scholarly journals Thinking Together Digitalization and Social Innovation in Rural Areas: An Exploration of Rural Digitalization Projects in Germany

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane Sept
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Spatial Reference ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

AbstractDigitalization and social innovation are often discussed separately and without any spatial reference or in relation to cities, although newer works show the importance of social innovation also for rural areas. Existing digitalization projects illustrate the potential of digital technologies for rural development. Current debates on smart villages refer to both digitalization and social innovation but still in a rather unsystematic way. The paper seeks to think together digitalization and social innovation in rural areas more systemically and proposes to conceptually connect them with the help of sensitizing concepts, which are developed out of debates on social and digital social innovation. Along these concepts, the paper explores rural digitalization projects in Germany. On the one hand, this highlights the spectrum of these initiatives and, on the other hand, provides a framework under which digitalization and social innovation can be analyzed and smart villages may be supported systematically.

scholarly journals UNA EXPERIENCIA DE ELABORACIÓN DE UN SIMULADOR CON GEOGEBRA PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DEL MOVIMIENTO PARABÓLICO

PARADIGMA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-217
Author(s):  
Luis Andrés Castillo ◽  
Juan Luis Prieto G. ◽  
Ivonne C. Sánchez ◽  
Rafael Enrique Gutiérrez
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Knowledge ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Concrete Experience ◽  
Development Experience ◽  
The One

En los últimos años, los profesores han tratado cada vez más de utilizar los recursos didácticos para apoyar sus clases, un hecho que se ha agregado con la llegada de las tecnologías digitales. En este contexto surgió la tendencia de que los profesores se convirtieran en creadores de este tipo de recursos, pero dejando de lado la sistematización y el deber de compartir con sus compañeros la experiencia de desarrollar este tipo de recursos. Por esta razón, el presente trabajo describe una experiencia concreta de elaborar un simulador con el software GeoGebra para estudiar una situación de tiro libre en el fútbol, utilizando nociones de movimiento parabólico. La elaboración del simulador incluye la resolución de siete "tareas de simulación", que destacan los objetos y los procesos matemáticos que justifican las técnicas de construcción utilizadas por los autores. Finalmente, se presentan algunas reflexiones derivadas de la experiencia de desarrollo del simulador, que consideran, por un lado, el conocimiento matemático movilizado en la producción del simulador y, por otro lado, las acciones y capacidades requeridas para tal elaboración.AbstractIn recent years, teachers have increasingly sought the use of didactic resources to support their classes, a fact that has been added with the arrival of digital technologies. In this context, the tendency has emerged that teachers have become creators of this type of resources, but leaving aside the systematization and the duty to share with their peers the experience of developing this type of resources. For this reason, the present work describes a concrete experience of developing a simulator with GeoGebra software for the study of a situation of free kick in football, using notions of parabolic movement. The elaboration of the simulator includes the resolution of seven "simulation tasks", which highlight the objects and mathematical processes that should justify the construction techniques used by the authors. Finally, some reflections derived from the simulator development experience are presented, which consider, on the one hand, the mathematical knowledge mobilized in the production of the simulator and, on the other hand, the actions and capabilities required for such an elaboration.ResumoNos últimos anos, professores têm procurado cada vez mais o uso de recursos didáticos para apoiar suas aulas, fato que foi acrescentado com a chegada das tecnologias digitais. Nesse contexto surgiu a tendência que os professores se tornaram criadores desse tipo de recursos, mas deixando de lado a sistematização e o dever de dividir com seus pares a experiência de desenvolver este tipo de recursos. Por este motivo, o presente trabalho descreve uma experiência concreta de elaboração de um simulador com o software GeoGebra para o estudo de uma situação do tiro livre no futebol, utilizando noções do movimento parabólico. A elaboração do simulador inclui a resolução de sete “tarefas de simulação”, que destacam os objetos e processos matemáticos que devem justificar as técnicas de construção utilizadas pelos autores. Finalmente, apresentam-se algumas reflexões derivadas da experiência de desenvolvimento do simulador, que consideram, por um lado, o conhecimento matemático mobilizado na produção do simulador e, por outro lado, as ações e capacidades necessárias para tal elaboração. 

scholarly journals The role of SMEs in innovation-oriented economic development

2017 ◽  
pp. 95-99
Author(s):  
Tamás Köpeczi-Bócz ◽  
Mónika Lőrincz
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
National Level ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sectoral Structure ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
The One

Both at European and national level tertiary and quaternary sectors are concentrated in the metropolitan centre. In the rural areas only the sites of such sectors can be found the premises of which temporarily transform the sectoral structure of these areas, but from the regional development aspect they did not prove to be an effective strategy.The European Commission is now focusing on growth from innovation, which could become the driving force behind productivity growth and the economy’s long-term trend. The innovation-oriented economic development’s key players are on the one hand the knowledge-intensive enterprises, on the other hand the universities. Tertiary education can play a role – among others – in shaping and creating the development of knowledge intensive business environment and conditions, on the other hand it can assist the development of network contacts – another precondition of employment growth.

