English Dethroned

Starr, S. Frederick

doi:10.1080/00091383.1978.10569432

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“…Parallel to both developments, for some decades now, have been efforts to develop more adaptive forms of management, which can respond to and exploit unexpected events (Rogers and Macfarlan, 2020; Starr and Peek, 2019). If these efforts do include a perspective on the future, it is one where the future consists of multiple small experiments, in series and in parallel, each containing a conjecture about what might work in specific circumstances.…”

Section: How Do Evaluators Think About the Future?mentioning

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ParEvo: A methodology for the exploration and evaluation of alternative futures

Davies,

Hobson,

Mani

et al. 2023

Evaluation

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Evaluators’ main encounter with views of the future is in the form of theories of change, about how a programme will work to achieve a desired end, in a given context. These are typically focussed on specific relatively short-term futures, which are both desired and expected. But even in the short term, reality often involves unpredictable events which must be responded to. Other ways of thinking about the future may be helpful and complementary, notably those developed by foresight practitioners working in the field of futures studies. These pay more attention to a range of possible futures, rather than a single perspective. One way of exploring such futures is by using ParEvo.org, an online process that enables the participatory exploration of alternative futures. This article explains how the ParEvo process works, the theory informing its design, and its usage to date. Attention is given to three evaluation challenges, and methods to address them: (a) optimising exercise design, (b) analysis of immediate results and (c) identifying longer-term impacts. Two exercises undertaken by the Cambridge-based Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) in 2021–2022 are used as illustrative examples.

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Section: How Do Evaluators Think About the Future?mentioning

confidence: 99%

ParEvo: A methodology for the exploration and evaluation of alternative futures

Davies,

Hobson,

Mani

et al. 2023

Evaluation

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“…The model of the Esperantist as seeker of linguistic liberation may apply to some European elites, but American learners rarely progress enough to feel unconstrained. The premier, if incipiently deteriorating (Starr 1978), world position of English makes other languages unnecessary for most Americans, and makes those inclined to study a language uncertain which one is most worth learning (Lewin and Jordan 1981). Thus, while in most of the world Esperanto is almost never a person's second-learned language, many Americans who take on Esperanto are monolin gual or nearly so.…”

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Esperanto and Esperantism

Jordan

1987

LPLP

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SUMARIO Esperanto y esperantismo: Simbolo y motivatión en el mouimiento por la equidad lingüistica Una manera de lograr un mayor grado de equidad linguistica es el uso de una lengua auxiliar internacional creada con tal fin. El esperanto es la lengua artificial internacional más evidente. Sólo el esperanto, a diferencia de cientos de esquemas, ha devenido en lengua de una comunidad hablante significativa. ?Por qué? En sus inicios el esperanto estuvo protegido de las tendencias reformistas y divisorias gracias (1 ) a la opinión general de que el volapük, un proyecto anterior, fracasó debido a las constantes reformas y (2) al surgimiento del ido, una rama del esperanto, que alejó posibles reformadores del proprio movimiento esperantista, dejando a los visionarios sociales en vez de los visionarios lingüistas. Actualmente (como en el pasado) las corresponencias simbólicas que asume en diferentes contextos sociales y culturales, son una clave importante para entender las diferencias de interés en el esperanto. Éstas son discutidas especialmente en relación al los Estados Unidos. RESUMO Esperanto kaj esperantismo: Simboloj kaj motivoj en movado por lingva egaleco Unu ilo por estigi lingvan egalecon estas intence kreita internacia helplingvo. La plej videbla artefarita internacia lingvo estas Esperanto. Nur Esperanto, malsimile al centoj da aliaj projektoj, fariĝis lingvo de signifa lingvokomunumo. Kial? Komence Esperanton kontraŭ disigaj tendencoj reformemaj ŝirmis (1) la ĝenerala kompreno, ke Volapuko malsukcesis pro konstantaj reformoj, kaj (2) la ekesto de Ido, kiu allogis reformemulojn. Tio lasis al la centra movado idealistojn sociajn, ne lingvistikajn. Hodiaŭ, samkiel antaŭe, grava ŝlosilo por kompreni la distribuon de intereso pri Esperanto estas ĝiaj simbolaj nuancoj en diversaj sociaj kaj kulturaj medioj. Tiuj ĉi pritraktiĝas rilate precipe al Usono.

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The Predominance of English and the Potential Use of Esperanto for Abstracts of Scientific Articles

Lewin¹,

Jordan²

1981

Science and Scientists

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English Dethroned

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ParEvo: A methodology for the exploration and evaluation of alternative futures

ParEvo: A methodology for the exploration and evaluation of alternative futures

Esperanto and Esperantism

The Predominance of English and the Potential Use of Esperanto for Abstracts of Scientific Articles

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