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Movimentos sociais de luta por moradia no Encosta Norte, Zona Leste de São Paulo
Authors: Imbronito Maria Isabel , Pinheiro Rita de Cássia Nogueira
Published: January 2024

O Conjunto habitacional Encosta Norte (São Miguel Paulista E), localizado na extrema Zona Leste de São Paulo, é investigado como um espaço resultante da atuação da micropolítica e da macropolítica, através da atuação de movimentos sociais de moradia e da atuação da Companhia de Desenvolvimento Habitacional e Urbano (CDHU). A abordagem metodológica prevê o recolhimento de informações sobre a organização dos movimentos sociais no momento de formação do conjunto, entre as décadas de 1980 e 2000, e sobre os tempos atuais, através do acompanhamento das lideranças e associações locais que desenvolvem ações no apoio e melhoria da qualidade de vida da comunidade. A pesquisa tem como objetivo entender como as dinâmicas que se estabelecem nesse território podem tanto reforçar o status quo, representado por um rígido sistema de relações de produção do espaço e por um paradigma urbanístico moderno, como construir caminhos alternativos, adequando e transformando o espaço e desenhando as políticas de habitação e as relações sociais conforme as necessidades e desejos da comunidade, criando melhores condições de vida para a população local. A discussão alcançada, ao relacionar o passado dessa região (com seu histórico de luta por moradia) com ações presentes, que se articulam para uma cidade mais justa e inclusiva, reafirma o contínuo trabalho na transformação do território em sintonia com o ODS-11: Cidades e comunidades sustentáveis.
Tratamento de esgoto doméstico: uma análise da ETE Norte de Presidente Venceslau – SP
Authors: Bertocco Juliana Corrêa , Rizk Maria Cristina
Published: January 2024

O lançamento de esgoto doméstico, sem tratamento diretamente nos corpos d’água, contribui para impactos de saúde pública e ambiental, sendo fundamental o investimento em saneamento básico, por parte dos municípios brasileiros, nos sistemas de tratamento de esgotos domésticos. Em geral, o tratamento biológico é empregado para reduzir a carga orgânica dos esgotos domésticos e melhorar sua qualidade, antes do seu lançamento no ambiente. Nesse contexto, o presente estudo buscou levantar as operações executadas na Estação de Tratamento de Esgoto Doméstico (ETE) Norte do município de Presidente Venceslau, localizado no oeste do Estado de São Paulo, para tratamento do esgoto doméstico e avaliar a qualidade do esgoto tratado e seus impactos no corpo hídrico de lançamento. Assim, fez-se um acompanhamento do processo de tratamento de esgoto doméstico adotado, por meio da realização de trabalhos de campo na ETE Norte e uma avaliação preliminar de autodepuração num trecho do córrego após o lançamento do esgoto tratado. Foi verificado que a tecnologia de tratamento do esgoto doméstico adotada na ETE Norte de Presidente Venceslau é uma estação de tratamento compacta e eficaz, com uma série de equipamentos para remoção da matéria orgânica e desinfecção do esgoto doméstico antes do seu lançamento no corpo hídrico. Deste modo, a ETE Norte deve buscar a permanente eficiência, monitoramento e controle do tratamento do esgoto doméstico do município estudado, uma vez que o lançamento desse efluente nos corpos hídricos pode afetar a qualidade da água, a fauna e a flora local, bem como a saúde humana, caso não atenda requisitos de qualidade e legais.
Spatial analysis applied to indicators of urban road network and population distribution for the identification of Functional Urban Regions in Angola
Authors: Francisco Aldino Miguel , Manzato Gustavo Garcia
Published: January 2024

This research aimed to carry out an exploratory analysis on Functional Urban Regions (FURs) in Angola. Thus, two groups of data were used, road network and population, which were analyzed through Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA). Road network data were extracted from the OpenStreetMap project and population data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE, 2020). Computational tools were used, namely: QGIS and GeoDa for the analyses. The results were presented by means of thematic maps, box maps and Moran index and p-value. There was greater spatial homogeneity for the Road Network Population Density (DPV) indicator, showing a good coincidence between the municipalities classified in the quadrant HH and the five most populous provinces in Angola.
Sustainability index: application for the municipalities of Ilha do Maranhão.
Authors: Morais Cintia Maria de Aguiar , Reis Neto José Francisco dos
Published: January 2024

The article aims to estimate the sustainability index (SI) for the municipalities of Ilha do Maranhão and verify if they adapt to the concepts of sustainable cities discussed in the context of emerging international conferences since the 1980s and more specifically regarding the 2030 Agenda through SDG 11- Sustainable cities and communities. The methodology used was based on applied research for the construction of the IS with the use of quantitative research based on the ABNT indicator system NBR ISO 37120:2017. As an outcome, it was noticed that those indicators are applicable to the municipalities, even with the limitations due to the partial collection of data as well as the obsolete basis for public research. Considering the results obtained for the municipalities, it was identified that they range from acceptable to regular regarding the condition of sustainability and compliance with SDG 11.
A paradox of the social production of urban space: environmental sustainability and vulnerable territories in Londrina/PR/Brazil
Authors: Antonello Ideni Terezinha
Published: January 2024

