scholarly journals SOCIAL ENGINEERING AS A CREATIVE PROCESS

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Tetiana Koliada ◽  
Nazarii Koliada
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Creative People ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Promising Area

The article considers the essence of the concepts «project», «design», «social project», «social design». Social design is considered a creative process of social reality led by a man. It has been specified that all kinds of social formations cannot be created and realized without a person, his/her initiative creative work, one of the results of which is social design.  The presence of social projects in society testifies to its maturity and deeper perception and understanding of reality, penetration into the society of the idea that everyone is responsible for the fate of their land, people and that it is impossible to build a comfortable life detached from what is happening around. Social projects are created by socially active, creative people for the development and progress of their country. Thus, the subject of social design can be both one person and a group of people (organizations, teams, social institutions, etc.). It is established that any social grouping is impossible to imagine without a person, his/her active public position and creative work, one of the results of which is social design. A creative person as a social being based on social connections and interactions changes the future for the better, creating micro-and macro-groups, associations, and later communities. Social design, despite the huge typology, originates from the awareness and development of innovations in social work. A promising area of further research in this aspect is the features of social design as an effective means of solving social problems in the context of the development of modern social work. It is noted that social design is aimed at all types of human activities, but only with an innovative view and a systematic creative approach is the possible optimal design of social phenomena and processes. The existing approaches to the classification of social projects are considered, the features of social projects are defined and generalized: goal setting, innovative, time, territorial, socially determined, social-institutional, resource, organizational, social-informational.

EDUCATIONAL REALITIES OF FUTURE SOCIAL WORKERS’ TRAINING

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-48
Author(s):  
O. B. Varava ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Social Reforms ◽  
Foreign Experience ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training

The article analyzes the educational realities and prospects of future social workers training. It is established that numerous social-related institutions need the increasing number of up-to-date multidisciplinary experts with different training levels that can consider and rely on economic and social reforms, effectively operate under the conditions of society development, skillfully study and apply the life-tested native and foreign experience of social work, take into account the dynamics and consequences of globalization. On the basis of generalization and systematization of scientific research, it was summarized that social work training in each country is based on its own conceptual model. In the process of determining the model of social workers’ training in Ukraine, it is necessary to consider and rely on economic and social reforms, because they influence and will decisively influence on the essence of social and socio-pedagogical activity in the future and on the system of requirements for social workers. The analysis of foreign experience of future social workers’ professional training is carried out. It is summarized that in Europe alone there are more than 420 institutions of education where one can get an education majoring in social work with the obligatory learning of the basics of social design of the accessible environment. The management of the social education system in Europe is usually centralized. It is concluded that an up-to-date social worker is viewed as an expert in the field of social engineering and technology, who has a thorough knowledge of the legal, moral and psychological features of human life. Currently, the issue of training reflective social workers has become acute. They should not only be able to apply the theory in practice but also to analyze and evaluate their own practice, critically reinterpret the acquired knowledge and skills, as well as continuously self-develop and progress by expanding their knowledge, skills, abilities to design an accessible environment for providing necessary social assistance.

scholarly journals Examination of the passport of the national program “Digital economy of the Russian Federation” on the checklist of social system engineering

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-20
Author(s):  
Natalia M. Lavrenyuk ◽  
Anyuta S. Tikhonova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social System ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
System Engineering ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
National Program ◽  
Social Design ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
State Programs

Digitalization of society and public life is an objective fact and a challenge for Russia, which is rich in resources and risks. The article provides an assessment of the passport of the national program “Digital economy of the Russian Federation”, which is among the 12 national projects on 12 areas of strategic development, established by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation from 7 May 2018 No. 204 “On the national goals and strategic objectives development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2024” and contributes to the solution of problems in the field of “Digital economy”. This fact already raises a number of topical questions: “Why is the program included in the list of projects?”, “Why will the national program on the digital economy be implemented within the framework of state programs of the Russian Federation: ‘Information society’ and ‘Economic development and innovative economy’?”, “How much does it contribute to the preservation and development of an integral Russia?”. The authors set a goal — using structural and functional diagnostics to give an expert opinion on the prospects for achieving qualitative and quantitative targets of the national program “Digital economy of the RF” and their value. The methodological key for the examination is the modification of the checklist for system social engineering. The introductory part of the work is devoted to the relationship between the categories of integrity and value, social system engineering, which are important for building the desired social reality, as well as an overview of approaches to social design, its goals and purpose. The main part of the work analyzes the passport of the national program “Digital economy of the RF” from the point of view of its structure, the function of their implementation at the level of state administration, and it also considers the coverage of federal and regional programs and projects of elements of the digital economy in terms of the completeness of significant tasks to be solved. In conclusion, a summary is given in the form of responses to the social engineering checklist: “Are we building a whole?”, “Are we building a valuable entity?” and “Are we building a valuable entity correctly?”.

scholarly journals Massification of youth religious studies to prevent juvenile delinquency in Bandung

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad T. Rahman ◽  
Muslim Mufti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
City Government ◽  
Religious Movement ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Social Mobilisation

