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Writing as a technology of the self in Kierkegaard and Foucault [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Writing is a very important means by which we can work on ourselves. Yet as a "technology of the self" writing has changed substantially at different times during European history.
McDonald, William
core   +3 more sources

Motive and Opportunity: Order Choice in a Limit Order Book With Dispersed Information

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We test predictions of market microstructure theory relating to the determinants of order choice in a limit order book where information is dispersed among traders. Using an experimental limit order book, with a large state space, we find that informed traders exhibit patience, compatible with the ‘waiting game’ behaviour described in Foster ...
James Steeley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On minorities and outliers: The case for making Big Data small

open access: yesBig Data & Society, 2014
In this essay, I make the case for choosing to examine small subsets of Big Data datasets—making big data small. Big Data allows us to produce summaries of human behavior at a scale never before possible.
Brooke Foucault Welles
doaj   +1 more source

The Panopticon and the performance arena: HCI reaches within [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The impact of new technologies is hard to predict. We suggest the value of theories of performativity in understanding dynamics around the convergence of biomedical and information technology.
Light, Ann, Wright, P.
core   +1 more source

‘Pre‐Technologies’ and the Lifeworld: Assistive Technologies as ‘Pre‐Technologies’ for Self‐Formation as Freedom

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article identifies assistive technologies (ATs) as ‘pre‐technologies’ mediating access to other technologies for disabled subjects (DSs). The motivation is to show that without ATs, DSs cannot be said to have the same level of access to freedom and self‐forming activities as able‐bodied subjects.
Sarel Marais
wiley   +1 more source

1ª. CONFERÊNCIA: O SIGNIFICADO DA PALAVRA PARRHESIA

open access: yesPrometeus: Filosofia em Revista, 2013
A palavra parrhesia aparece pela primeira vez na literatura grega em Eurípedes(ca. 484-407 a.C.) e ocorre através do antigo mundo grego das letras desde o fim doséculo 5 a.C., mas pode ser encontrada ainda em textos patrísticos escritos no fim doquarto e
Michel Foucault
doaj  

Eylem ve Anlamın Postyapısalcı Görünümü

open access: yesSkad, 2020
Nietzsche ve çağdaş postyapısalcı düşünürler, tüm Batı düşüncesinin idealizmin ve diyalektik düşüncenin etkisi altında olduğunu öne sürmektedirler. Çağdaş postyapısalcı düşünürlerin eserlerinde Sokrates ve Platon'un ortaya koyduğu yaklaşımlar sonucunda ...
Ömer Say
doaj   +1 more source

Adult education and publishing Canadian fiction in a global context: a Foucauldian analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper draws upon findings from a research study on the relationship between fiction, citizenship, and lifelong learning. It includes interviews with authors from several genres, publishing houses, and arts councils.
Gouthro, Patricia A., Holloway, Susan M.
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Coping Practices of Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises Facing Power Asymmetry in Digital Platform Business

open access: yesStrategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital platform (DP) enterprises have risen to the top of the global economy by inverting traditional business models. They earn money through matchmaking, transaction facilitation, and efficient orchestration of other stakeholders' resources.
Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg
wiley   +1 more source

Disempowerment and resistance in the print industry? Reactions to surveillance-capable technology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This article offers a critique of recent characterisations of the effects of electronic technologies in the workplace. It presents detailed case study evidence that calls into question a number of common theoretical assumptions about the character of ...
Bowers J.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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