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Government by WhatsApp? Transparency, Secrecy and Avoidance during Covid in the UK

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract It has been claimed repeatedly that transparency undermines decision‐making. The fear of disclosure means officials and politicians may not discuss policy fully, are inhibited from giving frank advice, and could avoid proper record keeping. The use of informal communications—particularly the use of WhatsApp—makes all these tensions more likely,
Ben Worthy, Martin Rosenbaum
wiley   +1 more source

Distressed or De-stressed? Crafting "Mental Health" in University Peer Education and Health Promotion. [PDF]

Cult Med Psychiatry
Wilson G.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
wiley   +1 more source

'I Do Not Want to Depend Too Much on My Children': Motivations and Challenges for Intergenerational Co-Residence Among Older Adults in Indonesia. [PDF]

J Cross Cult Gerontol
Hanum L, Newcombe P, Nurwianti F, Scott T.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Torture and scepticism in Papua New Guinea witch hunts Torture et scepticisme dans les chasses aux sorcières en Papouasie‐Nouvelle‐Guinée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
wiley   +1 more source

Highly Sensitive Person: Idiomizing Distress in Pandemic-Era Tokyo. [PDF]

Cult Med Psychiatry
Ismail R.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
wiley   +1 more source

Catalysts of Enthusiasm in Teaching Older Adults how to use New Media: an Exploration of Pedagogical Approaches among Trainers of Older Adults in Poland. [PDF]

J Cross Cult Gerontol
Tomczyk Ł, Kielar I, Mascia ML, Guillen Gamez FD.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sri Lankan chronicles, Chinese pilgrims and the nineteenth‐century hierarchy of texts in the construction of early Buddhist geography*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article examines how nineteenth‐century scholars reconstructed the geography of early Buddhism through a historically contingent hierarchy of texts that privileged Chinese monastic travelogues over Sri Lankan Buddhist chronicles. Focusing on the relationship between the Pāli vaṃsa literature—especially the Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa—and Chinese ...
Bhadrajee Hewage
wiley   +1 more source

"I Really Feel Heard by AI": A Cultural Case Study of AI-Mediated Listening Across China and the UK. [PDF]

Cult Med Psychiatry
Zhan X.
europepmc   +1 more source