.); Thirdly, its competitiveness as an integral, complex comparative characteristic of competitive advantages, factors of management and productivity of the use of resources, compliance of the business entity with objective socio-cultural conditions, a measure of attractiveness for the consumer of socio-cultural services.
This study of six banks, three privately owned and three government banks, was done to determine if there are significant differences in the socio-cultural orientations and internal work culture of these organizations. If there are significant differences, how did these differences impact on job design, supervisory practices and rewards allocation. Initially we looked at the differences among banks and then, between type of banks. We found that banks differed on power distance, masculinity, and paternalism. We also found out that privately owned banks tended to have higher power distance and uncertainty avoidance. The employees of privately owned banks sought more responsibility and had higher levels of both supervisory and self control. They participated more in both extrinsic and intrinsic rewards and had more training and development opportunities
DOI:10.2478/eec-2014-0008 ; The present article is an attempt to describe the social evolution of the community of Vershina, a village founded in the beginning of the 20th century by voluntary settlers from Little Poland – from a cultural island to the stage of assimilation. The social, economic, cultural, political and language situation of the community changed several times. The most significant historical moments of Russia and Soviet Union set the borders of three main periods in Verhina's history. During its first two-three decades Vershina consisted a homogenous Polish cultural and language island. The migrants preserved the Roman Catholic religion, Polish language, traditions, as well as farming methods and machines. Collectivization and the communist system with its repressions made the Polish village assimilate to its surroundings. With the flow of time, the generation of first settlers died and some of the traditions of Little Poland vanished or got modified with elements of the Soviet, Russian or Buryat culture. After Perestroika the minorities gained some rights, which strengthened in the 1990s. Thanks to the political changes and the collapse of the SU the inhabitants of Vershina can found cultural organisations, cultivate their religion and learn Polish in the local schools. However, in spite of the regained rights, over the decades of mass sovietization and ateization, the culture and customs of the Polish community became similar to other Siberian villages. Young people from the group of our interest abandon their mother language, are not eager to leave Russia and move to Poland. The process of assimilation is intensifying while there are practically no factors protecting the local culture and language
DOI:10.2478/eec-2014-0008 ; The present article is an attempt to describe the social evolution of the community of Vershina, a village founded in the beginning of the 20th century by voluntary settlers from Little Poland – from a cultural island to the stage of assimilation. The social, economic, cultural, political and language situation of the community changed several times. The most significant historical moments of Russia and Soviet Union set the borders of three main periods in Verhina's history. During its first two-three decades Vershina consisted a homogenous Polish cultural and language island. The migrants preserved the Roman Catholic religion, Polish language, traditions, as well as farming methods and machines. Collectivization and the communist system with its repressions made the Polish village assimilate to its surroundings. With the flow of time, the generation of first settlers died and some of the traditions of Little Poland vanished or got modified with elements of the Soviet, Russian or Buryat culture. After Perestroika the minorities gained some rights, which strengthened in the 1990s. Thanks to the political changes and the collapse of the SU the inhabitants of Vershina can found cultural organisations, cultivate their religion and learn Polish in the local schools. However, in spite of the regained rights, over the decades of mass sovietization and ateization, the culture and customs of the Polish community became similar to other Siberian villages. Young people from the group of our interest abandon their mother language, are not eager to leave Russia and move to Poland. The process of assimilation is intensifying while there are practically no factors protecting the local culture and language. ; Michał Głuszkowski
Hausa architecture is an important part of African indigenous architecture. In many respects its construction techniques, its wail decoration and its structural forms, have been recognised as unique. Most of the Hausa Architecture studied has been in the form of palaces, mosques and few houses of the affluent, merchants and administrators. However the bulk of the Hausa built environment is, and for long has been, composed of ordinary domestic houses that accommodate the citizens of its cities and hamlets. This work deals with Hausa architecture as found in the older parts a major Hausa urban centre; to wit the walled city of Kano. The Kano built environment is composed of several forms of architecture, but the main concern here is specifically with the Hausa domestic architecture in the walled city of Kano. The study is informed by the theoretical proposition that a correlation exists between the spatial organisation of domestic house and the social life of its inhabitants; consequently changes in one result in changes in the other and vice-versa. The study has four main objectives: to establish the basic characteristics of Hausa domestic architecture, i.e. its dominant spatial themes; to show how the resulting domestic environment is supportive of the Hausa-Islamic culture; to examine the cultural impact of colonialism on the concept of the dwelling unit and by extension, on the culture of the Hausa; and to broaden the data base of an indigenous knowledge system in the field of architecture. The principal findings of the work are: that Hausa domestic architecture as found in the walled city is conceptually of two broad types; that the design concept of these types is rooted in the Hausa socio-cultural paradigm; that the design concept is flexible enough to cater for the subcultural elements that are the hallmarks of any Hausa society; that the changes in the political, economic and social fabric of the Hausa society in its recent history have had very little effect on the spatial quality of Hausa domestic architecture.
