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An Outline of a Theory of Play

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
wiley   +1 more source

Reconciling Goffman and Disability Studies: “Interactional” and “Structural” Stigma in the Lives of Parents of Learning‐Disabled Adults

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Erving Goffman cuts a divisive figure in disability studies. Some criticize his conception of “stigma” as deviance‐focused and as ignoring structural forces that shape personal encounters. Others praise his recognition of stigma as an interactional phenomenon.
Gareth M. Thomas
wiley   +1 more source

The Couch: Belonging, Memory, and the Making of the Self—A Heartfelt Autoethnography

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This heartfelt retrospective autoethnography explores a personal episode of adolescence through the lens of ritual, memory, and symbolic interaction. At the age of 14, after returning to Italy following years abroad, I found myself on the margins of a gang of boys whose shared language, stories, and music represented the codes of belonging I yearned to
Alessandro Porrovecchio
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring how patients, caregivers and clinicians experience pain across therapeutic areas in Italy: a multi-centre narrative medicine project. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Open
Cascio A   +21 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Managing Robot Perception: How Families Present Their Faces to a Toy Robot

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Playing with a robot's face detection capabilities constitutes a praxeological approach to learning about new technology. We explore how family members discover suitable formations for a Cozmo robot to scan a single face, drawing on video recordings from Swedish homes. Taking an ethnomethodology and conversation‐analysis perspective, we demonstrate how
Hannah Pelikan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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