The social production of urban space is marked by the segregationist pattern. This encourages denial of decent housing for a portion of the Brazilian population, which has to seek vulnerable territories (favelas) as a survival strategy. The aim of this article is to present the reality scenario where these vulnerable territories (favelas) are present in the urban space of Londrina/PR, which unfolds in the concern to enter into the paradox between the formal construction environment and these territories, as most of them are located in areas of permanent preservation (APP's), which by precept of the Laws: Forest Code (2012) Environmental Code of Londrina (2012), should be preserved. A qualitative approach was the used methodology in the research, with the theoretical-methodological framework based on Lefebvre (2006) and primary and secondary sources were used to obtain the data. Environmental laws clash with the information obtained in the survey: the existence of 69 vulnerable territories, with 3,160 families (10,867 people, 2017) rising to 3,815 families (12,240 people) in 2020 (LONDRINA, 2021). This reality results in the lack of convergence between the territorial planning policy (PDM) and policies such as: environmental, housing, environmental sanitation (other sectoral policies) that should be integrated in favor of the development of inclusive and socially and environmentally sustainable cities, which could contribute to overcoming the paradox of the social production of space
Requalification of the Parque dos Poderes of Campo Grande, MS: potentializing the contemporary use for the practice of outdoor physical activities
Authors: Castro Elaíne Britto de , Rodrigues Israel Vítor Bonfim , Casadei Juliana de Mendonça , Machado Flávia Cristina Albuquerque Palhares , Coutinho Dolores Pereira Ribeiro
Published: January 2024

This study aimed to identify the contributions of the intervention for the requalification of the urban space of the Parque dos Poderes, a political-administrative complex in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in a way of encouraging the practice of outdoor physical activities and, consequentially, the improvement of quality of life of the population. The case study method was used, based on secondary data and unsystematic observations in locu. The investigated area is the Parque dos Poderes, a green area located in Campo Grande, MS, considered to be one of the tourist attractions of the city and an important leisure area for the population, which appropriated its use for the practice of outdoor physical activities, even though it was conceived for other purposes. The requalification of the Parque dos Poderes had the goal of meeting the demands of the new use of the Parque and of its users. Its design, however, favors the practice of sports such as walking, running, cycling and exercising in outdoor gyms, lacking for other audiences, such as children, elderly people, people with disabilities, and pets accompanied by their tutors.
The expansion of the urban perimeter of Londrina-Pr combined with the peripheral construction of housing complexes: in search of a sustainable development
Authors: Bertini Isabelle Teixeira , Antonello Ideni Terezinha
Published: January 2024

Under the dominance of the capitalist system, cities follow the logic of the market, since the interests of the most varied agents, such as land and real estate producers, with the consent of the State, determine the social production of urban space, a reality that can be found in the city of Londrina-PR. In this context, the objective of this article was to present what is - and if it exists - sustainability in the expansion of the urban perimeter of the city of Londrina-PR, having as a parameter the construction of housing complexes in peripheral areas of the city. To achieve this objective, the dialectic was used as a guiding paradigm, based on the document analysis method. It is concluded that despite being considered a relatively young city, Londrina-Pr was - and continues to be - the stage of an accelerated and disorderly territorial and population growth, where the construction of housing complexes contributed to the increase of the city's territorial area, placing in motion real estate speculation due to the emergence of large urban voids. This reality contributes to the perpetuation of a segregationist logic, where a large part of the population does not have access to basic infrastructure, demonstrating that the city does not have a sustainable development aimed at the quality of life of the population. There is an urgent need to change this reality.
Sneglehusene Housing: Case study based on Bioclimatic Strategies
Authors: Oliveira Daiana Fauro de , Souza Matheus Cargnelutti de , Souza Gabriela Alexia de , Souto Ana Elisa , Scherer Minéia Johan
Published: January 2024

Bioclimatic architecture is a sustainable construction approach that seeks to integrate local climatic conditions in the design of buildings, where one of the main objectives is to maximize thermal comfort and reduce energy consumption through the efficient use of natural resources, such as sunlight, natural ventilation and rainwater collection. To achieve this, materials and construction techniques adapted to the local climate are used, as well as the incorporation of renewable energy systems. This article is the result of research carried out in the Contemporary Bioclimatic Project discipline of the Postgraduate Program in Architecture, Urbanism and Landscaping at the Federal University of Santa Maria, and its purpose is to analyze the bioclimatic strategies applied in the Sneglehusene Housing, located in the city of Aarhus in Denmark. The methodology used for the analysis was based on studies of its implementation, adaptation to the local climate, principles and passive strategies for environmental comfort, landscaping strategies and materiality. Denmark is a world reference on this subject and seeks to encourage a healthier lifestyle in its cities, with the Sneglehusene Housing being an example of a building designed for common well-being and focusing on bioclimatic architecture..
Tree planting as a health promotion strategy on cycle paths in a municipality with unfavorable weather conditions for active transport
Authors: Ribeiro Marla Simone Bueno , Araujo Barbara Peixoto de , Grossi-Milani Rute
Published: January 2024

