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Research and Scholarship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Wicked Problem. [PDF]

Innov High Educ, 2023
Sezen-Barrie A, Carter L, Smith S, Saber D, Wells M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
wiley   +1 more source

Mothers against the natural order: Gender representations and desertion of identities in the drama of disinheriting a son in eighteenth‐century Barcelona  

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The disinheritance of a firstborn son accustomed to the privileges of exclusion has for centuries been a dramatic event for families, especially if the decision was taken by a woman, the son's own mother. Very few dared to do so, because it symbolised a break with the notion of virtuous, compassionate motherhood; it represented a failure to be
Mariela Fargas Peñarrocha
wiley   +1 more source

The wicked problem of B(A)ME degree award gaps and systemic racism in our universities. [PDF]

Front Sociol, 2022
Ugiagbe-Green I, Ernsting F.
europepmc   +1 more source

The social life of money for children

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
wiley   +1 more source

THE WICKED PROBLEM OF OUR FAILING SOCIAL COMPACT

Zygon, 2018
The United States is an outlier among nations in its failure to adopt robust climate policy. The underlying cause is not unique to the climate issue.
doaj   +2 more sources

Beyond simulation: designing for uncertainty and robust solutions [PDF]

, 2010
Simulation is an increasingly essential tool in the design of our environment, but any model is only as good as the initial assumptions on which it is built.
Gonzalez, V, Hanna, S, Hesselgren, L, Vargas, I   +3 more
core  

The implementation and evaluation of a flexible, mixed‐model food service system for a greenfield hospital

Nutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims The opening of a new digital metropolitan hospital with surgical and subacute cohorts required a flexible food service model to meet diverse patient needs. This project aimed to design, implement and evaluate such a system, optimising service efficiencies and patient experience. Methods A flexible, mixed‐model food service was designed by
Jennifer Ellick, Hannah Olufson, Adrienne Young, Merrilyn Banks   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The super wicked problem of ocean health: a socio-ecological and behavioural perspective. [PDF]

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2022
de Salas K, Scott JL, Schüz B, Norris K.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
wiley   +1 more source