scholarly journals IMPACT OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ON COMBAT TO COVID-19 IN BRAZIL AND ANGOLA

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. a2en
Author(s):  
Joseneide dos Santos Gomes ◽  
Manuel Francisco Neto ◽  
Maria Mbuanda Gunga Francisco
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Human And Social Sciences ◽  
Communication Pedagogy

This article presents a theoretical approach on the role of human and social sciences in combating Covid-19, and aims to encourage reflections on the importance of interdisciplinarity, intradisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity in understanding and solving this very complex social problem. Despite the active involvement of doctors and various specialties and nurses in the fight against covid-19, there is a need to apply knowledge from different areas of scientific knowledge in human and social sciences. In fact, currently, no one works in isolation when success is desired, since the human being is of a bio-psycho-socio-cultural nature. Social communication, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, anthropology were focused, without denying the contribution of so many others that were not mentioned.

scholarly journals Gypsies’ and Travellers’ lived experience of harm: A critical hate studies perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoë James
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Criminological Theory ◽  
Late Modernity ◽  
Neoliberal Capitalism ◽  
The Uk

This article sets out how a critical hate studies perspective can explain and illuminate the hate harms experienced by Gypsies and Travellers in the UK. In doing so, it directly responds to the question of how criminological theory can move beyond existing debates in studies of race and ethnicity and engage more effectively with the wider social sciences. The critical hate studies perspective provides a comprehensive theoretical approach to appreciating the harms of hate in late modernity. This framework challenges existing explanations for bias-motivated violence in society and proposes an approach that acknowledges the overarching role of neoliberal capitalism on individual subjectivity and subsequently the lived experience. By utilising this perspective, it is possible here to discuss the range and depth of hate experienced by Gypsies and Travellers and thus consider its genesis and the potential for positive praxis.

scholarly journals Trans-humanism’s and Post-humanism’s Dialectics between Truth and Post-truth

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2(10)) ◽  
pp. 34-47
Author(s):  
Monika Banaś
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
The Face ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
Scientific Discourses ◽  
Post Humanism

The aim of this paper is to invite the reader to reflect on the essence of truth and post-truth in two approaches present in humanities and social sciences: trans-humanism and post-humanism. The notions of truth and post-truth, just like those of trans- and post-humanism, do not have a single defining interpretation. This implies disputes about what truth is and what is the role of man as an being, capable of creative activity, and thus of creating other entities and concepts describing them. However, the problem still remains the doubt as to what extent the ability of creative action allows man to know the truth (alternatively, to establish it), and to what extent it leads us astray. Post-truth emerges as a proposition in the face of the impossibility of reaching a consensus on the former. It is similar in the case of trans- and post-humanism, as concepts offering improved, because more up-to-date, approaches to the exploration of the human being himself, the motives of his actions, and his progress. The issues are presented by means of a critical analysis of selected scientific discourses, including definitions and research approaches that are gaining popularity in academia of the so-called Western cultural circle.

Human Factors and Maritime Safety

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Chauvin
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
First Line ◽  
Interpersonal Factors ◽  
Human And Social Sciences ◽  
Different Levels

This paper presents key models and concepts developed in psychology which help to understand the role of human factors in complex systems. It aims to explain their significance for anyone who wants to analyze the role of human factors in maritime accidents. Reason (1990, 1997, 2000) makes a crucial distinction between “active failures” that are made by first-line operators (captain, officers or members of a crew) and “latent failures” that are deeper causes and upstream factors concerning people who are at a distance from the accident. In agreement with this theoretical framework, this paper proposes examining the role of human factors in maritime accidents at three different levels: i) the level of individual – and namely cognitive – factors of first-line operators, ii) the level of social – and namely interpersonal – factors and iii) the level of systemic or organizational factors which correspond to “latent failures”. For each level, the main and recent contributions of the human and social sciences are presented and then used to analyze an emblematic accident.

scholarly journals Co-creation as an innovative setting to improve the uptake of scientific knowledge: overcoming obstacles, understanding considerations and applying enablers to improve scientific impact in society

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Stier ◽  
S. E. Smit
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
Societal Impact ◽  
Scientific Impact ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Scientific Results

AbstractImpact-driven research is a EU priority and, increasingly, for universities around Europe. Still, there is need for specific strategies to improve the societal impact of scientific knowledge and therewith improve the uptake of scientific results. Co-creation deeply evolves the role of scientific knowledge and increases its impact. Albeit there is much research on the conceptualization and contextualization of co-creation, research on the microlevel dynamics of co-creation is less common. This article aims to understand the dynamics of and clarify the role of co-creation within and between quadruple helix actors (academia, government, industry and societal partners). Here, co-creation refers to the collaboration, where such actors actively join forces to address challenges. This paper revolves around insights from the European Commission Horizon 2020-project—Accomplissh (www.accomplissh.eu) which stands for “Accelerate co-creation by setting up a multi-actor platform for impact from Social Sciences and Humanities”. The results lay bare a set of obstacles, areas of consideration and enablers in co-creation. This said, it is argued that scientific knowledge is optimally utilized when a set of guidelines or recommendations are followed and carried out by all involved actors.

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