Social Change

Complexities of Collapse: Maya Obsidian as Revealed by Social Network Graphical Analysis (Mark Golitko, James Meierhoff, Gary M. Feinman, and Ryan Williams, 2012)

by Gary Feinman

Antiquity 86:507-523

Sorcery and social change

by Rena Lederman

Misyurov D.A. Dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas // Credo New. 2012. №2

by Dmitry Misyurov

The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with... more The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with dominant and the non-dominant elements; universal formula; formula with symbolic weight of elements; tautological formula. For example, it suggests an opportunity to use the dialectical formulas for modeling and artificial intelligence creation, etc.

Creative destruction of the present imperfect

by Bojan Radej

Co-authored with Z.M. Kovač, L.J. Šribar.

Social innovation introduces radical form of social change which breaks with old in deep and irreversible way. But let... more Social innovation introduces radical form of social change which breaks with old in deep and irreversible way. But let us be more specific about this. We have different forms of radical social changes. One well known is revolutionary change.

Archaeology as a Social Science

by Gary Feinman

Norma moral y cambio social. La aproximación de los filósofos

by Ana Marta González

Acta Philosophica, vol. 20, 2,  pp. 243-271, 2011.

Public Art, Political Space: The Rearticulation of Power in Postrevolutionary Tunisia

by Michael Caster

2011, Autochthony as Capital in a Global Age, in Theory, Culture & Society , vol. 28 no. 1 34-54

by Mathieu Hilgers

For a little over a decade we have been witnessing a profusion of discourses on autochthony — that is, an original... more For a little over a decade we have been witnessing a profusion of discourses on autochthony — that is, an original belonging to a group or territory — in many parts of the world. A global approach to this question first requires a look at the principle of autochthony and its genealogy. Starting from African examples, places of prolific expression of the phenomenon, this article shows how autochthony plays the role of capital that can be invested, valued and profited from. The structure of this capital carries within itself the seeds of conflict. The article analyses how the stabilization of its value requires the execution of specific strategies. Among these strategies, I will focus in greater depth on voting. The relationship between capital, autochthony and elections will thus bring us back to debates that animate political science: in new municipalities, autochthony as capital is at the heart of candidate selection, suffrage, political participation and citizenship.

[Article] MATEOS, O. (2007): “Reflexiones sobre el Foro Social Mundial de Nairobi. La otra gran superpotencia”

by Oscar Mateos

In: Colección Papeles CJ, Número 147 (també en català)

[Report] MATEOS, O. (2009): "Construcció de pau a Sierra Leone. Escoltant les veus i percepcions dels estudiants de Pau i Conflictes de la Universitat de Sierra Leone"

by Oscar Mateos

Projectes de recerca que han obtingut l'ajut de la Fundació Kontrast. La FK convoca periòdicament ajuts a la recerca per a la realització d'estudis que tinguin com a finalitat afavorir el desenvo-lupament sostenible en països del tercer món, en l'àmbit social, cultural, educatiu, tecnològic, econòmic, etc.

L'ajut està destinat a organitzacions, associacions, departaments universitaris, investigadors... que vulguin disposar d'una anàlisi i un diagnòstic previs al disseny de programes de cooperació o a la implementació dels seus projectes per tal de fomentar de forma més adequada i eficient les seves actuacions en l'àmbit del desenvolupament.

Aquest estudi va ser portat a terme als mesos de juliol i agost de 2009 gràcies a l’ajuda de la Fundació Kontrast.... more Aquest estudi va ser portat a terme als mesos de juliol i agost de 2009 gràcies a l’ajuda de la Fundació Kontrast. L’estudi pretén copsar les percepcions i opinions dels estudiants de la Facultat de Pau i Conflictes de la Universitat de Sierra Leone.

El present estudi analitza l’actual procés de construcció de pau a Sierra Leone, a partir de les opinions i percepcions dels estudiants de Pau i Conflictes de la Universitat de Sierra Leone (Fourah Bay College). Els estudiants analitzen tres qüestions principals, com són: a) En quina mesura està consolidat el procés de pau a Sierra Leone?, b) Fins a quin punt la idea de "l’apropiació local" és respectada al procés de pau a Sierra Leone?, i c) En quina mesura les reformes de construcció de la
pau estan adaptades al context local (opinions, perspectives, valors i maneres de fer locals)?. Els resultats obtinguts mostren alguns dels principals èxits en l’actual procés postbèl·lic, però especialment quins són, segons els estudiants, els principals dèficits, amenaces i aspectes a tenir en compte.