Problems of Marketing Rural Tourism in Serbia

2020 ◽  
pp. 296-313
Author(s):  
Zoran Simonovic ◽  
Nikola V. Ćurčić
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
The Other ◽  
Marketing Theory ◽  
Insufficient Evidence ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Rural tourism can have some benefits from the use of marketing theory. Marketing is increasingly used on the one hand to help in the planning and promotion of traditional tourist centers, and on the other hand lacks expertise in its application in rural areas. Certain municipal tourist organizations tried to eliminate this situation in their areas, but in all likelihood there is insufficient evidence that they have produced anything more than poor marketing proposals. Authors want to emphasize that individuals in some areas have done a lot in developing the application of marketing in rural tourism. On the basis of all this, authors can point out that in this area much more can be done.

scholarly journals Urban controversies and the making of the social

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albena Yaneva ◽  
Liam Heaphy
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
Architectural Knowledge ◽  
Radical Transformation ◽  
Internet Databases

On the one hand, architectural knowledge advances very rapidly, with new types of materials and technological innovations entering the field and multiplying architectural invention. On the other hand, urban experts, architects and engineers often debate publicly uncertain urban knowledge and technologies, risky plans and daring designs, polarising opinion - as witnessed on numerous blogs, citizen forums and architecture websites. This radical transformation in building technologies, in the reliance upon experts and in the expansion of architectural networks could have remained practically invisible were it not for the presence of another phenomenon: the digitalisation of architecture and the availability of enormous Internet databases. The digital technologies at our command provide us with abundant resources to follow architectural controversies.

scholarly journals Processos híbridos e a influência das tecnologias digitais nas práticas artísticas

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (40) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Lucia Bochio ◽  
Marina Bortoluz Polidoro
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Central Research ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Way ◽  
New Look

O artigo apresenta uma reflexão acerca da produção de imagens em um contexto pós-digital, abordando a influência das tecnologias digitais em práticas artísticas artesanais. Por um lado, as produções em arte desde a modernidade têm evidenciado sobreposição de procedimentos e técnicas, apropriações, ampliação das linguagens e hibridismos. Por outro lado, a popularização das tecnologias digitais e a incorporação dessas em larga escala faz com que a presença das mesmas em etapas nos processos artísticos aconteça de forma naturalizada, mesmo naqueles que não têm as tecnologias como questão central de investigação. Conclui-se que as mudanças ocorridas por meio da naturalização das tecnologias digitais em nosso cotidiano e a forma como estas estão nos afetando atualmente, oferecem um novo olhar às estratégias utilizadas pelos artistas e colocam ainda novos problemas a eles.Abstract The article presents a reflection about the production of images in a post-digital context, addressing the influence of digital technologies on artisanal artistic practices. On the one hand, the productions in art since the modernity have evidenced overlapping of procedures and techniques, appropriations, amplification of languages and hybridity. On the other hand, the popularization of digital technologies and the incorporation of these on a large scale makes their presence in stages in the artistic processes happen in a naturalized way, even in those which do not hold the technologies as a central research question. We conclude that the changes that have taken place through the naturalization of digital technologies in our daily lives, and the way they are currently affecting us, offer a new look at the strategies used by artists and pose new problems for them.

scholarly journals Children’s work in African agriculture: Time for a rethink

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-102
Author(s):  
James Sumberg ◽  
Rachel Sabates-Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Child Labour ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
The World ◽  
African Agriculture ◽  
Children’S Work ◽  
The One

This article outlines a tension that plays itself out in rural areas throughout Africa. On the one hand, it is recognized that children throughout the world engage in economic activity, and this is particularly so in rural areas. On the other hand, is the policy, corporate and NGO focus on the elimination of child labour from the production of a small number of African export commodities. We argue that a key to resolving this tension and opening the door to more effective interventions to address children’s harmful work is to reframe the problem of, and debates around, child labour by changing the focus to children’s work. The article briefly explores some implications of this shift.

