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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
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The Influence of Distance and Lateral Offset of Follow Me Robots on User Perception
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
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The "Non-favourite": Neo-tribal Sexualities on Celluloid [PDF]
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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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
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Teaching Virtual Characters to use Body Language [PDF]
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]
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
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
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Assistive technology design and development for acceptable robotics companions for ageing years
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
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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
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Before the consummation what? On the role of the semiotic economy of seduction [PDF]
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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