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Social and Cultural Change

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Social and cultural change refers to the transformation of cultural norms, values, practices, and social structures over time within a society. This process can result from various factors, including technological advancements, economic shifts, political movements, and interactions with other cultures, leading to alterations in collective behaviors and societal organization.
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Social and cultural change refers to the transformation of cultural norms, values, practices, and social structures over time within a society. This process can result from various factors, including technological advancements, economic shifts, political movements, and interactions with other cultures, leading to alterations in collective behaviors and societal organization.

Key research themes

1. How do theoretical frameworks explain the mechanisms and trajectories of social and cultural change?

This research area focuses on conceptualizing and theorizing social and cultural change through various schools of thought including modernization, dependency, world-systems, evolutionary theories, and philosophical analyses of history. It seeks to identify mechanisms underpinning social change, how changes propagate through social structures, and to develop scientific and rational explanations for social and cultural transformation over time.

Key finding: This work systematically reviews three dominant schools—modernization, dependency, and world-systems theory—highlighting their dynamic development over three decades and their empirical grounding. It explains social change as... Read more
Key finding: Proposes a scientific framework explaining social and cultural change as driven by the gradual accumulation of human knowledge of the environment, which shapes historical sequences according to laws of nature and material... Read more
Key finding: Advances a unified theoretical perspective situating social change as a process involving genetic/selection forces and developmental/environmental interactions. Drawing on Waddington’s 4-fold evolutionary model, this work... Read more
Key finding: This paper explicates classical sociological and anthropological theories on social change, highlighting conceptual distinctions such as 'change in structure' versus 'structural change.' It draws on seminal theorists like... Read more

2. What are the psychological and cultural transmission processes that govern the formation, maintenance, and transformation of culture over time?

This theme investigates cultural dynamics from a psychological standpoint, focusing on how cultural information is introduced, transmitted, and prevalently altered within populations. It explores micro-to-macro level mechanisms involved in cultural evolution, including innovation, social learning pathways, and selection processes, emphasizing the interplay of individual cognition and population-level cultural phenomena.

Key finding: Defines cultural dynamics as the psychological study of culture’s temporal formation, retention, and transformation, distinguished from static cultural comparison. It delineates three central processes: introduction of novel... Read more
Key finding: Integrates evolutionary cultural theory with ecological approaches to elucidate mechanisms ('how') and drivers ('why') of cultural change. It highlights transmission mechanisms underlying cultural content shifts and... Read more
Key finding: Analyzes New Age spirituality as both a product and catalyst of socio-cultural transformation in Argentina, challenging dominant Catholic and secular paradigms. It shows how New Age practices embody alternative cosmologies... Read more

3. How do social movements, technological innovations, and artistic expressions contribute to social and socio-ecological transformation?

This area examines the role of collective social action, material-technical change, and artistic practices as active agents and mediums facilitating social change. It explores how social movements mobilize marginalized groups for development, how technology reorganizes social relations and values through novel infrastructures, and how art functions as an intervention tool aiding socioecological awareness and political imagination.

Key finding: Emphasizes social movements as critical drivers of social change, with groups like peasants, tribals, and Dalits organizing to contest inequalities and achieve development. It categorizes movements by ideological... Read more
Key finding: Articulates technology as the fundamental catalyst of social change, structuring social life by altering communication, work, and societal organization. It documents the transition from traditional to modern societies... Read more
Key finding: Analyzes how socially engaged art projects (Bird Yarns and SLOW Cleanup) serve as platforms where science, communities, and artists collaboratively reconfigure human-nature relations, highlighting the role of artistic... Read more

