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Kinship‐based deference among Jaru siblings: A collaborative, adaptive, and multimodal accomplishment

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract In the Jaru community of northern Western Australia, certain in‐laws and relatives are categorized as being in a highly respectful relationship in which they are expected to pay deference to one another. This conversation‐analytic study closely examines the deferential practices that are used among three Jaru siblings in an ordinary multi ...
Josua Dahmen
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Distance and Lateral Offset of Follow Me Robots on User Perception

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020
Robots that are designed to work in close proximity to humans are required to move and act in a way that ensures social acceptance by their users. Hence, a robot's proximal behavior toward a human is a main concern, especially in human-robot interaction ...
Felix Wilhelm Siebert   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The "Non-favourite": Neo-tribal Sexualities on Celluloid [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Much academic ink has been spilt over the way in which female subjectivities and sexualities are constructed in the public domain. Issues of female sexuality form a huge part of queer studies and feminist accounts.
Chronopoulou, A., Chronopoulou, A.
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Examining the Affordances of Engineering and Curricular Supports for Learning Among Emerging Bilingual Elementary Afterschool Students

open access: yesScience Education, Volume 110, Issue 2, Page 357-378, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Engineering design provides students with unique opportunities to engage with disciplinary knowledge and practices by engaging with technologies and each other through the design process. In this paper, we identify how the co‐construction of an engineering afterschool club culture supported students’ engagement in epistemic practices of ...
Kathryn M. Bateman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching Virtual Characters to use Body Language [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Non-verbal communication, or “body language”, is a critical component in constructing believable virtual characters. Most often, body language is implemented by a set of ad-hoc rules.We propose a new method for authors to specify and refine their ...
Friedman, Doron, Gillies, Marco
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Out of sight out of mind: Perceived physical distance between the observer and someone in pain shapes observer's neural empathic reactions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Social and affective relations may shape empathy to others' affective states. Previous studies also revealed that people tend to form very different mental representations of stimuli on the basis of their physical distance.
Arianna Schiano Lomoriello   +4 more
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Pedagogies of Well‐Being: Disciplinary and Moral Concerns

open access: yesAnthropology &Education Quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Worldwide, emphasis on student well‐being and interventions like social emotional learning has necessitated investigations around its pedagogies. Taking the example of Happiness Class in India, I show that pedagogies of well‐being in this context are deeply intertwined with disciplinary and moral concerns.
Neha Miglani
wiley   +1 more source

Assistive technology design and development for acceptable robotics companions for ageing years

open access: yesPaladyn, 2013
A new stream of research and development responds to changes in life expectancy across the world. It includes technologies which enhance well-being of individuals, specifically for older people.
Amirabdollahian Farshid   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

Black Male Studies: Addressing the Acquiescence of Theory in the Ongoing Murder of Black Men and Boys as the Matter of Introduction

open access: yesPhilosophy Compass, Volume 21, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article introduces Black Male Studies as a distinct empirically grounded field of inquiry developed to explain the systematic dehumanization, sexualization, and lethal targeting of Black men and boys within Western societies and racialized males more generally.
Tommy J. Curry
wiley   +1 more source

Before the consummation what? On the role of the semiotic economy of seduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The cultural practice of flirtation has been multifariously scrutinized in various disciplines including sociology, psychology, psychoanalysis and literary studies. This paper frames the field of flirtation in Bourdieuian terms,
Rossolatos, George
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