Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
maakmaatschappij
English translation:
production-oriented society; production-based society [often, as opposed to "knowledge-based society"]
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Michael Beijer
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Jul 30, 2017 17:25
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Dutch term
maakmaatschappij
Dutch to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
doc with policy/strategy stuff relating to Dutch secondary schools
my context:
"We dagen je kind uit verbanden te leggen over leergebieden heen om meer inzicht te krijgen in allerhande vraagstukken. Zo oriënteert hij zich op de moderne kennis- en maakmaatschappij waarin digitale technologie grenzen overstijgt. Onderwijs voor denken en doen én voor hart en geweten: daar gaan wij voor."
"Kennismaatschappij" dat ken ik, maar wat in god's naam is een "maakmaatschappij"?
"We dagen je kind uit verbanden te leggen over leergebieden heen om meer inzicht te krijgen in allerhande vraagstukken. Zo oriënteert hij zich op de moderne kennis- en maakmaatschappij waarin digitale technologie grenzen overstijgt. Onderwijs voor denken en doen én voor hart en geweten: daar gaan wij voor."
"Kennismaatschappij" dat ken ik, maar wat in god's naam is een "maakmaatschappij"?
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4 +1 | production-oriented or production-based society | Jack den Haan |
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Aug 3, 2017 10:43: Michael Beijer Created KOG entry
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production-oriented or production-based society
Just google it. Kennismaatschappij = knowledge-oriented or knowledge-based society.
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You're welcome, Michael. I recognise this kind of frustration only too well. Also applies to sentences that are so long they don't even fit on an A4-size page, as in many a patent application. The other end of the scale, you could say. And just as frustrating ;-)
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You're welcome, Michael. I recognise this kind of frustration only too well. Also applies to sentences that are so long they don't even fit on an A4-size page, as in many a patent application. The other end of the scale, you could say. And just as frustrating ;-)
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philgoddard
: I prefer based because it's three syllables shorter.
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Thanks, Phil :-)
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Comment: "Thanks Jack. It all makes sense now.
Am totally frazzled, as I have been fighting with this horrendous text for days now. Why do certain Dutch people write in zillions of tiny, disconnected 4-word sentences? My brain hurts from trying to make it look l"
Discussion
kennis- en maakmaatschappij =
knowledge and production oriented society
"We dagen je kind uit verbanden te leggen over leergebieden heen om meer inzicht te krijgen in allerhande vraagstukken. Zo oriënteert hij zich op de moderne kennis- en maakmaatschappij waarin digitale technologie grenzen overstijgt. Onderwijs voor denken en doen én voor hart en geweten: daar gaan wij voor."
Not sure exactly what the author is trying to say here.
"... in our modern production-based and production-based society, where digital technology …" ???
Saying our society is based on knowledge and production, aka "knowledge and production oriented" is kind of like saying nothing. They sort of cancel each other out, I'd say.
I mean, certain countries/areas/demographics of the world are currently more production-based/oriented, while others are more information-based/oriented. I suppose the school(s) want to prepare their students to be able to understand and work in both scenarios, as they are both present in modern society, although we obviously seem to be moving from a production-based society towards a knowledge-based one.