Marcin Zaród
Biographic Data
| ID | 6889707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcin Zaród |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcin |
| FAMILY NAME | Zaród |
| SIGNATURE | ZARÓD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3005-286X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Imaginaries of Care and Science in Anthropocene Utopian Futurology
The article analyzes climate fiction utopia ‘Ministry for the Future’ by Kim S. Robinson. The analytical method relies on the framework of sociotechnical imaginaries proposed by Sheila Jasanoff and Sang-Hyun Kim and combines it with the critical history of science and feminist studies of care. Since in the process of writing the novel its author went through numerous consultations with scientists, in the article this oeuvre is analyzed both as a …
When Social Theory is Devoid of Social History. Reply to “Transhumanism. Human Nature and Culture
This polemic discusses two problematic aspects to the claim of a paradigmatic shift to the new technology-centered symbolic universe, as understood by Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann. The first problematic aspect is connected to the status quo ante transhumanism (before the postulated paradigmatic shift). By discussing cases from pre-modernity and peak modernity, I point out that the discussed claim does not provide satisfactory understanding of…
Tools of the game. Qualitative digital methodologies for the e-sports research
This article adopts methodology from digital qualitative studies in order to discuss issues specific to e-sport research in the sociology of sport. The applied concepts are built on a critical discussion of the existing theories and cases from the author’s fieldwork on e-sports among hackers. The employed theories and methods are taken from virtual ethnography, netnography, and digital ethnography. These approaches are discussed critically, espec…
Polityka, organizacja i praktyki tworzenia wiedzy w kolektywach otwartego kodu. Socjolog techniki czyta Inną Rzeczpospolitą Jana Sowy
Jan Sowa in his book "Inna Rzeczpospolita jest możliwa" proposed an alternative model of state organization, based on the concepsts of multitude and commons. This article is both a polemic and extension of Sowa's proposal, in the area of social studies of science. Basing on the state of research, including author's ethnographic practice, article highlights issues connected with metrology, cost distribution, motivations of the creators of the comm…
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Polityka, organizacja i praktyki tworzenia wiedzy w kolektywach otwartego kodu. Socjolog techniki czyta Inną Rzeczpospolitą Jana Sowy
Jan Sowa in his book "Inna Rzeczpospolita jest możliwa" proposed an alternative model of state organization, based on the concepsts of multitude and commons. This article is both a polemic and extension of Sowa's proposal, in the area of social studies of science. Basing on the state of research, including author's ethnographic practice, article highlights issues connected with metrology, cost distribution, motivations of the creators of the comm…
Tools of the game. Qualitative digital methodologies for the e-sports research
This article adopts methodology from digital qualitative studies in order to discuss issues specific to e-sport research in the sociology of sport. The applied concepts are built on a critical discussion of the existing theories and cases from the author’s fieldwork on e-sports among hackers. The employed theories and methods are taken from virtual ethnography, netnography, and digital ethnography. These approaches are discussed critically, espec…
When Social Theory is Devoid of Social History. Reply to “Transhumanism. Human Nature and Culture
This polemic discusses two problematic aspects to the claim of a paradigmatic shift to the new technology-centered symbolic universe, as understood by Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann. The first problematic aspect is connected to the status quo ante transhumanism (before the postulated paradigmatic shift). By discussing cases from pre-modernity and peak modernity, I point out that the discussed claim does not provide satisfactory understanding of…
Imaginaries of Care and Science in Anthropocene Utopian Futurology
The article analyzes climate fiction utopia ‘Ministry for the Future’ by Kim S. Robinson. The analytical method relies on the framework of sociotechnical imaginaries proposed by Sheila Jasanoff and Sang-Hyun Kim and combines it with the critical history of science and feminist studies of care. Since in the process of writing the novel its author went through numerous consultations with scientists, in the article this oeuvre is analyzed both as a …
Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Algorithm (1 work) · Anthropocene (1 work)