scholarly journals The Concept of Identity in the Technological Era

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Razec ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Physical Reality ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Way ◽  
Effective History

We are currently witnessing a process of redefinition of the social structures that we are part of, through the new technologies, which are gradually entering all sectors of our lives, influencing the way we think, live, and relate to others. Since man is essentially a “political animal”, designed to evolve within a community, what impact will the digitalization era have on his behavior, especially when the physical limits imposed by the body are progressively disappearing? The objective of this study is to explore some of the subtle, but sure transformations of human behavior in the technological era, with a particular emphasis on the process of communication, personal feelings, and identity. In a more connected world than ever, where absolutely everything can be quantified, physical reality is in danger of being replaced by the virtual one. In this dynamic, the body could gradually become the only real impediment on the way to progress. Engaged in this alert race, we risk being dehumanized, in an attempt to be as similar as possible to the machines, which, undisturbed by the feelings, experiences, and behavioral predispositions specific to the human being, operate more accurately and are more effective. History shows that man essentially remains the same, with each age illustrating another facet of him. This is why, a thorough education from an early age is needed both in terms of the consequences of digitization and the means to cope with it, thus preventing us from distorting our essence.

Myriad Aspects of Secular Thinking on Malayali Cuisine

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-206
Author(s):  
SAJITHA M
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Civilized Society

Food is one of the main requirements of human being. It is flattering for the preservation of wellbeing and nourishment of the body.  The food of a society exposes its custom, prosperity, status, habits as well as it help to develop a culture. Food is one of the most important social indicators of a society. History of food carries a dynamic character in the socio- economic, political, and cultural realm of a society. The food is one of the obligatory components in our daily life. It occupied an obvious atmosphere for the augmentation of healthy life and anticipation against the diseases.  The food also shows a significant character in establishing cultural distinctiveness, and it reflects who we are. Food also reflected as the symbol of individuality, generosity, social status and religious believes etc in a civilized society. Food is not a discriminating aspect. It is the part of a culture, habits, addiction, and identity of a civilization.Food plays a symbolic role in the social activities the world over. It’s a universal sign of hospitality.[1]

The Societal Impact of World Wide Web - Key Challenges for the 21st Century

2011 ◽  
pp. 88-106
Author(s):  
Janice M. Burn ◽  
Karen D. Loch
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Definite Effect ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
The Way

Many lessons from history offer strong evidence that technology can have a definite effect on the social and political aspects of human life. At times it is difficult to grasp how supposedly neutral technology might lead to social upheavals, mass migrations of people, and shifts in wealth and power. Yet a quick retrospective look at the last few centuries finds that various technologies have done just that, challenging the notion of the neutrality of technology. Some examples include the printing press, railways, and the telephone. The effects of these technologies usually begin in our minds by changing the way we view time and space. Railways made the world seem smaller by enabling us to send goods, people, and information to many parts of the world in a fraction of the time it took before. Telephones changed the way we think about both time and distance, enabling us to stay connected without needing to be physically displaced. While new technologies create new opportunities for certain individuals or groups to gain wealth, there are other economic implications with a wider ranging impact, political and social. Eventually, as the technology matures, social upheavals, mass migrations and shifts in economic and political power can be observed. We find concrete examples of this dynamic phenomenon during the Reformation, the industrial revolution, and more recently, as we witness the ongoing information technology revolution.

Cyborg Anthropology

2022 ◽  
pp. 145-201
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Machine System ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
The Social

In this chapter, the body is re-envisioned as a cybernetic organism, and new types of exchange of information, matter, and energy are anaylsed. Through the cybernetic understanding of a human being as a machine system, it is possible for man to modify and replace lost organs or functions and create a partially artificial being. When the body becomes a scientific and technological creation and real relationships become a cyborg prosthesis of the non-human, the body and the social relations become a problem of cybernetic functioning.

Opportunities and Challenges of New Technologies in Media and Communication: The Windhoek Declaration

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-429
Author(s):  
THEMBISA MJWACU
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media And Communication ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACT The author of this essay argues that the success or failure of development depends on the availability of technology. The invention and development of new technologies are instrumental in changing the way people live, the way people communicate and the way people respond to their environment. However, despite the advantages of new technologies, the problem of access remains an enduring one. In South Africa, access to new communications and information technologies is limited to a few people owing to the high costs of these technologies. Therefore, the mere acquisition of new technology may not help that much to end the underdevelopment of many parts of the world, including South Africa. Mjwacu claims that the imbalance or gap that the use of new technology and the failure to development the social infrastructure needed to use this technology can lead directly to an infringement of people's right of access to the media. She argues that the emphasis needs to be placed on establishing community-based communication systems in countries such as South Africa to advance both their technological and social development.

