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Systemic Design in Times of Crisis: Fostering a Collaborative Culture Under Conditions of Energy Vulnerability in Northeastern Iran

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The actualization of innovation in social systems requires interventions within small systems, communities and organizations. At this scale, practitioners can engage directly with the interactions, communication and dialogue among key actors, including those with conflicting interests.
Moein Nedaei
wiley   +1 more source

The Dialect of Kuhpaya

open access: yesStudia Iranica, 2011
Kuhpāyi is a Central Dialect spoken in Kupā township and its piedmont villages, east of Isfahan. While it shares many traits with other Northwestern Iranian dialects of the central Iranian Plateau, Kuhpāyi has many characteristics of its own. In historical phonology, it shows some remarkable Southwestern Iranian features, as in hass 'eight'.
openaire   +2 more sources

Constructing Difference: Maternal Boundary‐Work in Science‐Based and Natural Mom Groups on Facebook

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Boundary‐work describes the activities of social groups as they seek to differentiate themselves from others to establish credibility, authority, or to protect their interests. While a growing body of literature explores occupational boundary‐work in health care, limited research has focused on how lay actors practice boundary‐work online.
Darryn DiFrancesco
wiley   +1 more source

Review Essay: Autobiography as Scientific Text: A Dialectical Approach to the Role of Experience

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2004
The Sneaky Kid and Its Aftermath is a first-person account of the (sexual) intimacy between a researcher (Harry WOLCOTT) and his research participant (Brad, the sneaky kid). Two years after the events, the sneaky kid returned with a vengeance, beating up
Wolff-Michael Roth
doaj  

Identity Entanglement: Rethinking Marginality through the Intersectional, Liminal, and Antithetical

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
While identity research has given sustained attention to marginality, intersectionality, and the effects of power on identity, the formal interactional dynamics through which identities are constituted remain limited. I present identity entanglement as a useful framework for better understanding and articulating the relational complexities of identity.
Jules Vivid
wiley   +1 more source

Reconciling Goffman and Disability Studies: “Interactional” and “Structural” Stigma in the Lives of Parents of Learning‐Disabled Adults

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Erving Goffman cuts a divisive figure in disability studies. Some criticize his conception of “stigma” as deviance‐focused and as ignoring structural forces that shape personal encounters. Others praise his recognition of stigma as an interactional phenomenon.
Gareth M. Thomas
wiley   +1 more source

“Why Can't They Just Stay?” A Critical Conversation and Membership Categorization Analysis of Racial Neoliberalism in English Language Education

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I analyze the co‐constitution of race and neoliberalism within the discourse of an English language classroom. Appealing to modernist/colonial histories of race and capital, I first examine how racial neoliberalism produces a normalized, unmarked subject‐position through the conflation of moral responsibility with human ...
Justin Lance Pannell
wiley   +1 more source

The dialectic of life

open access: yesSynthese, 2011
In the dialectic of debates about the extension of life, one witnesses a predictably repeating pattern: one side appeals to a motley of variegated criteria for something’s qualifying as a living system, only to find an opposite side taking issue with the individual necessity or collective sufficiency of the proposed criteria.
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A South African Language Teacher Educator's Reflective Journey Through Sociocultural Theory and Asset‐Based Mediation

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This reflective article chronicles a South African English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) university teacher educator's journey from professional disillusionment toward a more intentional, transformative praxis. The catalyst for this journey was the recurring observation of novice teachers abandoning dialogic, asset‐based pedagogies learned ...
Nhlanhla Mpofu
wiley   +1 more source

Untested Feasibility as Progressive Performativity: Towards a Desirable Future Through Transformative Responsible Management Education

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract The call for transformation in Management Education (ME) has intensified amid global crises, including the climate emergency, social inequality, and recurrent corporate misconduct. While Responsible Management Education (RME) has emerged in response to these challenges, it often struggles to move beyond symbolic gestures towards substantive ...
Janette Brunstein   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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