Galardonada la universidad de Los Andes y premiada la democracia venezolana. University of Los Andes awarded and Venezuelan democracy honored. Anzola, Myriam Larga vida a EDUCERE.Long life to EDUCERE. Anzola, Myriam EDUCERE: diez años, una experiencia crítica, una celebración y un culto al saber publicado.EDUCERE: ten years, a critical experience, a celebration and an ode to published knowledge. Rivas, Pedro José EDUCERE: la palabra como experiencia.EDUCERE: the word like experience. Zambrano Leal, Armando El aspecto socio-cultural del lenguaje oral y escrito: visión Vygotskyana.The socio-cultural aspect of thought and language: the Vygotskyan vision. Mota de C., Carmen R. y Villalobos, José La evaluación: del pasado al presente.Evaluation: from the past to the present. Figueroa Marcano, Miguel Ángel Modelos cualitativos de evaluación.Cualitative patterns for evaluation. Fonseca, José Gregorio Educación ¿un mundo al revés?Education: an upside-down world? Pulido, Asdrúbal Nosotros mismos entre los otros.Ourselves among the others. Portillo Parody, Jairo Consideraciones discursivas sobre el género en el discurso académico e institucional: ¿dónde está ella?Discursive considerations on genre in the academical and institutional discourse: where is she? Morales, Oscar Alberto y González Peña, Carolina Escuela y corporeidad femenina: la cuestión del género en el desarrollo motriz de la mujer.School and feminine corporeity: the question of gender in the motor development of women. Pateti Moreno, Yesenia La imagen de la madre: su valoración en educación inicial.The image of a mother: her value in primary education. Alfonzo, Norys La enseñanza de las ciencias en la universidad de Los Andes: caso de los proyectos didácticos.Teaching science at the university of Los Andes: didactical projects case. Escalona, José y Fontal, Bernardo Los conceptos de calor, trabajo, energía y teorema de Carnot en textos universitarios de termodinámica.The concepts of heat, work, energy and Carnot's theorem in thermodynamics university texts. Alomá, Eduardo y Malaver, Manuel La universidad venezolana y el desarrollo regional.Venezuelan universities and regional development. Fuenmayor Toro, Luis Entre la utopía y la realidad de la vida universitaria.Between the utopia and reality of university life. Jiménez Jiménez, José y De Hoyos Martínez, Jesús E. Primeras conferencias de contabilidad de costos: una alternativa de enseñanza y actualización.First conferences of cost accounting: an alternative of teaching and modernization. Morillo Moreno, Marysela C. Educación, ciencia, tecnología e innovación: formación para un nuevo ordenamiento social.Education, science, technology and innovation: Education for a new social order. Bustamante, Suleima; Pérez, Isabel y Maldonado, Marisabel La investigación en educación matemática: una hipótesis de trabajo.Research in mathematics teaching: a work hypothesis. Castro de Bustamante, Jeannett Estrategia de transformación académico-administrativa para una educación en valores en la facultad de ciencias económicas y sociales de la universidad del Zulia.Academical-administrative transformation strategy for and education in values from the faculty of social and economics Sciences at the University of Zulia. Ávila Urdaneta, Maritza; Ríos de Morales, Mercedes y Cuenca, Emilia Programa nacional de formación de educadores. Misión Sucre.National program of teachers education. Sucre's mission. Ministerio de Educación Superior Cavilaciones desde la ventana: coloquio con Don Simón Rodríguez.Ponderings from the window: conversations with Don Simón Rodríguez. Anzola, Myriam Álvarez, María del Carmen: Pequeños lectores, escritores y poetas. Juegos de lenguaje para niños y niñas de 2 a 6 años (y de pronto más.).Little readers, writers and poets. Language games for children from 2 to 6 years old (and soon for older children). Reseñado por: Solé, Maira ; 411-418 ; carmenmota@ula.ve ; josesv@ula.ve ; trimestral ; Nivel analítico
