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The History and Ideas of George Herbert Mead's Pragmatism and Its Relevance for Operational Research and Systems Thinkers

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT George Herbert Mead is an oft forgotten or ignored American philosopher who was one of the originators of pragmatism. Today, he is recognised as a creative thinker who has teased out knotty problems that others in the field had not realised were problems. Understanding Mead's analysis has been made difficult because he died prematurely without
Richard Ormerod
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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The Magnetopause Boundary [PDF]

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In this activity students explore in a quantitative way, how the distance to the bowshock balance point depends on the solar wind pressure acting on the Earth's magnetic field.
Sten Odenwald
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Violence, Volition, and Volatility: The Embodied Subjectivity of Women in Cults

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This paper explores the embodied experience of 25 women who are former cult members. By delving into the stories of three protagonists, we examine how these women engaged with and possibly redefined the cult's socially constructed notion of womanhood.
Shirly Bar‐Lev, Michal Morag
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Intercultural Communicative Competence in an English‐Medium University in Japan

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Policymakers in Japan have high expectations for English‐medium instruction (EMI) as an effective educational model for developing global human resources. EMI is expected to promote students' English proficiency, content knowledge, and intercultural skills. However, longitudinal studies measuring the actual results of EMI are scarce.
Naoko Taguchi
wiley   +1 more source

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