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Poetic Sociology

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can sociologists feel? Sociological writing can be beautiful, making us think differently about people, processes, and structures. Yet traditional academic writing that does this is rare. For example, most articles adhere to a jargon‐filled format and structure that mimics a detached and disciplined writer.
Victoria Reyes
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the war: Essays on loss, resilience and Hope. Introduction to a “Ukrainian section”

open access: yesAnthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract This short essay examines epistemic injustice within contemporary hierarchies of knowledge, and it argues for more insightful, sensuous, and grassroots forms of knowledge production “from the edges” to shine a light on the persistent inequality between ways of knowing and ways of (de)valuing different epistemologies.
Olena Sobolieva, Julia Buyskykh
wiley   +1 more source

“I'm not in love, so don't forget it; it's just a silly phase I'm going through”: On (not) falling in love during fieldwork in Southwest China

open access: yesAnthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract During fieldwork, anthropologists engage in emotional, social and economic exchanges with interlocutors, through which to better understand one's own positionality and that of others. When such exchanges occur with an interlocutor who becomes a romantic lover, these exchanges are filtered through desire, amplifying their psychological ...
Suvi Rautio
wiley   +1 more source

Norm Circles and the Limitations of European Union Normative Projection in Afghanistan

open access: yesJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Norm diffusion research explains the international travel of norms in semantic terms, through resonance, framing, grafting and localisation. Such accounts presuppose norms to be portable objects whose identity persists through transit. Yet, ontologically, norms exert causal force only where a real social group endorses and enforces them.
Oz Hassan
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational Stressors and Mental Health–Related Quality of Life Among Hospital Nurses in Northern Border Region Saudi Arabia: A Multi‐Site Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesNursing Open, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To examine the association between occupational stress and mental health–related quality of life (HRQoL) among nurses in the Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia and to determine whether this relationship varies across professional and clinical subgroups. Design A cross‐sectional, correlational study.
Fathia Ahmed Mersal   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relational and Institutional Embeddedness of Migration Brokerage: The Case of ‘Run‐Away’ Migrants

open access: yesGlobal Networks, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper contextualises migration brokerage within specific social and institutional settings and shifts our attention to aspects that enable or constrain brokerage practices in the contemporary migration landscape. Focussing on the relational and institutional fabric underlying brokerage, this paper sheds light on the unique positionality ...
Sandhya A. S.
wiley   +1 more source

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