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On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention Le problème de la continuité : une théorie de la culture au‐delà de l'invention

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 365-383, June 2026.
Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
wiley   +1 more source

Internet Memes as Drivers of Health Narratives and Infodemics: Integrative Review. [PDF]

open access: yesJMIR Infodemiology
Carmona Pestaña A   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Description, Articulation and Limitations in the Social Theory of Insurance

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 496-506, June 2026.
ABSTRACT There have been surprisingly few sustained efforts to explain or theorise the role insurance plays in society. Even the most theoretically inflected insurance scholarship, emanating from governmentality and Actor Network Theory scholarship, tends to be grounded in empirical cases, set in particular periods and places, and it is often ...
Liz McFall
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence About Discipline Committees and Professional Misconduct of Auditors*,‡ Données probantes sur les comités de discipline et l’inconduite professionnelle des auditeurs

open access: yesAccounting Perspectives, Volume 25, Issue 2, Page 207-235, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Self‐regulating professions establish professional discipline processes to determine whether members' behavior falls short of expectations outlined in their respective codes of conduct and to determine appropriate sanctions when necessary. From an auditing perspective, audit quality is of primary interest to audit researchers, yet few prior ...
Devan Mescall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Sustainability Report Assurance Affect the Cost of Equity? The Role of Peer Behavior and Assurance Provider Characteristics La certification des rapports de durabilité a‐t‐elle une incidence sur le coût des capitaux propres? Rôle du comportement des pairs et des caractéristiques des certificateurs

open access: yesAccounting Perspectives, Volume 25, Issue 2, Page 335-360, June 2026.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of sustainability report assurance and assurance provider characteristics (i.e., Big 4, statutory auditor, and industry specialist) on the cost of equity in a setting in which reporting is mandatory and assurance is voluntary.
Julian Kordisch, Reiner Quick
wiley   +1 more source

Green Memes

open access: yes, 2013
'Green Memes' proposes an online social network and local kiosks for people to learn about energy consumption. Based on electricity data collected from smart grids, meters and sensors, data visualizations depict consumption per building, per person and ...
Mazé, Ramia   +3 more
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Monitoring African Megafauna in an Anthropogenic Landscape: A 15‐Year Case Study of the Vulnerable West African Giraffe

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 235-248, June 2026.
We used pattern recognition software to correct misidentifications in a 15‐year photographic database of the last, vulnerable West African giraffe population in Niger. After revealing substantial methodological errors that had inflated population estimates by nearly 19%, we corrected individual encounter histories and applied capture‐mark‐recapture ...
Mara Vukelić   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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