All papers in Social and Cultural Change

Research Backgrounds: The presence of British colonial administration, enriched indigenous knowledge systems, relationships between colonizers and colonized, and various other factors played significant role in the complex and varied... more
This paper focuses on religious feasts 3 in Lesbos which motivate participation from both locals and foreigners. We aim at highlighting the changes and the causes that prompted the inhabitants of Lesbos to modify their festive practices... more
Rezumat Acest eseu examinează modul în care deferența elitei, interpretată prin prisma marxistă a conștiinței false, susține cultura impunității din România în cadrul său juridico-instituțional. Analizează modul în care stimulentele... more
Introduction: This research study explores the impact of colonial rhetoric on the societal changes in India from a sociological perspective. This study examines the intellectual, cultural, and social impacts of colonial rule in India and... more
This dissertation examines the American tattoo renaissance from the late 1960s through the 1980s, an era in which a subcultural movement worked to elevate body ink from its stigmatized status in American culture to an appreciated and... more
Food is cultural artefacts.Santhal community one of the largest community and preserver of nature. They upholder of their traditional culture.purulia and dumka both are highly populated area for santhal communities.This research proposal... more
The objective of this research articles is to study MarkeeShop's sales style in online shopping culture. by studying from the MakeeShop in Platform Facebook account name MakeeShop by selecting 3 live clips with more than 500,000 views,... more
In this chapter, I will argue that BV can make two contributions to assessing the inequalities produced by extractivism, taking into account not just economic inequalities but also how ecological harms embed epistemic and political... more
Film-cultural processes of change in today’s network society, especially that of relocation, draw attention to an increasingly personalized and active film experience. Against this background, a transdisciplinary, application-oriented... more
La obra editada por Alejandro G. Sinner y Víctor Revilla Calvo tiene como objetivo principal el análisis histórico de los fenómenos religiosos en Hispania para entender el cambio cultural y social de sus comunidades durante su conquista,... more
เหตุผลของการทำวิจัย: เนื่องจากความขัดแย้งระหว่างคนและลิงเพิ่มขึ้นอย่างต่อเนื่องจากการขยายตัวของเมืองและการทำลายป่าไม้ อำเภอเมืองลพบุรีเป็นหนึ่งในพื้นที่ที่มีปัญหาความขัดแย้งสูงที่สุดในประเทศไทย... more
The invasion of wild horse nomads from the Eurasian steppes is a constant in the history of Central Europe. A few years ago, a chapter was added based on aDNA analyses. According to this, after 3000 BC, riding nomads from the North Pontic... more
งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษากลวิธีการแปลชื่ออาหารไทยเป็นภาษาญี่ปุ่น โดยวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลจาก เมนูอาหารของร้านอาหารไทยในประเทศญี่ปุ่นเฉพาะภูมิภาคคันโตทั้งหมด 20 ร้าน 203 ชื่ออาหาร 464 ตัวอย่าง ผลการวิเคราะห์พบการใช้กลวิธีการแปลทั้งหมด... more
The phenomenon of marital dissolution in later life, also referred to as "gray divorce", is described on the rise in contemporary Western societies. This article contributes to the study of marriage breakdown in older age, with a specific... more
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These notes on the Pawara Tribes are the part of ethnographical research study, sponsored by Tribal Research and Training Institute Pune under Ministry of Tribal Affairs for documenting the healing practices of the tribes. It is a... more
This article analyzes a form of spirituality known as New Age in Argentina and argues that the heterogeneous space of current spiritualties is the cause and effect of a sociocultural transformation that goes beyond the religious field in... more
This researching aims at studying in the names of the school in Bangkok. By analyzing the list of the name of public schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, Department of Education Bangkok Metropolitan Administration,... more
Introduction: The treatment for nicotine dependence in clinical practice is limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of nortriptyline (the study group) and nicotine gum (the control group) in nicotine... more
Representations of Bangkok since the 1960s are presented under two binary oppositions between the city of hell and paradise and between subjecting space and subjected space, which have currently been reproduced from different subject... more
The aim of this paper is to identify the various branches of art in Britain and critically examine their formation, considering factors such as the government and political system, the education system, the history of the nation, the... more
This paper is to study and analyze the language on commercial shop signs and how they affect trading in North Nana Alley, Bangkok. The sample was purposively selected from signs appearing on 65 shops and services in the North Nana... more
การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ (1) ศึกษาพฤติกรรมการบริโภคและปัจจัยส่วนประสมทางการตลาดอาหารแช่แข็งของกลุ่มวัยทำงานใน กรุงเทพมหานคร (2) เปรียบเทียบปัจจัยส่วนบุคคลกับพฤติกรรมการบริโภคอาหารแช่แข็งของกลุ่มวัยทำงานในกรุงเทพมหานคร และ (3)... more
There are four key stages to the project. The first is to chart and review the major trends of comparative family research in the EU in 8 'Existential Fields' (EF). The second is to critically review existing research on the family, and... more
There are four key stages to the project. The first is to chart and review the major trends of comparative family research in the EU in 8 'Existential Fields' (EF). The second is to critically review existing research on the family, and... more
Tribal lifestyle is deeply associated with their culture, art and craft. A larger mass of tribal people live in rural areas. In central India, the area of Vindhya, Satpuda and Aravali Mountain ranges, starching from east to west in the... more
Baigas are followers of one of the very ancient cultural tradition and clam themselves as first human on earth. A significant part of their culture is lost or changed due to impact of migration, acculturation, development and change with... more
Each community has its own culture and culture represent the identity of a specific community. Culture is a way of living of the people of any community. The culture of Pakistani is pure Islamic culture and Islam is official religion of... more
The purpose of this study was to compare the growth traits of White Leghorn (WLH) and Rhode Island Red (RIR) chicken breeds under topical condition in Phitsanulok province. Body weight at 4, 8, 12 and 16 weeks of age, average daily gain... more
Prolonged standing is leading to pain, fatigue and discomfort in legs. Compression stocking, foot rest, sit-stand chair or exercise used to reduce these problems. the objective of this study was to compare the effects of using compression... more
This article aims to analyze why Thailand is suitable for avid tourism and how to actively encourage avitourism in Thailand. The scope of the presentation is defined as follows: (1) The meaning of avitourism which refers to traveling from... more
Malignant cells require a large amount of iron for cell growth. Transferrin transfers iron from blood to cells by reacting with transferrin receptor (TfR). In humans, transferrin and transferrin receptor correlate with oral squamous cell... more
This article analyzes a form of spirituality known as New Age in Argentina and argues that the heterogeneous space of current spiritualties is the cause and effect of a sociocultural transformation that goes beyond the religious field in... more
Objective—To determine and compare characteristics of frozen-thawed Thamin Eld’s deer sperm head morphometry using two different extenders. Materials and Methods—Semen was collected from sixteen Thamin Eld’s deer using electroejaculation.... more
The aims of this research were toanalyze the chemical componentsand to determine the biological activities of Nelumbo nucifera flower extract onantioxidant activity, hypoglycemic activity, blood chemistry and serum insulin levels in GK/... more
Many countries encountered various pharmaceutical problems which challenged them to find long-term solutions to achieve the goal of access to medicines. To address these issues, the World Health Organization suggested that countries... more
The Bhil, Bhilala, Barela and Patelia form the second largest tribal group in India after the Gonds, which is consisted of 45 sub-groups, according to the 2011 Census (Census of India 2011). The Bhil tribe has itself various sub-groups... more
Baigas are followers of one of the very ancient cultural tradition and clam themselves as first human on earth. A significant part of their culture is lost or changed due to impact of migration, acculturation, development and change with... more
The relative high status and consequent liberties of women in the Meitei community of Manipur compared to women of similar social and economic classes in India, has, over some years, become remarked upon by several scholars, academics,... more
For transgender people, beauty salons are a social space that has special meaning for it is there that they can express their identities more freely than in the outside world. Beauty salons thus provide transgenders with a social space... more
Fecha de recepción: 17 de febrero de 2011 Fecha de aceptación: 1 de marzo de 2011 Palabras Clave Cambio social y cultural, Andalucía siglo XX, familia, matrimonio, jóvenes, rural-urbano. Keywords Social and cultural change, Andalusia in... more
The purposes of this research were 1) to study marketing mix factors of organic fruit and vegetable of customers in Bangkok, 2) to study purchasing decision of customers to buy organic fruit and vegetable of customers in Bangkok, and 3)... more
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