Sustainability Sciences

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valdir Fernandes ◽  
Arlindo Philippi Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Universal Healthcare ◽  
Development Agendas

The concept of sustainability refers to the human awakening about the finite nature of natural resources. Occurring as a political and social process, sustainability placed on development agendas the discussion about the limitations on the biosphere to sustain economic growth; access to basic conditions of universal healthcare and education; and the threat posed to ancient cultural traditions. This process led to the creation of an interdisciplinary research field with transdisciplinary impacts. This chapter, “Sustainability Sciences: Political and Epistemological Approaches,” discusses the challenges of knowledge production in this field as well as its historical development alongside environmental and political issues. The discussion is established from the historical development of environmental issues and the international political movement that culminated in the perspective of sustainability; of the evolution of sustainability as a scientific research field; and finally from the political and epistemological aspects that shape the sustainability sciences.

scholarly journals GENRE AND STYLISTIC DIVERSITY OF ECOLOGICAL PUBLICISM OF KYRGYZSTANA

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5(74)) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
N. K. Dzhumagazieva
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Communication ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Synthesis Process ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Environmental Journalism ◽  
Man And Nature

The article discusses the features of the genres of environmental journalism in the aspect of the global problems of understanding the interaction of man and nature. In the modern period of the development of multimedia technologies and convergent journalism, journalism genres are experiencing “reboots”, therefore, the definition of genre identity and the further implementation of such an important topic as ecology in journalistic materials seems relevant.Journalism is constantly transforming, reflecting changes in society. Understanding her contemporary experience is one of the tasks of the methodology of the creative process. Journalism synthesizes theoretical research methods and ways of artistic reflection of reality. This synthesis process is especially evident in the way typification and individualization are carried out in society in terms of the development of environmental consciousness. In this regard, journalism and journalism are able to establish and develop environmental communication, the basis of which is the real relationship between man and nature, as well as the reflection of social reality, public opinion on informational issues related to environmental (environmental) issues.The journalism activism of Kyrgyzstan has a large-scale experience of reflecting environmental issues, which is associated with a value and cultural orientation, the foundations of which are laid in the socio-cultural traditions of the Kyrgyz people and are most vividly embodied in the work of the great Chingiz Aitmatov. This article attempts to typify the main genres and forms of journalism, reflecting environmental issues. The study allows us to conclude that at the present stage, definitions of journalism genres require transformation in the aspect of both purely national and general cultural issues. The practical significance lies in the inclusion in the list of basic disciplines of journalism faculties of the special course "Genres of Contemporary Environmental Journalism", which will make the learning process more substantive, relevant and relevant in the practice of modern media

scholarly journals Legal Status of the Immigration Bureau of Japan

2019 ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. V. Karpova ◽  
K. A. Karpov
Keyword(s):  
State Policy ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Japanese Government ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Migration Control ◽  
History Of

The paper is aimed at studying the features of the migration legislation of Japan and the study of the legal status of the immigration bureau of this state. Japan is a country that has passed a special path of historical development. In many ways, this specificity was due to the state policy of isolationism. The existing cultural traditions largely determine the attitude of the Japanese government to immigration. The paper studies the history of the formation of migration control authorities of the state in question, the peculiarities of the legal status of the Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Justice of Japan and its structure, analyzes the powers of the Immigration Bureau employees. The paper also provides information on the size of the Immigration Bureau and state funding of the activities of this body.

scholarly journals Responsibilities of Multinational Corporations on Environmental Issues

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Mahsa Hosseini Moghaddam ◽  
Ali Zare
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The Third ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
A Company

Multinational corporations play more roles in social and cultural and political issues in this century. This growing trend in multinational companies, has led the international law, talk about "corporate social responsibility". One of the most important aspects of CSR is environmental issues. The question is that is there enough regulatory basis- at the local or international level- to guaranty responsible behavior of these companies. And in the cases of environmental damages which parts of a company should be responsive and compensate damages. Perhaps the assignment of responsibility in the actions against multinational companies on environmental issues is not too difficult; the reason is that losses are objective and external. Note that in many deserving cases, harm to the environmental rights is a violation of human rights, particularly the third generation of human rights.

