Search results for " Kapital"
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Empowerment as an affective-discursive technology in contemporary capitalism: insights from a play
2019
Over recent years, an increasing body of research in social and cultural studies has investigated the contemporary processes of social change from the point of view of affective capitalism. In this article, we take under scrutiny one of its technologies, namely, empowerment, by which we mean a state characterised by feelings of strength, ability and power that enable agency. More specifically, we investigate the way empowerment is presented in a cultural product, a play that tells a story about personnel training in a factory, shown in a city theatre in Finland. By linking recent theorisation of affective capitalism with an investigation of the intertextual and interdiscursive relations of …
Sustainability of Pension Systems in the Baltic States
2016
Objective: The objective of the paper is to identify how the concept of sustainability is understood and ensured in the pension systems of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; and what implications it brings to the performance of pension schemes. Research Design & Methods: Analysis of various conceptual and methodological approaches to the notion of sustainability of pension systems. Comparative analysis of present pension legislation, as well as preceding stage of pension reforms, accompanied by a number of numerical models. Findings: The understanding of sustainability is limited by narrow ‘fiscal’ meaning in Latvia, compared to more a multifaceted concept that includes the principle of socia…
Social capital development of rural community based on social networking activities in Lithuania
2018
The scholar literature on simultaneous using of social capital explore knowledge and identity resources as well as actions and interactions benefiting the community through personal bonds of individuals; issues of common trust; and adapting the current understanding in new situations. In this article, we instead examine rural community influence on social capital building of adult person in a virtual community. A quantitative survey was done in 246 local rural communities in Lithuania which reflected their community activities on a virtual basis. From the data of 500 informants we found that rural community (human social network) members were also active in the virtual communities. Research…
Generation of social assets and sharing knowledge in a hybrid intentional community: pilot analysis from Latvia
2013
Generavimas socialinių lėšų ir iš anksto apgalvotų žinių dalinimas mišrioje bendruomenėje: bandomasis tyrimas Latvijoje. The present paper is an attempt to investigate the dynamics of social assets building and knowledge exchange among the members of an intentional community (the National Library of Latvia users’ community) based on a hybrid social infrastructure consisting of online and offline (face-to-face) links and communication channels. Although the theoretical framework is primarily based on the social capital theory, knowledge management studies and the theory of social categorization, insights from applied epistemology are also included. The proposed model hypothesizes a positive …
«Alle mann på dekk» : Utvikling av profesjonell kapital hos yrkesfaglærerne i Agder
2018
Masteroppgave pedagogikk PED511 - Universitetet i Agder 2018 Strategiplanene, som omhandler kompetanseheving hos lærerne, fokuserer i dag på hvordan organisatoriske forhold virker inn på hvordan kompetanse utvikles, brukes og formidles innenfor den enkelte skole og skoler imellom (Hagen & Nyen, 2009a, s. 149). Likevel er ikke vektleggingen av et samarbeid mellom lærerne like fremtredende i de ulike strategiene for kompetanseheving. I «Kompetanse for kvalitet» (Kunnskapsdepartementet, 2015a) vektlegges relevansen av et profesjonelt felleskap av faglig dyktige lærere, som samarbeider om god undervisning, og en felles skolekultur, som igjen skal bidra til et godt læringsmiljø, og til at eleven…
Language, (em)power(ment) and affective capitalism : the case of an entrepreneurship workshop for refugees in Germany
2022
Abstract This paper seeks to advance research on the nexus of language, work-related training and affective capitalism by focusing on an entrepreneurship workshop organized for newly arrived refugees in Germany. Despite the occupational orientation, the primary objective of the workshop was not establishing a business but “empowering” the participants by guiding them to adopt “an entrepreneurial mindset”. To delve deeper into this ‘will to empower’, the study brings together the perspectives of governmentality studies, ethnography, discourse studies and affect studies. To investigate in more detail the evocation of the ‘entrepreneurial mindset’, the study draws on ethnographic data collecte…
Introduction : language, work and affective capitalism
2022
Abstract This special issue contributes to scholarship on language and affective economy by exploring the role played by affect in shaping work and workers under current configurations of capitalism. We take as a starting point the observation of increased valorisation and instrumentalisation of affect in the contemporary phase of capitalism. In this editorial introduction to the special issue, we set the scene by first outlining our questions, aims and objectives. Subsequently, we situate the contribution made by this issue in a larger social theorisation of affect and capitalism, particularly the notion of affective capitalism, and reflect on how this theorisation can contribute to sociol…
Die totale Produktion: Technik, Kapital und die Logik der Unendlichkeit
2020
Im Begriff der totalen Produktion verdichtet sich Gérard Granels kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der metaphysischen Tradition zu einer Epochendiagnose für die industrialisierte Moderne. In einer ungewöhnlichen Zusammenführung der zentralen Denkbewegungen von Heidegger und Marx werden Technik und Kapital als Schlüsselakteure einer alles ergreifenden Logik der Unendlichkeit aufgewiesen, die seit den epistemologisch-technologischen Revolutionen der frühen Neuzeit nach und nach die geschichtliche Gestalt des Zeitalters bestimmt. Die entsprechende Grunderfahrung der modernen Welt, die Granel in ihrer ganzen ontologischen Vielschichtigkeit über ihre engere ökonomisch-industrielle Bedeutung hinau…
Nowa gospodarka ery informacji
2016
Rewolucyjny rozwój internetu znacząco wpłynął nie tylko na społeczeństwo i kulturę, ale także na gospodarkę. Największe sieciowe korporacje nie pozostały bierne wobec pojawiających się zmian i zaczęły doskonale wykorzystywać ludzkie przywiązanie do sieci. Komercyjny pęd doprowadził wręcz do uprzedmiotowienia człowieka i mierzenia jego wartości w kategoriach ekonomicznych. Kapitalizm odbił swe piętno na funkcjonowaniu sieci, ale sieć, rządząca się swoimi prawami, także zaczęła wpływać na formę tego systemu i ją uaktualniać. Staliśmy się świadkami ewolucji kapitalistycznego rynku i dezaktualizacji niektórych pojęć.
Demographic determinants of creativity: the analysis of the development of creative potential and forecast for the Baltic states
2017
AbstractHuman capital, affected by the demographic determinants, nowadays becomes a novel driver of change and regional development. Changes in the modern economy determine the future leading role of human capital, especially its creative dimension in the development of modern, sustainable competitive advantages of countries and regions. Considering the negative demographical tendencies in the Baltic States, the aim of this paper is to analyse and forecast the development of creative potential in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Our methodology is based on the estimation of a regression model describing the relations between Global Creativity Index (GCI) and its components with the available …