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Spatial dialectics and the geography of social movements: the case of Occupy London

open access: yes, 2017
This paper develops spatial dialectics as an analytical method capable of exposing and explaining the contradictions, dilemmas and tensions that cut through the spatialities of social movements.
S. Halvorsen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Critical Discourse Analysis in Corporate Reports: Legitimation Strategies in the Context of Environmental Controversies

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Category of Development in the Context of Modern Psychotechnics [PDF]

open access: yesПсихологическая наука и образование (2007. Online), 2015
We show the historical conditions of origins of psychotechnics as direction in psychology, consider the evolution of psychotechnical approach in the context of Russian cultural-historical psychology.
Zhelyabin A.V.,
doaj  

“Indians,” “Braves,” and “Redskins”: A Performative Struggle for Control of an Image [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Native American groups across the country have been protesting the use of their symbols and heritage in sports arenas for over a decade. Yet, particularly in the realm of professional sports, these protests have not generated significant changes in ...
Miller, Jackson B.
core   +2 more sources

Amazonian peasant livelihood differentiation as mutuality-market dialectics

open access: yes, 2018
Economistic approaches to the study of peasant livelihoods have considerable academic and policy influence, yet, we argue, perpetuate a partial misunderstanding – often reducing peasant livelihood to the management of capital assets by rational actors ...
J. Fraser   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Citizenship education and gender equality: A critique of action plans in Greek secondary schools

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In the sociology of education, gender education follows current policies developed and promoted through citizenship education. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations addressing global social inequalities include gender equality (SDG 5).
Aikaterini Peleki   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Squeezing, bleaching, and the victims’ fate: wounds, geography, poetry, micrology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article opens a dialogue between geohumanities and poetry—or, more broadly, creative writing—around the subject matters of violence and wounding.
Philo, Chris
core   +1 more source

Towards a Conceptual Integration of Collective Victimization Beliefs and Their Variation Within and Across Contexts: A Q Methodology Study in Five Communities

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although social psychological research on how people understand collective victimization often examines comparisons between groups’ suffering, studies on related concepts (e.g., collective trauma) suggest numerous other relevant beliefs. The present article aimed to integrate diverse collective victimization beliefs and contribute to their ...
Johanna Ray Vollhardt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can the evolution of music be analyzed in a quantitative manner?

open access: yes, 2012
We propose a methodology to study music development by applying multivariate statistics on composers characteristics. Seven representative composers were considered in terms of eight main musical features.
Bennett R   +21 more
core   +2 more sources

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