Markkinointi tarjoaa merkittäviä mahdollisuuksia muutosten rakentamiseen myös kaupallisen kentän ulkopuolella. Viime vuosien aikana kestävyyden ja kestävän kuluttamisen edistäminen on esitetty keskeisenä tai jopa elintärkeänä kehityssuuntana tieteenalalle. Tähän lupaavan tulokulman avaa sosiaalisen markkinoinnin tutkimusperinne, jonka perimmäisenä tarkoituksena on yhteiskunnallisen hyvän aikaansaaminen. Väitöstutkimus keskittyy yhteen kestävän kuluttamisen kontekstiin: ruokahävikin vähentämiseen ja siihen, kuinka sitä voitaisiin edistää sosiaalisen markkinoinnin avulla. Väitöskirjan tavoitteena on tutkia ja jäsentää sosiokulttuurista näkökulmaa sosiaaliseen markkinointiin ruokahävikin vähentämisen kontekstissa. Vaikka kulttuuriset teoriat ja näkökulmat ovat vahvistaneet asemaansa markkinoinnin ja kulutustutkimuksen saralla, on niiden hyödyntäminen sosiaalisessa markkinoinnissa vähäistä. Väitöstutkimus pohjautuu neljään tutkimusartikkeliin, joissa tutkimusaihetta tarkastellaan eri tulokulmista. Artikkeleissa hyödynnetään laadullisia menetelmiä ja tutkitaan, kuinka ruokahävikin vähentämistä lähestytään ruokahävikkikampanjoissa sekä näihin liittyvässä julkisessa keskustelussa. Empiirinen tarkastelu kohdistuu sosiaalisen median kampanjoihin, niihin liittyviin visuaalisiin materiaaleihin sekä verkkokeskusteluihin. Analyysissä huomio keskitetään sosiokulttuurisiin merkityksiin, merkkeihin sekä niiden merkityksiin ja diskursseihin. Yksi artikkeleista on käsitteellinen tutkimus, jossa jäsennetään sitä, kuinka sosiaaliset markkinoijat voivat edistää ruokahävikin vähentämistä keskittymällä käytänteiden muuttamiseen. Tutkimus juurtaa tulkinnallisen viitekehyksensä – sosiokulttuurisen näkökulman – käytäntöteorioihin ja tarkastelee jokapäiväistä elämää käytänteiden kulttuurisena järjestelmänä. Tämän tulkinnallisen viitekehyksen sekä väitöstutkimuksen artikkeleiden pohjalta sosiokulttuurinen näkökulma kiinnitetään sosiaaliseen markkinointiin. Väitöstutkimuksessa jäsennelty näkökulma kulminoituu kolmeen premissiin. Kaksi ensimmäistä premissiä pitävät sisällään käsityksen siitä, kuinka sekä ruokahävikin vähentäminen että sosiaalisen markkinoinnin rooli ymmärretään osana käytänteiden kulttuurista järjestelmää. Näiden ymmärrysten pohjalta kolmas premissi kiteyttää, kuinka ruokahävikin vähentämistä voidaan edistää rakentamalla muutoksia käytänteiden kulttuurisessa järjestelmässä. Väitöskirja luo siltoja sosiaalisen markkinoinnin, sosiokulttuurisen kulutustutkimuksen sekä ruokahävikkitutkimuksen välille. Tutkimus esittää uutta tietoa sosiaaliseen markkinointiin laajentamalla sen teoreettista pohjaa sekä mahdollisuuksia edistää muutosta. Tutkimus luo kontribuutiota myös sosiokulttuuriseen ja erityisesti käytäntöteorioihin pohjautuvaan kulutustutkimukseen kehittämällä käsitystä siitä, kuinka muutoksia voidaan edistää käytänteiden kulttuurisessa järjestelmässä. Lisäksi tutkimus syventää ymmärrystä mahdollisista ratkaisuista ruokahävikkiongelmaan, millä on arvoa monitieteelliselle ruokahävikkitutkimuskentälle. Sosiaalisen markkinoinnin käytännön toimijoille, kuten järjestöille ja julkisille organisaatioille, väitöskirjan jäsennys tarjoaa ajattelun työkalun, jota voidaan hyödyntää erilaisten ruokahävikkiin liittyvien aloitteiden suunnittelussa ja arvioinnissa. Vaikka väitöstutkimus pohjautuukin ruokahävikin vähentämisen kontekstiin, on sosiokulttuurista näkökulmaa sosiaaliseen markkinointiin mahdollista soveltaa myös muissa konteksteissa. Näkökulma avaa uusia polkuja erilaisten haasteiden ymmärtämiseksi sekä uudenlaisia mahdollisuuksia muutosten rakentamiseen. ; Marketing holds great potential to steer changes beyond the commercial sphere. Recently, supporting sustainability and sustainable consumption has been referred to as important or even fundamental development for the discipline. Here, the research tradition of social marketing opens a promising avenue with its ultimate purpose being the pursuit for greater social good. The dissertation focuses on one specific context of sustainable consumption, food waste reduction, and how it could be fostered through social marketing. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate and conceptualise the socio- cultural approach to social marketing in the context of food waste reduction. While cultural theories and approaches have gained momentum in marketing and consumer research, their use in social marketing is still uncommon. The dissertation is grounded in four articles that take different departures to the research phenomenon. With qualitative methods, the articles investigate the ways in which food waste reduction is fostered in campaigns and the public discussions around them. Empirical attention is focused on social media campaigns, visual materials and online discussions, with an analytical emphasis on socio-cultural meanings, signs and their meanings, and discourses. One article is a conceptual paper that discusses why and how social marketers can support food waste reduction with a practice- theoretical focus. The dissertation roots its interpretive framework, the socio-cultural approach, in practice theories and understands everyday life as a cultural system of practices. Based on this interpretive framework and the individual articles, the socio-cultural approach is integrated into social marketing. The dissertation concludes with three premises that address the research purpose. The first two premises include statements about how food waste reduction and the role of social marketing are understood within the cultural system of practices. Based on these understandings, the third premise outlines how food waste reduction can be fostered by steering changes in the cultural system of practices. The dissertation constructs bridges between social marketing, socio-cultural consumer research and food waste research. It primarily contributes to social marketing by broadening its theoretical base and extending its opportunities to foster change. The dissertation also contributes to socio-cultural consumer research and practice theories by generating insights into how changes in the cultural system of practices can be fostered. Furthermore, the dissertation is valuable for the interdisciplinary food waste research stream by extending understanding about possible solutions to the problem. For social marketing actors, such as non-governmental and governmental actors addressing food waste, the developed conceptualisation provides a valuable thinking tool that can be utilised when planning and assessing initiatives. While derived from the context of food waste reduction, the socio-cultural approach to social marketing can be adapted for other contexts as well and open new routes to understand the problem in question and identify novel opportunities to steer changes.
Розглядаються проблеми суспільної значимості формування якісних характеристик лідера у вимірі цивілізаційного й національного розвитку. Аналізуються соціально-педагогічні, політичні, етичні, культурологічні аспекти взаємовпливів середовища, особистості, освітніх систем в контексті творення явища лідерства. ; The problems of social significance of the leaders' qualitative formation characteristics in the framework of civilization and national development are considered. The social and pedagogical, political, ethical, cultural aspects of interactions of the environment, personality and educational systems in the context of leadership phenomenon creation are analyzed.
