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Mourning ritual participation, subjective well-being and prosocial behaviour among the Luhya people of Kenya. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci
Asatsa S, Ringen E, Kapitany R, Ngaari SM, Makunda J, Wangari Gichimu E, Lew-Levy S.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The History and Ideas of George Herbert Mead's Pragmatism and Its Relevance for Operational Research and Systems Thinkers

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT George Herbert Mead is an oft forgotten or ignored American philosopher who was one of the originators of pragmatism. Today, he is recognised as a creative thinker who has teased out knotty problems that others in the field had not realised were problems. Understanding Mead's analysis has been made difficult because he died prematurely without
Richard Ormerod
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural imperative, surgical challenge: salvaging a buried penis in a 9-year-old post circumcision skin loss. [PDF]

J Surg Case Rep
Tan ZS, Shahab SHFBSM, Osman M, Wen APY, Samathani MHM, Asri NAM, Zaman ASK.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Generative AI—the Transgression of Technology

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers a systems‐theoretical analysis of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) grounded in Niklas Luhmann's sociology of technology. It addresses a central conceptual problem: How GenAI can be understood within a theoretical framework that has traditionally defined technology as a means of stabilising action through causal ...
Jesper Tække
wiley   +1 more source

How cultural beliefs and rituals may help alleviate grief and despair: a four-dimensional framework. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Phan HP, Ngu BH, Chen SC, Hsu CS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Seeing Heritage Management through Systems Science

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Heritage is influenced by a range of multifaceted factors, such as global issues, power dynamics, entangled legal frameworks and multilayered needs. The interplay of these elements creates a challenging environment for heritage managers, who must navigate a web of stakeholders with diverse interests and values. This paper suggests that systems
Omid Shakerian, George E. Mobus, Britta Rudolff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religious parents receive more alloparental aid in rural Bangladesh. [PDF]

Evol Hum Sci
Samore T, Sosis R, Shaver J, Chvaja R, Conrad M, Hassan A, Lynch RF, Schaffnit S, Spake L, Watts J, Shenk MK, Sear R, Alam N.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Interactional Pathways of Mass Killings: Toward a Novel Understanding of Rampage School Shootings

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
wiley   +1 more source

Generated cultural heritage question-answer dataset: Durga in multi-dimensional perspectives. [PDF]

Data Brief
Suryanto TLM, Wibawa AP, Hariyono, Nafalski A, Kurubacak Çakır G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Types of Struggles in Disrupted Interaction: A Case of Hard‐of‐Hearing Employees

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Everyone experiences disrupted interactions in their everyday life. However, research indicates that people with functional impairments are particularly exposed to patterns of interactional inequality at work. Despite this, little is known about the specific disrupted interactions in everyday life and the various types of interactional struggles this ...
Ida Friis Thing
wiley   +1 more source