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All the bedrooms a stage: Reconceptualizing sex as “performance” to sex as “rehearsal”

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the United States, sex is often spoken about in terms of performance, and naturally invokes language of theatricality. Sexual performance has been used as an umbrella term to refer to sexual satisfaction, behavior, embodiment, and also pathology in terms of conditions such as erectile dysfunction.
Taylor Harmon
wiley   +1 more source

System as a Unifying Process: An Onto‐Epistemic Notion of System

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article proposes an onto‐epistemic notion of system as a relational process of unifying a multiplicity of actuals and abstractions into an actual unity, thereby encompassing concreteness and abstraction onto the same plane. This notion rejects the opposition between constructivism and realism within systems studies, the excessive focus on
Felipe Rodrigues Oliveira e Silva, Sandro Luis Schlindwein   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impermanence and Architecture. Ideas, Concepts, Words

Agathón, 2018
Temporariness, in its different ways of interpretation, is an emerging theme of the contemporary architectural research and raises questions about the effects of new technologies, both tangible and intangible, on ways of conceiving and realizing spaces ...
Massimo Perriccioli
doaj   +1 more source

The Price Gap in Agriculture‐Based Greenhouse Gas Offset Markets

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Today, there is a global effort to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions (GHGNE). For economic well‐being, it is important to identify low‐cost means of net emission offsets. Agriculture and forestry have received considerable attention as a means of supplying emissions offsets, as they contribute nearly 20% of global emissions.
Jingyi W. Liu, Bruce A. McCarl, Chengcheng J. Fei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The grinch who stole wisdom [PDF]

, 2013
Dr. Seuss is wise. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Seuss, 1957) could serve as a parable for our time. It can also be seen as a roadmap for the development of contemplative wisdom.
A Gopnik, A Kaplan, AB Wachholtz, AB Wachholtz, B Buddhaghosa, B Knutson, C Bourgeault, C Osgood, C Trungpa, C Trungpa, C Trungpa, C Trungpa, C Trungpa, D Ponlop, D Seuss (Geisel, T, D Snellgrove, D Tsoknyi, DC Willard, E Rosch, E Rosch, E Rosch, F Fremantle, H Benson, J Hayward, J Kabat-Zinn, J Kornfield, JD Teasdale, KI Pargament, KW Brown, M Gordon, M Rosenberg, M Sprung, MB Pennington, MM Linehan, MM Linehan, N Douglas-Klotz, NF Gefen, P Grossman, P Schjeldahl, P Senge, R Davidson, R Davidson, R Geaves, R Sogyal, RA Baer, RB Wall, S Mipham, S Suzuki, SC Hayes, Shantideva, SK Greenland, SK Hookham, T Byrom, T Keating, T Nhat Hanh, T Nhat Hanh, T Nyanaponika, TC Plante, W Rahula, ZV Segal   +59 more
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Misalignment in Carbon Credit Programmes: Insights From Producer Preferences for Cover Crop and No‐Till Contracts

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the factors influencing producer adoption of cover cropping and no‐till farming, two key carbon sequestration practices, within the context of voluntary carbon credit programmes (CCPs) in Kansas. Using a mixed‐methods survey that combines discrete choice experiments with farm‐level data from 370 producers, we estimate ...
Grant Edward Gardner, Gabriel S. Sampson, Shuoli Zhao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impermanence and failure: the legacy of conservation-based payments in Sumatra, Indonesia

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
Projects that pay communities or individuals to conserve natural areas rarely continue indefinitely. When payments cease, the behaviors they motivate can change. Previous research on conservation-based payments recognizes the impermanence of conservation
James T Erbaugh
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MAP as a conservation method for contemporary art with foodstuffs : three case studies [PDF]

, 2011
This article examines the use of Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP), a widely applied preservation method in the food packing industry, for preserving contemporary artworks with foodstuffs.
De Meulenaer, Bruno, Devlieghere, Frank, Gilman, Julie, Van Damme, Claire   +3 more
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Towards an anthropology of acquisition: ‘How did you get that?’ Vers une anthropologie de l'acquisition : « Où as‐tu trouvé ça ? »

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The production‐distribution‐consumption triad has structured how anthropologists understand exchange for roughly a century. This article argues for expanding this triad to include an explicit focus on acquisition – the systems, processes, and practices of acquiring.
Hanna Garth
wiley   +1 more source

AI Impermanence: Achilles’ Heel for AI Assessment?

IEEE Access
Scandals have shown that extant assessment methods (e.g., certifications) cannot cater to the impermanent nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems because of their inherent learning capabilities and adaptability.
Kathrin Brecker, Sebastian Lins, Nicola Bena, Claudio A. Ardagna, Marco Anisetti, Ali Sunyaev   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source