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Playing simplicity: polemical stupidity in the writing of the French Enlightenment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Polemical stupidity - a critical concept drawn from Bakhtin – denotes the strategic refusal to understand. It appears most familiarly in the character of the Fool (like Candide), who genuinely does not understand the world, thus unmasking its ...
Howells, Robin
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Two hearts that beat as one: Signals, narratives, and financing (less) novel ventures via equity crowdfunding

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Financial resource acquisition is crucial for ventures but hindered by uncertainty. While signaling mitigates this uncertainty, its effectiveness hinges on venture novelty and the narratives used to clarify embedded information. Adopting a configurational lens, we examine the interplay among novelty, signals, and narratives in
Jiahe Wang, Lien Denoo, Joris Knoben
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation based on critical systems heuristics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Introduction: Critical systems heuristics (CSH) draws on the substantive work and philosophy of C. West Churchman, a systems engineer who, along with Russell Ackoff during the 1950s and 1960s, defined operations research in the United States.
Reynolds, Martin
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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
wiley   +1 more source

Normalizing the Shamed Self: Stigma, Neutralization and “Narrative Credibility” in Interviews on White‐Collar Transgression

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In this article, I analyze my interviews with Mark (pseudonym), a social scientist who committed major academic fraud in over 50 top‐tier journal articles in the first decade of this century. I explain how stigma played a central role in how Mark and I shaped our interaction. I focus on how Mark, a former Professor and Dean with a distinguished career,
Thaddeus Müller
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Face‐to‐Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Face‐to‐face interaction is a foundational concept in microsociology. This article surveys the social experiences of autistic people, who are commonly known for having a strained relationship with interactions face to face. By interpretively reviewing and synthesizing the broader literature on “autistic sociality,” the article provides a nuanced ...
Lars E. F. Johannessen
wiley   +1 more source

Emancipatory Potential of Naming: A Study on Church Employees' Personal Stories of Negative Experiences

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
To address interactionally troublesome exchanges (e.g., bullying, discrimination, or harassment) in the workplace, giving a name to negative personal experiences is crucial. Drawing on discussions of hermeneutical injustice, we explore the emancipatory potential of naming in post‐hoc tellings of these experiences, with particular attention to ...
Minna Leinonen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Researching Vulnerability in Multilingual Contexts: Trauma, Ethics, and Pedagogy

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the complex intersections of trauma, vulnerability, multilingualism, and ethics in refugee settings. Drawing on the author's personal experiences as a refugee academic and years of research in refugee English language education and noneducation contexts, it employs an autoethnographic approach to critically examine ...
Mohammed Ateek
wiley   +1 more source

Making Data Work: Using Conversation and Interaction Analysis to Study Data Science Education

open access: yesTeaching Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents a methodological approach that combines conversation analysis (CA) and interaction analysis (IA) to examine how students reason with data in collaborative settings, using food justice as an illustrative case. While traditional analytical approaches in data science education often rely on individual cognitive measures or ...
Marc T. Sager
wiley   +1 more source

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