Improving conditions and encouraging active mobility has become a necessity in the current parameters of urbanization in Brazil. Using active transport, through cycling, provides a sustainable characteristic to the urban environment, integrating environmental, social and economic improvements. The present study aims to analyze the influence of afforestation on cycling structures’ comfort condition in a Brazilian municipality in a region with extreme climate conditions: high temperatures and humidity unfavorable to active transport. Temperature and relative humidity data were collected using an HTR-157 thermo-hygrometer in 7 urban cycling structures in the municipality of Sinop, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, from March to July 2020. Temperature and humidity were used to determine the Temperature and Humidity Index (THI). The analysis using a dendrogram, carried out using the hierarchical grouping method, for the tree-lined and non-tree-lined cycle paths, showed that cycle path 7, the only one with the presence of continuous and contiguous trees on both sides of the road, showed different behavior from all the others, with more favorable temperature and relative humidity indicators for the entire analyzed period (dry and rainy). It is concluded that afforestation constitutes an important strategy for promoting health in the urban environment, providing better thermal comfort and environmental quality conditions, especially when there are low values of relative air humidity, positively supporting aspects related to afforestation such as aesthetics, safety and microclimate.
Spatial analysis for prioritizing areas for urban renewal projects in the city of Cali in Colombia
Authors: Álvarez Randy Perea , Gonçalves Luciana Márcia
Published: January 2024

Most traditional downtown areas in large Latin American cities are undergoing processes of physical deterioration and population decline; thus, alternative urban planning solutions are required to address these issues, including urban renewal as a means to enhance, valorize, improve, and integrate consolidated areas of the city through a change in patterns, with a view to promoting mixed-use development and prevent urban sprawl. This paper proposes a spatial analysis methodology for prioritizing areas for urban renewal projects (AEPRU) in the downtown area of Cali, Colombia, using indicators supported by current urban regulations and fieldwork in the selected study area. The results are reported through tables and thematic cartography produced with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools.
Reflections on the contribution of Environmental Education to Sustainability in the Applicability of Green Infrastructures
Authors: Meneses Fernanda Alves Góis , Marreiro Liana Siqueira do Nascimento , Martins Elica de Aguiar , Costa Jailton de Jesus , Araújo Rozana Rivas de
Published: January 2024

The contemporary world has been marked by the permanent degradation of the environment and its ecosystem, and reflecting on social practices is necessary to articulate means of production in environmental education, in order to seek sustainability through green infrastructure. The objective is to present reflections on the contribution of environmental education along with the potential of green strategies in urban drainage, focusing on urban green infrastructures, which serve as a contribution to the formulation of public policies for the promotion of the population's quality of life and the better use of natural resources. The adopted methodology was the development of an Interaction Matrix, using the Leopold Matrix, constructed based on the grouping of typologies by the scale of application - regional, local, and specific, based on the potential these typologies have for environmental, social, and economic benefits for maintaining the quality of life in cities. It is observed that the green infrastructure options that best suit their potentials are urban green areas at the regional scale, linear parks at the local scale, and vertical gardens at the specific scale, which scored the highest potential. Among green infrastructures, the greatest benefits are found in maintaining water flow, which significantly contributes to improvements in urban drainage. The use of public policies aiming at the conservation and creation of urban green areas is essential, and the implementation of Infrastructure Planning Policies in cities will bring benefits from a social, environmental, and economic perspective.
The Law of Reason and Beyond
Authors: Sayev Timur , Levina Olga
Published: January 2024

Lady Damaris Cudworth Masham, an English philosopher and theologian, holds a distinctive place in the intellectual discourse of late seventeenth century England. As the daughter of Ralph Cudworth, a prominent Cambridge Platonist, and a close friend and student of John Locke, Damaris Masham participated in a number of discussions at once, related in one way or another to the basic tenets of Christian theology and moral philosophy. The first of these is a dispute with the English Malebranchians, primarily John Norris and his intellectual companion Mary Astell, regarding the concept of the love of God. The second important debate concerned the defence of John Locke's rational Christianity against attacks from deists and enthusiasts. In addition to the defence of moderate conformist theology against radical non-conformism, Masham's writings also offer a special vision of Christian moral life, in which there is room for pleasures, the precepts of natural law and the commandments of Christian Revelation. Natural law occupies an important, but underexplored place in Masham's moral philosophy and theology. This paper is intended to fill said gap and is devoted to the reconstruction of Masham's approach to natural law and its connection with other crucial concepts of her moral theology: pleasures, sociability, reason, Revelation. In order to accomplish this goal, we interpret Masham's writings in light of relevant contexts and consider them as polemical arguments in which natural law plays an important, but limited role.
Semantics of Nonviolence
Authors: Porfiryeva Sofia , Stenina Mariia
Published: January 2024