scholarly journals A Scientometric Systematic Review of Entrepreneurial Wellbeing Knowledge Production

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás Contreras-Barraza ◽  
Juan Felipe Espinosa-Cristia ◽  
Guido Salazar-Sepulveda ◽  
Alejandro Vega-Muñoz ◽  
Antonio Ariza-Montes
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Robust Approach ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge ◽  
Scientometric Study

This article presents a scientometric study regarding entrepreneurship and its relationship with wellbeing. The study presents a systematic review and measures impact and relational character to identify the relevance of countries, research organizations, and authors in the field of entrepreneurial wellbeing. The study poses the following research questions: What is the nature of the evolution of scientific knowledge in the entrepreneurial wellbeing field? What is the nature of the concentration in terms of geographical distribution and co-authorship level of knowledge production in the entrepreneurial wellbeing field? What are the knowledge trends in knowledge production for entrepreneurial wellbeing literature? The contribution of this research is two-fold. First, in terms of methodology, it contributes study into the use of a more robust approach to search for the scientometric trends about entrepreneurship wellbeing in addition to the PRISMA review tools and the PICOS eligibility criteria. Secondly, the study presents research updates in the search for results for the last 2 years of knowledge production. This upgrade is particularly important in a research field that presents exponential growth, where 2019 and 2020 presented almost double the amount of knowledge production compared to 2017 and 2018.

scholarly journals Close reading big data: The Echo Nest and the production of (rotten) music metadata

First Monday ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Digital Music ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Metadata Management ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Owned Company ◽  
Music Distribution

Digital music distribution is increasingly powered by automated mechanisms that continuously capture, sort and analyze large amounts of Web-based data. This paper traces the historical development of music metadata management and its ties to the growing of the field of ‘big data’ knowledge production. In particular, it explores the data catching mechanisms enabled by the Spotify-owned company The Echo Nest, and provides a close reading of parts of the company’s collection and analysis of data regarding musicians. Doing so, it reveals evidence of the ways in which trivial, random, and unintentional data enters into the data steams that power today’s digital music distribution. The presence of such curious data needs to be understood as a central part of contemporary algorithmic knowledge production, and calls for a need to re-conceptualize both (digital) musical artifacts and (digital) musical expertize.

Physical Education, Sports, and Gender

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beccy Watson ◽  
Jayne Caudwell ◽  
Belinda Wheaton ◽  
Louise Mansfield
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Informal Activity ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Global North ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Boundaries

Researching gender across physical education (PE), sport, and physical activity (PA) has firm associations with feminism. As a political movement for gender justice, feminist research examines the ways in which active bodies are dynamic and evolving. This feminist scrutiny is underpinned by scholarship that explores both formal educational and sporting contexts as well as informal activities. The term sport incorporates a range of physical practices, and a review of extant literature demonstrates the persistence of gendered power relations and the consequences this has for PE, sport, and PA. While the disengagement of girls in formal PE has been recognized as a longstanding and ongoing challenge, PE remains narrowly conceived and defined, often with negative consequences for the young people involved. Attempts to be inclusive in research practice expose a persistent dominance of the Global North in knowledge production in sport, PE, and PA scholarship and highlight prevailing discourses that impact negatively on engaging with complex issues in different contexts. Empirical research studies inform praxis whereby feminist researchers analyze barriers to participation across a wide range of contexts that are not limited to young people and that extend to policy matters far beyond PE, such as public health and numerous sites of negotiation for access at community level and to a vast array of informal activity. Key themes for researching active bodies include space and alternative contexts, shifting gender boundaries and disrupting binaries, intersections and difference, exclusion and inequalities, healthism and wellbeing agendas.

