scholarly journals The cognitive paradigm in the modern bibliographic studies

2018 ◽  
pp. 3-22
Author(s):  
L. V. Astakhova
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Conceptual Content ◽  
Knowledge Transformation ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
Independent Generator ◽  
Tools And Methods

The bibliography cognitive paradigm is substantiated as essential for the modern society evolving from the being information to the cognitive one. The origins and development of the paradigm reflection in the library and bibliographic studies are discussed. The key components of the cognitive paradigm theoretical core of bibliography, namely mission, concept, terms, that make bibliography a cognitive social institution, are examined. The bibliography social mission is defined as overcoming the cognitive gap by individual and collective society actors during the transition from the information to the cognitive stage. The relevancy of bibliography would rise significantly if it increases its cognitive potential and proves to be fully fledged, independent generator and distributor of knowledge – the concept of bibliographic studies cognitive paradigm. The author demonstrates that bibliography is able to accomplish every process of knowledge transformation: its socialization, externalization, combining and internalization. Within the cognitive paradigm, bibliography is defined as a cognitive institution of the knowledge society with the purpose of knowledge generation and distribution it focuses on the system aspects of the documented knowledge conceptual content. The author also proves the need for enhancing cognitive character of library bibliographic activities and suggests tools and methods to intellectialize its cognitive and information activities.

The relation between philosophy of creativity and education in the knowledge society

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-57
Author(s):  
Ernesta Molotokienė
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Fundamental Relation ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Technological Environment ◽  
Changing Knowledge

The aim of the article is to reveal a fundamental relation between the philosophy of creativity and education in the knowledge society. Knowledge society as a special social space of modern society is formed in the middle of the 20th century with a new system of educational organizations, therefore training a knowledge worker who is able to be productive in a rapidly changing knowledge and technological environment is one of the main challenges of modern education. The contemporary philosophy of creativity has an important impact on education in knowledge society. The creative nature of learning determines the knowledge worker’s ability to achieve social, technical and technological innovations, while research work forms a dynamic competence and socio-economic performance. The article stresses that creativity remains one of the most important educational goals of knowledge society.

Transforming library communication: from Gutenberg to Zuckerberg

2015 ◽  
Vol 116 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 247-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Einasto
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Disciplinary Power ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Library User

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse institutional and functional development of a library with the help of communication theories. The library as a social institution should have a quite strong position in today’s information society, but new ways of information search have made its position unstable. Thus, a library needs theoretical and cultural-political comprehension and reassessment. The paper tries to answer the questions as to how a library can satisfy the needs of modern society and which strategy of library communication will be in demand tomorrow. Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical background is represented by communication theories of Marshal McLuhan, Denis McQuail and Yuri Lotman, as well as Michel Foucault’s concepts of disciplinary power and governmentality. Findings – The analysis revealed that library–user communication is based primarily on power relations, where “access” is the main keyword. The article brought out differences in library communicative processes in the “Gutenberg Galaxy” and today’s global network society, “Zuckerberg Era”. The analysis showed that library–user relationship is shifting from disciplinary power and monologue to the governmentality and new communicative forms, dialogue and participation. Research limitations/implications – The study demonstrates the possibility of implication of communication theories for library functional analysis. The new studies investigating which methods and forms of communication do libraries use today, how are the elements of power relations transforming would be very useful for the understanding of the topic. Practical implications – The study proposes to libraries some ideas that may be useful for developing the library communication strategy. Originality/value – This study, based on the communicative approach, corresponds well to library phenomenon and nature, as well as allows for reflection on the role of libraries in the society of today and future.

scholarly journals Mediation as a source of social development

Temida ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Ljudmila Alpern
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Old People ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Social Reforms ◽  
Prison Life ◽  
Former Prisoners

In this paper, the author deals with prison as an archaic social institution, which reflects an archaic conception of human being, his needs and duty, but exists in a modern society. Russian prisons are institutions of a male initiations as well as a Russian army. They give a special sort of male socialization, very archaic and military, patriarchal and hierarchal; produce a special kind of society divided on unmixed social groups, casts, and is very violent. Taking into account how many people go through prison in Russia (rotation near 300 people per year, every 4th man got in contact with prison and every 3rd with army) and a fact that prison and society are communicating vessels, our prisons, our prisoners and former prisoners are a good reserve of our social underdevelopment, social cruelty, our disability to promote social reforms, to take care about vulnerable group of our population (children, old people and female), because they are not a part of male prison and a military hierarchy. An attempt to modernize prison life, prison condition by different way and especially mediation as a way to make them softer and human is an attempt of social development.

scholarly journals COLLABORATIVE BOOK REVIEW: Baker, D. P. (2014). The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Calley Stevens Taylor ◽  
Amanda Blain Pritt ◽  
Maria Spinosa Ebert ◽  
Angel Oi Yee Cheng ◽  
Xia Zhao
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Mass Education ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
Educational Transformation ◽  
Comparative And International Education

For many years the discussion of education as a global and social institution has been prevalent in Comparative and International Education. In his book, The Schooled Society, David P. Baker offers up a unique perspective on a much-discussed theoretical framework in which to view education as an institution. Through this work, Baker uses a multidisciplinary approach to explain the influence that mass education has on societies and informs the readers of new educational paradoxes that are being discussed in the field. Not only is The Schooled Society an explanation of educational influence on society, but it also provides reason for further research to be done to explain the existing paradoxes found in modern society and education. The following book review, informed by the wide span of each contributing reviewer

scholarly journals Thematizing Marriage in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple hibiscus: The Dynamics of Modern African Marriage Relationship

2021 ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
Andrew Kwame Yankyerah
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
African Society ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
Traditional Norms ◽  
Society Today