In the article, we consider the approaches to the ethics of nonviolence suggested by Judith Butler and Sara Ahmed. Butler's project is rooted in Monique Wittig's concept of “material violence”. By extending the meaning of this term to gender and normative violence, Butler articulates the ethics of nonviolence. The latter involves concepts of radical equality and interdependence. A practical complement to the Butler project can be found in the works of Sara Ahmed, who investigates the possibility of opposing violence within institutions. She develops the concept of the “feminist ear”, based on phenomenology, which we suggest considering as a tool to implement the ethics of nonviolence. Being an attitude that can be adapted due to methodology requirements or in political practice, Ahmed's feminist ear refers to Bourdieu's metaphor of the “sharped eye” by which a researcher can objectivate their doxic (or “native”) experience. Considering these parallels, we investigate his theory of symbolic violence, internalized and reproduced in systems of dispositions. Bourdieu's striving to reveal a material side of ideology confronting that of intellectualist tradition partly matches Wittig's intuitions. By introducing the notion of habituality, we can reconsider the very question of ideology's potential overcoming that cannot be performed using intellectual endeavor. This impossibility leads Bourdieu to criticize classic phenomenology because of its ignorance of social conditions and the natural attitude. Inverting the usual working strategy of Husserlian phenomenology, he takes a natural attitude as a framework of his research, revealing the initiation rituals to the symbolic structure. The article suggests some strategies to overcome it.
Centaur at the Edge of the Forest
Authors: Zhumatina Maiia-Sofiia
Published: January 2024

The study is devoted to one of the most relevant topics in art theory and philosophy of art — the search for principles for constructing a world history of art that would not be Western-centric. Since the origination of art history as a discipline is impacted by Hegel's philosophical system, attempts to develop a new history of art, from its beginnings in the 1960s to contemporary decolonial initiatives, have focused on deconstructing various aspects of its Hegelian foundations. In its most radical form, Hegel can be seen as the cause of the “white colonist” view of the art history of “Other” cultures, which are attributed traits such as “primitiveness,” “backwardness,” or are completely denied a place in history. This paper examines three ideas that underlie traditional art history (linearity, the principle of significance, and monochrony), as well as three philosophical questions that create any such history (what concept of history is chosen, how the principle of movement through history is understood, and what the principle selection of art history records is). These ideas and questions will be examined in relation to Hegel's philosophy, along with how their many practical interpretations deviate to varying degrees from the original. All of them are connected by the fact that they presuppose a certain philosophy of history and time. To reconsider the critique of Hegelianism, this study proposes to examine it through the concept of temporal discursive violence, which is constructed by applying the anthropological concept of the denial of coevalness to the Other to the context of temporal relations in the history of art. It will be shown that the rejection of Hegelian principles may lead to a large number of paradoxical situations, in which the history of art turns into a meaningless catalog or even into big data. Next there will be an attempt to prove that (a) the problem with Hegelianism in the history of art can be translated into the problem of temporal discursive violence, however, (b) this problem is not solved by relativization, the rejection of Hegel, or the selective preservation of his principles.
Visceral Life
Authors: Miroshnichenko Maksim
Published: January 2024

This paper delves into the interplay between embodiment, environment, and affectivity in the context of posthumanist theories of the body, mainly the immune, cardiovascular, and nervous systems, bridging the visceral with the existential. Centering on the philosophy of auto-hetero-affection, the paper challenges traditional notions of selfhood, advocating for an understanding of the self as fluid, continuously reshaped through interactions with alterity. A critical tension arises when juxtaposing the empirical methodologies employed in healthcare, which often reduce the body to mere biomedical mechanics, against the rich phenomenological experiences of the lived body. Through the narrative from Malin Kivelä and the theories of Francisco Varela, Natalie Depraz, and Catherine Malabou, the paper underscores the body's inherent vulnerabilities, urging a shift from masculinized medical discourses to a more holistic appreciation of human experiences. This exploration further interweaves themes from phenomenology, biomedicine, and bioethics to prompt multifaceted discussions on human existence, emphasizing the need to appreciate biological mechanisms and the narratives and vulnerabilities shaping our shared reality. The conclusion draws upon the sentiment of fragility during the global pandemic, encapsulating the delicate balance of our understanding and innate vulnerabilities. The discourse thus calls for a reimagined perspective on embodiment, health, and the human experience, foregrounding the intertwining of cognitive and affective realms.
An Unknown Demonologist at the University of Paris?
Authors: Nekhaenko Fedor
Published: January 2024

