Hannah Arendt on the Relation between Morality and Plurality

In this article, we examine, in the light of Arendt s categories, the fundamental structure of traditional claims on moral life. In other words, we evaluate the spirit in which traditional morality relates to the human world, especially, to the human condition of plurality. In this way, we shall be led to a perceptive reading of Arendt s groundbreaking view on morality and its borderline possibility of assuming a paradoxically significant role in the worldly affair

Pupils Unconventional Political Demonstration as a Result of their Political Socialization: Empirical Approach in Secondary Schools of Central Macedonia

This paper presents a research that was carried out in autumn 2015 about the unconventional political demonstration of secondary education pupils The sample consisted of 960 questionnaires that were collected from schools of central Macedonia The purpose of this research was to examine the factors that influence pupils to occupy schools every autumn and to describe the profile of the pupils that act in this way At first a brief introduction in the notion of political socialization is attempted putting forward the factors that determine the degree of pupils politicization such as the family the peer group the school and the mass media Secondly a link between political socialization and political demonstration is attempted commenting on the habit of occupying schools every autumn The results of the research show that the majority of students do not participate in such actions as well as a tendency of male pupils to participate more than the female Also pupils from vocational schools show a tendency to take part in occupations as well as in provocations in relation to pupils from gymnasia and normal high schools lyceum

La relación entre productor y consumidor en sistemas alimentarios locales: análisis de sus prácticas y narrativas

Los sistemas alimentarios locales, conocidos como local food systems, han crecido en popularidad en todo el mundo en los últimos años. Previa literatura en este campo ha puesto énfasis en el carácter contrahegemónico de estas iniciativas resal- tando la re-conexión de los productores y los consumidores y, a su vez, se señala una objeción a la agricultura industrial que ofrece productos anónimos y desconectados de su productor y de su lugar de origen. Sin embargo, dichos discursos románticos no siempren se comprueban a través de la evidencia empírica. En este estudio realizamos una comparación empírica entre dos sistemas alimentarios locales: las denominadas Community Supported Agriculture en Manhattan, Nueva York y las Cooperativas de Consumo Responsable en Cataluña, España. En base a la utilización de una metodo- logía cualitativa se identifican y se exploran las prácticas y narrativas de establecidas entre el productor y consumidor que también se definen por la orientación y raison d’être del sistema local

The Role of Emotion Discourse and Pathic Stigma in the Delegitimization of Consumer Practices

Abstract Drawing on institutional theory and discursive psychology, this article elucidates how actors use emotion discourse to undermine the legitimacy of consumer practices. Based on an empirical investigation of the bullfighting controversy in Spain, our work shows how activists engage in the production and circulation of compelling emotional prototypes of their adversaries. Such emotional prototypes constitute the discursive foundations of a pathic stigma, which, once established, taints the identity of the social groups associated with the practice. Our work frames the centrality of pathic stigmatization as a cultural mechanism mediating the relationship between emotion discourse and the subsequent delegitimization of consumer practices. We make three key contributions to the literature: we advance a rhetorical perspective on emotions and their role in deinstitutionalization processes; we further develop the theory of marketplace sentiments by showing how sentiments operate downstream; and we provide evidence of the sociocultural mechanisms underpinning the emotional vilification, stereotyping and stigmatization of consumer collectives.</jats:p

Promoting Creativity in the Cooperative Work Environment: A Case Study of the Lacol Cooperative

Previous research has examined organizational factors that could facilitate or limit creativity also indicating that although cooperatives can be seen as innovative business formats, they are also considered slow growth models because of their organizational characteristics. In this study we aim to explore the processes, practices, and other organizational characteristics that define the creative dynamics in cooperatives. In this way, our goals are (a) to understand how the promotion of the creativity is carried out in the cooperative workplace and (b) to study the factors that can accelerate the development of a more positive climate for creativity, boosting transformative elements and neutralizing exclusionary elements. This article is focused on a qualitative case study of an architecture cooperative from Catalonia (Spain), Lacol. The data were collected through two in-depth interviews. Also, visual material was collected to study how the physical space is organised and how this affects creative processes. The results show that, of the studied elements, those most relevant to produce a creative work environment in Lacol are power decentralization, freedom and autonomy, work team support, training, and challenges. Likewise, friendship has been identified as an important transversal element. Finally, future research lines are discussed

Deep learning techniques for in-core perturbation identification and localization of time-series nuclear plant measurements

The research conducted has been made possible through funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 under grant agreement No 754316 for the “CORe Monitoring Techniques And EXperimental Validation And Demonstration (CORTEX)” Horizon 2020 project, 2017-2021.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Ethical Considerations in Crowdfunding

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