scholarly journals Functional development of rural areas of the Carpathian region in the context of ensuring the effectiveness of decentralization of power

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (92) ◽  
pp. 101-103
Author(s):  
G. Sedilo ◽  
N. Kotko
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
The State ◽  
Rural Settlement ◽  
The Other ◽  
Added Value ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Carpathian Region ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Rural areas play a significant role in the development of the economic complex of the state. Ensuring its dynamics is especially important for the regions, which are noted by the agricultural production profile, the Carpathian region in particular.  Since a nature of functioning of rural  areas is manifested through functions they perform, efficiency of realization of some of these functions mainly depends on conceptual models of territorial development practiced in the state and on a role, played by its basic branch in economics – the agriculture. In the article problematic aspects have been systematized and  analyzed, based on existing agrocentric approach to development of rural areas of Carpathian region,  in the organizational, industrial-economic, financial-economic and social-economic dimensions, as well as defined promising directions of ensuring increase in their functionality in context of decentralization of power. Structural changes that took place in development of the agricultural segment of Carpathian region during the period of reforms had some ambiguous character and defined mostly destructive impact on functions realization intrinsic to rural areas. Although, on the one hand, during the last years capitalization of the agricultural production took place on the large scale, due to engagement of financial-production capital and was formed high-tech corporate brunch management segment, on the other hand, significant industry distortions,  deepening deformation of rural labor market, degradation of the social sphere and rural settlement network in general still remain. Increasing functionality of rural areas  anticipates, on the one hand, expanding spectrum of the functions performed by a rural settlement, and, on the other hand, ensuring diversification of  rural area development. Dynamics of the referenced processes is defined by success of institution of efficient economic mechanism, which will provide reorientation to benefit subjects of rural economy of distributive relations activity in the industrial, food and financial links of the chain of added value formation, created by those subjects. One of the most important, and at the same time, the most difficult tasks  of the government decentralization politics, is seen in a clear definition and differentiation of the spheres of influence and responsibility of all stakeholders in the development of rural areas: rural communities, agribusiness and rural entrepreneurs, the state, and the scientific sphere.

scholarly journals Σχεδιασμός υποδείγματος μέτρησης της αγροτικής ανάπτυξης και αξιολόγησης της επίδρασης των πολιτικών

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Βασιλική Μπενάκη
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Rural Landscape ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Of Greece

The original contribution of the present thesis is to implement, in aquantitative way, a “measure” of rural development at regional scale compared to ameasure of the environmental performances of the different areas of the country.Rural development is in theory and in practice a multidimensional andcomplex concept. The complexity of this phenomenon leads to limitations in theanalysis of its structural dimensions. The variables better describing these dimensionsshould be selected to effectively inform policies aimed at promoting rural areas with asustainable development perspective.The aim of the thesis is to develop a multidimensional model in order tomeasure the rural development using thematic indicators and a final, composite indexof rural development. The composite index integrates a large number of demographic,social, cultural and economic indicators that are key elements of rural development.The environmental sustainability of rural development in Greek prefectures (Nuts 3level) was assessed too by using thematic indicators of climate, soil, and vegetationquality (all of these are environmental dimensions directly linked to ruraldevelopment) and a composite index of land quality.Descriptive, correlation, and multivariate statistics were used for thedevelopment of the multidimensional approach measuring rural development.Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools were also used to derive the selectedenvironmental indicators from national cartographies and other sourcesThe results derived from the multidimensional analysis measuring ruraldevelopment compared with the selected environmental indicators depict a complexpicture of the Greek rural development at the prefecture level.According to the results, rural development policies should more effectivelyintegrate economic, social, institutional, political, cultural and environmental aspectsand peculiarity of each region.As a matter of fact, this contribution demonstrates how rural areas in Greecedo not follow a certain pattern but different patterns according to the specificsocioeconomic and environmental features of each area. The results also pointed out the traditional socioeconomic gaps in the rural geography of Greece as well as somerecent changes that have been observed especially in the most dynamic areas. At thesame time no significant development has been observed in rural areas where atraditional economic structure exists.Although agriculture plays an important role in rural areas, the traditionalagricultural model can no longer be considered to be sustainable in the long run andneeds to be replaced by more viable modes of production. On the other hand, it hasbeen found that socioeconomic drivers affect significantly the environmentalconditions possibly creating downward spirals determining land degradation and evendesertification risk in non-affluent, agricultural specialized areas.On the other hand, the results highlight the ability of the proposed model tosummarize and interpret a large amount of information in a composite measure,enabling the assessment of the economic performance of different rural areas ofGreece. Additionally, it identifies points of weaknesses and strengths of rural areas,and classifies them based on their environmental performance, prioritizing them andidentifying developing areas.The model can provide a simple and flexible tool informing rural developmentpolicies. Moreover, the proposed results highlight the possible relationship existingbetween rural development and environmental quality in order to indicate a regionalpath to sustainable development.These findings may apply not only to the case of Greece but also to othercountries similar to Greece as far as environmental conditions and rural landscape areconcerned, including Portugal, Spain and central/southern Italy.

