Thinking Across Perspectives and Disciplines
... Americanization in people’s daily lives outside the United States may be the essence of globalization. And for artists, globalization may involve fusion of musical styles, hybrid forms of dance, new digital media art, or the emergence of the postcolonial novel. The problem is not with the multiplici ...
... Americanization in people’s daily lives outside the United States may be the essence of globalization. And for artists, globalization may involve fusion of musical styles, hybrid forms of dance, new digital media art, or the emergence of the postcolonial novel. The problem is not with the multiplici ...
Transdisciplinary research (TDR)
... “We are not students of some subject matter, but students of problems. And problems may cut right across the boundaries of any subject matter or discipline” Karl Popper. 3 The characteristics of transdisciplinary research (TDR) can be understood, first, by considering it as an extension of interdisc ...
... “We are not students of some subject matter, but students of problems. And problems may cut right across the boundaries of any subject matter or discipline” Karl Popper. 3 The characteristics of transdisciplinary research (TDR) can be understood, first, by considering it as an extension of interdisc ...
The Imperial Peace: Democracy, Force and Globalization
... franchise. The pace and extent of this expansion depended in large measure on the willingness of the middle classes to ally with the working class against traditional aristocratic elites. As a result, the middle classes exercised an effective veto on the meaning of democracy (Rueschmeyer et al., 199 ...
... franchise. The pace and extent of this expansion depended in large measure on the willingness of the middle classes to ally with the working class against traditional aristocratic elites. As a result, the middle classes exercised an effective veto on the meaning of democracy (Rueschmeyer et al., 199 ...
Values in science: Cognitive-affective maps
... involved? Different kinds of research will vary with respect to the importance of epistemic and social goals. ...
... involved? Different kinds of research will vary with respect to the importance of epistemic and social goals. ...
26 Writing it up, writing it down: being reflexive in accounts of
... That we drive research projects with our values. histories and interests is central to the of any interpretation in the social sciences. including consumer research (Bristor and Fischer. 1993; Firat and Venkatesh. 1995; Thompson. 1997). Researchers create the text. As researchers we also assume that ...
... That we drive research projects with our values. histories and interests is central to the of any interpretation in the social sciences. including consumer research (Bristor and Fischer. 1993; Firat and Venkatesh. 1995; Thompson. 1997). Researchers create the text. As researchers we also assume that ...
Professions as Science-Based Occupations
... in the latter tradition a number of items characterizing professions are enumerated, which is why it is also called the list, trait, or attribute approach. Numerous lists have been suggested since the 1930s up until today. The attributes involve theoretical knowledge, long education, examinations, l ...
... in the latter tradition a number of items characterizing professions are enumerated, which is why it is also called the list, trait, or attribute approach. Numerous lists have been suggested since the 1930s up until today. The attributes involve theoretical knowledge, long education, examinations, l ...
Political Agency in the Digital Age Media, Participation
... capturing this is through the idea that the topology of public engagement is changing. Building on the argument of Couldry’s 2014 article ‘The Myth of Us’ (in Information Communication and Society), this talk will consider further how we can think spatially about the social processes that underlie t ...
... capturing this is through the idea that the topology of public engagement is changing. Building on the argument of Couldry’s 2014 article ‘The Myth of Us’ (in Information Communication and Society), this talk will consider further how we can think spatially about the social processes that underlie t ...
1 UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF INTERPERSONAL
... In today‟s competitive business environment, the attainment of tacit knowledge has been argued to occupy a central place in the development of a firm‟s sustainable competitive advantage (Ambrosini and Bowman, 2001). Many authors have drawn on this view (Bresman et al, 1999; Gertler, 2001; Zander and ...
... In today‟s competitive business environment, the attainment of tacit knowledge has been argued to occupy a central place in the development of a firm‟s sustainable competitive advantage (Ambrosini and Bowman, 2001). Many authors have drawn on this view (Bresman et al, 1999; Gertler, 2001; Zander and ...
As a proxy measure for economic integration, we have constructed
... in terms of trade and capital investment. The states identified will also be included in the examination. We do not, however, anticipate significant additions to the list of province-state pairs outlined above resulting from this survey. Empirical Methodology. In each policy sub-sector, there will b ...
