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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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Access control oriented quantified trust degree representation model for distributed systems
Tongxin xuebao, 2010 Based on the research fruit of social trust in sociology,the semantics,properties and elements of trust in the context of access control of distributed systems were defined.By combining fuzzy set theory with probability theory,a mathematical definition ...
LANG Bo
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Moral panics as decivilizing processes: Towards an Eliasian approach [PDF]
, 2008 Applying the ideas of Norbert Elias to the sociology of moral panics, this article argues that moral panics are processes of decivilization; occurring where civilizing processes break down and decivilizing trends become dominant.
Rohloff, A
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce
F. Talbot +10 more
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Subject: Psychology and Sociology [PDF]
, 2006 Compiled by Susan LaCette.PsychologyandSociology.pdf: 3180 downloads, before Oct.
LaCette, Susan
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Immersive virtual reality as a teaching tool in neuroanatomy: A scoping review
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Basic core courses in various undergraduate programs, such as neuroanatomy, pose a challenge for students due to the large volume and complexity of the content. In this context, educational technologies such as immersive virtual reality (IVR), which allow students to actively interact with learning materials, offer a complementary pedagogical ...
Nathálya Gardênia de Holanda Marinho Nogueira +7 more
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Quaderni di Sociologia, 2019 Given the lines of connection sociology draws between actions and norms, it is not surprising that, with few exceptions, improvisation – the ability to cope with the unforeseen – has not been part of the sociological lexicon.
Davide Sparti
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Taming the Volcano: Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Masculinities in the Middle Ages
Masculinities and Social Change, 2019 Relying to Norbert Elias' process sociology and the Bourdieusian theory of practice, this article intends to outline the beginnings of the long-term transformation of Western masculine habituses.
Miklos Hadas
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Defamiliarizing heavy-contact sports: A critical examination of rugby, discipline, and pleasure [PDF]
, 2009 Pleasure can be regarded as a productive force in the constitution of the social sig-nificance of sport and desiring sport subjects. The organization and use of sport plea-sure has been a relatively marginalized topic of examination.
Pringle, Richard
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