scholarly journals MENELUSURI FENOMENA BILLBOARD HAMPA

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Farid Abdullah ◽  
Bambang Triwardoyo
Keyword(s):  
Visual Communication ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Visual Communication Design ◽  
Communication Design ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One ◽  
The Way

<p><strong><em>ABSTRACT</em></strong></p><p><em>This article examines the billboard phenomenon in Jakarta were confirmed by the Kompas survey (October 29 to 31, 2016) against the benefits of the billboard. Billboards conditions present (2017) is contrast to the 1990s. The development of digital technologies such as double-edged sword and can not be inevitable. On the one hand facilitate human life, but on the other hand lethal for those who are not ready for acceleration. Studies of this article is descriptive - quantitative expose people's satisfaction advertisement billboard in Jakarta. Also society will certainly be an important consideration in making decisions and determine the way forward. This feedback is also very important for the Visual Communication Design profession in monitoring the development of design in the future.</em></p><p><em><br /></em></p><p><strong>ABSTRAK</strong></p><p>Tulisan ini mengkaji fenomena <em>billboard </em>di Jakarta diperkuat dengan hasil survey harian Kompas (29-31 Oktober 2016) terhadap manfaat reklame. Kondisi reklame masa kini (2017) berbeda dengan masa 1990-an. Perkembangan teknologi digital seperti pisau bermata dua dan tidak dapat terelakkan. Di satu sisi memudahkan kehidupan manusia, namun di sisi lain mematikan bagi mereka yang tidak siap akselerasi. Kajian pada artikel ini secara deskriptif - kuantitatif memaparkan kepuasan masyarakat terhadap reklame <em>billboard</em> di Jakarta. Masukan masyarakat tentu menjadi pertimbangan penting dalam mengambil keputusan dan menentukan langkah ke depan.  Masukan ini juga sangat penting bagi profesi Desain Komunikasi Visual dalam mencermati perkembangan desain di masa mendatang.</p><p><em><br /></em></p><p><em> </em></p>

scholarly journals Techno-animism or the Magical Existence of Technical Objects

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
Manuel Bogalheiro ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Ubiquitous Computing ◽  
Magical Realism ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Human Reality ◽  
The One

If, on the one hand, the classic notion of artefact presupposes inert objects and a reliability between the user and the uses that can be extracted from the objects, on the other hand, it is recognized a suspicion that technical objects and their operative schemes, the machines and the “artificial” solutions contain in themselves an inauthentic and adulterating nature, a power of cunning and trickery capable of emancipate and process in autonomous forms, regardless of the uses and apprehensions that humans, their operators, may make. The western imaginary of technics would thus have been constituted under presuppositions that, together with the formal laws of mechanics or the cold mathematics that governs any grammar of codes, projected a animistic and a magical dimension in all the artificiality that allowed to manipulate the original productivity of nature. With the emergence of digital technologies and the general informatization of artefacts, this dimension took shape in what Philip K. Dick would consider to be a techno-animism tendency and that ubiquitous computing and internet of things would materialize in the era of so-called cognitive capitalism. In this paper, we seek to approach techno-animism as a speculative aesthetics that, by projecting a life into technical objects, inscribes in them an alterity and a strangeness that could enhance other perspectives beyond the usual uses and relationships that we take for granted and that hide objects, as well as the political or commercial strategies that mobilize them. Enchanting technical objects is, on the one hand, creating a possibility to suspend them from their instrumental flows and, on the other, installing a weird or magical realism that disturbs the articulations of a mere and exclusively human reality.

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