... in terms of trade and capital investment. The states identified will also be included in the examination. We do not, however, anticipate significant additions to the list of province-state pairs outlined above resulting from this survey. Empirical Methodology. In each policy sub-sector, there will b ...
Correspondence Bias in Performance Evaluation
... of the task. Specifically, raw GPAs will be taken as evidence of academic performance and not sufficiently adjusted to account for the ease with which those grades were earned. In other words, an applicant’s absolute GPA will have a stronger influence on admission decisions than will the grading len ...
... of the task. Specifically, raw GPAs will be taken as evidence of academic performance and not sufficiently adjusted to account for the ease with which those grades were earned. In other words, an applicant’s absolute GPA will have a stronger influence on admission decisions than will the grading len ...
Here! - Dr. Philip Shaw
... policy rules, economic performance can be improved. In effect this is an argument for rules rather than discretion, but, unlike Friedman's (1948) argument, it does not depend upon ignorance of the timing and magnitude of the effects of policy. The reasons for this nonintuitive result are as follows: ...
... policy rules, economic performance can be improved. In effect this is an argument for rules rather than discretion, but, unlike Friedman's (1948) argument, it does not depend upon ignorance of the timing and magnitude of the effects of policy. The reasons for this nonintuitive result are as follows: ...
A Science of Context: The Qualitative Approach as Fundamental to
... lack of predictive power makes its value seem weak to commanders tasked to ‘do something’ and ‘do it now’. Like other large bureaucratic organizations the modern Army adopted quantitative methods to guide its expansion. Those methods reflected the larger dominance of the so-called rational-scientifi ...
... lack of predictive power makes its value seem weak to commanders tasked to ‘do something’ and ‘do it now’. Like other large bureaucratic organizations the modern Army adopted quantitative methods to guide its expansion. Those methods reflected the larger dominance of the so-called rational-scientifi ...
How Popper`s `Three Worlds Theory` Resembles Moscovici`s
... mechanism of growth of knowledge through falsification and continuous improvement should serve as a model for scientific practice, instead of the logically impossible model of knowledge acquisition through induction and generalization, the model of positivistic epistemologies (see e.g. Creath, 2014/ ...
... mechanism of growth of knowledge through falsification and continuous improvement should serve as a model for scientific practice, instead of the logically impossible model of knowledge acquisition through induction and generalization, the model of positivistic epistemologies (see e.g. Creath, 2014/ ...
music-based mentoring
... to do so. This module intends to improve the lives of children and young people directly, as well as foster a community of music mentors who can share their practice with each other and more widely. ...
... to do so. This module intends to improve the lives of children and young people directly, as well as foster a community of music mentors who can share their practice with each other and more widely. ...
Knowing in context An exploration of the interface of marine
... are secondary. Each of these is a continuum and can refer to a mix of attributes such as species, communities, or an area’s physical features. Uniqueness refers to areas whose characteristics are ‘‘unique, rare, distinct, and for which alternatives do not exist’’ [14,4]. In practice this is a relati ...
... are secondary. Each of these is a continuum and can refer to a mix of attributes such as species, communities, or an area’s physical features. Uniqueness refers to areas whose characteristics are ‘‘unique, rare, distinct, and for which alternatives do not exist’’ [14,4]. In practice this is a relati ...
is equilibrium enough and was stigler wrong
... of an adequate scientistic methodology – arguments intimately connected to his criticisms of both socialism and Keynesian-style aggregate demand management – are closely related to the possibility of ecologically-rational outcomes within the context of scientific discovery and, therefore, to the nee ...
... of an adequate scientistic methodology – arguments intimately connected to his criticisms of both socialism and Keynesian-style aggregate demand management – are closely related to the possibility of ecologically-rational outcomes within the context of scientific discovery and, therefore, to the nee ...
here - Centre for Research on Socio
... into the development of cultural materialism, anthropological definitions of culture, situated in ‘structures of feeling’; the relationship between culture and production; on the value and values of culture, divisions and power relations around notions of popular, good, bad and common culture; conce ...
