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This study aimed to understand, from a critical point of view, the condition of semantic, discursive, and rhetorical displacement that operates in the Colombian educational system, where the category of education has been displaced by the concept of competence. The following question guides the investigation: What are the deep meanings, from semiotic considerations and discourse analysis, that underlies the rationality of competencies as a category inserted in the discourse of the Ministry of National Education of Colombia (MEN)? The research confirms that since 2004, under the neoliberal government of Álvaro Uribe Vélez, the Colombian educational system has been guided by an instrumental and economistic conception of education, whose logic is characterized by the notions of "efficiency", "competence", "results" and "success" as categories that indicate the educational horizon promoted by the Colombian State. We argue that the pragmatic result is an institutional isomorphism that tends to nullify real social participation and creates conflict, ignoring the cultural and regional diversity of the country.
Keywords: dominant discourse in education, neo-liberalism and education, competencies, dominant interpretative discourse, competency-based education
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The article examines the role of sociocultural community developers in supporting seniors in Switzerland, particularly in urban context. It highlights the challenges posed by an ageing population and the need to adapt practices to meet new needs. Historically, sociocultural community development has been focused on young people, but it has gradually spread to other audiences, including the elderly. The authors refer to two recent studies that explore the uses of urban space by seniors and the fight against social isolation. They claim the crucial role of animation in building a more just and democratic society. Sociocultural community developers must be agents of change, advocating for the better integration of older people in both social and political life and combating negative representations of old age.
Keywords: envejecimiento, vieillissement, ageing, animación sociocultural, sociocultural animation, animation socioculturelle, isolement social, social isolation, aislamiento social, urban space, espacio urbano, espace urbain, politique publique, política pública, public policy
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This text uses the example of homelessness to illustrate how our society produces situations of marginality and exclusion by creating cultural categories to designate marginalized people. It highlights the importance of spatiality, that is, the creation of a social space that is both physical and cultural, in this process of marginalization. The situation of homelessness should not be reduced to individual psychological traits but should be included in the social universe of people experiencing homelessness. The text aims to explore how people experiencing homelessness appropriate or do not appropriate a space, and how they attempt to construct a space that suits their existence, emphasizing that marginality means being both outside and inside “normal” society. It is based on ethnographic research conducted in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, in the province of Quebec.
Keywords: Homelessness, Itinérance, Quebec, Québec, exclusion, exclusion, territory, territoire, NIMBY, NIMBY
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This article reports on part of the results of a research study conducted among international students (IS) attending Quebec universities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research focused on the social uses of ICTs and the quality of life of ISs during periods of confinement, and the results presented and discussed in this article relate more specifically to ISs’ experiences and perceptions of the measures and services offered by universities in the context of confinement. To meet this objective, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 ISs to explore in depth their personal life experiences and perceptions in the context of confinement. According to the ISs, the measures deployed by Quebec universities covered five main aspects of student life: (1) courses and research, (2) learning assessments, (3) support resources, (4) personal finances and (5) mental and physical health. In addition, the ISs identified (6) measures not taken by the universities and were able to express (7) their appreciation of the overall measures taken by the universities. The main findings from the seven response categories enabled us to identify various avenues for improvement, taking into account the specific characteristics of the ISs. These include recognizing the specificities of different groups and communities and strengthening the intercultural skills of decision-makers in educational institutions, in order to design effective interventions, programs and policies for ISs, particularly in times of pandemic.
Keywords: étudiants internationaux, international students, COVID-19, COVID-19, mesures, measures, services, services, universités, universities
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In this paper, I want to make it clear that a theory of the objective spirit, as developed between Hegel and Simmel, continues to represent an attractive theoretical proposition. However, it will be necessary to modify this theoretical offer, and this means above all retaining the opaque talk of the “objective spirit” with its idealistic connotations in order to keep the big puzzle questions (relation of subject-object, mind-matter, time-duration-change, etc.) open, while at the same time incorporating newer perspectives from cultural studies as an enrichment of social and materialistic aspects – institutions, practices, media, storage of immaterial information, etc. Simmel has featured prominently and extensively in this paper because, in my view, he saw the need to expand our philosophical thinking into the dimensions of the social, political, economic and technical. His philosophical theory of cultural objects opens up questions about their materiality, mediality and social dimension of use.
Keywords: Objective Spirit, Material Culture, Cultural Memory, Document Theory, Mediality
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The paper examines the role of objects in Simmel’s cultural theory and discusses the extent to which contemporary inter- and transdisciplinary research, e.g. in Material Culture Studies, can refer to him. In a first step, the current problem context is briefly outlined, within which an increased interest in cultural objects can be observed (1). The next section then identifies various dimensions of a theory of cultural objects in Simmel that are relevant in this context (2), namely the conceptual basis, the distinction between an orienting and a disorienting function of objects in the cultural process and the specific status of art for our relation to objects. Finally, the conclusion discusses the relevance Simmel has and could have for current debates (3).
Keywords: Material Culture, objective spirit, aesthetics, thing, object, Georg Simmel