Though Daemonologia, like ontologia and anthropologia, is not genuinely medieval, but conceived in the Renaissance, it remains valid to apply such categories to the medieval intellectual culture. By doing so, we can restore the continuum of historical development. The present paper investigates the role of Hugh of Saint-Cher (ca. 1190–1263) within the domain of scholastic demonology. Specifically, it focuses on distinctions II.7–8 from Hugh's commentary on the Sentences (ca. 1231–1234)  which has been transcribed, collated, and translated by me for the first time. I begin by examining Hugh's forerunners among scholastics in order to ultimately pick out Alexander of Hales. He was the sole precursor who invested in pushing demonology beyond conventional boundaries. Onwards, I demonstrate the diversity of thematic issues Hugh addresses. His text aims at accommodating a rational explanation and critique of the demonic procreation, healing, body assumption, locution, and wonders. Notably, Hugh's work demonstrates a relatively limited influence of Aristotle. The Dominican instead endows Lombard's text with illuminating stories about Balaam, Simon Magus, Apuleius, and Bartholomew. Hugh's ideas would go on to serve as the cornerstone for further elaboration of the demonology in the 1230s and 1240s. Subsequently, I offer an extensive overview of Hugh's impact on the handwritten tradition, clearly discernable through critical reception in Richard Fishacre, John de la Rochelle, and Eudes Rigaud's writings. What is more, I point out alternative ways to entail demonology by drawing upon evidence from Roland of Cremona and Alexander of Hales. After all, I consider Aristotle's impact on early scholastic demonology between 1225 and 1245.
Philosopher in Troubled Times
Authors: Ustyantsev Roman
Published: January 2024

Review of: Villacañas Berlanga, J. L. 2023. Ortega y Gasset: una experiencia filosófica española [in Spanish]. Madrid: Guillermo Escolar Editor
Cadet Ladies
Authors: Kosholap Yekaterina
Published: January 2024

The article is devoted to the phenomenon of women in the Constitutional Democratic Party from its very foundation up to the preparation of the organization for the elections to the Constituent Assembly in 1917. The author seeks to reconstruct a socio-cultural portrait of “cadet ladies”, to find out the factors that could have influenced their entry into the party and to characterize their activities in the organization. Special attention is paid to the position in the party hierarchy that women could occupy, as well as to the opportunities for advancement in it. Cadet ladies were mainly responsible for maintaining the organizationʹs welfare, housekeeping, logistics, events and charitable institutions, but at the same time were actively involved in key decision-making, although they did not have the same political rights as men. Moreover, women gained the right to vote after the February Revolution, the number of Cadet ladies in key party positions increased dramatically, which confirms their importance to constitutional democrats. Characteristic features of the socio-cultural portrait of the women of the Peopleʹs Freedom Party are also highlighted. Cadet ladies grew up in post-reform Russia, when social and economic changes in the country and society had a huge impact on the process of womenʹs emancipation. The opportunity to receive a quality education, acquire a profession and work, to choose a spouse out of mutual respect and similarity of views — all these served as factors for acquiring the subjectivity that later allowed the cadet ladies to become the political phenomenon discussed in this article.
The Life and Philosophy of Maria Vladimirovna Bezobrazova
Authors: Bogodelnikova Lyubov
Published: January 2024

The article presents an exploration into the history of Russian philosophy with the help of the genealogical approach, which, on the one hand, allows to take a fresh look at the texts of women philosophers and to approach them from new angles, and, on the other hand, actualizes the idea of alternative memory, an alternative history of philosophy, returning female thinkers to the field of historical research and finding a place for their ideas and theoretical achievements. The discourse-methodological analysis underlying genealogy allows to study utterances from the point of view of its social production, which leads to the problems of power and knowledge and shows that the latter is created not only through the discourse of affirmation, but also through that of exclusion. Consequently, it is not only necessary to deconstruct the dominant historical and philosophical discourse, but also to examine what this discourse excludes, and feminist genealogies set themselves such a task. This has led to a change in the status of philosophy itself, which can no longer be “high theorizing” about abstract principles, but becomes the practice of the political. This approach, applied to the analysis of the texts of the Russian thinker M.V. Bezobrazova, paints a clear picture of both the general philosophical significance of her ideas and the political meaning of the problems under study, and allows to trace the movement of thought from philosophy to politics. Of particular importance is the conclusion that the feminist analysis of the texts of women philosophers serves, first of all, to establish intergenerational dialogue and the manifestation of female solidarity.
She-Marxist Raya Dunayevskaya
Authors: Nikiforova Sofya , Mikheyeva Yekaterina
Published: January 2024