Actuality. The technology of socio-cultural design has got a wide range of applications to every segment of the internationalization of the state in which we live. The study of issues relates to activities in the field of development of national minorities and communities in Ukraine which takes a lot of time since the Independence adoption in Ukraine. Multilateralism and multiculturalism in Ukraine make it possible to offer us a new system of activity and development in the cultural sector and bring the state's cultural policy to a new level. Purpose and methods. The aim of the article is to develop a system of management and organizational complex of socio-cultural design in the internal environment of activities of national minorities. The methodology of the research is based on the principle of cultural-historical and analytical approaches, which allow to highlight the socio-cultural process of the environment of national minorities in Ukraine. Used methods: evolutionary, comparativehistorical, functional. Results. The main results of the study are to identify the peculiarities and specifics of the formation of the system of socio-cultural design of Ukraine in the context of the development and activities of national minorities in Ukraine. Conclusions and discussion. The scientific novelty of the results is to highlight the main issues of governance in Ukraine's national minorities and how to deal with them. The proposed set of management measures will allow for the settlement and control free project activities in the socio-cultural sphere at the state and regional levels, the settlement and establishment of the legislative and regulatory framework of Ukraine on issues of development and activity of national minorities and improvement of conditions for their life.
La proyección y recepción diversificada del arte contemporáneo en cuanto lenguaje visual se convierte en un medio idóneo de incalculable valor en la política cultural de los poderes dominantes en el seno de la sociedad contemporánea. El análisis de la naturaleza estética en su dialéctica de singularidad y populismo, irreproductibilidad y medios de masas o en su carácter dirigido o independiente, son hechos que ofrecen un especial interés en la investigación sobre arte y poder. Los nuevos medios artísticos, los más recientes lenguajes, así como la especificidad del discurso estético, son elementos a estudiar en la jerarquía visual-artística que nos impone el mundo de imágenes en el que vivimos. Conceptos como los del neocapitalismo, época neobarroca, kitsch, las pretensiones político-sociales de los grandes acontecimientos artísticos -magnas exposiciones retrospectivaso el análisis de si la relación arte-poder en el contexto actual es un hecho nuevo o repite planteamientos históricos, todos ellos son puntos a tratar y tener en cuenta en el análisis reflexivo del arte contemporáneo. ; The diffusion of contemporary art as an example of visual language has been seen as an extremely useful means of spreading political values by the dominant powers in contemporary society. Any investigation into the relationship between art and power must be specially interested in an analysis of the dialectics of singularity and populism, of mass media and irreproducible originality, of controlled «versus» independent art. The study of new artistic media and languages together with a specific aesthetic discourse leads to a consideration of the visual hierarchy that the world of images in which we live imposes on us. Such concepts as neocapitalism, the neobaroque and kitsch, together with the aims of large-scale artistic events such as great retrospective exhibitions, etc., must be addressed. As must the question of the present relationship between art and power: does it represent something new or does it constitute a repetition of previous phenomena?
Contemporary science has brought about technological advances and an unprecedented understanding of the natural world. However, there are signs of dysfunction in the scientific community as well as threats from diverse antiscience and political forces. Incentives in the current system place scientists under tremendous stress, discourage cooperation, encourage poor scientific practices, and deter new talent from entering the field. It is time for a discussion of how the scientific enterprise can be reformed to become more effective and robust. Serious reform will require more consistent methodological rigor and a transformation of the current hypercompetitive scientific culture.
Despite the growing profile of 'implementation science', its status as a field of study remains ambiguous. Implementation science originates in the evidence-based movement and attempts to broaden the scope of evidence-based medicine to improve 'clinical effectiveness' and close the 'implementation gap'. To achieve this agenda, implementation science draws on methodologies from the social sciences to emphasise coherence between qualitative and quantitative approaches. In so doing, we ask if this is at the expense of ignoring the dominating tendencies of the evidence-based movement and consider if some of the methodologies being drawn on should be considered irreconcilable with evidence-based methodologies.
