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Open-ended design : local re-appropriations through imperfection [PDF]
, 2019 Design for Sustainability (DfS) focuses on wicked problems that cannot be modelled in reductionist ways. Furthermore, when bottom-up local interventions prove to have positive effects in their context, they remain hard to spread and might ...
Ostuzzi, Francesca, Rognoli, Valentina
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Nepali Women at Work: Menstruation in Informal and Formal Workplaces
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Women of specific castes in Nepal are socialized to adhere to a range of menstrual customs. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews, we examine the relevance of menstrual customs in informal and formal workplaces in Kathmandu, Nepal. We expand upon Acker's work on gendered institutions cross‐culturally, highlighting its global significance, and ...
Srijana Karki, Tamara L. Mix
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Stakeholder participation in sustainability assessment of non-wicked problems: The case of a future seaweed industry in Sweden. [PDF]
Ambio, 2022 Potting J, Thomas JE, Gröndahl F.
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Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century by Stephanie LeMenager [PDF]
, 2015 Bart H.
Welling, Bart H.
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Romano Guardini and Cornelio Fabro on Kierkegaard's Christian Humanism
The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how Søren Kierkegaard's theological anthropology furnished resources for reconstructing Christian humanism among mid‐twentieth‐century Catholic thinkers. Focusing on Romano Guardini (1885‐1968) in Germany and Cornelio Fabro (1911‐1995) in Italy, I demonstrate how each thinker creatively appropriated Kierkegaard's ...
Joshua Furnal
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Silver linings: how mental health activists can help us navigate wicked problems. [PDF]
BJPsych Bull, 2021 Armstrong N, Pratt-Boyden K.
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International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.Abstract Rebound effects describe how efficiency improvements in energy or resource use can increase demand, thereby partially or fully offsetting expected environmental savings. This dynamic complicates win–win strategies that aim to improve environmental and financial performance.
Jozef Cossey, Aurélien Acquier
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.Abstract Design Practice is shifting towards transdisciplinary, collaborative and problem‐based approaches in response to complex challenges of a changing world including societal issues and the climate crisis. However, the nature of emerging roles for designers aiming to contribute to sustainability transitions, and the capabilities that empower ...
Charlotte Kessler, Janice Rieger
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