The article presents an attempt to answer the following question: why was Raya Dunayevskaya, a prominent Marxist humanist philosopher, forgotten in terms of the general academic landscape of the analysis of Marxism in relation to the USSR? Dunayevskaya corresponded and worked with influential left-wing intellectuals, such as Leo Trotsky and Erich Fromm, she wrote an extensive number of articles and books regarding Marxist humanism and was an activist herself; however, she was not remembered as either philosopher or activist in the same way her colleagues were. In the article, it will be shown that Dunayevskaya's background as an Eastern European woman who criticized the USSR, as well as the peculiarity of the topic she chose to write about — Marxist humanism — prevented her from becoming a well-known left-wing philosopher, despite deserving this status. This is going to be demonstrated via outlining her path, accounting for her intellectual interactions with left-wing activists and philosophers; analyzing her philosophical ideas regarding Marxist humanism; and tracing her influence on contemporary post-colonial and feminist research. In doing so, Dunayevskaya's legacy as a Marxist humanist philosopher might be restored and reexamined, highlighting women's influence over the academic landscape of the twentieth century.
ESG Transformation in the Largest Emerging Capital Market of China. A Literature Review
Authors: Wu Yanfei
Published: January 2024

The paper provides a scholarly examination of academic studies of the ESG landscape in China through a systematic literature review with a major focus on the nature and intensity of regulatory guidelines and policies. While many studies indicate positive effects of Chinese ESG policies on corporate ESG performance and investment, they primarily focus on environmental aspects. This analysis of China’s ESG rating system exposes relationships between ESG ratings, corporate performance, financing costs, including both debt and equity financing. The research on equity financing costs is inconsistent and limited in scope, indicating the need for additional investigation. Of the factors influencing ESG, the past year has seen a surge in research on the topic of digital transformation and ESG performance. Most studies demonstrate thatdigital transformation contributes to ESG performance, and a few suggest that digital transformation positively moderates the effect of ESG performance on firm value enhancement. This review discusses the growth of ESG investment in China, focusing on pension funds, commercial banks, and ESG funds, as well as investor preferences. Despite the growing role of ESG in investment decisions, extant research is largely theoretical, underscoring the need for more empirical and quantitative studies. The research identifies gaps in studies devoted to ESG investment, including the need for comprehensive studies on the impact of ESG across various insurance types and industries, and the development of effective ESG quality assessment methods. This review is among the first academic resources summarizing and integrating various studies, and highlighting areas for future ESG research in China.
The Impact of ESG Ratings on Financial Performance of the Companies: Evidence from BRICS Countries
Authors: Strekalina Anastasia , Zakirova Renata , Shinkarenko Alena , Vatsaniuk Evgenii
Published: January 2024

Non-financial factors become the relevant topic in the context of understanding the successful development of companies over the world. The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between ESG scores and financial performance of firms operating in emerging markets, in particular BRICS countries. This study includes three financial performance indicators to cover three different perspectives: accounting measure (ROA), market performance (TSR) and economic metric (EVA spread). The ESG scores, its pillars and other financial metrics are taken from Refinitiv Eikon. The sample consists of 257 listed companies operating in BRICS countries throughout 2017–2021. The main method of the research is the Fixed Effect method for panel data. The results showed that there is no statistical significance between ESG and ROA. Besides, government pillars negatively affect ROA through CSR that is explained by legitimacy theory. As for TSR, ESG, social and environment pillars have positive effects on market performance measure, following stakeholder theory. Regarding economic performance, ESG and social pillar have negative influence on EVA spread.
From “More Innovation” to “Better Innovation”?
Authors: Pfotenhauer Sebastian
Published: January 2024

This paper departs from the observation that there seems to be a new appetite for critique and reflexivity in innovation policy and innovation studies (IS), owed in part to an abundance of recent innovation controversies. In what follows, I offer a cautiously optimistic take on what this new appetite means for STS’s relationship with mainstream innovation settings and why STS knowledge seems to be particularly en vogue right now. I explore three basic STS messages that have gained wider traction in mainstream innovation circles and that many actors not trained in STS now readily embrace: on the politics of technology, the politics of experimentation, and the work needed to situate innovation practices locally. Whether or not this new appetite for STS remains, as it were, primarily instrumental, it nevertheless opens up new opportunities for wider critical engagement and impact, and perhaps a stronger institutionalization of the field of STS.
A Journey through STS and Innovation Studies
Authors: Wyatt Sally
Published: January 2024

This short contribution traces the author’s journey in English universities, through innovation studies to STS in the last two decades of the twentieth century. It highlights the diversity of meanings of the concept of “innovation”, over time, across disciplines and social actors, and the importance of continuing to contest definitions. It concludes by reflecting on what Innovation Studies can offer to STS scholarship.
A Tale of Two Perspectives on Innovation and Global Equity
Authors: Parthasarathy Shobita
Published: January 2024

Both science and technology studies (STS) and innovation studies (IS) see great promise for technology to address global inequality, but they view it quite differently. This article compares the two approaches and examines whether and how they might learn from one another to achieve social equity and justice. To do this, I  focus on the case of menstrual health innovation in India, an intervention highly praised as a clear example of potentially transformative “inclusive innovation.” The article argues that IS would benefit from understanding innovation as a sociotechnical system and taking the political dimensions seriously. Meanwhile, we STS scholars should learn to translate our grassroots-based, locally-sensitive solutions to policymakers oriented towards scalability.
Dissolving Boundaries in the Policy System
Authors: Horst Maja
Published: January 2024