This article suggests that social media and public spaces in contemporary Indonesia play an essential role as a context for Islamic ideologisation by developing social mobilisation methods and transforming its ideology and culture. This socio-phenomenological study highlights the historical and social processes that underlie pious youth’s rise in an Indonesia’s contemporary urban space, for example, Bandung. The Hijrah [Migrating] Youth Community is an Islamic movement based on mosques and social media such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to migrate Hijrah to a better life. This study draws on the forms of articulation culture that emerged from the ideals of the revival and reinvention of Islam in the materiality of secular popular culture. The religious activities of Hijrah youth may reduce the disorders of young people, however since the young are rebellious, extreme religious activities may also arise from the community. Thus, different parties, especially parents, the Bandung City government and other social institutions must supervise the development of the youths’ life based on religious parties.Contribution: This study describes the operation of a youth religious movement, which tries to overcome the problem they usually face, namely juvenile delinquency. This study can develop research patterns that can analyse social phenomena and and apply them to policy consideration.

Hidden Creators, Silent Authors

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 379-385
Author(s):  
Paola Secchin Braga
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Main Issue ◽  
Contemporary Dance ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Paris Opera ◽  
The People ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
The Creation

To be interpreter and at the same time creator seems to be the rule in contemporary dance. It is expected of the dancer to contribute to the making of the piece in which he will appear. Similarly, the choreographer's assistant (also referred as rehearsal assistant) has an active role in the process of creating a dance piece. This paper proposes an analysis of a creative process in which the question of authorship emerges—in our point of view—as the main issue. The onomastic pieces of French choreographer Jérôme Bel will serve as the basis of our analysis, and especially the piece called Isabel Torres, in which the interpreter and the choreographer's assistant had a much more important role in the creation than the choreographer himself. Premiered in 2005, Isabel Torres was supposed to be a Brazilian version of Véronique Doisneau (created in 2004, for the Paris Opera). The creative work made by the dancer and the rehearsal assistant made of it more than a mere version: Isabel Torres is an autonomous piece—so autonomous that Bel offered it to both dancer and assistant, to present it wherever they wished. Who signs Isabel Torres? In which terms is it presented in programs? Do dancer and assistant consider themselves as authors? How does the choreographer deal with it? The absence of the choreographer, the people involved in it, and the kind of work developed in the creative process makes us question the notion of authorship in contemporary dance pieces.

scholarly journals Personal exploration: Serendipity and intentionality as altering positions in a creative process

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarit Mäkelä
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Creative Mind ◽  
Creative Practice ◽  
Ceramic Art

Artists and designers have recently begun to take an active role in contextualising the creative process in relation to their practice. Thus, understanding how the creative mind proceeds has been supplemented with knowledge obtained inside the creative process. In this way, the spheres of knowledge, material thinking and experience that are fostered through creative work have become entangled and embedded as elemental parts of the research process. This article is based on documentation and reflection of the author’s creative practice in contemporary ceramic art at the beginning of 2015. The article discusses how the creative process proceeds by alternating between two positions: serendipity and intentionality. By describing the different phases of the process, it reveals the interplay between the diverse range of activities and how these gradually construct the creative process

scholarly journals Societal Aspects of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards

2012 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swen Zehetmair
Keyword(s):  
System Theory ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Social System ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Niklas Luhmann ◽  
Social Phenomena

Abstract To date, social vulnerability research has focused primarily on the individual and household levels, and on social institutions relevant to these two benchmarks. In this paper, a widening of the perspective of social vulnerability to natural hazards is proposed to include socio-structural aspects. For a number of reasons, the sociological system theory, which is inextricably linked with the name of Niklas Luhmann, is an obvious choice for this undertaking. Firstly, Luhmann developed a consistent social theoretical definition of risk, which has significantly influenced risk and hazard research in social science. Furthermore, the system theory provides a theory of society that claims to be able to cover all social levels and to describe all social phenomena. The system theory assumes that in modern society social systems are formed of communications. Therefore, in this paper the view is taken that a system-theoretical inspired concept of social vulnerability must also assess communication. First, this paper describes empirical observations about the vulnerability of social systems. This is achieved on the one hand through a categorisation of four forms of social vulnerability. On the other hand, it is based on examples of vulnerability to flood risks in selected social systems. Finally, consideration is given to a system-theoretical concept of social vulnerability that sees the sensitivity of a social system in each of the respective system structures. Vulnerabilities can only be observed for a particular social system, because the configuration of system structures differs from system to system. These fundamental considerations have to be further explored infuture work on a consistent social theoretical concept of vulnerability.