[Article] GIL, C., LATORRE, J.I. i MATEOS, O. (2011): “Quo vadis, Fòrum Social Mundial?”

by Oscar Mateos

In: Revista ONGC, Número 45/46, pp. 38-40

[Article] MATEOS, O. i SANZ, J. (2011): “15 mai. De l’indignation a l’espérance”

by Oscar Mateos

In: En Question. Revue du Centre Avec, Número 99, pp.: 4-7

"Building Black Feminism" in Barbara Smith: Interviews and Conversations

by Kimberly Springer

Edited by Virginia Eubanks and Alethia Jones (forthcoming 2013)

An interview covering defining and living Black Feminism, including the Combahee River Collective years An interview covering defining and living Black Feminism, including the Combahee River Collective years

Smoothing

by Richard Wilk

Published in 2006 as  “Smoothing.” In Off the Edge: Experiments in Cultural Analysis. Edited by Orvar Lofgren and Richard Wilk, Copenhagen:  Museum Tusculanum Press. Pp. 23-28.

Orvar Lofgren and I edited a collection on "Missing Cultural Processes" in which we asked participants to... more Orvar Lofgren and I edited a collection on "Missing Cultural Processes" in which we asked participants to think about culture in a creative way, and to find a label for something that everyone has seen, but nobody has a name for. This was my chapter in the book.

Social Entrepreneurship: A Necessary Mind-Set by: Hamza El Fasiki

by Hamza El Fasiki

Hamza El Fasiki is a published author at uPublish.info

Hamza El Fasiki is the author of "Social Entrepreneurship: Meaning, Challenges, and Strategies" (LAP 2011). In 2010 he participated in the "Study of the U.S. Institute" program (SUSI) on social entrepreneurship at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. For the moment, he is preparing a Master in "Cultural Studies" at Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University of Fez, Morocco. He is conducting a research on the cultural bases in the entrepreneurial activity in Morocco.

Article Summary: Throughout recent history, social entrepreneurship has marked an extraordinary imprint in the world... more Article Summary: Throughout recent history, social entrepreneurship has marked an extraordinary imprint in the world of business. The Idea of social entrepreneurship is a new emerging field of business operations where entrepreneurs combine the excitement or passion of social mission with business-like ventures. It is because of those joint genes that social entrepreneurship is a very new concept that needs more understanding. As a result, necessary attention is required toward a global understanding of the field and its philosophy. Social entrepreneurs become a critical syndrome for social change.

Hacia una reevaluación de Salinar desde la perspectiva del valle de Nepeña, Costa de Ancash

by Hugo Ikehara

Co-authored with David Chicoine, published in: Andes 8: Arqueología de la Costa de Ancash, edited by Milosz Giersz and Iván Ghezzi. Center of Precolumbian Studies, University of Warsaw. 2011

Postmaterialism as a lifetime learning process

by Raul Tormos

presented at the conference of the European Survey Research Association, Warsaw 2009.

Review of Women Playing Men by JIANG Jin

by liang luo

Published in China Review International, 2009.

Faust, A., and Golani, E., 2008, A Community in Transition: The Early Bronze Age Site at Qiryat Ata as a Test Case, Tel Aviv 35: 215-243

by Avraham Faust

(Maney Publishing);
for online versions of the journal, see: www.maney.co.uk/journals/peq and
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/peq

The urbanization process of the Early Bronze Age (EB) has been discussed extensively, usually at the general/regional... more The urbanization process of the Early Bronze Age (EB) has been discussed extensively, usually at the general/regional level. This paper utilizes the detailed information from Qiryat Ata—an EB IB−II (late 4th−early 3rd millennium BCE) settlement located on Israel’s northern Coastal Plain—to conduct a more detailed analysis, at the site level, in order to examine the transformations experienced by a single community over time. The excavations revealed social and economic changes in practically every aspect of the site's material culture during the period of its existence. The site was founded as a village during the EB IB and rapidly grew in size as the economy became market-oriented. The leaders of the settlement may have taken control of surpluses, while economic conditions for the remainder of the population deteriorated.

Bento, Paulo (2011), “Mudança”, INVEST, I. 76, May, p. 34

by Paulo Bento