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Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
wiley   +1 more source

The European Union's Health Technology Assessment Regulation (EU-HTA R) Will Prosper Despite Major Setbacks. [PDF]

J Mark Access Health Policy
Toumi M, Soussi I, Falissard B, Simoens S, Jouini A, Postma M, Wasem J, Solà-Morales O, Boyer L, Dussart C, Borissov B, Bernardini R, Capri S, Espin J, Auquier P.   +14 more
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State of the Field: Scientific Internationalism during the Cold War

History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers a state‐of‐the‐field assessment of the historiography of scientific internationalism during the Cold War, focusing on three connected problems: the reconceptualization of science diplomacy, the emergence of ‘techno‐dissent’ and the ethical turn in the history of science and technology.
Doubravka Olšáková
wiley   +1 more source

A review of contemporary autonomy: ethics, authority, and the fragility of the late modern subject. [PDF]

Med Health Care Philos
Madeira L, Águas C.
europepmc   +1 more source

GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS IN LAGOS: Virtual Reality between Urban Marketing and Media Activism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of virtual reality (VR) technologies in mediating and contesting dominant visions of urban futures in West Africa. Drawing on theoretical insights from a hybridization of the work of the German‐born Jewish critic Walter Benjamin and the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, I introduce the concept of phantasmagoria as a ...
Hervé Roquet
wiley   +1 more source

A Pragmatist-Artifactualist view of experimental model organisms: the case of epigenetic inheritance. [PDF]

Hist Philos Life Sci
Martín-Villuendas M.
europepmc   +1 more source

VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining oral health professionalism in Africa: a narrative from the margins. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Foláyan MO, Ekundayo OO, Gqaleni N.
europepmc   +1 more source

What is social science if not critical?

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Abstract This short article represents a contribution to the debate on the motion “Social science is explanation, or it is nothing.” While in the format of parliamentary debating the contribution would fall on the side of the opposition, I will not be arguing against explanation as such.
Jana Bacevic
wiley   +1 more source

William Wimsatt, Donald Campbell, and the Idea of Robustness. [PDF]

Acta Biotheor
Thompson M.
europepmc   +1 more source