Development Of Social Practices Research Articles

Elektronische Laborbücher in der Praxis: Folgen und Nutzen digitaler Forschungsdokumentation

Electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN) support transparent documentation of research processes, facilitate project-based team science and scientific exchange with cooperation partners. To foster transparency, cooperation, and knowledge transfer, academic research institutions increasingly support the use of ELN. Using the example of the institutional implementation of ELN at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, this article reflects on the social innovation potential of such a project. Based on the observation that researchers need to adapt routines in order to use ELN effectively and in line with institutional goals, this article emphasizes the social character of digital research documentation and the need to create awareness of this social character at all organizational levels. Furthermore, the development of social practices must be integrated early in higher education.

RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL PRACTICES DEVELOPMENT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY (CASE STUDY OF THE VOLOGDA OBLAST)

Currently, the regions face with the need to implement new development strategies based on the maximum use of internal resources. One of the significant development factors is the social activity of the local population. This actualizes the study of social activity forms at the local level, which was the aim of this study. This aim predetermined the following tasks: determining the directions for social practices development in the region, identifying the degree of participation of the population in public life and the main barriers that prevent more active participation. The empirical information was based on the available statistical data on socially oriented non-profit organizations, as well as the results of the authors’ sociological survey. The study revealed insufficient development of social practices in the region; a characteristic feature of civic participation is the low involvement of Russians in formal volunteering and high informal volunteer activity. The data obtained through the case study give grounds to speak of the development of new practices, various civic initiatives. Within the framework of local communities, there are intense processes of collective integration, self-defense and self-organization at the level of everyday life. Civic participation, regardless of the format, can become one of the factors stimulating the self-development of territories, an additional resource for overcoming socio-economic challenges.

Location, materiality, participation: Memorial design for victims of violence in Latin America

Places of traumatic memories provide particular design challenges. Conflict landscapes are complex terrains that challenge ideas about identity, sense of place and commemoration and feelings of belonging. How can memorials provide opportunities for the development of social practices, meaningful materiality, individual experience and collective memory? Developing memorial languages and symbolic framings can support the construction of narratives and spaces in which individuals and groups can grapple with traumatic pasts. Each tragedy leaves its own unique set of wounds and scars, and memoryscapes can bring meaning and form to them. This article explores how memorial languages shape responses to traumas caused by conflict and violence in Latin America. In order to address this question, we examine two cases_the Center for Memory, Peace and Reconciliation in Bogotá, Colombia, and the Memorial to Victims of Violence, in Mexico City, Mexico.

New normalities in grassroots innovations: The reconfiguration and normalization of social practices in an ecovillage

Abstract We use concepts from social practice theories to better understand how grassroots innovators reconfigure their daily practices and create ‘niches of new normalities’. Through a qualitative study of a specific grassroots organization – an ecovillage in Brazil – we explore the local dynamics of development and normalization of innovative social practices. We describe the role of meanings, materials and competences in the reconfiguration of practices, and explain how the normalization of sustainable social practices in the ecovillage creates new social norms that encourage members to adopt them and, in turn, engender new circuits of reproduction. We argue for the importance of social norms as a ‘structural’ element influencing the emergence, maintenance, and development of social practices.

STATE REGULATION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE

Introduction. The Ukraine’s integration into the European community is impossible without learning the experience of European countries in many spheres. Social responsibility of business becomes a significant element in strengthening the competitiveness of our enterprises and the state in general on the world level. The development of socially responsible practices can influence not only the society, but also business representatives themselves, namely: improving the image of the company, increasing the number of consumers, attracting and retaining more skilled personnel, etc. In Ukraine, the process of development of social responsibility of business circles has already begun, but it is still not enough. The state can play a significant role in the development of social practices. This scientific research is dedicated to the study of the experience of European governments in the sphere of social responsibility. The purpose. The article aims is to determine the directions of the state policy of Ukraine for the development of social and economic responsibility of entrepreneurship on the basis of European countries experience. Results. The basic world models of social responsibility of business have been investigated. The experience of European countries on state regulation in this area has been systematized. On the basis of the conducted research, we have proposed directions of the state policy in the field of regulation of social and economic responsibility of entrepreneurship in Ukraine, namely: drafting a law on social responsibility, introducing changes in tax legislation in the field of preferential taxation, increasing attention to non-financial reporting as a source of information on social company initiatives and the construction of national ratings.

Hidden societal implications of materials. Updating the awareness on what is at stake

Hidden societal implications of materials. Updating the awareness on what is at stake

Democratic Social Practice and the Emergence of Social Work in China

The paper contrasts the conference focus on the democratic renewal of social practices, an internal process particular to the European and North-American contexts, with the development of social practices in China, where both external and internal forces influence social workers’ dealings with democratization and indigenization of well-established Western concepts. The goals of the authors are to problematize the questions of democratic renewal and to promote international communication among social practitioners.