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SUMMARY:Resonant Systems: Rethinking Social Capital and Cohesion
DESCRIPTION:Resonant Systems: Rethinking Social Capital and Cohesion from a Luhmannian Perspective\n\n\nBy José María Rodríguez and Segundo Vásquez3P Consulting Engineers\, Inc. \nOur work seeks to explain how social cohesion is maintained in a modern\, complex society that is assumed to be functionally differentiated into autonomous subsystems (economy\, law\, politics\, science\, etc.). To do so\, we draw on advanced concepts such as resonance (Hartmut Rosa) and social capital (Simmel\, Coleman\, Putnam\, Lin)\, focusing on the sociology of Niklas Luhmann: complexity\, radical constructivism\, functional di􀆯erentiation\, autopoiesis (systems operate according to their own logic and are operationally closed but cognitively open)\, and self-referentiality. \nAlthough from a strictly Luhmannian perspective (Social Systems Theory) society is composed of communication rather than persons\, we introduce the concept of resonant social capital\, reformulating the traditional notion of social capital (networks\, trust) through the lens of Luhmannian Resonanzfähigkeit (capacity for resonance). In Luhmann’s framework\, resonance refers to how autopoietic communication systems react to irritations (i.e.\, perturbations from the environment) without losing their operational closure. Referring to resonant systems—where a system’s internal communication can amplify or attenuate external influences—rather than simply social systems suggests a dynamic and contemporary approach to analyzing complex changes such as ecological crises or social transformations. \nOur contribution is to articulate a systemic concept of social cohesion grounded in resonance rather than consensus. Against the traditional view based on moral agreement\, our proposal argues that social cohesion emerges from the interdependence and structural coupling among autonomous subsystems. Systemic social cohesion is therefore understood as the capacity to maintain systemic identity and produce meaningful communication within a chaotic and polarized environment. \nWhen applied to governance\, to the mathematical topology underlying our theoretical framework\, and to Popper’s model of gradual social change\, the Adaptive and Intelligent Social Technology (AIS) offers a coherent analytical foundation for Salazar’s concept of the Citizen State. This foundation is rooted in Luhmann’s theory of functional differentiation. \nJosé María Rodríguez is a professional engineer with over 45 years of engineering experience. He holds a Doctorate\, a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degrees in Engineering from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton\, NB\, Canada. He has been certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB). \nOver the last 25 years\, Mr. Rodríguez has acted as a senior manager / planner on projects across Canada and in Venezuela. His experience includes nuclear facilities\, waste management\, industrial\, infrastructure and high-technology applications. \nMr. Rodríguez is currently the Project Director of AIS Technology at 3P Consulting Engineers\, Inc.
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SUMMARY:Social Capital Research Design and Methods
DESCRIPTION:A workshop discussing the research process with a focus on social capital research.\n\n\n\nAre you conducting research on social capital?\nWould you like to discuss or get some help with your research design?\nDo you have any problems or challenges with your research design?\n\nThese sessions are a supportive way to learn more about social capital research design and methods. You can connect with people\, ask questions\, get advice\, and discuss ideas or issues. \nWho is this for? \nAlthough this workshop is focused on PhD students\, we welcome anyone conducting research on social capital. \nWho will run the workshop? \nBeverly Sloan has a PhD in Organisational Leadership from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She is a veteran of the United States Air Force with more than 32 years of service. Her leisure activity includes mentoring masters and doctoral candidates on research practices. \nHow will the session work? \nIn these sessions\, we aim to discuss the research process. This includes defining research; discussing research significance\, problems\, and purposes; examining your worldview and philosophical stance; developing research questions\, sub-questions\, and hypotheses; and your theoretical or conceptual framework. We will discuss the initial literature review and its purpose in helping you build your initial central research question. We will use the initial research question to guide the preliminary literature review. During the preliminary literature review\, we will consider defining your key concepts and how they will drive your overall literature review. As we discuss the literature review\, the goal is to refine the research question\, identify gaps in the literature\, and focus the literature review on the central aspects of your research question. This should also help us develop a good outline for our literature review and identify variables or sub-research questions. Once we understand how the literature review shapes our study\, we will move on to research methods and design or our roadmap for collecting data. Then we will move on to data analysis and conclude by combining all the pieces. This will not be a linear process\, but it will be a process. \nAccess requirements \nWe seek to make our events accessible\, and this is no exception. If there is something that will help you to engage more effectively in this session\, please email us on: events@intsocialcapital.org. Sometimes\, it’s the small things that make a big difference\, so do email us if you have an access request. We recognise that not all participants are able to attend all sessions for the full duration. You are free to join us and leave at any time during the session. We request that you have your name on Zoom (this can be just a first name) to make it easier for us to facilitate the session and address participants correctly. It helps to have cameras on\, but we recognise that sometimes this isn’t possible\, for a variety of reasons.
URL:https://www.intsocialcapital.org/event/social-capital-research-design-and-methods-60/
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SUMMARY:Social Capital Research Design and Methods
DESCRIPTION:A workshop discussing the research process with a focus on social capital research.\n\n\n\nAre you conducting research on social capital?\nWould you like to discuss or get some help with your research design?\nDo you have any problems or challenges with your research design?\n\nThese sessions are a supportive way to learn more about social capital research design and methods. You can connect with people\, ask questions\, get advice\, and discuss ideas or issues. \nWho is this for? \nAlthough this workshop is focused on PhD students\, we welcome anyone conducting research on social capital. \nWho will run the workshop? \nBeverly Sloan has a PhD in Organisational Leadership from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She is a veteran of the United States Air Force with more than 32 years of service. Her leisure activity includes mentoring masters and doctoral candidates on research practices. \nHow will the session work? \nIn these sessions\, we aim to discuss the research process. This includes defining research; discussing research significance\, problems\, and purposes; examining your worldview and philosophical stance; developing research questions\, sub-questions\, and hypotheses; and your theoretical or conceptual framework. We will discuss the initial literature review and its purpose in helping you build your initial central research question. We will use the initial research question to guide the preliminary literature review. During the preliminary literature review\, we will consider defining your key concepts and how they will drive your overall literature review. As we discuss the literature review\, the goal is to refine the research question\, identify gaps in the literature\, and focus the literature review on the central aspects of your research question. This should also help us develop a good outline for our literature review and identify variables or sub-research questions. Once we understand how the literature review shapes our study\, we will move on to research methods and design or our roadmap for collecting data. Then we will move on to data analysis and conclude by combining all the pieces. This will not be a linear process\, but it will be a process. \nAccess requirements \nWe seek to make our events accessible\, and this is no exception. If there is something that will help you to engage more effectively in this session\, please email us on: events@intsocialcapital.org. Sometimes\, it’s the small things that make a big difference\, so do email us if you have an access request. We recognise that not all participants are able to attend all sessions for the full duration. You are free to join us and leave at any time during the session. We request that you have your name on Zoom (this can be just a first name) to make it easier for us to facilitate the session and address participants correctly. It helps to have cameras on\, but we recognise that sometimes this isn’t possible\, for a variety of reasons.
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