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Constructing transnational action research networks
Action Research, 2009This article examines the construction of transnational action research networks that bridge local and global, practice and research, North and South, and many disciplines. Using an ‘insider—outsider’ approach the article examines the emergence of the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability as a network of partners
L. David Brown, John Gaventa
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Interpretative Action Constructs
1981In this short contribution* I intend to reveal by way of epistemological argumentation as well as by providing some examples of how the extensive discussion in the analytical philosophy of action bears on social scientific approaches to the analysis of sport including in particular the social psychological analysis of motivation, the sociological ...
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Social Action and Personal Constructs
Theory & Psychology, 2001Personal construct theory (PCT; Kelly, 1955) had its focus of convenience in psychotherapy, and consequently has been developed as an individualistic approach to the person. However, it has its roots in pragmatism, a movement which had a thorough appreciation of both the individual and the social world.
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Constructing Grandparenthood: Anticipating Appropriate Action
Sociology, 1985Drawing on data from a study of grandparenthood, this paper examines the nature of projected action, and the value of the concept of `rule' in both lay and sociological reasoning. The way in which people becoming grandparents for the first time defined grandparenthood is analysed through an examination of their formulations of appropriate ...
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Construction noise action area model.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2009A model developed by the Washington State Department of Transportation to be used by biologists to determine the action area for highway construction projects is presented. The model conservatively estimates the distance at which construction noise would match ambient background sound levels. The model propagates the combined maximum sound level (Lmax)
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Co-constructing Innovation: Action Research in Partnership
2014Very few of the many innovations proposed by research have been adopted by family farms. The main reason is that these innovations are out of step with the technical, economic and organizational needs of farmers. We assume that the establishment of a partnership between the actors of family farming systems and research is essential to overcome this ...
Vall, Eric, Chia, Eduardo
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Community Action and Research as Citizenship Construction
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2009AbstractSocial change, well‐being and liberation have been intertwined in community research and action, as much as being used as political common‐places. In this paper, it is argued that community research and action can have a political character.
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Constructing Finite Unlabeled Structures Using Group Actions
Annals of Combinatorics, 2001zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
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Constructive Action Semantics in OBJ
2006Goguen and Malcolm specify semantics of programming languages in OBJ. Here, we consider how the extensibility and reusability of their specifications could be improved. We propose using the notation and modular structure of the Constructive Action Semantics framework in OBJ, and give a simple illustration. The reader is assumed to be familiar with OBJ.
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