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Composition Theory: A Pragmatist Specification of the Mesosocial

open access: yesJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article develops composition theory as a pragmatist specification of the mesosocial. Existing theories describe situated social life without adequately explaining the mechanisms that produce it. Recent pragmatist scholarship has established important foundations: Gross on mechanisms, Lizardo on habit, and Hallett on inhabited ...
David D. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

“Seen Again”: Ethnography, Immersive Technologies, and Temporality in the Siberian Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

open access: yesMuseum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper proposes Virtual Reality (VR) and 360 film as promising fieldwork tools for addressing problematic temporalities in ethnographic museums and for collaborating with communities of origin. Focusing on the Maria Czaplicka Siberian collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, we examine how previous methods of display marginalized the
Anya Gleizer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reading Through Traces: Xaverian Strategies of Including Chinese Folk Deities’ Statues in Museum Displays and Fictions in Parma, Italy

open access: yesMuseum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This work reflects on the presence of a desacralized Buddha statue in the Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography, established in Parma, Italy, in 1901 by Xaverian missionaries. The Buddha's hollowed back is a potent trace of the transnational interactions between these Roman Catholic missionaries and folk believers from the Henan region ...
Valentina Gamberi
wiley   +1 more source

Caring in Ambulance Encounters With Older Patients With Complex Care Needs: A Phenomenographic Study

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Volume 40, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Although caring is a core concept in nursing, its meaning is not uniform, and perceptions may vary across care settings. In ambulance care, encounters with older patients with complex care needs present challenges that may shape how caring is understood and practiced. Guided by a lifeworld‐led caring perspective, this study explores
Ann‐Therese Hedqvist, Mats Holmberg
wiley   +1 more source

Critical Handling of Online Information by Prospective Teachers: A Complementary Analysis Using Narration and Reconstruction Approaches

open access: yesJournal of Computer Assisted Learning, Volume 42, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background In the Information Age, prospective teachers increasingly rely on online sources for research and lesson preparation. This entails dynamic, situation‐specific interactions within digital environments, which are increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence.
Carla Schelle   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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