... into the development of cultural materialism, anthropological definitions of culture, situated in ‘structures of feeling’; the relationship between culture and production; on the value and values of culture, divisions and power relations around notions of popular, good, bad and common culture; conce ...
critical political ecology
... role of capitalism are not to suggest that political ecologists should not be concerned about exploitation of people and resources, but to ask how the opposition to capitalism may have influenced the production of environmental explanations. The aim of a “critical” political ecology is to refocus po ...
... role of capitalism are not to suggest that political ecologists should not be concerned about exploitation of people and resources, but to ask how the opposition to capitalism may have influenced the production of environmental explanations. The aim of a “critical” political ecology is to refocus po ...
The Academic Background of Social Science Works
... Flyvbjerg 2001, Scott 2007, Burawoy 2005, Patterson 2014, Sayer 2011) the search for context-independent laws and theories within social and political science has predominantly created hyper-professionalized, hyper-fragmented, scholastic, method- and theory-driven disciplines that are hardly of rele ...
... Flyvbjerg 2001, Scott 2007, Burawoy 2005, Patterson 2014, Sayer 2011) the search for context-independent laws and theories within social and political science has predominantly created hyper-professionalized, hyper-fragmented, scholastic, method- and theory-driven disciplines that are hardly of rele ...
Review 5_01 MS Word - IMJ-PRG
... they actually write). From a scientist’s standpoint, it is predictably “banal” in the SokalBricmont sense: they agree with skeptics that Popper’s epistemology does not capture the fundamental rationality of science, see much that is valid in Kuhn and Feyerabend, and quote approvingly Einstein’s rema ...
... they actually write). From a scientist’s standpoint, it is predictably “banal” in the SokalBricmont sense: they agree with skeptics that Popper’s epistemology does not capture the fundamental rationality of science, see much that is valid in Kuhn and Feyerabend, and quote approvingly Einstein’s rema ...
Sociology: From Science to Pseudoscience
... scientific statement. Many similar objections have made Popperian criteria unacceptable and were largely discarded by the 1970s. ...
... scientific statement. Many similar objections have made Popperian criteria unacceptable and were largely discarded by the 1970s. ...
an overview of thomas kuhns views on paradigm shift and
... Be that as it may Kuhn did not take into account the fact that though sociology does not have a single paradigm that will shift, but the social aspects of life keeps changing. For instance religion at its early state was more a less a family thing, largely traditional, it developed to a point that C ...
... Be that as it may Kuhn did not take into account the fact that though sociology does not have a single paradigm that will shift, but the social aspects of life keeps changing. For instance religion at its early state was more a less a family thing, largely traditional, it developed to a point that C ...
United Nations Research Laboratories: a dead end - Hal-SHS
... before the war. On the contrary, Needham refused to separate science and its applications7. Moreover, for Needham, the utility of an international organization for science was mostly grounded in countries remote from industrially developed zones. The more remote you are from the main scientific cent ...
... before the war. On the contrary, Needham refused to separate science and its applications7. Moreover, for Needham, the utility of an international organization for science was mostly grounded in countries remote from industrially developed zones. The more remote you are from the main scientific cent ...
understanding scientific practices: cultural studies
... contemporary anglophone philosophy is that cultural studies does not constitute a philosophical program. Practitioners of cultural studies typically explore the production or emergence of meaning within historically specific and localizable material settings. Cultural studies thus express a resolute ...
... contemporary anglophone philosophy is that cultural studies does not constitute a philosophical program. Practitioners of cultural studies typically explore the production or emergence of meaning within historically specific and localizable material settings. Cultural studies thus express a resolute ...
Democratic - The University of Sydney
... institutionalized definitions of the realm of politics and the themes taken to concern politics have largely concealed the “principle which generate the overall configuration” of society.5 The political has been ‘elaborated with reference’ to various social imaginaries and the closure they instanti ...
... institutionalized definitions of the realm of politics and the themes taken to concern politics have largely concealed the “principle which generate the overall configuration” of society.5 The political has been ‘elaborated with reference’ to various social imaginaries and the closure they instanti ...