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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article examines the ending of a friendship in ethnographic fieldwork. I argue that friendship is a necessarily ambiguous concept and relation, made most distinctive as a ‘friendship’ at its end. Reflecting on a friendship that was ended between this author and an old friend in fieldwork in Halleigh, North Manchester, England, I discuss the ...
Katherine Smith
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Earlier writings on the political importance of play have discussed how it can make players conscious of the possibilities of otherwise worlds. Prefigurative politics has very similar aims, but the discussion between the two has been limited.
JONNE SILONSAARI
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ALL POSSIBLE PASTS: Heritage, Simulacra, and Gentrification in Seoul
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban heritage scholars have often criticized simulacra as ‘bad’ copies that degrade the ‘good’ model of the past through commercialization and gentrification. This article challenges such Platonic dichotomies of good/bad and model/copy, arguing that the binary of good heritage and bad simulacra is flawed because heritage is itself actualized ...
Myung In Ji
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper develops the concept of graduated involution to explain how summer holidays have been reconstituted from leisure time into an educational arena for Chinese families under conditions of compressed modernity. Based on qualitative data from 32 households in Shanghai, including interviews and child self‐recordings, we analyze how ...
Leiping Bao, Rachel Murphy
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Environmental quality predicts parental provisioning decisions
, 1999 Although avian parents appear to exhibit a variety of feeding strategies in nature, there currently exist no models or theories that account for this range of diversity.
Todd, Peter M. +9 more
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Cognitive playfulness, Creative Capacity and Generation 'C' Learners [PDF]
, 2008 This paper draws on an ongoing doctoral study of student engagement with\ud new digital media technologies in a formal schooling environment to demonstrate the importance of playfulness as a learning disposition.
Erica McWilliam +5 more
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Interactional privilege of violence: Status and interaction in the street field
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Criminologists have long described and theorized the relationship between status, respect, and violence within urban communities. Although this finding is generally accepted within criminology, ethnographic empirical illustrations of this phenomenon are sparse.
Hakan Kalkan, Heith Copes
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Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gamification is being increasingly implemented within human resource management by organizations to incentivize employees to remain engaged with their work. However, despite nascent empirical evidence on the potential drawbacks of gamification for employees, our understanding of these consequences remains limited. Our study aims to explore the
Francis Maisonneuve +2 more
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British Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Objectives Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the psychological treatment of choice for patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) or an anxiety disorder. However, a substantial group (30–40%) does not profit sufficiently. Predictors of outcome inform us about how to adapt interventions for this group.
Manon Peeters +3 more
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Playfulness and learning [PDF]
, 2022 In this project titled Playfulness and learning we are going to investigate the meaning of playfulness in a learning context. We have chosen to explore this topic within the Waldorf method which is an alternative form of education. We aim to get familiar
Placanica, Asia +4 more
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