Animalizing the Slave: the Truth of Fiction

2000 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 110-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Wild Animal ◽  
The Body ◽  
Classical Antiquity ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Slave Owner ◽  
The Way

In his discussion of natural slavery in the first book of thePolitics(1254a17–1254b39), Aristotle notoriously assimilates human slaves to non-human animals. Natural slaves, Aristotle maintains (1254b16–20), are those who differ from others in the way that the body differs from the soul, or in the way that an animal differs from a human being; and into this category fall ‘all whose function is bodily service, and who produce their best when they supply such service’. The point is made more explicit in the argument (1254b20–4) that the capacity to be owned as property and the inability fully to participate in reason are defining characteristics of the natural slave: ‘Other animals do not apprehend reason but obey their instincts. Even so there is little divergence in the way they are used; both of them (slaves and tame animals) provide bodily assistance in satisfying essential needs’ (1254b24–6). Slaves and animals are not actually equated in Aristotle's views, but the inclination of the slave-owner in classical antiquity, or at least a representative of the slave-owning classes, to associate the slave with the animal is made evident enough. It appears again in Aristotle's later statement (1256b22–6) that the slave was as appropriate a target of hunting as the wild animal.

scholarly journals Motricidade (pós)humana e a abordagem sobre o corpo na era da simulação

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Gisele Maria Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environment ◽  
The Body ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Education Professional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Arrangements ◽  
The Way ◽  
Recreation Education

ResumoO prisma das mudanças impressas pelas eras digital e pós-digital é imenso e infindável, porém, a magnitude de envolvimento com as tecnologias depende do modo como se tem acesso às informações e dos arranjos sociais deflagrados pela necessidade de adaptação aos novos paradigmas. Entretanto, nem sempre, esses avanços foram pautados apenas nas necessidades humanas de resolver algum tipo de problema. Em algum momento e de alguma forma, percebe-se que a fonte de inspiração para a materialização desses recursos extrapola o âmbito da necessidade e se estabelece nas esferas do desejo e do prazer. Pensar como o Profissional da área de Motricidade Humana se insere neste contexto e se apropria dos recursos digitais para atualizar e dinamizar sua prática, representou o desafio deste ensaio, haja vista que esta relação ainda causa estranheza e necessita mais aprofundamento.Palavras-chave: Motricidade Humana. Ambiente Virtual. Lazer. Educação. Formação Profissional.(Post) human motricity and the body approach in the age of simulationAbstractThe prism of the changes printed by digital and post-digital ages is immense and endless, but the magnitude of involvement with technologies depends on the way information is accessed and the social arrangements triggered by the need to adapt to new paradigms. However, not always, these advances were based only on human needs to solve some kind of problem. At some point and in some way, it can be seen that the source of inspiration for the materialization of these resources goes beyond the realm of necessity and is established in the spheres of desire and pleasure. Thinking how Human Motricity Professional fits into this context and appropriates digital resources to update and streamline their practice, represented the challenge of this essay, given that this relationship still causes strangeness and needs further study.Keywords: Human Motricity. Virtual environment. Recreation. Education. Professional qualification.La motricidad (post)humana y el enfoque del cuerpo en la era de la simulaciónResumenEl prisma de los cambios impresos por la era digital y post-digital es inmenso e interminable, pero la magnitud de la participación con las tecnologías depende de la forma en que se accede a la información y los arreglos sociales provocados por la necesidad de adaptarse a nuevos paradigmas. Sin embargo, no siempre, estos avances se basaron solo en las necesidades humanas para resolver algún tipo de problema. En algún momento y de alguna manera, se puede ver que la fuente de inspiración para la materialización de estos recursos va más allá del ámbito de la necesidad y se establece en las esferas del deseo y el placer. Pensar cómo el Profesional de la Motricidad Humana encaja en este contexto y se apropia de los recursos digitales para actualizar y racionalizar su práctica, representó el desafío de este ensayo, dado que esta relación todavía causa extrañeza y necesita más estudio.Palabras clave: Motricidad humana. Entorno virtual Ocio Educación. Formación profesional.

