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Latin american sociology's contribution to sociological imagination: analysis, criticism, and social commitment

open access: yesSociologias, 2006
This paper tackles the role played by sociology in the analysis of the transformation processes in the Latin American societies, in following the construction process of both State and Nation, and in questioning the social issues in Latin America.
José Vicente Tavares-dos-Santos   +2 more
doaj  

La institucionalización y profesionalización de la sociología en Brasil y Argentina. Formación, organización e intervención de los sociólogos

open access: yesEstudios Sociológicos, 2015
En las últimas décadas los espacios laborales de los sociólogos en Brasil y Argentina tuvieron un notable crecimiento. El abanico de actividades y tareas fue ciertamente amplio, así como las esferas donde estos profesionales desembarcaron. Estos cambios
Juan Pedro Blois
doaj   +1 more source

‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
wiley   +1 more source

La rete delle università per gli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile: impegni e vision per il 2030

open access: yesCulture e Studi del Sociale, 2020
This work focuses on analyzing the commitment of universities to pursue the objectives of the United Nations 2030 Agenda (SDGs). Significant strategies along these lines, carried out both at international and national level, consider the implementation ...
Alessandra Sannella
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The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology

open access: yes, 1989
This pioneering book, first published in 1987, launched the new field of social studies of technology. It introduced a method of inquiry--social construction of technology, or SCOT--that became a key part of the wider discipline of science and technology
W. Bijker, T. P. Hughes, T. Pinch
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Computer‐Assisted Sequence Annotation (CASA) workflow for enzyme discovery

open access: yesApplications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise With the advent of inexpensive nucleic acid sequencing and automated annotation at the level of basic functionality, the central problem of enzyme discovery is no longer finding active sequences, it is determining which ones are suitable for further study.
Gemma R. Takahashi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnographic Research in the U.S. Intelligence Community: Opportunities and Challenges

open access: yesSecrecy and Society, 2018
This article considers lessons learned from conducting research inside the intelligence community. Drawing on a year of ethnographic field work and interviews at the National Counterterrorism Center, I show that “boundary personnel”- people who navigate ...
Bridget Nolan
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The Sociology of Law and Global Sociology [PDF]

open access: yesZeitschrift für Soziologie, 2018
ZusammenfassungDieser Artikel verwendet eine in der historischen Rechtssoziologie wurzelnde Perspektive, um eine neue Deutung der Entstehung des modernen demokratischen politischen Systems vorzustellen und Prozesse der politischen Institutionenbildung in der gegenwärtigen globalen Gesellschaft zu erläutern.
openaire   +3 more sources

Body donation under Italy's recent legal reforms: A cross‐sectional study of attitudes, beliefs, and educational gaps among medical students and faculty

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Multivariate analysis: factors associated with willingness to body donation. Abstract Postmortem body donation (BD) plays a central role in medical education and scientific research. Sociocultural, religious, and legal factors can influence attitudes toward BD.
Mariangela V. Puci   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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