Based on personal experiences with science policy advice, this paper argues that science and technology studies (STS) would benefit from developing closer collaboration and collegial links with innovations studies (IS). When it comes to achieving impact outside our academic circles, disciplinary boundaries do not seem very relevant. Rather, it would be preferential if our contributions were based on systematic interaction with neighbouring fields – and if our relations with those fields were based on strong networks of collaboration.
Bringing Fences Down: The Role of Critical Innovation Studies in Engaging STS with Innovation and the Contribution of Benoît Godin
Authors: Brandão Tiago , Bagattolli Carolina
Published: January 2024

Innovation has constituted a subject of key interest for quite some time. However, only a few fields and scholars have embraced the challenge of finding ways to deconstruct our contemporary society’s most recurrent mantra. Questioning the “pro-innovation bias”, the assumption that innovation “is always good” and without undesirable consequences, is what critical studies of innovation (as a new research agenda) are trying to achieve. These critical studies might redeem the study of innovation for the STS interdisciplinary field by merging different critical perspectives. This emerging niche aims to reach beyond the techno-economic understanding of innovation, pointing a path of learning along cross-disciplinary and more critical, historical, and qualitative-based approaches to innovation phenomena – adopting as our example here the intellectual legacy of Benoît Godin (1958–2021). Godin’s work, together with other colleagues, opens up many avenues for engaging STS with innovation, and the appeal for a much-needed critical stance on science, technology and innovation (STI) ‘political’ phenomena – analysing discourses, policy narrative(s), theories, dissecting different kinds of models, etc. Our aim is to demonstrate how critical innovation study could be crucial and fascinating to an STS scholar, adopting as reference the intellectual work of Benoît Godin – whose lessons teach us how to work on a historical and discursive methodology – that studies STI policies by embracing their intellectual and conceptual histories.
What is Innovation in the Non-English Languages?
Authors: Sekhsaria Pankaj
Published: January 2024

The paper focuses on the issue of translation and transformation of language and meaning with a focus on the word and the concept ‘innovation’ What for example are the different transformations that take place between innovation in English and similar words and concepts in Hindi, the most widely spoken language in India? The paper concludes by emphasising the need for more engagement with innovation in the non-English languages because these are more representative of the lived realities and challenges faced by communities in their respective contexts and geographies.
Frugal Ground for STS and IS: Problems of Innovation and their Commonalities
Authors: Sutz Judith
Published: January 2024

The fields of “science, technology, and society” and “innovation studies” may come closer together in a frugally-fruitful way by engaging—with their specific tools—in the comprehension of and action upon some innovation problems, particularly those involving inequality.
Masking (Not Masking) Up: An STS Visual-Intersectional Approach to Understanding Publics and Science in Times of Rapid Change
Authors: Bell Susan , Grzanka Patrick , Joyce Kelly , Senier Laura
Published: January 2024

In this paper we argue that a visual-intersectional approach can advance the field of science and technology studies (STS). Although there is a small but important body of work using visual methods in STS, it has rarely incorporated intersectional approaches. We use visual imagery about mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study to illustrate the potential power of a visual-intersectional approach in STS. We chose masks for three reasons. First, debates about mask-wearing were rich with visual imagery, from home-made signs posted in homes and businesses to professionally designed and printed imagery circulated by public health agencies. Second, recommendations about face coverings outside of healthcare settings changed dramatically in the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing an opportunity to analyze how rapidly changing scientific recommendations were debated in the public sphere.  Finally, as masks entered the public sphere, they quickly became evocative technologies, deeply imbued with cultural and political meanings. By focusing on signs about masks in the United States, we demonstrate how integrating visual methods of data collection and an intersectional, visual analytical lens can strengthen STS by developing deeper understandings of (a) publics and science in times of uncertainty, (b) public health as a distinct form of scientific expertise, and (c) the role of humor and place-specific messaging in science. We close with analytic priorities for future research on mask use that could advance STS theories of the collective construction of scientific knowledge and productively inform the development of public health interventions.
Encountering Innovation, Countering Innovation
Authors: Irani Lilly
Published: January 2024

