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Poetic Sociology

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can sociologists feel? Sociological writing can be beautiful, making us think differently about people, processes, and structures. Yet traditional academic writing that does this is rare. For example, most articles adhere to a jargon‐filled format and structure that mimics a detached and disciplined writer.
Victoria Reyes
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges Facing Young People in Industrial Towns and Regions of the Global North: Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract The present and future of industrial towns and regions rely heavily on the well‐being of young people, who are especially prone to outmigration. Their population dynamics, lifestyles, and complex needs pose challenges for urban and regional planners.
Jani Kozina   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generative AI and the Future of Musical Diversity

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract I argue that the current proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) represents a new stage in a longer historical process of distancing humans from their unique individual psyches and of reducing participation and cultural diversity in music. The argument consists of six parts: (1) reiterating the uniqueness of individual psyches,
Dor Shilton
wiley   +1 more source

Small Town, Great Expectations: Urbanization and Beautification in Leh

open access: yesSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
Judith Müller, Juliane Dame
doaj   +1 more source

Data from a public participation GIS survey on the everyday active travel experiences of residents from five European cities. [PDF]

open access: yesData Brief
Taylor R   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Public Understanding of Water‐Sensitive Urban Design and Implications for Land Use Planning: Insights From Aotearoa New Zealand

open access: yesWater and Environment Journal, EarlyView.
Conventional urban drainage systems are frequently found to contribute to degradation of urban watercourses. The implementation of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and associated nature‐based infrastructure is considered one potential solution to mitigate stormwater‐induced degradation.
Angelina da Silva Coelho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pollution and Haunted Eco‐Histories: Silent Hill and Silent Horrors in Centralia, Pennsylvania

open access: yesPopular Culture Review, Volume 37, Issue 2, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Centralia is a former mining town and borough in Northeastern Pennsylvania, whose population has been steadily declining since the Mine Fire of 1962—a fire that still burns today. The “horrors” of living in Centralia are reflected in horror media set in postindustrial mining towns like Silent Hill.
Maz Jardon
wiley   +1 more source

“I'm not in love, so don't forget it; it's just a silly phase I'm going through”: On (not) falling in love during fieldwork in Southwest China

open access: yesAnthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract During fieldwork, anthropologists engage in emotional, social and economic exchanges with interlocutors, through which to better understand one's own positionality and that of others. When such exchanges occur with an interlocutor who becomes a romantic lover, these exchanges are filtered through desire, amplifying their psychological ...
Suvi Rautio
wiley   +1 more source

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