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Computer Mediated Communication and the Connection between Virtual Utopias and Actual Realities [PDF]

, 1998
People have generally been very ambivalent about the potential future roles of new technologies (and the internet specifically) and their possible effects on human society.
Richards, Cameron
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Critical Semiotic Analysis and Cultural Political Economy. [PDF]

, 2004
A case is made for cultural political economy (CPE) by exploring the constitutive role of semiosis in economic and political activities, economic and political institutions, and social order more generally. CPE is a post-disciplinary approach that adopts
Jessop, Bob
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source

Means of creating polysemy in the works of Peter Stamm

Вестник Самарского университета: История, педагогика, филология
The article presents the results of a study of linguistic features to create the effect of semantic ambiguity and meaningful multidimensionality in the text of the novel «Die sanfte Gleichgültigkeit der Welt» by the modern Swiss writer Peter Stamm. It is
N. V. Barabanova
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Stage Left: A Review of Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left [PDF]

, 2020
Reviews the three way conversation among Ernesto Laclau, Slavoj Zizek, and Judith Butler on leftist political theories of hegemony and universality and social change.
Maccannell, Juliet
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
wiley   +1 more source

A Note on Kripkenstein's Paradox [PDF]

, 2016
In this note I present a solution to Kripkenstein’s paradox, based on a very simple argument: (1) natural language and rule-following are empirical phenomena; (2) no case has been described, in real life, of a person who behaves as Wittgenstein’s or ...
Picazo, Gustavo
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The linguistic imaginary as a filter in the translation of houellebecqian gastronomy

Studia Universitatis Moldaviae. Seria Ştiinţe Umanistice
This study proposes to explore the linguistic imaginary's function as a determining filter - that is, the full spectrum of cultural references and connotations attached to a term - in the translation process of the gastronomic terminology found in the works of the French writer Michel Houellebecq.
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
wiley   +1 more source