What could be gained by putting science and technology studies (STS) in conversation with innovation studies (IS)? These distinct fields have shared people over decades, as they build concepts, careers, institutions, and even nations. I review how this collection offers accounts of how STS and IS have been practiced in different times and locations: resisting underdevelopment, Western and middle-class assumptions about progress, or technology-centric policy. I argue, however, that it is critical to clarify the difference between innovation as an analytic and as an emic and ideological category. Neither STS nor IS should take for granted the ways political economy, class relations, racialization and gendering, and even national(ist) ideologies shape what counts as desirable forms of newness, what newness ought to be contained or criminalized, and the hierarchies of socio-technical transformation that emerge out of that. I offer three examples: San Diego’s “smart streetlights” program where “innovation” as an ideology devalues or erases the creativity and knowledge already manifest among residents; Amazon® Mechanical Turk worker advocacy and the limits of doing scholarship with policy relevance when workers do not have organized power; and mid-twentieth-century Iran, where I show what IBM® throwing computers into the ocean can tell us about innovation as a form of enclosure, repression, empire, and waste of collective resources and knowledge.
STS and Innovation: Building and Jumping Fences
Authors: Irwin Alan
Published: January 2024

In this short contribution, I reflect upon the thematic collection as a whole, returning in particular to the three original questions posed in the collection’s introduction. In conclusion, I argue that STS has a substantial heritage in researching and engaging with innovation. However, drawing inspiration from the contributions in this collection, now is the time to take the STS-innovation relationship even further forward.
Innovationism Across Transnational Landscapes
Authors: Invernizzi Noela , York Emily , Dréano Clément , Kaşdoğan Duygu , Kenner Ali , Khandekar Aalok , Okune Angela , Otsuki Grant  Jun , Raman Sujatha , Schütz Tim , Vasen Federico , Windle Amanda
Published: January 2024

This editorial introduces the thematic collection on STS and innovation. The collection includes eleven Engagements exploring the relationships between innovation studies (IS) and STS across various geographies. There is also an Original Research Article in this issue, by Susan Bell, Patrick Grzanka, Kelly Joyce, and Laura Senier, examining masking and not masking during COVID-19. The issue is accompanied by another six supplemental materials in the STS-Infrastructures platform including: a video recording, interview, a set of questions, syllabi, among other forms of supplemental documentation.
Action Research in ESL: Enhancing English Oral Proficiency in an Asynchronous Speech Course
Authors: Alomari Naseer M.
Published: January 2024

This action research investigated the impact of remedial collaborative techniques, pedagogical methods, and multimedia resources on enhancing oral language proficiency development among college English Language Learners (ELLs). Action research was used to gather data through a survey questionnaire and interviews with 25 ELLs enrolled in an asynchronous speech course. The participants’ experiences with the remedial course strategies were positive for practicing their English communication skills. The participants attributed their satisfaction to the ample opportunities for collaboration with peers and the instructor, the course structure, and relevant multimedia resources. Feedback emerged as a critical factor in learner engagement and progress. The results underscore the potential of asynchronous learning for fostering oral language proficiency. However, further research is required to validate these findings in different contexts. This study provides a foundation for a more comprehensive understanding of factors contributing to the holistic improvement of oral language proficiency in asynchronous settings for college ELLs.
Implementing the Process Writing Approach to Teach Paragraph Writing at Birzeit University
Authors: Abed Tagreed B.
Published: January 2024

The Process Writing Approach focuses on the process of writing rather than the product. The purpose of the research was to explore the effectiveness of the Process Writing Approach in developing EFL students’ paragraph writing skill at Birzeit University/ Palestine. After reviewing previous literature on the topic, the researcher decided to utilize this approach in intermediate English (1201) in the first semester 2021/2022. Participants were randomly placed in an experimental group and a control group. A pre/posttest quasi-experimental approach was employed. Experimental procedures of teaching paragraphs lasted 8 weeks, and paragraphs were evaluated at the beginning and the end of the study. The data obtained from the pre/post writing tests were analyzed descriptively by running a t-test to calculate the differences between the mean scores of the two groups. The post-test findings revealed statistically significant differences in favor of the experimental group. Accordingly, employing the Process Writing Approach proved to be extremely helpful in developing paragraph writing of EFL students. The study recommended adopting the same approach to develop intermediate-level students' writing and utilizing it in teaching essays and various genres as well.
Theme and Thematic Progression in Jochebed’s Journey
Authors: Ijam Dunya Muhammed Miqdad , Al-Ameedi Riyadh Tariq Kadhim
Published: January 2024

This paper addresses the concept of Theme and thematic progression in Towriss’s novel Ordinary Woman of the Bible: A Mother’s Sacrifice: Jochebed’s Story (2019). The impetus behind these elements is to pay heed to the journey of Mose’s mother through a systematic functional grammar landscape. The aim of this study is to show how different Themes and thematic progression targeted by the novelist and their consistent manipulation serve to expose the story of the secondary characters, Mose’s mother as an example. The study follows descriptive analysis including qualitative and quantitative techniques as well as inferential analysis via the chi-square test and the probability value. The analysis reveals that both Theme and thematic progression are escapement techniques to regulate the movement of the lines to form a unified system in the novel. It is concluded that Theme and thematic progression help divulge the suffering, struggle, and tolerance of Jochebed to keep her son safe through a systemic functional grammar frame.