The anthropology of creativity in the context of S.N. Bulgakov’s sophiology

2019 ◽  
pp. 140-153
Author(s):  
O.V. Shchekaleva
Keyword(s):  
Creative Process ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Creative Activity ◽  
Ontological Status ◽  
Artistic Creativity ◽  
Artistic Creation ◽  
True Meaning ◽  
The Impact

This paper deals with Bulgakov’s doctrine on the human being and creative work. The reason why it is possible to interpret and understand Bulgakov’s conception of creativity in the light of anthropology is justified in the paper. It is indicated that many researchers of Bulgakov's philosophy did not make an explicit connection between anthropology and creativity and did not raise the question why man is capable of creativity. Anthropology and the concept of creativity are reconstructed using Bulgakov's texts. The role of Sofia in the creative process and her role in human life as a whole are determined. The change of the ontological status of man as a result of the original sin is analyzed. The specificity of Bulgakov's understanding of the creative act and its influence on man is revealed. The impact of creativity on a person is analyzed in the paper. It is proposed to consider artistic creation separately from self-creation, as it is fundamentally different from artistic creativity. It is emphasized that according to Bulgakov, self-creation can lead a person to salvation and even to Holiness. It is argued that self-creation as the implementation of one's own idea-norm is the true meaning of human life. Attention is drawn to the tragedy of creativity, which every person-creator experiences. In conclusion, it is pointed out that in the future the concept of Bulgakov's creativity can be ap-plied to the evaluation of works of art. The article concludes that, according to Bulgakov's philosophy, the main characteristics of a person that make him capable of creativity are his freedom, genius and talent. This way the importance of creative activity, both for an individual and for the whole world, is proved and the eschatological role of creativity is indicated.

EPS社工介入模式

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 93-115
Author(s):  
炳光 甘
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Service User ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Strengths Perspective ◽  
Work Intervention ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Important Basis

本文主要介紹筆者始創的一個名為EPS的社工介入模式。這個介入模式主要是運用充權(Empowerment)、參與(Participation)和強項角度(Strengths Perspective)三個概念去推行社工的介入方法。本文首先介紹這個模式的三個基本信念，包括：(一) 社會工作的重要目標是去幫助服務對象達致充權；(二) 透過參與才能讓服務對象獲得充權；及(三) 極度相信服務對象有能力及有強項。本文分別闡述充權的概念和作用，分析為何要促進服務對象的參與，剖析達致有意義及高度參與的方法，以及檢視強項角度的信念和重要性。EPS模式認為，社工實踐中一定要將這三個概念 (E、P、S) 緊扣在一起，才能達到社工的理想目標。無論在哪個服務範疇，社工都應該以強項角度去看事物，鼓勵服務對象的參與，從而令他們得到充權。充權是要達到的目標，參與是一個方法，而強項是一個重要的基礎。目標，方法，基礎三樣缺一不可。這個模式指出社工介入的核心元素是採用強項角度去運用參與以達致充權作用。本文最後探討若忽略這三個重要概念或其中一個，社工的介入會出現甚麼問題，並剖析三個概念的互動如何促進社工介入的成效，以及介紹EPS模式在不同領域的應用。 This article introduces a social work intervention model which is called EPS Model and is newly developed by the author. The EPS Model is to apply the following three concepts in social work practice, including Empowerment (E), Participation (P) and Strengths Perspective (S).The article firstly presents the three basic beliefs of the model: (1) the main goal of social work practice is not just to provide services and help people solve problems, but to help people empower themselves; (2) the empowerment goal can be actualized through promoting service user participation and (3) we have to strongly believe that people have strengths and abilities. The article then introduces the concept of empowerment and its functions, discusses why service user participation should be promoted and the effective means of promoting meaningful and greater participation, and examines the faith and importance in strengths perspective. The main characteristics of the EPS Model is to affirm that these three concepts (E, P and S) are inter-related and need to be closely inter-linked. Empowerment should be regarded as the aim of social work practice. Participation is the effective means to achieve empowerment. Strengths perspective is thus regarded as the important basis for social work intervention. The aim, the means and the basis are equally important and neither one can be excluded. This model suggests that social work practice should be based on the strengths perspective and should make use of participation to achieve service users' empowerment. The article finally examines the problems arising from the neglect of any one of the three important concepts, the impact of the interplay of the three concepts on the effect of social work practice and the application of the EPS Model in different service settings.

scholarly journals Kromosomer – an Experience in Shared Creative Work and Expression

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Dahlsveen ◽  
Catarina Carneiro de Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Stage Design ◽  
Main Work ◽  
Work Method

This article is a reflection on the Kromosomer project, a storytelling performance held in both physical and virtual worlds, which was implemented and disseminated through digital, virtual and social media. The aim of the whole project was to search for an expression that could combine physical experience with virtual world. The project was also looking at how to deal with social inclusion.The motto for this enterprise was the traditional Norwegian legend characters who represent “the other,” the “not-normal,” as a pretext to address the question of alterity. These legends’ characters were re-created as avatars in the metaverse, where they were also freely distributed in virtual installations as unfinished artifacts, open to mutation. In the Second Life virtual world, participants could pick up avatars and create their own stories through snapshots, machinima, etc. The physical performance later used these participants/produsers’ interpretations and narratives of the avatars in stage design and in the storytelling performance itself.We describe and analyse the main work method used for this project — a shared creative process of collective and distributed creativity. The project encompasses different forms of expression therefore we will also focus on how metaphors constitute themselves as paramount to our way of working.

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