The moderate interpretation of the Thomas´Theorem suggests little more than a failure at the assessment of objective situation. Its radical interpretation allows thinking the existence of new social reality. The postmodern condition facilitates this understanding. The underlying idea is not recent; Marx´s theory is a precurson to the constructionist approach. The canonical foundations of social constructionism were laid by Berger and Luckmann, who sought to reconcile Weberian and Durkheimian traditions in their concept of the social construction of reality. Phenomena like gender or consumerism appear to be suitable objects for such an approach. Attribution of meaning in culture nonetheless offers to expand the principle to any domain and, in some cases, such as the labeling theory of deviation, its tries its own limits. Applied to science itself, the pricniple raises questions about the status of scientific knowledge that circumvent epistemological issues. Social consturctionism is itself surpassed by the linguistic turn and discursive theories of soicety. The notion of society as text may challenge realist and objectivist positions. In order to remain productive, however, the notion must retain the presupposition of order and rules of reading and thus admit that, actually, society is not merely a text., Miloslav Petrusek., and Obsahuje použitou literaturu
An article is featured on the cooperation between the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Council), an Italian public organization set up to support scientific and technological research. The mission of CNR is undertaking research in its own Institutes, to promote innovation and competitiveness of the national industrial system, to promote the internationalization of the national research system, to provide technologies and solutions to emerging public and private needs, to advise the Government and other public bodies, and to contribute to the qualification of human resources. and Danuše Pazourková.
V březnu 2012 podepsala Akademie věd ČR novou dohodu s mexickou Národní radou pro vědu a technologie (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Technología - CONACYT) společně s prováděcím plánem, na jehož základě se začalo realizovat pět vědeckovýzkumných projektů vědců AV ČR s jejich mexickými kolegy - podrobněji viz AB 4/2012. Jelikož šlo o dvouleté projekty a spolupráce skončila s koncem roku 2013, můžeme zhodnotit jejich výsledky. and Danuše Pazourková ... [et al.].
The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the University of South Bohemia (USB) in České Budějovice signed a new contract about mutual cooperation, that could strengthen existing relationship. and Hana Bumbová.
In this issue, we feature an article about IGLO - an informal association of Brussels-based non-profit R&D Liaison Offices. The aim of this association is to facilitate and enhance the interaction, information exchange and co-operation between members of IGLO, their national research systems and European institutions on issues related to EU RTD, in particular, the Framework Programme. and Adéla Vožechová.