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Undoing the social : towards a deconstructive sociology

, 1991
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Human tests for machine models: What lies “Beyond the Imitation Game”?

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Benchmarking large language models (LLMs) is a key practice for evaluating their capabilities and risks. This paper considers the development of “BIG Bench,” a crowdsourced benchmark designed to test LLMs “Beyond the Imitation Game.” Drawing on linguistic anthropological and ethnographic analysis of the project's GitHub repository, we examine ...
Noya Kohavi, Anna Weichselbraun
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The Sociology of AI as an Emerging Field: Mapping Tensions and Boundaries

Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT The expanding role of artificial intelligence (AI) in social life compels a foundational reassessment of sociology's concepts, methods, and theoretical commitments. From generative language models to predictive policing, AI systems are no longer mere tools but increasingly agentic, opaque, and normative sociotechnical actors.
Canhui Liu
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Understanding the image cues driving the switch from brightness to lightness responses in the Adelson checker-block illusion. [PDF]

Iperception
Lovell PG, Scott-Brown KC, Smart IE.
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“You Can't Always Run Away”: Gender Reflexivity and Personal Firearms Ownership among Civilian Women Gun Owners in Israel

Sociological Inquiry, Volume 96, Issue 2, Page 399-416, May 2026.
This article explores the interplay between the nation‐state, gender, and security by exploring embodied experiences of Israeli women gun owners. Growing skepticism toward Israel's historically state‐centric security model has driven a significant increase in women's personal handgun ownership, disrupting and reconfiguring traditional gender identities.
Maya Maor, Nehemia Stern, Uzi ben Shalom
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A scoping review on the operationalization of intersectional health research methods in studies related to the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]

Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being
Olanlesi-Aliu A, Tulli M, Kemei J, Bonifacio G, Reif LC, Cardo V, Roche H, Hurley N, Salami B.   +8 more
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The expert's tragedy, or "Langagement in science-friction" as a response to the deconstruction of the authoritarianism and relativism of scientific expertise by dramaturgical sociology

, 2018
My research topics focus on the social responsability of researchers, their involvement and political engagement, all the way from the construction of knowledge to its formulation (research aesthetic) and dissemination.As I study others' engagement and their legitimation strategies, I also aim at formulating mine: a constructivism that holds itself ...
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An Integrative Propositional Analysis of Finland's Successful Homelessness Policy: A New Policy Design Insight

Social Policy &Administration, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 419-440, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Finland can be seen as having some of the best success in terms of dealing with the complex issue of homelessness and was confirmed in a recent case study by de la Porte et al. in 2022, ‘Successful Public Policy in the Nordic Countries: Cases, Lessons and Challenges’. Focusing specifically on the policy content and its potential insights, this
Guswin de Wee
wiley   +1 more source

Transition processes for newly qualified paramedics entering primary care: a critical discussion and theoretical perspective. [PDF]

Br J Gen Pract
Copson J, Eaton G, Mahtani KR.
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Lourdes Portillo’s Development of a Chicana Feminist Film Aesthetic: After the Earthquake, Las Madres, and Señorita Extraviada [PDF]

, 2004
Valenzuela, Norma A.
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