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Enrique Bostelmann (March 1939 – December 3, 2003) was a Mexican photographer known for his artistic work related to social problems as well as the use of objects and concepts from other artistic disciplines such as sculpture in his work.
Main acequia, Vallongas, Elche, Valencia, Spain (May 2012) The Spanish word acequia (and the Catalan word séquia) originate from Arabic word al-sāqiyah (الساقیة) [2] which has more than one meaning: "the water conduit" or "one that bears water" as well as 'bartender' (from سَقَى saqā, "to give water, drink"), and also refers to a type of water wheel.
The term "socialism", used from the 1830s onwards in France and the United Kingdom, was directly related to what was called the social question.In essence, early socialists contended that the emergence of competitive market economies did not create "liberty, equality and fraternity" for all citizens, requiring the intervention of politics and social reform to tackle social problems, injustices ...
Social inequality is "the state or quality of being unequal". [7] Inequality is the root of several social problems that occur when factors such as gender, disability, race, and age may affect the way a person is treated. A past example of inequality as a social problem is slavery in the United States.
Social change may not refer to the notion of social progress or sociocultural evolution, the philosophical idea that society moves forward by evolutionary means.It may refer to a paradigmatic change in the socio-economic structure, for instance the transition from feudalism to capitalism, or hypothetical future transition to some form of post-capitalism.
Social democracy or social democratic remains controversial among socialists. [33] [nb 2] Some define it as representing a Marxist faction and non-communist socialists or the right-wing of socialism during the split with communism. [29] Others have noted its pejorative use among communists and other socialists.
The PLATO system was launched in 1960 at the University of Illinois and subsequently commercially marketed by Control Data Corporation.It offered early forms of social media features with innovations such as Notes, PLATO's message-forum application; TERM-talk, its instant-messaging feature; Talkomatic, perhaps the first online chat room; News Report, a crowdsourced online newspaper, and blog ...
Literature on social innovation in relation to territorial/regional development covers innovation in the social economy, i.e. strategies for satisfaction of human needs; and innovation in the sense of transforming and/or sustaining social relations, especially governance relations at the regional and local level.