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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

Reflexivity in the Apologetic Aeon: NZOC’s Return to Moscow

open access: yesMuseum & Society, 2012
There has been an emergent trend among governments, and within sports organizations, to engage in public apologies. These politically orchestrated attempts to recall, forgive (and potentially forget) are typically orientated toward smoothing past ...
Geoff Z. Kohe
doaj  

Apologies as signals for change? Implicit theories of personality and reactions to apologies during the #MeToo movement.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
During a national reckoning against sexual violence, the public read or heard dozens of apologies offered by prominent public figures in response to allegations of sexual misconduct. This study examined people's reactions to these apologies, with a focus
Karina Schumann
doaj   +1 more source

Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
wiley   +1 more source

Observing the stars. Love in the age of systems

open access: yesMedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2010
A number of scholars have demonstrated how the cultural industry involves people in a participatory culture in which users actively construct personal identities. However, the link between a public of mass-mediated entertainment and the private sphere of
Kjetil Ansgar Jakobsen
doaj   +1 more source

Examining the Applicability of the Concepts of Apology, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation to Multi-Stakeholder, Collaborative Problem-Solving Processes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In 2004, Meridian Institute, an organization with expertise in designing, facilitating, and mediating collaborative problem-solving processes, was asked to assess the feasibility of forming collaborative, community-based-watershed groups in northern New ...
Miles, Jennifer Pratt
core   +1 more source

The Rhetorical Construction of Corporate Public Apologies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
In this major research paper (MRP), I analyzed the ways in which rhetorical strategies are used in the construction of corporate public apologies. Organizational reputation management has become increasingly important in the digital age. When companies are criticized or accused of wrongdoing, it is essential to issue a timely and effective response to
openaire   +1 more source

Parents despite support networks? An intersectional analysis of disabled parenthood

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article uses an intersectional perspective that considers patriarchal and ableist mandates to understand how family and professional support networks impact the reproductive trajectories of disabled people. The study analyzes 16 semi‐structured interviews with disabled people and 1 with a non‐disabled support worker.
Laura Sanmiquel‐Molinero   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SPARK: A webserver for comprehensive search and analysis of testicular single‐cell transcriptomic data covering full lifecycle and pathology

open access: yesiMetaOmics, EarlyView.
SPARK is an interactive platform hosting 189,232 human testicular single‐cell transcriptomes across normal and infertile conditions. It enables automated, code‐free analysis and visualization, providing a powerful resource to explore cellular and molecular dynamics in male reproduction and infertility.
Lina Cui   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stratification of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps by distinct sinonasal microbial communities and their clinical and pathological correlations

open access: yesiMetaOmics, EarlyView.
Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a heterogeneous inflammatory condition. Dysbiosis is commonly observed. This study identified distinct sinonasal microbial communities in CRSwNP patients and explored their clinical and pathological associations. Two distinct microbial communities were identified: community type 1 (CT1), dominated by
Bixing Fang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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