Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 3-47, February 2026.The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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Danmu subtitling as a self-regulative practice: a descriptive discourse analysis of Bilibili danmu subtitles from ethical perspectives. [PDF]
Front PsycholZeng D.
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Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities
Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 134-175, February 2026.This work explores the professional experiences, challenges, and collective identity of scholars within the Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (EMCA) community. Through the analysis of survey data from 43 participants, semi‐structured interviews with 10 scholars, and the examination of relevant community documents, this research uncovers how ...
Mehmet Ali Icbay
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The Effectiveness of Adaptations for Online Remote Public Deliberation Across Three Continents: Mixed Methods Study. [PDF]
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 6-24, February 2026.Abstract The so‐called Liber Iesus, a Latin prayer book commissioned for the young Massimiliano Sforza by his father Ludovico il Moro in the 1490s, features a splendid miniature depicting a meeting between the child count and Emperor Maximilian I. It is accompanied by a brief dialogue in German with an interlinear version in Italian on the topic of the
Michael Berger
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Unification of Mind and Matter through Hierarchical Extension of Cognition: A New Framework for Adaptation of Living Systems. [PDF]
Entropy (Basel)Nakajima T.
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Prophetic Promise: The Lineal Return of ‘lopp’d branches’ in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 55-75, February 2026.Abstract This paper identifies the early‐modern conception of prophecy as a word‐magic performed across generations, a verbal promise that anticipates its own realisation in posterity. Just as Francis Bacon upheld the generative force of prophetic utterances by noting their ‘springing and germinant accomplishment throughout many ages’, Shakespeare’s ...
Rana Banna
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Connecting Mindfulness Practice to Generative Semiotic Activity-Self-Other Referent in Umwelt and Semiosphere. [PDF]
Integr Psychol Behav SciMorioka M.
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Seeing Is Believing? Exploring Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence Imagery of Specialty Doctors
The Clinical Teacher, Volume 23, Issue 1, February 2026.ABSTRACT Background In medicine and medical education, women are disproportionately affected by gender bias. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being employed in medical education. As gender bias exists within AI, there is a risk of reinforcing gender stereotypes if AI is used to generate images of medical professionals.
Alice Hartley, James Fisher
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