Ideas, Traditions and Higher Personalities: the Conception of History in Russian Philosophy. Article One: P. Chaadaev, A. Pushkin, A. Herzen, F. Dostoevsky

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
Igor I. Evlampiev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Russian Philosophy ◽  
Universal Model ◽  
Religious Philosophy ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Divine Power ◽  
The World ◽  
Spiritual Reality ◽  
Spiritual Unity

The article proves that the idea of the historical development of mankind, which is expressed in the Philosophical Letters P.Ya. Chaadaev, became a universal model of understanding of history for all Russian religious philosophy. Accord­ing to Chaadayev, the meaning of history is the gradual refusal of people from selfish freedom, from personal independence, from adherence to material goals and in complete submission to the divine power acting in the world and leading people to connect with each other and with spiritual reality. The result of this process should be the emergence of a perfect humanity. The subjects of history directing its course are the few “higher personalities”; they generate great ideas that turn into traditions and thereby become powerful forces of influence on peo­ple. A.S. Pushkin shared Chaadayev’s view that history is determined by a few “higher personalities” who have a mystical connection with God, with a higher reality. The importance of cultural traditions in history was emphasized by A.I. Herzen, however he believed that Europe had ceased to follow its traditions and this leads to its death. F.M. Dostoevsky after Herzen argued that Europe had renounced its destiny to be the cultural center of mankind, now Russia should become such a center and lead humanity along the path of cultural creativity and spiritual unity. Dostoevsky also saw the historical development of mankind as the result of the activities of individual “higher personalities”, whose instruments are “higher ideas”.

International Law's Invisible Frames

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Legal Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cognition And Knowledge

Law as a social process carried out by human beings is a stimulating object of investigation for those who would like to analyse social cognition and knowledge production processes. Humans acquire and form their knowledge through cognitive processes and in turn form a representation of reality by processing and using this knowledge through different mental channels. To better conceive the invisible frames within which international law moves and performs, we must understand how psychological and socio-cultural factors can affect decision-making in an international legal process, identify the groups of people and institutions that may shape and alter the prevailing discourse in international law at any given time, and unearth the hidden meaning of the various mythologies that populate and influence our normative world. Through illustrations across different areas of international law and insights from various fields of knowledge, this book seeks to investigate the mechanisms that allow us to apprehend and intellectually represent the social practice of international law, to unveil the hidden or often unnoticed processes by which our understanding of international law is formed, and to make us unlearn some of the presuppositions that activate automatic cognitive processes and inform our largely unquestioned beliefs about international law.

4. The political dimension of globalization

2020 ◽  
pp. 64-82
Author(s):  
Manfred B. Steger
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
The Political ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Political Resistance ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Political Globalization

Political globalization refers to the intensification and expansion of political interrelations across the globe. ‘The political dimension of globalization’ raises political issues relating to state sovereignty and the question of whether the nation-state will survive globalization. Growing social, economic, and cultural interconnectedness has facilitated migration in large numbers and permeated borders. Contemporary globalization has put pressure on traditional forms of global governance by fostering the growth of supraterritorial social spaces and institutions that unsettle both familiar political arrangements and cultural traditions. The worldwide intensification of cultural interactions makes greater accommodation and tolerance possible, but it is just as likely to increase political resistance and opposition.

scholarly journals DOHaD in science and society: emergent opportunities and novel responsibilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Penkler ◽  
M. Hanson ◽  
R. Biesma ◽  
R. Müller
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Robust Implementation ◽  
Scientific Knowledge Production ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Disease Risks

AbstractThe field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) has grown considerably in recent decades and is receiving increasing recognition from health policymakers. Today, DOHaD research aims to offer a comprehensive perspective on health and disease that traces how different life experiences shape health and disease risks over the entire life course. This integrative perspective opens up distinct possibilities for improving health. At the same time, it raises questions regarding the specific social responsibilities of DOHaD as a field and about possible pathways to a socially just and scientifically robust implementation of DOHaD knowledge in society. In this article, we review the history and key characteristics of DOHaD as a field of scientific knowledge production. We argue that based on its key assumptions – that life circumstances, health and disease are closely linked on a molecular scale – DOHaD is an inherently political research field. When tracing how life environments affect health and disease, it is of utmost social and political importance to specify how DOHaD understands and frames these life environments, which aspects of life worlds are included and which excluded, and how research results are interpreted and translated into health recommendations at individual, societal and policy levels. We suggest a number of ways by which the DOHaD community can constructively and responsibly meet the demands that these inherent characteristics place on knowledge production and dissemination in the field.

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