Middlebrow Aesthetics: An Explanation and Defense
ABSTRACT We offer a philosophical account of the middlebrow as a theoretical category to do explanatory and critical work in aesthetics. On our account, the middlebrow ought to be understood as aspirational popular art. That is, it is art which aspires both to be popular (in a distinctive sense), and at the same time to be something more than popular ...
Aaron Meskin, Jonathan M. Weinberg
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Can You See Us Play? Observing Inclusive Outdoor Play Behaviour Among Children With and Without Disabilities: A Mixed Methods Study. [PDF]
Beekhuizen RQ +9 more
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Playfulness from children's perspectives: development and validation of the Children's Playfulness Scale as a self-report instrument for children from 3 years of age. [PDF]
Duss I +3 more
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Compassion‐focused chairwork for voice‐hearing relationships, body triggers and motivational states
Abstract Purpose This paper aims to build on a recent theoretical and empirical review of CFT for psychosis by outlining a more detailed account of how voice‐hearing perceptions may be generated and triggered, and the implications for clinical practice.
Charles Heriot‐Maitland, Tobyn Bell
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Paternal involvement and peer competence in young children: the mediating role of playfulness. [PDF]
Liang C, Bi X.
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ABSTRACT It is widely assumed that all games essentially have rules. This paper challenges this apparent truism. We argue that rules are merely one means for generating obstacles: features that make success more difficult. We propose that obstacles, not rules, are essential to games. This shift comes with several theoretical benefits.
Alexandre Declos, Olivier Massin
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Enhancing Preschoolers' Motor Creativity Through Playfulness and Social Engagement. [PDF]
Ourda D +3 more
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ABSTRACT Street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) directly affect citizens, making them central to public service delivery. Service success therefore hinges on public sector organizations' ability to recruit competent SLBs. We argue that citizens' perspectives should inform SLB recruitment, especially for contact‐intensive, relational frontline roles.
Jakob Trischler +3 more
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Exploring the influence of cognitive factors among Chinese parents on the sustainability of children's digital education. [PDF]
Zhang T, Jiang Q, Zhang W.
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Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration
ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
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