The task of this paper is to highlight some of the marriage relationship tendencies that have changed in the modern African Marriage, in relation to the traditional norms, as manifest in two texts of two African Feminist writers. The study thus examines how Ama Ata Aidoo’s Changes and Chimamanda N. Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus explore the marriage institution in Africa and unearth the changing dynamics in it, as it pertains to the modern or post-modern African society. The study concluded that though the dignity of marriage coupled with its necessity as a social institution is unquestionably maintained in our focused African texts, its dynamics, in modern society, must yield to positive change, at least, to reflect the emerging socio-economic trends in African society today.

scholarly journals Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society: the new vision and perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 3-5
Author(s):  
Stoyan Nedkov ◽  
John Pickles ◽  
Kliment Naydenov ◽  
Hristina Prodanova
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Geographical Society ◽  
Long Period ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Sustainable Regional Development ◽  
Work And Life

The Journal of Bulgarian Geographical Society was the first scientific geographical journal in the country established in 1933. During the long period of its development, it became a leading journal for publishing scientific results in geography and related interdisciplinary fields in Bulgaria. Geography of the 21st century is expected to contribute to the development of human capital and the knowledge society, to offer place-specific solutions for sustainable regional development and use of the planet’s natural and human capital. One of the main goals of the Bulgarian Geographical Society is to stimulate the geographic community to search for smart spatial solutions which can contribute to meet the challenges of modern society. The Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society will contribute to the achievement of this goal by providing a platform for scientists in the main fields of geography and the interrelated sciences as well as decision-makers, and the interested public to share their knowledge in an efficient and open manner. In these days of continuous speeding up of paces of work and life, the idea of facilitating the sharing of existing knowledge in order to create synergies, new knowledge, and innovation is more than timely and our journal can join the efforts to achieve these goals.

The University Mission in the Humanitarian Dimension: Stating the Problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-1) ◽  
pp. 116-132
Author(s):  
Olga Zinevich ◽  
◽  
Tatyana Balmasova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Social Ontology ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
University Mission ◽  
The University

The article focuses on the mission humanitarianism of a university as a social institution from the perspective of social ontology. The mission is viewed as a perfect benchmark (supreme goal and purpose) necessary for university existence as well as for maintenance and authorization of its institutional identity. It is shown that despite the changes in functionality of universities under the conditions of knowledge-intensive economy development (use of business models in interaction with the society), the humanitarian orientation has not lost its significance since it is necessary for the existence of a university as an institutionally organized specific educational activity, including knowledge generation, storage and transmission. Key institutional characteristics are considered that reveal the importance of humanitarianism for preserving the university as a unique social phenomenon. The authors are guided by the methodology of moderate constructivism – the study of value and meaning of human mentality, ideas and ideals in forming the institutional design of social reality. The role of the ideal and the intentionality of human actions in the construction and function of an educational social institution, which is expressed in the university corporation’s drive to be orientated at values, which give positive social significance to its activities and are aimed at achieving good, are explored. The university produces and conveys knowledge through establishing a knowledge subject, in other words, it forms the very intention to achieve a socially significant result not only in an objectified form of knowledge, but also in the form of evolution (development) of an individual who can produce and use knowledge for the good of society and for their personal advancement. In this context, the mission is understood to be a supreme goal and an ideal benchmark in the concrete historic practices of university education in forming a knowledge subject who must master the fundamental values necessary for society’s existence. The university mission is based on the concrete historic interpretation of the key socially significant goal of education: the development of a “human being” who acts for the good and benefit of society and its members via conveying the thesaurus of universal human values in their concrete historic theoretical and ideological formats.

SOME PROBLEMS OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY OF THE MODERN SOCIETY

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Daurenbek Kusainov ◽  
◽  
Ainur Sadyrova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Individual Subject ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sociology Of The Family ◽  
The Individual

Marriage and the family are important institutions of human society. As we know, they include different private institutions: the institute of kinship, the institute of motherhood and fatherhood, the institute of property, the institute of social protection of childhood and guardianship, and others. The process of family formation is the process of assimilation of social norms, roles and standards that regulate courtship, the choice of a marriage partner, family stabilization, sexual behavior, relations with the parents of spouses.The sociology of the family in a narrow sense, as part of general sociology, as a theory of the “middle level”; considers a special sphere of life and culture of families. The sociology of the family deals with a group, and not with an individual subject of life activity. A group of people connected by family and kinship relations forms that part of the social reality that is studied by the sociology of the family, where the family lifestyle is at the forefront. The sociology of the family considers the individual as a member of the family, integral part of the society. The sociology of the family correlates with the sociology of the individual; it studies personality, first of all, through the prism of socio-cultural intra-family ties, family identity of the individual. In any societythe family has a dual character. On the one hand, it is a social institution, on the other-a small group that has its own laws of functioning and development.

Enhancing Scholarly Communication through Research Culture

2017 ◽  
pp. 74-99
Author(s):  
Neeta Baporikar
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Inclusive Approach ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Society Today

Research is a vital part of the social tapestry of a modern society. It is imperative to find suitable ways to respond to societal priorities. It can be an open-ended enquiry into the essence of phenomena, of who we are, individually and collectively, and of the world we inhabit. It not only enables derived knowledge, but is also a means of preserving, fabricating and resynthesizing existing knowledge and/for creating new knowledge. Apart from that research is a vital pillar of higher education. Moreover, in knowledge society today, research is deemed to be of more value when it rightly augments the economic development processes. Through in depth literature review and contextual analysis, the aim of this chapter is to aid institutions and scholars in recognizing the gains of adapting inclusive approach, suggesting strategies for promoting research culture so as to enhance scholarly communication apart from being a support system in knowledge society, so that the world of academia continues to excel in its role of knowledge creation, knowledge transfer and knowledge dissemination.

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