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Globalization and Orthodox Christianity: A Glocal Perspective [PDF]

, 2018
This article analyses the topic of Globalization and Orthodox Christianity. Starting with Victor Roudometof’s work (2014b) dedicated to this subject, the author’s views are compared with some of the main research of social scientists on the ...
Guglielmi, Marco
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“A lot of it is about feel”: The promise of sensory ethnography for anatomical education research

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Ethnographers have constructed rich accounts of cultural settings since the early nineteenth century. A new approach, sensory ethnography, holds great promise for Health Professions Education scholars in its incorporation of the senses, particularly regarding anatomical teaching and learning. In this article, we describe sensory ethnography as
Paula Cameron, Olga Kits, Anna MacLeod
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Reflections on making connections between transformative learning and the development of the Sociological imagination [PDF]

, 2016
This paper explores a pedagogical dilemma: how can both transformative learning and the development of the sociological imagination be achieved in the Sociology classroom?

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Data, not documents: Moving beyond theories of information‐seeking behavior to advance data discovery

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.
Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million, Jeremy York, Sara Lafia, Libby Hemphill   +3 more
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Problem gambling: a suitable case for social work? [PDF]

, 2013
Problem gambling attracts little attention from health and social care agencies in the UK. Prevalence surveys suggest that 0.6% of the population are problem gamblers and it is suggested that for each of these individuals, 10–17 other people ...
Alexander B., Bellringer P., Bickley P., Brenner R., Chinn C., Cree V., Crisp B., Daddow R., Derevensky J., Flavin M., Gambling Commission, Gaudia R., Golightley M., Goodman R., Gould N., Griffiths M. D., Griffiths M. D., Griffiths M. D., Griffiths M. D., Jim Rogers, Layard R., May Chahal C., Nielsen Media Research, Orford J., Orford J., O’Keeffe M., Petry N., Productivity Commission, Reith G., Reith G., Reith G., Responsible Gambling Strategy Board, Rigbye J., Rowntree B., Shaffer H. J., Sullivan S., Tew J., Victorian Casino and Gambling Authority (VCGA), Volberg R., Walker M., Wardle H., Wright Mills C., Zarin D. A.   +42 more
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“You're this person who's providing light”: Embodied responses to information loss and transition within LGBTQIA+ communities

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper reports on findings from 15 semi‐structured interviews with LGBTQIA+ individuals within the United States who have experienced the loss of one or more LGBTQIA+ information spaces. The paper specifically focuses on how such losses occurred and the information transitions experienced by the participants in response to this loss ...
Travis L. Wagner, Vanessa L. Kitzie
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Looking beyond the Glitch

Sociologisk Forskning
Despite dominant technology discourses focusing on novelty, growth, speed and effectiveness, the sociologically informed analyses of datafication have, to some extent implicitly, emphasised brokenness and glitches as productive and inherent elements of ...
Magdalena Kania Lundholm
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Sociological imagination for the aged society [PDF]

, 2014
The aim of this article is to explore how the sociological imagination may generate new insights regarding the dangers and possibilities that arise when an old order disintegrates and a new one has to be created.
Ossewaarde, Marinus
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“Basic human things”: Investigating vehicle residents' continually fractured (information) landscapes

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This ethnographic study explores vehicle residents' information practices in the United States (US). Vehicle residents are people whose primary means of housing is a vehicle. This work builds on previous research encompassing transitions and fractured (information) landscapes. Using fractured information landscapes as the theoretical framework,
Kaitlin E. Montague
wiley   +1 more source

EQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION

International Journal of Social and Educational Innovation, 2021
The main purpose of the article is to highlight the implications of equality and discrimination processes in education and to allow the development of the capacity to analyze social reality by integrating pro-equality and anti-discrimination perspectives
Constantin Florin DOMUNCO
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