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Sociological imagination for the aged society [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Spontaneous order and relational sociology:from the Scottish Enlightenment to human figurations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
If viewed from a long-term and large-scale perspective, human interdependencies today can be seen as approaching species integration on a worldwide level.
Law, Alex
core   +3 more sources

Immersive virtual reality as a teaching tool in neuroanatomy: A scoping review

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Basic core courses in various undergraduate programs, such as neuroanatomy, pose a challenge for students due to the large volume and complexity of the content. In this context, educational technologies such as immersive virtual reality (IVR), which allow students to actively interact with learning materials, offer a complementary pedagogical ...
Nathálya Gardênia de Holanda Marinho Nogueira   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Looking beyond the Glitch

open access: yesSociologisk 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
doaj   +1 more source

Irony's architecture: Reflections on a photographic research project [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper presents a research approach based on irony, rather than certainty. Using Richard Rorty's conception of irony, we contend that much traditional research in management presents a final language which is implicit in both the construction of a ...
Bathurst, Ralph   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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

open access: yesJournal 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Immortological Imagination: Advocating for a Sociology of Immortality

open access: yesSocial Sciences
The digital age has rekindled popular and academic interest in immortality. While the idea of immortality has long been recognized as fundamental to human societies, unlike death, within the field of sociology, immortality has not yet established itself ...
Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska, Paula Kiel
doaj   +1 more source

The Modern Prince and the Sociological Imagination. Michael Burawoy in Conversation with Riccardo Emilio Chesta

open access: yesSociologica, 2019
In this conversation, Michael Burawoy discusses how he discovered the sociology of Gramsci in radically diverse contexts — from a vibrant post-colonial Zambia to Analytical Marxism in Chicago.
Riccardo Emilio Chesta, Michael Burawoy
doaj   +1 more source

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