scholarly journals The Discursive Problematization of Death, Dehumanization and Sociocultural identity: An Analysis of 'The Walking Dead'

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Victoria Skye
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Major Site ◽  
The Walking Dead ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Discourses ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Way ◽  
Walking Dead

<p>The zombie is a significant cultural figure which is represented and produced as being symptomatic of and relevant to contemporary concerns about death and dehumanization. This thesis will focus on the ways that death and dehumanization are changing and being negotiated within popular cultural representations and discourses regarding zombies, particularly in Frank Darabont’s television series The Walking Dead. The thesis will consider the way in which the figure of the zombie is representative of issues and discourses that are indicative of a problematization of the category of the human, and the notion of the transcendental. This will involve an examination of the changing narratives of the body, with particular regard to consumerism and the insistence of the body as a major site of the truth and value of the self, in contrast to the horrifying bodily form of the zombie. The thesis will also examine the way that dehumanization is problematized in The Walking Dead, where the human/non-human distinction is shown to be increasingly precarious and difficult to sustain. Further, the thesis will examine how the zombie is represented as manifesting the collapse of identity, as agents become alienated from the social discourses, narratives and values which constitute and categorize the subject.</p>

scholarly journals MEMBANGUN TOLERANSI DALAM MASYARAKAT MAJEMUK TELAAH PEMIKIRAN NURCHOLIS MADJID

Harmoni ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-42
Author(s):  
Ngainun Naim
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Islamic Religion ◽  
Important Position ◽  
Unity Of God ◽  
The Way

Philosophically, human can be called as dialogical creature. The way to apply dialogical consciousness among human being needs the seriousness. In a daily life, dialogical consciousness will give big impact to the human behavior. In this case, tolerance has an important position to create this condition. According to Nurcholish Madjid, tolerance in Islamic religion is something to be based. Unity of God becomes the main destination. Tolerance can develop well to the human being having understanding and openness. The application of tolerance will create strong civil society. It is also appropriate with the pluralism of Indonesian society.

Solitude and Meditation

2020 ◽  
pp. 155-161
Author(s):  
Nicolas Bommarito
Keyword(s):  
Social World ◽  
The Body ◽  
Solitary Confinement ◽  
Perceptual Sensitivity ◽  
Pace Of Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Time And Energy ◽  
Meditative Practices ◽  
The Way

This chapter describes the role of solitude and meditation in Buddhism. Solitude does play an important role in many Buddhist practices. The problem one is out to solve is very difficult and the intellectual, perceptual, and emotional habits that stand in the way are deep-seated. This means that attacking the problem requires focused time and energy. Establishing some distance from the diversions and pace of life allows the space to confront the problem in a sustained way. Many practices involve not only sustained focus, but also a greater degree of perceptual sensitivity to what is happening in the body and mind. It is not just being away from distractions that helps, but being away from the demands of the social world. Buddhists, particularly those who specialize in meditative practices, can take retreats that last for years. For those just starting out, such long periods of solitude can be dangerous. There is a reason that solitary confinement can be traumatic: Being suddenly alone for long stretches without preparation is psychologically risky.

Trajectories of embodiment in Tourist Studies

2021 ◽  
pp. 146879762199030
Author(s):  
Phoebe Everingham ◽  
Pau Obrador ◽  
Hazel Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
The Body ◽  
Tourism Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Body Practices ◽  
The Way

In this article we map the 20 year trajectory of theorising embodiment in Tourist Studies. From its inception in 2001, embedded within the turn in the social sciences towards embodiment, Tourist Studies has paved the way in pushing the boundaries of theorising the links between embodiment, sensuality and performativity. Tourist Studies has opened up novel trajectories in tourism research away from the traditional focus on vision, towards multi-sensual analysis including the role of taste, smell, touch and sound. In this article we draw attention to these important contributions in understanding the body-practices and body-subjects within tourism, including work that utilises non-representational analyses, relational materiality, affect, more-than-representational and more-than-human. About 20 years on we remind readers of what theorising embodiment can bring to understanding encounters in tourism spaces, and specifically how attention to embodiment moves analysis away from fixed and static notions of culture and power, towards dynamic interplays between bodies and more-than-human modalities.

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